wrongdoing . the chancellor any wrongdoing. the chancellor says that he's not sure if the government can afford to offer voters any more tax cuts before the next election . a 2% the next election. a 2% reduction in national insurance has come into force today , which has come into force today, which jeremy hunt claims will benefit 27 million people and save the average family. with two earners nearly £1,000. this year, however, the government has frozen the income tax threshold , frozen the income tax threshold, pushing many into higher brackets. that's offset the benefit of that national insurance cut. the chancellor admits that further cuts are unlikely . unlikely. >> it was right to support families through covid and through the cost of living crisis. and, yes, taxes had to go crisis. and, yes, taxes had to 9° up crisis. and, yes, taxes had to go up in that period. but we are a conservative government that wants to bring down taxes because we recognise that families are finding life really tough. it's the start of a process. as chancellor, if i can afford to go further, i will. i don't yet know if i can, but we want to do this because it helps

families and it also helps to grow the economy . grow the economy. >> the british library is facing a multi—million pound bill to recover from a cyber attack, according to reports, it could be forced to spend 6 to £7 million. that's around 40% of its reserves to rebuild its digital services . criminals digital services. criminals knocked out the national library's website in october and accessed passports and other employee data. the technology outage is still affecting the library's online systems and services, but its physical sites are open well, services, but its physical sites are open well , we've been are open well, we've been heanng are open well, we've been hearing today that russia has used north korean ballistic missiles in ukraine for the first time. that's according to an independent weapons expert. the united states has described it as a significant and concerning escalation in cooperation between the two countries. dutch researcher houston simmons, who was among those to examine the debris, says russia is violating international law. >> russia should be adhering to the sanctions on north korea. uh

even more so when it's in the case of, uh, highly significant type of weapon system like, uh , type of weapon system like, uh, this, uh, short range ballistic missile systems that we're now seeing. so that's a really a very gross violation on, uh, it's just that there's no , uh, it's just that there's no, uh, physical mechanism in place to, uh, prevent russia from importing , uh, prevent russia from importing, uh, uh, prevent russia from importing , uh, clandestinely, importing, uh, clandestinely, even, even very obviously clandestinely importing, uh, weapons systems if they choose to do so . to do so. >> and america's aviation agency has grounded more than 170 boeing 737 max nine aircraft. that's after a window and part of the fuselage blew out of a plane in mid—air. the alaska airlines aircraft was forced to an emergency landing shortly after taking off from the us state of oregon. social media footage here shows the large hole in the plane where the emergency exit had previously been. 177 people were on board, but luckily no one was hurt. an

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still represent ordinary brits? plus the most important part of the show, your emails, they come straight to my laptop. mark at gbnews.com. this show has a strict golden rule we don't do boring. not on my watch . i just boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it a big two hours to come. it is your perfect saturday night in, so fire up the kettle , tear open the the kettle, tear open the custard creams and if you must take something cold and fizzy out of the fridge . and we start out of the fridge. and we start with my big opinion . good with my big opinion. good evening. let me put it on record. that ex—footballer and occasional manager joey barton is a prize numpty with a criminal and violent past. he's a role model for only unthinking thugs, and i certainly won't defend his recent controversial decision to describe former female professional footballers serving as pundits on the men's game as serial killers . he's

game as serial killers. he's entitled, to his view and to free speech. but likening two female stars to fred and rose west is abusive language which merits a yellow card at the very least . but merits a yellow card at the very least. but amid all of the fury and the pearl clutching around what he had to say, there lies a kernel of truth . former male pro kernel of truth. former male pro footballers should be the ones serving as top pundits on the men's professional game . men's professional game. barton's clumsy and offensive language is unhelpful in a debate that needs to be had . debate that needs to be had. personally, i'm more interested in the comments of a true football legend kevin keegan, the ex soccer star and former top manager keegan, who pretty much won everything you can in the game, certainly has a pair of balls . in october of last of balls. in october of last yean of balls. in october of last year, he upset the woke mob by complaining about women commentating on men's football. the 72 year old said that he had a problem with an england female footballer providing expert analysis on a match involving gareth southgate , men's side in

gareth southgate, men's side in comments made at a football event and reported by the times, he said look, i'm not keen, i've got to be honest and it may not be a view shared, but i don't like to listen to ladies talking about the england men's team at the match because he said i don't think it's same don't think it's the same experience . he went on to say experience. he went on to say i have a problem with that. well, this of the men's game has this icon of the men's game has been dubbed a dinosaur for those remarks, dinosaur , isn't that remarks, dinosaur, isn't that a bit ageist? anyway yvonne harrison, the ceo of women in football, claimed that keegan's comments were symptomatic of widespread misogyny faced by women within the game. now it may well be that this is a big problem in football and it's appalling. it's got to be dealt with, but this is a deeply unfair into terpretation of keegan's words , far be it from keegan's words, far be it from me to defend the guy for his language about ladies and all the rest of it was a touch clumsy, but it's quite clear that what he's saying is that those offering commentary and punditry on, for example ,

punditry on, for example, premier league men's football ought to people who have ought to be people who have played at that level and which would be checks, notes. former male premier league footballers. it cuts both ways. i don't think retired male tennis players should be commentating on top level women's tennis. should be commentating on top level women's tennis . john level women's tennis. john mcenroe, for all of his trophies , should not be a pundit on matches featuring emma raducanu or the williams sisters. it should be martina navratilova or chris evert . should be martina navratilova or chris evert. this media storm ignores the fact that former pros, in any given sport are the ones qualified to discuss the game , just as the highly game, just as the highly talented eni aluko, who represented her country more than 100 times, should definitely be the main pundit. when the england women's national side plays not alan shearer or ian wright and female broadcasters in men's football have made a massive contribution option, i'd like to see more of it. laura woods, gabby logan or alex scott on football focus. she replaced dan walker, who'd

never kicked a ball in his life . never kicked a ball in his life. but i don't think that men should encroach on the women's game. and similarly, i don't think women should encroach on the men's game either. as punst the men's game either. as pundits now, itv have entered the storm, putting out a statement on twitter condemning barton's remarks and insisting that football is quotes for all. although given the fact that they disabled comments from their post on twitter, it seems that football is for all except those who don't agree with them. the reality is that kevin keegan and even that prize numpty joey barton are getting slated for what many people are thinking , what many people are thinking, which is, of course, the norm now in the clown world of 2024. if you're foolish enough to point out woke politically politically correct box ticking in sport, all you'll have to show for it is a red card and an early bath. sadly the truth these days will get you sent off. even var won't save you.

what's your reaction? mark at gb news. com or get to your email shortly. but first, my top punst shortly. but first, my top pundits this evening the green goddess herself journalist, model and fitness expert diana moran . top political commentator moran. top political commentator benedict spence and television personality and broadcaster precious. more precious . your precious. more precious. your reaction to what joey barton had to say? >> i personally think that women could do anything so no, i disagree completely . i could do anything so no, i disagree completely. i think that as long as they are capable of talking about the sport and actually have knowledge of the sport, i don't see why them being female has anything to do with it as long as they've got. >> i would say, a good following. they are presentable, they're able to talk about the sport and get the point across dunng sport and get the point across during the game. i don't see why they should be in any way, shape or form taken a position away just because they're female. >> diana moran. you're nodding your head. >> i think this is a case of

misogyny . i >> i think this is a case of misogyny. i think it's >> i think this is a case of misogyny . i think it's totally , misogyny. i think it's totally, totally wrong. um a woman, it's a question of woke. again, these days, isn't it? we women can do just as much as you blokes can do . and if you've got perhaps do. and if you've got perhaps the tennis players, for example , the tennis players, for example, why have you got to have mcenroe , uh, commentating? why can't we have annabel croft all the time doing things like that? or what about clare balding in racehorse 5, about clare balding in racehorse s, uh, stuff as well ? i think s, uh, stuff as well? i think this is absolutely stupid. i really, really do. um, would anybody remember the wonderful rachel hayhoe flint? she was the cricket captain all those years ago . she should have been ago. she should have been commentating . commentating on commentating. commentating on cricket matches . what's the cricket matches. what's the matter with it? it's wrong. we women can do things just as well as you men. as you men. >> as you men. >> well, probably better in most cases. but benedict spence, my

point here is that if you're watching the fa cup final, you want the pundits to have played in the fa cup final. if you're watching the premier league, you want to watch pundits who have played in the premier league. and that's where i agree with barton. >> i disagree that they even need to be professional footballers . i think that joey footballers. i think that joey barton is right, footballers. i think that joey barton is right , that actually barton is right, that actually none the female pundits none of the female pundits currently on circuit are any currently on the circuit are any good, he's wrong as to why good, but he's wrong as to why that is. seems to think it's that is. he seems to think it's fundamentally of them fundamentally because of them being female. the issue actually is they former is because they are former professional is because they are former profesrtakel is because they are former profesrtake the example saying would take the example of saying , can you name me how many top male could name me male pundits could you name me who truly phenomenal who are sort of truly phenomenal at what they i could name at what they do? i could name perhaps carragher, ian perhaps jamie carragher, ian wright, neville when wright, uh, gary neville when he's about he's not talking about manchester united, thierry henry. graeme henry. and now that graeme souness has retired, that's probably you would probably it. who you would actually to listen to. actually tune in to listen to. and key thing is and the key thing here is actually is actually the men's game is significantly larger from the women's game. is a much women's game. there is a much larger pool of people, therefore, to draw on. and i think actually it's rather unfair we exclusively unfair that we exclusively look towards former footballers in

order to be pundits. >> let me interrupt you . i think >> let me interrupt you. i think you're sidestepping the issue with politician's answer. with a politician's answer. there red to there it's a red herring to debate whether they're good or not. as pundits. it's their qualification to pass judgement on premier league players . as if on premier league players. as if i'm watching spurs versus arsenal. i want to see ex—arsenal players. i want to see ex spurs players. they've been there, benedict, they've got the t shirts. >> i again, this sort of strikes me a bit like the vietnam veteran argument. you don't know man. you weren't there. it doesn't actually help if the person in question is inarticulate. cannot actually form sentence. isn't form a coherent sentence. isn't very insightful actually. anybody can sit there and go, oh, it's a game of two halves. it's very tough. you don't get any insight from that. any sort of insight from that. and think that again, need any sort of insight from that. ancomeink that again, need any sort of insight from that. ancomeink thto again, need any sort of insight from that. ancomeink thto what , need any sort of insight from that. ancomeink thto what, wasieed to come back to what i was saying which is that saying before, which is that actually is very actually punditry is a very different set skills from different set of skills from playing football. different set of skills from playi|professional football. different set of skills from playi|professional footballers most professional footballers go through entire lives. they through their entire lives. they don't articulate don't need to articulate sentences anything like that. sentences or anything like that. they need to be able do it they need to be able to do it internally. most internally. and actually, most professional are

professional footballers are dissuaded from about the dissuaded from talking about the game. told to talk game. they're told to talk in soundbites. don't soundbites. so that they don't say particularly say anything particularly controversial, barton. >> well, you go. well, >> well, there you go. well, look, got top pundits. let look, i've got top pundits. let me they don't me tell you. and they don't agree me, is what the agree with me, which is what the show all because mark show is all about, because mark dolan tonight is the home of diverse what yours? diverse opinion. what is yours? market up market gb news. com coming up next story , following next in the big story, following teen littler's teen sensation luke littler's dance should more 16 dance success should more 16 year olds skip school and college and get straight into the world of work ? i'll be the world of work? i'll be asking coronation street legend charlie lawson. plus in an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's poll we've been asking is joey barton right? that female pundits should not be covering men's football? the results reveal results are in. i shall reveal all

end to this. it's frightening how many kids carry knives . how many kids carry knives. >> welcome back to the show. joey barton has caused controversy by saying that female ex—pros should not be punstin female ex—pros should not be pundits in regards to men's professional football . well, professional football. well, let's have a look at your response on email market gb

news. com and this is richard who says mark, a bloke who prefers a bloke having an opinion on a blokes game, have i missed something here. where is the controversy ? uh, terry says the controversy? uh, terry says surely the most offensive and totally irrelevant here is totally irrelevant thing here is any supposed relevance to the disgusting crimes of the wests. did anyone even mention this? well, terry , i agree mentioning well, terry, i agree mentioning serial killers was completely unacceptable . well, pat says unacceptable. well, pat says mark, i agree with joey barton with regards to having female commentators for men's games. i do not agree with his choice of words, but i watched friday night's game with the sound off because for lucy, ward never shuts up, says pat . um, how shuts up, says pat. um, how about david who says hi mark, when i watch match of the day, if a female is commentating, i turn off the sound. what a pity . turn off the sound. what a pity. well, listen, that might sound quite sexist, but this from margaret who says, mark, i'm a woman and i can't stand women commentators on any football match. and last but not least, this from ian. hi, mark. good

evening barton is spot on, clumsy but spot on. how many ex championship non—premiership male footballers are pundits on premier league matches ? the premier league matches? the answer none. ian nicely put. keep those emails coming mark at gbnews.com. well we conducted an exclusive mark dolan tonight. people's poll we've been asking is joe barton right that female punst is joe barton right that female pundits should not be covering men's football and 74% say yes, he is right. more than 25% say no . it's time now for the big no. it's time now for the big story and teen sensation luke littler is tipped to earn millions of pounds in sponsorship after his barnstorming performance at the world darts championship , in world darts championship, in which he reached the final earlier this week. it was a great performance , but does his great performance, but does his success prove that 16 year olds have more to offer than we give them credit for? does it show that 16 year olds should have the votes, potentially leave school before doing their a levels, or even enter the military? let's get the views of fearless social commentator and the legendary actor and former

corrie star charlie lawson . corrie star charlie lawson. charlie, great to have you on the show. happy new year, big man. this young man's success is a wake up call, isn't it? for any 16 year olds sitting at home playing games. playing computer games. >> yeah, i mean, it's it goes back to, um , well, i had to back to, um, well, i had to bloody bring it name up. but i mean , tony blair went education mean, tony blair went education education education. and you know what? we've kind of lost with that is apprenticeships etc, etc. we're now beginning to wise up and say to ourselves , wise up and say to ourselves, you know, not everybody needs to go to university. and i hasten to add, why in the name of jesus do we have to have police officers who've got degrees? but the point being is, if you're 16 and have talent and you and you have a talent and you have a good family and you have, uh, perhaps a good agent or whatever, if you have a talent like this young man has, then you have to follow it and you have to follow it when you've got to seize the day because, you know, don't leave it till

he's 18 because he probably wouldn't , you know, have got wouldn't, you know, have got three a—levels or whatever. and he probably wouldn't have wanted to the boy has done wonders. he's come on, he's been beaten in final . he he's come on, he's been beaten in final. he seems like a in the final. he seems like a thoroughly decent young fella. i don't give a monkey's whether he likes doner kebabs , he's. he's likes doner kebabs, he's. he's got career in darts and he got a career in darts and he should pursue that. now, i'm not suggesting that we suddenly change education, that you can leave school, blah blah , but i leave school, blah blah, but i do think mark, we should bring back the way things were that sort of 16. if you've got an apprenticeship to go to, you've done your o—levels or whatever, then go because quite frankly, we need tradespeople. um, you know, if you if you live in your own home, as i do, for god's sake, it's hard enough to find a handyman. never mind a plumber, a plasterer or anything else. so we need these skills. there highly jobs . we need these skills. there highly jobs. so, highly paid, skilled jobs. so, listen, i digress slightly, but, uh, i wish him all the very

best. and i know in my big sport, which is my thing, which is horse racing, i know the young people who join the horse racing industry as grooms . uh, racing industry as grooms. uh, you're not allowed to say, well , you're not allowed to say, well, i still say it, stable lads. and stable lasses. and i will continue to say it because that's what they are. but, um , that's what they are. but, um, uh, you know, they have a great career. they work extremely hard all the hours. god send. and they love it. they're dedicated people. if you ever go to the races and get a chance to meet a young apprentice or a young stable girl or a young stable boy, they are great, great people. so i would encourage anybody and their parents that if you're if you feel that it's right that you can go out into the world and start making a living and contributing and all the rest of it, then grab, seize that nettle, because if you don't, it'll pass you by. >> indeed. so, uh, obviously , >> indeed. so, uh, obviously, you know, you're off. tony blair's christmas card list, describing him as an is harsh

language. but, hey, you're entitled to your view, charlie. um, listen , for this lad to um, listen, for this lad to reach the final of the world dans reach the final of the world darts championships is truly incredible, isn't it? do you think we wrap our youngsters in cotton wool? these days and do too much for them ? too much for them? >> mark, i, you know my answer to that. um, and apropos of something that your lovely producer had spoken to me about before, about recruitment for the royal navy, etc. and indeed the royal navy, etc. and indeed the whole of the british armed forces is, um, as we know over the last ten years, we have raised a, um , a risk averse raised a, um, a risk averse bunch of young people and before anybody wags their finger at me, i lived with, god rest her soul, my leslie, who's who's dead now, who had black depression and huge mental health issues. but now it seems to me that children and young people are being

encouraged to have mental health problems. not encouraged, but, you know, we're we're raising a different a different sort of, um, young person than we used to do. and and, and i fear, um , i do. and and, and i fear, um, i fear that that's half the problem about what we're going to talk to before about recruitment to the armed forces. i'm not denying. and don't let anybody ever say i am about mental health issues, but don't be encouraged . people at the age be encouraged. people at the age of 14 to discuss the fact that they think they've got mental health problems . we never did it health problems. we never did it in my day or your day. um, i think we're raising a different bunch of young human beings and that that that's obviously highly controversial . and i highly controversial. and i don't mean to be that's just my opinion. um uh, you know, kids aren't as tough as they used to be with notable exceptions , be with notable exceptions, notable exceptions . um, but, you notable exceptions. um, but, you

know , i despair sometimes when i know, i despair sometimes when i talk to young, very young people. and i've got two grandchildren. so don't let anyone phone up and say i'm talking crap because i'm not. um. uh, so i think your point is well made, mark. i think we are raising a very, very different generation of young people and i fear for the worst and i'm not surprised that the royal navy are short of recruits and the british army are short of recruits. and the royal air force are short of recruits because they can't find the right people. and as your great friend norman brennan says, you know, we need to be recruiting the right people for the right jobs. now, i, i've digressed, mark, i apologise . mark, i apologise. >> well, no, you raised a very important issue about this recruitment crisis in the military. we now have insufficient numbers of sailors to man several frigates , to man several frigates, including two warships, hms albion and hms bulwark , which albion and hms bulwark, which will be mothballed in a move

that critics have said could spell the beginning of the end for the royal marines . this is for the royal marines. this is about cold, hard cash, isn't it? we've got a recruit more talent into the military. it's the world. the world is getting more dangerous, charlie . dangerous, charlie. >> it's an absolute bloody disgrace. and i've been wanting to say this on your show, mark, for a long time. to say this on your show, mark, for a longtime. um, yeah. the for a long time. um, yeah. the finest career young people could ever have . or in our. or in our ever have. or in our. or in our armed forces, which are just about hanging onto the best in the world. although we couldn't even fill wembley stadium with a british army. do you know what i mean? it's just ridiculous. we should be investing billions and billions every year , never mind billions every year, never mind the nhs, which is falling on its arse as we speak. we should be. and that's nothing to do with the staff , i hasten to artists the staff, i hasten to artists to do with woke nonsense. uh but we should be investing in our young people, not only financial , but we should be. recruitment drive . there should be a huge

drive. there should be a huge recruitment drive for the british armed forces. we still , british armed forces. we still, despite the lowering numbers and despite, i mean, organically , despite, i mean, organically, you would expect the conservative government to increase the budget by 10 billion every year. but they don't because they're scared to listen . you know what hms queen listen. you know what hms queen elizabeth have, um, an aircraft carrier . elizabeth have, um, an aircraft carrier. carrier has now got as capacity to take off for action. i think it's 32. um, fighter , as i think it's 32. um, fighter, as we are now able to put eight on board, eight of the damn things. and they're fifth generation fighters. now, if this had the ball down in argentina, if this decides to invade the falklands , decides to invade the falklands, god knows what are we going to how how are we going to get down there and do what we did? >> i think what i would >> well, i think what i would do, charlie, i i'd send do, charlie, i think i'd send you the falklands sort him you to the falklands to sort him out. for once out. listen, thank you for once again of common sense again a display of common sense and reason. always treat to and reason. always a treat to have you the show. new have you on the show. happy new yean have you on the show. happy new year, catch year, big man, and we'll catch you remarkable you soon. the remarkable coronation acting

coronation street actor acting legend fearless political legend and fearless political commentator charlie lawson coming up with tonight's top punst coming up with tonight's top pundits as the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves is mocked for saying that she struggles to get by on 86 grand a year. do the labour party still represent ordinary brits? that's next. on mark dolan tonight on

in horror at the 28 billion that they want to borrow for this net zero nonsense. this. >> at the age of 16, luke littler got to the final of the world darts championship . does world darts championship. does this prove that 16 year olds should consider getting straight into the world of work, skipping a—levels and college? well this from john. evening john. from john. good evening john. how are you on email? mark i struggled at school. i left school at help my mum with school at 15 to help my mum with her , but i was dyslexic her bills, but i was dyslexic and never took gcse exams. and never took any gcse exams. but i was 14 and was offered but if i was 14 and was offered a bricklaying course, plumbing electrician , carpentry or electrician, carpentry or anything else at 14, i would have taken it. that's what they should be doing. there's teachers out there that know

that kids are in the classroom who will never pass their gcse exams, so why don't they get them doing something constructive like apprenticeships before they leave school? so by the time they're 18, they're fully qualified to do something. john brilliant stuff. now joey barton has caused a stink by suggesting that female pros shouldn't be that x female pros shouldn't be punst that x female pros shouldn't be pundits for male football. that was the topic of my big opinion. well let's have a look at your reaction briefly if we can. it's a packed show . reaction briefly if we can. it's a packed show. uh. graham disagrees with joey barton and says, time and again we see male football being misogyny , racist football being misogyny, racist and homophobic. i believe it's time that female football teams broke away from the fa and started their own football association. they don't need the fa, says graham. they're strong enough on their own and could create a far better football association. ian. and last but not least , on this one, jenny not least, on this one, jenny says hi mark, i loves men's football and i'm a woman i can't stand women. commentator was i switch it off. it's just tokenism. they state the bleeding obvious the high bleeding obvious and the high

pitched voice pitched tone of their voice sounds awful. that's who's sounds awful. that's jenny who's given little mwah. given me a little kiss. mwah. straight back at you, jenny. by the way, i'm very, very worried. i've had a very troubling email that's need to read that's come in. i need to read it you. it's very important. it to you. it's very important. where about my tie where is it? it's about my tie and, uh, there you go. it's from margaret, who says mark, you're always so smart. but that tie does not with your shirt. does not go with your shirt. yuck says margaret, do i need to change because we've change the tie? because we've got at ten. i can run got a break at ten. i can run into the dressing room. should i change the tie mark at gbnews.com margaret's happy. gbnews.com margaret's not happy. yuck is the word harsh but fair. okay folks, lots more to come. you're watching mark dolan tonight news. shadow tonight on gb news. the shadow chancellor reeves has chancellor rachel reeves has said the cost of living crisis has left her increasingly short financially , despite her £86,000 financially, despite her £86,000 a year salary. the labour mp has said she winces at her bank balance each month with her mortgage, gas, electricity and food bills all adding up . food bills all adding up. meanwhile, sir howard davies , meanwhile, sir howard davies, the chairman of natwest bank, caused a storm by saying it's not that difficult to get on the

housing ladder. he has since retracted his comments, but these kind of remarks prove that these kind of remarks prove that the elites in this country are out of touch with ordinary brits. and do labour still represent the working class ? represent the working class? let's speak to the founder of the popular consumer finance website magpie .com, good website money magpie .com, good friend of the show, regular pundh friend of the show, regular pundit jasmine birtles. jasmine, your reaction to these remarks by rachel reeves ? by rachel reeves? >> well, yes, it was very interesting to hear rachel reeves, um, remark because on the one hand, as you say, it does show a little bit of , um, does show a little bit of, um, her being out of touch . you her being out of touch. you think 86 grand? come on, you're going to have to you're going to be able to cope. but she might have mortgage. mean, have very big mortgage. i mean, if in london, she if she lives in london, she probably have very big probably does have a very big mortgage. and maybe she has mortgage. um, and maybe she has all sorts of, um, part 80s that she has to, to do for people, you know, and that's an extra food bill. so she probably does have higher costs than others, but i get the feeling that she, she was probably being honest, but also trying to come across as a woman of the people because

as a woman of the people because as you point out, increasingly the labour party doesn't feel like the party of the people, the party of the workers, um, and it almost feels as rather with the tory party, to be honest, that there are two there are two parties within that one party. as i say with the tory party, that feels like you've got the centrists and you've got those that are wanting to break away, that are wanting low taxes , that are wanting low immigration, etc. and same in laboun immigration, etc. and same in labour. you've got the centrists and then you've got those the workers that jeremy corbyn's lot really. um, and it's very, very difficult , i think, to keep difficult, i think, to keep those two together. and i'm wondering whether it's even worth it now. well yeah. >> i mean is she jasmine , is she >> i mean is she jasmine, is she being punished for just >> i mean is she jasmine, is she being punished forjust being honest? 86 grand a year. it's a lot of money. is she rich? is she not rich? is she in the squeezed middle? yeah i think in london certainly that is the squeezed middle. >> and you know , i do say this

>> and you know, i do say this quite regularly about politicians. um, pay that. it's nowhere near high enough. i consider i mean, that's a very unpopular thing to say. but i do think that when it comes to politicians, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys and boy, have we got monkeys . and got some monkeys. um, and i think, really, you know, it should twice what they're should be twice what they're getting because 86 grand. um, i mean, you could be a sort of middle ranking marketing person in some, um, you know, some company middle of, in middle of london who does very little, frankly, and mps are supposed to be running the country. they're supposed to be representing us. they they're really important jobs. so really, i consider they should be much higher paid, but have far fewer expenses because, you know, as we know, we've had all sorts of expenses issues. oh yeah. but certainly , yeah, i'm yeah. but certainly, yeah, i'm heanng yeah. but certainly, yeah, i'm hearing from people who on my website, money magpie people, um, who are, you know , on um, who are, you know, on similar sort of amounts of money and saying, i'm sick of all the

tax, i'm sick of being taxed so much. i'm sick of losing money on this, that and the other. they are feeling poor. people are , you know, as you say, the are, you know, as you say, the squeezed middle . unless you're squeezed middle. unless you're on millions . squeezed middle. unless you're on millions. i think squeezed middle. unless you're on millions . i think nearly on millions. i think nearly everybody in the country now is feeling hard done by and feeling squeezed. >> well, yes. poor old luke littler, we've been talking about him. >> got to the final of the darts this week. 200 grand prize money. he'll be lucky if he sees half of that. let's bring in a quick reaction i. i can. quick reaction if i. if i can. jasmine from our top panel tonight. diane moran, benedict spence and precious muir. precious labour mp struggles to get by on £86,000. this will go down like a lead balloon in labour areas, won't it? >> i think so, i think she was actually trying to come across as like relatable, but she doesn't seem to understand she's actually getting paid twice as much as the uk. you know, average uk, um citizen . so she's average uk, um citizen. so she's just saying the things that we obviously can relate to in regards to high mortgages, high

rent utility bills have gone up. things that we can relate to. but her wages , most people in but her wages, most people in this country cannot . so she this country cannot. so she doesn't come across very well in my opinion. >> benedict, is this a political mistake that she's made as she puts her foot in it? >> is it a gaffe? will it be damaging? >> uh, it's a very minor one. it is a gaffe. i think it's correct to say, though, that , uh, to say, though, that, uh, increasingly i think people are going £6,000 going to find that a £6,000 isn't much thought it isn't as much as they thought it was. certainly not as much was. it's certainly not as much as used to be. and that's as it used to be. and that's going to be the same for everybody single everybody in every single bracket. effect bracket. that's the effect of inflation growth inflation and a lack of growth inflation and a lack of growth in any and i think that in any country. and i think that that's that people that's something that people are beginning but beginning to understand. but yes, makes her sound slightly beginning to understand. but yes, touch her sound slightly beginning to understand. but yes, touch with sound slightly beginning to understand. but yes, touch with people lightly beginning to understand. but yes, touch with people who ly less in touch with people who don't because don't live in london, because of course, very sort of course, this is a very sort of london thing. but is it london centric thing. but is it going to massively hurt? uh, the labour doubt it would labour party, i doubt it would shift one point. shift the dial even one point. uh, for a week, frankly, uh, even for a week, frankly, simply because of the general malaise the country feels malaise that the country feels itself you can point out itself in. you can point out that inflation is very high. you can that wages can point out that wages aren't rising it, and most

rising in line with it, and most people that's not people say, well, that's not labour's the tories. >> yes. i mean, is there a danger briefly moran, if danger briefly diana moran, if you can, is there that you can, is there a danger that we're politicians for we're punishing politicians for being honest and saying the truth about their own situation ? truth about their own situation? >> um, possibly, yes. but i do feel that in this case, if she can't manage on 86 grand and she's got a husband who's earning a lot of money as well, then i'm a bit worried about her. how can we trust her with the uk economy? there you go. >> uh, jasmine birtles do come back and see us again in the studio soon. jasmine birtles is the founder of the popular consumer financial website money magpie. .com um coming up, my mark meets guest is a world renowned mind reader who can guess your innermost thoughts. he shares incredible skill . he shares his incredible skill. live in the studio in just a moment . plus, we've been asking moment. plus, we've been asking as shadow chancellor, rachel as the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves mocked for saying she reeves is mocked for saying she gets left financially short on 86 grand a year and winces at her bank account. do the labour

party still represent ordinary brits? the results are in i shall reveal all next. plus do i need to change the tie in the next hour mark at gbnews.com don't go anywhere

you -- you are watching mark dolan tonight on gb news another mark dolan tonight people's poll results are in and we've been asking about rachel reeves, shadow chancellor says that she gets left short on 86 grand a yean gets left short on 86 grand a year, winces at her bank account. so do the labour party still represent ordinary brits ? still represent ordinary brits? the results are in, and they're damning for the shadow chancellor, 94% say no, they don't represent ordinary brits . don't represent ordinary brits. just over 5% say they do before we get to my mark, meet guests back to me. josh, when you can. margaret's not happy she's emailed the show. she said you're normally dressed very smartly . she's not happy about smartly. she's not happy about the it doesn't go the tie. she said it doesn't go with shirt. said yuck. with the shirt. she said yuck. so where i store all of so this is where i store all of my important outfits. it's a

plastic bag. i look, plastic carrier bag. i look, look like a whose wife left look like a man whose wife left him three weeks ago. don't i? so listen, do you think? get listen, what do you think? get get your votes in for time get your votes in for what time i wear the hour . i should wear in the next hour. uh, want to go to red tie? uh, do we want to go to red tie? would that be better? um. shall we for stripey or , um. we go for blue stripey or, um. how about yellow? there you go. yellow. so do you want the yellow? the blue or the red? please get your votes for in what tie i wear in the next houn what tie i wear in the next hour. mark at gbnews.com. i'll have a look at that during the news. plus, don't forget, i'll be dealing prince andrew in be dealing with prince andrew in my take at ten. but it's time now this show. now for this show. >> i'm not sure about this . what >> i'm not sure about this. what was the name of your thing ? oh, was the name of your thing? oh, please, peter . please, peter. >> top man in action. that's right . tonight, world renowned right. tonight, world renowned mind reader graham p jolly, a man who's wowed audiences with his ability to predict anything from your holidays, their destination, or the name and telephone number that you're thinking of in era, such thinking of in another era, such are his supernatural powers. he

would have been burned at the stake. 2024, he's one of stake. but in 2024, he's one of the country's most popular live entertainers. to have entertainers. brilliant to have graham in the studio, graham p jolly welcome to mark dolan . jolly welcome to mark dolan. >> thank mark. lovely to be here. >> when did you notice >> when did you first notice that this gift of that you had this gift of knowing people are thinking? >> started in show >> well, i started in show business 50 years ago. in fact, two days ago i celebrated 50 years. congratulation >> that's a great achievement. >> that's a great achievement. >> didn't start longer >> and i didn't start longer than elton john, isn't yes. than elton john, isn't it? yes. i it gone so i wish i'd known it gone so quickly. have gone up quickly. i would have gone up earlier in the morning really. but start off doing but i, i didn't start off doing this reading. i started this mind reading. i started off as yeah. and as a normal magician. yeah. and then i found about 30 years ago, itook then i found about 30 years ago, i took up what we call mentalism, which seems to have a bigger appeal. so i was in my 40s when i discovered that i could do this sort of thing. could this remarkable power be abused? >> could you get hold of someone's bank details? >> no, no , i mean, mentalists >> no, no, i mean, mentalists there is a certain limitation to it . um, i there is a certain limitation to it. um, i can't do it there is a certain limitation to it . um, i can't do it in there is a certain limitation to it. um, i can't do it in any other arena other than to

entertain in, uh, because there's a big difference between magic and mentalism. i mean, i think when we see a magic trick, we know, don't we? we know, like, for instance, this is not something i would do, but if you saw a magician, can i stand up for oh, please do. yes. if for this? oh, please do. yes. if you a magician, show you saw a magician, show a small. yeah. is that in a small medium and a large of rope? medium and a large bit of rope? if you saw that. and then they put up the top like put them up at the top like that, they make this silly that, and they make this silly gesture like that, and they're all you would all the same length. you would assume you were watching assume that you were watching a magic trick , correct? i mean, magic trick, correct? i mean, academics might think you're changing molecular structure changing the molecular structure of matter, but most people will think it's a trick. and there we are. very i mean, i know it's still very impressive. yeah, it baffles me actually, but, um, sort of got much more into sort of thing got much more into the mental side. well, yes, the mental i'd to try mental in fact, i'd like to try something can. something with you if i can. please do. but i'm very happy for you to try it on with me. >> okay. >> okay. >> this is sort of a grey area, though. you might see this mark and a trick.

and think, well, that's a trick. but might think, but then you might think, no, but he influenced me. what but maybe he influenced me. what i'd do, mark, in i'd like you to do, mark, in a few seconds, think of few seconds, is to think of a card. don't name it. just card. but don't name it. just think of a card. great and i'm going to name your card. i'm going to name your card. i'm going give your a name going to give your card a name before even announce it. before you even announce it. i name okay, name your card, mark. okay, i name your card, mark. okay, i name your card mark. now that's before i know what card you're going think of, can i want going to think of, can i? i want you to think of that card. i'm just ask one just going to ask you one question. yes. what it? now? question. yes. what is it? now? you . you can me. you can tell. you can tell me. >> reveal the name of >> shall i reveal the name of the card, please? the seven of clubs. >> now, there's a absolutely free choice. that's right. >> now, there's a absolutely freeweoice. that's right. >> now, there's a absolutely freewe didn'that's right. >> now, there's a absolutely freewe didn't chat right. >> now, there's a absolutely freewe didn't chat before the show. >> didn't know. um the seven of clubs . can i walk towards you? clubs. can i walk towards you? seven of clubs. where are we in shot now? >> this is a normal pack of cards. i just remove them from the you said the seven the box and you said the seven of clubs. is that right? seven of clubs. is that right? seven of correct? oh, there it of clubs. correct? oh, there it is. goodness mark. well is. oh my goodness mark. well that's not the effect. all right. there pretty right. um you got there pretty quickly. you hold quickly. yeah. can you just hold your of course your hand out flat? of course they and keep it like that. your hand out flat? of course they now,nd keep it like that. your hand out flat? of course they now, h keep it like that. your hand out flat? of course they now, i said�*p it like that. your hand out flat? of course they now, i said before,e that. your hand out flat? of course they now, i said before, you t.

yeah. now, i said before, you name the card that i would name your mark. yes, you did. your card, mark. yes, you did. because interesting is because the interesting thing is that's not interesting. but that's not that interesting. but every a name on every every card has a name on the . yes. alice. sally. the back. yes. alice. sally. mary ted. david. these all your exes? yes joan. yes. yeah. guys sid. anyway, all different , um, sid. anyway, all different, um, all different names. >> so every card is named. >> so every card is named. >> but you said the seven of clubs and i named it mark before you named it. correct. >> and i only thought of seven of clubs just now. >> and that says mark. >> and that says mark. >> mark, that is freakish. that is supernatural . no. is supernatural. no. >> well, yes. some people would say , i think that's a trick. say, i think that's a trick. other people would say, i don't think that's a trick. you don't think that's a trick. you don't think it's a trick? maybe i influence you subliminally towards that. admit, towards that. i must admit, i must that a seven is quite must admit that a seven is quite often thought but that often thought of. but that wouldn't explain that , because wouldn't explain that, because also a few other options also i had a few other options before i got to seven of clubs. >> yes, i went change your mind three ace three times. eight spades, ace of . it was three times. of spades. it was three times. yeah yeah, partly because i play

cards so rarely. i had to remember what the cards were, but i settled. that truly but i settled. that is truly amazing. i've thought seven amazing. so i've thought seven of and then you've handed of clubs. and then you've handed me mark seven me a card that says mark seven of clubs. it's truly extraordinary. never extraordinary. i can never understand you did it. understand how you did it. >> want to try something >> do you want to try something else? go for i've just got else? go for it. i've just got an in a photograph of an elbow in a photograph of well—known um, we've got well—known people. um, we've got michael diana, michael jackson, lady diana, donald to donald trump. yes. i'm going to make about donald make a prediction about donald trump. oh, what's that? well, he's make it next he's not going to make it next yeah he's not going to make it next year. he's going to have to year. oh, he's going to have to pull medical grounds . pull out on medical grounds. really? i think he's to really? i think he's going to pull it. i think pull out. is it. well i think i think he's got prostate problems. >> and um, mark, just flick through get cancelled how. >> now. >> yes. flick through it. so flick through that just to confirm . just to confirm. confirm. just to confirm. everything's normal. yeah, i've got obama, elvis presley , got barack obama, elvis presley, alfred hold it alfred hitchcock. okay, hold it close it would and i'd like close it would you? and i'd like you once somewhere you to open it once somewhere and just keep it open. keep it open. i'll do that. >> and you can't see where i've opened it. okay it's open. >> okay. and concentrate on the name of that person, would you? all it. no all right. and close it. no i couldn't there's cameras couldn't no, there's no cameras behind way. behind you. there's no way. think of it, i want you, please

to try a image action, think of it, i want you, please tothat's a image action, think of it, i want you, please tothat's possible image action, think of it, i want you, please tothat's possible .mage action, think of it, i want you, please tothat's possible . when action, think of it, i want you, please tothat's possible . when you>n, if that's possible. when you think this person and i sense think of this person and i sense scepticism, i don't know. ah, john travolta. yes, it was john travolta . you're not being travolta. you're not being quiet. >> no, i was trying to give you a bit of disco vibes. yes, by thinking in a disco way. because of john travolta. >> you didn't. saying >> you didn't. you're not saying that humouring you. that i am not humouring you. >> that's not my job. >> that's not my job. >> you're not being kind. >> you're not being kind. >> no, my to find you >> no, my job is to find you out. i've so far failed. out. but i've so far failed. >> you're being kind >> well, you're not being kind to are you? no to an older man, are you? no way. no. there's not much. way. well, no. there's not much. i john travolta. i met john travolta. >> between us. um, >> an age gap between us. um, i met travolta once. took met john travolta once. i took it yeah? it to. oh, yeah? >> what well i never >> what happened? well i never forget said to yes forget what he said to me. yes he looked at me and he said, who are you? think that summed are you? and i think that summed up the man me. what? up the man to me. oh, what? >> you know? >> what do you know? >> what do you know? >> think you should have said >> i think you should have said i'm grampy jolly, have i'm grampy jolly, jolly i have you know, uri you ever. do you know, uri geller, thought was geller, i thought was fascinating. oh, yeah, don't. fascinating. oh, yeah, i don't. you viewers home? you got any viewers at home? just spoon or a just go and get a spoon or a key. well, that's it, here's a spoon. all right. just spoon. all right. and just concentrate. spoon from concentrate. a normal spoon from your just to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, just to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and just to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and i just to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and i wantjust to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and i want you to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and i want you just to concentrate. a normal spoon from you1it, and i want you just ato rub it, and i want you just at

home. and on the home. concentrate. and on the count three, the count of three, say the word bend.bend count of three, say the word bend. bend look at that. >> oh, my turn. >> oh, my turn. >> oh, my turn. >> oh, boiling hot. >> oh, boiling hot. >> that is truly extraordinary. >> that is truly extraordinary. >> i should have warned you . >> i should have warned you. it's a family show, graham. >> oh, is it ? >> oh, is it? >> oh, is it? >> yeah, but that's all right. i'll tell you what. >> it was nice to see somebody get it up at this time of night. uh, graham, you are maverick. uh, graham, you are a maverick. you're genius. your you're a genius. you've got your website, is, a mind website, which is, uh, is a mind reader. reading reader. co.uk has reading people's over backfired ? people's minds over backfired? >> i did, i did a show >> uh, yes, i did, i did a show quite recently, and i gave an envelope to somebody before the show in your show and sign it, put it in your pocket halfway through my pocket. i was halfway through my i said, would the gentleman with the up and the envelope, um, stand up and nobody and the wives nobody stood up. and the wives said he's just passed nobody stood up. and the wives said which he's just passed nobody stood up. and the wives said which he'no, st passed nobody stood up. and the wives said which he'no, st pnoted away, which is no, it's not funny. have got time? have we funny. have we got time? have we got time for one more? >> greg says, got 30s 30s. >> greg says, we've got 30s 30s. >> greg says, we've got 30s 30s. >> of pin >> okay, think of your pin number. don't of number. no don't just think of a two number. but over 25 two figure number. but over 25 taoiseach number over 25. and for auditors for the auditors to verification, make note verification, just make a note of and clearly in the of it. nice and clearly in the circle, the circle any circle, in the circle and any number above yes, please. number above 25. yes, please. >> figures. you done >> two figures. have you done it. done, done.

>> close it. i don't >> okay. close it. i don't want to it. do you have a number to see it. do you have a number in yes i i'm in your mind? yes i do, i'm going write some numbers down going to write some numbers down which a thing. um, which won't mean a thing. um, keep it there. don't change your mind.

>> well, it's coming up to 10:00. >> we've got a very busy hour to come, let me tell you that. the emails are coming in thick and fast. emails are coming in thick and fast . first of all, people fast. first of all, people enjoyed the performance of graham p jolly, the wonderful mind reader, there's massive mind reader, but there's massive controversy about what i'm wearing tonight because margaret has said ,

has emailed the show. she said, normally smart, but normally you're so smart, but that does not go with the that tie does not go with the shirt. yuck she has said roy said , i don't like the said, i don't like the alternatives you're suggesting . alternatives you're suggesting. none says roy . none of them says roy. meanwhile, how about this from linda mark? sorry, none of those ties are suitable. what you need is a different shirt, preferably a that's linda in a plain one. that's linda in harrogate. well, look, the show is very democratic. it's what you that counts. so do you you think that counts. so do you want the red tie? do you want the blue tie that work or yellow ? so get your votes in mark at gb news. com or all of the big topics. let me tell you. listen it's a very, very busy hour to come . it is coming up to 10:00 come. it is coming up to 10:00 on television, on radio and onune on television, on radio and online in the united kingdom and across the world. you're watching mark dolan tonight on gb news. this is your perfect saturday night entertainment. big stories , big opinions, and big stories, big opinions, and big guests along the way coming up in my take at ten, you won't want to miss this one. it is

game over for the playboy prince. it's time for king charles to give andrew his marching orders. i'll be dealing with andrew in no uncertain terms at ten. that's my take. at ten, it's all about prince andrew. and i'm not pulling my punches. andrew. and i'm not pulling my punches . as the mother in law punches. as the mother in law moves into their californian mansion, will harry and meghan last 2024 and is he trump presidency now ? inevitable . presidency now? inevitable. >> your vote for our campaign on monday, january 15th, you will declare that we are going to take back our country. we're going to defeat joe biden . going to defeat joe biden. >> plus, tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits. >> so a packed show, lots to get through in just two minutes time. i'll be dealing with prince andrew. but first, the news with sam francis . mark

news with sam francis. mark >> thank you. good evening. i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. the headlines at ten flooding across parts of england has been described as an absolute nightmare. that's as 190 flood warnings remain in place across the country. the government has announced that thousands of pounds will be given to communities that are affected . communities that are affected. people in eligible areas can apply for up to £500 to help with immediate costs, and there's also an offer of up to £5,000 in grants for some homes and businesses. it comes as more flooding is expected to hit parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and the river thames with exceptionally high and in some cases record river levels in the. in the us, newly released court documents suggest prince andrew had daily massages at jeffrey epstein's home in florida. testimony from epstein's housekeeper says the prince spent weeks at the convicted pedophile's palm beach property. prince andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing . denies any wrongdoing. meanwhile, it's being reported that he's facing a multi—million pound bill in the uk for

security costs. if he wants to remain at his home on the windsor estate . it's being windsor estate. it's being reported that rishi sunak's new pensions minister is being investigated for breaching expenses rules , according to the expenses rules, according to the times, paul maynard used more than £100,000 of taxpayers money to promote the conservative party and his own re—election . party and his own re—election. the amount appears to have been spent on printing stationery and rent . the allegations came to rent. the allegations came to light after a local conservative member raised concerns that the mp for blackpool north has denied any wrongdoing . the denied any wrongdoing. the chancellor says that he's not sure if the government can afford to offer any more tax cuts to voters before the next election. a 2% reduction in national insurance comes into force today, which jeremy hunt claims will benefit 27 million people and save the average family. with two earners nearly £1,000 this year. however the government has frozen the income tax threshold, pushing many into higher brackets, offsetting the benefit of that national

insurance cut. the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, says people are still paying for previous tory failures , as we've seen. >> unfortunately , a huge cost of >> unfortunately, a huge cost of living crisis in our country. >> and of course, this is just one aspect of it. as you say, 1.6 million homeowners who are going to be facing an average of £2,880 more on their mortgages when they remortgage. now, of course , some of that damage, course, some of that damage, unfortunately , is already done. unfortunately, is already done. you know, a large amount of it. sadly, for many people, is down to what happened with that liz truss crashing of the economy. we immediately saw that feeding in. >> we've learned today that russia has used north korean ballistic missiles in ukraine for the first time. that's according to an independent weapons expert . the united weapons expert. the united states has described it as a significant and concerning escalation in cooperation between the two countries. as dutch researcher houston clemens, who was among those to examine the debris, says russia

is violating international law . is violating international law. >> russia should be adhering to the sanctions on north korea , the sanctions on north korea, uh, even more so when it's in the case of, uh, highly significant type of weapon system like, uh, this, uh, short range ballistic missile systems that we're now seeing . so that we're now seeing. so that's, uh, really a very gross violation. uh it's just that there's no , uh, physical there's no, uh, physical mechanism in place to, uh, prevent russia from importing , prevent russia from importing, uh, clandestinely, even, even very obviously, clandestinely import testing, uh, weapon systems , if they choose to do so i >> -- >> and in the us, all boeing 737 max nine aircraft have been grounded after a window and part of the fuselage blew out of a plane in mid—air. of the fuselage blew out of a plane in mid—air . the alaska plane in mid—air. the alaska airlines aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after a large hole appeared where the emergency exit had been. 177 people were on board, but luckily no one was hurt and we understand there's minimal impact on uk aircraft . this is

impact on uk aircraft. this is gb news across the uk on tv, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker. just say play gb news now though , it's back to . news now though, it's back to. mark. thanks sam. >> welcome to mark dolan tonight on gb news. huge controversy . in on gb news. huge controversy. in the last hour i received an angry email from margaret, who let me tell you, was one of my favourite viewers. she said you're dressed so smartly you're always dressed so smartly but did not like the shirt tie combination . well, i've had combination. well, i've had hundreds emails with your hundreds of emails with your nominations your preferred nominations for your preferred colour tie, and we've gone colour of tie, and we've gone for blue, let me tell for blue, which, let me tell you, reflect my you, does not reflect my political affiliations. if you want to know my political affiliations , i think they're affiliations, i think they're all dreadful. welcome to the show very busy hour to show and a very busy hour to come. as the mother in law moves into their californian mansion , into their californian mansion, will harry and meghan last 2024 andifs will harry and meghan last 2024 and it's a trump presidency now inevitable. i'll be heading to the united states and asking one

of america's top political commentators , doctor carole commentators, doctor carole lieberman . plus tomorrow's lieberman. plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits this evening , the green goddess diana evening, the green goddess diana moran , top political commentator moran, top political commentator benedict spence and tv personality and broadcaster precious muir. plus, personality and broadcaster precious muir . plus, they'll be precious muir. plus, they'll be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day and back page zeroes of the day a packed tower, a brand new tie, a packed tower, a brand new tie, a smart new jacket and those papers are coming. but first, my take at ten. good news for harry, who can have a week off from being the world's most unpopular prince. enter stage left his uncle andrew, formerly known among the uk. press as randy andy for his colourful private life. well it's a label which has come back to haunt him this week in an almost cache of court documents has dropped in america, with the late queen's favourite son being checked 69

times in a 900 page dossier relating to disgraced billionaire paedophile jeffrey epstein and the woman who facilitated his sexual crimes. ghislaine maxwell. the prince is accused of forcing a young virginia giuffre to sleep with him on three separate occasions at the age of just 17. also, he's accused of joining an orgy with numerous other underaged girls on epstein's caribbean island and enjoying daily massages on the epstein compound and allegedly touching another woman's breast. it's important to stress that andrew denies all of these allegations and settled his case with virginia giuffre out of court with no admission of wrongdoing. in 2022. now andrew may or may not be guilty of these crimes, but what we do already know is enough for the playboy prince to be banished from the royal family once for and all. this is a prince who has brought his family and the

country into disrepute by having an ill advised friendship in the first place, with a known sex offender, and he made a complete fool of himself with that newsnight interview in which he claimed to have a disorder in which he doesn't sweat . well, which he doesn't sweat. well, all of that has changed. he's now sweating more than a vegan in a butcher's shop, and his problems mount as he faces possible eviction from his £30 million, ten bedroom home. the royal lodge in windsor. after king charles made his brother responsible for the upkeep and more recently, securing of the premises. but this fat cat aristocrat won't go hungry. it turns out the privileged prince has inherited millions from his late mother and father for nice work if you can get it. king charles wants to have a slimmed down monarchy and the first lump of unwanted fat that he's deaung of unwanted fat that he's dealing with is andrew himself, who hasn't just shamed his own family. he is a national embarrassment . prince andrew is embarrassment. prince andrew is a man who was gifted a house by

his mother when he got married, but sold it to an arab businessman for £15 million in two thousand and seven. that's when £15 million was a lot of money. and after a lengthy court battle over massive unpaid debts, he finally flogged his swiss ski chalet forjust shy of swiss ski chalet for just shy of 20 mil. ultimately wherever this story goes and of course it could get worse, which has huge implications for king charles and whose behaviour has been below par for a top royal. and he hasn't shown an ounce of contrition for the embarrassment he's caused when only the permanently broke toe sucking royal reject sarah ferguson is backing you. you know you're in trouble all to his own mixture of idiocy and arrogance. randy a&e has brought this on himself and in my view, it's game over. it's time to march the grand old duke of york back down the hill and keep him there. i'm told all he does these days is luxuriate

on his royal estate and ride his horses . well, he's run his last horses. well, he's run his last race and it's time he was consigned to the knackers yard. the party's over for the playboy . prince. >> do you have an ounce of sympathy for prince andrew? >> let me know your thoughts market gbillionews.com. i'll get to your email shortly, but let's hear from my top pundits . the hear from my top pundits. the green goddess herself, journalist , green goddess herself, journalist, model and fitness expert moran . top expert diana moran. top political commentator benedict spence, and television personality and broadcast precious muir. are your reaction to what i've had to say ? to what i've had to say? benedict spence, is there any way back for the playboy prince ? way back for the playboy prince? >> i don't think there's been a way back for some time. i think that uh, his standing among that his, uh, his standing among the general public, uh, hit, uh, a bottom some time ago in a sort of stage there. um, i it's bizarre, actually , that i don't bizarre, actually, that i don't think that the release of these files has actually done his

reputation any greater damage. it's only of seen to bring it's only sort of seen to bring other down alongside to other people down alongside to roughly where prince andrew also is. so, no, i don't think that there is a way back. i don't think there's any great desire even within royal household, even within the royal household, to back. to have him brought back. certainly. think you're certainly. i don't think you're going this going to find much on this panel going to find much on this panel. way. panel. put it that way. >> how about precious muir? >> how about you, precious muir? >> how about you, precious muir? >> have sympathy for >> do you have sympathy for prince andrew, which do? prince andrew, which some do? after been after all, he has been prosecuted of no crimes. >> well, i personally have to say this as a woman with a vagina, i don't have the luxury of getting on a private plane and going to an island and not asking any questions whatsoever. the fact is, you go somewhere , the fact is, you go somewhere, you ask those questions. so for me, it is very, very vital that they figure out why these people on that list attended that island and maybe several times thatis island and maybe several times that is a big question. and no , that is a big question. and no, i do not have any sympathy for prince andrew. maybe he's guilty by association, but at the end of the day, we have to find out

the specifics as to why these people on this list were at this island. >> uh, what sanctions , as diana >> uh, what sanctions, as diana moran should be meted out on prince andrew, if any? >> well , there's certainly going >> well, there's certainly going to have to be something meted out. he was a royal prince. he should have behaved like a royal prince. he's made an absolute mockery. poor poor king charles is to have a brother who's being up to all of this. as you've said in your report, he lives in a 30 million house, a pound house. he's surrounded by people who are still trying to, you know, be subservient to him. his ex—wife , or is she his ex—wife ex—wife, or is she his ex—wife still living there? what on earth is going on? when is he going to get into the real world? what also worries me is by association, all those other people on that list. some of those names a bit worrying .

those names a bit worrying. >> it is worrying. >> it is worrying. >> you're absolutely right . i >> you're absolutely right. i mean, precious diana moran mentions sarah ferguson and she said ex—wife or is she the ex—wife? i don't know, are they still banging? it's anyone's guess , but it's been suggested guess, but it's been suggested in the express today by the respected royal reporter, former royal reporter at the bbc, precious muir, that perhaps prince andrew should marry sarah ferguson to save his reputation. how about that for a solution ? how about that for a solution? >> i think that the reputation is not. it's not. it's not possible to be salvaged like it is really the point where is really at the point where there's no return. how about you? >> uh, benedict spens is really explosive. article by michael cole in the express today. he's a good a good friend of mine. he's he shoots from the hip. he says that if prince andrew married sarah ferguson, it would completely detoxify him. i don't think it would detoxify him. >> i would hope that he would be marrying sarah ferguson because it would make the two of them happy, would happy, not because it would potentially rehabilitate his his image. but you know , who knows?

image. but you know, who knows? stranger have happened . stranger things have happened. but i don't think that that marriage rerunning that particular marriage would. >> well, i wonder about that . >> well, i wonder about that. diana moran. you know, a big wedding, you know, the country gets , the get on gets involved, the press get on side redeems option. she basically the playboy prince. >> you know, i mean, this whole thing stinks . why did he have thing stinks. why did he have a settlement out of court ? settlement out of court? >> 12 million. >> 12 million. >> 12 million. there >> 12 million. there you >> 12 million. there you go. >> 12 million. there you go. 12 million. why? if he had done nothing. >> yeah , i think i think that >> yeah, i think i think that it's quite concerning. 12 million to somebody. you are unsure of meeting is quite a big sum of money. >> i'm precious meal. can i thank you for confirming tonight that you are a woman with a vagina ? vagina? >> a woman. i don't have >> i am a woman. i don't have the going places the luxury of just going places and not figuring out if it's going be a dangerous place. going to be a dangerous place. it's, i wouldn't to an it's, uh. i wouldn't go to an island where i can't get off it, and i don't know what's going on there. questions there. so those questions need to asked. yeah. to be asked. yeah. >> it's so hard know these

>> it's so hard to know these days. very confused. days. i get very confused. clarify folks, me clarify listen, folks, let me tell you, producer greg's been in my a developing story. in my ear a developing story. we've tomorrow's and we've got tomorrow's papers and prince features in two prince andrew features in two big in tomorrow's papers big stories in tomorrow's papers . at 1030 with full . that's at 1030 with full pundh . that's at 1030 with full pundit from the pundit reaction from the anatomically excellent pundits you've been listening to. but coming up next, as the mother in law moves into their californian mansion, harry and meghan mansion, will harry and meghan last 2024? and is a trump presidency now inevitable? we're heading straight to the states and asking one of america's most fear . and asking one of america's most fear. awesome political commentators . dropper of truth, commentators. dropper of truth, bombs herself. doctor carol lieberman. she's next. this is mark dolan tonight on

in horror at the 28 billion that they want to borrow for this net zero nonsense. this. >> welcome back to the show . >> welcome back to the show. well, it's time now for us news and kinsey schofield is away this week . so let's catch up this week. so let's catch up with one of america's most compelling political commentators and the woman known as psychiatrist. as america's psychiatrist. doctor carol lieberman . carol, doctor carol lieberman. carol, welcome to the show. lovely to

have you back on the show. and happy new year. us speaking in his first re—election campaign events of the president events of the year, president joe biden denounced donald trump for sowing lawlessness and disorder in the country. let's take a listen . take a listen. >> donald trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, but not the future . he's willing to the future. he's willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. >> well, donald trump has fought back. let's take a listen. carol >> with your vote for our campaign on monday, january 15th, you will declare that we are going to take back our country. we're going to defeat joe biden . joe biden. >> well, there you go, doctor carol. they've started the campaign barring a major upset. donald trump is on course to be the republican nominee for us president at which point polling in the handful of must win battleground states suggest that he has a better than even chance of beating joe biden in

november. so is a trump victory on the cards ? on the cards? >> i certainly hope so. but there are a lot of things, um, in between before we get to that point , because, you know, first point, because, you know, first of all, biden is so such a hypocrite. he says things like, uh, um, democracy is on the ballot, actually , the biggest ballot, actually, the biggest obstruction to trump is there are some states that are trying to take his name off the ballot and they're using january 6th. you know, they're trying to say that january 6th was an insurrection. >> and according to the 14th amendment, uh, of the american constitution, people who who perpetrate insurrections aren't allowed to run for office. well, i watched donald trump that morning of january 6th. he did not tell people to go and, uh, trespass in the in the capitol. he didn't tell them to , you he didn't tell them to, you know, steal things or make mess. >> um, he just told them to go there and stand there and make a

stand and actually that they want the votes to be counted more correctly . and, um, you more correctly. and, um, you know, there's certainly there is a very large question. >> i have a very large question. and lots of people do in terms of the 20, uh, 2020 election as far as whether it was honest or not. and so for biden to be saying things like, uh, democracy is on the ballot and to be saying that, you know, trump, um, is an insurrectionist and all of that, you know, it's just outrageous. but, you know, what's more outrageous? um, that people have seen , uh, biden people have seen, uh, biden since he started running for president , you know, back in, in president, you know, back in, in 2020, um , when, uh , and i, when 2020, um, when, uh, and i, when he was in his basement and i was started saying from that time that he has encroaching dementia and everyone now can see that it is it has encroached more and including on this recent, uh, stop his first campaign stop . stop his first campaign stop. and yet people clap. you know, the audience was clapping. i mean, granted, those were people

in his party, and, you know, they have been there they wouldn't have been there otherwise, they be otherwise, and they might be some actors . some paid actors. >> here it is. carol uh, >> well, here it is. carol uh, this uh, another senior this is, uh, another senior moment for biden, who moment for joe biden, who appeared to be completely zoned out at the end of his campaign speech night . he was speech last night. he was speaking at valley forge in pennsylvania. turned to leave pennsylvania. he turned to leave the stage, only to have his wife, first lady jill biden , wife, first lady jill biden, rush up him, take him by the rush up to him, take him by the hand and whisper in his ear before eventually guiding him off the stage. she's not his wife, is she? she's his handler and she's his nurse . and she's his nurse. >> yes, yes . i and she's his nurse. >> yes, yes. i mean, you and she's his nurse. >> yes, yes . i mean, you know, >> yes, yes. i mean, you know, people now expect it that when he gets to the end of a speech, he's not going to know where he is. so she was ready to jump up there. and, you know, she probably whispered something like, it's time to leave like, uh, it's time to leave now, joe. or and then he actually turned back after she was leading him off. and said was leading him off. and he said some things like like he said, um, understand power. well, um, i understand power. well, yeah , does understand yeah, he does understand power. he , uh, corrupted it. and

he has, uh, corrupted it. and taken too much of it to make the country a mess. >> uh, carol, let's talk about the duke and duchess of sussex. press reports suggest that meghan markle's mother, doria ragland, has moved in with harry, and meghan apparently , harry, and meghan apparently, she's taken up residence in the sussexes guest house on the grounds of their californian mansion, putting on your hat as america's most beloved psychiatrist. what does this move tell us about what's happening in the family ? happening in the family? >> well , it tells happening in the family? >> well, it tells us that, uh, meghan and harry are worried about paying their mortgage. um, they're taking her in to contribute . and also, of course, contribute. and also, of course, to be a 24 over seven babysitter. i don't think it's going to affect their relationship necessarily one way or the other. i think harry, you know, has fond feelings for her mother . um, know, has fond feelings for her mother. um, but i think it just shows, you know, it's just another, uh, sign that they're, you know, they're expectations. and um, what they had thought was going to happen are not

happening. and that they're, you know , they're just kind of know, they're just kind of gradually falling apart. >> but also, look, i think we can agree that doria ragland >> but also, look, i think we civery ree that doria ragland >> but also, look, i think we civery dignified)oria ragland >> but also, look, i think we civery dignified lady. ragland >> but also, look, i think we civery dignified lady. she'sid a very dignified lady. she's a very beautiful a very beautiful woman. she's a nice lady, all intents and nice lady, to all intents and purposes. uh, arguably unlike her but um, it's not her daughter. but um, it's not good news for harry, is it? because outnumbered now . because he's outnumbered now. >> well, that's a good point . >> well, that's a good point. um. that's true . um, well, it um. that's true. um, well, it would be interesting to know what she really thinks, you know, whether she wants them to continue down the road. they've been going down, or whether she realises you know , they've realises that, you know, they've embarrassed . and she embarrassed themselves. and she might harry's side if might be on harry's side if she's got half a brain. >> uh, listen, how do you solve a problem like prince andrew? carol, let's take a look at tomorrow's mail on sunday here in the uk, another devastating headline, and it reads as follows . uh, more humiliation follows. uh, more humiliation for embattled prince as newly released legal papers reveal that the court told ghislaine maxwell find the emails on

andrew and sex toys. that's right, ghislaine maxwell was ordered to search her phone, computer and thousands of emails for prince andrew's name , along for prince andrew's name, along with the words sex toy , erotic, with the words sex toy, erotic, royal, underage sex, nipple and. now now that sounds like my wedding night, but, uh, this is pretty damning stuff, isn't it ? pretty damning stuff, isn't it? >> i think, chris, i know i listened to your talk and it was very, um, elegant. however, i disagree. i think prince andrew has been punished enough. and, um, you know, in, in the court case against him in the in what she filed virginia roberts, um , she filed virginia roberts, um, she filed virginia roberts, um, she never has found she has never produced the photo. the most damning photo. and in a court, you know , it's not court, you know, it's not supposed to be the court of pubuc supposed to be the court of public opinion. it's supposed to be a real court. public opinion. it's supposed to be a real court . and, um, and be a real court. and, um, and yet she all of a sudden she doesn't have the evidence. i mean, if you had something that was worth millions and millions of dollars, you keep of dollars, wouldn't you keep it safer, bank vault or

safer, like in a bank vault or give your lawyer or give it to your lawyer or something? she suddenly can't find it . so i something? she suddenly can't find it. so i think she's been lying for a lot of things, not just in regard andrew, just in regard to prince andrew, but to a lot of things but in regard to a lot of things i don't. i think out for i don't. i think she's out for the for her 15 the money. she's out for her 15 minutes of fame , and she's out minutes of fame, and she's out to, um, to hurt other people. you know, to, um , particularly you know, to, um, particularly prince andrew. i think she if she did meet him, you know, he's denying that he ever met her. i don't know if that's true, but. okay. um, but if she did meet him, i think she might have been a scorned . a woman scorned. >> okay, well, course, carol >> okay, well, of course, carol virginia giuffre. virginia roberts is not here defend roberts is not here to defend herself. would deny those herself. she would deny those allegations. and, of course, the prince settle out of court prince did settle out of court in regard to those allegations. but you're entitled to your view and thank you so much for stepping in the minute. stepping in at the last minute. kinsey join us, kinsey wasn't able to join us, but we love having you on the show, we'll catch up show, carol, and we'll catch up in near future. in the very near future. >> you. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> there you go. my thanks to america's psychiatrist, the dropper of truth bombs. i think

you'll agree. quite a personality. doctor carol liebert . uh, fantastic stuff. liebert. uh, fantastic stuff. looks loads more to come. keep those emails coming in thick and fast. market gbnews.com. but next up, the papers are on the way with some more headlines in regards to prince andrew and much, much more. this is mark dolan tonight on gb news. see you

this. it's frightening how many kids carry knives . kids carry knives. >> uh, welcome back to the show. look, i'm just sorting through

the papers. i've got producer greg in my ear. it's a very busy half hour to come. let's start with the papers . and we start with the papers. and we start with the papers. and we start with the papers. and we start with the mail on sunday. and more humiliation for embattled prince as newly released legal papers reveal. court told ghislaine find emails on andrew and sex toy. let me give you some details on this. it's an exclusive from the mail on sunday. prince andrew was tonight facing more humiliation after it was revealed that sex trafficker ghislaine maxwell was ordered to search her phone, computer and thousands of emails for his name, along with the words sex toy, erotic . prince words sex toy, erotic. prince andrew, duke of york, royal underage massage, slave sex nipple and now, let me just remind you, this is a senior member of the royal family and the late queen's favourite son. also exclusive secrets of troubled hollies tv comeback is the other story. she's expected

to return to screens in dancing on ice . now we go to sunday on ice. now we go to sunday telegraph next sunak are cut tax by kerbing welfare for blocked uae backed takeover of telegraph doesn't excuse me bop block block uae backed takeover of the telegraph , dozens of mps urged. telegraph, dozens of mps urged. let me give you the detail on that story. the daily telegraph is up for sale. some concerns from could be sold from mps that it could be sold to a group in the united arab emirates. concerns about, uh, impartiality and freedom of speech in this country, as well as great journalism council in anti—democratic dash to beat net zero targets is the other story in the telegraph independent next free childcare plan in chaos parents face losing out on nursery places at last minute as hunfs nursery places at last minute as hunt's key pre—election pledge unravels in a funding crisis this sunday. express £500 million boat gangs huge profits out of misery. criminal gangs

behind small boats scandal have raked in nearly half a billion pounds since the channel crisis began. more than 100,000 people have made the treacherous crossings since 2018, paying an average of £4,000 per head for each journey . sunday mirror now each journey. sunday mirror now it's nice to have you back, holly, as holly willoughby returns to itv's dancing on ice andrew doyle exclusive it's prince andrew again i am going nowhere, says the playboy prince duke to resist, attempt to kick him out of mansion. duke to resist, attempt to kick him out of mansion . the observer him out of mansion. the observer now key covid inquiry report creates election date headache for the prime minister and police . refusals on clare's law police. refusals on clare's law leave people at risk of abuse . leave people at risk of abuse. last but not least, for now, daily star sunday e equals mc double top darts are turning us into einstein's arrows. definitely make you more

cleverer , say the daily star cleverer, say the daily star sunday. you can't beat a bit of bully if you want to be as brainy as einstein with biceps like arnie , the boffins reckon like arnie, the boffins reckon that darts is a great way to improve your powers , both mental improve your powers, both mental and physical, say the daily star. there's hope for all of us. okay, let's get reaction to those headlines from tonight's top pundits. the green goddess journalist , top pundits. the green goddess journalist, model and fitness expert diana moran . top expert diana moran. top political commentator benedict spence, and television personality and broadcaster precious muir. listen, let's get reaction to prince andrew before another stunning story about the prime minister, rishi sunak, in the sunday telegraph. but i'll keep that on the bench for just a moment because, court told ghislaine maxwell . a moment because, court told ghislaine maxwell. find emails with words like prince andrew and sex toy. more humiliation for the palace and the country. >> diana , can it get any worse? >> diana, can it get any worse? >> diana, can it get any worse? >> no . it's such a dreadful >> no. it's such a dreadful disgrace . disgrace. >> i mean, i don't know what some of these words mean. nipple

slave. i think we all do. i lived a sheltered life. >> child, childhood. >> child, childhood. >> you know where he obviously hasn't? no no, it is a problem. and it's not one that's going away. what can charles do at this point? diana >> i would have thought . take >> i would have thought. take the house away for a start . i the house away for a start. i know that you've said he's inherited all this money and the likes of. but gradually he's going to come to reality that he's got to now face his future , he's got to now face his future, funding his future, not depending on his brother and all of us and our taxes. >> i think he might. i think he should be sent back to the us and probably face those allegations . and probably face those allegations. i think that might be a good way forward for him, because he can't hide out because he can't just hide out here the uk. in my opinion. i here in the uk. in my opinion. i think that's the only way for him past this. him to actually move past this. >> of course, is another >> of course, there is another very dark possibility for the palace. this could badly backfire. benedict. if they house add prince andrew out of the family , he could be prince

the family, he could be prince harry, mark two could be prince harry. the sequel . he goes to harry. the sequel. he goes to america. he writes a book, he does a podcast. he could spill the beans, i think. >> i mean , as far as i'm aware, >> i mean, as far as i'm aware, he hasn't been charged with anything up to this point in the us either. correct. so i think the key thing here actually , for the key thing here actually, for the key thing here actually, for the royal family is to not comment on this is to not take any major action, to not rock any major action, is to not rock the and to focus on the boat and to focus on actually being the royal family. >> already >> i think they've already contributed. was contributed. i think was 2 million towards the 12 million that was given. yes. i think that was given. yes. so i think they've already that nature they've already of that nature in that's where in that. so i think that's where the the queen chipped in the queen, the queen chipped in didn't she. funding will end didn't she. the funding will end from that. but again, to something that he hasn't done again though, that's i think the key now to recognise key thing now is to recognise that royal family is this is that the royal family is this is about the state, this is beyond simply tittle tattle. simply celebrity, tittle tattle. >> and actually it needs to be focusing on it is we expect focusing on what it is we expect it do and understand that it to do and i understand that that mean not throwing that might mean not throwing andrew to the wolves. exactly. but not actually engaging with this. defend

this. if he needs to defend himself, do on himself, he needs to do that on his time his own dollar. his own time and his own dollar. >> how did the queen's favourite son be such a son turn out to be such a wrongand? just don't know. wrongand? diana just don't know. >> made friends. >> he made bad friends. >> he made bad friends. >> obviously was spoilt >> he obviously was a spoilt child. we're always told that it was the queen's favourite son, so was it a question of spoiling 7 so was it a question of spoiling ? like harry was spoilt as well. >> well indeed. a close friend of mine is a royal insider who has said that no one's got a good word to say about the guy, that he's obnoxious, that he's arrogant, and a lot of the press reports today are saying he's pretty stupid, i mean, that pretty stupid, too. i mean, that the newsnight was the newsnight interview was a colossal on his part. >> i, i tend to think that we underplay how much stupidity has actually played a role in all of this. >> i'm perfectly happy to believe that prince andrew, whatever he might may not whatever he might or may not have got up to, made these decisions just decisions based on just sheer stupidity. this is stupidity. i think that this is entirely possible because stupidity. i think that this is ent member;ible because stupidity. i think that this is entmember;ible royalause stupidity. i think that this is ent member;ible royal family his member of the royal family doesn't that doesn't mean that he's particularly also doesn't mean that he's particwerly also doesn't mean that he's particwe need also doesn't mean that he's particwe need to also doesn't mean that he's particwe need to bear also doesn't mean that he's particwe need to bear in also doesn't mean that he's particwe need to bear in mind, think we need to bear in mind, i think, as you were alluding to earlier, precious, which is that

actually many very powerful actually in many very powerful circles the world, this circles across the world, this sort behaviour is just sort sort of behaviour is just sort of tolerated and accepted. and i think good example of of tolerated and accepted. and i thiniis good example of of tolerated and accepted. and i thiniis the good example of of tolerated and accepted. and i thiniis the late,yd example of of tolerated and accepted. and i thiniis the late, uh,(ample of of tolerated and accepted. and i thiniis the late, uh, former of that is the late, uh, former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi . it was an open berlusconi. it was an open secret. now, that was not so much to do with underage. >> did you go to any of those parties? >> i was never invited. >> i was never invited. >> yeah, i've heard italian >> yeah, i've heard your italian is enough. is not good enough. >> well, yeah, i sound >> well, that's. yeah, i sound more albanian than i do more like an albanian than i do like an italian. and i was told this school this at italian school when i was a young child by all was a very young child by all the italians. the other italians. >> think i think that it >> but i think i think that it is. there is a way you're is. there is a way what you're saying of i used to saying is kind of like i used to go playboy mansion parties go to playboy mansion parties and if they looked back, would go to playboy mansion parties and if thejlist,ked back, would go to playboy mansion parties and if thejlist, right? ck, would go to playboy mansion parties and if thejlist, right? doeswould go to playboy mansion parties and if thejlist, right? does ityuld be on the list, right? does it mean everybody that went the mean everybody that went to the playboy participated mean everybody that went to the playbyactivity participated mean everybody that went to the playbyactivity that)articipated mean everybody that went to the playbyactivity that now ipated mean everybody that went to the playbyactivity that now yearsi every activity that now years later, have come out? >> you might have shocked, you might just been having, might have just been having, i don't some like the finger don't know, some like the finger buffet perhaps. >> by having >> right. i i had fun by having a of drinks and, you a couple of drinks and, you know, the dance floor know, jumping on the dance floor and went. and off i went. >> playboy mansion? >> mansion is in la. >> mansion is in la. >> attended and i the >> and you attended and i the famous the hugh hefner with the

corporation or corporation for about 2 or 3 years. the hugh hefner playboy mansion . mansion. >> you were a hefner and all his wives and you went to the parties? >> yes. and were you were you even inappropriately? >> thing . i >> well, that's the thing. i mean, all the story that that's had, know, have come out had, you know, have come out now, , am absolutely now, recently, i am absolutely shocked because i didn't see any of this stuff. i never experienced this stuff . i experienced this stuff. i actually genuinely had a great time the playboy mansion. but time at the playboy mansion. but my experience isn't the same as others. but would i be on the list as attending those parties? >> i would you did you? hefner did. hugh hefner , i would say did. hugh hefner, i would say the list of the epstein list is guilty by association, but if you don't get specifically, why you don't get specifically, why you were on the island. >> yeah. then you can't clear your name. and i know i would say not everybody on that list is guilty. i don't think so. i don't believe so . no, you have don't believe so. no, you have to clear your name because you are that list. are on that list. >> but how does how what were you going to say? i was just going going back to what going to say going back to what youand now, um , in years >> and just now, um, in years gone by, this is what it

aristocrats and royals and the likes of all around the world were able to get away with, you know , they were they were being know, they were they were being pleasured because they required being pleasured and nobody was around to say that that was wrong. now we've got the newspapers, we've got the internet, we've got a lot more people thinking a lot of people sadly challenging the monarchy as well . as well. >> yes, with an agenda, with an agenda. >> and this is why it's so dangerous now . times have dangerous now. times have changed and they've got to come into line with the rest of us. >> benedict of course , we can't >> benedict of course, we can't call prince andrew a wrong'un because he's been found guilty of no crime. i mean, this is a guy who, you know, since his divorce, he's been a single man . divorce, he's been a single man. yeah, he's probably has been one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. is it a crime that he had a private life? >> no, it's not a crime that he

had private life. i think the had a private life. i think the problem around so problem is the mystery around so much and of course, much of this. and of course, people it be people don't want it to be revealed. but what we do know is that the man at the centre of all mr epstein, is all of this, mr epstein, is a convicted sex trafficker sex convicted sex trafficker and sex offender all offender. that's where all of this one man who offender. that's where all of this been one man who offender. that's where all of this been charged one man who offender. that's where all of this been charged was)ne man who offender. that's where all of this been charged was foundan who has been charged was found guilty, and the who was guilty, and the woman who was charged accomplice was charged as an accomplice was also guilty. so also found guilty. exactly so all could have all of this could have been about entrapment. happens all of this could have been aboufrequently. nt. happens all of this could have been aboufrequently. yeah happens all of this could have been aboufrequently. yeah and,|ppens all of this could have been aboufrequently. yeah and, you 1s very frequently. yeah and, you know, if prince andrew is as stupid many people suggest he stupid as many people suggest he is, make a very good is, that would make a very good explanation. certainly explanation. it would certainly explain went back talk explain why he went back to talk to mr epstein after he'd been convicted. you're right convicted. i think you're right again, precious say some again, precious to say that some of these will not have again, precious to say that some of theguilty will not have again, precious to say that some of theguilty of will not have again, precious to say that some of theguilty of anyll not have again, precious to say that some of theguilty of any wrongdoing. been guilty of any wrongdoing. some may. but ultimately some of them may. but ultimately it the of the we need it is the sort of the we need the specific specifics. >> think the list, yes, the specific specifics. >> think the list , yes, the >> i think the list, yes, the list is not as strong on its own without the evidence. next to it. think that need to know it. i think that we need to know why were there. why those people were there. what they did, victim what they did, their victim statements and footage, maybe photographs or video. that's what we well , it's extraordinary what we well, it's extraordinary that this woman, ghislaine maxwell, who course, is the

maxwell, who of course, is the daughter of the late owner of the mirror newspaper, robert maxwell, who died under mysterious circumstances and died in disgrace himself. >> yeah, but but she was procuring sex for individuals close to jeffrey epstein . close to jeffrey epstein. potentially powerful politicians and all celebrities . yeah, she's and all celebrities. yeah, she's in prison for 20 years. no one else is. why not? >> very odd. this is what i'm saying. so this is why the documents are being released . i documents are being released. i guess that by the end of january, we're going know january, we're going to know more information. we'll more information. we'll we'll justice more information. we'll we'll justi:e more information. we'll we'll justi mean, this stinks , doesn't >> i mean, this stinks, doesn't it, diana? >> we'd think that >> we'd like to think that justice therefore justice will prevail. therefore i think it's got to be followed up . we've to know the up. we've got to know the details you need to know details that you need to know the those people the who those people are. >> victims most >> the victims are most important in this case because they're the ones the they're the ones with the answers. absolutely. they know exactly there they exactly who was there when they were and what they did there. >> so does andrew know most, uh, most, most likely he does. >> uh, let's have a look at this. uh, quickly before we get

to some more papers the to some more papers after the break sunday express, benedict, £500 million. that is the profit from the boat gangs in the last few years . 100,000 people. it's few years. 100,000 people. it's 114,000 people have made those crossings since 2018. this is an industry very. this is very profitable and it's got to stop it. >> it it.- >> it is. it. >> it is. but it.— >> it is. but it's not it. >> it is. but it's not simply you can't look at it in in a vacuum and say that it's simply people operating boats across the channel because the gangs in question are international and they are predominantly they're albanian or they're kurdish. and if you look at the routes at which people take, they also are used smuggle narcos , mix used to smuggle narcos, mix other and weapons other illicit goods and weapons and other things as well. it's a much bigger operation than simply saying million, which simply saying 500 million, which is . but this is a is a huge sum. but this is a multi—billion pound . multi—billion pound. >> do buy labour's idea of >> do you buy labour's idea of smashing the criminal gangs ? smashing the criminal gangs? because i think that's for the birds. i think that's there birds. i think that's up there with peace with world peace and the simultaneous orgasm. with world peace and the simi ltaneous orgasm. with world peace and the simi think. us orgasm. with world peace and the simi think. i; orgasm. with world peace and the simi think. i think;m. with world peace and the simi think. i think you can do a >> i think. i think you can do a great deal of work, uh, to stop

this trade by arresting people and putting them in prison. but the problem is it will take an international coordinated effort because international international coordinated effort becausythey international international coordinated effort becausythey will international international coordinated effort becausythey will intoperating. international coordinated effort becausythey will intoperating in gangs. they will be operating in other countries across europe and middle east as well. so and the middle east as well. so whilst all well that whilst it's all very well that the party says, well, the labour party says, well, we're going to smash the gangs that countries that involves multiple countries putting people in prison at the same it ain't going to same time, and it ain't going to happen it's going to happen and it's not going to happen. isn't the happen. there simply isn't the level there required. i don't think sadness of >> i don't think the sadness of all that there are all of this is that there are innocent people, innocent lives is most definitely well , listen is most definitely well, listen folks, lots more to come . folks, lots more to come. >> uh, next up, we've got the sun on sunday and the sunday times and an extraordinary diatribe from , um, the prime diatribe from, um, the prime minister about gb news star nigel farage. that's right. rishi sunak has had some choice words for nigel farage. and i shall reveal all .

next. welcome back to the show. this is mark dolan tonight on gb news news. reacting to the big stories of the day. my top punst stories of the day. my top pundits tonight, diana moran, the green goddess herself, benedict spence and precious muir . so benedict spence and precious muir. so let's get to more of the front pages. and we have the sunday times. more on this post office scandal, post office fury intensifies gaza files reveal hamas paranoia before october 7

and 1 in 4 parents now think it's fine for children to skip school . absolute scandal. okay school. absolute scandal. okay folks. well, listen, let me bnng folks. well, listen, let me bring you quite a stunning story from inside tomorrow's sunday telegraph. and it's in relation to the prime minister rishi sunak and nigel farage. uh, rishi sunak, his first political interview of the year. it's with the sunday telegraph and he said every vote for farage is a vote for starmer . the next election for starmer. the next election may be, according to rishi sunak, 11 months away. however, he may as well be in the middle of the campaign. all ready. his defence of the rwanda legislation, intended to unblock deportation flights for illegal migrants , is followed by migrants, is followed by a warning, a vote for anyone other than conservatives is a vote to put keir starmer back in power. senior tories say the paper are worried that should mr farage return on to lead reform uk, formerly the brexit party,

populist candidates could draw disaffected conservative voters away from tory candidates , away from tory candidates, offering many would be labour mps a clear run. benedict spence, the prime minister, is worried about the threat of nigel farage. >> of course he is. i mean, as things currently stand, uh, the labour party will probably win the next general election with or without the impact of nigel farage reform. but what farage will reform. but what this and, you know, this is about and, you know, it's prime is it's the prime minister is saying that every vote nigel saying that every vote for nigel farage, whoever farage, for reform, for whoever would be a vote for the labour party, which those people on party, to which those people on on that of that party would on that part of that party would say, well, absolutely. say, well, yes, absolutely. we it this isn't about it is because this isn't about keeping this is keeping labour out. this is about destruction about the destruction fundamentally of a conservative party many look at party that many people look at and has utterly failed and say has utterly failed on almost every sort of key issue that most conservative voters want a lot of people feel very disaffected. they say, well , disaffected. they say, well, what's the difference in having labour conservatives at labour or the conservatives at the moment , labour or the conservatives at the moment, given things the moment, given all the things that gone to plan? what that haven't gone to plan? what i lot people on the i think a lot of people on the right, this is the very right, and this is the very

reason why the reform party exists, is to how exists, is to change how politics on the right. politics happens on the right. it can't happen whilst the conservative party survives and keeps current keeps limping on in its current iteration . so i don't really see iteration. so i don't really see that that's any sort of great threat to say, oh well, if you if you're voting for farage or voting for reform or voting for whoever going to let in whoever you're going to let in the labour party, everybody knows going the labour party, everybody kn be; going the labour party, everybody kn be in going the labour party, everybody kn be in government going the labour party, everybody kn be in government next going the labour party, everybody kn be in government next time.) to be in government next time. this is more about how big a kicking can we give to the conservative party and potentially then start potentially try to then start again on the right. so i don't think that that's going to put many people off. >> reform uk enjoy your >> could reform uk enjoy your support year. support next year. >> don't know i've to >> i don't know yet. i've got to be honest . i am just so be honest. i am just so desperately disillusioned with the and have the conservative party and have been but been for a very long time. but that doesn't mean that i'm in any sort of position to make a statement. briefly , before statement. well, briefly, before i come to diana moran, as somebody that i guess leans to the right, is the destruction of the right, is the destruction of the tory party at the next election a price worth paying for a proper party of the right to in 5 to years time. to emerge in 5 to 10 years time. again, it's i think,

again, though, it's i think, because many the because that's what many on the right, nigel farage right, including nigel farage think. >> i think. »| think. >> i farage wants the >> i mean, farage wants the tories eviscerated. tories to be eviscerated. >> fear i the >> the fear that i have, the concern have is that the concern that i have is that the tories will do own version tories will do their own version of did under jeremy of what labour did under jeremy corbyn, is go. we're going corbyn, which is go. we're going to go in a very specific right wing direction, and just as long as we're ideologically the as we're ideologically pure, the pubuc as we're ideologically pure, the public just fall into line public will just fall into line behind work. behind us and that won't work. i think so much just think it's not so much just about becoming more wing. about becoming more right wing. it more it is about having a more pragmatic, progressive, not pragmatic, uh, progressive, not progressive actionable approach progressive, actionable approach to politics. the key thing about the conservatives over the last ten, 15, ten, 13 years is inaction. and actually, that is the key thing, be it energy policy, infrastructure, it policy, be it infrastructure, it is complete stultification of is a complete stultification of the state. that is, i think, what is key and what is the key thing. and i don't think that the labour will be i think five be any better. so i think five years labour party, years of the labour party, that's a price worth paying. >> okay. precious briefly if you can. do think nigel farage can. do you think nigel farage could rishi sunak out of could keep rishi sunak out of number 10? is he is he got that much sway? >> i think that rishi sunak has kept number 10. kept himself out of number 10. i think lost the faith the

think he's lost the faith of the people. i mean, even if you are a conservative and you have voted conservative your entire life, this man could sway you because he has failed to deliver the things he promised the the things that he promised the country . rishi. rishi sunak country. rishi. rishi sunak hasn't a great job in his hasn't done a great job in his position and it just keeps getting worse. what's your view on this, diana? >> um , i could be quite tempted. >> um, i could be quite tempted. i'm going to have to think a little bit more about it to follow nigel farage, a man who says what he thinks . and works says what he thinks. and works on it, and we've had so much disappointment with the conservatives i'm not sure at all about the labour party. i'm going to have to have a lot of thinking about it. but he could be there for me to give him my vote. >> well, of course, the key issue is whether he becomes leader of that party, of course, is very capable guy hot is a very capable guy in the hot seat we speak. and it's seat as we speak. and it's richard but story is richard tice, but that story is going run. it's time going to run and run. it's time now pundits to nominate now for my pundits to nominate their and back their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day. let's,

uh, these we uh, crack through these if we can. headline can. diana moran, your headline hero without any hero of the day without any shadow of a doubt, kate gallagher and tell us why. well, because . oh, kate. because. oh, kate. >> kate garraway . >> kate garraway. >> kate garraway. >> oh, i'm so sorry. i beg your pardon? >> no no, no, of course, of course, kate. poor derek draper's wife. i'm so sorry. >> and widow. um she's shown love. she the children. yes. that poor, poor man. but he's had so much love right up to the end.she had so much love right up to the end. she has my 100% vote. brilliant nomination. >> may he rest in peace . and all >> may he rest in peace. and all our warmest thoughts to kate and her family. briefly if you can. your headline hero benedict, it's luke littler. >> it's the mercy of the darts world is of absolutely phenomenal ride. he gave us all. i'm also going to give a little shout out, though, to luke humphries, who did actually become the champion. correct. that's i think that's being lost. was a really, lost. but it was a really, really feel good story. really great feel good story. it's people it's got so many people interested and interested in the darts and he'll he will, of he'll be back. he will, of course he will, precious briefly

if can. if he can. >> headline >> your headline hero i absolutely think that ricky gervais a great on gervais has done a great job on his netflix special. his latest netflix special. >> hilarious. >> it's absolutely hilarious. and i feel like he is the only person says things that person that says the things that he most of us think, he actually most of us think, but we'll dare say and he's but we'll dare to say and he's i'm just he's still with the comedic, know , intent. he's comedic, you know, intent. he's not malicious . of course he's not malicious. of course he's not. and if you don't like him, switch off to right. >> okay. just your your back page a name and a page zero's a name and a sentence. if i could back page hero post office horizon, it in particular for the corruption and destroying people's lives. it's time for justice. briefly stephen hawking no necessary allegation that he's done anything wrong, but sadly, the greatest physicist of his generation will now forever be tarnished by association, which is what we were saying earlier. >> we need clarity about the epstein list. so many epstein list. we do so many people who think of as being people who you think of as being perfectly people. perfectly reasonable people. people are now being. >> he put that mouse >> where did he put that mouse of his exactly? briefly. you're back. page zero donald trump. >> i mean, he's a bad influence on the country. and i just don't

think he should be think he should ever be president again . president again. >> can thank my brilliant >> can i thank my brilliant pundh >> can i thank my brilliant pundit tonight. really enjoyed your plenty of, uh, your company plenty of, uh, truth a couple of truth bombs and a couple of laughs along the way. we'll do it again tomorrow for mark it all again tomorrow for mark dolan from nine 11 dolan tonight from nine till 11 with whitaker with an whitaker anoosheh ashoori smog much more. ashoori smog and much more. thanks to team headliners is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello weather on. gb news. hello there! >> i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news, weather, looking at the next 24 hours or so, it's going to remain cold, frost and ice tonight. >> some fog patches again as well and then fairly dry and bright through sunday. it's itself. and that's because high pressure is going to dominate into week. starts to into next week. it starts to draw colder air from east draw in colder air from the east and we're all noticed that. but for this evening and overnight it generally still a westie split the country. clear split across the country. clear skies across scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales and the southwest , some and southwest, some frost, fog and

ice forming here, icy stretches elsewhere as well, temperatures hovering close to freezing, falling well below freezing in the glens of scotland down to around minus 7 or 8, possibly a little lower in 1 or 2 spots, but it means a sunny start here. any fog patches will be slow to clear across the north—west of the will eventually the uk, but they will eventually lift and to allow sunny lift and break to allow sunny spells and elsewhere generally dry sunny spells . scattered dry with sunny spells. scattered showers though on a brisk northeast breeze across southeast england and some feeding in off the north for feeding in off the north sea for northern too, and northern england too, and temperatures on the side temperatures on the cold side generally 5 celsius. add on generally 3 to 5 celsius. add on the strength of that wind. it will feel colder than the numbers suggest. near freezing and icy start monday and another icy start monday morning. plenty of dry weather, a brisk easterly wind developing across england and wales in particular. it could blow in a few wintry showers, but most places dry and bright and it stays largely dry through tuesday and into wednesday as well. and staying on the cold side, it looks like things are heating up. >> box

gb news. >> hello . good evening. you're >> hello. good evening. you're with gb news. i'm sam francis. the headlines at 11 are flooding across parts of england has been described as an absolute nightmare. that's as 190 flood warnings and more than 200 flood alerts still remain in place. the government has announced thousands of pounds for communities that are affected. people in eligible areas can 6my people in eligible areas can apply for up to £500 to help

with the immediate costs , and with the immediate costs, and there's also an offer of up to £5,000 in grants for some homes and businesses. it comes as more flooding is expected to hit parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and the river thames with exceptionally high and in some cases record river levels . in the us. newly levels. in the us. newly released court documents suggest that prince andrew, who had daily massages at jeffrey epstein's home in florida , epstein's home in florida, testimony from epstein's housekeeper , says the prince housekeeper, says the prince spent weeks at the convicted pedophile's palm beach property. prince andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing. meanwhile it's being reported that he's facing a multi—million pound bill here in the uk for security costs. if he wants to remain at his home on the windsor estate . labour is on the windsor estate. labour is calling on the prime minister to release documents that could reveal his doubts about the rwanda scheme, reports have suggested that rishi sunak wasn't convinced that the migration plan would work. that was he was chancellor . was when he was chancellor. opposition mps he should

opposition mps say he should come clean. it comes as the conservative leader faces a growing battle over his flagship plan, with the former immigration minister threatening to vote it down unless changes are made. the bill has passed its second reading in the commons, but robert jenrick abstained from that vote, claiming it wouldn't succeed in its current form . it's being its current form. it's being reported that rishi sunak's new pensions minister is being investigated for breaching expenses rules , according to the expenses rules, according to the times, paul maynard used more than £100,000 of taxpayers to money promote the conservative party and his own re—election. the amount appears to have been spent on printing stationery and rent , among spent on printing stationery and rent, among other things. the allegations came to light after allegations came to light after a local conservative member raised concerns . the mp for raised concerns. the mp for blackpool north has denied any wrongdoing . the chancellor says wrongdoing. the chancellor says that he's not sure if the government can afford to offer voters any more tax cuts before the next election. a 2% reduction in national insurance

came into force today , which