agenda says a woke and extremist agenda has infiltrated our armed forces and that they need to focus on being a lethal fighting force. all the reaction to this throughout the show, you're in control , mr shapps. sort it throughout the show, you're in control, mr shapps. sort it out and end. the rwanda bill is back with the house of lords set to vote on a series of amendments today. that debate starts right now, designed to weaken prime minister rishi sunak's legislation to deport asylum seekers. we'll bring you all seekers. and we'll bring you all the latest updates as we get them. and that's all coming in your hour . so welcome to your next hour. so welcome to the show . thanks for your next hour. so welcome to the show. thanks forjoining me. always means a lot and i want to hear from you. please email all these your ways gbviews@gbnews.com. what would you ask the prime minister tonight? rishi sunak faces the music. the people's forum of gb news viewers , 8 pm. exclusively news viewers, 8 pm. exclusively live. what would you ask rishi? send your questions in. be polite and i'll read out the best ones towards the end of the

show. also, what about the army losing the war on woke? can you believe there are 93 separate, diverse divisions in the british armed forces? and yet we do not have a single serviceable seaworthy aircraft carrier . we seaworthy aircraft carrier. we are losing the war on woke. all of that coming up in our show. but first, it's your latest news headunes but first, it's your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. it's fast approaching 3:02. your top stories from the gp newsroom. the prime minister's been defending his government's action on the economy, insisting it's now turned a corner during a visit to yorkshire today, he acknowledged it's been a difficult few years for households . data published later households. data published later this week will show whether or not the uk has slipped into a technical recession. the prime minister didn't say whether that would the prospect of would end the prospect of further tax cuts. >> last couple of years have >> the last couple of years have been for been undoubtedly difficult for the country and the economy,

recovering from covid. war recovering from covid. the war in ukraine, impact on energy bills. but at the start of this yeanl bills. but at the start of this year, i really believe that the economy has turned a corner and we're in the right we're heading in the right direction. can see inflation direction. you can see inflation has come down from 11% to 4% and mortgage rates are starting to come wages been come down. wages have been rising consistently now because of circumstances of the economic circumstances are improving. we've been able to taxes. to cut taxes. >> meanwhile , the prime >> meanwhile, the prime minister's safety of rwanda bill has returned to the house of lords as it faces more opposition from peers. a joint committee made up of mps and peers say the laws , peers say the laws, fundamentally incompatible with the uk's human rights obugafions. the uk's human rights obligations . the house of lords obligations. the house of lords will voting on a series of will be voting on a series of amendments designed to weaken rishi legislation to rishi sunak legislation to deport seekers to the deport asylum seekers to the east african nation . two east african nation. two suspected migrants were reportedly caught illegally entering the country by hiding on a school bus. police were called when the men, thought to be in their 20s, were found in the luggage compartment on a

return trip from france. they were discovered when the bus arrived at hounsdown school in south hampton. it's understood one of men tried to run away one of the men tried to run away but was stopped by parents waiting their waiting to pick up their children . double child rapist children. double child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork has been granted a new parole hearing. he successfully challenged a parole board decision in december , which decision in december, which ruled he should be kept in prison . pitchfork was jailed for prison. pitchfork was jailed for life with a minimum terms of 30 years in 1988 for raping and strangling 15 year old lynda mann and dawn ashworth. he'll only be released if the new panelis only be released if the new panel is satisfied that he's no longer a risk to the public. the foreign secretary says israel should stop and think seriously before taking further action in rafah , in the south of gaza. his rafah, in the south of gaza. his comments come as israeli forces freed two hostages overnight dunng freed two hostages overnight during a raid in rafah. fernando simon marmion and lewis hare were among more than 200 people kidnapped in october last year. the operation to free them came under the cover of airstrikes ,

under the cover of airstrikes, the hamas run health ministry says 67 palestinians were killed . israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says pressure will continue until there's total victory against hamas. both the labour leader , sir keir both the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and lord cameron , have starmer, and lord cameron, have voiced their concerns about the prospect of a military offensive in rafah . in rafah. >> we are very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. but above all, what we want is an immediate pause in the fighting and we want that pause to lead to a ceasefire, a sustainable ceasefire without a return to further fighting . return to further fighting. that's what should happen now. we need to get those hostages out, including the british nationals. we need to get the aid in. the best way to do that is stop the fighting now and turn that into a permanent, sustainable ceasefire . sustainable ceasefire. >> the uk has also sanctioned four extremist israeli settlers for attacking palestinians in the west bank. the foreign office says financial and travel restrictions have been imposed

for abuses of human rights. lord cameron says forcing palestinians off land that is rightfully theirs is illegal and unacceptable . all . plans to unacceptable. all. plans to block bonuses for polluting water company bosses don't go far enough , with labour now far enough, with labour now calling for tougher measures . calling for tougher measures. senior executives from five of 11 firms were given more than £26 million in bonuses over the last four years, even when there were sewage spills, regulator ofwat will launch a consultation on the proposed ban later this yeah on the proposed ban later this year. shadow minister nick thomas—symonds says the government needs to consider criminal charges against repeat offenders . offenders. >> this is an extraordinarily serious matter and i think the government could go still further . we need government could go still further. we need that, uh, for example, where there are executives who are persistently involved in the very worst breaches , as they should, in our breaches, as they should, in our view, be we criminal sanctions .

view, be we criminal sanctions. and we do also need to have that really strong regime every single outlet being appropriately, uh, and monitored , uh, for pollution . and the hms , uh, for pollution. and the hms prince of wales has left portsmouth harbour following a failed attempt over the weekend. >> the £3 billion aircraft carrier is now on its way to norway to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. it was due to set off yesterday, but no reason was given for the last minute delay . given for the last minute delay. the warship was called into action a week ago after the hms queen elizabeth was forced to cancelits queen elizabeth was forced to cancel its deployment because of a problem with a propeller. for all the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts . go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> thank you tatiana. now let's get cracking. we've got a busy, busy week ahead of us. let's get

started. in the first big election event of the year tonight, gb news is hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister. rishi sunak will join our very own stephen dixon and take questions from you in our audience ahead of tonight. here's what rishi sunak had to say . say. >> hi rishi, here. as prime minister, i'm focussed on delivering your priorities . so delivering your priorities. so tonight i'll be on the road to join gb news for a special people's forum where i'll be taking questions from a live audience about the issues that really matter to you. the economy, immigration, the nhs. see you there . see you there. >> great stuff. >> great stuff. >> so what can we expect to hear from the prime minister tonight? well, joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope.chns political editor, christopher hope. chris forjoining hope. chris thanks for joining us the show. feels, chris, us on the show. feels, chris, like the build up to one of those big boxing bouts. let's get rumble. what's get ready to rumble. what's going later going to happen later on? >> , that's a great intro to

>> well, that's a great intro to that, martin. you're absolutely right. you heard there the pm asking questions the asking for questions on the economy , immigration, the nhs economy, immigration, the nhs and anything else. and that's what's so interesting . we don't what's so interesting. we don't know they're going ask. know what they're going to ask. we've these microphones know what they're going to ask. we've up these microphones know what they're going to ask. we've up atzse microphones know what they're going to ask. we've up at the �*nicrophones know what they're going to ask. we've up at the venue,iones know what they're going to ask. we've up at the venue, um,1 know what they're going to ask. we've up at the venue, um, here geared up at the venue, um, here in county durham. um, viewers will queue up and ask the pm what they like for an hour. anything could happen. it's high risk for downing street, but frankly, they need to take some risks to try and get them off the floor in the polls. 20 points behind stephen dixon, our colleague at news is going to colleague at gb news is going to be charge it, hosting it, be in charge of it, hosting it, and be quite exciting. and that'll be quite exciting. but me now, i've got chris, but with me now, i've got chris, chris hughes, he is the political commentator at the northern echo. i'll show you today's front page. so you've seen it here. that's the northern echo. um, chris, what do think are big issues do you think are the big issues that be asking that people might be asking here of the pm tonight? >> well, most the issues are >> well, most of the issues are national issues kind of national issues with a kind of wonderful local on them. wonderful local twist on them. i would very surprised if he would be very surprised if he wasn't dentistry, wasn't asked about dentistry, for our front page for example, on our front page on saturday was about how 55,000

people in county durham since last april have lost their dentists . and we had graham dentists. and we had graham morris , the easington mp in the morris, the easington mp in the house of commons, just a few weeks ago, talking about how his 87 year old mother was reduced to removing her own teeth. it's a really big issue. dentistry and that, of course, leads into the state nhs. the whole state of the nhs. i'm just from our local just back from our local hospital here, where a&e on a monday morning is more than three hours. lists and three hours. waiting lists and ambulance being moved away ambulance are being moved away to other hospitals as well, so a whole system feels it's whole system feels like it's creaking the seams there. creaking at the seams there. >> yes, there we have it. the dentistry not an issue. i'd have pulled out. excuse the pun, immediately, but yeah, no question. things too. question. other things too. taxation may be, um, the woke woke issues, the armed forces . woke issues, the armed forces. >> um, i think taxation will come up in that. we hear a lot about what the budget is going to do for us, but people also know that their local councils are increasing tax by the maximum amount by 5. and then here we have had police precepts going up. uh, northumberland i

think is 13.8. uh, north yorkshire rishi sunak is 7.7. so although we may get some form of tax cut in the budget, people will see that money disappear as councils because their budgets are being squeezed, are forced to put up their taxes, maybe levelling up, of course. >> wayne, county durham, this is a seat. we call it the red wall, don't we, in the political world, but it's an area which used to be labour is increasingly tory. well, for now, that may not last the election. >> levelling up is an absolutely fantastic it's great fantastic idea. it's a great slogan. never really slogan. we've never really worked meant and worked out what it meant and there no metrics to say when there are no metrics to say when it's be a success. um it's going to be a success. um to the of durham is to the south of durham is darlington, where i think there's a really interesting experiment going on there where the treasury is moving 1600 jobs out, which is going to be great for the local economy. darlington is going to be almost the threadneedle of the north, shall we say, and i think that's going to have a very interesting effect on the psyche of the way

decisions are made, whether they're made with a provincial, um, atmosphere in mind. but then the rest of levelling up, we see things like high street funds. people are desperately passionate about their high street, which they see in decline. and we've got, um, an interesting debate in county durham itself where the council has put in 1.2 million, um, investment into getting money from the towns fund, and it hasn't received any money. and so it's even considering taking the government to court for forcing it to kind of drum up all of these bids without any success. >> success. >> that's right. i heard that on local news last night. is it the fault of the of the councillors not doing a decent application, or the fact they can't get the money from the central government? how do you think the pm goes down in somewhere like government? how do you think the pm goedurham?1 somewhere like government? how do you think the pm goedurham? he'siewhere like government? how do you think the pm goedurham? he's obviously> um, into 2019, part of the reason this whole area fell for

the conservative was because of bofis the conservative was because of boris johnson , and he had some boris johnson, and he had some indefinable characteristic that even though he's an old etonian , even though he's an old etonian, buffoonish sort of a character, he was able to reach out to these traditional working class areas and that really swung people . i think rishi doesn't people. i think rishi doesn't have that same appeal because he is local north yorkshire. his seat borders on to county durham, so he is known , and durham, so he is known, and along the tees valley, his freeport is a major part of that area's economic future. so there is a bit of benefit from from that local connection . but i that local connection. but i think a conservative party led by rishi sunak looks very different to county durham people than one which is full of that ebullient boris boosterism. so possibly finally, your your maybe forecasting seats in this area to go back to the labour party at the election. yes. the 2019, there was a tory tsunami down the tees valley right into county durham and it is hard to

see how that momentum is going to be kept. that will be reversed. yes. well chris lloyd there from the northern echo there. >> today's front page of the northern echo for you, martin, to read. um, there with, with an interesting take on what might come up dentistry of course getting central getting money from central government taxation . government and taxation. >> superb stuff. a brilliant bofis >> superb stuff. a brilliant boris boosterism. >> try saying that later on this evening. chris thank you very much. superb live on the ground and magnificent event. looking forward to that very, very much. don't forget out there, send your questions in gb views at gb news. com and i'll read out the best on the show. so long as you keep clean. you've been keep them clean. you've been warned. on. defence warned. now moving on. defence secretary shapps has said secretary grant shapps has said that the army's time and resources are being wasted to promote a political agenda as he holds crisis talks with military chiefs after reports suggested they want to relax security checks to increase diverse targets. i mean, what could possibly go wrong? he said. that awoke an extremist culture as infiltra in our armed forces and

that the british army needs to focus on being a lethal fighting force. seems reasonable to me . force. seems reasonable to me. while minister of state for security has also weighed in, saying that the british armed forces have one purpose and that is to defend the british people and bring death to the king's enemies . well, i'll speak now enemies. well, i'll speak now with tobias ellwood, the former chair of the of the defence select committee and the conservative member of parliament for bournemouth east. tobias, welcome to the show. strong words today from mr shapps awoke . extremist culture shapps awoke. extremist culture has infiltrated the army and resources are being squandered . resources are being squandered. and to promote a political agenda. and then he concludes the military needs a proper shake up to refocus its core mission. sounds great, but he's a defence secretary, so surely it's up to him to sort it out. >> it is. and as you're quoting him, he's the one that's getting on with this. we need to recognise as we've discussed, our world is getting more

dangerous, not less. there's a big question as to what role britain will play. we need to advance our defence posture. we're seeing david cameron play a greater role on the international stage. we can only do that if we have the hard power to back up our words, and we need to remember what our army, what our armed forces are about. they're about the security of britain standing up for our interests, whether they're here or indeed abroad. that can lead to warfare. the authorised utility of lethality . authorised utility of lethality. and i make it really clear there is nothing pleasant about warfare. uh, it is, uh , violent. warfare. uh, it is, uh, violent. it is disruptive . and there is it is disruptive. and there is no place for any woke attitudes in that environment . it the in that environment. it the reason why we can arguably say we have the most professional armed forces in the world is because we train them well. we toughened them up, ready so they can defend if required. so can defend us if required. so i'm actually really pleased to see grant shapps, the see that grant shapps, the defence secretary , is defence secretary, is recognising we need recognising that we need to underline win this primary

objective of what our armed forces are for. >> well, tobias, to use a military terms, is this bit of military terms, is this a bit of a rearguard action though, because weekend mr shapps because at the weekend mr shapps was saying that we should potentially, um, low , lower the potentially, um, low, lower the security issues as the vetting of foreign applicants or foreign recruits of the british armed forces to increase diversity. >> and i mean, i'm no commander in chief, but even i can say surely that poses a big risk of infiltration from within, by those who wish to take down british security . british security. >> so i stand corrected. but my reading of this weekend's events was that the commanders were instructed to look at ways of increasing the numbers , the increasing the numbers, the personnel numbers that we have in our armed forces. we are struggling on recruitment and indeed retention. and i think this was one of the options that was presented to the defence secretary dismissed. we secretary quickly dismissed. we cannot start reducing down our , cannot start reducing down our, uh, accreditation and our vetting processes because that will just open the door to

perhaps radicalised extremist personnel , uh, getting in into personnel, uh, getting in into our numbers as the defence secretary recognises this. so i think i hope that that single opfion think i hope that that single option will be quickly dismissed i >> tobias, another piece in today's daily telegraph says this astonishing fact. the ministry of defence now has 93 diversity networks , including diversity networks, including ten for gender issues. diversity networks, including ten for gender issues . yet we ten for gender issues. yet we have zero functioning aircraft carriers . haven't we just carriers. haven't we just completely lost it? um, what's priorities in this world? we've lost the plot , you know, it is lost the plot, you know, it is important that the armed forces, as part of government, uh, stays up with the pace of change of society. >> that's absolutely right . from >> that's absolutely right. from a diversity perspective , there's a diversity perspective, there's not a single job in our armed forces that's not open to both men and women. that's a very, very positive thing. but i go back to what i was saying before, what is the ultimate objective of what our armed forces do? it's to keep us safe. let's focus on uh, the

let's focus on that. uh, the grant shapps the defence secretary recognises that, and i know that. we'll see a lot of these papers that are put forward quickly dismissed as long as he remains in office. >> and meanwhile, donald trump has waded in over the weekend talking about nato . and he's talking about nato. and he's long had a bugbear of european partners, not fulfilling their gdp requirements. the uk, of course , does. but other european course, does. but other european nafions course, does. but other european nations don't. but he rather clumsily at best, shall we say, made the case that perhaps putin should consider invading. how unhelpful or not do you think donald trump's comments are? >> it's not, uh, just unhelpful. it's actually dangerous. i've never known ever . uh, us it's actually dangerous. i've never known ever. uh, us former president making such derisory comments, such dangerous comments, such dangerous comments, and encouraging our adversary that's already taken chunks out of , uh, eastern chunks out of, uh, eastern europe to then attack a nato ally. it'sjust ally. it's just incomprehensible. not ally. it'sjust

incomprehensible. not surprising that jens stoltenberg the, uh, the nato secretary—general has come out to condemn these comments as well. now, some people say it's just part of the rhetoric. it's just part of the, uh, the method of campaigning. but ultimately, just to listen to somebody that wants the top job to talk this way, as i say, it's a distraction. it raises questions about donald, donald trump's relationship with putin because don't forget , there are because don't forget, there are big questions about that. in the past. raises questions about past. it raises questions about his intentions on his commitment or the us's commitment to european security. and of course , if he's saying this about allies , imagine what he might allies, imagine what he might say about adversaries . so the say about adversaries. so the possibility of miscalculation, ratcheting it up to some form of clash increases considerably . clash increases considerably. the backchannels are going to have to work very hard indeed. if donald trump gets elected. >> tobias. um, the people's forum tonight, rishi sunak will face the music. he'll face the pubuc face the music. he'll face the public face. questions from gb news viewers no doubt a topic

that will come up is taking back control of our borders. i'd like to put an image on the screen now, if i could. an astonishing image that's just come to our attention in the last hour . it's attention in the last hour. it's this. we'll get it on the screen now. it's of a couple of stowaways, a couple of illegal immigrants who managed to get inside a school bus, a school trip to dover. this is a school of 36 kids on this coach, um, in south hampton. and when they got back to south hampton, you can imagine their surprise when they opened their luggage and they found two illegal immigrants inside , and one of whom had inside, and one of whom had urinated all over the baggage, and attempted to leg it and they attempted to leg it off. the parents stopped them. the police intervened and said they appear be illegal they appear to be illegal immigrants. well i'm no sherlock holmes, that's pretty holmes, but that's pretty obvious. my question to you is, do images like that suggest that we've managed to take back control of our borders, or does it suggest that it's still

utter, utter chaos ? utter, utter chaos? >> well, just from an operational perspective, clearly there's going to be an investigation as to what happened there . one of the happened there. one of the reasons why so are reasons why so many are attempting to come across in those small is because all those small boats is because all the avenues that we used the other avenues that we used to see on a regular basis of people strapping themselves to the undercarriage of trains and indeed of vehicles and so on, they've gone because the they've gone because of the check. they've gone because of the check . the, uh, the x ray checks check. the, uh, the x ray checks that usually take place, um, at the border. so there'll be questions to be asked about how did anybody get on, on a bus and why wasn't the bus checked? but if we're we recognise that if we're we must recognise that that's very rare event . all that's a very rare event. all these migrants seeking to come here are then forced to oblige, to come by the small boats. but you're absolutely right to say this is a commitment by the prime minister to stop this. it is something that's affecting, not just us, but france, germany, the whole of europe as well. we've actually managed to reduce those numbers by a third. we tend to forget this because there's so much emphasis on just

getting a flight to getting a single flight to rwanda . the numbers were down by rwanda. the numbers were down by a we've managed to get a third. we've managed to get deals with countries like albania return well. we're albania to return as well. we're doing with, you know, doing better with, you know, clamping down criminal clamping down on the criminal gangs as well, working with our continental allies . a lot more continental allies. a lot more to be done, no doubt about it. i'm sorry that this whole rwanda to be done, no doubt about it. i'm ruh,( that this whole rwanda to be done, no doubt about it. i'm ruh, overshadowedle rwanda to be done, no doubt about it. i'm ruh, overshadowed perhapsia bill, uh, overshadowed perhaps some of the good efforts that were made last year and this year to tackle this big problem. >> okay, well , thank you for >> okay, well, thank you for joining tobias. of joining us, tobias. and of course, that rwanda bill is then being debated in house of being debated in the house of lords speak. doubt lords as we speak. no doubt the lords as we speak. no doubt the lords very best lords were doing their very best to stymie that as well. thank you very much for joining us, tobias. ever. now it's time tobias. as ever. now it's time for our brand new great british giveaway and your chance to win £18,000 in cold hard cash. here's all the details that you will need to make that yours. >> this is your chance to win £18,000 cash in our very latest great british giveaway. cash to spend on anything you like. that's like having an extra

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because he normally has four. >> you're listening to gb news radio . welcome back. radio. welcome back. >> it's 327. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gb news. now the government has been accused of presiding over an almost eight fold increase in fraud offences as the home secretary launches a major nationwide anti fraud drive fraud offences now account for more than 40% of all crime and direct cost more than £7 billion annually in england and wales, according to home office figures. well, the rate of fraud related crime has rocketed in the digital era, with the public using online services to purchase an increasing number of goods and services, while our home security editor, mark white, has this report . white, has this report. >> in this east london residential street , dozens of residential street, dozens of police officers are about to raid a property linked to online fraud . hey guys , great.

fraud. hey guys, great. >> place the suspect is believed to have run an operation from this address using illegally obtained details to scam many thousands of pounds from unsuspecting victims . unsuspecting victims. >> let's get some lights on, guys. >> let's get some lights on, guys . this >> let's get some lights on, guys. this read is part of a nationwide crackdown targeting some of those ring sponsible for frauds that cost the country tens of billions of pounds each yeah tens of billions of pounds each year. and amount to 40% of all crime . crime. >> we identified a suspect who we believe was involved in quite a high level fraud. he was developing and sending out fraudulent links purporting to be from genuine organisations . be from genuine organisations. when these links are clicked on, unfortunately it will give this suspect full access to your computer so he will be able to spy computer so he will be able to spy on what you're doing. he will be able to access your

computer and he will use that to access your online bank accounts and commit high value fraud against you. find warning to receive your package . receive your package. >> confirm your details alongside the police enforcement activity . the government has now activity. the government has now launched a wide reaching anti—fraud campaign. hi james, your bank account has been compromised and i need a few personal details. it includes a new website with fraud , safety new website with fraud, safety advice and adverts on billboards, television and social media. >> stay ahead of scams at gov.uk . stop think fraud aiming to make the public better informed about the potential risks . about the potential risks. >> fraud is down 13% year on year and that's because we are taking this extremely seriously. let me be absolutely clear . this let me be absolutely clear. this is a vile crime and it is a crime that hurts british people across the united kingdom. there is no way we will ever tolerate it. and that's why the investment in the national fraud squad and the national fraud intelligence unit is so

important. >> latest figures show a slight drop in fraud related crime last yean drop in fraud related crime last year, which still amounted . to year, which still amounted. to 3.3 million offences as labour's say, the conservative government has presided over an almost eight fold increase in fraud offences since coming to power . offences since coming to power. this is suspected online fraudster is now in police custody awaiting a likely prosecution . russian authorities prosecution. russian authorities want the public to be far more aware of the growing risks out there from the many others looking to exploit, and to steal from the unsuspecting mark. white gb news . white gb news. >> well , there's lots more still >> well, there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, including portland residents are launching a petition calling on the government to keep religion out of the asylum process after it has emerged that 1 in 10 of the bibby stockholm residents of regularly attending church . but

regularly attending church. but first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has been defending his government's action on the economy , insisting action on the economy, insisting it's now turned a corner . during it's now turned a corner. during a to harrogate, he a visit to harrogate, he acknowledged that it's been a difficult years for difficult few years for households, published households, as data published later will show later this week will show whether or not the uk has supped whether or not the uk has slipped technical slipped into a technical recession . the prime minister recession. the prime minister didn't that would didn't say whether that would end prospect of tax end the prospect of further tax cuts . two suspected migrants cuts. two suspected migrants have been reported caught entering the country illegally by hiding on a school bus. police were called when the men , police were called when the men, thought to be in their 20s, were found in the luggage compartment on a return trip to southampton from france. it's understood one of the men tried to run away but was stopped by parents waiting to pick their children . to pick up their children. doubled child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork has

been granted a new parole heanng been granted a new parole hearing . he successfully hearing. he successfully challenged a decision in december which ruled he should be kept in prison. pitchfork was jailed for life with a minimum tum of 30 years in 1988 for raping and strangling a 15 year old lynda mann and dawn ashworth. he'll only be released if the new panel is satisfied. there is no longer a risk to the public. there is no longer a risk to the pubuc.the there is no longer a risk to the public. the hms prince of wales has left portsmouth harbour following a failed attempt at the weekend. the £3 billion aircraft carrier is now heading to norway to take part in the largest exercise the largest nato exercise since the cold war . it largest nato exercise since the cold war. it was due to set off yesterday , but no reason was yesterday, but no reason was given the last minute delay . given for the last minute delay. for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . gb news. com slash alerts. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors

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radio. welcome back. >> it's 337. you're watching . or >> it's 337. you're watching. or listen to martin daubney on gb news. the israeli military said overnight that it had rescued two hostages from rafah in the south of gaza, after a special forces raid . the operation was forces raid. the operation was launched alongside a wave of airstrikes which killed dozens. and it comes after warnings from global leaders over israel's planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 planned offensive in the city, where1.5 million planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 million people are sheltering . while reporter sheltering. while reporter chorley peters joins us now in the studio for the latest. charlie, what's the latest update on this precarious situation ? situation? >> well, we've had more information coming out of israel after last night's successful rescue operation . on the two rescue operation. on the two men, aged 60 and 70, receive care at the sheba medical centre in the east of tel aviv in central israel. >> and it has been lauded and received as a great success by the israeli government and the press there. the government of benjamin netanyahu have seen this as a vindication of their strategy to put military

pressure on hamas in order to release hostages. this perspective has, of course, been challenged by many hostage families and indeed international actors. some 113 hostages have been have been released since the start of the conflict, and this is just the second military operation that has led to that effect. and at the same time . of this special the same time. of this special forces raid last night, which released these two men, it was conducted under the cover of airstrikes marks the most significant bombardment, perhaps in this in rafah, since this war started. some . 1.5 million started. some. 1.5 million people are seeking shelter here in the city. the most southern city in the coastal enclave . city in the coastal enclave. many of them have returned to the city several times after heading north to return to their homes . and there are concerns homes. and there are concerns now, of course , that this now, of course, that this destruction could be part of an imminent ground invasion into that southern city that borders

egypt. president joe biden last week said that that would be a disaster, and said that israel needed a credible plan to deal with civilians. and this morning, we heard from lord cameron , the foreign secretary, cameron, the foreign secretary, who said that britain was very concerned about the situation in we are very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. >> but above all, what we want is an immediate pause in the fighting , and we want that pause fighting, and we want that pause to lead to a ceasefire, a sustainable ceasefire without a return to further fighting. that's what should happen now. we need to get those hostages out, including the british nationals. we need to get the aid in. the best way to do that is stop the fighting now and turn that into a permanent, sustainable ceasefire. well lord cameron said also that people in rafah had nowhere to go to the north. >> their homes are destroyed and to the south is egypt. now egypt and other arab powers see the

crossing of any refugees into eqypt crossing of any refugees into egypt as a red line and unacceptable situation. now this comes with just two hours ago, josep borrell , the eu's top josep borrell, the eu's top diplomat , josep borrell, the eu's top diplomat, issuing essentially a thinly veiled statement towards the united states, saying if you don't want this destruction to occur , if you don't want occur, if you don't want a disaster in rafah, then perhaps stop arming them. this morning, a dutch court also ordered the government to not send parts for fighter jets towards israel, which is now under more significant pressure . but at the significant pressure. but at the same time, benjamin netanyahu and his government are saying that our strategy is working and the only way that they can release these hostages and end this crisis is with a, quote, total victory . they say four total victory. they say four hamas battalions remain in rafah , and that operation is set to continue. >> okay, that's charlie peters with the latest update on the situation in gaza. thank you. excellent. as always . now, in a excellent. as always. now, in a

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . well radio. well come back, it's 346. >> happy monday. welcome to the show. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, prime minister rishi sunak is entering what could could be one of the most challenging weeks of his premiership with potentially gloomy economic numbers, tricky by elections and of course , by elections and of course, ongoing continued opposition to his rwanda asylum plan and the house of lords will vote on a series of amendments today designed to weaken prime minister rishi sunak's legislation to deport asylum seekers to rwanda, who would have thought the lords are revolting? well, joining me now to discuss this in the studio is our political correspondent , our political correspondent, olivia utley olivia . the debate olivia utley olivia. the debate has just kicked off in the house

of lords, not expecting many people in there to be a fan of this bill. any choice? morsels so far? >> well, it only started 15 minutes ago, but from what i've seen so far, i think i agree with your assessment. i don't think many people in there are going to like it very much. we started off with baroness chakrabarti from labour speaking and she said this bill and she said that this bill seeks to overturn a factual determination from the supreme court. basically, she hates every word of it, but she wants to reach, uh, what does she call it, a constitution compromise. what does that mean ? that means what does that mean? that means that she accepts that the government wants to send migrants offshore. that though she makes very clear that in her personal that's not personal opinion, that's not messing with human life , but she messing with human life, but she wants to make sure that any legislation that the government implements is in line with human rights laws. so she's got two amendments, which she's tabled today, both of which are designed essentially to water down the legislation . the first

down the legislation. the first amendment, she says, is that, uh, no one can be deported to rwanda until the bill that's in front of the house of lords at the moment , front of the house of lords at the moment, uh, reaches an agreement stated by the un human rights uh, court , which would rights uh, court, which would basically mean that rwanda would have to say, sorry, it's a little bit complicated, but rwanda would government would have to say that they would explicitly deport explicitly not deport anyone, uh, to an unsafe country. and until that agreement has been met, she doesn't want that bill to be implemented . basically. to be implemented. basically. very story , but it all just very long story, but it all just kicks the can a long way down the road for the government. if this has to go back to rwanda and the rwandan government have to debate this again, then the idea of planes off the idea of planes getting off the ground soon is for the ground any time soon is for the birds, and interest birds, really, and interest hinckley tabled hinckley this amendment tabled by baroness chakrabarti. the other is pretty similar. uh other one is pretty similar. uh is supported by both the archbishop of canterbury and by baroness hale . do you remember baroness hale. do you remember the spider brooch , uh, of

the spider brooch, uh, of brexit? so it does feel like the old days of brexit again . old days of brexit again. >> it actually feels like the ghosts of christmas past, of brexit. it's the same people again , isn't it, olivia? the again, isn't it, olivia? the same people that did everything they could to bring brexit down and tangle it in the barbed wire constitutes really get it into the bog, into the swamp, in the lords. it's the same people, the same delaying tactic tactics. call me a cynic. is this all all designed just to delay and prevaricate? even so, not a single flight gets off before the next general election and rishi sunak is dealt a huge blow once again. >> well, i think there certainly is an element of that. as you say, it really is the same people and the phrase you used , people and the phrase you used, i think tangling it in the barbed wire is, is a very good one. um baroness chakrabarti would argue that all she's trying to do is make sure that domestic human rights legislation , quite apart from un legislation, quite apart from un human rights legislation , is human rights legislation, is enshrined in this new law. but

it does feel to people sitting at . home as it does feel to people sitting at. home as though what she's trying to do is to frustrate, that the government will, on this flag ship policy and stop flights off before the flights taking off before the next election. >> and last time it was >> and last time around, it was voted down, course, 214 to voted down, of course, 214 to 171 against it. it'll be more of the same. the metrics won't change, will they? i mean, basically, if people agree with it in the lords, they've already voted that way. and vice versa. so what's the point of this? is it basically to weaken it, put it basically to weaken it, put it in front of the commons and try to get that voted through again, but presumably that will result another backlash result in yet another backlash or , whatever we call or rebellion, whatever we call it, same as we saw last time. and round and round go . and round and round we go. >> well, yeah, i think what the lords , what these lords are. lords, what these lords are. baroness chakrabarti and her gang trying to achieve is to gang are trying to achieve is to amend the legislation, get it watered down a little bit, get it back in front of the house of commons and then you could get into situation where those into a situation where those conservative mps on the left of

the party that group that calls themselves nation, as themselves the one nation, as they're of them, they they're about 100 of them, they agreed to the legislation agreed to back the legislation the first time round . if it then the first time round. if it then gets watered down and the government votes against the watered down version, they could start kicking a fuss and start kicking up a fuss and causing rishi sunak a headache in the house of commons. so although the house of commons does have the right to vote down amendments tabled by the house of lords, what the house of lords can do is essentially put the cat among the pigeons in the commons get the left and the commons and get the left and the right the party at each right of the party at each other's again, other's throats again, which obviously minister obviously for the prime minister in would be a big in the middle would be a big problem. >> and parliament's joint >> and the parliament's joint committee rights, led committee on human rights, led by harman, they're by harriet harman, um, they're all up on it as well. all ganging up on it as well. they're that the bill they're saying that the bill openly possibility openly invites the possibility of the breaching of the uk breaching international law, and allows british officials to act in a manner that is incompatible with human rights standards. liberty and a coalition of 265 charities, organisations and activists there against it. the

same old people are against it. and olivia, my big question is this if the public watch on once again and i hate actually, i don't hate to bring up brexit. i love bringing up brexit. it's the point of the matter that once again, what we thought the pubuc once again, what we thought the public wanted and voted for time and time again to take back control of our borders, rwanda might not be the best solution, but it's a solution. it's attempting to do something about it and it's taken down by the lords. we'll have every right to ask when we. who does? who is the house of lords for what's its purpose? is it specifically setting to frustrate the setting out to frustrate the will of the people, and therefore is it time for the house of lords to get the boot? >> well, i think that will possibly be a question that will be asked a little bit further down the line. i suppose what the house of lords would argue is actually that rwanda is that actually that rwanda piece of legislation, the idea of deporting migrants to rwanda, was not on the conservative 2019 manifest. so there are lords who

i've spoken to who say we wouldn't dream of voting down a piece of legislation if it were on the manifesto, but wasn't. on the manifesto, but it wasn't. so we reserve the right to scrutinise it. how that argument will play with general will play with the general public, who aren't following all of up to the minute but are of this up to the minute but are just at home watching just sitting at home watching no flights. take off to rwanda remains to be seen . remains to be seen. >> and olivia, we've got some live well, i think they're live. they are live pictures from the house of lords. there is um, how do we put this? an aged baroness. she's had her hair dyed, especially in brussels. blue by the looks of it, they're all so all having their say so performative , um, moment, isn't performative, um, moment, isn't it? they're basically saying their set pieces then their set pieces and then they're to vote against they're going to vote against it. , my question, it. but again, my question, olivia, the house of lords olivia, is the house of lords just seems endlessly set out to frustrate the will of the people. yeah >> i think one really interesting element, which we haven't discussed is what labour peers are going to do when these amendments come to a vote, because there's something which ihadnt because there's something which i hadn't considered is i hadn't really considered is that there are labour peers who

are very aware that a labour labour government could very soon into power. and do soon come into power. and do labour want to set a labour peers want to set a precedent whereby they vote down government legislation because they know the tories could be doing the same them in a few doing the same to them in a few months time? >> okay, it's one to watch, olivia. we're going to have this throughout you're throughout the show. you're watching to gb watching and listening to gb news coming up, all the up news coming up, all the build up to minister the to the prime minister facing the pubuc on to the prime minister facing the public on gb news this public live on gb news this evening, p.m. public live on gb news this evening, pm. on people's evening, 8 pm. on the people's forum. facing music, forum. rishi facing the music, facing martin daubney facing you. i'm martin daubney on britain's news on gb news. britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello again alex burkill here with your latest gb news, weather forecast, a bit breezy with some showers as we go through the rest of today, but into tomorrow we have some wet and windy weather on the way because of an area of low pressure that's currently just to the southwest of us at the

moment, though, we are under the influence of a low just to the northwest the uk and this is northwest of the uk and this is bringing some blustery, breezy conditions a few conditions and also quite a few showers initially parts showers initially across parts of northern ireland. >> but showery outbreaks >> but the showery outbreaks will parts of will feed across parts of england as go england and wales as we go through night well. some through the night as well. some clear skies in between any showery though. showery outbreaks, though. as a result, temperatures will take a little of and so little bit of a dip and so across northern parts in particular, likely to a particular, likely to see a bit of a frost also some patchy of a frost and also some patchy ice to watch out for. first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise go through otherwise as we go through tomorrow, and windy tomorrow, it's wet and windy weather from weather pushing up from the southwest we to watch southwest that we need to watch out so a pretty start out for. so a pretty wet start across many of southwest across many parts of southwest england wales. two that rain england and wales. two that rain then to feed further then continuing to feed further northeastwards we go through northeastwards as we go through the day. so most places seeing some rain for a time and that rain could be quite heavy with some blustery winds in some strong blustery winds in association with it though, we are see some milder air are going to see some milder air coming temperatures coming in, so temperatures peaking possibly 14 peaking around 13, possibly 14 celsius southwest . the celsius in the southwest. the unsettled thing continues as we go into wednesday. for much of the uk, further outbreaks of

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>> good afternoon and a very happy monday to you . it's 4 pm. happy monday to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show , in the uk. on today's show, in the first big election event of the year tonight, gb news are hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister, rishi sunak will take questions from you in our audience and will also have the build up all the way throughout the show to this

spectacular exclusive event , and spectacular exclusive event, and a stark warning from the defence secretary, grant shapps, who says awoke an extremist agenda has infiltrated our armed forces and that they need to focus on being a lethal fighting force . being a lethal fighting force. and all of the reaction to this through out the show, plus we reveal the number of people on board the bibby stockholm migrant barge who are converting miraculously to christianity. is it to try and boost their chances of remaining in the uk? well, i'm no sherlock holmes, but i'd say it is. and that's all coming up in your next hour. thanks for joining all coming up in your next hour. thanks forjoining me on the thanks for joining me on the show, as usual. i'd love to hear from you. please send me all of your views gbviews@gbnews.com. now throughout show today now throughout the show today i'm you what would you i'm asking you what would you like to prime minister rishi like to ask prime minister rishi sunak? of course, this is the head of the people's forum events. we've had hundreds and

hundreds come in far. it's hundreds come in so far. it's got to say, some of them are got to be, say, some of them are quite spicy. here's one from paul quite spicy. here's one from paul. simply says this paul. paul simply says this why on earth rishi, haven't we left the european court of human rights? surely we can do our own version and do it better. and instead of paying france to escort illegal migrants to our shores, we need to sanction them for the illegal escorts . strong for the illegal escorts. strong words there from paul . keep words there from paul. keep yours coming in throughout the show . but before that, it's time show. but before that, it's time for your latest headlines for your latest news headlines with middlehurst . martin. with polly middlehurst. martin. >> thank you and good afternoon. well, the prime minister's been defending his government's action on economy, insisting action on the economy, insisting it's now turned a corner during a visit to yorkshire today , he a visit to yorkshire today, he acknowledged it has been a difficult few years for households. data published later this week will show whether or not the uk has slipped into a technical recession. rishi sunak didn't say whether that would end the prospect of tax cuts.

>> have been undoubtedly difficult for the country and the economy. recovering from covid, the war in ukraine, impact on energy bills but at the start of this year, i really believe that the economy has turned a corner and we're heading in the right direction. you can see inflation has come down from 11% to 4. mortgage rates are starting to come down. wages have been rising consistently of the consistently now because of the economic circumstances are improving. been able to improving. we've been able to cut taxes . cut taxes. >> meanwhile, the prime minister is safety of rwanda bill has returned to the house of lords today, where it faces some considerable opposition. a joint committee , made up of mps and committee, made up of mps and peers says the law is fundamentally incompatible with the uk's human rights obligations. the uk's human rights obugafions.the the uk's human rights obligations. the house of lords will be voting on a series of amendments designed to weaken rishi sunak legislation to deport asylum seekers to the east african nation . meanwhile, east african nation. meanwhile, two suspected migrants have been caught entering the country illegally by hiding on a school

bus . police were called when the bus. police were called when the men thought to be in their 20s, were found in the lower luggage compartment of the coach on the return leg of the journey to southampton from france . it's southampton from france. it's understood one of the men tried to run away but was stopped by parents waiting pick up their parents waiting to pick up their children . the double child children. the double child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork has been granted a new parole hearing. he successfully challenged a decision in december which ruled he should be kept in prison. pitchfork was jailed for life for a minimum tum to serve of 30 years, which was reduced to 28 for raping and strangling 15 year olds. lynda mann and dawn ashworth . in the mann and dawn ashworth. in the 80s, the justice secretary, alex chalk, is seeking an urgent meeting with the parole board following the decision to reconsider his case. this the foreign secretary, says israel should stop and think seriously before taking further action in the south of gaza . his comments the south of gaza. his comments came after israeli forces

rescued two hostages during a raid in rafah. fernando maman and lewis hare were among more than 200 people kidnapped in october last year. the operation to free them was coordinated with air strikes. the hamas run health ministry says 67 palestinians were killed . palestinians were killed. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says pressure will continue until there's total victory against hamas. both the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and lord cameron have both voiced their concern, warns about the prospect of a military offensive in rafah . offensive in rafah. >> we are very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. but above all, what we want is an immediate pause in the fighting and we want that pause to lead to a ceasefire, to a sustainable ceasefire , without a sustainable ceasefire, without a sustainable ceasefire, without a return to further fighting. that's what should happen now. we need to get those hostages out, including the british nationals. we need to get the aid in the best way to do that

is stop the fighting now and turn that into a permanent, sustainable ceasefire. cameron >> well, the uk has sanctioned four extremist israeli settlers for attacking palestinians in the west bank. the foreign office says financial and travel restrictions have been imposed for abuse of human rights. lord cameron says forcing palestinians off land that is rightfully theirs is illegal and unacceptable . here plans to unacceptable. here plans to block bonuses for water polluting company bosses don't go far enough, with labour now calling for even tougher measures. see executives from five of the 11 firms were given more than £26 million in bonuses over the last four years. even when there were sewage spills, the regulator, ofwat, will launch a consultation on the proposed ban earlier later on this year . proposed ban earlier later on this year. the shadow minister, nick thomas—symonds, says the government does need to consider criminal charges now against

repeat offenders . repeat offenders. >> this is an extraordinarily serious matter and i think the government could go still further . we need government could go still further. we need that, uh, for example, where there are executives who are persistently involved in the very worst breaches , there should, in our breaches, there should, in our view, be, uh, criminal sanctions . and we do also need to have that really strong regime , every that really strong regime, every single outlet being appropriately, uh, and monitored , uh, for pollution . now a royal , uh, for pollution. now a royal navy aircraft carrier, hms prince of wales, has left portsmouth , portsmouth harbour portsmouth, portsmouth harbour following a failed attempt at the weekend. >> the £3 billion warship is now on its way to norway to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. it was due to set off yesterday, but no reason was given for the last minute delay. it was called into action a week ago after hms queen elizabeth was forced to cancelits queen elizabeth was forced to cancel its deployment because of a problem with a propeller for

the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . alerts. >> thank you pauline. now let's get stuck into today's show because in the first big election event of the year tonight, gb news is hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister, rishi sunak will join our very own stephen dixon and take questions from you, the great british public in our audience . and ahead of tonight, audience. and ahead of tonight, here's what rishi sunak has to say . say. >> hi rishi here as prime minister i'm focussed on delivering your priorities . so delivering your priorities. so tonight i'll be on the road to join gb news for a special people's forum where i'll be taking questions from a live audience about the issues that really matter to you the economy, immigration on the nhs. see you there .

see you there. >> superb stuff and only a matter of hours away . so what matter of hours away. so what can we expect to hear from the prime minister tonight? well, joining us now is our political edhon joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope. chris, i've got that feeling ahead of a big boxing match. get big boxing match. let's get ready to rumble. what can the prime expect of the prime minister expect of the gloves to come off from gloves going to come off from the audience ? the gb news audience? >> well, that's right martin. well, the answer is we don't actually know the pm in that clip said there the once he makes he expecting questions on the immigration and the the economy, immigration and the nhs or anything else. and that's the truth of it could be anything else could be asked of the pm. but we know there are two microphones in the room. he'll the middle, um, he'll stand in the middle, um, somewhere in county durham. somewhere here in county durham. answer questions take answer the questions and take his chances . 8 to 9 pm. live on his chances. 8 to 9 pm. live on gb news earlier in the last houn gb news earlier in the last hour, we had chris lloyd, who's a political, um , commentator for a political, um, commentator for the northern echo newspaper. he

talked about dentistry being a very big issue, levelling up funds. why can't the councils here get more money? or in fact any money from central government? so lots of big issues to be raised. i think with the prime minister, i think clearly number 10 think there's nothing to lose here. there are 20 points or so behind in the polls. they want to try and show off the rishi sunak they see in private, the one who's quite relaxed. keen relaxed. he's quite a keen tax cutter. when allowed by the economy, by economic economy, by the economic circumstance. his to deal circumstance. his wants to deal with small boats. they want to try that passionate try and get that passionate rishi behind the scenes, who often we see because he's often we don't see because he's in of bit of a punching, in a kind of bit of a punching, a punching battle with a journalist or two to show that off so we have this off to people. so we have this event tonight, the first of its kind in the uk. hopefully many more election year sukh . herb more in election year sukh. herb and chris, we've had many, many questions come in to us here at the studio . the studio. >> so a lot of people want to talk about about immigration. i have to say about 80% of the

questions, chris, are on immigration and asylum. are you expecting to get the same kind of feedback on the ground there up north? people very, very passionate about this topic. >> yeah, they are . and of course >> yeah, they are. and of course immigration is two issues, isn't it? it's net migration. why did 744,000 come here in the last calendar year? how is that happening ? um, and then also the happening? um, and then also the issue of illegal migration we saw earlier olivia utley telling us about the, the, the hearings in the house of lords, the committee committee of the whole house hearings, when the peers are trying to water down an attempt sunak to control attempt by mr sunak to control illegal migration, currently running around 30,000 a year, coming across the channel into southern england that is almost a symbolic issue. i think for many people it's not lot of many people it's not a lot of people, if they can't people, but if they can't control border properly, control the border properly, well, of the well, what's the point of the tory government half the time? >> chris, also of >> and chris, also lots of questions here pensioners , questions here about pensioners, pensioners feeling hard done by.

is that echoing what you're heanng is that echoing what you're hearing on the ground as well? there too? >> yeah, pensions of course they did benefit from this triple lock. they're getting quite a big, big increase in the state pension. but other costs are going up at the same time. and that's that's the thing with with inflation, often the pension keep when pension won't keep pace when some the economy. and some areas of the economy. and that's a concern also that's why it's a concern also cares cost of care and cares about the cost of care and who's after our who's looking after our pensioners. yeah that's pensioners. so yeah that's definitely that's definitely an issue. and that's an issue which tories an issue which the tories particularly care about historically . as people historically. as people get older, are likely to older, they are more likely to vote and that's vote conservative. and that's why think the party why many think the tory party has protecting the state has been protecting the state pension so long. and we pension for so long. and we expect that more in this manifesto when the tories pubush manifesto when the tories publish it later this year. we are election. martin are expecting election. martin later this year. so we are the election channel at gb news. and to is the beginning of to tonight is the beginning of that long to ballot box. >> absolutely . chris hope, thank >> absolutely. chris hope, thank you for us live from you for joining us live from county durham is going to be a huge, huge event. the gloves are going to come off and hopefully rishi is going to be ready to

rumble and face the great british public. superb event on gb news. 8 pm. an exclusive now defence secretary grant shapps has said that the army's time and resources are being wasted to promote a political agenda as he holds crisis talks with military chiefs after reports suggest that they want to relax, securing checks to increase diverse pretty well. he said that a woke and extremist culture has infiltrated our armed forces, and that the british army needs to focus on being a lethal fighting force . being a lethal fighting force. this seems like common sense to me . while minister of state for me. while minister of state for security has also weighed in, saying that the british armed forces have one purpose, and thatis forces have one purpose, and that is to defend the british people and bring death to the king's enemies. well, on that point, i can now speak with the former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt , lord lord richard dannatt, lord dannatt, thank you for joining us on the show. um and thank you. a man of your experience and calibre , highly decorated.

and calibre, highly decorated. mick for 40 years of esteemed service. when you look back on what the army used to be and now lord dannatt , we see we have 93 lord dannatt, we see we have 93 different die versity networks in the armed forces, ten separate bodies for gender issues. and yet we have zero functioning aircraft carriers , functioning aircraft carriers, the smallest army since the napoleonic times, the smallest raf since it was launched in world war one. and so few sailors were scrapping ships. my question to you, lord dannatt, is simple have we completely lost the plot? >> well , you lost the plot? >> well, you give a very interesting and colourful introduction there, martin. um, and then ask a very simple question. no, i don't think we have lost the plot . and by we i have lost the plot. and by we i mean that i don't think the generals, the admirals , the air generals, the admirals, the air marshals, the soldiers, sailors , marshals, the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have lost the plot. i think that there has been some plot losing going on somewhere deep in the dungeons ,

somewhere deep in the dungeons, dungeons of the ministry of defence . i think there has been defence. i think there has been too much of an assimilation of some of the pressures in our wider society that has caused people to introduce policies that, frankly , cut against what that, frankly, cut against what the armed forces stand for. um, as you alluded to in your introduction, what we really needin introduction, what we really need in this country is determined men and women who are to prepared take the king's shilling to put on uniform, to go through exhaustive training and be willing to lay their lives down on the line on behalf of the people of this country. that's what this country needs, what we need to recognise is, yes, there are challenges in recruitment. yes there is a sufficient, uh, defence budget, but that should not be allowed to translate into an undermining of the morale and the purpose and determination of our people . and determination of our people. >> so, lord dannatt , if the >> so, lord dannatt, if the service is being undermined from within, who's doing that? you say it's not the armed forces themselves. who is it? is it

external groups? is it the likes of the stone walls? who is it? well i think this starts from the top. >> p- the top. >> the top p- the top. >> the top i mean the >> and by the top i mean the secretary of state for defence. and that's why i think grant shapps now these shapps having now had these things pointed out him things pointed out to him suddenly realised , suddenly with alarm, realised, is there is stuff going on is that there is stuff going on in the ministry of defence over which his predecessors which he and his predecessors and other ministerial team have not had control. and i'm perfectly satisfied that the service chiefs wouldn't be behind this themselves either. so it's people trying , believing so it's people trying, believing they're trying to do the right thing to introduce policies to make the armed forces more accepting of all kinds of minority interests. but what that does is when it's all added together , is start to undermine together, is start to undermine the fighting ethos of the armed forces. and that's what i'm really glad that a letter , uh, really glad that a letter, uh, signed by a number of ex—service chiefs over the weekend has caused a really big stir. that's that's prompted the secretary of

state for defence, grant shapps now to say, i really want to look into this. frankly, he and his predecessor should have looked at it before more and get this sorted out. what we need is fighting men and women who can look after the best interests of this with a defence this country with a defence budget large enough budget that's large enough to give the ships, aircraft, give us the ships, aircraft, armoured fighting vehicles and all the rest that we absolutely need. >> and there's an intimation there lord dannatt that grant shapps has been asleep at the wheel. >> well, give him his due. he hasn't been at the wheel very long at, and he's had an awful lot of other things to focus on. not the least of which is the situation in the middle east and the situation in ukraine. but now had this pointed out to now he's had this pointed out to him, and he has been made to wake up about this wokery. let's give chance to get stuck give him the chance to get stuck in and get sorted out . he in and get this sorted out. he needs to get it sorted out with the his ministerial team the help of his ministerial team and with the chiefs of staff. >> do you think maybe that's wishful dannatt wishful thinking? lord dannatt the mindset, the same woke the same mindset, the same woke mindset seems to have infested

the british police forces. the fire services , the home office fire services, the home office almost every major british institution now seems to have signed up to this new religion. almost. have we gone too far, or are we at a stage where this endless drive for diversity is just actually putting people off? being recruits in the first place? why are working class men and women are majority fought? most of our wars historically . most of our wars historically. now they're kind of filtered out by the irf. they treated like part of the problem, and it seems the only people who are welcome are those who tick the diversity boxes as well. >> again, paint a picture >> again, you paint a picture that, um, is pretty disagreeable to look at, and i think it's absolutely where we should not be. um there are forces at be. um there are many forces at work in our wider civilian society , and that's changed the society, and that's changed the nature of the british population . we've been pretty accommodating to legal migration . and now we have to accept some illegal migration. we've been pretty tolerant to the perfectly reasonably to other religions

and other social pressures. but when that translates into a different kind of community in the civilian world, that might be acceptable. but in the military world where you are really putting people on the line to put their lives on the line, to fight for what matters in this country, then i think the military have a right to be different. the military have a right move more slowly on right to move more slowly on these to make sure these issues and to make sure that, yes , they argue have that, yes, they argue to have the right equipment, the right pay, the right equipment, the right pay, right numbers people pay, the right numbers of people to able to play our part in to be able to play our part in the security of this country. and our as a strong and play our part as a strong nato member. and that's why nato is so important to be backing ukraine, to face down russia . ukraine, to face down russia. much more important, dare i say, than the situation that's going on in the middle east, however alarming that what really alarming that is what really matters us is our security in matters to us is our security in europe supporting the europe and supporting the ukrainians to face down the russians in all our interests and lord dannatt on that point of nato membership, or actually the percentage of gdp that we're

paying the percentage of gdp that we're paying and britain pulls its weight. >> donald trump has waded in, um, shining a light on the fact that many european countries and the canadians and others aren't paying the canadians and others aren't paying their fair share . and in paying their fair share. and in that respect, he he made some rather colourful comments about the vulnerability of nato with regard to vladimir putin. do you think he's helped to kick start a conversation in a productive manner, or do you think his words are not helpful at all? >> well, he certainly kick started or kicked along a conversation. the trouble is, with donald trump, in my humble view , is that he has view, is that he has a remarkable ability to overstate his case. um, yes. he's well known for urging nato members to contribute at least 2% of their national wealth per year to their defence. uh, many countries do. we do many countries do. we do many countries don't . and they countries don't. and they should. um, but come back more narrowly. 2% is a minimum that should be spent by countries. uh, on their defence as part of the nato requirement. but in as

far as this country is concerned, with its wider responsibilities , we should be responsibilities, we should be spending 2.5, probably 3. and actually, i could make the case to go even further than that, because the world is a very insecure place at the present moment. the price of deterring further aggression is high, but the price of fighting a bloody war is disastrous. just one more fact. in 1935, when faced by aggression from hitler, we were spending just less than 3% on our defence by 1939, when the war began, it was 18, and by 1940, when we were fighting for our very survival , it 1940, when we were fighting for our very survival, it was 46. that's the disastrous price of trying to pay for a war, paying for a deterrent is expensive, but actually it's cheap in comparison. >> excellent points. well made. thank you so much for joining >> excellent points. well made. thank you so much forjoining us today. former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt. thank you so much for your excellent stuff . now your time. excellent stuff. now we'll have lots more on that story. it's 5:00 and there's

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>> only three. yeah. and he's cutting down because he normally has four. you're listening to gb news radio . news radio. >> welcome back. it's 426. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gb news now the israeli military said overnight that it had rescued two hostages from rafah in the south of gaza, after a special forces raid. the operation was launched alongside a wave of

airstrikes which killed dozens . airstrikes which killed dozens. and it comes after warnings from global leaders over israel's planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 planned offensive in the city, where1.5 million planned offensive in the city, where 1.5 million people are currently sheltering , while currently sheltering, while reporter charlie peters joins us now in the studio for the late wokeist charlie precarious situation once again in gaza. what's the latest? well this is being received as a great success for israel. >> this is just the second time that they've managed to recover hostages through direct military action. it brings the number of hostages rescued to 113, of which just three have been recovered through military intervention. this raid last night took place in what the israelis say was a busy civilian neighbourhood in central rafah, in an apartment on the second floor in the centre, where two men, aged 60 and 70, were recovered. they're now receiving medical attention in the sheba medical attention in the sheba medical centre, just east of tel aviv, in the centre of the country. but as you said,

martin, that rescue operation, led by special forces took place under the cover of airstrikes . under the cover of airstrikes. at least 67 people killed, according to the hamas run health ministry, after the israeli said they were targeting significant targets within rafah. now, some 1.5 million people have fled there since the conflict began. there is just one evacuation route available for people to get down there. many of them have fled from several different towns on on several different towns on on several different towns on on several different occasions to reach the relative safety of rafah. now this morning, the foreign secretary, lord cameron, said that israel now needed to take a moment to stop and think about its next action as it considers a ground offensive , considers a ground offensive, very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. >> but above all, what we want is an immediate pause in the fighting, and we want that pause

to lead to a ceasefire, a sustainable ceasefire , without a sustainable ceasefire, without a return to the further fighting. that's what should happen now. we need to get those hostages out, including the british nationals. we need to get the aid in the best way to do that is stop the fighting now and turn that into a permanent, sustainable ceasefire >> well, lord cameron also said that those in rafah had nowhere to go. they couldn't go north where homes have been destroyed and they can't go south into egypt' and they can't go south into egypt, which would be considered a red line for arab leaders in the region . but at the same the region. but at the same time, those comments come as us president joe biden has warned that any further invasion into rafah through a ground offensive would be a disaster. this afternoon, josep borrell, the eu's top diplomat, made a thinly veiled reference to wards. the american approach , saying if you american approach, saying if you think that too many civilians are being killed , perhaps you are being killed, perhaps you should supply fewer weapons to the region . well, also today

the region. well, also today a dutch court, an appeals court there has ordered the government to stop supplying parts to israel's f—35 fighter jets amid concerns that they could be used to breach into national law. for its part , israel says its its part, israel says its campaign must continue if it wants total victory. in the words of benjamin netanyahu, then it must destroy the four hamas battalions, local within rafah. that ground invasion is not imminent, but it is likely excellent . excellent. >> so thank you. superb summary. there charlie peters, thank you. as ever, the situation in gaza explained with clarity. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and we reveal how a growing number of people on the bibby stockholm home barge are converting miraculously to christianity and we're asking this should it be allowed to help them stay in the uk today? but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . the top stories

middlehurst. the top stories this hour. >> the prime minister has been defending his government's action on the economy, insisting it has now turned a corner dunng it has now turned a corner during a visit to yorkshire today , he acknowledged it has today, he acknowledged it has been a difficult few years for households. data are published later this week will show whether or not the uk has supped whether or not the uk has slipped into a recession. the prime minister didn't say whether that would end the prospect of further tax cuts . prospect of further tax cuts. two suspected migrants have reportedly been caught entering the country illegally by hiding on a school bus . police were on a school bus. police were called when the men , thought to called when the men, thought to be in their 20s, were found in the compartment on a the luggage compartment on a return trip southampton from return trip to southampton from france . it's understood one of france. it's understood one of the men tried to run away but was stopped by parents waiting to their children and to pick up their children and plans to block bonuses for water polluting company bosses don't go far enough . labour is calling go far enough. labour is calling for tougher measures , it says. for tougher measures, it says. senior executives from five of the 11 firms were given more than £26 million in bonuses over the last four years, even when

they were sewage spills. the regulator, ofwat , says it's regulator, ofwat, says it's going to launch a consultation on the proposed ban later this year and the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales has left portsmouth harbour following a failed attempt at the weekend. the £3 billion ship is now heading towards norway to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. it was due to set off yesterday, but no reason was given for the last minute delay for the latest news stories do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> thank you. poorly. now still to come before 5:00. what can be done to harness brexit freedoms to boost britain's farming industry? well, we'll hear what a new campaign wants from the government. the best of british. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back for 35. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now how has enough been done to harness post—brexit freedoms to boost british farming ? well, the british farming? well, the conservative environment network has produced a list of ways the government could reward and encourage, sustain farming amongst the areas where the manifesto encourages action or strengthening financial incentives. building fairer food markets for sustainable produce and cutting planning red tape . and cutting planning red tape. well tell us more is nature programme manager at the conservative environment network and the author of this manifesto, jordan lee, thank you very much for popping in to see us. i love this source of support british farming support british industry but is this a bit overdue ? we're seeing bit overdue? we're seeing

revolts on the continent. the french , the dutch, the germans . french, the dutch, the germans. putting on on their region, getting into towns and cities, demanding action on british farmers need more support. what's your plan? >> well, let's look at the difference between what's happening in the eu and in the uk. currently in the uk, we don't have farmers blocking the streets. we don't have slurry being at public buildings being thrown at public buildings . isn't . trafalgar square isn't cordoned off at the moment and i think that's because of brexit. it's because we've taken a different approach to the eu . in different approach to the eu. in the eu, what we've seen is top down punitive taxes and diktat being issued from brussels across the 27 member states in the uk. we've done things differently. we have a new post—brexit farm support scheme, the environmental land management schemes. and rather than punishing farmers, we're taking them with us. they're being encouraged to do the right thing so you can receive payments for adopting more sustainable farming practices. doing the right and doing the right thing. and i think that's the right approach. there's obviously more we can do, we're on the

do, but i think we're on the right track. >> hear a lot. it speak to >> we hear a lot. it speak to a lot of farmers on this show. jordan and a lot of them complain as well about the big supermarket and their supermarket markets and their margins squeezed. supermarket markets and their margins sadly, eezed. supermarket markets and their margins sadly, to zed. supermarket markets and their margins sadly, to the extent oftentimes, sadly, to the extent where are thinking about where people are thinking about getting the farming getting out of the farming industry altogether, particularly around meat and dairy , what can be done in that dairy, what can be done in that respect to lobby the big supermarkets to make sure that british farmers get a fair bang for their buck, and a good living wage? i agree this is a huge problem . huge problem. >> recent research from sustain found that farmers take home just 1% of the profit from across the food supply chain from what they sell , so from what they sell, so obviously that's unfair. obviously that needs changing. something we recognise in this report and again, sorry to keep banging on about brexit. please do the freedoms we have as a result the agriculture act result of the agriculture act passed 2020, have powers passed in 2020, we have powers to intervene in the supply chains. so this means longer terms, contracts for farmers so they have more financial certainty . we um we also want to certainty. we um we also want to see more power to the regulator

so that supermarkets pay farmers what they agreed on the time that they agreed as well. so that's something else we're pushing in this report. pushing for in this report. >> one thing jeremy >> one thing that jeremy clarkson, course, who's clarkson, of course, who's become of radical, become something of a radical, who um, for who would have thought, um, for farmers, , um, farmers, he constantly, um, exposes the red tape, the bureaucracy , the kind of bureaucracy, the kind of pointless paperwork that farmers seem to get embroiled and tangled up in jordan . what more tangled up in jordan. what more can we do to help farmers just be able to farm? >> i agree completely, um, we it's been dubbed clarkson's clause in our manifesto here. so as we saw on clarkson's farm, it's incredibly difficult for farmers to get anything done to get anything built in this plan. what we're proposing are a few three key areas. the first is on farm shops. we believe, as millions do across the country, that more farmers should be able to sell more of their own produce. so we to see produce. so we want to see permitted development rights rolled farm shops to rolled out to farm shops to enable them to this. second enable them to do this. second is stores , not the is on slurry stores, not the sexiest of subjects, but these are important for are really important for improving water quality. the

government out government are handing out grants them built, but grants to get them built, but the planning system is stopping that from happening. so we're the planning system is stopping that frcmore ppening. so we're the planning system is stopping that frcmore needs g. so we're the planning system is stopping that frcmore needs g. be we're the planning system is stopping that frcmore needs g. be done. saying more needs to be done. there and finally, on glasshouses, think it's glasshouses, we think it's really that grow as really important that we grow as much and veg here the much fruit and veg here in the uk that we can. so again, we want farmers being want to see the farmers being given tools to be able to do given the tools to be able to do so and that absolutely makes sense know, that sense because you know, that allows to more stuff allows us to grow more stuff before makes before season and it makes us less reliant importing stuff less reliant on importing stuff from the continent. >> i agree completely. >> i agree completely. >> um, and, you know, it's all about boosting farmers finances in securing up our in this report, securing up our food security, making ourselves more independent. um, in the wake of the invasion of ukraine, of saw how important of course, we saw how important this is. and it's also there's an environmental benefit to all of this, too. >> and a detail that leapt out at cut inheritance tax on at me cut inheritance tax on farms . and because that farms. and because that presumably means that farmers can't afford to keep their land because of the tax. and so they're having to sell on, which puts the family business in peril. >> exactly. we've got a really bizarre situation at the moment where land entered into the

environmental land management scheme. where nature is scheme. so where more nature is protected on land isn't , protected on this land isn't, uh, is subject to inheritance tax, whereas productive farmland at the moment is subject to inheritance tax. we think that's an imbalance there, particularly if in the wake of brexit, we're going to rely on farmers doing the right thing, adopting more sustainable practices in order to receive state subsidy. there's perverse incentive there's a perverse incentive here in the tax system to avoid that. here in the tax system to avoid that . so we're here in the tax system to avoid that. so we're just calling for a of fairness in the system. a bit of fairness in the system. >> well, jordan lee, conservative environment network, that's the sort of stuff we want hear positive stuff we want to hear positive stuff we want to hear positive stuff british farmers giving stuff for british farmers giving them giving them the them a leg up, giving them the help post brexit. let's dig for britain . let's be less reliant britain. let's be less reliant on importing stuff from halfway around let's give around the world. let's give more profit to our farmers, allow them fair crack of the allow them a fair crack of the whip. that's what we want. that's what this channel stands for. thank you very much. excellent stuff. now, still to for. thank you very much. excellehowtuff. now, still to for. thank you very much. excellehow manyow, still to for. thank you very much. excellehow many illegall to for. thank you very much. excellehow many illegal migrants come, how many illegal migrants are converting magically to christianity in order to boost their chances staying the their chances of staying in the uk ? well, we'll the

uk? well, we'll have the shocking revelations next on martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel .

radio. >> welcome back . it's 445. >> welcome back. it's 445. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, the people of portland in dorset calling on the government to take religion out of any consideration around asylum claims. and this comes after it was revealed that 1 in 10 residents of the bibby stockholm are now regularly attending church services and are even magically converting to christianity in record numbers , christianity in record numbers, and the issue has been thrown into sharp relief. of course, after it emerged that the clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedl clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi, who was allowed to stay in the country when a priest allegedly confirmed that he had converted to christianity, now southwest of england reporter

jeff moody has this story . jeff moody has this story. >> in an age where attendance at church is at its lowest ever , church is at its lowest ever, the weymouth baptist church is bucking the trend. sunday services are packed with residents from the bibby stockholm driven out of the 300 asylum seekers that are currently on board the bibby stockholm around 30 of them. that's 1 in 10 stockholm around 30 of them. that's1 in 10 attend church that's 1 in 10 attend church services here at the weymouth baptist church. so six of them were baptised last weekend alone. a conversion rate that's almost biblical in scale, or a cynical ploy to help their asylum claims. cynical ploy to help their asylum claims . the people of asylum claims. the people of portland think the latter. martin summers is petitioning the government to take issues of religion off the table when it comes to asylum . comes to asylum. >> we are a multicultural country . we welcome all sorts of country. we welcome all sorts of religions . it shouldn't be a religions. it shouldn't be a considering at all as to what religion they are. >> father david palmer is a catholic priest. he thinks it's

wrong to blame the church for these conversions. i mean , these conversions. i mean, ultimately the home office is theirjob. their job. >> it's not the job of the church to say, we think this person should or shouldn't stay , person should or shouldn't stay, um, in this country. >> in a statement, weymouth baptist church told gb news nearly all the men with whom we have contact became christians in their native country , all of in their native country, all of which are known to be hostile to the christian faith . it is in no the christian faith. it is in no one's interests to have bogus baptisms for such baptisms would compromise the integrity of the church, would discredit the gospel we preach , and worse, gospel we preach, and worse, would dishonour the name of christ. but gb news has learned that some residents of the bbc home have been told their asylum claims are unlikely to be successful , and portlander successful, and portlander martin summers believes this could be dangerous. some of these men may have to go back to their own country, whereby christianity is persecute , and christianity is persecute, and so is the christian church. >> happy that effectively they

could be sending these men back to persecution . they could to persecution. they could possibly have blood on their hands. >> it's a complex issue . doctor >> it's a complex issue. doctor gavin ashenden is an anglican bishop and former chaplain to the late queen. >> the problem then develops when the state decides that becoming a christian or the criteria of religion is going to be instrumental, instrumental in in asylum claims, in immigration claims . claims. >> but having done that, it doesn't take the trouble to work out what becoming a christian means or how you can test that in last week's pmqs, tory mp tim lawton launched an attack on the archbishop of canterbury. >> can i ask the prime minister, given that the church of england has now issued secret guidance for supporting asylum for clergy supporting asylum applicants for these damascene conversion ? who is the church conversion? who is the church accountable to and our taxpayers being scammed by the archbishop ? being scammed by the archbishop? >> the archbishop has hit back, saying it's the job of the

government to protect our borders and of the courts to judge asylum cases . the church judge asylum cases. the church is called to love, mercy and do justice. three bodies, three distinct roles the home office now says it will launch an investigation into those roles. meanwhile the residents of the bibby stockholm find themselves in the eye of yet another storm. jeff moody, gb news. >> well, that's a thought provoking package once again there from jeff moody, who's been covering this story since the very, very beginning in portland in dorset and asks huge, huge questions about the institutions of this country and who they represent . if the who they represent. if the church now represents those coming to our country and we don't want to risk their safety, well, what about the safety of britons and these miraculous conversions that seem to be continuing apace? abdul ezedi miraculously became a christian at after failing to get asylum twice. his third attempt. he was

successful and then went on to commit allegedly this heinous crime of throwing alkali in a woman and children's faces . we woman and children's faces. we had a situation last week , the had a situation last week, the reverend matthew firth called this a veritable industry and he said, probably thousands of cases of this happening, a conveyor belt , as he puts cases of this happening, a conveyor belt, as he puts it, a conveyor belt, as he puts it, a conveyor belt, as he puts it, a conveyor belt of people coming to this country illegally using , to this country illegally using, um, using baptism as a way of staying the prey to stay racket . staying the prey to stay racket. it's being called and all the way along. where do the britons sit in this? what about our human rights? who stands up for them? increasingly it feels like it's not the church moving on now, are the police really doing all they can to stamp out violence and possibly dangerous protests ? well, the met have protests? well, the met have recently come under fire from the countryside alliance for not utilising appropriate measures to crack down on the removal of

face coverings, which of course impede charges being brought against violent and disruptive demonstrators . well, join me now demonstrators. well, join me now to look at this is polly portman from the countryside alliance. polly, thanks for joining us on the show . a fascinating article the show. a fascinating article in today's daily telegraph the reason i wanted to speak to you, polly, is that miraculously, the government seems to have come up with new legislation, £1,000 fines for those people who refuse to take off face coverings and yet the countryside alliance raises issue . about eight years ago, issue. about eight years ago, didn't you exactly . didn't you exactly. >> yes. we've been campaigning for years for the police to use their powers to remove face coverings and, you know, these intimidating tactics used by activists and extremists . and activists and extremists. and back in 2017, the criminal justice and public order act came in. so the police have got the powers. they just don't appear to be using them. >> yeah. and the reason that you guys brought this attention,

guys brought this to attention, of because the hunt of course, was because the hunt saboteur movement became more, um, more rebellious. and their tactics they were using full balaclavas, full face masks , balaclavas, full face masks, full disguises. and you found that it was giving them cover? of course , to act with impunity . of course, to act with impunity. and when you raise this, the at the conservative party conference in 2015, they said they were going to do something about it. but the point of the matter is they brought the new law in. and what you're saying is they've got bill, but the is they've got the bill, but the police have the will to police don't have the will to enforce it. >> well, that's right , enforce it. >> well, that's right, i mean, they have got the power. a senior officer just has to give verbal permission. previously they had to give written permission. they've got give permission. they've got to give verbal can verbal permission and they can remove coverings and remove these face coverings. and we them use these we just urge them to use these powers. they letting down powers. they are letting down the countryside. they're letting down also so it's, down people, but also so it's, um, difficult for the um, it's difficult for the police if they don't use the powers already got. powers they've already got. >> and when you see this new bill from the >> and when you see this new bill you from the >> and when you see this new bill you must from the >> and when you see this new bill you must have from the >> and when you see this new bill you must have a from the >> and when you see this new bill you must have a huge the >> and when you see this new bill you must have a huge sense fact you must have a huge sense of deja vu, it's groundhog day

once again. they're promising to do what they promised do do what they promised to do all those ago. policing, those years ago. but policing, of course, has moved on. people are more critical of policing now, polly, than even back in the day when you guys were getting through, do getting this force through, do you police have got you think the police have got the will to do anything about this now, particularly when we see standing see them standing aside when palestinian climb him palestinian protesters climb him on memorials and act with on war memorials and act with impunity ? impunity? >> just think they have >> well, i just think they have got to have the confidence to use their laws. they are there for a reason . and, you know, for a reason. and, you know, they've been in for they've been in place for however many years since 2017. and to remind to and we need to remind them to use them. >> what does that look like, >> and what does that look like, though, because they have the power to verbally ask to power now to verbally ask to request protesters to remove face coverings . we're seeing face coverings. we're seeing pictures on screen now. polly of some of those demonstrations at war memorials in central london. i went to some of them myself and even at the cenotaph, these individuals had full face coverings. the police did absolutely nothing, even when armed army veterans forces veterans were imploring them to

do something about it, they simply did nothing . simply did nothing. >> well, it's pretty incompetent of the police. if they're not going to use the powers they've got, you know, the country is urging them to take action over these extremists . it's not just these extremists. it's not just in the country side where grouse shoots are targeted or trail hunting. as you can see, we've got these images coming on the screen now. and, you know, the will of the countryside is to get the will of the country is to take action against these people. literally people. they are literally abused. they are using abused. the law, they are using it to hide their identity . and it to hide their identity. and it's it to hide their identity. and wsfime it to hide their identity. and it's time we took action. >> absolutely. thank you so much for joining us. that's polly forjoining us. that's polly portwenn from the countryside alliance. you for joining alliance. thank you for joining us. resplendent your us. looking resplendent in your marvellous hat there. but it's fair to say that you guys have made her embarrass her, that those guys were saying this eight years ago. in fact , they eight years ago. in fact, they got legislation put through eight years ago and it's almost a carbon copy of the new legislation. a thousand £1,000 fines, the power to actually

enforce this trouble is none of it happened then. and do we think any of it will happen now? now there's a big feeling of deja vu. now you're watching and listen to gb news and coming up, all the build up to the prime minister facing the public live on news evening . what on gb news this evening. what would like to ask i've would you like to ask him? i've had of questions come had hundreds of questions come in . please continue in so far. please continue to send them in and i'll read out the ones. after this. i'm the best ones. after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again, alex burkill here with your latest gb news, weather forecast just a bit breezy with some showers as we go through the rest of today, but into tomorrow we have some wet and windy weather way wet and windy weather on the way because area of low because of an area of low pressure that's currently just to the southwest of us. at the moment under the moment though, we are under the influence of just to the influence of a low just to the northwest the this is

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gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 5 pm. happy monday and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. coming up in the first big election event of the year tonight at gb news are hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister rishi sunak will take questions from you and our audience and we'll have all the build up in our final hour. next, a stark warning from the defence secretary, grant shapps,

who says a woke and extremist agenda has infiltrate our armed forces and that they need to focus on being a lethal fighting force . plus, sir keir starmer force. plus, sir keir starmer faces growing pressure for standing by the labour candidate in the rochdale by—election. azhar ali, who was forced to apologise after saying that israel allowed the october 7th hamas terrorist attacks to happenin hamas terrorist attacks to happen in order to justify its invasion of gaza. and that's all coming up in your next hour. invasion of gaza. and that's all coming up in your next hour . so coming up in your next hour. so thanks for joining me coming up in your next hour. so thanks forjoining me on the thanks for joining me on the show. and as usual, i'd love to hear from you. please email me all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. and the big question today is what would you ask the prime minister, rishi sunak? of course , at the sunak? of course, at the people's forum event tonight. i've had hundreds and hundreds of emails in and here's one i'll read out from catherine, who says this. i'd like to know why

rishi pay such a small amount of tax . and he's due to fiscal tax. and yet he's due to fiscal drag. nearly all pensioners are pulled into paying tax on very small pensions. well, there's catherine giving it straight. get in touch . send them in and get in touch. send them in and we'll read out some before the end of the show. but before that it's end of the show. but before that wsfime end of the show. but before that it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . and. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story this hour, the prime minister has been defending his government's action on the economy, insisting it is now turning a corner during a visit to yorkshire today , he to yorkshire today, he acknowledged it had been a difficult few years for households . data published later households. data published later this week will show whether or not uk has gone into not the uk has gone into recession. rishi sunak didn't say whether that would end the prospect of tax cuts , which have prospect of tax cuts, which have been undoubtedly difficult for the country and the economy recovering from covid. >> the war in ukraine, impact on energy bills. but at the start

of this year, i really believe that the economy has turned a corner and we're heading in the right direction. you can see inflation has come down from 11% to 4. mortgage rates are starting to come down. wages have been rising. consistent now because the economic because of the economic circumstances are improving. we've been able cut taxes . we've been able to cut taxes. >> rishi sunak well let's show you if you're watching on television these live scenes coming to from the upper coming to us from the upper chamber, of lords in chamber, the house of lords in westminster as the prime minister's safety of rwanda bill returns . and there, where it returns. and there, where it faces considerable opposition, a joint committee made up of mps and peers says the law is fundamentally incompatible with the uk's obligations on human rights. the house of lords will be voting today on a series of amendments designed to weaken rishi sunak's legislation to deport asylum seekers to the african nation. meanwhile, two suspected migrants have been caught entering the uk illegally by hiding on a school trip bus. police were called when the men,

thought to be in their 20s, were found in the luggage compartment of the coach on the return leg of the coach on the return leg of the coach on the return leg of the journey to southampton from france . it's understood one from france. it's understood one of the men tried to run away but was stopped by parents waiting to their children . to pick up their children. meanwhile, the double child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork has been granted a new parole hearing . he successfully parole hearing. he successfully challenged a decision in december which ruled he should be kept in prison . pitchfork was be kept in prison. pitchfork was jailed for life for a minimum time of 30 years, which was reduced to 28 for killing 15 year olds. lynda mann and dawn ashworth. in the 80s, justice secretary alex chalk is seeking an urgent meeting with the parole board following the decision to reconsider his case. the foreign secretary has said today israel should stop and think seriously before taking further action in the south of gaza. his comments came after israeli forces rescued two hostages during a raid in rafah.

fernando maman and lewis hare were among more than 200 people kidnapped in october last year. the operation to free them was coordinated with air strikes , coordinated with air strikes, the hamas run health ministry says 67 palestinians were killed . israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says the pressure will continue to, though, until there's total victory against hamas . both the victory against hamas. both the labour leader, sir keir starmer , labour leader, sir keir starmer, and lord cameron have voiced their concerns about the prospect of the military offensive. that's being planned for rafah . for rafah. >> we are very concerned about the situation and we want israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any further action. but above all, what we want is an immediate pause in the fighting and we want that pause to lead to a ceasefire , to pause to lead to a ceasefire, to a sustainable ceasefire , without a sustainable ceasefire, without a sustainable ceasefire, without a return to further fighting. that's what should happen now. we need to get those hostages out, including the british nationals . we need to get the nationals. we need to get the aid in the best way to do that is stop the fighting now and

turn into a permanent, turn that into a permanent, sustainable ceasefire . sustainable ceasefire. >> lord cameron well , the uk's >> lord cameron well, the uk's also announced four extremist israeli settlers for attacking palestinians in the west bank. the foreign office also says financial and travel restrictions have been imposed for abuses of human rights. lord cameron says forcing palestinians off the land that's rightfully theirs is illegal and unacceptable . plans to block unacceptable. plans to block bonuses for water polluting company bosses don't go far enough. labour says , and they're enough. labour says, and they're calling for tougher measures . calling for tougher measures. senior executives from five of the 11 firms were given more than £26 million in bonuses over the last four years, even when they were sewage spills, the regulator , off.what, is going to regulator, off.what, is going to launch a consultation on the proposed ban later this year, but the shadow minister, nick thomas—symonds, says the government needs to consider criminal charges against repeat offenders . offenders. >> this is an extraordinarily

serious matter and i think the government could go still further . we need government could go still further. we need that, uh, for example, where there are executives who are persistently involved in the very worst breaches , there should, in our breaches, there should, in our view , be criminal sanctions . and view, be criminal sanctions. and we do also need to have that really strong regime every single outlet being appropriately, uh, and monitored , uh, for pollution . , uh, for pollution. >> the royal navy aircraft carrier hms prince of wales has left portsmouth harbour following a failed attempt at the weekend. the £3 billion warship is now on its way to norway to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. it was due to set off yesterday, but no reason was given for the last minute delay . given for the last minute delay. it was called into action a week ago after hms queen elizabeth was forced to cancel its deployment because of a problem with a propeller. for the very latest news stories , do sign up latest news stories, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning

the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> thank you pauline. now let's get cracking. in the last hour of the show because in the first big election event of the year tonight, gb news is hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister rishi sunak will join our very own stephen dixon and questions from you. the and take questions from you. the great british public in our audience. and ahead of tonight, here's what rishi sunak has to say . say. >> hi rishi here as prime minister, i'm focussed on delivering your priorities. so tonight i'll be on the road to join gb news for a special people's forum, where i'll be taking questions from a live audience about the issues that really matter to you the economy, immigration and the nhs. see you there .

nhs. see you there. >> great stuff. joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope , who is up christopher hope, who is up there. chris, welcome to the show. only a matter of hours away now till the big kick off. got to say, chris, we've been asking viewers here over the course of the show for their questions. hundreds and hundreds of coming in on of questions coming in on immigration, on taxation , on immigration, on taxation, on pensioners, on car insurance , on pensioners, on car insurance, on utility costs, on everything. chris does this kind of event carry a risk for the prime minister? i mean, would he know the questions in advance or are they going to be landing on him like a glove? >> yeah, definitely. hi, martin. yeah, i'm here now. you can see the the wires behind me as the all the wires behind me as this event gets ready to start. 8 pm. not long now to wait. and no question, i think that those are the areas which people will be wanting to ask the when be wanting to ask the pm when they line up behind the microphones. we don't what microphones. we don't know what will asked. the audience is will be asked. the audience is being a company being selected by a company called reflect called survation to reflect voter intention the uk , voter intention across the uk, so we are waiting to see what is asked. it's a mystery and

asked. it's a mystery to us and to the pm. crucially himself. clearly think it's clearly number 10 think it's worth trying to get the pm out there in front of an audience. they think that's the best of they do think that's the best of mr sunak . they can they can see mr sunak. they can they can see in a sense we don't really see that person when he's being interviewed journalist and interviewed by journalist and arrests, often on the back arrests, he's often on the back foot trying to push back against hostile but of hostile questioning. but of course there. what course there's risk there. what will ask him? don't will they ask him? we don't know. i think the issue of dentistry up. spoke dentistry came up. we spoke earlier that journalist earlier with that journalist from echo. i think from the northern echo. i think anything happen. and anything can can happen. and there's of risk attached to there's lots of risk attached to this. but equally gain this. but equally the gain is big too. comes off well, big too. if it comes off well, it help people to see what it might help people to see what number 10 wants to see which is the real rishi sunak, the one who they think can pull back that lead that that 20 point poll lead that labour has . labour has. >> fair play. it takes >> and chris fair play. it takes a lot of guts just to face the public. let live unfiltered like this. no, there'll be no press briefing his ear. there'll be no one passing him, no notes. he'll be absolutely out there politically naked. if you like.

and that takes some doing . and that takes some doing. >> it does? yeah. he's had some practice, martin. the so—called pm connect events. i've been to one in accrington stanley football club recently when he does answer questions from supporters of the tory party, he doesn't often throw himself at the mercy of an audience like this in the so—called red wall, where labour traditionally has been strong, and these are the seats we're up here in county durham that the tories have to win back. if they're going to hang on to this majority and win for an unprecedented fifth time in a row , and that's what's at in a row, and that's what's at stake. so i think there's yeah, there's a lot at for him. there's a lot at stake for him. i think it's a risk, frankly, in an campaign, one worth an election campaign, one worth taking tonight i think taking because tonight i think is beginning long road is the beginning of a long road towards the ballot box, probably in november this year. >> that's less than three hours away. now chris, but it hasn't been a day without drama for the labour party either. sir keir starmer is under fire for standing by his man in the

rochdale by—election azhar ali come out with some pretty spicy comments . once again he's seen comments. once again he's seen the party being been accused of anti—semitism . anti—semitism. >> that's right, this candidate in the rochdale by—election on february 29th, azhar ali. he made some remarks that were revealed in yesterday's mail on sunday. he accused israel of letting hamas um into to israel to massacre 1200 people. as we know . and those attacks on the know. and those attacks on the seventh of, of the, um , october seventh of, of the, um, october and that almost gave the green light for that attack on, on, on gaza. and that's, that's caused a huge row. and overnight, of course, mr ali has, has massively rowed back his remarks, recognised that he was wrong to have made them. and he shows a sense of gravity. according to the labour frontbench, nick thomas—symonds, a of keir starmer's , a close ally of keir starmer's, made clear that the because of this apology and this retraction

of remarks from mr ali, he of the remarks from mr ali, he will be the party's candidate in february. the 29th by—election. but of course, there's not much else the party could do because they have selected him. they couldn't select a new candidate. that time has been gone. that time has been and gone. they were stuck with him. they that time has been and gone. thejarvere stuck with him. they that time has been and gone. theja choice.|ck with him. they that time has been and gone. theja choice. eitherh him. they that time has been and gone. theja choice. either either they that time has been and gone. theja choice. either either to ey had a choice. either either to support him say they were support him or say they were going withdraw support for going to withdraw support for this and that would this candidate, and that would allow win the allow others maybe to win the seat, george galloway, seat, notably george galloway, of a former labour of course, a former labour mp who the same who was standing in the same seat. it was a utter mess, seat. so it was a utter mess, i think, for labour party, they failed vet candidate and failed to vet this candidate and to check out these remarks he had recorded, had made. they were recorded, they sunday they appeared in a sunday newspaper yesterday. it's causing of embarrassment. causing a lot of embarrassment. we heard yet from sir we haven't heard yet from sir keir starmer, but as i say earlier, nick thomas—symonds was spoke to gb news. well listen, i completely i was completely appalled by the comments when i learned of them. >> they are completely wrong. they are totally unacceptable and they do not represent the views of the labour party . uh, views of the labour party. uh, councillor ali has upon energised and reservedly. he's

retracted those comments. crucially too, he understands the gravity, the scale of the offence that's been caused and wishes to take on the what is highly significant, mountainous task of trying to rebuild trust with the jewish community. see, i also listen though , to what i also listen though, to what very respected colleagues like dame louise ellman have said that councillor ali has a history of standing with her against anti—semitic attacks and that this is out of character for. and we'll now go on to try to rebuild trust with the jewish community and it's on that basis that he will be our candidate in the by—election in two weeks time, on the 29th of february. >> nick thomas—symonds, they're trying to trying to put this story to bed of course, it's half turn week in parliament. mps aren't around, but the tories are making hay with this. as you might expect, richard holden, the party's chairman, said that it was simply not true

that this party has moved on since the days of jeremy corbyn and the board of and we heard from the board of depufies and we heard from the board of deputies british jews, um, deputies of british jews, um, saying that would have saying that they would have urged select another urged labour to select another candidate. course, they urged labour to select another candicit's. course, they urged labour to select another candicit's an course, they urged labour to select another candicit's an utterse, they urged labour to select another candicit's an utter messey urged labour to select another candicit's an utter mess and can't. it's an utter mess and we'll wait and see what the people of rochdale have to say about it when they vote on february the 29th. >> chris, thank you live >> okay, chris, thank you live for that update in county durham ahead the people's forum. ahead of the people's forum. thank you joining us. and ahead of the people's forum. tharto you joining us. and ahead of the people's forum. tharto read joining us. and ahead of the people's forum. tharto read thisining us. and ahead of the people's forum. tharto read this out, us. and ahead of the people's forum. tharto read this out, azhar1d ahead of the people's forum. tharto read this out, azhar ali just to read this out, azhar ali has released a statement has since released a statement in apologise for his in which he apologise for his comments. and said this . i comments. and he said this. i apologise to the apologise unreservedly to the jewish community for my comments which deeply offensive, which were deeply offensive, ignorant and false. hamas's horrific terror attack was the responsibility of hamas alone and they are still holding hostages who must be released . hostages who must be released. well, thanks to conservative mp for peterborough paul bristow . for peterborough paul bristow. and here are the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. aziza ali, labour party mark coleman , independent party mark coleman, independent simon danczuk , reform uk ian

simon danczuk, reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat . and donaldson, liberal democrat. and paul ellison, conservative. george galloway, the workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten, green party raven, rodent sebby's corner, official monster raving loony party and david tully, who's also an independent. right. well for more on what's big issues, the prime minister could be questioned on tonight as the labour mp for brighton kemptown, joining us now, lloyd russell—moyle. welcome russell—moyle. lloyd, welcome to the show . always a pleasure. so the show. always a pleasure. so we are hours away now from rishi sunak facing the people's forum on gb news. lloyd, my question to you is if you could ask rishi sunak one question tonight, what would you ask him ? would you ask him? >> well, i would ask him what he is going to do to help save our, um, our cost of living crisis

that people are going to particularly around the ongoing issue, of course, of high mortgage rates . mortgage rates. >> okay. so i'll throw it back to you. what would the labour party do about that ? party do about that? >> well, the labour party , first >> well, the labour party, first of all, will ensure that we bnng of all, will ensure that we bring energy prices down by making our energy more predictable . we will start predictable. we will start insulating housing and that , uh, insulating housing and that, uh, along with a proper windfall tax that the conservative were soft on, i'm afraid those things would immediately start to see the economy level off, provide confidence in the banks. and we believe , bring mortgages down believe, bring mortgages down and lloyd and we're seeing some more controversy once again, labour's palestine problem coming to the fore . coming to the fore. >> um, and apology being forced, as are ali in the rochdale by—election. this is the problem that won't go away for the labour party, isn't it? since

the beginning, since the october the beginning, since the october the 7th, in invasion of israel by hamas terrorists, it seems to be a dividing point in the labour party. has the labour party got a palestine problem ? party got a palestine problem? >> well, i don't think it has clearly, he said, some pretty silly things, which he's agreed were pretty silly. as soon as someone said, did you really say that? he looked at it and said, no, actually, that was a pretty stupid thing to say. i think we've all said things that are silly and clearly it will upset people . and he has rightly people. and he has rightly apologised. but i do think that it is clear that the labour party has been consistent, that whilst the october 7 attacks were war crimes and the hostages must be released, that does not give a blank card to israel to commit crimes that it is committing at the moment, either in the west bank or in the gaza strip , and that israel must. in the west bank or in the gaza strip , and that israel must . who strip, and that israel must. who is israel is continuing to do

these aggressive acts at the moment must stop . we must have moment must stop. we must have a humanitarian pause and a ceasefire, and we must move towards a peace settlement . the towards a peace settlement. the only way hostages have been released so far is through negotiation . the only way more negotiation. the only way more hostages will be released is through negotiation. that's that's a pretty consistent line from us. and i don't think that's a split. that's a sensible, pragmatic approach . sensible, pragmatic approach. >> well, i mean, hostages were released overnight, but through an offensive by israeli special forces operations. so it's not just negotiations that can achieve that. but i want to just, um, um, hover on this point. if we can, of azhar ali, a lot of people, even within the labour party, are saying that people within the labour party have lost the whip in the past over saying far less. so why are you standing by your man now? is it because it's too close to a by—election get another by—election to get another candidate by—election to get another canwell,e by—election to get another canwell, i think the papers have >> well, i think the papers have already gone in and so the ballot papers will have him as our candidate's name on it. that's elections work. um,

that's how elections work. um, but quite rightly also, he has apologised. i believe we apologised. i believe that we should take apologies. and i believe that we should look at people's intent on on these things and not just, uh, have a kind of countercultural jump down your throat. if people still stand by awful statements there, quite they there, quite rightly, they should go. look, i'm not going to compare our don't to compare our i also don't think it's very useful to compare other people compare with other people as well, all people well, but i hope that all people who say silly things once or twice are always given a second chance if they show the right level of remorse and show that they can learn otherwise, we only dangerous sort of society where a slip of the tongue can mean the end of someone's career, when they could still be a very good public servant and i think that's the principle that we should going on with all cgses. >> cases. >> well, lloyd russell—moyle, i'll hold you to that. i think you're a common sense bloke. and when you came to the studio before, we very much got on. and this idea that people shouldn't be cancelled for they say. be cancelled for what they say. a of people agree with that. a lot of people agree with that. but i wonder if that would be

consistently upheld and down the line party get line if the labour party get into power . but line if the labour party get into power. but for thanks into power. but for now, thanks for joining lloyd for joining us, lloyd russell—moyle, forjoining us, lloyd russell—moyle, labour mp for brighton kemptown. always a pleasure to have you on the show . now you're watching and listening to gb news. and coming up, a stark warning from the defence secretary, grant shapps, who woke extremist who says a woke and extremist agenda infiltrated our armed agenda has infiltrated our armed forces. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

enforcement. you're listening to gb news radio . gb news radio. >> welcome back. it's 524. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news news. now defence secretary grant shapps has said that the aim is time and resources are simply being wasted to promote a political agenda. as he holds crisis talks with military chiefs at the report suggests they want to relax security checks to increase diversity . checks to increase diversity. see, you couldn't make it up , he

see, you couldn't make it up, he said. that awoke an extremist culture has infiltrated our armed forces and that the british army needs to focus on being a lethal fighting force . being a lethal fighting force. common sense stuff. well to discuss this, i can now speak with the former nato commander, rear admiral chris parry. welcome to the show, chris. always a pleasure . here we go always a pleasure. here we go again . we have the defence again. we have the defence secretary stating the blunt and obvious saying a woke extremist culture has infiltrated the army . um, time is being squander to promote a political agenda . it promote a political agenda. it needs a proper shake up, he says , well, he's the defence secretary. surely that's his job. >> yeah, but actually he's the first one to say it. >> martin and i really hope this leads to a complete change of culture. >> we've had a whole generation of senior officers that have implemented , i'm afraid, these implemented, i'm afraid, these very dodgy practices. >> uh, and actually with no intellectual justification or psychological justification for

them being put in place, they've just gone along with the political correctness argument. and i'm afraid our armed forces have been weakened as a result . have been weakened as a result. >> a lot of people will agree. the astonishing fact here, chris, the ministry of defence, which people now call the minister for diversity, has 93 diversity networks , including diversity networks, including ten for gender issues. and yet we don't have a single functioning aircraft carrier . functioning aircraft carrier. we've completely lost the plot . we've completely lost the plot. >> martin. um, prince of wales sailed today. >> uh, she was at 20, uh, days notice. >> they got her ready after eight days, which is actually pretty good. >> um, i think the navy's had a pretty bad run in the media about obviously queen elizabeth falling over, but prince of wales has stepped into the breach. >> but the fact of life is, i can tell you, as a military commander and as an academic, the benefits of diversity are very marginal indeed . it's got very marginal indeed. it's got nothing to do with skin colour . nothing to do with skin colour. it's got nothing to do with sexuality . it's all about

sexuality. it's all about neurodiversity , differences of neurodiversity, differences of opinion, perspective and outlook and i'm afraid to say that the critical race theory and all these other, uh, i'm afraid , these other, uh, i'm afraid, corrosive doctrines that have found their way into our society and into our armed forces, uh, can only be to the benefit of our enemies. >> okay, chris. so we've identified the problem that's crept under the barbed wire , as crept under the barbed wire, as it were, and infiltrated the armed forces. what's the solution? how do we kick it out? >> well, we. it's very simple. you reward excellence instead of eqtu. you reward excellence instead of equity . uh, you reward excellence instead of equity. uh, at the moment, we've got a situation where all sorts of things, promotions , honours of things, promotions, honours and awards are done on the basis of your contribution to diversity . and i'm afraid to say diversity. and i'm afraid to say that what it does is establish boundary edges within the armed forces between various identity groups . as far as i'm concerned, groups. as far as i'm concerned, there's only one identity you need, and that is proud member of the british armed forces. whether it's navy, army or royal air force. uh you know, we've

gone completely away from the ethos a that i joined up with. and secondly , what i've seen and secondly, what i've seen being successful in wartime . um, yeah. >> and chris and yet, yeah. >> and chris and yet , the net >> and chris and yet, the net result of all of this , we have result of all of this, we have the smallest army since napoleon times the smallest ra f since it was formed in world war one. and as i said, so few sailors were decommissioning ships. and yet we still seemed obsessed with diversity when it comes to recruitment . lgbtq+ pronouns, recruitment. lgbtq+ pronouns, all of this. and yet the white working classes. chris who for generations have fought and died in our world, in our world wars seem to be despised . seem to be despised. >> and martin, i don't care who signs up to represent our country at international level. to tell you the truth, as long as they do it from a vocational point of view, not from a transactional point of view. this isn't about nobody joins the armed forces to get rich or they they don't join for an easy

life. it's a tough life. but what you have to do is have some respect. you have to have some status, and you have to feel different . the two common myths different. the two common myths that i'm afraid that have destroyed, uh, ricky shooting are it's just another job. it are it's just anotherjob. it isn't. and people have to be compensated for the fact that it isn't just another job. and there's this idiotic idea , there's this idiotic idea, somehow that the armed forces have got to represent society . have got to represent society. no they don't. they have to represent the best in society. and who determines who we put in the front line? the enemy does . the front line? the enemy does. so. we need the people who are best suited to go into the front line and represent this country in international level. >> i've got to say , common sense >> i've got to say, common sense mainlining for me there. former nato commander, rear admiral chris parry, always an absolute j'oy chris parry, always an absolute joy to have you on the show. thanks for joining joy to have you on the show. thanks forjoining us. now, three women are on trial at westminster magistrates court today for allegedly displaying images of paragliders at a pro—palestine march in october last year , and they faced

last year, and they faced charges under the terrorism act for allegedly supporting hamas . for allegedly supporting hamas. and join me now from outside the court is gb news reporter ray addison rae. it's a case that captured the nation when it happened. what's the latest . happened. what's the latest. >> well, martin. yes, these three women have all been accused of carrying or displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are supporters of a banned organisation . organisation. >> and that being, of course, as you said, hamas. >> now, the prosecution barrister, bret weaver, explained case for the explained the case for the prosecution. the court heard that seven days after hamas's terror attack on israel , these terror attack on israel, these three women took part in a pro—palestine demonstration. now, this is heather al hayek, pauune now, this is heather al hayek, pauline and kunda and mutu teo . pauline and kunda and mutu teo. now al hayek and ankunda wore images of their backs, which were said to be of paragliders , were said to be of paragliders, whereas theo held a placard with

the same image posted on there. now the video of the three women went viral on x and the met police launched an appeal to try to find them . two of the women, to find them. two of the women, and kunda and al hayek voluntarily attended a police station and initially denied that they had put the images on themselves. they said somebody else had done it and they hadn't looked and they didn't know what it was. they later changed that story and admitted that they had put the images themselves, put the images on themselves, but were not but said that they were not signs of hamas. theo signs in support of hamas. theo was arrested at home. she also denied supporting hamas and claimed that she'd simply been handed a placard with the image on, and she claimed that she believed it was a symbol of liberation and peace . now the liberation and peace. now the prosecution argument was that the proximity of this demonstration, the image that they were displaying and the events with these paragliders dunng events with these paragliders during the hamas terror attack

was not a coincidence. they said that any reasonable person would interpret those images as support for hamas. the defence kc marc summers argued that actually this image was not of a paraglider, but rather of a parachute. he introduced a witness to the court who claimed that it was a reference in palestinian culture to liberation , and that any liberation, and that any reasonable person on the march would understand that now the judge has gone away to have a think about it, he's going to have a written response tomorrow afternoon. the women have been bailed until 145 tomorrow afternoon in a gay ray anderson at westminster magistrates court. >> thank you for that. this is the course is a live case. so let's reserve comment until it's done and dusted. thank you ray. now there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00 is british politeness dying out? well, be looking at how well, i'll be looking at how customer service standards have failed this country's consumers. all that and much more. next. but first is your latest news

headunes but first is your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> the top stories this hour. the prime minister has been defending his government's action on the economy, insisting it is now turning a corner dunng it is now turning a corner during a visit to yorkshire today, he acknowledged it had been a difficult few years for households. data published later this week will show whether or not the uk has entered a recession. the prime minister didn't say whether that would end the prospect of tax cuts . end the prospect of tax cuts. two suspected migrants have reportedly been caught entering the country by hiding on a school bus . police were called school bus. police were called when the men thought to be in their 20s, were found in the lower luggage compartment of the coach on a return trip from france to southampton. it's understood one of the men tried to run away, but was stopped by one of the parents up one of the parents picking up their children the double their children and the double child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork has been granted a new parole hearing. he successfully challenged a decision in

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. radio. >> welcome back. it's 538. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, the people of portland in dorset are calling on the government to take religion out of any consideration around asylum claims. and it comes after it was revealed that 1 in 10 residents of the bibby stockholm are regularly attending church services and are miraculously converting to christianity in record numbers. the issue has been thrown into sharp relief. of course , after it emerged that of course, after it emerged that the clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi , was allowed to stay abdul ezedi, was allowed to stay in the country when a priest allegedly confirmed that he had also converted to christianity last southwest of england reporter jeff moody has this story . story. >> in an age where attendants at church is at its lowest ever , church is at its lowest ever, the weymouth baptist church is bucking the trend. sunday services are packed with residents from the bibby stockholm . out of the 300 asylum stockholm. out of the 300 asylum seekers that are currently on board, the bibby stockholm ,

board, the bibby stockholm, around 30 of them. that's1 board, the bibby stockholm, around 30 of them. that's 1 in 10 attend church services here at the weymouth baptist church. six of them were baptised last weekend alone , a conversion rate weekend alone, a conversion rate that's almost biblical in scale or as cynical ploy to help their asylum claims. or as cynical ploy to help their asylum claims . the people of asylum claims. the people of portland think the latter. martin summers is petitioning the government to take issues of religion off the table . when it religion off the table. when it comes to asylum. we are a multicultural country. >> we welcome all sorts of religions. it shouldn't be a consideration at all as to what religion they are. >> father david palmer is a catholic priest . he thinks it's catholic priest. he thinks it's wrong to blame the church for these conversions. i mean, ultimately the home office is theirjob. their job. >> it's not the job of the church to say, we think this person should or shouldn't stay , person should or shouldn't stay, um, in this country. >> in a statement, weymouth baptist church told gb news nearly all the men with whom we

have contact became christians in their native countries, all of which are known to be hostile to the christian faith . it is in to the christian faith. it is in no one's interests to have bogus baptisms , for such baptisms baptisms, for such baptisms would compromise the integrity of the church, would discredit the gospel we preach , and worse, the gospel we preach, and worse, would dishonour the name of christ. but gb news has learned that some residents of the bibby stockholm have been told their asylum claims are unlikely to be successful, and portland martyn summers believes this could be dangerous. >> some of these men may have to go back to their own country, whereby christianity is persecuted and so is the christian church. happy that effectively they could be sending these men back to persecution . they could possibly persecution. they could possibly have blood on their hands. >> it's a complex issue. doctor gavin ashenden is an anglican bishop and former chaplain to the late queen. >> the problem then develops when in the state decides that

becoming a christian or the criteria of religion is going to be instrumental, instrumental in in asylum claims and immigration claims . but in asylum claims and immigration claims. but having in asylum claims and immigration claims . but having done that, it claims. but having done that, it doesn't take the trouble to work out what becoming a christian means or how you can test that. >> in last week's pmqs, tory mp tim loughton launched an attack on the archbishop of canterbury. can i ask the prime minister, given that the church of england has now issued secret guidance for clergy supporting asylum applications for these damascene conversions ? conversions? >> who is the church accountable to ? and are taxpayers being to? and are taxpayers being scammed by the archbishop ? scammed by the archbishop? >> the archbishop has hit back , >> the archbishop has hit back, saying it's the job of the government to protect our borders and of the courts to judge asylum cases . the church judge asylum cases. the church is called to love mercy and do justice. three bodies, three distinct roles. the home office now says it will launch an investigation into those roles. meanwhile the residents of the bibby stockholm find themselves

in the eye of yet another storm. jeff moody gb news . well, it's jeff moody gb news. well, it's just over two hours to go now because gb news are hosting a special people's forum with the prime minister at 8 pm. tonight, and that is fast approaching. >> live and exclusive on gb news. more on this in just a moment. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's

news radio. >> welcome back . 546. just over >> welcome back. 546. just over two hours now until the big event. and let's get back to that. the first big event, election event of the year tonight , gb election event of the year tonight, gb news is hosting a special people's forum event with the prime minister. rishi sunak. will join our very own stephen dixon and take questions from you in our audience. and ahead of tonight, here's what rishi sunak has to say. >> hi rishi here as prime

minister, i'm focussed on delivering your priorities . so delivering your priorities. so tonight i'll be on the road to join gb news for a special people's forum where i'll be taking questions from a live audience about the issues that really matter to you the economy, immigration, the nhs. see you there . see you there. >> so . that of course, is at >> so. that of course, is at 8:00 with stephen dixon live and exclusive on gb news, the people's channel. you get to put your questions to rishi sunak now throughout the i've now throughout the show i've been you send your been asking you to send your questions in. i want to read a bunch out now. we've had bunch of them out now. we've had hundreds and hundreds of questions coming in. has to be said. through them. said. looking through them. around 80 90% of the around 80 or 90% of the questions are immigration. it questions are on immigration. it does feel that this is going to be an immigration election . be an immigration election. certainly by looking at the questions that you've sent in. but they're not all about that. but they're not all about that. but this one is this is from

national conservative who says , national conservative who says, why are illegal migrants in luxury seaside apartments as british nationals? so sleep rough? that is a concern theme i hear all the time. there's a block of flats in farnborough being handed over to 300 asylum seekers. the locals are not happy about that. they've been demonstrating for many, many weeks now. of people weeks now. a lot of people feeling british people aren't coming first. here's another one. keith can you please ask the prime minister why on earth we are allowing people who enter the country illegally circumvent renting our asylum system to be automatically registered for the asylum process ? yes, on a asylum process? yes, on a different matter . peter says different matter. peter says this. this is about the rising utility costs that people are feeling under the pinch at the moment, especially in the winter time. the price of oil and gas is the same as it was before the ukraine war, and yet the cost of electricity is still twice as much as it was before the war. why is it that unless we are

funding the wind farms and solar farms from this without our knowledge or permission , then so knowledge or permission, then so net zero is something that should come up tonight. because don't forget when rishi sunak rowed back against scrapping petrol and diesel cars, he put that back from 2035, 2030 to 2035. he enjoyed a four point boost in the polls. will that topic come up tonight? i guess the answer is we don't know. these questions will hit him in real time, and maybe the prime minister will be asked about this tonight because fraud offences now account for more than 40% of all crime impacting britons, and direct. they cost more than £7 billion annually in england and wales, according to home office figures. and the rate of fraud related crime has rocketed in the digital era , rocketed in the digital era, with the public using online services to purchase an increasing number of goods and services. our home insecurity mock editor mock white reports .

mock editor mock white reports. >> in this east london residential street, dozens of police officers are about to raid a property linked to online fraud . hey guys . fraud. hey guys. >> steve moon, the suspect is believed to have run an operation from this address using illegally obtained details to scam many thousands of pounds from unsuspecting victims. >> let's get some lights on tonight. this raid is part of a nationwide crackdown on targeting some of those responsible for frauds that cost the country tens of billions of pounds each year and amount to 40% of all crime . 40% of all crime. >> so we identified a suspect who we believed was involved in quite a high level fraud. he was developed and sending out fraudulent links purporting to be from genuine organisations .

be from genuine organisations. when these links are clicked on, unfortunately, it will give this suspect full access to your computer. so he will be able to spy computer. so he will be able to spy on what you're doing. he will be able to access your computer and he will use that to access your online bank accounts and commit high value fraud against you. >> final warning to receive your package , confirm your details package, confirm your details alongside the police enforcement activity . activity. >> the government has now launched a wide reaching anti—fraud campaign. hi james, your bank account has been compromised and i need a few% details. it includes a new website with fraud, safety advice and adverts on billboards, television and social media. >> stay ahead of scams at gov.uk . stop think fraud aiming to make the public better informed about the potential risks . about the potential risks. >> fraud is down 13% year on yean >> fraud is down 13% year on year, and that's because we are taking this extremely seriously . taking this extremely seriously. let me be absolutely clear. this is a vile crime and it is a

crime that hurts british people across the united kingdom. there is no way we will ever tolerate it. and that's why the investment in the national fraud squad and the national fraud intelligence unit so intelligence unit is so important. later figures show a slight drop in fraud related crime last year, which still amounted to 3.3 million offences. >> labour's say the conservative government has presided over an almost eight fold increase in fraud offences since coming to power . this suspected online power. this suspected online fraudster is now in police custody awaiting a likely prosecution . asian authorities prosecution. asian authorities want the public to be far more aware of the growing risks out there , from the many others there, from the many others looking to exploit and to steal from the unsuspecting mark white, gb news. >> okay, so it's just over two hours to go now until that people's forum event with rishi

sunak, as i said, i asked for your questions to the prime minister at the top of this show and there's been absolutely hundreds. i want to go through a few more of these now because you're the people who really matter. great british public matter. the great british public about ask your about to get to ask your questions to the prime minister. here's i've had in, here's some that i've had in, and you really don't pull any punches. and you really don't pull any punches . um, and you really don't pull any punches. um, tim says this . i punches. um, tim says this. i would like to propose to the prime minister that if he wishes to stop the boats and have them sailing back across the channel to france in their droves, just mentioned words national mentioned two words national service. tim thinks if we put people to national service, they'll think twice coming they'll think twice about coming over the channel. karl says this a good question to ask mr sunak would be should any mp be a member of or affiliated to the world economic forum ? and on the world economic forum? and on the a different topic here, amanda says this. i'd like to feel whether he feels it's acceptable

for people to pay 20% tax when most average families pay . 40% most average families pay. 40% tax, more . garza says this in tax, more. garza says this in hindsight, do you think the conservative party would be in a stronger political position had you all rallied behind boris johnson ? that may well come up johnson? that may well come up tonight . johnson? that may well come up tonight. don't johnson? that may well come up tonight . don't forget these tonight. don't forget these questions are going to rishi sunak unfiltered . he won't know sunak unfiltered. he won't know what they are. they'll go to him in real time. craig says this after all the cost of living payments and cost of illegal immigrants , does the prime immigrants, does the prime minister feel any guilt of not helping disabled people? another great question there, craig. listen to this from stuart . he listen to this from stuart. he says i would ask the prime minister, rishi sunak, why he doesn't seriously consider introducing id cards for every legitimate citizen. stuart, another fantastic question. and james final word goes to you. why have we still not left the

echr and took back control of our borders and still not take eu laws, and instead the uk statute books should reign supreme? there we go. fantastic questions from you guys today. now we're about to go to dewbs& co her show a special show , is co her show a special show, is also from the same venue as the prime minister later on. so thanks for joining me. prime minister later on. so thanks forjoining me. i'll be back tomorrow at 3:00, but next is dewbs& co and a special broadcast from up north. a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again, alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. >> a bit breezy with some showers as we go through the rest of today, but into tomorrow we have some wet and windy weather on the way because of an area low pressure that's area of low pressure that's currently just to southwest currently just to the southwest of moment , though, we of us at the moment, though, we are the influence a low

are under the influence of a low just to the northwest uk just to the northwest of the uk and is bringing some and this is bringing some blustery, conditions blustery, breezy conditions and also a few showers also quite a few showers initially across parts of scotland, but scotland, northern ireland. but the outbreaks will feed the showery outbreaks will feed across england across parts of england and wales through the night wales as we go through the night as some clear skies in as well. some clear skies in between any showery outbreaks , between any showery outbreaks, though. result, though. as a result, temperatures will take a little bit of a and so across bit of a dip and so across northern in particular, northern parts in particular, likely of a frost likely to see a bit of a frost and also some patchy ice to watch out for. first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise as we wet we go through tomorrow, it's wet and windy weather pushing up from southwest need from the southwest that we need to out so a pretty to watch out for. so a pretty wet start across many parts of southwest wales. two southwest england and wales. two that continuing to that rain then continuing to feed northeastwards as feed further northeastwards as we go through the day. so most places seeing some rain for a time and that rain could be quite heavy with some strong blustery winds in association with are going to with it though, we are going to see milder air coming see some milder air coming in, so peaking around so temperatures peaking around 13, celsius in the 13, possibly 14 celsius in the southwest . the unsettled thing southwest. the unsettled thing continues as we go into wednesday. for much of the uk, further outbreaks of rain and these be heavy at times, these could be heavy at times,

perhaps drier across the perhaps staying drier across the far of scotland. rain far north of scotland. more rain to come as we go through thursday, to turn thursday, but likely to turn dner thursday, but likely to turn drier we towards friday. drier as we go towards friday. and on the whole and temperatures on the whole are going be a little bit are going to be a little bit above average warm above average by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

marks the start of gb news election events and let me tell you tonight is the big one. it's your opportunity. yes, yours, the great british public, to put your questions to our prime

minister, rishi sunak. your questions to our prime minister, rishi sunak . yes, minister, rishi sunak. yes, indeed. we've got a special programme for you tonight. we are going to talk all things rishi. i've got alongside me matthew goodwin, aaron bastani , matthew goodwin, aaron bastani, lots to talk about before we get stuck in. let's cross live to polly middlehurst for tonight's latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> michelle, thank you and good evening to you. well, the prime minister has been defending today his government's action on the economy , insisting it is now the economy, insisting it is now turning a corner on a visit to yorkshire . earlier, he yorkshire. earlier, he acknowledged it has been a difficult few years for households . data published later households. data published later this week will show whether or not the uk has slipped into a technical recession. rishi sunak didn't say, though , whether that didn't say, though, whether that would end the prospect of tax cuts . cuts. >> the last couple of years have been undoubtedly difficult for

the