and columnist time, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy, and my surprise guest, former labour minister denny mcshane. he looks a bit sad there. in a few moments time i'll be mocking the week, but first, let's get your headlines . first, let's get your headlines. >> good afternoon , i'm pip >> good afternoon, i'm pip tomson in the gb news room . gb tomson in the gb news room. gb news can reveal that around 15 migrants have been rescued after crossing the channel in a stolen french fishing boat. the small vessel left grovelling between calais and dunkirk early this morning . the boat was escorted morning. the boat was escorted by french vessels before being handed over to uk border force officials . the migrants were officials. the migrants were then brought to dover. so far this year, almost 1400 people have made the journey across the engush have made the journey across the english channel in small boats . english channel in small boats. police are searching part of the river thames in central london for the body of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi , a police suspect abdul ezedi, a police boat earlier circled between vauxhall and chelsea bridges

with the met police saying they began shortly after low tide just before 9 am. the 35 year old was last seen on cctv leaning over the railings of chelsea bridge . for those chelsea bridge. for those watching on tv, you can see him walking across that bridge just before 11:30 pm. on january the sist. before 11:30 pm. on january the 31st. that's four hours after the attack in south london. detectives now believe he is dead and his body may never be found . a woman has appeared in found. a woman has appeared in court accused of the attempted murder of two children in a suspected poisoning. 38 year old jamal george was arrested after emergency services . were called emergency services. were called to a house in uckfield in east sussex, at half past six on thursday morning over welfare concerns, police say two children, aged nine and 13, and a 38 year old woman were taken to hospital for treatment. george was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of administering poison with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily

harm. she'll appear in court again on the 8th of march. pro palestine protesters have been removed from a barclays bank on the high street in birmingham after staging a sit in. seven people were seen lying down inside the bank with palestinian flags and placards saying stop the genocide. it's been reported that one man, angered by the protest , was seen that one man, angered by the protest, was seen banging on the glass doors of the bank and tipped over the protesters table outside the entrance. we understood and no arrest was made . well, three people have made. well, three people have been killed after a car was hit by an apparent airstrike in gaza's southern city of rafah . gaza's southern city of rafah. the palestinians are claiming it was carried out by the israeli military . you can see here the military. you can see here the aftermath of the attack, which happened earlier today. medics say a separate strike by israel overnight also killed 17 people in rafah. the strike comes after israel, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu , announced a benjamin netanyahu, announced a plan to evacuate civilians from the crowded southern gaza city

and to defeat the last hamas fighters there. the us has said it won't support any military action in rafah without protection for civilians . large protection for civilians. large parts of england could face travel disruption later and some flooding as heavy rain hits. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain, which covers well from newcastle and its surrounding areas down to east anglia along england's east coast. this comes into force at 7:00 tonight and lasts until midday tomorrow. another warning covering much of cornwall, as well as parts of devon and somerset, starts at 6 pm. today. the british medical association has offered to call off strikes later this month if nhs bosses give permission for further time for negotiations. the industrial action was announced yesterday after the bma said the government had failed to meet the deadline to put an improved pay offer on the table. thousands of medics plan to strike in england for five

days from february, the 24th until february. the 28th, but now the doctors trade union has written to nhs leaders urging a longer time frame for pay talks to take place. the bma has been asking for a 35% rise, which has been rejected . royal navy been rejected. royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales is set to set sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take over the lead of the largest nato exercise since the cold war. the announcement comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft . the setback came 18 shaft. the setback came 18 months after hms prince of wales itself broke down off the isle of wight when it suffered a similar malfunction. the ministry of defence has not confirmed if the ship will take over all of its sister ships scheduled duties , as. over all of its sister ships scheduled duties , as . are you an scheduled duties, as. are you an elton john fan.7 a super fan.7 well nearly a thousand items from his former home in atlanta are up for sale in new york.

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focus my month of the week on just one because my blood just one topic because my blood boiled as keir starmer made a political capital to mask his deeply offensive inability to determine what a woman is. and i'm still furious. remember this. how forget a woman this. how can we forget a woman can have a penis .7 can have a penis? >> they come . not >> they come. not >> they come. not >> i don't think we can conduct this debate with you. no, sorry i offended you. no, no, no, it's just no, no, no, i just. >> oh, you just what? this week in prime minister's questions care tried to bury that clip in any reference to it. it's a bit rich, mr speaker , to hear about rich, mr speaker, to hear about promises from someone who's broken every single promise. >> he was elected on. i mean, i think i counted almost 30 in the last year . think i counted almost 30 in the last year. pensions, planning, peerages , public sector pay, peerages, public sector pay, tuition fees, childcare, second referendums, defining a woman . referendums, defining a woman. although although in fairness , although although in fairness, that was only 99% of a u—turn

that was only 99% of a u—turn that the list goes on. but the theme is the same. mr speaker, it's empty words, broken promises and absolute no plan . promises and absolute no plan. keir starmer. >> of all of all the work, of all the weeks to say that when brianna's mother is in this chamber of shame , parading as a chamber of shame, parading as a man of integrity when he's got absolutely no responsibility , absolutely no responsibility, well, i'm not sure. >> i think he's the one with no responsibility right now. not really, until he's elected. if he become prime minister. he does become prime minister. but that but people keep saying that rishi apologise for his rishi should apologise for his joke. for his joke ? but it joke. for his joke? but it wasn't a joke, was it? if only it were. but it's true, keir couldn't define a woman and said 1% of us have penises. ridiculous. and in any case, house of commons rules are that you cannot play to the public gallery. the rule is that mps you cannot play to the public galiexpressly ule is that mps you cannot play to the public

galiexpressly prohibited mps you cannot play to the public galiexpressly prohibited from are expressly prohibited from referring to persons in the pubuc referring to persons in the public gallery. in such as a way as to seek to intimidate or influence the debate, which is exactly what keir appeared to be doing . and it turns out that doing. and it turns out that brianna's mother, esther, wasn't evenin brianna's mother, esther, wasn't even in the gallery at that time. anyway, are we to draw from this that, sir keir starmer should not be reminded of his failings? which is what rishi was doing, reminding him of his failings? can we no longer utter the reality that keir failed to determine what a woman is in the political arena, for fear of , i political arena, for fear of, i don't know, losing favour or , it don't know, losing favour or, it would appear, perhaps hurting feelings ? but what about the feelings? but what about the feelings? but what about the feelings women , adult human feelings of women, adult human females , which he did eventually females, which he did eventually admit a woman is my goes admit a woman is my heart goes out to brianna's mother, esther, who has shown incredible courage . and i wrote a piece in the mail agreeing with her notion that under 16 shouldn't be given smartphones . but that doesn't smartphones. but that doesn't change that sir keir change the fact that sir keir starmer to not know what starmer claimed to not know what a is. and it was just a woman is. and it was just another legendary u—turn. here he is squirming about his green

energy pledge. >> this government has done huge damage to our economy. every family knows that they've had to adjust their plans. family knows that they've had to adjust their plans . we've now adjust their plans. we've now had to adjust our plans and i think the british public appreciate as being straight and saying because of the damage that the tories have done to the economy , we can't now do economy, we can't now do everything that we wanted to do. i'd much rather be straight with the british public than make a promise that i can't keep . promise that i can't keep. >> yeah, yeah, come on, it just is completely ridiculous . that is completely ridiculous. that one. and totally unaffordable . one. and totally unaffordable. making political capital to try and silence your critics is something that keir does well. listening to some commentators, you'd think that rishi was wrong and spoken out of turn, but and had spoken out of turn, but where would be politicians where would we be if politicians couldn't speak about this couldn't speak openly about this ? you can't avoid subjects just because , tragic though it is, because, tragic though it is, there someone watching who there is someone watching who might , particularly might get offended, particularly when telling truth . i when you're telling the truth. i know what you're doing here. you're using tragic you're using a tragic circumstance to try to demonise

rishi sunak and anyone who dares to remind you of your ridiculous comment. if rishi apologises, what keir will have effectively doneis what keir will have effectively done is silence the voice of women. i'm not having it. a woman is an adult, human female and you care were too spineless to acknowledge this . i will to acknowledge this. i will never stop reminding you . oh, never stop reminding you. oh, i'm sorry, you probably can't bear me. if you see switched the tv on, he goes, oh god no. that woman. woman. yes. woman. listen what are your gb views what are your thoughts? gb views gb news. com i'd love to hear what because coming gb news. com i'd love to hear what on because coming gb news. com i'd love to hear what on in because coming gb news. com i'd love to hear what on in the cause coming gb news. com i'd love to hear what on in the discussion ng up later on in the discussion we'll asking whether you we'll be asking whether you think keir rishi or neither of them should apologise for what happenedin them should apologise for what happened in pmqs. get your happened in pmqs. but get your thoughts now views at gb thoughts in now gb views at gb news. coming up performer news. com coming up performer and uri geller will be and mystifier uri geller will be joining live from israel as joining me live from israel as we the latest on the we discuss the latest on the conflict. then at 320 it's climate control. we'll be unpicking the debate around the climate asking whether we climate and asking whether we should faith in should be putting our faith in electric vehicles the

electric vehicles for the future. craig svensson is future. then craig svensson is in the political spotlight . this in the political spotlight. this week. asking if joe week. we'll be asking if joe biden is fit to act as the us president and is acting literally because he i don't think actually doing think he's actually doing anything. have been loads anything. there have been loads of that's all of gaffes this week. that's all on ever, you know, on the way. as ever, you know, the coup gbviews@gbnews.com or tweet me @gbnews . now just to tweet me @gbnews. now just to remind you, you're not going to want to miss this prime minister rishi to play rishi sunak he is going to play exclusively in our exclusively on gb news in our people's forum. it's an hour long q and a on issues that matter most to let's hear matter most to you. let's hear what he has to say. >> hi rishi sunak here. join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you . the issues that matter to you. you for your chance to be part of the audience and to put your questions scan the qr questions to me. scan the qr code on screen or go to gb news.com. see you there . news.com. see you there. >> right? so get your question

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particularly the shouts of certainly seem to be getting angner certainly seem to be getting angrier and angrier. we're doing this kind of lap of the birmingham city centre stopping off at keele locations that these protesters want to really make a point for particular. just a few moments ago, we're outside the mcdonald's. of course, we know the situation that's happened, particularly at mcdonald's here birmingham, mcdonald's here in birmingham, where, we saw mice in where, of course we saw mice in boxes thrown into some of boxes being thrown into some of those mcdonald's because of their protests . these palestine their protests. these palestine protesters saying , um, that of protesters saying, um, that of course, mcdonald's are helping to fund the war currently between israel and hamas, but also as well, we've seen a sit in protest today , uh, in in protest today, uh, in birmingham at the barclays bank, where seven people, uh , were where seven people, uh, were basically doing what they call a lying inside, draping themselves in the palestinian flag. and also, um, kind of having their signs and their placards saying things like , stop the genocide. things like, stop the genocide. there was a negotiation between the west police and the west midlands police and those , and they were those protests, and they were able then remove from them able to then remove from them from the bank had from the bank. but the bank had no choice. today but to close

because the, um, customers because of the, um, customers just being able in just not being able to get in with protests were with the protests that were outside bank today. they outside that bank today. they say palestinian solidarity say the palestinian solidarity campaign, that's campaign, they say that's because they they they have research , they claim, which research, they claim, which says that barclays are putting billions pounds worth of billions of pounds worth of funding writings funding into loans and writings off of kind of different kind of companies, which they say are providing things like military technology to the likes of israel for their continuation, of course, in their war against hamas . of course, in their war against hamas. netanyahu, the of course, in their war against hamas . netanyahu, the israeli hamas. netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, said this week that it's impossible, he says, to achieve the goal of the war without eliminating hamas. they say that they believe there are about four battalions in the area of rafah. of course, that is where a lot of those evacuees have gone. so netanyahu says he's asked for a plan to be drawn up for evacuations and also that military action. but of course, the people here protesting today still wanting that ceasefire . that immediate ceasefire. >> well, thank you, jack carson really good talk you. really good to talk to you. that's jack there. really good to talk to you. that'sjack there. he's that's jack carson there. he's our reporter , our east west midlands reporter, live at a pro—palestinian protest . well, joining me from

protest. well, joining me from israel discuss the conflict israel to discuss the conflict is mr uri geller. uri, thank you very much for joining is mr uri geller. uri, thank you very much forjoining me. well so talk to me. what's happening around where you are and what are what's going on? okay. it's really surreal because i just heard you speak about penises. >> so from penis, i'll move to nuclear bombs. i'd like you to hear this carefully. nana just two days ago, one of the biggest media celebrities in the united states. maybe you've never heard of him. his name is tucker carlson on tucker carlson interviewed vladimir putin. and listen over . 200 interviewed vladimir putin. and listen over. 200 million views within 24 hours. 200 million. this handed a massive propaganda victory to putin. but what your viewers have to understand is that russia is one of the main destabilising forces in the middle east. now, let me explain why this is important for your

viewers to know . iran could not viewers to know. iran could not be doing the aggressive things it is doing without the support of its biggest ally , russia. of its biggest ally, russia. russia protects iran and supports iran economically and militarily . you know, the militarily. you know, the kamikaze drones which russia attacks, ukraine with come from iran. it is no secret. >> it is absolutely no secret. >> it is absolutely no secret. >> and in return, russia suppues >> and in return, russia supplies iran with missile technology, fighter planes and one of one of the most advanced air defence system in the world. now, nana, do you remember last time i showed you the spoon that belonged to the shah of iran, who was exiled ? i believe i also who was exiled? i believe i also showed you this spoon , this showed you this spoon, this which belonged to putin. that's a spoon he's putting in his mouth . i've connections now. mouth. i've connections now. very important, very important.

russia also protects iran's new nuclear weapons program . how? by nuclear weapons program. how? by using its veto at the united nations. and it also has given iran billions of dollars , by the iran billions of dollars, by the way, by illegally buying iranian oil . these way, by illegally buying iranian oil. these billions of way, by illegally buying iranian oil . these billions of dollars oil. these billions of dollars go to iran's nuclear program, they go to iran's friends, the houthis , to hamas, to syria, to houthis, to hamas, to syria, to hezbollah . russia is basically hezbollah. russia is basically pulling the strings. it is running rings around the waist . running rings around the waist. now, i'll finish with this . this now, i'll finish with this. this is the last thing i want to say. very important . just days ago , very important. just days ago, it was reported that that it would take iran just five months to produce enough nuclear material for 12 nuclear bombs . material for 12 nuclear bombs. remember, i showed you this last

time, 12 nuclear bombs . now, time, 12 nuclear bombs. now, this comes from a very respected former united nations weapons expert, nana. listen, we are heading towards armageddon. i know it, and i can feel it. and the only way to stop an iranian nuclear attack is to attack iran. now you have to cut the head of the snake . i'm head of the snake. i'm finishing. i'm appealing to rishi sunak . look at my eyes. rishi sunak. look at my eyes. look into my eyes. rishi. i'm appealing to joe biden . i don't appealing to joe biden. i don't know how much joe biden is going to get into his head, but i'm trying. joe biden, listen , trying. joe biden, listen, benjamin netanyahu , listen to benjamin netanyahu, listen to me. look into my eyes, bomb iran i >> -- >> oh, we've lost you. we lost on the most important bit. but anyway , well, i tell the way we anyway, well, i tell the way we wanted to hear that because it did sound worrying , but that was

did sound worrying, but that was a bigella. we just lost his signal there. so i can't tell you what he was going to say. unfortunately but i'll tell you what. stay tuned. loads more still to come. just coming up to 20 minutes 3:00. this is 20 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . digital radio. i'm nana akua. uh, still to come. political spotlight republicans oversee uk chair greg svenson will be joining me to shine a light on the political process across the pond. but next up, it's climate control, where we unpick the debate climate debate around the climate as the clash over electric cars continues . our the future. continues. our evs the future. this is

listening to gb news radio. >> join me camilla tominey at 930 on sunday morning when i'll be speaking to pat mcfadden, the man coordinating labour's general election campaign, to ask him whether it's an error for keir starmer to have abandoned the green prosperity plan. >> i'll also be speaking to levelling up secretary michael gove. levelling up secretary michael gove . can rishi sunak actually gove. can rishi sunak actually win the next general election? and in his first interview since

announcing he's stepping down as announcing he's stepping down as an mp , i'll be speaking to an mp, i'll be speaking to former chancellor kwasi kwarteng. all that and more with me. camilla tominey. at 930 on sunday morning . sunday morning. >> good afternoon, 23 after three. this is gb news on tv, onune three. this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . we are the people's nana akua. we are the people's channel. it's now time for climate control where we unpick the debate around the climate . the debate around the climate. actor rowan atkinson was blamed this week for low electric vehicle sales after he called electric cars soulless. his comments were mentioned in the house of lords debate on the issue, with other common complaints being that evs are heavy , expensive and don't have heavy, expensive and don't have enough charging points. so are electric vehicles the future? well i'm joined now by danica mccarthy , climate columnist for mccarthy, climate columnist for the independent, and property expert russell quirk. all right,

danica , good afternoon. i danica, good afternoon. i remembered it like monica. see, that's how i got it . right. remembered it like monica. see, that's how i got it. right. i'm going to start with you. are are these cars the future? absolutely >> we we've just celebrated britain passing the 1 million point sales for evs. >> there's now a million evs in our sales from a really low point just five years ago. >> we have also the really exciting thing because there's been a real issue with second hand evs creating that market. >> that has expanded 90% >> that market has expanded 90% in the last year. >> the report that you referred to from the house of lords, they say its life cycle , say that over its life cycle, evs are now cheaper than , than evs are now cheaper than, than than ice vehicles and petrol vehicles. >> how long does an ev last then 7 >> how long does an ev last then ? its life cycle? because my little yeah c1 little car yeah little c1 185,000 miles on the glass. that's pretty cool. i know exactly, but it's still going . exactly, but it's still going. that's like about 11 years old. how long will it be when the interesting things about evs is that you buy your car, that when you buy your ice car, it a three year guarantee. it gets a three year guarantee. ice car. >> in internal combustion >> so in internal combustion engine jargon, are right. >> that's what carbon. >> that's what carbon. >> yeah it's a nice car okay.

ice not nice . ice not nice. >> no. >> no. >> well yeah. nice. it's nice. >> well yeah. nice. it's nice. >> so anyway so you get a tree. your guarantee when you buy, when you buy an ev, you get an eight year guarantee on your , on eight year guarantee on your, on your battery and up to 100,000 and over 100,000 miles guaranteed for the first 100,000 miles. so they estimate that the average battery will be around 15 but but i didn't 15 to 20 years. but but i didn't hear they could do 100,000 miles. >> could you get 100 miles? thought the average about 70,000. >> not many have yet. >> well, not many have yet. >> well, not many have yet. >> look, the question, are they the they're the future? no, they're the motoring equivalent of a chocolate nana they are >> frankly, nana they are useless. they are hopeless . useless. they are hopeless. >> and it's not just me that thinks that. it's the market. despite says , the despite what danica says, the market in terms of market share of electric vehicles has stalled completely over the last 12 months or so. so market share of electric vehicles is still only 16% of all vehicles sold, no matter what the government do in terms subsidies terms of throwing subsidies and tax breaks on. the tax breaks and so on. the problem electric cars now, problem with electric cars now, and i don't know how and actually, i don't know how long many. >> there many. >> there are many. >> there are many. >> so first of all, there's the

cost of insurance. the cost of insurance now is absolutely through roof because of through the roof because of the cost repairs electric cost of repairs of electric vehicles, if have an batteries. if you have an accident in one you need a accident in one and you need a new if your battery new battery if your battery runs out after that lovely eight year guarantee, about £20,000 on guarantee, it's about £20,000 on a or the equivalent a tesla or the equivalent porsche taycan, etc. and the other big, big problem recently is the unbelievably eye—watering depreciation. so you can buy an electric car which starts off very expensive. so typically 60, 70, 80, 100 or more thousand pounds and there are certain models of car now that in year one on the electric side of the spectrum are depreciating by up to 40% in year one. so you buy a car at 100 k from porsche or from tesla or whatever, you will lose potentially £40,000 in the first year. >> but don't they say that about petrol cars as well? if you buy a petrol car, not the a new petrol car, not the equivalent, not the equivalent, and then you've also got the other and then you've also got the oth of course , around range >> of course, around range charging infrastructure. >> of course, around range charthat infrastructure. >> of course, around range charthat we 'astructure. >> of course, around range charthat we see ucture. >> of course, around range charthat we see these, these fact that we see these, these hideous stories of at busy times, bank holidays, for instance, people queuing up in their electric cars five, six,

seven, eight, nine, ten cars deep waiting for a charger because of course it takes ages to charge that vehicle to get that extra 2 or 300 miles to your destination. they are pointless. they are worthless. they're the equivalent. they're pointless. they are worthless. th ashtray on a motorbike is this atkinson on on this is rowan atkinson on on steroids is hilarious. >> look , there's six. six. i'm >> look, there's six. six. i'm amusing you. exactly 16% of the market now already is evs . if market now already is evs. if you said that for years, you would say, wow . i mean, you said would say, wow. i mean, you said it's a huge incentive . 21% of it's a huge incentive. 21% of the market went up january to january is the truth. check it online. the market is going up andifs online. the market is going up and it's not what the what the committee said is really important is that there are grants available for people to install a charger in their flat or in their apartment, and what they also said, what's really important, i think , is we need important, i think, is we need to make evs accessible to people on lower incomes so that they can benefit from the cheap cost of electricity. so let me finish. they're so great, finish. but if they're so great, why do they briefly, you why do they need briefly, you the real problem if you

the real problem is that if you if you're a council estate tenant buying your tenant and you're buying your electricity charger on electricity from a charger on the street, you pay 20% vat. if you've on street parking at you've got on street parking at home, you pay 5. and that must be changed. it's not fair that the poor people pay a penalty to have but if they're have an ev, but if they're so desirable , does need desirable, why does there need to incentive ? to be an incentive? >> does government need >> why does the government need to people to to throw money at people to encourage them buy something encourage them to buy something that good. that doorknocker is so good. and look, here's the other thing. let's get on to the environmental i'm environmental thing, because i'm sure get sure he really wants to get on to , you to the fact is, if you charge your now, you lucky your car now, if you are lucky enough actually to be able to find point and not to find a charging point and not to have a half have to wait an hour and a half to tesla, fact to charge your tesla, the fact is today, only is that currently today, only about now from about 23% of energy is now from renewable sources. so in other words, charging your words, as you're charging your tesla, about 75 to 80% of what you're putting into the battery is actually powered by fossil fuels . donica. fuels. donica. >> it's true, isn't it? it's true. >> it's a complete misnomer. >> it's a complete misnomer. >> it's a complete misnomer. >> it's ron atkinson again, if you actually check it's also true. it's ron atkinson. >> also true. >> it's also true. >> it's also true. >> finish. it's if you >> let me finish. it's if you actually at the national actually look at the national grid ask people home, grid, ask the people at home, check google on grid. i've check google on the grid. i've just there 23.

just done it. and there were 23. they find that 33% they will actually find that 33% of the grid is fossil fuels. last year , and 35 is renewable last year, and 35 is renewable and the rest is nuclear. and . and the rest is nuclear. and. the other one biofuels. so actually . only 35% of the grid actually. only 35% of the grid last year was fossil fuels. so what. he's right. so that third is fossil fuels. but it's much, much cleaner over its lifespan. and will emit around two and ev car will emit around two thirds less carbon emissions than a than a petrol. but what about all the child labour and all the minerals and resources? >> why is as long as it >> why is it that as long as it doesn't off any co2 , at the doesn't give off any co2, at the point where, know, point where it where, you know, at source, why is it we are at the source, why is it we are not contemplate doing damage not contemplate doing the damage to environmental and the impact? >> absolutely right . one >> you're absolutely right. one of the worst things you can buy in is is is a ev inayearisaisaisaev vehicle. inayearisaisaisaev vehicle . the worst thing you'll vehicle. the worst thing you'll buy it was the worst thing you'll buy is a my job here is done. now the reason is done. now the reason why is every whether it's an every a car, whether it's an electric or a petrol car , electric car or a petrol car, has huge amount of minerals in it make it. so to make a car it to make it. so to make a car you takes between 6 and 30

tonnes carbon before you tonnes of carbon before you drive it a mile. the problem is the battery. but a navy, a navy car. battery wears out after car. the battery wears out after 6 7 years. 6 or 7 years. >> then you need to replace that battery over john >> then you need to replace that battery overjohn mauger car. >> you know as well as i do it takes, on. takes, it takes. hang on. >> takes about 250,000l of >> it takes about 250,000l of diesel to make one lithium battery for a tesla. how is that environmentally friendly? >> i am actually saying both an ev car and a petrol car takes between eight and 30 tonnes of carbon to make them, and that's why i do not have a car. i have a card, i have an e powered bike i got here today. that's the new powered bike it's fast car powered bike and it's a fast car that's great if haven't got that's great if you haven't got any anything or you any kids or anything or you don't take any books or bags or don't take any books or bags or do that's fine. don't take any books or bags or do i that's fine. don't take any books or bags or do i do that's fine. don't take any books or bags or do i do love that's fine. don't take any books or bags or do i do love shopping e. >> i do love the shopping bag. yeah, well, what do you do? you carry the. oh, on, carry the. oh, come on, it sounds precarious for urban. >> for urban journeys. buy yourself an e—bike. is absolutely fantastic on your own. >> yes. it's great, but if you've got a family or kids or whatever, not so good. whatever, then it's not so good. well, do you think? well, listen. what do you think? are going to an this are you going to get an ev? this

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piece what is the piece and thought, what is the countryside racist ? the wildlife countryside racist? the wildlife and countryside link , a charity and countryside link, a charity group, include rspca, wwf and the national trust, says the british countryside is a racist colonial white space. i'm wondering how many black people they've got working in those charities . mps in an all party charities. mps in an all party parliamentary group were told that the countryside has been influenced by racist colonial legacies, created an environment some fear is dominated by white people to discuss. i'm joined by actor and writer femi nylander. femi, thank you very much for joining me. so, femi, your view then what do you make to this is then what do you make to this is the countryside racist ? the countryside racist? >> um, well, i think it's very kind of reductionist just to kind of reductionist just to kind of reductionist just to kind of say is the countryside racist without looking at the central kind of complex questions within? >> we're talking about demographics here. we're talking about histories of migration . about histories of migration. um, talking about where um, we're talking about where people who are minorities chose to go or were funnelled into.

and these are often heavily, densely populated urban areas , densely populated urban areas, uh, which were then subsequently gentrified . and people don't gentrified. and people don't know what gentrified means. >> it's people who are >> it's where people who are ethnic minorities from poorer backgrounds , um, because because backgrounds, um, because because they're ethnic minorities and being an ethnic minority is usually linked to not having as much out much wealth. um, are pushed out of outskirts . of areas to the outskirts. so this the urban areas. this is within the urban areas. do think? this is within the urban areas. do absolutely. doesn't >> absolutely. does. it doesn't mean that gentrified to mean that to me. gentrified to me, they do it up. it looks a bit fancy . and then the more the bit fancy. and then the more the poorer people. so the people. so they might be minorities, they might be ethnic minorities, they might be ethnic minorities, they the they might not be. but the people who can't afford or can no afford , or people no longer afford, or some people who suddenly their who were poor suddenly their house becomes worth a lot. and then they can sell their houses and out. and move out. >> there's always >> there's always there's always going to be, there's always going to be, there's always going lucky going to be some some lucky people , for example, in notting people, for example, in notting hill. but there's a lot of people hill, people like notting hill, for example. of notting hill. example. lots of notting hill. you some you had some, you had some people managed to sell up people who managed to sell up their out. their houses and, and moved out. but partly but again, this is partly because as you say, they're very. people very. so there'll be some people who it's who benefit, but largely it's where gentrification refers to the idea within an urban population, you minority

population, you have a minority group who lives there, whether that's brooklyn, that's in the states, brooklyn, or whether that's the urban or whether that's the uk urban hill to flood hill and people start to flood in more money, more in who have more money, more resources, local kind resources, and your local kind of caribbean gets replaced of caribbean shop gets replaced by a starbucks day. um, by a starbucks the next day. um, that's the urban side of things on the, on the, on the countryside side of things, on the we're the rural side of things. we're talking uk talking about areas of the uk that had same patterns that never had the same patterns of migration or levels levels of migration or levels of levels of, of migration as some of the urban areas in the kind of post colonial period. um, and therefore have always remained largely white and that that and that that lends itself to a different kind of, um , well, different kind of, um, well, different kind of, um, well, different kinds of incidents of racism . if you're in a place racism. if you're in a place like birmingham or you're in a place like london, you might have direct, um, racism, you might people who, um, live might have people who, um, live in close quarters to, but never but never . in close quarters to, but never but never. no, in close quarters to, but never but never . no, no, in close quarters to, but never but never. no, no, no, no, i'm saying, i'm saying, but never. no, no, no, no, i'm saying, i'm saying , for example, saying, i'm saying, for example, if in a like london saying, i'm saying, for example, if you'rein a like london saying, i'm saying, for example, if you'rein a place like london or you're in a place like birmingham, have communities birmingham, you have communities that close to each that are very close to each other, but they're still to some degree blocked off from

degree, um, blocked off from each other. and there's, there's, there's direct incidents of racism. there's racism from white people to minority communities that are direct. they're also in rural areas. >> it's true, but it works. yeah so it's the other way around, though, isn't it? because say, say, person might say, say a white person might go to it be to somewhere where it might be predominantly asian or predominantly asian or predominantly might predominantly black. there might be racism directed towards them. so the reverse, the reverse is true in the countryside. >> well, the idea , the idea of >> well, the idea, the idea of racism is it comes with a degree of power. it comes with a degree of power. it comes with a degree of being the dominant group. you might have have some level of exclusion. you might have some level though level of, um, feeling as though you're that you're not welcome in that community. that's, community. and that's that's, that's that's possible. but generally within urban communities, , less communities, the poorer, less well—off people are more likely to housing, people well—off people are more likely to are housing, people well—off people are more likely to are less housing, people well—off people are more likely to are less likely;ing, people well—off people are more likely to are less likely;in1beeople well—off people are more likely to are less likely;in1be inple who are less likely to be in good schooling to be good schooling are going to be the ethnic minorities, and they're side they're going to be living side by in a similar so by side or in a similar area. so canary is right next to canary wharf is right next to some poorest places in some of the poorest places in london. right? however , um, london. right? um, however, um, at the same time , um, in, in, in at the same time, um, in, in, in the rural setting, as i say, what you have is you have communities where there aren't a lot of black people, there

aren't a lot of muslim people. and it becomes almost kind of and so it becomes almost kind of this degree of, um , not fear , this degree of, um, not fear, but kind of like, oh, who is this? what's going on here? who are these people? and therefore you of the highest you find some of the highest rates and search in the rates of stop and search in the country rural areas, country are in rural areas, because officers will see because police officers will see a some of the highest a yeah, some of the highest rates could be, but it could be more you aren't. more that you aren't. >> if you go somewhere >> and look, if you go somewhere where maybe you're different or something, . something, people are curious. um, but um, so maybe that's it. but definitely a part of it. >> but there's also mean racism definitely a part of it. >> ithathere's also mean racism definitely a part of it. >> ithat doesn't.so mean racism definitely a part of it. >> ithat doesn't mean an racism definitely a part of it. >> ithat doesn't mean that|cism definitely a part of it. >> ithat doesn't mean that then and that doesn't mean that the countryside is racist just because are curious. because people are curious. >> if people clearly don't live around . around there. >> well, being curious is one thing, and that's fair. but being curious doesn't lead you to of the highest stop to have some of the highest stop and rates in the and search, um, rates in the country that's that's country. that's that's that's racism. black people are racism. if black people are stopped and searched a high stopped and searched at a high rate, people and rate, then other people and especially if you're outside of in london, in london. >> but it depends . >> but it depends. >> but it depends. >> i just finished in london. you have people. people give the excuse in london give the

excuse in london they give the excuse. i mean and excuse. they say. i mean and it's but they try it's not an excuse, but they try and about knife and say, well, what about knife crime? some these rural crime? in some of these rural areas knife crime. areas there is no knife crime. there's the two black kids in the still the whole village who are still getting disproportionately stopped search, even though stopped to search, even though there's no there's no there's no knife to. knife crime to point to. >> i have listened and >> i have i have listened and i've given time, but i'm i've given you time, but i'm just come in that just going to come in on that because. if the because. okay. yeah. but if the profile the who profile of the person who is wielding is somebody who wielding a knife is somebody who is black, so just and there are few people in place, few black people in that place, then more black then unfortunately more black people will be stop and search. but could work the other way. but it could work the other way. so if, the of the so if, say, the profile of the person is somebody who is, uh, white, right then then the more white, right then then the more white people or somebody who's asian, then those people will stop say, i don't really stop and say, i don't really think i was think to the very point i was saying, about, i'm saying, i'm talking about, i'm talking about parts of the country knife country where there is no knife crime. what said crime. i listen to what you said and now just coming back at and now i'm just coming back at what um, all what you said. okay um, so all i'm well , what i'm saying is that, well, what i appreciate in some places , yeah, appreciate in some places, yeah, there's stop and search there's a lot of stop and search to depend there's a lot of stop and search to what depend there's a lot of stop and search to what is depend there's a lot of stop and search to what is going depend there's a lot of stop and search to what is going on depend there's a lot of stop and search to what is going on in depend there's a lot of stop and search to what is going on in that)end on what is going on in that area. so i think it's a bit of a broad making. broad brush i was making. >> the very point

>> i was making the very point that in these areas is that in these areas there is no knife just knife crime. it's just racial profiling point profiling that you can't point to. you to. the excuse that you just said , these areas where said, these are areas where police about police are you talking about these specific place these specific which place are you ? you talking about? >> ? >> then? >> then? >> um, i can i can search up at the moment, there's definitely a rural area in the north, in the north—east of england, in the north—east of england, in the north—east where north—east of england, where there's 14 times where black people are 14 times, mean, people are 14 times, i mean, good, good to google type in 14 times likely to stopped good, good to google type in 14 timesearch likely to stopped good, good to google type in 14 time search you ly to stopped good, good to google type in 14 time search you find stopped good, good to google type in 14 time search you find exacted and search you find the exact name remember exactly name i can't remember exactly the countryside. >> mean , we're talking >> is it i mean, we're talking about a countryside , you about a racist countryside, you know, we're talking about know, like we're talking about racist countryside. i hear you say that more people are say that more black people are stopped the stopped and searched in the countryside. so i've asked you to present some place, a place where you've got this information this area information and where this area is . is. >> is it? is.- >> is it? you is. >> is it? you want to give me two find it for two minutes? i'll find it for you. right i remember you. right now. i can't remember because you made a statement. >> already well >> you should already know. well listen, this. listen, we'll come back on this. we'll talk about this. >> i made the statement with with the with the claim rural. rural moving to rural area. anyway, moving to get to the point as i make. just just to just to just to clarify, there's a distinction between i mean , britain is a country mean, britain is a country which has racism in it, and

has a lot of racism in it, and you have racism wherever you go. in britain, however, there's a distinction racism to distinction between racism to your neighbours your direct neighbours and racism because you're unfamiliar with and un kind of and you with or and un kind of and you haven't mingled with and talked to people. and i think one of the solutions to racism is people integrating people , people integrating people, meeting from different meeting people from different backgrounds, people from backgrounds, meeting people from different within. i can different areas within. i can agree with you that . agree with you on that. >> i will agree with you on that. leave on an that. we'll leave on an agreement. i agree that agreement. i do agree that that would be a good solution. getting from getting more people mixing from all is always all walks of life is always a good nylander good solution. femi nylander we're i we're running out of time. i would you again. would love to talk to you again. thank coming on. thank you so much for coming on. that's femi nylander, right. well on, on the well before we move on, on the way, the great british giveaway , way, the great british giveaway, and could be winning £18,000 and you could be winning £18,000 in free cash in totally tax free cash to spend. you like. if you spend. however you like. if you fancy then here's fancy the chance, then here's how to turn 2024 into 2020. >> more with your chance to win £18,000 in cash to spend however you like , you really could be you like, you really could be the next big winner of our great british ash giveaway. phil from

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>> good afternoon. it's ten minutes to four. i'm nana akua . minutes to four. i'm nana akua. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. it's time now for this week's political spotlight . but before we do spotlight. but before we do that, i'm just going quickly that, i'm just going to quickly read that read a couple of emails that have amanda because have come through amanda because i monologue regard to i did a monologue with regard to keir says the keir starmer, amanda says the fact have their fact that gays have lost their beautiful does not give beautiful child does not give them the right to decide that women their rights women should lose their rights and with trans women, and be muddled with trans women, which apologise for which she must not apologise for telling truth. david said telling the truth. david said how could anyone vote starmer? he's every promise he's broken every promise he made to be labour leader. made to get to be labour leader. i would believe a word that i would not believe a word that he said. barbara says. nana you and others at gbn are doing a fine in exposing how fine job in exposing how opportunist starmer is showing the clip. i listened to the house of commons so i'm always well informed, and there was no bad richard's comment bad intent in richard's comment towards gays family. and i'll read final one from marion. read this final one from marion. it's starmer who should it's keir starmer who should apologise behaviour. apologise for his behaviour. so everyone should everyone thinks keir should apologise when parliament he apologise when in parliament he singled girl. singled out the poor girl. brianna's mother, who was murdered by the awful couple murdered by by the awful couple when her mother appeared in the gallery he gallery in parliament. he deliberately people very deliberately names people very

often thinks going often that he thinks are going to get him sympathy votes, and he's emotions of he's playing on the emotions of these people. yeah, he does these poor people. yeah, he does often talk often tell stories and talk about his people. it's so true. gb comm. if you gb views at gb news comm. if you disagree, to hear. but disagree, i'd love to hear. but right now joining me to shine a light svenson. he's light is greg svenson. he's the chair overseas chair of republicans overseas uk. week president biden uk. as this week president biden landed himself in hot water after appearing to mix up the president of egypt with the president of egypt with the president of egypt with the president of monaco . oh as you president of monaco. oh as you know , initially the president of know, initially the president of mexico, sisi , did not want to mexico, sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. >> i talked to him. i convinced him to open the gate . him to open the gate. >> oh, right. greg swenson joins me live now . uh, greg svenson, me live now. uh, greg svenson, you see joe biden, what are people ? are people seriously people? are people seriously considering him running for president again? come on. they're there's very few left. >> i mean , obviously, his inner >> i mean, obviously, his inner circle is doing they were doing their best to protect him and

keep him away from the press. keep him away from the microphone. that was a complete failure. . you know, failure. on thursday. you know, the report was damning enough . the report was damning enough. the her report that came out but that what's even worse was the oval office speech and the press conference later. it just absolutely buried him. it was a car crash. so there's a lot fewer people in the democrat party that want him to run now, now, and even prior to this whole debacle this week, he wasn't very popular. and most americans don't want to see him running again. but he did still have an inner circle and an obvious complete air cover by the media. in the united states . the media. in the united states. i'm here in new york for a few days. it's a complete riot here. people are just appalled. even people on the left. >> yeah, about time though. why have they been pretending that that he's perfectly sane or stable? we can all see it. i saw it at the beginning. when he goes off the wrong side. i just don't understand why people have

been pretending he's okay. been pretending that he's okay. yeah, it's really a crime. >> because this goes back . there >> because this goes back. there was there was some information in the report going back to 2017. so, you know , doctor jill 2017. so, you know, doctor jill biden, his wife and his inner circle should have known better. they knew this was going on. they knew this was going on. they protected him during the campaign in 2020. you know, keeping him in the basement, as they say here. um, it's really been a disaster. and it's and it's cynical and it's really cynical and dishonest to have protected him like keeping away from like that, keeping him away from the microphone. and it's , the microphone. and it it's, it's come out now, but it's almost too late. know, there almost too late. you know, there cannot be an open primary process on the left. so process now on the left. so they're going to he's going to have to either resign or they, they pull the 25th amendment clause on him where his cabinet has him removed because of his cognitive challenges. and then we kamala , and we have president kamala, and that's no good either. so there's no outcomes here. >> and finally, greg, because we're running out of time . what we're running out of time. what doesit we're running out of time. what does it mean for trump? >> obviously it's from an >> well, obviously it's from an electoral perspective . this is

electoral perspective. this is great news for trump. i mean, again, we hate to see it. nobody wants know, have wants to see a, you know, have to car keys away from to take the car keys away from your but you know, your grandfather. but you know, this positive this is a really a positive in terms strategy for terms of electoral strategy for trump. thing that can trump. the only thing that can get in time. get trump in time. >> so i look forward to speaking to you soon. that's greg svenson. that's svenson. thank you. right that's political spotlight. stay tuned. loads more still come . looks loads more still to come. looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hello there . i'm jonathan >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office has been a reasonably dull start to the weekend for many of us, but a few bright spells towards west . spells further towards the west. we now have blustery we now have these blustery showers into west showers pushing into south west england. rain england. a longer band of rain spreading into eastern spreading its way into eastern england scotland england eventually scotland later night. later on in the night. considering been considering how wet it has been recently, cause some recently, it could cause some localised disruption with this extra elsewhere, extra rainfall elsewhere, it might clearer spells might be a few clearer spells around tonight could provide some patches in places. a

some fog patches in places. a very patchy frost in some rural spots, but most of our towns and cities staying above cities will be staying above freezing, so fairly messy start to sunday well . again, fog to sunday as well. again, fog could be quite slow to clear in places. this rain eventually moving its way in across eastern scotland. wet for the scotland. a very wet day for the northern isles , but some northern isles, but some brighter arriving from brighter spells arriving from the west. so with further the west. so too, with further showers , so never the showers, so never put the umbrella completely again. umbrella away completely again. some showers could be some of those showers could be on side at times. on the heavier side at times. temperatures though ranging between 7 and 11 c, which is pretty much where we'd expect them the of year pretty much where we'd expect then monday the of year pretty much where we'd expect then monday . the of year pretty much where we'd expect then monday . the of year pretty much where we'd expect thenmonday . the area of year pretty much where we'd expect thenmonday . the area off year pretty much where we'd expect thenmonday . the area of lownr into monday. the area of low pressure that has been rivers will slowly drift its way northwards, up northwards, suddenly itself up closer towards iceland . this closer towards iceland. this allows northwesterly flow allows this northwesterly flow of air to moving its way of air to start moving its way in. relatively breezy day in. so relatively breezy day with showers frequently pushing into northern and western counties . towards the counties further. towards the east, though, you'll start off dner east, though, you'll start off drier with a reasonable amount of but can't rule out of sunshine, but can't rule out the arriving here the odd shower arriving here later hold later on in the day, we hold on to a changeable to quite a changeable theme throughout forthcoming throughout the forthcoming week, as rain as well, with further rain around at times. enjoy the rest

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away . good afternoon and welcome away. good afternoon and welcome to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. over the next two hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of big topics hitting the of the big topics hitting the headunes of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is opinion. it's mine , is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing we will discussing and at times we will disagree no one will be

disagree about. no one will be cancelled. so joining me today is broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour minister for europe denis macshane . but before we macshane. but before we get started, get your latest started, let's get your latest news headlines . started, let's get your latest news headlines. nana thank you very much. >> good afternoon. from the gb news room. it's just gone 4:00 first to the english channel, where gb news can reveal around 15 migrants have today been rescued after crossing in a stolen fishing boat . the small stolen fishing boat. the small vessel left the french coast between calais and dunkirk earlier this morning, and the boat was handed over to uk border officials . the border force officials. the migrants were then brought to dover. migrants were then brought to dover . so far migrants were then brought to dover. so far this migrants were then brought to dover . so far this year, almost dover. so far this year, almost 1400 migrants have made the journey successfully across the engush journey successfully across the english channel in small boats. police searching parts police are searching parts of the thames central the river thames in central london of the london for the body of the chemical suspect abdul chemical attack suspect abdul ezedl chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi. . a police boat ezedi. earlier. a police boat was seen circling between vauxhall and chelsea bridges

with the metropolitan police saying that they began that search just after low tide at around morning. the 35 around 9:00 this morning. the 35 year old was last seen on cctv leaning over the railings of chelsea bridge. and for those watching on tv, you see watching on tv, you can see ezedi walking across that bridge. it was around 11:30 pm. on january the 31st for hours after his attack in south london. detectives now believe ezedi has died and his body may never be found . a woman has been never be found. a woman has been charged today with attempted murder after the suspected poisoning of two children, aged nine and 13. emergency services responded to the scene in east sussex on thursday evening after welfare concerns were raised. all three were later taken to hospital for treatment. appearing in court earlier, the 38 year old woman was remanded in custody and she'll appear in court again on the 8th of march. authorities have said that it's an isolated incident and we understand there is no further risk to the public.

pro—palestine protesters have been removed from a barclays bank on birmingham high street after staging a sit in. seven people were seen lying down inside the bank. for those watching on tv, you can see scenes there from inside that bank branch. they're there with palestinian flags and placards saying stop the genocide . it's saying stop the genocide. it's been reported that one man who was angered by the protest was seen banging on the glass doors of the bank building and tripped, tipped over. rather, the table outside the the protests table outside the entrance. we understand , and no entrance. we understand, and no arrests were made . meanwhile arrests were made. meanwhile three people have been killed after a car was hit by an airstrike in gaza's southern city of rafah . the palestinians city of rafah. the palestinians are claiming it was carried out by the israeli military . and you by the israeli military. and you can see here for those watching on tv, the aftermath of that attack , which took place earlier attack, which took place earlier today , medics say a separate today, medics say a separate strike by israel overnight also killed another 17 people in the same area . the strike comes same area. the strike comes after israel's prime minister has announced a plan to evacuate

civilians from the crowded southern gaza city, and he says , southern gaza city, and he says, to defeat the last hamas fighters there. the us has said it won't be supporting any further military action in the region without , they say, the region without, they say, the guarantee of protection for civilians back here in the uk, large parts of england could be facing travel disruption and some possible flooding as heavy rain hits later today. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering newcastle and its surrounding areas all the way to down east anglia and along in island's east coast. it comes into force at 7:00 tonight and runs until 12 pm. tomorrow. another weather warning covering much of cornwall, as well as parts of devon and somerset, also starts a little earlier at 6:00 tonight. the latest round of doctor strikes that were planned for later this month could be called off if nhs bosses give more time for negotiations. the latest wave of walkouts were announced this week after the british medical

association said that the government had failed to improve the pay offer, but the bma has been asking for 35% pay rises, which the government has rejected under the current plans, thousands of medics are set to strike in england for five days running from . the 24th five days running from. the 24th to the 28th of february. navy royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales is setting sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will be taking over the lead of the largest nato exercise since the cold war , and exercise since the cold war, and it comes a week after its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft. that's just 18 months after the hms prince of wales itself suffered a similar malfunction . calling all elton malfunction. calling all elton john's super fans nearly a thousand items from his former home in atlanta are going up for sale in new york. well, maybe you've always dreamed of playing your song on the music legend's

yamaha grand piano, or perhaps climbing onto his 1990 bentley two door convertible, or perhaps getting your hands on his stage costumes and platform boots? well now's your chance. the christie's auction takes place later this month, and it's set to bring in more. later this month, and it's set to bring in more . than £7 to bring in more. than £7 million. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com forward slash alerts . good afternoon. >> it's fast approaching six minutes after 4:00. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . oh god . radio. i'm nana akua. oh god. prince harry, this week prince harry went to see his father, the king, because after hearing of king charles's enlarged prostate diagnosis, we discovered that charles has cancen discovered that charles has cancer, which thankfully has, we hean cancer, which thankfully has, we

hear, been caught early. and his treatment, unlike many on the nhs waiting lists, has already begun. although i don't begrudge him what some have called jumping the queue. he's the king anyway. harry unlike his wife meghan, who as far as we know, is still yet to even speak to her dad after his stroke . on her dad after his stroke. on learning of his father's diagnosis , harry hotfooted it diagnosis, harry hotfooted it back to the uk to see him for all other reported 45 minutes. wow how cold harry didn't see william who is busy caring for his wife catherine either . now his wife catherine either. now i'd like to think that there's a thawing of the ice , but sadly, thawing of the ice, but sadly, remember, spare. this is the dude that complained that he got the smallest half of the room whilst living in a castle , a whilst living in a castle, a castle i could only dream of sleeping even one night in a castle . he's thrown his own castle. he's thrown his own flesh and blood under the bus more times than i can count. not even the kardashians would sell their family down the river.

that's why the americans love them. and a falling out of love with montecito friends . with their montecito friends. this is what the great british pubuc this is what the great british public thought i mean, it can come and see is that obviously it's a family, but nothing else . it's a family, but nothing else. >> i won't give him anything. not now . he's blown his copybook not now. he's blown his copybook with me. i used to love him, but . no, no, no, not after all. . no, no, no, not not after all. what's gone on? i understand with families, we all have them and we all have our good and bad and we all have our good and bad and i think, yeah, he can come and i think, yeah, he can come and have a look and see. obviously wants see obviously he wants to see his dad and see his dad, but i won't give else . sorry. give him anything else. sorry. he's been waiting all these years to be king and this has happened , so i'm really sad for happened, so i'm really sad for him. but on the other hand, i'm also glad that he's been able to talk about it. they're being much more open about it, but i hope it's not a very short reign for him. i do hope he pulls round. yeah >> and what do you think to harry coming over to see him from america ? from america? >> well, it's his father, isn't

it? >> i'd be surprised if he didn't . i mean, at the end of the day, it's all family, isn't it? um, you can't hold grudges forever . you can't hold grudges forever. ihope you can't hold grudges forever. i hope it all works out for them all. they're going through a tough time, aren't they? >> you think to him >> and what do you think to him having to sort of back from having to sort of step back from dufies having to sort of step back from duties and his son harry coming to see him from america? >> i don't think i would him >> i don't think i would see him for flipping in china. >> i think he'd tell him f >> i think he'd tell him to f off. i would, whereas i think he's a traitorous little tour rag . i'm sorry he's a traitorous little tour rag. i'm sorry , i'm sorry. rag. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. >> yes . today rag. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. >> yes. today harry rag. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. >> yes . today harry settled rag. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. >> yes. today harry settled his claim with the mirror group for an undisclosed amount . i'm an undisclosed amount. i'm hoping that this had something to do with his encounter with his dad. but i'm not holding my breath. look life's too short to hold a grudge. move on. harry well, before we get stuck into the debate, here's what else is coming up today for the great british debate this hour. i'm

asking apologise . asking who should apologise. rishi sunak sir keir starmer or neither ? and this comes as both neither? and this comes as both rishi sunak and sir keir starmer landed themselves in hot water after trans, supposedly trans comments at this week's pmqs. i don't think that i wouldn't call them trans at if them trans comments at all if i'm fair, then at 450 it's royal roundup time and 11 will be joining the latest joining me with the latest from behind and on behind the palace walls and on the menu, princess catherine's recovery from surgery and prince harry's flying visits to see his father. apparently only 45 minutes. and then at five, it's this week's difficult conversation. doctor pam spurr will be live the studio. will be live in the studio. she'll her she'll be discussing her thoughts william thoughts on harry and william feud effects being feud and what effects being diagnosed something as diagnosed with something as scary as can have on your scary as cancer can have on your psychological health that's coming up in the next hour. tell me think on everything me what you think on everything we're discussing. email views we're discussing. email gb views gbnews.com me at . gb gbnews.com or tweet me at. gb news. right. well, uh , let's get news. right. well, uh, let's get started. as we begin to my panel

broadcaster and columnist lucy cundy, i forgot who you were and a former minister for europe, the denis macshane denison. >> it's the first time we've worked together, isn't it? >> bonjour. >> bonjour. >> bonjour. >> bonjour . >> bonjour. >> bonjour. >> but before we do that, you're not going to want to miss this. the rishi sunak, not going to want to miss this. tito rishi sunak, not going to want to miss this. tito exclusively|i sunak, not going to want to miss this. tito exclusively|i s gb k, is to appear exclusively on gb news. forum. an long news. people forum. an hour long q&a on the issues that matter most let's see what he most to you. let's see what he has say. has to say. >> rishi sunak here. join me >> hi rishi sunak here. join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you and for your chance to be part of audience and to your of the audience and to put your questions scan the qr questions to me. scan the qr code on screen or go to gb news. com see you there . com see you there. >> you don't want to miss that . >> you don't want to miss that. fabulous. yeah. so that's on monday. the prime minister will take part in a special people's forum live on gb news the forum live on gb news in the north—east of england. over the course the he'll course of the hour, he'll actually directly actually take questions directly from you, of course. you from you, of course. so if you want to hear what he has to say

or ask him a question, then head to gbnews.com forward slash pm to gbnews.com forward slash pm to register your today . to register your interest today. or you can scan the qr code that is on the screen. scan it now . is on the screen. scan it now. right. let's bring the panel right. let's bring in the panel again. so i've talked about it. what do you think? i'll start with the fabulous lizzie cundy. >> well think actually harry >> well i think actually harry did thing getting that did the right thing getting that flight. i think it was an important the important flight and it was the best thing do. and best thing he could do. and i have been in harry's shoes. my father , it was 25 years ago, had father, it was 25 years ago, had a attack. was the a heart attack. i was on the other of world. got other side of the world. i got on a plane and did exactly the same um, sadly, same thing. um, and sadly, i lost father . lost my father. >> harry, think , did >> but harry, i think, did something for once. >> that right . and i think >> that was right. and i think it actually makes his wife look even more terrible. who didn't have an ounce of compassion to her own father, or go and see him at. and i'm hoping this is room, that there can be peace in this family. i know it was only 45 minutes, but it showed that harry actually cared and it is his father. at the end of the day. >> but what does he care about ? >> but what does he care about? >> but what does he care about? >> is it more that he would look

bad? he realised he looked bad? or you think it was more the or do you think it was more the fact actually fact that he actually acknowledged dad? acknowledged that it's his dad? i actually it hit home i think it actually it hit home that his father and he that this is his father and he misses father. misses his father. >> he misses england and he wanted do the right thing and wanted to do the right thing and it was the thing. nana it it was the right thing. nana it was thing, most was the best thing, the most important flight life . important flight of his life. >> what do you think, denis macshane? you're nodding. >> much agree with what >> i very much agree with what lizzie course. uh, lizzie said. yes. of course. uh, harry should come back to see his father. fingers crossed that it will be a cancer that can be treated and cured reasonably rapidly . uh, treated and cured reasonably rapidly. uh, i don't quite understand why william hasn't been to see him. he's looking. he's with catherine. of course she has had two weeks in a hospital for, as they say, abdominal complications. now recovering , uh, at at home. we recovering, uh, at at home. we don't actually know what treatment the king is getting when the pope falls ill, we're told what he's got when the president of the us falls ill, we're told what he's got. but we don't know what our own king has got. all that about

got. all that stuff about transparency and so on, i think is missing considerable here. well, i suppose in a way it would be nice for him to get to gnps would be nice for him to get to grips with it himself first, whatever is that he's whatever that is that he's deaung whatever that is that he's deasog think transparency. >> so i think transparency. yes. but time. you know, but in time. so, you know, you've person you've got to give the person their you their own chance because you know, wrong know, is there something wrong with people with me? i hate it when people 90, with me? i hate it when people go, know about nana? go, oh, did you know about nana? now go. i just want to now let's go. i just want to poke them in the eye say, poke them in the eye and say, don't talk about me. >> to talking friends who >> i'm to talking friends who are senior surgeons, people who deal cancer and they're all deal with cancer and they're all talking professionally amongst themselves. but coming up with different theories on what he's got. i just think the nation he does serve the nation and i would say that that level true also for a prime minister or a foreign secretary or a leader of the opposition, that in most other countries, as i say, including the vatican, you when someone is ill, you're told what? >> but it might be shock, though he's in shock. >> and i have to say, dennis, look, my ex—husband had testicular cancer and it took a while for him to come out and

talk about it. >> i was like, let's talk about it. raise awareness started up a charity, but he himself found it quite difficult at the beginning to actually come to terms with having cancer. >> your ex—husband is not the king. >> no, i know, but he's still lucky. >> he's no, he's not. he was certainly not the king. but the king is still human and i. and it will come out in time. but you mentioned about why william didn't. now we have to remember harry's track record . william is harry's track record. william is still very, very cross with harry. you know everything. you know, you say to harry, could end up in an interview or on on tv, on oprah or anywhere . tv, on oprah or anywhere. >> he might be worried that he might disclose something about catherine. trust might disclose something about caearned. trust might disclose something about caearned . trust is earned. >> and harry needs to earn back his trust. >> big time. i'm talking about william going to see the king. not when william and harry want to not. i mean, brothers to meet or not. i mean, brothers , since. >> @- >> but you don't know. >> but you don't know. >> hasn't seen king >> william hasn't seen the king from i hear that william from what i hear that william has done. but it's just that harry a big renew and other thing. >> we're not told anything about all anyway. i mean,

all of this anyway. i mean, harry, i mean, the dampered . harry, i mean, the dampered. harry, i mean, the dampered. harry has always amazed me . i've harry has always amazed me. i've got no particular skin in that game, but he's the first member of royal family since prince of the royal family since prince philip don a uniform and risk philip to don a uniform and risk his life in the front line against men who are trying to kill leading his soldiers kill him, leading his soldiers in on the field. >> do you know what? >> do you know what? >> no. all right, you don't care. you don't know. >> i say don't care, >> i didn't say i don't care, and >> i didn't say i don't care, ancall you don't buy >> all right, you don't buy that. secondly that. okay. secondly. secondly be more interesting for as be more interesting for me as a former president of the national union journalists , he has union of journalists, he has taken not a right wing paper, but the left wing daily mirror to and won whatever it is, to court and won whatever it is, because of their criminal abuse of investigative procedures. and he's now taking on the daily mail and the sun. i wish him all the best in the name of every decent journalist in this country. people can dump on him . country. people can dump on him. in the royal context, the royal family's never been that my obsession, but i do think he's rendered a service to journalism. >> william also william also took a national newspaper for

hacking claims and won a huge amount and kept it quiet. did it and gave it then to charity. so did i. i wonder harry does it all in the all in the glare of the press. for someone who said he wants privacy and he has he has hurt his family by by by talking about them by by, you know, doing interviews to magazines, to papers . magazines, to papers. >> you can't on the whole keep something in front of courts , a something in front of courts, a top secret, i mean, a years ago, william did it without the fanfare . dennis. well, if he won fanfare. dennis. well, if he won something, you know about it. so it wasn't exactly hidden and all i'm saying is, i hope the police do investigate these editors. we have to stamp out. we've got some of the worst press practices in the world in the democratic world, in britain. and if harry takes his people on, i'm with him on his other things. i'm you know, i just things. i'm you know, ijust don't get involved in the royals i >> -- >> he's becoming prince of the old bailey's becoming, you know,

he's obsessed. >> if there's any malpractice in anything, then i don't care who it is. but that malpractice should whatever should be exposed in whatever means . so whatever but means. so whatever that is. but with regard to this, specifically regard to specifically with regard to harry, uh, think it's good harry, uh, you think it's good that he went back? i think it's good. to the king. good. he went to see the king. i think good. think think it's good. i think it makes bad . and if makes her look very bad. and if i was with somebody who didn't bother i'd bother to go see their dad, i'd be about they be worried about how they feel about my about me. that's just my view. >> totally you, >> i totally agree with you, nana. thought i thought on nana. and i thought i thought on that point, briefly, that point, dennis, briefly, because know, because i've got, you know, look there there are celeb there there are crazy celeb couple as far as i'm concerned. >> it's a world we can all go buy elton john's spectacles. i rather fancy those only two going for only going for $200. >> i was going to get it. >> i was going to get it. >> i've got him. your wig, i need that. >> i need that star that looks on me. >> right. well, if you just tuned in. welcome. 18 minutes after gb news on after 4:00. this is gb news on tv, online and digital radio. tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, royal roundup time and be giving us the and 11 will be giving us the latest the palace latest from behind the palace walls. it's time walls. but up next, it's time for british debate for the great british debate this should this hour. and i'm asking should who should apologise? rishi

sunak keir starmer or neither? i've got a pull up right now on x asking you that very question. who apologise? rishi who should apologise? rishi sunak keir starmer or neither? you can also email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet us at gb news. cast your vote now

listening to gb news radio show. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's fast approaching 22 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv , online and on live on tv, online and on digital radio. now, before the break, i was discussing with regards to prince harry. let's see what you've been saying. rosalind says harry and meghan are asked to step back, not to be kicked out and cut off. they were set to be the most popular royals. everybody loved them. that's what happened. rosalind they weren't kicked out. they they just asked for privacy. they went on oprah . rosalind, do they went on oprah. rosalind, do you remember ? okay. anyway, you not remember? okay. anyway, leon. you not remember? okay. anyway, leon . uh, harry, leon says harry leon. uh, harry, leon says harry hasn't disclosed what cancer his

dad or what stomach issue dad has or what stomach issue kate i'm hoping the cancer kate has. i'm hoping the cancer diagnosis has made harry realise how important family is. i'd rather him the benefit of rather give him the benefit of the doubt. yeah, we all would. we him. just, we all want to see him. just, you , chill stop going you know, chill out. stop going on everybody , terry says on about everybody, terry says some commentators are musing that is diagnosis might that charles is diagnosis might be grave. is it possible that harry required to sign an harry was required to sign an important document? oh oh, interesting. interesting. and he says harry did the right thing. we all learn at some point . you we all learn at some point. you only have one mum and one dad. and how many problems you have cherished them whilst they are here. known here. you think you'd have known that? of course he lost that? because of course he lost his very young age. his mother at a very young age. but keep your thoughts coming. his mother at a very young age. but keyou our thoughts coming. his mother at a very young age. but keyou s0' thoughts coming. his mother at a very young age. but keyou so muchjhts coming. his mother at a very young age. but keyou so muchjhtsthose 1g. thank you so much for those gb views tweet views that gb news. com or tweet me at gb news. it's 23 minutes after 4:00. it's time now, but the great british this the great british debate this hour i'm who should hour and i'm asking who should apologise ? rishi sunak keir apologise? rishi sunak keir starmer or neither of them? the prime minister is continuing to resist calls to apologise for his comments on sir keir starmer seemingly inability to define a

woman at prime minister's questions. when the mother of the murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was in parliament, so she wasn't actually in the gallery , she actually in the gallery, she keir starmer wasn't really meant to be referencing or integrating somebody who's in the gallery into into what he was saying. the prime minister also accused the labour leader of using brianna's distract the labour leader of using brianna'su—turns distract the labour leader of using brianna'su—turns. distract the labour leader of using brianna'su—turns . but;tract the labour leader of using brianna'su—turns . but sir:t the labour leader of using brianna'su—turns . but sir keir, from his u—turns. but sir keir, as well as brianna ghey, his father, have called on him to apologise . so keir starmer, who apologise. so keir starmer, who pndes apologise. so keir starmer, who prides himself on being a stickler for detail as the former director of public prosecutions, fire, prosecutions, is under fire, though for bringing brianna ghey, mother into the ghey, his mother into the debate. parliamentary debate. despite parliamentary rules explicitly stating that mps are prohibited from referring persons in the referring to persons in the pubuc referring to persons in the public gallery in such a way to intimidate or influence the debate. so it was a long one for the great british debate i'm asking who should apologise? rishi sunak, keir starmer or neither to discuss former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley and also former labour special adviser paul richards . and also you at home.

richards. and also you at home. do you think that anyone should apologise? right so i'm going to start with you, charlie rowley . start with you, charlie rowley. >> well good afternoon , anna. >> well good afternoon, anna. and um, i think the, the, uh, honest answer is , uh, no, i honest answer is, uh, no, i don't think either should apologise. i don't think either will apologise. uh, i think , will apologise. uh, i think, look, the rules about naming someone in the gallery, whether they were there at the time or whether they were coming in later is a grey area. it later on, uh, is a grey area. it can be used , but just not in a can be used, but just not in a way which supposed to, way in which it's supposed to, uh, intimidate or over uh, over intimidate or over influence the debate. and i think everybody in the chamber at the time, indeed the whole country would be of the view that the brutal murder of brianna ghey was such that actually the whole nation varne, uh, was grieving and would, um , uh, was grieving and would, um, absolutely support, uh , all of absolutely support, uh, all of the parliamentarians, uh , coming the parliamentarians, uh, coming together to celebrate her life and decry the brutal murder that it was. so i don't think the way that sir keir starmer was using it to be in any way it was going to be in any way overbearing. uh terms overbearing. uh in terms of influence . um, rishi, i think

influence. um, rishi, i think might have been slightly clumsy. uh, the prime minister, in holding that particular, uh, line as a way of highlighting sir keir starmer's flip flopping on that particular topic. sir keir starmer's flip flopping on that particular topic . but i on that particular topic. but i think there is still a point to be made that when it comes to cultural issues, when it comes to gender identity , when it to gender identity, when it comes things like, you know , comes to things like, you know, uh, of, comes to things like, you know, uh, or, uh . uh, trans prisoners or, uh. athletes in sport, labour have been all over the place and don't have a clear line compared to kemi badenoch , for example, to kemi badenoch, for example, or, conservative party. or, uh, the conservative party. so i think it's right to highlight the flip flopping of the, the leader of the opposition. um, and so i think it'll be a, if i can put it like this, a score draw where no one will up apologising for will end up apologising for anything that they've said, because, probably don't because, um, they probably don't feel to. >> oh, you said not influenced, but with you but i, i disagree with you because i think what it does is it almost weaponizes. because i think what it does is it almost weaponizes . um, it it almost weaponizes. um, it means that rishi will now be concerned and not able to mention that particular u—turn, which i think is very , very

which i think is very, very important for me, in particular for me as a woman. paul richards well, nice try, charlie, but i think that the tenor of the remarks and the context for the remarks and the context for the remarks and the fact that the father of the murdered girl has asked for an apology, all adds up to, uh, a need for the prime minister to just temper his language, to reflect on what he said, and to offer an apology rather than doubling down and sending out kemi badenoch as, uh , a proxy to sort of justify and double down on it. >> i think it was really unfortunate. it was unnecessary . unfortunate. it was unnecessary. >> we think about the gallery is a complete red herring, by the way. it wasn't a debate for way. um it wasn't a debate for a starter , was it? starter, was it? >> it was questions. and secondly , you know, you and i secondly, you know, you and i know full well that politicians do all the time. do this all the time. >> there are people in the >> and there are people in the gallery, you know, relating to what point what they're saying. they point to bit to that. so i think that's a bit of red herring. of a red herring. >> but i just think the that my real that the real fear is that the conservatives in their desperation, going try desperation, are going to try and trans issues as a sort

and use trans issues as a sort of wedge issue in the election campaign. and real are campaign. and real people are going a result. going to get hurt as a result. >> well, well, on a minute. >> well, well, hold on a minute. why why is it a relevant why why is it not a relevant issue ? as a woman, i, i reject issue? as a woman, i, i reject the notion that a trans woman is a woman . i think the notion that a trans woman is a woman. i think a the notion that a trans woman is a woman . i think a trans woman a woman. i think a trans woman is a male . however, a trans is a male. however, a trans woman is a trans woman . i accept woman is a trans woman. i accept that they're trans women, but i don't accept the notion that a trans woman is a woman. as an female . and that's how i hear. female. and that's how i hear. so if keir starmer doesn't want to or takes a long time to acknowledge that that's important, irrespective of the awful thing that happened to brianna ghey, that's irrelevant , brianna ghey, that's irrelevant, isn't i mean, paul, i just want you to respond to that. well i don't think anyone is saying that we shouldn't discuss these issues and look how public policy works. >> and how the works how >> and how the law works and how we deal with the set of issues which perhaps we didn't have to even 20 or 30 years even consider 20 or 30 years ago. but was saying was ago. but what i was saying was it tone , the tenor it was about the tone, the tenor of and the fact it was being of it and the fact it was being used in as a sort of cheap scoring point, of , you

scoring point, sort of, you know, debating style in the chamber rather than , um, in chamber rather than, um, in a more considered way of the kind that we're having debate now . that we're having debate now. and i don't think i don't think rishi sunak was trying to sort of, you know, move forward pubuc of, you know, move forward public debate argument with public debate and argument with his remarks. he was trying to score point against score a cheap point against the leader opposition . and, leader of the opposition. and, you should just reflect you know, he should just reflect on that because was the on that because that was the wrong do it in and it wrong context to do it in and it was the wrong language to use. and caused an enormous and he has caused an enormous amount including , as amount of offence, including, as i father of the i say, the father of the murdered girl. and in that situation , who again, you're situation, who again, you're using it now, but you're using it now. >> some people would say that he's actually using emotional manipulation to try and score points. i think he's doing the very opposite. but, uh, what do you think , charlie? come back on you think, charlie? come back on that one. what are your thoughts? >> well, i agree with you now. i mean, look, you know, the idea and the concept of gender identity and, uh , uh, trans identity and, uh, uh, trans issues is something that is very, very important to women.

and so that's why i don't think , and so that's why i don't think, uh, the prime minister will apologise . i think he can apologise. i think he can apologise. i think he can apologise for , you know, if it's apologise for, you know, if it's been interpreted in a particular way, and upset, way, if it's offended and upset, the father, uh, in any way or anyone else. but the reality is these are issues that need to be discussed. this is a policy area where the leader of the opposition has not been clear in terms of his definition . and terms of his definition. and then open up to the then that does open up to the conversations and debates about those areas, like those other policy areas, like we talked about second ago. so we talked about a second ago. so i think he can maybe apologise for the, you know, idea that for the, you know, the idea that the topic was raised at a time where, uh, or he used that particular example against the leader the opposition leader of the opposition when there element of there was an element of sensitivity around because sensitivity around it, because brianna a mother, was in brianna ghey is a mother, was in the gallery or coming into the gallery, for gallery, you can apologise for maybe looked, holding maybe how it looked, but holding to on the, uh, the idea that the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer , has repeatedly not keir starmer, has repeatedly not been about this issue has been clear about this issue has repeatedly flip flopped on many other issues that should not halt public the public halt public debate. the public need to be fully aware that this

guy wants to the guy who wants to become the prime can't make a prime minister can't make a decision or stick to for decision or stick to it for about 48 hours. seems to me about 48 hours. it seems to me these days, or longer , the these days, or any longer, the pubuc these days, or any longer, the public need to be aware of that and so i don't think the prime minister should apologise to the pubuc minister should apologise to the public that public for pointing that out. but and the but of course, the tone and the circumstances of which the story came about probably just a came about was probably just a little clumsy . little bit clumsy. >> paul, final word to you then? i think he should i don't think he should apologise at all at all any apologise at all at all for any of it. but paul, final word to you . you. >> well, charlie mentioned, you know , the guy who to be know, the guy who wants to be prime but sunak is the prime minister, but sunak is the prime minister, but sunak is the prime and think we prime minister, and i think we deserve and language deserve better tone and language and of thought from the and a bit of thought from the man who leads our country. and i just rishi to reflect just ask rishi sunak to reflect on that. it's still time to apologise, um, to the father and the mother and the rest of us that are offended by i that are offended by it. and i just think deserve little just think we deserve a little bit better from our leaders. >> worried that >> well, aren't you worried that if that, then he you if we do that, then he if you said that you have to apologise. >> you that have to >> all you said that you have to apologise. said that apologise. all you said that so and so is watching over there. oh, so just happened oh, so and so that just happened over there. you can't say this.

how become of how will that become a place of discussion discussion? discussion and open discussion? if we shut down discussion or conversation for people who make true comments? what he said was true comments? what he said was true with regard to keir starmer. finally, to i starmer. finally, to you, i mean, we yeah, we're debating it how. >> now. >> there's times and there's places. it . that places. but that wasn't it. that would my argument. all right okay. >> well thank you so much for your uh thank you to your thoughts. uh thank you to charlie former charlie rowley. he's a former special gove special adviser to michael gove and former labour special and also former labour special adviser richards. you adviser paul richards. thank you . this is gb news. what do . well, this is gb news. what do you think? gb views that gb news. com, i'm nana akua live on tv, and on digital radio. tv, online and on digital radio. we'll continue with great we'll continue with the great british and british debate this hour. and i'm who apologise i'm asking who should apologise rishi sunak keir starmer or nehhen rishi sunak keir starmer or neither. you'll hear the thoughts of my panel, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy labour party cundy, also former labour party adviser minister denis macshane. sorry you're not an adviser, you're a former minister. still to this week's difficult to come in this week's difficult conversation, pam spurr conversation, doctor pam spurr discussing the psychology of grief . but discussing the psychology of grief. but first, discussing the psychology of grief . but first, let's get your grief. but first, let's get your latest news headlines .

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time for the great british debate this hour. i'm asking debate this hour. and i'm asking who should apologise. rishi sunak sir keir starmer or neither of them? the prime minister is continuing to resist calls to apologise for his comments on sir keir starmer's seeming inability to define a woman in pmqs. the prime minister also accused the labour leader of politicising brianna's murder to distract from his u—turns . but sir keir, as well u—turns. but sir keir, as well as brianna ghey father, have called on him to apologise . called on him to apologise. however, keir, who prides himself on being a stickler for detail as the former director of pubuc detail as the former director of public prosecutions , is under public prosecutions, is under fire for bringing brianna ghey his mother into debate . so his mother into the debate. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking who should apologise? rishi sunak , keir apologise? rishi sunak, keir starmer or neither of them joining me to discuss my panel. former minister for europe denis macshane and also author and broadcaster lizzie cundy. all right, i'll start with you. denis macshane . denis macshane. >> two tidy points. first, i often raised constituents of

mine. i asked out of the house of commons to debate an issue of importance to them, and i say they're up in the gallery. so it's a complete and utter red herring from our herring and nonsense from our tory charlie a few tory friend charlie a few minutes to say that you minutes ago to say that you shouldn't mention that that's not well, there's a rule, though. >> no . well, the though. >> no . well, >> no. well, does the house of commons an mp. commons i was an mp. >> i raised it regularly. trust me, there a house of me, if there is a house of commons , it's in commons ruling, it's more in the breach observer breach than the observer observance. well, you circle the second because it says not for the first time. >> mps are prohibited from referring in the referring to persons in the pubuc referring to persons in the public gallery in such a way as to intimidate or to seek to intimidate or influence the debate. >> i'm not going to have >> no, no, i'm not going to have a trust me, it's a fight with you. trust me, it's done regularly. that was an utterly irrelevancy. my own view is that i agree with disraeli prime ministers never explain pain, never complain, move on. and we had last week sir keir starmer accused the biggest u—turn in world history when he decided he wouldn't spend £28 billion on the green plan for a

massive turnout. well it wasn't, it was, well, very simply , as it was, well, very simply, as cain said, the facts change. i change my mind. well he knew those facts before he huge . no, those facts before he huge. no, it was devised three years ago and bit by bit the economy's got worse and worse and worse. so you're seeing now, jeremy hunt running down the credit card . running down the credit card. there's going to be nothing left . probably if labour wins , when . probably if labour wins, when labour wins, whatever phrase you want to use on sunak , he knows want to use on sunak, he knows something that worried me more . something that worried me more. it was that ludicrous gesture . it was that ludicrous gesture. your old friend piers morgan , your old friend piers morgan, when he's having an interview with him, suddenly leads across and says, i bet you in his best winchester public school voice, i bet you £1 million or £1000. are we shipping rwanda deportees back home before long? >> that's not. no it doesn't. >> that's not. no it doesn't. >> no. i'm sorry. >> colloquialism. i'm sorry. >> colloquialism. i'm sorry. >> well, no. >> well, no. >> no , i'm asking about. no, no. >> no, i'm asking about. no, no. he shook his hand . can we get he shook his hand. can we get back? a pm should behave with dignity. >> no, that's. that's fine. and he. a

he. all right. being like a normal person . let's go back to normal person. let's go back to the dennis. dennis? >> which one? lizzie or nana? >> which one? lizzie or nana? >> no, nana because i'm the >> no, it's nana because i'm the boss. in charge. she is boss. she's in charge. she is the dennis. boss. she's in charge. she is the canznnis. boss. she's in charge. she is the can scrape me. oh, yes. >> you can scrape me. oh, yes. yes, yes, ma'am. >> you can scrape me. oh, yes. yesyes, , ma'am. >> you can scrape me. oh, yes. yesyes, , ma'am yes on it. >> you can scrape me. oh, yes. yesyes,, ma'amyes on it. right. >> yes, ma'am. yes on it. right. no, dennis. come on. so should someone apologise? >> no, i don't think it's silly. it was a stupid exchange . i it was a stupid exchange. i thought rishi sunak was making goodish points on the not unreasonable accusation. was that now and then he changed his mind. so does keir starmer. big deal mind. so does keir starmer. big deal. i changed my mind five times a day. >> all right, i'm going to go with. >> secondly , he then spoilt it >> secondly, he then spoilt it at the end with this rather cheap reference . did you know cheap reference. did you know something? what really upset me ? something? what really upset me? >> tell who should apologise? >> a&e i tell you who should apologise ? apologise? >> yeah, starmer should >> yeah, keir starmer should apologise because he will look >> yeah, keir starmer should apo|angle because he will look >> yeah, keir starmer should apo|angle to :ause he will look >> yeah, keir starmer should apo|angle to attack1e will look >> yeah, keir starmer should apo|angle to attack and ll look >> yeah, keir starmer should apo|angle to attack and evenyk any angle to attack and even using the tragedy of a poor family's loss to gain political points. for me, i think it's disgraceful what rishi was doing was verbally listing all the

u—turns. and let me tell you , u—turns. and let me tell you, there has been 30 proposed only u—turns, 300? no, there's 30 of males listed, 300. let me finish . i mean, in fact, he's got a skip outside his house. keir starmer for all the scrap proposals that he's had to put through. i mean , he really is through. i mean, he really is proposals and he did he he he i apologise i'm sorry. >> rihanna's mother wasn't in the gallery and he said so. >> so he misled. he misled and he's bringing her into into the debate which he shouldn't do. so sorry dennis. it is keir starmer who is king of the opportunities will do anything . he is captain will do anything. he is captain flip flop and me for one. i'm not happy. he doesn't know what a woman is and he can't say it. that's why i want him. that's why i don't want him. >> had enough. so >> if you've had enough. so i'm going on. it's not going to move on. well, it's not happy say what happy that he couldn't say what a i'm not happy. a woman is, and i'm not happy. and i will remind him every time. you just tune in. time. so if you just tune in. welcome. what are your thoughts? joining broadcaster joining me, broadcaster and columnist also columnist lizzie cundy and also

former minister denis former labour minister denis macshane. but the show is nothing your nothing without you and your views. great views. let's welcome our great british on to this show british voice on to this show his opportunity to the his opportunity to be on the show he thinks show and tell us what he thinks about we're about the topics we're discussing. bristol, discussing. let's go to bristol, let's chat lee let's have a chat with lee harris , lee harris global harris, lee harris global twitter sensation 41 million view harris what do you think? yeah . it went pretty crazy. yeah. it went pretty crazy. >> what about the tweet with um, with the teacher and the, uh, critical thinking? >> well, we will play that after this bit anyway. what do you think about this? >> there's no there's >> look, there's no there's certainly for rishi certainly no need for rishi sunak apologise. sunak to apologise. >> yet another >> this is yet another ridiculous case, as the perpetually offended letting everyone know that they're outraged . and as you rightly outraged. and as you rightly pointed out, this is my first reaction. it was another awful example . all left using example. all of the left using personal tragedy for political gain . gain. >> these pathetic leftie woke snowflakes just need to calm down. >> it wasn't a trans jibe, he was just taking the mick out of keir starmer's relentless u—turning. and as you said in

your brilliant monologue, he's embarrassing. inability to define what a woman is. and let's be honest , it is define what a woman is. and let's be honest, it is a fair criticism. i'm no a fan of rishi sunak nana as you well know. um, but keir starmer is the very definition of a human weathervane. um, but this pathetic display of outrage from the left and this performative nonsense , it's just performative nonsense, it's just perform ative nonsense, it's just performative nonsense and shameless point scoring and rishi sunak in my view, didn't say anything transphobic . but as usual, you transphobic. but as usual, you had all the, uh, usual virtue signalling , uh, sort of leftie signalling, uh, sort of leftie commentators all up in arms, um , commentators all up in arms, um, and it was, it was genuinely quite awful to watch. um, but i personally really admire esther grey and my heart goes out to her family. and i think everyone can can see she's conducted herself with dignity. but what i find truly awful is seeing her family's pain weaponized by keir starmer for no other reason but to shut down debate . and it's to shut down debate. and it's obvious what he was doing , and obvious what he was doing, and it's morally wrong. and, you know , as i said, i take no

know, as i said, i take no pleasure in defending rishi sunak believe me. but it's not rishi sunak that needs to apologise. it's keir starmer. >> you should be apologising for weaponizing someone's personal grief. >> oh, here, here. i agree with you as well. well listen you, we haven't got time to play the full clip of your brilliant, uh, viral tweet , but you are leigh viral tweet, but you are leigh harris . check viral tweet, but you are leigh harris. check him out on twitter. he has a viral tweet of a teacher who is just explaining to her woke leftist pupil that he needs to be used. critical thinking. when are you going? you're actually going to be speaking when? speaking to this teacher? when? when we watch your when can we watch your interview? it's interview? because i know it's going be on x soon. interview? because i know it's goiiyeah,be on x soon. interview? because i know it's goiiyeah, it on x soon. interview? because i know it's goiiyeah, it was)( soon. interview? because i know it's goiiyeah, it was recorded last >> yeah, it was recorded last night. we spoke for about 2.5 hours. so i'm just going hours. um, so i'm just going through now , but through and editing it now, but he's absolutely lovely guy. he's exactly like you'd expect very analytical. um, but we had a really , really chat. um, really, really nice chat. um, once we both relaxed and got into it. yeah, it was really good. very, very good. >> be live? i'm not sure. >> next couple of days tops. i just need to keep editing it.

2.5 hours of footage to go through. >> amazing , through. >> amazing, amazing. and also of course, elon musk retweeted it. well, listen, don't take me off the header on your twitter though thanks, i'll though, okay? thanks, lee. i'll see you won't be coming back . see you won't be coming back. he's a great british voice this is gb news on tv online. well, might as well on digital radio. i'm nana akua coming up in the next hour. my great british debate. i'm asking should british businesses be prioritising british workers? but it's time for royal but next it's time for royal roundup time with angela levin. don't go anywhere

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levin? angela, welcome. good to see you. where are you? you look, you look fabulous. are you abroad somewhere? >> sound so surprised . i know >> sound so surprised. i know you are. >> i know where are . >> i know where you are. >> i know where you are. >> i'm away on a holiday which i haven't had years and years . haven't had for years and years. >> much to my surprise, i was whisked away. so, um . back soon. whisked away. so, um. back soon. very soon. wonderful wonderful. >> well, listen, there's so much going on. so we've got about five minutes. let's go for it . five minutes. let's go for it. what's what's your on everything? >> i think none have >> so i think none of us have actually of the upset actually got hold of the upset that king charles has got cancer. >> cancen >> but it's very interesting to see how his children and his wife have , um, responded to this wife have, um, responded to this . and prince william has been so dignified . he went to see the dignified. he went to see the air ambulance charity event because he didn't want to let people down. and he's thanked everybody . so gentlemanly , um, everybody. so gentlemanly, um, for their good wishes and all that saying how much they appreciate them very nice. he didn't want to spoil it for

anyone. didn't want to spoil it for anyone . terrific. um, the good anyone. terrific. um, the good news is that princess catherine is, um, getting better, and she's moving to, um, where she can stay in her home. um, in in the country near , uh, king the country near, uh, king charles and will pop in if, if possible . so they have a home? possible. so they have a home? no. um in, um, sandringham . so no. um in, um, sandringham. so that'll be lovely. if she can actually, you know, make progress like that. very caring and very nice. yeah. camilla actually, you have to almost cry or laugh because she was going to a charity in salisbury cathedral and they couldn't go because the helicopter, it was such bad weather. it had to be cancelled. so she was driven for six hours each way day. so she could go. so she didn't want to upset king charles because he , upset king charles because he, he wanted to carry on with her. what about engagements? >> angela? what about harry? though? harry's come back. he's

also. now let's get on with. let's get to harry. he's got a few minutes for care. >> could he? because he, as wishing this other wishing that he had this other deal wishing that he had this other deal. he out after half an deal. he ran out after half an hour or walked out and he was soon, um, talking about the best footballer and how much he'd won. well, i don't know how if he was going to cancel them or if he just really came for half an hour. so dignified . didn't an hour. so dignified. didn't mention a word about his father or anything at all. not funny at all. um he's also still, um , all. um he's also still, um, chasing after the mirror . all. um he's also still, um, chasing after the mirror. uh, he wants 2 million. he wanted £2 million? no, for hacking . and, million? no, for hacking. and, uh, instead of that , uh, he uh, instead of that, uh, he decided to set up settle with, um, a payment without actually going to court. um, but he still is. after um, you know who ? um, is. after um, you know who? um, he who has was editor of the mirror at part of the time, 1990

to 20 to oh four. and he was determined to get him and, you know, show him how it's all wrong. but the papers have moved on now. they had the leveson , on now. they had the leveson, um, trouble and now people don't hack. >> well, well, listen, angela, we're just losing you there. so your signal is going a bit funny. andrew so we will leave it there. but you don't worry. you look fabulous. so have a wonderful holiday. thank you so much was angela levin. this much that was angela levin. this is gb news more to come in the next hour. don't go anywhere . next hour. don't go anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello there. >> i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office has been a reasonably dull start to the weekend for many of but a few brighter many of us, but a few brighter

spells towards west . spells further towards the west. we blustery we now have these blustery showers into southwest showers pushing into southwest england. rain england. a longer band of rain spreading its way into eastern england scotland spreading its way into eastern engleon scotland spreading its way into eastern engleon in scotland spreading its way into eastern engleon in the scotland spreading its way into eastern engleon in the night. scotland later on in the night. considering wet has been considering how wet it has been recently, cause some recently, it could cause some localised this localised disruption with this extra elsewhere might extra rainfall elsewhere might be spells around be a few clearer spells around tonight could provide some fog patches in places. patchy patches in places. a very patchy frost in some rural spots, but most towns and cities most of our towns and cities will above freezing , will be staying above freezing, so fairly messy start to sunday as well. again, fog could be quite slow to clear in places. this rain eventually moving its way across eastern scotland. way in across eastern scotland. a very wet day for the northern isles brighter isles, but some brighter spells arriving the west. so too, arriving from the west. so too, with further showers , so never with further showers, so never put the umbrella away completely again. of showers again. some of those showers could heavier side at could be on the heavier side at times. temperatures though ranging between 7 11 c, ranging between 7 and 11 c, which is pretty much where we'd expect them to for be the time of into monday. area of year into monday. the area of low that has been low pressure that has been rivers its way rivers will slowly drift its way northwards, setting itself up closer towards iceland. this allows this northwest flow of air start moving its way in air to start moving its way in so day , with

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that search just after low tide around 9:00 this morning. the 35 year old suspect was last seen on cctv leaning over the railings of chelsea bridge. and for watching you for those watching on tv, you can see him there on the left hand your screen. hand side of your screen. walking . some walking across that bridge. some four hours after the attack. that he is suspected to have carried out around 1130 on the night of that attack in south london, detectives now believe ezedi died and his body, they say, may never be found and. in other news, a woman has today been charged with the attempted murder after a suspected poisoning of two children aged nine and 13. emergency services responded to the scene in east sussex on thursday evening after they received calls of welfare concerns , as all three were concerns, as all three were later taken to hospital for treatment. appearing in court earlier today, the 38 year old woman was remanded in custody and we understand she'll now appear court again on the 8th appear in court again on the 8th of march. authorities say it was an isolated incident with no

further risk to the public probe . palestine protesters have been removed from a barclays bank branch on birmingham high street today after staging a sit in. seven people were seen lying down inside the bank holding palestinian flags and placards reading stop the genocide. it's been reported that one man, who was angered by the protest was seen banging on the glass doors of that bank building and tipped over the protesters table outside of the entrance. we understand no arrests, though, were made and meanwhile three people have been killed after a car was hit by an airstrike in gaza's southern city of rafah . gaza's southern city of rafah. the palestinians are claiming it was carried out by the israeli military . for those watching on military. for those watching on tv, you can see there the aftermath of that attack, which happened earlier today. aftermath of that attack, which happened earlier today . medics happened earlier today. medics say that a separate . strike in say that a separate. strike in by israel overnight also killed 17 others in the same area . the 17 others in the same area. the strike comes after israel's

prime minister announced a plan to evacuate civilians from the crowded southern of rafah crowded southern city of rafah and to defeat, says, the last and to defeat, he says, the last hamas fighters there. the us, has said that it won't be supporting any further military action in rafah without a guarantee of protection for civilians . large parts of civilians. large parts of england could face more travel disruption and possible flooding as heavy rain is expected to hit later today. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering newcastle and surrounding areas all the way down to east anglia and along england's east coast. it comes into force at around 7:00 tonight and last all the tonight and will last all the way through until 12 pm. tomorrow. there's also another weather warning covering much of cornwall, as well as parts of devon and somerset that starts slightly earlier at 6:00 tonight. the last round of doctor strikes that are planned later this month could we understand, be called off? that's if nhs bosses give more time negotiations. the time for negotiations. the latest walkouts were

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with charles's cancer diagnosis? and how does one cope with such a thing? so joining me to discuss is psychologist and artist and author doctor paul spurr . you're an artist? spurr. you're an artist? >> yes. i paint . that's another >> yes. i paint. that's another my just chucked that in there. >> i think artists are really caught you . by surprise. it did. caught you. by surprise. it did. i was like it draws mind you, you do look a very artistic yourself. you always look fabulous. >> oh thank you. >> oh thank you. >> so do you know, doctor, i was reading your piece in the mirror about the brothers and reconciliation and about the brothers and rejustiliation and about the brothers and rejust gotion and about the brothers and rejust got me and about the brothers and rejust got me thinking and about the brothers and rejust got me thinking about,d it just got me thinking about, you seen the you know, you've seen the situation with meghan. she won't even see dad. yeah even go and see her dad. yeah which are. which is a very. if you are. i want this one first want to ask this one first because other people because i've asked other people who to answer it. but who don't want to answer it. but just a just imagine you are with a partner who's partner, who's dad is and they refuse to go and is ill and they refuse to go and see that person. and they're dying. but you would and see that person. and they're dyiryours. you would and see that person. and they're dyiryours. what'sj would and see that person. and they're dyiryours. what's the uld and see that person. and they're dyiryours. what's the psychology see yours. what's the psychology behind be behind what would harry be thinking with regard behind what would harry be thihis�*ng with regard behind what would harry be thihis partner with regard behind what would harry be thihis partner or with regard behind what would harry be thihis partner or somebody gard behind what would harry be thihis partner or somebody inrd to his partner or somebody in that situation? well i think it's just extraordinary that things so deep when things the rift is so deep when that someone will not go and see

a parent when they're ill and as a parent when they're ill and as a psychologist, i know that people can have incredibly deep, dark problems and issues that overwhelm the kind of sense that there's any way forward . and as there's any way forward. and as i said in my piece about in the mirror about, say, william and harry, is that the finger pointing is what is so destructive . destructive. >> so when, say, harry did the oprah interview, the other royals did not have any recourse to publicly say their side . and to publicly say their side. and that kind of finger pointing is very , very, very destructive. very, very, very destructive. and when it comes to meghan and her father, i know there's been finger pointing to that is the worst thing you can do. if you want rift. the first want to heal a rift. the first starting point is to put your hand up to what you've done wrong. so you might say, you know, i really messed up when we last saw each other. i was not in a good way and i took it out on buti in a good way and i took it out on but i also that you on you, but i also feel that you are showing me understand are not showing me understand thing. your hand thing. so if you put your hand up, your up, rather than point your

finger , yeah, you are much more finger, yeah, you are much more likely to start making that bndge likely to start making that bridge that you slowly build. and what i felt so sorry that william harry did not see each other because again, that just speaks to the depth of their issues. comes to issues. but when it comes to sibling rivalry , let me tell sibling rivalry, let me tell you, for nana key points and three of which apply to them, predict that sibling rivalry, the same sex. so they're both boys. the same sex. so they're both boys . you're more likely to have boys. you're more likely to have more sibling rivalry between the same sex. a small age gap. there's only two years between them. again that's a pointer towards and predictive of sibling rivalry. second, thirdly, parental discord. well, charles and diana were hardly a happy couple and often children act out to get the attention of parents who are bogged down with their own issues and the fourth one is parents who always pay attention to the bad behaviour, ignore the good behaviour , for ignore the good behaviour, for then the child learns if i play up, if i have a rivalry with my

brother, my parent gives me attention, even if it's just being told off. so those are four key indicators . four key indicators. >> wow, i never even thought of it like that. but yeah, when you think about it like that, it makes perfect sense . makes perfect sense. >> children, two >> like with your children, two different a gap. >> perfect . >> perfect. >> perfect. >> as >> perfect. >> - as said, >> perfect. >> as said, there's no >> and as you said, there's no rivalry between them. know, rivalry between them. you know, it's we could all plan it's only we could all plan that. >> @- e“ e-- e-— >> yeah. well, you know, i was like, perfect. can't like, i'll be perfect. we can't all but but but my all be perfect. but but but my but the point i was kind of making was that if you were with somebody who refused to go and see their father when they're ill, but then you would still go and see yours if he was ill, which just shows how extreme i think you'd feel in your head . think you'd feel in your head. what would thinking about what would you be thinking about the think? the other partner? do you think? i think my head i'd be very concerned. >> bad? unless you >> why is it so bad? unless you are unless you know all are totally. unless you know all the the dark the secrets and all the dark spaces about why spaces in their mind about why they won't do that. i think you would be thinking this is not right. like harry goes to see his father, but she didn't go to see hers. we can never know , see hers. we can never know, though, what's going on. this is

a we can speculate. we a thing we can speculate. we have no idea what drove, say, meghan. so far away from her father she will not see him father that she will not see him when he was so ill. >> i think he a story. >> i think he sold a story. i think what we hear. that think that's what we hear. that was the thing. was that was the thing. >> i'd forgive that eventually. >> you you would >> well, you think you would because other because she sold all the other stuff. you'd go, stuff. you'd think you'd go, well, have well, you know what? he may have sold didn't sold a story because he didn't quite was going quite understand what was going on anyway, and i get but on anyway, and i get it. but then she has literally sold out. they have exactly the they both have exactly the privacy tour . privacy tour. >> that was not about privacy. not at all. >> so the diagnosis >> so with the king's diagnosis of cancer, because obviously thatis of cancer, because obviously that is a huge thing. people are saying, oh, well, he was very open about his prostate diagnosis why now not diagnosis, so why is he now not telling of cancer telling us what kind of cancer it , even was it is? i mean, even dennis was saying earlier . now, saying that just earlier. now, why you think why would you think psychologically that somebody might want to disclose that? might not want to disclose that? well i think there's embarrassment or pride , you embarrassment or pride, you know, depending on the cancer, someone like king charles might feel embarrassed to reveal it. >> , you know, prostate >> although, you know, prostate cancer is quite a, you know, personal and private thing . personal and private thing. >> oh, or talking about

prostates general . yeah. prostates in general. yeah. enlarged prostate. prostates in general. yeah. enlso,ed prostate. prostates in general. yeah. enlso, so3rostate. prostates in general. yeah. enlso, so that ate. know, >> so, so that that, you know, he shared that what i find interesting as a psychologist is you are now under immense speculation on everyone on social media is speculating what kind of cancer it is . i don't kind of cancer it is. i don't see it serves any purpose not to reveal that . and as i say from reveal that. and as i say from my perspective, it must be a pride or an embarrassment thing. >> or maybe it's quite very serious and he's playing it down because he doesn't want to put stress on potentially . william, stress on potentially. william, because there are some very deadly cancers that know that deadly cancers that we know that the rate is low. yes. the survival rate is low. yes. but i would think , william, he'd but i would think, william, he'd have to be totally with have to be totally honest with william. and do you william. he will be. and do you think was honest with harry think he was honest with harry about as well him about it as well and told him all about it? >> i think harry over >> i think harry coming over when he's it clear that when he's made it so clear that he does not like visiting he really does not like visiting our country . i he really does not like visiting our country. i think coming over signifies some sort of seriousness, but again, i'm speculating. yes, we all are . speculating. yes, we all are. that's what happens when you don't know what it is. and i think the same happened with

kate middleton. yeah, everybody speculated surgery. speculated abdominal surgery. well, mean ? you well, what can that mean? you know, hysterectomy or colon know, a hysterectomy or colon problems or an ulcer. i mean, so people were speculating wildly and again, i think honesty in this generation of the royals is crucial. we look back to princess diana. she talked about her anorexia , her bulimia. you her anorexia, her bulimia. you know, she talked about her post—natal depression . she was post—natal depression. she was honest and people loved that. yeah. you know, they really admired her for that. so i don't think they're serving any purpose by keeping the type of problem yeah problem private. yeah >> maybe you could be that. it's i >> maybe you could be that. it's | , >> maybe you could be that. it's i , i'm praying it's i mean, i'm praying that it's not which is why they're not worse, which is why they're keeping but maybe it's keeping it quiet. but maybe it's because got a lot keeping it quiet. but maybe it's be pressure got a lot keeping it quiet. but maybe it's be pressure with got a lot keeping it quiet. but maybe it's be pressure with his got a lot keeping it quiet. but maybe it's be pressure with his wife,ot a lot of pressure with his wife, catherine, who's no , not very catherine, who's no, not very well at the moment as well. and abdominal very abdominal surgery is a very broad brush any sort of broad brush for any sort of surgery. abdominal surgery. but the abdominal area is serious , complex, is quite a serious, complex, complex region that has very many things in there. so that can go wrong. yeah exactly. yeah. what about people who, if somebody's just been given a diagnosis of cancer because that must be very, very difficult to

deal and i hear of people deal with. and i hear of people not telling even their partner for quite some time, getting their it, how their own head around it, how should cope with should someone cope with something ? something like that? >> well, it's interesting you say it is say that and coping with it is first knowing how you feel first knowing that how you feel about it is yours , and you can about it is yours, and you can claim that and if for a time you feel you do not want to reveal it, that is your your you know, your you know , choice. so it's your you know, choice. so it's important that, you know, people tend to go through the stages of accepting cancer and accepting that they're going to be living with and having it treated . with it and having it treated. but those stages but they go through those stages in in different ways. so you know, there's anger, there's numbness . it's kind of like numbness. it's kind of like grief, you know, and then there's finally acceptance. so you have to know that you're not going to go through it in the ways that in psychology ways that say in psychology books, it's written that most people through it numbness, people go through it numbness, shock , then anger, then fear , shock, then anger, then fear, then acceptance, and then being able to help fight it or live with it. so you have to accept your way , embrace it, and then

your way, embrace it, and then make your choices about who you share it with. but don't be frightened. i think people are frightened. i think people are frightened of telling like their children, like, say, king charles, because they don't have any about any children worried about it. and at some point you're going to have to let your children know, going know, especially if you're going through affect you, your, you going to affect you, your, you know, exhaustion , although know, your exhaustion, although you've said one thing and then said a different thing because you you should it, you said you should own it, share own way. you said you should own it, share then own way. you said you should own it, share then when n way. you said you should own it, share then when itway. you said you should own it, share then when it comes to the >> but then when it comes to the king, you need to king, you want him. you need to tell sort of. tell us everything. sort of. >> why i'm >> well, the reason why i'm saying charles saying about king charles is because of the speculation went like . of course, that like wildfire. of course, that still you know , whereas the still is. you know, whereas the rest we only own rest of us, we only have our own home family and home and our own family and friends about, whereas friends to worry about, whereas the been insane. the speculation has been insane. >> what about your book? now you've a coming. you've got a book coming. what's it called ? what's about? it called? what's it about? >> it's my first children's book. course, written 15 book. of course, i've written 15 self—help books adults , and self—help books for adults, and seven years ago, on the birth of my first granddaughter, i started writing children's stories and finally, um, i wrote this one after the birth of my second granddaughter. it's called eva the bear and the

magic snowflake , and her magic snowflake, and her nickname . her name is eva, and nickname. her name is eva, and her nickname is the bear because even when she was six months old, she's now four and a half. she try and hurtle herself she would try and hurtle herself before could crawl. before she could crawl. she's got gusto , and so she's got all this gusto, and so she's called the bear and in this story, i hope as a psychologist , story, i hope as a psychologist, i've that children i've written that for children to see that you can face something very daunting. but you can kind of rise to the challenge , dig deep and, you challenge, dig deep and, you know , help find that way to know, help find that way to making sure you're okay. >> oh, that's cute. and it's out now, is it? >> it's going to be out in two weeks. >> two weeks. yeah. wonderful. and they can it on all the and they can get it on all the usual and they can get it on all the usui'm you for >> i'm giving you a copy for ivory. you will love it. ivory. oh you will love it. >> you would love it because he's he's in the right age group. yeah. he's perfect for that. he loves he that. he loves books. he loves reading. doctor pam spurr, thank you good talk you so much. really good to talk to you. and good luck with your book. wow right. book. thank you. wow right. well, listen, before we move on, it's great it's time for the great british giveaway win giveaway and you could win £18,000 tax free cash £18,000 in totally tax free cash to spend however you like. if you fancy the chance. here's how

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radio. >> good afternoon . it's fast >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching 22 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news on tv. online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. if you're just tuned in. welcome on board. it's time now great british now for the great british debate this asking , this hour. and i'm asking, should businesses should british businesses be priority british workers now , priority british workers now, all of this is as the national institute of economics and social research has warned that businesses have become frustrated with trying to hire

british workers , and they are british workers, and they are increasingly looking abroad to fill vacancies and the number of firms registering to become sponsors to hire abroad has doubled in the past two years. now, that's why i'm asking so for the great british debate this hour. i'm asking should british businesses be prioritising british workers ? prioritising british workers? even if they are, though, would they do the so joining me they do the job? so joining me to discuss is the chief economic adviser centre for adviser at the centre for economic and research, economic and business research, vicky also gb news vicky pryce, and also gb news host darren grimes. all right . host darren grimes. all right. vicky pryce, i'm going to start with you should we be prioritising . prioritising british workers. >> i think we've tried it a few times. i hope you can hear me and see me. okay. we prioritise this a few times. you remember gordon brown did the same back in two thousand and seven, said british jobs for british workers. but it's very, very difficult to put it into practice . yes, at the end the practice. yes, at the end of the day , uh, certainly when you look day, uh, certainly when you look at the number of people who come in now, the vast majority seem to working in health and

to be working in health and social care . social care. >> um, so you're those we absolutely need . yeah. don't absolutely need. yeah. don't quite those we absolutely need. >> because of course we don't have. yeah >> okay. okay. darren grimes . >> okay. okay. darren grimes. >> okay. okay. darren grimes. >> well, look, nana, i think we we've got to look at the figures that we've got in front of us. right. and there are 5 million people. that's up from 3.5 million, sure vicky million, i'm sure vicky will correct got correct me if i've got the numbers wrong, but that they are the out work the numbers of out of work british right and those british people. right and those numbers on the up. they keep numbers are on the up. they keep going up . and we keep saying the going up. and we keep saying the promise of brexit. why i campaigned heart and soul for it, was that actually we would look at levelling communities look at levelling up communities . bringing in . we would look at bringing in jobs industry in britain and jobs and industry in britain and prioritise the british people . prioritise the british people. well, we can't let 5 million people, some of them, of course, can't not the whole can't work, but not the whole 5 million. people million. we cannot let people languish on out of work benefits when there are these vacancies available. we also can't accept 700,000 people coming here every

single year. those figures are astronomical and we simply can't create new cities to actually house and be able to feed all of the people wanting to come here. we've got to prioritise these, our people. and if that means that britain business is especially in big corporates, they can't actually rely on having this free lunch from immigration, then so be it. they need to prioritise retraining, reskilling people here and now . reskilling people here and now. >> but isn't it the case that a lot of the benefits of for people who are actually working anyway ? and isn't that the anyway? and isn't that the problem? you know that's problem? vicky you know that's a big problem. yeah >> i mean, the thing >> well, i mean, the thing to remember that migration remember is that migration generally a good thing for generally is a good thing for the economy. know yes, we generally is a good thing for the eberomy. know yes, we generally is a good thing for the eberomy. aboutn yes, we generally is a good thing for the eberomy. about the ’es, we generally is a good thing for the eberomy. about the actual may be worried about the actual numbers were numbers. those who were contribute . in terms contribute certainly. in terms of paying tax . and also they are of paying tax. and also they are the only part of the working, uh, population which is contributing positively to the exchequer , which is really exchequer, which is really rather interesting because all

the rest of us take more services out than we pay in. and lots of people who come in generally to be young and generally tend to be young and about that about to work. now that has changed the immigration, changed because the immigration, again become a little bit again has become a little bit different, because now we get lots people from places lots of people from from places which outside the they which are outside the eu, they tend bring their dependents. tend to bring their dependents. and that of course costs us an awful lot more that the government is trying to stop this , if that were indeed to this now, if that were indeed to happen future, might, this now, if that were indeed to hapjknow, future, might, this now, if that were indeed to hapjknow, if future, might, this now, if that were indeed to hapjknow, if morerre, might, this now, if that were indeed to hapjknow, if more dependents t, you know, if more dependents continue to come, then that would problem would be a serious problem in terms growth terms of population growth and in services that in terms of the services that they but the real they require. but the real problem can't problem is that we can't get british work british people to work in the jobs want to fill right jobs that we want to fill right now, that is why we need to now, and that is why we need to bnngin now, and that is why we need to bring in social workers, health workers, doctors and lots of others, frankly, who are contribute quite significantly to the economy where british workers don't want to do them. so the real, real so that's the real, real question got to question that we've got to answer right now. >> but you said immigration >> but you just said immigration is a good thing. and then on the other said, yeah, but other side you said, yeah, but we own british other side you said, yeah, but we to own british other side you said, yeah, but we to do own british other side you said, yeah, but we to do it. own british other side you said, yeah, but we to do it. son british other side you said, yeah, but we to do it. son don't1 other side you said, yeah, but we to do it. son don't see workers to do it. so i don't see how could it be a good thing in

those things? if those two things? be true if we are on workers who are taking on other workers who would potentially you would should potentially, you know, money, know, are taking the money, probably taking lower wages . and probably taking lower wages. and so the predominantly british people don't want to work. darren grimes exactly. darren grimes well, exactly. >> and think there are >> nana and i think there are two points i'd make from that. >> nana and i think there are two keepts i'd make from that. >> nana and i think there are two keep beingnake from that. >> nana and i think there are two keep being told from that. >> nana and i think there are two keep being told that| that. we keep being told that immigration is a massive net to the economy. look at the the british economy. look at the snail growth of the snail paced growth of the british economy. and then look at the massive amounts of immigration that the people that we're bringing over. it keeps going every year, going up every single year, despite our politicians saying, look, we going to bring look, we are going to bring numbers to the tens of numbers down to the tens of thousands , they never do it. and thousands, they never do it. and secondly , i think actually secondly, i think actually british business looking at, especially when comes to especially when it comes to illegal migration, we found out nana did we not that they were able to pay them 80% of the wages that british workers can expect. so of course they're going to hire immigration immigrants over the british public. and i think we can't keep allowing business, frankly , keep allowing business, frankly, to be able to play the slave wages and expect to get british

workers into these jobs. and the other thing would be the tax thresholds. more people are being dragged because of inflation into paying tax or or for the first time or indeed higher amounts of tax. and that's decent incentivising. people from actually entering the workforce. so the government's got to decide what it wants to prioritise. if it wants more british people to come back to work , then they've come back to work, then they've got to actually make work, pay . got to actually make work, pay. >> but the obe even finally >> but the obe have even finally now said something that we were all agree with. a lot of people would call them right wing. in fact, calling fact, they probably calling us that a to out that for a daring to point out that for a daring to point out that there are many people that there are too many people on benefits . uh, but vicky, it on benefits. uh, but vicky, it seems that, as you said, people don't want to come back to work . don't want to come back to work. what do you think the government could do? what could be done to get british workers in? get british workers back in? what incentive or what financial incentive or deceptive needs to be made again ? >> 7- >> the 7 >> the financial incentives have been tried before, but the real problem is that a number of people are still ill. very people are still ill. a very

large number of people are still on the sick list. uh, post covid, is covid, that sick list is increased very significantly. and a real problem. and that's a real problem. how do deal with that? so do you deal with that? and so far , all the attempts to get all far, all the attempts to get all the people to come back, even women to come back to work after having children doesn't seem to quite work. and you've seen this debate going now debate going on right now with hybnd debate going on right now with hybrid working . people don't hybrid working. people don't really work. really want to go back to work. 100% of the in offices. so 100% of the time in offices. so there is a big, big issue that we the people that we don't have. the people that are needed man factories are needed to man our factories or to , uh, man our hospitals. so or to, uh, man our hospitals. so how do you get over that? you've got to do it. and i don't disagree with having to pay people for that. but you've people more for that. but you've got a government which is not really to more for really prepared to pay more for doctors . it's not actually doctors. it's not actually prepared do anything very prepared to do anything very much public services, much on the public services, which in many ways which are in many ways collapsing . so there is an issue collapsing. so there is an issue of funding that is out there, and think there needs to be a and i think there needs to be a rethink as to how we value some of jobs. of those jobs. >> i'd say slash civil >> oh, i'd say slash the civil service, starters , and get service, for starters, and get rid diversity and inclusion rid of diversity and inclusion and get rid of net zero. all

that . and perhaps that nonsense. and perhaps they'd have some more money. darren >> absolutely. i mean, looking at speaking of factory work in particular, reason that we particular, the reason that we don't people employed don't have more people employed in industries their in those industries using their hands and making it, is hands and making use of it, is because you mentioned. because of what you mentioned. nana right we are nana net zero. right we are driving businesses into a driving these businesses into a complete despair because of the prohibitive price of energy in this country. comparatively to others like france, for example , others like france, for example, which went hell for leather on nuclear energy, we simply can't afford to have energy intensive industry because the price is so damn expensive, so there won't be those kinds of jobs in in intensive factory labour, energy intensive factory labour, energy intensive factory labour, energy intensive factory labour, because we simply can't have it. it's incompatible with that net stupid policy . stupid policy. >> it does seem a bit ridiculous that they're saying we want more british jobs for british workers, then with workers, but then with the british the british british jobs and the british workers, they're getting rid of those zero, those to bring in net zero, which usually, well, we don't which is usually, well, we don't have or anything have any factories or anything that net so that make anything net zero. so we working in toyota or factories that are probably

foreign anyway . well this foreign owned anyway. well this is really good to talk to you. thank much. almost thank you so much. i almost called . you're called you rebecca reid. you're vicky writer . vicky price, author and writer. she's a business researcher. and also darren grimes , gb news also darren grimes, gb news host, who be for here host, who will be for here saturday five. what time is saturday five. at what time is it on today? >> it's on at nana. >> it's on at 7:00. nana. >> right. >> thank you very much. right. well, at home? >> thank you very much. right. well, said at home? >> thank you very much. right. well, said gb at home? >> thank you very much. right. well, said gb news. at home? >> thank you very much. right. well, said gb news. comyme? >> thank you very much. right. well, said gb news. com ore? gb views said gb news. com or tweet me news. i'm nana tweet me at gb news. i'm nana akua. this is gb news coming up, my debate my great british debate this houn my great british debate this hour. british hour. i'm asking should british businesses be prioritising british workers? you'll hear the thoughts of my panel labour minister, former minister denis macshane broadcaster macshane and also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. but first, let's get your latest news headlines. >> 531 exactly the headlines from the gb newsroom. well, as we've been reports today, gb news can reveal around 15 migrants have been rescued after crossing the english channel in a stolen french fishing boat . a stolen french fishing boat. the small vessel left the french coast between calais and dunkirk earlier this morning, and the boat was then handed over to uk

border force officials says. the migrants were then brought to doven migrants were then brought to dover. that means so far dover. that means that so far this year, almost 1400 migrants have successfully made the journey across the english channelin journey across the english channel in small boats . in other channel in small boats. in other news, police are continuing their search of the river thames in central london to find the body of chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi. earlier, a police boat was seen moving between vauxhall and chelsea bridges with the met police saying that they began that search today just after low tide around 9:00 this morning. the 35 year old suspect was last seen on cctv leaning over the railings of chelsea bridge. and for those watching on tv, you can see him there on the left hand side of your screen. that's around four hours after he carried out the attack in south london. detectives now believe ezedi died and they say his body may never be found . a woman has been never be found. a woman has been charged with attempted murder after the suspected poisoning of

two children, aged nine and 13. emergency services responded to the scene of the incident in east sussex on thursday after they received calls of welfare concerns. all three were later taken to hospital for treatment. appearing in court earlier today, the 38 year old woman was remanded in custody and she'll appearin remanded in custody and she'll appear in court again on the 8th of march. authorities say they believe it's an isolated incident with no risk to public. royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales is setting sail this weekend. the £3 billion vessel will take over the lead of the largest nato exercise since the cold war. the announcement comes a week after its sister ship , hms queen its sister ship, hms queen elizabeth, was forced to cancel its deployment because of an issue with its propeller shaft . issue with its propeller shaft. the setback came 18 months after hms prince of wales itself broke down on the isle of wight when it suffered a similar malfunction . and large parts of malfunction. and large parts of england could face more travel disruption and possible flooding

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macshane, lizzie cundy, most definitely. >> of course we should. nana um, these are quite scary . um, these are quite scary. um, statistics i've got in front of me 9.2 million aged 16 to 64 were economically inactive, economically inactive. so they are out of work, not actively looking for work. they're not in full education. and i know there's obviously some that can't work because of sickness and medical but and medical conditions, but these people choosing not to work there is something very wrong with this country. we need to , i think, absolutely relook to, i think, absolutely relook at the benefits and if they're shown for not making any effort in working, they should be cut . in working, they should be cut. and we've got benefit fraud costing us 2 billion. i mean, thatis costing us 2 billion. i mean, that is unbelievable. that could be given to public services rather than ripping off the, you know, the honest taxpayer here. we've got , you know, 934,000 job we've got, you know, 934,000 job vacancies in the uk, jobs that are there. the people are there. so what's going wrong? i think

we've got to look at the school system and how they're encouraged. young children saying work is a good thing. apprenticeship tips. um, you know, and . i used to always know, and. i used to always have, you know, a job, jobs, you know, at school there was someone that would say, what would you want to do, though? you that career mind you haven't got that career mind anymore. i work's for anymore. i mean, work's good for you. it's good to have mental health you think it's partly >> do you think it's partly our own because we've been own fault because we've been a bit livered and bit soft, lily livered and wallflower very so. wallflower towards very much so. >> working from >> i mean, all this working from home what's that about? home culture, what's that about? you know, i mean , it drives me you know, i mean, it drives me mad. we're breeding a nation of hermits. >> what do you think, denis macshane >> look, last year, rishi sunak ianed. >> look, last year, rishi sunak invited . in 962,000. that's a invited. in 962,000. that's a shade south of 1 million people from pakistan , india and from pakistan, india and nigeria. to do what? to fill some of the vacancies that he created or the brexit movement created or the brexit movement created . binning all the created. binning all the european workers who share broadly our values go to the

same churches and are used to asking for their rights. what rishi wants to do is create an immigrant group. >> let me, let me, let me just unpack what you just said there. okay. so what you're saying is that of having people that instead of having people who are predominantly from europe country, europe coming to this country, we in people from we are taking in people from other countries like africa , for other countries like africa, for india, pakistan, who don't share our values. >> no no no no no no, i said that the people who were here before were used to asking for their rights. they belong their rights. they might belong to that's the to trade unions. that's the great missing link with the last 30 years we've had no apprenticeships in this country. we've ripped up trade union rights. you can't go in and negotiate a rise. and if you ask for a rise, the employer can often say, here's the door, off you go. and if you don't actually reorganise the labour market, which is a much bigger issue, simply, i mean, i benefits is nothing to do with it. you can't starve people back into work. it's not starving. >> but if they're showing they're not actively looking for work they can already

work when they can work already their benefits are reduced . to nothing. >> which is why we have the biggest share of people living below the poverty line of any european nation. now it requires a revolution of mindset. joe biden in america in january created 235. >> biden didn't do anything. joe biden, somebody else , and joe biden, somebody else, and joe biden, somebody else, and joe biden did. >> he ? >> he? >> he? >> he? >> he doesn't do anything. >> he doesn't do anything. >> here we go. why am i here we go. it's because he's because . go. it's because he's because. >> did you not see him? rishi sunak act created 235,000 new jobs in january. >> he. does it matter? we wouldn't stop hearing about it from the daily mail. daily telegraph and the conservative party. quite rightly so. now it can be done. switzerland can do it. other countries can do it. we should learn from best example and it's a but you can't do it if every employer in the country knows that rishi will bnngin country knows that rishi will bring in people. okay hold on. and they will then come and work. >> i agree with you. don't bring in people from from all over the

world. no unvetted in a manner that has been, you know, the way they've done it is mostly students families and they've done it is mostly s don'tts families and they've done it is mostly sdon't really families and they've done it is mostly sdon't really see families and they've done it is mostly s don't really see the nilies and they've done it is mostly s don't really see the value and they've done it is mostly s don't really see the value ofd i don't really see the value of that economy . but that to the british economy. but i with brexit i still agree with brexit because had because you could have had i just have executed just think they have executed all sorts of legal migration, immigration very, very badly. yeah, they could have chosen who they wanted. they could have tried gap, they wanted. they could have trie we can't have this this the, the know, not what the low, you know, not what about this lazy work ethic? >> we can't have that anymore . >> we can't have that anymore. we carry people. it's not we can't carry people. it's not fair on those that do work hard and put the uk people first in the uk job market. >> honestly , i'm going to have >> honestly, i'm going to have to go to the great british boys because this shows nothing without you and voices. without you and your voices. >> let's welcome our great british voices there on opportunity show opportunity to be on the show and they think and tell us what they think about we're about the topics we're discussing i've three discussing. i've got three of you. to wyn you. let's go to gareth wyn jones. he's there snowdonia. jones. he's there in snowdonia. gareth, british jobs for british workers . what you think? workers. what do you think? >> 100. that's . what it's about.

>> 100. that's. what it's about. you know, um, our industry has farming. yeah you know, there's a lot of people that come from overseas to help with fruit picking and with labouring, but, you know, we need people in the fields, on the farms making sure that we can feed the nation. so as a farmer , i'm really, really as a farmer, i'm really, really going to ask people to get out there and start to look forjobs within the industry because we're on our knees and we have to pull together and if we keep bringing people into this country, there'll be nothing left. know, we are in a left. you know, we are in a really dire situation and we have to pull together to make sure that we can feed the nation , um, and have enough energy and enough supplies to, you know , go enough supplies to, you know, go forward. yeah. it's a scary it's a scary time. it is a scary time. >> it is. i've never seen you without your hat on, though, so it's interesting . it's it's interesting. it's interesting. i imagine you have i imagine you have sort of lots

of curly, dark hair. there's of big curly, dark hair. there's nothing nothing nothing there, nothing there. right. let's go to david varne. he's watford. david he's there in watford. david hello, nana. >> um, we've got a major problem that goes back many years. >> when they first will stop children young as 14 getting children as young as 14 getting society children as young as 14 getting soc they're allowed to get to children as young as 14 getting soc until're allowed to get to children as young as 14 getting soc until they'reallowed to get to children as young as 14 getting soc until they're 16.wed to get to children as young as 14 getting soc until they're 16. sol to get to children as young as 14 getting soc until they're 16. so you get to six until they're 16. so you lose that first bite of earning money and getting the work ethic. >> uh, they encourage tony blair, bless him, encourage people to go to university instead of and killed off the apprenticeships skills. >> we've now got uh, keir starmer saying . we're going to starmer saying. we're going to bnng starmer saying. we're going to bring back apprenticeships if you do not have the work ethic at the beginning, it doesn't matter what you do , you're not matter what you do, you're not going to go out for work. matter what you do, you're not going to go out for work . yeah, going to go out for work. yeah, they'd rather you you've got to have people working if they have to come from abroad. that the uk economy grow as economy can continue to grow as we hope it will do, then you have to have them, but you've got to back to the kids at 14 got to go back to the kids at 14 and right, you're able to and say, right, you're able to go and get a saturday job, go out, work with older people,

understand about earning your own money and enjoy life as you get older. >> yeah, absolutely. enjoy life as you get older. i like that jonathan jones in cornwall are. >> yeah. no, no. >> hey i agree with your panel. we need more apprenticeships and people should do saturday jobs. it's the only way we're going to keep these teacups filled with people get out there people who want to get out there and do real work, and i think it's it is a major problem. >> we're going to be world leaders, in mechanising leaders, though, in mechanising because creating robots because we're creating robots and ways around and finding other ways around the labour shortage. so it could be well . be an opportunity as well. >> well, at least we're world leaders in t t right. >> well, at least we're world leaders in t t right . let's go leaders in t t right. let's go to jacqui samson into the audience. jacqui. >> hello. yes i think that, um, one of the bigger problems we've got is so many companies are outsourcing sing, which i think is bit disincentive to is a bit of a disincentive to the because the british workforce because companies are going where they can get at the people to do the jobs cheaper without the

immigration issues. >> i don't think people are as work shy as people. >> um, sometimes claim people have seen their money cut in real terms . real terms. >> uh, companies that have a parent company in another country are almost siphoning out the profits that the british workers are making. so i think people are disincentive . advised. >> and i think we should perhaps look at not outsourcing. so much and looking after employees better instead the race to better instead of the race to the bottom. >> yeah, i hear you. it's a bit of a race to the bottom. jacqui sampson, thank you so much. in saint albans, wyn jones saint albans, gareth wyn jones out snowdonia, david out there in snowdonia, david balm jonathan balm in watford and jonathan jones so jones in cornwall, thank you so much. great much. those are the great british voices. do you british voices. what do you think? gb news. com think? gb views at gb news. com or news. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on news. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on tv news. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on tv , news. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on tv , online news. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on tv , online and s. we're think? gb views at gb news. com or on tv , online and on ve're live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's fast approaching 48 minutes after 5:00 o'clock. uh stay tuned. my quick quiz is on the way. joining me to do so, former

labour minister for europe denis macshane and also

listening to gb news radio show. >> this is gp news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and it's time for our my quiz. this is the part. akua and it's time for our my quiz. this is the part . of the quiz. this is the part. of the show where i test my panel on some of the topics that have the news stories that have hit my eye. lizzie cundy, eye. right. lizzie cundy, your buzzer, please. and denis macshane we macshane your buzzer, please. we haven't time that. haven't got time for that. dennis. it. right dennis. get on with it. right please home. do please play along at home. do not unless not answer unless i have finished question . right. finished the question. right. question of question one. the prince of wales 2024 earthshot prize award ceremony will be held in which south african city. lizzie cundy , johannesburg cape town, cape . , johannesburg cape town, cape. town let's see if you're right. the answer is cape town . well the answer is cape town. well done dennis. one nil right. of course two just right. question two greenpeace protesters

scowled at the london headquarters of which major firm on wednesday to demonstrate against plastic . pollution. was against plastic. pollution. was it a unilever b deloitte or c bp 7 it a unilever b deloitte or c bp ? lizzie cundy, c bp i agree, i think bp, bp all say something different . no, she might be different. no, she might be wrong. no never, i told you. what are you listening to for? her yeah. you always invite them to same one all to the same as me. one nil. all right . yes. okay. so question right. yes. okay. so question three. how long did it take for mr plod to make his matchstick eiffel tower, which was given a guinness world record ? this, guinness world record? this, which i think did it take? i think it wasn't good. i thought it wasn't given a guinness world record. >> it wasn't. he wasn't. then it was reversed. >> okay, so. so what do you think? >> oh, i closest answer wins. >> oh, i closest answer wins. >> john dunne two years, one one and a half, one and a half years. i think you'll find the answer was eight years. oh, what? eight years? yeah. what, 4200 hours? assembling 766,000.

sorry. 900 matches to build the world's tallest structure for a throwaway point. do you know why he didn't? he was taking the structure. the thingy. i don't i'm talking about. move on. >> no, but must the >> no, but he must have the patience of job. >> which airline is going to >> for which airline is going to start their passengers start weighing their passengers as bags for their as well as their bags for their lizzie cundy . lizzie cundy. >> pardon? what did you say? >> pardon? what did you say? >> lizzie cundy i was going to say easyjet. >> finnair. >> finnair. >> well you weren't get the point if you're right, because you didn't buzz. the answer is finnair. finnair >> on. >> oh go on. >> oh go on. >> we are to >> oh go on. >> we are going to nail. well done. much was done. and finally, how much was rishi sunak paid in tax last year? it 500,000 under year? was it 500,000 under 500,000 or over 500,000? lizzie cundy over 500 516. you sure ? cundy over 500 516. you sure? over 500,000. over 500,000. you're absolutely right . it over 500,000. over 500,000. you're absolutely right. it is a score draw. well done. right. >> five. >> five. >> and finally, it's time for clip bait. a clip that caught my eye this week. now this video shows a guy doing this as he's doing his make up on tiktok.

here's a teaser video on how to do your eyebrows. >> this video you're going to need some eyebrows and some to put on them , but don't see the put on them, but don't see the rest of it. >> let's show the whole thing. the video on how to do your eyebrows is this video you're going to need some eyebrows and some to put on them . some to put on them. >> now it's totally your choice . >> now it's totally your choice. you can make him betty skinner, but you are going to look at a with your eyebrows done. if you want dig want to give it a little dig like rob this one from mark. >> once you got your product on your put it your brush, you're gonna put it on your eyebrow give it on your eyebrow and give it a straight line. that . repeat the straight line. that. repeat the same thing on the other side and do a straight line like that. >> and it's totally your choice . >> and it's totally your choice. but i do like mine a little bit thicker , so i'm just gonna go in thicker, so i'm just gonna go in and eating them up . once you're and eating them up. once you're happy with the shape that you've got you ready to go and carry on whatever you're doing that day .

whatever you're doing that day. >> i can happily say i will not be taking makeup tips. >> listen, actually , this guy is >> listen, actually, this guy is advising the cabinet on their next film and makeup, so i've been asking, uh, who should say sorry? >> uh, should it be rishi sunak or should it be sir keir starmer or should it be sir keir starmer or neither of them? according to our twitter poll, 51% of you say starmer 23% starmer should apologise. 23% of you and 25% of you say you say sunak and 25% of you say neither . well, huge thank you so neither. well, huge thank you so much panel , neither. well, huge thank you so much panel, broadcaster much to my panel, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy house. the former labour adviser denis macshane, for joining house. the former labour adviser denis macshane, forjoining me denis macshane, for joining me and home for and thank you to you at home for your company. i'll see you tomorrow. same tomorrow. same time, same place at three. i'll leave you with the . weather. the. weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan autry. here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office has been a reasonably dull to the weekend for dull start to the weekend for many of but few bright

many of us, but a few bright spells further towards the west that blustery that we now have these blustery showers pushing into southwest england a of rain england along a band of rain spreading its way eastern spreading its way into eastern england scotland. england and eventually scotland. later the night. later on in the night. considering how wet it has been recently, it could cause some localised disruption with this extra elsewhere . might extra rainfall elsewhere. might be clearer spells around be a few clearer spells around tonight fog tonight could provide some fog patches is a very patches in places is a very patchy frost in some rural spots, but most of our towns and cities will be staying above freezing messy start freezing, so fairly messy start to sunday as well. again, fog could be quite slow to clear in places this rain eventually moving in across eastern moving its way in across eastern scotland. very day for the scotland. a very wet day for the northern isles, but some brighter arriving from brighter spells arriving from the too, with further the west. so too, with further showers, so never put the umbrella completely again. umbrella away completely again. some of those showers could be on heavier side times. on the heavier side at times. temperatures, though ranging between 7 and 11 c, which is pretty much where we'd expect them the time year them to be for the time of year into area of low into monday. the area of low pressure there has been rivers will slowly drift its way northward. suddenly itself up closer towards iceland. this allows this northwesterly flow of air to start moving its way in so relatively breezy day, with showers frequently pushing

into northern and western counties further towards the east, though you'll start off dner east, though you'll start off drier with a reasonable amount of can't rule out of sunshine, but can't rule out the shower arriving here the odd shower arriving here later day, on later on in the day, we hold on to theme to quite a changeable theme throughout week throughout the forthcoming week as well, with further rain around times. enjoy the rest around at times. enjoy the rest of day by by that warm of your day by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

has backed down on net zero targets for agriculture following widespread protests .

following widespread protests. from farmers, and continue in that theme. i'll be joined by the editor of the daily sceptic, will jones, to discuss exactly why ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, has taken these steps or announced this movement . and announced this movement. and finally, i'll be joined by former white house official steph grisham to discuss the interview everyone is talking about. when tucker met vladimir, all of that and lots of chat with my lovely panellist for this evening, journalist and presenter ingrid tarrant. but first of all, let's get a catch up on the news headlines with sam francis . neil thank you very much. >> good evening from the gb news rooms just gone 6:00 as we've been reporting today, gb news can reveal around 15 migrants were rescued earlier today after crossing the channel in a stolen french fishing boat . the small french fishing boat. the small vessel left the french coast between calais and dunkirk earlier this morning. the boat was handed over to uk border

force officials and the migrants