the 13th of march. wednesday, the 13th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning . turner. very good morning. >> thank you forjoining us. so a rwanda, is it a bribe to leave 7 a rwanda, is it a bribe to leave ? what a rwanda, is it a bribe to leave .7 what should we do with failed asylum seekers? well, ? what should we do with failed asylum seekers? well, now they could £3,000 to move could be offered £3,000 to move voluntarily rwanda . your voluntarily to rwanda. your taxes will pay for it. it's a lot cheaper than putting people in hotels, isn't it? so maybe it's a good idea. do you think? >> and finally, subpostmasters wrongly convicted during the honzon wrongly convicted during the horizon it scandal are going to have their convictions automatically automatically quashed under a landmark new law being introduced today not by the courts but by parliament. but will be enough for the but will that be enough for the victims of this terrible miscarriage of justice? >> and should you be allowed to on your own terms, should you be allowed to die? so keir starmer has promised that there will be a vote on assisted dying if labour win the election, would it have your support and puberty blockers blocked? >> good in what's being

described as a landmark decision, children in england who identify as trans will not be prescribed puberty blockers at gender clinics , but be at gender clinics, but be talking to the conservative mp miriam cates, who's been campaigning on that very issue, and 55 scientists have warned that the covid inquiry appears to be fundamentally biased, and it's failing to examine the costs of lockdowns. >> we're going to be joined by one of those signatories after 11:00. >> and we're going to be at cheltenham races . wish we were. cheltenham races. wish we were. yeah, literally we wish you were. because today, traditionally is ladies day. not anymore. of course not. because that's too woke. it's now style day because that enables the guys to get in. all right with this it's style wednesday. >> i'm okay with that . look how >> i'm okay with that. look how stylish you are andrew pierce. you would fit in beautifully at style wednesday. men take a lot

more care over their appearance. now, don't they? so why should it just be the women who are judged how we look? judged by how we look? >> it's another tradition biting the dictated by the dust, and it's dictated by the dust, and it's dictated by the woke lot. >> i think we're going to be talking carson, our talking to jack carson, our reporter, to be reporter, who's going to be speaking people at cheltenham reporter, who's going to be speakithat people at cheltenham reporter, who's going to be speakithat decision at cheltenham reporter, who's going to be speakithat decision dressed enham reporter, who's going to be speakithat decision dressed in1am about that decision dressed in their finery, by the way. that's right. us know your right. let us know your thoughts. at thoughts. gb views at gb news.com. first, though, the very with sam very latest news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew thank you very much. good morning from the newsroom. it'sjust much. good morning from the newsroom. it's just gone 930 and a brief look at the headlines this hour. the conservative party is facing calls to return donations made by frank hester after a spokesperson for the prime minister admitted comments. mr hester made about diane abbott were racist. he has alleged to have said that the former labour mp makes him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. the major tory donor reportedly made those comments in 2019 and has now apologised . senior party

now apologised. senior party figures indicated this morning that there are no plans , though, that there are no plans, though, to return mr hester's donations. postal affairs minister kevin hollinrake told gb news that racism is not a problem for the tories. >> he said very clearly that what these these comments were racist and wrong , but also racist and wrong, but also pointed out, quite rightly, that this is the most diverse cabinet in history. we are not a racist party. we don't condone those kind of racist, that kind of racist language , so and the racist language, so and the gentleman himself has apologised, but i think i say, i think you can take it from the factit think you can take it from the fact it is his spokesman that those are the prime minister's clear views . clear views. >> in other news, this morning, a new law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters will be introduced by the government later. more than 700 post office staff were found guilty of crimes, including theft and fraud, because of a faulty it system . those affected can system. those affected can receive interim payments and a final fixed amount of £600,000.

labour have welcomed the progress, but say it won't be enough to deliver full justice and britain's economy has returned to growth after dipping into a shallow recession at the end of last year, the latest gdp figures show. the economy grew by 0.2% in january. that's to according the office for national statistics. the chancellor says today's numbers are proof that the government is, he says, making progress. the slight rebound in growth raises hopes that the country could already be on its way out of financial downturn . those of a financial downturn. those are the headlines. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. well, this is a big change. >> front page of the times today reporting exclusively that failed asylum seekers will be offered £3,000 to go to. you've

heard it for rwanda , but this heard it for rwanda, but this would be a voluntary scheme. so it wouldn't require the european court of human rights stepping in to block it or the house of lords. it's a way to clear the migrant backlog currently. i didn't this. we pay £3,000 didn't know this. we pay £3,000 to resettle people back to their own country if their asylum applications failed . last year, applications failed. last year, 19,000 took that route. this is a opportunity to go to rwanda. maybe it will work. bev. >> so i actually when i heard this drop on the news website last night, gbnews.com, last night, gb news.com, britain's last night, gbnews.com, britain's fastest growing news website, and i did think this sounded ridiculous. it feels like an incentive, doesn't it? you think , oh no, this is going you think, oh no, this is going to be more reason for people to come over. they'll say, right, i'm fine, i'll come over and then i will take my £3,000. then if you actually look at it and think about it, these are people who have had their asylum claims rejected. and as andrew says, they don't want to go back to they don't want to go back to the country they came from. then what happens to them at the

moment? the moment, they stay moment? at the moment, they stay in protracted legal in a very protracted legal appeal. their appeal. we pay for their accommodation, in a hotel, accommodation, often in a hotel, often hotel and as know, often in a hotel and as we know, the hotels at the moment, i think are costing us about £14 million a day in taxpayers and they're horrible so they're often horrible money. so £3,000 in the £3,000 is nothing. drop in the ocean, i think. brilliant. offer them £3,000, send them to rwanda, which were being repeatedly told is a lovely place to live with a wonderful quality of life. people over there, would it be enough? i don't know, i quite like the idea. >> well, i think so. joining us in the studio is an old mate of mine. i've done nothing with paul and i've known you for 25 years. labour cabinet years. former labour cabinet adviser paul richards, paul richards, asylum system and richards, the asylum system and migration is a shambles in its chaos. migration is a shambles in its chaos . maybe they've hit on chaos. maybe they've hit on something here. >> i think it smacks of desperation, to be honest. i think we all know there's an election coming up. we all know that rishi sunak has absolutely laid everything on this, on the line, on this policy. if they can't get anyone at all back to rwanda before the election, then he have failed his own

he will have failed in his own terms own backbenchers terms and his own backbenchers will up in arms all the will be up in arms and all the rest of it. so i think this is just basically a way of trying to get to say in the house of commons, have gone commons, some people have gone to rwanda and you're paying them commons, some people have gone to do anda and you're paying them commons, some people have gone to do it.ia and you're paying them commons, some people have gone to do it. andrew.)u're paying them commons, some people have gone to do it. andrew.)lmean,'ing them commons, some people have gone to do it. andrew.)lmean, you'rezm to do it. andrew. i mean, you're paying to do it. andrew. i mean, you're paying to go, but we're paying them to go, but we're paying. >> we're paying them to go back to their country. £3,000 and they go. they they don't want to go. so they then into sorts of then get into all sorts of appeals legal aid and stay in appeals on legal aid and stay in hotels and all the rest of it. but say rather than but if we then say rather than have a fight with about have a fight with you about going to wherever you came going back to wherever you came from, to china, from, £3,000 to go to china, they say, thank you very much and go, and there's a deal that they stay. isn't worth having? >> w- bm- bm— w— bm— >> they don't want to go back to their own country. >> they don't want to go back to the desperate ntry. >> they don't want to go back to the desperate ory. >> they don't want to go back to the desperate or not, they go >> desperate or not, they go back to own countries back to their own countries would not an option. would be not an option. >> they're often oppressed and in danger their lives. in great danger for their lives. >> of them, not all >> not all of them, but not all of them. >> most of them. >> most of them. >> well, if they're if they're failed asylum seekers, it has been that isn't the been proven that that isn't the case. do you know i would case. do you know what i would do, though? >> give them some >> i would just give them some money them in this money and let them stay in this country, work. and many

country, let them work. and many of them are highly qualified, professional people. got professional people. we've got potholes place. potholes all over the place. there's picking. there's littered needs picking. there's, country there's littered needs picking. ti going country there's littered needs picking. ti going to country there's littered needs picking. ti going to rack country there's littered needs picking. trgoing to rack and country there's littered needs picking. trgoing to rack and ruin.untry there's littered needs picking. trgoing to rack and ruin. lety is going to rack and ruin. let them work on the jobs that brits don't to then they don't want to do. and then they can assets to our country can become assets to our country instead of costing anything instead of costing us anything at would be so appealing, >> it would be so appealing, paul >> it would be so appealing, paul, therefore make paul, that would therefore make that channel that journey over the channel a very attractive option. you know, nothing. >> attractive >> there's nothing attractive about cold about those waters in this cold on you know, with on those boats, you know, with those gangs. just think it's those gangs. i just think it's not attractive option. not an attractive option. i think have absolutely think you have to be absolutely desperate it. and the desperate to do it. and the people often people that do do it are often the the best of the the bravest and the best of the people their generations, people of their generations, because got the gumption because they've got the gumption to do it. >> paul, we then back to do it. >> paul, we then >> but paul, we then go back to the point, look, we the whole point, look, we haven't enough houses. we haven't got enough houses. we haven't got enough houses. we haven't school haven't got enough school places. is creaking places. the nhs is creaking at the lot, they the seams. your lot, when they get going in get in are not going to pump in lot much more money because there telling there isn't any. they're telling us. if we then say stay, us. so if we then say stay, where are they to live ? where are they going to live? >> nhs is run by >> well, the nhs is run by people all over world. people from all over the world. we build the we need people to build the houses to houses and they're going to come from over world. you from all over the world. you know, our economy grows and know, as our economy grows and we more houses, who's we build more houses, who's going it's not

going to build them? it's not about away the about taking away from the economy, adding economy, it's about adding to the economy. >> could the economy. >> but that's that could be about legal migration as well as illegal migration. think it's illegal migration. i think it's always really important to draw that distinction. do you think this government has got it right on legal migration ? 1.3 this government has got it right on legal migration ?1.3 million on legal migration? 1.3 million people last year, 700 net. >> you need a managed and fair process , and i think that is process, and i think that is reasonable. and it has to match what the economic needs are as well. i think you need a balance there. i mean, the government has horribly wrong. has got it horribly wrong. i think the overall think in terms of the overall process and package, and they got themselves terrible got themselves into a terrible mess. why all of the focus mess. but why all of the focus on rwanda? i mean, the historian of future will back at of the future will look back at this prime sunak this as the prime minister sunak and he ? well, a big and go, why did he? well, a big country. go on about rwanda. >> a country. and it's >> well, a big country. and it's very with tourists. it's very popular with tourists. it's the nations have sent the united nations have sent refugees there this year. >> nothing wrong with >> there's nothing wrong with rwanda . i mean, i've never been. rwanda. i mean, i've never been. i've some rwandans. i'm sure i've met some rwandans. i'm sure it's nice place, but it's a perfectly nice place, but it's a perfectly nice place, but it's entire it's a tie. your entire political fortune one one country. >> i can tell you why, paul .

>> i can tell you why, paul. hundred million pounds of taxpayers money. that's why we need somebody to go there. we need somebody to go there. we need to get some bang for that buck. not home secretaries, buck. not just home secretaries, because sent three because i think we've sent three home there more than home secretaries there more than any seekers. any actual asylum seekers. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> talk your man >> let's talk about your man keir starmer, fascinating story on the front of the telegraph today. he's spoken to in a television interview. dame dame esther rantzen , who is one of esther rantzen, who is one of the best campaigners this country has ever known. she's brilliant, isn't she? yes. she's made a very passionate and emotional for case assisted dying. got stage lung dying. she's got stage four lung cancen dying. she's got stage four lung cancer. dying. and in that cancer. she's dying. and in that interview with which was televised with keir starmer, she said, my time is running out. a chilling thing to say. he has said quite clearly he will make time as prime minister in the commons for there to be less legislation to be brought forward, not to have a debate on assisted dying, legislate it. assisted dying, legislate on it. that's first that's that's the first time that's ever happened . this is a key ever happened. this is a key moment in our country's history. >> i think, and i mean, >> it is, i think, and i mean, it's traditionally been labour governments that have introduced

these kinds sort these kinds of sort of permissive social legislation around all kinds of things, abortion and legalisation of homosexuality, etc, etc. and this is in that category where it will have to be a free vote, i think, because it is a conscience issue. yeah, but the argument, i think is a very strong one. it's not just esther rantzen. there's lots of people saying that you know, saying it that, you know, the technology our sense technology has changed our sense of , you know, technology has changed our sense of, you know, medicine has changed so much and people are being left behind by a system of law that doesn't really reflect the reality anymore. so he's saying, let's update the laws . saying, let's update the laws. there must be very strong safeguards . that's the point. safeguards. that's the point. you've got to have a regulatory framework here, which is bomb proof, so that nobody is forced into a situation and nobody is, you know, dead. >> i can sense people watching who are, of course, older thinking, yes. it me? thinking, yes, yes. is it me? what a burden on my what about am i a burden on my grandchildren or my burden on my family? >> but it would have to be around cases, know, like the around cases, you know, like the tragic case of esther rantzen, where, you know, the path you're on is pretty clear, and then you

want to make some final choices around to in holland, where they've already got system, they've already got this system, they're looking at they're now looking at developing it, broadening it to include children up to the age of between 1 and 12. >> i don't think that's what people think when they go for assisted dying. we're thinking, aren't thinking about older aren't we thinking about older people long, well people who've had a long, well lived life? well, perhaps. yeah, who ill. isn't who are terminally ill. isn't that if you go down that the danger? if you go down this that's what this route? well, that's what the unintended. >> law would >> that's what the law would have i think, is have to address, i think, is those unintended consequences. i mean, a good system mean, we have a very good system in of parliamentary in the uk of parliamentary scrutiny go to the house of scrutiny or go to the house of lords they i'm sure, lords and they will, i'm sure, look very closely . but look at it very closely. but it's just i look at it very closely. but it'sjust i mean, you're right, it's just i mean, you're right, andrew, the that andrew, it's the point that starmer saying, new starmer is saying, look, a new government look afresh at government can look afresh at some legislation , an some of this legislation, an even as contentious as even something as contentious as this. a government could this. and a new government could then maybe even get a, i don't think, government, which think, a new government, which has got lot to do. has got a lot to do. >> you want to get bogged down with with the house of with a bust up with the house of lords about assisted with lords about assisted dying, with all and all the all the bishops and all the lawyers? think it's something lawyers? i think it's something he despite said

he will do. despite what he said to i think, to esther rantzen, i think, well, it, so i'm well, he said it, so i'm sure he'll do but think it is he'll do it, but i think it is something that the country does need to debate because you need to debate because it, you know, it does affect a lot of families. >> it is real issue. our >> it is a real issue. and our law makers setting the framework. >> but the reason i slightly, slightly there poorly. >> but the reason i slightly, sligisaid there poorly. >> but the reason i slightly, sligisaid it there poorly. >> but the reason i slightly, sligisaid it well, there poorly. >> but the reason i slightly, sligisaid it well, he'sre poorly. >> but the reason i slightly, sligisaid it well, he's keir»orly. she said it well, he's keir starmer said going to do starmer said he's going to do it. sure he will. lot it. so i'm sure he will. a lot of people he's a flip of people think he's a flip flopping and he doesn't flopping man and he doesn't always by said. always stick by what he said. >> that's the that's >> he's going, that's the that's the that will out in the line that will come out in the line that will come out in the election, isn't it's one the election, isn't it? it's one of attacks on him. but of the attacks on him. but i mean, i think something like this, front page of this, it's on the front page of the would to the telegraph would be hard to resile from. let's see. resile from. so let's see. >> he's raised it. >> i'm glad he's raised it. >> i'm glad he's raised it. >> 20 20s. yeah, you i have >> 20 20s. yeah, you and i have known a long if known each other a long time. if i 18 months ago, you'd i saw you 18 months ago, you'd have considerably have looked considerably different. viewers, different. tell viewers, listeners briefly, what's what's happened listeners briefly, what's what's happeneci've lost ten stone, >> well, i've lost ten stone, not pounds ten stone in weight over the year and half. over the last year and a half. >> amazing, no injections, no operations, carbs operations, no, but no carbs and lots it. lots of walking. and that's it. >> back and talk to us >> come back and talk to us about day, paul. well done. about that day, paul. well done. so . that looks very so interesting. that looks very well it? that well on it, doesn't it? that right the nhs is banning

right up next the nhs is banning puberty for children. puberty blockers for children. this for many is a huge win. conservative mp miriam cates is one of those people who was raising awareness of this. she's with

gb news. good morning. 947. so nhs england are going to stop prescribing puberty blockers to young people who identify as trans. >> why do they in the first place, you could ask the lgbt+ and plus and plus and plus charities . stonewall said this charities. stonewall said this for some an important part of this care comes in the form of puberty blockers, a reversible treatment that delays the onset of puberty, giving the young person extra time to evaluate their next steps. >> so fewer than 100 young people in england are currently prescribed puberty blockers by the nhs, and they be able the nhs, and they will be able to continue their treatment. well, joining us in the studio now is conservative mp for

penistone and stocksbridge, miriam miriam, your miriam cates. miriam, your reaction news? reaction to this news? >> well, i'm really pleased with this to this decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers on the nhs. think it's part of the nhs. i think it's part of the nhs. i think it's part of the nhs. i think it's part of the nhs cass review. doctor hilary cass , who's made a number hilary cass, who's made a number of recommendations. so this is a response to a consultation . but response to a consultation. but the reason that this is really important is that firstly, we don't know that puberty blockers are reversible. that's not true necessarily and people necessarily at all. and people think about puberty as the kind of visible changes that people go through. you know, girls developing , starting developing breasts, starting period, boys having facial hair. but actually there's all sorts of other physiological changes to brain, the to to the brain, to the bones, to growth that happen during puberty. just pause puberty. you can't just pause biology . so this is an biology in time. so this is an experimental treatment. and it's, know, fairly well it's, you know, fairly well agreed that medical ethics says you experiment children. >> just about isn't >> i'm just about to say isn't that the point? how can you experiment children as young experiment on children as young as 13 14? it's as 11, 12, 13 and 14? it's terrible. it is exactly. >> of the children who >> and 98% of the children who are puberty blockers are prescribed puberty blockers do go on to cross—sex hormones, which isn't

which absolutely isn't reversible . and we know how reversible. and we know how serious and permanent damage to children for they're, well, adults for the rest of their lives. think the scandal here, lives. i think the scandal here, though, that expect the though, is that we expect the nhs our health care nhs to expect our health care system be evidence based. system to be evidence based. and, know, you go to and, you know, when you go to the a treatment, you the doctor for a treatment, you expect that whatever you're given strong base given has a strong evidence base behind scandal with behind it. and the scandal with the clinic is that it the tavistock clinic is that it was driven by ideology, this belief child who feels belief that a child who feels like they're born in the wrong body should therefore have that feeling at value feeling accepted at face value and on this pathway to and being put on this pathway to permanent change. and that's the scandal that medics were scandal here that medics were able to continue under that belief for so long. >> do you credit with this victory? >> well, i think it's been a wide range of people coming together. we've had amazing whistleblowers who've written books about this, like hannah barnes. like barnes. we've had people like helen joyce who've written books about and then, of about the ideology and then, of course, we've had doctor hilary cass, who's done this absolutely exceptional and, exceptional review and, and coined it's not coined this phrase that it's not it's not a neutral act to transition somebody, even if

it's just socially transitioned somebody. so i think we've had the brakes kind of put on this over the last two years, and we've got to this point now where it's a very sensible position. i would say that position. but i would say that it to it isn't, although it's going to be the nhs to be illegal for the nhs to prescribe these drugs, they are available privately, online and in private clinics, and that has to be the next area to address. >> there were some trans activists online last night advising children and saying ignore this , find a private ignore this, find a private clinic. >> do you not sometimes feel you have to pinch yourself and think, how did the nhs, which is all about caring for people, allow this untested technology to be inflicted on very vulnerable young kids? >> yes , it's a really difficult >> yes, it's a really difficult question to answer and i think how how this untested ideology, this idea that there are more than two sexes or that you can change sex has become so embedded in a practice that you would think is so based on evidence and research. that is a really difficult question to answer . but i really difficult question to answer. but i think if we look around, it's not just the nhs

that has become captured by some of points of view. you of these points of view. you know, know the education know, we know the education system things like system has we know things like museums even libraries have. museums and even libraries have. and think we've some big and i think we've got some big questions as questions to answer. as a country why these things country about why these things weren't challenged when they first being, but first came into being, but i think heading in the right think we're heading in the right direction this. but will direction on this. but time will tell. about a fundamental >> it's about a fundamental shift, isn't it, in our relationship our bodies. relationship with our bodies. which to on this idea which leads us to on this idea of assisted this is if of assisted dying. this is if this if we decide that we want assisted dying in this country, it is one of the biggest social, emotional and human shifts that we will have seen in any of our lifetimes . how do you feel about lifetimes. how do you feel about keir starmer saying that he would mps to vote on this? would allow mps to vote on this? >> well, think it would be a >> well, i think it would be a huge mistake to that huge mistake to go down that route. and actually just a couple ago, the health couple of weeks ago, the health and committee and social care committee published their report into assisted and they urged assisted dying and they urged extreme caution on this issue and recommended that we invest in palliative care, that that was right place to put our was the right place to put our efforts. and i completely agree with because think with them because i think

although there some although there are some very compelling cases, compelling individual cases, of course are of people who course there are of people who genuinely suffer at the end of life and no one would feel anything but extreme sympathy for them. the change in our national psyche, as you said, by allowing to happen would be allowing this to happen would be huge. you at any of huge. and if you look at any of the countries where assisted dying it always dying is allowed, it always starts we're going to starts by saying, we're going to have all these safeguards. it's only people who've got six only for people who've got six months live, etc. but in months to live, etc. but in every single case, the criteria are expanded. you have more and more people able to do it. and if you just look at oregon, for example, in states, when example, in the states, when it was introduced there, was first introduced there, i think just 13% of people said they felt a burden on their family. that was why they chose to die. it's now well over 50. and once you introduce this possibility , of people possibility, of course people feel that want to feel pressure that they want to end their lives. >> we talking to paul >> we were talking to paul richards, adviser, richards, a labour adviser, earlier they're earlier in holland. they're already at applying already looking at it, applying to yeah. and in belgium that's >> yeah. and in belgium that's been the case for some time. >> and when you think how many children of children children parents of children have to court, they're have gone to court, they're

fighting they fighting the nhs because they want to machine off, want to turn the machine off, and want to turn the and now we want to turn the pendulum completely. >> think, you >> exactly. and i think, you know, this country and know, we're in this country and in west, view individual in the west, we view individual human valuable , human lives as deeply valuable, and value of a life and that the value of a life doesn't on whether that doesn't depend on whether that life not. we just life is wanted or not. we just value it. that's why we to value it. that's why we try to prevent suicide, not because we don't that don't understand that some people don't to be people really don't want to be alive, we value alive, but because we value every individual life. and once you shift, there's no you make that shift, there's no going back. you make that shift, there's no goingdon't. you make that shift, there's no goingdon't want to let you go >> i don't want to let you go without asking about without asking you about extremism. it's your question today it? just today at pmqs, isn't it? just explain us concerns explain to us your concerns about moment. explain to us your concerns aboso moment. explain to us your concerns aboso clearly, moment. explain to us your concerns aboso clearly, we moment. explain to us your concerns aboso clearly, we have moment. explain to us your concerns aboso clearly, we have aoment. explain to us your concerns aboso clearly, we have a bigent. >> so clearly, we have a big problem this country with problem in this country with radical and there is radical islamism, and there is a grave threat from terrorism. we all know but my concern in all know that. but my concern in trying to broaden the definition of extremism is that actually you'll catch all sorts of people with perfectly legitimate, maybe strange , but perfectly strange views, but perfectly legitimate free legitimate views in a free society. i think it's a society. and i think it's a mistake to separate extreme views and speech from actual violence and harm. and we should be targeting people who commit actual violence and rather actual violence and harm rather than to create vague

than trying to create vague definitions that that could catch. example, gender catch. for example, gender critical myself critical feminists like myself who say there's only two sexes. is that an extreme view? who knows? so think we should stick. >> there will be people who say that what got. that exactly what you've got. >> exactly. we should stick >> exactly. so we should stick to who actually intend to people who actually intend violence criminalising. >> so you're raising the >> so you're raising this in the comments today? >> so you're raising this in the comrintend oday? >> so you're raising this in the comrintend to, y? >> so you're raising this in the comrintend to, yes. >> i intend to, yes. >> i intend to, yes. >> could we get michael gove's definition change definition proposed change tomorrow? definition proposed change tomorro'and i you know , i >> yes. and i you know, i absolutely support the government's determination to tackle . it's really tackle this. it's really important. and i think naming specific that potentially specific groups that potentially do support terror is the right way forward. but what i'm concerned about is creating a broader legal definition of what is an extreme view. and i think that will cut a free society . that will cut in a free society. we should not be policing thought and speech. yeah. we should not be policing tho okay. nd speech. yeah. we should not be policing tho okay. miriam.:h. yeah. we should not be policing tho okay. miriam. greatah. we should not be policing tho okay. miriam. great to >> okay. miriam. great to see you mp there. now you miriam cates mp there. now it huge day for it is a huge day for subpostmasters caught up the subpostmasters caught up in the honzon subpostmasters caught up in the horizon scandal . subpostmasters caught up in the horizon scandal. i'll find horizon it scandal. i'll find out why this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

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morning. it's 10:00 morning. it's10:00 on wednesday, the 13th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so it's a huge win for the

subpostmasters who were wrongfully , wrongly and wrongfully, wrongly and shamelessly convicted during the honzon shamelessly convicted during the horizon scandal . we're going horizon it scandal. we're going to bring you the details of the good for them very shortly. good news for them very shortly. >> and is ever a wonder bribe >> and is it ever a wonder bribe to leave? well, what should we do failed asylum seekers do with failed asylum seekers now ? they could be offered now? they could be offered £3,000 to move voluntarily to rwanda. your taxes will pay for it, of course, but you could say that it's a lot cheaper than putting people in hotels. so maybe it's a good idea. let us know what you think. racist >> wrong. that's how downing street eventually described the comments. allegedly made by a tory donor about labour mp tory donor about the labour mp diane abbott . the conservatives diane abbott. the conservatives are under pressure return are under pressure now to return the 10 million donation from frank should they ? frank hester. should they? >> and today marks the second day of the cheltenham festival, one of the biggest weeks in horse racing. today it's style. wednesday, not ladies day. our reporter jack carson is there . reporter jack carson is there. >> well, here it is on the race card style. wednesday instead of the traditional ladies day, i'll

have more on that. and all the racing here on day two of cheltenham. >> well, jack carson obviously knew it was style day , so for knew it was style day, so for the first time it's all about men as well. i thought he was looking very wednesday jack style. >> wednesday. i'm not sure a flat cap qualifies. style wednesday. >> yeah, if he was, if my stylist was there, i wouldn't be wearing a cap. wearing a flat cap. >> i loved it. you know what he did tell us yesterday? that cap was grandfather cap. it's was his grandfather cap. it's got value. that's got sentimental value. that's all jack. us all right with us, jack. let us know thoughts. exactly. all right with us, jack. let us knov morning. ughts. exactly. this morning. >> gb at gb news that >> gb views at gb news that ladies day.com. >> first, though, the very latest with francis. latest news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew. thank you very much. good morning from the newsroom. just coming up to 10:02. the top story this morning . the conservatives are morning. the conservatives are facing to donations facing calls to return donations made by the party's biggest

donor after a spokesperson for the prime minister admitted that comments made by frank hester were racist. mr hester is alleged to have said that the former labour mp, diane abbott, makes him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. women and that she should be shot . he reportedly made those shot. he reportedly made those comments in 2019. he has now apologised. last year he contributed £10 million to the tories. labour and the liberal democrats are now calling for that money to be given back . the that money to be given back. the senior figures in the government have indicated this morning that there to return the there are no plans to return the funds, and further donations from mr hester may still be accepted. kevin accepted. minister kevin hollinrake told gb news earlier that racism is, he says, not a problem for the conservatives. >> he said very clearly that what these these comments were racist and wrong, but also pointed out, quite rightly, that this is the most diverse cabinet in history. we are not a racist party. we don't condone those kind of racist, that kind of racist language , so and the racist language, so and the gentleman himself has

apologised, but i think i say, i think you can take it from the factit think you can take it from the fact it is his spokesman that those are the prime minister's clear views . clear views. >> well, as bev and andrew mentioned, a new law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters will be introduced by the government later. more than 700 post office staff were found guilty of crimes , including guilty of crimes, including theft and fraud, because of a faulty. it system. rishi sunak says that legislation is a crucial step forward towards resolving the largest miscarriage of justice in britain's history. those affected can receive interim payments and a fixed final offer of £600,000. labour have welcomed the progress, but say it won't be enough to deliver full justice. former subpostmaster janet skinner was one of those who was caught up in the scandal, spending time in prison for a crime she didn't commit, she told gb news this morning that nothing will undo the damage, even though this new legislation has been brought into place today, we've still got the inquiry going ahead.

>> there is police and investigations into the post offices. wrongdoings, so i mean, really other than this, over overturning convictions today, there, isn't it? there's still no end in sight. >> the fight the uk economy has returned to growth after dipping into a shallow recession at the end of last year, the latest gdp figures show . the economy grew figures show. the economy grew by 0.2% in january , according to by 0.2% in january, according to the office for national statistics. the chancellor says today's numbers are proof that the government is making progress . the slight rebound in progress. the slight rebound in growth raises hopes that the country could already be on its way out of a financial downturn . way out of a financial downturn. migrants who've been refused asylum in britain could be offered thousands of pounds to move to rwanda. the voluntary scheme would be separate to the safety of rwanda bill, which is currently facing delays due to a series of amendments. it would extend current returns, policies

which already see some migrants offered £3,000 to return to their country of origin. labour says it's evidence the government's rwanda plan has no chance of succeeding. however, the home office has defended the scheme , saying that voluntary scheme, saying that voluntary returns are an important part of tackling illegal migration. the london fire brigade says that it has now completed all of the recommendations that were made dunng recommendations that were made during the first stage of the grenfell tower inquiry. fire commissioner andy roe says the changes would lead to a substantial difference to the brigade's emergency responses. there are, on average, two high rise fires every day in the capital and the commissioner warns that a blaze on a similar scale to grenfell could happen again. 72 people died when the grenfell tower caught fire in 2017. sir keir starmer has pledged to allow a vote on legalising assisted dying within the first five years of a potential labour government in a filmed conversation with the

campaigner dame esther rantzen, the labour leader committed to giving time for mps to debate and vote on that issue. the 83 year old founder of childline , year old founder of childline, who has stage four cancer, recently revealed she has joined dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in switzerland . putting clinic in switzerland. putting the subject back under the political spotlight. assisted suicide is currently banned in england, wales and northern ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years and finally to the us, where donald trump and joe biden have now both secured enough delegates to become their party's nominees for us president. it sets up a rematch between the pair in november's election, the first time since 1956 that two presidents will go head to head. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or visit our website gbnews.com/alerts .

gbnews.com/alerts. >> 1006 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, bev turner. >> that's right, some good news this morning at the wrongful convictions of hundreds of subpostmasters in the post office scandal are to be quashed later today. >> landmark move because >> it's a landmark move because ordinarily it's the courts rather than parliament that would legislation. so would enact such legislation. so joining is the joining us now is the conservative peer and former mp, lord arbuthnot, who has led the whole campaign in parliament to investigate properly the horizon it scandal. lord arbuthnot, good morning to you, this is extraordinary, isn't it? because parliament is now taking the lead here in saying they will pass a law very quickly, which will effectively give a blanket that all the convictions will be lifted for all the postmasters caught up in this wicked scandal. >> yes, it is really good news. and the saga has been going on for long enough for us to be so pleased at being able to welcome good news at last. but this is

really good news. >> you are one of the key characters in the itv drama. of course, that people may have seen. we saw you eating sponge cake in the in the cafe famous scene when you as you enter into the communities, are you frustrated that it's taken this long and actually this drama to make the moves, the changes that you and other politicians wanted to see happen? what does it tell us about our political system ? us about our political system? >> well, obviously i would prefer it if when i'd gone to ministers and gone to the post office, if everybody had rolled over and said, yes, yeah, we accept what you say we'll do. we'll do the right thing. now but i don't mind that it is a drama that has achieved this effect because drama has its place and i don't care really what achieves it as long as the effect is achieved. and i think it's a great effect that all of these convictions, are going to

be overturned . i think it's be overturned. i think it's really good news. >> how quickly will it happen, lord arbuthnot? because they're publishing the bill today. it's a short bill. ten clauses or something. i presume there'll be all party support. it should sail through the lords. could this be happening in a matter of weeks days ? weeks or days? >> well, i hope that that is the case.i >> well, i hope that that is the case. i mean, there will be some people who will to the people who will object to the constitutional aspect of parliament overturning , judicial parliament overturning, judicial decisions. and i understand the reservations about that. but there is, i think , no choice but there is, i think, no choice but to get this bill through as quickly as possible, sail through the lords , but the through the lords, but the government's intention is to have it through by july. by the end of july , and then end of july, and then compensation for those whose convictions are overturned will be able to flow in a way that it hasn't been able to do until

now, just to remind us where we're up to with the compensation, some people will have had undisclosed amounts of money, but as you say, then this should all change afterjuly. and are we still clear where this where this compensation is going to come from ? going to come from? >> yes, it's coming from the treasury , and i think the treasury, and i think the treasury, and i think the treasury will, will expect and will receive a, a large chunk of money from fujitsu . i don't know money from fujitsu. i don't know what proportion of the compensation will or should be paid by fujitsu, but i think it should be very substantial. sorry. >> no, i was going to say lord arbuthnot on fujitsu when they appeared before the, the, the inquiry which is ongoing. they the briefing afterwards that they will pay the compensation or agree the compensation when the inquiry is completed. i don't think that's good enough. is it. that could be as late as

2026. they've got deep pockets. they could make certainly an interim payment right now . interim payment right now. >> yes they could. they should . >> yes they could. they should. i think they probably will. and the reason for that is that, they they may have all sorts of, moral understanding of the damage that they have done, but i think more importantly , i think more importantly, perhaps, then they will want more contracts with the, with the uk government. and i think that that will encourage them to, to pay money early and well, are you confident that there are this mistake in the system has completely been ironed out now and these errors aren't still happening and damaging people's lives? >> no. oh i'm not, and that is a worry , there is, for example, worry, there is, for example, still in the system, a legal

presumption often that computer records are reliable. that is something that we've got to overturn, but how we overturn it hasn't yet been ironed out. but thatis hasn't yet been ironed out. but that is something that we've got to deal with. and until that is deau to deal with. and until that is dealt with, we can't be sure that everything's been ironed out. but equally, the culture for in the post office remains deeply suspect. as we heard from some of the select committee heanngs some of the select committee hearings that have gone on in the last couple of months. and so there's a lot still to be done. >> and also, lord arbuthnot , the >> and also, lord arbuthnot, the post office's power to do its own prosecution, does that power have to be removed not just from bodies like the post office, but other public bodies that have the same right? >> the i asked that question about about 2 or 3 years ago in the house of lords and, i was told that the post office didn't have any special power to prosecute. they used the power that all companies.

prosecute. they used the power that all companies . and that all companies. and actually, i think maybe even all individuals have have, but they used it with the backup of pubuc used it with the backup of public money because they had their own prosecuting team. and we saw how dreadfully that prosecuting team behaved. so, so it's not a special power that the post office had . they just the post office had. they just used it in a way that was disgraceful, interesting . disgraceful, interesting. >> absolutely, well, congratulations. i think you should, you know , be very happy should, you know, be very happy today. >> you deserve some more sponge cake. lord arbuthnot. >> yes you do, right. >> yes you do, right. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> i shall go and have some. >> i shall go and have some. >> thank you. thanks for joining us. that's lord balfe thank us. that's lord balfe and thank the people like james the lord for people like james arbuthnot. used him arbuthnot. i used to know him when mp of course, who when he was an mp of course, who took up the cudgels when it wasn't fashionable, when nobody wasn't fashionable, when nobody was listening. but he banged on and the labour and he banged on on the labour benches. the benches. kevin jones up in the north, andrew bridgen, andrew bridgen, they've all fought it and for it. yeah. and thank god for it. yeah. >> right. let's see what you've been at home. you've been

been saying at home. you've been getting in touch about this rwanda said it's getting in touch about this rwalatest said it's getting in touch about this rwalatest stupid said it's getting in touch about this rwalatest stupid idea said it's getting in touch about this rwalatest stupid idea fromaid it's getting in touch about this rwalatest stupid idea from at it's the latest stupid idea from a desperate prime minister who's out with reality. and i out of touch with reality. and i voted tory every general election 18. i'm now election since i was 18. i'm now 67. not vote tory. whilst 67. i will not vote tory. whilst this and his three cohorts this man and his three cohorts in the four great offices of state jeff has said if state remain jeff has said if they fail, they leave. that's fail to gain asylum. here we are, a small island, a beautiful small island. so where are we going to build all these houses, our beautiful country? we'll end up a concrete jungle. >> year, failed >> and last year, 31,000 failed their applications, or their asylum applications, or 31,500. 19,000 were returned to their countries. what happens to their countries. what happens to the other 12,000? where are they? >> this is a very good point. >> this is a very good point. >> in hotels. yeah, in a hotel at the end of your street at pubuc at the end of your street at public expense. or have they disappeared? >> some have just gone missing. robert said the last thing this country needs is to encourage more illegal people come country needs is to encourage more giving. people come country needs is to encourage more giving illegals come country needs is to encourage more giving illegals workme country needs is to encourage more giving illegals work will here, giving illegals work will just piece to just add another piece to the pull factor. word illegals. pull factor. that word illegals. that's a very american word. there so much news there has been so much news going on the uk today that going on in the uk today that we've barely scratched upon two

massive we massive issues in america. we are bring them to you. are going to bring them to you. you really want to miss you really don't want to miss this stories. and this big important stories. and also day . also cheltenham ladies day. well, we've made a bit of room for men. now style for the men. it's now style wednesday so move to be gender inclusive. i'm all right with that. oh look there's carol vorderman. she doesn't like us very i'm happy about us. >> us. >> and she doesn't look very stylish either. >> andrew pierce. sorry. >> andrew pierce. sorry. >> your claws. and those men, if you're rather than you're watching rather than listening radio with listening on the radio with their hats on, they their silly red hats on, they don't very either. don't look very stylish either. >> style is entirely >> it's style is entirely subjective in the eye of the beholder, and our jack carson, of course, look very stylish. getting in his cloth cap getting stuck in his cloth cap gbviews@gbnews.com. be gbviews@gbnews.com. we'll be back

you know what i mean. andrew pierce were on the telly right ? pierce were on the telly right? we've got stephen pound in the studio with us and broadcaster

mike parry. you two are having a very good catch up there. we were right, gentlemen, i want to talk about the fact that it's cheltenham style wednesday. what is wrong with that? shouldn't is wrong with that? it shouldn't just be talking about ladies team. >> what's right with it mike parry well, there's nothing right with it. >> i, a cheltenham fanatic. i've probably gone there for the last 20 years. i'm only not there this week. i've got other things to do, but i love cheltenham, because i think you always look stylish when you. well, it's very kind of you, but i tell you what, we were there to what, because we were there to do breakfast show, we do the breakfast radio show, we used there at 4 am. and used to get there at 4 am. and watching cheltenham, we wake up. yeah. and cheltenham itself, the racecourse is a magnificent bowl. it's the greatest sporting arena that i've worked at because it is literally between the hills and the fields of gloucestershire. it's beautiful andifs gloucestershire. it's beautiful and it's a most unique experience. but of course one of the classic days is ladies day, right? like when you go to the grand national, the classic day

is ladies day, okay? and we really enjoy those ladies dressing up in liverpool aintree. well you know, i've got a thing about this. the problem is that when you have ladies day at royal ascot or cheltenham, it's all very dignified and demure. when it happens at aintree, right . the newspaper aintree, right. the newspaper editors say find me a lady who's drunk and lying flat out on the floor because probably not difficult . difficult. >> don't have to look far, but have to well, lots of very hard. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> the fact, the fact that mike's been going there for 20 years explains why he can't afford . afford a tie. >> know, i mean, there >> i don't know, i mean, there is the evidence. is the is the evidence. there is the evidence . i have been once of evidence. i have been once of where? of what? aintree of. oh, an aintree taking some well sustenance. >> northern, northern people enjoy their revelry. okay. and it's . it's. >> i can speak as an author and we do enjoy a revel but. >> well, i'm sorry, but you're an adopted west londoner. well, i now. i am now. >> but if you think about it, what you are laughing at is drunken women and what they know. not like. actually know. i'm not like. and actually there's men as there's lots of drunken men as well.

>> el!- >> oh oh indeed. >> oh oh indeed. >> such entertaining >> make such entertaining pictures . pictures. >> way the ladies are >> it's the way the ladies are dressed. the picture editors love the ladies love the pictures of the ladies with mini skirts on and with tiny mini skirts on and glass champagne and the glass of champagne and the lifters over place. you know. >> well, hang on, hang on a second. i'm sorry for touchiness here. >> so they're always teaching us. us. >> us. >> stagger us. i'd never, ever heard the word fascinators before till i started at before till i started looking at these pictures. know what? these pictures. you know what? there's yeah, these pictures. you know what? therewest yeah, these pictures. you know what? therewest london yeah, these pictures. you know what? therewest london for yeah, these pictures. you know what? therewest london for a'eah, these pictures. you know what? therewest london for a long well, west london for a long time, but look, you can have them. piercey, can i just say one thing? as far as i'm concerned, ladies day an concerned, ladies day is an anachronism. i think it's a silly wrong? silly thing. oh, what is wrong? shame shame on you. shame on you. i'm shame on you. you listen. they don't have geezers day, they? no, they geezers day, do they? no, they don't, because we're there all the time. >> and and there's more >> and there's. and there's more of than them. there's more of us than them. there's more men. stephen, i mean, men. but, stephen, i mean, you're the female you're an admirer of the female form. possibly say form. how can you possibly say you silly? i haven't you think it's silly? i haven't had me lunch yet. >> but think the one thing >> but i think the one thing about cheltenham that always worries i've there many worries me. i've been there many a times. nearly always falls a times. it nearly always falls in middle of now, in the middle of lent. now, if it's to saint it's very close to saint patrick's when you have patrick's day, when you have what's traditionally a

what's known traditionally as a pit during lent for those pit stop during lent for those of us who abstain from alcohol, as have done every year since as i have done every year since i rather difficult i was 12, it's rather difficult because is a great social because it is a great social occasion. you know occasion. even if you know nothing come there nothing about horses, come there and to say very, very and i have to say very, very irish. i mean, you know, our relatives. oh of course, be there. >> and also, stephen, because you're politician, budget you're a politician, the budget always in always used to happen in cheltenham week. andrew. it did. and all these drunken and you know, all these drunken news editors, of them had news editors, me one of them had to back to london for one to come back to london for one day to cover budget then day to cover the budget and then get cheltenham. it's our get back to cheltenham. it's our revenge what revenge because that's what we do. i did for years was do. what i did for years was i always insisted on drinking the first pint guinness in the first pint of guinness in the guinness village at the cheltenham meeting, and i used to do it at 10:01 on the tuesday of the first meeting, consistently past ten in the morning. yeah, 10:01 in the morning. yeah, 10:01 in the morning because you finished our show at down to the guinness show at ten down to the guinness village. if you've village. by the way, if you've not experienced it is a collection of 6 or 7 bars who all sell nothing but guinness in massive tents. >> and they prepare it right. you had time to think about drinking your pint at 10:01,

because it doesn't matter what you like. you look like. >> whereas for women, we're. >> whereas for the women, we're. so we have to think all the time whether going to look whether we're going to look okay, all right share okay, i'm all right to share that responsibility with them. >> at aintree. >> no, at they once again >> no, at least they once again you're picking on the northern lassies. you're picking on the northern lassietakes a lot of effort to >> it takes a lot of effort to look like that. >> i still think one of the things i wish i could scrub my brain clean off, it's a chap doing handstands, kilt. >> he's doing that one year and he a of people. he had a crowd of people. >> what in cheltenham? >> yes. >> yes. >> extraordinary. should they have should they have had have had, should they have had ladies day and maybe tomorrow should then. no, should be men's day then. no, no. let's just call it style. >> no no i style i hate this >> no, no no i style i hate this wokeness because as far as i'm concerned, know, the racing concerned, you know, the racing world largely dominated world is largely dominated by men. paying men. and this is paying a tribute to the ladies who make the race meeting so better the race meeting so much better and by coming in. and finer by them coming in. they're beautiful dresses and clothes. >> i think also, mike at ladies day, the royals, they're absolutely the queen mother, absolutely the queen mother, absolutely never missed it. she'd always hang on a second.

>> can i just say the women jockeys now compete at the same level as male jockeys and win. as far as i'm concerned, yeah. the clock has moved forward. yeah, we've gone a little. it's not clare balding , but just not just clare balding, but just be there to adorn the occasion. >> like the flipping. >> like the flipping. >> well, no, but you can compete as equals. >> no you're not. but all women also please remember, bev, it's also please remember, bev, it's a day of great power for women and empowerment. me, and empowerment. believe me, because over because everything's turned over in female form. in favour of the female form. believe a it's believe me, it's a it's a wonderful thing to see. >> this is a very dodgy argument in favour of achievements in favour of female achievements as i'd rather see as opposed to i'd rather see women jockeys. as opposed to i'd rather see worwhy?»ckeys. as opposed to i'd rather see worbut'?»ckeys. as opposed to i'd rather see worbut whyays. as opposed to i'd rather see worbut why is;. as opposed to i'd rather see worbut why is the word style? >> but why is the word style? where they put that? where do they put that? >> what would you have >> okay, what would you have instead? >> i'd keep it at cheltenham ladies think the ladies day. i don't think the women offended it. women were offended by it. >> i always it's like >> i always think it's like cheltenham ladies college though, cheltenham ladies college tho well, they're not going to >> well, they're not going to change of that, are change the name of that, are they. girls. they. because it is for girls. >> do you know what the >> and do you know what the younger generation i know younger generation of men i know men in their 30s who routinely wear men who wear make up straight men who were tinted moisturiser were wearing tinted moisturiser and of bronzer, bit of

concealer. >> i find it deeply unattractive. yeah, but they are a stylish generation wearing make up for years. >> polyfilla by and large. >> well, polyfilla by and large. >> well, polyfilla by and large. >> yeah. shall we talk >> yeah, yeah. shall we talk briefly about paul o'grady? yeah, yeah. >> loved lost >> tv presenter well, loved lost his last year. i think it his life last year. i think it is. well he £15.5 million is. well he left £15.5 million in his will. it's a lot. is. well he left £15.5 million in his will. it's a lot . yeah. in his will. it's a lot. yeah. and he's left £125,000 to the care of the pets. so he's got five dogs. yeah and half £1 million to battersea cats and dogs home, fair, fair play to him, i say. i saw him when he did his lily savage act on stage. he was brilliant. brilliant. there's a couple of things about. >> wanted to swords with >> wanted to cross swords with him picked on you from the stage. >> i know, i know, just absolutely tore you to pieces. would. god, he good. look, absolutely tore you to pieces. wotinterestinge good. look, absolutely tore you to pieces. wotinteresting thing good. look, absolutely tore you to pieces. wotinteresting thing aboutlook, the interesting thing about this, think, is left this this, i think, is he's left this woman £25,000 each to look after each dogs, including each of the dogs, including sausage. know, he's the dog sausage. you know, he's the dog he used to talk about. he always used to talk about. yeah, the interesting thing yeah, but the interesting thing is juxtaposition of two is the juxtaposition of the two stories the vet's fees stories in the paper vet's fees going through the roof absolutely anything absolutely never been anything so high. paul o'grady so high. and paul o'grady leaving well, be leaving this money. well, to be fair, probably going to

fair, you're probably going to have that much to have to have that much money to look your dog. look after your dog. >> bills are astronomical. >> vet's bills are astronomical. yeah, extraordinary. yeah, they are extraordinary. but of money, but it's a lot of money, stephen. people say 125,000 for five so much five dogs. well so much homelessness people hungry. homelessness and people hungry. you but stephen's well you say that but stephen's well stephen's touched vets stephen's touched on the vets fees thing. >> mean i read a piece earlier >> i mean i read a piece earlier this week the vet industry is being taken over by international corporations. you know, they're putting them together and they're dictating the fees. and the vets who used to charge £25, you know, to mend a dog's foot, are now charging 250 and, you know, pet owners back , prices inquiry because, back, prices inquiry because, because , because the costs are because, because the costs are under control. so i think that will obviously help look after the dogs and all that. but basically it's just shown what a huge heart the man had, hasn't it? >> that and his dog show on tv. everybody. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> everybody loves it. >> everybody loves it. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> we've got so many people now, stephen, who bought pets in lockdown they they lockdown because they felt they had to raise little had the time to raise little puppies now they can't puppies and now they can't afford keep them anymore. afford to keep them anymore. >> well, story.

>> well, a true story. >> well, a true story. >> this is my nan had a lovely little dog, a little yorkshire terrier piccolo, which terrier called piccolo, which is like for and she like italian for little, and she subscribed a thing called gay subscribed to a thing called gay dogs, it like a dog dogs, and it was like a dog rescue you put, you had rescue thing you put, you had the little ring round the neck with coin on it and said, if with a coin on it and said, if found, contact gay dogs found, please contact gay dogs and a reward. and you'll get a large reward. gay dogs. what it was gay dogs. that's what it was called. what? >> gay? >> gay? >> gay? >> gay in the innocent days of the 50s? >> oh, i was going so. >> oh, i was going to say so. >> oh, i was going to say so. >> it's not. >> it's not. >> no, it was. >> no, it was. >> was a special one. >> it was a special one. >> it was a special one. >> i'm sure dogs don't go in there a of whales were at there a couple of whales were at it the other day. >> stop it. listen, we've got to talk the big american story. >> it is definitely going to be trump versus biden at the next election. a way, it's been election. in a way, it's been such news here. we such a busy news day here. we haven't on it, but we know how. >> now. >> yeah i know it's the nomination. >> i will be back. >> i will be back. >> i will be back. >> i mean, i mean, it's a world shattering event, but, i think we've known that it was, you we've all known that it was, you know, quite a long time. it know, for quite a long time. it was going to happen right from the moment trump entered the race appeal and his race as his his appeal and his support been building up. support has been building up. but i this,

but today, when i heard this, i thought, does the thought, my god, what does the future world come to now? future of the world come to now? what are looking forward to? what are we looking forward to? i think stephen knows i still think stephen knows better this than me. better about this than me. there's a big that biden there's a big chance that biden may forced down may be forced to step down before actual election. now before an actual election. now that been confirmed as that trump has been confirmed as the. i agree that. the. i agree with that. >> but i don't know, steve. >> but but i don't know, steve. and maybe you know what happens then. who is the then. who then is the alternative because can't alternative because they can't rerun the democratic race and they vice they can't have the vice president. they have the president. they can't have the vice% because president is vice% because vice president is hopeless. what happens? hopeless. well what happens? >> interesting thing. >> here's an interesting thing. in united states in the united states constitution, much constitution, this is very much baked you actually have baked in. you can actually have five at state department five members at state department level, that level, can actually certify that a for duty. a president is unfit for duty. right. that's actually in right. well, that's actually in 1776. as before, you say it , 1776. and as before, you say it, i wasn't there. you know, they did actually madison. and they actually baked this into the constitution. it's in there. it's feature. now it's a safety feature. now obviously, it could be somebody like governor of california. like the governor of california. it be somebody it could be somebody like elizabeth warren. there's plenty of the of people coming forward. the dream say, i think, dream ticket, i say, i think, would be mrs. obama, michelle obama. yeah. would be mrs. obama, michelle obama.she's. would be mrs. obama, michelle obama.she's put out a statement >> but she's put out a statement saying she's not going to do it

under circumstance. under any circumstance. >> politician denies >> oh, every politician denies doing they do it. >> but people are watching this and god, got an and think, god, we've got an issue rishi sunak. he issue with rishi sunak. he didn't even get endorsed tory didn't even get endorsed by tory mps. of the united mps. the president of the united states by anybody. states isn't elected by anybody. >> a second. no, >> well, hang on a second. no, it'll wait till the democratic convention. point is convention. i mean, the point is they've it because they've both got it because they've both got it because they've largest they've got the largest number of electoral votes. of electoral college votes. however, there has be an however, there has to be an actual convention at which the people when he says people that's when he says hawaii yes no or puerto hawaii says yes or no or puerto rico. be rico. but but there wouldn't be a these five people a case of these five people getting and telling getting together and telling biden out. biden you're out. >> be behind the scenes >> it would be behind the scenes convincing that for the convincing biden that for the good country the good of the country and the democratic must move democratic party, you must move aside. does it voluntarily. >> what i keep hoping the first lady clearly loves her lady who clearly loves her husband say to him, husband will say to him, darling, i totally it's darling, i totally agree. it's oven darling, i totally agree. it's over. i totally agree. i always say that the reason mrs. thatcher down say that the reason mrs. thatchend. down say that the reason mrs. thatchend. yeah down say that the reason mrs. thatchend. yeah rather down say that the reason mrs. thatchend. yeah rather than>wn in the end. yeah rather than face heseltine in vote, face heseltine in a second vote, was because thatcher, who was because denis thatcher, who she said enough. yes. she always has said enough. yes. and she said okay. and she listened. >> it's all over, darling. it's i'm afraid in conservative politics talk about the men politics they talk about the men in grey suits.

in the grey suits. >> they do in party. we >> they do in labour party. we talk the men in grey talk about the men in the grey boiler suits. you know, the boiler suits. but, you know, the idea that you in and idea is that you come in and say, i'm sorry, into the library, glass of whisky and a revolver, to revolver, but it's going to be somebody like the lady to somebody like the first lady to tell stop it. i mean, tell him to stop it. i mean, this is endless conjecture. this is you know, we can we is sort of, you know, we can we don't even have to talk about photoshopping. we actually photoshopping. we can actually move real world. move on to the real world. >> so there's endless speculation already the speculation already that the first have huge first lady does have a huge influence government influence on government policy. and she can't get and even she even she can't get biden get his facts right biden to get his facts right when making speech. you when he's making a speech. you know i mean? know what i mean? >> biden is clearly not making he a state of the he made a good state of the union speech. >> two days, gentlemen, right. we've move on. so thank we've got to move on. so thank you for still to come this you for that. still to come this morning, lee anderson, of course, reform. but course, defected to reform. but are to see any more are we going to see any more tories following him? well, we're to be joined by a we're going to be joined by a good good good friend of his, a good friend lee's tory mp for don friend of lee's tory mp for don valley, fletcher. valley, nick fletcher. labour next. i your pardon. next. i beg your pardon. >> labour gain. >> labour gain. >> labour gain. much >> labour gain. much more >> labour gain. that's much more after morning's news with >> labour gain. that's much more after francis. )rning's news with

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procuring victims for jeffrey epstein. of course , her legal epstein. of course, her legal defence, however, has mounted a case that she should never have been prosecuted that , in fact, been prosecuted that, in fact, she's protected under a plea deal that jeffrey epstein himself signed with federal prosecutors back in 2008. that that's their, case that they've brought to the new york court. and that's what started in new york yesterday. but it's going to run for quite some time. but she very much believes, as does ian, that , that she has been ian, that, that she has been wrongfully convicted . and, and wrongfully convicted. and, and under the terms of this 2008 plea deal, should never have been sent back to prison. >> fascinating. >> fascinating. >> that will be really scoop. >> that will be really scoop. >> well done. >> well done. >> right. that will be tom and emily from 1:00 first, though, in a new gb news series, innovation britain, we are looking at the success. we don't talk about success. enough of british around the british manufacturing around the

country. here it is. >> how many companies do you know that export? 65% of what they make . andrew watts export they make. andrew watts export market being like for you this year? >> it's really held up. well. >> it's really held up. well. >> the export market is grown, so we've had a nice growth on that point . but also we've had that point. but also we've had good sustained business on on a uk basis as well. >> now obviously you've been a uk company for over 40 years, so what's it been like through them years? >> everybody's had their ups and downs and we're no different. but since the oh eight crash we're we're right back up to the same sort of figures. if not more. so we've had certainly really good growth over the last certainly ten years. >> so what's this year been like for you. good, good. >> we've we've seen some some work certainly coming from the

defence side of things with the political situation as it stands at the minute, there's been spending on on defence this year and that will certainly continue into the future. >> and we've talked >> and obviously we've talked about how much you export. so what work do you actually do and what work do you actually do and what industries do you work in. >> it's basically >> it's all basically petrochemical , refinery, nuclear petrochemical, refinery, nuclear with hinkley point coming on, coming on soon. that's been good for us. there's hopefully going to be sizewell c coming up and that should be good for us as well. >> now just last question. obviously there's a lot of bad news in uk manufacturing. but how are you finding it as a business owner? it's been it's been difficult. >> certain things have have given us some challenges. but i think those challenges are the same the world over. i think, you know, generally uk manufacturing going in is in a fairly good

state. >> well, at the time is 1040. the leader of reform uk, richard tice has told us station could be further defections after the move of former conservative party deputy chairman lee hanson. so who could be next, if anyone at all? >> well, joining us in the studio is a good friend of lee and fellow conservative mp in the red wall, don valleys nick fletcher. so, nick, let's just cut chase. you going cut to the chase. are you going to reform? no. why not? definitely not. >> definitely no, my >> definitely not. no, my constituents for constituents voted for a conservative and they conservative candidate and they will conservative will keep a conservative candidate lose the candidate unless i lose the whip. but i don't think that's going to happen. and now i will stay as a conservative candidate until the next election, and i will continue then. >> lee anderson's constituents voted for a conservative candidate. now a reform candidate. he's now a reform party should he do the party mp. should he do the honourable thing trigger honourable thing and trigger a by—election, he's voted by—election, which he's voted for in the past? >> yeah, i think the problem is that we've got that is that we've got with that is that, well, one, the whip was

taken taken off, was taken taken off, which was a mistake which made him an independent. obviously then independent. and obviously then reform along there reform of come along and there could be an election anytime. who knows whether it could be may or it could be november. i don't it anybody. don't think it helps anybody. it's completely different it's a completely different situation lee's is made situation that lee's in, is made that choice to go there. and i wish i wish lee all the best as a very good friend and a very good mp. and i'm sorry he has gone.i good mp. and i'm sorry he has gone. i really am sorry he's gone. i really am sorry he's gone. but i won't be following. but his departure is symptomatic of the frustration felt by a lot of the frustration felt by a lot of mps that the government hasn't grips with illegal hasn't got to grips with illegal migration, alone legal migration, let alone legal migration, let alone legal migration, haven't migration, and taxes haven't been . been cut. >> tax burden is rising. despite what they did in the budget last week. and we know from people tweeting into this programme and taxing into this programme that when people say, oh, it's going to lead to a big labour majority, if people vote for reform, they say, well, that's because the tory party has left us. why we're to us. that's why we're going to vote reform. >> i mean, it's been an >> yeah, i mean, it's been an extremely difficult i extremely difficult time. i always say i became an mp in

december three later december and three months later we down. and we shut the country down. and i think people remember think people need to remember all that the prime all the help that the prime minister, then chancellor, did through covid. so it's through through covid. so it's been an extremely difficult time. people want the time. and i know people want the prime minister to go further with issues that with lots of the issues that we're dealing with. and i'm definitely one of those. i'm definitely one of those. i'm definitely the of our definitely on the right of our party. the illegal party. i want the illegal immigration completely. party. i want the illegal irwantration completely. party. i want the illegal irwant illegal completely. party. i want the illegal irwant illegal immigration etely. party. i want the illegal irwant illegal immigration down, i want illegal immigration down, and i to us be as and i want to us be as conservative as possible. and we've definitely had some moves in that, that direction the rwanda plan going through. rwanda plan is going through. i know obviously there's an awful lot of people kicking back against that. i would have liked it even tougher than it probably even tougher than what is, but definitely what it is, but it's definitely moving in the right direction. we've had two cuts. we've had two tax cuts. we've had two fiscal events and we've dropped insurance twice dropped national insurance twice , which is going , 2% and 4, which is going to make a huge difference to people in their pockets. so we are doing right things. i'm a doing the right things. i'm a big believer in family, small state, family . and with state, big family. and with regards to the high income child benefit issue charges, i think we're moving in the right

direction for that. so we are moving where we need to go. obviously there's a frustration that we need to be getting there more quickly , and i want to push more quickly, and i want to push and push and push because i believe the right believe that's the right direction go in. but direction for us to go in. but we have had a couple of years that have been absolutely horrendous. i mean, we were horrendous. and i mean, we were pretty war footing pretty much on a war footing with, 21, 22. i mean, it's with, with 21, 22. i mean, it's been it's been terrible. and we've got the war in ukraine and obviously now we've got israel too. it's been a really too. so it's been a really difficult time. >> but you see, have been >> but you see, there have been other countries that have other other countries that have been obviously through those same events haven't same global events and haven't emerged as poorly. >> in terms of our >> i, especially in terms of our growth. yeah. >> no, i don't agree with that. i went over to france recently with the education select committee and sat opposite their mps. and what they were saying was pretty much a complete reflection of what we're going through. they're struggling with immigration, massively struggling immigration. struggling with immigration. they're struggling with cost of living well. i living issues as well. and i mean, they had some members of parliament have done parliament who have not done what they should have done, just

let's that. so it just let's say that. so it was just we were sat other we were sat with other my colleagues not colleagues and we could not believe we were hearing. it believe what we were hearing. it was a complete reflection was just a complete reflection of going through. of what we're going through. it's yeah, i was it's funny that, yeah, i was gonna in wall, if gonna say in the red wall, if bofis gonna say in the red wall, if boris came campaigning in don valley. >> it's a widely reported yesterday today , would that yesterday and today, would that be a big difference? still be a big difference? boris still popular patch. popular in your patch. >> believe he is. boris is a >> i believe he is. boris is a marmite character and i know obviously there'll be there'll be amount of people be a certain amount of people that be upset if saw that will be upset if they saw bofis that will be upset if they saw boris on street again. but boris on the street again. but bofis boris on the street again. but boris a fantastic campaigner boris is a fantastic campaigner and i'm sure, i'm sure i've. he came to doncaster before, before my and he while my election and he came while i was a member of parliament. and there's people around there's always people around him. genuinely do him. i mean, they genuinely do really like him and if he came to if he offered his help in don valley to support our current prime minister and support the conservative party, i for one would would welcome him with open arms. >> we've not a fan. >> no. well, well, it's . >> no. well, well, it's. >> no. well, well, it's. >> i said his mama, isn't it? yeah. so there you go. >> i used to like him uh.huh.

but i think everything changed from 2019 onwards. and he had that thumping majority in 2019, but it had come. >> we had to go through covid and i think there was one month it became a dad. he lost his mum. he'd been in hospital. the biggest, that world biggest, crisis that the world has ever seen. i mean, all these things disagree because this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis disagree because this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis comesagree because this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis comes ijree because this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis comes i mean, cause this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis comes i mean, youe this has ever seen. i mean, all these ththis comes i mean, you know, is this comes i mean, you know, we're going to go down a we're not going to go down a big, covid covid rabbit hole today, i think i still need today, but i think i still need today, but i think i still need to see from this government apologies of those apologies for some of those decisions were made based decisions that were made based on flawed data. >> i think and i speak for >> and i think and i speak for a lot of people who feel like the lockdowns were an unnecessary and disproportionate event, particularly when it comes to children. and we're seeing it in the papers every day. >> the illness of the papers every day. >> excess the illness of the papers every day. >> excess deaths|e illness of the papers every day. >> excess deaths we'vezss of the papers every day. >> excess deaths we've nowf the papers every day. >> excess deaths we've now got the excess deaths we've now got the excess deaths we've now got the collateral from those decisions. >> can't just be wiped off. >> can't just be wiped off. >> it'sjust >> can't just be wiped off. >> it's just no, no. >> and i think the covid inquiry really needs to get to the root of this, rather than it just turning into a blame game. i come from a business background, and we've got a procedure manual

for everything that we do, and i think the covid inquiry, what it should doing is putting should be doing is putting a manual if we get manual together that if we get hit any kind of pandemic hit with any kind of pandemic like i know all like this, and i know all pandemics different, but pandemics are different, but what do ? what should we do? >> i mean that though, is it nick? >> p- w- p but i mean, it >> well, no, but i mean, it becomes it becomes a bit of a witch hunt. and i think that's what we want it to be. and what we don't want it to be. and unfortunately, i mean, i know i'm a studio here, but i'm sat in a studio here, but the media play a part in that too, because and i think we ought to be. we all need to take responsibility for each of our jobs, as member of jobs, myself as a member of parliament, everything parliament, above everything else too. as else but your job too. as journalists, we need responsible journalism. responsible journalism. we need responsible mps. need people taking mps. we need people taking personal for personal responsibility for themselves. i think when we themselves. and i think when we all that we all actually all do that and we all actually come together, then we can actually make success of this actually make a success of this fantastic country. >> very conservative >> it's a very conservative statement nick fletcher, statement there. nick fletcher, we bit that from we need a bit more of that from your boss. >> well, i'm happy it >> well, i'm happy to give it to you. >> right. >> right. >> can you 30s in on >> can you not sit 30s in on that welsh parliament thing? >> i don't think we have got 30s, unfortunately. but, do you

know what actually are going know what actually we are going to a front page of to be? there's a front page of the telegraph today the the telegraph today about the covid a bunch the telegraph today about the co scientists a bunch the telegraph today about the co scientists who've a bunch the telegraph today about the co scientists who've written ich the telegraph today about the co scientists who've written an of scientists who've written an open of them, open letter, and one of them, the author of this, is going to be with us the next hour as be with us in the next hour as well. yeah, i am, i should be. we be. we all need we all need to be. we all need answers. up next, answers. right? up next, cheltenham's rebranding cheltenham's woke rebranding as it's we're allowed it's called. we're not allowed to ladies day. i think to call it ladies day. i think this a good this is a good

gb news. welcome back. so andrew pierce wants us to talk to nick fletcher. >> just then, he didn't have time about an issue that caught our eye this morning. >> we didn't have time, but this is quite unbelievable. the welsh parliament has spent a quarter of million of money of £1 million of taxpayers money to software the building to put software in the building that block gb news. that will block gb news. >> public money. this is >> that's public money. this is the welsh labour government, devolved parliament has spent a quarter of £1 million of public

money. this should be triggering an outrage where is the outrage? why are tory mps on the in? the welsh public should be jumping up and down? there should be questions raised in parliament about it and we're going to kick off about it. >> you know why? because >> and you know why? because it's about freedom speech, >> and you know why? because it's abfreedom om speech, >> and you know why? because it's abfreedom oninformation. about freedom of information. it's thinking that it's about not thinking that people about what are people are stupid about what are they giving them all they scared of giving them all they scared of giving them all the and letting the the information and letting the british decide who they british public decide who they want they want to want to watch, who they want to subscribe which apps they subscribe to, which apps they want to upload their phone, want to upload on their phone, what want what knowledge they want to heat what knowledge they want to hear. another that hear. there's another thing that caught yesterday. i've caught my eye yesterday. i've just andrew in the just been showing andrew in the break media reform break the media reform coalition. twitter coalition. this is on twitter and having an event in and they are having an event in sheffield on saturday and it's entitled how do you solve a problem like gb news? and it has michael crick, who is a guest on this channel, regularly gets paid to appear here. and a few other , commentators, one from other, commentators, one from a trans group, one from an islam group, one from goldsmiths

university, and they are all and somebody called des freeman from the media reform coalition, they're having a whole debate at they're having a whole debate at the media democracy festival. ironic name on saturday. how do you solve a problem like gb news? >> and which gb person did they invite to take part in the nobody panel? >> i did tweet them and say i'm very happy to join because when you work on a channel like this, which is new and disruptive and i think fresh and a breath of fresh air, we are going to get kickback because the establishment media hate it, don't like it, and by definition, therefore they don't like you. they don't like you at home watching us and listening to us and choosing to be part of this revolution . and i don't use this revolution. and i don't use that word lightly in terms of the media space, we are a revolution and we're very proud to do that. so next time you have a panel, invite us. yeah, i any excuse to go off. >> and by the way, make that point because in the last week or two we've been getting some on this programme, some of our

best viewing figures. and best ever viewing figures. and we radio station is the we know the radio station is the fastest on fastest growing radio station on fm. are regularly >> yeah, we are regularly beating all the other news channels now, and we can't do that without you. it's been a tough week for the princess of wales, we know was forced wales, as we know she was forced to after editing that to apologise after editing that mother's photo, still mother's day photo, but we still love do. >> we do. >> we do. >> here are some messages >> and here are some messages from our viewers. from you from our viewers. >> hello, catherine. your royal highness , i hope you get well highness, i hope you get well soon and keep up the good work with the photography. >> i'm sending you my best wishes as hopefully you will make a speedy recovery, and be able to get on with enjoying time with your family and your children, as you should be able to ignore all this nonsense about the editing photograph where everyone seems to have lost their marbles over. >> get well soon and we hope to see you back where you belong whenever you feel able. good luck to you all! >> picking holes in this photo that the princess of wales has taken for me is beyond a joke. i

think she's done a fantastic job. her and william tate nonsense . nonsense. >> you are a fabulous woman with a fabulous family and children. put it all behind you. practice your editing and, just watch out for those little mistakes. it'll make you better at it. just go out there and get better because we miss you. >> i miss it too. >> i miss it too. >> i love our viewers. i know, and i miss her too. >> now from page of papers today, a questioning finally is the covid inquiry fit for purpose for 55 scientists? think not. we're going to have the author of that letter here any minute now. don't go anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. heavy rain at will persist across north and western areas through today and into thursday. in fact , whereas in the east it in fact, whereas in the east it will be much drier, brighter and for everyone it's going to be feeling much milder through the

rest of the week. but very heavy rain will persist for parts of nonh rain will persist for parts of north wales, the lake district, southern scotland southern areas of scotland as well, and well, particularly dumfries and galloway . seeing heaviest of galloway. seeing the heaviest of the further north. it the rainfall further north. it should stay largely dry, apart from some very blustery showers . from some very blustery showers. it will be very windy across northern scotland. gale force winds expected, but in the winds are expected, but in the south it's going to be south and east it's going to be a dry afternoon. breezy but still with highs of 15 still very mild with highs of 15 or 16 degrees. if we do see any breaks in the cloud through tonight, the rain is going to persist similar areas, so it persist in similar areas, so it will stay very wet and overcast across wales and many across north wales and many northern england, northern areas of england, particularly western particularly across western coasts here. and we will see some outbreaks of rain moving into southwest thursday into the southwest by thursday morning. stay dry, morning. it should stay dry, though, far north and in though, in the far north and in the for everyone, the southeast. and for everyone, it's be another very it's going to be another very mild to the day tomorrow. mild start to the day tomorrow. the will continue to push the rain will continue to push into northern areas, but it will shift slowly but surely further north into the central belt. some more northern of some more northern areas of scotland, seeing some rain later on in the and we'll continue on in the day and we'll continue

to see showers breaking out across southern areas of wales, the as these the southwest as well. these could heavy and be could turn quite heavy and be blustery but again , the far blustery too, but again, the far southeast should stay dry and bright and we could see highs of 17 degrees by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on gb news. >> thanks, annie. well, still to come , we're talking about the come, we're talking about the covid inquiry, the new rwanda plan, paying people who lose their asylum case £3,000 to voluntarily repatriate to rwanda. sounds good to me . and rwanda. sounds good to me. and of course, the woke rebrand of cheltenham races is nothing sacred? >> nadine dorries is with jack carson at cheltenham. look, you don't want to miss that. >> looking fabulous. i may say

11 -- 11 am. on wednesday, the 13th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. great. >> good morning. so, scientists have warned that the covid inquiry appears be inquiry appears to be fundamentally biased in its failing examine costs of failing to examine the costs of lockdown. the front page lockdown. it's on the front page of telegraph today. the of the telegraph today. the author of the letter is joining us minute. us any minute. >> tw- tm- em— tm— >> rwanda bribed to leave. if it is, support it. what should we is, i support it. what should we do with failed asylum seekers? well, can now be offered well, they can now be offered £3,000 voluntarily to £3,000 to move voluntarily to rwanda. your taxes will pay for it, but it's going to be a lot cheaper than putting them in hotels. so is it a idea and hotels. so is it a good idea and a win for the a huge win for the subpostmasters were wrongly subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted the horizon it scandal? >> we'll bring you the very good news about them in a moment. >> renee and puberty blockers. they're being blocked. it's a landmark decision. children in england who identify as trans will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender clinics run by the nhs , but they clinics run by the nhs, but they can still be done so at private

clinics. and we're going to cheltenham, the home of racing . yeah, we the home of racing. yeah, we were literally because it used to be cheltenham ladies day today. the queen of course will be there later today. queen camilla it's no longer cheltenham ladies day. it is style day because the woke brigade. we're going to be to brigade. so we're going to be to talking nadine dorries, a style icon. i say, who's at cheltenham ladies day and i bet she's still calling it cheltenham ladies day, and you're literally the only calling her style only person calling her a style icon , lots to look forward to icon, lots to look forward to this morning. first, though, your latest sam your very latest news is sam francis . francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much. good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust gone gb newsroom. it's just gone 11:00 leading the news this morning. rishi sunak is facing calls to return £10 million in donations made to the conservatives by a donor who's accused of making racist

comments. frank hester is alleged to have said that the former labour mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. reportedly made those shot. he reportedly made those comments to colleagues 2019. comments to colleagues in 2019. he apologised , though he has now apologised, though labour and the liberal democrats are calling for his money to be given back. but senior figures in the government have indicated this morning that there are no plans to return the funds and that further donations from mr hester still be accepted . hester may still be accepted. well, mr minister kevin hollinrake told gb news earlier that racism is not a problem for the conservatives >> he said very clearly that what these these comments were racist and wrong, but also pointed out, quite rightly that this is the most diverse cabinet in history. we are not a racist party. we don't condone those kind of racist, that kind of racist language, so and the gentleman himself has apologised, but i think i say, i think you can take it from the factit think you can take it from the fact it is his spokesman that those are prime minister's those are the prime minister's

clear views . clear views. >> well, we've been hearing >> well, as we've been hearing this morning, a new law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions subpostmaster convictions of subpostmaster supporters by supporters will be introduced by the today. more the government later today. more than 700 post office staff were found guilty of crimes, including theft and fraud, because of a faulty it system . because of a faulty it system. rishi sunak says the legislation is a crucial step forward to resolving the largest miscarriage of justice in british history . those affected british history. those affected can receive interim payments and a fixed final offer of £600,000. labour welcomed the progress, but says it won't be enough to deliver full justice. former subpost master janet skinner, was one of those who was caught up in the scandal, spending time in prison for a crime she didn't commit. she told gb news earlier that nothing will undo the damage, though new damage, even though this new legislation brought legislation has been brought into today , we've still into place today, we've still got inquiry ahead. got the inquiry going ahead. >> police >> there is police investigations into the post offices , wrongdoings, so i mean, offices, wrongdoings, so i mean, really , other than this

really, other than this overturning convictions today, there, isn't it? there's still no end in sight for the uk economy has returned to growth after dipping into a shallow recession at the end of last yeah >> the latest gdp figures show. the economy grew by 0.2% in january, according to the office for national statistics. the chancellor says today's numbers are proof that the government is making progress. migrants are proof that the government is making progress . migrants who've making progress. migrants who've been refused asylum in britain could be offered thousands of pounds to move to rwanda in a voluntary scheme. it would be separate to the safety of rwanda bill, which is facing delays due to a series of amendments. it would extend current returns policies already see some policies which already see some migrants offered £3,000 to return to their country of origin. labour says it's evidence that the government's rwanda plan has no chance of succeeding. however the home office has defended the scheme, saying voluntary returns are an important part of tackling

illegal migration to the us. now, where donald trump and joe biden have both secured enough delegates to become their party's nominee for us president. it sets up a rematch between the pair in november's upcoming election , which will be upcoming election, which will be the first time since 1956 that two presidents go head to head . two presidents go head to head. ukraine has launched a sweeping drone attack on russia, sparking a fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries . reports biggest oil refineries. reports suggest around 60 drones were intercepted over russian territory in just the space of a few hours . it follows a separate few hours. it follows a separate overnight covert raid by rogue russian soldiers acting under ukraine's forces, who captured a russian village using tanks and armoured vehicles. russian village using tanks and armoured vehicles . vladimir armoured vehicles. vladimir putin has accused kyiv of launching those attacks to coincide with this week's presidential elections in russia, and with polls set to open on friday in russia. defence editor from the evening standard, robert fox, told us that a fresh wave of attacks

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gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> ten no. 1107 you're with britain's newsroom on gpu news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the covid inquiry, i know it gets a lot of us wound up. >> well, it appears to be fundamentally biased. it does. and it's failing to extreme the costs of lockdown. well, that is according to a group leading scientists. >> so letter to the inquiry >> so in a letter to the inquiry chairman, who is baroness hallett, group of 55 hallett, the group of 55 academics and scientists say it's to hear evidence it's neglected to hear evidence from those who suffered the negative effects the negative effects of the government's negative effects of the gov so ment's negative effects of the govso ment' joined the >> so we're joined by the organiser the letter and the organiser of the letter and the expert an expert in expert and an expert in infectious medicine at edinburgh university, doctor kevin bardock. you're working with an organisation , kevin? yes. remind organisation, kevin? yes. remind us or tell us who that is and who are the signatories of this letter? >> yeah, so i'm the director and head of research of collateral global, which was set up by sunetra gupta jvt acharya sunetra gupta and jvt acharya right they signed the right after they signed the great declaration great barrington declaration in october 2020. and the goal of the is to research the organisation is to research the organisation is to research

the policy responses around the world covid, so both the world from covid, so both the harms but also the effectiveness of these policies. >> so just to remind people. so the great barrington declaration was on really in was 2020 very early on really in the pandemic, a group of virologists and immunologists and various doctors medics and various doctors and medics who to say , hey, who came together to say, hey, wait, have respond wait, you just have to respond to this relatively mild virus. for the vast majority of people in a measured manner, and take into account the costs and benefits of lockdowns. the cost particularly. >> yeah, essentially, it said , >> yeah, essentially, it said, look, and it was the pre 2020 consensus actually, which many people don't realise prior to covid lockdown is extended school closures, contact tracing for virus was not for respiratory virus was not advised w.h.o. guidance. advised in w.h.o. guidance. documents pandemic documents for pandemic influenza. so in many regards, the great barrington declaration was essentially asserting the pre—covid look, let's pre—covid consensus. look, let's not disrupt society too much. otherwise the harms of these policies are going to outweigh their benefits. they had their benefits. and they had advocated called advocated something called focussed right covid advocated something called focussvery right covid advocated something called focussvery clear right covid advocated something called focussvery clear age right covid has a very clear age distribution. so let's follow that the way we respond

that in the way that we respond to this virus. >> do mean in terms of who >> do you mean in terms of who it's affecting most old, the oldest society who are oldest people in society who are closer to their natural end anyway? what you're saying? >> absolutely. i mean, the epidemiological on this epidemiological data on this is glaringly obvious, and it was obvious very early on. in fact, january, 2020, it was january, february 2020, it was clear some of the people watching this who are old would think it was quite right that the government took us into account as much as younger, healthier people when they decided lockdown was the only way protect yeah, and way to protect them. yeah, and i mean, is obviously mean, this is obviously complicated, but one of the major issues the covid major issues that the covid inquiry the inquiry has focussed on is the fact the government fact that the government didn't focus homes during focus on nursing homes during the early of the pandemic. the early part of the pandemic. so fact, we actually got this so in fact, we actually got this wrong in lots of different ways. very complicated. problem wrong in lots of different ways. very com inquiry,. problem wrong in lots of different ways. very com inquiry, though,�*blem with this inquiry, though, is that off from a that it's starting off from a biased premise. it was created through legal from through legal petitions from bereaved family groups who have a very emotional. they're very emotionally invested in this question, and they petitioned the government. and you the government. and so if you watch the inquiry , the early watch the inquiry, the early days, a emotional days, it was a very emotional videos, right, like accusing videos, right, of like accusing

the of not doing the government of not doing enough. responsible enough. you're responsible for the grandmother the death of my grandmother or mother, not the the death of my grandmother or motithat not the the death of my grandmother or motithat a not the the death of my grandmother or motithat a nation not the the death of my grandmother or motithat a nation needs: the the death of my grandmother or motithat a nation needs to |e way that a nation needs to evaluate what two years of unprecedented emergency laws and mandates that were not a scientific consensus prior to covid. we need a neutral and impartial assessment. and so the inquiry has has taken that emotional bias, and it's run with it through basically the last nine or so months. the other thing is that they're not critically assessing those assumptions . so an impartial assumptions. so an impartial inquiry would say, look, we did a lot of things that were not advocated for before. you know, we were panicked . let's really we were panicked. let's really ask ourselves, was that necessary ? right. and to do necessary? right. and to do that, you've got to take off your emotional hat and not only emotional hat, but there's a lot of reputations that are online here. scientific reputations and, and that's, you know, people don't want to admit, oh, we overreacted. we shouldn't have closed schools. we shouldn't had three plus shouldn't have had three plus lockdowns , so that's another lockdowns, so that's another issue that outlined in the issue that we outlined in the letter . letter. >> so the issue for you then is, is also fundamentally the terms

of the inquiry. are they correct, in your view, the different modules of what they're looking at? >> i would say in general, yes, there's also flexibility. so in my understanding they can create new modules, they can move things around and adapt it. and so the letter really is in the spirit of constructive criticism. we're saying, look you can change course. you can address these problems that you've had okay. it's you know, the inquiry running until the inquiry is running until 2026. also going to be the 2026. it's also going to be the most expensive public inquiry in uk history, 300 to £500 million estimated. and also covid policies were some of the most expensive government policies of our generation. right. >> would you bother? was the inquiry at all? because if you if you go to a country like sweden, they did it, done and dusted in a few months. >> yes, yes, there's a would you either just have done it as eitherjust have done it as quickly that and not taking quickly as that and not taking all public hearings with all these public hearings with pubuc all these public hearings with public would you public witnesses, how would you change it? yes, i would have. >> or would you not have one at all?

>> i would have had a scientific evaluation that very careful evaluation that was very careful in and that was in who and how that was organised, because the issue that we have is all the scientific community and the academic community where i come from, mostly board with from, we're mostly on board with covid in fact, we covid policies. in fact, we wanted more of them. okay, so we can't the architects of the can't have the architects of the policies now evaluate the policies. okay. your policies. okay. clearly your reputational conflict of interest and i interest is clear. and so i would have brought together scientists diverse scientists from diverse disciplines, if we disciplines, right. if we remember, sage was predominantly biomedical experts. where were the economists? where are the where child where were the child specialists. the specialists. right. the educational specialists. and so i together the group i would bring together the group that i think have that i think should have actually and then say, actually been sage and then say, look, clearly evaluate the scientific data and tell scientific data here and tell us, did we overreact? did we cause more harm than good? and what should we do next time ? what should we do next time? >> just remind me because >> do you just remind me because i can't who knows? but i can't remember who knows? but you're there going you're certainly is there going to because never was an to be because there never was an economic right ? the economic appraisal right? the impact of covid, which i couldn't understand. i scream it, shout at the chance, why aren't you something about aren't you doing something about

that? be part of the that? will that be part of the inquiry? the economic? well there a suspicion there is there is a suspicion that was an economic cost that there was an economic cost benefit analysis done when boris johnson was prime minister. >> we've never seen it exactly. and seen it. they and we've never seen it. they definitely said at one point that were to do that, that they were going to do that, and never emerged. and and then it never emerged. and people were sat on people like me were sat on the edge of seat thinking, this edge of our seat thinking, this is to be our tickets to is going to be our tickets to freedom. if they said, we've looked the data and we know looked at the data and we know from an economic view, looked at the data and we know fronlockdown)mic view, looked at the data and we know fronlockdown is ic view, looked at the data and we know fronlockdown is going view, looked at the data and we know fronlockdown is going to view, looked at the data and we know fronlockdown is going to cause, the lockdown is going to cause more in the long terme to more harm in the long terme to the economy to children. we the economy and to children. we never and that isn't in never saw that and that isn't in the frame of reference in this inquiry, is it? >> it's not, and i don't >> no, it's not, and i don't know what's worse, whether it wasn't whether we wasn't done or whether we haven't it. certainly so haven't seen it. certainly so i'm the director collateral i'm the director of collateral global actually our global and actually our organisation a think organisation where we're a think tank, focus is exactly tank, and our focus is exactly this. this problem this. and because this problem is uk specific, in is not just uk specific, in fact, canada, the italy, fact, canada, the uk, italy, other countries have other countries which have pubuc other countries which have public are to public inquiries are going to have the coming years have them in the coming years have them in the coming years have similar problem. so have a similar problem. and so we're getting we're essentially getting together to these together academics to do these cost analyses retrospectively. >> does it matter? kevin

>> and why does it matter? kevin >> and why does it matter? kevin >> there's to be >> because there's going to be another emergency. another health emergency. i mean, know we mean, we don't know when we don't what going to don't know what it's going to be. right now we have be. and right now we have a consolidation of what i call the lockdown which lockdown doctrine, which is essentially scientific essentially the scientific advisors the who downwards essentially the scientific advi we; the who downwards essentially the scientific advi we did the who downwards essentially the scientific advi we did a the who downwards essentially the scientific advi we did a great/ho downwards essentially the scientific advi we did a great job.!ownwards essentially the scientific advi we did a great job. wenwards essentially the scientific advi we did a great job. we inards say, we did a great job. we in fact, we should have reacted faster. of the faster. i mean, one of the biases covid inquiry, it biases of the covid inquiry, it seems that the seems to be, is that the conclusion, if i was to guess now, we should have locked down faster and harder at the beginning, simply, beginning, right? simply, i don't that stands up don't think that that stands up to scrutiny. but to scientific scrutiny. but anyhow, doctrine, anyhow, this lockdown doctrine, which down society and which is lock down society and then to have a vaccine and then wait to have a vaccine and then wait to have a vaccine and then you reopen society dependent vaccine , which dependent on a vaccine, which aka mandates at least aka vaccine mandates at least i'm the us and we had to i'm from the us and we had to deal with those. we're seeing consolidation of that in global health governance. and i just think it's a fundamentally flawed and very anti—democratic approach. >> okay. >> okay. >> well thank you. i, for one, applaud the fact that you are trying to influence the covid inquiry in what i think is the right way for the vast majority of this population. right. thanks kevin. thanks so much, kevin. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> still to come, apparently a

reason some brits are miserable were to proud of were not allowed to be proud of our country, some saying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. some saying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. i'm some saying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. i'm proud saying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. i'm proud i saying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. i'm proud i am.3ying were not allowed to be proud of our moody. i'm proud i am. i'm; i'm moody. i'm proud i am. i'm not i'm proud. and we're not moody, i'm proud. and we're going to talk moody, not going to talk to moody, not moody all. and nadine moody at all. and nadine dorries, former cabinet dorries, the former cabinet minister at cheltenham, who, dorries, the former cabinet minime, at cheltenham, who, dorries, the former cabinet minime, thinksltenham, who, dorries, the former cabinet minime, thinks getting , who, dorries, the former cabinet minime, thinks getting calling like me, thinks getting calling it wins instead of ladies it star wins instead of ladies wednesday, day is wednesday, ladies day is ridiculous. you're ridiculous. and it is. you're with newsroom on gb with britain's newsroom on gb news

>> funerals. >> funerals. >> 1118. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pearson bev turner. the panel are back. the former labour mp stephen pan and broadcaster mike parry studio. let's talk parry in the studio. let's talk about funerals. >> funerals? >> funerals? >> because it's because >> yes, because it's on. because mr parry has reported dying. >> we've had covid funerals . >> we've had covid funerals. >> we've had covid funerals. >> there's a great scandal going on at this . more than 1000 on at this. more than 1000 relatives have contacted police hotline. oh, this story into an alleged undertaker scandal.

they've recovered 35 bodies, suspected human ashes. is suspected human ashes. this is from funeral. directors firm from a funeral. directors firm in hull. so sudden. you read this, you think, oh, my god . this, you think, oh, my god. well, was there a possibility? mike parry, tell us what happened exactly? happened with you exactly? >> everybody's >> i mean, everybody's lost people lives. and people during their lives. and the person's died, the minute that person's died, then they're in custody of then they're in the custody of another that power being another power that power being the funeral director and the industry that looks after a person who's dead and not alive. right. so when my father died, quite young, actually, he was 58 and i was working in london on the daily express. just got there. so to i had get home. it took 2 or 3 days. so i was the last to go to the, chapel, the chapel of rest. i was going to say the remembrance chapel, and i myself few drinks i steel myself with a few drinks before going there. >> then mike, 23. >> then mike, 23. >> oh, yeah, yeah . and i >> oh, yeah, yeah. and i literally did steel myself with a few drinks. i thought , literally did steel myself with a few drinks. i thought, you know, because it was going to be an upsetting moment. so i went

into the front of the shop, so to speak, and then through the back into the chapel of rest, and there were two coffins on trestles in the chapel of rest. and the undertaker guy took me to the one that had a brass plate on the top, which said, alan parry, born whatever, died so and so. and then he lifted the lid off, and it wasn't my dad . oh, no, it wasn't my. dad. oh, no, it wasn't my. >> i giggled because it's an awful dark humour. it's like a scene out of a sitcom. >> don't, don't worry. it's like a mike, because that's how i've reflected on it ever since. right? it was such a shock. my father was completely bald, and the person in this coffin had a lot of hair and was considerably older my so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad my so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad a my so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad a fewny so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad a few drinks, so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad a few drinks, of so because lot of hair and was considerably ohad a few drinks, of course ause i had a few drinks, of course i looked a bit closer, you know, thinking , looked a bit closer, you know, thinking, i've got this right. and then i said , that is not my and then i said, that is not my father. and he said , oh, no, no. father. and he said, oh, no, no. >> they said, you're not sure? >> they said, you're not sure? >> no , no, no. >> no, no, no. >> they said, right, i think we'll have to adjourn this for a

moment, see, and go and talk out the room. anyway, my father was in the other coffin and they put the wrong lids on the coffins. now, bearing in mind that i was the last of the family to go in those days. by the way, it didn't take four weeks for a funeral. it used to happen within week, i think the within a week, and i think the funeral was possibly the day after or the day after that. beanng after or the day after that. bearing in mind i was the last member of family to go and member of the family to go and see gone there. see him. if i hadn't gone there. and was. mean, you can and there was. i mean, you can tell the lid being on the tell with the lid being on the coffin, it was that close to completing arrangement. you completing the arrangement. you see yeah. and they see what i mean? yeah. and they had lift it off for me had had to lift it off for me had i not gone, who knows what might have you wonder, have happened. and you wonder, you how many incidents you wonder how many incidents like happened. that's like this happened. well, that's why in that industry, this this i is getting huge i mean, this is getting huge traction, i mean, this is getting huge tra(it's|, i mean, this is getting huge tra(it's in papers, been >> it's in all the papers, been on the television. the police have 35 bodies because have recovered 35 bodies because there concerns that there are serious concerns that dozens whose dozens of families whose funerals were handled by legacy independent funeral directors, they longer, know they don't know any longer, know if had the right bodies if they had the right bodies cremated anybody cremated or if anybody was cremated or if anybody was

cremated do you have such >> what trust do you have such trust in these people, the undertakers, that you hand your. >> thing is, it's a >> well, the thing is, it's a very, very vulnerable and fragile life. fragile time in your life. yeah. the i mean, mother was the worst. i mean, my mother was about 90 something when she passed, but, know, it's passed, but, you know, it's still still and it's still it's still hurts and it's still it's still hurts and it's still and so you tend to still raw. and so you tend to assume that people in charge assume that the people in charge know what they're but know what they're doing. but what's about is what's terrifying about this is they're to identify now they're trying to identify now they're trying to identify now the going the ashes. now, are they going to it or no. to dna test it or no. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> that's the point exactly. >> that's the point exactly. >> can say, you know, >> no. you can say, you know, from from dust we came to dust we shall return. and it's not important, but it is important to because the thing to people because the thing about a even if about having a grave, even if it's in a crematorium it's just where in a crematorium where the ashes are, it's somewhere family somewhere you go. the family gather from time to time and it's very, very significant. this and cruel and this is harsh and it's cruel and sometimes told that the sometimes being told that the body thought been body they thought had been cremated is in cremated or buried is in a freezer. and you. but even can you imagine that? >> no. >> yeah. no. >> yeah. no. >> we lift the mood? >> should we lift the mood? >> should we lift the mood? >> it's traumatic. can i just say you've got a really good news story today. got gb news story today. you've got gb news doing what the bbc news is doing what the bbc should done didn't. and

should have done but didn't. and it's having this, you it's actually having this, you know, kate. yeah. know, best wishes to kate. yeah. and middleton obviously and kate middleton obviously a good west good southall girl from west london and just love london you know and i just love the of people in this the idea of people in this channel on programme channel on this programme sending wishes. that sending their best wishes. that is so that is what i think is so good. that is what i think one of the things that makes this country great, the fact that actually that, that we can actually do that, we're actually we're not ashamed of actually showing the showing emotion. so there is the dark side, there's also a dark side, but there's also a bit of light. >> there is a bit of light. >> there is a bit of light. >> you know who there is light for today. mike parry post office masters office sub—post office masters who convicted who were wrongly convicted finally justice. finally getting some justice. >> hope it is >> yeah, but you hope it is going to now, don't you. going to happen now, don't you. wouldn't you think wouldn't you wouldn't you think politically that considering the wronged subpostmasters and mistresses of mistresses have become some of the loved in this the most loved people in this country, we're so horrified country, we're all so horrified about injustice that's about the injustice that's happened . you know, gone happened to them. you know, gone to jail, lost their jobs, lost to jail, lost theirjobs, lost their reputations, lost their houses, some committed suicide, some died before they got any reparations so reparations whatsoever. so wouldn't you think the government would move with, you know, double speed to get this sorted show the sorted and show that the government was , you know, government was, you know, embracing the shocking treatment

of these people. and yet they seem to be stumbling, stumbling, stumbling from, you know, one little measure, 75,000 to another. so i just hope when they say the new legislation automatically quashes convictions , is actually convictions, it is actually going and it will have going to happen and it will have cross—party support in the commons. >> stephen power. but my worry is because it can be a very small short bill. it'll go into the lords and there will be some of these judges and types who will say, oh, i don't think so. it is not for parliament to revoke a criminal conviction. it is for a court. and because this is for a court. and because this is uncharted territory, is uncharted legal territory, i said those people said exactly what those people in of will say. in the house of lords will say. >> don't forget, there's >> and don't forget, there's a huge number of judges. huge number of ex judges. firstly, they will say that there may be 1 or 2 people who are too bad. yeah, are guilty. well too bad. yeah, well, the greater well, actually for the greater good do is to say good they would do is to say that the courts the king's that the courts are the king's courts. and only the king courts. yes. and only the king can convictions, which can quash the convictions, which technically yeah. he's technically is true. yeah. he's not say no, they not going to say no, but they was mean, you know, the was i mean, you know, the law goes a very slow pace.

goes at a very, very slow pace. as dickens said, the law is a ass. but parliament should be the law supreme lawmaker not flipping judges. judges can interpret and interpret human rights and change can interpret the change judges can interpret the law. has to make law. yes, parliament has to make the well, parliament the law. well, parliament is making the law here. >> so these these judges >> so these peers, these judges in lords have to accept, you in the lords have to accept, you know, and i can almost hear the speeches now, i can hear that's know, and i can almost hear the speedon't�*iow, i can hear that's know, and i can almost hear the speedon't you i can hear that's know, and i can almost hear the speedon't you have hear that's know, and i can almost hear the speedon't you have heshareit's know, and i can almost hear the spee don't you have he share the why don't you have to share the same fear these judges same fear that these judges think know better? oh, you think they know better? oh, you can't do that. oh, boy. yeah. >> of course. absolute disgraceful. on this idea disgraceful. and on this idea of, know, very small of, you know, a very small percentage might have percentage of them might have been you if look been guilty if you if you look at the of averages in the at the law of averages in the ten years before this tsunami of suddenly corrupt and bent subpostmasters and mysteries came along i there were came along, i think there were three convictions they were three convictions and they were very . you know, they were very dodgy. you know, they were in like some country post office where money had been where the money had been reallocated wrong account reallocated to the wrong account or that. so once or something like that. so once again, you have to ask, why didn't somebody suddenly realise, hang on, how come subpostmasters themselves suddenly ? suddenly become crooks? >> and that includes ministers who information who had this information presented , including the lib dem

presented, including the lib dem leader ed who was the leader ed davey, who was the post minister? post office minister? >> absolutely . he always too >> absolutely. he was always too busy listen to anybody busy to, to listen to anybody who a justified complaint. who had a justified complaint. yeah. >> e"- en— 9 nobody in the post >> and why nobody in the post office think. perhaps office didn't think. perhaps it's system . it's our dodgy system. >> that's right. yeah, absolutely. >> talk about allison pearson's piece in the telegraph today. i think a lot of our viewers will like this. she writes in the in the paper. stephen, i want my country back. when lee anderson uttered those words no uttered those words in his no nonsense, minor style, he announced to announced his defecting to reform. of us silently reform. how many of us silently concurred that we too, would like our back? if you like our country back? if you don't she said, we have don't mind, she said, we have been abducted aliens who are been abducted by aliens who are hostile history and traditions. >> well, she uses some pretty dramatic language . she's pretty dramatic language. she's pretty melodramatic language, a great columnist. >> yes, little hang on >> yes, a little hang on a second. >> you know, when you say, what country do you want back? most people actually say, well, people would actually say, well, actually, and actually, the 1950s, i mean, and yet we weren't that happy in the 19505. yet we weren't that happy in the 1950s. we're going on about things happier before 1950s. we're going on about things so happier before 1950s. we're going on about things so look, happier before 1950s. we're going on about things so look, i�*iappier before 1950s. we're going on about things so look, i thinker before 1950s. we're going on about things so look, i think the efore the war. so look, i think the problem with this is it's a great diatribe against so many awful in i've got no

awful things in the i've got no argument with that. there are dreadful you know, you dreadful things. you know, you often get the impression nothing works in this country at the present i'm present time. but what i'm looking where is the looking at is where is the way forward this? all very forward for this? it's all very well saying that, you know, we're in a dire slough of despond, know, let's despond, but, you know, let's have and some light have some hope and some light and what we could and let's just say what we could actually now. actually do now. >> might she's she's tapping >> she might she's she's tapping into lee anderson has into what lee anderson has tapped sense that the tapped into, this sense that the police no longer the police are no longer for the majority of people. >> totally one of the >> i totally agree. one of the best lines in this that best lines in this was that allison, like all the best converts, to be in a group converts, used to be in a group called cyclists against the bomb. she called cyclists against the bon a. she called cyclists against the bona student. she called cyclists against the bona student. okay. she called cyclists against the bona student. okay. yeah she called cyclists against the bona student. okay. yeah yeah.ie was a student. okay. yeah yeah. so that have brought down so that must have brought down the wall, but remember, the berlin wall, but remember, peter hitchens, course, used peter hitchens, of course, used to mad leftie. you know to be a mad leftie. you know what i mean? socialist workers party. the party. yes, that's right, the social the convert social worker. so the convert to me have shining light me always have the shining light of reality. >> it's zeal or the zeal of >> it's the zeal or the zeal of the convert. >> the zeal of convert. but but you're absolutely right. i actually lee actually thought that, lee anderson's expression i my anderson's expression i want my country a one, country back was a bad one, because it it sound like because it made it sound like the had invaded. you the martians had invaded. you know what i mean? i prefer him

to said i want to see the to have said i want to see the restoration of british values as i them. you see what i understand them. you see what i understand them. you see what i and he'd talking i mean? and he'd be talking about values , sensible about british values, sensible policies, migration controls. get rid of net zero nonsense. and then we know what he's and then we all know what he's talking about. yeah right, fellas, run of time. fellas, we've run out of time. >> unfortunately. and >> unfortunately. stephen and mike, see you as mike, great to see you as always. but still to come this morning are introducing morning the snp are introducing hate laws come into effect hate crime laws come into effect in there are concerns in april. but there are concerns that they are an attack on free speech. probably exact speech. probably the exact kind of policies that allison pearson is you're with is talking about. you're with britain's

gb news. >> still to come. >> still to come. >> go on. you do it well. >> i'm really excited about this because we want to talk to the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who's enjoying a day at cheltenham which used to cheltenham races, which used to be . and it's now, of be ladies day. and it's now, of course, wokerati wednesday . course, wokerati star wednesday. but going to have course, wokerati star wednesday. but latest going to have course, wokerati star wednesday. but latest headlines to have course, wokerati star wednesday. but latest headlines with ave course, wokerati star wednesday. but latest headlines with sam the latest headlines with sam francis, very stylish

francis, who look very stylish at ladies day. hey, would old style day. >> andrew, thanks very much. can't say the same about you, but never mind, we'll move on. it has just gone 1130. the headunes it has just gone 1130. the headlines from the gb newsroom . headlines from the gb newsroom. senior conservative ministers have indicated today that the party has no plans to return a £10 million donation made by a major backer who's accused of racist comments. frank hester is alleged to have said that the former labour mp diane abbott makes him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. it's reported that he made the comments in 2019 and has now apologised . migrants who've been apologised. migrants who've been refused asylum in britain could be offered thousands of pounds to move to rwanda . the voluntary to move to rwanda. the voluntary scheme would be separate to the current safety of rwanda bill, which is facing delays due to a series of amendments. it would extend current returns policies, which sees some migrants offered £3,000 to return to their country of origin . labour says

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>> the first humza >> the first minister, humza yousaf, been criticised yousaf, has been criticised for rushing through legislation without proper scrutiny and there it will actually there are fears it will actually mean restrictions free mean restrictions on free speech. mean restrictions on free speechlet's find out if it will. >> so let's find out if it will. joining us now is former snp glasgow city councillor austin shendan glasgow city councillor austin sheridan doctor benjamin sheridan and doctor benjamin jones. speech jones. from the free speech union. let me start with you, doctor jones. union. let me start with you, doctorjones. if i may . will doctorjones. if i may. will this legislation affect free speech? >> yes it will. and in a dramatic way, the snp government has had three years to bring this act into effect, and fittingly, it's chosen to do so on april fools day. we remain deeply concerned about, for instance, the stirring up offence that the act will create, the effect that will have on people who want to discuss, for instance, protecting women's spaces and the about trans rights. the debates about trans rights. and the dwelling and it also removes the dwelling defence that protects what you say in your own home. and the snp have proposed that later this year, age will become a protected characteristic. so if you say to a member of your own family in your own home, you're a grumpy old such and such , a grumpy old such and such,

there's every chance they could report you to the police and you could have constable could have a police constable knocking it's knocking on your door. it's a ludicrous of legislation, austin. >> that's extraordinary that what you say closed doors what you say behind closed doors could have calling the could have you calling the police your child or your police on your child or your family member. >> well, i think if you're having a joke with a member of the opposition, you have a little bit peculiar , to be little bit peculiar, to be perfectly honest, general george galloway said that and in the 2021 scottish parliamentary elections as well, i just i just find that argument and peculiar. what is important, find that argument and peculiar. what is important , though, is what is important, though, is the protections around abortion clinics, for example , where clinics, for example, where women should be able to access those services without fear, of protest, without fear of being insulted, and being driven towards some sort. absolutely. i mean, there's also a bill called the, you know, the safe access zones, obe that's been debated through the scottish parliament is right now, to it, that's aimed at struggling mackay, the msp for central scotland , who msp for central scotland, who has spearheaded that that

legislation , which has the legislation, which has the support from the snp benches to , support from the snp benches to, but these things are in place to make sure that there are laws in place to protect everyone and that the law, is fair to everyone. if you look at, for example, the kind of proposals that came out saying that the mps, you know, they could be banned from attending pro—palestinian rallies , that is pro—palestinian rallies, that is the kind of legislation that is discriminatory , by essentially discriminatory, by essentially saying the government allow you to attend some protests but not others, and other legislation will be fair to all citizens, and that's how it will apply , and that's how it will apply, unlike the kind of chat that we're getting at westminster, which actually is, as we're going to jump in here because we want to get doctor jones. >> doctor jones, just to respond >> doctorjones, just to respond to that, if you could, i think, as listeners will tell from my accent, it this law is not going to affect me personally. >> i think it's going to be a disaster for the public in scotland and for members of the free speech union in scotland who be us, turning who will be turning us, turning to their, for assistance.

to us for their, for assistance. i have a danger of i think also we have a danger of a kind of ratcheting effect as progressive governments within the united kingdom and in the west try and west generally try and outcompete each other by proposing most censorious , proposing the most censorious, hate crime legislation. we go on to talk about this, if you like. but, for instance, i think labour's embrace of the definition of islamophobia proposed by the all party parliamentary group on british muslims, is another instance where will see south of the where we will see south of the border this ratcheting effect, this competition between different governments to come up with the most broad, the most vague, the most censorious pieces of legislation governing hate crimes that they they can and i think we're heading into a complete disaster for free speech north of the border , my speech north of the border, my only hope is that we can resist this south of the border for as long as we possibly can get back to our snp count. >> so that's pretty stern criticism of you. the most severe repeat. go on. >> i mean, this is because >> and i mean, this is because at the end of the day, i mean, no one in scotland came out and

you know, the prime minister came out and condemned george galloway essentially being elected know, an elected in, you know, an expression will people expression of the will of people of constituency. and the prime of a constituency. and the prime minister came out minister exclusively came out and essentially said he didn't accept that election result. now i'm certainly no fan of george galloway at all, i assure galloway at all, i can assure you of that , but when comes you of that, but when it comes to the of behaviours of to the kind of behaviours of government and looking trying government and looking at trying to people, a government to suppress people, a government , that is going to be using this as the tories, the tories are intending to use, to pit people against each other, in order to try and win an election. and their behaviour is concerning. their behaviour is disgusting . their behaviour is disgusting. it's bordering on fascism. so in actual fact , i'm really glad actual fact, i'm really glad we've got a government in scotland that resists and that that, that, that kind of way of governing and that our laws will apply to everyone equally. and it is protecting everyone it is about protecting everyone to make sure that people feel safe. and so that whether you're from jewish background, from a jewish background, a muslim background, whether from a jewish background, a muslirtransgenderj, whether from a jewish background, a muslirtransgender , whether you're transgender, whether you're transgender, whether you're whether you're you're gay, whether you're black, you're, know, black, whether you're, you know, you , whether from

you know, whether you're from the that everybody the middle east, that everybody has to be protected has the right to be protected and has the right to be and nobody has the right to be discriminated against. whereas the kind of language that we're getting from westminster, is that what the cherry pick and where they want and impose bans such pro—palestinian marches such as pro—palestinian marches and so on, that's not the way to govern. but that's all part of the that's all part of the tory agenda to pit people against each other. so they can try and win an election. and frankly, it's disgusting. >> right, all right. we'll >> all right, all right. we'll have end it there. gentlemen. have to end it there. gentlemen. that from that was austin sheridan from the doctor benjamin the snp and doctor benjamin jones speech jones from the free speech union. always lively, robust debate. of debate. we've got lots of messages coming brian was messages coming to, brian was saying lee anderson, why saying about lee anderson, why should take tory defectors? >> they are the ones that got us into this mess. reform into this mess. if reform becomes the tories, that sort of benhabib's . benhabib's view. >> yes, the deputy leader, when we we know got we said we know you've got reservations about taking lee, anthony said i've got reservations taking reservations about taking any tory because argues, tory mp because he argues, you're using dramatic you're using his rather dramatic words. taken us to the words. they've taken us to the precipice. >> is nadine dorries >> listen, is nadine dorries here yes we're on the edge

here yet? yes we're on the edge of our seats. we're supposed to be to nadine dorries. be talking to nadine dorries. >> build you as a style >> i will build you as a style icon at the races. >> no wonder i've got the giggles. has she, has she been wafted away by jack carson in his stylish flat cap ? his very stylish flat cap? >> that's grandfather right >> that's a grandfather right there, it? there, isn't it? >> it is no longer >> because it is no longer ladies day at cheltenham races. it's now star day. >> ridiculous. woke wednesday. >> andrews calling the queen will there and i bet will be there later and i bet she'll look very stylish. >> i'm sure she will, a lot of you been getting in touch about the fact the welsh welsh the fact that the welsh welsh parliament paid a quarter parliament have paid a quarter of £1 million change their of £1 million to change their software buildings, software in their buildings, so they think they can't get gb news. i think it's they heard, andrew said. >> i think it's because they heard no more of that woman can't believe this. >> outrageous. i think >> it's outrageous. i think probably thorn in probably you're more a thorn in their side than i am, richard says the problem all the says the problem with all the other is that they are all other media is that they are all jealous because news jealous because gb news is a breath and it breath of fresh air, and it tells the truth. >> it's serious point, >> it's a very serious point, though. how dare they use taxpayers money to prevent a recognised broadcaster? it's a labour government, of course, in

wales being broadcast anywhere into the welsh parliament where which employs thousands of people. course is a disgrace. >> nothing to be frightened of down there. >> nothing to be frightened of down the they worried about >> what they worried about to block. >> says. e! says. also >> have you? brett says. i also can't believe welsh can't believe the welsh parliament blocked gb news. parliament have blocked gb news. you right. as the you are right. we, as the viewing public, should be given the to decide what we the choice to decide what we watch the watch and interpret the information choose. information as we choose. freedoms being eroded freedoms seem to be being eroded day by day. >> and of course the first minister he stands down in may doesn't his name? doesn't he? what's his name? >> mark drakeford. >> mark drakeford. >> mark drakeford will. >> yeah. mark drakeford will. well, you won't be miss mr drakeford, but if you'd like to come on to defend that absolutely outrageous, undemocratic we're here undemocratic policy, we're here for if people in the for you. even if people in the welsh parliament wouldn't be able interview with able to hear the interview with us blocked it. us because you've blocked it. >> pmqs today, of >> it's pmqs as well today, of course, forget. so we're course, don't forget. so we're going to have gloria de piero and hope we hand over to and chris hope we hand over to those a little a little bit earlier. >> it'll be a lot and it'll be a lively pmqs, as it always is, particularly in their capable hands. will. we're to hands. it will. we're going to come to come though. we're going to be talking labour mp steve talking to labour mp steve mccabe that £3,000. it

mccabe about that £3,000. it could be to illegal asylum could be paid to illegal asylum seekers lost their asylum seekers who've lost their asylum claim rwanda seekers who've lost their asylum clainbritain's rwanda seekers who've lost their asylum clainbritain's newsroom rwanda seekers who've lost their asylum clainbritain's newsroom on anda with britain's newsroom on gb news and apparently we're still hoping to nadine hoping to talk to nadine dorries. a horse

1146. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pearson. bev turner. >> so, would you move to rwanda if you were given £303,000 in your back pocket? >> well, that's what failed. asylum seekers are now being offered under new voluntary offered under a new voluntary scheme help clear the backlog scheme to help clear the backlog of stuck in britain. of migrants stuck in britain. >> joining us now is the >> well, joining us now is the labour for selly oak, steve labour mp for selly oak, steve mccabe. steve got to do mccabe. steve they've got to do something. voluntary. they something. it's voluntary. they don't take it. we're don't have to take it. we're already failed asylum already paying failed asylum seekers £3,000 repatriate seekers £3,000 to repatriate back their home. but if they back to their home. but if they don't want to go back to their home, it sounds like a pretty good idea. >> well, i'm afraid that to me,

rwanda seems like the gift that keeps on giving, it's true that a small number of voluntary returns, receive, resettlement allowance at the moment, which i think is up to about a maximum of 3000. but, you know, i mean, there were something like about 19,000 voluntary returns last year. 19,000 voluntary returns last year . so 19,000 voluntary returns last year. so we're already paying about 500 million to rwanda, and we haven't seen anybody there apart from cabinet ministers. and now we are proposing a scheme that would amount to about well, if you base it on the 19,000, that's what, another 57 million. >> yeah. if they lose their case, their case for asylum has been rejected. why don't we just kick them out immediately ? why kick them out immediately? why do we have to have all these endless appeals on legal aid, boot them out. they've lost. >> well, i think you'd have to ask the government minister about their, asylum and immigration policy. andrew, my view is they've completely lost

track of it, but it does seem very strange that a scheme that we were told was a deterrent is now going to actually be an enrichment scheme. i mean, we'll have people coming here asking for their £3,000, steve, do you believe the rwanda planes will ever get off the ground ? ever get off the ground? >> well, i'm deeply sceptical , >> well, i'm deeply sceptical, but i suspect the prime minister has so much , invested in it now has so much, invested in it now that even if there's only a single, solitary person on it, i think you have to get someone to rwanda . rwanda. >> what will labour do, steve? >> what will labour do, steve? >> oh, we know that the gangs. >> oh, we know that the gangs. >> what were you on? >> what were you on? >> you're going to say we're going to target the gangs. >> that old line again, steve. >> that old line again, steve. >> well, i think it would be a goodidea >> well, i think it would be a good idea to target the gangs. obviously, that's the normal way of a criminal market. of collapsing a criminal market. so i would put a lot more energy into that. i think that would be

a remarkably good idea. and i do. i think i said before my personal view is that you have to have a negotiated arrangements to try and stem the flow and accept the legitimate number of refugees. that's the only rational way to operate. otherwise you end up in this situation where you have very expensive soundbite politics that do no good whatsoever , that do no good whatsoever, steve, big announcement effectively from starmer, even though it was conducted under an interview with esther rantzen. so have a vote on assisted dying . what would your position on that be? >> well, i'm someone who changed my mind on this. i remember the i think it was stephen powis a private member's bill and, you know, at the time i was struck by the concerns that were expressed about the safeguards . expressed about the safeguards. but i think then since then we've seen a lot more, in terms

of the kind of safeguards that can be put in place. and we've seen it operate effectively in a number of other countries. and i think where someone is making an entirely rational and sane choice to request it, then it's wrong to stand in their way. >> interesting . very >> interesting. very interesting. well, no doubt it will be a big debate. i imagine the public consciousness for the next year or so. >> and thank you. and it'll be a free vote. >> of course. steve, always good to talk to you, steve mccabe. it'll be a free vote anyway. >> it has to be, doesn't it? >> it has to be, doesn't it? >> you can't be whipped the vote like that because entirely like that because it's entirely personal right? still to personal choice, right? still to come. starmer on come. so keir starmer takes on rishi at pmqs. are we rishi sunak at pmqs. are we thinking of question that thinking of our question that we'd ask mine, stay with we'd like to ask mine, stay with us build up. this is us for the build up. this is britain's newsroom on news. britain's newsroom on gb news. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, of weather on gb news. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a bit of a

three way split with the weather today. many places dry but fairly soggy over parts of wales and northwest england. very mild , especially so in the south. it's across the far north where we've got low pressure dominating. this weather front is generating that three way split, it very soggy split, stuck under it very soggy conditions cumbria, parts conditions over cumbria, parts of in particular, of north wales in particular, a few showers in mid and south wales and at times maybe over eastern england and in the far northwest, but a good part of scotland, ireland, dry scotland, northern ireland, dry and and much of the and bright, and much of the south and england dry. south and east of england dry. fairly some sunshine fairly cloudy, but some sunshine could temperatures could see temperatures jump right 15 c. generally right up to 1415 c. generally it is pretty mild but colder air in across scotland and northern ireland. but we will have some sunshine here this afternoon. the rain is going to persist overnight over north wales and northwest the rain northwest england. the rain really up over the really building up over the hills mountains here before hills and mountains here before slowly pushing back towards northern southern northern ireland and southern scotland hours scotland through the early hours . we'll see more rain then come .we'll see more rain then come into wales later. much of into west wales later. much of the south and east dry overnight and very mild. or 10. the low

and very mild. 9 or 10. the low and very mild. 9 or 10. the low a little colder though in northern parts scotland, with northern parts of scotland, with some skies here the some clearer skies here as the wet weather pushes north tomorrow. fairly soggy morning tomorrow. fairly soggy morning to belt across to the central belt and across northern ireland. eventually we'll snow on the tops we'll see some snow on the tops of mountains . further south of the mountains. further south there'll be some more showery rain wales and parts rain coming into wales and parts of england again, of south—west england again, much eastern england dry, and much of eastern england dry, and here tomorrow could here temperatures tomorrow could reach 16 celsius. goodbye. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> we're going directly to gloria de piero and christopher hope now for pmqs in our westminster studio. hello >> it's that time of the week where our viewers and listeners watching at home or wherever they are. what would they be asking the prime minister or indeed the leader of the opposition? we want those

questions in. >> send us questions. >> tell us you are and most >> tell us who you are and most importantly, where you're from. >> we'll put questions to >> we'll put your questions to our panel gbviews@gbnews.com. pmqs live is all about you, not you bev and andrew the viewers, but bev and andrew if you must briefly, what would you ask the pm today? >> you go well, a question i would ask prime minister, do you agree me that it's agree with me that it's outrageous that cheltenham races is renaming cheltenham ladies day cheltenham style day wokery gone bad what's yours? gone mad bad what's yours? >> and i would ask him does he think it's okay that the labour government in wales have put software in their parliament so that they can't watch gb news outrageous. >> gosh, these are, those are both ones where the question is going to be better than the answer that they elicit. >> well, i can answer for the for the houses of parliament. bev the speaker's made very clear they're not going to ban gb news westminster. just so gb news in westminster. just so we're on that one. we we're clear on that one. we can't answer the senate can't answer for the senate in wales. andrew, and wales. well, thanks, andrew, and thank fast

thank you, bev. it's fast approaching midday. >> this is gb news britain's election channel. pmqs live starts right now. it is 1157 on wednesday, the 13th of march. this is pmqs live on gb news with gloria de piero and christopher hope . and christopher hope. >> just one moment. rishi sunak the prime minister and sir keir starmer, the leader of the opposition, will go head to head at their joust. prime at their weekly joust. prime minister's the minister's questions in the house will full house of commons will have full coverage of every moment, every spit we'll be getting spit and cough. we'll be getting full from environment full reaction from environment minister moore shadow minister robbie moore and shadow education minister catherine mckinnell . mckinnell. >> so let us start with you, catherine mckinnell. so you are the spokesperson here from the labour party today. your leader is got these six questions that

he puts to the prime minister. what should your leader be going on at prime minister's questions? >> well, i wouldn't deem to tell him, but i suspect he will want some answers on the government's £46 billion tax cutting promise of national insurance contributions that they made in the budget , but that they have the budget, but that they have not explained at all how they're going to pay for it. will they take it off pensioners? will they put more borrowing on, or will they cut public services? i think answers are required. >> it's a big but that >> yeah, it's a big but that idea getting of idea of getting rid of nics altogether is £46 billion. labour it a tax labour sees it as a tax bombshell. robbie >> well, what we're clear on the budget week is we want budget last week is that we want to make sure that we're cutting taxes. >> ? seen that taxes. >> seen that announcement >> we've seen that announcement come we've seen economy come out, we've seen the economy now backing growth growing by two we're in two point, 0.2. so we're in a good position . and think pmqs good position. and i think pmqs will leave for a lively will be leave for a lively debate. i'm sure. >> why do you think that budget hasn't moved the poll ratings? i know opinion polls are not everything, but you would have hoped, i'm sure, as a conservative mp, to see some

movement. >> well, look, i think the budget one of the steps. budget is one of the steps. there are many other measures. we've the rwanda bill coming we've got the rwanda bill coming back to of parliament back to the house of parliament on on monday next week. there on on monday next week. so there are are are many steps that are being put place that will resonate put in place that will resonate with many of our constituents. and the budget is one of those elements. so actually, i've elements. so and actually, i've received feedback on the received good feedback on the doorstep speaking to many doorstep from speaking to many of constituents. of of my constituents. a lot of them are average them that are on that average salary of are pleased salary of 35,500 are pleased that budget will be that the budget will be delivering tax cut of £900 to delivering a tax cut of £900 to them. there were very good them. so there were very good measures within the budget, and now it's about making sure that all constituents the all of our constituents see the benefit that. benefit of that. >> well, i was to >> yeah, well, i was going to say the reason i think it hasn't moved the polls is because in reality, households on reality, households are on average £870 worse off in the budget. so with every £0.05 they're giving away, they were taking £0.10 away. so people are worse off. and i think people see through the claim that it's a tax cutting budget when most people see not only their taxes going up, also the prices in going up, but also the prices in the shops, wages stagnating and the shops, wages stagnating and

the economy really failed. >> the problem with national insurance is not really seen like income the impact like income tax. so the impact on polls is less probably. on the polls is less probably. catherine mckinnell, do you think frank race think the frank hester race round might up? i think it round might come up? i think it may well come up. >> i think it's, deeply, deeply, deeply incident. and deeply disturbing incident. and i still i think there are still questions to answer about whether the conservative party should hold on to its donations to million pound donation from someone who the prime minister has acknowledged has made a racist statement. so i think questions need to be answered from you. >> well, and clearly, what we said was completely inappropriate. it was a racist comment. the prime minister has said that as well yesterday, so it was clearly wrong. and hester has apologised, let's see if it comes up in if it's racist comment. >> how can you keep the money? i mean, if it's a racist comment, the money must be returned or given to charity. >> well, i mean, my understanding is that the conservative haven't got conservative party haven't got plans to give money back. plans to give that money back. but, what was said but, you know, what was said was completely wrong. >> minister is on his