to the unreservedly apologised to the city's residents for the budget set out today . the cost cutting set out today. the cost cutting plan includes taking more than £300 million away from public services across britain's biggest city, second biggest city after it effectively declared itself bankrupt last yeah declared itself bankrupt last year. councillorjohn declared itself bankrupt last year. councillor john cotton described the cuts as a result of a raging crisis in local government caused by the conservatives calling them cheerleaders for austerity. at the same time, birmingham city council is planning to raise council taxes by just less than 10% a year . suella council taxes by just less than 10% a year. suella braverman told gb news today she doesn't believe the former tory mp lee anderson is islamophobic . anderson is islamophobic. today's exclusive interview with the former home secretary comes after mr anderson claimed islamists had got control of the mayor of london. >> he is not racist, he is not islamophobic. he's calling out very poor performance by the mayor of london, who has completely failed to hold the

met commissioner to account, and which is why we've seen emboldened islamism in the streets of london. we've seen an mp hounded out of office because of islamism . of islamism. >> downing street says the new customs partnership, led by britain and france , will make a britain and france, will make a difference to small boat crossings. number 10 says the joint works already delivering with more than 26,000 small boat crossing attempts across the engush crossing attempts across the english channel prevented last yeah english channel prevented last year. it comes after more than 400 people made the crossing in seven small boats yesterday. that's the highest number in a single day this year. gb news understands that the policing of pro palestinian protests in london this weekend will remain unchanged , despite the prime unchanged, despite the prime minister's call for a crackdown on extremists . officers will on extremists. officers will reportedly use existing public order and anti—terror laws. it's after rishi sunak called on the police to draw a line and clamp down on extremist behaviour . and

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>> good evening. well, it was a big day yesterday for george galloway of course, as he was sworn to in parliament, he gave a 45 minute press conference outside the saint stephen's entrance to the palace of westminster, and there was a comment there that i don't think really got the pick up in today's press that it deserved. let's to george let's listen to what george galloway say yesterday . galloway had to say yesterday. >> so that's why i'm predicting here for the next election will be about about muslims and will be about about muslims and will be about about muslims and will be about the taking away of civil liberties in this country. it's sunak last hope. i pray for the social peace of our country thatis the social peace of our country that is a forlorn hope. >> there you are . the next >> there you are. the next election will be about muslims . election will be about muslims. i pray for the peace in our country quite disturbing words. i've said to you for months that full on religious, sectarian politics was coming to this country. i've had guest after guest in the studio telling me, nigel, you're wrong. it absolutely isn't going to

happen. but when you see him saying next election will be saying the next election will be all about muslims, you realise we are there. folks already . we are there. folks already. dodi what did george galloway mean? well, what he meant was following the speech given on friday outside number 10 by rishi sunak, where sunak said we can't have our society being torn apart. what galloway is saying is the government will start to get tough on people who march in the streets and chant from the river to the sea, which, as you well know, means not just the abolition of the state of israel, but in many cases, what they really mean is getting rid of the jews as well, that they won't allow these kind of protests, they won't allow this of intimidation. they this kind of intimidation. they won't mobs gather won't allow mobs to gather outside won't allow outside parliament, won't allow them to harass mps, local councillors , and that the police councillors, and that the police are going to get tough. and what george is saying is that sunak is in desperate electoral trouble. he will do this. he will challenge keir starmer to say where he really stands on

this issue, and that will leave the muslim community isolated . the muslim community isolated. and what george really means is he wants the muslim to community feel put upon. he wants them to feel put upon. he wants them to feel they haven't got the same rights as the rest of us in this country . this is the politics of country. this is the politics of full on religious division. he wants muslims to feel that they somehow now aren't as equal in britain to the rest of us. when it comes to him talking about he fears for the peace. well, i fears for the peace. well, i fear for the peace. i fear for what happened in parliament square just the other week. i fear for fundraising dinners, council meetings that are being, you know, set upon by 20 or 30 young men. i fear for the electoral process given some of the astonishing and i think truly awful things that happened up in rochdale last week , up in rochdale last week, including intimidation, death threats and all the rest of it . threats and all the rest of it. but is he right in electoral terms ? is the next election all

terms? is the next election all about muslims? i want your thoughts on this, please. farage at gbnews.com in a funny way , at gbnews.com in a funny way, the muslim vote could make a very , very big difference to very, very big difference to laboun very, very big difference to labour. i met not an hour ago, a conservative member of parliament. he's got a very small majority. he labour are challenging him . but if challenging him. but if galloway's party puts up a candidate, he'll probably hold his seat. so there could be all sorts of consequences. but what about the very concept of the muslim vote of now? the organisation often called the muslim vote ? is this a good, muslim vote? is this a good, healthy thing? i worry that it's deeply, deeply divisive, but i'm joined by mohamed, oncology solicitor , who is standing as an solicitor, who is standing as an independent parliamentary candidate for bethnal green and stepney at the next election and famously , he was a lawyer for famously, he was a lawyer for shamima begum, mohammed , you shamima begum, mohammed, you were going to stand as an independent in this seat. are you now tempted to join george galloway? >> no, i've come on a ticket as

an independent and i think that's very important because my constituents haven't felt that they've heard or been heard by their existing politicians and an independent candidate has an advantage in that they can listen to the constituents and formulate a manifesto based on what and what we hear, what they say and what we hear, rather than have a manifesto shoved down their throat. >> you've got obviously a constituency with a very high proportion of in it. proportion of muslims in it. what what would that what and what would that represent in voting terms about 46. yeah. it's half half, 46. yeah. so it's half and half, uh, know , uh, what is it uh, you know, uh, what is it they haven't been listened to about? >> well, pretty much all their issues are in terms of the average age or death rate for the average man in our constituency is ten years less than the average. so if you look at that in terms of what that means for individuals there, it means for individuals there, it means the type of life of, um, sort of problems that they're suffering are bringing down their age by almost a fifth of their age by almost a fifth of their lifespan . their lifespan. >> there's a similar comparison, actually, between glasgow and surrey, an 11 year

surrey, again, with an 11 year difference or whatever it is, it is the highest. >> and that's about poverty. that's access to health that's about access to health care. access to social services is there an access to health care problem? there is an access to health care problem in that we a very high population we have a very high population density in bethnal green. and yet of waiting lists yet in terms of waiting lists and services that are and the services that are available to when they available to people when they need them, it's particularly problematic. a slightly problematic. we have a slightly ageing and ageing population as well, and the of, um , the post sort of, um, orthopaedic area is very, very difficult. so are these mohammed issues of health deprivation and low educational attainment, low income or do you see those as being linked to the muslim religion? well, i'll say that they are not just unique to bethnal green and they're not unique to muslims in bethnal green . you'll find that if you green. you'll find that if you look in certain constituencies in wales or teesside, as you mentioned, well. yeah, but mentioned, as well. yeah, but what have is a political what we do have is a political class that's ignored certain groups um, groups of people. um, you yourself know you've yourself will know that you've tapped into, um , an unsung tapped into, um, an unsung millions when talking about the brexit vote and in, in this case

we have many, many people and not just muslims at all who are protesting about key issues. one of those being the issue in gaza and being felt that they're not being heard. now, gaza isn't the straw . it's the straw that broke straw. it's the straw that broke the camel's back. it's the thing that proves that the constituents are not being listened to. >> and that's why galloway, in his acceptance the his acceptance speech in the hall , the first sentence was hall, the first sentence was this is for gaza . this is for gaza. >> well, think it's important >> well, i think it's important that brits, you know, the that the brits, you know, the british people always been british people have always been about always been about justice and always been about justice and always been about and they've about fair play and they've spoken polls in terms of spoken in the polls in terms of mori polls, they've spoken on the and they have to the the streets and they have to the tune of 71% of the british people generally in the country have been this genocide. have been against this genocide. yet hang on, hang on. >> i mean, genocide is a way over the top terme, isn't it? it's a way over the top terme. you know, we use genocide in the context of a wilful, deliberate attempt to of a group of attempt to get rid of a group of people. this not that. there people. this is not that. there is way, whatever the whatever is no way, whatever the whatever the flaws, however, over the top the flaws, however, over the top the are not

the israelis are this is not they are not attempting a genocide. >> what the legal of >> what the legal definition of a the international a genocide is. the international court justice has already court of justice has already ruled behaviour of ruled that the behaviour of israel in, uh, in gaza is at the foothills of a genocide, and thatis foothills of a genocide, and that is yet to be even if it's at the foothills. >> foothills, it is not a genocide, you see. i mean, i worry about this. i mean, you know, you tweeted on october the 7th after those barbaric, appalling , shocking attacks and appalling, shocking attacks and indeed there are still hostages indeed there are still hostages in gaza still suffering today. you said the option of settler colonisation just got taken off the table. what did you mean by that? >> so in terms of the israeli occupation of the palestinian lands, that that is by definition called the occupation . it's illegal. >> israel shouldn't exist. >> israel shouldn't exist. >> it's not should not be allowed to illegally occupy palestinian territory. that's so it exist. i don't know it shouldn't exist. i don't know why you keep repeating that, but i'm whether that's i'm asking you whether that's what no, what? what you really mean. no, what? i clear. that i mean is quite clear. that settler occupation in the illegal occupation of israeli land, of palestinian territory, which the british foreign which is the british foreign

policy position, is called illegal occupied territory, should not exist , you see. should not exist, you see. >> i mean, the question i'm really asking mohammed , is really asking you, mohammed, is where do your loyalties really lie ? do your loyalties lie with lie? do your loyalties lie with this country or with the people of this country as a collective, or do they lie with a particular group ? you know, for example, group? you know, for example, a muslim group, not just in your constituency, but more broadly across the country? where do your loyalties actually lie? >> so if you look at, um, my position, particularly even on gaza, the recent one. gaza, is the most recent one. but my loyalties lie with where 71% of the british public's loyalty lie on that issue. >> on a snapshot at this moment in with royal family in time with the royal family uh, terms of, uh, prince uh, in terms of, uh, prince william coming out saying that he want to see any more he doesn't want to see any more death there, all family's death there, the all family's been about that been very clear about that position well. been very clear about that posthere well. been very clear about that posthere are ell. been very clear about that posthere are lots of things that >> there are lots of things that our political elite, there are lots with. lots of not happy with. there are what the british are lots of what the british people are saying about this issue. there are lots unhappy people. >> get that. i understand that >> i get that. i understand that they hate what they're seeing in gaza. that. i fully

gaza. i get all of that. i fully understand i also understand understand it. i also understand that if israel don't wipe out hamas, cross the border that if israel don't wipe out han do cross the border that if israel don't wipe out han do it cross the border that if israel don't wipe out han do it again. ross the border that if israel don't wipe out hando it again. sos the border that if israel don't wipe out hando it again. so they'reirder that if israel don't wipe out hando it again. so they're iner and do it again. so they're in a very difficult position. what i'm you is the i'm saying to you is the politics that's emerging from george galloway. you're george galloway. what you're saying now, albeit far saying to me now, albeit in far more and tones , more subtle and gentle tones, is, is what happens in gaza is, is that what happens in gaza seems to matter more than what's happening in bethnal green ? happening in bethnal green? >> what's happening in the uk is that have austerity. we've that we have austerity. we've had 13 years. no we had it for 13 years. no we haven't. >> the national debt has got >> and the national debt has got bigger bigger bigger. bigger and bigger and bigger. well can we can speak to well you can we can speak to sunak to he claims that's sunak as to why he claims that's been happening, but it's been getting bigger and bigger, partly pandemic partly because of the pandemic and our funds in and the misuse of our funds in that pandemic. >> been getting bigger >> it's been getting bigger because commitment because of our commitment to foreign that is not a foreign wars that is not a foreign wars that is not a foreign issue. ukraine is not a foreign issue. ukraine is not a foreign issue. ukraine is not a foreign issue. and israel—gaza is not a foreign issue. these are moneys being taken away, are actually relatively small sums of compared to bigger issues. >> i mean, look, let's go back to key. the of what to the key. the key of what george said. george galloway said election will be said the next election will be about is he right? about muslims. is he right? >> certainly if sunak has

>> well, certainly if sunak has his way, it will be so what was sunak in your view? well, sunak do in your view? well, sunak do in your view? well, sunak was recategorizing people , sunak was recategorizing people, general people and the majority of people who have been on these protests are not muslims. at least 80% are non—muslims who have been on these pro—palestine. there are pro—palestine. and there are plenty plenty of plenty of there are plenty of white middle class girls on these etc. understand these marches, etc. i understand plenty in these marches. >> i very much doubt that i've stood with them. >> very much doubt that you're >> i very much doubt that you're welcome to to the next one. welcome to come to the next one. >> yeah. think if i, if i >> oh yeah. i think if i, if i turned know, in jewish turned up, you know, in jewish kid, not i'd be very kid, i'm not sure i'd be very welcome. you know as well as i do some of the chanting, some of what's been said has been vile and openly racist. >> and exactly what our >> and that's exactly what our police have been police force have been contending they've contending with. they've been arresting tiny numbers arresting the very tiny numbers of people who have been chanting things that unacceptable. things that are unacceptable. and, pay for and, you know, we pay for a police force to police our freedom vast freedom of expression. the vast majority there have majority of people there have been within and been well within the law and have intention of breaking have no intention of breaking the the few that have have the law. the few that have have been dealt with and have been arrested, agrees

arrested, and everyone agrees with that anyone who with the fact that anyone who breaks the law should be arrested. >> is it acceptable to put from the river the sea up on the the river to the sea up on the elizabeth tower beneath big ben? >> that entirely unproblematic. >> unproblematic, unproblematic. so a phrase that represents the abolition of a state and its people, the phrase i find unproblematic. so the phrase has been used by benjamin netanyahu himself, um, in order to suggest that israel should push out the entirety of the palestinian people the exact same phrase. this is not what it means to those crowds. and you know that. and that i don't and i know that well, i don't know taken a poll, know if you've taken a poll, but, know, it certainly but, you know, it certainly means to palestinian means something to palestinian in it means something to some >> it means something to some people in the uk. but in the context apro—palestinian context of a pro—palestinian rally where westminster put rally where westminster has put up a flag of the israeli state in that place, from the river to the sea, palestine will be apartheid free is not a phrase that's problematic . that's problematic. >> is religious sectarian politics to here stay? >> no, i don't think it is at all. i think it's been cast that

way and i think it's been wrongly. well, if one religion votes overwhelmingly for a candidate as they did in rochdale and really, let's be honest, what you're trying to do in green and stepney, in bethnal green and stepney, that definition, that is by definition, sectarianism . the jewish, the sectarianism. the jewish, the jewish voice for labour has been part of the labour party since the 1920s. um, in terms of the three main parties, we've got the, the labour, friends of israel, those friends of. >> that's why you guys are all breaking away from the labour party. no, that's not why we're breaking away from the labour. >> it feels like it. >> it feels like it. >> what galloway is saying. what chris williamson is saying, the reason breaking reason why people are breaking away labour party and away from the labour party and traditional because traditional politics is because when as when we express ourselves as a populist, 71% of the population is saying we want saying is saying we want keep saying that. snapshot of that. and that's a snapshot of a poll we are right. poll where we are right. >> a figure that won't change because that's representative of the point i >> -- >> but in an important if you also ask how high also ask them how high a priority was gaza compared to health, borders , etc, it health, open borders, etc, it wouldn't be very high. >> you'll get a different range of views different people.

of views from different people. well, i started to get a well, well, i started to get a different views from different range of views from you well, sure. i'm to you to me. well, sure. i'm to here represent bethnal green and stepney what stepney and that's what my constituents concerned constituents are concerned about. higher about. and it's higher up the priority while other places priority, while in other places i'll with you that i'll have a bet with you that you finish standing with you finish up standing with george party . george galloway's workers party. i on politics. no i don't do bets on politics. no >> well, do, folks . there we >> well, i do, folks. there we are. you can see some of the arguments that are being made. made in this case with a lot more subtlety and dignity than we get from people like chris williamson . i am very pleased to williamson. i am very pleased to say it is super tuesday that means that 15 states are one overseas territory. are voting today. it looks like trump is going to win overwhelmingly. biden for the democrats are going to win overwhelmingly . and going to win overwhelmingly. and we're heading for a rematch on november the 5th this year of what happened in 2020, i will be joined by a top american pollster, scott rasmussen, to ask how the scores amador's looking ahead of this epic contest

it's super tuesday, it's the biggest primary day of the four year presidential cycle, and what it means is that in 15 states and one overseas territory, three republicans will be voting for their nominee and in 16 states, because iowa was a big postal vote, which, of course, was done by the republicans back in january in 16 different areas. it will be decided by the democrats plus one overseas territory . well, one overseas territory. well, i'm joined by scott rasmussen, president of rmg research , down president of rmg research, down the line from the usa. scott normally super tuesday is super exciting because there are lots of candidates there in contention. you don't quite know who's going to come out on top. and super tuesday can turn the tide of a campaign for the nomination. but this one, well, it's all over before it begins. really, isn't it? >> oh, it is, you know, four years ago we thought michael

bloomberg had a chance to, uh, to become the democratic nominee. and he had a face plant on debate beforehand, and on his debate beforehand, and that but this year, that ended it. but this year, look, as long as they're still breathing election day, breathing on election day, donald and joe biden are donald trump and joe biden are going to be the competitors for their party's. >> yeah. i mean, trump's position clearly, enormously strong. and i was with him last week, actually. and you know, despite all the legal challenges , he seems pretty strong, pretty confident in the case of biden, scott , i mean, you know, you're scott, i mean, you know, you're polling on how people view president biden in terms of his age and his competence. it doesn't make very happy reading, doesn't make very happy reading, does it? it does not. >> all the polls show that people are concerned about the current president's age, but i think that's missing the point . think that's missing the point. uh, you know what's really going on here is people have had four years of president biden in office. uh, the democrats continue to talk about donald trump as if the character of donald trump is the only issue in the campaign. the trump

campaign is talking about issues that care about. the that people care about. the economy and immigration and crime and that's why the former president looks like he's in pretty good shape at this point in time. >> he does now , of course, you >> he does now, of course, you know, the thing is this know, the funny thing is this massive country with a huge population and really the population and yet really the next president of america is down to i think it's about 300,000 voters in key swing states in michigan, in wisconsin , in pennsylvania. and you know, arizona was about seven states that are that are swing states at this point in time. >> um, uh, and i think this is where you begin to see the dynamics a little more clearly. the national polling shows the race very close between president biden and president trump. trump may have a very modest edge right now, but four years ago, uh, donald trump lost the popular vote by four. and a half points. and he came within on fewer than 100,000 votes of winning the electoral college . winning the electoral college. in 2016. he lost the popular vote by three points and did win the presidency. so if the

popular vote is a tie this time around, you would expect to see those swing states leaning in president trump's direction. that's what all the polling shows right now . uh, but it shows right now. uh, but it does. it comes down to arizona and nevada and georgia and, uh, pennsylvania and michigan and wisconsin. those are the races we'll be watching as the year goes on. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and you know , i've been >> and you know, i've been saying, scott, for some time that i just i just can't see the democrats sticking with biden. but what method would they have to remove him? >> well, the technical method is very simple. um at the beginning of every democratic convention and republican convention, there's a vote to adopt the rules of the convention. so in theory, the democratic delegates could say nobody is bound, uh, no matter what primaries a candidate won, the delegates are now free to choose whoever they want. so technically , the want. so technically, the democrats could do that . um, in democrats could do that. um, in the 1980 campaign, uh,

democratic convention, i was there at madison square garden. that was the first vote when ted kennedy tried to overtake jemmy carter. um, it didn't work then. it won't work today. and the reason for that primarily is that even if they got joe biden out of the race, there's no clear candidate who would be stronger . uh, it would be a clear candidate who would be stronger. uh, it would be a very divisive fight. uh, kamala harris would assume that she's the next nominee . a lot of the next nominee. a lot of people in the democratic party would not like that. and i think the dynamics of the democratic party right now would mean that if joe biden were to step down the nominee would be much further to the left politically far more progressive than the american people are. um, and that would be a disaster for the democratic party. >> well , there we are. it looks >> well, there we are. it looks like it's going to be a rerun of november 2020, but maybe with a different outcome. thank you very much indeed forjoining us tonight on gb news. thank you very much indeed. now a newcastle grooming gang have

been jailed for raping a 13 year old girl very , very long. prison old girl very, very long. prison sentences christina curtis is here with the full story. >> yes, nigel, it's a really shocking case. so what we know so far is that last friday, four men were sentenced for a total of more than 36 years. they're big sentences. yeah, really big. um, and this was after they were found to have run a grooming gangin found to have run a grooming gang in newcastle. so brothers omar and mohammed badruddin and hussain of aboud were found guilty of multiple rapes. hamoud al—salami was found guilty of sexual assault . now they were sexual assault. now they were aged between 15 and 21 when they committed these crimes, they abused a 13 year old girl, multiple times between a period between august 2018 and april 2019. so we know that the two badreddin brothers came to the uk as refugees from the war in syria. but what's since been pieced together is that actually omar, the older brother, in may

2016, when he was 18, was actually accused of sexually assaulting a 14 year old in a park in newcastle, along with two others. now gb news found that during that time and bbc newsnight had actually been following and filming, omar and his family for a piece they were working on. now in october 2016. this was after a two week trial . this was after a two week trial. omar and two others were actually cleared of all charges. they were acquitted and on that very same day the bbc ran their piece and they released a programme which had omar on it. and in it he said, um, and spoke of his relief of being cleared, saying that, um, his feeling when he was in prison for a month , um, was that it would month, um, was that it would have been better for him if he'd stayed in syria or jordan because it was all unfair and unjust . now because it was all unfair and unjust. now we because it was all unfair and unjust . now we fast forward to unjust. now we fast forward to less than two years later, and this is, um, like i said, between august 2018 to april 2019, we now know that omar, who

was now 20 at the time, um, groomed and raped a 13 year old girl as part of a grooming gang alongside his brother mohammed and two others. now during the trial, it was heard that this victim was extremely vulnerable . victim was extremely vulnerable. well, um, and she was repeatedly abused in different locations around newcastle city centre , around newcastle city centre, um, behind a burger restaurant and even in her own home. and she was groomed and plied with alcohol and cigarettes. she was threatened by them, and they threatened by them, and they threatened to kill her, to kidnap her. and it was said in court, it was described that she was treated like a toy in the gang. they really , um, exploited gang. they really, um, exploited her and found it entertaining. um, so as we said on, uh, friday, the 1st of march, that was omar, and the three associates were sentenced , and associates were sentenced, and omar the longest omar received the longest sentence. was, um, 18 sentence. that was, um, 18 years. and it was heard in court in his mitigating, um, sentence . in his mitigating, um, sentence. um, in the mitigating bit was that he'd been haunted by his experiences in syria and that he felt deep shame and guilt for

being put in prison. felt deep shame and guilt for being put in prison . um, now we being put in prison. um, now we have had a statement from the bbc. um because we went to them, obviously following the fact that they ran out on newsnight, they said that they can only report on the facts as they stand at the time. um which is what they did in 2016. and they said that the bad reddin's subsequent crimes are appalling and sincere and they express their sincere sympathies victim. but, sympathies to their victim. but, um, just one more thing that actually came out in court was that, um, the both the brothers mohammed and omar, their sentences actually include a year each because they were, um, at a black lives matter and protest which clashed with the nonh protest which clashed with the north east frontline patriots , north east frontline patriots, um, in newcastle city centre . so um, in newcastle city centre. so they were charged, um, because they were charged, um, because they threw bottles and sort of charged at police. so they were done for violent disorder. this was actually whilst they were on bail for these crimes. so it's a really, really shocking story. >> unbelievable. yeah. well the fact lives fact they supported black lives matter doesn't surprise me at all. but what annoys me, folks,

you christina's laid out you know, christina's laid out the case. is this back in 2016? you know, christina's laid out tisensea. is this back in 2016? you know, christina's laid out tisense somethingick in 2016? you know, christina's laid out tisense somethingick i|really? i sense something was really very, badly wrong. and an very, very badly wrong. and an article that appeared in the daily express way back then, june 12th of june 2016. the incident finally came to light on friday when newsnight admitted the subject of their feature had taken a disturbing turn and i was quoted in that article as saying serious questions need to be asked about both the vetting of those the bbc of the government are allowing into this country and of the authorities, including the bbc, who appear to have been involved in a conspiracy of silence over the case. i could see back in 2016 there was something very , very badly something very, very badly fundamentally wrong here. and yet this person avoided prison, avoided deportation and has gone on to commit these crimes again. and that's what makes me angry. i think all of this was completely and utterly avoidable . he was acquitted at the end of a trial. things have gone wrong. this should have been dealt with

back then . in a moment. it's the back then. in a moment. it's the budget. tomorrow and we've got a promise. the chancellor says no more money to fund woke causes like diversity and inclusion. but uh, doesn't he have a bit of a track record that suggests that might not ever actually happen

i asked you, was george galloway right to say the next election will be all about muslims? john says the election will be all about the postal vote. john. the postal vote in rochdale was 43% of the overall turnout. the election was pretty much over a fortnight before polling day. something has to change to the tories have the guts to do it. don't hold your breath, nick says. the muslim vote will definitely influence the next election, simply because the multicultural which is multicultural society, which is celebrated by the elite is a myth . what, mick, the point i'm myth. what, mick, the point i'm making is , is, you know, that

making is, is, you know, that they they appear many in the muslim community now to want to vote en bloc. at least that's what we saw from rochdale. and other says, of course it is. just look at rochdale now. it's the tomorrow . so but it's the budget tomorrow. so but it's all going fine. it's all all going to be fine. it's all going to be okay. because actually is actually what jeremy hunt is going sure is that less going to make sure is that less money gets spent on hiring diversity and inclusion officers. but i ask gb news is reporter adam cherry . haven't we reporter adam cherry. haven't we heard all of this before? >> we certainly have , nigel. so >> we certainly have, nigel. so yes, today in the bbc news today we see are jeremy hunts going to, uh , force councils to cut to, uh, force councils to cut back on this sort of spending? we had this very similar thing on in the telegraph on saturday. >> and that's because the councils keep asking for more money several go bust around money as several go bust around the country. >> right. exactly. but >> exactly. right. exactly. but i i personally have >> exactly. right. exactly. but i this rsonally have >> exactly. right. exactly. but i this hobbyy have >> exactly. right. exactly. but i this hobby horsee >> exactly. right. exactly. but i this hobby horse of the covered this hobby horse of the tories many, many times tories before, many, many times we hear this practically every time there's an autumn statement or a budget. so just to give you a brief precis of this. so on

the 29th of october last year, which was just before the autumn statement, we had in the telegraph, jeremy hunt has told government departments to lay off diversity managers if they want to bring in more staff. total, total hiring freeze across across whitehall . across across whitehall. previously we had in the standard a letter from the then health secretary, steve barclay, saying he was concerned that many local nhs organisations are actively recruiting , uh, into actively recruiting, uh, into dedicated diversity roles. similarly, in the at the tory party conference, again, we see the same sort of movements from jeremy hunt. so he said a lot about this in just the last six months. if you go back a little bit further, he's not the first person from the tory party under under whom this entire problem has become has spawned and become significantly worse. he's not the first person to claim that they will address it. so here we have , uh, in january, we also have, uh, in january, we also had guido fawkes reporting a similar thing. but in june of 2022, which is when sajid javid

was the health secretary at the time, seemed like a long time ago. but this is what he said, uh, to the house of commons when he was still the, uh, health secretary. so take a look at this. >> it doesn't mean more people working in diversity, but fewer in my view. there are already too many of these roles. and at a time when our constituents are facing some real pressures around the cost of living, we must spend every penny with care in instead of farming out important work to a specific group of managers, it must be seen as everyone's responsibility. with everyone accountable for extending fairness and equal opportunities at work . at work. >> so there you have it, a clear, uh , intention to make clear, uh, intention to make this better, at least at the time. that was june 2022. we're now in, uh, march 2024. it actually goes back even further than that. it goes all the way back to 2009 when this started. this industry. if you if you

like. so in 2009, we have a daily mail article , uh, anger daily mail article, uh, anger after civil servants sent to lavish 2000 pound retreat for , lavish 2000 pound retreat for, quote, irrelevant diversity training. so this sounds familiar. it's exactly the sort of thing that jeremy hunt talks about nowadays. and here we have shadow cabinet office minister nick hurd, who was a conservative mp at the time , conservative mp at the time, attacking the then labour government for exactly the government for doing exactly the same thing at a time when millions face losing their jobs and government debt, is at record levels. do labour ministers really think that sending civil servants on five day diversity courses at a luxury hotel, costing almost £2,000 a pop, is prudent and the right thing to do? so we've heard this for years and years and years and years . and years and years. >> so we're going to get this statement tomorrow in the house of commons from jeremy hunt. yet at the same time, there are still jobs advertised everywhere. yeah. >> in fact, if you go on to the nhs website right now, of nhs website right now, as of five minutes i just five minutes ago, i just checked, have five new checked, we have five new diversity jobs here. have

diversity jobs here. so we have one diversity inclusion lead at diversity jobs here. so we have 0|hospice.ity inclusion lead at diversity jobs here. so we have 0|hospice. uh, 1clusion lead at diversity jobs here. so we have 0|hospice. uh, equality, ead at a hospice. uh, equality, diversity and inclusion officer in in in salisbury. another one in wolverhampton. in wolverhampton. in another one in gloucestershire. and another one in yorkshire. now these in south yorkshire. now these the for these jobs the salaries for these jobs vary. sometimes previously we've seen these go up to six figures. enormous salaries at the moment this one is about 60,000. but they're still going on despite even what you've seen in that clip there from the health secretary. almost two years ago. they cannot fix this . and it's they cannot fix this. and it's been going years. right. been going on for years. right. >> adam, very much >> thank you, adam, very much indeed. yes, you'll hear it indeed. and yes, you'll hear it again tomorrow. and guess what will happen. absolutely nothing. now north face, you know the company that do all the big outdoor equipment. well, here's a real what the farage moment because if you as a customer can delete one of their racial inclusion courses dealing with subjects such as white privilege, you will get a 20% discount off their outdoor kitten. why is all this happening? well, they say the dial move further in june 2020,

when george floyd was murdered by the police in minneapolis, quite. why? something that happenedin quite. why? something that happened in minneapolis should affect us here quite beyond affect us here is quite beyond me, global movement me, sparking a global movement for justice and the black for racial justice and the black lives matter movement. so here we have a private company that's supposed to be capital list, advocating for a marxist organisation that wants to bring down western civilisation , down western civilisation, asian. and what they're saying is there's not enough inclusion there are not enough ethnic minorities going out. hell walking at the weekend . but if walking at the weekend. but if you fill in their course on white privilege and much else, you can get a discount. god help us. you know, we've got enough problems with the public sector. as with as i discussed with adam a moment ago, with diversity and inclusion jobs costing a fortune, but i'm afraid the woke inclusion jobs costing a fo stuck but i'm afraid the woke inclusion jobs costing a fo stuck init i'm afraid the woke inclusion jobs costing a fo stuck in then afraid the woke inclusion jobs costing a fo stuck in the corporatese woke inclusion jobs costing a fo stuck in the corporates asoke is stuck in the corporates as well. and a story that amused me a little bit this morning as smoking rates are declining and cigarettes tomorrow will probably to a standard probably go up to a standard charge £16 pack. we now charge of £16 a pack. we now find gen z, that's the youngsters . there's been a five youngsters. there's been a five fold increase in them smoking

cigars and pipes. whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, i'm not allowed to say. but clearly it's a reaction of some kind. as we came off air last night, my favourite person in the country, archbishop welby, entered the rwanda debate and drew comparisons between this government and hitler's nazi government and hitler's nazi government in germany of the 19305. i government in germany of the 1930s. i am not joking. all of that in two minutes.

well, he's a regular feature on this show . well, he's a regular feature on this show. he's done his best to completely destroy the established church in this country . here he was last night country. here he was last night in the house of lords speaking on the rwanda debate . on the rwanda debate. >> we go back to the development of international human rights law, particularly in the period after 1945.

>> i've in totally separating the domestic and international law, the rise in international human rights law , uh, grew out human rights law, uh, grew out of the horrors of the 1940s, where for a government that in 1933, in germany had been legally and properly elected, part east horrific laws that did terrible things starting from within a few weeks of the election of adolf hitler . election of adolf hitler. >> it's extraordinary. he's drawing a direct comparison between this government's behaviour and that of hitler's national socialists in office in germany in the 1930s. he did, though, say later on in the speech that the scale of what was happening here wasn't quite as bad as hitler. i mean, what on earth is he doing? it is never , ever useful in any debate never, ever useful in any debate or conversation to draw any comparison with hitler at all. i firmly, firmly believe that. furthermore, he talks about churchill in this speech in the

1951 convention on human rights yes, that was designed for a post—war world after we'd seen direct racial and religious as well, not just persecution , well, not just persecution, actually extermination . here we actually extermination. here we now are over 70 years on with hundreds of millions of people wanting to move around the world, some with good intentions, many, if not the whole thing me mad , i whole thing drives me mad, i think. i honestly think we should try and get rid of this bloke if we possibly could. well, joined by richard well, i'm joined by richard petrovic, professor of law at aberystwyth university and vice president of council of president of the council of europe's experts europe's group of experts against trafficking of humans and richard, you know , we all and richard, you know, we all want sensible international cooperation and agreements , but cooperation and agreements, but he seems to be glorified by the fact that the european court of human rights in strasbourg can override acts by our elected government, and somehow draws a comparison with national socialism. and i put it to you

that this is not what this was designed to do. back in 1951. i i think that the archbishop of canterbury is overstating the case by seriously overstating case by seriously overstating case by seriously overstating case by comparing uk with nazi germany . germany. >> uh , but the issue that i >> uh, but the issue that i think he is raising, which is real, is that there is no safe and legal way for people to migrate to the uk. i know that the home secretary has spoken about this, but there is no safe and legal way. the only way to come to uk is by small boats, because we are. we are on an island and i think that the uk has to do its bit to accept people who have nowhere else to go. germany has accepted more than a million, turkey has accepted million, we've accepted 4 million, we've accepted 4 million, we've accepted 50,000. no no, no, that's absolute rot, isn't it ? that's absolute rot, isn't it? >> we've accepted 500,000 people since 2016 as refugees into this country . and they've come here

country. and they've come here from afghan varne, and they've come here from hong kong and they've come here from ukraine. varne and i would argue that, you know, you mentioned germany a million. well, they haven't taken them willingly, but they've up across the they've turned up across the mediterranean in and the germans have felt there isn't much they can do about it. there isn't much they could do about it because continental because they are on continental europe and they had no choice. >> we have a choice and we choose because we an island, choose because we are an island, not people. now i one not to accept people. now i one thing do think is very thing i do think is very important is that there should not be uncontrolled migration into any country, uk, like any country, has a right to protect its borders. but that does not mean that in my opinion, that we should be isolating ourselves from we are a wealthy from that. we are a wealthy country we could be country and i think we could be doing lot more. and when doing a lot more. and when i hear about the calais hear today about the calais agreement, which , uh, james agreement, which, uh, james cleverly was talking about , he cleverly was talking about, he he about this as a good he talks about this as a good move forward. and in some ways it is. but i, i think it's very unfortunate that the uk is

talking about working with social media. ukip should be legislating to force social media to tackle online activity that promotes people smuggling. the social media is something which is almost out of control, and the uk could be doing more not to work with them, but to force them to do more, to actually reduce the risks for people who are going onto small boats . boats. >> yeah, i mean, the calais agreement, so—called that's been struck today. james cleverly, between us and the french and 1 or 2 others, you know, i mean, it's designed, isn't it, to stop the supply of small boats getting beaches to stop getting to the beaches to stop the, the weapon effectively that is the traffickers is being used by the traffickers . but problem is the . but the problem is the financial reward for the traffickers is so great that on a calm week in the summer, you know one gang can make three ,4 million. >> yeah, i agree, that's why they're doing it. that's why criminals do these things. but there's another aspect of this. what do we mean by small boats? do we mean dinghies? do we mean speedboats ? i have not seen any

speedboats? i have not seen any attempt to define what will be those small boats. and if you're trying to introduce new laws, you need to be very specific about that. and i think that the what i have heard so far is actually rather too vague. and i would like to see more about it, but also i would like to see more about the uk doing its bit to find safe and legal ways to bnng to find safe and legal ways to bring people to the uk who really have , in my opinion, very really have, in my opinion, very little choice. you don't leave your home in iraq or syria because you just think it's going to be better in the uk. you leave because you're desperate. well i'm not sure about that because 91% of those that landed last year were men. >> of about 78% were >> um, of those, about 78% were young men . uh, these weren't young men. uh, these weren't women and children . these women and children. these weren't the traditional pictures. associate pictures. we would associate with . these were fit with refugees. these were fit young men and many of whom, of course, were coming to this country and go into criminality. and that's the problem. you've got the gangs operating. a young man ends fit. man both ends fit. >> there's >> young man. then there's a good chance you'll be. you'll be

forced into army or into forced into the army or into some group something some militia group or something like that. uh, so i think there's a very good reason why fit young men are trying to leave countries. i am not leave those countries. i am not trying say that the uk should trying to say that the uk should be to all, all irregular be open to all, all irregular migrants. absolutely not. but i think that we could be doing a bit, a lot more do our fair bit, a lot more to do our fair share . share. >> richard, you've made your point, it very point, made it very passionately. thank you for joining this evening. now joining me this evening. now over of the last two over the course of the last two days, over 700 people have crossed the english channel on small boats. why? because the weather's and this is why weather's good. and this is why i was getting so upset with james the james cleverly over the christmas oh, look, no christmas period. oh, look, no one's well, it was one's coming. well, it was blowing miles hour every blowing 50 miles an hour every day. written to him today, day. we've written to him today, dear secretary, i'm dear home secretary, i'm a producer for nigel farage, a show last year. you show on gb news last year. you claim that 33% reduction in small a your plan small boats was a sign your plan was working. at the time you said bad weather not said bad weather was not a contributory to the contributory factor to the decreasing number of crossings. you'll nigel farage you'll be aware nigel farage disagree. well, that's a mild understatement . now the skies understatement. now the skies are clearing new data shows, are clearing a new data shows, and on show that now

and we go on to show that now more people have crossed this year that had crossed at this time last year, we offered him a ten minute slot one on one. any time between 7 and 8 tonight to show us how determined he was to stop the boats and we haven't yet heard back. uh it's going to be tomorrow. it's going to be as flat as a pancake. there'll be many , many hundreds right now many, many hundreds right now getting ready in the sand dunes all across northern france . and all across northern france. and even if even if the french police intercept boat after boat, there'll be plenty of others that follow. and all the while, you can come to this country and you realise your risk of deportation is hovering around about 11. 2. and that actually you'll be put into a nice hotel. you can then abscond and, if you wish, join a criminal gang with almost no chance of being caught. people will continue to come. and it's just as simple as that. rwanda jacob was designed to be that disincentive. but last night knocked down five times by the

house of lords , it's the house house of lords, it's the house of lords out of touch with the public, it seems. it really is. >> majorities as well. i mean, over 100, which is very big for the house of lords. i noted baroness hale showed her true political colours, voting against . they against the government. they were farmers. were all euro farmers. interestingly former boss of interestingly the former boss of the the supreme court. yes. the of the supreme court. yes. and noticed almost all the and you noticed almost all the people voting against are people voting against rwanda are the europhiles who prefer serious senior law to come from abroad than to be made by parliament. basically constitutional. >> same point archbishop >> the same point the archbishop made, same point the made, the same point the archbishop they believe archbishop makes, they believe that is better that foreign law is better than british law. >> believe that >> and i believe that democratically accounted british law is better. i think if lord anderson of was very anderson of ipswich was very distinguished, , distinguished, sensible man, said on radio yesterday that said on the radio yesterday that in the end the lords would back down, that their job is to make the house of commons think twice now. i hope he's right. think now. i hope he's right. i think it for the lords it is reasonable for the lords to the commons to think to ask the commons to think twice, wouldn't be twice, but it wouldn't be reasonable them to stick to reasonable for them to stick to their view against something that british that the bulk of the british people to see done. yes people want to see done. yes yes.

>> and the bulk of the british people. very clear people. and that's very clear and consistent a long and consistent over a long penod and consistent over a long period it isn't period of time. it isn't just a snapshot poll. it's been there for a very, very long time. jacob tonight, what have you got? >> we're going to talking >> we're going to be talking about the budget tomorrow. i've got patrick minford got a great patrick minford coming have a discussion coming on. have a discussion with what are we going with him. and what are we going to see. >> well going to see up in >> well i'm going to see up in whitehaven. i'll be doing a live show michelle show there after michelle dewberry join dewberry tomorrow night. join me from whitehaven live at 7:00 tomorrow. wonder the tomorrow. so i wonder what's the weather like? weather going to be like? >> looks like things are heating up boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news showers today, but they are fading away and most will have a dry night. a little bit of fog and frost likely in the southwest. low pressure is out in the atlantic. it tries to move in, but it's getting blocked and stopped by a big area of high pressure that is the dominant feature and it is the dominant feature and it is allowing bit more to

is allowing a bit more cloud to drift east. seen drift into the east. we've seen some heavy across the some heavy showers across the southeast. they drifting southeast. they are drifting away. few scattered away. still a few scattered showers here there through showers here and there through the lot in the night. a lot of cloud in eastern england and eastern scotland. clearer skies further eastern england and eastern scotlthat clearer skies further eastern england and eastern scotlthat will rer skies further eastern england and eastern scotlthat will allow es further eastern england and eastern scotlthat will allow it further eastern england and eastern scotlthat will allow it to rther eastern england and eastern scotlthat will allow it to turn west that will allow it to turn quite cold. a touch of frost through rural parts of wales and southwest england, and some freezing fog patches around maybe affecting and the maybe affecting the m4 and the m5 first thing in the morning. could take a few hours to clear away. generally quite a grey day again the east, particularly again in the east, particularly on east coast, with a breeze on the east coast, with a breeze freshening here through the day. a few scattered showers over eastern parts of england. a bit of rain at times in eastern scotland, mostly over the hills and some showers creeping into cornwall much of the cornwall later, but much of the west, bright through west, dry and bright through tomorrow decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine. decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine. 11 decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine. 11 or decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine. 11 or 12 decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine. 11 or 12 here. nt spells of sunshine. 11 or 12 here. colder in the east, where it stays cloudy, and that cloud likely to stick around on thursday. we'll few more thursday. we'll see a few more showers, suspect on thursday showers, i suspect on thursday over of southern england, over parts of southern england, then through wales then developing through wales and, midlands. some and, uh, the midlands. some heavy downpours are possible. there'll be hit miss, but so

there'll be hit and miss, but so do watch out for a lively shower on thursday. again, many places dry. spells in the dry. some sunny spells in the south glum and south and west. fairly glum and chilly the east. chilly in the east. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> hello, good evening, it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight. it's the eve of the budget, which means it's an opportunity for the government to let you keep more of your own money. the chancellor has said he wants to be nigel lawson , but he wants to be nigel lawson, but needs more like gordon needs to be more like gordon brown heaven but this brown. heaven help us. but this is nonsense. take is nonsense. he must take inspiration from the thatcher years and cut both taxes and spending today. years and cut both taxes and spending today . day marks 40,000 spending today. day marks 40,000 channel crossings since the prime minister took charge in october 2022, and it's coincided with the safety of rwanda bill being defeated in the house of

lords. but an exclusive interview with gb news, the former home secretary, suella braverman , may have disclosed braverman, may have disclosed some solutions. a rift has emerged over the new government definition of extremism after concerns that it could be used against trans ideology . critics against trans ideology. critics and traditional christians. against trans ideology. critics and traditional christians . but and traditional christians. but surely we need to recognise reality . the problem is surely we need to recognise reality. the problem is islamism . plus, today i had a bit of a go at a ridiculous diversity test to try and earn myself a 20% discount at north face, i will be exclusively revealing the results of the test for this evening's grand finale. state of the nation starts now . the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most theatrical panel this evening, criminal barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and journalist michael crick. as always , i want to hear crick. as always, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. you know the email by now it's

mailmogg@gbnews.com, but now it's your favourite of the it's your favourite part of the day. the news with polly day. it's the news with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> most kind jacob, thank you and good evening to you. well the top story from the gb news room tonight is that the labour led birmingham city council has approved a wave of financial cuts in what's being described as double whammy of higher as a double whammy of higher taxes and fewer services. the plans include a 21% increase in council tax over two years , and council tax over two years, and £300 million of cuts to public services. speaking during today's meeting, the council leader , john cotton, leader, john cotton, unreservedly apologise to the city's residents for the budget but said it was a result of a raging crisis in local government. but birmingham's conservative leader said the cuts will mean streets are no longer cleaned . dumped waste is longer cleaned. dumped waste is not enforced and broken street lights are not repaired . well, lights are not repaired. well, the news from birmingham comes just hours before the chancellor unveils his