corbyn. his old friend jeremy corbyn. will he his old friend jeremy corbyn. will he be shunned or find other allies in the commons .7 allies in the commons? >> hm and labour comes under fire as a shadow minister, says young people will have no option for a life on benefits if they win the election is a tougher stance on welfare , though a vote stance on welfare, though a vote winner reparations the church of england has been told that its proposed £100 million in investments is not enough to atone for its historical links in the slave trade, and that they should instead invest ten times as much. >> £1 billion as. >> £1 billion as. >> there's one chipper man today, isn't there ? there is. today, isn't there? there is. george galloway . george galloway. >> he's already been spotted swanning into parliament and saying that he actually quite likes the place. at least the buildings. not the people. >> yes, he says he's a feeling good. that's what george

galloway has to say. it will be very interesting, though, to see what the reaction is in the room, in the building, in the commons , to see if people aren't commons, to see if people aren't too happy to see him there. well, precisely . well, precisely. >> it's been quite a while, almost nine years since he was last a member of parliament, but he will be being introduced dunng he will be being introduced during our airtime. we will show you him walking in to the house of commons, flanked on one side by sir peter bottomley, the father of the house, and on the other side, jeremy corbyn. >> now not everyone there were other people asked, weren't there other politician was asked to accompany him . to accompany him. >> initially, david davis was going to be the man walking to his left, taking him in. but he's backed out of that commitment and left it to the father of the house. >> yes. so let us know. do you think he'll be shunned entirely, or do you think actually he might find a few allies in the house that agree with house of commons that agree with him a few things. let him on quite a few things. let us you think. gb views us know what you think. gb views at com. are also at gb news. com. there are also at gb news. com. there are also a things need a few things that we need to

look out aren't there a few look out for. aren't there a few tncks look out for. aren't there a few tricks well? tricks as well? >> number one, uh, if you are going to swear or affirm now if you if you swear by almighty god, that's the sort of religious way of swearing in to be an mp. but you can affirm and that's the sort of irreligious way the other thing, of course, is you have to swear an oath, an oath of loyalty to the king. now some some members of parliament who are republicans, well, they still have to say the oath, but they cross their fingers. >> they do this behind their back they say it behind their back as they say it behind their back. >> well, maybe snp mps who do that. socialist mps do that. some socialist mps do that. some socialist mps do that. galloway that. some socialist mps do that. maybe galloway that. some socialist mps do that. maybe he galloway that. some socialist mps do that. maybe he won't. illoway that. some socialist mps do tha well,'be he won't. illoway that. some socialist mps do tha well, there won't. illoway that. some socialist mps do tha well, there your't. illoway that. some socialist mps do tha well, there you go. lloway that. some socialist mps do tha well, there you go. llow us >> well, there you go. let us know views. know your views. vaiews@gbnews.com. but let's get headlines . emily. get your headlines. emily. >> thank you. your top stories this afternoon. the chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy. but in a responsible way. income tax has reached an historic high and

while promising some cuts , while promising some cuts, jeremy hunt has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget. jeremy hunt insists the government isn't looking to borrow more money and is focusing on boosting the economy . economy. >> we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsive, possible and recognises rises that there are things that taxes pay for , that things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing. we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently , then that will more efficiently, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers . mean less pressure on taxpayers. >> speaking to gb news, former home secretary dame priti patel says the government needs to do more , needs to be more cautious more, needs to be more cautious when it comes to spending. >> have over 500,000 civil >> we have over 500,000 civil servants now even to shave a degree off that would cut public expenditure by at least £1 billion and that would be great. back again in 2010, 2016, we had

under,i back again in 2010, 2016, we had under , i think, around 400,000 under, i think, around 400,000 civil servants, and that saved a significant amount, amount of money, the spending, the costs alone. i think, came down to something like £11 billion. this is where we have to be again, to be an agile government that's fit in the sense of financially sound, sound money, conservative principles, but actually making sure the public keep more of their their money. >> george galloway is due to be sworn in as the new rochdale mp later today, arriving at the commons this morning, he was asked how he feels about his comeback. >> well, i'll tell you what's happening inside the bill. i always loved the building, the people quite much . people in it not quite so much. >> the workers party of britain leader won last week's by—election by more than 5500 votes. the focus of his campaign was the ongoing war in gaza, warning sir keir starmer that labour would pay a high price for enabling what he says is a qatar atrophy. mr galloway was a labour mp for 16 years. he was

suspended from the party in 2003 over remarks made at the start of the iraq war. the government's rwanda bill returns to the house of lords this afternoon as the legislation enters its final stages in parliament. nearly 50 amendments have been tabled , with a number have been tabled, with a number of votes expected today and on wednesday. among them , the wednesday. among them, the government's assessment that rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers . it comes almost asylum seekers. it comes almost two years after ministers first announced the plan to send some migrants east african migrants to the east african country . the government has country. the government has promised the flights promised that the first flights will happen in the spring. meanwhile, gb news understands around 270 migrants have been intercepted crossing the channel intercepted crossing the channel in five small boats today . in five small boats today. that's after 327 made the crossing yesterday , the same day crossing yesterday, the same day a seven year old girl died after a seven year old girl died after a boat capsized. she'd been travelling with her pregnant mother , her father and three mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of yesterday morning . education

yesterday morning. education leaders are calling for a double digit pay rise for all teachers across england . it's after the across england. it's after the government said school salaries should return to a more reasonable level. the national association of head teachers union says england currently has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade . teaching posts in over a decade. it says a raise of at least 10% will counter the recruitment crisis . will counter the recruitment crisis. nikki haley has will counter the recruitment crisis . nikki haley has defeated crisis. nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington , d.c. donald trump in the republican primary in washington , dc. this primary in washington, dc. this is her first victory over the former president in this year's campaign to become the republican presidential candidate , but she lost in her candidate, but she lost in her home state of south carolina. but she's now the first woman to win a republican primary in us history. the only remaining challenger to donald trump in the race, she won almost 63% of the race, she won almost 63% of the vote. however mr trump has a significant lead over miss haley and is likely to face joe biden in the election later this year. and a ferrari stolen from a

former formula one driver, 28 years ago has been recovered by police. the sports car , stolen police. the sports car, stolen from austrian driver gerard berger, is worth around £350,000. the ferrari f512m was one of two vehicles taken while their drivers were at the san marino grand prix in 1995. the met police says officers received a report from the carmaker in january after the company carried out checks on a vehicle being brought by a us buyer through a uk broker last year. buyer through a uk broker last year . for the latest stories, year. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to tom and . emily. back to tom and. emily. >> how safe are we in britain? the government is reportedly seeking to expand the definition of extremism for the first time in a decade , to include those

in a decade, to include those who seek to undermine british values and institutions , as that values and institutions, as that would mean groups who use intimidation or violence could be excluded from taxpayer funding. >> well , since funding. >> well, since hamas funding. >> well , since hamas attacked >> well, since hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october, mps have experienced an increased level of intimidation and hate. >> and speaking on gb news earlier, the former home secretary priti patel warned this is curtailing curtailing the work of mps. >> i'm very conscientious. there are things that i do, you know, around my own personal safety and security . i had three and security. i had three attempted assaults on me last year after i left. being attempted assaults on me last year afteri left. being home year after i left. being home secretary , and all of it was , secretary, and all of it was, you know, totally unprovoked by me, just people feeling that they had the license to come up and physically and verbally and be physically and verbally intimidating and threatening . intimidating and threatening. thatis intimidating and threatening. that is just not acceptable. i'm afraid this is the reality of the country that we live in. i want our democracy to be free flowing and know , i want us flowing and you know, i want us to be able around doing to be able to go around doing what do. but i can say now, what we do. but i can say now, people do not speak as freely in

parliament as they do and would have previously on issues because they are worried and they're not just worried for themselves, they're worried about their families. well that was pretty patel this morning . was pretty patel this morning. >> but joining us now is the conservative mp for peterborough, paul bristow . peterborough, paul bristow. paul peterborough, paul bristow. paul, interesting to hear from priti patel particularly stuck out to me as what she said about how how some of our mps don't speak as freely as they would like in the houses of parliament because of the threat of intimidation and or violence . intimidation and or violence. >> well , hello intimidation and or violence. >> well, hello emily, i can only really speak for myself. i will always say what i believe in, free from intimidation and free from threats , etc. i always from threats, etc. i always speak passionately about what i believe in. i don't feel necessarily less , uh, safe than necessarily less, uh, safe than i did a week, a month, six months ago. i have had threats against my personal safety and that of my family, but it's the

usual loudmouth fools on social media who probably wouldn't say boo to a goose if i kind of looked at them in the face. but look, i'm speaking on behalf of myself here. i think women get it lot worse than men. and it a lot worse than men. and i guess difference between me guess the difference between me and other mps and and perhaps, um, other mps and i'm speaking on behalf i'm not speaking on their behalf is, is my city. this is, uh, i this is my city. this is, uh, i this is my city. this is where i live. and i certainly don't expect security when i, uh, when i go to the supermarket or i go to a restaurant or i take my kids to the park and, uh, and that's the i've uh, and that's the way i've always engaged myself and always. have you always. paul, you have you have previously spoken about online abuse, haven't you? >> particularly after the vote on on gaza, you said you've received quite a lot of abuse after calling for a ceasefire >> well, i did, i mean, the abuse actually came not necessarily after anything i did . it's the way i suppose my political opponents , um, political opponents, um, opposition councillors, etc. have, uh, misinterpreted what i did. but as i say, it was the only the loud mouth sort of

people on, on social media. i've never been intimidated , uh, face never been intimidated, uh, face to face or physically . but look, to face or physically. but look, it's not right . and what does it's not right. and what does worry me actually , is the way worry me actually, is the way other accounts, other , uh, other accounts, other, uh, potential people may be put off going into politics as a result of it. but, um, speaking personally , uh, it's not personally, uh, it's not everyone's you know, we don't want everyone to be exactly the same. and everyone, um, you know, like me, etc, etc. but to speak ing personally, it's water off a duck's back . really. off a duck's back. really. >> paul looking at policy and the policy that is flowing from the policy that is flowing from the prime minister's wide ranging speech on friday, we now learn that the definition of extremism is being sought to be changed by the government to include what some might view as the quite nebulous concept of those who seek to undermine line democracy. what does that mean to you ? to you? >> well, i think we have to pay attention to the security services and their saying that we are now less safe or, um ,

we are now less safe or, um, than we've been for a significant period of time in terms of, um, some sort of attack or some sort of incident . attack or some sort of incident. and i think we have to take that very seriously. but these things always have to be reviewed and examined time and always have to be reviewed and ethink ed time and always have to be reviewed and ethink that's time and always have to be reviewed and ethink that's that'sz and always have to be reviewed and ethink that's that's right. and always have to be reviewed and ethink that's that's right. you and i think that's that's right. you know, there's no point keeping doing the same thing that we've been doing on. on. if been doing on. and on. and if there's good reasons to change been doing on. and on. and if the|way]ood reasons to change been doing on. and on. and if the|way wei reasons to change been doing on. and on. and if the|way we describe to change been doing on. and on. and if the|way we describe extremism, i the way we describe extremism, i think that's got to be welcomed. i imagine there will be and i'm sure there already has been quite a lot of pushback about any notion of expanding that definition because it could encompass , uh, people who just encompass, uh, people who just oppose government policy. >> that would be the worry that it might actually diminish debate and free expression . debate and free expression. >> i think there's a world of difference between people who , difference between people who, uh, disagree with government policy or disagree with the labour party policy or an opposition policy . and those who opposition policy. and those who wish to disrupt our democratic values. i mean, people who sit

in the middle of a middle of the street, like just stop oil trying to stop us going around our, uh, daily business, blocking ambulances, blocking people, trying to get their kids to school, blocking people, trying hospital . i trying to get to hospital. i think extreme, think that's pretty extreme, don't ? think that's pretty extreme, dorcertainly it does seem , >> certainly it does seem, though, that this goes much beyond that and potentially could wielded in other could be wielded in other settings. and i do wonder if , settings. and i do wonder if, uh, laying the groundwork for defining extremism as anything that seeks to undermine democracy. could any future government say that , uh, government say that, uh, campaigning against government policies in some areas could fit in that definition ? in that definition? >> well, this is britain, tom. this is not, um, a country where a strong track record of that sort of repressive government , sort of repressive government, uh, way. so i would be less worried about that. i think this is probably trying to capture those sorts of people who do the sorts of things that i just described , who would sit in the

described, who would sit in the middle of the road, throw, um, disrupt sporting events, prevent people going to hospital throwing paint over priceless pieces of artwork, the nature of political protest, the nature of how we people are opposing, uh, various different things have changed. and i think it's quite right that the law changes and the we define things changes the way we define things changes to keep up with these modern threats . but these modern ways threats. but these modern ways of disrupting everyday life. >> now there'll be another change in parliament today, of course, of yours course, a new colleague of yours joining green benches , joining the green benches, albeit the benches opposite where you sit. what do you expect waiting to see when you get to parliament a bit later today and, uh, see george galloway introduce boost ? galloway introduce boost? >> well, let's remember george galloway won that election and i think it is a demonstration actually, of parts of the midlands and parts of the north rejecting perhaps the two major parts is what they see as change in the way brexit did. and if they do kind of vote for parties which want to upset the apple

cart, it's not surprising thing sometimes, no matter how ugly that may seem. occasionally, george galloway did win that election and he deserves to be in parliament as much as anyone else. i think it's hugely regrettable. i wish a conservative conservative, um, had won, but i my challenge to the two main parties, especially my party, is we've got to learn again how to talk to those people who in 20 wasn't just about it wasn't it wasn't just a rejection of the labour party and the conservatives and the liberal democrats. >> it because he fought his >> it was because he fought his campaign on the issue of gaza . campaign on the issue of gaza. >> well, i think obviously that was a huge part of it. but i think we'll be wrong to think two first off, there's a two things. first off, there's a lot talked about lot of nonsense talked about that labour had it hadn't had that if labour had it hadn't had their problems and their candidate endorsed , candidate was properly endorsed, that won that that they'd have won that election. that's election. i think that's nonsense. galloway would nonsense. i think galloway would still that election. nonsense. i think galloway would still think that election. nonsense. i think galloway would still think secondlylection. nonsense. i think galloway would still think secondly ,ection. nonsense. i think galloway would still think secondly , he)n. and i think secondly, he attracted a significant number of votes , i would imagine, and of votes, i would imagine, and white class communities white working class communities as well . it wouldn't have just as well. it wouldn't have just been muslim that been the muslim community that voted a of it,

voted for him. and a lot of it, i a rejection of the i think, was a rejection of the status . status quo. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed time. paul. much indeed for your time. paul. paul mp for paul bristow there mp for peterborough. speak to peterborough. great to speak to you. good stuff. >> interesting. speaking you. good stuff. >>george interesting. speaking you. good stuff. >> george galloway,g. speaking you. good stuff. >> george galloway, ofspeaking you. good stuff. >> george galloway, of course; of george galloway, of course. he returned as an mp. he'll be sworn in as an mp today. last week he won that hugely controversial by—election in rochdale . and of course that's rochdale. and of course that's swearing in. we're expecting dunng swearing in. we're expecting during this programme. we are indeed. >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent katherine forster, with the details for catherine, where details for us. catherine, where are you and what can we expect this afternoon ? soon this afternoon? soon >> yes. well, i'm currently in wiltshire , where the chancellor, wiltshire, where the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been announcing money. but back in westminster, a very big moment for george galloway , because here he comes galloway, because here he comes again , going to be taking up his again, going to be taking up his seat in parliament again as he did originally way back in 1987 for labour and then for other parties as well. but so

originally we thought it was tory mp david davis was going to be accompanying him in david davis apparently declined that privilege. we expect him to be accompanied in by jeremy corbyn and the father of the house, peter bottomley , and he will peter bottomley, and he will have to take either an oath or an affirmation . then he can an affirmation. then he can choose the oath. um, involves holding the bible or another religious text. they can choose um and lots of references to god, or he can swear, as i think possibly more likely and more simple affirmation , we still simple affirmation, we still have to, um , pledge allegiance have to, um, pledge allegiance to the king, however, and then he can take his seat on the green benches. it will be interesting to see, um, who is keen or not keen to sit next to him. i think many people will will not be keen to sit next to

him, but you know, he he won that election in rochdale and he got almost double the number of votes of the person who came in second, who was the local chap , second, who was the local chap, david tully, saying he just wanted to do the best for his community. but of course george galloway said this is for gaza . galloway said this is for gaza. those were the first words he said on winning the seat and also he said that he was doing this basically to, uh , to this basically to, uh, to trouble labour, which it no doubt will. i was at both the count, uh, and then at the rally held in this second hand car dealers in rochdale surrounded , dealers in rochdale surrounded, ihave dealers in rochdale surrounded, i have to say most of his supporters were definitely muslim . i was also struck by the muslim. i was also struck by the cars because george galloway is a socialist , cars because george galloway is a socialist, a man of the people. yet he was driven away in a very smart black range rover , the sort of thing that

rover, the sort of thing that the prime minister gets some taken around in. and some of his supporters were sitting there revving their engine in a very bright blue lamborghini renee. it was quite something, but my goodness, um, he has a way with words you can't dispute that. and not only is he making trouble for labour, but i think for the whole political establishment because, um , he's establishment because, um, he's got no love for sir keir starmer, but of course, he also said at the weekend i despise the prime minister. so at a time when people are calling for more civil discourse and worried about threats to mps, george galloway, i think is only going to raise the temperature further. of course , george further. of course, george galloway is a large, large figure not just in this country but in creasingly around the world. >> catherine, i want to read to you, um, a note that was published online by the houthis , published online by the houthis, uh, in the last, uh, day or so, saying that in order to release what they say is a uk owned cargo ship. uh, you have the

chance to sell this this ship by sending a letter of guarantee signed by george galloway , that signed by george galloway, that relief trucks agreed upon at that time would enter gaza. it seems that george galloway is now being , uh, thrown around as now being, uh, thrown around as an element of international diplomacy . diplomacy. >> uh, well, yeah, i mean, that's quite astonishing, isn't it? because, of course , we've it? because, of course, we've been involved in military action along with the united states targeting the houthi rebels who have been bombing ships going through the red sea, and certainly , i mean, george certainly, i mean, george galloway has for decades supported palestinians, supported palestinians, supported them , their cause. i'm supported them, their cause. i'm not sure that i subscribe to the theory that he's really got any serious influence. let's face it, nothing that happens in british parliament, really. the votes we had last week or whatever, a couple of weeks ago is going to influence benjamin netanyahu. that is something for the united states and for qatar ,

the united states and for qatar, for other other countries . um, for other other countries. um, i'd be sceptical of george galloway's , uh, influential galloway's, uh, influential though he is. >> yes, it might seems that mohammed ali al—houthi might have just been stirring the pot , have just been stirring the pot, perhaps trying to make some mischief . mischief. >> it does suggest that there may be some interesting people lobbying george galloway in the house of commons, but thank you very much indeed. katherine forster there in wiltshire, our political correspondent tonight. yes. uh, not a great look, a no, not a great look. >> but i do think, i do think that it does seem that the houthis or whoever else are trying to sort of undermine or just get , get under the skin of just get, get under the skin of the, of the prime minister trying sort of sow division trying to sort of sow division in the uk and, and referring to, um, what was a pretty extraordinary and unusual by—election, as if somehow george galloway is now a representative of the uk. of course he's not. he's i do think people within the uk, i do think paul bristow there, who we spoke to the conservative mp all very

blase relaxed about blase and relaxed about everything sometimes everything i do, sometimes wonder actually wonder what does he actually think about everything? >> yes, i think he's got a strong view, very relaxed strong view, just very relaxed about everything thing. oh, you know, this and well okay. know, this and that. well okay. well clearly major well there are clearly major issues. your prime minister certainly thinks there are well still come a countdown to still to come in a countdown to wednesday's anticipated wednesday's hotly anticipated budget, at whether budget, we're looking at whether the put the chancellor will put more poundsin the chancellor will put more pounds in your pocket. fingers crossed this good afternoon britain on gb news with britain's election .

channel. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:25 and the chancellor has delivered his much anticipated or will deliver his much. goodness me , i was getting ahead goodness me, i was getting ahead of myself. there wasn't. i know our budget show, our budget show is on wednesday, tom moore and it's going to be an absolute cracker and it's going be cracker and it's going to be

from westminster, actually . from westminster, actually. >> put that in >> so, you know, put that in the diary anyway. >> indeed. well, jeremy hunt will delivering that will be, uh, delivering that budget on wednesday. but today he's been hinting at tax cuts while visiting a factory in wiltshire. we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way thatis only going to do so in a way that is responsible and recognises that , that there are recognises that, that there are things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing . borrowing. >> we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently, then then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers . mean less pressure on taxpayers. >> well, joining us now is our economics and business editor, liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. liam halligan with on the money. liam now, from what i've been heanng liam now, from what i've been hearing in the press anyway, these tax cuts are rather illusionary. it will be that perhaps we might get a tax cut

somewhere, but then they'll pile on the taxes elsewhere. is that right? i think that's roughly right. >> i must say, tom, i'd be worried there for a moment. i thought i was, uh, i thought i was missing something. a budgefs was missing something. a budget's going on and i'm not even covering. >> know , let's have let's have >> i know, let's have let's have a little on the money. >> graphic and we can just go through these various points. safe to say, tom, that the first line of my on the money graphic is that the statement is on wednesday the march. so wednesday the 6th of march. so recalibrate your diary. uh, young man. but you're right, emily, uh, jeremy hunt is hinting and indeed , he just hinting and indeed, he just hinted there to our colleague , hinted there to our colleague, katherine forster. he may cut 1 or £0.02 off the main 20% rate of income tax , but he could cut of income tax, but he could cut the national insurance tax rate instead . and i'll explain in instead. and i'll explain in a moment the difference between the two and my why he might opt for one rather than the other to pay for one rather than the other to pay for these tax cuts. um, he is going to basically try and raid the rich by raising air

fares for business class. um passengers on airline lines, and also potentially ending or certainly making less generous the non—dom tax status, which allows foreign born people resident in the uk. but not strictly domiciled here in the uk , whatever that means. talk to uk, whatever that means. talk to a tax accountant . but, um, to, a tax accountant. but, um, to, to, uh, force them to pay more tax. that non—dom very kind tax regime which attracts lots of wealthy people to the uk, particularly to the capital here in london, has been made slightly less generous over recent years. but it's definitely labour's firing line. and now it's in the tories firing line. two. it's very interesting, liam, to see what the labour party is saying at the labour party is saying at the moment . the moment. >> to some people, give given the rumours of the tories adopting labour party policy, the labour party saying it's going to stick to tory spending rules, what's the difference between these parties? >> there's very little difference between the parties

because , as tom, as as you and because, as tom, as as you and emily know well, um, times is tough. as a former prime minister may say , there isn't minister may say, there isn't that much money in the public coffers because we're not growing. the uk was in recession at the back end of last year with the economy actually shrinking and the trend rate of growth pretty much since the financial crisis back in 2009 has collapsed from around 2.5% a yean has collapsed from around 2.5% a year, down to less than 1% a yeah year, down to less than 1% a year. it's very hard to raise money from an economy when it's not growing. it makes politics more combative, more punchy , if more combative, more punchy, if you like, because the pie is smaller here. so the row is about the size of that pie. and who gets what particular slice are much, much more lower. and let me just briefly say why he may go for a national insurance cut rather than an income tax cut. the reason is that pensioners pay income tax on their pensions, but they don't pay

their pensions, but they don't pay national insurance . so if pay national insurance. so if you cut national insurance , it you cut national insurance, it costs the exchequer less in the short run than if you cut the income tax. but you can still say, look, this is a cut in the headune say, look, this is a cut in the headline rate of tax. indeed, they cut national insurance, the main rate from 12 to 10% back in january, didn't they? having announced it in november. and they want to a second tax cut they want to do a second tax cut now. want do a third now. and they want to do a third tax in autumn statement tax cut in an autumn statement before likely to be an before what is likely to be an autumn general election in october or november. the other thing about a national insurance cut, rather than an income tax cut, rather than an income tax cut , is that cut, rather than an income tax cut, is that it applies across the whole of the uk, scotland , the whole of the uk, scotland, of course, has a separate system of course, has a separate system of income tax, with many more thresholds, much more complicated than in england , complicated than in england, wales and northern ireland. but an nick cut national insurance cut applies right across the board, including in scotland, where of course sunak . board, including in scotland, where of course sunak. he's held the spring conference there last week, didn't he. he's very keen to try and limit labour's gains in scotland. that's why another

thing i think may happen, as well as the things i've highlighted, is that i think the tories could start now to row back from this £0.75 in the pound windfall tax on profits of companies operating in the north sea, drilling oil and gas. a lot of those companies are very small companies. they're not necessarily the big international oil and gas majors. they're small, often british owned companies often loaded with debt. and they've had their corporation tax rate, the tax their profits . it's the tax on their profits. it's risen from 40% to 65% now to 75% in the last 18 months or so. a lot of those firms are unfortunately going bust or at the very least, shelving their oil and gas projects at a time when we do need more oil and gas from the north sea, everyone pretty much acknowledges that even the government's own climate change commission. so that's another area where i think the we could see some tax cuts that would be very interesting. >> that would be very

interesting indeed. well, thank you very much. liam halligan there, our economics and business editor giving us a little taste of perhaps what's to come on wednesday. we're going back on the windfall tax. well, in my humble opinion, i did was a bit ludicrous did think it was a bit ludicrous to slap such a punitive windfall tax on oil and gas at the time when we need oil and gas and we needit when we need oil and gas and we need it in. >> ridiculous thing is, the tories did this thinking that they'd get praise from across they'd get praise from across the board. the labour party still say, oh, you haven't done a tax, as if 75% a proper windfall tax, as if 75% isn't high enough. what do they want, 99? 100? well, isn't high enough. what do they want, 99?100? well, i mean, what a lot of them don't want there to be any oil and gas, right? >> so there you go on the just stop oil bandwagon . or later on stop oil bandwagon. or later on in the show, we're going to be talking judge talking about what this judge actually who, uh, who actually the judge who, uh, who let off well, let them off with a bit of a slap on the wrist without a prison sentence. the women who were wearing paragliders backs of paragliders on their backs of the protest, the pro—palestinian protest, apparently he's to be apparently he's going to be investigated. we're to investigated. so we're going to get opinion on that get some legal opinion on that one. stay tuned for that . but

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promising some cuts, the chancellor has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget. we do want to move to a lower tax economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsible and recognises that that there are things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing . borrowing. >> we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services, more efficient early, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers . mean less pressure on taxpayers. >> george galloway is due to be sworn in as the new rochdale mp this afternoon. arriving at the commons this morning, he was asked how he feels about his comeback . comeback. >> well, i'll tell you what's up. didn't say the bill. up. he didn't say the bill. i always loved the building, the people it. not quite so much . people in it. not quite so much. >> the workers party of britain leader won last week's by—election by more than 5500 votes. the focus of his campaign was the ongoing war in gaza, warning sir keir starmer that

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now >> now a rather curious story appeared in the guardian a moment before we came on air about the church of england. >> yes , it had been understood >> yes, it had been understood that the church of england was expected to pay £100 million poundsin expected to pay £100 million pounds in investment to recant, to repent for its tone to a tone . oh, very good. uh, for its, uh, its involvement in investments that were linked to the slave trade a couple of hundred years ago. well, apparently that's not enough . apparently that's not enough. £100 million. quite a large amount of money, you'd think, for an organisation can't for an organisation that can't fix many, church roofs up fix many, many church roofs up and down the country. um, no . and down the country. um, no. not enough now the ask is for £1 billion to be invest in in in atonement . atonement. >> yes. so essentially what this £1 billion would go towards is , £1 billion would go towards is, uh, investing globally in black

led businesses and providing grant. yes. so those are a couple of the ways the money would be used. but £1 billion. now the church of england commissioned this report itself. it got some independent researchers to do this for them and came up with this massive sum. and i'm thinking, speaking to people in local parishes , as to people in local parishes, as you say, don't have enough money to fix their churches . is this a to fix their churches. is this a priority for the church of england? i mean, how many times has justin welby apologised for slavery? links for historical links to slavery ? many, many, links to slavery? many, many, many a time as the answer to that question and what help is it to just give money to a or to invest money in black owned businesses? >> this isn't stuff that's unked >> this isn't stuff that's linked to educational charities or anything, it's just investing in in black owned businesses. whether or not those black people happen to be involved in anything that was well, there you go, tom. >> you're thinking, thinking it through. shouldn't it through. you shouldn't think it through. you shouldn't think it through. accept through. you should just accept this anyway. let us know what you we're having

this anyway. let us know what y(debate we're having this anyway. let us know what y(debate on we're having this anyway. let us know what y(debate on this we're having this anyway. let us know what y(debate on this essentiallyving a debate on this essentially whether church of england whether the church of england should slavery reparations. should pay slavery reparations. and time , it's an and in this time, it's an investment fund of up to a billion pounds. that's what the ask us know what you ask is. let us know what you think. gb views gb news. com a good church of good use of the church of england's money. hm england's time and money. hm >> well on, there'll be >> well moving on, there'll be no life on benefit . so that's a no life on benefit. so that's a message to young people from the labour party, which is set out its vision to boost youth employment . employment. >> vote yes. the shadow works and pensions secretary, liz kendall, says young people will be told they have a responsibility to accept jobs or training a labour training under a labour government. in return, she unveiled a plan to offer them better mental health support and improved career advice . improved work and career advice. >> she pointed out that 1 in 8 young people not in work, education or training was costing the taxpayer billions in benefits . benefits. >> yes, and she's come under a little bit of fire from the left of her party by suggesting that no young person should live a life on benefits . it's not sure life on benefits. it's not sure why that was controversial, but but apparently , according to

but apparently, according to twitter, at least that is a right wing that young right wing trope that young people are lazy or need to be on benefits, or that they want to live a life on benefits anyway. well joining us now is ed davey's, who is the director of the who's the policy director of the who's the policy director of the social justice. the centre for social justice. >> thank you forjoining us. i suppose the big question here is why did liz kendall, uh , think why did liz kendall, uh, think that this was something that she should say is there a genuine problem here, uh, amongst young people and disengagement from work or employment or training ? work or employment or training? yeah i think that's having me on. >> i think there is. and i'm glad that she's raised it because there are hundreds of thousands of young people who are not in education, employment or training. and a or training. and that has a lifelong effect. lifelong scarring effect. so it's something at pretty it's something we look at pretty closely. there's closely. i think there's probably that come probably three areas that come back our research quite back in our research quite a lot. first one is employers lot. the first one is employers actually that awful actually saying that an awful lot young people are simply lot of young people are simply not ready. that's not employment ready. and that's not employment ready. and that's not skills or not really about skills or anything like that. it's the

real basic stuff . will they turn real basic stuff. will they turn up at 9:00 each morning? look, me shake my hand, me in the eye, shake my hand, tuck shirt some the tuck their shirt in? some of the basics that aren't basics like that that aren't happening. think second basics like that that aren't hap|that|g. think second basics like that that aren't hap|that comes nk second basics like that that aren't hap|that comes back second basics like that that aren't hap|that comes back asecond basics like that that aren't hap|that comes back a bitond basics like that that aren't hap|that comes back a bit ,1d basics like that that aren't hap|that comes back a bit, uh, one that comes back a bit, uh, is that we are probably over promising a career looks promising what a career looks like have number of like. we have a huge number of graduates now , and sort of graduates now, and sort of the promise get your degree promise is you get your degree and on a high and you go on a high flying career for most of career and actually, for most of us, with a job and it us, it starts with a job and it might not a fulfilling, might not be a fulfilling, wonderful a job wonderful job, but a job hopefully better hopefully leads to a betterjob. and better hopefully leads and a betterjob hopefully leads to a career. but it starts with a job. then the last area a job. and then the last area that a lot in our work that comes up a lot in our work at the moment is mental health problems. so you're more likely to be off sick in your 20s than your now the real your 40s. now and the real driver is mental health driver of that is mental health problems people, which problems in young people, which are and an are growing and becoming an increasing quite incredible to >> so it's quite incredible to read those statistics about how people in their 20s are now more likely to be for off mental health, for poor mental health than those in their 40s. is it that mental health is completely out of control when it comes to young people , or is there young people, or is there something else going on? our

young people are just not well equipped for working life to such an extent that it can give them anxiety or depression just to even face the workplace . to even face the workplace. >> yeah, i think there's probably two sides to this. i think there is a slight danger of over medicalised life at the moment with young people, and we hear from small hear this quite a lot from small organisations. to organisations. they talk to where anxious or where children are anxious or stressed, part of stressed, and that is part of life, and it's being diagnosed as something that's as something more. and that's something at something we're looking at at the that that the moment. and that that is a big but the second part big concern. but the second part of i think a of this, which i think is, is a slightly bigger concern, is a lot of this rise in poor mental health is real. and the health is real. uh, and the reasons it are not reasons for it are not straightforward. they're straightforward. and they're quite grips quite difficult to come to grips with. so before worked at with. and so before i worked at the social justice, i the centre for social justice, i worked the department of worked in the department of health, and we did a huge consultation on mental health and the big factor in and it said the big factor in your health your your mental health is your relationships. specifically relationships. and specifically your relationships . and your family relationships. and when you look at what we have done children'sfamilies when you look at what we have done children's families over done to children's families over the years, you will see the last 40 years, you will see that you are 40, 50, 60

that yes, if you are 40, 50, 60 now, you probably had a pretty stable family. are ten, stable family. if you are ten, 20, 30 now, you probably didn't. in fact, the numbers are quite staggering. so 50 years ago, as a 16 year old, you almost certainly lived with both your parents. it was chance by parents. it was 90% chance by just ten years ago. so 40 years difference. it was almost 50 over so you have this over 50. so you have this situation where are situation where we are eviscerating young people's lives and then expecting it not to matter, but it does. it matters very, very seriously. and if you'd any, you and if you'd asked any, you know, teacher, know, policeman or teacher, they'd are seeing they'd have said they are seeing this schools and their this in their schools and their police over last 20 police cells over the last 20 years. we're seeing it years. and now we're seeing it in inactivity in the economic inactivity statistics too. in the economic inactivity statwell, too. in the economic inactivity statwell, you have to a brave >> well, you have to be a brave politician to stand up and talk about benefits of families about the benefits of families staying together . for usually staying together. for usually you being absolutely you see mps being absolutely lambasted suggesting that lambasted for suggesting that that might be good for children's outcomes. but there you go. >> well, davey's thank you >> well, ed davey's thank you very much for joining >> well, ed davey's thank you very much forjoining here. very much forjoining us here. that's if you that's in a sentence. if you would. we're running to a break. >> so it's not just about staying together. we're not forming families in the first

place, which is even more concerning. >> jvt. yes, that's probably the better to make. thank you better point to make. thank you very much indeed. ed davey's policy centre policy director of the centre for justice. now don't for social justice. now don't forget to get your views in gb views at cbnnews.com. >> we'll be getting to those in just a moment. >> yes, let us know about the slavery should slavery reparations should the church pay a billion church of england pay a billion pounds, million pounds

>> alarming new figures show that the police have failed to solve a single burglary in nearly half of all neighbourhoods in england and wales over the past three years. >> this is quite incredible . i >> this is quite incredible. i can't believe it. the figures risk further undermining public confidence in the police. is it even worth victim reporting crimes anymore ? crimes anymore? >> well, joining us now to find out why these cases are going unsolved is the former police detective , peter bleksley peter ,

detective, peter bleksley peter, when you heard these figures , when you heard these figures, did you think that, like i did, there's got to be some sort of mistake? there's got to be a misprint here. this can't really be the actual figure. >> no, sadly, i didn't, because we're becoming increasingly aware in recent times, just how much the police have turned their back on the moderate mainstream . the people that have mainstream. the people that have their houses burgled, their cars stolen , their phones stolen, stolen, their phones stolen, their bikes stolen, shopkeeper owners, and anybody who's a victim of fraud, quite simply, in this day and age, you are unlikely to get an investigation of any kind and therefore it is a criminals charter that has been created and we are all paying been created and we are all paying the price . paying the price. >> and it's not a small crime, is it? burglary as we talk about lesser crime , is when actually lesser crime, is when actually it can lead people to feel unsafe in their own homes. it can lead people to have to move because they can't get the police involved with this type

of thing. they don't get any leads. um the police don't look into any leads . it's not good into any leads. it's not good for people. >> it is a filthy, disgusting invasion of somebody's home. >> and often the repercussions are severe. and some people are simply never able to go back to that flat, that house, because they've been so traumatised . they've been so traumatised. what's what's happened to them ? what's what's happened to them? and for the police to come out with these mealy mouthed words , with these mealy mouthed words, which are very deceptive, that they did in 2022 when certain chief said police would attend every burglary, that's a deceit in itself because there is a huge difference between attending a burglary and investigating a burglary. attending a burglary and investigating a burglary . and investigating a burglary. and now, sadly, in 2024, the standards of police training, recruitment are so poor together with ineffective supervision and inexperienced management that

these people, these officers that turn up at crimes, if indeed they do don't know what they're looking for, they don't know where they might find tools or implements that have been discarded by a burglar , and the discarded by a burglar, and the likelihood of getting any kind of forensic examination. i'm afraid, is extremely slim and probably non—existent . probably non—existent. >> a burglary like so many other forms of theft or violent crime, seems to be done by a fairly small proportion of people who make up a very large proportion of the crimes . you'd think that of the crimes. you'd think that going after certain gangs would actually be able to reduce the amount of burglary by more than you would think, if you see what i mean. i don't what are the police just lacking in resources to do the sort of investigative preventative work or what other reason could there be for the sort of low lack of, of this sort of low lack of, of this sort of low lack of, of this sort of control ? sort of control? >> well, the police are always

claiming that they have a lack of resources , but it's getting of resources, but it's getting towards this time in policing history. now, when a decision has to be made as to what kind of policing we're going to get and what are the police going to do , are they going to be their do, are they going to be their current incarnation of a social service which hoovers up so much of their time ? or do we want an of their time? or do we want an effective , well—trained crime effective, well—trained crime fighting force because we're getting very much towards those crossroad roads if we're not already there. now, the problem is, with so much of policing is that we have a liberal, fluffy way karate that prowl the corridors of policing power . corridors of policing power. they're afraid of their civil staff. they're terrified of them. they pander to politicians . and when it comes down to crimes like burglary, senior police officers, this day and age will tell you everything you need to know about a smashed avocado buffet . but they know

avocado buffet. but they know nothing about smash window burglaries . burglaries. >> brilliant. >> brilliant. >> thank you very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. peter bleksley former police detective . i mean, tom, i was detective. i mean, tom, i was i was burgled. i remember, you know , quite a few years ago and know, quite a few years ago and the police did come round and they spoke to us nicely, and they spoke to us nicely, and they said, you know, we'll help you or nothing ever came of it. >> there are so many good stories of people sort of stories of people who sort of have, know, their doorbell have, you know, their doorbell has it, and they've has a camera in it, and they've got they've got pictures of the person it. and somehow person who did it. and somehow there can be there are no leads that can be followed. let us know followed. well, let us know if you've impacted burglary you've been impacted by burglary recently and in the past. >> you got any outcome. >> and if you got any outcome. but up, church but coming up, the church of england instructed to england has been instructed to increase of its fund increase the size of its fund aimed addressing the legacy aimed at addressing the legacy of to £1 billion, while of slavery to £1 billion, while debating whether this is necessary. next . a brighter necessary. next. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news.

of weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb fog this morning, gb news fog this morning, clearing away for most . it's clearing away for most. it's a dry and a bright afternoon , but dry and a bright afternoon, but there is rain in the south—west of england and south wales from this area of low pressure , the this area of low pressure, the isobars squeezing together as well so as well as rain. it is also turning some heavy also turning windy. some heavy pulses rain as well. pulses of rain as well. so not great the m5 and parts of the great on the m5 and parts of the m4 as that rain spreads into south wales later ahead of it for most dry and bright. some fog this morning, but that's clearing away now and some good spells of sunshine and temperatures struggling a little bit . still single figures for bit. still single figures for many , maybe 11 or 12 in the many, maybe 11 or 12 in the south east, but feeling colder with the wind and the rain in the south—west. now that rain spreads across all wales spreads across all of wales into the this evening, parts the midlands this evening, parts of england then to of southeast england then to northern and southern northern ireland and southern scotland , easing as does scotland, easing off as it does so as it moves through, leaving the moisture behind, it will turn quite murky for a while. some fog patches, particularly early by dawn over parts of the

midlands and eastern england , midlands and eastern england, turning quite chilly too for wales southwest england. wales and southwest england. some here on some pockets of frost here on tuesday morning, a bit of a mish mash, then to start tuesday. some around that should some fog around but that should clear damp over northeast clear fairly damp over northeast england eastern scotland. england and eastern scotland. staying bit damp across staying a bit damp across aberdeenshire for most of the day. showers in the south day. some showers in the south for parts hampshire moving up for parts of hampshire moving up towards ones towards kent. 1 or 2 heavy ones possible here, but for many it will be a dry and a bright day on tuesday and feeling a touch warmer too. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on monday, the 4th of march. >> extremism could be redefined for the first time in a decade as part of a wider crackdown on those who seek to undermine our

democracy. >> this comes as george galloway is sworn into parliament this afternoon , introduced by his old afternoon, introduced by his old buddy jeremy corbyn. will he be shunned or will he find other allies in the commons? >> reparations means the church of england has been told that its proposed £100 million in investments is not enough to atone for its historical links to the slave trade, and that they should instead invest ten times as much, £1 billion. >> £1 billion, tom. it's a bargain to atone for all your historical links to slavery, surely. oh is this is this like the i. >> i sort of thought that the church of england was established on protestant ideas in that giving away money wasn't the way that you could guarantee me entry into heaven. i think that's pretty. that was what martin luther was all about when

he nailed up his treatises. these, these 13 or whatever it was on the on the church door in, in some german state. once upon a time . wasn't that the upon a time. wasn't that the whole point of. well, i suppose, but isn't this all about this is all about all about investments, though . yeah, it's basically though. yeah, it's basically improving the lives of people . improving the lives of people. yayi paying your way into heaven, right? that's paying your way into heaven. >> us know what >> well, let us know what you think about this gb views gb >> well, let us know what you think (com. this gb views gb >> well, let us know what you think (com. we'reb views gb >> well, let us know what you think (com. we're going's gb >> well, let us know what you think (com. we're going to gb >> well, let us know what you think (com. we're going to beib news. com. we're going to be having a fiery debate having a bit of a fiery debate in little bit about this in just a little bit about this one. church of one. should the church of england be slavery england be paying slavery reparations justin reparations and why does justin welby think it's such a fantastic idea ? let us know gb fantastic idea? let us know gb views at gb news. com um, but it's your headlines. >> emily. thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy, but will only do so in a responsible way. jeremy hunt made those comments while visiting a plant in wiltshire, where he also announced a £360

million funding boost for manufacturing . income tax has manufacturing. income tax has reached an historic high and while promising some cuts, the chancellor has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget . wednesday's budget. >> we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsible and recognises that there are things that taxes pay for that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing . we'll do so in by borrowing. we'll do so in a responsible way . but if we can responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently , then that will more efficiently, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers . mean less pressure on taxpayers. >> a former home secretary dame priti patel, says the government also needs to be more efficient when it comes to spending. >> we have over 500,000 civil servants now even to shave a degree off, that would cut pubuc degree off, that would cut public expenditure by at least £1 billion and that would be great. but back again in 2010, 2016, we had under , i think,

2016, we had under, i think, around 400,000 civil servants, and that saved a significant amount, amount of money, the spending, the costs alone. i think, came down to something like £11 billion. this is where we have to be again, to be an agile government that's fit in the sense of financially sound , the sense of financially sound, sound money, conservative principles , but actually making principles, but actually making sure the public keep more of their their money. >> george galloway is due to be sworn in as the new rochdale mp this afternoon . arriving at the this afternoon. arriving at the commons this morning, he was asked how he feels about his comeback . comeback. >> well, i'll tell you what's happening the bill. happening inside the bill. i always loved the building, the people so much . people in it not quite so much. >> the workers party of britain leader, one last week's by—election by more than 5500 votes. the focus of his campaign was the ongoing war in gaza, warning sir keir starmer that labour would pay a high price for enabling what he says is a catastrophe. mr galloway was the labour mp for 16 years. he was suspended from the party in 2003 over remarks made at the start

of the iraq war. the rwanda bill returns to the house of lords this afternoon as the legislation enters its final stages in parliament, nearly 50 amendments have been put forward , with a number of votes expected today and on wednesday. among them, the government's assessment that rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers . it country for asylum seekers. it also comes almost two years after ministers first announced the plan to send some migrants to the east african country. the government has promised that the first flights will happen in the spring, which means gb news understands around 330 migrants have been intercepted crossing the english channel in six small boats so far today . that's after boats so far today. that's after 327 made the crossing yesterday , 327 made the crossing yesterday, the same day a seven year old girl died after a boat capsized. she'd been travelling with her pregnant mother. her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulties in the early hours of yesterday morning . hours of yesterday morning. education leaders are calling for a double digit pay rise for

all teachers across england . all teachers across england. it's after the government said school salaries should return to a more reasonable level. the national association of head teachers union says england currently has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade . it says a raise over a decade. it says a raise of at least 10% will counter the recruitment crisis . this nikki recruitment crisis. this nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington, dc. it's her first victory over the former president in this year's campaign to become the republican presidential candidate . she lost in her home candidate. she lost in her home state of south carolina, but she's now the first woman to win a republican primary in us history. the only remaining challenger to donald trump in the race, she claimed almost 63% of the vote. however, mr trump has a significant lead over mrs. haley and is likely to face joe biden in the election . and biden in the election. and a ferrari stolen from a former formula one driver, 28 years ago has been recovered by police.

the sports car, stolen from austrian driver gerhard berger, is worth around £350,000. the ferrari f, 512m was one of two vehicles taken while their drivers were at the san marino grand prix in 1995. the metropolitan police says officers received a report from the carmaker in january following checks on a vehicle being bought by someone in the us through a uk broker last year . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> how safe are we in britain? well, the government is reportedly seeking to expand the definition of extremism for the first time in a decade to include those who seek to undermine british values and institutions as well. >> that would mean groups who

use intimidation or violence could be excluded from taxpayer funding and other things, as well . yes, i think they will well. yes, i think they will also be not able to stand for councils local councils and for positions of power for basically made pariahs. >> i mean, it's extraordinary that we are talking in the context of groups that are involved in sort of violence , involved in sort of violence, receiving taxpayer funding . as receiving taxpayer funding. as things stand, you'd think, how is this not already the rules, but would it also exclude them? >> for example, going into parliament having event, parliament and having an event, i know just stop oil i don't know if just stop oil has into parliament has been invited into parliament recently, probably has . but recently, probably has. but joining is labour mp joining us now is labour mp steve mccabe. steve, thank you very for your time. what do very much for your time. what do you make of this story? we're heanng you make of this story? we're hearing that the government, in response to what they as the response to what they see as the violence intimidation of violence and intimidation of extremist in our extremist groups in our democracy , are thinking about democracy, are thinking about broadening that definition of extremism . well i think we've extremism. well i think we've certainly seen a number of things that most people would regard as unacceptable and

beyond the bounds of legitimate protests. >> i suppose it depends exactly how the government defines this . how the government defines this. it's easy to talk about it, sometimes a bit harder to define it in legislation . it in legislation. >> of course, the governments often come under criticism from civil rights and civil liberties groups. when it's tried to be specific in defining or indeed criminalising certain forms of disruptive protest . but is it disruptive protest. but is it your view that this is a legitimate course of action for the government to be taking that some of the protests , tests that some of the protests, tests that we've seen, whether it be from pro—palestinian rallies to environmental protests, all of this sort of stuff that we've seen in the last few years. is it your view that that it's legitimate to crack down upon it ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think where 7 >> well, i think where actions are designed to deliver , are designed to deliver, intimidate or threaten , uh, intimidate or threaten, uh, specific individuals or where

they go beyond the bounds of what might be classed as legitimate protests targeting people's homes, their families , people's homes, their families, things like that. i don't think thatis things like that. i don't think that is acceptable , and i don't that is acceptable, and i don't think it should be allowed. >> it's interesting because we've heard from a bbc presenter earlier today, i think saying that actually it's totally legitimate for groups like just stop oil, this is chris packham. ispeak stop oil, this is chris packham. i speak of totally legitimate for groups like just stop oil to protest outside mps home. this is all part of the democratic process . well i think that is process. well i think that is probably not the case. >> i think that is a massive intrusion on what a person does intrusion on what a person does in their public life. is should be open to criticism and interrogation. but i think, you know, people are entitled in particularly their families are entitled to a degree of privacy .

entitled to a degree of privacy. we, uh, so i don't know that that i would find that acceptable myself. >> we saw , um, just a few days >> we saw, um, just a few days ago. just stop oil turning up to keir starmer family home, broadcasting his front door on their social media channels. uh, do you have a message to just stop oil and other groups who seek to engage shimodate mps at their private family homes like this ? well we saw the this? well we saw the palestinian protests projecting that stuff onto the house of commons. >> we've seen , uh, environmental >> we've seen, uh, environmental protests that the prime minister's house and keir starmer house, as i say, i do not think that is acceptable. i think that is beyond the bounds of legitimate protest. and i don't think it should be allowed i >> -- >> steve, there are concerns from some of the electorate that the labour party may be weak on extremism. we've seen the difficulties the leadership has had when it comes to the issue

of the war in gaza, and that actually the labour party will find it very difficult to come out strongly against, for example , islamist extremism . example, islamist extremism. >> well, i think extremism is extremism , as i acknowledged at extremism, as i acknowledged at the start , we have to be clear the start, we have to be clear about how we're defining this. but i don't care whether it comes from the right or the left or what particular brand it portrays itself under. i don't think that we should tolerate these things . we already have. these things. we already have. uh laws to proscribe terrorist organisations. uh laws to proscribe terrorist organisations . we should be organisations. we should be willing to take action where it's required to protect the wider public. >> do you think there have been some instances where the police have been , uh, too timid, too have been, uh, too timid, too reticent not to take that sort of action that they could, under law, take, uh, with regard to some of the more extremist elements we've seen on protests and streets of cities across the united kingdom in recent months .

united kingdom in recent months. well i think they've been asked to do an extremely difficult job. >> and, uh, you know, it's a bit easy to be critical. i think they've been asked to do a very difficult job, but we've all seen examples where things have been allowed to go on that we might have expected , uh, to see might have expected, uh, to see earlier intervention on and just lastly, steve, interesting the news over the weekend , israel news over the weekend, israel accused of boycotting ceasefire talks in cairo until they're given a list of hostages. >> the list of the named hostages taken by hamas. do you think that's fair. >> well, this is back to the crux of the problem about not getting the ceasefire. we all want the hostages need to be released. it's not unreasonable that israel knows how many are alive and how many will be released before it signs on the dotted line. i mean, most people

would expect that to happen . i would expect that to happen. i hope that what hamas are doing are indulging in brinksmanship and not deliberately setting out to scupper a ceasefire >> well, big, big questions. but steve mccabe, thank you very much for joining steve mccabe, thank you very much forjoining us. labour member of parliament of course. and we'll be speaking more about this and all the reverb rating issues as we approach george galloway's swearing in to the house of commons. that's coming up a little bit later in this programme. >> yes. it'll be very interesting to see how he is received, the rnli is received, but the rnli today is celebrating its 200th anniversary and can boast saving nearly 150,000 lives during that time . time. >> but increasingly, the role of the lifeboat charity is being questioned because of how it assists the border force police to rescue migrants who are illegally crossing the english channel. well, yes. >> well, joining us now is former rnli crew member david wimble. david, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. now

i don't know how long you were a crew member for, but perhaps you can give us a bit of insight into what it's like to work in the rnli . there have been the rnli. there have been accusations made and, um, that the rnli can function as a bit of a taxi service for migrants crossing the channel. do you think there's some truth to that ? >> ?- >> um, 7- >> um, yes. 51mm 7 >> um, yes. first of all, a very happy , uh, 200th anniversary happy, uh, 200th anniversary birthday to the rnli. i spent the best part of 30 years starting off as a volunteer as a 15 year old, going down and sweeping out the boathouse down at littlestone, where i live . at littlestone, where i live. uh, and then went on to work for the rnli on the river thames, which was, uh, the world's busiest lifeboat station at the time . um, i think the ethos of time. um, i think the ethos of the rnli has always been the same from when william hillary set it up 200 years ago. it's not to discriminate against anything gender, politics or religion . uh, it's all about religion. uh, it's all about saving lives at sea. and it's

something that they've done a very good job of over the last 200 years. however there locally, certainly in the south—east where i'm based, um, some of the crews have voiced out, uh, privately that they are a bit, you know, disenchanted with the fact that they are being used , as you said, to being used, as you said, to quote you , a taxi service quote you, a taxi service without any financial reward from the government , which if from the government, which if you take into account the fact that the rnli is wholly funded by volunteer contributions , um, by volunteer contributions, um, some people have even said , you some people have even said, you know, they leave legacies for them in their wills. somebody that i know personally who was planning on leaving them a large amount of money, stated that they wouldn't do it all the time. they were acting as a taxi service. um, as you can see on the on the pictures at the moment, dungeness lifeboat there, um , a couple of years there, um, a couple of years ago, it's not so bad now, but a couple of years ago they were sometimes launching four times a day and, uh, it's a very

expensive business. the government didn't give them any money for fuel or any help at all. and all the payments for that came from volunteers who may have done street collections or, as i mentioned , left money or, as i mentioned, left money to the institution in their wills. >> david just just on that point, i also read elsewhere that some people were giving more money since these accusations of it being a taxi service have come. so i guess it depends what side of that particular policy problem you're on. >> yeah, yeah, i mean, that is true. i've also heard that. but the biggest issue is that i'm not saying there's been a gagging order on rnli crews, but um, many a time i've had reporters from other news services and newspaper hours come down and they come to me because one locally i'm fairly well known , um, for being well known, um, for being involved with the rnli previously. uh, but two, because they can't get any comment from they can't get any comment from the rnli. they go to the headquarters, they , they just headquarters, they, they just

say we're all about saving lives at sea, which is totally correct. but um, i think it's a case of, you know, some people might give them more money, but i would say the majority of people don't think that it's being used in the way that, uh , being used in the way that, uh, william hillary set it up for , william hillary set it up for, which was purely to save lives at sea. >> i mean, david, the crucial distinction here, the crucial distinction here, the crucial distinction here, the crucial distinction here, i suppose, is that whenever a boat is in distress . yes, that is, um , distress. yes, that is, um, ultimately, absolutely. the role of the rnli. but there are cases that have been reported of, of the coastguard in some cases simply spotting a boat that doesn't appear to be in distress . s and getting an rnli crew sent out to to, take it back to the uk to take it into shore. um, i suppose there's a distinction there between the boats that are in distress and the people that are struggling versus those that are just making their way across the channel >> well, in defence of the

>> okay, well, in defence of the rnli, i mean, i think there's about 238 stations around , uh, about 238 stations around, uh, the whole of the uk and the migrant crisis probably reflects on about 4 or 5 of them, dover being the main one, with dungeness, rye , um, and, and dungeness, rye, um, and, and a few others. what i would say is that you can get into trouble very quickly . um, when this very quickly. um, when this started about, i remember about 6 or 7 years ago, we had a dinghy rock up on the beach at dymchurch, and at the time i said within a few years we could get 1000 people a year coming over , and an editor of a local over, and an editor of a local newspaper said that i was being you know, extreme with my views and a fantasist. well you've only got to look at the figures now, how many people are coming over ? um, i don't want to get over? um, i don't want to get into the politics of why people are coming over, but when they started , we would have boats started, we would have boats with five, ten, maybe 20 people. whereas now some of them are like the big evacuation crafts that you get from airliners and

cruise ships that can carry 60 people, and they are just overloading them. so so, so dramatically that they can get into trouble very quickly . so into trouble very quickly. so i guess from a coastguard point of view, launching lifeboat is the right thing. but when you see in the summertime border force are so busy with the few boats that they do have that they will there's, you know , you hear there's, you know, you hear stories of the french coastguard and the navy littoral meeting the boats halfway in the channel and handing them over. in fairness, we very rarely get boats actually turning up on the beaches here anymore. it used to beaches here anymore. it used to be a daily occurrence and it used to really annoy me that you could have 100, 200, 300 people in the day turn up and you wouldn't read about it on any of the mainstream media. it was almost that it was, you know, a given and, um, down here in the south east, it really is notable. and we've had you know, in kent , notable. and we've had you know, in kent, certainly in romney marsh, it's been pointed out

that our mp damian collins, whose ward is affected by more migrants landing than any other , migrants landing than any other, there, has never been quoted or you never see him on any of the media talking about it. and i think people are just you think they just don't want put any they just don't want to put any opinion out there because they fear consequences . fear the consequences. >> uh, well, thank you very much for your time. end it for your time. sorry to end it there, david it's there, but david wimble, it's been speak you. been great to speak to you. former rnli crew member, the rnli once saved my life. >> oh, really ? yeah. >> oh, really? yeah. >> oh, really? yeah. >> you're one of those >> so you're one of those statistics that might be a bit dramatic, come out statistics that might be a bit dran rescue come out statistics that might be a bit dranrescue me. come out and rescue me. >> i'd, uh. what were you doing? i was, i was climbing up a cliff face bit rock fell off face a bit of the rock fell off and fell down onto the, um, and i fell down onto the, um, sort inaccessible rock sea sort of inaccessible rock sea shore. and so a boat had to come out. take me. take me round to salcombe harbour, where in the back of an ambulance went to plymouth hospital. um, and i was completely battered up , completely battered up, completely battered up, completely bruised. but i'd scraped down the side of the mountain rather than falling and

there you go. >> there's a good news story for the rnli on its 200th anniversary. lots of you have been getting in touch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea1 getting in touch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea bitztting in touch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea bit of ng in touch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea bit of a] in touch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea bit of a taxi :ouch saying it anniversary. lots of you have bea bit of a taxi servicering it anniversary. lots of you have bea bit of a taxi service forg it is a bit of a taxi service for migrants, but they know good work this. saving tom work like this. saving tom harwood life. that was very harwood life. that he was very silly, but yes, he was very silly. silly? well rock was the rock the problem. rock was the problem. >> broke off. >> it broke off. >> it broke off. >> yeah, yeah. well, >> yeah, yeah, yeah. well, coming church of england coming up, the church of england has to increase has been instructed to increase the size of its fund aimed at addressing. what addressing. guess what the legacy of slavery. and they're going raising . well, as if going to be raising. well, as if they they're told £1 they do what they're told £1 billion will be debating whether that's necessary. next .

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mentioned the police addressing or perhaps lack thereof addressing burglar drills in this country. >> yeah, absolutely. doing nothing, it seems when you call them up about a burglary, they might round, but then might come round, but then nothing happens. no chasing of any . um, says had any leads. um, kieran says i had any leads. um, kieran says i had an amazon parcel stolen my an amazon parcel stolen from my doorstep. perpetrator was doorstep. the perpetrator was caught the ring doorbell . caught on the ring doorbell. these are these doorbells with the footage the cameras. the footage was sent police . the offender sent to the police. the offender is well known locally to authorities. this, authorities. his. despite this, kieran the police did not kieran says the police did not pursue it as they claimed the value not enough, therefore value was not enough, therefore meaning was not in the public meaning it was not in the public interest. appears london interest. it appears in london thefts beneath certain value thefts beneath a certain value are decriminalised . it's not up are decriminalised. it's not up to them to decide it's not to them to decide that it's not a enough value, because if a big enough value, because if someone stealing someone gets away with stealing an parcel , they'll move an amazon parcel, they'll move on to something else . maybe. and on to something else. maybe. and you know your car, your scooter, your bike, they might go into your bike, they might go into your house. i mean, i think they've already said the 45, 43 or so police forces said we are going to pursue every crime. clearly that just means giving

you a number. >> i had my mobile phones stolen when i first moved to london and of course, what did i get a crime reference number and nothing else? no follow up. virginia says the police always investigate wealthy people's burglaries, but everyone else investigate wealthy people's burgbe ies, but everyone else investigate wealthy people's burgbe forgotten. eryone else can be forgotten. >> may truth to that. is >> may be some truth to that. is particularly if it's a high high worth items . high value items. i worth items. high value items. i should say . should say. >> well, dale says to alert neighbours and scare off burglars. he has an air horn in his house. also a german shepherd and a baseball bat . so shepherd and a baseball bat. so that's, uh. well, dale seems pretty prepared. my dog didn't do much when, uh, a certain car got nicked from a certain drive , got nicked from a certain drive, but there you go. >> some dogs are more useful than others, i guess. but, uh, the is chihuahua the church is it a chihuahua moving on. the church chiming. they can be very loud. the church has been church of england has been instructed increase the size instructed to increase the size of its fund, aimed at addressing the of slavery. of its fund, aimed at addressing the this of slavery. of its fund, aimed at addressing the this directive very. of its fund, aimed at addressing the this directive comes from an >> this directive comes from an independent review commissioned by the which suggests by the church, which suggests that the current fund is insufficient to adequately, adequately address the

historical implications of the church's involvement with the slave trade. >> well, the church of england has expressed commitment to has expressed its commitment to confronting its historical role in slavery , but is a boost to £1 in slavery, but is a boost to £1 billion is really stick . billion is really stick. >> well, joining us now is royal broadcaster and commentator rafe heydel—mankoo coup and political commentator femi nylander. femi, let's start with you . there let's start with you. there basically any institution in any western country that is over a certain age is likely to have been tied up in this horrific industry at some point . what industry at some point. what does that mean? that that reparations hundreds of years later, are always necessary ? later, are always necessary? >> i'm glad you pointed that out, that the slave trade is something which is inextricably unked something which is inextricably linked with british society, almost every level and in almost every institution . and i'm glad every institution. and i'm glad you acknowledge that. and of course, um, that has course, that means, um, that has that has some implications which people , is people might not like, which is that institutions uk

that most institutions in the uk and the uk as a whole have this historical shame. and have reaped rewards from . this. but reaped rewards from. this. but i think with the case of the church in particular, there's something it's because we're not talking about lloyds bank, we're talking about lloyds bank, we're talking about lloyds bank, we're talking about an institution which claims to be a moral authority, an institution which claims to moral guide, and claims to be a moral guide, and a which about a text which talks about freedom, which gives the idea of an who martyred an individual who martyred themselves of themselves for the good of mankind . and we're talking mankind. and we're also talking about institution which about an institution which claims parts of claims that some parts of humanity , in terms of humanity, in terms of institutionalised religion in terms institutionalised terms of the institutionalised uk christian, like church of uk christian, like the church of england, it were, that claim england, as it were, that claim that weren't fully human, that people weren't fully human, that people weren't fully human, that owned slaves itself , and that owned slaves itself, and that owned slaves itself, and that participated this that that participated in this trade actually, when the trade. and actually, when the abolitionist movement started in the uk, it wasn't the church of england which actually drove it. it quakers which at the it was the quakers which at the time kind of a time were seen as kind of a radical offshoot in christian circles. so i do think it's very key we this key that we address this particularly the church, particularly with the church, because be because the church claims to be moral about moral and talks about retribution , talks talks retribution, talks about talks about for sin. that's

about repenting for sin. that's about repenting for sin. that's a key tenant in christianity. >> the idea of i have to bring in ralph here because we're pushed for time on this one. ralph justin welby's very much ianed ralph justin welby's very much invited to this. he's commissioned this report into reparations and investments to atone for historic slavery links. and this is the outcome , links. and this is the outcome, you know, just imagine how you would feel today if you were a victim of sex abuse at the hands of the anglican clergy in 2018. >> you know, welby said that the church was going to commit £200 million to the victims of church abuse. million to the victims of church abuse . well, now, six years abuse. well, now, six years later, those victims are still awaiting payment . you know, the awaiting payment. you know, the church of england has been dragging its field and doing everything it can to avoid or delay making these payments. so how would you feel if you're one of those victims? life of those victims? your life destroyed, ptsd , to destroyed, perhaps with ptsd, to hear the church talk and you know, femi, talk about healing and repairing and atoning for sins about something from 200 years ago. and there are no

victims alive today . nobody victims alive today. nobody alive today is a victim of slavery . we're talking about slavery. we're talking about eight generations ago and the lives of the great, great, great great great grandchildren of slaves in the caribbean are far better than they would have been had their ancestors never left africa. unfortunate africa. that's an unfortunate fact. people don't like to know the life expectancy the the life expectancy in the canbbean the life expectancy in the caribbean 15 years longer caribbean is 15 years longer than in west africa . the gdp per than in west africa. the gdp per headis than in west africa. the gdp per head is about ten times as high as it was , and there's a £1 as it was, and there's a £1 billion fund being allocated for all of this by the church of england. i think it's the ultimate indulgence and ultimate in indulgence and immoral perversity. actually to prioritise the lives of people in the 19th century over living victims in the 21st century. and i think the church of england will do very well to remember bible scripture, particularly matthew, where it says, you hypocrites , remove plank hypocrites, remove the plank from own eye. from your own eye. >> well, ralph femi , stay with >> well, ralph femi, stay with us. we're going to get a news update. thanks for kicking update. and thanks for kicking off this debate. we'll be back with both of you after our news

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right back and here we are. let's return to the royal broadcaster and commentator rafe heydel—mankoo and political commentator femi nylander. now, now , femi, you mentioned that now, femi, you mentioned that that, uh, slavery taints the united kingdom's history. it taints every country's history with almost no exceptions across the world. but one thing, the united kingdom can say is that we were the first country to do the most to wipe out this awful trade. we were the first country to permanently ban the slave trade . trade. >> um, so i will address your point. i just want to address some of the points made by ralph first. um, the idea that there's a false dichotomy between the sexual assault and slavery, slavery involved sexual assault on almost an unprecedented , um, on almost an unprecedented, um, level that slave trade level that the slave trade involved a level of rape which is unbelievable because these people were not seen as humans, they were seen as property and therefore there's no criminal accountability to raping your property um, so that's one

property. um, so that's one thing to and another thing thing to say. and another thing to say, of course, is that the church england annual church of england has an annual endowment billion, endowment of about 9 billion, and an income of and that produces an income of about billion. idea about 1 billion. so the idea that it doesn't have enough to money compensate victims of sexual and compensate sexual assault and compensate historical victims of slavery is also a false dichotomy . who are they? >> sorry to interrupt, but who are the who are the current victims of slavery ? victims of slavery? >> because apparently this fund will be used to invest in black led businesses and provide grants. are these black people who are current victims of slavery ? slavery? >> so we're talking about the descent . so again, it ties back descent. so again, it ties back again to what ralph was saying about africa. and the caribbean. people in the caribbean and africa have both today are feeling the consequences of the slave trade. when you take the best age men out of a best working age men out of a country, um, on a mass scale or out of a part of the world on a mass scale that's going to impact its development. and from then, the uk and the then, obviously the uk and the british own british church has had its own role perpetuating colonialism role in perpetuating colonialism in which has led in africa as well, which has led to being than the

to africa being poorer than the caribbean. to africa being poorer than the canbbean. as to africa being poorer than the caribbean. as ralph caribbean. um, as ralph mentioned. the caribbean is mentioned. but the caribbean is also still poor, the also still poor, and the canbbean also still poor, and the caribbean has still caribbean has also still suffering. the, the suffering. the, the, the, the consequences of development in on. >> let's bring ralph in on that point. let's bring ralph in on that point. the the, um, historical injustice of slavery is still present today and keeping people poor today. so therefore, the church of england should cough up. >> no, i mean, the reality is that the caribbean that most canbbean that the caribbean that most caribbean nations are middle income countries, uh, ranking higher on the united nations human development index than most countries in south and central america , including central america, including places like brazil , for example. places like brazil, for example. and there are some caribbean countries with income levels akin or higher than portugal, which was the world's greatest slave trading. trading state, putting an end to the idea that slavery somehow fuels the europe's wealth . the reason the europe's wealth. the reason the canbbeanis europe's wealth. the reason the caribbean is doing so well is because of colonialism and the british empire. the english language , the common law, the language, the common law, the institutions of parliamentary democracy police and its

democracy and its police and its universities and education system. that's the inheritance thatis system. that's the inheritance that is benefiting the lives of the descendants of slaves in the canbbean. the descendants of slaves in the caribbean . and there is no way caribbean. and there is no way you can just deny those sorts of facts. but amy made a very good important point, important point here. fund is going just to here. this fund is going just to black uh , schemes. doesn't black led, uh, schemes. doesn't matter if someone is a descendant of a slave , if they descendant of a slave, if they have no connection to slavery or indeed black people . today, indeed black people. today, there are millions of them who descend other owners. descend from other slave owners. you remember that there you have to remember that there were africans kept in were more africans kept in bondagein were more africans kept in bondage in africa by other africans than were ever transport across the atlantic. why should they potentially benefit from these church funds? but that's what the church of england essentially england is essentially saying. it's that all black it's saying that all black people today are the victims of slavery . and that's absolutely slavery. and that's absolutely absurd . absurd. >> so can you give me an example of a single, a single caribbean nafion of a single, a single caribbean nation with a gdp per capita higher than portugal that isn't a tax haven for, for uk tax exiles ? can you give me an

exiles? can you give me an example of one because you. yeah >> antigua and barbuda. you can go to saint kitts and nevis. uh they're all there. okay so what are their gdps per capita? >> how much higher than how much higher on gdp per capita level higher on a gdp per capita level are they portugal? because are they than portugal? because you're making these statements that basis fact, um, that have no basis in fact, um, moving on quite easily, but we're talking you can you can times higher gdp than benin and portugal than benin. yes. but you're making claims that you're that you're just not going to be a profit because they're based in falsehoods. but anyway, the point point, point, point of the point, the point, the point times before the the point three times before the point, point , the point three times before the point, point, of the point three times before the point, point , of course, point, the point, of course, is the point , of course, is that the point, of course, is that thatis the point, of course, is that that is that you deny the facts . that is that you deny the facts. no, the point, of course , the no, the point, of course, the point, of course. >> just finish. >> just finish. >> you deny the reality that the canbbeanis >> you deny the reality that the caribbean is much poorer than the west today, largely because of the structural adjustment loans given after the idea of enslaving a people, of stealing their labour, of dragging them to another part of the world, implanting them on the other part world, whilst at the part of the world, whilst at the

same killing a lot of the same time killing a lot of the indigenous people there. because the have the caribbean islands did have indigenous were indigenous people that were killed then killed by europeans, and then they by they were replaced by by by, by by and you've by africans. and so you've genocided some indigenous genocided off some indigenous people and replaced them people and you've replaced them with africans, and then you start them to repay extra start to ask them to repay extra payment on loans that you've given them. this is what has kept the caribbean poor. and there's examples of there's plenty of examples of this. but the point is point this. but the point is the point is black people today in is that black people today in the are disadvantaged because the uk are disadvantaged because they who have they are largely people who have come caribbean come from these caribbean nations, african nations, from these african nations. does produce nations. the uk does not produce anything really. it does not. it produces services i.e. bankers, lawyers, this, that and the rest . the uk actually . but what does the uk actually produce in terms of mineral wealth? terms of, in terms of services? >> are services are valuable perhaps more valuable than services are valuable when you want to when you when you have lawyers that help facilitate taxation, when you have like tax havens, when you have when you havens, when you have when you have lawyers that help facilitate tax evasion all over the talk the world. i wish we could talk about hours, but we're about this for hours, but we're going off to a break. going to head off to a break. thank for your time. thank you so much for your time. both and stick

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parliament. all eyes will turn to westminster as controversial, soon to be mp george galloway is sworn in to the house of commons, so technically he's not yet , is he, commons, so technically he's not yet, is he, until he's sworn in, until an mp ? until an mp? >> not until he's sworn in. well, questions have already ansen well, questions have already arisen about how it'll go down in chamber the newly in the chamber and if the newly elected for elected representative for rochdale take an oath and rochdale will take an oath and swear allegiance king and swear allegiance to the king and his heirs. >> joining us is our >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, what we utley. olivia, what can we expect this afternoon ? expect this afternoon? >> well , it's expect this afternoon? >> well, it's already expect this afternoon? >> well , it's already pretty >> well, it's already pretty controversial. george galloway is swearing into parliament. it was rumoured that david davis , was rumoured that david davis, the conservative mp, would be accompanying galloway by the protocol is that when an mp is sworn in, they are flanked on

both sides by mps who are already sitting in the house. galloway claimed that david davis would be coming with him. david davis said that actually he was planning on bringing galloway into the chamber, introducing galloway to the chamber as it's known because he believes in free speech and civil liberties. but when he heard what, uh, what galloway's deputy, chris williamson, said about israel , uh, that he about israel, uh, that he doesn't condemn the attacks of october 7, he changed his mind. so david davis will not be swearing george galloway and instead it'll be jeremy corbyn, old jeremy corbyn and peter bottomley, the father of the house, who will be flanking george galloway . galloway has george galloway. galloway has already said that he has 59 candidates of the workers party who he wants to stand at a general election, which is obviously making mps feel pretty jittery. the prime minister has, uh, not made any bones about his dislike like of george galloway,

which is clearly shared by galloway himself , returned with galloway himself, returned with interest, perhaps . so this idea interest, perhaps. so this idea of another 59, uh, potential candidates fighting a general election is pretty nerve wracking. it should be said, though , that the rochdale though, that the rochdale election was pretty extraordinary. labour's campaign completely imploded when they withdrew their backing for azhar ali and of course, galloway himself, like him all over them, is very charismatic and he's a fantastically good campaigner . fantastically good campaigner. so the idea that he could replicate that victory across the country seems to me quite unlike ali. but even if there aren't another 59, galloway's waiting in the wings to come into parliament. i think the original george galloway himself is likely to cause quite a lot of controversy . we'll have to of controversy. we'll have to wait until his maiden speech, which will probably be in a few weeks , to get a real taste of weeks, to get a real taste of what he's going to be about in parliament. but for this afternoon is going to be the very first introduction where we'll probably see a few

indications of the future of galloway in parliament. >> but really, really fascinating . i am looking fascinating. i am looking forward to seeing all of the different options he has. well, he swear or affirm. will he cross his fingers when he has to? uh uh, pledge allegiance to the king? uh, yeah. >> really. thanks, olivia. thanks olivia utley. our political correspondent there. yes, it will be. it will be quite interesting. i have seen in inbox that some people in the inbox that some people are, although, uh, this particular has said he, uh, particular chap has said he, uh, he doesn't like him, but he's looking forward to his speeches because, yes, he does pride himself on being a good orator, doesn't he, even though he does, uh, repeat the phrases he's uh, repeat the same phrases he's he's said forever. >> of the same. what >> two cheeks of the same. what was but, coming up, was it now? but, uh, coming up, the judge allowed the seniorjudge who allowed three women convicted of terrorism offences to walk free from prison last month, will be investigated over his alleged bias. this is gb news, britain's election

channel >> it's 150 or watching good afternoon britain with me and tom. now it's understood tan ikram, the senior judge who allowed three women convicted of terrorism offences to walk free last month , will be investigated last month, will be investigated over his alleged bias. >> well, the deputy chief magistrate faced a barrage of criticism after he , quote criticism after he, quote unquote, decided not to punish the women who had displayed para guder the women who had displayed para glider images at a pro—palestinian protest in london following the rather lenient sentencing . it emerged lenient sentencing. it emerged he had recently liked social media posts that branded israel a terrorist state and called for a terrorist state and called for a free palestine . right. a free palestine. right. >> well, joining us now to discuss this is the barrister and writer stephen barrett . and writer stephen barrett. stephen, great to speak to you on one. you've been on this one. you've been following been happening following what's been happening here. now, how would this work? we heard from a number of top legal voices is that he needed to be invested because of this alleged bias. uh, so what

happens next with these sorts of things? how will this investigation look? >> well, we have a body called the judicial conduct investigations office, and it's, um , it does work in tandem with um, it does work in tandem with the ministry of justice and the and the lord chancellor. and it can investigate. it's a messy situation. it's not quite as clean or as clear as it used to be when we just had a lord chancellor , but it is at least chancellor, but it is at least our body that can apply the test. and we have legal tests for what is real bias and also what is apparent that bias. because justice must not merely be done, justice must be seen to be done, justice must be seen to be being done. so we take apparent bias as seriously as we would take a real bias. apparent bias as seriously as we would take a real bias . you would take a real bias. you know, these are it's very , very know, these are it's very, very important. i mean, it's actually it's ironic because we are where we are because as i've banged on for years, saying the definition of political has collapsed and so people don't understand that, they're actually saying all sorts of political things all of the judge contributed

the time. this judge contributed to called the bar, the to something called the bar, the good bench book or whatever it is. diversity in the judiciary and that that looks dangerously close to being political. so we'll to have an we'll need to have an investigation of judge . but investigation of this judge. but really it's about preserving the whole of the judiciary because they are one of most they are one of the most important institutions we have as a country. and i should flag up to your viewers that just last week, something incredibly dangerous happened . this country last week, something incredibly dangourus happened . this country last week, something incredibly dangour constitution . this country last week, something incredibly dangour constitution are 1is country last week, something incredibly dangour constitution are nowyuntry last week, something incredibly dangour constitution are now ontry and our constitution are now on and our constitution are now on a we're two trains hurling a on a we're two trains hurling towards each other with the echr . because what happened in the european court of human rights was a romanian judge said something outrageous , highly something outrageous, highly political, which would be totally against our constitutional tradition, totally unallowable. and the echr or the european court of human rights said that it was within the free speech rights of that judge to say political things . well, if that comes things. well, if that comes here, then i'm afraid the european court of human rights will judiciary. and will destroy our judiciary. and so is a very big, very so that is a very big, very dramatic thing. um, if that's going to happen , let's cling to

going to happen, let's cling to the constitution , then let's the old constitution, then let's have non—political judges and let's when, when incidents occur like this one, let's investigate it properly and fully, which is only right that that that occurs, you know, it must if you want protect the judiciary , want to protect the judiciary, we investigate these we must investigate these matters properly. >> we can't have judges just we can't judges just revealing can't have judges just revealing their thoughts willy their political thoughts willy nilly. that would be absolutely dreadful for justice. and the perception of justice, which you say is just as important. >> would be, stephen, just >> it would be, stephen, just very briefly , what do you say to very briefly, what do you say to those on the other side of the fence here that say, actually, this political prosecution this is a political prosecution of judge , that the people of a judge, that the people politicising this are those who have pointed out the social media likes of this particular judge . judge. >> well, the only reason that they can really say that is because, again, the definition of what or not political of what is or is not political has collapsed. collapsed has collapsed. it's collapsed into there are huge swathes of the country who still believe that political to say that it's political to say something that causes offence . something that causes offence. and therefore you say

and therefore if you say something doesn't cause something that doesn't cause offence, being offence, you're not being political . now, that's not true. political. now, that's not true. if say something political if you say something political and it doesn't cause offence, you said something you still said something political . and it's very political. and it's very important in country important in this country because of course, we have a long and noble tradition of the silent majority . so you can't silent majority. so you can't use as a test because the silent majority probably won't say anything, even deeply anything, even if you've deeply offended you know, it's offended them. you know, it's just it doesn't it doesn't work as a test and system. but we as a test and a system. but we have respected have the most respected judges in judiciary are in the world. our judiciary are probably important probably the most important institution in our country and institution in our country and in our constitution. if we want institution in our country and in preserve titution. if we want institution in our country and in preserve them,1. if we want institution in our country and in preserve them, we we want institution in our country and in preserve them, we must ant institution in our country and in preserve them, we must keep to preserve them, we must keep them out of politics and, stephen, you mentioned the silent majority as burke once wrote, while the crickets may chirp in the fields, the silent oxen are more in number. >> we'll be back right up with george galloway after this . george galloway after this. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of whether solar, the sponsors of whether on . gb news.

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on monday. the 4th of march. >> well, extremism could be redefined for the first time in a decade as part of a wider crackdown on those who seek to undermine democracy . undermine our democracy. >> this comes as george galloway is to be sworn into parliament.

this very afternoon, introduced by his old friend jeremy corbyn. will it be shunned or find other allies in the house of commons and reparations? >> the church of england has been told that its proposed £100 million in investment cuts is not enough to atone for its historic links to the slave trade, and that instead it should invest ten times as much. £1 billion. >> now it's less than half an hour until we're expecting to see george galloway make a triumphant return to the house of commons, a place he was voted out of in 2015. nine years ago. >> yes , he will be there. he'll >> yes, he will be there. he'll be sworn in with sir peter bottomley by his side and also jeremy corbyn, his close ally, i'd say. but will there be other allies for george galloway in

the house? >> george galloway, in the speech that we're looking at, images of now , said he wanted to images of now, said he wanted to build a grand coalition of voices who think like him on particularly the palestine, gaza issue, which is fascinating because some might say that jeremy corbyn, currently not a labour mp and independent mp, might he be minded to join such a grand coalition and could could a dramatic coalition of candidates, perhaps with different parties , perhaps under different parties, perhaps under the same banner? all stand at the same banner? all stand at the next general election and cause some upsets ? cause some upsets? >> well, let us know what you think about that. vaiews@gbnews.com. do you think he'll find some friends in the house of commons? i mean, it's often said that he's made a career out of cosying up to or defending britain's enemies or hostile states and he's found such things he denied that, of course, found some friends in the houthis who seemed to have promoted him to the role of global statesman, saying that

they'll release a ship if george galloway sends a letter , uh, galloway sends a letter, uh, from the from the british government signed by george galloway. >> i think they might be, um, trying trying to stir. yes. trying to trying to stir. yes. and how much? >> much he about >> how much will he talk about the maternity service in the local maternity service in rochdale and how much will he talk about gaza ? talk about gaza? >> well, one will be certainly more dramatic as a as a barnstorming speech. but anyway, let's get to all of that after your news headlines . your news headlines. >> tom, thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy, but will only do so in a responsible way. jeremy hunt made those comments while visiting a plant in wiltshire, where he also announced a £360 million funding boost for manufacturing . income tax has manufacturing. income tax has reached an historic high and while promising some cuts, the chancellor has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesday's budget .

wednesday's budget. >> we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsive, possible and recognises rises that there are things that taxes pay for , that things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing. we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently , then that will more efficiently, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers . mean less pressure on taxpayers. >> former home secretary dame priti patel says the government also needs to be more efficient when it comes to spending . when it comes to spending. >> we have over 500,000 civil servants now even to shave a degree off, that would cut pubuc degree off, that would cut public expenditure by at least £1 billion and that would be great. back again in 2010, 2016, when we had under, i think, around 400,000 civil servants, and that saved a significant amount, amount of money, the spending, the costs alone, i think, came down to something like £11 billion. this is where we have to be again to be an agile government that's fit in

the sense of financially sound , the sense of financially sound, sound money, conservative principles , but actually making principles, but actually making sure the public keep more of their their money. >> george galloway is due to be sworn in as the new rochdale mp, arriving in the commons this morning, he was asked how he feels about his comeback. well i'll tell you what's happening inside the bill. >> i always loved the building. the it >> i always loved the building. the h quhe >> i always loved the building. the it quite so the people in it not quite so much the workers party of britain leader won last week's by—election by more than 5500 votes. >> the focus of his campaign was the ongoing war in gaza. warnings to keir starmer that labour would pay a high price for enabling what he says is a catastrophe. mr galloway was the labour mp for 16 years. he was suspended from the party in 2003 over remarks made at the start of the iraq war. the rwanda bill returns to the house of lords this afternoon as the legislation enters its final stages in parliament. nearly 50 amendments have been tabled , amendments have been tabled, tabled, with a number of votes

expected today and on wednesday. among them, the government's assessment that rwanda is a safe country asylum seekers . it country for asylum seekers. it comes almost two years after ministers first announced the plan send some migrants plan to send some migrants to the african country . the the east african country. the government that the government has promised that the first flights will happen in the spring. meanwhile gb news understands around 330 migrants have been intercepted crossing the english channel in six small boats so far today. that's after 327 made the crossing yesterday , 327 made the crossing yesterday, the same day a seven year old girl died after a boat capsized. she'd been travelling with her pregnant mother , her father and pregnant mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of yesterday morning . hours of yesterday morning. education leaders are calling for a double digit pay rise for all teachers across england . all teachers across england. it's after the government said school salaries should return to a more reasonable level. the national association of head teachers union says england currently has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade. it says a raise

of at least 10% will counter the recruitment crisis. it's nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington, dc. it's her first victory over the former president in this year's campaign to become the republican presidential candidate. she lost in her home state of south carolina , but state of south carolina, but she's now the first woman to win a republican primary in us history. the only remaining challenger to donald trump in the race, she claimed almost 63% of the vote. however, mr trump has a significant lead over miss haley and is likely to face joe biden in the election . and a biden in the election. and a ferrari stolen from a former formula one driver 28 years ago has been recovered by the met police the sports car, stolen from austrian driver gerhard berger , is worth around berger, is worth around £350,000. the ferrari f512m had been shipped to japan and was brought to the uk last year , the brought to the uk last year, the met police says. officers responded after receiving a

report in january that it had been bought by someone in the us through a uk broker. for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . tom alerts. now it's back to. tom >> now how safe are we in britain ? the government is britain? the government is reportedly seeking to expand the definition of extremism for the first time in a decade to include those who seek to undermine british values and institutions . institutions. >> well, that would mean groups who use intimidation or violence could be excluded from taxpayer funding and many other things , funding and many other things, i'm sure. well, joining us now is telegraph columnist tim stanley. tim thank you very much for joining us on this. now, you wrote a very interesting piece in the telegraph, i think published this morning, about how you thought the conservatives haven't done an awful lot about this problem and

how rishi sunak speech was more talk, perhaps less action than what's needed . what's needed. >> it depends on what the nature of the action is. as i wrote in the column, he seems to be proposing that we will defend british freedoms by clamping down on our civil liberties . i'm down on our civil liberties. i'm not favour of that. i think not in favour of that. i think the background to the rise of extremism in this country is growing political polarisation. the consequences of mass migration on and a general loss of sort of faith in british civil and civic life and in british history and tradition. those are not things that i think can be solved by a government in the last few months of its life, trotting out a couple of bits of legislation which potentially it harder which potentially make it harder to be critical of british institutions. i'm not favour institutions. i'm not in favour of that. i just think it's all too little, late . and the too little, too late. and the conversation that he's proposing, have is the wrong proposing, we have is the wrong one. to his one. and if you go back to his speech week , he made speech last week, he made reference george galloway reference to george galloway having been endorsed by nick griffin. so what? george

galloway didn't seek that endorsement. nick griffin is a nobody, a complete politically, a completely dead figure who was currently flirting with political islam because it's one latest twist in the turn of british far right activism. but none of it really matters. i couldn't i got the sense the promiser couldn't put his finger on what extremists are, let alone what is going to do about it. and i'm not in favour of legislation being rushed through just look like the just to look like the government's getting on just to look like the gov of|ment's getting on just to look like the gov of a ent's getting on just to look like the gov of a decades getting on just to look like the gov of a decades long etting on just to look like the gov of a decades long problem. top of a decades long problem. >> isn't of the big >> but isn't one of the big problems that don't problems here that people don't feel they can talk about feel like they can talk about the extremism problem in certain sections of society ? we in the sections of society? we in the united kingdom and across the west more generally, people tiptoe around the edge of the issue. perhaps out of fear for their own safety . their own safety. >> well, precisely. they are worried about two things. one, being attacked for what they say, quite literally, physically . and secondly, they're worried

about the state clamping down on what they say , whether it be what they say, whether it be through facing some kind of penalty and employment or even even through police investigation . so when the investigation. so when the government comes out and says investigation. so when the govgoing nt comes out and says investigation. so when the gov going nt come a out and says investigation. so when the gov going nt come a broad d says investigation. so when the gov going nt come a broad warys it's going to have a broad war on extremism , i suspect that's on extremism, i suspect that's going to include people who are critical extremists , because critical of extremists, because the argument will be that if the problem is the radicalisation of british politics and undermining institutions, well, someone who comes out and says, look, i think we need a really strong solution to the problem of extreme ism. been embedded solution to the problem of ex'institutions been embedded solution to the problem of ex'institutions . been embedded solution to the problem of ex'institutions . wezen embedded solution to the problem of ex'institutions . we neednbedded solution to the problem of ex'institutions . we neednbytaked in institutions. we need to take another it. one could another look at it. one could argue that that person is themselves an extremist. and i would remind you the last would remind you in the last week, the labour party been week, the labour party has been arguing extreme arguing that the real extreme artists in british society right now are the party. they're now are the tory party. they're the ones sowing division. well, labouris the ones sowing division. well, labour is about to form the next government. by its definition government. so by its definition of extremism , a great number of of extremism, a great number of people who are on the centre right could find themselves suddenly labelled extremist. right could find themselves sudcjust labelled extremist. right could find themselves sudcjust labeieveryoneltremist. right could find themselves sudcjust labeieveryone to�*mist. right could find themselves sudcjust labeieveryone to step. so i just want everyone to step back from this. do we need new legislation? need do we legislation? do we need do we need talk about need this general talk about

extremism in society, or do we need an honest, frank conversation about where we are growing apart as a country? because that's obviously happening ? happening? >> uh, tim, i mean, what is the answer there? a frank conversation. is there any answer, or is this just the consequence of mass immigration in that you end up having a less socially cohesive society and that's just worth it for the benefits ? benefits? >> there are some things that one just simply has to accept. if we are a multicultural society with open borders, then you do, you do. welcome into your society communities which have different values and tensions will arise from that. we also have to accept that we are currently divided because we're because the world is going through a war in gaza, which is incredibly divisive and about which very strong which people have very strong opinion as been an opinion, as there's been an atmosphere in the last week, almost. galloway doesn't almost. george galloway doesn't have to sit in have a right to sit in parliament, or that his constituents don't have a right to vote for him. that's nonsense. this is a one off

election. i'm labour will election. i'm sure labour will take back in rochdale take the seat back in rochdale at next election . he is not at the next election. he is not going form a grand coalition going to form a grand coalition with in parliament. he's going to isolated. he'll make great to be isolated. he'll make great fodder journalists, fodder for journalists, but he's not to politics not going to turn politics upside and his coalition upside down. and his coalition outside of parliament will make no next no difference to the next general because it's general election, because it's going kicking going to be about kicking the tories electing labour. tories out and electing labour. so this this is a moment in so this is a this is a moment in our an our history, but it's an important moment to think about and difficult questions and ask. difficult questions about is this happening. and about why is this happening. and it might come back to some of those things that centrist politicians axiomatic politicians regard as axiomatic and good, like mass migration , and good, like mass migration, frankly, is george galloway perhaps not the person that will deliver that wider conversation, but a symptom of what could be in the future. >> what i'm trying to say is that george galloway does not make any bones about his position on. he knows that he is speaking primarily to one community primarily for one community and primarily for one community, and he has been electorally successful off the back of that, might we see

precisely the opposite happen with other communities in the united kingdom and start seeing people who are who are speaking as forthrightly as george galloway does about israel ? uh, galloway does about israel? uh, about muslim countries . about muslim countries. >> that that might happen. and one hopes it does not happen . one hopes it does not happen. uh, it, of course, is happening in little bits here and there. another big electoral issue on the doorstep for many communities is kashmir. it doesn't get nearly the amount of attention israel. but my attention as israel. but my goodness politicians goodness, local politicians do play goodness, local politicians do play it on both left and play upon it on both left and right , which play upon it on both left and right, which is play upon it on both left and right , which is rather right, which is rather troubling. it's but remember, britain has always had sectarianism. to those who say we've not been through something like just point like this before, i just point at northern ireland, we do. there members of parliament there are members of parliament who their seats who don't take their seats because don't . they because they don't. they don't support british sinn support the british state. sinn fein. always had an fein. so we've always had an issue like this. um it's just that we're seeing a new variation of it, and i don't know what the solution to it is, but i think trying to put it under the umbrella of a vague tum extremism , as if british

tum of extremism, as if british society, there are people , society, there are people, individuals just going individuals who are just going a little bit too far, i think is nonsense , let alone the threat nonsense, let alone the threat of legislation . that would mean of legislation. that would mean silencing by force of the state. >> well, tim stanley, uh, columnist at the daily telegraph, really appreciate your time . i know you've got to your time. i know you've got to run off back to parliament and see galloway, get see george galloway, uh, get introduced i know what to. >> i don't know what you do about this. mean, you have about this. i mean, you have often on the left people who are very keen to degradate our history. so don't have that history. so you don't have that strong sense of british history , strong sense of british history, values, traditions. so therefore you're asking people to integrate into something that seems nebulous when you seems quite nebulous when you ask people, what does it mean to be people give really be british? people give really rubbish answers. they're not sure . sure. >> oh, it means eating fish and chips and equality. and i chips and equality. and like, i mean, surely any decent country would that's the value would say that that's the value of their country. i think you're absolutely what absolutely right, emily. what makes britain special and unique and different is our history , and different is our history, our proud history and more

people sharing in that history should be a good thing. rather than defining themselves as against it. and i wonder if there is there's an issue here if we say that migration equals multicultural ism, we're doing a disservice to the countries that have been built on migration but have been built on migration but have been built on migration but have been built on uni culturalism everyone buying into one sort of idea of, for example , what it is to be american. i mean, america is a nation of immigrants built upon an idea of a homogenous, uh, society . and i a homogenous, uh, society. and i wonder if there's something that we could learn there in the united kingdom. yes. >> having something strong and proud to integrate into would be a good start . proud to integrate into would be a good start. but proud to integrate into would be a good start . but anyway, the a good start. but anyway, the chancellor will deliver his spnng chancellor will deliver his spring budget this wednesday , a spring budget this wednesday, a final opportunity for the government to lay out their plans of next general election. >> and there's been much speculation about drum tax speculation about drum roll tax cuts , with jeremy hinting cuts, with jeremy hunt hinting at his fiscal plans earlier today. >> we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is

responsive, able and recognises is that there are things that taxes pay for that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing. we'll do so in a responsive way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently, then then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers , less pressure on taxpayers, less pressure on taxpayers, less pressure on taxpayers . pressure on taxpayers. >> sounds nice, but let's get the truth with our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money reporter . liam with on the money reporter. liam are we skint ? are we skint? >> we're not skint on. we're the fifth or sixth biggest economy in the world, depending on how you measure it. but in recent years gdp, the sum total of goods and services in the economy all transact ons has grown very, very slowly and gdp per head , which is the really per head, which is the really crucial , um, per head, which is the really crucial, um, measure of living standards , has actually shrunk standards, has actually shrunk for the last 6 or 7 quarters. so

for the last 6 or 7 quarters. so for getting on for two years. and that's why a lot of us feel a lot poorer . and that's why a lot of us feel a lot poorer. things are getting so much more expensive. real wages after inflation haven't quite caught up . and of course, quite caught up. and of course, the government, when growth is slow, when the economy isn't expanding. but there's ever more demand for public services , has demand for public services, has less and less tax revenue with which to pay for those public services. yet the tax burden , services. yet the tax burden, the share of the entire economy thatis the share of the entire economy that is taxed is approaching a 70 year high. despite the fact that the tories traditionally the low tax party, have been in power either on their own or in coalition for 14 years. that's why jeremy hunt is under enormous pressure, not just from his own backbenchers, but from many traditional centre and centre right voters to lower taxes . but he's having a hard taxes. but he's having a hard time convincing himself that he's able to lower taxes when this budget statement is given later this week, let's have a look at some of the main points. the budget statement is on wednesday. that's the 6th of

march. we're expecting it to be sometime just after midday. after parliamentary questions . after parliamentary questions. and the speculation is that jeremy hunt may cut 1 or £0.02 off the main 20% rate of income tax. but there's also speculation he may instead cut national insurance instead. that's kind of a tax in all but name, he cut the main rate from 12 to 10. national insurance uh, that came in in january. 12 to 10. national insurance uh, that came in in january . um, in that came in in january. um, in order to pay for these tax cuts, he wants to raise certain taxes on the wealthy. so particularly , on the wealthy. so particularly, uh, airfares , business class uh, airfares, business class airfares, the surcharge that you pay airfares, the surcharge that you pay if you're wealthy enough to turn left as you get on the plane, rather than turn right. and he also wants to end or certainly water down the so—called non—dom tax status. thatis so—called non—dom tax status. that is a regime that allows wealthy foreigners who are resident in the uk but not domiciled , and ask a tax lawyer domiciled, and ask a tax lawyer what the difference between those two is. it's quite

metaphysical. they can pay very little tax on their overseas earnings. labour wants that non—dom tax status to end the tories are sort of matching them. if the speculation is true. so money's tight , uh, that true. so money's tight, uh, that he hasn't got much fiscal headroom to play with, even though the tories have a general election coming up probably in the autumn , and they the autumn, and they instinctively want to cut taxes, the chancellor is saying we probably can't afford to cut taxes very much. yeah. >> and of course it doesn't help us as well that there are so many people out of work at the minute. very much. minute. thank you very much. liam our liam halligan there, our economics editor economics and business editor a little for budget. little preview for the budget. >> we're >> and in ten minutes we're expecting galloway to be expecting george galloway to be sworn the of sworn in to the house of commons. stay with .

us. good afternoon. britain 2:23. and now the conservative member

of parliament and former minister for london, paul scully , is set to stand down before the next general election . the next general election. >> yes, and i'm pleased to say paul scully joins us now. paul why are you deciding to step down then ? down then? >> hi , both of you. look, i'm >> hi, both of you. look, i'm not stepping down before the next election. i'm stepping down at the next election to just be clear, there are no by elections or i'm just or anything like that. i'm just not be standing. look not going to be standing. look it's a while in the making. um, and, you know, i think i my and, you know, i think i lost my mojo sometime year, and, mojo sometime last year, and, uh, not right that as uh, uh, it's not right that as the, you know, you look at what's happening in the party, i think sutton and chime is, uh, eminently winnable. but the next five years, i think , are a five years, i think, are a challenge for me personally. so it's not right i'm, uh , uh, it's not right that i'm, uh, uh, there when someone else should probably take up the cudgels . probably take up the cudgels. so, paul, and move things forward. i'm not going to be. yeah so. >> so it's not got anything to do with the heat you got after youn do with the heat you got after your, uh, comments on the old no

go areas ? go areas? >> no, i'd already i'd already told my association chairman , told my association chairman, uh, the weekend before, actually , that, uh, of my intentions and, uh, actually, the only reason that it's taken so long to go public is because i didn't want it to be associated with that, because that was not anything to with my decision. anything to do with my decision. it however , confirmed that it has, however, confirmed that i've right decision to i've made the right decision to be because i just be honest, uh, because i just think there's a big disassociation on, especially on social media, these kind of things, when you're speaking about something so important as, uh, community cohesion to try and boil it down to four people, um , inappropriate words that um, inappropriate words that i chose rather than the 12 minute interview that i get when i was arguing exactly the opposite of what i've been accused of doing . what i've been accused of doing. i think it's just borne on my frustration of politics as a whole, and where we are going, where we risk going as a party over the next five years if we don't our game and create don't up our game and create a vision, a different, positive vision, a different, positive vision for the country . vision for the country. >> so easy to see

>> you know, it's so easy to see how of your colleagues how so many of your colleagues and you yourself have become frustrated with the way that politics works with the ability of getting legislation through or even staying united as a party. all of those, i imagine, have fed into this atmosphere that has seen so many of your colleagues deciding that this is their last election to fight. but but, paul, you say that the party needs to be rebuilt and that it needs energy and that it needs ideas and it needs the sorts of ideas that you're espousing . i read your twitter espousing. i read your twitter thread saying that it's important to stay within the bell curve of british public opinion . surely you're an opinion. surely you're an important voice in that fight. >> i am, but you know, i'm 56 and i don't want to retire as a politician, so i was probably only going to do one more time anyway. i'm not going to be part , in that the long terme , uh, in that of the long terme solution from the inside of the party. it mean i'm not

party. it doesn't mean i'm not going my and going to be having my say and getting involved in way, getting involved in some way, shape form . but i think the, shape or form. but i think the, you problem with being you know, the problem with being an mp is this odd, odd job where you notice period is five years, uh, unless you're going to do a bofis uh, unless you're going to do a boris or nigel adams or nadine boris or a nigel adams or nadine dorries i have dorries or the like. um, i have to sign up for another five years. and that's just not something i particularly want to do personally. and for the sake of uh, you know, partner and of my, uh, you know, partner and family i think, family and friends, uh, i think, uh, to be able uh, you know, i want to be able to on to pastures but to move on to pastures new, but helping rebuild helping the party rebuild because you have to do it from the ground, taking people the centre ground, taking people with not about it's with you. it's not about it's not losing a battle um, the not losing a battle of, um, the battle ideas, but it's just battle of ideas, but it's just not into an ideology not diving into an ideology without taking people with you rather than just sitting in the deep end and saying, the water's warm, in, start the warm, come in, start in the centre move people centre ground and move people with you want to go i >> -- >> well, you've described yourself voice yourself as a moderate voice and yourself as a moderate voice and you wrote a piece, i think, in the telegraph following the heat over areas. comments over the no go areas. comments saying know, you've saying that, you know, you've had a huge support for muslim communities in the past and

because of being called an islamophobe now you just want to retreat . retreat. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, look, i knew i obviously knew what i was making my announcement at some point when i wrote those words, but it was more i was being very specific about that debate in particular, because 15 years of working with british bangladeshis , british bangladeshis, british pakistanis, with the ahmadi community, dodi, uh, muslim community, dodi, uh, muslim community, it's been really difficult to, uh, to then go through that process. but as i say , that's doing say, all that's doing is confirming my decision. it's not making my decision , which was making my decision, which was already and the process already made up and the process started then. started before then. >> just finally, of course, >> and just finally, of course, you did stand to be mayor of london. you weren't selected for the shortlist. so no conservative members got to vote for your candidacy. in the end, it was all a big mess. but do you rule out standing for any non—parliamentary roles in our politics in the future ? politics in the future? >> uh, none . >> uh, none. >> uh, none. >> yeah, i may for stand

something i don't know. it's the honest answer in the future. you know, certainly this mayoral election there's been touted around going stand election there's been touted arc and going stand election there's been touted arcanindependent.ing stand election there's been touted arcan independent.ing not and election there's been touted arcan independent.ing not going as an independent. i'm not going to you know, let's to be, um, but, you know, let's see we do. uh, in the see what we do. uh, in the future. i, you know, i london is really important to me. spent really important to me. i spent four years minister for four years as minister for london. and when london does london. uh, and when london does well , the does well. and well, the uk does well. and there are 9 million people that are so different each are so different from each other, together to make other, but come together to make this amazing city. so i this most amazing city. so i care passionately about it. and i want the conservatives and everybody, frankly, to do the best for this city. and i think we just letting them down at the moment allowing khan, moment by allowing sadiq khan, um, scale um, a comparative free run scale for london 2028, did i hear did i? >> i'll be the first to say it. um, paul scully, thank you so much for joining um, paul scully, thank you so much forjoining us. and talking much for joining us. and talking through your decision. >> very interesting indeed. well looking ahead to is gb news looking ahead to this is gb news political editor, christopher hirst. we'll be going to be speaking to christopher hope because parliament is facing a pretty big moment in the next few minutes. >> we're expecting george

galloway to enter the house of commons for the first time in almost a decade, be introduced on one side by sir peter bottomley , the father of the bottomley, the father of the house, and the other side is jeremy independent jeremy corbyn, now independent member of parliament for islington north. but former leader the labour party , of coui'se. >> course. >> yes, well , uh, george >> yes, well, uh, george galloway will be there. we'll be bringing you live from the house of commons. everything that goes with whether he swears with it. whether he swears allegiance king and his allegiance to the king and his heirs and, uh, and successors and all of that, and whether there will be some kind of reception for him, whether positive one or a negative one, will he find allies in the commons? i think he will. among some of the momentum lock, those that are left. >> anyway, i'm interested to see if a full chamber, if if it will be a full chamber, if it will be a busy chamber. i know of my friends in the know lots of my friends in the press proud press gallery are proud in their, to watch it. we their, uh, to watch it. so we know that the press gallery will be full, but will the green be very full, but will the green benches of mps be particularly full? will people want to be? i'm sure. i'm not sure. >> think it will probably >> i think it will probably be, yes. probably up

yes. they probably won't turn up at all, will they? probably. well i don't know. >> i think just the press. there have been , there have been have been, there have been reports he's been , uh, reports that he's been, uh, chatting to diane abbott chatting away to diane abbott in, uh, in portcullis house, which is sort the big atrium which is sort of the big atrium where, where members of parliament and lunch. but, parliament meet and lunch. but, um, but christopher hope has been skulking the corridors of parliament all day for us. and christopher, just first lady. i want a line from you on. paul scully . i mean, he's he's scully. i mean, he's he's perhaps not the biggest household name in politics, but anyone who's worked in westminster over the last decade will have known him and known westminster over the last decade willworkz known him and known westminster over the last decade wil|work .known him and known his work. >> that's right. and hi, both . >> that's right. and hi, both. yeah. he's a very decent man . yeah. he's a very decent man. really? i think someone who will be missed in public life. he was a former london minister, a post office minister for a period , office minister for a period, um, a tech minister. he ran too, didn't he, to be, um, the tory candidate to beat sadiq khan didn't get that. lost out to susan hall. he's been critical of susan hall being a weak

candidate since then. many would agree with scully's analysis . agree with scully's analysis. um, he's lost his marriage and two friends have been killed as mps. he's had a quite a life, i think, and he felt he had decided to go well before the, the, the misspeak last week about no go areas. he tried to explain what he meant by that. i think just to you on air just explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, to you on air just explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, io you on air just explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, i think on air just explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, i think he air just explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, i think he feels st explain what he meant by that. i thinkum, i think he feels that now, um, i think he feels that there's no there's increasingly a lack of nuance on social media. people's confirmation bias is added in. and he's frankly wants a different life, age 56. and i think all the best of him. >> yes, he sees himself as a moderate voice, clearly misunderstood at some point. at least that's what he makes of it. but george galloway, christopher george galloway is very much back, and he's going to be sworn in very, very imminently . imminently. >> that's right. it's one mp exits george galloway arrives in parliament this afternoon. libya a press conference with him around just after 3:00. we'll bnng around just after 3:00. we'll bring that to you live at gb news and we're going to see him

shortly. being sworn, uh, as an mp. um it'll be the fourth time he's sworn as a different seat. he he he, along with winston churchill, are the only two mps in history to have represented four different towns and cities in the country. there you have him screen, in his him now on screen, now in his fedora. whether he wears his hat in the the commons in the house of the commons chamber, don't know . i in the house of the commons chamber, don't know. i think chamber, i don't know. i think he wears that because he was a subject to a physical attack. um about ago. and it may about ten years ago. and it may cover some i don't cover up some scarring. i don't know he the know why he wears the hat. i think that's wears it. it think that's why he wears it. it certainly them a of certainly gives them a kind of certainly gives them a kind of certain dramatic profile certain, uh, a dramatic profile in the house of commons. um, and he's quite a speaker, so i don't think he'll say anything in the commons today, but he will certainly make him make his presence and he say , presence known. and as he say, the writers, the the sketch writers, the journalists in the press gallery where i work normally are sharpening pens as we speak. >> christopher, i think , correct >> christopher, i think, correct me if i'm wrong. i think there's a rule against hats in a rule against wearing hats in the house of commons. remember the house of commons. i remember peter bone, former of peter bone, the former member of parliament wellingborough, parliament for wellingborough, standing minister's standing up at prime minister's

questions, popping on standing up at prime minister's q hat ions, popping on standing up at prime minister's q hat ion his popping on standing up at prime minister's qhat ion his head popping on standing up at prime minister's q hat ion his head forpopping on standing up at prime minister's q hat ion his head for wear,|g on standing up at prime minister's q hat ion his head for wear, a on a hat on his head for wear, a hat day being reprimanded by hat day and being reprimanded by the speaker for such, uh, intransigence. yes >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> but i think if it's for medical reasons or for a reason that's understand able, that might be different. i think, tom. of course sikhs can wear turbans and arrest in the house, and that's all. of course that's fine. um, in the old days, of course, tom, you might remember this, um, on on budget day, mps would a hat to symbolise would wear a hat to symbolise where constituency is. so where their constituency is. so miners mine mps with mining in the area would put a miner's helmet on. um, and that was certainly there was that was allowed, i think, on certain days. but my favourite one was my favourite was the was up my favourite one was the was up until blair got in and changed all the rules in order. >> if you wanted to make a point of order during a division , you of order during a division, you had to wear a top hat and they kept a pop up top hat . yes. uh, kept a pop up top hat. yes. uh, i think the clerks of the house had, and they had to throw the hat across, catch the hat, pop out the hat, put the hat on in

order to make the point of order. it's such a grand tradition that we sadly lost, uh, modernisation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes modernisation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes .modernisation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes. i odernisation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes. i thinkisation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes. i think iation tradition that we sadly lost, uh, yes. i think i saw that 1997. yes. i think i saw that come back during the brexit wars , i think, tom, i think they tried to bring in the hat again and it was chucked about bit and it was chucked about a bit at point when, his at some point when, when his late sitting our late night sitting so in our country these things never, never galloway is in the never kill galloway is in the commons allegiance to his majesty king charles. >> his heirs and successors according to law. so help me god i >> -- >> well, there we have. george galloway has sworn allegiance to the king. he's chosen to swear, not affirm. that is, the more traditional way to do it . and i traditional way to do it. and i think we could see in his hand there the holy bible. so uh, very, very interesting . he's very, very interesting. he's done the more traditional choice now, a lot of socialist members of parliament choose to affirm rather than to swear by almighty god, but he has chosen to swear ,

god, but he has chosen to swear, which i think perhaps speaks to some of his traditionalist , some of his traditionalist, small c conservative politics, which has actually probably been underreported. he of course, did do one letter and leaflets to more working class areas of rochdale , saying he would crack rochdale, saying he would crack down on grooming gangs. >> he's talking to, uh, lindsay hoyle there. the speaker, he's not wearing a hat . so there you not wearing a hat. so there you go. that puts that to bed . but go. that puts that to bed. but he's got his pass around his neck right. we now come to question. >> and that was that very interesting that he chose to swear he didn't cross his fingers and he appeared to be holding a bible. christopher hope. >> that's right. i'm trying to find out who who may be accompanied him into the house, because over the weekend , uh, because over the weekend, uh, david davis, the former brexit secretary, had been tipped as someone who might do that. that didn't was jeremy didn't happen. was it jeremy corbyn? pictures came to us corbyn? it pictures came to us quite late. i think we could see peter in the corner of peter bottomley in the corner of the chamber. >> like that could

>> it seemed like that could have been. i'm just going to get it up for you now, chris. but do continue. yeah >> peter bottomley, of course, is the of the house is the father of the house of commons. the longest is the father of the house of commoimp the longest is the father of the house of commoimp and the longest is the father of the house of commoimp and he longest is the father of the house of commoimp and he probably felt serving mp and he probably felt that he's to welcome the that he's got to welcome the newest who is george newest mp, who is george galloway . um, whether think galloway. um, whether i think jeremy corbyn did it the same, you've got the if. well, we'll wait if that's the case. wait and see if that's the case. but now going to be an but yeah he's now going to be an mp. saw him there his mp. you saw him there with his familiar white familiar green and white lanyard, which signifies being an the house commons. an mp in the house of commons. he didn't wear his hat. that may be a respect thing because of course down the course he was swearing down the bible to the king. bible an allegiance to the king. we'll he wears it in the we'll see if he wears it in the future, but he's going to be an interesting in the house interesting figure in the house of which will of commons. which which will make interesting make parliament more interesting for because i think for good or bad, because i think we certainly we have plenty of mps, certainly jewish who will be jewish mps, who will be concerned about his arrival in parliament. the parliament. you heard what the pm last on friday. pm said on last week. on friday. he thought was beyond he thought it was beyond alarming mr galloway alarming that the mr galloway was parliament. we'll was back in parliament. we'll see his first intervention is. >> i is.- >> i can is. >> i can confirm it was not jeremy corbyn. it looks to me like neale hanvey, the alba like it's neale hanvey, the alba

party mp , who stood beside him party mp, who stood beside him as he was being introduced . i as he was being introduced. i think that's neil as alongside sir peter bottomley , peter sir peter bottomley, peter bottomley wearing his, uh, you crane tie. but uh, but yes, the alba party mp alongside the father of the house. >> yes. i'm sure we can get that for you again so you can see at home some. >> well , sorry. home some. >> well, sorry. yeah. i mean, that makes some sense because he'll be sitting with mps from the alba party and other independents on that corner of the house of commons. so in a sense, that was something who will be sitting with him in parliament, almost welcoming will be sitting with him in pathe nent, almost welcoming will be sitting with him in pathe benchalmost welcoming will be sitting with him in pathe benchalmost they oming will be sitting with him in pathe benchalmost they sit.1g to the bench where they sit. >> hmm. well, good to get all of that summed up. i think perhaps surprising some that he chose surprising to some that he chose the most traditional thing to do when , uh, when swearing in as when, uh, when swearing in as a member of parliament. but christopher hope, thank you very much for your reaction. >> i don't know, i think he knows would appear knows that it would appear perhaps little childish if he perhaps a little childish if he didn't. wants to do it

didn't. so he wants to do it properly. he's back in properly. and now he's back in the lots principles. >> um, republicans choose to affirm. >> i don't know if he is a republican, he? republican, is he? >> don't think he is, actually. >> oh, there you go. yes and presumably he'll now be given one the very tiny little one of the very tiny little offices parliament. but offices there in parliament. but anyway, come, anyway, still to come, the church being urged church of england is being urged to fund slavery to boost its fund for slavery reparations £1 reparations. guess what? to £1 billion, you're watching. good afternoon on

gb news. good afternoon britain. >> it's 20 to 3 and the church of england has been instructed to increase the size of its fund, aimed at addressing the legacy of slavery. yes. >> this directive comes from an independent review commissioned by the church itself, which suggests that the current fund is insufficient but is a boost to £1 billion from £100 million completely unrealistic , £1 completely unrealistic, £1 billion. well, joining us is

journalist and broadcaster peter whittle . so peter, what do you whittle. so peter, what do you make of this? we've heard from justin welby many a time about the historic wrongs of slavery . the historic wrongs of slavery. he's apologised at length for the church's role in links and whatever else . uh, and now he's whatever else. uh, and now he's taking potentially going to take this advice. what do you think ? this advice. what do you think? >> well, um , emily, uh, i think >> well, um, emily, uh, i think it is quite typical now of the church of england. it has to be said , um, basically this is said, um, basically this is a fund which they're aiming to make 1 billion, as you say, rather than 100 million to expunge the moral thinness , expunge the moral thinness, slavery. um, they're going to make sure that it, um, there is investment in black led businesses all over the world. i mean, look , where do you start mean, look, where do you start with this? the fact is that the church of england has been pretty much captured by what we would call critical race theory, right? it is completely from top to bottom, infected with, uh,

guilt. white guilt . to bottom, infected with, uh, guilt. white guilt. um, and you would say, would you? not that if you're going to try and raise a billion, you might want to use it for the current day scourge of, uh , slavery as it is in the of, uh, slavery as it is in the world today ? it's worse than world today? it's worse than it's ever been. in fact , um, it's ever been. in fact, um, it's ever been. in fact, um, it's just that this is always entirely on this one particular aspect of the, uh, trade, um, which was the transatlantic trade . um, and which was the transatlantic trade. um, and in which was the transatlantic trade . um, and in fact which was the transatlantic trade. um, and in fact , which was the transatlantic trade . um, and in fact , the trade. um, and in fact, the church obviously is completely obsessed with this. and somehow by spending money, it's a form of reparations. that's what it is . um, of reparations. that's what it is. um, basically they are going to try and expunge their guilt . to try and expunge their guilt. um, this comes at a time when, uh, when the church of england is taking on get this, um, a deconstructing whiteness officer. this was announced last week in the midlands. right. this should tell you basically everything about where the church of england is now. you

know, this is something which sees whiteness as some kind of pathological state. and so what have we had as well this past week? uh, this past month, indeed, from church of england, we've had that they are helping, uh, illegal migrants, for example, with their so—called conversions to christianity in order to, uh, make sure that they get successful applications . um, we hear nothing from the church about all the various other things that we are really faced with at the moment. senous faced with at the moment. serious problems such as the threat of islamism , for example, threat of islamism, for example, uh, the fact that we might have a new blasphemy law coming in under labour, which , frankly, under labour, which, frankly, you would think the church should have something on, should have something to say on, uh, fact , no, what it uh, but in fact, no, what it does, it goes back to these, uh, past , um, uh, does, it goes back to these, uh, past, um, uh, act does, it goes back to these, uh, past , um, uh, act such does, it goes back to these, uh, past, um, uh, act such as the transatlantic slavery trade. um, not once as well has there been any acknowledgement . and you any acknowledgement. and you think this would be this would be, uh, celebrated that this

country abolished slavery. you know, it abolished slavery. it was the first country to do so. and, uh, essentially then went around the world, used its royal navy to go around the world, uh, to basically make sure that that , uh, abolition was enforced all over the world for 50 years. so um, but basically, the church isn't interested in that. it's interested in basically enforcing critical race theory, which sees , uh, basically white which sees, uh, basically white people as inherently racist . people as inherently racist. >> yeah. no, it's an absolute it's a fundamental point that you raise there, peter, that this country did more than any other to wipe out the evils of the slave trade. lord liverpool made it a condition of the, uh , made it a condition of the, uh, of the peace of vienna to at the end of the napoleonic wars that all these other great powers had to do none them did. um, to do it. none of them did. um, but but and frankly, the christian movement in this country the driving force country was the driving force behind getting of the slave behind getting rid of the slave trade . but i'm so sorry. this behind getting rid of the slave trade. but i'm so sorry. this is all had time for. i could

all we had time for. i could talk about this. i know, and i know we can talk about this for the rest of the program. the whole rest of the program. um, absolutely. >> i mean, the church um, absolutely. >> they i mean, the church um, absolutely. >> they justmean, the church um, absolutely. >> they just talk], the church um, absolutely. >> they just talk], the how h can't. they just talk about how brilliant and brilliant christianity is and how, parishes how, you know, local parishes are doing fantastic job with are doing a fantastic job with this ? anyway, don't this and that? anyway, don't go anywhere. we'll be anywhere. up next, we'll be discussing princess of wales discussing the princess of wales because to because her uncle is set to appear on a reality tv show. well, you know which one you're watching. good afternoon britain on

gb news. right? it's 250. you're watching, listening to. good afternoon britain. now the princess of wales is uncle, a gary goldsmith myth is set to make an appearance on the latest season of celebs big brother, which is starting tonight. >> goodness me, i didn't realise it was still going , but can we it was still going, but can we expect any royal secrets to be revealed or will gary goldsmith be on his best behaviour? >> well, presumably they want

him on to try and reveal some secrets . yes, we're joined by secrets. yes, we're joined by royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron . i mean, i walker. uh, cameron. i mean, i heard that they'd vitae his family had pretty much vetoed it last time around. he's been asked a few times . this time asked a few times. this time he's suddenly allowed in. have his family just given up or he's just, uh, disobeying their orders? >> well , the sun was reporting >> well, the sun was reporting this morning that, uh, gary, gary goldsmith actually also auditioned for i'm a celebrity , auditioned for i'm a celebrity, but itv backtracked on that for fear that they would upset the palaces . so why now? he's palaces. so why now? he's reportedly going into the celebrity big brother house, the first season of celebrity big brother uh, we're brother since 2018. uh, we're not entirely sure . clearly, the not entirely sure. clearly, the papers are reporting that the middleton family, as in carol middleton, the mother of the princess of wales, who is sister of gary, is, uh , let's say, not of gary, is, uh, let's say, not particularly interested in press for sons saying they are inferior rated by that news. i have tried to get some kind of answer out of kensington palace as to their thoughts. so far have received no response. um,

but i think, to be honest, if gary does talk about his , uh, gary does talk about his, uh, niece, the princess of wales , i niece, the princess of wales, i think it will be quite measured. i think he'll be very supportive and probably singing her praises, to be honest. he did an interview with gb around interview with gb news around a year ago where he really did praise the princess of wales's down to earth nature, saying she was much a hugger, a family was very much a hugger, a family person and all the rest of it. even when the cameras are turned off and mentions prince george as course, gary as well. because of course, gary is only the niece. sorry, is not only the niece. sorry, not only the uncle of the princess of wales, but he's also the great uncle of future king prince george. so clearly there is a bit of a connection here and a bit of a perhaps headache for the royal family to exactly what says. what predict, what he says. what i predict, though , is that he's also going though, is that he's also going to very critical about the to be very critical about the duke and duchess of sussex. harry and meghan. when their netflix documentary came out, when they , uh, which was when they, uh, which was documenting their , um, documenting their, um, transition away as working

members of the royal family, he was very , very vocal on social was very, very vocal on social media critics , saying the media critics, saying the revealing of royal family secrets and in his view , uh, it secrets and in his view, uh, it was perhaps not very accurate in terms of what harry and meghan was saying. so i think kate will get quite a good ride . harry and get quite a good ride. harry and meghan, not so much . meghan, not so much. >> he is just fitting that stereotype of the deeply embarrassing , isn't he? if embarrassing uncle, isn't he? if he's. i can imagine he thinks that he's doing the best for the family. he thinks he's going out there for it. but but there to bat for it. but but clearly, cameron, this is the last princess of wales needs. >> yeah. and think the >> yeah. and i think what the princess of and indeed princess of wales and indeed princess of wales and indeed prince william really care about is and what they is their privacy and what they really don't want yet really don't want is yet another, uh , family going another, uh, family member going on national television, spilling all the secrets. but especially since the princess of wales, uh, is still recovering from abdominal surgery . kensington abdominal surgery. kensington palace says she's doing well, but clearly she has a right to keep her medical details private. would be unbelievably private. i would be unbelievably surprised. in fact, it would be almost gobsmacking if gary goldsmith revealed any medical

details about the princess of wales . uh, even if he does say wales. uh, even if he does say it when it's all being recorded. if itv chose to air it, i think that would be a huge bombshell and would become a bit of a scandal . so i suspect that scandal. so i suspect that probably happen . but probably won't happen. but nonetheless, think palace nonetheless, i think palace officials behind the scenes will be at the very least uncomfortable with the idea of that. that's the future queen's uncle earl is going to be going on a national tv show where he could be potentially asked anything for the next three weeks, and he's going to have to answer, yes. answer, well, yes. >> i mean , if anything, it would >> i mean, if anything, it would be wouldn't it, to be unkind, wouldn't it, to reveal anything about the princess of wales? it wouldn't be very, uh, you know, it wouldn't be very nice to the family. but thank very much family. but thank you very much indeed, that's indeed, cameron walker. that's all from us. >> i know cameron be >> i know cameron will be watching don't have to. watching it so we don't have to. yes, will that is all yes, he will be, but that is all on. good afternoon, britain today. worry much . today. but don't worry much. much come in your news, much more to come in your news, dave up next dave martin daubney is up next from 3 to 6. martin, what's on your show ?

your show? >> yeah, george galloway is back looking like the cat that's got the cream. not for the first time. remember that horrific image from big brother? don't forget, this time we're going to have him doing his first ever speech in parliament. plus, will there be an unholy alliance joining back with jeremy corbyn and diane abbott? the return of the hard left. plus on the 200th anniversary of the rnli . lee, anniversary of the rnli. lee, we've got shocking footage shows their craft being used as little more than a taxi service for illegal immigrants. exclusive videos there. plus the government , ten years too late, government, ten years too late, have said they're going to deport hate preachers. do you believe a single word they say or have you heard it all before? all that coming up? but first, it's all that coming up? but first, wsfime all that coming up? but first, it's time for your latest weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met

office for gb news. most of us having a dank, murky old night with rain spreading its way northwards and then a few fog patches are likely to form. the rain starts off over wales and southwest through southwest england, but through this , spreading into this evening, spreading into northern ireland, eventually into southern scotland across the midlands to and outbreaks of rain across eastern england by the end of the night as it clears, it will turn quite murky and few thick fog and misty. a few thick fog patches likely over midlands patches likely over the midlands and england by dawn and and eastern england by dawn and as the clear over wales as the skies clear over wales and england, some and southwest england, some pockets frost possible as pockets of frost are possible as well . so bit of pockets of frost are possible as well. so bit of a mish mash on well. so a bit of a mish mash on tuesday morning. a dull, tuesday morning. it's a dull, murky, start eastern murky, dank start over eastern england and eastern scotland. a few mist and fog patches lingering through the morning should brighten up in many places, but some showers in the southeast east they could on southeast east they could be on the side. some early rain the heavy side. some early rain for northern ireland, brighter here afternoon, but here come the afternoon, but that into that rain will spread into western scotland in the western parts of scotland in the sunny spells. feeling a bit warmer than today. probably the winds bit as well, winds a bit lighter as well, temperatures getting up 1011, temperatures getting up to 1011, maybe 12 celsius. wednesday also

starts cold. in fact, a more widespread frost likely staying fairly cloudy in eastern england. a few showers here and there, but much of the west. so to have a dry and a fine day on wednesday with some decent spells of sunshine , temperatures spells of sunshine, temperatures sticking single figures where sticking in single figures where it rather drab but with a it stays rather drab but with a bit of sunshine further west, 10 to celsius likely . that's all to 12 celsius likely. that's all for now . for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you and a happy monday. 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster . of course, all westminster. of course, all across the uk . he's back. george across the uk. he's back. george galloway has just been sworn in as the member of parliament for

rochdale as he returns to parliament after a nine year absence . we're expecting to hear absence. we're expecting to hear from galloway live in approximately 20 minutes. time now is it time to redefine extremism? we'll have a rishi sunak emergency speech on friday. the government has proposed tough new laws to deport hate crime preachers , deport hate crime preachers, perhaps ten years too late , and perhaps ten years too late, and those who undermine british an. but it is all of this too little, too late . and is it time little, too late. and is it time for tax cuts or die? jeremy hunt is under huge pressure ahead of wednesday's budget to cut those taxes. as priti patel told gb news, the voters need their money back. is she right? and a right? royal row is once again on the cards because the royal roundup will have the latest on the rumours of kate middleton's uncle joining big brother. plus how you could get your hands on penny morden's iconic coronation dress, as she puts it up for

sale . and that's all coming up