i >> morning, nine search on monday the 26th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. so unacceptable and wrong. that's the minister's response to unacceptable and wrong. that's the anderson's;ter's response to unacceptable and wrong. that's the anderson's comments nse to unacceptable and wrong. that's the anderson's comments about lee anderson's comments about the london mayor. this is how sadiq khan has responded . sadiq khan has responded. >> look, these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic , are anti—muslim islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. >> mps in danger three women mps have been issued with bodyguards

due to growing concern for their safety . we'll be joined by safety. we'll be joined by brendan cox, the widower of the murdered mp jo cox. oh in generation sick note, young people are increasingly blaming mental health problems for being jobless. >> are they more health conscious or just lazy .7 conscious or just lazy? >> and get this sexism and football. celtic manager brendan rodgers is on is in hot water after he shut down questions from a female reporter before calling her a good girl. i'm sorry, how did you think he was going to get away with that? i i mean really, you i know, i mean really, you wouldn't, you say? you wouldn't say, would calm say, good boy, would you calm down, it? down, dear, isn't it? >> little bit >> it's a little bit patronising, using, um, lots more this morning. don't more as well this morning. don't go anywhere. vaiews@gbnews.com is address . first is the email address. first though, very news though, the very latest news with wenzler .

with sofia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 931. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the prime minister says comments made by the former deputy chairman of the former deputy chairman of the conservative party weren't acceptable and were wrong. rishi sunak denied that his party has islamophobic tendencies as he comes under increasing pressure to speak out against lee anderson. it's after mr anderson suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london dunng control of the mayor of london during an interview on gb news. he had the whip suspended after refusing to apologise for the comments. the london mayor accused mr anderson of pouring fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred. but also criticised the prime minister for what he said was a failure to explicitly, explicitly condemn the comments . explicitly condemn the comments. the north and midlands are to receive billions of pounds worth of investment in public transport, as the government outlines plans to redirect funds from the cancelled northern leg

of the hs2 rail project . it's of the hs2 rail project. it's understood the money will be used to expand mass transit systems, refurbish rail and bus stations and repair potholes . it stations and repair potholes. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds, though it's not expected to be made available until april next year. months after the next general election . the housing regulator. election. the housing regulator. warns that significant intervention is required after persistent shortfalls in the number of new homes being built . number of new homes being built. the competition and markets authority says complex and unpredictable rules unpredictable planning rules across the uk are partly to blame for new build targets being . missed it's also raising being. missed it's also raising concerns over the quality of new homes, with developers often focusing on price rather than the needs of a particular area. meanwhile, sir keir starmer . meanwhile, sir keir starmer. says his party will deliver what he called a future built in britain by britain. if labour wins next election . wins the next general election. he's expected to unveil a plan to a so—called patriotic to run a so—called patriotic economy, which he says would

include boosting home ownership and establishing the next generation of new towns . as generation of new towns. as housing minister lee rowley described labour's plan as empty , promising to stick with the government's plan, which he says is working for the latest . is working for the latest. story. sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. he's got very andrew and. bev. he's got very good morning. >> welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce. well three mps, we don't know who they are , have we don't know who they are, have been protection . been given protection. >> chauffeur cars after >> chauffeur driven cars after concerns about their safety. >> right . both >> that's right. both conservative parties conservative and labour parties had security upgraded had their security upgraded after a risk assessment earlier this month. >> pro—palestinian protesters held demonstrations outside the conservative outside the home of the conservative mp tobias ellwood. and this was the jewish mp andrew percy in the house of commons. only last week .

commons. only last week. >> for months i've been standing up here talking about the people on streets demanding death on our streets demanding death to , demanding jihad, to jews, demanding jihad, demanding intifadas as the police stand by and allow that to happen. last night, a genocidal call for from the river to the sea, palestine will be free was projected onto this building that that message says no jew is welcome in the state of israel or in that land . of israel or in that land. >> and there are these scenes from pro—palestinian protesters that brought tower bridge to a halt this weekend . and the halt this weekend. and the labour shadow minister, lisa nandy, revealed that she now carries a police alarm wherever she goes because she fears for her safety . her safety. >> and she calls it a very typical experience for mps . typical experience for mps. >> so to offer us a unique perspective on this actually almost unique is brendan cox, co—founder of survivors against terror and the widower of the murdered mp jo cox, who joins us

now. good morning, brendan. um, thank you so much for joining now. good morning, brendan. um, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. when you see that sort of compilation that we did there of the mood and how febrile and full of aggression it appears to be, and so much division . anne, what's your division. anne, what's your reaction to those pictures ? reaction to those pictures? >> i think both those pictures, but the, the, the wider situation at the moment is one that we need to worry about and we need to worry about it both because of obviously safety to mps, not just mps actually, but councillors and others involved in politics. >> journalists as well. but i think we also need to worry about it because of the state of our democracy. we need to be able to debate issues without fear or favour. we need to be able to engage with our politicians. um and have angry , politicians. um and have angry, passionate debates where we viscerally disagree with each other. but as soon as that tips over into hatred, as soon as that tips over into intimidation

or into violence, we undermine the entire basis of our of our democracy. so i do think we need to take it much more seriously than we have. >> what's changed? things your wife was murdered in 2016 by a far right fanatic . the backdrop, far right fanatic. the backdrop, of course, was the referendum. david amess was a conservative mp, um, slain in his constituency surgery a couple of years ago by an islamist fanatic . is there a common theme here? um, social media? yeah, i think thatis um, social media? yeah, i think that is certainly part of it. >> um, now, obviously , um, uh, >> um, now, obviously, um, uh, joe and david amess were , um, joe and david amess were, um, uh, were murdered by, um, uh, by terrorists who sought to, to divide our country, who sought to turn communities against each other. um, and it wasn't social media that they used to do that. um, it was on the streets of our of our country. but i do think that there is a backdrop that social media has enabled whereby

previously, if you had extreme views, it was pretty hard to find fellow travellers. it was not very easy. you might have to go to a meeting, you might have to go to a weird book club somewhere, uh, to join up with these , uh, with these other these, uh, with these other extremists. now it is extremists. i think now it is much online. but also i much easier online. but also i think it is sucking in a much wider group of people who probably wouldn't see themselves of extremists but end up liking posts saying the problem with jews is x or the problem with muslims is y. and i think until we as the public get better at tackling those sort of antecedent , the conditions that antecedent, the conditions that create and support extremism, i think that's the thing where we can have a real impact and until we get better at that, i think there is a danger that we will see more of that. i also think it's not just the public that have response ability here. have a response ability here. i think also politicians , i think think also politicians, i think politicians inflame debates, politicians who inflame debates, who seek to, uh, use , use who seek to, uh, use, use moments of tension for their own

political ends, who use language that dehumanises whole groups of people, i think, are also a big part of this problem is one of the consequences. >> sarah vine has written in the mail today. brendan about her ex—husband michael gove . when ex—husband michael gove. when the when the murderer who killed david amess was outside their home. i think seven times the consequence is now the police have to know whenever he's in his constituency , when he's at his constituency, when he's at a constituency surgery, it's not advertised in advance and that that's an important part of an mps relationship with their constituents. the surgery where people can go and sort out their problems, if that can, no longer be advertised, that's a direct consequence now, isn't it , of consequence now, isn't it, of the fact mps have to be so much more careful? and this is how democracy, in a sense, is being subverted by the by the mob . subverted by the by the mob. >> absolutely . and i think it's >> absolutely. and i think it's something that we don't take seriously enough. i think there are two impacts of it. so the first is that it removes lives. our mps from engagement with the pubuc

our mps from engagement with the public as much as they would like to. so that idea of a constituency mp, we have relatively small constituencies, around 70,000 people per constituency , and the point of constituency, and the point of thatis constituency, and the point of that is so that you can have that is so that you can have that link so you can chat to your mp down the local pub, or your mp down the local pub, or you can go and see them at their local constituency, or you can stop they shopping on stop them as they go shopping on a morning and say, i'm a saturday morning and say, i'm a saturday morning and say, i'm a worried about whether a bit worried about whether it's congestion or brexit or immigration or, uh, cost of immigration or, uh, the cost of living whatever and living or whatever it is. and when we create an atmosphere where that becomes hard, it removes politicians from removes our politicians from engagement with that public and that means our that undermines means our ability hold them ability to hold them accountable. the second reason it's a problem is because not just that physical engagement and intimidation and threat , but and intimidation and threat, but also what they're facing online means there's a whole generation of people really talented people who won't want to go into politics. why would you want to go into politics if you think that you're going to risk, that you're going to be at risk, why would go into politics why would you go into politics if think you won't able if you think you won't be able to shopping on a saturday to go shopping on a saturday morning being harangued to go shopping on a saturday mornirstreet? being harangued to go shopping on a saturday mornirstreet? michael| harangued to go shopping on a saturday mornirstreet? michael govengued

to go shopping on a saturday mornirstreet? michael gove isued in the street? michael gove is a great of that. you know, great example of that. you know, obviously in politics and obviously he's in politics and has thick but has developed a thick skin, but people about coming people thinking about coming into to into politics shouldn't have to put up with that. that risk . put up with that. that risk. >> we saw what was an unprecedented event in the house of commons last week, brendan, with the vote on whether there should be a ceasefire in gaza that was described by some as effectively being hijacked by the mob because there were mps who'd received threats of violence if they didn't vote for a ceasefire, and that thereby influenced the way that that procedure was handled in the house of commons, with keir starmer , um, putting pressure starmer, um, putting pressure perhaps on sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house, given the speaker of the house, given the impact of a small number of people , if that is true, that people, if that is true, that have threatened mps, do you understand the public mood whereby there will be people in ourinbox? whereby there will be people in our inbox? will be full of them today saying no , we need to push today saying no, we need to push back on what they see as an islamic fication of british

politics. >> what do you mean by an islamification of british politics, sir? >> what i think what they would say is that that the particularly in relation to the middle east, that there is a pressure here that is anti—semitic , perhaps, which is anti—semitic, perhaps, which is supporting the palestinians, which is supporting a the muslim vote as well, because a lot of people playing politics with this issue as well, of course, with an election year, with an election this year, i guess that is why they would see some people would say that that is what that is happening here. >> so i think what is definitely happening is that there are people , uh, who are islamists , people, uh, who are islamists, and there are people who are far right who are using what has happened. right who are using what has happened . and in gaza and israel happened. and in gaza and israel over the last period to drive both anti—semitism and anti—muslim hatred. um, and that is a major problem. um, and i also think a separate point, but i also think that , um, changing i also think that, um, changing our procedures as to, uh, in

parliament to respond to threats is not the way we should proceed. we should face down those threats. we should take on those threats. we should take on those threats, and we should deal with through deal with them through law enforcement. we also need to enforcement. but we also need to be careful to make sure be very careful to make sure that we're supporting noisy, democratic protests. we want to have people marching in our streets if they disagree with the government, whether it's on brexit, whether it's on gaza, whatever issue is whatever the issue is, that is a core part of our lively democratic debate. we then need to make sure there are really clear lines and boundaries whereby if you do call for genocide against jews or you call for attacks against muslims, or you call for people to be individually , uh, targeted to be individually, uh, targeted with violence , then the police with violence, then the police take action. so i think we just need to be very careful here that we don't end up, um, pounng that we don't end up, um, pouring petrol on on these flames, on these embers. because i do think that's what politicians have done over this last period. you've seen it historically from the labour

party in terms of the problem that it's got with anti—semitism . i think they're starting . um, i think they're starting to that it is to deal with that now, but it is still a major, uh, issue within parts of the party . i parts of the labour party. i also you've got a major also think you've got a major problem with anti—muslim hate amongst of the conservative amongst bits of the conservative party which lee anderson, which suella braverman have been actively stoking this last actively stoking in this last week. and if they had said that about um, it would have about jews, um, it would have been completely unacceptable. and think prime minister and i think the prime minister should stronger should have taken a stronger line calling out line than he has in calling out anti—semitism and anti—muslim hate. one doesn't justify the other . other. >> can we? back to where we started this conversation, brendan. >> three women mps , um, tory and >> three women mps, um, tory and laboun >> three women mps, um, tory and labour. we don't know who they are, now got protection are, have now got protection from potential , um, violent from potential, um, violent attacks. you lost your own wife because of a fanatic. would you recommend to young women , young recommend to young women, young men a career in politics today ? men a career in politics today? >> it's a very big question . i >> it's a very big question. i mean, i think that the thing that i hear from , um, mps is that i hear from, um, mps is often that it is hardest for

their families who are most engaged, um , because, you know , engaged, um, because, you know, particularly after what happened to jo and what happened to david amess, um, when they get a phone call from a withheld number, when they're, um, uh, when their mp partner is out at a constituency surgery, they , they constituency surgery, they, they worry, they worry that that might be the police calling them that something awful has happened to them. so it's hard for me to sort of recommend it. um without people going through that thought process. and i do think there's risk that people think there's a risk that people with families in particular, women in particular, and people from minority groups are probably less likely to want to go into politics because of that threat. but we have to face that threat. but we have to face that threat down because otherwise it will cheapen it, will undermine our democracy . and i think our democracy. and i think there's that can all there's things that we can all do on that. of course, there's a big responsibility for politicians , as politicians politicians, as politicians should down the rhetoric. should turn down the rhetoric. they should turn down, um, the way that they're engaging in this, not to put petrol on those, uh, flames , but also we

those, uh, flames, but also we as members of the public, what extremists seek to do is, of course . they seek to divide course. they seek to divide communities . and the best communities. and the best response to them is to draw closer together. so if there's an islamist extremist who is trying to turn on, um, uh, the rest britain against muslims rest of britain against muslims as a group, so they to be rest of britain against muslims as a t0)up, so they to be rest of britain against muslims as a t0)up, so tieasier to be rest of britain against muslims as a t0)up, so tieasier to to be able to make it easier to recruit muslims. best way of recruit muslims. the best way of responding not by responding to that is not by talking islamification talking about the islamification of actually of britain, but is actually about links about building stronger links with people from britain, british communities and british muslims, communities and isolating those extremists. the same on the far right to same is true on the far right to draw people across and to make sure that we're not allowing people divide us from each people to divide us from each other. that is the response other. that is the best response to terrorism, and that's the place all an impact. >> okay . thank you brendan. >> okay. thank you brendan. fascinating as always . thanks so fascinating as always. thanks so much your time this morning. much for your time this morning. it's illuminating, it's always illuminating, isn't it, you. it, when you. >> absolutely. well, i mean, would want would you want would you want would you want your kids to into politics. would you want would you want youyeah, to into politics. would you want would you want youyeah, io into politics. would you want would you want youyeah, i would to politics. would you want would you want youyeah, i would yeah. itics. >> yeah, i would yeah. >> yeah, i would yeah. >> i mean, look, there's threats

in all jobs. there's threats in all jobs. crikey, do we need all jobs. and crikey, do we need good people? we do in politics. we do. and like i say, i think i'd like to think that this is something that would be temporary at the moment because tensions are running so high because miserable because of the miserable situation in, in palestine , the situation in, in palestine, the misery that is being caused there at the moment. for both sides of that really complicated debate. >> and of course, the big marches, which seem to happen every week in london now , i every week in london now, i think are adding to the tension i feel, because so much it is i feel, because so much of it is unked i feel, because so much of it is linked anti—semitic abuse, linked to anti—semitic abuse, not only a small minority, but the minority a the small minority always make a lot noise . lot of noise. >> yeah, you see, as brendan >> yeah, but you see, as brendan was then, you can. was saying then, if you can. well, that that's right. if you see silence that then that will just other ways . just come out in other ways. >> right to protest, it's >> the right to protest, it's important is. important it is. >> and, and it's, it's people who feel that they have less identity here. they have no power here. it's people who feel that being forgotten in that they are being forgotten in the cultural march that we're experiencing and marginalised therein lies the incendiary

moments that become hate and division and violence . to let us division and violence. to let us know your thoughts this morning is complicated. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> up next, rishi sunak patel faces a potential red wall rebellion. those are those mps in the north who won seats from labour after suspending lee anderson tory party anderson from the tory party after his comments about the london sadiq khan. london mayor, sadiq khan. you're with newsroom on gb with britain's newsroom on gb news .

news. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. the inbox is very busy already. rishi sunak has condemned lee anderson's comments as unacceptable and wrong, but he denied that the party has islamophobic tendencies . tendencies. >> though other mps these are in the red dwarf, say they fear a revolt from their own voters who could move to the reform party because they've been flooded with supportive messages about lee anderson. was sacked from lee anderson. he was sacked from the after his comments on the party after his comments on gb so our political

gb news, so our political edhon gb news, so our political editor, christopher joins editor, christopher hope, joins us downing street . us from downing street. >> right, christopher, if anybody that's just tuning in this morning, what what happened over the weekend, how have we got this position ? got to this position? >> so friday night on martin daubney, his program on gb news, who's lee anderson was interviewed. he's a party former party deputy chairman, a presenter on gb news, of course. and he was he was critical of the of the way that these these demonstrations were policed in parliament square on wednesday, notably when martin daubney in fact had filmed a projector putting the words from the river to the sea, palestine will be free, which is onto big ben. the tower where the big ben bell is housed. tower where the big ben bell is housed . and the idea then was housed. and the idea then was how can that happen onto parliament? that's meant to break some laws passed in the past. it's about the destruction of israel, deeply offensive to israelis he said. israelis and to jews, he said. all that. lee anderson then made claims about the mayor of london, sadiq khan, saying that

if he had been taken over by some, some, some kind of islamists, he got , they got islamists, he got, they got control of london. sadiq khan had quotes given away our capital city to his mates . had quotes given away our capital city to his mates. but um, that was then protested about by some tory mps , notably about by some tory mps, notably sajid javid reportedly spoke to number 10 and by lunchtime on saturday, lee anderson had lost the party whip, which means he's no longer a tory mp. he is now independent for. fast forward to today, monday , a massive today, monday, a massive backlash to what happened there by the chief whip, simon hart , by the chief whip, simon hart, and rishi sunak, the prime minister though the red wall tory mps have been piling onto the red there, 107 mps group. that's 107 the red there, 107 mps group. that's107 mps the red there, 107 mps group. that's 107 mps elected the red there, 107 mps group. that's107 mps elected in 2019. and they're saying that this is this is they're being very critical of the way the government's reacted here. jill mortimer, tory mp , concerned mortimer, tory mp, concerned sarah dines, peter gibson, red wall tory mps upset. and i've got to say, other more senior mps on the right of the party are upset. they say to me there's a double standard here

because, i'm sure andrew because, um, i'm sure andrew will remember beth will remember certainly beth mead 2016 the pm, mead back in 2016 when the pm, then pm, david cameron said that made claims about the then candidate for london mayor sadiq khan, saying that he had shared platform with people who supported is also zac goldsmith, the candidate against sadiq khan, then also said similar things about about sadiq khan. so the word now, the word now is , is that there's a one rule for the posh boys and one rule for the posh boys and one rule for the working class and the working class. mps like lee hanson gets suspended. all right , chris, that's chris hope. >> and of course , you know he's >> and of course, you know he's going to be sniffing around this. the reform party because there were talks before. >> well inbox is anything >> well if our inbox is anything to by, let me tell you to go by, let me tell you there's you are wound there's a lot of you are wound up this. andy warum says up by this. andy from warum says politicians threat politicians are under threat because we've allowed muslim extremist all extremist groups to walk all over us. mps, police are scared to confront them because of a fear of being called racist. don't anywhere. here's the .

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>> thank like >> thanks. thank you. i like being called boy because. because i'm old. a long because i'm so old. it's a long time been called a good time i've been called a good boy. you where that boy. but you know where that arguments to go? arguments going to go? >> britain's newsroom on >> this is britain's newsroom on gb people's

channel. it is 10 am. on monday, the 26th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. bev turner and andrew pierce. unacceptable and wrong. >> that's what the prime minister said about lee anderson's about the anderson's comments about the london mayor and islamism generation . generation. >> sicknote young people are increasingly blaming mental health problems for not being jobless. is it a little more complicated than that ? maybe complicated than that? maybe they're just health conscious , they're just health conscious, or maybe they're just lazy and prison reforms. >> new plans from the justice secretary, alex george, to get tough on foreign criminals that he says they'll face deportation action to free up prison spaces .

action to free up prison spaces. a good idea they'll never work , a good idea they'll never work, and sexism in football. >> the celtic manager, brendan rodgers, is in hot water. he shut down questions from a female reporter before saying good girl. is that wrong . good girl. is that wrong. they've written this in the script. >> i'm going to say it are you a good girl, bev? >> no answer, you ask. >> no answer, you ask. >> although i have to say i quite like a bit like you. i quite like a bit like you. i quite like a bit like you. i quite like being called a girl. now i'm very much a woman. now that i'm very much a woman. an woman. but you know an older woman. um, but you know what? a bit what? i listen. i feel a bit sorry for i don't like all sorry for him. i don't like all of this policing people say of this policing what people say . i us to consider what . i prefer us to consider what they as opposed to what they they do as opposed to what they say, arguably is what this say, which arguably is what this leon anderson situation is leon lee anderson situation is all about. this morning. we're hoping to get a statement from gb news presenter lee anderson this morning during this show. so do not go anywhere. also, get in touch with us gbviews@gbnews.com. first

though, here's sophia wenzler with your latest . news. with your very latest. news. >> andrew bear thank you. it's 10:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this houn gb newsroom. your top story this hour. the prime minister says comments made by the former deputy chairman of the conservative party weren't acceptable and were wrong. rishi sunak denied that his party has islamophobic tendencies as he comes under increasing pressure to speak out against lee anderson. it's after mr anderson suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london dunng control of the mayor of london during an interview on gb news. he had the whip suspended after refusing to apologise for the comments, the london mayor accused mr anderson of pouring fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred, but also criticised the prime minister for failing to explicitly condemn the comments . explicitly condemn the comments. the north and the midlands are to receive billions of pounds worth of investment in public transport, as the government

outlines plans to redirect funds from the cancelled northern leg of the hs2 rail project. it's understood the money will be used to expand mass transit systems, refurbish rail and bus stations and repair potholes. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds , though it's allocate the funds, though it's not expected to be made available until april next year. months after the next general election . the mayor of greater election. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, dismissed the plan, saying the money had already been promised ten years ago but transport secretary mark harper says the government is empowering local communities >> his 2.5 billion for the north, 2.2 billion for the midlands. that money is going to local councils. it's for them to spend on, on the local priorities that they set, that they think are important to their local communities and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those communities, but also talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's not for ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set them. we think

those decisions are better made closer that are closer to the people that are going benefit from them . going to benefit from them. >> now, the housing regulator warns that significant intervention is required after persistent shortfalls in the number of new homes being built . number of new homes being built. the competition and markets authority says complex and unpredictable planning rules across the uk are partly to blame for new home targets being missed. it's also raising concerns over the quality of new build housing, with developers often focusing on price rather than the needs of a particular area and there'll be an investigation after evidence was found suggesting that eight house builders may be sharing commercially sensitive information . on meanwhile, sir information. on meanwhile, sir keir starmer says his party will deliver what he called a future built in britain by britain if labour wins the next election . labour wins the next election. he's expected to unveil a plan to run so—called patriotic economy, which he says would include boosting home ownership and establishing the next generation of new towns. housing

minister lee rowley described the plan as empty, but chair of the plan as empty, but chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, told gb news news that she says it's the change britain's economy needs kind of expectations that people in our country used to have. >> you know, that their kids would be better off than they were, that they'd have at least a slightly better quality of life, you know , all of those life, you know, all of those dreams are just completely out of reach for very many people in our country . and keir starmer is our country. and keir starmer is absolutely determined to change that for the future , for getting that for the future, for getting britain building, actually making sure we have those good jobs up and down the country, reforming the planning system , reforming the planning system, the many changes that he is setting out today would make that big difference to british people . people. >> in other news, there are angry scenes on the streets of brussels this morning as farmers set to fire piles of tires. they're demanding action from the european union amid growing fury over what they say are cheap supermarket prices. riot

police were seen firing water cannons as more than 100 tractors parked around eu buildings as ministers arrived for meetings. it's buildings as ministers arrived for meetings . it's the latest in for meetings. it's the latest in a series of protests across the eu , as farmers demand an end to eu, as farmers demand an end to free trade agreements, which they blame for damaging their industry and young people are more likely to be off work due to ill health than those in their 40s. that's according to a new report. the resolution resolution foundation says this is radically different from the past. when the older you were , past. when the older you were, the more likely you were to be not at work due to sickness , not at work due to sickness, poor mental health among young people is on the rise, with 34% of young people aged 18 to 24 reporting struggles in 2022, compared to just 24% in 2000. for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev.

back to andrew and. bev. >> 1106 you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. >> 1006 don't panic, you're meant to be somewhere. sorry about that. just wishing the morning carried away with morning away carried away with excitement. >> is gb news with >> this is gb news with britain's newsroom, with andrew and bev. >> see what you've been >> let's see what you've been saying home. has said, saying at home. john has said, why people keep saying that why do people keep saying that the far right are responsible for anti—semitism in this country? since the hamas atrocity? islamic atrocity? surely it's islamic extremists and they're useful idiots. audrey says, i agree with the need for security for mps , but so do us. day to day mps, but so do us. day to day folk outside and actually , that folk outside and actually, that message sums up a lot of the dissatisfaction. isn't it? doesn't it? because it's about people feel that their lives are very , very different to those of very, very different to those of mps at the moment. very, very different to those of mps at the moment . yeah. um, no mps at the moment. yeah. um, no extra security for politicians, says roger. they've imported the problem by importing too many migrant s. >> i have to say, in fairness, the killer of jo cox was not a migrant. correct the killer of,

um , david amess was an islamist um, david amess was an islamist fanatic. the killer of jo cox was a right wing white fanatic. >> and actually weren't the bombers of the manchester arena attack british born muslim boys as well. so it's not i know it can feel like that. um, but i do think we have to be a bit careful about the language you use around this. clearly >> now up, proud to be >> now coming up, proud to be woke . that's what top boss woke. that's what the top boss of bbc seems to think. well, of the bbc seems to think. well, three have been given three mps have been given bodyguards and chauffeur driven cdl’s. >> e- cars. >> talking about this >> we're talking about this morning concerns for their safety. >> so conservative and labour parties security parties have had their security upgraded after risk assessment earlier this month, the pro—palestinian protesters held demonstrations outside the home of the tory mp tobias ellwood. >> and these are the scenes from pro—palestinian protesters bringing tower bridge in london to a halt. this weekend. that's coming up now. >> here it is. london has seen this . this. >> london has seen these sorts of protests pretty much every

weekend since the 7th of october. ever since the hamas attacks in israel , it is attacks in israel, it is incredibly disruptive. but of course, we need to have a right to protest , even if we don't to protest, even if we don't like what people have to say. i don't recall. >> maybe you can correct me, bev, a big march against against hamas and the terrible atrocities they inflicted on israel october 7. no . no. israel on october 7. no. no. >> well, shadow minister lisa nandy revealed that she carries a police alarm everywhere. now she goes in fear for her safety, and she calls it a very typical experience for mps. >> joining us now is the >> well, joining us now is the conservative mp for south swindon, robert buckland, conservative mp for south swindoof robert buckland, conservative mp for south swindoof course ert buckland, conservative mp for south swindoof course the3uckland, conservative mp for south swindoof course the former, j, conservative mp for south swindoof course the former, uh who is of course the former, uh lord chancellor labour lord chancellor and the labour mp for birmingham selly oak, steve mccabe . um, robert, if we steve mccabe. um, robert, if we can go first morning this can go to you first morning this is terrible, isn't it, that women now are having to been women mps now are having to been given presumably form given presumably some form of armed certainly armed security, or certainly security, because they are the authorities are so fearful for their safety . their safety. >> yeah, it's a dreadful development. i think women mps get it particularly bad . and,

get it particularly bad. and, um, some of the content of threats is highly sexualised in a way that i think most male mps don't get . um, it's really don't get. um, it's really worrying on several levels. one, the obvious personal risk and you've mentioned, i thought your your comments about the jo cox murder and the david amess murder and the david amess murder were very balanced and absolutely the right way to approach this. but for the families as well, and the workers , people who support mps, workers, people who support mps, all all that group of people are potentially under threat here. and of course , on a second and of course, on a second level, you know , i certainly and level, you know, i certainly and i'm sure steve would agree with me, i enjoy the interaction that ihave me, i enjoy the interaction that i have with my fellow residents in swindon. you know, i spend a lot of time there just out and about talking to people casually , uh, as i go shopping or out on the street. that's a huge part of the life of an mp. it keeps you very grounded and in touch with the people you're representing. if you have more layers of security and barriers between you and those who elect you, i think that damages our

politics and creates that ivory tower i know many of your tower that i know many of your viewers about . viewers worry about. >> is that right, steve? is that how you it, that it's so how you see it, that it's so important that our mps are able to amongst their constituents to be amongst their constituents , hear what they have to say and not be fearful? all yes, i think that's absolutely right . that's absolutely right. >> i mean, i think robert and i have a very similar view on this, um, this is something that, uh, i would never have anticipated when i entered politics. it is in danger of driving a wedge or a barrier between members of parliament and the public. and it is quite incredible that people , incredible that people, including myself, are having to have security in order to just conduct an advice centre . conduct an advice centre. >> do you think , um, gentlemen, >> do you think, um, gentlemen, both of you actually did lee anderson, the things that he said on gb news on friday, which have got him into such hot water, he's been suspended from the conservative party for this. did point about the did he have a point about the fact that perhaps sadiq khan is

fake ? give giving favours to fake? give giving favours to what we might call good old fashioned nepotism? and let's face it, public schoolboys have been doing it for years that he might that. but lee might be doing that. but lee chose the wrong words to say it, and therefore he's being accused of something he is not. um, of something that he is not. um, let me come to you first, robert, on that look, i think we can be critical as conservatives of the dreadful record of sadiq khan as mayor of london. >> we've got ulez, we've got failures on crime, we've got a whole list of things that, frankly, he's not been very good at. arguments with him at. i've had arguments with him about the fact he wanted more power for the office, power for the mayoral office, where to him, frankly, where i said to him, frankly, well, power. on where i said to him, frankly, welluse power. on where i said to him, frankly, welluse it power. on where i said to him, frankly, welluse it properlywer. on where i said to him, frankly, welluse it properly in r. on where i said to him, frankly, welluse it properly in the on and use it properly in the interests the people of interests of the people of london. that line of attack london. now that line of attack or debate is entirely legitimate and important that we do it. and secondly , we we've got to secondly, we we've got to challenge this rather worrying alliance that it seems, between elements of the far left and extreme islamists who want a caliphate in this country. but i'm afraid lee crossed the line

by getting it wrong about that particular detail of mayor khan and really making the argument about , uh, and really making the argument about, uh, you and really making the argument about , uh, you know, racism about, uh, you know, racism within the conservative party. instead of allowing us to concentrate on the real threat , concentrate on the real threat, which is this, uh, grisly alliance between elements of the far left and extreme islamism , far left and extreme islamism, just because a lot of people listening, um, robert, are very unhappy that, um, lee's been suspended from the tory party. >> what ? what did he say that >> what? what did he say that was wrong? he used the word islamist to describe the mayor of london. what is the definition islamist? definition of an islamist? and. well, was influenced well, you said he was influenced by by islamists. by islamists, by islamists. >> was controlled by >> he was controlled by islamists. i mean , people who islamists. i mean, people who want a caliphate in effect, they want a caliphate in effect, they want you destroy our want to, you know, destroy our way of life, our democracy , our way of life, our democracy, our freedom and the rule of law. and they want to impose a religious caliphate, you know, a sort of iran state. now, that sort iran type state. now, that sort of view is abominable. it's something we have to fight. it's very different from being a muslim or following islam . you

muslim or following islam. you know, there are many, many of my constituents who do that, who believe live in our country, are really valued citizens. they work, they make a huge contribution to conflate the two is to do so. you know, some of the far left's work for them. that's what some of them want us to do in order to advance their their appalling ideology. and that's why we've got to be very, you know, precise about language and deal with securing a threat. i know steve shares a you know, a strong view about the need for security and counter—terrorism . security and counter—terrorism. that's the debate we need to be having. rather than using ill judged words that i'm afraid then divert the issue onto something else entirely. >> steve. there could be a vote this week again on gaza. this was a trigger for all sorts of difficulties last week. how important is it that there is a vote on gaza because it is, in the end, in the chaos and the shambles the house of shambles that the house of commons last wednesday, there wasn't proper vote. wasn't really a proper vote. something through something went through on the nod speaker to nod. does the speaker have to

allow the scottish national party the right to give mps a proper formal vote on whether there should be a ceasefire immediately in gaza ? immediately in gaza? >> well, of course, there are always votes in the house of commons that go through on the nod. there's nothing not unusual about it at all. with my own view is i think it's time to lower the temperature and the language that we use and the way that we behave. and i was looking at your your film there of the protests and the incidents outside. uh tobias elle edwards home. we need to lower the temperature. and if i was the snp, i don't think i would really want to go posturing one more time because i don't think it's about gaza. i think it's about the impact it's having here. >> okay, so robert, just finally on the front page of the telegraph today, you're a former, um, lord chancellor . um, former, um, lord chancellor. um, apparently we're going to start deporting foreign criminals, ones who were caught shoplifting, drug dealing . it's shoplifting, drug dealing. it's never going to happen. is it because they'll they'll cry

never going to happen. is it becau aid, 1ey'll they'll cry never going to happen. is it becau aid, myll they'll cry never going to happen. is it becauaid, my human l cry never going to happen. is it becauaid, my human rights, and legal aid, my human rights, and they'll be here for three years? well i was grappling with that problem when i was justice secretary. >> the main problem, andrew, is that, uh, other countries just don't who these don't recognise who these characters are. know, if you characters are. you know, if you say mr enver hoxha albania , say mr enver hoxha from albania, the albanians had a tendency of saying , we've heard saying, well, we've never heard of and he's not coming back of him and he's not coming back here. and you can imagine why they would do that, because here. and you can imagine why they were do that, because here. and you can imagine why they were criminals. )ecause here. and you can imagine why they were criminals. )ecaus was here. and you can imagine why tidealvere criminals. )ecauswas here. and you can imagine why tideal done riminals. )ecaus was here. and you can imagine why tideal done withials. )ecaus was here. and you can imagine why tideal done with albania us was a deal done with albania that i think made think has really made a difference. we've seen the deportation of foreign deportation of a lot of foreign criminals. they were criminals. there and they were forming number forming quite a large number of those prison . there's those in our prison. there's about, think, 10,000 of these about, i think, 10,000 of these people prisons . i think people in our prisons. i think we all want them out. however remember this. need to make remember this. we need to make sure they serve their terms sure that they serve their terms of imprison , that they are of imprison, that they are punished their crimes, their punished for their crimes, their victims would say, victims out there who would say, hold on. you know, we don't just let them back to their countries. need be countries. they need to be punished well. just punished as well. so i just chalk that chancellor has chalk that lord chancellor has got with a difficult got to grapple with a difficult problem if he can get more problem here. if he can get more deals other countries to deals with other countries to recognise , recognise these individuals, ship back. and i think ship them off back. and i think

that save us money and that would save us money and open up prison places for people here who committing serious offences. >> it sounds eminently sensible. steve, would you agree? and i think the british public would support that . support that. >> yes. i mean, i've been trying very hard to find something to disagree with robert on, but, uh, no, i think i think it is eminently sensible. i think the problem with, uh, you know , send problem with, uh, you know, send them back is it's easy to say, as robert says , demonstrated as robert says, demonstrated technically , it can be much more technically, it can be much more complicated , but no reason not complicated, but no reason not to keep trying and to do our best to try and make sure that both they serve their sentence and where we can deport them. we certainly do. >> okay. all right. thank you. gentlemen conservative mp for south swindon , sir robert south swindon, sir robert buckland and labour mp for birmingham selly oak steve mccabe. there of course the way to get them out they get no legal because that's what'll legal aid because that's what'll happen get legal aid to same >> they'll get legal aid to same human rights. you're trying human rights. if you're trying to back to my own to deport me back to my own country, don't give them any legal out. legal aid out. >> know, it's isn't

>> you know, it's funny, isn't it? when hear from it? when you hear mps from different house different sides of the house say, got lot say, haven't got a lot to disagree with. they're of disagree with. they're part of me. is the me. thinks and that is the problem . that why lots of problem. that is why lots of people who want to vote don't know who for and feel know who to vote for and feel politically homeless. although i think issues there, i think on those issues there, i will let them off. was glad will let them off. i was glad there was some agreement. sure, right. to come sicknote right. still to come sicknote britain. are britain. young people are increasingly blaming their mental for being out of mental health for being out of work. is it really that? are they snowflake ? is it a little they snowflake? is it a little bit more complicated? this is britain's newsroom on gb news. don't go anywhere

radio. 1021. >> you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson bev turner the panel here, former labour adviser matthew morning. matthew laza. good morning. author emma woolf. >> right, both you. let's >> right, both of you. let's start, all, with this start, first of all, with this

story we've been talking story that we've been talking about, is football about, this is a football manager who shut down an interview and then he's pay off is what's got him into trouble. let's have a little watch. >> so can you not give us a more on it? >> good, good. >> good, good. >> well done. >> well done. >> cheers. there you go. >> cheers. there you go. >> done. girl. good >> he's done. good girl. good girl. she >> well, she laughed . >> well, she laughed. >> well, she laughed. >> good girl. >> good girl. >> so she thought it was funny. >> so she thought it was funny. >> she thought it was funny. do you think it's funny, matthew? >> i mean, think he >> i mean, no, i think he shouldn't have said it, but i don't think hanging don't think it's a hanging offence. um i think it was a bit patronising. don't he patronising. i don't think he would good boy. he would have said, good boy. he might have said lad, which might have said good lad, which is slightly. has slightly different is slightly. has slightly diffibutt is slightly. has slightly diffibut i think it is slightly. has slightly diffybut i think it was a little uh, but i think it was a little bit but i don't bit patronising, but i don't think he should out to dry. >> he almost sounds like when he said it, he realised he'd said it, and then he sort of said it again, when again, trying to be when you hear less than on hear it, it's less bad than on the page. >> i can't even believe honestly, we honestly, guys, are we discussing this? so i get discussing this? so what i get called good girl. it's a it's a well, partly, yeah . it's quite well, partly, yeah. it's quite a compliment to be called a girl. he's calling you an lady

he's not calling you an old lady who cares? girl. let's just exactly. >> should we call you good boy or. morning, andrew. just to make you happy, i would do if someone called. behave yourself. >> me a good >> if someone called me a good girl, back girl, i'd probably come back with i'd probably with something. i'd probably retort if i felt like it. if i didn't, actually quite didn't, it's actually quite affectionate. yes, it's patronising. is. patronising. of course it is. but in the same way that we call women blonde, we don't say a blonde we call them blonde. blonde when we call them blonde. we, you this it's not we, you know, this is it's not entrenched sexism. it's not discrimination. nothing. discrimination. it's nothing. he's called her a good girl. she's probably you know, 20 years younger than her, than him. it just is not. and him. yeah. it just is not. and if people are genuinely taking offence worry for her. >> she didn't appear to she she laughed. >> she did. >> she did. >> yeah, but you have. well you have to laugh at me. yeah. because she's important. she's important because she's important. she's imfoh ant because she's important. she's imfoh she could have challenged >> oh she could have challenged you are you you and said, why are you calling me a girl? i'm not a girl. >> difficult because of >> it's difficult because of course in football they do things radio stations things like ban radio stations and newspapers and local newspapers from grounds. it's grounds. if if football, it's not politics you can not like politics where you can say rude in an say if, if they're rude in an interview, pretty hard. interview, it's pretty hard. i know, tried just know, because i've tried to just ban journalists from from

ban journalists from, from from the football, it's the list. with football, it's absolutely that absolutely essential that you stay have stay in with the club. you have to side of the to be on the right side of the club is a big team. absolutely massive. you know, biggest team club is a big team. absolutely miscotlandu know, biggest team club is a big team. absolutely miscotlandu i> it really bother you, >> does it really bother you, bev, it bother bev, as a woman? does it bother you? know why? you? you know why? >> it's a bit genuinely >> i think it's a bit genuinely might the might bother me to use the generation i mean, millennial word. triggering for word. it's a bit triggering for me used in me because i used to work in sport. that was how i started in tv, one tv, particularly in formula one and basketball. boy was and nba basketball. and boy was it hard to be a woman in those environments 20 odd years, 20 years ago. >> you must have very >> you must have started very young, very, very, young, bev. i was very, very, very young. >> was very you go with it. >> it was very you go with it. >> it was very you go with it. >> you're not going to say what? when she was girl. >> you're not going to say what? whiwell,3 was girl. >> you're not going to say what? whiwell, you; girl. >> you're not going to say what? whiwell, you knowl. >> you're not going to say what? whiwell, you know what it was. >> well, you know what it was. >> well, you know what it was. >> think women also use their >> i think women also use their capital i think capital in other ways. i think

you probably interviews as you probably got interviews as being young being an attractive young journalist. got journalist. you probably got interviews , with interviews with men, with managers that the men wouldn't have got. absolutely. i think as women we can be confident about that say, know that and just say, you know what? there pluses what? there are there are pluses and agree. come back and minuses, i agree. come back at say, don't worry, old at him and say, don't worry, old man. you there's some man. but you see there's some clips, a kind of power clips, there's a kind of power imbalance on youtube where i was being interviewing guy being i was interviewing a guy called shaquille o'neal. >> familiar with. oh yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, it was about foot nine. about six foot nine. >> and these legendary >> and he has these legendary enormous feet. and we were in the basketball changing rooms, and what, something and i was, what, 25? something like that . and trying to like that. and i'm trying to interview him about they're blaming tech on the court and all he can say to me is i don't want to talk about that. i want to talk about when we're going to talk about when we're going to get married, when are we going married? like we going to get married? like we just remember, win just remember, i'm going to win the then i'm the championship, and then i'm going to come and marry and going to come and marry you. and at you can see and at the time you can see and i watch back now it's quite watch it back now and it's quite painful. yeah. because i'm trying a journalist and painful. yeah. because i'm tryirtrying a journalist and painful. yeah. because i'm tryirtrying toa journalist and painful. yeah. because i'm tryirtrying to do urnalist and painful. yeah. because i'm tryirtrying to do whatist and painful. yeah. because i'm tryirtrying to do whatist amen i'm trying to do what the men do, but that is. and all i could do, but that is. and all i could do is sort of laugh and giggle,

but overt but but that's really overt sexual in those days, sexual kind of in those days, intimidation sexual kind of in those days, inti it dation sexual kind of in those days, inti it da actually. my >> it is actually. oh my goodness, intimidating. >> it is actually. oh my goodnthat's intimidating. >> it is actually. oh my goodnthat's to intimidating. >> it is actually. oh my goodnthat's to me�*nidating. >> it is actually. oh my goodnthat's to me that's�*ig. yeah. that's to me that's a that's a million miles from good girl. i mean genuinely think she could come back brendan could have come back at brendan rodgers like, rodgers and said something like, oh you oh don't worry old man. you know, make it. when i know, like just make it. when i did that story my did tell that story to my daughters, my children, they went, didn't you marry him? >> mom? you would been. >> mom? you would have been. exactly. that's point. exactly. that's not the point. >> a lot taller . >> and taller, a lot taller. >> and taller, a lot taller. >> i've never heard of him. is he was he very famous? >> was huge, you >> he was. he was huge, you know, and huge in every sense. >> the other thing about >> i mean, the other thing about brendan is i wouldn't he brendan rodgers is i wouldn't he would his defence, would say in his defence, i imagine that he calls the lads the because the boys is, the boys because the boys is, you you know , because you know, you know, because they'll the players you know, you know, because thejyounger the players you know, you know, because thejyounger than the players you know, you know, because thejyounger than him. 3layers you know, you know, because thejyounger than him. 3lbet's you know, you know, because thejyounger than him.:)lbet he are younger than him. i bet he doesn't say good though, but doesn't say good boy though, but i bet he doesn't say good boy. and the good girl and i think it's the good girl rather yeah, eyelash, rather than yeah, eyelash, eyelash bit eyelash or something is a bit different. would girl. different. i would do good girl. >> be far more >> i would be far more interested to know how treats interested to know how he treats his wife, he his his wife, how he treats his daughters, how he treats his female he treats female friends, how he treats his colleagues on sort his female colleagues on a sort of basis. i think the of day to day basis. i think the odd like that slips out. odd comment like that slips out. yeah, he's probably, you know,

he's yeah. yeah, he's probably, you know, he's there yeah. yeah, he's probably, you know, he's there are 'eah. yeah, he's probably, you know, he's there are bigger issues. >> and there are bigger issues. i mean, in scottish football, sectarianism, which, you know, the pass the snp had to pass a legislation which didn't work about because sectarian chants legislation which didn't work aborthings.jse sectarian chants legislation which didn't work aborthings. jsthink arian chants legislation which didn't work aborthings. jsthink there chants legislation which didn't work aborthings. jsthink there were s and things. i think there were bigger and bigger issues on the celtic and rangers, celtic, rangers, glasgow, celtic, glasgow absolutely. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> worried people >> less worried about people saying what they do. right. talking girls, angela talking of good girls, angela raynen talking of good girls, angela rayner, is, she's very rayner, uh, she is, she's a very good over something to do good woman over something to do with the house that she said she was. >> it's a non—story, bev. >> so it's not it's not a non story. so. so if you actually read it, it's a lot of smoke . read it, it's a lot of smoke. uh, but there is, there is no fire. so, so exactly. so the tories are making accusations that she which are revealed in a new book by lord ashcroft, the former tory treasurer, who writes biographies of politicians . uh, now that , um, politicians. uh, now that, um, that she basically registered at two and a dress she wasn't living at that. she basically lived in two addresses and that she didn't change the electoral registration of one to the other. >> and the key was house. >> and the key was her house. >> and the key was her house. >> her one was her >> one was her and one was her husband's house. >> and both of them bought the

property. the right to buy. and that's what that doesn't that seem a odd? wouldn't seem a bit odd? wouldn't you expect have one expect a couple to have one property buy a right property you can buy and a right to not they both bought to buy? not they both bought them under right buy before them under a right to buy before they they got together. them under a right to buy before the right. they got together. them under a right to buy before the right. they the together. them under a right to buy before the right. they the thing|er. them under a right to buy before the right. they the thing it's >> right. this is the thing it's all. i say it's sort all. this is why i say it's sort of it's of smoke of it's the sort of smoke because it's sort of trying to have a go her for buying the have a go at her for buying the property. under right property. property under right to which there's to buy, which of course, there's a flagship policy to buy, which of course, there's a 80s, flagship policy to buy, which of course, there's a 80s, f|thatcher's,cy to buy, which of course, there's a 80s, f|thatcher's, um, the 80s, mrs. thatcher's, um, key policy. we remember mrs. thatcher having a cup of tea in the house to the first council house to be brought making lots brought about people making lots of. did make a discount. >> she had a 25. >> she had a 25. >> which is absolutely in >> yeah. which is absolutely in line with rules. labour line with the rules. and labour is the right to buy is not against the right to buy now. the 80s and it now. it was in the 80s and it was to when it first was wrong to do so when it first came it was one of the came out. it was one of the things that helped consign labour to the wilderness. the labour to the wilderness. in the early for early 1980s, labour's are for reviewing sure reviewing it and making sure that flow council that there is a flow of council houses. the right to buy is houses. if the right to buy is going isn't going to happen. this isn't hypocrisy.are, are, there >> there are, there are, there are questions to be answered. she was registered. she they are questions to be answered. she \newlyweds.ed. she they are questions to be answered. she \newlyweds.ed. siwasiey were newlyweds. she was registered a different registered at a different address. her husband was registered a mile at registered about a mile away at this address, voters are expected on

expected to register on the electoral roll at their permanent address. two permanent home address. when two children were children came along, they were registered husband's registered at the husband's address still address while she was still living original address. living at the original address. there be there are questions to be answered hypocrisy slur, answered and the hypocrisy slur, which daily which is coming out of the daily mail, hypocrisy mail, or the hypocrisy allegations from this book, are that of wants to pull that she kind of wants to pull up she wants up the ladder, that she wants to, know, she doesn't to, you know, but she doesn't because want stop because she doesn't want to stop it. was was nearly 20 it. and it was it was nearly 20 years she was her 20s. years ago. she was in her 20s. she wasn't a politician. scouts. yeah. fair enough. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> but she doesn't want she doesn't care about others doesn't really care about others benefiting from that, which really there are really helped her. there are questions here. questions to be answered here. >> saying it's not >> she's also saying it's not fair been subjected >> she's also saying it's not faiscrutiny. been subjected >> she's also saying it's not faiscrutiny. yes)een subjected >> she's also saying it's not fai scrutiny. yes)e< is. subjected >> she's also saying it's not faiscrutiny. yes)e> i think it's fine for her to be subjected to scrutiny, but but one of questions why but one of the questions is why did did she did she not use her? why did she change her name to her change her maiden name to her married on the birth married name on the birth certificate? know, certificate? i mean, you know, i mean, is is really mean, which is which is really that's why what public that's i mean, why what public interest there in that? i interest is there in that? i think, you know, the other thing interest is there in that? i th aboutyu know, the other thing interest is there in that? i th aboutyu krtwo the other thing interest is there in that? i th aboutyu krtwo differentr thing is about the two different addresses younger addresses is there was a younger child, so an older an older child, so an older an older child the existing child from the existing relationship. so he kept relationship. so he had kept her ex—husband, separate ex—husband, kept a separate address. , uh, address. um, because, uh, because was

because he basically was bringing kid and bringing up his kid there and she kept her house, which loads of couples do. >> so this and the thing is, she made a £48,500 profit from the house, the former absolutely in line with the regulations. >> and absolutely on board. >> and i'm absolutely on board. >> and i'm absolutely on board. >> i don't begrudge penny >> i don't begrudge her a penny of this what of that, but this is what she said. angela rayner's said. this is angela rayner's statement. she said, i worked hard, i saved and i bought the house by the book. i'm not ashamed, angry that the ashamed, but i am angry that the tories since put dream tories have since put the dream of a secure home out of reach for many others. it's clear for so many others. it's clear that ashcroft his that lord ashcroft and his friends only an friends not only take an unhealthy my family, unhealthy interest in my family, but it down at but want to kick it down at people like me graft hard people like me who graft hard in tough on in tough circumstances to get on in life. and i won't let them hold on. >> she's moving the goalposts there. the says you there. yeah, the law says you have to register the correct information. the questions are and i don't think that's anything to do with maiden names and married names. that's a woman's doesn't woman's choice. that doesn't matter that's one matter to me. well, that's one of but no, as of the questions. but no, as i've said, voters are expected to register at permanent to register at their permanent address. living? address. where was she living? why her? were she and why was she in her? were she and her husband living apart? why? and do they

and as bev says, why do they buy? do they both their buy? why do they both buy their homes right to buy? homes under right to buy? i think, know, think there think, you know, i think there are are are legitimate there are legitimate are legitimate there are leg there's whiff hypocrisy >> there's a whiff of hypocrisy about and politicians about all this. and politicians have careful. yeah, absolutely. >> but there >> but i think there is hypocrisy because doesn't hypocrisy because she doesn't want doesn't want want to pull. she doesn't want to she does want to to pull the she does want to pull the ladder all. pull the ladder up at all. i mean, the truth of the matter is like sometimes politicians try and they're and pretend that they're registered. moved registered. you know, they moved to particularly for by elections. become elections. they kind of become a candidate different part of elections. they kind of become a can country different part of elections. they kind of become a can country from fferent part of elections. they kind of become a can country from where part of elections. they kind of become a can country from where they of the country from where they live. appear. live. they suddenly appear. and there's about, there's a question about, you know, live there know, do they really live there or there's no question or not? there's no question that she she lived in this house she that she lived in this house because she bought it. and there's question about how because she bought it. and there'inightsestion about how because she bought it. and there'inights shen about how because she bought it. and there'inights she spent|t how because she bought it. and there'inights she spent there because she bought it. and there"|at hts she spent there because she bought it. and there"|at hershe spent there because she bought it. and there"|at her husband's here because she bought it. and there"|at her husband's house. versus at her husband's house. it's was pretending it's not like she was pretending she a different part she lived in a different part of the country anything the country or anything else. i mean, to me that mean, it seems to me that the sort you know, ashcroft's sort of, you know, ashcroft's been his been going around or his researchers have going researchers have been going around asking neighbours, how many was in this one many nights was she in this one versus that one? and you are actually allowed to register and to clearer that to address it. it's clearer that you at two addresses. >> it's clearer than that. but they held separately. >> it's clearer than that. but they bought held separately. >> it's clearer than that. but they bought underld separately. >> it's clearer than that. but they bought under right arately. both bought under right to buy. but question, both but yes, the question, but both before got married.

before they got married. >> so it's so it's totally irrelevant. they voted as a couple know if couple though i don't know if that's the detail isn't that's kind of the detail isn't exactly right. >> matthew like we >> emma matthew i feel like we great anyway. kicked it great start anyway. kicked it off for your off right. time for your headunes off right. time for your headlines with sophia headlines now with sophia wenzler. anywhere . wenzler. don't go anywhere. >> thanks, bev. it's 1031. wenzler. don't go anywhere. >> thanks, bev. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines as the prime minister says. comments made by the former deputy chairman of the conservative made by the former deputy chairrweren't he conservative made by the former deputy chairrweren't acceptable ative made by the former deputy chairrweren't acceptable and party weren't acceptable and were wrong. rishi sunak denied that his party has islamophobic tendencies as he comes under increasing pressure to speak out against lee anderson . it's after against lee anderson. it's after mr anderson suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london during an interview on gb news. he had the whip suspended after refusing to apologise for the comments. the london mayor accused mr anderson of pouring fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred, but also criticised the prime minister for what he said was a failure to implicitly condemn the comments . the north and the comments. the north and the midlands are to receive billions of pounds worth of investment in

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the pair? the licensed pair? >> though, in a new gb >> first, though, in a new gb news , innovation britain, news series, innovation britain, we're at the success of we're looking at the success of british manufacturing around. >> over the years, the engineering and manufacture environments have often been perceived to have been dirty and polluted, but so much has changed in recent years . james, changed in recent years. james, why is i think it was why is that? i think it was generally an acceptance that that was the atmosphere that people were having to work in. >> there was nothing could >> there was nothing they could do people would come do about it. people would come into just well, into work and just say, well, that's my lot in life. that's that's my lot in life. however if you think about it, this is really this is this is not really acceptable. certainly acceptable. and certainly in today's taking today's environment, taking office, be office, you wouldn't be expecting to work in an office full of smoke, mist and dust . full of smoke, mist and dust. people would be walking out and people thinking, hold people would be walking out and peowell, thinking, hold people would be walking out and peowell, i thinking, hold people would be walking out and peowell, i shouldn't hold people would be walking out and peowell, i shouldn't have hold people would be walking out and peowell, i shouldn't have told people would be walking out and peowell, i shouldn't have to do on. well, i shouldn't have to do the a in a manufacturing the same in a in a manufacturing environment. people want environment. and people want a cleaner place to work. and how

are you managing to do this? >> filter >> well, filter mist, manufacture range products manufacture a range of products that mist, dust and that extract oil, mist, dust and fume at source from industrial settings around the world and we make them right here in the midlands . and you've had your midlands. and you've had your record year. yes we have. >> we've continued to grow our exports to over countries exports to over 60 countries worldwide, one of our worldwide, but one of our biggest growth areas has actually one of the actually been the uk. one of the reasons that that we sell reasons for that is that we sell a to the machine tool a lot to the machine tool sector, our sector, who are fitting our equipment machines and equipment to their machines and selling a complete turnkey package, clean package, which includes clean air customers . air to their customers. meanwhile, the uk government's health and safety executive had focussed more on clean air in the workshop . but most of all, the workshop. but most of all, people are just wanting and why wouldn't want to work in a wouldn't you want to work in a cleaner environment .

radio. >> welcome. proud. the top boss of the bbc, says that being progressive and diverse is something to be proud of.

>> that's right. it was a leaked recording. director general tim davies the corporation was davies said the corporation was impartial not have impartial and did not have a party political bias. it's a little bit complicated this so let's bring in former bbc executive presenter roger bolton . good morning roger. we don't want to be misquoting to ed davey here. this was an internal speech that he was giving to employees and he says we do a reasonably good job of walking along the joyous tightrope of the culture wars. i think he has his tongue and his cheek a little bit when he's saying that. he said, we're being progressive and diverse and doing things we should doing the things we should be proud not but we've proud of is not woke, but we've got sure we're clearly got to make sure we're clearly representing from across representing views from across the you see anything the board. do you see anything wrong no this is three wrong in that? no this is three years old. >> this story , and it's clearly >> this story, and it's clearly part of the daily mail and often the daily telegraph's attempt to run a difficult story for the bbc as often as possible. i mean, you wouldn't want the director the bbc to director general of the bbc to say we're going to be regressive, not progressive. and

it what he means it depends depends what he means by it, he said. or the bbc seemed to say, he was seemed to say, look, he was referring lots of things referring to lots of things like, don't let's get up like, don't let's get hung up on the old of doing things. if like, don't let's get hung up on the doj of doing things. if like, don't let's get hung up on the do things of doing things. if like, don't let's get hung up on the do things cheaper, things. if like, don't let's get hung up on the do things cheaper, better, if we do things cheaper, better, easier we do easier digitally, we should do it . and obviously the bbc is it. and obviously the bbc is both very large as both a very large employer as well broadcaster , so well as a broadcaster, so anything to , if you anything it does to, if you like, ensure that women are paid as well as men, which was a thing it didn't do in the past, is a good thing. is that progressive? is that a good? i would so. anything would say so. anything that makes don't have makes sure that you don't have people they're gay , um, people because they're gay, um, she's . she's facing discrimination. that's thing . um, so that's a good thing. um, so i don't think it's particularly bad. what i think dangerous bad. what i think is dangerous is this use of the word woke all the time with nobody, nobody defining what it is. >> do you know what? do you know what it means, roger, when you use the word, if ever use use the word, if you ever use the it's such. the word woke, it's such. i don't like it as a word. i've said that on this channel many times because i think so times because i think it is so difficult define . difficult to define. >> it is very difficult to define . and i that it's define. and i think that it's one of those things, um, words

that people don't like defining because cause like to because. cause they like to create an impression. we all know what means, don't we? know what it means, don't we? actually, means we actually, what it means is we all give interpret all give our own interpret version what means. and version of what it means. and i just wish there were facts. just wish there were more facts. i example, to go back i mean, for example, to go back to we're doing to another story, we're doing that doing, which is that you're doing, which is obviously very important story about , um, the, the sadiq about about, um, the, the sadiq khan , varne and so on. um, khan, varne and so on. um, nobody's actually going to the man who's making the accusation about islamist running sadiq khan and saying, where is the evidence ? so before debate, evidence? so before we debate, it can we have some evidence and before we discuss what woke is, can we have some definition? sorry, can we have some definitions woke is? definitions about what woke is? and progressive , and before we say progressive, oh, it's terrible thing . do we oh, it's terrible thing. do we want to be regress? i just think that a lot more journalism is needed before we launch into this. and this, by the way, the bbc, the closest i think that i've got to understand the difference between what we was used to be termed political correctness. >> so it used to be that language was evolving to represent reality, which represent our reality, which meant not just saying, mrs. if

you were a married woman, because you might not have taken that. and a lot of it is about language with language just moving with the times think it tips over times where i think it tips over into would recognise as times where i think it tips over into woke,rvould recognise as times where i think it tips over into woke, isuld recognise as times where i think it tips over into woke, is thatacognise as times where i think it tips over into woke, is that you nise as times where i think it tips over into woke, is that you haveis times where i think it tips over into woke, is that you have to being woke, is that you have to speak in this way, or you are a bad person . it becomes, i think , bad person. it becomes, i think, more authoritarianism and that's then become , um, it provides an then become, um, it provides an environment which actually causes the opposite of what we want , which causes the opposite of what we want, which is for people to feel they can speak freely . feel they can speak freely. >> i think that's absolutely right. and it's a very important point. and i think it's far too often two things happen. first often two things happen. first of all, if you're faced with a difficult argument, they attack the individual or they say the language wrong and what they language is wrong and what they don't do is address the issue. now a real issue on now there's a real issue on immigration, which we don't talk about, which is , uh, you know, about, which is, uh, you know, we've got an ageing population in the birth rate is very low. uh, we need to we need if we're going to grow the economy to actually have immigrants. but what we then don't say is, well,

what we then don't say is, well, what sort of immigrants ? and what sort of immigrants? and that gets very difficult because people are i agree with you are quite scared to say, well , quite scared to say, well, actually what we want people in this country, we want people who are skilled, we want people to work people who work hard. we want people who understand culture and what work hard. we want people who un(don't�*|d culture and what work hard. we want people who un(don't want culture and what work hard. we want people who un(don't want is ulture and what work hard. we want people who un(don't want is ourre and what work hard. we want people who un(don't want is our culture nhat work hard. we want people who un(don't want is our culture to at we don't want is our culture to fundamentally change, so that you'll never hear. >> roger bolton , but >> on the bbc, roger bolton, but i do. you don't hear that on the bbc. you'll never hear that on the today programme. you'll never hear. if somebody said that question the that on question time, the shneks that on question time, the shrieks outrage , the pearls shrieks of outrage, the pearls that would be clutched out at that would be clutched out at that moment in that audience in yorkshire, let me put it the other way. >> nobody on your show >> nobody would say on your show or that actually, or rarely that actually, you know, which supposed or rarely that actually, you kn deliver which supposed or rarely that actually, you kn deliver reduction supposed or rarely that actually, you kn deliver reduction in supposed to deliver a reduction in immigration, hasn't that actually what we've seen is a lot of european people work lot of european people who work very this country very hard in this country go away. what away. and actually what we've seen a very considerable increase from the increase in people from the third world and elsewhere, and a lot of them refugees who deserve to be here. but actually the people who voted for brexit have got the immigration didn't got the immigration they didn't want. you

want. now that's something you should a conversation about should have a conversation about how we do, how have you got this onto brexit? >> man, um , always >> once a bbc man, um, always a bbc man, you always managed to get it onto brexit. >> it's a very good argument for brexit in terms of sovereignty. yeah but there isn't a good what there a good in there isn't a good argument in there isn't a good argument in the terme is what it's the short terme is what it's done our economy. goldman done to our economy. goldman sachs have published report sachs have published a report saying we are saying we've had a we are 5% less in gnp than we would less now in gnp than we would have been now. who knows about the tum, but we do know the the long tum, but we do know the big to the big deal promised to the american gone. isn't there american has gone. isn't there the india isn't the big deal with india isn't there? china yeah. oh, really? you want to deal with that? >> give it time, roger. >> give it time, roger. >> both sides. >> both sides. >> it time. give it time. >> give it time. give it time. 45 we were in that 45 years. deal. we were in that relationship for 45 years. being told do by 27 countries. relationship for 45 years. being told still do by 27 countries. relationship for 45 years. being told still gladio by 27 countries. relationship for 45 years. being told still glad we yy 27 countries. relationship for 45 years. being told still glad we brexited.|tries. i'm still glad we brexited. >> roger, we've got to go . thank >> roger, we've got to go. thank you so much. but also the issue. thank to see thank you. always nice to see you. to hear you. to great hear your thoughts. also, the thoughts. also, it's about the young people aren't young people that aren't working. going to be working. and we're going to be talking about that in just a moment. british moment. the young british born people are more people who and there are more and there is more work for them

because we because of brexit, because we don't as such. don't have that great as such. >> flood of cheap imported >> a big flood of cheap imported laboun >> a big flood of cheap imported labour, which why labour, which is why the confederation of british industry was so anti—brexit right on right there are angry scenes on the brussels this morning. >> farmers are setting fire to piles of tyres . there's also piles of tyres. there's also a farming scandal that took place here in britain over the weekend . don't miss it. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. we'll explain all in a minute

radio. >> rishi sunak has been accused of pandering to extremists after backing a group that campaigned against net zero. >> that's right. he attended the no farmers, no food protest in wales. now this is a group that was brought together by the son of a farmer , james melville, and of a farmer, james melville, and the guardian have basically done a big deep dive into who these people are in order to discredit the group, but also to discredit the group, but also to discredit the farmers . the farmers. >> so we're joined now by the director climate media director of the climate media coalition, mccarthy , and

coalition, donna mccarthy, and the of no farmers, no the founder of no farmers, no food, james melville. james, let's what let's talk to you first. what why ? what have you done to hurt why? what have you done to hurt the ire of the guardian in such a way? uh, probably because i've got other opinions on other issues. >> but my objective here, with no farmers, no food, which is started off through an x campaign over a month ago, was to raise a number of key concerns and valid concerns of farmers across the country . you farmers across the country. you know, these concerns are supermarket prices , your imports supermarket prices, your imports without regulation and competitive disadvantage for farmers , tb issues in wales farmers, tb issues in wales impact assessment report in wales mental health issues. there's a number of key issues. i've listed some and there's a lot more that need to be addressed and be part of a national conversation. on for farming. we're not about organising protests , but a lot organising protests, but a lot of people around the auspice of no farmers, no food in this x campaign and the media commentary that we've had on this are galvanising around this to try and articulate the very

valid concerns of farmers. and i've brought together a number of farmers on different scale and different sectors. so we've got a consultation exercise to bnng got a consultation exercise to bring out these credible concerns. and as for that article yesterday, rather tellingly, i spoke to the journalist about that before it was printed and i lifted all these key concerns and they weren't printed. hotel thing. >> and instead james, they said, you, you and the no farmers, no food group are conspiracy theorists, which is the lazy go to write off, isn't it? personally for anybody that seems to have any particularly strong opinions that particularly the left don't like at the moment? donna hey, let me bnng at the moment? donna hey, let me bring you in. surely these farmers have genuine concerns. and to weaponize this debate in a political way like this , as a political way like this, as the guardian did yesterday , it's the guardian did yesterday, it's not right, is it ? not right, is it? >> well, actually , i agree with >> well, actually, i agree with james actually on that . there james actually on that. there are serious issues on farm

pricing and cheap infant food . pricing and cheap infant food. um, the real challenge is how do we actually get fair prices for farmers and ensure consumers don't add to cost of living crisis for consumers? i think that's a conundrum that we have as a society has had difficulty confronting . however, as about confronting. however, as about politicising this issue, i mean, the prime minister going to this small protest was absolutely extraordinary. he's he's basically protesting against the government . the welsh government. the welsh government's consultation on replacing the brexit, the european union payment system with a system of rewarding farmers for, uh, taking action to protect their soil, to protect nature and to protect climate, which the government has signed up to internationally . so i don't understand what sunakis . so i don't understand what sunak is doing in wales protesting against his own policies when he's trying to score political points, he? >> um, john hague, because the welsh we know that on wednesday there's tractors there's going to be tractors descending cardiff because descending on cardiff because farmers are so unhappy with the

way the welsh government is treating them, particularly with the net zero. and the drive to net zero. and making them more trees and more rewilding and taking production of production land out of service . service. >> now the actual there's an opinion poll that came out last week on farmers across europe and they don't agree with with some of the protests taking place in brussels or are a little bit taking cardiff farmers understand . and with if farmers understand. and with if there's no climate , there's no there's no climate, there's no farming. this this this winter. andrew the farming farmers across england are in desperate trouble because of flooding. some, some farms are five metres deepin some, some farms are five metres deep in water and we're looking at a 25 to 30% loss in our crops. some of our crops this winter, which will add to food inflation. farmers understand , inflation. farmers understand, and we have to take action on british soil. and we have to take action on british soil . we're facing british soil. we're facing a soil crisis in britain. british soil. we're facing a soil crisis in britain . the soil crisis in britain. the government has said that some of our soils have only 40 crops left. we've lost 85% of the soils in east anglia. and what the welsh government is trying

to take action to deal to do is to take action to deal with this flood flooding and to deal with this soil protection and deal with the wildlife crisis. wales is the most wildlife deprived nations on earth and 5% of its economy comes from tourism. and we need the wildlife for tourism as well. >> james, james, let me bring you back in. this is somehow it's a tricky issue. it's it's such a tricky issue. it's got to about balance. got to be about the balance. it's frank, debate it's got to be frank, debate and just writing off. no farmers, no food a as a bunch of food as a as a bunch of conspiracy lazy conspiracy theories is just lazy on pan conspiracy theories is just lazy on part . on the guardian's part. >> it is completely because the individuals involved are some of the most credible individuals within the farming industry, and it hasn't actually been easy to get a sort of broad consortium of opinions . and the information of opinions. and the information that we're out and the that we're putting out and the amplification all around the amplification is all around the key points of which i've mentioned affect the farming industry you know, is industry. you know, flooding is another example of that. another perfect example of that. and cuts to environment and the cuts to the environment agency to be a agency. but there has to be a discussion if look discussion if you look at in wales about aspects of bad wales about all aspects of bad government in the round government policy in the round and one of the aspects of the welsh concerned and one of the aspects of the welsh is concerned and one of the aspects of the welsh is the concerned and one of the aspects of the

welsh is the economiccerned and one of the aspects of the welsh is the economic impact about is the economic impact assessment report that suggests that current government policy in wales would mean over 5000 jobs lost in the industry , jobs lost in the industry, possibly over 100,000 livestock, possibly over 100,000 livestock, possibly 200 million lost to rural economies. now that has to be part of the debate and it cannot be framed. lazy tropes, smears as climate change deniers and conspiracy theorists instead , we need to be grown up about this and realise that this isn't just about net zero. it's actually about a lot of different issues that are affecting farmers . affecting farmers. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there there. good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. it is quite a nice fine start the week for many fine start to the week for many of that thanks to this of us and that is thanks to this ridge high pressure. let's ridge of high pressure. let's begin to topple its in begin to topple its way in across uk in across areas of the uk in the far though we do far south—east, though we do still have low pressure lingering thing, lingering on first thing, so there still rain for the

there is still some rain for the likes sussex and kent, likes of east sussex and kent, and take the and it could take into the afternoon for that to properly clear off. elsewhere clear its way off. but elsewhere a spells a good number of sunny spells quite northeasterly wind quite a brisk northeasterly wind coming the north that coming in off the north sea that is make it feel quite is going to make it feel quite cold. start pushing in cold. we'll start pushing in some showers for northeastern areas and eastern areas of england and eastern scotland, it scotland, as well. so whilst it will feel cold temperatures scotland, as well. so whilst it willthermometer, peratures scotland, as well. so whilst it willthermometer, thoughzs the thermometer, though generally between 7 and 10 c, a fine end to the day for many of us as well. some clear intervals underneath that temperatures will begin to plummet their way off. some frost and off. so certainly some frost and patchy fog developing tonight, particularly for central eastern areas of and england. areas of wales and england. temperatures rise temperatures will actually rise into the half of the into the second half of the night for northern ireland and northwest scotland. see northwest scotland. as we see the strengthen the winds begin to strengthen and begin arrive and the rain begin to arrive later in night. we'll later on in the night. we'll then this band pushes then watch as this band pushes its south eastwards. over its way south eastwards. over the of the following the course of the day, following a the highest a snow over the highest mountains scotland. the mountains of scotland. but the band break up, turn band will tend to break up, turn lighter and patchier as we head throughout the day. so the far south—east dry for most south—east staying dry for most and brighter the and will turn brighter in the northwest on well, with northwest later on as well, with some sunny spells and scattered

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gb news 11 am. on monday, the 26th of february. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thank you forjoining us this >> thank you for joining us this morning. so unacceptable and wrong. that's the prime minister's response to lee anderson's comments about the london and prison reforms. london mayor and prison reforms. >> new plans from the justice secretary, alex chalk. he's going to tough foreign going to get tough on foreign criminals. going to be criminals. they're going to be deported, apparently to free up the you believe it ? the prisons. do you believe it? >> , on sick note, >> and general, on sick note, young people are increasingly blaming their mental health problems for being jobless. blaming their mental health problems for being jobless . are problems for being jobless. are they more health conscious or

are they maybe just lazy ? are they maybe just lazy? >> and the church of england has told all its parishes to draw up race action plans after a pro black lives matter bishop urged it to embrace being woke and further embed racial . further embed racial. justice i'll tell you about that, bishop . it's a she. she was the first female black chaplain to the house of commons under speaker john bercow. doesn't that tell you all you need to know? the most woke, the most irritating, intensely worst speaker we've ever and that's who she is. ever had? and that's who she is. well, that i mean, that doesn't make her. >> mean , that's an an >> i mean, that's an that's an amazing achievement . amazing achievement. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> become the first. >> to become the first. >> to become the first. >> black plan for >> but a female black plan for the church. >> they w.- e that for. >> what do they need that for. what's it for? why don't you just some bums on seats? just get some bums on seats? bums on pews is the proper expression church because expression in the church because the of england is the church of england is descending into complete

irrelevance and pointlessness. and this won't help. >> well, they say this is moving it into the future generation. this is modernising the church. maybe know your thoughts. maybe let me know your thoughts. gb that gbnews.com. first, gb views that gbnews.com. first, though, news though, the very latest news with wenzler . bev with sophia wenzler. bev >> andrew. thank you. it's 11:01. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the prime minister gb newsroom. the prime minister says comments made by the former deputy chairman of the conservative party weren't acceptable and were wrong. rishi sunak denied that his party has islamophobic tendencies as he comes under increasing pressure to speak out against lee anderson . it's after mr anderson anderson. it's after mr anderson suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london dunng control of the mayor of london during an interview on gb news. he had the whip suspended after refusing to apologise for the comments. the london mayor accused mr anderson of pouring fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred , but also criticised the hatred, but also criticised the prime minister for failing to

explicitly condemn the comments . explicitly condemn the comments. the north and the midlands are to receive billions of pounds worth of investment in public transport, as the government outlines plans to redirect funds from the cancelled northern leg of the hs2 two rail project. it's understood the money will be used to expand mass transit systems, refurbish rail and bus stations and repair potholes. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds , though it's allocate the funds, though it's not expected to be made available until april next year. months after the next general election . the mayor of greater election. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham , manchester, andy burnham, dismissed the plan, saying the money had already been promised ten ago but transport ten years ago but transport secretary mark harper says the government is empowering local communities as 2.5 billion for the north, 2.2 billion for the midlands. >> that money is going to local councils. it's for them to spend on, on the local priorities that they set, that they think are important to their local communities and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those conclusions by consulting

those communities, but also talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's not for ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set them. we think those decisions made closer decisions are better made closer to people that are going to to the people that are going to benefit from them . benefit from them. >> meanwhile, the housing regulator warns that significant intervention is required after persistent shortfalls in the number of new homes being built. the competition and markets authority says complex and unpredictable planning rules across the uk are partly to blame for new home targets being missed. it's also raising concerns over the quality of new build housing, with developers often focusing on price rather than the needs of a particular area. and there'll be an investigation after evidence was found suggesting that eight house builders may be sharing commercially sensitive information . meanwhile, sir keir information. meanwhile, sir keir starmer says his party will deliver what he called a future built in britain by britain if labour wins the next election. he's expected to unveil a plan

to run a so—called patriotic economy, which he says would include boosting home ownership, home ownership and establishing the next generation of new towns . housing minister leigh rowley described the plan as empty, but chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, told gb news she says it's the change that britain's economy needs kind of expectations that people in our country used to have, you know, that their kids would be better off than they were that they'd have at least a slightly better quality of life . quality of life. >> you know, all of those dreams are just completely out of reach for very many people in our country . and keir starmer is country. and keir starmer is absolutely determined wind to change that for the future. getting britain building and actually making sure we have those good jobs up and down the country, reforming the planning system , the many changes that he system, the many changes that he is setting out today would make that big difference to british people overseas . people overseas. >> now, the palestinian prime minister mohammed shisha, has

resigned, citing what he described as an unprecedented escalation in the west bank and jerusalem . it comes amid growing jerusalem. it comes amid growing pressure on the president, mahmoud abbas, to shake up his cabinet as international efforts intensify to stop the fighting intensify to stop the fighting in gaza . the palestinian in gaza. the palestinian authority has limited governance over parts of the occupied west bank, but lost power in gaza following a struggle with hamas terror group in two thousand and seven. and there are angry scenes on the streets of brussels this morning as farmers set fire to piles of tires, their riot police were seen firing water cannons as more than 100 tractors parked around eu buildings. as ministers arrived this morning. they're demanding action from the european union amid growing fury over free trade agreements . they over free trade agreements. they say it's led to cheap supermarket prices, which they are blaming for damaging european farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some aspects of its green deal .

some aspects of its green deal. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and . now it's back to andrew and. bev. time is now 1106 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the prime minister has condemned lee anderson's comments as unacceptable and wrong, but has denied that the party had islamophobic tendencies . tendencies. >> some mps in the tory behind the red wall say a revolt from voters could now move to the reform party. they say they've been flooded with messages supporting after supporting lee anderson after his sacking. >> so our political editor, christopher hope, joins us now. good morning chris. this just remind people what has got lee anderson into such hot water over the weekend . over the weekend. >> yes. very briefly . morning, >> yes. very briefly. morning, bev. morning, andrew. he made some remarks on friday night on gb news saying that or alleging

that the met police have been had been subject to a muslim, a an islamist takeover that they were now in control of policing . were now in control of policing. he was upset about the projection of anti—israel chants onto the big ben tower on wednesday. he made those remarks, by the way. then complaints from some tory mps sajid javid the former tory chancellor, was one who is said to have complained and by saturday lunchtime he had been suspended as an mp . now we now suspended as an mp. now we now know a bit more about what happened as a as a tory mp. forgive me and we now know a bit more of what happened. he actually had refused to apologise to cchq and that's why he had the whip removed. now he's released a gb news just now a full statement that he had planned to release on saturday but didn't because he was told it wasn't sufficient. it didn't say sorry, i'm going to read it out in full now for you. it out in full now for you. and it will also on gb news website. will also be on gb news website. um, and you'll and you'll see it there. so the statement says i

made some comments yesterday, friday that some thought friday that some people thought were divisive. he goes on, politics is divisive. i'm just incredibly frustrated about the abject failures of the mayor of london, sadiq khan. khan varne called for an immediate ceasefire weeks ago with no conditions . while the hostages conditions. while the hostages are still being held there at gunpoint by a terrorist organisation . and he's talking organisation. and he's talking about hamas in that line . about hamas in that line. hundreds of people have been arrested for racial abuse on these marches , and we barely these marches, and we barely hear a peep from the mayor if these marches were about something fashionable. something less fashionable. sadiq would been the sadiq khan would have been the first to call for them to be cancelled it's double standards cancelled. it's double standards for political benefit. sadiq khanis for political benefit. sadiq khan is failing london across the board, says lee anderson on transport with ulez and the strikes, which he pledged to end on knife crime and violence against women and girls. the list is endless , he goes on. list is endless, he goes on. it's more he's more interested that sadiq khan is more interested in virtue signalling to his trendy leftie mates by

renaming trail train lines. he's referring there to london, london overground network, with some new lines being renamed there, and street signs are accosted millions of pounds rather than delivering for our capital city, which should be the greatest on earth . seeing the greatest on earth. seeing the greatest on earth. seeing the words from the river to the sea on the elizabeth tower that houses big ben made me feel sick to the pit of my stomach , he to the pit of my stomach, he says. khan has stood by and allowed our police to turn a blind eye to the disgusting scenes around parliament. is not my intention to upset anyone . i my intention to upset anyone. i believe in free speech and i have 100% respect for people of all backgrounds . the vast all backgrounds. the vast majority of muslims are not islamists. in the same way , the islamists. in the same way, the vast majority of christians are not conservatives or socialists. the vast majority of our muslim friends in the uk are decent, hard working citizens who make an amazing contribution to our society and their religion should not be blamed for the

actions of a tiny minority of extremists. and just finally , he extremists. and just finally, he he concludes, my words may have been clumsy , but my words are been clumsy, but my words are borne out of a sheer frustration of what's happening to our beautiful city. we've got to get khan out at the elections in may. now i've gone to sadiq khan for a comment . may. now i've gone to sadiq khan for a comment. he's may. now i've gone to sadiq khan for a comment . he's now got that for a comment. he's now got that statement and will bring that to you as soon as we get it here on gb news. and you'll see the full statement. um, plus other remarks on gb news dot dot dot com right now. >> and, chris, to be clear, >> and, chris, just to be clear, that was a statement he wanted to central that was a statement he wanted to tory central central that was a statement he wanted to tory central office 1tral office tory central office didn't want him to put it out. is that's correct. is that right. that's correct. >> he drew up that statement . he >> he drew up that statement. he sent it to cchq um, he was deemed to be not not enough because he wasn't saying sorry to sadiq khan. now, i've talked to sadiq khan. now, i've talked to him briefly this morning. he told me this morning the following. he says lee hanson telling gb news today, if you're wrong , apologising is not a sign wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of

strength. but when you think you're right, you should never apologise guys, because to do so will be a sign of weakness. so to be absolutely clear, andrew and bev he is not apologising. he refused to apologise. he wrote a statement explaining what he meant, saying he's not racist, he's not anti muslim. he has lots of friends who are muslim but he's got a problem with sadiq khan and it's a political problem about how the met is policing here and the fact that, as he says, it , met is policing here and the fact that, as he says, it, sadiq khan doesn't doesn't speak out against those remarks. he thinks they should he should do. and that's the debate we're having. again, we'll bring the remarks that sadiq khan is making as soon as we get them. in response to this. >> okay, chris. >> okay, chris. >> we said earlier. >> so we said this earlier. thanks, chris. it's the language he used islamists. it was he he used of islamists. it was he says was clumsy . he says it was clumsy. he blundered, didn't he? if he'd used word, perhaps, used a different word, perhaps, possibly . but but what says possibly. but but what he says about khan i agree 100% about sadiq khan i agree 100% with failed this capital with he's failed this capital city 100. what he says in that statement there to just be

clear, as opposed to saying that he was being controlled by islamists, i think that's what you you mean. >> you mean. >> that and, e that and, n >> repeated that and, um, i would liked to would have liked him to elucidate little on what elucidate a little more on what he the fact that he meant by the fact that he thinks sadiq has thinks that sadiq khan has handed london his friends, or handed london to his friends, or kind of. there was some suggestion nepotism . um, suggestion of nepotism. um, doesn't really elaborate on that, but, um, let's let's speak now to mohammed former now to mohammed amin, former chairman the conservative chairman of the conservative muslim now muslim forum. and now a grassroots lib dem campaign for, um, so good morning, mohammed. thank you for joining um, so good morning, mohammed. thank you forjoining us. um, thank you for joining us. um, we've just heard that statement . we've just heard that statement. you've only been able to listen to it once . does it go far to it once. does it go far enoughin to it once. does it go far enough in terms of clarifying what lee anderson intended to say ? say? >> good morning, bev. not really. there are some things in lee anderson's new statement, which of course i agree with. the vast majority of muslims in this country are not islamists. they are decent, law abiding british citizens who believe in democracy . he, however, his democracy. he, however, his original remarks were attacking

sadiq khan because because sadiq khanis sadiq khan because because sadiq khan is a muslim, that was the clear thrust of what lee anderson's original remarks were saying . he's handed over london saying. he's handed over london to his islamist friends. he wouldn't be saying those kinds of things about a british politic who he didn't like, who was not a muslim . was not a muslim. >> how do you, mohammed, define an islamist ? an islamist? >> islamism is a modern political ideology developed in the 20th century, which seeks to say that is lamb is inherent a political religion . it was political religion. it was developed by two people in egypt by hassan al—banna, who was the founder of the muslim brotherhood, and in the indian subcontinent by somebody called maududi , who was the founder of maududi, who was the founder of the jamaat e islam. the important thing to understand is that islamism is a brand new radical interpretation of islam.

it it takes both democratic political forms, sometimes forms, and it can lead to extreme violence, as we've seen with al—qaeda and isis. and there's a clear line of intellectual descent from hassan al—banna and maududi to people like osama bin laden . but the like osama bin laden. but the vast majority of muslims in this country are not islamists. they don't even understand very much about the sort of history of the ideology. but it's brand new. it's not an inherent part of islam. >> some people are accusing lee anderson of blatant racism. he says it was clumsy use of language , and having read that language, and having read that statement, i wonder if i rather agree with him. i i think it was actually bigotry. >> i mean , it's not real. >> i mean, it's not real. muslims are not a race. so as far as i'm concerned, you can't be racist against muslims, but you can certainly by by bigoted and prejudice against muslims .

and prejudice against muslims. and lee anderson's original statement showed serious anti—muslim prejudice in the words that he used. he would not have said that same thing about people who were jewish. if that's the test, i always apply him . him. >> there's a there's a case going on at the moment, mohammed, i don't know whether you're familiar with it. um, the school of catherine birbalsingh phenomenal headteacher, characterised in the channel four series as britain's strictest head. she has an incredibly diverse school and she's been dragged to court , she's been dragged to court, actually by one muslim pupil, all because the family of this girl say that she should be given a special place, a place to pray at lunchtime and katharine birbalsingh says she will never divide her children by their religion or their race, and treats them all the same and she treats them all the same with certain concessions. and everybody compromises cases like that. i think, are what are worrying people . people. and i worrying people. people. and i think lee anderson is talking to people who are worried, who maybe take a case like that and

see that as a magnification, magnify that to be something thatis magnify that to be something that is going to undermine what they see as a traditional christian, british way of life. so where do you how do you see that situation like is it just that situation like is it just that there is a that lee may have a point, but that he articulated it badly ? articulated it badly? >> i don't think he's got a point at all. i'm happy to comment on the case of katharine birbalsingh singh school. by the way. i am great admirer of what she's achieved at the michaela school. she's a wonderful head teacher. but on this precise issue, i think actually she's in the wrong. if a child wants to pray at lunchtime . so we're pray at lunchtime. so we're talking about at lunchtime, not dunng talking about at lunchtime, not during lessons. facilities should be provided for that child to pray , regardless of child to pray, regardless of whether that child is christian, hindu, muslim or buddhist. >> but they don't provide the facilities for any other child. mohammed that's the point, she says. there's no worship at all. and of course, she would also she would want to do it probably three a day .

three times a day. >> the only facility you need is a quiet place to just go and pray. the child would, i assume , pray. the child would, i assume, bnng pray. the child would, i assume, bring their own prayer rug at. and i think katharine birbalsingh is simply wrong. the courts will decide . the courts courts will decide. the courts will whether this child will decide whether this child is discriminated is being discriminated against. but my view, based on the but in my view, based on the information i've got , which but in my view, based on the in'what tion i've got , which but in my view, based on the in'what you've i've got , which but in my view, based on the in'what you've outlinedt , which but in my view, based on the in'what you've outlined and hich but in my view, based on the in'what you've outlined and what is what you've outlined and what i've in the paper, so what i've read in the paper, so what if the christian child says, i want i want to pray, or the jewish want to pray? >> do they create some form of synagogue? >> uh, you don't need to create a synagogue. you don't need to create give that create a church. you give that child place to and pray . child some place to go and pray. >> okay, well, that that situation is being resolved in the courts right now. i, for one, am certainly. on the courts right now. i, for one, am certainly . on the the courts right now. i, for one, am certainly. on the edge of my seat, actually, to see how that goes, because i think that katharine birbalsingh ethos of not dividing the children is wonderful, because one of the arguments about this, mohammed, is this argument, is if she loses this argument, this this will then happen this will this will then happen in all the in workplaces all over the

country, i.e. in workplaces all over the country, prayer facilities provided. over the country, prayer faciliused provided. over the country, prayer facili used to provided. over the country, prayer facili used to be vided. over the country, prayer facili used to be vi> i used to be a partner in price waterhouse coopers. we had contemplation rooms each of contemplation rooms in each of our buildings. were our buildings. these were open to faiths and they to people of all faiths and they were regularly used by muslim members of staff to go and pray , members of staff to go and pray, and the firm was very happy about . about that. >> so much, >> okay. thank you so much, mohammed ahmed, chairman >> okay. thank you so much, m(thenmed ahmed, chairman >> okay. thank you so much, m(the conservative , chairman >> okay. thank you so much, m(the conservative muslim chairman >> okay. thank you so much, m(the conservative muslim forumian of the conservative muslim forum and a grass roots lib dem campaigner. with it is and a grass roots lib dem canthat ner. with it is and a grass roots lib dem canthat my with it is and a grass roots lib dem canthat my issue with it is and a grass roots lib dem canthat my issue with with it is and a grass roots lib dem canthat my issue withvitisit is not that my issue with it is specifically about education and about the fact that she has a school is brilliant and school that is brilliant and it's succeeding and the children are happy, hard working are happy, they're hard working and expression, if and it's the old expression, if it fix it. and it's the old expression, if it she fix it. and it's the old expression, if it she will fix it. and it's the old expression, if it she will have fix it. and it's the old expression, if it she will have to ix it. and it's the old expression, if it she will have to change the and she will have to change the ethos, particularly because of the set with having the lunchtime set up with having lunch ? still to come, lunch right? still to come, justice secretary alex chalk is drawing up plans. is he chalking them deport foreign them up to deport foreign criminals in order to free up space prisons? is it space in our prisons? is it about to you with britain's about time to you with britain's newsroom gb news? is .

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>> welcome back to britain's newsroom. >> it's 1122. you have been getting in touch so much this morning, lot in support morning, a lot of you in support of anderson in david, saying of lee anderson in david, saying it's a disgrace that english people aren't allowed to have freedom to voice our opinions without being called racist. st martin, his martin, i don't believe his comments islamophobic. he's comments were islamophobic. he's just a lot of people just saying what a lot of people are thinking and saying. the police stand well back when the palestinians know that they can't palestinians know that they cant and palestinians know that they can't and are can't control hamas and are being this being dominated by this terrorist organisation, an the mayor standards. what mayor has double standards. what more has to be seen? >> i do think happened >> and i do think what happened at last week was at big ben last week was shameful. police by shameful. the police stood by and being and didn't say no laws being broken. disgusting a really, really anti—semitic thing. >> saying i >> yeah, lots of you saying i was to vote tory was unsure whether to vote tory or in next election. or reform in the next election. since of lee since the suspension of lee anderson, am in no doubt is anderson, i am in no doubt it is reform the red wall reform for me. if the red wall tories will tories have any sense they will all the benches all cross to the other benches and join reform. what a force they would be. lots of you getting touch those getting in touch along those lines, right. we're the lines, right. we're back in the studio lazer studio with matthew lazer and emma wolf are with us. hello. both. right. hello talk about

this, about sick note britain. people are in their 20s. are more likely to be out of work. emma. due to ill health than people in their 40s. >> what's going on? well, it's mental is going on? mental what is going on? >> health >> it's mental health issues. i mean, really sad, but mean, this is really sad, but it's also absolutely inevitable when you have a generation who are basically staring at their screens not interacting with screens and not interacting with other people. but than other people. but worse than that, pathologize every that, when you pathologize every human experience , every human human experience, every human emotion, you end up with people aged 18 to 24 when they should be working, they should be talking to other people. they should in workplace should be in the workplace learning what interests them, what they're all of what they're good at. all of that. tell them that that. when you tell them that anxiety is abnormal, that that depression needs a label, anxiety is abnormal, that that depression needs a label , that depression needs a label, that loneliness is an issue , then loneliness is an issue, then they go off sick and they become. and then the more you're off work, the more you don't do anything, the more anxious and depressed and lonely you get. and i say this with sympathy and with empathy and with genuine sad sadness that people such a

waste of our young people, actually, and so many of them are talking about their anxiety disorders. so, you know what? we were all like that as teenagers. >> it's tough. it's called getting tough. getting older. life's tough. teenage are bad. teenage years and days are bad. >> you have a good day. >> and then you have a good day. >> and then you have a good day. >> relationship relationship brexit. but and kids are brexit. but and these kids are getting that's getting antidepressants. that's the they're being put on antidepressants. >> they're being off >> they're being signed off sick. you lose those sick. and when you lose those crucial when you i'm crucial years when you and i'm not unsympathetic about it, it sounds but you've got sounds horrible. but you've got to on it . you've to just get on with it. you've got to pull your, you know, pull your get on with it. >> just the bank of mum and dad enable them to do this. yes >> no idea. see, isn't >> no idea. well, see, isn't that point? that the point? >> a bank mom >> i've never had a bank of mom and dad, and i have no idea. >> because. because because i think all assume this think we all assume this was about university about students. as in university students. people that are students. the people that are often come lot often sort of come in for a lot often sort of come in for a lot of stick, but actually it's not this today found this new study today has found that it's most likely that it's, it's the most likely to be are young people to be affected are young people who either at college or are who are either at college or are not , are not university not students, are not university students. so basically, the other 50% who are finding life tough and i think sometimes so what the report calls for is the

services and support that are available cities. available in university cities. um, having working um, clearly having a working because people being less because people are being less affected to carry affected or being able to carry on. but colleges of fe colleges where a lot of people go don't have the same resources, aren't able students same able to give students the same support. what the report is support. so what the report is calling be more calling for is there to be more support for in colleges support for people in colleges where they're getting trained in non university degrees um, non university degrees of um, follow my leader here, he's got mental health, i must have well i'm not sure i think i mean i think peer pressure you know i think peer pressure you know i think young people have had a very, very hard over very, very hard time over the last few years. i think the pandemic had a massive impact. last few years. i think the paraid1ic had a massive impact. last few years. i think the paraid themd a massive impact. last few years. i think the paraid them wereiassive impact. last few years. i think the paraid them were 13, we impact. last few years. i think the paraid them were 13, 14, impact. last few years. i think the paraid them were 13, 14, 15|pact. last few years. i think the paraid them were 13, 14,15 and . >> aid them were 13, 14, 15 and they were plunged into a couple of years of social isolation, of no education, you know, of being at home, the ones who early 20s now, it's the ones who were, say, between 16 and 17, 18, 19, because in those two years, those seminal years when they would have been having work experience. >> exactly. there would have been relationships . been also relationships. >> they were locked out. >> they were locked out. >> their development was

atrophied. and now they are immature . or immature, massively immature. or immature, massively immature. or immature, massively immature , phobic of others and immature, phobic of others and just rudderless . just rudderless. >> yeah. and i think that's particularly why this group is being affected, which are the non university group, non the non university group, the . the gcses. >> they didn't get to sit their a—levels. yeah didn't get >> they didn't get to sit their a-sit'els. yeah didn't get >> they didn't get to sit their a-sit their’eah didn't get >> they didn't get to sit their a-sit their btecs. didn't get to sit their btecs. >> exactly . you couldn't go and >> exactly. you couldn't go and do your, you know you know you couldn't go and do your fe. course were training for course if you were training for the of plumbing the crucial skills of plumbing or, we all or, or whatever that we all need. but you know, people could still know, if you're still write, you know, if you're doing you could doing english lit, you could still know, jane still read, you know, read jane austen and write and write an essay. and so won't affect essay. and so it won't affect to be exactly a much be a plumber. it exactly a much harder course, people be a plumber. it exactly a much harder making)urse, people be a plumber. it exactly a much harder making the a, people be a plumber. it exactly a much harder making the choicese weren't making the choices that they ordinarily um, they would ordinarily make. um, and sometimes those paths are not need more not as clear. people need more support. that support. so yeah, i can see that there's a people think that people as people are snowflakes as a generation, i think generation, but i think actually, into i actually, if you look into it, i think it's just harsh. >> i think andrew has a point. i think we are taking a softer line letting people be signed line in letting people be signed off age, whereas think off at this age, whereas i think maybe kind of maybe in the past they kind of would get with would have had to get on with it. they wouldn't go on, there

wouldn't a credit or wouldn't be a credit or universal whatever. >> well, are less bank of >> well, these are less bank of mum dad because mum and dad because this is slightly is the less affluent. >> the bank of mom and dad operates who are in operates for people who are in work aren't. i know many work and aren't. i know many of my friends their first my friends who got their first flat for and all of that. flat paid for and all of that. so i think operates whether so i think that operates whether you're or not. you're in work or not. >> thing we end up with >> the key thing we end up with supporting mental supporting people in mental health, working supporting people in mental healor working supporting people in mental healor studying working supporting people in mental healor studying age,working supporting people in mental healor studying age, isyrking supporting people in mental healor studying age, is to ng age or of studying age, is to support them so people support them so that people can continue or work so continue to study or work so they up isolated, they don't end up isolated, which then which obviously can then contribute mental contribute further to mental health about health difficulties. it's about support. about saying support. it's not about saying people signing people shouldn't about signing people shouldn't about signing people won't up >> the kids also won't turn up for interview. yeah less a for an interview. yeah less a job the is job interview. what the hell is that about? >> well, yeah, i mean, this is this the mind blowing this is this is the mind blowing statistic 93% to 24 statistic that 93% of 18 to 24 year say that they've got year olds say that they've got a job they job interview, that they can't be bothered to, that i do be bothered going to, that i do not understand. wouldn't not understand. it wouldn't have happened ifs happened in our day. well, it's a ridiculous well but i think it's i think it's part and parcel this, attitude parcel of this, of this attitude amongst the like where amongst the young, like where you and they you get text messages and they don't they don't say who they are, they don't say who they are, they don't themselves, don't introduce themselves, they don't introduce themselves, they don't shake the hand. >> i'm afraid needs >> and i'm afraid there needs to be tougher, better

be a more a tougher, a better standard, it's standard, you know. well it's face to interaction, isn't it? >> because apparently calling somebody is a rather than somebody now is a rather than messaging can messaging them first to say, can i is a microaggression. i call you is a microaggression. did that? did you know that? >> because ridiculous. >> yes. because it's ridiculous. >> yes. because it's ridiculous. >> this all comes >> yeah. well this all comes from the internet. >> smartphones doesn't it? >> what h- it? >> what they? what is it? >> what are they? what is it? they frightened. this they are frightened. now, this is but are scared of is silly, but they are scared of interaction. they're. they're nervous and they're often frightened . frightened. >> yeah. frightened. >> direct. going to a place that they know where they're they don't know where they're somewhere of just they don't know where they're somew i are of just they don't know where they're somewi was of just they don't know where they're somewi was really of just they don't know where they're somewi was really intimidated saying i was really intimidated by that interview situation, they just say, well, they just then say, well, i didn't go and i mean, in didn't want to go and i mean, in their defence, they not have. >> $- @ had the practice >> they've had the practice interviews because interviews that we have because of code, because of the of the code, because of the pandemic, to have pandemic, which we used to have at part of growing up. >> part of growing up. >> part of growing up. >> yeah, it is part of growing >> part of growing up. >> but], it is part of growing >> part of growing up. >> but practiceirt of growing >> part of growing up. >> but practice interviews ng >> part of growing up. >> but practice interviews help up. but practice interviews help people into into that situation. >> think. people into into that situation. >> thi andrew, people into into that situation. >> thiandrew, for people into into that situation. >> thi andrew, for once people into into that situation. >> thiandrew, for once i think >> yes, andrew, for once i think it's harder that. we simply it's harder than that. we simply didn't option of didn't have the option of smartphones messaging with smartphones and messaging with people, there weren't no people, and there weren't no zoom there was, zoom in our day. there was, there you would there wasn't. you would go to a job you put on job interview, you would put on your suit and go, because that was you met person who was where you met the person who was where you met the person who was possibly employ you. >> now

>> you're so right now they would have of would maybe have loads of messages with someone about their there's of that. their there's a lot of that. >> my expectations a >> my expectations in a job i didn't go to job interview didn't go to a job interview with went try with expectations. i went to try and a job job earn some and get a job job to earn some money. there's a lot this money. now there's a lot of this thing about, well, i was thing about, oh, well, i was working they working somewhere, but they didn't feedback. didn't give me any feedback. they didn't. was career they didn't. there was no career development . of problems development. one of the problems of is of attitude because which is that owes you and that your employer owes you and because got a labour because you've got a labour shortage key shortage at the moment in key areas and in in large swathes of the where unemployment the country where unemployment is 2, that's because so is 1 or 2, that's because so many people are at many of the young people are at home their mental well, many of the young people are at home but their mental well, many of the young people are at home but people mental well, many of the young people are at home but people then al well, many of the young people are at home but people then people well, but people then people then in a sense can. >> it's a like in the 50s then in a sense can. >> i60s, like in the 50s then in a sense can. >> i60s, people in the 50s then in a sense can. >> i60s, people coulde 50s then in a sense can. >> i60s, people could choose and 60s, people could choose what want they can at what they want and they can at and the power is, know, is and the power is, you know, is on with labour, with on the is with labour, not with the employer. >> also partly because >> and it's also partly because they see these influencers, they see influencers who make a see these influencers who make a lot of money by just doing something virtual, literally creating must be i'm going to fill myself making a smoothie. and when i will say to my girls, that's not a proper job. and they say, but mummy, she they say, yes, but mummy, she lives a £3 million house. oh lives in a £3 million house. oh in london, because she's. and

they haven't actually done more than it's not even a day's work. >> it's not an hour's work. and why then you want to go? why then would you want to go? why shelves or work in why stack shelves or work in an office real? office or do something real? >> silly influencer >> isn't that silly influencer bubble going to burst? >> don't think so. because >> no, i don't think so. because of online stuff on tiktok. of the online stuff on tiktok. >> andrew, are you not on the tiktok? >> on tiktok because >> it's on tiktok because somebody put on it. somebody put me on it. >> have no idea. >> i have no idea. >> i have no idea. >> unfortunately, that >> no, unfortunately, that is the got the future and sadly, we've got a in the middle a generation stuck in the middle of crossroads, which why a generation stuck in the middle of need'ossroads, which why a generation stuck in the middle of need to;roads, which why a generation stuck in the middle of need to banis, which why a generation stuck in the middle of need to ban smartphoneshy a generation stuck in the middle of need to ban smartphones for we need to ban smartphones for the 16. the under 16. >> i couldn't more. >> i couldn't agree more. >> i couldn't agree more. >> thank emma. thank >> right? thank you emma. thank you got to move on. >> sophia wenzler we did. >> sophia wenzler very. we did. >> sophia wenzler very. we did. >> got time to talk >> we never got time to talk mary poppins for us. >> here with the >> here she is with the headlines. >> thank you. bev from the gb newsroom at 1131. these are your headunes newsroom at 1131. these are your headlines as the north and the midlands are to receive billions of pounds worth of investment in pubuc of pounds worth of investment in public transport, as the government outlines plans to redirect funds from the cancelled northern leg of the hs2 rail project . it will be up

hs2 rail project. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds, though it's not expected to be made available until april next year. months after the next general election . after the next general election. the housing regulator warns that significant intervention is required after persistent shortfalls in the number of new homes being built . the homes being built. the competition and markets authority says complex and unpredictable planning rules across the uk are partly to blame for new build targets being missed, and there are angry scenes on the streets of brussels this morning as farmers set fire to piles of tyres, their riot police were seen firing water cannons as more than 100 tractors parked around eu buildings. as ministers arrived for meetings. they're demanding action from the european union amid growing fury over free trade agreements. they say it's led to cheap supermarket prices , which they supermarket prices, which they blame for damaging european farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some aspects of its green deal . and aspects of its green deal. and

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over the weekend, with the tory row spurred by anderson's row spurred by lee anderson's comments. row spurred by lee anderson's conand1ts. want to ask whether >> and we want to ask whether islamophobia, as a terme is the right because, of course , right one, because, of course, people are allowed to have a fear of a religion. >> people are allowed to, uh , >> people are allowed to, uh, criticise a religion in this country. should we be talking about anti muslim hatred instead? >> that's the big question because the terme islamophobia to many people is something that might shut down legitimate debate about ideas rather than about people. and separating theology from individuals is an important thing to do in this conversation. that's what can be bad. knock came out and said over the weekend, saying that in the conservative they the conservative party they don't word islamophobia , don't use the word islamophobia, but use terms but they use the terms anti—muslim hatred because that's people, not ideas. that's about people, not ideas. and the problem is to free be blasphemic. >> the problem is , though, is >> the problem is, though, is that they do use those words interchangeably. you've had ministers on still using the terms islam phobia. so if you want move towards anti muslim want to move towards anti muslim hatred, have consistently hatred, you have to consistently as use that time and as a party use that time and they don't as yet. and so i

think that's very interesting because you've seen labour mp after about after labour mp talking about islamophobia islamophobia, islamophobia, islamophobia, islamophobia, islamophobia, islamophobia, of islamophobia, the definition of this is hugely this terms is hugely controversial . there was whole controversial. there was a whole debate it when the appg debate over it when the appg g for islamophobia were discussing the new definition. where are the new definition. so where are we that? labour adopt we with that? would labour adopt a more severe definition ? a more severe definition? >> the labour party within its own party adopts this this controversial definition of islamophobia. the tories don't adopt definition . the lib adopt that definition. the lib dems do adopt it. most parties do adopt the tories are do adopt it. the tories are somewhat alone in not adopting it . but it is interesting it. but it is interesting because it does open this huge door to the idea of are we opening the country to sort of back door blasphemy laws? if you can't mock or criticise a religion? yeah. then that's a very odd place for a liberal democratic society to be in. >> yeah . and christianity has >> yeah. and christianity has been mocked for decades . been mocked for decades. >> oh it has. >> oh it has. >> i was just reminding myself, brian. not just the life brian. well, not just the life of i reminding myself of brian. i was reminding myself of brian. i was reminding myself of python film, of brian. i was reminding myself of meaning python film, of brian. i was reminding myself of meaning life, thon film, of brian. i was reminding myself of meaning life, which, m, of brian. i was reminding myself of meaning life, which, um , the meaning of life, which, um, opens with a spectacular opens up with a spectacular musical number. every spum is

sacred, which was a rather, um, a humorous take on on catholicism in the uk. um, but it's a difficult thing. can can canning nuns and all the rest of it. >> yeah, it's it.— >> yeah, it's a it. >> yeah, it's a difficult one, isn't it? how do you tackle anti muslim hatred and incidents of violence and abuse towards muslim people in the streets? for , whilst also making for example, whilst also making sure that people are allowed to criticise a religion like they would any other. that's the big question we're asking today. and you saw it. >> had that new statement >> we've had that new statement from moment. >> we've had that new statement froryes. moment. >> we've had that new statement froryes. that moment. >> we've had that new statement froryes. that has moment. >> we've had that new statement froryes. that has that�*noment. >> we've had that new statement froryes. that has that has|ent. >> yes. and that has that has moved the really powerful statement, the statement he wrote saturday. but wrote on saturday. yeah um, but couldn't release couldn't couldn't release because didn't apologise to because it didn't apologise to the mayor of london. but now that he's not got the conservative whip, he's speaking a lot more freely. that has certainly moved this conversation on, and we're going to be hearing a bit from the prime well, perhaps prime minister as well, perhaps responding to that statement in the hours. responding to that statement in the am hours. responding to that statement in the am hin rs. responding to that statement in the am hin thinking the >> am i right in thinking the reform is wanting to get, reform party is wanting to get, uh, anderson board, uh, lee anderson on board, trying to steal him? >> i think richard tice is in the with us tomorrow.

>> i think richard tice is in the be with us tomorrow. >> i think richard tice is in the be asking js tomorrow. >> i think richard tice is in the be asking him morrow. >> i think richard tice is in the be asking him aboutv. >> i think richard tice is in the be asking him about that. we'll be asking him about that. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> that's emily and this >> that's emily and tom this afternoon. uh, from 12:00. now uh, you are with britain's newsroom on .

radio show. >> it's 1139. radio show. >> it's1139. britain's radio show. >> it's 1139. britain's newsroom in gb news andrew pearson bev turner. >> so foreign shoplifters, thieves and drug dealers are to be deported. apparently rather than prosecuted as part of plans by the justice secretary to free up prison spaces. >> a big, big, uh, um, for me, a low level foreign offenders will be spared jail. instead, expel old and banned from returning to britain. so we're joined now by retired prison governor and author vanessa freight carriers . author vanessa freight carriers. vanessa. um, i read this and i think terrific, fabulous. but then i think they'll invoke their human rights. they'll get lawyers on legal aid, and they'll. and they'll be here for years . is it

they'll. and they'll be here for years. is it ever going to happen, do you think? and should it. >> good morning to you both. um, first of all, andrew, i mean, you know, we have, um , people in you know, we have, um, people in prisons who who, um, are just deportees at the moment. you know, nobody's managed to use lose them yet , but, know, nobody's managed to use lose them yet, but, um, know, nobody's managed to use lose them yet , but, um, we've lose them yet, but, um, we've had, uh, what 75,000 illegal immigrants come over here? um, and we can't get shot of them . and we can't get shot of them. what on earth does god grant shapps think that he's going to do differently to get shot of prisoners? that that are clogging up our prisons ? clogging up our prisons? >> well, presumably they could . >> well, presumably they could. i mean, if they can't, if they haven't got the power to make this happen , i mean, there will this happen, i mean, there will be people watching this this morning say, hang on a morning who will say, hang on a minute. you mean at the moment we've think it's do you we've got i think it's do you know are, know how many there are, vanessa? >> 10,500. >> 10,500. >> 10,500. >> 10,500 out of 88,000. 10,500 people who have committed crime here, who could have been sent back to their countries of origin, but instead of being

housed at the taxpayers expense , housed at the taxpayers expense, it seems extraordinary that we don't do this already. >> well, yes, it does, but our prisons are full of people that shouldn't be in prison. you know, we've got foreign nationals , we've got people with nationals, we've got people with mental health issues, we've got people who commit minor crimes being sentenced to extraordinary sentences . we don't invest in sentences. we don't invest in reducing reoffending. you know, every prisoner place, um, costs around £47,000 per year. so you know, all this government wants to do is be the party of law and order and lock people up. it doesn't want to invest in our prisons , invest in the structure prisons, invest in the structure of prisons . we've got prisons of prisons. we've got prisons that are aren't fit for purpose . that are aren't fit for purpose. you know, we've got staff shortages, high turnover of staff. you know , the justice staff. you know, the justice system on the whole , it needs system on the whole, it needs a complete revamping . and i think complete revamping. and i think it's very naive of grant shapps to think that, you know, he can just sort of wave a magic wand and suddenly all these prisoners are going to disappear because,

as you said, andrew, you know , as you said, andrew, you know, human rights come into human rights will come into this. lawyer will be this. every lawyer will be snapping some deportee heels, snapping at some deportee heels, ready to fight their cause for them, costing us even more money in legal aid without actually addressing the problem in the prisons and prisons you've worked in, vanessa, do the foreign prisoners do they? >> are they complete integrated with everybody else or do they? is it a bit like so—called multiculturalism ? if you go to multiculturalism? if you go to bradford, there's a huge muslim population , same in tower population, same in tower hamlets in east london. do they stick together or do you insist that they're integrated throughout the prison? no they're they're integrated. >> usually those that aren't, um , convicted of an offence will be on a remand wing because they haven't if they're just sort of here illegally and a deportee or a detainee , they'll be on a a detainee, they'll be on a remand wing. if they're convicted of an offence, they'll be on a convicted wing and the deport asian order will take second place. but you know, when i worked at wormwood scrubs , at

i worked at wormwood scrubs, at 1.70, 80% of our prisoners out of 1200 were foreign national prisoners . prisoners. >> good lord, good lord, what was that number again? >> sorry, vanessa. >> sorry, vanessa. >> between 70 and 80% of the prisoners at wormwood scrubs when i was there were foreign national prisoners . national prisoners. >> and is there is there often couldn't write , couldn't speak couldn't write, couldn't speak english, couldn't communicate. >> so you're spending all of this just getting this time, um, just getting through to them, you know, to communicate with them. and, uh, you know, the fact that grant shapps just sort of is going to wave his magic wand about is fabulous. i think it's no wonder people don't aren't staying in the prison service if you can't even communicate with 80% of the inmates as well. yes. i mean, it's very difficult for staff, staff working extremely difficult conditions. and of course , if you can't course, if you can't communicate, you get very frustrated . and that leads frustrated. and that leads to violence and, you know, the level of violence prisoner on prisoner, prisoner on staff is, is increased every , every single is increased every, every single month in our jails. it's um,

month in ourjails. it's um, like the whole system is broken . like the whole system is broken. and i think that's that is the long and the short of it. >> okay. >> okay. >> interesting . we barely >> interesting. we barely scratched the surface of that topic, we? retired prison topic, did we? retired prison governor author vanessa governor and author vanessa frake harris there. next, the frake harris there. up next, the church of england has told all of its parishes to draw up a race action plans after a pro—black lives matter. bishop urged it to embrace being woke and further embed racial justice with britain's newsroom on .

radio. now. >> coming back that extraordinary figure, £47,000 a year to keep a prisoner behind bars. there are 10,800 prisoners in our prison in our jails at in our prison in ourjails at the moment. and that's in england and wales. that's out of a population 88,000. a prison population of 88,000. i've basic bit of i've done a basic bit of multiplication 500 million a

yeah multiplication 500 million a year. you're paying of your taxes to keep foreign nationals in our prisons. taxes to keep foreign nationals in our prisons . why just boot in our prisons. why just boot them out? deport them? well why they got to be paid? >> they're going to do. >> they're going to do. >> rob. we had robert buckland on justice on earlier. the former justice secretary saying they've to secretary saying they've got to be no kick them be punished first. no kick them out don't back out and don't let them back right earlier we heard that lee anderson's to his anderson's statement to his comments against london mayor in the islamism row. >> let's cross back to >> so let's cross back to westminster. our political edhon westminster. our political editor, hope, is there editor, chris hope, is there because we have now had a statement from london mayor sadiq has sadiq khan. hi chris. what has sadiq khan. hi chris. what has sadiq in response this ? >> 7- >> hi, bev. 7— >> hi, bev. hi, 7 >> hi, bev. hi, andrew. yes. well, he'll be hearing in full from sadiq khan in about an hours from sadiq khan in about an hour's time actually, but they're referring us right now to a statement that he gave on social media yesterday or over the weekend. read it out to the weekend. i'll read it out to you. it's very brief. he said. that rishi statement on that rishi sunak statement on hatred politics fails to hatred and politics fails to mention hatred at mention anti—muslim hatred at all. his deputy today refused to condemn lee anderson's racist and islamophobic remarks. these are just two of the most recent

examples of enabling anti—muslim hatred in the conservative party so that's that's the holding statement from the mayor's office right now. and we'll be heanng office right now. and we'll be hearing from the mayor very shortly, within the hour. and i'll bring that to you as soon as i can. on gb news. >> okay. thank you. chris um, right. we've discussed this morning about the bbc being woke . what about the church of england? >> well , they've told all of its >> well, they've told all of its parishes up race action parishes to draw up race action plans after a pro—black lives matter. >> bishop dare me urged it to embrace being woke. >> so let's join now by social policy analyst doctor rakib ahsan. thank you forjoining us. ahsan. thank you for joining us. raqib. this morning. um, now you could say that this is the church of england moving with the times and um, encouraging people of all backgrounds to come in to the church and put bums on pews in churches. as andrew said earlier. >> well, they need a few of them. >> what's wrong with that ? >> what's wrong with that? >> what's wrong with that? >> well, i don't think there is anything wrong with that.

>> well, i don't think there is anyhing wrong with that. >> well, i don't think there is anyi just wrong with that. >> well, i don't think there is anyi just don't with that. >> well, i don't think there is anyi just don't with this is >> i just don't think this is the right to go about it. uh the right way to go about it. uh i that there's no sphere of i feel that there's no sphere of british life that is free from this kind of divisive identitarian thinking. much of it imported from america's toxic culture wars. and that includes the church of england. i would actually argue that church actually argue that the church of in recent times has of england in recent times has abandoned traditional christian values in favour of this unholy trinity of diversity, equity and inclusion . and i'll say one inclusion. and i'll say one thing, bev, that this politics of victimhood, it doesn't go down very well with conservative ethnic minority parties. so contrary to this view that it will attract and diversify um, anglican congregations . i think anglican congregations. i think that could actually alienate it could alienate traditional minded , family oriented ethnic minded, family oriented ethnic minorities who really value a traditional christian message. >> um , i would just like to hear >> um, i would just like to hear a bit more often reiki bishops talking about christianity , talking about christianity, talking about christianity, talking about christianity, talking about their pastoral duty . duty. >> no, absolutely. i i couldn't

agree more. and i think that's actually fed into the decline in christian devotion that, in my view, back in 2001 over seven, in ten residents, uh, identified as christian. the most recent census in 2021 showed that that dropped to under half around 46. now, a lot of people are saying that, oh, that's down to immigration, demographic change. i think actually, i the i think actually, i think the church england take church of england has to take a lot responsibility. and lot of responsibility. and you're about the you're talking about the re—energising of christianity, especially the especially in urban parts of the country . it's actually more country. it's actually more traditional minded migrants country. it's actually more traditi01those nded migrants country. it's actually more traditi01those processes'ants country. it's actually more traditi01those processes .nts driving those processes. migrants from, uh, poland , migrants from, uh, poland, romania, nigeria, ghana , even romania, nigeria, ghana, even places such as the philippines and india . and india. >> it's interesting when you say that, andrew, because that really made me think about the fact that you almost never hear people of the christian church talk values , about talk about values, about morality , about, um , how to morality, about, um, how to live, how how to live a christian. i'm even struggling to find the words to articulate it, because we live in a time of such massive cultural and moral

relativism, there's no such thing good behaviour or bad thing as good behaviour or bad behaviour . it'sjust behaviour anymore. it's just what to do and what you choose to do and actually, i'd like to hear some church leaders maybe i'm just getting old. >> perhaps the archbishop of canterbury. >> i don't, i don't think so. i couldn't agree more. i think one of the worrying things for me, which i think is really holding back country, is growing back our country, is growing family fragility. we're an international hotspot when it comes breakdown. back comes to family breakdown. back in 2021, for the first time on record, the majority of babies born england and were born in england and wales were born in england and wales were born out of wedlock. church of england nothing say about england had nothing to say about it. terms of it. so i think in terms of defending traditional family values , marriage is values and values, marriage is such institution . i'd such a sacred institution. i'd like to hear more of that from the england. if truth the church of england. if truth be absolutely. the church of england. if truth be you )lutely. the church of england. if truth be you certainly hear it my >> you certainly hear it in my church. i'm fearing roman church. i'm a god fearing roman catholic and we get same. catholic and we get the same. the message hasn't really changed, but it's and funnily enough , it actually ties into enough, it actually ties into a little bit one of the big stories, the other stories we've been talking about this morning, which younger, which is about this younger, this younger this generation of younger people working, this generation of younger peo scared working, this generation of younger peo scared of working, this generation of younger peo scared of everything,ig, this generation of younger peo scared of everything, who are scared of everything, who don't want and get a job

don't want to go and get a job and actually, a lot of that is because there's no sense of sort of judgement that you're not allowed to say someone , allowed to say to someone, you're not allowed to say you're lazy go get a job. lazy, go and get a job. >> right? oh, agree, think, >> right? oh, i agree, i think, i think that decline of i think with that decline of christian there's christian devotion, there's a lack community spirit, uh, lack of community spirit, uh, for starters. lack of community spirit, uh, for butters. lack of community spirit, uh, for but that sense of pride, um , >> but that sense of pride, um, and i think in anglicanism as well, there's a, there's a very strong emphasis having strong emphasis on having a dedicated or having dedicated work ethic or having an surprising approach to an end surprising approach to life. so i just like the church of england, maybe talk about of england, maybe to talk about more things, bring back more of those things, bring back shame. >> p- e what we're >> i think that's what we're saying . bring back shame and on saying. bring back shame and on that note, uh, right. thank you so much. that's it from britain's newsroom today. >> uh, emily, along with bit >> uh, emily, along with a bit of emily tom will be here. >> so bring the idea . pull >> so bring the idea. pull yourself together. what's wrong with that ? with that? >> see you tomorrow. we'll pull ourselves you at 930. >> coming up today on. good afternoon . britain will be afternoon. britain will be revealing part of lee anderson's comments that the media have chosen to not focus on. could they be his get out of jail free

card? >> yes, very crucial indeed. and we'll be going live to brussels. the centre of the european union , where farmers are very much kicking off again. roads have been blockaded . we'll bring you been blockaded. we'll bring you the very latest pictures . the very latest pictures. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello weather on. gb news. hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me annie from the met office. there'll be further sunshine and dry weather for many areas this afternoon, quite afternoon, but there is quite a cold for many areas. that's cold wind for many areas. that's because pressure because we've got high pressure developing the south and developing from the south and west . that's bringing that west. that's bringing in that easterly so a breeze easterly breeze. so a breeze off the north which is a cold the north sea, which is a cold direction. still have some direction. we do still have some rain far southeast rain clearing the far southeast from the weekend as well. so it'll quite some it'll be quite wet for some areas of the far east of kent through rest of the through the rest of the afternoon, many areas should afternoon, but many areas should see of dry weather, sunny see plenty of dry weather, sunny spells as well. best of the spells as well. the best of the sunshine will be across western

areas through afternoon, areas through the afternoon, so parts western and the parts of western wales and the southwest fairly southwest will feel fairly pleasant in the sunshine. but further east exposed that onshore . it will still onshore breeze. it will still feel fairly chilly through the rest day, and that chilly rest of the day, and that chilly feel will continue tonight. we've skies developing we've got clear skies developing this many areas, so this evening for many areas, so it's going to be a cold and probably start for many probably frosty start for many areas. could see some mist and fog developing by morning as fog developing by the morning as well, particularly across the south could be south and east. that could be quite slow to clear tomorrow morning . so it be a cold morning. so it will be a cold start to the day tomorrow. we'll likely a frost for many likely see a frost for many inland england and inland areas of england and wales, the north and west, wales, but the north and west, though do see a change though we do see a change overnight as a of wet overnight as a band of wet weather through weather arrives through the night, some night, they'll bring some blustery of blustery rain to parts of northwestern through northwestern scotland through tomorrow morning, potentially some the high ground some snow over the high ground as that rain will push as well, and that rain will push into parts of northern england and bring and parts of wales to bring a wetter afternoon tomorrow. wetter afternoon here tomorrow. ahead though , across ahead of that, though, across many central and southern areas of stay of england it should stay dry through day. but through much of the day. but still feeling fairly cold. see you later. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 26th of february. >> lee anderson fights back the islamophobia row at the heart of the conservative party hots up as the party's former deputy chairman releases a statement defending himself and attacking sadiq khan's record . sadiq khan's record. >> and these are live pictures of a blockade in brussels. chaos has erupted in the european capital as farmers breach police cordons and stormed the city centre in protest of eu farming policy and generation sick note people in their 20s are more likely to be out of work due to ill health than those in their 40s, a study finds . 40s, a study finds. >> young people claim a mental disorder more than any other age group. why is that