and public figures . politicians and public figures. my politicians and public figures. my mark meets guest is ben walker, the chairman of ukip , walker, the chairman of ukip, and he'll be making a special announcement about his party exclusively on tonight's show. don't miss it. in a big story, our real biological women being erased. i'll be speaking to the bestselling author. cancelled by tv star davina mccall for standing up for women , sex based standing up for women, sex based rights and identity . and i'm rights and identity. and i'm looking forward to this. i've had a busy week with nigel, and in my take at ten, love him or loathe him, i think that nigel farage should be an mp in the house of commons. it would serve our democracy well if he runs for a seat at the next election . for a seat at the next election. yes yes, it's all about nigel at ten, but i'll be dealing with the many people former prime ministers, government ministers , ministers, government ministers, civil servants, responsible for the post office scandal. i'm not

pulling my punches. you won't want to miss it. that is straight after the news headunes straight after the news headlines and tatiana sanchez . headlines and tatiana sanchez. >> mark, thank you very much. and good evening. your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the government has rejected claims that britain's aircraft carriers can't be sent to the middle east because of a personnel shortage. raf jets made a round trip of more than 3000 miles from cyprus on thursday to take part in a series of strikes on houthi positions in yemen, foreign secretary lord cameron has warned. the uk may intervene again if attacks on ships in the red sea continue . there have red sea continue. there have been reports that a recruitment crisis is preventing the navy sending aircraft carriers to the region, but defence minister james cartlidge says that's not the case. there is no truth whatsoever in the suggestion that we cannot deploy the carrier. >> i'm pleased to confirm both our carriers are in portsmouth. they are at readiness and they

are available to be deployed if needed. are available to be deployed if needed . if the operational needed. if the operational decision is that that is the appropriate response , the former appropriate response, the former home secretary has attended a rally marking 100 days since the october seventh massacre in israel . israel. >> suella braverman was among a crowd of thousands in london's trafalgar square calling for the release of hostages still being held by the hamas terror group. many people held posters showing those who are still missing . those who are still missing. others were seen waving persian flags with a sun and a lion in the centre , representing the centre, representing opposition to the iranian government . five migrants are government. five migrants are now known to have died trying to cross the english channel overnight. french officials say up to 70 people got into difficulty while trying to board a boat in darkness off a beach just north of boulogne. the incident happened near wimereux at around 2 am, triggering a major emergency response . a major emergency response. a further two migrant boats arrived in uk waters this morning , with at least 100

morning, with at least 100 people taken to dover . morning, with at least 100 people taken to dover. six people taken to dover. six people have been arrested on suspicion of a plot to disrupt the london stock exchange. it's alleged that activists from the palestine action group were intending to target the london stock exchange tomorrow morning . stock exchange tomorrow morning. in the early hours of this morning, officers arrested a 31 year old man in liverpool on suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage. a further five people, all believed to be part of the same plot, have also been arrested since fire and ice warnings have been extended across the uk as the country faces an arctic blast. the new warnings cover the whole of scotland , as well as parts of scotland, as well as parts of wales and england , including wales and england, including newcastle and manchester. up to ten centimetres of snow was expected to hit the north of scotland today, and it'll be a similar scene in northern ireland tomorrow. the freezing temperatures are forecast to move further south over the course of next week. roads and railways are likely to be disrupted . and denmark now has

disrupted. and denmark now has a king with frederick the 10th taking the throne . he succeeds taking the throne. he succeeds his mother, queen margrethe who formally abdicated after 52 years as monarch. the king, his australian born wife mary , who australian born wife mary, who is now queen, and their children waved to huge crowds from the balcony of christiansborg palace. king charles and queen camilla have sent them their best wishes . those are your top best wishes. those are your top stories on gb news tv news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by simply saying play gb news. now back to . mark. >> my thanks to tatiana sanchez, who returns in an hour's time . who returns in an hour's time. welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight . in welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight. in my opinion, welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight . in my opinion, who's to tonight. in my opinion, who's to blame for the post office scandal? well everyone, you can think of this story shames a generation of politicians and pubuc generation of politicians and public figures in the big story. our real biological women being erased. i'll be speaking

exclusively to doctor pam spurr, the best selling author cancelled by tv star davina mccall for standing up for women's sex based rights and identity. my mark meets guest is ben walker , the chairman of ben walker, the chairman of ukip, and he'll be making a special announcement about his party exclusively on tonight's show, so don't miss it. that's before 1030 in my take at ten. love him or loathe him, nigel farage should be an mp in the house of commons. it would serve our democracy well if he runs for a seat at the next election. it's all to play for. for nigel is the foreign secretary david cameron, right to threaten more military action against islamic rebels in the red sea? can britain afford to be part of another conflict in the middle east? i'll be asking. tonight's newsmaker, former government minister ann widdecombe, plus dan , think that nigel farage is dan, think that nigel farage is going to take over as the leader of her beloved reform uk . plus, of her beloved reform uk. plus, we've got tomorrow's front pages at 1030 with three top pundits

who have min told what to say and who don't follow the script. tonight tv news legend john sergeant, former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee as he rows back on spending £28 billion a year on renewable . is keir starmer's renewable. is keir starmer's green agenda going up in smoke ? green agenda going up in smoke? i'll get the views of my top punst i'll get the views of my top pundits and a leading climate change researcher. plus the most important part of the show you're emails, they come straight to my laptop mark at gbnews.com, and this show has a golden rule we don't do boring . golden rule we don't do boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it. so a big two hours to come. nigel farage at ten. but we start with my big opinion . in we start with my big opinion. in the aftermath of the post office scandal, there's really one abiding question that needs to be answered who's to blame? and

the answer looks to be everybody . the scandal shames not just a corrupt, cruel and ruthless post office, but a generation of government ministers, civil servants and lawyers without whose incompetence, arrogance and ignorance this tragedy would not have happened. whatsapp and done to the over 700 innocent subpostmasters , can be laid at subpostmasters, can be laid at the door of a political and bureaucratic and corporate elite who showed little empathy for, or interest in the ordinary folk caught up in this crime . now, caught up in this crime. now, whilst he himself was lied to by post office management, why did the then post office minister, sir ed davey , now leader of the sir ed davey, now leader of the lib dems, not take seriously concerned concerns raised by subpostmaster owners? it wasn't ed davey job to take sides and to swallow up the explanation of the post office at least engaged with the individuals involved who were writing to him and hear

their side of the story in may 2010, davey refused to meet former subpostmaster alan bates, who led the campaign to expose the post office scandal, saying he did not believe that it would serve any useful purpose. now i do have some sympathy for ed davey because he wasn't the only one to drop the ball in regards to this story, and there's a danger of vilifying ed davey or making him the scapegoat for a wider failure for the entire political establishment seemed all too happy to take the word of a large corporation. the telegraph report that the foreign office warned that tony blair, when he was then prime minister, that scrapping the honzon minister, that scrapping the horizon scheme would damage relations with japan. god forbid a blair ordered officials to go ahead with a new post office it system, despite being told it had been plagued with problems and that independent it experts had found fujitsu was failing to meet good industry practice in

its handling of the project . its handling of the project. documents released by the cabinet office show that blair's decision came after sir david wright, the uk ambassador to japan, warned that scrapping the honzon japan, warned that scrapping the horizon deal would lead to the collapse of fujitsu and have, quote, profound implications for bilateral ties with tokyo . and bilateral ties with tokyo. and so the die was cast and the seeds were sown for this human tragedy . ex prime seeds were sown for this human tragedy. ex prime minister theresa may doesn't come out of this brilliantly either, with the sunday times reporting that her government pushed for a cbe for paula vennells, the former post office boss, despite concerns raised by the honours committee about the horizon it scandal . what about sir ian scandal. what about sir ian cheshire , who led the cheshire, who led the subcommittee that recommended vennells for this extraordinary honour? he's now the chairman of channel 4 and thinks there are too many white people on the board, even though he is white himself. what a fount of wisdom he's proving to be. meanwhile

sir keir starmer was the head of the crown prosecution service and director of public prosecutions when three convictions were made by the cps. now starmer says that he was unaware of these prosecutions and labour has said that they did not pass his desk . that they did not pass his desk. of course there are thousands of cases, he wouldn't have seen all of them. perhaps not. but this great miscarriage of justice indirectly did happen on his watch . why did the ex post watch. why did the ex post office boss vennells then receive a role as director of the cabinet office? when she left the business, why didn't top tory oliver dowden, who was cabinet office minister in 2019, sack her when a high court judgement was handed down in which a group of over 500 post office operators won a group action against the post office . action against the post office. as with so many scandals , no one as with so many scandals, no one really seems to have paid the price with vennells herself . price with vennells herself. yes, losing her cbe, but hanging

on to her salary and bonus package , which is in excess of package, which is in excess of £5 million, point the finger at any of the alleged guilty parties. and the answer is always the same. not me guv. this story demonstrates that the corporate political , corporate political, bureaucratic and legal establishment is not fit for purpose and certainly in no position to look down to or talk down to us. the great british public. and we've been here before. a lack of justice for the hillsborough victims, the blood poisoning scandal, the leasehold cladding debacle and covid tyranny inflicted on ordinary people by the powers that be without debate, without consent and without either a cost benefit analysis or evidence based data. i predict that in time the government's illiberal and ruinous covid response, including lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates, will be the post office scandal. times a hundred. but the message here is clear ordinary people

don't matter. computer systems are trusted. more than the word of actual human beings , and of actual human beings, and corporations are more trusted than sole traders . more than than sole traders. more than once, the ruling elites have overplayed their hand and messed up big time. so it's time the people had a voice again . and people had a voice again. and those responsible for this post office scandal should be sent packing , ideally by recorded packing, ideally by recorded delivery . who's to blame for the delivery. who's to blame for the post office scandal? mark at gbillionews.com. let me know your thoughts. but time now for my top pundits. tv news legend john sargeant, former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee, john sergeant who's to blame? >> well, as you say, there are so many people to blame when you say if they were all called to account, there would hundreds account, there would be hundreds and hundreds of them. now what? obviously the central point for people like me is this sense of we haven't got the right

culture, we haven't got a way of looking at these sorts of issues without them somehow now only being with almost by being dealt with almost by chance because they're exciting or because someone said something done something. but something or done something. but if you say the post office is very interesting, you can imagine looks of oh yeah, yeah, bored people all over whitehall and that's the problem. there's no system of i really want to get this right. i really want to make we do right and make sure that we do right and fairly these people and these fairly by these people and these people. the 700 of them were not an exciting group. they weren't like a football team or a political party. i love them, i hate them . no, they were right. hate them. no, they were right. they're just getting on with their jobs, with nobody really looking after them. and nobody really caring for them. as you say, mark. >> indeed, what i'm worried about paul is a political witch hunt because i don't really feel that keir starmer is holding the bloody dagger, and i'm not sure ed davey is either. >> well , there is a, i think,

>> well, there is a, i think, a desire on many people's part to sort of see some body swinging from lampposts over this. >> and i kind of share that sense of anger. but i would say there is an inquiry going on. we will get to the bottom of who said what to who and i'd you know, paper trail know, where the paper trail leads point, if leads. and at that point, if laws broken , then laws have been broken, then people in dock . but people should be in a dock. but until say just until then, i would say we just need be a little bit calm and need to be a little bit calm and to accept that that something has gone horribly wrong. here is a example of the dangers a great example of the dangers of groupthink, where institutions just settle on a view without challenge, without renegades , without external renegades, without external challenge , just pursue it challenge, just pursue it regardless. but let's see what the inquiry has to say. paul do you worry that your mate keir starmer is looking over his shoulder on this one? uh, well, ispent shoulder on this one? uh, well, i spent of today with him i spent some of today with him and he seemed relaxed. and he seemed pretty relaxed. i have to say. i mean, i think he shares the public's outrage for what's happened, but don't what's happened, but i don't think culpable think he's personally culpable for it. i he, as prime for it. i think he, as prime minister probably minister i think he probably accelerated process of accelerated the process of justice people. justice for those people. >> unfortunate that he was >> is it unfortunate that he was the head of the cpi when three

prosecutions were made? >> yes. but don't forget, it's the post office itself that actually led these prosecutions and the fact that are and the fact that they are allowed think is allowed to do that, i think is now questioned why they now being questioned why they have semi—legal have this sort of semi—legal role they can just be, uh, role where they can just be, uh, you know, jury, judge and executioner all in one. i think that's going to have to change. >> linda >> most definitely. linda jubilee who's blame? well jubilee, who's to blame? well it's, as john says, everyone but the real culprit here is, is the is the culture for the widespread lack of accountability. >> that's what permeates through the whole of this. and when i watch the inquiry this week, because of course, you know, now the live cameras are in there and you can go in and you can actually see what's been going on. been on for three on. it's been going on for three years, way. but because on. it's been going on for three ye all way. but because on. it's been going on for three ye all this, way. but because on. it's been going on for three ye all this, we're'. but because on. it's been going on for three ye all this, we're going 3ecause on. it's been going on for three ye all this, we're going in:ause on. it's been going on for three ye all this, we're going in now, of all this, we're going in now, live and we're watching it. i just listened to stephen bradshaw, office bradshaw, the post office investigate later, and it's like listening degree level buck listening to degree level buck passing . i've never, ever seen passing. i've never, ever seen people actually fail to take responsibility. and his line,

what was his line? he wasn't technically very good. >> and he also has extraordinary bit where he signs this thing about his what he thinks about all this, which says it's all marvellous, no problem . why? marvellous, no problem. why? because the solicitors , the because the solicitors, the lawyers have given him the thing to sign , and he thinks so. will to sign, and he thinks so. will they may. no. so i'll sign it. but i mean, and it was only because he came frankly, because he came across frankly, as bright as not being terribly bright that you didn't think, well, this guy is just having making fools us with having fools of all of us with having to listen to this nonsense. >> yeah, it's really eye opening . mean, a reporter on . i mean, i was a reporter on the mail on sunday we broke the mail on sunday when we broke the mail on sunday when we broke the about the killer the story about the killer blood. journalist blood. an exceptional journalist called susan douglas, uh, researched it, and we broke it. it was a front page splash, and that was every bit as bad as this ice. and nothing has changed. >> oh most definitely. yeah. john uh, let's talk about ed davey briefly , if we can. it's davey briefly, if we can. it's unfortunate that he was the post office minister in 2010, when so much of this was kicking off. he

did eventually meet alan bates, by the way. he was lied to non—stop by the post office. do you think he can survive as leader of the lib dems ? leader of the lib dems? >> well, i must say, if people go on and on about it, which they will a long time, this they will for a long time, this is through all kinds is right through all kinds of preconceptions about what the pubuc preconceptions about what the public are interested in. so i think he's in real trouble at the moment. and i, i must say, when i saw the itv correspondent yesterday asking him ten times about whether he was sorry and he couldn't say this, he regretted what had happened. he had been lied to . and i thought, had been lied to. and i thought, what it about this guy ? why? what is it about this guy? why? why just say , of why can't he just say, of course, very sorry to all course, i'm very sorry to all these people. they should not have been treated like this . i have been treated like this. i played a part in this. i regret the part i played when all who is responsible let me know your thoughts. >> mark at gb news .com and i'll get to your opinion ons very shortly. but coming up looking forward to this. we're going to have some fireworks. let me tell you in the big story are real biological being erased?

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mccall's original video message. >> i am editing my book and i've just realised that there is a glaring omission . glaring omission. >> um, i really would love to hear from you. if you are a trans man or, um , non—binary and trans man or, um, non—binary and you have ovaries and that you are experiencing menopause in some way, you're very underrepresented and you are about to be underrepresented in my book, which is a terrible thing. and i'm really sorry about that . about that. >> a terrible thing indeed . >> a terrible thing indeed. >> a terrible thing indeed. >> um, doctor pam called out mccall with the following tweet, which has gone viral. it's broken. the internet doctor pam said, saying gender ideology . said, saying gender ideology. she is sorry. she said, forgive me. let's just get this right. doctor pam said gender ideology is misogynistic, homophobic and totally unsafe for children . totally unsafe for children. many women won't buy your book now , davina, because women are now, davina, because women are sick to death of being sold out by gender cult . listen to by the gender cult. listen to women hashtag sex matters as

well. it's been one of the biggest stories online today, and i'm delighted to say that psychologist and social commentator, doctor pam spurr joins us exclusively now. pam, what a treat to see you. uh, listen , i'm going to get to your listen, i'm going to get to your reaction to being blocked in just a moment. but why were you concerned about davina's original video reaching out to trans men? why is that such a problem ? problem? >> well, i was furious to see that she's appealing to what is most likely men , very vulnerable most likely men, very vulnerable women who have bought into the fallacy , the fantasy that they fallacy, the fantasy that they were born in the wrong body. and if you look at things like the cass review into the gender identity service , you see that identity service, you see that 70% of young people who believe this have five or more core comorbid comorbidities. this have five or more core comorbid comorbidities . they comorbid comorbidities. they might have depression, eating disorders . they've been bullied, disorders. they've been bullied, they have internalised homophobia. so they don't accept that they're same sex attracted .

that they're same sex attracted. they have all sorts of issues, maybe trauma and so these are a very vulnerable population . alan very vulnerable population. alan and davina has a massive and powerful platform . and for her powerful platform. and for her to ask a kind of flatter this group that she wants to hear about their hormonal sort of profile, their menopausal issues . well, early menopause is brought on for many of these women . men who take women. men who take masculinising hormones and mark, there's a huge list. and i wish davina had acquaintance. acquaintance herself with the issues these women face. things like male pattern baldness, sleep apnoea, rising cholesterol , increased heart problems, increased blood pressure, more likely to get type 2 diabetes, early menopause is trouble with their clitoris and sexual arousal, weight gain , arousal, weight gain, depression. that's just part of the list of these women who are taking up masculinity , raising

taking up masculinity, raising hormones and i think she was not thinking or she had not informed herself about the group. she had appealed to . appealed to. >> she most definitely. and of course, if a biological woman is taking hormones to become more masculine, she threatens her ability in the future to reproduce. a lot of this is potentially irreversible, isn't it? now, pam, you and i have known each other for many years. i'm your number one fan. what was reaction to being was your reaction to being blocked twitter ? well, i was blocked on twitter? well, i was surprised and disappointed because i felt my tweet took my posters. >> not not tweets anymore. is it? post to her was forthright , it? post to her was forthright, but i did not feel it was rude or aggressive. now when i get a forthright tweet like that , i forthright tweet like that, i either answer it or ignore it. i blocked tons of people who use vile language , make horrible vile language, make horrible accusations , or keep coming back accusations, or keep coming back at me. i i blocked people all the time for that , but not for the time for that, but not for someone just stating frankly and forthrightly their opinion. but of course that is her

prerogative. she can block whoever she wants. so you know my reaction is that. but she's in control of her reaction . in control of her reaction. >> now, doctor pam, i've got to say, i know davina mccall very well. i starred in the channel four winter sports entertainment show the jump, where you've got to do a ski jump. that's me and davina action. my davina in action. uh, my goodness , i hope i was paid goodness, i hope i was paid enough for that, right? that's not really a winter sport, is it? my goodness, where's my career gone anyway ? um, the career gone anyway? um, the bottom line is, i do know her. she's a nice lady and she's a very nice lady and a very talented broadcaster. isn't she? just trying to include biological women who feel that they are male and wish to identify as such? isn't she just being inclusive ? being inclusive? >> well, you know, being kind, being nice. this this isn't it. it's not kind or nice to encourage women to take hormones , unnecessary hormones to encourage them to believe this myth that they are in the wrong body. there's no such thing

briefly , just to interrupt you. briefly, just to interrupt you. >> don't some people feel that they are in the wrong body, though? would you not acknowledge that psychology ? acknowledge that psychology? >> well, of course , some people >> well, of course, some people believe desperately they're in the wrong body, but they need help to start accepting themselves because they don't need someone pandering to their fantasy that this is this is that that it's really me. and that's why i think it's dangerous when someone like davina doesn't look at the whole that all the issues involved , we that all the issues involved, we haven't even mentioned surgery . haven't even mentioned surgery. a lot of women who want to masculinise themselves chop off their healthy breasts, they make choices that they can never go back on. many end up sterile . back on. many end up sterile. and i think for to her use the kind of flattery that she did in her video , it just makes these her video, it just makes these people think, yes , i'm on the people think, yes, i'm on the right path because she's such a powerful person. she's one of our best known celebrities , and our best known celebrities, and i've loved some of her programmes, but i just think if

you're going to take that tack with a book for women about menopause, you you're including women. by including women who think they're a trans . but there think they're a trans. but there is such thing as being born is no such thing as being born in body. so what you in the wrong body. so what you should just talk to women, should do is just talk to women, but don't give this kind of false hope. and as i say, flattery to a group who many of whom have us as i said, lots of co—morbidities. whom have us as i said, lots of co—morbidities . and it's very co—morbidities. and it's very important that that that's recognised in this group of coui'se. >> course. >> now, davina mccall, as you'll understand , and pam is not here understand, and pam is not here to defend herself . i'm not to defend herself. i'm not certain that she necessarily approves of people having operations or taking medication, but i suppose your argument is that by framing this around trans men, as in a biological female that identifies as male, i guess you're saying that that goes with it. you've been speaking out for a long time on. >> go on. let me just say the territory for many, many do go for surgery . many do take

for surgery. many do take hormonal treatment . not all do. hormonal treatment. not all do. some simply dress differently. what they feel is their male version , but they don't version, but they don't necessarily do medicalised version of their belief system . version of their belief system. >> now, pam, you've been speaking out for a long time on women's hard won sex based rights. have you paid a personal price ? pnce? >> i've paid a big personal price. i've lost work. i've lost acquaintances. of course not true friends. true friends have stuck by me even if they disagree with me . um, we just disagree with me. um, we just talk about it . um, i don't even talk about it. um, i don't even want to go into some of the other things that have happened, but i've had terrible trolling . but i've had terrible trolling. uh, i almost closed my website because i had so many terrible messages. come in. um so it's been hard, but i will not stop fighting because i have three little granddaughters and if they feel they want to play football or they want to do something we think of as masculine, i will celebrate them because they are girls girls because they are girls and girls can do whatever they want, just like if we're talking about men, men who feminine, they

men who feel feminine, they can be feminine , but they cannot be feminine, but they cannot change their sex. >> doctor pam spurr look forward to catching up in the near future . more power to you. you future. more power to you. you can find doctor pam on at can find doctor pam on x at doctor pam spurr on youtube and online. through her brilliant website. as he rows back on spending £28 billion a year on renewables is keir starmer's green agenda going up in smoke? we'll debate that shortly. with a leading climate change researcher and my top pundit. plus, we've been asking tonight as polls show that he could easily win the former ukip constituency of clacton. should nigel farage run for a parliamentary seat at the next election? well, the results are in and i shall reveal all # "baby let me kiss you" by fern kinney # baby, let me do it # let me do it to you # let me kiss you, baby # hey! # baby, can i do it? can i do it to you? # let me

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gb news radio. >> uh , well, listen, what >> uh, well, listen, what a great debate we're having . great debate we're having. >> let me tell you. strong reaction to my big opinion . uh, reaction to my big opinion. uh, let's have a look. uh who is responsible for the post office

scandal? mark says, ray, accountability should start with all the people involved with the procurement and implementation of the horizon system . ian says of the horizon system. ian says the main protagonists are fujitsu and the post office, plus a group of people who could have and should have raised the alarm and stopped the disgraceful events from happening. okay folks, lots more of your emails to come, but we've been conducting an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's . we've been asking people's poll. we've been asking , as polls show, that he could easily win the former ukip constituency of clacton. should nigel farage run for a parliamentary seat at the next election? well the results are pretty overwhelming . 88.1% say pretty overwhelming. 88.1% say yes, whilst 11.9% say no. nigel yes, whilst11.9% say no. nigel should not run for a seat . well, should not run for a seat. well, let me tell you, that is the topic of my take at ten. you won't want to miss it. should nigel farage run for parliament? should he take over reform? i'll be dealing with all of that at ten. won't want to it, ten. you won't want to miss it, because week because i've had a busy week with but first up, labour with nigel. but first up, labour is planning eventually borrow

is planning to eventually borrow £28 billion a year for their green prosperity plan. however, the plan , drawn up by sir keir the plan, drawn up by sir keir starmer and ed miliband , hasn't starmer and ed miliband, hasn't gone down too well. frontbench leaders energy executives leaders and energy executives and are questioning if ambitious plans for clean power by 2030 are even possible . so have sir are even possible. so have sir keir starmer's green plans gone up in smoke? joining me now is the co—founder of climate debate uk , ben pyle. ben it seems that uk, ben pyle. ben it seems that as every day goes by and keir starmer rows back from his green project . project. >> yeah, it's a very silly idea. in the first place. and we've got 20 years of experience to show us that this is a very silly project indeed . um, 20 silly project indeed. um, 20 years ago we've been over them since then. we've been promised green industrial revolution, green industrial revolution, green jobs, green growth. um and things of that kind. but actually all we've seen for it is an immense subsidy bill, uh, subsidies. now under the scheme

that the labour last labour government introduced in their infinite wisdom, are now reaching £7 billion per year. and the subsidy regime that followed it is costing us a quarter of £1 billion a month. i think that works out about £3 billion a year. so when we look at keir starmer's plans and the plans for 28 billion spend, £28 billion a year, this is just going to multiply because they they want to spend, uh, four times. they want to build four times. they want to build four times as many offshore wind turbines as we already have , uh, turbines as we already have, uh, two times as many onshore wind farms we have, and three times as much solar pv as we have now, if the 28 billion is a very good round number to work out what that's going to mean to us all. so on top of all of that , um, so on top of all of that, um, which is, which is probably getting on for 28 billion a year itself , if, um, there's about 28 itself, if, um, there's about 28 million homes, that's going to be an extra thousand pounds on

top of your bills. one way or another . um, top of your bills. one way or another. um, on top of all the amount that we're already paying. so all of the claims that there was going to be green growth, green jobs, and the rest of it all out have been of it all turn out to have been nonsense. there is no it's arithmetically impossible for projects of this nature , for projects of this nature, for political agendas, of this nature, to reduce bills for the consumer or to make life any better for any, any one of those 28 million homes. um, it's , it's 28 million homes. um, it's, it's obviously completely be a dead duck. so but i hope go on. >> ben, what's your hope? >> ben, what's your hope? >> i hope that i hope that labour party are are finally doing the numbers on this. like many people have been doing , many people have been doing, many people have been doing, many organisations and individuals have been saying to the politicians for the last 20 years, this is not going to work. so i hope that those numbers are at last sinking in to westminster. >> they're indeed now, ben , just

>> they're indeed now, ben, just briefly, doesn't keir starmer have a point that we've got to wean ourselves off fossil fuels? we as well do it sooner we might as well do it sooner rather than later without a bold time table such as clean power. by 2030, it'll never happen . by 2030, it'll never happen. >> well, it probably won't ever , >> well, it probably won't ever, ever happen with 2030. 2030 is a very remarkable target. even if we wanted to do it, even if we all agreed that it needed to be done. um, that it's unlikely that the hardware can be delivered in that time. i mean , delivered in that time. i mean, it's not like amazon or it's not like being q you can't just go and, you know, go online and order some wind turbines. these things a lead times of things have a lead in times of the of a decade . um, the best part of a decade. um, so, you know, there might not even be enough copper on the, on the global market to, uh, in install all the wires that we want in that time . um, and the want in that time. um, and the national grid has , has made it national grid has, has made it quite clear on top of the 28 billion a year, we're going to have to spend between now and 20, 50, uh, 350 billion. that's

probably £14 billion a yearjust probably £14 billion a year just upgrading the wires, just making it possible for wind farms to be able to plug in to and the grid and to and so that small towns and to and so that small towns and villages, um , are able to and villages, um, are able to accommodate the electrification of everything the evs that are going to be put on the grid, the electric heating that's going to be put on the grid, you know, the heat pumps and so on. um, be put on the grid, you know, the heethat's ps and so on. um, be put on the grid, you know, the heethat's goingi so on. um, be put on the grid, you know, the heethat's going to> on. um, be put on the grid, you know, the heethat's going to leaveim, be put on the grid, you know, the heethat's going to leave ,n, and so that's going to leave, uh, households paying more and more. okay >> well, ben, do stay with us. let top pundits, let me bring in my top pundits, tv legend , sergeant, tv news legend, john sergeant, also former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee . uh, john, do you think jubilee. uh, john, do you think that keir starmer is politically exposed as a result of his green revolution? it does seem like he's rowing back on many of the pledges. >> yes, i think he is. i think they've really been surprised. i think about how much people are to accept climate to prepared accept that climate change is happening and that human beings are playing a large

part in making it worse. so that's a very big change politically . and i think the politically. and i think the politicians, in a way, are in a hurry to say, we've got a plan to answer that point. and i think he's making a mistake because all the variables, as ben talking about are ben has been talking about are very complicated . what's very complicated. what's happening about electric cars, what's happening about this, what's happening about this, what's happening about the grid, what's happening about wind farms ? how long it take to farms? how long does it take to do this ? so think what do this? and so i think what people to see a people would like to see is a determination. but not determination. certainly but not just throwing out big figures in order to impress people. it's not that kind of problem. it's the thing you have your the thing you have to work your way it's like a war way through. and it's like a war you've for on a year after you've gone for on a year after year after year fighting climate change. >> paul richards keir starmer's goals are very laudable, aren't they ? the issue is the country they? the issue is the country can't afford it and the technology isn't there yet . technology isn't there yet. >> but you've presented it and ben presented it as purely in terms of a cost . and it's not terms of a cost. and it's not a cost , it's an terms of a cost. and it's not a cost, it's an investment. and some of these things we're talking about, like wind turbines , they create brilliant

turbines, they create brilliant new jobs in high tech engineering, new jobs in high tech engineering , things like carbon engineering, things like carbon capture will create jobs. they'll create jobs in manufacturing. that's been de—industrialized in parts of the north and wales and scotland . we'll need we'll need brickies and chippies and electricians to do all of this stuff. and so you have to think of it in terms of an and look what an investment. and look what biden's states with biden's doing in the states with the inflation reduction act. you know, going know, trillions of dollars going into creating jobs and new businesses opportunities, into creating jobs and new bus only es opportunities, into creating jobs and new bus only fixing opportunities, into creating jobs and new bus only fixing the pportunities, into creating jobs and new bus only fixing the climate ties, not only fixing the climate change issue, which we need to do desperately, but also building growth into the economy . after flatlining for ten years, starmer saying, let's get the economy growing again. so this is a virtuous circle of investment and growth that will make us a world leader. now, why should we? unafraid of that, let's have a bit of ambition, mark. >> for heaven's sake, linda, a bit ambition. you're nodding >> for heaven's sake, linda, a bit headiition. you're nodding your head at. >> mean, you can't >> absolutely. i mean, you can't actually momentum in an actually have momentum in an economy without ambition. we need to have ambition. and it's not often i find myself agreeing with ed miliband, but when he

says i'm sick of hearing people says i'm sick of hearing people say everything's impossible , say everything's impossible, well, i am inclined to agree with him now. tim tom glover, the uk chair for zahawi. he's asked what about this? will it work ? he says, do i think it's work? he says, do i think it's probable ? no. do i think it's probable? no. do i think it's technically possible ? yes, yes. technically possible? yes, yes. now in business you have targets and you have stretch targets . and you have stretch targets. and that's ambition . now i and that's ambition. now i understand why keir starmer probably is rowing back a little bit because we're getting closer and closer to an election and people get frightened of big numbers and they get frightened of complicated situations. but actually i think the numbers are going to be bigger than 28 billion. okay >> i think what people want though, to see is practical. the idea that you just think up plans and you change them and you think up more plans, what people interested in people are really interested in is this how is can you do this and how will you it and will it work? and you do it and will it work? and that feeling which you've got to get the of, that the

get the feeling of, that the government knows government is competent, knows what it's doing? well, frankly, that's the bit that people that's the bit that most people are oh no , lot are thinking, oh no, this lot are thinking, oh no, this lot are up bit on bits are just thinking up bit on bits of paper. okay, they're drawing up well, look, ben, pile the >> well, look, ben, pile the clocks against us. >> you can. your >> but briefly, if you can. your final thoughts this? final thoughts on this? >> increasing the cost of >> well, increasing the cost of energy, which is what this project is bound to do, what? the £28 billion a year is bound to do. it cannot create growth . to do. it cannot create growth. it's arithmetically the opposite of growth, because all of those small businesses and medium and large businesses will simply not be able to afford the costs of that, of that energy. and those industries where they are industries where they are industries , they will go industries, they will go overseas. that's the experience of, for example, british steel and a number of other sectors. so, so in order to have growth, you have to produce more for less . and when you start less. and when you start charging people , uh, more money charging people, uh, more money for, for the same thing, they're not going to be able to employ people. they're not going to be expand the services that they offer. going. it's

offer. they're not going. it's the opposite investment . the opposite of investment. it's, uh, i can't put it any more simply than that. okay >> well, look, check out ben pyle's fascinating , uh, feed, pyle's fascinating, uh, feed, which is on twitter and on x, and, uh, briefly, ben , how do and, uh, briefly, ben, how do people get hold of your substack , which is regular articles , which is your regular articles about climate change? how can people sign up your substack ? >> well, this 7 >> well, this is exam 7 >> well, this is a subtext. net zero. so that sorry , i'll start zero. so that sorry, i'll start again. it's the net zero scandal dot substack uh, .com. there you go. >> the net zero scandal. check it out, ben pyle. catch up soon. uh coming up next. we've got a very very busy few minutes. my guest is the chairman of ukip with a major announcement about his party. and i'll be talking about nigel farage entering parliament in my take at ten. don't go anywhere

welcome back to the show. it's time now for mark meats. let's do it . and tonight i'm delighted

do it. and tonight i'm delighted to welcome the chairman of the uk independence party, ukip . uk independence party, ukip. it's ben walker. now ben served in the royal navy seeing active service in the afghan war. a tourin service in the afghan war. a tour in the falklands and service across the globe . he's service across the globe. he's a former county councillor, local authority vice chair and town mayor. he also owns and operates his own successful planning and design consultancy, which operates nationwide. and he's got a big announcement about ukip. ben, welcome to gb news and mark dolan. hello, mark. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for having me. >> great to see you in the flesh from rural gloucestershire. yes yes. the world yes. nice part of the world before we get to your big announcement, does ukip announcement, why does ukip still all, we're still matter? after all, we're out the european union. ukip out of the european union. ukip always mattered because it wasn't about our membership wasn't just about our membership of european union . of the european union. >> was saying the right >> it was about saying the right things by the man and things by the common man and working women, you know, people who you can basically visualise and say what they believe. that was ukip . that's what we did. was ukip. that's what we did. that's continued do . that's what we continued to do.

and there's still and i think there's still a place for us. we were 30 place for us. i mean, we were 30 years old in october, just gone, well, a decent, decent well, that's a decent, a decent innings, isn't it? >> the parties of the right >> do the parties of the right reform, some heritage reform, reclaim some heritage and ukip risk cancelling each other out? absolutely. >> do . and i mean that's been >> do. and i mean that's been something that's something that's been happening for a while there was while now. there was a by—election argument's sake, by—election for argument's sake, last got 9.1% of last thursday reform got 9.1% of the vote. we got 6.4. if we'd have combined that vote, we'd have combined that vote, we'd have come second. if not first, because it was an independent. that a pretty that was, well, 6.4 is a pretty impressive, isn't it? >> you guys are still a force >> so you guys are still a force in politics all the in politics without all the money coverage? in politics without all the mo yeah, coverage? in politics without all the mo yeah, can overage? in politics without all the mo yeah, can still|ge? in politics without all the mo yeah, can still do? in politics without all the mo yeah, can still do a job. >> yeah, we can still do a job. >> yeah, we can still do a job. >> your excellent >> and your excellent deputy leader, the leader, a good friend of the show rebecca show and the channel rebecca jane, the likes jane, has been urging the likes of collab rate of richard tice to collab rate with yourselves. we work together . together. >> yeah. mean, we've been >> yeah. i mean, we've been we've on that we've been working on that project for some time, and it's a shame that egos a real shame that kind of egos get in the of the real job get in the way of the real job at . and are at hand. and what we are continuing to try and do and what we've always tried to do continuing to try and do and whlike e've always tried to do continuing to try and do and whlike ive always tried to do continuing to try and do and whlike i said,nays tried to do continuing to try and do and whlike i said, represent to do continuing to try and do and whlike i said, represent thato is, like i said, represent that normal man and woman the normal man and woman of the country . and i feel that at the

country. and i feel that at the moment, our side of the moment, whilst our side of the political fence is flat orchard, we're doing the electorate. we're not doing the electorate. we're doing them a disservice . we're doing them a disservice. we're doing them a disservice. we be working we really need to be working together that's we've together. that's why we've already gone into partnership with the english democrats, and we a joint descriptor that we have a joint descriptor that we have a joint descriptor that we share, so we will not be standing against them to try and reduce field at election reduce the field at election time. that's called time. and that's called the patriots open patriots alliance. that's open to party the right. to any party on the right. >> makes perfect sense. okay. >> it makes perfect sense. okay. what news do you have for us? i understand you have an exclusive announcement about ukip. >> do, mark. and >> i absolutely do, mark. and i've been empowered to fire the starting pistol on a leadership contest . contest. >> now, neil hamilton is the current leader, so neil is standing down. >> our illustrious leader, neil is standing down. uh, for neil, this year is 60 years in politics. amazing. so, i mean, you know, he is a absolute legend . and, uh, and you know, legend. and, uh, and you know, the truth is we are now, i believe , and so does the party believe, and so does the party that an overton window has opened, if you like. now, whether that be the crisis with small boats , the cost of living

small boats, the cost of living crisis, the all the globalism thatis crisis, the all the globalism that is now forced down upon people, people are rejecting it . people, people are rejecting it. even if they don't really realise that they we've realise that they are. and we've got to take that opportunity now. believe with a new now. we believe with a new leader, uh, new messaging, new ideas that we can do that. and we're the party with the political record. if you like. the only party that's ever achieved its political aim. we're the party to do that now. this election has a twist. whereas before, historically, it would have been , oh, you have to would have been, oh, you have to have been a party member for three years. that's the case have been a party member for thre�*time. s. that's the case have been a party member for thre�*time. it'shat's the case have been a party member for thre�*time. it's open the case have been a party member for thre�*time. it's open to the case this time. it's open to absolutely anybody . absolutely anybody. >> so anybody watching or listening to this show can become ukip leader if their case is strong enough. absolutely. >> all they've got to is >> all they've got to do is join up, you satisfy the up, uh, you know, satisfy the criteria, which is quite small . criteria, which is quite small. and then they're in the mix. they're to become and then they're in the mix. they're it to become and then they're in the mix. they're it could to become and then they're in the mix. they're it could even to become and then they're in the mix. they're it could even paveiecome and then they're in the mix. they're it could even pave the me leader. it could even pave the way application from the way for an application from the housewives favourite mark dolan. who ? who knows? >> well, never say >> well, listen, never say neven >> well, listen, never say never. that's my career plan never. no, that's my career plan b , but i want ask you, what b, but i want to ask you, what qualities are looking in qualities are you looking for in

a because know that a leader? because we know that neil act to follow. he neil is a hard act to follow. he is follow. is a hard act to follow. >> we're looking for >> but what we're looking for now is essentially someone who thinks that they thinks or believes that they have , um, someone have a platform, um, someone who is strong on us on the is the same strong on us on the net zero nonsense. hard on immigration. you know, a flat rate tax. um bracket for the economy , if you like, just a economy, if you like, just a small state, small c conservative who believes in their country . conservative who believes in their country. he is conservative who believes in their country . he is patriotic their country. he is patriotic and just wants to do the right thing by people. >> have you spoken to liz truss? >> have you spoken to liz truss? >> well, we haven't yet, but she's more than welcome to join. >> there's whole bunch uh, >> there's a whole bunch of, uh, there tories there is clapped out ex tories who love the gig. what who would love the gig. what about hey who about boris johnson? hey who knows of this is knows the beauty of this is before that, like, ukip couldn't really offer leader really offer any, any leader anything . anything. >> it was an unpaid role that really, you the crown really, once you wore the crown of thorns , if you like. it was of thorns, if you like. it was a hard job. this time it's slightly different well slightly different as well because to because we're trying to incentivise position of incentivise the position of leadership. so whereby we're trying to say, hey, you want to be the leader, that's great. we want to get donations into

want you to get donations into this party. if you can do that, we're sharing them with you 50. so essentially , our leader is so essentially, our leader is going become a paid person. going to become a paid person. that's really good. >> and very invested, quite literally project . um, literally in the project. um, what's the timeline? when will the new leader be announced? do we the obviously the gun's >> well, the obviously the gun's been fired. yeah. so if you visit our website now ukip.org, it's there. it's live. the application is there to used application is there to be used .org people ukip.org can sign up. >> okay. >> okay. >> so applications are open >> um, so applications are open until the beginning of until basically the beginning of march. then we go through the penod march. then we go through the period of hustings and stuff like that, and then the new leader announced on the leader will be announced on the day after london day after the london mayoral election. all the other election. and all the other regional elections. >> . that leader >> fantastic. so that leader will for the day, that will be ready for the day, that is national general election, which expecting be which expecting will be november. are , we are. so november. we are, we are. so that's before you go, that's good. um, before you go, as a former navy man, what's your reaction the that your reaction to the news that two frigates , argyll two royal navy frigates, argyll and westminster, be and westminster, will be mothballed and the aircraft carriers get to the red carriers can't get to the red sea because we don't have enough sailors? >> think it's an absolutely >> i think it's an absolutely disgusting that we disgusting situation that we currently face. it's

currently face. and it's not just the it's right across just the navy, it's right across the board. there's a private company responsible the board. there's a private comparrecruitment responsible the board. there's a private comparrecruitment and»onsible the board. there's a private comparrecruitment and who )le the board. there's a private comparrecruitment and who are for the recruitment and who are failing our navy now, not the men and women who are actually doing the job and putting their lives on the line. but the people make the decisions people who make the decisions are appeasing people who make the decisions are french appeasing people who make the decisions are french or appeasing people who make the decisions are french or or appeasing people who make the decisions are french or or having appeasing people who make the decisions are french or or having an easing people who make the decisions are french or or having an id;ing the french or or having an id card for when your your derek one day or doris the next, and you know, they're just so confused about what they are and what they're doing. they're destroying the service in the process. destroying the service in the pro�*well, don't sound >> well, you don't sound confused to me. congratulations on the on your chairmanship of the party and for being a significant political force . significant political force. would lead ukip head would you like to lead ukip head to their website, is ukip to their website, which is ukip .org. and of course we'll have the exclusive announcement of whoever wins when it comes to it later in the year. whoever wins when it comes to it later in the year . okay. and my later in the year. okay. and my take at nigel farage is the take at ten nigel farage is the topic i'll be laying out my plan for future. he needs to for nigel's future. he needs to be in parliament. don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponge layers of weather on . gb news.

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love him or loathe him, nigel farage should be an mp in the house of commons. it would serve our democracy well if he runs for a seat at the next election. that's my take. at ten, it's all about nigel. in two minutes. you won't want to miss it. is the foreign secretary , david foreign secretary, david cameron, right to threaten more military action against islamic rebels in the red sea? can britain afford to be part of another conflict in the middle east? i'll be asking. tonight's newsmaker, ann widdecombe. plus, doesn't think that nigel farage is going to take over as the leader of her beloved reform uk , leader of her beloved reform uk, plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits, including tv news legend john sergeant. former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee . so broadcaster linda jubilee. so a packed show. nigel waiting in the wings. but first the news headunes the wings. but first the news headlines and tatiana sanchez .

headlines and tatiana sanchez. >> mark, thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the government has rejected claims that britain's aircraft carriers cannot be sent to the middle east because of a personnel shortage . raf jets personnel shortage. raf jets made a round trip of more than 3000 miles from cyprus on thursday to take part in a series of strikes on houthi positions in yemen , the foreign positions in yemen, the foreign secretary, lord cameron, has warned the uk may intervene again if attacks on ships in the red sea continue too. there have been reports that a recruitment crisis is preventing the navy sending aircraft carriers to the region, but defence minister james cartlidge says that's not the case. there is no truth whatsoever in the suggestion that we cannot deploy the carrier. >> i'm pleased to confirm both our carriers are in portsmouth. they are at readiness and they are available to be deployed if needed. are available to be deployed if needed . if the operational needed. if the operational decision is that that is the appropriate response , the former appropriate response, the former home secretary has attended a rally marking 100 days since the

october seventh massacre in israel . israel. >> suella braverman was among a crowd of thousands of people in london's trafalgar square calling for the release of hostages still being held by the hamas terror group. many people held posters showing those who are still missing. others were seen waving persian flags with a son and a lion in the centre, representing opposition to the iranian government. representing opposition to the iranian government . five iranian government. five migrants are now known to have died trying to cross the english channel overnight . french channel overnight. french officials say up to 70 people got into difficulty while trying to board a boat in darkness off a beach just north of boulogne . a beach just north of boulogne. the incident happened near wimereux at around 2 am, triggering a major emergency response. a further two migrant boats arrived in uk waters this morning, with at least 100 people taken to dover . morning, with at least 100 people taken to dover. six people taken to dover. six people have been arrested on suspicion of a plot to disrupt the london stock exchange. it's alleged that activists from the the london stock exchange. it's alleged palestine action group were attending to target the london

stock exchange tomorrow morning. in early hours of this in the early hours of this morning, officers arrested a 31 year old man in liverpool on suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage. a further five people, all believed to be part of the same plot, have been arrested . snow and ice warnings arrested. snow and ice warnings have been extended across the uk as the country faces an arctic blast. as the country faces an arctic blast . the warnings cover the blast. the warnings cover the whole of scotland , as well as whole of scotland, as well as parts of wales and england , parts of wales and england, including newcastle and manchester. up to ten centimetres of snow could hit northern ireland tomorrow. the freezing temperatures are forecast to move further south over the course of next week, and railways are also and roads and railways are also likely to be disrupted . and likely to be disrupted. and finally, denmark now has a king, with frederic the 10th taking the throne . he succeeds his the throne. he succeeds his mother, queen margrethe who formally abdicated after 52 years as monarch. the king, his australian born wife mary , who australian born wife mary, who is now queen, and their children waved to huge crowds from the balcony of christiansborg

palace. king charles and queen camilla have sent them their best wishes . those are your top best wishes. those are your top stories on gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car, on digital, radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to . mark now back to. mark >> thanks, tatiana. welcome to mark dolan tonight. a busy hour to come is the foreign secretary, david cameron, right to threaten more military action against islamic rebels in the red sea? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker, former government minister ann widdecombe. plus, does ann think that nigel farage should take over as leader of her beloved reform uk? plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits tv news legend john sergeant, former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee . and broadcaster linda jubilee. and they'll be nominating their

headune they'll be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day. so a packed hour and those papers are on the way . but first, my take at ten. way. but first, my take at ten. nigel farage has said that he's now considering a sensational return to frontline politics, after new polling indicated he would comfortably win a former ukip seat . a survey commissioned ukip seat. a survey commissioned by arron banks , an ex ukip donor by arron banks, an ex ukip donor who also played a key role alongside nigel during the brexit referendum , suggested brexit referendum, suggested that the gb news presenter would easily win in the constituency of clacton in essex, which in 2015 became the only constituency ever to return a ukip mp in a general election . ukip mp in a general election. now nigel and i had a cracking discussion discussion on the show earlier this week and it was all about his future, as well as the claim that a vote for reform is a vote for labour. so take a listen to nigel and

myself in action. in his first major interview of the year. speaking to the telegraph newspaper, rishi sunak was talking about you . he said that talking about you. he said that a vote for farage is a vote for starmer. do you think that both i and rishi sunak have a point? you're going to hand the keys at number 10 to keir starmer. >> oh, you're all so boring . >> oh, you're all so boring. i've been hearing this election after election. now they're saying , look, we know we're saying, look, we know we're useless , but please vote for us useless, but please vote for us because labour are worse, boring, boring and boring. our politics is failing at every level. are you going to have a frontline role with reform in the run up to the next election? >> will you become leader? will you be the chairman? >> well, i'm already the founder of the party. i chose the name i set it up. um, i'm the president at, um. i'm going to support ben habib in the wellingborough by—election because i think actually it could be very good wake up call for the whole westminster establishment as to

as to whether i get more deeply involved or not, i don't know, i haven't decided i'm weighing up all the options, whether you love or loathe nigel farage, he must run for parliament. >> it's a demonstration of how flawed our electoral system is that arguably the most consequential politician of his generation, the man who made brexit happen, who unearthed the de—banking scandal and who's now part of a broadcasting revolution here at gb news, has never sat in the house of commons. the elephant in the room is that the elephant hasn't beenin room is that the elephant hasn't been in the room. how can a man who has shaped the political and constitutional destiny of this country never have sat in our main democratic chamber , having main democratic chamber, having been cancelled by other broadcasters? it's been of critical importance that nigel has had this platform on gb news to represent the views of millions of ordinary people . in millions of ordinary people. in the case of brexit, over 17 million people who voted for it . million people who voted for it. but having won an army of new

fans on i'm a celebrity with reform uk, nigel's political home boasting a more than 10% share of public support and with news that he would likely win a seat at the next election, i believe that it's essential for our democracy for the wider our democracy and for the wider political conversation that nigel is in the house of commons. parliament should represent a diversity of views in this country. represent a diversity of views in this country . and whilst in this country. and whilst i worry about proportional representation because of the first past the post system , the first past the post system, the house of commons is full of party loyalists toeing the line and career politicians who know precious little about the real world. i had to laugh when keir starmer said that rishi sunak doesn't get britain this is a leader of the opposition who struggles to define what a woman is, who wants to splash £28 billion a year on flaky renewables, a man who genuflect to the latest divisive woke cause and who was said that he prefers the global elite of davosin prefers the global elite of

davos in switzerland, rather than the home of our democracy , than the home of our democracy, westminster. and i've got to say that rishi sunak isn't exactly man of the people , either. as man of the people, either. as a privately educated multi—millionaire that said , his multi—millionaire that said, his five key pledges are a lot more in touch with ordinary voters than starmers five missions that don't even include stop the boats when it comes to who gets britain, well , boats when it comes to who gets britain, well, nigel boats when it comes to who gets britain, well , nigel farage britain, well, nigel farage beats both of them into a cocked hat , which is beats both of them into a cocked hat, which is why it's time he became a member of parliament at that point, not too many people would bet against nigel farage mp becoming nigel farage. pm should nigel farage run for parliament? i get your emails shortly. mark at gbnews.com. let's hear from tonight's top punst let's hear from tonight's top pundits tv news legend john sergeant, former labour special adviser paul richardson , a adviser paul richardson, a journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee linda should he run?

>> well, he won't. i mean, we've just been having a quick discussion now. he is far too smart for that. i suspect . and smart for that. i suspect. and anyway, why would he want to do the average work of the average mp? he's better off staying where he is , campaigning on his where he is, campaigning on his own platform . he's got his own own platform. he's got his own tribe of followers . i mean, i tribe of followers. i mean, i think he's a great performer there and he's very charismatic and i really enjoy listening to him. but should he stand? not a great career move . great career move. >> uh, paul richards, what do you think the polling is very favourable in that constituency. kc of clacton. and i think somebody that's had as much of an influence on british politics as nigel should be in the house of commons. >> well, he has tried seven times already and the people in those constituencies have said no, thank you very much. so there's great evidence that there's no great evidence that it different it would be different on the eighth if he was eighth attempt. and if he was elected, he'd be in a party of one. um, he'd be in westminster all on his own . um, he would all on his own. um, he would make very little impact. and i

suspect he'd get bored quite quickly . so i don't really suspect he'd get bored quite quickly. so i don't really think it's to be honest. and quickly. so i don't really think it' he to be honest. and quickly. so i don't really think it' he did to be honest. and quickly. so i don't really think it' he did stand be honest. and quickly. so i don't really think it' he did stand by honest. and quickly. so i don't really think it' he did stand by horway, and quickly. so i don't really think it' he did stand by horway, fori if he did stand by the way, for great labour because it would split centre vote great labour because it would sp that centre vote great labour because it would sp that seat, centre vote great labour because it would sp that seat, and centre vote great labour because it would sp that seat, and ce might yte great labour because it would sp that seat, and ce might even in that seat, and it might even get a labour gain. >> well, i nigel would >> well, i think nigel would have cake eat it he have his cake and eat it if he was the commons. have his cake and eat it if he was the commons . john, was in the commons. john, because his tv show because he's got his tv show here news and then he'd be here on gb news and then he'd be in house of commons at prime in the house of commons at prime minister's questions, causing an unholy amount of trouble. i know what you say. >> it's very tempting to say, oh, you're right, mark, because oh, you're right, mark, because oh, wouldn't be good fun and wouldn't we what wouldn't we see what was happening? matters to happening? and it matters to politics. but that's not the way that westminster was that westminster works. i was there years, there for more than 20 years, and these outside stars and you see these outside stars come in and how they're crunched up come in and how they're crunched ”p by come in and how they're crunched up by the system . um, our first up by the system. um, our first past the post is a very cruel, very deliberate way of getting a government to be formed before the election. so it's not an individual . the election. so it's not an individual. it's not like america running for president. want to do that? you need a party apparatus. you need lots of candidates standing and all the constituencies . you need to

the constituencies. you need to have policies across the whole range. you can't just simply say, i think it's about three things. i'm going to tell you what those three things are. you've able to then you've got to be able to then appeal to who in all appeal to people who in all sorts of ways, are talking as much themselves selves as much about themselves selves as about government they're about the government they're trying to what sort of trying to elect. what sort of person are you person are you? are you a conservative? are you a labour supporter? a liberal supporter? are you a liberal democrat supporter? lots of democrat supporter? for lots of people own identity, people, it's their own identity, which they're talking about when they the vote . so the they make the vote. so the traditional have a great traditional parties have a great advantage in that way . and of advantage in that way. and of course, if you can't have a majority don't prime majority, you don't become prime minister. idea that one minister. so the idea that one moment will be on the moment nigel will be on the backbenches single backbenches as the single person, probably from clacton, if is the if it's clacton, is the constituency that he wins in, um, but that's it. he then he can't make much move. you can't. then suddenly he becomes prime minister. it doesn't work like that. it's not people are that. and it's not people are voting in the constituencies and it's a very simple point, but we have the constituencies that's where the vote takes place. it's not nigel farage versus rishi

sunak. not nigel farage versus rishi sunak . no, he will be being sunak. no, he will be being fought if he does fight in a by—election. that's it. and so i think fantasy politics renee would do this and he'd be at number 10 and it would all be incredible. i'm afraid it is a fantasy. i think that three fantasy. i think that all three of sound like established of you sound like established stooges . stooges. >> yeah, very, very keen to protect the political status quo and the, the, the duopoly of labour and the tories. the you , labour and the tories. the you, linda, the uni party. i've got so many viewers and listeners who feel politically homeless. how about this from colin in kent mark. nigel kent. linda. hi, mark. nigel richard and reform uk are the only people and party who can save britain . the country knows save britain. the country knows it. country wants it . it. the country wants it. >> you've got. it's like john says, you've got to be elected. you've got to be part of a machine. you can't just be a stand alone person. i mean , stand alone person. i mean, often you get politicians that invite celebrities to stand up. look at joanna lumley when she fought the campaign over the gurkhas for example. but at the end of the day , she's not going end of the day, she's not going to go in and do a lot of the

quite dull work that a constituency mp has to do . i constituency mp has to do. i can't imagine nigel wanting to do that top of that, i think do that on top of that, i think that if a celebrity has a really, really good platform, why wouldn't they use that to make changes to society? wouldn't that be more effective? well, i hear you , but i object. well, i hear you, but i object. >> paul richards to referring to nigel as a celebrity. he's arguably the most consequential politician of his generation, and he ought to have a voice in parliament, because look at the support that reform uk currently have.i support that reform uk currently have. i think they're running at about 10% at the moment in the polls. >> sure. but you've got to appreciate system though. >> sure. but you've got to appyou've system though. >> sure. but you've got to appyou've got system though. >> sure. but you've got to appyou've got to stem though. >> sure. but you've got to appyou've got to deal though. >> sure. but you've got to appyou've got to deal with gh. >> you've got to deal with reality not reality was to me, was it not okay, paul? reality was to me, was it not okai. paul? reality was to me, was it not okai think? reality was to me, was it not okai think it's argument >> i think it's your argument is self—defeating , mark, because self—defeating, mark, because you've he's had you've made the point. he's had an politics without an impact on politics without being in parliament, he can being in parliament, and he can continue so if he continue to do so if he so chooses. it's a hard job chooses. mps it's a hard job being an mp. believe it or not, you booed in the street and you get booed in the street and bullied in tesco and your kids have terrible time and there's have a terrible time and there's journalists through your

journalists going through your bins to do bins and you have to do surgeries every week and you have people , you have to say no to people, you know, have to say no to people, you knothere's lot of jealousy, a >> there's a lot of jealousy, a lot the people who you might lot of the people who you might come to come across if he got to parliament would be thinking, right, going that right, i'm going to stop that guy doing anything. no interesting , no chairman of interesting jobs, no chairman of any committee , any interesting committee, nothing. i won't help him because he's too good. he's a he's a menace . he's a menace. >> well, i just wonder whether reform could trojan horse. >> just imagine nigel wins that seat of clacton in november of this year and then takes over as leader of the conservative party, which he'd be able to do as a sitting mp. there's a thought. well, look at your reaction to what my top pundits have had to say. mark at gbnews.com they're back in just a couple of minutes with tomorrow's pages. next tomorrow's front pages. but next up tomorrow's front pages. but next up the foreign secretary, up is the foreign secretary, david . right to threaten david cameron. right to threaten more military action against islamic rebels in the red sea? can britain afford to be part of another conflict in the middle east? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker, the government minister ann widdecombe . plus, minister ann widdecombe. plus, does that nigel farage

does an think that nigel farage should take over as leader of her beloved reform uk? plus, we've been conducting an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's poll. we've been asking do you back sir keir starmer's plan clean power by 2030? plan for clean power by 2030? the results are in. i shall reveal all

listening to gb news radio . listening to gb news radio. >> should nigel farage run for a seat in the house of commons at the election? >> this from anthony. the panel sound frightened, says anthony linda jubilee, paul richardson, john sergeant are terrified of the truth . farage is a the truth. farage is a politician who wants to get rid of the uni party. your three panellists are pro—establishment drones. adrian says our vote reform vote nigel. i think the election will be made a second, not november. the country won't wait that long with this lot . wait that long with this lot. helen. yes, nigel should be there, but nigel would be ruined in that dump. it needs a

complete clear out first. labour need to rethink because nigel is very much supported by previous labour voters. uh, reform . is it labour voters. uh, reform. is it for us? no pr, please look at the state of the scottish parliament. get some more of your emails shortly. but we've been conducting an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's poll. we've been asking, do you pack back? excuse me, do you back, sir keir starmer's plan for power by 2039? 93% of for clean power by 2039? 93% of you say no and a paltry 7% say yes in just a moment. can britain afford another costly war in the middle east? but first, following that surprise new polling that suggests nigel farage would comfortably win the seat of clacton in essex, the first and only seat to have ever been won by ukip, should nigel farage run for a seat at the next election, and should he take over reform uk in order to spearhead another political revolution? let's get the views of tonight's newsmaker. former government minister and robust reform uk supporter ann

widdecombe. and lovely to see you . do you think widdecombe. and lovely to see you. do you think nigel widdecombe. and lovely to see you . do you think nigel should you. do you think nigel should run for a seat at the next election? well, if he does, of course he'll have to concentrate on and i would much on that seat and i would much rather have who, by the rather have nigel, who, by the way, president reform. rather have nigel, who, by the way! president reform. rather have nigel, who, by the way! would president reform. rather have nigel, who, by the way! would muchant reform. rather have nigel, who, by the way! would much ratherreform. rather have nigel, who, by the way! would much rather have]. >> i would much rather have nigel campaigning throughout the country, campaigning in the red wall seats, campaigning in seats , campaigning where people really like what we say . and he really like what we say. and he can't do that if he's going to be tied down to one constituency. uh so, yes. uh, nigel, for pm fine . not that way i >> -- >> um, so do you think, i mean, you know, nigel well, do you, do you know, nigel well, do you, do you suspect that nigel will not not run? he will not take this opportunity at the next election? do you think it's unlikely he'll run? >> i think the more likely scenario is that he will spend the next election on campaigning up and down the country for reform and that is where he has always been successful. when he's able to campaign in the country and to be tied down to

one constituency, he, uh , i one constituency, he, uh, i think is, um, is not advisable. but in the end , it's a matter but in the end, it's a matter for nigel. so you're suggesting it wouldn't really be a big enough platform ? enough platform? >> um, now, richard tice is a formidable performer. an and a good friend of mine. and yours? i'm sure he could play a key role going forward, but should nigel take over as leader so that he can spearhead yet another political revolution ? another political revolution? >> well, nigel is already the president of reform. nigel will already, i'm assuming, be campaigning up and down the country during reform. uh, it doesn't matter whether during the election, it doesn't matter whether he has the title leader or not. everybody knows that nigel backs reform . um, and, you nigel backs reform. um, and, you know, the leader has an awful lot of admin stuff to do. i would much rather see nigel on the campaign trail. that is where he is . superb now. where he is. superb now. >> and the foreign secretary , >> and the foreign secretary, david cameron, has said that

britain could strike houthi targets in yemen again if the rebel group continue to attack ships in the red sea. writing in the telegraph today, he said we will work with allies . we will will work with allies. we will always defend the freedom of navigation and crucially, we will be prepared to back words with actions. is he right to make this threat an i think he is right to stand very firm on the threat that there is to shipping . shipping. >> um, because that does threaten us directly. that's not just a matter of iran that that threatens us directly . however, threatens us directly. however, my suspicion is about david cameron are always roused when it comes to foreign policy because he's always seemed to want his war. he wanted to bomb syria. parliament stopped him from bombing syria, but but he wanted to do it now . the wanted to do it now. the difference, of course, between you know, protecting, shipping for heaven's sake, at sea and

what went on before were the iraq and afghanistan and all the rest of it is, you know, we've got no boots on the ground. we aren't going to have body bags coming back through wootton bassett . uh, it's a different bassett. uh, it's a different sort engagement, but he's sort of engagement, but he's dead, right? to protect shipping . i've quarrel him. . i've no quarrel with him. there otherwise, you know, we're all going to be affected. >> conducted a poll yesterday >> we conducted a poll yesterday and a majority of my viewers and listeners have no appetite for a military involvement in the middle east. another commitment, another conflict . lost lives, another conflict. lost lives, resources . is are they right? if resources. is are they right? if what we were being asked to do is simply to go poking around in somebody else's civil war, which is what we seem to spend an awful lot of time doing. >> previous >> uh, under previous administrations. i would administrations. then i would say they are right. but shipping affects us, and if there is a threat to shipping , there is threat to shipping, there is a threat to shipping, there is a threat to shipping, there is a threat to us. so he is right to be taking the line that he is taking in that respect and only

in that respect, because i don't think he's a great foreign secretary. >> why do you say that? he's not a great foreign secretary, an. >> well, i mean, i you know, if you actually look at his record in foreign affairs, it's been abysmal . i mean, take, for abysmal. i mean, take, for example, what happened before brexit. he said he was going to off he was going to off the eu. he was going to renegotiate the treaty. he was going come with great going to come back with great concessions. we'd concessions. and then we'd all vote on basis this new vote. on the basis of this new treaty. came back with treaty. he came back with absolutely nothing. he couldn't even that . as i've even manage that. as i've already mentioned, there was his attempt to syria . uh, he is attempt to bomb syria. uh, he is not, um, a good foreign secretary i believe. well, he's i believe that he should not be foreign secretary. >> and are you concerned that his history as a supporter of remain could influence the government's approach to brussels ? brussels? >> it already has influenced it . >> it already has influenced it. you know, i mean, honestly, appointing david cameron, who was the architect of project fear , um, uh, appointing david

fear, um, uh, appointing david cameron , uh, to be foreign cameron, uh, to be foreign secretary was, as i described it, in the express very good column, by the way, every wednesday, simply sending brexiteers a reverse victory sign . that's that's what they sign. that's that's what they were doing , you know, and were doing, you know, and already he's getting closer to europe already . already he's getting closer to europe already. he's getting involved in the european defence union on a much closer basis. uh, the man is he's still a confirmed remainer and he hasn't accepted britain's position , um, accepted britain's position, um, as outside the eu completely. it will take reform and only reform , uh, to actually make it clear that we are a sovereign state and we act outside the eu. david cameron hasn't got that yet. he still hopes , i think probably still hopes, i think probably deep down, that it will be reverse . reverse. >> and not only is your wednesday column in the express unmissable, so are your sunday night appearances on mark dolan tonight. we look forward to seeing you in a week's time. tonight. we look forward to seeing you in a week's time . my seeing you in a week's time. my thanks government thanks to former government minister and broadcaster ann

widdecombe . coming up, widdecombe. coming up, tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits and three brilliant pundits, journalist linda jubilee, former labour adviser, the one and only paul richards and television news legend john sergeant. plus, they'll be nominating their headune they'll be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day. that's the papers next on mark dolan tonight # "baby let me kiss you" by fern kinney # baby, let me do it # let me do it to you # let me kiss you, baby # hey! # baby, can i do it? can i do it to you? # let me kiss you, baby # cos, baby, let me do it now # cos i'm about to do it anyhow crunch # you know you're gonna, baby...

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experts blaming the rise on brands that deliberately target women marketed long. the women with marketed long. the latest data reveals that the number of women who lost their lives in way in britain lives in this way in britain increased by 37% in five years. thatis increased by 37% in five years. that is a seismic leap, and that is almost well, it's 3293 women who have died from alcohol related illnesses . between 2016 related illnesses. between 2016 and 2021, the daily telegraph now, tories facing 1997 style wipe outs paul richards has perked up . most expensive, most perked up. most expensive, most expensive election poll in five years predicts that the party will retain just 169 seats, 11 cabinet ministers forecast to be ousted in the biggest political collapse since 1906. sir keir starmer labour could win a landslide majority of 120 , with landslide majority of 120, with 385 mp5, landslide majority of 120, with 385 mps, a commentary from david frost, former brexit chief

brexit negotiator . stunningly brexit negotiator. stunningly awful poll must shake sunak out of his complacency , the i of his complacency, the i newspaper revealed uk grants asylum to rwandans despite claims the country is safe. the guardian nhs drugs shortage poses threat to patients lives, say pharmacists, and warnings raise fears of new red sea attacks and g'day to the new king and queen of denmark. crowds in copenhagen greeted king frederik the 10th, and his australian born wife mary, the first commoner to become queen in denmark and a handsome couple they make. they adorn the front page of the times as well, sealed with a kiss and the top tories urge sunak to toughen the rwanda bill. british troops readied for show of force in the red sea as the other story met low as five migrants drown in the channel stop the deaths, say a metro and daily star holiday.

firms set for huge increase in bookings as we try to escape blue monday. that's right, thousands of us will book a houday thousands of us will book a holiday getaway tomorrow as we try to escape the crappy weather and general gloom on what has become known as blue monday. tomorrow's blue monday. but we're very jolly tonight with my top pundits, so let's meet them . top pundits, so let's meet them. delighted to have television news legend john sergeant, former labour special adviser and diet guru paul richards and journalist and broadcaster and the presenter of the hit commonsense podcast linda jubilee. folks so many stories to get through. but paul , how to get through. but paul, how about this one? and this really has got your year off to a very good start front page of the telegraph. if we can. tories face a 1997 style wipe—out . face a 1997 style wipe—out. >> i fear this is garbage. i mean , if you look at the kinds mean, if you look at the kinds of seats labour has to win and the kind of majorities that they have , i think these polls do not have, i think these polls do not reflect the reality . i think

reflect the reality. i think people have fallen out of love with sunak's with the with sunak's government. fair. government. i think that's fair. i don't they've yet fallen i don't think they've yet fallen in love with the labour party. so think a mountain to so i think there's a mountain to climb i there's lot climb and i think there's a lot of work still to be done and no complacency. >> the of the >> and the leader of the opposition, who opposition, keir starmer, who you spent with today, is you spent time with today, is not type, he? not a complacent type, is he? >> think was >> no, i think there was a recognition that, you he's recognition that, you know, he's done just done an incredible job in just four years the absolute four years from the absolute collapse it's not collapse in 2019. but it's not over the line yet. and if people want labour government, they want a labour government, they have campaign have to get out and campaign for it happen. only it and make it happen. it only happened it and make it happen. it only hapandzd it and make it happen. it only hapand the big challenge for >> and the big challenge for starmer shadow cabinet starmer and his shadow cabinet is like that, he is with headlines like that, he will more scrutiny . will face more scrutiny. >> well, that's good thing. i >> well, that's a good thing. i think valuable think that's always valuable in a democracy. think that's always valuable in a d but cracy.you're exposed, >> but then you're exposed, aren't mean, that's why aren't you? i mean, that's why people over his people are picking over his plans clean power by 2030 is plans for clean power by 2030 is because there expecting him to because there expecting him to be prime minister. really m atters. matters. >> yes, it does matter. and there's no harm in that scrutiny. the more scrutiny. i think the more scrutiny. i think the more scrutiny because scrutiny. i think the more scruti|these because scrutiny. i think the more scruti|these policies3ecause scrutiny. i think the more scruti|these policies3ecauto those these policies have to be bomb get bomb proof. by the time we get to an and we have to go to an election and we have to go into if we win with into government, if we win with a that work and a set of policies that work and fix things we need to fix.

fix the things we need to fix. but, you i think a lot of but, you know, i think a lot of people pollsters. think but, you know, i think a lot of people a pollsters. think but, you know, i think a lot of people a sort pollsters. think but, you know, i think a lot of people a sort ofllsters. think but, you know, i think a lot of people a sort of shy rs. think but, you know, i think a lot of people a sort of shy torythink but, you know, i think a lot of people a sort of shy tory vote there's a sort of shy tory vote out there who think, well, i'm going vote going to probably vote conservative, but i'm not going to that to tell this pollster that because think i'm because they'll think i'm a terrible person for supporting sunak. they lie crumbs. sunak. so they lie crumbs. >> i don't i'm sure >> i don't know, i'm not sure even sunak's mother will even rishi sunak's mother will vote this time vote conservative this time round . round. >> will be wondering ? what >> will she be wondering? what i'm wondering is why does keir starmer have so much trouble? resume resonating with the with the public? because he does. and that's very significant. that's you know, why can't he do that ? you know, why can't he do that? why can't he build. well a clear narrative. why can't he get that over and start building his position and building his? >> linda does he need to all he's got to be is not the tories. >> well not enough. >> well not enough. >> it's not enough. no. we just you've got to do the other side of the equation. >> i mean, he is a likeable bloke, he's also most bloke, but he's also new to most people. he got elected, you people. he only got elected, you know, long ago. very know, not that long ago. a very illustrious in the law, illustrious career in the law, but in politics, in but not in politics, not in pubuc but not in politics, not in public know, he wasn't public life. you know, he wasn't a you know, a figure. although, you know, we've very famous

we've had a lot of very famous pubuc we've had a lot of very famous public politics and public people in politics and they haven't always been great, have so maybe it's time have they? so maybe it's time for somebody a dull for somebody a bit more dull and administrative. >> you're john. >> i mean, my feeling about it is, he's amazingly short is, is that he's amazingly short on political skill , is, is that he's amazingly short on political skill, which is a terrible thing to say . on political skill, which is a terrible thing to say. here is a man who's prime minister and you think, wait a moment. what are you talking about, sunak or starmer? you talking about, sunak or sta sunak sunak? yes, yes. rishi sunak. >> so you're saying sunak is lacking skill? yes, it lacking political skill? yes, it is remarkable. lacking political skill? yes, it is he's remarkable. lacking political skill? yes, it is he's gotarkable. lacking political skill? yes, it is he's got to able. lacking political skill? yes, it is he's got to this. lacking political skill? yes, it is he's got to this position and >> he's got to this position and obviously he done well at his exams. he's done well at this. he does well at what he always does well at what he's asked he settles down asked to do. so he settles down to solve problems. but politics is strange game and you want is a strange game and you want a bit of magic. you want a of bit of magic. you want a bit of you bit gosh , i you want a bit of, gosh, i didn't that. didn't think about that. >> love him hate didn't think about that. >> you love him hate didn't think about that. >> you got love him hate didn't think about that. >> you got from 1im hate didn't think about that. >> you got from boris hate didn't think about that. >> you got from borisjohnson. him, you got from boris johnson. >> boris, >> you got endlessly from boris, you from all sorts of other you got from all sorts of other people. the whole idea that people. but the whole idea that he be a political he should sort of be a political figure, not an administrative king. yeah. and when he sort of really asked about what he seems to care you end up with to care about, you end up with him i people him saying, i think people should maths more in the

should do maths more in the sixth form, you yeah sixth form, you know? yeah that's excite people that's going to excite people or, or he says something like that. yeah. and you think, does he really is he really mean that? why can't he spend a bit more time thinking about the big things politics and what things in politics and what gestures he could make that might resonate with people? >> i think he had a little stab at he talked at the at that when he talked at the conference change, because conference about change, because we we've had all these discussions about people wanting, um , a change. maybe wanting, um, a change. maybe we'll just change to labour. and he was quite clever in the way he was quite clever in the way he turned that round and used it as a change in mindset. you know , someone had told him that. >> yeah, yeah , that's the trouble. >> is , it always looks like >> is, it always looks like someone has rehearsed. >> so someone's told you that? someone's told him what the arguments are use prime arguments are to use at prime minister's questions. you see him stuff? sure him saying all this stuff? sure and that's it. >> but it's painting by >> but it's a bit painting by numbers. give you a simple idea. >> how >> everyone knows how what trouble is in. correct? trouble the nhs is in. correct? now, a real politician would say right , i'm now, a real politician would say right, i'm going now, a real politician would say right , i'm going to do now, a real politician would say right, i'm going to do something sensational . i'm going to sensational. i'm going to all

the experts going to in, the experts are going to be in, we're do we're we're going to do this, we're going to start extra operations. we're people we're going to get people working weekends, and we're going boom or going to call it the nhs boom or something . yeah, the rescue something. yeah, the rescue plan. putting this forward plan. i'm putting this forward as of, you know, a, as as a sort of, you know, as a, as hypothesis, just taking notes here. >> you m it might $— >> you know, it might be correct, for the best. correct, but steel for the best. >> in order to steal the >> but in order to steal the initiative and say we've got something . yeah. and staff something. yeah. and the staff are keen we're going to settle a pay are keen we're going to settle a pay dispute. we're going to get on with this. we're going to get people all coming people in all the all coming down it, with, oh, i don't down with it, with, oh, i don't know, different of looking know, different ways of looking at operations. and we're going to and i think can to do it. and i think we can make now that's make a big impact. now that's politics because it's all kind of it ? yeah. politics because it's all kind of it? yeah. but of words isn't it? yeah. but that's of politics that's the sort of politics which get politicians elected . which get politicians elected. >> but you criticise rishi sunak , but keir starmer is not exactly martin luther king is it. >> no, no it.- >> no, no . it.— >> no, no . you know, i it. >> no, no . you know, i mean in >> no, no. you know, i mean in some ways they, you could argue they, perhaps have the same they, they perhaps have the same problem. two cheeks the problem. two cheeks have the same two cheeks of the same arse. >> paul, i would say that if you look under look at where labour was under corbyn in the worst defeat

corbyn in 2019, the worst defeat since 1935 to where labour is now, we're the front page of now, we're on the front page of the it's talking the telegraph. it's talking about a 97 wipe—out in about a 97 style wipe—out in five less. that's quite five years or less. that's quite a remarkable turnaround. if you can do that to the party, maybe you do the country. you could do it to the country. >> gone back >> but he just gone back to normal. of labour normal. in terms of the labour party, the party, we all now know the labour party but it labour party is much, but it could gone out of business, labour party is much, but it cocould gone out of business, labour party is much, but it cocould have)ne out of business, labour party is much, but it cocould have beeth of business, labour party is much, but it cocould have been out business, labour party is much, but it cocould have been out ostiness, business. >> yeah, but it was existential moment. >> so i don't think you ought to have obsessed >> so i don't think you ought to haveor obsessed >> so i don't think you ought to haveor anti—semitic obsessed >> so i don't think you ought to haveor anti—semitic oithis. ed this or anti—semitic or this. well, too. well, i think that too. >> everyone in the >> but not everyone in the party did back 2019. >> but not everyone in the party did and( 2019. >> but not everyone in the party did and he 2019. >> but not everyone in the party did and he had 9. >> but not everyone in the party did and he had to him out of >> and he had to kick him out of labour tony blair. labour under tony blair. >> and this seems be >> and this seems to be remarkably similar. >> linda, criticises >> well, linda, john criticises rishi for effectively rishi sunak for effectively being a technocrat rather than politician. >> i think britain does need a ceo, a number cruncher , a ceo, a number cruncher, a technocrat at the moment and i think if you look doesn't mean to say sunak, he doesn't make great speeches, right. but what he's is he's steered he's done is he's steered britain from risk of britain away from the risk of recession , for example, which recession, for example, which germany eurozone germany have had on the eurozone . similarly, inflation coming . similarly, inflation is coming down. he's faced down the unions to, you know, for the most part . to, you know, for the most part. and of course, you know, he's

got sort of growth in the got sort of tepid growth in the economy the windsor framework economy. the windsor framework unlocked brexit. this guy is in his own administrative way is delivering so i understand all of that. >> but i don't think the voting pubuc >> but i don't think the voting public sees it that way. i think they need a bit of pizzazz to get on board with some of the things that he says. a great orator is not necessarily a great deliverer of policies . great deliverer of policies. that's really, really obvious. his rhetorically, but actually he just needs to raise the tempo. they both do. so what if you're worried about starmer and complacency? >> what do you think he needs to do in the months ahead? >> paul. well, there is a plan in place which is going to be starting out more starting to roll out more policy, and we're starting to see where it all see that that's where it all goes wrong, isn't it? well, goes wrong, isn't it? and well, that's needs that's why i say it needs to be bomb the public bomb proof. but the public do need know what would a labour need to know what would a labour government look and need to know what would a labour govcandidates look and need to know what would a labour govcandidates going ook and it's candidates going out knocking have to knocking on doors. you have to have to say. yeah. people have things to say. yeah. people say, all same, say, oh, you're all the same, aren't you? have to have aren't you? you have to have something that. so something to reply to that. so

he's going to have to start rolling out some quite crunchy policy, you are starting to policy, and you are starting to see and can agree or see that. and you can agree or disagree things like disagree with things like teaching brush their disagree with things like teachiini brush their disagree with things like teachiin school, brush their disagree with things like teachiin school, whererush their disagree with things like teachiin school, where streeting' teeth in school, where streeting has talking that has been talking about that today. all a today. now you can all have a row about it, at least that row about it, but at least that is a policy. so we now talk is a policy. so we can now talk about and the about it. yeah. and the campaigners on the doorsteps have have this crunch. have to have this crunch. otherwise public have to have this crunch. oth right. public have to have this crunch. oth right. all public have to have this crunch. oth right. all the public have to have this crunch. oth right. all the same. are right. they're all the same. >> there a perception >> linda, is there a perception though, starmer, that say though, starmer, that he'll say whatever it takes to get elected 7 whatever it takes to get elected ? the captain , the captain, ? the captain, the captain, hindsight, you know , the flip hindsight, you know, the flip flop, the u—turns . is this a flop, the u—turns. is this a sort of fatal flaw that he has? >> i think a lot of politicians have that particular. you could call it a skill in a way. so but you have to have it. you have to really remember too many tony blair or margaret thatcher u—turns , and yet they were u—turns, and yet they were there. >> but i mean, they were there. if you take someone like, you know, corbyn, for example know, jeremy corbyn, for example , changed mind on , never changed his mind on anything all since anything at all since about 1975. and look where he ended up. that's slam dunk argument. up. that's a slam dunk argument. >> . can't can't disagree >> yeah. can't can't disagree with that. well look there you

go. you can certainly hope for the best paul. it does seem like keir all the keir starmer is doing all the right get himself right things to get himself elected. um, have a look elected. um, let's have a look at a couple other stories. at a couple of other stories. and a really troubling and this is a really troubling one. john. sergeant and it's in the independent, a huge rise in women drinking themselves to death, fatalities from alcohol related diseases soars by 37% in five years, compared to an increase of 29% in men. something's happening with women and alcohol . what is it? and alcohol. what is it? >> well, i think it's that simple thing about it. it's, uh. what is it? drink a clock or something, isn't it? oh, yeah. wine o'clock wine o'clock. you know. mean, once you know. well, i mean, once you start wine o'clock if. start saying wine o'clock as if. well, doing aren't well, we're all doing it, aren't we? that is we? that's right. yeah, that is the petition, isn't it? the way to petition, isn't it? i mean, that way you mean, that is the way you normalise. to go wrong normalise. it starts to go wrong . whole about oh . so the whole idea about oh well of course i'll just have a quick one. when men used to say, oh, it's way more than that though i know. and men used to say, i'm going down to the pub, i'm just, i go just i'm going just, i just go just nipping the pub on the nipping to the pub on the way. >> stories on >> i did most of the stories on women alcohol for tonight

>> i did most of the stories on wom trevor alcohol for tonight >> i did most of the stories on wom trevor mcdonald yr tonight >> i did most of the stories on wom trevor mcdonald overight >> i did most of the stories on wom trevor mcdonald over ant with trevor mcdonald over an eight year period. and this is quite a long time ago. i used to go quite a long time ago. i used to 9° up quite a long time ago. i used to go up to newcastle regular early and hang out with those half dressed girls going tuxedo dressed girls going to tuxedo junction . you know, it was it junction. you know, it was it was unbelievable amount of alcohol and it's got even worse. it's shots . it's powerful little it's shots. it's powerful little drip drinks. it's wine. it's an inability to actually have a social life that is not greece by alcohol . it's very, very by alcohol. it's very, very troubling . troubling. >> and also i wonder to be more for man, you know, and you paint a picture of sort of maybe the modern ladettes and, you modern day ladettes and, you know, drinking the men all know, out drinking the men all the it. the rest of it. >> and >> yeah. and there's also want men. >> yeah. and there's also want me i them, i >> yeah. and there's also want me! them, i said, do you >> i asked them, i said, do you do when out with do this when you go out with your and they said, your boyfriends? and they said, well, like well, no, we don't really like going no, just going out. no, no, no, you just get express your get a pizza express with your other mark. other half story mark. >> look, the story is about the stories, marketing stories, the marketing though, isn't it? >> e“- e that's what isn't it? >> that's what the big time. >> paul, you know, and people like me get accused of supporting state. like me get accused of supbuting state. like me get accused of supbutingyou state. like me get accused of supbutingyou have. like me get accused of supbutingyou have a nanny >> but if you don't have a nanny state, have marketing

state, you have marketing companies who are. >> you're >> well, i know that you're really then they end really worried and then they end up worried about >> you're really worried about the of the food industry the power of the food industry selling off a of very selling off a lot of very unhealthy, processed foods unhealthy, ultra processed foods . and i guess seeing the . and i guess we're seeing the same booze industry. same with the booze industry. >> well, i mean, there's no safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof mean, there's no safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof ethanolhere's no safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof ethanol to �*e's no safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof ethanol to put1o safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof ethanol to put in safe same with the booze industry. >> wellof ethanol to put in your amount of ethanol to put in your body. science of body. that's the science of this. and these people. are you buying? i don't drink, no. >> you see, that's why >> oh, you see, that's why you're so coherent. >> that's why there another. >> that's why there is another. >> that's why there is another. >> get to the break. >> that's why there is another. >> is. get to the break. >> that's why there is another. >> is. there|et to the break. >> that's why there is another. >> is. there is to the break. >> that's why there is another. >> is. there is anotheryreak. >> that's why there is another. >> is. there is another sort. there is. there is another sort of epidemic. it's of silent epidemic. i think it's not people nightclubs . not just people in nightclubs. it's middle class, it's at home. middle class, quite affluent women. yeah yeah. who maybe are juggling a career and kids who are de—stresses and they're opening , especially now they're opening, especially now with work from home, opening that bottle of wine at five in the evening just to de—stress or get the kids to bed at eight. and then let's have drink. and then let's have a drink. >> i i to hear >> i mean, i used to hear mothers the school gates when mothers at the school gates when i program, mothers at the school gates when i they program, mothers at the school gates when i they would program, mothers at the school gates when i they would say program, mothers at the school gates when i they would say progthey and they would say that they were really worried about when the um, older the kids, um, got older in primary school because they'd have to go and pick them up from these events, they'd these evening events, and they'd normally by 830. so

normally be sloshed by 830. so that a real concern. that was a real concern. >> how much of this is generational as well, paul? because my brilliant producer, maria me the maria has just sent me the latest stats on gen z, which is the young folk now, older people are still most likely to drink, while those least likely to dnnk while those least likely to drink are aged 16 to 24. but over a quarter of that age group are teetotal. yeah yeah. >> my kids. >> my kids. >> it's absolutely fascinating. i think that maybe the generations that we grew up in where you the pub and where you go to the pub and you'd and you'd drink you'd have shots and you'd drink spirits, that. spirits, they don't do that. i mean, they're doing spirits, they don't do that. i mean things, they're doing spirits, they don't do that. i meanthings, thejthey?»ing other things, aren't they? that's for that's another discussion for another night. they another night. yeah, they have other but the boozing is other vices, but the boozing is not . that's right. yeah. not no. that's right. yeah. >> my kids are totally right. >> my kids are totally right. >> it is a generational shift. >> it is a generational shift. >> daughter a >> yes. it daughter of a journalist daughter son. >> yes. it daughter of a jou1you've daughter son. >> yes. it daughter of a jou1you've got ughter son. >> yes. it daughter of a jou1you've got ajhter son. >> yes. it daughter of a jou1you've got a son. son. >> you've got a son. >> is it two sons. one daughter. they really at all they don't really drink at all right. i cut my teeth. right. but i cut my teeth. you're a fleet street journalist. >> you've completely. let >> you've completely. you've let them is disgrace. >> well, when i first joined the bbc, reporter said, i've got bbc, the reporter said, i've got a bit of a problem with sergeant . enough. a bit of a problem with sergeant . enough . oh, . he's not drinking enough. oh, yeah? the idea is, how are

yeah? and the idea is, how are we going to know this young man if doesn't come across the if he doesn't come across the club ? yeah. we have club? yeah. and we can have a few amazing can few pints. amazing and we can see he's upright see whether he's still upright after an hour or two. >> incredible. tell you. after an hour or two. >> iyou dible. tell you. after an hour or two. >> iyou dibl> iyou dibl> iyou dibl> tell you, john. >> let me tell you, john. sergeant tv news legend sergeant their tv news legend returns brilliant returns alongside the brilliant paul richards and linda jubilee . paul richards and linda jubilee. they'll be drunk by the end of the show. don't worry about that. responsibly . that. please drink responsibly. we've also got more front pages and my pundits will nominate their headline hero and back page zero of the day. see you in two. # "baby let me kiss you" by fern kinney # baby, let me do it # let me do it to you # let me kiss you, baby # hey! # baby, can i do it? can i do it to you? # let me kiss you, baby # cos, baby, let me do it now

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>> too many. okay a couple more papers before my pundits nominate their headline hero and back page zero. >> we've got the daily mail now and they lead with another royal exclusive . live aid says our exclusive. live aid says our late monarch was as angry as i'd

ever seen her. after the sussexes claimed they had her blessing to use childhood nickname queen's fury over naming of baby lilibet , queen naming of baby lilibet, queen elizabeth was infuriated by harry and meghan's claim that she had given her blessing to their daughter, being named lilibet. this, according to a new book by a good friend of this program, robert hardman daily mirror exclusive post office shame we can't let them off the hook. campaigners say those behind miscarriage of justice must be punished, and the sun. nice to see you, holly sparkles after kidnap plot . sparkles after kidnap plot. hell. holly willoughby back on the box and it's to great see her again. what a talented and nice lady she is. okay. speaking of talented and nice ladies, john sergeant, tv news legend , john sergeant, tv news legend, former labour special adviser paul richards and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee and folks, would you like to nominate your headline heroes and back page zeros of the day? john, who is your hero today ? john, who is your hero today? >> is rebecca thompson .

>> my hero is rebecca thompson. you may not have heard of her. she was a young reporter on computer weekly in 2008. she was given the. check out this story about fujitsu and horizon and something to do with the post office and she worked hard and she realised almost immediately that this was the tip of the iceberg. so she's the hero from our business. great cracking nomination. >> your headline hero paul my hero is alan bates, who i think should be given a peerage and my hero is paula vennells , who hero is paula vennells, who should give all the money back. >> oh , brilliant. >> oh, brilliant. >> oh, brilliant. >> nicely put. succinct as well. linda, who is your headline hero? >> i really admire yvonne taylor. who's the woman who is standing in kingston against ed davey think a lot davey. i think it takes a lot to, to campaign as an mp as particularly as an independent. but she's campaigning with a grandson who's a councillor in the area and they said they're not in the business of losing. >> wow. >> wow. >> you m she m— >> do you think she could take the sir davey. >> do you think she could take the well, sir davey. >> do you think she could take the well, people davey. >> do you think she could take the well, people have fey. >> do you think she could take the well, people have been making >> well, people have been making comparisons lewis , the comparisons to martin lewis, the guy that campaigned on the anti—sleaze . yeah. um, anti—sleaze ticket. yeah. um,

and he's got a 15,000 and it's not. he's got a 15,000 majority. i think , in that area . majority. i think, in that area. uh, but we shall see. >> martin bell . >> martin bell. >> martin bell. >> yeah. martin bell, the man. martin bell. >> martin my old friend . yeah. >> well, john, that's a great nomination. >> linda, how about your back page >> linda, how about your back page zero. >> my back page zero. fits in. ed davey asked ten times. would you say sorry? some you say sorry? and for some weird reason, which i genuinely can't understand , he. i know he can't understand, he. i know he was regretting what happened. >> is it legal advice? >> is it legal advice? >> he's received? is he worried about liability ? about liability? >> whatever. appalling. >> whatever. it is appalling. very but i just want to speak up for second. for him, for a second. >> i mean, not. is he >> i mean, is there not. is he not for all of this? >> no, but but it's much better , >> no, but but it's much better, though, when you're in a hole , though, when you're in a hole, stop digging. when in stop digging. when you're in a hole, are really, hole, realise you are really, really in trouble now. yeah. and all people want to know is do you feel ashamed ? do you feel you feel ashamed? do you feel embarrassed? you, you wish embarrassed? do you, do you wish it and the it hadn't happened? and the answer that presumably, answer to all that presumably, is yes . well, say it is yes, yes, yes. well, say it most definitely come out with the sorry . the word sorry. >> he seems to be a good word. >> he seems to be a good word. >> seems to be the hardest one.

how you, paul ? oh, you've how about you, paul? oh, you've done you've done your back piece here. >> and it was vennels. >> and it was vennels. >> and it was, it was a great shout woman hangs shout out. this woman hangs on to made to the £5 million she made whilst whilst post office ceo. >> disgrace. >> yeah, a disgrace. >> yeah, a disgrace. >> she should money >> and she should hand the money back tomorrow. and then the inquiry come whether inquiry should come out whether she not. and would inquiry should come out whether she say not. and would inquiry should come out whether she say when not. and would inquiry should come out whether she say when you not. and would inquiry should come out whether she say when you hand.nd would inquiry should come out whether she say when you hand.nd ymoney you say when you hand the money back, to back, would you be referring to bonuses, would bonuses, a bonus? i would say yes. the that yes. so the money that was supposedly for success obviously wasn't. would wasn't. and i think that would be reasonable. course, be reasonable. and of course, that money then distributed amongst were amongst all the people who were the fair play. >> yeah. fair play. >> yeah. fair play. >> , your back zero. >> linda, your back page zero. >> linda, your back page zero. >> stephen bradshaw , the >> i think stephen bradshaw, the post investigator who post office investigator who gave week, gave evidence this week, was really he i mean, unknown at nine and notorious by midday after everyone watched that shocking a really shocking. yeah. no, not wasn't technically minded . and apparently that's minded. and apparently that's exactly right. >> and of course we heard that these investigators behaved like these investigators behaved like the mafia. like mafia gangsters. if only there was exciting is that he was just boring. >> and felt stupid. >> and i felt stupid. >> and i felt stupid. >> definitely . >> most definitely. >> most definitely. >> that note, there's no >> and on that note, there's no answer to that. my thanks to the

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of one two degrees at of one two degrees celsius at best. feeling subfreezing with those tight squeeze in the isobars down the east coast. there our attention on tuesday turns this feature in the turns to this feature in the northwest, a change wind northwest, a change of wind direction westerly direction to that north westerly could some snow showers could bring some snow showers first in the morning to first thing in the morning to parts northwest parts of northwest england. then, as this more organised area moves way area of rain moves its way in, we could snowfall for we could see snowfall for northern and central areas of scotland down the scotland and down on the pennines, well. there's pennines, as well. there's still some in regards to some uncertainty in regards to the exact track of that system, so keeping up to so it is worth keeping up to date forecast. but the date with the forecast. but the cold it cold weather looks like it certainly staying certainly will be staying with us much this week. us throughout much of this week. bye . bye bye. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

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carriers can't be sent to the middle east because of a personnel shortage . raf jets personnel shortage. raf jets made a round trip of more than 3000 miles from cyprus on thursday to take part in a series of strikes on houthi positions in yemen, foreign secretary lord cameron has warned. the uk may intervene again if tax on ships in the red sea continue. there have been reports that a recruitment crisis is preventing the navy sending aircraft carriers to the region, but defence minister james cartlidge says that's not the case since there is no truth whatsoever in the suggestion that we cannot deploy the carrier . carrier. >> i'm pleased to confirm both our carriers are in portsmouth . our carriers are in portsmouth. they are at readiness and they are available to be deployed if needed. if the operational decision is that that is the appropriate response . appropriate response. >> the former home secretary has attended a rally marking 100 days since the october 7th massacre in israel . suella massacre in israel. suella braverman was among a crowd of thousands in london's trafalgar square calling for the release

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