>> near you with gb news the top story tonight. votes are now being counted in two by elections tonight in the uk that represent the first test for the main political parties of 2024, ahead of the general election. well polling station staff are now emptying out the ballot boxes in wellingborough , in boxes in wellingborough, in northamptonshire and in kingswood in south gloucestershire. labour's national campaign coordinator , national campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, says although it will be some time before we know the results the party is making real progress in all corners of the country. gb news up all night following those events for you and bringing you those live declarations together with expert analysis from midnight

tonight, right through till breakfast. now in other news, today the government is facing questions tonight over its economic record after it emerged the uk entered a recession at the uk entered a recession at the end of 2023. official figures out today show the economy shrank by 0.3% in december following similar contractions in the previous three months. it's the first time the uk's gdp has dropped since the first covid lockdown . since the first covid lockdown. the chancellor says though there is light at the end of the tunnel, if the government sticks to its economic plan within the last hour, it's been confirmed that two boys, both aged 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murdering another boy in bristol last night. the 16 year old victim died in what police have described as a sickening stabbing by two attackers wearing masks , who then fled the wearing masks, who then fled the scene on bicycles. it comes just weeks after the deaths of teenagers mason rest and max dixon , who were also stabbed in dixon, who were also stabbed in bristol. police now have

enhanced stop and search powers across the city as they continue their investigation in scotland . their investigation in scotland. nicola sturgeon has been accused of being addicted to a culture of being addicted to a culture of cover up and keeping the pubucin of cover up and keeping the public in the dark during her first time as first minister. she's under pressure to address holyrood after it was revealed that none of her whatsapp messages during the pandemic were transferred to the government's official records . government's official records. ms sturgeon has defended deleting the messages, saying it was in line with official advice, freedom of information requests show other ministers, including humza yousaf, also failed to transfer their messages on. opposition leaders are now demanding an urgent explanation, accusing the snp of a culture of secrecy . holiday a culture of secrecy. holiday park operator pontins has had to apologise for engaging in what the european court of human rights described as shocking discrimination towards irish travellers. it comes after a

whistleblower revealed a list of banned irish surnames laid labelled as undesirable guests . labelled as undesirable guests. pontins staff were instructed to decline bookings based on the names and identified travellers by listening out for irish accents . the operator has now accents. the operator has now been served with an unlawful act. notice requiring pontins to engage with the gypsy and traveller community and develop an action plan addressing discrimination . and just lastly, discrimination. and just lastly, in sport, crystal palace manager roy hodgson is , we're told, in roy hodgson is, we're told, in a stable condition in hospital tonight after falling ill during the team's training session today. the 76 year old was due today. the 76 year old was due to speak at a scheduled news conference for monday's game against everton that has obviously now had to be cancelled. the premier league club have confirmed he has been undergoing tests in hospital all this afternoon and evening . for this afternoon and evening. for the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by

scanning the qr code on your screen or go to news.com.au alerts. hello and welcome to headliners. >> i'm simon evans. >> i'm simon evans. >> tonight i'm joined by two top tier and very soberly dressed comedians, josh howie and paul cox. well, it's a serious evening, gentlemen. >> i'm very stressed. >> i'm very stressed. >> it is very stressed. what? because of the tie. what? >> yes. the tie. but because all the bosses are here. yeah, because the way they're doing this six. because the way they're doing thisnormally six. because the way they're doing this normally we six. because the way they're doing thisnormally we basically. because the way they're doing thisnormally we basically are the >> normally we basically are the caretakers, aren't we? yeah >> attention to us. >> no one pays attention to us. >> no one pays attention to us. >> say whatever we want. >> we say whatever we want. >> we say whatever we want. >> it's brilliant. >> it's brilliant. >> midnight. game of >> midnight. we have a game of table guaranteed. table tennis across. guaranteed. they're now. they're judging us right now. they're judging us right now. they're stop it. they're watching us. stop it. okay we better crack on. you look entirely plausible. of look entirely plausible. both of you. you. don't say. just you. thank you. don't say. just like you're like keir starmer. you just need to walk in a straight line. next 20 minutes. no flip flopping.

straight line. next 20 minutes. no let'slopping. straight line. next 20 minutes. no let'sloppi a|. at friday's >> let's take a look at friday's front pages. >> let's take a look at friday's frortheiges. >> let's take a look at friday's frorthe daily mail . >> let's take a look at friday's frorthe daily mail. uh, be >> let's take a look at friday's frorthe daily mail . uh, be bold. >> the daily mail. uh, be bold. now and go for big tax cuts , mr now and go for big tax cuts, mr hanton. they've illustrated that with a robot from dune . the with a robot from dune. the guardian have pm warned against cuts as uk falls into recession. i'm not sure what that lady is illustrating . the telegraph hunt illustrating. the telegraph hunt to shelve £0.02 income tax cut. there is the sexy robot again daily express. now just do it. >> british gas told to cut pnces >> british gas told to cut prices after record profit . prices after record profit. >> they won't here. they don't speak english. the i uk slips into recession but squeeze will cut inflation. hunt believes. interesting woo woo and the metro male fertility breakthrough . baby boom. well breakthrough. baby boom. well that would be good news. those were your front pages . so let's were your front pages. so let's kick off with the times , josh, kick off with the times, josh, and mastering your stress

levels. what have they got on the front page ? the front page? >> don't rush to rewrite staff writes labour told so this is the bosses, the bosses, the big bosses. they fear labour are going to come in. and they said when the first 100 days we're going some legislation going to get some legislation and we're going to help the people their jobs. >> and the gb news stuff. >> and the gb news stuff. >> yeah, get a cab allowance raises. >> we're going to get beds, we're gonna sleep. we don't have to anymore. it's going we're gonna sleep. we don't have to be anymore. it's going we're gonna sleep. we don't have to be amazing.(more. it's going we're gonna sleep. we don't have to be amazing. and e. it's going we're gonna sleep. we don't have to be amazing. and um,s going we're gonna sleep. we don't have to be amazing. and um, and ng to be amazing. and um, and they've shown it to the big the big, people who own big, bigwigs. people who own this country. no. and well, they've sort of gone. yeah, that's really good. but please don't so as don't cost us any money. so as in all of these things, when you rush through legislation, there's going to be unintended consequence there things consequence is there are things that sound good. >> and i'm not a massive fan of zero contracts or not, but they still have to fill gaps within the market. >> and also, um, for everybody who's being squeezed, including companies. make companies. and they want to make sure to sure that this isn't going to add load of red tape , add a whole load of red tape, which is fair enough. >> well, is the, uh, >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the that labour have >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the walkingthat labour have >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the walking since abour have >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the walking since their have >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the walking since the blaire >> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the \isn't1g since the blaire

>> yeah. well, that is the, uh, the \isn't it?;ince the blaire years, isn't it? >> trying to reassure the great unwashed that they haven't been forgotten, without putting forgotten, while without putting the on the city. the frighteners on the city. yeah, they don't, if they yeah, but if they don't, if they pay yeah, but if they don't, if they pay back all of their policies. let's forget they're let's not forget that they're supposed socialist , supposed to be a socialist, union . party of the people union based. party of the people and the workers. they don't care for big business. >> that's the that's their position. if they're going to pare back all policies, then what offering that what are labour offering that the offer? the tories don't offer? >> problem they always >> the problem that they always have. and i mean, in my lifetime generally the generally speaking, uh, the default government is the tories. and then every so often things get so bad that people 90, things get so bad that people go, right, let's get in the labor party. and they labor party. and so they normally there's normally come in when there's a recession or things are awful. blair was unusual in that respect because things went terribly early in terribly wrong really early in john major's administration. black wednesday was six black wednesday was about six months i months into his reign. if i remember , that decided remember rightly, that decided everything. clawed back everything. he never clawed back that that that loss of credibility. but by the same time, government came time, blair's government came in, actually, the economy was doing clarke had had, um, doing fine. clarke had had, um, handled the economy particularly well. and so they had all the

money they wanted in to . order money they wanted in to. order >> and gordon brown did good with it. >> absolutely invested >> arguably absolutely invested it within our it in the nhs within our schools, within our. but this is what need you want to what you need if you want to introduce leaning introduce like a left leaning politics, without politics, you know, without being of too polemical being kind of too polemical about have about labour, you've got to have some bank to get it some money in the bank to get it started haven't you? started with, haven't you? and this they have this is the problem they have right this is the problem they have rigithis is exactly the problem >> this is exactly the problem they have because there's no indication, that rishi indication, really, that rishi sunak to sunak is going to be able to turn around the ship in time. i don't think so. they're going to be dealing with less, and be dealing with a lot less, and they do a lot more now. they want to do a lot more now. >> we'll come on to that very shortly. you anything to shortly. do you have anything to say spending $20 say about j. lo spending $20 million film about herself million on a film about herself that's pages of the that's on the front pages of the times really? wow. times as well? oh, really? wow. didn't do the research on that one. >> oh, i missed that one. oh the top. because deserves top. well, because she deserves it. if anybody deserves a 20 million herself, million film about herself, absolutely. say absolutely. i would say j. >> affleck has a >> ben affleck has done a doughnuts himself. doughnuts advert about himself. so why get money? so why should get some money? >> had an incredible life. >> what have you got, paul? the telegraph. robot. telegraph. sexy robot. >> about jews. >> let's talk about jews. >> let's talk about jews. >> saying sexy robot. >> just keep saying sexy robot. he's working for so he's working for me. so >> this is about farage.

>> but this is all about farage. so has warned so nigel farage has warned the incoming executive incoming chief executive of natwest that will to natwest that he will try to scupper sale of taxpayer scupper the sale of taxpayer owned bank unless owned shares in the bank unless there is a culture change in the wake of the de—banking scandal, he's essentially demanding more of a fuller apollo e.g. in the form of money in the form of money. um, he is not entirely happy, uh, that that he's had the apology or perhaps the cost paid that he was hoping to have paid. so he's warning them he's still there, watching like a hawk, and he let's face it, he does have the power to create a lot of trouble for whoever comes in. he's proved that you underestimate him at your peril. >> i think it's a good question whether he has power to whether he has the power to lower share prices. >> i mean, that's. yeah, >> i mean, well, that's. yeah, i mean, is saying that because mean, he is saying that because he i if he causes enough he i guess if he causes enough of a kerfuffle, people aren't going tap touch . going to want to tap a touch. natwest, however, when it comes to shares , i think to things like shares, i think you're looking at a much longer time situation than you are the next next six months, whatever. >> the big question was, i mean,

obviously people felt they >> the big question was, i mean, obvi been people felt they >> the big question was, i mean, obvi been morallyzople felt they >> the big question was, i mean, obvi been morally inile felt they >> the big question was, i mean, obvi been morally in deficit they >> the big question was, i mean, obvi been morally in deficit and had been morally in deficit and other wasn't other people felt it wasn't a big but the question is, big deal. but the question is, does harm their their does it harm their their, their business going forward? >> question >> and the other question is, have and that's have they changed? and that's right. him to ask right. it's right for him to ask that because it disgusting that because it was disgusting what and we want what they did. and we want assurances aren't what they did. and we want assuréto es aren't what they did. and we want assuréto be aren't what they did. and we want assuréto be de—bankingiren't what they did. and we want assuréto be de—bankingirelthe future. >> well, they beheaded a couple of roses, didn't that's of roses, didn't they? that's all they do. all they need to do. >> actual >> but there's no actual evidence of them going. you know >> but there's no actual evidenwe)f them going. you know >> but there's no actual evidenwe learned going. you know >> but there's no actual evidenwe learned our g. you know >> but there's no actual evidenwe learned our lesson.(now >> but there's no actual evidenwe learned our lesson. but! what? we learned our lesson. but the big thing is that the government shares. government bought those shares. they're half we they're now worth half what we bought they bought them for, and now they want them essentially to want to sell them essentially to give. so jeremy hunt's bit give. so jeremy hunt's got a bit of leeway. well losing of leeway. well we're losing out. on to that and maybe out. hold on to that and maybe we more of our money back. >> that mm- mug-l >> that would be a good way for us this campaign to be us to start this campaign to be the tory minister, the next tory prime minister, wouldn't it? what? what do wouldn't it? what? um what do you mention? the four you want to mention? the four week yes i would to. you want to mention? the four weel. yes i would to. you want to mention? the four weel. it's i would to. you want to mention? the four weel. it's a would to. you want to mention? the four weel. it's a really to. >> i think it's a really important story. i'm sure our watchers listeners would watchers and listeners would be interested to. so patients groups family doctors groups say that family doctors is becoming endangered is fast becoming an endangered species are species as more people are forced wait at least month species as more people are forbei wait at least month species as more people are forbe seen.1it at least month species as more people are forbe seen.1it (morest month species as more people are forbe seen. fit (more than nonth species as more people are forbe seen.1it (more than 17.61 to be seen. so more than 17.6 million. so let's say 18 million appointments took place at least

20 days after being booked , 28 20 days after being booked, 28 days sorry. after being booked in england in 2023. and it's important to point out england. i think better in scotland i think it's better in scotland where surgery, think this where gp surgery, i think this is now. where gp surgery, i think this is ring>w. where gp surgery, i think this is ring up on the morning >> you ring up on the morning 830, lines are open and if 830, the lines are open and if you are reasonably patient, you generally get an appointment on that there's that day. but there's a different kind appointment different kind of appointment where do online where you do it online or whatever. are whatever. and these are the ones. yeah ones. are they. yeah >> you've got these kind of tertiary triaged appointments where maybe a paramedic or has who's maybe a paramedic or has done a first aid training course or whatever, and they'll diagnose the and diagnose you over the phone and give antibiotics. give you some antibiotics. >> there. i don't >> i've been in there. i don't mind but they it up. mind it, but they do look it up. they google it. the last time they do google it. the last time i went, yeah, of course they googled know. googled my symptoms, you know. yeah is slightly yeah which is a slightly unnerving, it? unnerving, isn't it? >> know, least the >> i don't know, at least in the old days you'd have a big book. yeah. dusty and you oh, yeah. dusty and you think, oh, that seems important. yeah. dusty and you think, oh, tha theems important. yeah. dusty and you think, oh, tha theems stethoscope. was it? >> what was the problem? swollen wrist. >> uh, that's good question. >> uh, that's a good question. i can't remember what was. can't remember what it was. that one. >> e- fl- g best not to share it >> probably best not to share it now, >> probably best not to share it novi it might have >> i think it might have been runner's let's it runner's knee. uh, let's call it runner's, uh, daily express very

quickly. josh? yes. yeah. now, just it. just do it. >> em- em— >> british gas told to cut pnces >> british gas told to cut prices a record profit. prices after a record profit. of course. companies just course. uh, these companies just make money. we pay make more and more money. we pay more and more money towards them. >> f- them. >> yeah. ratchet. them. >> yeah. so itchet. them. >> yeah. so whether, of course , >> yeah. so whether, of course, they're going to actually listen and fees for. and lower their fees for. >> are they still owned by france. it's still french isn't it? british gas i'm pretty sure it? british gas i'm pretty sure it is. >> yeah. so the government can say what wants. yeah. whether say what it wants. yeah. whether they listen they actually listen renationalise say sorry. renationalise i say sorry. >> i just think this is huge scandal. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> we the wholesale price of gas has to a recent low. has plummeted to a recent low. yeah, the price are passed yeah, but the price are passed on to the customer is a recent high. there's a massive delta there. only goes in one there. and that only goes in one pocket. and that's that's the suppliers so i mean at suppliers pocket. so i mean at a time of of living crisis , i time of cost of living crisis, i think we should be banging the drum saying drum a lot louder, saying that consumers off. consumers are being ripped off. >> i'm going to be the >> yeah, i'm going to be the first say it. first to say it. >> gb news. >> gb news. >> well, you've got to have a you've got to have a smoothly running free market, haven't you've got to have a smoothly runnito free market, haven't you've got to have a smoothly runnito free rextent. haven't you've got to have a smoothly runnito free rextent. and n't you've got to have a smoothly runnito free rextent. and the you? to some extent. and the fuel obviously, you fuel industry is obviously, you know, up prevent that know, geared up to prevent that happening. yes. you know, yes. >> a good point. >> there is such a good point.

>> there is such a good point. >> very quickly male >> so very quickly male fertility paul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. paul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. so paul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. so this paul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. so this is paul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. so this is all aul. >> so very quickly male fertyeah. so this is all about >> yeah. so this is all about vibration in male fertility breakthrough . the baby boom. so breakthrough. the baby boom. so uh, blasting sluggish sperme with sound waves can make them can make them move. now i would argue i'm not a scientist, so i'm not sure if you're aware that blasting anything with vibration could make anything move, irrespective of whether it's dead or not, whether it carries on moving after, it's where it keeps moving . yeah, exactly. >> so an clock exactly. >> so an exactly. » so >> so an alarm clock or is it just dead like you just just like a dead like you just kind so the point of these kind of. so the point of these particular sperme is they're a little aged and a little sluggish. >> not sure what direction they're going in. >> oh no, i'm just going to interrupt there. tried to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*arupt there. tried to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*a spum there. tried to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*a spum donor'e. tried to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*a spum donor about ed to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*a spum donor about 15 to >> oh no, i'm just going to int�*a spum donor about 15 years be a spum donor about 15 years ago, maybe. over. over ago, maybe. no, it's over. over 20 ago now. and that 20 years ago now. and that was the issue with they the issue with mine. they wouldn't i had wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low well, maybe they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. well, maybe they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. uh, well, maybe they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. uh, inell, maybe they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. uh, in reality, be they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. uh, in reality, it they wouldn't couldn't use it. i had low now. uh, in reality, it wasy can now. uh, in reality, it was very easy to get my wife pregnant. but your spum in a spum needs be frozen, spum bank needs to be frozen, and needs to have and so it needs to have high motility. but the point is, i was only like 25. yeah yeah, but you're chill.

>> before you had >> that was before you had children, yeah. children, wasn't it? yeah. >> i was just going to be >> yeah, i was just going to be a donor. a spoon donor. >> just basically i'm going to father the world. >> wanted to write article >> i wanted to write an article about thought, do about it, and i thought, i'll do it. got the article into it. so i got the article into the independent. but when you get though. get paid twice, really, though. yeah. fantastic. yeah. it's fantastic. anyway this is a scary story because i'm stop love i'm going to stop making love whilst playing anywhere whilst music is playing anywhere near don't want to get my wife >> i don't want to get my wife pregnant again. >> definitely want >> you definitely don't want to have big subwoofers have one of those big subwoofers anywhere the car. yeah, anywhere in the car. yeah, they're ones can listen they're the ones you can listen to, of piccolo. to, like a bit of piccolo. uh, that front all that is our front pages. all done and dusted. part two has labour's woes. the labour's continuing woes. the economy and economy failing to grow and immigrants flow . immigrants continue to flow. come a couple of come back in a couple of minutes. we will explain all of that

radio. well come back to headliners. >> i'm simon evans still here with josh howie and paul cox. so kicking off with the times now has starmers easy ride to number 10 started to come off the

rails. josh yes, quarter of voters say keir starmer has failed on labour antisemitism. >> uh, this is of course we have the rochdale by—election coming up and he's now dropped that dropped them as a candidate after some very . um, i mean an after some very. um, i mean an r in and yeah, i mean some, uh, some anti—semitic remarks came out at and, uh, yeah, it's an issue he's arguably done a lot to keir starmer to change what was a very toxic party under corbyn. but but there is a problem in the left and the far left of anti—semitism at large, i feel. >> i mean, i have this conversation online quite a lot , conversation online quite a lot, and i know some people really don't feel he has and, you know, isn't rooted out yet, but i think they have changed quite dramatically, haven't they? to be , no, think it's the be fair, no, i think it's the shift is massive. >> yeah. arguably it's not his fault that the left at large or the or like i say , the far left the or like i say, the far left or the, the signs are changing aren't they. for what's left and far left, uh, do have a massive

anti—semitism problem. >> think to be fair, >> well, i think to be fair, this how i it. it's an this is how i view it. it's an anti—israel problem. and i know that there are people, and understandably, who think that that a smokescreen for that is a smokescreen for a deeper sentiment. that , deeper sentiment. but, um, that, of course, has blown up since corbyn, hasn't it? it was possible during the corbyn years for, i mean, israel was simmering at that time. now it's such a, it's the hot we're seeing. why'd you know real life anti—semitic incidents where you have, uh, violent incidents against jewish people in this country go up 96. >> that was just real, uh, against property, 146. so this this idea, it bleeds over into real life. >> and do you feel i mean, obviously, you know, to the some extent it's unspoken, but i've spoken about it on this show that this is correlates with the large degree to which islam is, uh, you know, the islamic is virtually a bloc vote in some constituency . now, there are constituency. now, there are large postal votes. and so on going on. and there is a concern that this is what is being activated at the moment in when we talk about anti—semitism, it

almost seems to suggest to some people , i think, know, the people, i think, you know, the far right and suspicion far right and, and or suspicion of capitalism and that sort of thing. but this is quite a specific partisan sect. it's a sectarian issue, almost like looking at northern ireland or something. >> so it's a huge elephant in the room, i think. and in order for that to be true, we'd all have to admit that there is an anti—semitism problem within the, muslim community. yeah. the, uh, muslim community. yeah. and sure that gets and i'm not sure that gets spoken about, uh, significantly because . because of, you know, because. because of, you know, the fallout that would come from that discussion and unfortunate if you don't have these these brazen discussions, you're not going to solve the problem . and going to solve the problem. and if if you if you want to if you're if you if you want to understand whether there's much anti—semitism out there, tweet about anti—semitism and you'll soon .i about anti—semitism and you'll soon . i would say that soon find out. i would say that if you'd taken this poll six months ago, the likelihood is that a lot of these people might have keir starmer is have said that keir starmer is doing job because because doing a good job because because at time , you know, at that point in time, you know, there a changing of the there had been a changing of the guards. sought to guards. he'd actively sought to remove any obvious anti—semitism

, um, from the labour party. but just in recent times, with everything that's gone on, we've just scratched the surface . just scratched the surface. maybe lift that drain a little bit and we can see still bit and we can see it still exists because it's inherent within the the left think within the way the left think the oppressor versus oppressed well, the way left think. >> and as, as as we say with it within the way that a, you know, a rival for power in the middle east think, know , this is east think, you know, this is not going away. >> also say that someone >> i will also say that someone this week, a tory councillor, was suspended for being anti—semitic this anti—semitic as well. so this goes across across political spectrums well. also spectrums as well. i'll also say that who that 59% of people who are questioned they didn't hear questioned said they didn't hear anything questioned said they didn't hear anytidon't care it. so they don't care about it. so even we're talking about even though we're talking about it show, on a it on a political show, on a news show, i don't believe that the public, make the general public, it does make an impact. antisemitism. i don't believe, any in believe, will play any part in the election. and obviously the election. and jews obviously represent a tiny, tiny portion of this country. >> that's true. there >> i think that's true. there are confronting are bigger issues confronting people general election. people at the general election. anyway, covering anyway, we will be covering the rochdale immediately anyway, we will be covering the rochllhis immediately anyway, we will be covering the rochllhis program. immediately anyway, we will be covering the rochllhis program. we mmediately anyway, we will be covering the rochllhis program. we are ediately anyway, we will be covering the rochllhis program. we are iniately after this program. we are in the , it says, obliged the meantime, it says, obliged to candidates . to list the other candidates. >> i'm surprised to hear that.

>> i'm surprised to hear that. >> i'm surprised to hear that. >> i think the election has >> no, i think the election has happened. going do that. >> got e- e— e got to do it. >> you got to do it. >> you got to do it. >> you got to do it. >> you should. we all do it together. >> election is over. but never mind. i'll read them out. as are lee, mark coleman, simon danczuk, ian donaldson and paul ellison. george galloway, michael howarth, mike william howarth, guy orton , raven howarth, guy orton, raven rodents , bortner, official rodents, bortner, official monster raving loony, david tully and candidate for the independent. well done , well independent. well done, well done sir. >> we ever have to do it independent now paul and the uk is in a technical recession. >> it must be said it doesn't feel a mere technicality at the moment. >> no, that's an interesting point. the technicality refers to the fact that if you have three consecutive months of, uh, azure, father , then you end up azure, father, then you end up in recession. jeremy hunt, uh, iron cuts to public spending as recession deals, a to blow spnng recession deals, a to blow spring budget plans. jeremy hunt could slash public spending by billions of pounds to fund pre—election tax cuts in next

month's budget . now the gdp fell month's budget. now the gdp fell by nought point 3. uh, in the fourth quarter, following a decline of nought point 1% in the previous three months. so according to the office of national statistics, we are now in a technical recession. the problem i have with this is, first of all, lies. damn lies and statistics. and that's what the ons deal in. and i'm losing kind of that was twain, i think, who actually said it might be disraeli, but just because you're on the show, i thought i'd that. wouldn't i'd do that. simon. i wouldn't do louis was here. he do that if louis was here. he wouldn't understand any of the words. i'm more words. um, but i'm becoming more and what and more sceptical about what the however, we in the nsa, however, we are in a technical recession , and this technical recession, and this does put the tories in a bit of a i mean, from a comical a bind. i mean, from a comical perspective was in their perspective, if i was in their position, would make this one position, i would make this one hell of a budget and just make all promises to scupper all sorts of promises to scupper laboun all sorts of promises to scupper labour. but of course that's not good government, and they're not comedians. >> occasionally tories do >> so and occasionally tories do win power when they don't expect to, such as in 2000. well, we have seen what we have seen is

that, um, labour are losing some some of the traction in the polls. >> now, i know it's, i know it's still down to sort of the sort of 12% between the two, but that but you wouldn't have thought that just couple of months that just a couple of months ago. not impossible ago. so it's not impossible that because there be quite because there has to be quite a large swing in order for labour to get the considerable swing that they keep telling us they're to they're going to get, it has to be very , very large. be very, very large. >> it may well be decided about which sort of people go out and vote the day. of course, that vote on the day. of course, that is tradition , but it's a shame is a tradition, but it's a shame we're not going to get the budget hoping we budget that we were hoping we were. what think about were. what do you think about how about recession, josh? >> @ mean, what you >> well, i mean, look what you say. mean, they're dealing say. i mean, they're dealing with facts they've out with facts as they've come out and show are and statistics show this. we are now technically in recession. now technically in a recession. that of rishi sunak that was one of rishi sunak five pledges was to fix the economy. that's happening. it's that's not happening. it's self—evident. of course, there's going of time going to be, uh, a sort of time delay drag between delay or drag between what we see kind of official see in these kind of official numbers and life on the street for people. yeah uh, and the impact it's going to make on the day lives. but really, day to day lives. but really, in terms of making cuts, it's like we've 13, now of

we've had 13, 14 years now of a tory government. what more can be cut? >> absolutely. tend to agree. >> absolutely. i tend to agree. and has to be uh, and also it has to be said, uh, recession is judged total recession is judged by total gdp, or falls . gdp, whether it rises or falls. and there has been an enormous amount of mass immigration which has gdp . gdp per capita has elevated gdp. gdp per capita may well be a less rosy picture for the tories than the one that is for research and is being used for research and statistics. times now , josh, statistics. times now, josh, and, uh, talking of that immigration, the channel small boat migrants might need to be monitored, says robert jenrick . monitored, says robert jenrick. i have thought at least as i would have thought at least as diligently as, say, a self—service . self—service checkout. >> yeah, well, channel migrants being monitored over extremism fears. so this is robert jenrick. he's the former immigration minister. he resigned didn't feel resigned because he didn't feel that rishi was doing that rishi sunak was doing enough. talk in enough. he's giving a talk in washington , and he's of washington, and he's sort of comparing the uk situation with the channel, with what's going on with texas. yeah uh, and yeah, there is an issue where we have people coming into this country that we don't know who they are, and they are dangerous for this country. arguably uh,

whether it's terrorists, whether it's criminals. whether it's terrorists, whether it's criminals . and that is part it's criminals. and that is part of the danger of illegal immigration, which is what we have sort out. have to sort out. >> a member scott adams, the cartoonist turned political commentator in in america. uh saying that, what calculation would you make ? he was talking would you make? he was talking about southern border there. about the southern border there. of course. 1 1000, 1 in of course. 1 in 1000, 1 in 10,000. you know how many? how many? they saying 10,000. you know how many? how man many they saying 10,000. you know how many? how man many smarties saying 10,000. you know how many? how man many smarties in saying 10,000. you know how many? how man many smarties in the aying 10,000. you know how many? how man many smarties in the bowl. how many smarties in the bowl. uh, have to be okay, or how many poisoned ones would you accept before you would put that bowl of smarties into a children's party? >> i mean, it's it is such a good point. and i'll come back to that in a bit, but they're saying that he's saying that a significant minority have criminal pasts. now, i would argue, this quite argue, and i know this is quite inflammatory, but argue that inflammatory, but i'd argue that all immigration is all illegal immigration is criminal very criminal just by its very definition. so they're all in some way. now, you can argue there's a human, there's a humanity to that which doesn't didn't form part of my view then which needs to be taken into consideration. but the way i

would phrase it is exactly what you said there, simon. you know how many alkaline attackers do we want to accept? one? is we want to accept? is it one? is it is it 200? i mean, it six? is it 200? i mean, i would argue that it should be zero. we if we've got our own alkaline attackers, then let's deal problem. deal with that problem. but let's the problem. let's not import the problem. well, in 2022 said it was well, in 2022 they said it was 19 suspected terrorists who came over. >> oven >> so that is if you want 19, uh, poisoned . sweets. yeah. we uh, poisoned. sweets. yeah. we got them. yes >> that's it. so at least the pensions are getting topped up. now before we throw to the break coming up from midnight tonight through a.m. gb news is through to 6 am. gb news is britain's channel. britain's election channel. and we'll live we'll be bringing you live coverage elections in coverage of the by elections in wellingborough kingswood. wellingborough and kingswood. tom please tell us more. tom harwood please tell us more. >> yeah it's exciting night for us today simon, because this is only the second time in gb news history that will be going past midnight with live tv. the other time that was when the queen passed away . so this is an passed away. so this is an exciting moment . the first exciting moment. the first electoral test of 2024, two by elections in two different parts

of the country. the conservatives holding pretty substantial majorities in each. but could labour do their bit again ? could they overturn some again? could they overturn some pretty substantial majorities ? pretty substantial majorities? but it's more than that. it's not just a two horse race. there is the confounding factor of reform uk. the first electoral test at the time that reform uk is over 10% in the polls. can they match it? can they beat it? we'll have all of the results will be live across these two constituencies through to 6 am. thank you very much, tom. >> we'll be looking forward to that. and we've seen your huge picnic lined up on the tables outside. it's all to get you through it looks like through the night. it looks like it's be great party. through the night. it looks like it's is be great party. through the night. it looks like it's is part be great party. through the night. it looks like it's is part two great party. through the night. it looks like it's is part two dan�*at party. through the night. it looks like it's is part two dan coming. through the night. it looks like it's is part two dan coming up, that is part two dan coming up, pontins are hostile to travellers. judge is pro—hamas. israel back in eurovision. israel is back in eurovision. it's happening. you it's all happening. see you in a couple of

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headliners >> so kicking this section off with the daily mail, paul first jews are chased rather out of theatres. now gypsies are banned from holiday camps. >> yes, sir. pontins racially discriminated against irish travellers who tried to book to stay at its hotels. the equality's watchdog has ruled. so this is the equality and human rights commission staff were told to decline or cancel bookings made under those names, which included monikers such as boyle, docherty and gallagher, and the company , which was once and the company, which was once and the company, which was once a bastion of cheap domestic holidays, has now been issued with an unlawful act notice, which is kind of a vague thing, isn't it really ? but that's from isn't it really? but that's from the equality and human rights commission , which all sounds commission, which all sounds a little bit eu to me. >> um, i've got to say, there's a long list of surnames there as well. it's i mean, apart from the whether or not the intention was was wrong, the instrument is rather blunt, isn't it? >> so, yeah. >> so, yeah. >> jemmy carr wouldn't be able to go. >> frankie boyle would be able

to they're going to be to go. they're going to be there. were also there. were they were also listening mean, listening for accents. i mean, i don't coming to don't know why i'm coming to their but just just for their defence, but just just for some context. um, i mean, some extra context. um, i mean, i'm a huge of the to know. i'm a huge fan of the to know. >> to know quite >> i would like to know quite what were worried about. what they were worried about. there just salacious , there is just being salacious, but certain sort of but you have certain sort of images what there seems to be images of what there seems to be some evidence that in the past, some evidence that in the past, some travelling some large irish travelling groups indulged , aged groups have indulged, aged somewhat and just somewhat in drinking and just raucous behaviour and raucous behaviour. they don't come in in their large vehicles and just park up. no no no sin park up. no, no no no no sin >> maybe even . cheaper to >> maybe it's even. cheaper to stay at a pontins than it is in your own caravan. but i think, um, pontins had decided that there was evidence there had been the past and been trouble in the past and they prevent that they wanted to prevent that trouble in the future. however if they did just with if they did just go with surnames irish accents, then surnames and irish accents, then that was probably not cool. >> it's the blunt , that was probably not cool. >> it's the blunt, but that's how i'd get out going on how i'd get out of going on houday how i'd get out of going on holiday to pontins . holiday to pontins. >> i want to go to pontins. i'd be like, hello, it's josh randall here. be like, hello, it's josh rarplease.re. be like, hello, it's josh rar please. am be like, hello, it's josh rarplease. am i only? be like, hello, it's josh rar please. am i only? oh, >> please. am i the only? oh, howie, please. i the only

howie, please. am i the only person this panel that's been person on this panel that's been on pontins holiday, by the on a pontins holiday, by the way? no, i've been to an equivalent, that some equivalent, but that was some ironic. to me, get to me, ironic. get to me, get to me, poor people. holiday >> ironic. was. it >> no, it was ironic. it was. it was our holiday. >> as well . they used to >> okay as well. they used to pay >> okay as well. they used to pay quite well. there's only three left now anyway. >> and as they're saying, >> and they as they're saying, all places that all all the places that they all closed down in and the closed down in 2018. and the call and whatnot. yeah. call centre and whatnot. yeah. so a point. so it's sort of a moot point. >> it's on its way out, isn't so it's sort of a moot point. >> it's going way out, isn't so it's sort of a moot point. >> it's going to ay out, isn't so it's sort of a moot point. >> it's going to go>ut, isn't so it's sort of a moot point. >> it's going to go altogether. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia hotel. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia'itannia hotel. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia hotela hotel. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia hotel if-iotel. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia hotel if youl. it? it's going to go altogether. it's britannia hotel if you ever uh, britannia hotel if you ever stayed at the in liverpool stayed at the adult in liverpool . yeah i did, yeah. wow. i stayed in the one in manchester. >> oh my. that is the worst night in my i'm just night in my life. i'm not just talking my wedding night. talking about my wedding night. >> justice >> telegraph. now maybe justice isn't , josh. >> telegraph. now maybe justice isn'indeed. josh. >> telegraph. now maybe justice isn'indeed. judge who failed to >> indeed. judge who failed to jail hamas. paraglider protesters likes post by conspiracy theorists. so so, um, i don't know if you saw when one of the big protests happened and these three women, young women wore these paragliders, which are what how these men came in, the terrorists came in and killed all these people at this

music festival. they wore it. they were arrested under terror and actually convicted now and then they got off. and it turns out the judge who let off, out the judge who let them off, who just gave them a sort of 12 month conditional discharge or whatever time. whatever it is, no prison time. even though have got even though they could have got seven months, six months in prison terrorist offence. seven months, six months in prisoturns terrorist offence. seven months, six months in prisoturns out rrorist offence. seven months, six months in prisoturns out he'dt offence. seven months, six months in prisoturns out he'd likeznce. seven months, six months in prisoturns out he'd like to e. seven months, six months in prisoturns out he'd like to sort um, turns out he'd like to sort of facebook on of very dodgy facebook on >> no, not facebook, linkedin, i think josh howie. >> the fact is, on linkedin i find slightly dodgy anyway. yeah, and um, and then he's tried to say, oh , i didn't. it tried to say, oh, i didn't. it was an accident. i liked it and all that stuff. but it just shows a level of impartiality. as said along, through as i've said all along, through these protests, we have laws as i've said all along, through th

celebrate that kind of behaviour . that's a clip. >> i mean, what um, i have i'm uneasy about the word likes in headlines. i've got to be honest . or in the news generally, it just feels like playground taunting, doesn't it? know taunting, doesn't it? you know what i mean, judge. you like to post. you liked it, didn't you? >> you like that he's showing support for. >> you like that he's showing sup het fon >> you like that he's showing sup he does seem to be. but you >> he does seem to be. but you know, through sometimes know, i go through sometimes i almost tweets sometimes almost bookmark tweets sometimes with have a with like, i mean, you have a bookmark you know what bookmark now, but you know what i not always i mean. it's not always sometimes it's a light. yeah. you sometimes it's you tell them and sometimes it's like, yeah, but if you're a judge, you've got to be held to a higher standard. i do think that as well. against that as well. i think against the the situation, if the context of the situation, if it lineker liking it. it been gary lineker liking it. oh he would probably oh then he would have probably got have kind of. he's got i would have kind of. he's annoyed. yeah. >> have to >> and but we have to try to some degree in order to tackle these have still these stories. you have to still retain a level of impartiality. however, is that however, the context is that you've three women you've got three young women wearing paragliders . on wearing the paragliders. on their back just days by the way, not just this isn't months later, this is days after the before. they were reaction. yeah, this is days after the 7th

of october and they've been convicted . i mean, uh, convicted. i mean, uh, conditional discharge , which conditional discharge, which sounds a lewd act, but they sounds like a lewd act, but they they . so they have been convicted. so there is an opportunity here you don't want. i'm not suggesting for a minute that they are even hamas supporters, although i am just learning that of them's hamas supporters, although i am just lgaza 1g that of them's hamas supporters, although i am just lgaza and|at of them's hamas supporters, although i am just [gaza and has of them's hamas supporters, although i am just [gaza and has recentlyzm's from gaza and has recently immigrated. there chance immigrated. so there is a chance that they are. they could well have for them. however have voted for them. however let's just just for the let's just just for just for the argument's let's just just for just for the arguthey're hamas that they're not hamas supporters. still have an supporters. you still have an obugafion supporters. you still have an obligation in his position to teach a lesson. yeah, because now now there's nothing stopping any of us walking around with that on our back. >> well, listen, they've been taught the communication is that he secretly agreed with them, and did what he could to and he did what he could to prevent punished. prevent them being punished. >> that's the problem. >> the guardian now, with a story that might help putting migrants off, to cross migrants off, trying to cross the channel i suppose. >> yeah. i mean, is two of the channel i suppose. >> guardian'san, is two of the channel i suppose. >> guardian's favouritei two of the channel i suppose. >> guardian's favourite wordsf the guardian's favourite words ethnic minorities in england have worse access to gps . so have worse access to gps. so high ethnic minority areas had

37 gps per 100,000 patients, 15% lower than the 44 gps per 100,000 patients in low ethnic minority places of england . i minority places of england. i mean, it's remarkable, but it's not unsupported thing that the guardian have taken this story and managed to fashion into and managed to fashion it into a story about minorities, because the more you read about the story, the more you realise that we've just got less gps and that people in high density population areas are suffering the most . and of course, by the most. and of course, by statistics , statistically that statistics, statistically that is where the minorities live. so yes, they are, but not because of the colour of their skin, not because where they came from and, and all of these things are what the guardian are suggesting . well, we have gp issue. it's . well, we have a gp issue. it's confound issues isn't it. >> the headline usually when you boil down, life worse for the poon >> well, this is it. it's conflating exactly ethnic minorities with socio economic poverty, which the real issue poverty, which is the real issue here. yeah. and incredibly

here. yeah. and it's incredibly frustrating because if we can't deal what problem deal with what the problem actually then we solve actually is, then we can't solve it. absolutely i agree, i it. yeah, absolutely i agree, i agree. >> well, we're in agreement >> well, we're all in agreement on that one. so that's boring. let's on. gosh. massive let's move on. oh gosh. massive breakthrough in the middle east crisis. the crisis. according to the guardian , israel can compete in guardian, israel can compete in the eurovision song contest. >> is a coincidence. i'm >> this is a coincidence. i'm getting all these stories. israel in the 2024 israel can compete in the 2024 eurovision song contest. say organisers. yay >> uh, so malmo in sweden , which >> uh, so malmo in sweden, which is quite an interesting venue. yeah >> so the bds can bds off. yeah. boycott diversity. >> is that who was behind the attack? well yes they're behind attack? well yes they're behind a lot of this stuff. >> and essentially what the eurovision, the european broadcasting union have said is that israel haven't broken any laws. they've been part of the song contest for 50 years. so there's no reason why they shouldn't be able to compete. so they the they are through to the semi—finals. be semi—finals. it'll be interesting to see what pathetic reactions you're going to get from some of the other musicians and bands which you've seen in the and they think they're

the past, and they think they're being you're being real rebels and you're like, the like, guys, you're at the eurovision song contest, you ain't some hard core rebel rock band, but they have all been trying to do that lately. >> anyway, haven't they? not just politics, but just in terms of politics, but they try and present like, they try and present in like, leather. loads leather. and there's like loads of posturing if of kind of posturing as if they're didn't israel have they're in a. didn't israel have they're in a. didn't israel have the gender winner? they're in a. didn't israel have the yeah. gender winner? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> like a bird. that was >> sings like a bird. that was the i thought i thought the sorry, i thought i thought that was a joke. >> but you're right. yeah no, that was the joke. >> it was on. i was on the big breakfast at the time. they had a guest, uh, sings like a bird. but i noticed the israeli contestant this time is called eden. got land. yeah. which is like a fantastic sort of enriched name, isn't it? does it get more jewish than that? >> no, it doesn't, does it? >> no, it doesn't, does it? >> from the golan heights. van—tam anyway, we, uh, we wish everyone well. their semi—final is birthday , so that's is on my birthday, so that's that sorted. uh, paul, is on my birthday, so that's that sorted. uh, paul , fair nice that sorted. uh, paul, fair nice for you to skate on here. should schoolgirl still be wearing sexy skirts? is there a blanket skirts? yeah. is there a blanket opfion skirts? yeah. is there a blanket option ? opfion? >> does it depend on the girl?

well i'm going to. i'm going to tackle this with, uh, the professionalism . i'm employed to professionalism. i'm employed to use gendered uniforms, divide the sexes and young people the sexes and put young people off activity so girls off physical activity so girls might feel less confident about doing things like cartwheels and tumbles in the playground or riding on a bike on a windy day. if they . sorry, i can't read if they. sorry, i can't read that and not laugh, can i? if they are wearing a skirt or a dress . and there are two dress. and there are two elements to this story. one elements to this story. one element is that of course, gendered clothing for girls and women. it does create uncomfortable situations for them . and the this is kind of an them. and the this is kind of an 0p them. and the this is kind of an op ed, this piece. and she's saying from her own experience, thatis saying from her own experience, that is exactly what happened. she bunch of she lists a whole bunch of ghastly had the ghastly experiences. she had the second part of this is that teenage boys are a bit disgusting, and i'm not sure how you overcome both. now, my, my daughter's a teenage girl. you overcome both. now, my, my daughter's a teenage girl . and daughter's a teenage girl. and she tends to wear trousers to school. yeah. um, this the writer of this suggests that when she was at school, which was she was between 2012 and 17, she couldn't to

couldn't wear trousers to school, wouldn't solve school, so that wouldn't solve the problem. >> i will say, though, have >> i will say, though, i have a my daughter is now 19 my teenage daughter is now 19 and was never particularly, you know, way or the other on know, one way or the other on this certainly know, one way or the other on this friends certainly know, one way or the other on this friends you ertainly know, one way or the other on this friends you .�*tainly know, one way or the other on this friends you . iainly know, one way or the other on this friends you . i drive had friends and you. i drive around and there around brighton and hove there are teenage girls who quite are some teenage girls who quite like looking a bit sexy or looking a bit provocative, and it is a fairly well established trope that there are dads who 90, trope that there are dads who go, going out dressed go, you're not going out dressed like teenage girl like that, and the teenage girl tells him that they are. so there's kind of slightly there's this kind of slightly disingenuous, uh, presumption or projection that from this particular correspondent who i'm sure is being sincere about her own teenage own experience, that teenage girls forced to expose girls are being forced to expose their legs and some of them are horrified by it. but others, i think, of quite enjoy. i think, kind of quite enjoy. i think, kind of quite enjoy. i think having the choice. >> i think some young women, as this, as this writer is, and speaking to other young women have very traumatised speaking to other young women hav sort very traumatised speaking to other young women havsort early:raumatised speaking to other young women hav sort early sexualization the sort of early sexualization an you say, i think a lot an and as you say, i think a lot of big issue is, is teenage boys being stupid. i know that i was an idiot. i regret things that i said. >> do you think co—educational schools are a mistake? i mean, i

do, yeah. >> did you go to. no, i never went to. i went to a co—education school. >> went to a single >> i didn't, i went to a single sex comprehensive, which is unusual. it's been been unusual. it's been a been a grammar too, year grammar school too, the year before. um, and it remained, uh, single way through. single sex all the way through. i know some of co—ed, i know some have sort of co—ed, uh, or uh, sixth form. there were 1 or 2 who to the sixth 2 boys who came to the sixth form who'd been in co—ed schools and all emotionally and said we were all emotionally repressed stuff, but be repressed and stuff, but to be honest, i don't. i don't remember any of remember feeling any kind of i think i actually agree with you. >> really thought >> i hadn't really thought about that, it was that, but i think it was probably that i didn't go probably better that i didn't go until sixth form then it until the sixth form and then it became girls. >> and human versus >> and it's human nature versus progression isn't it? progression again, isn't it? yeah. part done. >> ? up students have >> coming up students have stopped they >> coming up students have stoppto they >> coming up students have stoppto have they >> coming up students have stoppto have a they >> coming up students have stoppto have a look they >> coming up students have stoppto have a look at they >> coming up students have stoppto have a look at can's'

and welcome back to headliners for our final section. josh the sorry state of our students is having a knock on effect on our economy . we could be responsible economy. we could be responsible for the recession. in fact . for the recession. in fact. >> yeah, clean living students

blamed for nightclub closures. and is from peter marks. and this is from peter marks. he's the chairman of uk. he's the chairman of rekom uk. uh, not to do with reform. they own a bunch of nightclubs, including prism and yeah, there's a there's a real issue. we've got 1 5 young adults we've got 1 in 5 young adults don't anymore . so prism. don't drink anymore. so prism. prism. prism . prism. yeah. prism. >> yeah, we've got one of them. you've got to be there. >> unfortunately. >> unfortunately. >> yeah. well, last three were there recently. were we i there just recently. were we i don't remember. >> how night >> that's how how good a night it but that full it was. uh but that is full of students. yeah, saying students. yeah, but he's saying that in leeds and it was that he was in leeds and it was middle of week. so students middle of the week. so students aren't in the middle of aren't drinking in the middle of the week because they're the week because i guess they're paying the week because i guess they're paying much money now. paying so much money now. they're be paying for they're going to be paying for their they think, they're going to be paying for thei know they think, they're going to be paying for thei know what, they think, they're going to be paying for thei know what, i hey think, they're going to be paying for thei know what, i mightink, they're going to be paying for thei know what, i might as, they're going to be paying for thei know what, i might as well you know what, i might as well actually my degree first you know what, i might as well ac'all,.y my degree first you know what, i might as well ac'all, their my degree first you know what, i might as well ac'all, their music. egree first of all, their music. >> secondly, absolutely, >> and secondly, absolutely, they their they can't just afford get their money's as money's worth it as a as a couple of of faffing couple of years of faffing about, which is what did, about, which is what i did, is it a good thing, i it maybe that's a good thing, i don't although the north, don't know, although the north, the northwest is the northeast, the northwest is pretty healthy drinking culture generally, not generally, isn't it? it's not necessarily well, he necessarily dependent. well, he says, of are says, a lot of these are closures south, right. closures in the south, right. >> and down there. >> or leeds and down there. i wouldn't leeds south or

wouldn't call the leeds south or nottingham birmingham. to me, everything about london's north. to me there is one of these closing portsmouth well, closing in portsmouth as well, which is the which is my local city, is the traditional. that's. yeah, it is actually it, is actually isn't it, which is nowhere weirdly nowhere near watford. weirdly um, the one is closing in um, the one that is closing in portsmouth, which local portsmouth, which is my local city most to me. city or city most local to me. and i was discussing this with city or city most local to me. ancfriendship:ussing this with city or city most local to me. ancfriendship group| this with city or city most local to me. ancfriendship group| timum h city or city most local to me. ancfriendship group| timum and my friendship group or mum and dad them. um, and dad as i call them. um, and we were trying discuss, you were trying to discuss, you know, what that, uh, what know, what is it that, uh, what is it that's causing this? and people are drinking? i think the way has way that people socialise has changed well. changed a great deal as well. um, we just didn't didn't um, we just didn't we didn't have to have much else to do. >> always mean, >> things always change. i mean, we what we thought was we had what we thought was a fairly stable drinking culture, but that was very from but that was very different from the prior but that was very different from the as prior but that was very different from the as well. prior but that was very different from the as well. you prior but that was very different from the as well. you know,prior but that was very different from the as well. you know, the' to that as well. you know, the working men's clubs had gone already, like that, already, things like that, things change. things things change. >> change. go. >> things change. there we go. >> things change. there we go. >> in the >> tinder, new is now in the telegraph, and to one's telegraph, paul, and to no one's great surprise, is great surprise, the app is intended to get you addicted to the app, not to love. intended to get you addicted to the yeah,not to love. intended to get you addicted to the yeah, funnily love. intended to get you addicted to the yeah, funnily enough, tinder >> yeah, funnily enough, tinder sued users into sued for turning users into addicts . so the owner of tinder addicts. so the owner of tinder has been of addicting has been accused of addicting users endless scrolling users to endless scrolling on apps than helping apps rather than helping them find true love and tinder. i didn't realise this is owned by

match match.com and also owns match of match.com and also owns hinge. hinge , josh and hinge. i said hinge, josh and the complaints have bracket. yes. yeah yeah, exactly the place of accused match are destroying millennial tradition , destroying millennial tradition, royal courtship or for the millennials. so i wouldn't i mean that's just part that for a sec. i totally agree with you. the apps are designed to be addictive and you cannot blame them for that. but the accusation is that it's destroying the traditional courtship method. now, i don't believe because still believe that because it's still an available to an option that's available to everybody. of course, you can argue that most people are on the apps, but those people exist. and if you went out, i mean, to mean, you can't go to a nightclub anymore. if you nightclub anymore. but if you went and there are went out and about, there are hard copies of these in there. >> that's exactly point i'm >> that's exactly the point i'm trying make now. trying to make now. >> sure that the choice >> i'm not sure that the choice has away. course has been taken away. of course it's maybe it was it's different. maybe it was harder never used harder in our day. i never used apps. married before. apps apps. i was married before. apps can you existed? can i ask? you existed? >> i ask you. both of you >> and i ask you. both of you switch josh. i find switch to josh. i find sometimes, and this might a sometimes, and this might be a terrible confession, but i sometimes if i've an sometimes find if i've spent an hour or two on twitter pursuing

several at once hour or two on twitter pursuing seve scrolling at once hour or two on twitter pursuing seve scrolling all at once hour or two on twitter pursuing seve scrolling all the)nce hour or two on twitter pursuing seve scrolling all the rest, and scrolling and all the rest, and scrolling and all the rest, and encounter a real life and then i encounter a real life flesh blood have flesh and blood person have a conversation with it feels conversation with him. it feels a slow. yeah yeah. do you a bit slow. yeah yeah. do you know what i mean? you kind of 9°, know what i mean? you kind of go, on. 90, come on. >> go, come on. >> suddenly you're >> and suddenly when you're deaung >> and suddenly when you're dealing kids, dealing with your kids, i mean, it's half turn this week. so yeah, arguing on facebook yeah, i'm arguing on facebook and simultaneously with and twitter simultaneously with about people. like about 20 different people. like but then kids will try but and then my kids will try and say something to me, just hurry up. >> a sexual appeal. i >> but it's a sexual appeal. i can imagine same thing can imagine that same thing happens. i've never happens. you know, i've never used tinder. i've never used the ghndn used tinder. i've never used the grindr. was is the gay one, the gay one? yeah, just exactly the same. yeah but yeah. >> simon grindr's the gay one. yeah, whatever. >> you that? >> have you used that? >> have you used that? >> have burner >> certainly don't have a burner phone specifically, but yeah, these , this whole kind of thing. these, this whole kind of thing. if like being on twitter , if it's like being on twitter, if that same thing where if it is that same thing where you're of maybe you're kind of like, oh, maybe that, maybe that you're that, maybe that maybe you're not being funny there being not being funny there and being funny just funny there, and then you just meet that's like a bit meet a person that's like a bit of a sort of lead. >> wait, still have >> wait, you still have ultimately, you still have to meet us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe write us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe write for us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe write for a us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe write for a living us ultimately, you still have to mee maybe write for a living ors that maybe write for a living or are to playing with words.

are used to playing with words. we could probably attract someone little bit easier. we could probably attract soncan e little bit easier. we could probably attract soncan e li one bit easier. we could probably attract soncan e li one bit e story? and >> can i get one last story? and josh, is the story about josh, that is the story about the traffic twitter the most traffic on twitter today. monstrous today. sadiq khan monstrous rebranding of the capital train lines woke agenda. lines to suit his woke agenda. oh my god, painful. oh my god, this is painful. >> all, the £6 million >> all of all, the £6 million suffragette line. sadiq suffragette line. so the sadiq khan's tfl paid agency £115,000 to explore decolonise asian and queer histories when we are paying queer histories when we are paying a huge amount of money, when, for those of us who live in london for public transport and when it's even, they're getting government money as well, because supposedly they have to fill some financial black hole and then you find out about this utter one waste of , about this utter one waste of, of our resources and even just say, maddening, generous, to be honest , because it's actively annoyed. >> it's a vanity project, isn't it? >> it's a vanity said, oh, i'm sure this is going to annoy a bunch of people. yeah it's just unnecessary a time unnecessary at a time when people are struggling . people are struggling. >> anything want to add to that? >> no, i think it's just it's a vanhy >> no, i think it's just it's a vanity project. that's what happens when you believe you're untouchable. happens when you believe you're untouthinks. khan thinks he's. >> i don't think he's.

>> i don't think he's. >> and by the way, no one calls >> i don't think he's. >> overground way, no one calls >> i don't think he's. >> overground anything ne calls >> i don't think he's. >> overground anything other.ls the overground anything other than no, exactly. >> you're going going to >> you're just going going to wembley don't you? wembley or whatever, don't you? it's it has made wembley or whatever, don't you? it'sawful it has made wembley or whatever, don't you? it'sawful lot it has made wembley or whatever, don't you? it'sawful lot of it has made wembley or whatever, don't you? it'sawful lot of people as made wembley or whatever, don't you? it'sawful lot of people as noh,e an awful lot of people go, oh, why are you old? people always say, you know, culture war making culture it's making a culture war issue. it's like it's always culture war like it's always a culture war when go, what are doing? when we go, what are you doing? doing when doing that? so they call it when they 120 grand doing it. they spend 120 grand doing it. >> they called one the things they spend 120 grand doing it. >> suffragettes,>ne the things they spend 120 grand doing it. >> suffragettes,>ne opposediings the suffragettes, as opposed to the suffragettes, as opposed to the which is a big issue. >> that's another. that's another matter. that's another matter. but well, that's for show for another time. the show is nearly let's take another for another time. the show is nearly look let's take another for another time. the show is nearly look at et's take another for another time. the show is nearly look at friday's another for another time. the show is nearly look at friday's fronther quick look at friday's front pages. daily mail now be bold and tax cuts. mr hunt and go for big tax cuts. mr hunt guarded and warned against guarded and pm warned against cuts into recession . cuts as uk falls into recession. telegraph hunt shelve £0.02 telegraph hunt to shelve £0.02 income tax cut . daily express income tax cut. daily express now . just do it british gas told now. just do it british gas told to cut prices after record profit. the ai uk slips into recession but squeeze will cut inflation. hunt believes . and inflation. hunt believes. and the metro male fertility breakthrough baby boom. it's all about the vibrations. that's all we have time for. thank you to my guest, josh howie and paul cox. we're back at the same time

tomorrow. coming up midnight. tomorrow. coming up at midnight. however, through to 6 am. gb news britain's election channel will bring you live coverage of the by elections in wellingborough and kingswood . i wellingborough and kingswood. i like wellingborough a very nice gig- like wellingborough a very nice gig. i wish them well. tom harwood, please tell us more . harwood, please tell us more. >> oh, these are fascinating seats simon. this is going to be a big, big night. we've got two seats in two different parts of the country with different dynamics within their populations, which will tell us some pretty key ideas about how the next general election will go. these are the first electoral events of this year. and this is an election year. could these two blue seats go red, or could the confounding factor of the reform party throw up a surprise ? we will learn so up a surprise? we will learn so much throughout the night. we've got reporters on the ground in each constituency and an amazing array of big name guests. right through with you to 6 am. this

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sunshine, particularly across eastern areas of scotland as . eastern areas of scotland as. well as central areas of england too. tomorrow morning and we'll see a good deal of sunshine through the some thicker through the day. some thicker cloud across parts of northwestern england, north wales thick enough wales that could be thick enough to bring drizzly rain, but to bring some drizzly rain, but in the sunshine it'll in any of the sunshine it'll feel pleasant. of feel fairly pleasant. highs of 13 or 14 degrees in the south or 12 degrees further north. a bright start to saturday across eastern areas, but cloud will thicken through the day as this weather front approaches, so some drizzly rain in the west through morning then through the morning and then a heavy spell of rain come heavy spell of rain to come through the evening across western areas and perhaps on sunday morning in the east. but once that clears on sunday, it should be a fairly dry and bright many of us, and bright day for many of us, and it be staying mild all it will be staying mild all through see you later. >> that feeling later. >> that feeling . inside >> that warm feeling. inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on .

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