tax and stamp duty in heritance tax and corporation tax. but will this be enough to get some seats in the commons after the general election? >> and then the government pledges £250 million to help the war effort in ukraine, as today marks the second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. >> but should we spend even more money on the war effort while we struggle at home? and could prince harry be deported from america after his admission to drug use? in his memoir, spare a us court is having their say on that one. hey, for this show isn't about me. it's about you. nothing without you and your views. so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we've been discussing today. email on gbviews@gbnews.com email me on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials. we're at gb news news, but let's have a look at those news headunes have a look at those news headlines with the very lovely

theo chikomba . theo chikomba. >> good afternoon . it's 12:01. >> good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom . the uk has reaffirmed newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles . advanced tank busting missiles. the defence secretary says he's proud that since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk. grant shapps says the west will keep going for as long as it takes to fight russian aggression . russian aggression. >> this is a package which will help to provide some of the artillery that's required , artillery that's required, particularly on the front line where russia has really boosted their production levels. so it's

massively important now. but we stop putin. it's going to cost us more. if he came further, not least , of course, us more. if he came further, not least, of course, being terrible for the our ukrainian friends. but it would also be disastrous for the rest of the west . for the rest of the west. >> shadow defence secretary john healey says the war in ukraine is a global fight. >> i think first to recognise that this isn't just putin fighting on the battlefield in ukraine. this is a diplomatic, economic and industrial struggle against wider russian aggression and we've got to have a broader uk plan to help defend ukraine and defeat putin. so that does mean tightening sanctions , as mean tightening sanctions, as you say, closing supply chain loopholes and looking to seize the direct the russian assets that have been stolen to reconstructing ukraine. it also means ramping up our military support for junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year over a pay dispute , the british over a pay dispute, the british medical association has asked

for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable . unreasonable. >> more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began. the health secretary victoria atkins, is calling for the strikes to end, saying she wants to see doctors treating patients not on picket lines . lines. >> i want for this to be resolved. i've i've come to these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution for junior doctors, but also, importantly , doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer . so i still want to the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. walking out of negotiations in november was not reasonable. they know that i want to go further. in addition to the up to 10.3% that they have already received into their bank accounts , the defence bank accounts, the defence secretary has defended tory mp lee anderson, who's under for

fire comments he made about protests in london. >> labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamist . grant shapps, says his islamist. grant shapps, says his comments were born out of frustration following months of demonstrations . shadow paymaster demonstrations. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth is also demanding that the whip be removed from liz truss for using a talk in the us to claim conservatives in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment . a world war two environment. a world war two bomb found in plymouth has been detonated at sea. the 500 kilogram device was found in a garden in the keyham area and lifted onto a military vehicle. it's forced thousands of residents to be evacuated from their homes, the ministry of defence says the operation to remove it safely has led to one of the largest peacetime evacuations since the second world war. thousands of cards of

support have been sent to king charles following his cancer diagnosis. the monarch laughed as he read one of them, which had a disgruntled dog on the front, saying at least you don't have to wear a cone. around 7000 cards were sent from around the world, offering their good wishes, with one child writing never give up, be brave, don't push your limits. others share their own experiences of cancer , their own experiences of cancer, urging him to stay positive . a urging him to stay positive. a lunar lander dubbed as odysseus, which became the first ever commercial spacecraft to touch down on the moon , is said to be down on the moon, is said to be stable. the craft , about the stable. the craft, about the size of a london red phone box, landed in the moon's south pole region on thursday night. the company behind the mission says the lander may have tipped on its side, but it's alive and well and in communication with operators. it's the first us lander to succeed fully reach the moon in more than 50 years. for the latest stories, sign up

to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news alerts. now it's back to gb news alerts. now it's back to gb news alerts. now it's back to gb news. saturday >> thank you very much, theo. right let's get straight into today's story , shall we? now, of today's story, shall we? now, of course , we're in an election course, we're in an election yeah course, we're in an election year. you may have noticed , i year. you may have noticed, i think it's been mentioned a couple of times. so every party will be out vying for your support in the general election this morning was the reform uk rally in doncaster with richard tice announcing they would raise the 40% income tax threshold to £70,000, including reductions in stamp duty, inheritance tax and corporation tax . now we'll be corporation tax. now we'll be speaking to richard tice a very shortly . but speaking to richard tice a very shortly. but joining me now, i have a wonderful panel to talk about. this is broadcast and legend. i think it's fair to say mike parry and former labour adviser and equally legendary

scarlett mccgwire, thank you both very much . very, very both very much. very, very sensible people who can have a nice, friendly, cuddly debate . nice, friendly, cuddly debate. now, um, we have heard pretty much what richard tice has said. this morning. a lot of it was in the telegraph this morning. scarlet's got that look on her face already. she's just itching to this one. to get stuck in on this one. now. reform party, um, they now. the reform party, um, they are promising an awful lot now. it's an election year, scarlet. we many promises from so we hear so many promises from so many political parties. a lot of detail about how they actually do these things is left out. but what did you make about what you've richard tice you've heard from richard tice this ? i want to know how this morning? i want to know how they're going pay it. they're going to pay for it. i mean, that's that's always the problem with tax cuts is it's really nice saying to people, you don't have to you don't have to pay as much, but what are they going to what are they going from public going to cut from public spending . and sure richard spending. and i'm sure richard will say we'll make everything more efficient. but that's what every secretary of state has said for as long as i can remember, i do not remember,

which is not that long a time. i mean, no, of course it's only a few decades. >> but i mean , i do i mean, >> but i mean, i do i mean, i mean, i just got tired of, of secretaries particularly health secretaries, saying what we're going to do , we don't need more going to do, we don't need more money. >> what need is better >> what we need is better efficiency. you go on and on efficiency. and you go on and on and on and no waste. so what i want to know from richard is , want to know from richard is, is, is if you're if you're cutting all these things for us, what are you going to cut in the pubuc what are you going to cut in the public spending. because actually one of the problems at the moment is , is that the the moment is, is that the pubuc the moment is, is that the public rain is just not good enough. i mean , there's, you enough. i mean, there's, you know, we know that the health service is having terrible problems. we know that schools are terrible problems as are having terrible problems as people talking about local people hate talking about local government . but actually, government. but actually, you know, you're talking know, if you're talking potholes, if you're talking no use services. i mean, that is local government . it was it was local government. it was it was potholes was one of the things that one one of the recent by elections, wasn't it. but i mean, potholes weren't mentioned this but we heard about

this morning. but we heard about income raising the income tax cut, uh, raising the threshold stamp duty, threshold, stamp duty, increasing price, increasing property price, inheritance tax, abolish corporation tax cut vat , um, corporation tax cut vat, um, scrap the tourist tax , private scrap the tourist tax, private education and health care , um, education and health care, um, reversal and whatever else you're saying. migration freeze on non—essential migration, net zero scrap shapps ec air left defence spending raised hs2 scrapped and our free speech um encouraged . basically. now encouraged. basically. now that's a lot of good stuff. it sounds like it's ticking all the right boxes, mike, but has scarlett said the devil is in the detail ? scarlett said the devil is in the detail? i'm not scarlett said the devil is in the detail ? i'm not entirely the detail? i'm not entirely sure where the money is. >> no, absolutely. it's absolutely right. >> know, politician >> you know, any politician who's anywhere who's not in power or anywhere near to power can make all sorts of promises. would of promises. and what i would say i love the draft of say is, i love the draft of this. i think it's fantastic. it, know, it rings all the it, you know, it rings all the right me. cutting right bells for me. cutting taxes, because i believe that if you cut taxes, you stimulate the economy. you get more revenues. there's there's a thing called there's a there's a thing called the curve. and the laffer the laffer curve. and the laffer curve is the american economy ,

curve is the american economy, who pointed out that if taxes go too then the takings drop too high, then the takings drop down because people can't afford the services and all that. now we've got 9 million people in active in this country, right? 9 million who aren't even million people who aren't even paying million people who aren't even paying tax. and one of the forever reasons they might be ill or they're just out work. ill or they're just out of work. one reasons so many one of the reasons so many people in economically inactive is because because it doesn't pay is because because it doesn't pay to work in this country, taxes are simply too high at the highest. we know for 70 years. it's a disincentive to work. and the way you would pay for these would be the same way that nigel lawson revolutions tax payments when he got in, taxes were at the highest peak of atp for the top earners . the highest peak of atp for the top earners. he the highest peak of atp for the top earners . he got that down to top earners. he got that down to £0.40, and he did that through years of diligent and prudent management of the economy. so slashing wasteful spending . and slashing wasteful spending. and there's loads of room in the economy in this country to slash wasteful spending . the welfare wasteful spending. the welfare budget alone in this country is £265 billion. now, if you're not

telling me there's room there to make cuts, um, it's proved as well. george osborne, who i thought was a hopeless chancellor. it's proved that when you put up taxes, the take goes down. and that was with stamp duty. yes. he suddenly started launching huge stamp duty rises. doesn't everybody, including me, who's a property investor . including me, who's a property investor. and lo and behold, in the financial year, he the next financial year, he took 2 less. so i love the 2 billion less. so i love the principle of low taxes . 2 billion less. so i love the principle of low taxes. i'm a low tax freak. i believe in trickle down economics. if you give more money, uh, of give people more money, uh, of their own, to keep in their own pocket, are more efficient pocket, they are more efficient at wasteful at spending it than wasteful politicians . right? politicians. right? >> okay. talking of wasteful politicians, let's go and talk to genuine politician. the one to a genuine politician. the one that out with what that actually came out with what we talking about now that actually came out with what we that talking about now that actually came out with what we that is talking about now that actually came out with what we that is richard 1g about now that actually came out with what we that is richard ticeiout now that actually came out with what we that is richard tice himself and that is richard tice himself . uh, joining me now is gb news political correspondent , political correspondent, katherine forster, who is, i believe, with richard tice. catherine good afternoon . catherine good afternoon. >> yes. good afternoon . yes. >> yes. good afternoon. yes. good afternoon from doncaster racecourse, where reform are having their biggest ever

conference. i've got a 30 page working draft here of their policies , and i'm joined now by policies, and i'm joined now by their leader , richard tice. their leader, richard tice. richard thank you for talking to us today . a great pleasure. can us today. a great pleasure. can i just say that you said people laughed at you in the beginning. they're not laughing now. you're 13% in the polls. what it is that you're doing that so appealing to people and do you think you can win in rochdale next week? >> so what we're doing is providing common sense policies that actually work for ordinary people up and down the country. this contract is not a manifesto, it's a contract. we've done it in draft. it's very businesslike . it sets out very businesslike. it sets out over £100 billion worth of savings from waste and unnecessary like scrapping zero, not paying bank interest on the qe reserves that we shouldn't be doing that's voluntarily enriching the city, saving £5 100 on wasteful government spending, huge sums and then how we invest it in personal tax cuts, lifting income tax

starting point to £20,000, which is vital. it frees up 7 million people. huge benefits for small businesses, abolishing er 35, reducing corporation tax, lifting the vat threshold. these is what's going to get the country growing again as opposed to we're sinking at the moment. also we're announcing a major, major uh different set of policies with regard to health care . still free at the point of care. still free at the point of delivery being able to invest an extra £17 billion a year in health. but we're not giving it to the bungling bureaucrats. no. and we're going to get to zero waiting lists. we could do it within years. what we've within two years. and what we've got got to buy many got to do, we've got to buy many more from the more operations from the independent sector. the charity, private health care sector. we've got to encourage those that more to pay more that can pay more to pay more with tax incentive . but the with a tax incentive. but the great thing is that we will still health care will always be free at the point of delivery, but we have to accept the outcomes worst outcomes are amongst the worst in we're the only party in europe. we're the only party with courage to say we can with the courage to say we can get two years. we can get to

get to two years. we can get to zero waiting lists. in two years we can invest 17 billion more in health care . but not to the health care. but not to the bungung health care. but not to the bungling nhs bureaucrats and then major, major investment in defence in a whole new department for veterans and so on. so it's a great document. it's on our website. i would urge people to read it. you're pledging massive tax cuts, no tax for the first 20,000. >> raise the high high tax threshold to 70,000, cut inheritance tax, etc. it all sounds massively expensive . sounds massively expensive. we've got a national debt of 2.6 trillion. how on earth are you going to pay for this stuff? >> that's what's all out in >> that's what's all set out in the the savings . so if the document. the savings. so if we scrap net zero, for example, that will save £30 billion at least. and i've been cautious about that number every single yeah about that number every single year. £600 per person. year. that's £600 per person. if you don't pay the base rate bank interest on the qe reserves, that's another £35 billion of saving. these are huge sums. that's how you pay for it . but

that's how you pay for it. but the government won't do this . the government won't do this. i've talked about this before. no one's disagreed with me on this. economists agree with me. think tanks agree with me. we shouldn't be paying this huge sum. i mean, that's the equivalent of £700 per person just on the qe reserves bank interest alone. and the waste in government spending is vast . i'm government spending is vast. i'm saying to every spending manager , just like we are at home, you've got to save £5 and 100. if not, you're fired. i know it sounds tough . the country is in sounds tough. the country is in crisis. we are going bankrupt unless we change course, we can change course and the thing is, you talk about the national debt , the way to do that, the way to overcome that, got to overcome that, you've got to grow economy. sinking grow the economy. we're sinking at under sinking at the moment under sinking sunak got no plan to sunak starmer has got no plan to grow the economy. this is a serious plan to grow the economy and yes, deliberately. i've issued it as a draft. many people will like it. some people say you forgot this and this and our enemies will criticise that number this the number and this number. the great talking

great thing is they're talking about engaging in a about us and we're engaging in a proper debate about how proper debate about to how reorganise run country reorganise and run the country so we can get growing again. >> talk about the prospect >> you talk about the prospect of starmageddon , as you call it, of starmageddon, as you call it, but you must know you're going to more votes from to take a lot more votes from the conservatives you are the conservatives than you are from labour. so you are a party on right , but from labour. so you are a party on right, but ultimately, on the right, but ultimately, aren't you going to just be helping left the next election? >> the truth is, we're the only party on the right now. the socialists become socialists have become con socialists. the party socialists. they're the party of the difference the left. they're no difference to the to the labour to the to the to the labour party. the tories have had party. and the tories have had their chance. we gave them that chance december they've chance in december 19th. they've blown it. they've messed up, frankly. should stand frankly. they should stand aside, let me and reform uk take on keir starmer. and i'm absolutely confident after an election period we'd beat him hands down. that's the way literally to save britain. this conference is saying we're ready to save britain whenever the election is, whether it's in may, june or the autumn . may, june or the autumn. >> are you still planning to stand in every seat? because the reality is, isn't it, that because of the voting system we

have even if you get millions of votes as ukip did in 2015, you're unlikely to get many or hardly any seats, which is one of the reasons why we need a fairer electoral system called proportional representation. >> that actually, i think if there a referendum, many there was a referendum, many people but yes, there was a referendum, many peoplstanding but yes, there was a referendum, many peoplstanding in but yes, there was a referendum, many peoplstanding in everyt yes, there was a referendum, many peoplstanding in every single we're standing in every single seat, seats across england , seat, 630 seats across england, scotland, wales. that's how democracy . we've got a democracy works. we've got a very different set policies very different set of policies in to britain and in order to save britain and everybody deserves the chance to vote on that. that's absolutely essential. and we're going up in the polls as sunak and the toxic tories are sinking in the polls. and this is the reason why we've got the right policies. they haven't. and it's a disaster. we're recession at moment we're in recession at the moment and we've had the and per head we've had the longest period of recession, seven quarters i think, since records began. this is a records began. i mean, this is a disaster . we've change disaster. we've got to change course urgently. do you think you can win in rochdale next week? >> george galloway is currently the favourite, but can simon danczuk get there and get that

seat for you? well, i was there yesterday with simon. >> we were getting a fantastic reception. working reception. we're working incredibly . all these incredibly hard. all these things difficult i think things are difficult but i think that the good that actually what the good citizens of rochdale want, i think what they want is they want the candidate to focus on rochdale, not gaza. that george galloway's on. so look, galloway's focus on. so look, that's point democracy . that's the point of democracy. we we'll best case we we'll put our best case forward and simon will do. i'm very sure we'll get our best result ever. he's a brilliant candidate and let's wait and see. not many days to go. >> and finally, just a quick comment, if i may, on lee anderson . he's got into a lot of anderson. he's got into a lot of hot water. what's your view on what he said? and would you like him come to the reform party? >> i think that's a matter for lee. not going to comment lee. i'm not going to comment on what um a good what he's said. um lee's a good man. heart's in the right man. his heart's in the right place. but i think the reality is the party's left is that the party's left him basically . and there are basically. and i think there are a number of conservative lists who frankly , they who actually, frankly, they agree with our policies. we're not doing a deal with the tories, but they've all got my telephone number when they

realise actually the realise that actually the conservative has conservative party that has essentially it's essentially the tory party, it's a party of social democrats and socialists, it doesn't longer socialists, it doesn't no longer stands for the philosophy of conservatism that we have adopted. >> richard tice , thank you so >> richard tice, thank you so much for talking to us today. so there have it. richard tice there you have it. richard tice believes conservative believes that the conservative party no longer conservative party is no longer conservative reform think they are offering something different to people fed up with the conservatives who don't think that labour is the answer either. who don't think that labour is the answer either . they've the answer either. they've certainly got a spring in their step here. i'll be bringing you more throughout the afternoon . more throughout the afternoon. >> catherine. thank you very much. that's katherine forster there. our political correspondent in doncaster with a richard tice. this, um, a quick comment from our panel now coming first. scarlett, coming to you first. scarlett, we lot there from mr we heard a lot there from mr tice . what are you taking away tice. what are you taking away from that? well, i should be really grateful because really grateful to him because he's ensure he's going to absolutely ensure a . i mean, that's a labour victory. i mean, that's what this is all about. it is he's fighting the tories. let's have let's let let's let them do it. and labour can actually put

out a proper manifesto . they out a proper manifesto. they richard did also say at one point he was targeting labour as much as he was targeting the tories, but um, mike, what do you make. >> well he used one expression there, common sense. >> with him. >> and i totally agree with him. if policies , it if you look at the policies, it is common sense to give people back money to stop back more of their money to stop reckless to try reckless spending, to try and stimulate . me it is stimulate the economy. me it is common the problem common sense and the problem with don't with politicians is they don't have common sense. i got have enough common sense. i got an a—level in economics, but i know more about how to run the economy than the politicians. know more about how to run the ecowould han the politicians. know more about how to run the ecowould you the politicians. know more about how to run the ecowould you the fforticians. know more about how to run the ecowould you the ffor him is. know more about how to run the ecowould you the ffor him .. >> would you vote for him. >> would you vote for him. >> um, no, because he's not going to win. >> scarlett is stupid . >> scarlett is stupid. >> scarlett is stupid. >> question of the day, dawn. but you know, you've got to be fair here. no, i mean, as as as mike says, he's not going to win, but but he is going to ensure that that a lot of tories lose their and i thought lose their seats. and i thought what said about lee anderson, what he said about lee anderson, i mean, if let's not kid each other, lee anderson used other, if lee anderson had used the instead of islam, the word jew instead of islam, um, he'd be out like a shot. okay um, he'd be out like a shot. okel he might push the >> i think he might push the tories to better tax policies. i

think that's part of his plan. and think what he's and i think that's what he's trying do, which would trying to do, which would be benefit . from. benefit. from. >> and we'll be talking more about lee anderson later on in the show. so stay tuned for that one. now uh, seeing as we have mentioned, the rochdale by—election, here is the full list of candidates for you. um, as are ali labour, mark coleman, independent as are ali labour, mark coleman, indeperdonaldson, uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat, ellison, democrat, and paul ellison, conservative. and george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent. william howarth, independent. william howarth, independent. guy otten , green independent. guy otten, green party gavin roden, sebby's corner, official monster raving loony party , uh david tully, loony party, uh david tully, independent. and that's the full list. now you are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom and loads more coming up on today's show. uh, the government pledges £250 million to help the war effort in ukraine, as today marks the second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of that country . all of that and much more to come . you're with gb news,

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this , for these recruits are this, for these recruits are a long way from their homeland. here at a secret training camp in the west country, zelenskyy's last line of defence is being taught the art of urban warfare . taught the art of urban warfare. >> ukraine's. >> ukraine's. >> until three weeks ago, volodya was a taxi driver in western ukraine. he told me he gave that life up when he realised the military was desperately in need of more support . he's now urging support. he's now urging everyone to enlist and fight. just get . up. and st giles' just get. up. and st giles' cathedral dubbed operation interflex, the training is designed to give those with little to no military experience the skills they need to be effective in frontline combat . effective in frontline combat. >> there are friendly forces in the area . as they move through the area. as they move through battle scenarios. >> those drill sergeants urge them to attack the crack clearing holding and defend buildings. essential skills if they ever hope to rid their

country of russian invaders . country of russian invaders. lieutenant colonel davidson is interflex deputy commander. he says the course has changed as the fighting evolves, so we're now seeing uav and drone presence , a persistent presence. presence, a persistent presence. >> we're also seeing greater minefield depth and ieds being employed in those trenches. so it's areas like that that we've concentrated on in the ukrainian are bringing forward those lessons into our training . lessons into our training. >> remember the door drills? i know the door drills are a bit tight. >> it's a big job involving hundreds of british military personnel, translators and 11 other partner nations , including other partner nations, including canada and australia , for. canada and australia, for. vladislav has served in ukraine's national guard since 2013. he says when he joined, his training focussed on defending the country, but now in the uk, he's learning how to attack. there are six training camps like this across the uk ,

camps like this across the uk, and 34,000 soldiers have passed through their doors . but at this through their doors. but at this stage in the war, with ukraine being forced to concede ground to russia, the skills the soldiers are learning have never been needed. more . the ministry been needed. more. the ministry of defence says that after the us, the uk is the second largest military to donate to ukraine, providing more than £46 billion since the war began . in and was since the war began. in and was the first country to donate western main battle tanks. it's hoped that these munitions handled by soldiers with british military training, will one day stop the russian invasion . ray stop the russian invasion. ray addison, gb news, thank you very much for joining addison, gb news, thank you very much forjoining me now is former head of counter—terrorism at the mod, major general chip chapman . chapman. >> chip, good to see you. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. obviously marking a day two years ago that saw the illegal invasion of ukraine. um, what do you make of

where we are at the moment is, is russia actually winning this war? >> well, um , adweek fell . on the >> well, um, adweek fell. on the 18th of february after a five month battle that was another mother of all battles, another defeat after bakhmut last may. but that's the point. mother of all battles is a tactical level event. it is not an operational level event . and donetsk, which level event. and donetsk, which both bakhmut and arvika are in, is 4.4% of the ukrainian territory . so in terms of russia territory. so in terms of russia taking over the geography . taking over the geography. totally of ukraine, that is not going to happen. what you can say at the moment probably is that ukraine is losing slowly in the same way that it was in june 22nd, for example . and then the 22nd, for example. and then the battlefield was equalised by the introduction of new capabilities . at the time, the himars , the . at the time, the himars, the that's the rocket systems from the americans precision strike

and more artillery course . the and more artillery course. the battlefield can be equalised again quite quickly if for example, the unlocking of the $60 billion aid package from america is enabled . but at the america is enabled. but at the moment there is an eroding stalemate that is in favour of russia . but i don't think it's russia. but i don't think it's terminal at the moment. >> um , chip britain , um grant >> um, chip britain, um grant shapps indeed have said we'll invest £250 million in producing artillery . shells for the artillery. shells for the ukrainian army. david lammy, shadow foreign secretary, has also pledged money to continue to the fight. um is can ukraine survive without our support? and do you think the appetite for people in this country is still as strong as it was? or do you think we're thinking charity should start beginning at home now? >> well, i think there's three cases to support ukraine. the first one is the security case that it's actually in our interest geopolitically. and geo

strategically to support them . strategically to support them. you know, russia is a revanchist country , which is why finland country, which is why finland and sweden, um, want to join nato. the second one is the moral case. uh, russia actually invaded. moral case. uh, russia actually invaded . ukraine and the third invaded. ukraine and the third one is the economic case. it's actually very, very cheap. if you take the first thing that the security support is, is necessary. so for example, it's 0.02% . in a benchmark 0.02% of gdp. in a benchmark time. that is one 100% of the annual benefits bill of the uk. and that is a lot cheaper than having to fight, um, russia down the road . and you've had a lot the road. and you've had a lot of people that we're in a of people say that we're in a pre—war period at the moment. i don't take that view . i reverse don't take that view. i reverse that and my framing bias, if there is one, is that we're in a long peace. and the best way to enable that long peace is to ensure that the outcome of this war favour of ukraine. war is in favour of ukraine. >> russia stop unless >> so russia won't stop unless we them. basically we stop them. basically >> i think that's true in terms of their worldview , which is to

of their worldview, which is to regain , um, lost territory and regain, um, lost territory and spheres of influence . that spheres of influence. that includes a thing called ruski mirror, which is the russian speaking world. so if they were to succeed in ukraine and dismember ukraine, then i think that, uh, certainly the baltic states , where there are russian states, where there are russian speaking people would potentially be a grand strategic objective in future years, not necessarily next year or the year after, but that's not the time frame that the russian nationalists thinking , okay, nationalists thinking, okay, thatis nationalists thinking, okay, that is chip chapman, former head of counter—terrorism there. >> thank very much for >> thank you very much for joining us today on an anniversary. one anniversary. not a happy one of the years since russia the two years since russia illegally invaded the ukraine. uh, you're with me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on today's show. but first, let's get the news headunes first, let's get the news headlines with theo chikomba . headlines with theo chikomba. it's 12:33. >> i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed

its commitment to . ukraine, its commitment to. ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank busting . missiles. the defence busting. missiles. the defence secretary , grant shapps, says secretary, grant shapps, says he's proud that since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year over a pay dispute . the year over a pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable . more than 1.3 unreasonable. more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since the industrial action began . the the industrial action began. the defence secretary has defended . defence secretary has defended. tory mp lee anderson , who's tory mp lee anderson, who's under fire for comments he made

about protests in london. labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamists . grant capital away to islamists. grant shapps says it was born out of frustration following months of demonstrations. shadow paymaster . general jonathan ashworth is also demanding the whip be removed from liz truss for using the talk in the uk. in the us to claim conservative lives. uh, in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment. thousands of support have been of cards of support have been sent to king charles following his diagnosis. the his cancer diagnosis. the monarch laughed as he read one of them, which had a disgruntled dog on the front, saying at least you don't have to wear a cone. around 7000 cards were sent from around the world offering their good wishes , with offering their good wishes, with one child writing never give up, be brave, don't push your limits . for the latest stories , sign . for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning

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have no idea what i'm talking about. i'm really not a fan, but i do know someone that is an expert on this and that's showbiz. reporter stephanie takyi supremo. hello now this is not a job for me. obviously know more about it. >> swifties. you know taylor , >> swifties. you know taylor, taylor, taylor is just an icon in a sense. when you think about the music industry, the reason why i think the v&a, she's fabulous . but the reason why fabulous. but the reason why i think the v&a is doing this, because have feeling they because i have a feeling they are going to be doing a taylor swift in the future, swift exhibition in the future, so they've been looking for five experts fields, not experts in different fields, not just taylor. we've also have crocs emojis drags crocs footwear, emojis and drags . what is the best way to understand taylor swift and her effect on people through her fans? fan base ? you know, fans? her fan base? you know, beyonce's got a fan base. they call them beehives. and call them the beehives. and these particular fans, they when they concerts , they're they go to the concerts, they're swapping posters, they're swapping posters, they're swapping bracelets. swapping friendship bracelets. so v&a really wants to get so the v&a really wants to get an insight to the fans and why these memorabilia are so

precious. because one day you're going to go into the v&a, v&a museum you're going be museum and you're going to be seeing . the seeing these on display. the person's not going to get paid that much. i was going to say it's not actually a paid job. so the person might get travel covered. and also they will get a v&a membership, which i don't know how appealing this is actually going to to be swifties. they probably want to meet taylor and probably get some tickets in the some concert tickets in the future. that is not future. no, that is not mentioned , but again, going mentioned, but again, it's going to interesting to see what to be interesting to see what the va v&a does with this insight. >> what's the crocs thing? i mean, i'm sorry if you love your crocs out there. i get it each to their own. yeah, they are the most hideous footwear ever. >> well, the director of the v&a, tristan hunt, he is saying that he wants the v&a to be diverse with their collections. so they've already got experts in pokemon cards and lego. so now they're also looking for experts in emojis, drags and crocs footwear. you know, it all sounds a bit weird, don, but i think these are the kind of

things that culture is going a bit crazy for. over the last few years, and in ten, 20 years from now, these are the trends that we'll be looking at and thinking actually, these quite big actually, these were quite big things time or quirky things at the time or quirky things at the time or quirky things the time, and also we things at the time, and also we can say the v&a running can say maybe the v&a running out ideas, so they need to out of ideas, so they need to they need to do a bit more just to, you know, boost the creativity. d so if you're a six foot six drag queen who wears crocs and is a swiftie, you can get in, you can do all of those, you can do all three. that was all not intended . but all three was not intended. but yeah. so basically they're looking for these five experts. and you know, it's generated a lot of interest because people are thinking, you know what? it's hard but clearly it's hard times. but clearly being or being an being a creative or being an expert in these kind of fields will pay. okay >> right. can we talk about another icon , another female another icon, another female icon back in the day ? uh, mel icon back in the day? uh, mel b and the spice girl? yeah >> so she so today she. well, she's in the front of the sun today. she went through a very abusive marriage with a film

producer called steven belafonte . so she had to leave. he literally fled from la back to the uk. and she said when she came back to the uk, she was almost broke. the headline that the sun gone with. they said the sun has gone with. they said that. she said she had to. she was to in lidl. um, was forced to shop in lidl. um, i'm sorry, most of us have shopped at lidl at. yeah yep. >> dawn literally there. yeah >> dawn literally there. yeah >> dawn. of us have shopped >> dawn. most of us have shopped at lidl at some point, but obviously for a spice girl who probably millionaire, probably is a millionaire, she sees as a fall from grace. sees that as a fall from grace. but i she just wanted to but i think she just wanted to reiterate the hard times she was going through . whether most going through. whether most people relate to that, i people can relate to that, i don't know, but it brings this whole thing, dawn, about celebrities . people tend to celebrities. people tend to think they're rolling in celebrities. people tend to thinriches, re rolling in celebrities. people tend to thinriches, but, rolling in celebrities. people tend to thinriches, but, you rolling in celebrities. people tend to thinriches, but, you know,g in celebrities. people tend to thinriches, but, you know, g01 the riches, but, you know, go through a horrible divorce, get your contract from your contract dropped from a lucrative brand. you can face hard times, you know, with the spice girls. obviously they had their heyday in the 90s, but if you're no longer making those music she's been a judge music hits, she's been a judge of shows , of different reality tv shows, but that can only pay so much when you've big mansion or

when you've got a big mansion or you've an abusive you've got an abusive ex—husband. she's trying to milk you for everything you've got. >> she did go through it. >> she did go through it. >> so, know, like or >> yeah. so, you know, like or lump her. she is talking about her . and to be her experience. and to be honest, dawn, i think a lot of celebrities are going to be coming out through the you know what like. it's like king what it's like. it's like king charles of the whole cancer thing talk thing is, the more you talk about these issues, the more people think, yeah, got this people think, yeah, i got this problem, people think, yeah, i got this pro so m, people think, yeah, i got this pro so fair play to her there. >> so fair play to her there. >> so fair play to her there. >> and goes to show they're >> and it goes to show they're not indestructible. they're >> and it goes to show they're not indibeingsble. they're >> and it goes to show they're not indibeings like they're >> and it goes to show they're not indibeings like mev're you. so human beings like me and you. so yeah, go yeah, they're going to go through yeah, they're going to go thr(stephanie, thank so much. >> stephanie, thank you so much. >> stephanie, thank you so much. >> of love. >> lots of love. >> utter right. she's not >> utterjoy. right. she's not wearing the i'm wearing crocs, by the way. i'm not. yet. stephanie takyi not. not yet. as stephanie takyi showbiz supremo, i think we call her, thank you. you're her, um. thank you. now you're with neesom gb her, um. thank you. now you're with saturday. neesom gb her, um. thank you. now you're with saturday. and;om gb her, um. thank you. now you're with saturday. and there's gb her, um. thank you. now you're with saturday. and there's loadssb news saturday. and there's loads more coming today's show. more coming up on today's show. could yes, him could prince harry. yes, him again be deported from america after admission to drug use? after his admission to drug use? in his memoir, spare a us court is having their say on that one. all of that and more to all of that and much more to come. gb news come. you're with gb news britain's news channel. thank you so much.

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give a say in this one. give everyone a say in this one. um, barbara says, interesting point, ashley. barbara reform wouldn't run the wouldn't be able to run the country mainly because of country yet, mainly because of lack but lack of experience. but they have . and meanwhile, have potential. and meanwhile, alan, good afternoon alan. good afternoon laura. actually, alan says, i would like to know what reform policy is on the income tax threshold, paying tax threshold, on paying income tax, state pension, tax, on my state pension, which is only income. well, they is my only income. well, they are they have a policy on income tax. onto our tax. and if you go onto our website, on there as tax. and if you go onto our websiso on there as tax. and if you go onto our websiso please on there as tax. and if you go onto our websiso please do there as tax. and if you go onto our websiso please do have as tax. and if you go onto our websiso please do have a s tax. and if you go onto our websiso please do have a look. well. so please do have a look. thank you very much. you said keep those messages coming in. now lawyer for biden now a lawyer for biden administration has told a us court that prince harry, his memoir, spare, is proof that he took drugs . it's not proof that took drugs. it's not proof that he took drugs. so he's not proof that he took drugs, because why would you write anything accurate about yourself in your memoir ? mm. not proof that he memoir? mm. not proof that he took drugs the duke sussex took drugs. the duke of sussex visa was at the centre of a court case today , as court case today, as a conservative think tank wants harry's immigration files to harry's us immigration files to be made public. now in his

memoir, spare the prince admitted to formerly taking marijuana , cocaine and marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms , all of psychedelic mushrooms, all of which could be used as grounds to deny a us visa application which could threaten harry's immigration status . now joining immigration status. now joining me is former royal correspondent charles rea to explain what exactly is going on here. charles, thank you very much for joining us. lovely to see you now. so, harry is a wannabe american national. we've potentially heard haven't we. so what's going on with this court case. >> well it seems to me to be a bit strange where he clearly has written in this book that he's taking not just the odd drug spliff or whatever, but he's taking cocaine, he's taking marijuana , he's had magic marijuana, he's had magic mushrooms. >> he's had other psychedelic drugs. uh, yeah . what are the drugs. uh, yeah. what are the biden admin nation do not believe that this is proof that he has taken drugs because he wrote about it in this book.

spare me now. he's been granted a visa. uh, in the court. this was a case taken by a conservative think tank in america because they wanted these records released. because america is supposed to be pretty red hot on allowing people into the country if they have any. um, uh , criminal. uh um uh , um, uh, criminal. uh um uh, actions against them, which harry doesn't . or if they have harry doesn't. or if they have an admission that they take some sort of drugs because there is a question on the visa application form to go to america, have you taken drugs, any type of drugs that are obviously not medicinal drugs, but we're talking about hard drugs . and he's clearly. hard drugs. and he's clearly. well, we believe he's said no to that question on um, uh , and that question on um, uh, and that's the way the situation is now. this raises the question now, the conservative think tank is now going to have a look and see what else it can do with a view to another court case, which could lead to calls for harry's deeper station. now, i

hope that that does not happen, dawn, because i do not want this winger back here in this country at all. he stays in america . at all. he stays in america. they leave him there. i don't want him back here in any shape or form. >> oh, charlie, i wish you'd sit on the fence a bit more on this one, mate. so basically, we have got lawyer saying that got harry's lawyer saying that the harry wrote about his the book harry wrote about his life is not necessarily true . life is not necessarily true. >> um, well, that's what he seems to be suggesting. but don't we do know that a large portion of the drug taking is true because it's quite well documented . mhm. uh, here in documented. mhm. uh, here in this country . let's not forget this country. let's not forget that harry was actually sent to a drug rehab centre to look at the perils of taking drugs. now that came out as it was done after he had taken the drugs. but in actual fact it was done beforehand . and uh, so we are beforehand. and uh, so we are well aware in this country that harry's had a few problems with a few with a few dodgy substance

. his it's on the record . . his it's on the record. >> and so as well as her late queen, queen elizabeth the late queen elizabeth, saying that recollections may vary, harry's own lawyer is saying recollections may vary. >> well, of course he is, because, you know he's acting for his client. i mean, does that mean does that mean that what harry was doing was a bit of fiction just to pump up the pump? it all up in spare? i mean, you know, hard to believe he could possibly do that in off his country , off his family and his country, off his family and everything else . uh, could he be everything else. uh, could he be lying about the drugs? i don't think is lying about the think he is lying about the drugs. that's probably drugs. i think that's probably one true things that is one of the true things that is actually actually , actually in the book, actually, charles, oh, the perfect charles, we have oh, the perfect timing. >> w- e done. that's >> lovely. well done. that's charles rae roll, a broadcaster and correspondent there. thank you very much, charles. uh, right now you're me. right now you're with me. dawn neesom news saturday. neesom on gb news saturday. loads more coming up on today's show. sunak has into show. rishi sunak has torn into welsh labour for its implementation of 20 mile an hour saying holding hour zones, saying the holding wales though ? wales back. is he right though? but let's check out the weather

show. here's greg, a brighter outlook with boxt solar , outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there, i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news, weather. >> we've got showers around but they're slowly fading away. we'll see some mist and fog patches before further wet and windy weather spreads in for sunday and into monday, and that's this area of that's courtesy of this area of low office low pressure. met office warnings for the heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. we could see some flooding issues over the next few days, showers fading away this evening time. lots of clear skies developing that will allow temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing overnight. so some frost in places, some icy stretches from recent showers and also some mist and fog patches. some wet and windy weather starting to move into parts of cornwall by the end of the night. here, temperatures elsewhere. temperatures rising elsewhere. a cold start to sunday, mist and fog patches slow to clear, but

then plenty of sunny spells developing, particularly across northern parts of the uk. parts of southern wales into south—west england are wet and windy. day to come. met office warnings out through the and warnings out through the day and this slowly pushes its way this rain slowly pushes its way eastwards move through eastwards as we move through sunday across southern counties of . elsewhere generally of england. elsewhere generally dry spells and dry with sunny spells and temperatures near average for most , just some mild air most, just some mild air starting to creep into far starting to creep into the far southwest . a wet start across southwest. a wet start across the southeast and windy two on monday morning. this slowly pulls away and then we've got a mixture of a sunny spells and scattered showers across the country over the next few days. it remains fairly unsettled, particularly across the north and the west. temperatures on the mild side. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers spotty hours of weather on gb news as. >> thank you very much, greg. lots more coming up on today's show . now. richard tice has show. now. richard tice has announced reform party will raise the gp income tax

threshold to £70,000. but will this be enough to win some of the seats after the general election? all of that and much more to come. i'm joel nissim and you are with gb news. britain's news channel. try not to go too far though. loads coming up

hello and welcome to gb news saturday i'm dawn neesom and for the next two hours i'm keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. keeping you up to date on the stories that really matter to coming up this matter to you coming up this hour, matter to you coming up this hour , richard tice has announced hour, richard tice has announced the reform party will raise the 40 income tax threshold to £70,000 and had called for a reduction in stamp duty , reduction in stamp duty, inheritance tax and corporation tax. but will this be enough to get some seats in the commons after the next general election?

then rishi sunak has torn into the welsh labour party for its implement of 20 mile an hour zones, saying their holding wales guess what? wales back. but guess what? they're spreading and when you listen to those labour candidate, it's painfully apparent that they don't offer anything new. it's more of anything new. it's just more of the same. i'm asking, does he have a point and trump, let's stick to mad politics, shall we? trump has had say on a trump has had his say on a controversial ruling from the alabama court that alabama supreme court that frozen embryos are considered children and that a person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them. well, i'll tell you what he said on that one. well, blimey is enough to talk about there, but the show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know all your thoughts on what we're talking about now. me on about right now. email me on gbviews@gbnews.com, or message me on our socials at gb news. it's really, really simple, but first let's go to theo chikomba for some of those news headlines

i >> -- >> good afternoon. it's 1:01 theo chikomba in the gb newsroom . um, the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising . £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles. the defence secretary says he's proud that since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk. grant shapps says the west will keep going for as long as it takes to fight a russian aggression. this is a package which will help to provide some of the artillery that's required , particularly on that's required, particularly on the front line where russia has really boosted their production levels. >> so it's massively important

now. but we stop putin. it's going to cost us more. if he came further , not least, of came further, not least, of course, being terrible for the ukrainian friends. but it would also be disastrous for the rest of the west . of the west. >> shadow defence secretary john healey says the war in ukraine is a global fight. i think first to recognise that this isn't just putin fighting on the battlefield in ukraine. >> this is a diplomatic, economic and industrial struggle against wider russian aggression and we've got to have a broader uk plan to help defend ukraine and defeat putin so that does mean tightening sanctions , as mean tightening sanctions, as you say, closing supply chain loopholes and looking to seize the direct the russian assets that have been stolen to reconstructing ukraine. it also means ramping up our military support . but the king and queen support. but the king and queen have praised the ukrainian people for their true valour. >> in a message of support , king >> in a message of support, king charles says he's greatly encouraged by the efforts of the

uk and its allies in supporting kyiv at a time of suffering and need. he says the determination and strength of the ukrainian people is inspiring junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since last march over a pay dispute . the march over a pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable , while more than unreasonable, while more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began. the health secretary, victoria atkins, is calling for the strikes to end , saying she wants strikes to end, saying she wants to see doctors treating patients not on picket lines . not on picket lines. >> all i want for this to be resolved, i've come to these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution for junior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do

that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. walk out of negotiations in november was not reasonable. they know that i want to go further in addition to the up to 10.3% that they have already received into their bank accounts , the defence their bank accounts, the defence secretary has defended tory mp lee anderson , who's under fire, lee anderson, who's under fire, for comments he made about protests in london. >> labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamist . grant shapps, says his islamist. grant shapps, says his comments were born out of frustration following months of demonstrations. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth is also demanding the whip be removed from liz truss for using a talk in the us to claim conservatives in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment . thousands of cards environment. thousands of cards of support have been sent to king charles following his cancer diagnosis. the monarch laughed as he read one of them, which had a disgruntled dog on

the front, saying at least you don't have to wear a cone. around 7000 cars have been sent from around the world offering good wishes with one. one child writing never give up. be brave, don't push your limits. writing never give up. be brave, don't push your limits . others don't push your limits. others shared their own experiences of cancen shared their own experiences of cancer, urging the king to stay positive . for the latest positive. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to gb news. saturday >> thank you very much , theo. >> thank you very much, theo. right, let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? now of course, we're in an election year. of course, we're in an election year . you may have noticed. year. you may have noticed. i think it's been mentioned just a couple of times . so every party couple of times. so every party is out vying for your support in the general election . this the general election. this morning was the turn of reform uk in doncaster. morning was the turn of reform uk in doncaster . richard tice uk in doncaster. richard tice announced they would be raising

the 40 pe income tax threshold to £70,000 and including reductions in stamp duty, inheritance tax and corporation tax . sounds inheritance tax and corporation tax. sounds like a mighty good package , doesn't it? now joining package, doesn't it? now joining me now is gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who has been with richard this morning at the reform party rally. i think we're calling it, aren't we, catherine, what do you make of it? what's going on? well the reform party certainly have a spring in their step here in doncaster because as richard tice said, only three years ago, when the party was formed out of the brexit party, which was in its turn formed out of ukip, effectively . effectively. >> and he said that everybody was laughing at them, that they were a joke. and he says that they're not laughing now are. the reason for that, of course, is currently at is that they're currently at about 13% in the polls. they're now in a position where they could really take a lot of votes

at the next general election . at the next general election. however, that does not translate into seats because they say they're going to stand in all many hundred constituencies across the uk . but we know across the uk. but we know because of the way that our electoral system works , that electoral system works, that even if millions of people voted for them, as they did in 2015 for them, as they did in 2015 for ukip, the chances are that they're going to get none or very, very few seats. what's likely to happen is they're going to take a lot of votes from the conservatives and they are to the right of the conservatives they basically say that the conservatives and labour are richard tice would say two sides of the same socialist coin . he says the socialist coin. he says the conservatives are not conservative anymore . and so conservative anymore. and so people on the right are attracted to them . um, but the attracted to them. um, but the reality is richard tice talks about starmageddon, the threat of a labour government. but the concern , tvs will tell you that concern, tvs will tell you that voting for reform is likely to

just increase. sir keir starmer's majority . let's have starmer's majority. let's have a quick look, though, at some of the policies, because as you've mentioned and, um, announced today, a whole huge raft of tax cuts that frankly make liz truss look like an absolute model of restraint. so raising the personal allowance at which you start to pay tax from 12,500 to 20,000, raising the rate at which you start to pay higher rate tax from 50 to 70 cut in inheritance tax, cut in corporation tax cutting stamp duty. the list goes on and on. we've got a national debt of 2.6 trillion. uh it's not entirely clear how how any of this would be paid for, but still , many of be paid for, but still, many of the people here really are fed up to the back teeth of the conservatives many of them were conservative voters, and they're horrified at the prospect of

keir starmer. and they feel that reform is where they want to put their support , even though they their support, even though they realise ultimately that they're probably not going to get many or any seats out of it. that's another thing, of course, that reform are pushing for. they'd like to the whole like to reform the whole electoral system and bring in proportional representation. catherine um, richard was very buoyant when you spoke to him this morning. >> how would you describe the mood there amongst the faithful? well . well. >> upbeat. yeah really upbeat. i've been talking to quite a number of people, including a number of people, including a number of people, including a number of candidates in the next election, and they really feel that they have got the wind in their sails because they feel that the conservative party have done a pretty dreadful job over the last few years. they say richard tice said that they are soaring and that sunak is sinking. they do believe that they do think it's an

opportunity for them and they i mean, looking through this 32 page booklet here of draft ideas, a lot of these are very , ideas, a lot of these are very, very appealing. but i still come back to two things. first of all, how are you going to pay for and second of all, you for it? and second of all, you can have all the plans in the world. but you're going world. but if you're not going to to translate that to be able to translate that into seats in parliament, um, in some ways it counts for nothing. i think what it will do potentially, though, is the conservatives are very worried about the reform vote taking voters from them , and it's voters from them, and it's likely to influence the conservative party over the next few months, potentially , really, few months, potentially, really, in moving a little bit more to the right, or certainly if rishi sunak loses the next election, perhaps in pushing the conservative party further to the right after that interest thing. >> times katherine forster gb news, political correspondent at doncaster racecourse with richard tice and the reform party . thank richard tice and the reform party. thank you very much, catherine. now for all the best analysis and opinion on that

story and everything we're talking today and talking about today and everything . basically it's everything else. basically it's a website. to gb a very good website. go to gb news.com now. rishi sunak. we've just been talking about him, hasn't he has torn into welsh labour for its implementation of 20 mile an hour zones, saying they are holding wales back . they are holding wales back. speaking at the welsh conservative conference, the prime minister said when you listen to those labour candidate notes, it's painfully apparent they don't offer anything new. it's just more of the same . it's just more of the same. joining me now is gb news, host of the saturday five albie amankona and former labour minister for europe denis macshane. thank you very much for joining me. this saturday forjoining me. this saturday afternoon. 20 mile an hour zones. now i don't drive. i've given up driving because it's almost impossible in london. let's honest . um, but i do let's be honest. um, but i do cycle and i've been flashed to slow on bike mile an slow down on my bike 20 mile an hour all over place. hour zones all over the place. um, i'm going to come to you first, on this one. first, denis, on this one. >> you make lycra, do i? >> well, that's always so elegant in the studio.

>> i'm just curious , where's >> i'm just curious, where's this conversation going? >> i'm actually wearing fishnet tights, gentlemen tights, not stocking. gentlemen behind this desk here. um, and both of my young men who are accompanying me today have commented me on them. um, now commented me on them. um, so now i'm being asked about wearing lycra. yes i do, um, but let's . lycra. yes i do, um, but let's. talk about 20 mile an hour zone, shall we? denis? naughty boy. come on. what do you reckon? >> i was out pushing my grandson and granddaughter one year, 20 miles hour old, and i noticed miles an hour old, and i noticed crossing street in crossing a suburban street in south london. >> there's a huge 20 painted on the road for a very , very good the road for a very, very good reason. because i hate to say this , but under rishi sunak, the this, but under rishi sunak, the number of children killed in our roads has gone up slightly. so i think he should be the last person with four cars, including 120 mile an hour bmw speedster to be telling . us all that any to be telling. us all that any measure that protects children's lives , he is opposed to. lives, he is opposed to. >> it's not important.

>> it's not important. >> the people aren't interested in this, to be honest . there are in this, to be honest. there are some there. you know, there's some there. you know, there's some petrolheads in in welsh conservative parties driving around in jags are upset about it. it only applies to roads that are lit by lights in the evening . it's not trunk roads or evening. it's not trunk roads or the motorway or anything. i'm just baffled by by by by rishi placing bets with piers morgan. just saying . do crazy things just saying. do crazy things well below the dignity level of any british pm. >> yeah, i mean the reason the 20 mile an hour zone thing is important, not in wales, is important, just not in wales, is that british that the police force, british police issued police forces, have issued a record number of fines for 20 mile an hour offences year, mile an hour offences last year, as numbers of roads as growing numbers of roads across have their across the country have their speed despite rishi speed limits cut. despite rishi sunak's pledge to our to avoid . sunak's pledge to our to avoid. slamming a brake, his words slamming the brakes on the war on the motorist. and to go back to you were saying, dennis, to what you were saying, dennis, um, basically that, you um, it's basically that, you know, is no correlation know, there is no correlation between tougher enforcement of 20 mile an hour zones and fewer

deaths or injuries on the road. so what do you make of this , so what do you make of this, this creeping 20 mile an hour zones, not just in wales but across the country ? across the country? >> well, i think it's a taste of what's to come if labour win the next general election and that is we've got be very is why we've got to be very careful about voting for parties like reform that elect keir like reform that in elect keir starmer the back starmer in through the back doon starmer in through the back door. mile an hour speed >> this 20 mile an hour speed zone policy in wales cost zone policy in wales has cost the welsh economy £4 billion a yeah >> this whole idea that wales doesn't want to build any new roads whatsoever, when actually, for the welsh people, it is still the main mode of transportation. >> you can't take away people's mode of transportation without giving them an alternative , and giving them an alternative, and there's not an alternative. and a lot of parts of the country, including in london, especially the south river, apart the south of the river, apart from driving . so why are labour from driving. so why are labour making it more difficult for people to drive to around? >> well, w“ w-— >> and, well, we have to drive, dennis. mean, so why why dennis. i mean, yeah. so why why 20 mile? it doesn't seem to save any more lives. there's no

actual proof that it helps with any pollution issues either. so why are both labour in wales and the conservative gives as a main government seem not to have a problem with? with 20 mile an hour zones spreading throughout the country? one appeared at the end of my road overnight and it's first i went to america , >> first i went to america, washington more than 40 years ago, very kind of. >> refer to young man. uh, >> you refer to young man. uh, there were mile an hour there were 20 mile an hour limits in in big cities because the americans respect particularly children's and old people's lives. and so 700, 100, 700, 701 death in the last year. that's one, i think every 17 minutes or something. and that is just unacceptable. i minutes or something. and that isjust unacceptable. i remember is just unacceptable. i remember all those arguments, albie. again because i'm a wee bit older than you are. when we brought in seatbelts, not we. me. i mean , i just about passed me. i mean, i just about passed my driving test. everybody went bonkers. this is an attack on motorist. we won't be able to

get out of our car if there's an accident. it limits our freedom. um, women, you know will have their their top halves of their bodies and bodies constrained and constricted. sake, constricted. for heaven's sake, you . and it worries you don't need. and it worries me. now, where live near me. now, where i live near victoria , for the number of victoria, for the number of maseratis and ferraris, i see. and you see people just gunning, getting up to 60 miles an hour because we've got no cops on the street to control this. dennis, you're speaking about sunak taking them all off. >> you're talking about lots of different things here. you're talking the that we talking about the fact that we don't don't enough don't we don't have enough police to enforce don't we don't have enough polispeed to enforce don't we don't have enough polispeed limits to enforce don't we don't have enough polispeed limits already:e the speed limits that already exist. talking about the speed limits that already exist. that talking about the speed limits that already exist. that were ng about the speed limits that already exist. that were againstt people that were against seatbelts seatbelts seatbelts whenever seatbelts were in before was were brought in before i was born. i'm against seatbelts . born. i'm not against seatbelts. but not saying there but look, i'm not saying there should be no speed limits or that or that there should be no speed that there should that or that there should be no speno that there should that or that there should be no speno seatbelts|at there should that or that there should be no speno seatbelts .t there should that or that there should be no speno seatbelts . whate should that or that there should be no speno seatbelts . what i'm ould that or that there should be no speno seatbelts . what i'm saying be no seatbelts. what i'm saying is that having a blanket 20 mile an speed zone across an an hour speed zone across an entire country is over the top. >> i'm sorry , you're only having >> i'm sorry, you're only having it in streets which have lighting . in other words, built lighting. in other words, built up urban centres . in japan, the

up urban centres. in japan, the speed limit is 25 miles an hour andifs speed limit is 25 miles an hour and it's an infinite , richer and it's an infinite, richer country than wales. the idea of having sensible speed limits, no accidents, nothing disrupts . accidents, nothing disrupts. it's a road we've already heard from dawn. >> the evidence shows that implementing these 20 mile an hour speed zones doesn't actually have an impact on the number of deaths the evidence? actually have an impact on the nurit'sr of deaths the evidence? actually have an impact on the nurit's just deaths the evidence? actually have an impact on the nurit's just too hs the evidence? actually have an impact on the nurit's just too heavy evidence? actually have an impact on the nurit's just too heavy to idence? actually have an impact on the nurit's just too heavy to go nce? >> it's just too heavy to go into. there's a third propaganda about this. the aa aren't campaigning against it. the rac isn't campaigning against it. no road safety organisation is saying there's a problem with it. just relax . we don't need to it. just relax. we don't need to put petrol head speedo or speedsters. sorry, not speedos on on on our roads. it particularly with old people , particularly with old people, particularly with old people, particularly with old people, particularly with young people, just give them a break. let let them live. >> could you really call someone a head driving 30 a petrol head for driving at 30 miles an hour instead of 20? >> was going mean, come >> i was going to. i mean, come on, not talking about on, we're not talking about having limits. having no speed limits. >> saying, let's drive >> and we're saying, let's drive at 70 miles an hour down a residential are talking residential road. we are talking about between about the difference between 20 miles hour and 30 miles an

miles an hour and 30 miles an houh miles an hour and 30 miles an hour. and to lot of drivers, hour. and to a lot of drivers, 20 miles an hour. and cyclists to slow in to feels incredibly slow in these parts of the country, which are not very densely populated, it's urban areas. populated, but it's urban areas. >> of course, the trunk roads, the motorways of wales, you can go at the legal posted speed limit . it's a go at the legal posted speed limit. it's a false argument. and what astonishes me when i was invited to come and talk about this was what on earth is our prime minister with the problems he faces with the wreck of the economy, the recession , of the economy, the recession, etc, etc, etc? why is he joining a kind of, you know, a an odd, you know, fringe obsession in, in wales? it won't it won't win him a single seat and every grand parent listening to this will say blooming heck, i don't want my roads to be full of speeding cars. >> the reason i was keen to talk about this story is because it's not just in wales. we're pegging it. what rishi sunak actually it. on what rishi sunak actually said in wales, and it's been said in wales, and it's not been great welsh economy,

great for the welsh economy, i think but 28 think we'll admit that. but 28 million people across the uk, um, 40% of the um, that's 40% of the population, are now living council areas that have 20 mile an or planned to an hour zone or planned to introduce them. and this is despite last autumn, rishi sunak saying was, stopping saying he was, um, stopping these harebrained schemes, but they just seem to be mushrooming. i think it's mushrooming. and i think it's important, dennis, because the vast majority of people drive it is important, as albie has pointed out, in many areas, in many rural areas , public many rural areas, public transport non—existent . many rural areas, public transport non—existent. i transport is non—existent. i mean, you know, i get stressed if there's a bus not in four minutes, but you went about rural areas. >> apply to places >> this doesn't apply to places to where there is street lighting. now that might be most of wales . well sorry, last time of wales. well sorry, last time i was in wales i drove all over the place looking for the nice countryside, the hills, walking. i didn't see any streetlights on those roads or motorways, but the 20 mile an hour it does apply to many of it because what what drives certainly my partner madge, she she drives a lot more than i do is when you do drive

through london. i totally agree with you about getting through london. switches london. and then it switches from and sometimes it's from 20 to 30 and sometimes it's on. it's scribbled on the road like i could have bought the photo. i took a photo to show you in case you didn't believe me. sometimes up there on a me. sometimes it's up there on a on on a post or on a on a lamp post or something, and you don't something, and you just don't know. easier here to know. it's much easier here to have a 30 mile limit rather than a 35, 37, 38. much easier to have a 70 mile an hour limit on the motorways than they can be varied with a gantries, it's just easier for everybody to have a speed limit, and i put it to you again, the seven and 101 children killed on our roads is something that all of us should do everything to combat, but that's just an argument for the speed limit being zero miles an houh speed limit being zero miles an hour, isn't it? >> it's then there would be no accidents. >> well, well, that's a perfectly good point. and there may well be a case in some areas, especially around schools, for a zero mile an hour

speed . i would no speed limit. i would have no problems at all if more people like dawn and me walked and took pubuc like dawn and me walked and took public transport. but it's another debate. my grandchildren walk to work or pushed to work . walk to work or pushed to work. so i just think the public i'm sorry , are not going to be sorry, are not going to be applauding rishi with all the problems this nation faces, that that's his biggest theme for the spnng that's his biggest theme for the spring offensive . spring offensive. >> unfortunately, i could talk about this all day . well, about this all day. well, fortunately i could. but unfortunately i've run out of time to talk about this today and obviously have to and obviously we have to appreciate everybody and obviously we have to apjmobile everybody and obviously we have to apjmobile as everybody and obviously we have to apjmobile as us. everybody and obviously we have to apjmobile as us. andrerybody and obviously we have to apjmobile as us. andrerytknow , as mobile as us. and you know, they cars and lots of they do need cars and lots of people need cars and people do need their cars and rely the cars. but what do rely on the cars. but what do you this is about? you think this is all about? what show so gb what you think this show so gb views at gb news, i mean 20 mile an hour zone do you agree with are you team albie or team dennis? zero mile an hour zones? just walk everywhere, people any case, we move on. you're with me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday and there's more saturday and there's loads more coming show. now coming up on today's show. now let's go across the pond. trump has had his say a

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spoken out this morning over lee anderson's comments about sadiq khan and islamists. anderson's comments about sadiq khan and islamists . and let's khan and islamists. and let's have a listen to what he has to say, shall we? >> but these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic , are anti—muslim islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. >> we've seen over the last two days, uh , confirmation that over days, uh, confirmation that over the last few months there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330. these comments pour fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred . and i'm anti—muslim hatred. and i'm afraid the deafening silence from rishi sunak and from the cabinet is them condoning this racist . and i'm afraid it racist. and i'm afraid it confirms to many people across the country that there's a hierarchy when it comes to racism. i think it's really important to call out anti—semitism . it's really anti—semitism. it's really important to call out misogyny . important to call out misogyny. it's really important to call out homophobia . but surely it

out homophobia. but surely it must also be important to call out anti—muslim hatred and i tell you this, my concern is there will be people across the country , uh, people who are country, uh, people who are muslim or look like muslims, who will be really concerned about entering into politics because they know if these are the sorts of comments that are said against me by a senior conservative, what chance do they you concerned they have? are you concerned that lee anderson's comments may have your safety and have compromised your safety and security? i'm quite clear from the police officers i've spoken to, from the organisations that work with muslim communities across the country . we've seen across the country. we've seen a massive increase in islamophobia, anti—muslim hatred over the last few months. it isn't just about my security. my family security, my staff security . it's about the people security. it's about the people across our country who are at the receiving end of racism , of the receiving end of racism, of anti—muslim hatred and of islamophobia, racist, um, is racism . i'm unclear why.

islamophobia, racist, um, is racism . i'm unclear why . rishi racism. i'm unclear why. rishi sunak why members of his cabinet aren't calling this out and aren't calling this out and aren't condemn this. it's like they're complicit in this sort of racism and i think the message it sends is more limbs are fair game when it comes to racism and anti—muslim hatred. it's not good enough. in 2024, in the united kingdom , do you in the united kingdom, do you think muslims are safe in the uk today? the evidence over the last few months is a massive increase in anti—semitism and a massive increase in anti—muslim hatred. i think both are appalling. both are shocking . appalling. both are shocking. both are the scourge of our society. just like the concern gives claim to be on the side of jewish people , why don't they jewish people, why don't they show they're on the side of muslim people as well? racism is racism. there shouldn't be a hierarchy . are you concerned ? hierarchy. are you concerned? >> i mean, what would you say to his criticism that you have failed to tackle extremism in london if the government if senior conservatives want to give me more power over policing

, we can have that conversation. >> the idea that a politician can tell the police which marches should be allowed , which marches should be allowed, which marches should be allowed, which marches shouldn't be allowed , marches shouldn't be allowed, can tell the police which marches to ban, which marches not to ban is a really slippery slope . what's next? politicians slope. what's next? politicians telling the police who to arrest, who to charge, who to prosecute? if the government or the conservatives have concerns about the powers the police have, they should give the police more powers. i'm quite clear in relation to the powers i have, and i'm also quite clear that it's really important not to allow mainstream politicians, senior members of the conservative party, party, to spread hatred and i tell you this, i've spoken to muslims over the last 18 hours. i've spoken to muslims and others over the course of the last few days, weeks and months. many are scared . many are scared about scared. many are scared about them being the receiving end of racism , the receiving end of racism, the receiving end of islamophobia . just like we stand islamophobia. just like we stand shoulder to shoulder with the jewish communities across the country. i've been at the

receiving of anti—semitism. receiving end of anti—semitism. why allowable for muslims why is it allowable for muslims to be treated this way? and i'm disappointed at rishi sunak. i'm disappointed at rishi sunak. i'm disappointed at rishi sunak. i'm disappointed at members of the cabinet. they should know better. you talk about the deafening silence. >> so, so far we've had sajid javid has come out, robert buckland and mazgani and that's it from the tory benches to condemn these comments . do you condemn these comments. do you think there's a problem of islamophobia in the conservative party >> well, what's important is for people in positions of power and influence to understand not just the consequences of their own language , but to understand the language, but to understand the experiences of minorities across this country. look, i think it's wrong to condone this sort of behaviour and the silence, the deafening silence is condoning this sort of behaviour. i think anti—semitism is wrong. i think misogyny is wrong. i think homophobia is wrong. and i think anti—muslim hatred is wrong as well. racism is racism and what the conservatives have shown by their words and by their actions

is they're condoning racism. they're condoning anti—muslim hatred, they're condoning some phobia . phobia. >> okay, that is a very angry london mayor, sadiq khan, on lee anderson's islamist comments. you're with me, dawn neesom on gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up, including a lots more coming up, including a lot more on that particular story as you heard sadiq khan angry there. but first, let's get the news headlines with theo chikomba . it's 1:32. chikomba. it's1:32. >> i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom . the uk has reaffirmed newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank

busting missiles. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says he's proud that since the invasion the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk . the king and kyiv than the uk. the king and queen have also praised the ukrainian people for their true valour in a message of support, king charles says he's greatly encouraged by the efforts of the uk and its allies in supporting kyiv at a time of suffering and need. kyiv at a time of suffering and need . he said the determination need. he said the determination and strength of the ukrainian people is inspiring junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year over a pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable . has described as unreasonable. more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began . for the latest action began. for the latest

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news radio. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio. now now for many people, it's a pride and joy. but for men who are losing their follicles, that's hair for you and me. it's no laughing matter, no new research shows how 1 in 4 men in the uk are considering a hair transplant in 2024, with a treatment around hair loss more accessible and accepted. joining me now to talk about this is hair transplant doctor gordon . hair transplant doctor gordon. hello. thank you very much for joining me this afternoon . now joining me this afternoon. now this is one of those things. there's so many things that we snig , especially women. we snig, especially women. we snigger, i tease my husband constantly about this , but it's constantly about this, but it's actually no laughing matter. mental health issues around it. so much wrapped up in masculinity and hair. so tell us a bit more about hair

transplants, how they work and are they becoming more acceptable ? acceptable? >> um, thank you. >> um, thank you. >> actually, hair transplantation is becoming very popular among men recently. >> um , it is not creating a hair >> um, it is not creating a hair follicles from the scratch. >> it is just replacing the hair follicles from the back of the head to the balding and receding parts. so it's like 6 to 8 hours. procedure and after a certain time , the men get back certain time, the men get back their hair, uh, in turkey, uh, in turkey , uh, recently, over in turkey, uh, recently, over 1 million people, people are having hair transplant from all around the world. >> and i'm just reading here that , um, 70% >> and i'm just reading here that, um, 70% of men experience hair loss. and remarkably, 1 in 4 see first signs of baldness before they reach the age of 21. hello. i think doctor gould . oh,

hello. i think doctor gould. oh, i think we've lost doctor gould . i think we've lost doctor gould. hopefully we'll be able to get her back . um, well, let's talk her back. um, well, let's talk about someone who's experienced this. now is this. and joining me now is benjamin draghi, who you've had a hair transplant. >> oh have. yes. >> go on benjamin, tell me exactly how long ago. >> literally nine days ago. >> uh, literally nine days ago. >> uh, literally nine days ago. >> this is amazing, right. >> uh, literally nine days ago. >> this is amazing, right . and >> this is amazing, right. and you i'm not being you are just. i'm not being rude. you are 33, 33 years rude. you are 30 on 33, 33 years old. yeah. hair transplant just a week ago. literally. so tell me your story. why did you decide to have this done? um, so i've been losing my hair since i was probably in my early 20s. >> obviously genetic father. >> um, obviously genetic father. my >> um, obviously genetic father. my brother , both bald people , my brother, both bald people, and they've embraced it. and um, everyone said to me, shave it off. um, i was just not ready to do it. i, uh, i took the thing. i looked into a few things. >> there's a picture of you before. >> yeah, that's that's actually it looks awful, but that's actually i was like before. actually what i was like before. um astonishing. obviously, i'm at the stages. got at the early stages. it's got a long to go, but i'm really happy. >> and that's a close up of your

head we're seeing now. >> yeah, that's. yeah. after the surgery . everyone at mccann surgery. but everyone at mccann who, um , mccann in, uh, in who, um, mccann in, uh, in turkey that i used is just right from the moment we landed. i didn't have to do anything. it was all i say. i driven to the clinic , driven, driven, driven clinic, driven, driven, driven to the hotel , totally looked to the hotel, totally looked after. they give me a very nice turkish cuisine for lunch, and it's just a fantastic experience . and, uh, absolutely loved it. i'm so pleased. and i feel like i'm so pleased. and i feel like i'm going to get my confidence back and how much is it? >> i mean, because as i said, i teased the husband constantly about this, but not about this, but it's not a laughing matter. how is it affecting your mental health? >> i don't think there's people that are known probably for 5 or 6 years, that have never seen me not wear a hat. that is literally how like how it affected me. but people wouldn't even know that they've never seen my head, so they wouldn't even affected my even know how it affected my mental but i think for mental health. but i think for men, it's not really spoken about, but it does affect

especially young men. yeah, they're they're health. they're they're mental health. massively. definitely >> and mean it's amazing just >> and i mean it's amazing just a week after your treatment. so i mean how long are you in the clinic and, and long does clinic and, and how long does the procedure take. so i've got actually got 4600, um, follicles as um, that which has been transplanted, which is quite lot. >> so my procedure actually took 11.5 hours from start to finish. but that includes stopping for lunch. but um, yeah, it was a very long. >> you're awake through this, are you? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's, um, local nsx, so it's just. i'm just all numb, but, yeah, i was just sat there. i was listening to the podcast and just. >> and. is it like doctor gordon was saying just now before we sadly lost her? the sadly lost her? they take the hair from back of head. hair from the back of your head. >> the area now it's an >> so the donor area now it's an fu. it used to be they used fu. uh it used to be they used to take a strip of hair. so you used to have a scar, but now they they it's called, um . now they they it's called, um. now they they it's called, um. now they take it from multiple areas so don't scar. so so you don't have a scar. so it's literally all around it's literally all, all around the sides. but you see in the sides. but as you see in that photo, actual on the sides. but as you see in thatside to, actual on the sides. but as you see in

thatsideto, quite ual on the sides. but as you see in thatsideto, quite long. on the sides. but as you see in thatsideto, quite long. it on the sides. but as you see in thatsideto, quite long. it was the side was quite long. it was just the. yes. yeah. the middle part that balding. yeah. part that was balding. yeah. okay >> i think we can go back to the doctor now. um doctor? gordon, are ? have you come are you there? have you come back to join us? >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm sorry . >> yes. >> i'm sorry. hello? >> i'm sorry. hello? >> had a connection >> yes, we had a connection problem yeah, yeah. >> yes, we had a connection pro non yeah, yeah. >> yes, we had a connection pro no problem.yeah. >> yes, we had a connection pro no problem. it ah. >> yes, we had a connection pro no problem. it happens lot. >> no problem. it happens a lot. don't was just saying >> no problem. it happens a lot. don'sort was just saying >> no problem. it happens a lot. don'sort of was just saying >> no problem. it happens a lot. don'sort of likeas just saying >> no problem. it happens a lot. don'sort of like 70%;t saying >> no problem. it happens a lot. don'sort of like 70%;t smen] that sort of like 70% of men experience hair loss. and remarkably, 1 in 4 men see the first signs of this. uh before they reached the age of 21. one. um, so . so benjamin here isn't um, so. so benjamin here isn't that unusual that he was so young when he started experiencing this problem ? experiencing this problem? >> that's true. i mean, uh, when the hair loss pit is very high. really? we generally advise the patient to wait for a while after the hair loss is slow down. then we invite them to a hair transplantation . so the hair transplantation. so the ideal age will be based on the person. of course it changed, but over like 24. >> and how how do you decide who is who is suitable ? i mean, do is who is suitable? i mean, do you have to have a lot of hair

at the back of the head to be transplanted forward? >> yes, there are multiple factors that define if you are a good candidate for a hair transplant , the availability of transplant, the availability of the donor area , your medical the donor area, your medical conditions . as i mentioned conditions. as i mentioned before, the hair speed loss, um, all these variables affect if you are suitable candidate, but most of them really are suitable. so we invite them to hair transplantation . varne. hair transplantation. varne. >> and have you seen an increase in in british patients coming to you for, for hair transplants . you for, for hair transplants. >> yeah. uh, especially after pandemic. we see uh , a growing pandemic. we see uh, a growing in the number of patients coming from uk to turkey for hair transplantation . our portfolio, transplantation. our portfolio, like 48% are coming from united kingdom. >> okay . doctor gouldman, thank >> okay. doctor gouldman, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. >> absolutely fascinating. >> absolutely fascinating. >> thank you very much . uh, >> thank you very much. uh, benjamin, just one final word to you. we're running out of time. what difference does it make to you? >> uh, massively . i feel like, >> uh, massively. i feel like, obviously we're still at the

early stage, but as it grows , i early stage, but as it grows, i think as my hair grows, my confidence will grow. so >> and i have to ask the $64,000 question. is it expensive? >> uh, no . no, not for what it's >> uh, no. no, not for what it's doing to me. right >> okay. worth every penny. >> okay. worth every penny. >> okay. worth every penny. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> perfect. thank you very much for joining this afternoon. for joining us this afternoon. that's, bridge, that's, uh, benjamin bridge, who, you can see, has got who, as you can see, has got a head of back. amazing um, head of hair back. amazing um, right. you're watching , um, a gb right. you're watching, um, a gb news with me. dawn neesom on saturday afternoon. thank you for joining me. loads more forjoining me. loads more coming up on today's show. now, donald who doesn't need a donald trump, who doesn't need a hair obviously has hair transplant, obviously has had his on a controversial had his say on a controversial ruling from the alabama supreme court that frozen embryos are considered children and that person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them . accidentally destroying them. we'll tell you what he said about that , and it's a bit about that, and it's a bit interesting. all of that and much more to come. you're with gb news, britain's news channel see you .

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way to fixing the problem. um, and meanwhile, one quick one on the obviously two years the ukraine, obviously two years since that war started , leon since that war started, leon says good afternoon. done. good afternoon. leon. the 250 million we've just given to ukraine makes a sum of 7 billion. it's hard to swallow when our own nafion hard to swallow when our own nation is in managed decline and we don't have much power and say, this is the great debate, isn't it? i mean, it's like it's like, you know, we are not exactly in a healthy state ourselves, it's tricky ourselves, are we? it's tricky one, this, isn't it? but what happens if we stop funding any case, let's move across the other side of the pond, shall we? donald trump has said he supports ivf supports the availability of ivf treatment . a ruling from the treatment. a ruling from the alabama supreme court that frozen embryos are considered children, and that a person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them, kind of like murder. um, i'm very confused by this. so i've got someone who's an expert. thankfully uh, chairman of republicans overseas , uh, uk, republicans overseas, uh, uk, greg swenson, greg, thank you so much for joining greg swenson, greg, thank you so much forjoining me on this one.

much for joining me on this one. explain a little bit what's going on here, because our politics are mad, but yours are madder. >> yeah, i think in this case, the and much of the legacy the left and much of the legacy media made a big deal out of this and it really this on thursday. and it really they shouldn't this they really shouldn't have. this is versus is not a pro—life versus pro—abort portion argument. this is a specific case about ivf . is a specific case about ivf. and it really is built around the protection in for the couples that were that were actually right. patients of the clinic. and so they are obviously pro ivf . and so there obviously pro ivf. and so there was an accident and some of the embryos were destroyed again by accident. it doesn't happen often . and the question for the often. and the question for the court was do the did the embryos get the protection that a that a human would get? or in the case of a pregnant woman being killed, is that two homicides or just one? and in most states it's two homicides. so the question for the court was, does an embryo we know the statute says the embryo in the womb gets those protections. the question

is, does an embryo outside of the womb? and of course, there was no such thing as ivf when these laws were written. so they're just saying to the all they're just saying to the all the court is saying is to the legislature make the rule because it's not in writing . so because it's not in writing. so we, you we can't really we, you know, we can't really make exception on when it's make an exception on when it's not specifically designed. so this really technical this was really a technical thing. right. this was really a technical thirand ight. this was really a technical thirand the. this was really a technical thirand the left are trying to >> and the left are trying to capitalise donald trump capitalise because donald trump is you know, is sort of like you know, anti—abortion. and many states are up. are toughening up. >> tried to make >> so they tried to make it an abortion issue to date. and that was not really accurate . so by was not really accurate. so by both biden and kamala harris came out with these outrageous statements that had to statements that had nothing to do with case and nothing to do with the case and nothing to do with the case and nothing to do the issue. do with the issue. >> okay, so talk about >> okay, so talk to me about nikki haley, trump's nearest republican challenger. although she's isn't she's 30 points behind, isn't she's 30 points behind, isn't she home state, she's she in her home state, she's more to the right on this issue than trump himself . than trump himself. >> yeah, i would argue that. and she's. but she's to the right of trump on many issues. i mean, she's more arguable, more of a conservative trump . now, conservative than trump. now, they disagree on some things. and a better

and trump has a much better appeal the populist and even appeal to the populist and even libertarian wing of the party. but it's really not conservative versus liberal at all because she, on most measures , could be she, on most measures, could be defined as more conservative than trump. yeah. >> the other thing, i mean, she she does seem to be getting under his skin, even though she's close . i mean, she's not that close. i mean, you she has the fact that you know, she has the fact that sort of you he's sort of like, you know, he's called rhino republican in called her a rhino republican in name only, which is not true. >> i mean, you can criticise mrs. haley on several things, but that's not one of them. i would argue . and so he could would argue. and so he could probably say that about other candidates that were running against earlier in the against him much earlier in the process that have since dropped out. i don't think that's a out. but i don't think that's a safe claim . but again, can safe claim. but again, they can disagree some issues. she is disagree on some issues. she is getting under her skin a little bit. more bit. she's been much more proactive more proactive and much more aggressive since ron desantis dropped out and leaving her as the only candidate still in the race. >> and when will this be decided? when will well , it depends. >> you know, it could be tonight with the south carolina primary.

you know, if she outperforms or overachieves and only loses by 20 or less, then i think that could be considered a victory . could be considered a victory. she'll stay in the race. the polls have moved from trump by mid 30s to trump by mid 20. so she she is doing better more recently in the polls . that recently in the polls. that often happens in a race and then you have super tuesday in few you have super tuesday in a few weeks. you weeks. and that's really, you know, or break. think know, make or break. i think she'll on super she'll hang on till super tuesday . perhaps she'll drop out tuesday. perhaps she'll drop out tuesday. perhaps she'll drop out tuesday 5th. tuesday is march 5th. >> right >> march 5th. right >> march 5th. right >> that's a big day >> and that's that's a big day and there's a lot of electoral votes. so i think she's going to stick at least till then. stick around at least till then. it look she can win it doesn't look like she can win any state. if she can't her any state. if she can't win her own. doesn't make own. she can't win. doesn't make you that she wasn't you a state that she wasn't governor of. >> so that's the real question governor of. >>leave|at's the real question governor of. >>leave it 's the real question governor of. >>leave it 's the on.l question to leave it there on. >> you so much. that's >> thank you so much. that's greg swensen, chair of republicans overseas, talking about things about trump and all things american. it trump world american. i call it trump world because a bit mad because it's a bit mad sometimes, right? with because it's a bit mad som dawn ;, right? with because it's a bit mad som dawn neesom with because it's a bit mad som dawn neesom gb nith because it's a bit mad som dawn neesom gb news me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday. lots coming up on saturday. lots more coming up on today's including sadiq today's show, including sadiq khan khan rishi sunak. and today's show, including sadiq kharcomment|an rishi sunak. and today's show, including sadiq kharcomment by rishi sunak. and today's show, including sadiq

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cold sunday, mist and cold start to sunday, mist and fog patches slow to clear, but then plenty of sunny spells developing, particularly across northern of the uk. parts northern parts of the uk. parts of southern wales into south—west england are wet and windy. day to come. metoffice warnings out through the day and this slowly pushes its way this rain slowly pushes its way eastwards as we move through sunday counties sunday across southern counties of england. generally of england. elsewhere, generally dry with sunny spells, temperatures near average for most, some mild air most, just some mild air starting to creep into the far southwest. a wet start across the southeast and windy two on monday morning. this slowly pulls away and then we've got a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers across the country over the next few days. it remains fairly unsettled, particularly across the north and the west. temperatures on the mild side that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler dollars. >> sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> thank you very much, greg. now there's loads more coming up on today's cracking show .

on today's cracking show. richard tice has announced reform party will raise the 40 income tax threshold to £70,000 and call for reductions in stamp duty , inheritance tax and duty, inheritance tax and corporation tax . ah, but will corporation tax. ah, but will this be enough to get some seats in commons after that general election? all that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom this is gb news you're watching, so don't go too far

away - - away . hello you lovely people. away. hello you lovely people. welcome to gb news saturday. hope you're having a wonderful afternoon. i'm dawn neesom and for the next hour i'll be keeping you company on tv, onune keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. keeping you up to date on all the stories that really matter to you. coming up this hour. richard has announced the richard tice has announced the reform will raise the reform party will raise the £0.40 income tax threshold to £70,000 and had called for a reduction in stamp duty inheritance tax and corporation

tax . but will that be inheritance tax and corporation tax. but will that be enough to get some seats in the commons after the general election ? and after the general election? and then sadiq khan says rishi sunak is complicit in the anti—muslim hatred spread as the cabinet fell to call out and condemn his words . the comments fell to call out and condemn his words. the comments made by former deputy chair lee anderson and the government pledges 250 million to help the war effort in ukraine, as today marks the horrific second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. but should we spend even more money? war effort while we struggle at . home but while we struggle at. home but this show is not about me , and this show is not about me, and it's not even about the people out there talking to me. in my head. it's about you and your views. so let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we're discussing today. email me at views gbnews.com or at gb views gbnews.com or message me on socials . we're message me on our socials. we're at gb news. but first the lovely theo chikomba who's not that

lovely. i've just found out he's an arsenal fan is here with your news headlines . news headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 2:01. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising . £245 million to promising. £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes its a further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles . the defence busting missiles. the defence secretary says he's proud that the invasion . since the the invasion. since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk . grant shapps kyiv than the uk. grant shapps says the west will keep going for as long as it takes to fight russian aggression. >> this is a package which will help to provide some of the artillery that's required,

particularly on the front line, where russia has really boosted their production levels . so it's their production levels. so it's massively important now that we stop putin. it's going to cost us more. if he came further, not least of course, being terrible for the our ukrainian friends. but it would also be disastrous for the rest of the west. >> but shadow defence secretary john healey says the war in ukraine is a global fight. i think first to recognise that this isn't just putin fighting on the battlefield in ukraine. >> this is a diplomatic, economic and industrial struggle against wider russian aggression and we've got to have a broader uk plan to help defend ukraine and defeat putin so that does mean tightening sanctions , as mean tightening sanctions, as you say, closing supply chain loopholes and looking to seize the direct the russian assets that have been stolen to reconstructing ukraine. it also means ramping up our military support. but meanwhile the king and queen have praised the

ukrainian people for their true valour in a message of support, king charles says he's greatly encouraged by the efforts of the uk and its allies and supporting kyiv at a time of suffering and need. >> he said the determination and strength of the ukrainian people is inspiring. strength of the ukrainian people is inspiring . the london mayor is inspiring. the london mayor has accused the prime minister of condoning races following a senior tories senior tory mps comments on protests in the caphal comments on protests in the capital. lee anderson is being criticised for saying sadiq khan had given the capital away to islamist following months of demonstrations . labour is now demonstrations. labour is now calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair. the london mayor says it's important to call out anti muslim hatred, just like any other form of hatred and he accused the mp of pouring fuel, pounng accused the mp of pouring fuel, pouring fuel on the fire of anti—muslim sentiment. >> we look at these comments from a senior conservative, are islamophobic , are anti—muslim islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. we've seen over

the last two days, uh, confirmation on that over the last few months, there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330. these comments pour fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred. and i'm afraid the deafening silence from rishi sunak and from the cabinet is them condoning this is racism . is racism. >> junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year, over a pay since march last year, over a pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable . has described as unreasonable. more than 1.3 million appointees and operations have already been cancelled or reschedule since industrial action began. the health secretary, victoria atkins, is calling for the strikes to end, saying she wants to see doctors treating patients not on picket lines.

>> i want for this to be resolved. i've come to these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution for junior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. walking out of negotiations in november was not reasonable . november was not reasonable. they know that i want to go further . in they know that i want to go further. in addition to the up to 10.3% that they have already received into their bank accounts , british airways has accounts, british airways has been rated as one of the worst airlines for passenger satisfaction . satisfaction. >> a survey by consumer group , >> a survey by consumer group, which says the airline had the third third joint lowest score for long haul flights. ba also received two out of five stars for boarding experience and value for money, but managed to achieve three stars for another six categories. the company says it was hit by several factors

outside of its control last yeah outside of its control last year, such as industrial strikes and by air control, by air traffic controllers . for the traffic controllers. for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbviews@gbnews.com. similar huns gbviews@gbnews.com. similar hurts now it's back to gb news . saturday >> thank you very much, theo. just remind me not to talk to you about football anymore , you about football anymore, right? let's get straight right? okay, let's get straight into story, shall we? right? okay, let's get straight into of story, shall we? right? okay, let's get straight into of course�*ry, shall we? right? okay, let's get straight into of course ,/, shall we? right? okay, let's get straight into of course , we're.l we? right? okay, let's get straight into of course , we're inve? right? okay, let's get straight into of course , we're in an now, of course, we're in an election year. you may have noficed election year. you may have noticed it. i think a couple of people mentioned once or people have mentioned it once or twice, every party is out to twice, but every party is out to get your votes for that. general election, which is looming today .today election, which is looming today . today it's the turn of reform uk rally in doncaster . richard uk rally in doncaster. richard tice that's the boss announced they would be raising the 40 income tax threshold to £70,000 and include a reductions in

stamp duty, inheritance tax and corporation tax. now joining me to explain how it's going to achieve this is gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine um, it talked a good talk , walked it talked a good talk, walked a good walk. but how's it all going to happen ? going to happen? >> ah well, that's an excellent question, dawn, because you can make all the promises in the world and indeed reform are making a lot of pledges . i've making a lot of pledges. i've been going through this 30 page draft of a potential sort of outline of a manifesto, and the tax cuts that reform are promising. make liz truss look like an absolute model of restraint. so the personal tax threshold raised to 20,000, higher tax threshold raised to 70,000. cuts in inheritance tax, corporation tax stamp duty, you name it . corporation tax stamp duty, you name it. unbelievably corporation tax stamp duty, you name it . unbelievably expensive name it. unbelievably expensive at a time when we've got a

national debt of £2.6 trillion. now richard tice says they will make the money through savings . make the money through savings. he says there's lots of waste in government that they will make the money through growth. but of course , there were lots of very course, there were lots of very big cuts, uh, to public services over the years in, during austerity, weren't there ? and austerity, weren't there? and also growth takes time. so one thing to promise these things, another thing entirely to deliver them , and that's the deliver them, and that's the other issue, of course, isn't it? because the chances are that although reform are in a in a good mood here, they're riding high in the polls. they're up at about 13% now. they really believe that they can take a lot of votes at the next election. but the problem is they might take a lot of votes. they might even take millions of votes. as ukip did back in 2015. but given the voting system that we have first past the post, it's unlikely that they're going to take many or indeed any seats so

they can make all these pledges, they can make all these pledges, they can make all these promises , um, really safe in the knowledge that, um, they're not ultimately going to have to deliver them. but the message from here is basically politics is broken. they say they know that people are very, very fed up with 13 years of conservative government taxes that are 70 year high public services, not in a good place. um and that they're not particularly enamoured of sir keir starmer either . they want people to vote either. they want people to vote for them. they talk about star mageddon. they say the disaster of a labour government . but of of a labour government. but of course, because reform are on the right, they're going to take more votes from the tories than they are from labour. and the reality is probably that that's ultimately just going to help sir keir starmer to an even bigger majority . so lots of bigger majority. so lots of people here feeling that politics is broken and fed up with the main parties , feeling

with the main parties, feeling that they want to do their bit. but yeah , i don't think they'll but yeah, i don't think they'll be winning many seats at the next election . next election. >> catherine, the other big story i want to talk to you about today is sadiq khan was speaking out this morning about a saudi quite angry about lee anderson's comments about islamists. what do you make of what he had to say ? yeah what he had to say? yeah >> so strong words from sadiq khan , mayor of london just in khan, mayor of london just in the last half hour or so. and, um , unsurprisingly, really given um, unsurprisingly, really given what lee anderson said yesterday afternoon on gb news, basically that sadiq khan and his mates that sadiq khan and his mates that islamists , he said, had that islamists, he said, had taken over london, the mayor saying racism is racism . this saying racism is racism. this must stop. there's been a huge increase in islam phobic incidents and that this is this is atrocious behaviour . incidents and that this is this is atrocious behaviour. he believes lee anderson really is coming under a lot of pressure.

we know that he's not to everybody's tastes . um, some everybody's tastes. um, some people love what he says . they people love what he says. they think it's how people are speaking out there around the country that he talks like ordinary people . but he's ordinary people. but he's offended a huge number of politicians in westminster, labouh politicians in westminster, labour, lib dems, of course, as you would expect, but also many within his own party. sajid javid, former home secretary is absolutely furious . he called absolutely furious. he called him out on x last night about this and there are plenty of concerns of mps now really putting pressure on prime minister rishi sunak to withdraw the whip from lee anderson . the whip from lee anderson. worth mentioning. i think , to worth mentioning. i think, to he's not the only conservative mp in hot water because liz truss has been over in the united states talking with steve bannon based likely, many would say, peddling conspiracy theories, saying that she was effectively brought down by the deep state that she needs a

bigger bazooka to. i'm asking steve bannon if he would like to come over and help nigel farage reconfigure the conservative party so plenty of cross mps across the political spectrum, but plenty of cross conservative mps saying that rishi sunak should boot both lee anderson and liz truss out of the conservative party. but i wouldn't hold your breath on that, kathy . that, kathy. >> erin, thank you very much. that's katherine forster gb news, political correspondent joining us there from doncaster . joining us there from doncaster. now, before we talk about this further, let's have a look at what the mayor of london, sadiq khan, actually had to say. >> comments from a senior conservative or islamophobic are anti—muslim and are racist. i'm unclear why rishi sunak why members of his cabinet aren't calling this out and aren't condemn this. it's like they're complicit in this sort of racism . and i think the message it sends is muslims are fair game when it comes to racism and

anti—muslim hatred. it's not good enough. in 2024, in the united kingdom . united kingdom. >> he's a very passionate, very angry, isn't he? right joining me now is 2/5 of the saturday fire , which is coming tonight. fire, which is coming tonight. uh, darren grimes and benjamin butterworth . thank you very butterworth. thank you very much. how do you feel about described as 2/5? i don't mind, i don't mind, not at all. >> darren's lost a lot of weight, so he used to be 3/5. >> oh . ouch. >> oh. ouch. >> oh. ouch. >> you both you both look absolutely wonderful. now this story is developing. you've heard what sadiq khan has had to say this morning. i'm going to come to you first on this one. benjamin what do you make initially of what lee anderson has said and what sadiq khan has said this morning? >> i mean, i think it's right to say that lee anderson was racist, that he was peddling lines that empower racists. >> and even sajid javid, the former conservative health secretary, has said so. >> but i also take serious issue with lee anderson.

>> like suella braverman, the former home secretary saying that islamists have taken control because among the many problems with that comment, one of the things that's so dangerous is that empowers the people who really are islamist, who really do have dangerous ideas. it sends a message to that small, dangerous cult in this country that they're having a huge impact on our politics and i think it's not only false to say that they are controlling parliament or controlling the mayor of london. that's deeply insulting, it's also false insulting, but it's also false to encourage them to think that they're actually getting somewhere, because most people, most don't think like that. >> what do you make of it, darren? >> well, look, sadiq khan is a politician appeared on politician who's appeared on press tv, which is iranian state television calling moderate muslims uncle toms, which is an incredibly derogatory way to describe people . and he's also describe people. and he's also let's not forget, being part of a labour party that not once but twice tried to put jeremy corbyn

in the number 10 downing street. so frankly , i think lee anderson so frankly, i think lee anderson shouldn't be taking any lectures and really put an extra word in there. dawn any lectures from there. dawn any lectures from the labour party on that particular issue ? i think this. particular issue? i think this. hang on, hang on. >> if the conservatives treated lee anderson as labour did jeremy corbyn, which is the example you just chose to give up, well then lee anderson wouldn't have the tory whip because no, they have because no, they would have tried into number 10 twice. >> benjamin . so that's quite different. >> yeah. but know full well >> yeah. but you know full well that parties is that political parties is change. conservatives have change. the conservatives have had rapid changes in had some pretty rapid changes in the 14 years. and the fact the last 14 years. and the fact is that jeremy corbyn will never be a labour mp. he's been kicked out of the party altogether. it wasn't popular at the time wasn't that popular at the time with hours, but that's with support hours, but that's what why shouldn't what he did. so why shouldn't they do the same to lee anderson? >> i don't believe they should, i think there will be i don't i think there will be many actually say, many people who actually say, look, think sadiq khan look, i don't think sadiq khan is of any nature. i is a puppet of any nature. i think sadiq khan is a intelligent i happen to intelligent man who i happen to vehemently disagree with. >> but that's not what lee anderson said.

>> i think actually >> yeah. so i think actually this part two pronged this is part of a two pronged problem here, is actually problem here, which is actually the intimidation tactics to accuse people of racism to actually try and shut down debate are tactics and tools that are used far too often. ben jamal of the palestine solidarity campaign, they're the ones, by the way, that it, uh, projected that genocidal chant onto the elizabeth tower or big ben that he said, actually, he wants mps to be locking the door of parliament, aren't living in fear . be of parliament, aren't living in fear. be essentially is what he's saying . and i think this is he's saying. and i think this is a tactic to actually shut down so accused lee anderson of racism , i think is an racism, i think is an intimidation tactic in and of itself. >> what you're talking about there is people who are making dangerous ideas that might be matters for the police . matters for the police. >> hundreds of thousands of. >> hundreds of thousands of. >> and no one would dispute that, least of all me. but what is so dangerous is the way to try and conflate those people that call extreme

that some might call extreme muslims, having extreme ideas muslims, or having extreme ideas with the moderate mayor of london and the truth is that we know that sadiq khan faces more serious police level threats to his safety than any politician in the country. now, the reason for that is obvious. it's because he's a muslim and a victim of racism. and it's also true that so many people on your side of politics just won't let someone like sadiq khan win. because if we were to flip the record , you'd go on calling him record, you'd go on calling him woke and two left wing and two liberal, the next liberal, and then the next moment you go, oh, he's in the tow of islamic extremists who want to kill gay people. you can't it can't make it both ways. it boils to down a level of racism. >> so how many mps have been killed by the far right, and how many have killed by many mps have been killed by islamists and one each by islamists? how many mps have been seriously wounded by islamists ? islamists? >> well, jo cox was killed by a far right. >> okay. yes. so and then but the threat level to members of parliament by a muslim, it's not skinheads on the streets who are

calling for intifada and jihad, is it? it's actually islamists. you're proving my point that all of those things are unacceptable i >> -- >> but what you're trying to do and what lee anderson did, in my opinion , and the reason it's opinion, and the reason it's racist, is because it's projecting what that extreme form, part of islam that those people that have that version of muslims that we find unacceptable and then saying that because the mayor of london is a muslim, he must agree with them. >> it's not saying that at all. it's not saying that at all. has sadiq as robust on his sadiq khan been as robust on his support of campaigns? and support of these campaigns? and i say that not implicit support , i say that not implicit support, but support of telling the police not to project, allow projection against elizabeth tower or big ben that are genocidal chants against the jews has he been robust enough, in your opinion , as a massive in your opinion, as a massive labour supporter and actually supporting the jews in london? yeah, i think a lot of that is complete and utter nonsense. and, you know, it is for a fact. and, you know, it is for a fact. and he's met extensively with

the jewish community and many of them have said about how disturbed that he stood up for how utterly supine. but the truth is that you could say that you don't think he's done enough for jewish community, for the jewish community, and that's that's a that's fine, because that's a reasonable opinion. that's fine, because that's a rea�*but ble opinion. that's fine, because that's a rea�*but whatpinion. that's fine, because that's a rea�*but what you're trying do >> but what you're trying to do is associate extremism with him because he is a i am not, i'm trying to say, a believer in islam, say has not been islam, to say he has not been even handed. islam, to say he has not been eve he anded. islam, to say he has not been eve he supports one side over the >> he supports one side over the other and i think that is what's been responsible. you're only saying that the police, the police force not applying the same, the well, essentially the law to both sides . the police law to both sides. the police actually clamped down on those calling hamas a terrorist organisation more than they do . organisation more than they do. those calling for jihad organisation more than they do. those calling forjihad and those calling for jihad and intifada . intifada. >> benjamin, do you genuinely think that darren's only saying what he's saying because is islamophobe is what you've basically just implied because he's muslim ? you know, that is he's a muslim? you know, that is why i darren's having why i think darren's having a go at sadiq the way that at sadiq khan the way that people sadiq khan people speak about sadiq khan and about muslims in this and speak about muslims in this country , as it were flipped

country, as if it were flipped to about jewish people country, as if it were flipped to same about jewish people country, as if it were flipped to same wayit jewish people country, as if it were flipped to same way we wish people country, as if it were flipped to same way we would eople in the same way we would instantly recognise the racism . instantly recognise the racism. >> and i think there is a real level of islamophobia this level of islamophobia in this country . and khan the country. and sadiq khan is the most mistreated politician in britain , and it's because there britain, and it's because there is a hatred to him because he looks there is looks different. there is nothing extreme sidique nothing extreme about sidique khan. >> you know, suella braverman has to keep her home office has had to keep her home office security detail out of office because of the threats that she receives to her life and on that point about me being racist or islamophobic on that point, on that point , i would say, where that point, i would say, where was your condemnation , on your was your condemnation, on your moral indignation for the batley grammar school teacher when his life was totally ruined ? he lost life was totally ruined? he lost his job. life was totally ruined? he lost hisjob. he lost life was totally ruined? he lost his job. he lost his career. people like you turned a blind eye to that. that, in my opinion, is complete and utter racism. where were you then? >> well, i condemned it. the whole way through, so you're quite mistaken. >> i don't remember reading that in one of your in your column, one of your columns. didn't feel columns. you didn't feel that sort angry at your mistake fashioned.

>> but what you're doing is proving my point because there is problem britain with an is a problem in britain with an extreme of islam that is extreme version of islam that is trying to be dictatorial . extreme version of islam that is trying to be dictatorial. in examples like batley and spen, where they went after the lesbian labour candidate in a horrendous way because of her sexuality, something that very few people before they went few people knew before they went after her for it. and that is unacceptable. and labour was able people, which able to beat those people, which i relieved about. but i was very relieved about. but what doing trying to what you're doing is trying to conflate these extremist views with a moderate mainstream politician that's been elected twice, who is a muslim . and that twice, who is a muslim. and that is problematic because not only do i believe that is a level of racism , but i also believe that racism, but i also believe that empowers the extremists to tell them they have got the them that they have got the control of mayor of london. control of the mayor of london. >> i haven't, i haven't, i haven't once said that sadiq >> i haven't, i haven't, i haveris once said that sadiq >> i haven't, i haven't, i haveris tantamountiat sadiq of khan is tantamount to some of the worst vestiges of islamism in country. i have in this country. i have suggested he hasn't been even handed and he hasn't clamped down on those who actually call for the genocide of the jews and for the genocide of the jews and for jihad and intifada. >> forjihad and intifada. >> unfortunately , gentlemen,

>> unfortunately, gentlemen, i could listen to you both all day . such an important . i think it's such an important date debate have gb views at date debate to have gb views at gb news. what do you think? which on which side do you agree with? very interesting debate. now conservative source from now a conservative source from gchq says that lee anderson was simply making the point that the mayor in his capacity as pc for london, has abjectly failed to get a grip on the appalling examples of extremism we have seen in london recently . okay seen in london recently. okay fierce debate you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, dawn neesom. and there's loads more coming up on today's show. the government pledges £250 million to help the war effort in ukraine, as today marks the second horrific anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. all of that and much more to come. you're watching gb news, britain's news channel.

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news radio . news radio. >> hello. and welcome back to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv online and on digital radio. now now the government pledges 250 million to help the war effort in ukraine. as today marks. incredibly, it marks the second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of ukraine, which prompted thousands of men and women to enlist to defend their country in. in that time, the uk has offered its support, providing not just billions of pounds but billions of pounds worth of weaponry, but also vital military training . joining vital military training. joining me now is former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram, m.b.e. philip, thank you so much forjoining us this so much for joining us this afternoon . um, i can't believe afternoon. um, i can't believe it's two years. on one hand, i was looking at some of the horrific pictures over the past two years. it seems a long time,

but now it seems to have flown past. i mean, what do you make of the situation now? is russia winning? is this ever going to end ? end? >> yeah. well, day 730 of vladimir putin's ten day special military operation. um, and if we measure the movement of the frontline line, i can see why people are saying ukraine is not winning. um, but but by the same , uh, you know, example , russia , uh, you know, example, russia is not winning. if we look what's happened over the last two years, ukraine is stopped russia from achieving its strategic objectives, i.e. throwing zelenskyy out of the country and putting a puppet regime in, in place. um russia has failed to stop nato expanding. they said they um, invaded or re—invaded ukraine because they feared that it, um, ukraine would join nato. we've now got um, finland joining nato and sweden, um, coming up to it from a wider perspective, the ukrainians have sunk about a third of the russian black sea fleet and ukraine doesn't have a navy. um russia has been unable

to create what's called air superiority and fly its air force . um, uh, as across force. um, uh, as across ukrainian territory, um, and it's been fixed on this, this frontline that hasn't moved very much and it hasn't moved much because ukraine is lacking the ammunition and the weapon systems that it needs to properly prosecute an offensive operation. so i think, you know, on balance, ukraine has done a huge amount. um, and is pushing russia back very slowly. it's currently hollowing it out from behind with special operations executive type operations . um, executive type operations. um, and russia can't gain the initiative, but ukraine doesn't have the wherewithal yet to properly push russia out of, um, the territory it occupies . the territory it occupies. >> grant shapps has said that britain will invest $250 million in producing artillery shells for the ukrainian army, and we are indeed training troops up in this country as we speak. um, is what do we do if this doesn't happen? and what does ukraine do

if we don't carry on with this funding? and do you sense there's of a ukraine there's a bit of a ukraine fatigue amongst a uk population who are already suffering in a cost of living crisis? well i think it's ukraine fatigue across, across the world. >> that's what vladimir putin is hoping for. um, putting this into context , you know, what into context, you know, what we're doing at the moment in stopping putin and the stopping vladimir putin and the ukrainians are fighting our battle if the ukrainians battle for us. if the ukrainians lose or there's a stalemate, they , um, amount it's going to they, um, amount it's going to cost us is going to be ten, 50, 100 times what it's costing. costing us at the moment. you know, that £250 million. that's going to be invested into shells for ukraine, that £250 million is being spent in the uk. you know, it's increasing uk's manufacturing capability and that means that, you know, the factories that are producing the shells need more uk steel, they need more uk explosives , they need more uk explosives, they need more uk explosives, they need more, um, uk personnel to come and work in the factories , come and work in the factories, which will mean that the small industries , the shops that are industries, the shops that are around there will that will get

more income coming in, there'll be more tax going back into the exchequer. is exchequer. this is, this is a good thing for us from an economy perspective. we then send across to send those shells across to ukraine and ukraine is defending the rest of europe and the rest of the world against russian expansion ism. and it's doing it in very , very cost effective in a very, very cost effective way compared to what we would have pay if , way compared to what we would have pay if, um, vladimir have to pay if, um, uh, vladimir putin to invade into putin decided to invade into europe. >> philip, two years today, how much longer can this go on? uh that's the well, it's not the $6 million question. >> it's probably the $6 trillion question. um you know, the russian defences along the front line are more comprehensive than anything we've seen in any conflict ever , even during the conflict ever, even during the second world war. um that is going to be very difficult for ukraine through. ukraine to punch through. ukraine to punch through. ukraine more armoured ukraine needs more armoured capability. needs the capability. it needs the a better air force capability. and that's coming in with the f—16s. it needs longer range missile capability and it needs more manpower on the ground. russia is just about holding on, but it's , um, you know, it's relying

it's, um, you know, it's relying on sending thousands of troops to, to death on a daily basis. it's relying on ammunition coming in from iran and from nonh coming in from iran and from north korea. um, that shows the desperate state that russia is in. i think we will probably be in. i think we will probably be in another 730 days still asking how long the conflict in ukraine is going to go on. >> oh, not good news. thank you very much . that's our former very much. that's our former senior military intelligence officer, philip ingram, m.b.e. thank you, philip, for joining us this afternoon . even though us this afternoon. even though it's uh, doesn't sound like it's not, uh, doesn't sound like the greatest news in the world, does uh right. you're with the greatest news in the world, doesdawnh right. you're with the greatest news in the world, doesdawn neesom 'ou're with the greatest news in the world, doesdawn neesom 'ou're vnews me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday. more coming up saturday. loads more coming up on show. but first, on today's show. but first, here's headlines here's those news headlines with theo chikomba . theo chikomba. >> it's 2:32. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the london mayor has accused the prime minister of condoning racism following a senior tory mps comment on protests in the

caphal comment on protests in the capital. lee anderson is under for fire saying sadiq khan had given the capital away to islamists following months of demonstrations . labour is demonstrations. labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair . the removed from the former deputy chair. the london mayor removed from the former deputy chair . the london mayor says chair. the london mayor says it's an important it's important to call out anti—muslim hatred , to call out anti—muslim hatred, just like any other form of hatred. >> look, these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobe are anti—muslim and are racist. we've seen over the last two days, uh, confirmation on that over the last few months , there's been an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330. these comments are pour fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred . and i'm afraid the hatred. and i'm afraid the deafening silence from rishi sunak and from the cabinet is them condoning this , uh, racism . them condoning this, uh, racism. >> the uk has reaffirmed its

commitment to . ukraine, commitment to. ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says he's proud that since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops , adding 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk . junior doctors kyiv than the uk. junior doctors in england have walked out for the 10th time since march last year over pay dispute . the year over pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unrwa easonable. more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began . in for industrial action began. in for the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to gb news. saturday

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£20 a month for a household using a typical amount of energy. joining me now is former adviser to the bank of england roger gewolb to explain this. and roger, you need to make this crisp and sexy and full of impact because we're coming to the end of this show. i have chocolate lined up . i know chocolate lined up. i know you're more than welcome . um, so you're more than welcome. um, so energy bills . talk to me. energy bills. talk to me. >> yeah, well, i think there are three impactful sexy points here. >> first of all, don't get excited because that's not helping. >> that's two 3238 a year. >> that's two 3238 a year. >> but remember what most people don't know . the energy cap is don't know. the energy cap is only for three months. it's quarter to quarter. so it's £20 a month. but in three months time it's predicted to rise . and time it's predicted to rise. and then in the next quarter it's going to fall. so you never quite know where it's going to be. but i think in all of these, if i may say, small beer stories about £20 here and £5 there, i mean, there are two really

important issues about energy . important issues about energy. this is a very tolerant. country. we put up with other people's views. let the other guys! people's views. let the other guys i mean, that's why i live here. i love it. the flip side of that coin is we get taken advantage of rip off britain are uh.huh and one the biggest uh.huh and one of the biggest parts off britain is how uh.huh and one of the biggest parts we off britain is how uh.huh and one of the biggest parts we payf britain is how uh.huh and one of the biggest parts we pay forritain is how uh.huh and one of the biggest parts we pay for energy. how uh.huh and one of the biggest parts we pay for energy. don now, much we pay for energy. don now, two thirds of the average home energy bill electricity and energy bill is electricity and our electricity priced off our electricity is priced off the international market price of gas. but our electric city doesn't come from gas . if you go doesn't come from gas. if you go to the national grid, if you google national grid, they have a live clock, a real time clock which shows you at any second where our electricity is coming from. yeah, it's available to any okay. it's free. just google it. it'll show you most days 20, 30, 40% of our electricity comes from gas. the rest comes from wind, solar , nuclear, other wind, solar, nuclear, other

renewables , etc. and yet . we are renewables, etc. and yet. we are paying renewables, etc. and yet. we are paying many times more what that electricity costs because we're pegged electricity costs because we're pegged to the price of gas, because . because back in the because. because back in the 80s, when the energy companies were nationalised , they put that were nationalised, they put that convention place and for some convention in place and for some mysterious reason , no government mysterious reason, no government has reversed it. boris has ever reversed it. boris said, reverse it off, gem, the regulator said . reverse it. john regulator said. reverse it. john penrose is the mp who invented the price cap and, by the way, says it's no longer fit for purpose, said reverse it and they just won't reverse it . i they just won't reverse it. i don't know why, but . a number of don't know why, but. a number of think tanks said that if they did reverse it, and it's not like interest rates where you lower an interest, it takes a while. this is that afternoon strike of the pen that when the total bill for an average home was three grand, rather than 1690 as it is now. if sunak had taken a pen and done that at lunchtime that afternoon , the

lunchtime that afternoon, the average home bill would have been £1,500, and they still don't do it. so we are being massively ripped off. we have paid, says one think tank said £7.2 billion in the last 24 months in unnecessary free excess electricity charges to the companies. >> so it's not good news. so who's making all the money just quickly running out of time? >> the energy companies, the second quickly google second point very quickly google my name , my surname googled and my name, my surname googled and the words direct debit and you'll see a video. there's no time for it here that i made some time ago about the direct debit. many of these energy companies , as you build up companies, as you know, build up cash balances from our monthly payments and when and when the pnces payments and when and when the prices go up, they write to prices go up, they even write to us say we're raising your us and say we're raising your direct debit amount, even though , got some , you know, they've got some money bank with no money there. our bank with no interest. can under the interest. you can under the direct debit indemnity , call direct debit indemnity, call your bank up and say give me that money back. even they that money back. even if they don't it. look at my video. don't like it. look at my video. google olb direct debit okay,

great. >> thank you very much roger. you did make it crisp and sexy and full of impact. and i learnt and full of impact. and i learnt a lot there. but see i'm being a lot there. but i see i'm being pred a lot there. but i see i'm being ripped that roger gewolb ripped off that is roger gewolb their to the bank their former adviser to the bank of you very much of england. thank you very much for joining me on saturday forjoining me on a saturday afternoon. roger thank you. right, go anywhere. right, okay. don't go anywhere. there's you're there's chocolate. you're with me. on gb news me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday. more coming on saturday. lots more coming up on today's show. it is nearly easter and the good housekeeping institute tested . has institute are blind tested. has revealed best chocolate egg revealed the best chocolate egg in the uk . revealed the best chocolate egg in the uk. drumroll revealed the best chocolate egg in the uk . drumroll please join in the uk. drumroll please join us to find out exactly which one it was. all of that much more coming up with gb news, britain's news channel .

in terms of compromise, if you like. >> you're listening to join me camilla tominey every sunday at 9.30 when i'll be interviewing the key players in british politics and taking them to task in this report , basically says in this report, basically says that he's not fit to stand trial with an upcoming election looming over westminster , now is looming over westminster, now is the time for clear , honest

answers. >> i agree and that's precisely what i'll get . is he indecisive what i'll get. is he indecisive in competent? that's the camilla tominey show at 930 every sunday on gb news is the people's channel. britain's election . channel. >> welcome back to gb news. saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio. loads of you have been getting in touch. sending in your thoughts . getting in touch. sending in your thoughts. i'm getting in touch. sending in your thoughts . i'm going getting in touch. sending in your thoughts. i'm going to put my glasses on again because i look more intelligent. actually i don't, i just can't read without them. write on energy bills. big one. this isn't it. you just heard what roger had to say break. um, mark. say before the break. um, mark. good afternoon. mark says. of course any reduction, course i welcome any reduction, but little, too but this is too little, too late, will not be of late, and will not be enough of a reduction stimulate growth a reduction to stimulate growth in ofgem has, in in the economy. ofgem has, in fact, that's a regulator has failed along with the government. these higher costs are the reason for the current recession in the uk. they have crippled businesses domestic

crippled businesses and domestic consumers. harold says consumers. meanwhile harold says i think harold slightly tongue in cheek with this one, um, harold says great, the price is coming down. but what we haven't been is the standing charge been told is the standing charge is up. understand , is going up. i understand, harold, we do all harold, i think we do all understand and don't we, as a lovely roger was saying before the break, we're kind of being pred the break, we're kind of being ripped off. it's like a little bit of good news here. good ripped off. it's like a little bit ofand»d news here. good ripped off. it's like a little bit ofand girls. (5 here. good ripped off. it's like a little bit ofand girls. here's good ripped off. it's like a little bit ofand girls. here's the good boys and girls. here's the good news. but also we're also being pred news. but also we're also being ripped off and paying more than we have paying. but we should have been paying. but thank you all for getting in touch this afternoon . i love touch this afternoon. i love reading your emails gb views at gb news. please talk me. talk gb news. please talk to me. talk to right now. it's nearly to me right now. it's nearly easter. well, it's been nearly easter. well, it's been nearly easter since christmas, hasn't he? that's eggs the he? that's when eggs went in the shop. and the good shop. um, and the good housekeeping institute oblige and tested over 160 products from a selection of uk brands to find the best breast products. oops. best products for you this easter and this year's cadbury's £12 crunchie inclusions ultimate easter egg has taken top spot.

dada sorry it's so popular it's kind of sold out so we couldn't get one to test for you in the store . so someone's being sacked store. so someone's being sacked for this . but joining me now is for this. but joining me now is consumer goods expert and nutritionist monica price. monica, thank you so much for joining me this afternoon to talk about easter. and more specifically chocolate, because that's what it's about . so, um, that's what it's about. so, um, now it monica , we've had now it monica, we've had chocolate easter eggs in the shops since christmas , i think. shops since christmas, i think. >> i think so, yes. >> i think so, yes. >> and i agree with you. i tried to get one of these cadbury's, uh, crunchy eggs and no, i couldn't find one anywhere, so i don't know where they've gone to, but people have clearly don't know where they've gone to, butthemle have clearly don't know where they've gone to, butthem already. :learly loving them already. >> are indeed. so this did >> they are indeed. so this did you good housekeeping have you know, good housekeeping have done sort like, done this test sort of like, you know, everything that know, everything for easter that you want from you could possibly want from sort of like, you know, hot cross to chocolate, cross buns to the chocolate, etcetera, um, how how etcetera, etcetera. um, how how does fair? does it sound like does it fair? does it sound like there are some good deals out there are some good deals out there for people ? there for people? >> yeah, you know, it does actually. and what was

interesting know, good interesting is, you know, good housekeeping are really good. they've from they've gone, you know, from waitrose and waitrose to asda to aldi and there's a good of all sorts there's a good mix of all sorts of things. as you say, there's beef, there's lamb . you know, beef, there's lamb. you know, the cross bun. waitrose the hot cross bun. uh, waitrose came top for the hot came out on top for the hot cross this year. um, and but cross bun this year. um, and but you know, the, the easter eggs in particular for, you know, two of the top ones were both from asda. um, i think the dark chocolate one was asda and also the, um, asda one with raspberry and marsh mallow. that sounds very yummy. um that's also have come on top as well, so it's come up on top as well, so it's good to see that they've got a really broad section because, you struggling you know, people are struggling and everyone can afford to go to waitrose and marks and spencer's. interesting . spencer's. um, interesting. nothing from marks spencer's nothing from marks and spencer's on list. dawn. right. on this list. dawn. right. >> okay , a seamless link. it's >> okay, a seamless link. it's almost we've rehearsed this almost like we've rehearsed this moniker, we by the moniker, which we haven't by the way. we're not that clever. well, is. i'm not. um, well, monica is. i'm not. um, because of me. is because in front of me. yeah. is potentially one of the scariest easter eggs i've ever seen . easter eggs i've ever seen. evidently it is. there you go. it is . dougal. is that the right

it is. dougal. is that the right camera angle for people? can you see that? there yeah. look at that. now now, that is an offering from marks and spencer's . um, it is dougal. spencer's. um, it is dougal. it's a chocolate dog. i don't know what kind of dog it is. someone probably will tell me the one thing i'm struggling with monica on this is unger by his head off in a minute. don't worry. is easter eggs are not really eggs anymore. i mean, we have dogs. we had a couple of years ago, there was an easter chocolate aubergine, which was really embarrassing to eat if you were a female. i have to say it was a vegan offering. um is easter over commercialised? i mean a chocolate dog? what's that about? >> yeah , and i mean, i think one >> yeah, and i mean, i think one of the top list was a waitrose, um, egg on toast. i don't know if you saw that. that's that's come out as the children's top favourite. i used to favourite. whereas i used to just traditional egg , just love the traditional egg, you know, just a normal egg, a chocolate , a cadbury's chocolate egg, a cadbury's chocolate egg, a cadbury's chocolate always my chocolate buttons was always my favourite. rather than , you favourite. um, rather than, you know, these different shapes. maybe dawn, they're just trying

to the, um, you know, to capture the, um, you know, the imagination of children in particularly on. and, you know, what i don't agree with is that we've them in our shops now, we've got them in our shops now, so than we ever so much earlier than we ever used to. i mean, was used to. i mean, it was literally just as you said, as soon as christmas, christmas comes end , the shelves are comes to an end, the shelves are becoming full of easter eggs. and i just think that's that's just you know, we don't just crazy. you know, we don't have time to celebrate have time to, to celebrate anymore . and don't forget, it's anymore. and don't forget, it's anymore. and don't forget, it's a know , religious a big, um, you know, religious celebration as well. so just a big, um, you know, religious celebreto»n as well. so just a big, um, you know, religious celebreto be|s well. so just a big, um, you know, religious celebreto be everything just a big, um, you know, religious celebreto be everything nowt a big, um, you know, religious celebreto be everything now just seems to be everything now just seems to be everything now just seems over commercialised, seems to be over commercialised, which great shame which i think is a great shame how important is easter at the moment for the industry , for, moment for the industry, for, for shops? >> i mean, it's we've had this stuff on sale since december now, but is it an important time of year or is it more important than christmas? almost. well i mean, if you're a christian, for example, it's a very important time of year because time of the year because obviously it's the resurrection of jesus. >> em- em— e if you know, if >> um, but if you know, if you're religious, i think you're not religious, i think it's funny i was having it's funny enough. i was having this, debate a this, uh, this debate with a friend mine, were just friend of mine, and we were just talking know, do talking about, you know, do people even celebrate easter

anymore? has it just anymore? you know, has it just become commercial where anymore? you know, has it just beiasne commercial where anymore? you know, has it just betas consumers, rcial where anymore? you know, has it just betas consumers, we're where anymore? you know, has it just betas consumers, we're just where us as consumers, we're just bowled over with, you know , uh, bowled over with, you know, uh, all sorts of eggs, different shapes, different sizes, hot cross you know, massive cross buns, you know, massive joints of meat that we're never going to really eat, but we're just we're just sold this kind of perception of easter. and i think as consumers, we are we are very much engaged with that. think as consumers, we are we are ilery much engaged with that. think as consumers, we are we are i! and|uch engaged with that. think as consumers, we are we are i! and i ch engaged with that. think as consumers, we are we are i! and i thinkgaged with that. think as consumers, we are we are i! and i think fored with that. think as consumers, we are we are i! and i think for the vith that. and i and i think for the younger generation, they probably don't realise the importance of you know, if importance of it. you know, if you're if you're religious, for example, they just think, oh example, or they just think, oh great, time have an great, it's just time to have an easter and i think easter egg. and i think it's like easter egg. and i think it's uke houday easter egg. and i think it's like holiday think like any holiday now, i think we've become quite americanised, really, where we just overdo everything . and, think everything. and, and i think that's, that's where i think it we do so much better we could do so much better because i think people will be spending a of money on spending a lot of money on things they might not things that they might not necessarily need to buy at all. >> monica , thank you so much for >> monica, thank you so much for joining me and talking all things easter, which is still i think, a month away. still but, you know, it feels like it's been with us forever. uh, thank

you, monica price on that one. now been me dawn now you've been with me dawn neesom news saturday. neesom on gb news saturday. thank so much for joining thank you so much for joining me. but don't go anywhere , me. but don't go anywhere, though, because wonderful though, because the wonderful nana is up next. um, so nana akua is up next. um, so thank you for watching. don't go anywhere . nana is up next. i'm anywhere. nana is up next. i'm leaving here with this little fellow because he might frighten me, but i'm going to bite his health. so let's look. while i'm doing this, you have a look at the weather, though, because that's important, isn't it? right? by a lovely weekend, right? by have a lovely weekend, everybody. thanks very much for watching. bye . watching. bye. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. we've got showers around, but they're slowly fading away. we'll see some mist and fog patches before further wet and windy weather spreads in for sunday and into monday, that's courtesy of monday, and that's courtesy of this low pressure. met this area of low pressure. met

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joining me in an hour, trade unionist and political commentator andy mcdonnell and also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy in a few moments time i'll be mucking the week with special advisor to michael gove, charlie rowley. but before we get started, let's get your latest news headlines . good latest news headlines. good afternoon . afternoon. >> it's 3:00. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the london mayor has accused the prime minister of condoning racism following a senior tory mps comments on protests in the caphal comments on protests in the capital. lee anderson is under for fire saying sadiq khan had given away the capital to islamists following months of demonstrations. labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair, the london mayor says it's important to call out anti—muslim hatred , just like anti—muslim hatred, just like any other form of hatred . any other form of hatred. >> and look, these comments from a senior conservative are islam

phobic, are anti—muslim