christianity test. also, the christianity test. also, what is the government hiding? how many asylum seeker sex attackers are in britain and someone in the official job. >> treat me like this. i i don't feel safe in this country . feel safe in this country. >> i speak to the israeli brothers hounded by border force. >> plus my ministers have announced their resignations today with both james heappey and robert halfon stepping down from government . from government. >> rishi sunak's cabinet ministers quit. how long can he limp on? also, should people who cut their nails on public transport be fined and don't say it, don't say it anyone. don't know? get ready britain, here we go. what is the government hiding about asylum seeker sex

offenders? next . offenders? next. >> first of all, the news and the latest developments from the united states where president biden has pledged full federal support to the baltimore bridge rescue operation. video footage captured the moment a freight ship stacked high with containers crashed into the francis scott key bridge at around 130 this morning, local time. captured on camera . if time. captured on camera. if you're watching on television, that collision plunging cars, their drivers and construction workers into the water below with no warning. we now know the vessel involved in today's crash was reported to have structural issues in 2016 and in the same year was also involved in a separate accident when it hit a port wall in belgium . let's show port wall in belgium. let's show you the scene live in baltimore in maryland in the united states right now are. well, i would have liked to have done that, but unfortunately, we appear to

have lost our live feed. but i can tell you that it's very much an ongoing rescue and recovery operation. six construction workers remain unaccounted for. and the governor of maryland has been speaking to reporters tonight saying that search and rescue mission, rather not recovery mission , rescue mission recovery mission, rescue mission is very much ongoing in the city. keep you updated city. we'll keep you updated throughout the rest of the evening. you've been evening. now, as you've been heanng evening. now, as you've been hearing attacker abdul evening. now, as you've been hearirwas attacker abdul evening. now, as you've been hearirwas granted attacker abdul evening. now, as you've been hearirwas granted asylum abdul evening. now, as you've been hearirwas granted asylum bydul ezedi was granted asylum by a judge who accepted he was a christian convert. despite concerns the sex offender was a proven liar. a range of confidential court documents show the lengths ezedi went to prove his conversion from islam , prove his conversion from islam, including signing an agreement to be escorted during church services as a result of his criminal past. meanwhile pictures also released for the first time show him being bapfised first time show him being baptised and also handing out christian leaflets. in a shopping centre as his body was pulled from the river thames last month amid a major manhunt

after he was suspected of dousing his ex—girlfriend with a corrosive chemical . a former corrosive chemical. a former british museum curator has been ordered by the high court to return stolen artefacts within four weeks. doctor peter higgs, who was dismissed for misconduct, faces allegations of theft and damage to over 1800 historical items. accusations he denies. the courts also ordered him , though, to disclose records him, though, to disclose records from his ebay and paypal accounts following claims he listed hundreds of the items stolen for sale online. julian assange's wife has said today that a decision to delay a final appeal on her husband's extradition to the united states is utterly bizarre. us authorities have been asked to provide assurances on whether the wikileaks founder can rely on the us first amendment, which provides a right to free speech, or whether he might face the death penalty. a further hearing is to be held in may. it's over.

the disclosure of national secrets following the publication of leaked documents relating to afghanistan and iraq wars, the pizza chain papa john's has announced plans to downsize its business in the uk. close 43 so—called underperforming stores. the takeaway business has undergone a review into its profitability and plans to increase investment instead in research and technology. the company hasn't confirmed how many staff will be impacted by closures , which will impacted by closures, which will take place in mid—may. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> we deserve to know how many asylum seekers have committed sexual offences in britain. we are paying for them. they live amongst us. we deserve to know it is our right. amongst us. we deserve to know it is our right . yesterday we it is our right. yesterday we brought you information from denmark. they published violent

crime conviction rates by nationality. it shows that danish nationals rank 42nd on the list of violent crime convictions . people from kuwait, convictions. people from kuwait, tunisia, somalia, morocco, iraq , tunisia, somalia, morocco, iraq, afghanistan, turkey, pakistan, algeria. they all rank much higher. but what we want to know is about how many asylum seekers commit sexual offences in britain. it's important information. this is why we're so keen to find out. researcher jack anderson has been through official data from the office for national statistics and other sources. this is what he found. the north east has taken the highest number of asylum seekers per head of population. thatis seekers per head of population. that is apparently 25.4 people per 10,000 as of december 2023, in the north east, since 2014, sexual offences have increased by around 500. stalking and harassment appears to have increased by around 6,000. it also appears that crimes such as

shoplifting and burglary have remained relatively stagnant , so remained relatively stagnant, so the big increase here seems to be sexual offences. now, it's important to say there may well be no correlation at all here. it may be a complete coincidence that a large influx of asylum seekers has coincided with a large increase in sexual offences . there is no concrete offences. there is no concrete proof that the two are linked, but we believe the british pubuc but we believe the british public have a right to know either way. after all, this is part of the country where kuwaiti and syrian refugees have just been convicted for being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused a teenage girl. now tory mp neil o'brien said the home office and ministry of justice hold the information, but they refuse to publish it. well this makes us wonder are they hiding something ? so we they hiding something? so we approach them ourselves now? initially, the ministry of justice sent us to the home office. the home office sent us back to the ministry of justice. this, by the way, happens all

the time. we submitted the time. so we submitted a freedom of information request asking the following questions one. asylum seekers are one. how many asylum seekers are imprisoned sexual offences imprisoned for sexual offences or awaiting trial? two how many people with a pending visa application are currently in prison for sexual offences? three how many foreign nationals currently in prison are repeat offenders? now here is their response . we can confirm the moj response. we can confirm the moj holds all of the information you have requested. however, to comply with the request as it currently stands would exceed the cost limit set out in the foia. information collated centrally by the moj does not include details of if a prisoner is an asylum seeker or has a pending visa application, nor does such information specifically indicate the full criminal history of any prisoner, whether foreign, national or not. this would require linkage to other collated data . so we are going collated data. so we are going to pursue this all the way here at gb news. we think you have a right to know. now i will emphasise again, there may well not be a link between an

increase in sexual offences and an increase in asylum seekers to an increase in asylum seekers to a particular area, but we have to know for sure , don't we? we to know for sure, don't we? we simply cannot continue in britain having a debate about asylum policy, the same asylum policy that allows sexual criminals like alkaline attacker abdul ezedi to live in this country without the public and our politicians being able to have the full facts at their disposal . so there may well be disposal. so there may well be nothing to hide. so if there is nothing to hide. so if there is nothing to hide. so if there is nothing to hide, then tell us, because we're going to keep asking. let's get the thoughts now of tonight's panel, i am joined by gb news present and star emily carver and the new deputy chairman of the conservative party, jonathan gullis , mp and author and gullis, mp and author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. emily, do we have a right to know how many asylum seekers have committed sexual offences in britain? >> well, i think that was quite a convincing opening monologue

there. i do think that people have the right to know. now, of course, this will make a lot of people, particularly on the left, very uncomfortable because they that there they like to think that there would be absolutely no difference terms of the rates difference in terms of the rates depending on asylum status. but if look at our asylum system if we look at our asylum system and this is something that i think feminists might bit think feminists might have a bit of a spot to, if you look of a blind spot to, if you look 20, 22, 77% of those applying for asylum male. only 23% for asylum were male. only 23% were female. now, some of the most common countries were afghanistan, iran, iraq , syria, afghanistan, iran, iraq, syria, bangladesh, eritrea, india, sudan and pakistan. now unfortunately, women's rights in those countries aren't as high as you would expect in western europe . and i think it is not europe. and i think it is not bigoted or xenophobic to suggest that maybe the fact that there are so many men there being given priority in our asylum system from some countries where women's rights aren't as advanced as they are here, that that may have an impact in terms of sexual violence . and i don't of sexual violence. and i don't think we should shy away from

that. i don't think we should demonise people on the basis of their status, but i do their asylum status, but i do think that we deserve to know. >> now, jonathan, i mean, >> yeah. now, jonathan, i mean, it could well end up being a women's rights issue, getting to gnps women's rights issue, getting to grips with what's going on in the channel, getting to grips with going on illegally with what's going on illegally in back lorries. i think in the back of lorries. i think we should at least be able to know have that debate, if know and have that debate, if indeedit know and have that debate, if indeed it is there. >> well, i think emily made a perfectly at perfectly good point right at the the the beginning there about the fact sadly and fact that we sadly and unfortunately, 70, 77% of these people coming over illegally via small boat predominantly small boat are predominantly young, is, small boat are predominantly young, is, of young, single males. that is, of course, raise question course, going to raise question marks fact that these marks about the fact that these are people genuinely fleeing for their why would you not their lives. why would you not put and children ahead of put women and children ahead of yourselves? ultimately , i yourselves? so ultimately, i think as the ministry of justice has said itself, has the data and obviously you'll and obviously will, you'll pursue i think it's pursue that. and i think it's important data to get out there. but ultimately, we do know who our foreign national offenders we a track of that. the we do keep a track of that. the lord chancellor, alex chalk, actually a really good job actually did a really good job recently announcing that

recently of announcing that we are start immediately are going to start immediately deporting around deporting people. around over 3000 foreign national 3000 of these foreign national offenders will be immediately deported certain offences, deported for certain offences, low rather low level offences, rather than obviously them in this obviously keeping them in this country, clogging up prison spaces, but more importantly, sending message. you sending a clear message. if you come here, you'll be removed, detained deported as as detained and deported as soon as possible, which i think is a positive forward. positive step forward. >> look, amy, you >> yeah. now, look, amy, you know, appears that the north know, it appears that the north east had the highest east has had the highest percentage asylum seekers per percentage of asylum seekers per head population. there head of population. then there is that sexual is also the fact that sexual assault, stalking, harassment claims have also gone through the roof in that time period . the roof in that time period. now again, i will emphasise, as it currently stands, we absolutely cannot prove one way or the other. if there's a direct correlation, there, it's certainly worthwhile asking the question, exactly question, which is exactly what we're doing. do you feel we're doing. how do you feel about do you think that we about that? do you think that we do have to know? do have a right to know? >> who could this >> i feel like, who could this benefit? get this number benefit? if you get this number and it says you're and it says what you're suggesting, then is it going suggesting, then how is it going to helpful letting people, to be helpful letting people, letting communities know either way, going do way, all it's going to do is increase hostility increase suspicion and hostility against asylum seekers who are already facing massive amounts

of hostility , because we seem to of hostility, because we seem to have garnered this reputation in the country that there are some sort of threat. you've had panellists on this on this sofa saying it's a national emergency. the number of asylum seekers that we're taking when actually per capita actually we're 19th per capita in europe, so we're not taking our fair share. most countries, most will get most asylum seekers, will get asylum in their neighbouring country, and they don't seem to report these types of things. i think increase is, is that we take and in my view, the proportion is completely wrong and completely upside down. >> but we take women and girls from some of these countries that some of these men are coming right and they're coming from. right and they're often sexual violence. often escaping sexual violence. and unfortunate that in and it is unfortunate that in some countries it is more of a norm for sexual violence to be commonplace. that is not to say that we don't experience far too much violence across much sexual violence across the board country, board in this country, particularly domestic violence. but, know, somali ayaan but, you know, somali born ayaan hirsi ali, for example, has written about this how when you had huge numbers of undocumented

men coming through to western europe, you did see, unfortunately, and i wish this weren't the case, but you did see an uptick in certain forms of sexual violence against women, particularly in public spaces. now, that is something thatis spaces. now, that is something that is very uncomfortable . fail that is very uncomfortable. fail to acknowledge it is and i understand why you don't want to go there. i completely understand , but it is something understand, but it is something that unfortunately, we need to talk about, particularly because some of these women are trying to of type of to escape the type of type of sexual abuse that the reason i don't want to go there is because what there been because what has there been a massive upsurge in recently has been protests outside been these protests outside asylum been these protests outside asy there's been vigilante >> there's been vigilante attacks innocent asylum attacks on innocent asylum seekers, there's been false rape claims against asylum seekers. and just think prodding this and i just think prodding this bean and i just think prodding this bear, think that maybe bear, do you think that maybe the want were more the government want were more transparent about then it transparent about this then it wouldn't be co—opted by far right groups. >> it wouldn't be co—opted by people who want to demonise all asylum seekers . i think it's asylum seekers. i think it's a difficult balance. granted, you are right. you have to be

transparent so that people then don't believe the government is trying to hide something. >> we'll invite transparency across the board then, and find out of police out the number of police officers sex offenders . officers who are sex offenders. find the number of mps that find out the number of mps that are offenders. know, are sex offenders. you know, transparency at every single level, perhaps, not just level, perhaps, and not just focus one focus on asylum seekers. one of the groups. the most vulnerable groups. yeah. jonathan. i mean, >> go with jonathan. i mean, i personally think that if there is correlation between the is a correlation between the amount asylum seekers in an amount of asylum seekers in an area and the amount of sexual assaults area, any local assaults in an area, any local community, especially women assaults in an area, any local com girlsty, especially women assaults in an area, any local com girlsty, that cially women assaults in an area, any local com girlsty, that area! women assaults in an area, any local com girlsty, that area , women assaults in an area, any local com girlsty, that area , would men and girls in that area, would have a human right to know that if there's going to be an asylum seeker hotel in their place, or there's to be some social there's going to be some social housing that's used, i mean, that's, think relevant that's, i think relevant information community to know. >> y- w look, when know. >> look, when amy >> well, look, when amy referenced amount people referenced the amount of people that we're think that we're taking, i think what's important remember is what's important to remember is we've a million we've taken half a million people since 2015 to this country places syria, country from places like syria, afghanistan as well country from places like syria, afgobviously as well country from places like syria, afgobviously ukraine, as well country from places like syria, afgobviously ukraine, wherevell as obviously ukraine, where we've war going on. we've got the war going on. stoke on trent was the fifth largest contributor to the asylum when it asylum dispersal scheme when it was voluntary scheme. are was a voluntary scheme. what are we stoke trent? we seeing in stoke on trent? we've sadly, rise of

we've seen, sadly, the rise of the right. we've also seen the far right. we've also seen hizb both referenced hizb ut—tahrir, both referenced in the khan review, the extremism review, know extremism review, which i know you'll stoke you'll be to talking my stoke colleague which colleague about later on, which is obviously concern is obviously a huge concern because these are people pushing dangerous amongst dangerous ideology amongst a vulnerable young community, which i'm very which is something that i'm very much about. and much worried about. and of course, we've schools under course, we've got schools under pressure, under pressure, the nhs under pressure, the nhs under pressure, council, which pressure, the nhs under prthe|re, council, which pressure, the nhs under prthe second council, which pressure, the nhs under prthe second worst|cil, which pressure, the nhs under prthe second worst for which pressure, the nhs under prthe second worst for whath pressure, the nhs under prthe second worst for what it is the second worst for what it earns through council tax in earns in through council tax in this under more this country under more financial than ever financial strain than ever before. i think before. so i think that absolutely i've got no issue with transparency of data. i think important down think it's important i sit down with my, for example, staffordshire and staffordshire police teams and understand local ward understand in each local ward what are the main crimes that are being driven and who in their opinion, is driving the fact only 1% of are convicted? >> that's something that we >> so that's something that we should. that our should. and the fact that our asylum we should be asylum system, that we should be proud of saved millions and proud of has saved millions and millions people. millions of people. >> ask you can i ask you, >> can i ask you can i ask you, though, do you not think that women and girls a specific women and girls in a specific area would have right know area would have a right to know if demonstrably proven if it is demonstrably proven that there happens be link that there happens to be a link between seekers and between asylum seekers and sexual an area, do sexual assaults in an area, do

you think that people would you not think that people would have to know that you have a right to know that you can you like? can be transparent as you like? >> and maybe the >> maybe. and maybe the causation a causation might be a correlation, i doubt it. and correlation, but i doubt it. and i the sex offenders i think the sex offenders register private register is private and confidential very confidential for a very good reason. >> would f“ f-— >> emily, would you not want to know if you were living in know that if you were living in a particular area as a woman? >> think we i think >> well, i think we i think people do have right to know. people do have a right to know. and if there is no correlation and no causation and if there is no causation there, then publishing this data shouldn't yeah. shouldn't be a problem. yeah. >> right. look. hey. >> all right. well, look. hey. good thank you very, very good start. thank you very, very much, everybody. office much, everybody. a home office spokesperson a wide spokesperson said this. a wide variety factors can impact variety of factors can impact crime it's incorrect and crime trends. it's incorrect and irresponsible crime trends. it's incorrect and irresponsibl> you could win an amazing

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radicalised by the banned islamists hizb ut—tahrir. it's all happening in stoke on trent. local mp jack brereton is live in the studio as he begins the fight back against extremism in his area. but up next, six out of ten brits apparently want a formal apology made to descendants of slaves should it happen. ceo of anti—monarchy group republic , graham smith, group republic, graham smith, goes head to head with political commentator suzanne evans. it's patrick christys tonight. we are on .

gb news. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up, mp for stoke on trent south. jack brereton is live in the studio. why well, he is fighting back against extremism in his city. but first, should the british government and royal family offer a formal apology to the descendants of slaves? it's time for our head to head. so a new poll has found that apparently , poll has found that apparently, only 60% of brits believe that we should apologise to caribbean nafions we should apologise to caribbean nations and the descendants of enslaved people . king charles enslaved people. king charles himself came out last year to support research into the monarchy's historic links to the slave trade. he also expressed his personal sorrow at the suffering caused and refused to rule out paying future reparations. so should the king

and the prime minister go one step further and make a formal apology? let us know your thoughts. email me gb views at gb news. com tweet me at gb news. while you're there, go and vote in our poll. i imagine there might be a slightly different result to the one that was done in this report, but i will bring you those results shortly. now head to head shortly. now going head to head on our ceo of on this, our ceo of anti—monarchy group, republic, graham and political graham smith, and political commentator suzanne evans. thank you very, much , suzanne. you very, very much, suzanne. should we get on bended knee and apologise for historic links to slavery ? slavery? >> you know, patrick, on the one hand, i think this poll is good because it shows that obviously the slave trade is something that we all think is utterly abhorrent and certainly deserves apologising for. the problem i have with this is that no apology is ever going to be enough. and i also think it's somewhat absurd that this day somewhat absurd that in this day and we're talking about and age, we're talking about asking weren't asking people who weren't involved slavery, to involved in slavery, to apologise . as for people who apologise. as for people who weren't involved in slavery, i

mean, the whole thing is really quite absurd, really. and as i said, no apologies ever going to be enough. the king, as you say, has apologised . the prince of has apologised. the prince of wales has apologised. i remember the family of gladstone, the former prime minister, whose father was a slave trader, has apologised and in all three cases we've been told, well, that's not good enough. i'm sorry. no just not good enough. and then, of course, these calls for apologies always called for apologies are always called by, for by, followed by calls for reparations as well, money to be paid. and again, i think no amount of money is ever going to be enough to satisfy these campaigners. so recently, for example, we've had the church of england saying it's going to set aside £1 billion to make reparations slavery. they reparations for slavery. they originally said they were going to put put aside £100 million, which seems like a huge figure in itself. but no , that wasn't in itself. but no, that wasn't enough. so it's been up to a billion. so how do we stop here? that's my question. >> i'm going to go now to >> okay. i'm going to go now to the ceo anti—monarchy group, the ceo of anti—monarchy group, republic, graham smith. i mean, look, surely would be. the

look, surely you would be. the clue's the name graham, isn't clue's in the name graham, isn't it? you want them to apologise? you them abolish you want them to abolish themselves. you want them to bankrupt i mean, bankrupt themselves. i mean, come why you're in come on, that's why you're in favour it, isn't it? you favour of it, isn't it? you don't feel the need to actually apologise. really >> i do, i think >> well, yes, i do, i think i think britain should and i think certainly, should. certainly, the monarchy should. i hasn't i mean, charles hasn't apologised . i don't know what apologised. i don't know what that was referring to. he has not apologised. the is not apologised. and the thing is the monarchy itself, particularly the monarchy, this is a hereditary institution that tells our glorious tells us, look at our glorious past of a thousand years. that's why it should continue. that's why it should continue. that's why i should be head of state, says charles. look the says charles. look at the history . you can't do that and history. you can't do that and then say, oh, but ignore the other bit the history. now, other bit of the history. now, the royals, instigated , the royals, instigated, promoted, sponsored and invested in slavery all the way through to its abolition from, you know, elizabeth and james the first and all the rest of it. >> did any of your ancestors , >> did any of your ancestors, graham, just out of interest, did any of your answer? >> no. >> no. >> but the point is, i don't sit on a fortune. now, charles inherited estimated £600

inherited an estimated £600 million, his mother died , million, when his mother died, didn't pay inheritance tax, and a amount of that has a significant amount of that has been inherited line been inherited down the line from one monarch to the next since the, king george's of the 18th century, who were investing in slavery. and, of course, the monarchy celebrated and revelled in the whole notion of empire, which, promoted slavery and then continued it in a different way , continued it in a different way, after slavery was abolished through, indentured labour and all the rest of it. so they've got quite a bit to apologise for. and i think reparations in terms of how much . well, you terms of how much. well, you know, someone put it very neatly, the clue's in the name. when these societies are repaired the damage that we repaired from the damage that we have caused by. >> all right. okay, okay. all right. >> suzanne, is that not killing them and enslaving? right. is that not just an incredibly difficult thing to quantify? i mean, so let's just take some of the caribbean islands, for example, like jamaica . i mean, example, like jamaica. i mean, what do we repair it back to? i mean, what was it before the slave trade, etc? what was it

really? >> well, i'm going to go to suzanne and then i'll go to you. i'll go. yeah. >> it's about recognising the fact that the chronic. >> i'm sorry graham. >> i'm sorry graham. >> just to say. graham i'm going to i'll go back to you. to go. i'll go back to you. graham but i was going to bring suzanne on that on that suzanne in on that on that point. yeah. >> like i it's never >> like i said, it's never going to and the to be enough. and that's the problem. other question here problem. the other question here is, this argument is is, you know, this argument is very binary. it's always portrayed though it's europe portrayed as though it's europe against nations in against the african nations in particular. course, it particular. and of course, it wasn't know that wasn't like that. we know that there nations that there were african nations that were in the slave were complicit in the slave trade, and it couldn't have functioned as it did without that complicity. and yet there functioned as it did without tha'neverilicity. and yet there functioned as it did without tha'never calls. and yet there functioned as it did without tha'never calls ared yet there functioned as it did without tha'never calls are there there functioned as it did without tha'never calls are there forre are never calls are there for african nations to apologise for their part in it, to make reparations, you know , if you reparations, you know, if you look at its most basic level, every single person on this planet today has in some form been a victor , a victim of been a victor, a victim of slavery, or has been involved in slavery, or has been involved in slavery . that's a fact of life. slavery. that's a fact of life. so where does this end? you know, we can't go around each asking each other for an apology

and making reparations , you and making reparations, you know, and eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. there comes where we have to comes a point where we have to draw line under this draw a line under this historically focus, i think, historically and focus, i think, on modern slavery. according to slavery international, there are like 50 million. graham what would you say if i, if i. >> graham. what would you say if i asked you if you were just suffering from white guilt? >> well, no, mean, it was the >> well, no, i mean, it was the greatest respect this this greatest respect that this this nonsense about, you know, where do draw the line? it's a do we draw the line? it's a little bit obtuse. i mean, we can negotiate with people and can we negotiate with people and say, a say, well, what do we agree a point where and we say, point where we stop and we say, well, this is what the settlement is going be. and settlement is going to be. and that's deal , settlement is going to be. and that's deal, and of course, that's the deal, and of course, those african countries in those african countries that in the 16th, and 18th the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries were involved in slavery. we then and other european countries conquered. we had a nice little cosy meeting in berlin and said, we'll conquer the entire continent and enslave the rest of them. not quite as slaves in the traditional sense, but in indentured labour, taking away their rights, destroying their artefacts , stealing them, you

artefacts, stealing them, you know, them to london know, sending them off to london and so on. so, you know, we destroyed that continent many times over . destroyed that continent many times over. and it's a bit rich to then say that they should then start to make reparations . then start to make reparations. it's, you know, there is systemic chronic poverty and inequality across these, inequality right across these, societies of what societies because of what european nations did. and it's not unreasonable to make some efforts. >> i mean, is that actually true, though? >> i mean, that's that's the issue with all of this. i mean, issue with all of this. i mean, is actually true? because, is that actually true? because, you we've got things like you know, we've got things like the trade, for the barbary slave trade, for example, suzanne, you know, example, as suzanne, you know, as were saying, these slave as you were saying, these slave trades be able to trades would not be able to function if it had not been for actual african themselves actual african people themselves entrapping then sending individuals and then sending them have a look now at them to us. i have a look now at where is still where slavery is still prominent. example, eritrea prominent. for example, eritrea is a where it's still is a country where it's still prominent. i mean, there's quite a afghanistan, a lot of these afghanistan, turkey, it says here, tajikistan, the united arab emirates, arabia, emirates, kuwait, saudi arabia, i north korea, obviously, i mean, north korea, obviously, we know that, we? we all know that, don't we? i mean, a load places mean, there's a load of places where slavery still where slavery is still prominent. we had an issue with it. know, back the day,

it. you know, back in the day, we stopped it. i mean, we then stopped it. i mean, seriously, what are we really apologising suzanne? i'm apologising for, suzanne? i'm paying apologising for, suzanne? i'm paywell, like i say, i don't >> well, like i say, i don't think we should really. we should be focused on the very real problem of modern day slavery. nothing can slavery. there's nothing we can do the historic slave do about the historic slave trade, really. truthfully, trade, really. and truthfully, it's awful . it's appalling. it's awful. we're all agreed on that. but there is something that can there is something that we can and should about modern and should do about modern slavery. know, 50 million slavery. you know, 50 million people worldwide, victims of modern slavery in this day and age is utterly appalling. a quarter of those are children. for goodness sake, let's focus on what we can do something aboutin on what we can do something about in the here and now. let's change lives in the. >> here is a separate issue because the can i just ask reparations is the final point. i'm sorry , just a final point on this. >> can i just ask? look, you know, i'm just reading here the greek republic, obviously, you know, perfectly entitled to do what you're doing. you do it very effectively to an extent, although royal does although the royal family does still so i don't know how still exist. so i don't know how effective but, you effective to be fair, but, you know, years ago, know, set up, years ago, you know, set up, years ago, you know, you willing to

know, would you be willing to commit to, a, an investigation into people who republic into people who founded republic and members and look and all of your members and look at there's any at whether or not there's any historic to the slave historic links to the slave trade for any of you. and if there you apologise and you there is, you apologise and you pay there is, you apologise and you pay reparations. you be up pay reparations. would you be up for republic for that if republic institutionally as an organisation that kind of organisation had, that kind of links of course. links and of course. >> but i mean, you know, we were founded the 1980s, so no, founded in the 1980s, so no, it's unlikely. mean it's unlikely. but i mean it this the point. point is this is the point. the point is that not about trying to that it's not about trying to resurrect the dead slaves from 200 years ago and apologise to them. it's their ancestors are still struggling with the inequalities and lack of wealth as a result of that slavery. in the same way that we as, sorry, their descendants , we as their descendants, we as descendants of the people that enslaved more so more so graham than, you know, like my relatives who were like irish peasant farmers, just you think you think that people are struggling more than than slavery in that empire , in the slavery in that empire, in the same way that they're still suffering the consequences of what we did to them. and that is

why we should something. why we should do something. and it's open ended, you it's not an open ended, you know, blank check. it's a process where try to, rectify process where we try to, rectify that damage that we did to them. >> okay. look, both of you, thank you very much. really good stuff. that, and no doubt thank you very much. really good stuff. chat, and no doubt thank you very much. really good stuff. chat to nd no doubt thank you very much. really good stuff. chat to nd both oubt thank you very much. really good stuff. chat to nd both again we'll chat to you both again very, soon. that is the ceo very, very soon. that is the ceo of the anti—monarchy group republic, smith and republic, graham smith and political commentator suzanne evans. agree with? evans. who do you agree with? should the uk government and royal family formally apologise to descendants of enslaved to the descendants of enslaved people? on x says people? vincent on x says absolutely not. apologies suggest culpable . nobody alive suggest culpable. nobody alive in the uk is responsible for centuries old crimes. paul also on access. you can't change history. i'd like to change things. so there weren't any wars, famine, diseases, poverty, etc. all we can do is look forward, be positive and live forward, be positive and live for what we have today. quite zen that paul dean on x says no. everyone should thank and even pay everyone should thank and even pay us for ending the global slave trade. you're welcome. not a lot of shades of grey in the inbox it must be said, inbox there, it must be said, but verdict now in. 97% but your verdict is now in. 97% of say the uk government and

of you say the uk government and the royal family should not apologise to descendants of enslaved people. 3% of you think they should. now coming up, the government was rocked today by a double ministerial resignation. both robert halfon and james heappey. they turned their backs on rishi sunaks cabinet. the spectator's political correspondent james hail joins me to reveal all from a wild day in westminster and tell you what tory mps really think of our prime minister. but next, have our northern towns and cities become a hotbed for islamist and far right extremism, banned islamist terror group hizb ut—tahrir have been running rife in stoke on trent. apparently they've even been running gyms, local gyms. there's some kind of grooming ground, local mp jack brereton is live in the studio. he says enough is enough. it's patrick christys

gb news. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up. rishi sunak cabinet ministers. some of them, anyway, have quit. how long can he limp on? but before that, extremists and bad actors are tearing apart british communities, especially in our northern towns and cities. don't take my word for it. that was the finding of dame sarah carter astonishing government review. now, to khan , you will now, according to khan, you will struggle find better struggle to find a better example than in stoke on trent. so the city has historically been a hotbed for far right and islamist extremism. look, let's just start with the far right,

okay. so 2003, the bnp established itself as the main opposition to the labour party. later in 2010, the english defence league held a 1300 person march through the city. there have also been cases of historic racial violence against minority communities, and today there is evidence apparently of neo—nazi activity. and then, of course, there's the islamists banned terrorist groups hizb ut—tahrir and al—muhajiroun with a foothold there since the early 1990s. by the way, usman khan , 1990s. by the way, usman khan, the london bridge terrorist, was active in the stoke on trent islamist groups , as was kamran islamist groups, as was kamran hussain, an imam who was found guilty in 2017 of preaching islamist terrorism at the city's high street mosque. now hizb ut—tahrir have their own community centre and gyms in the city. they're also running youth clubs and social activities for women and children. locals are concerned that they are using these facilities to actively recruit and radicalise young

muslims, and i think their concern is probably fair enough, don't you? dame sara khan has also told that hizb ut—tahrir continually attempt to infiltrate stoke on trent school governing boards and local mps say that they discourage and shame muslims from participating in general elections. well, jack brereton is the mp for stoke on trent south. i'm very pleased to say he joins me now . i mean, say he joins me now. i mean, this is incredibly concerning. all of it is. but zoning in on the idea that you've got a now banned terror group running gyms trying to get on school boards. i it's nightmare , isn't it? >> well, it is extremely concerning. and i'm pleased that dame sara khan has shed a bit of light some of these issues light on some of these issues because we've been seeing, as you've issues been you've said, these issues been going on for some time, and we've seen both far right and islamic extremism, which is extremely and is extremely concerning and is leading to some of these issues in communities. >> look what do you do about this now? because, you know, there's the kind of the punter in me well, hang on in me says, well, hang on a minute. why can't the police just knock on the door

just go round, knock on the door of this, you know, potentially radical close it down? radical gym and close it down? >> i think, you know, >> well, i think, you know, we've obviously only just had hizb ut—tahrir banned as an hizb ut—tahrir been banned as an organisation , but they've been organisation, but they've been operating just the cusp of operating just at the cusp of what's acceptable. and that is the problem. and now , finally, the problem. and now, finally, thankfully, we have seen hizb ut—tahrir listed as an organisation, and i hope the police are now going to take action to break up some of these activities. because i've been calling other mps in stoke on trent and staffordshire have been calling for against been calling for action against groups this for some time . groups like this for some time. >> i mean, when you see examples like this and stoke does appear to be quite a good microcosm of this stuff, where you've got elements of the bnp, had elements of the bnp, had elements of the bnp, had elements of bnp, you know, the edl, and then you've got on top of that, then absolutely rampant islamism, from what i can gather. this a visible sign, gather. is this a visible sign, really, that multiculturalism has some respects, do has failed in some respects, do you think, well, i think there are concerns about that. but i think what i've seen is that this is a minority. it's very

much a minority. and most of the community are trying to resist this, and we've got to support those community, support those communities who are saying, no , communities who are saying, no, this is not what we want to see in our city. and that is something that i've been absolutely, you know, supporting them supporting , them in supporting, staffordshire as well staffordshire police as well with some these with addressing some of these concerns. but we do need to see action to address this. and it is concerning that we've had funding withdrawn to address some of the community cohesion, prevent funding that was withdrawn varne, which actually should have been in place, should have been put in place, in view, and continued to in my view, and continued to address some of issues. address some of these issues. >> what can remember , i can >> what i can remember, i can absolutely remember it at the time when bnp , won a lot of time when the bnp, won a lot of seats, local council, they were very prominent in that area. i can remember a lot of reporting on edl marches. can remember a lot of reporting on edl marches . okay. i can on edl marches. okay. i can really remember that stuff. and that was really pumped out there by media. i don't really by the media. i don't really recall seeing huge amount of recall seeing a huge amount of local on, you know, local reporting on, you know, hizb ut—tahrir a community hizb ut—tahrirjim, a community centre, like you said, they've been operating quivering

been operating right, quivering on edge terrorism for on the edge of, of terrorism for quite a while now, the fact that they are trying to apparently get on the school and get on the school boards and governing boards, does appear governing boards, it does appear as there's almost been as though there's almost been we talk policing. talk about two tier policing. has two tier has there been two tier reporting this stuff? you reporting on this stuff? do you think? >> think some of this is >> well, i think some of this is not being reported. and, you know, think it's been know, i think it's been convenient some cases to convenient in some cases not to report what's been going report it. and what's been going on lot this is, is on and a lot of this is, is below the radar. it is happening without people seeing. and there is a lot of is obviously a lot of vulnerability they on vulnerability that they prey on as well , both terms of as well, both in terms of islamic extremism the far islamic extremism and the far right. i would say prey on vulnerability. but what i think was so visible about the bnp was that they actually won seats on the council. you know, they had nine seats at one point. so they were the official opposition on the city council, which was, you know, absolutely shocking really. and they occupied really a vacuum that was left by a collapse of the labour party in that area. but what we also see, and what i'm very concerned about , is

and what i'm very concerned about, is that some of these radical and extremist groups are trying to subvert democracy, they're trying to deter ordinary people, ordinary people, from getting involved and voting, you know. >> yeah, talk to me about that because i read this in the report that said, apparently groups like hizb ut—tahrir are trying to discourage some muslims from taking part in the british political system. what's that british political system. what's tha well, it's seen as , you know, >> well, it's seen as, you know, not right to be voting. it's against their and they against their religion. and they would say, you know, and that is, i think, totally shocking to be saying that sort of thing and to, dissuade people just to, to dissuade people just because of their religion from participating in our democracy. most of the muslim community are very much, you know, a law abiding want to be involved in our community, want to be involved in our democracy, and very much , you know, hold those very much, you know, hold those strong democratic views and values . but there are a small values. but there are a small minority who are trying to prevent this. and this is this is about holding power. that's

what it's about. >> very finally and quickly, doesit >> very finally and quickly, does it bother you? do you ever stop and think, hang on a minute, i've got quite a big chunk of my local population who, it would appear , are who, it would appear, are sympathetic towards a now banned terror group. and, you know, here you are having very open conversation about it on national television. and no doubt you say this stuff in parliament as well, etc. do you feel a threat yourself at all? >> i don't feel threatened, i don't feel intimidated by anyone, to be frank. and i think , you know, it would be very damaging if that. but i know some colleagues have been intimidated, have been threatened. i've had 1 or 2 threats previously myself, but i'm not intimidated. >> lines . do you i'm not intimidated. >> lines. do you mind me asking or. >> i don't want to go into that. >> i don't want to go into that. >> fair enough. >> fair enough. >> know, think, know, >> you know, i think, you know, the threats had, you know, the threats i've had, you know, and i feel more concerned and what i feel more concerned about actually, my family , my about actually, is my family, my office, my staff. yeah, you know, i, i we've got to protect them, actually. and it's not just about me as the mp. it's got to be about those who

participate in our democracy. and, you know, as i say, i, i don't feel intimidated by this. >> well, good for you. and thank you very, very much for coming on and talking about what is a fascinating case study of, you know, some know, unfortunately, in some respects where britain is today. but jack brereton there, thank you very much. coming up. you very, very much. coming up. well, it's worse than we possibly could have imagined. the clapham chemical attacker , the clapham chemical attacker, abdul ezedi, was somehow granted asylum despite the home office warning that he'd failed a christianity test and was using religion for his own ends. so, look, does the government have blood on its hands , or is it blood on its hands, or is it actually some of these immigration judges? hear my take at but next, not one but at ten. but next, not one but two government ministers resigned leaving a resigned today, leaving sunak a little bit in the lurch. so with 63 tory mps now due to stand down ahead of the next election, is this conservative party broken beyond repair or still salvageable? spectator's salvageable? the spectator's james if the prime james hale reveals if the prime minister is in a perilous state, his patrick christys tonight we are on

gb news. it's patrick christys tonight on gb news. still to come. i ask how the clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi was granted asylum. despite home office warnings that he'd failed a christianity test and was using religion for his own ends. i think it's time to name and shame the immigration judges. but first, rishi sunak's government has today been rocked by a double ministerial resignation as the skills presumably ironically named, by the way, skills , apprenticeships the way, skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister robert halfon joined minister of state for the armed forces james heappey, in leaving their ministerial roles. both will also stand down as mps at the next election. halphen will step down after 14 years in parliament and quoted that the lord of the rings saying his time is over while he be signed off from his last day as a minister using the military terms index , which describes

terms index, which describes coming to the end of a challenging exercise, both departing ministers have said that they will continue to support prime minister from the backbenches until, of course, they naturally leave parliament now. this brings the number of tory who have announced that tory mps who have announced that they stand at the next they will not stand at the next general whopping general election to a whopping 63, rishi sunak 63, and it leaves rishi sunak with the headache of another mini reshuffle of his cabinet. i'm delighted to welcome political correspondent for the spectator, james hale, for the inside track on what's really going behind the scenes. going on behind the scenes. james, thank you very, very much . do tory mps and cabinet ministers dislike rishi sunak and they're leaving ? and now they're leaving? >> i think it's not even so much rishi sunak. i think a lot of them just given up with the tories, you've got lifelong people who are conservatives here, like hall, here, someone like rob hall, for instance, years of instance, who've given years of their the party and their service to the party and their service to the party and the fact that they're heading for door is very, i for the exit door is very, i think, indicative the current think, indicative of the current mood within parliament. and i was speaking to one minister tonight said there's going tonight who said there's going

tonight who said there's going to to follow as well. to be others to follow as well. >> what kind of other >> yeah. what kind of other messages you been getting messages have you been getting in whatsapps, in your whatsapps, james? >> really, it's >> well, really, i think it's a reflection big divide reflection of the big divide today i've been today on defence. so i've been chatting to one who said that, you know, conservative party you know, the conservative party is for national defence. and is not for national defence. and then is for? and that's then what is it for? and that's a reference, of course, to the big debates today on big debates we've seen today on defence spending and the liaison committee. james committee. and obviously, james heappey committee. and obviously, james heajcalling more defence was calling for more defence spending very final spending in his very final appearance the commons. appearance today in the commons. so i think that's big so i think that's the big debate. playing today is debate. playing out today is about defence spending. and we saw with grant saw that with grant shapps appearance select appearance at the defence select committee, chief of committee, where the chief of the deputy chief the defence staff, deputy chief of staff, admitted of defence staff, admitted that britain fight an britain could not fight an elongated then other elongated war and then other messages are just saying, you know, we're in really, know, look, we're in a really, really now really big hole right now and, you rats leaving you know, the rats are leaving the sinking ship. >> well. >> well. >> 63 mps have decided that >> so 63 mps have decided that they literally just don't want to their job anymore. we've to do theirjob anymore. we've had couple ministers had a couple of ministers quitting apparently. quitting today, apparently. apparently 1 in 4 tory voters are saying now that they're going to vote reform if rumours are to be believed , they are two

are to be believed, they are two letters of no confidence away from having a vote of no confidence. i mean, does he have a duty here to put us all out of our misery and have a general election? the country has got a lot to sort out, and you know, you can't do it in this situation, can you? >> well, this is the big thing, is how much political capital does he really have to use? and can you actually get anything done over the next nine months? you parliament technically you know, parliament technically can january. does can go until next january. does anyone think it's going anyone really think it's going to i think the to last that long? i think the next big thing for him is looking at the clock. you know, four when we have four weeks away is when we have those local elections. and those may local elections. and that's hearing a that's what i'm hearing from a lot of the right of the party is the next big drumbeat moment. and to the and that's going to be the maximum of political maximum amount of political danger the upcoming danger in terms of the upcoming calendar. so really, it's about making after mps making sure that after the mps return from recess, they're able to get some momentum to kind of get some momentum behind the prime minister, because moment, a lot of because at the moment, a lot of people very disheartened people are very disheartened in westminster head off for westminster as they head off for their holidays. their easter holidays. >> i mean, i know and >> yeah. and i mean, i know and i'm sure you do, from speaking

to people behind the scenes, there of people, there are a lot of people, a huge amount of people you huge amount of people who, you know, regret, just do know, with deep regret, just do not though rishi sunak not feel as though rishi sunak can the next election. and, can win the next election. and, you know, they pushed you know, if they are pushed into where it is into a situation where it is a choice between potentially keeping their job or definitely losing hear a name losing it, i did hear a name floated around little over floated around a little bit over the i'm quite keen the weekend, and i'm quite keen to your view this now. to get your view on this now. someone maybe who's interim mmog francois, there's francois, do you think there's any chance whatsoever that we might mark francois might end up with mark francois leading the conservative party? >> well, i'll say one thing. mark francois definitely keen mark francois is definitely keen to spending. as to increase defence spending. as we today , and i think we saw from today, and i think that on that he'd have, support from some members of the party. but look, i don't think, mark francois , for all his undoubted, francois, for all his undoubted, enthusiasm and lots of these areas for lots of issues of tory voters like rwanda and brexit, etc, i don't think that's likely, unfortunately for mark. >> okay. and just on its current footing, james, do you think that rishi sunak makes it to the next election ? next election? >> i do, but i think he'll be

walking man wounded , a walking walking man wounded, a walking man wounded. >> well, i mean, james, that is quite astonishing stuff, actually. and it does appear that every single day there's someone else who's quitting, someone else who's quitting, someone having forced to someone else is having forced to stand in a by—election. i mean, those that we could get those results that we could get in, may the local in, in, in may the local elections. do you think that that could end up seeing at least a vote of no confidence in rishi sunak? >> i think not, because i think that we've got for the past two years, every time there's a vote of no confidence, whatever happens, normally the prime minister wins. it as we saw with bofis minister wins. it as we saw with boris and theresa may. and yet both times they end going . both times they end up going. and so, frankly, once you've got to stage of a vote to the stage of a vote of confidence you've confidence and actually you've had come and say they had 53 mps come out and say they want vote of confidence, it's want a vote of confidence, it's game over any way. and both game over in any way. and both those cases, those prime ministers were gone within, i think, months. think, about six months. so i don't going get don't think we're going to get to that and i think it'll to that stage. and i think it'll just lots of fighting. and just be lots of fighting. and then rishi sunak gets the election about i mean, election just about i mean, i the thing keep hearing over the thing i keep hearing over and again rishi

and over again is, look, rishi sunak nice bloke. sunak quite a nice bloke. >> there's against him >> there's nothing against him personally, know, but personally, you know, but actually at politics, actually quite bad at politics, which unfortunate considering which is unfortunate considering he's into he's decided to go into politics. james, you very, politics. james, thank you very, very james who very much. it's james heale who is spectator's political is the spectator's political correspondent, thinks it appears looking behind looking quite bleak behind the scenes. a scenes. if you are a conservative voter, then you are being confronted with yourselves, situation yourselves, with the situation of not you would like of whether or not you would like to change before the next to change leader before the next election. speak to election. coming up, i speak to the who the two israeli brothers who allegedly appalling allegedly suffered appalling anti—semitism border anti—semitism from a border official tried to enter official as they tried to enter the . the uk. >> someone in an official job treat me like this. i don't feel safe in this country. >> yeah, that story will shock you . but next, how was clapham you. but next, how was clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi grant did asylum despite the home office warning that he failed a christianity test? is it time to name and shame the immigration judges? patrick christys tonight we're on gb news. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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attention and to hand himself in. >> it is time to name and shame immigration judges that let monsters stay in britain. >> also, not the attitude of we've made the decision and you're coming in. so just let us do the checks we need to do and keep quiet. look at me, okay? you clear with that? okay, good. we're the bosses, not you . we're the bosses, not you. >> israeli. october the 7th. survivors hounded by border force. they join me shortly and so let's stick to the plan that if we stick to the plan, we can deliver a brighter future for everyone. >> we stick to our plan. >> we stick to our plan. >> and if we stick to the plan. >> and if we stick to the plan. >> yeah, you might have a plan, but 1 in 4 tories are going to vote reform. plus, sure, people who their nails on public who cut their nails on public transport mind, i've got transport before mind, i've got tomorrow's newspaper front pages tonight with gb news presenter and star emily carver and the new tory deputy chairman, jonathan gullace, an author , amy jonathan gullace, an author, amy nicole turner. oh, and can you guess what's wrong with this ? guess what's wrong with this? >> at about 130, container ship

struck the francis scott key bridge, which i've been over many , many times commuting from many, many times commuting from the state of delaware. either our trainer by car or get ready. >> britain. here we go. immigration judges are letting violent sex monsters into britain . next. britain. next. >> first, at a minute past ten. the latest news headlines from the jp newsroom. well, in the united states, president biden has been pledging full federal support after a shipping container lost power and crashed into the main bridge in baltimore in maryland, dramatically collapsing the entire structure. if you're watching on tv, take a look at this video footage captured of the collision. it happened

around 130 this morning, local time. it plunged cars, their drivers and construction workers into the water below with no warning. the vessel involved in today's crash was reported to have been involved in a structural issue in 2016, when it hit a port wall in belgium. before this morning's incident, the ship's crew had notified the authorities of a power outage on board, which left it heading off on the wrong course. unable to change direction, which caused the crash. let's take you live now to the scene in baltimore, where six construction workers who reportedly stopped more traffic coming onto the bridge after it collapsed, remain unaccounted for and the mayor of the county has said the governor of the county, rather has said it is very much still a search and rescue mission that's ongoing there in baltimore. this afternoon. in news here at home, gb news can reveal the number of small boats crossing the english channel so far this year is now 25% higher than at the same

point last year. another five small boats made the crossing this morning with almost 300 illegal migrants on board, including a number of children. it takes the total number of migrants who've made the dangerous journey so far this year to just under 4600. that's up from 3700 at the same point last year , the education last year, the education secretary said today that parents are having to fight for the right kind of support for school children who have special needs. around 2 in 3 schools for children with special needs in england were at or over capacity in the last academic year. the department for education says councils will benefit now from an £850 million cash boost. unions, though, say the plans don't appear to differ from previously announced commitments in the united states. the musician and rapper sean diddy combs, better known as puff daddy , has had two of his daddy, has had two of his properties raided by federal agents as part of an ongoing sex

trafficking investigation . trafficking investigation. properties in los angeles and miami were searched by officers yesterday. it's after accusations made by his former partner , r&b singer cassandra partner, r&b singer cassandra ventura, better known as cassie . ventura, better known as cassie. the 54 year old has been the subject of several lawsuits in recent months, including for sexual assault. he has denied all allegations against him . and all allegations against him. and lastly, the king and queen are to attend an easter service at saint george's chapel in windsor, buckingham palace announced today that the royal couple will be spending the easter celebration at windsor castle this sunday. is the castle this sunday. it is the king's most significant appearance in public since he was diagnosed with cancer. that's the news for the latest stories , do sign up to gb news stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome along. massive hour coming your way. i start with this. our asylum system is so

broken that we let a twice failed, asylum seeking lunatic sex criminal con artist burn a woman to within an inch of her life because a judge accepted he was a christian, even though he failed a christianity test. that's a sentence that shames the immigration judges. that's a sentence that shames the immigration judges . let me the immigration judges. let me break it down for you, abdul ezedl break it down for you, abdul ezedi. is this afghan man he doused a woman and child with alkaline in the middle of a pubuc alkaline in the middle of a public road, and then threw himself into the thames. he pretended to convert to christianity so he could stay in the uk, despite having failed in his asylum bid twice today, shocking new details have emerged . so this just landed emerged. so this just landed before we came on air here are pictures of his sham baptism . pictures of his sham baptism. there they are. here are pictures of him handing out leaflets about christianity to people in the street. today. it's emerged that ezedi failed his christianity test and was still granted asylum at the third attempt. as ezedi claimed that the old testament was about

jesus christ and that one of the disciples was called jacob. in a series of blunders during a home office interview to test the validity of his conversion . validity of his conversion. another new detail today is that the convicted sex offender was only allowed to attend church if he had a safeguarding person with him, presumably in case he decided to sexually assault someone while he was there. he had to sign a contract stating i will only come to church for the sunday service. i will not enter the church without one of my male supporters being present. i will stay beside my supporter all the time . i will leave the all the time. i will leave the church when my supporter leaves or before them. this is insane. how can a man who is not deemed safe enough to attend a church on his own, be allowed to walk around the streets of britain with the rest of us? it disgusts me. during his christianity test, he was grilled about what god created on the third day he answered good friday, easter sunday and resurrection day. the

judge named as judge o'hanlon, needs to be investigated , in my needs to be investigated, in my view. now, how many other monsters have been allowed to stay in britain? the evidence is this ezedi was a known sex offender. he had repeatedly lied about whether he was a sunni or about whether he was a sunni or a shia muslim . he'd lied about a shia muslim. he'd lied about how his brother died, if indeed he had died. he lied about not working in the uk when he was working in the uk when he was working as a mechanic . he working as a mechanic. he claimed he'd forgotten to mention he was christian. at his first hearing, the office first hearing, the home office said lying , and still said he was lying, and still judge o'hanlon granted him asylum, supported with letters from the british red cross , a from the british red cross, a refugee charity and, crucially, from the church. i want to know how o'hanlon sleeps at night. i want to know what their life is like. do they live near a migrant hotel? are they in danger as a result of some of the decisions that they make? are their daughters being confronted by an afghan sex criminal armed with a corrosive liquid in the street ? george

liquid in the street? george o'hanlon cited a previous supreme judges comments in relation to a somali asylum seeker. he said we must be very careful not to dismiss an appeal just because an appellant has told lies , and appellant's own told lies, and appellant's own evidence has to be considered in the round . with other evidence. the round. with other evidence. we reached out to judge o'hanlon for comment via the judicial press office, but were told that judges were unable to comment on cases that they have been involved with. let's get the thoughts now of my panel. i'm joined this evening by gb news presenter star emily carver. presenter and star emily carver. i've deputy chairman of i've got the deputy chairman of the conservative party. it's jonathan and author jonathan gullis mp and author and broadcaster amy nicholl turner. emily, do you think that some of these immigration judges should be made to account for their actions? >> well, you know, when looking at this case, a lot of people might whether it's might be wondering whether it's cock conspiracy. it's cock up or conspiracy. it's starting maybe it's starting to look like maybe it's conspiracy this is conspiracy because this is a decision that a judge took against the evidence that he had to grant this man asylum in this country . why on earth would he

country. why on earth would he rule in this man's in this man's favour, a proven liar, someone who's changed his story multiple times, a convicted sex offender who needed a male supporter, whatever that means to keep people safe when he attended church . i mean, the mind church. i mean, the mind absolutely boggles. and what i'm concerned about is whether there are more cases exactly like this one or similar to this one. a lot of people on the left who are in favour of a very liberal asylum system and a liberal immigration system, they argue a lot that the proportion of asylum seekers who are granted asylum seekers who are granted asylum in this country proves that all of the people coming across the channel are in fact legitimate asylum seekers. but when we look at this judge's ruling that shows that maybe they're not and maybe it's our system and our judiciary that are actually too lax, i think we need to investigate the immigration judges. >> jonathan. >> jonathan. >> look, that's why i >> well, look, that's why i think the prime was, in think the prime minister was, in fact, correct it fact, wholly correct to make it very clear if you entered very clear that if you entered this country illegally, will

this country illegally, you will not claim asylum, not be able to claim asylum, because ultimately, that's one way that people who way of ensuring that people who come here and sadly, in this particular case, very malicious individuals been individuals shouldn't have been allowed to remain here. and it's disgusting and abhorrent that they were able to stay here and obviously commit heinous obviously commit that heinous crime go on to. as crime that they did go on to. as well as the one before that which for. well as the one before that wh i h for. well as the one before that th think for. well as the one before that th think that for. well as the one before that th think that ultimately for. so i think that ultimately what's clear again, is what's very clear here again, is the england has yet the church of england has yet again questions to answer. again got questions to answer. justin welby seems a reluctant to look it and is trying to to look into it and is trying to deny even deny any culpability, even though he the of though he is the head of the church england well. you church of england as well. you are correct that judges should be held as accountable as anyone are correct that judges should be hwhen accountable as anyone are correct that judges should be hwhen acomes|ble as anyone are correct that judges should be hwhen acomes toe as anyone are correct that judges should be hwhen acomes to decisions|e are correct that judges should be harezn acomes to decisions|e are correct that judges should be hare made, mes to decisions|e are correct that judges should be hare made, whetheriecisions|e that are made, whether they're right and we should right or wrong. and we should have that ability to have people held accountable. >> though, that >> is it the case, though, that judges allowed to judges are not allowed to comment cases they've been comment on cases they've been involved with? >> conveniently, we've just >> conveniently, what we've just been when gone been told, yes. when we've gone to comment on this particular case. yeah which is which is remarkable. case. yeah which is which is remarkablethat's literally just case. yeah which is which is remarthrough|t's literally just case. yeah which is which is remarthrough to literally just case. yeah which is which is remarthrough to us erally just case. yeah which is which is remarthrough to us erally home come through to us now. home office sources tonight office sources are tonight laying blame for ezedi case laying the blame for ezedi case firmly at the church's door. >> so briefing this.

>> it's so unfair briefing this. >> it's so unfair briefing this. >> me finish and i'll go to >> it's so unfair briefing this. >> briefing nish and i'll go to >> it's so unfair briefing this. >> briefing the| and i'll go to >> it's so unfair briefing this. >> briefing the telegraph o to >> it's so unfair briefing this. >> briefing the telegraph that you briefing the telegraph that churches risk undermining the integrity of the asylum system. sources the sources also report that the home secretary called home secretary had called a meeting the vast majority meeting with the vast majority of following azad's of churches following azad's death , i think there is. well, death, i think there is. well, i mean, i know there is, because i've been banging on about it for quite a while. definitely a case to from the church, case to answer from the church, but but i mean, this but but i mean, in this particular instance now it's all very well and good having a letter from church. it's all letter from the church. it's all very and good having all of very well and good having all of that. got serial that. if you've got a serial proven a criminal, and proven liar, a sex criminal, and someone the home office is someone that the home office is telling , using telling you, is using christianity for christianity purely for their own personal gain, this is the judge's fault, isn't it? >> and it's the home >> yeah. and it's the home office's i don't office's fault. but i don't think conversion claims think these conversion claims or the church is going the church, the church is going to anyone. the church is to baptise anyone. the church is going say, we are here. going to say, yes, we are here. we shouldn't baptise anyone. but, you know, people get bapfised but, you know, people get baptised of baptised for all sorts of reasons. get baptised to reasons. people get baptised to get into certain schools. people get into certain schools. people get baptised to married in get baptised to get married in a church. that's an abusive. but hang on a minute, on hang on a minute, hang on a minute. it's this is a problem with the home office completely

because has because the home office has granted double granted asylum to a double sex offender. the offender. and then when the judge has no. originally. judge has when no. originally. and he went to the court of and then he went to the court of appeal when in this judge's appeal and when in this judge's case, they they didn't include the convictions in the evidence. so that judge didn't even have information on the on the double sex offence. >> i would argue he's got more than enough to knock this case. >> the information that he had was quite intriguing was actually quite intriguing because he to because it said he went to church for four years. it was quite evidence in quite compelling evidence in fairness. if didn't know fairness. and if you didn't know about the point i'm about this, double the point i'm making is the i'm making making is the point i'm making is should never have been is he should never have been granted asylum judge. granted asylum on the judge. >> didn't that he was >> didn't know that he was convicted sex offender. >> it shouldn't have even >> no, it shouldn't have even got appeal stage. it got to this appeal stage. it feels this appeal is feels like this appeal stage is extraordinarily generous, and he should have been detained. >> and you've got someone >> and if you've got someone okay has to have a male okay who has to have a male chaperone in a church just in case he decides to flash someone else or sexually assault someone else, emily, why should that person be allowed to walk the same streets as you? well, i

don't think they should. >> and i think across the board there is a consensus that abdul ezedi never have been ezedi should never have been allowed stay country, allowed to stay in this country, should never have been granted asylum. it doesn't matter if you're the left. it doesn't you're on the left. it doesn't matter you're on the right. matter if you're on the right. everyone is everyone agrees. my concern is that cases like that there are other cases like this that we don't know this that we don't yet know about, that asylum about, and that our asylum system, judiciary and the system, our judiciary and the home completely home office are completely letting us down on this front. and church england is and the church of england is complicit, emily, you said complicit, too. emily, you said naivety through naivety, but also conspiracy. also an element of conspiracy. >> look, emily says >> i would say, look, emily says that the and the right that on the left and the right there's united view on this. there's a united view on this. sadly, there isn't, because what we commons we see in the house of commons case, the house case, what we see in the house of commons every single time, is that we've tried to that every time we've tried to bnng that every time we've tried to bring legislation to toughen bring in legislation to toughen up, not just home office up, not just the home office procedure, but the legal procedure, but also the legal framework in which these abuses and lawyers and these human rights lawyers do good as a using in order to keep type of dangerous keep these type of dangerous criminals country. the criminals in this country. the labour party continuously yet again these again votes against all these measures peers in measures and uses their peers in the lords to block and the house of lords to block and delay what we're trying to do and this shows.

and what this case shows. >> it smash a coach and >> does it not smash a coach and horses straight through this narrative oh, look, narrative that, oh, well, look, we see we accept 80 odd percent of asylum therefore, of asylum cases. therefore, most people coming across channel people coming across the channel are genuine asylum seekers. not if monsters if we're like monsters like this, we need to this, then i think we need to detract from this heroes and villains narrative. >> really unhelpful >> it's really unhelpful to think it's unhelpful think that it's unhelpful that asylum really good asylum seekers are really good or bad villains. no? well or really bad villains. no? well yes, we can indeed. in yes, we can indeed. but in the completely minority. completely in the minority. but my that he was he my point is that he's he was he failed his asylum claim failed. so when failed, was he so why when it failed, was he not immediately detained and deported? what saying is deported? so what i'm saying is the appeals people the asylum, the appeals people are to appeal and that are allowed to appeal and that different grounds. >> is something that >> and that is something that needs the government needs to change. the government actually were thinking, trying to legislate to be fair, to legislate on. but to be fair, the know, the bill was the you know, the bill was watered down from its initial conception. >> so if you look at safety >> so if you look at the safety around prime around the bill, the prime minister really minister actually really narrowed just what of narrowed down just what type of appeals be put in place. appeals can be put in place. we've hiring we've obviously hiring additional judges additional immigration, judges to decisions. absolutely. to make decisions. absolutely. they be held accountable they should be held accountable for those decisions. sorry for those decisions. i'm sorry and transparent the public. and transparent with the public. i've issue with that. i've got no issue with that. >> i want inquest into this.

>> i want an inquest into this. seriously. i want an inquest into this judge o'hanlon into this. this judge o'hanlon or he needs to or whatever. and he needs to account the decision to account for the decision to deport sex offender. deport a double sex offender. >> going to deport deport a double sex offender. >> to going to deport deport a double sex offender. >> to rwanda.; to deport deport a double sex offender. >> to rwanda. reallyport anyone to rwanda. really realistically, are you? >> you say about deporting >> when you say about deporting the labour's talking the problem is labour's talking about you'd have about example? well, you'd have returns so the returns agreements. so the labour can say labour party seriously can say they're returns they're going to get a returns agreement with taliban and agreement with the taliban and afghanistan or iran. they're talking the is talking instance by the way, is the conservative have the conservative party have a plan get people to rwanda and plan to get people to rwanda and it's the labour party keep blocking us able do that. >> that's a good point. >> that's a good point. >> taliban today, by the >> the taliban today, by the way, just announced that way, have just announced that they going recommend they are going to recommend stoning death. so i stoning women to death. so i think can all agree that, you think we can all agree that, you know, fantastic job that we did over bringing lovely over there bringing them lovely western as 1 in western values coming up as 1 in 5 tory say that 5 2019, tory voters say that they going to switch to they are going to switch to reform at next election in a reform at the next election in a record poll. has the record breaking poll. has the red back on the red wall turned its back on the conservative tonight's red wall turned its back on the conse|willle tonight's red wall turned its back on the conse|will get tonight's red wall turned its back on the conse|will get stuck, night's red wall turned its back on the conse|will get stuck, willt's red wall turned its back on the conse|will get stuck, will get panel will get stuck, will get stuck into that. i've got some skin in the game now, but first ibnng skin in the game now, but first i bring an interview. i bring you an interview. i bnng i bring you an interview. i bring you interview the bring you an interview with the israeli brothers october israeli brothers and october 7 survivors have gone viral survivors who have gone viral

after run in with after this run in with a manchester airport border official. >> not attitude of we've >> not the attitude of we've made the decision and you coming in so just let do the checks in so just let us do the checks we need to do keep quiet. we need to do and keep quiet. look at me. okay. you clear with that? okay, good. we're the bosses, not you. >> that testimony really >> yeah. that testimony really is quite astonishing. and it's next.

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welcome back to patrick christys tonight. now to the allegedly anti—semitic border force confrontation that many say shames britain . as we first shames britain. as we first reported on this show last night, the jewish representative council of greater manchester has demanded an urgent investigation after two jewish survivors of the nova music festival massacre on october the 7th faith. this quote aggressive officer at manchester airport border control simply because of their israeli passports. watch and listen checks we need to conduct. >> okay. nobody's saying that nobody has said that once. so not the attitude of we've made the decision and you're coming in. so just let us do the checks we need to do and keep quiet, okay? look at me. okay. you clear with that? okay, good. we're the bosses, not you. all right, all right. >> well, the two men on the receiving end of that border force barrage were jewish israelis. neriah and daniel sharabi. the brothers are

survivors of hamas's horrific terrorist attack on october the 7th, and had come to the uk to share their experiences and raise awareness for charity and the hostages. of course, they suffer from ptsd and were left severely shaken by their ordeal. at our border, and the brothers joined me earlier today for a tell all tv exclusive. i started by asking them how on earth it escalated in the way it did . escalated in the way it did. >> i tell him that we are jewish? we was in the massacre and october 7th, and we come here to share the story, our story with the community, with the community of chabad and with the community of chabad and with the community of manchester, and to bring awareness to our story and about what happened to israel and when they understand that this is what we're doing and this is who we are and decide to start interrogation, on us and start to ask question,

and after a while , he put us on and after a while, he put us on the side, go sit on the side . we the side, go sit on the side. we need to check your papers and after two hours, tom moore, he called us back and he say, now we are asking what? why? why are you doing it? why? what are we doing? what are we doing wrong? you know for what? because we are a jewish. and this guy say a exactly like this. we want to make sure that you're not going to do what you're doing in gaza. here it's something that bring you up everything from october 7th that you come share your story, and then you you face with antisemitism and not from civilians, not from people that think are the way they knew from the office of the board. >> how is it, how was it made you? how has that made you feel

about, britain and about us as a country that somehow one who works in a position of authority could say to you that they want to make sure that you don't do here what you are doing in gaza , here what you are doing in gaza, my feeling was that i'm not safe in the minute that he said it, i realised that this is anti—semitism pure. and if i'm going to say another word, maybe i going to be arrest to for the next day. and i feel afraid . and next day. and i feel afraid. and i get every everything back from the october 7th. and i decided to shut my mouth and just to say, okay, okay, okay. and then we just go back to my hotel and we just go back to my hotel and we don't leave the hotel, just just for the event that we supposed to talk and that's it. two days and we don't leave the hotel. i don't feel safe to walk around here because this is this is officer. and if someone in an

official job treat me like this, i don't feel safe in this country. and probably that i'm not going to send also my friend here to share their story, because maybe they're going to get the same treatment. and this one should, should never happen to anyone. it's not about your if you are jewish, if you are a christian, if you are muslim, you are not supposed to feel like you are a terrorist without any reason. and actually, i know that at least for the couple of next years , i'm not going to go next years, i'm not going to go back to england . at least until back to england. at least until that i get apology for the police for someone. but now i'm not feel safe here and i don't want to be here anymore. >> what makes you think that it was anti—semitic and not a border officer doing his job? he

>> you want to make sure that i'm not going to do here what i do in in gaza, this is the first thing. and the other thing that he asked me after that, he saw my israeli passport. he asked me, what is my religion? you know, he already see that i'm israeli. so i realised that he probably confused if i'm muslims or that i'm israeli and jewish if i'm jewish and from the moment that i said that i'm a jewish, i. i look in the face and everything change the look there is faces. they are. yeah, they act and they start to look in each other and to be happy and smile that they all in us. and when i try to say something, it sent me a sit over there. don't move . you are not supposed don't move. you are not supposed to do. do what? what we are going to tell you. i am the boss, not you. and things that you make you feel that you are a loser, that the feeling that you give us. >> this is the england not not

with the jew. he he the jew he. what we doing in israel? and you know what? my best friend is a hostage. my best friend for the last eight years. you know what? you know why ? because you go you know why? because you go with me to the party and celebrate the fun. and when the terrorists tried . it doesn't run terrorists tried. it doesn't run away. he stay and help to the injured people. and that's why he get kidnapped . till now, 107, he get kidnapped. till now, 107, 71 days after still hostage. and ineed 71 days after still hostage. and i need to face to with this kind of people in the airport. >> so james cleverly, our home secretary, has said that he's going to investigate that. what happened to you at manchester airport ? what what do you want airport? what what do you want to see done ? i i, i think that to see done? i i, i think that this this , this officer should

this this, this officer should be, first of all, we need to get a we need to get a apology for, for both of them and after this to make sure that it's not going to make sure that it's not going to happen again. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> you know what? because if some of the novel survivors come in and speak and stuck on the border, maybe it's not too brother that's strong and can handle with it. but you're going to arrive to his hotel and broke to arrive to his hotel and broke to hell and cry for all the night, because you don't know what to do himself . what to do with himself. >> that was the jewish israeli brothers neriah and daniel sharabi, who were detained at the uk border, allegedly for anti—semitic reasons. speaking to me earlier from our westminster studio, a home office spokesperson said this about the incident. we are aware of the complaint made against border force staff at manchester airport and investigating airport and we are investigating these while the facts these claims. while the facts and circumstances are being established, be established, it must be reiterated do reiterated that we do not tolerate anti—semitism in any forms, anywhere . if only border forms, anywhere. if only border force were that tough with

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gb news. welcome back to patrick christys. tonight it's time to bnng christys. tonight it's time to bring you tomorrow's news. tonight in the liveliest paper. review you are likely to get anywhere the telly. let's do anywhere on the telly. let's do it . we go in with the metro. it. we go in with the metro. heartbreak bridge, search for survivors as crossing collapses like a hollywood movie scene. yet it is, of course, the baltimore bridge . baltimore baltimore bridge. baltimore deadly bridge on the independent deadly bridge on the independent deadly bridge on the independent deadly bridge collapse. again, is the picture story. it really is the picture story. it really is kind of the picture story isn't it? it bbc set to make wealthy pay more for the licence fee. director general davie fee. director general tim davie announces the corporation's biggest ever public consultation

to consider the introduction of means tested tv licence fee , as means tested tv licence fee, as the cost increases for everyone to £169.50 a year, right, let's go to the i state pension age may rise to 68 sooner to pay for triple lock pledge. can we all just accept that we're probably going to be working forever and then just be done with it once you let that wash over you, right? life becomes a lot eafien right? life becomes a lot easier. we can move on. i'll easier. we can all move on. i'll never retire. lovely anyway, people between 47 and 48 people aged between 47 and 48 expecting to retire in 2044, could now face a longer wait for their pensions. if the triple lock remains throughout. right, let's go to the mirror. traitors. the brits fighting for putin. the mirror today exposes two british traitors fighting in ukraine. for russia. they are called, apparently ben stimson and aiden minnis. and they are in the donbas region with vladimir putin's forces , the vladimir putin's forces, the former british army commander,

colonel richard kemp, says they're a disgrace. there's also at the top of the daily mirror, harry in the rap star sex party lawsuit, which , i must say, the lawsuit, which, i must say, the one good thing to come out of p diddy's, incident that's going on is that we heard our newsreader, polly middleton say the words puff daddy live on air earlier. let's go to the telegraph. picture story. massive ship hits bridge. bridge al colapso church is undermining asylum system. we do that a heck of a lot, two thirds of magistrates cases are held behind closed doors. yet we know that. nhs satisfaction at that. and nhs satisfaction at the lowest ebb is also a little one at the bottom. there tories pour cold water on bbc licence fee rise and the guardian. just to round it off, cbi stops staff discussing sexual misconduct and bullying claims. discussing sexual misconduct and bullying claims . and they're bullying claims. and they're also talking about the astonishingly high level of poo in the rivers. so with that in mind , i welcome back into the mind, i welcome back into the fray my press pack gb news presenter and superstar emily carver. the deputy chairman of

the conservative party. and boy, does that feel for good him to heat does that feel for good him to hear. jonathan gullis mp. i know author and broadcaster patrick is what you read every nicola sturgeon it was only a matter of time, right? let's focus in on the independent front page. it's also at the bottom of the telegraph, bbc set to telegraph, of course. bbc set to make pay more for the make wealthy pay more for the licence fee. jonathan, i'll start you this. so start with you on this. so should they be? means testing the licence them. should they be? means testing the well, :e them. should they be? means testing the well, this them. should they be? means testing the well, this is:hem. should they be? means testing the well, this is tim. should they be? means testing the well, this is tim davie just >> well, this is tim davie just covering his tracks with the fact that the free licence fee for those the elderly, which for those in the elderly, which obviously the were funded obviously the bbc were funded for, the bbc agreed to keep for, that the bbc agreed to keep free. on free. obviously you turned on their their their behalf whilst paying their megastars lineker. megastars like gary lineker. city funding in order city sums of funding in order to make you know, watch the make us, you know, watch the telly tax essentially, which is make us, you know, watch the te disgrace, .sentially, which is make us, you know, watch the tedisgrace, an|tially, which is make us, you know, watch the tedisgrace, an abomination. s make us, you know, watch the tedisgrace, an abomination. it's a disgrace, an abomination. it's very simple. it's time to bin the licence fee once and for all. make the bbc stand on its own two feet, compete like any other such as the other broadcaster, such as the excellent news. obviously excellent gb news. and obviously the better. the the sooner the better. the licence fee goes, the better for everyone amy, your view on the >> go on. amy, your view on the old licence fee? should it be means tested? >> when i saw this and it

>> well, when i saw this and it said make wealthy, pay more, i thought, now apparently in thought, well, now apparently in the if you , if you earn over the uk, if you, if you earn over 100 k, you're not wealthy yet . 100 k, you're not wealthy yet. so maybe this will just be reserved for the 171 billionaires in the uk, which would be fine. they can pay loads. they can pay for the lot. >> in fact, i suppose it does depend on what you class as wealthy, doesn't it? and i suspect not going to set wealthy, doesn't it? and i sus|bar not going to set wealthy, doesn't it? and i sus|bar particularly going to set wealthy, doesn't it? and i sus|bar particularly high. to set the bar particularly high. >> if jeremy hunt it >> and if jeremy hunt sets it fine, they're in a bit of a mess, aren't they? the bbc because, fewer and fewer people are paying the licence because, fewer and fewer people are so paying the licence because, fewer and fewer people are so they're|ying the licence because, fewer and fewer people are so they're going he licence because, fewer and fewer people are so they're going to licence because, fewer and fewer people are so they're going to have:e because, fewer and fewer people are so they're going to have to fee, so they're going to have to get the funds somehow. so of course, they the rich should course, they say the rich should pay course, they say the rich should pay more, which fine. but it's not solution, is it? pay more, which fine. but it's notbut solution, is it? pay more, which fine. but it's notbut maybe solution, is it? pay more, which fine. but it's not but maybe they jtion, is it? pay more, which fine. but it's not but maybe they should; it? pay more, which fine. but it's not but maybe they should be’ >> but maybe they should be looking at scrapping it for people a certain scrap the people on a certain scrap the licence fee. >> there. >> amy? yes? you're there. >> amy? yes? you're there. >> no, scrap the licence fee. >> well done. >> well done. >> scrap the licence fee, but pay >> scrap the licence fee, but pay attention those on pay more attention to those on lower who maybe can't lower incomes who maybe can't afford licence fee. very afford the licence fee. very readily, not have readily, orjust not have a licence fee at all, and then no one has to pay. >> pensioners who used >> or anyone pensioners who used to it free, the bbc

to have it free, which the bbc decided use her on. decided to use her on. >> you think, oh no, that's >> so you think, oh no, that's tv licensed, that's free for pensioners. >> all right. okay now look, i am sure that you all recall when our former prime minister was crucified for having of crucified for having a bit of cake during lockdown. well, it might surprise know that might surprise you to know that three were let three anti—boris mps were let off for having their own lockdown parties full of booze and nibbles. a report released by the standards commissioner today found that the allegations against virginia crosby, eleanor laing and kangaroo court judge bernard jenkin. yeah, will not be upheld as it concluded the event was, quote , socially event was, quote, socially distant and had both business and social elements. its remarkable, though, isn't it, because a whatsapp message was sent out, apparently in an invite saying that this was a party and there was a load of booze. among these mps was also miriam she attended miriam cates, and she attended what and i'm just what was described. and i'm just going read you now as going to read this to you now as birthday party drinks in the invitation. all right. seriously

does all of this sound a little bit too familiar? and, i mean, there does appear to be a blatant double standard going on here. jonathan. well all i would say is, first of all, that the police had looked into this incident before the commissioner did, and the police found that there to be upheld. >> ultimately, i think >> so ultimately, i don't think the should the commissioner should be acting judge, jury acting as judge, jury and executioner police have executioner if the police have actually already but actually already cleared. but what say is this there what i will say is this there are many labour who are many labour mps who themselves, during the lockdown period, and i've got period, such as and i've got it written down here, to patrick, rally, acknowledged his rally, acknowledged that his actions were wrong after attending a time attending a funeral at a time when advice for family when the advice was for family only. i think over 100 gatherings of that. no gatherings were of that. no investigation. gatherings were of that. no inve�*heration. gatherings were of that. no inve�*her partner canterbury met her partner in canterbury constituency hour constituency for a five hour walk. different households at that time she took responsibility for her actions. i even resigned as i think she even resigned as a labour whip at time. but labour whip at the time. but again, no investigation from the standards commissioner, jeremy again, no investigation from the standarapologised.ioner, jeremy again, no investigation from the standarapologised.ioner,heremy again, no investigation from the standarapologised.ioner,he and corbyn apologised after he and his pictured at his wife were pictured at a dinner for party nine people breaching rule of six. breaching the rule of six. again, impression by the again, no impression by the standards all standards commissioner. so all i'm is there is fair

i'm saying is that there is fair to that rules aren't always to say that rules aren't always necessarily being applied equally to the equally to across the parliamentary spectrum, i mean, amy, that's amy, it does appear that that's the case, right? it's all right if you're a lefty and you broke lockdown rules, that's fine. >> think and >> well, don't think so. and i think often like this. think we often get like this. bons think we often get like this. boris vu. rose tinted boris deja vu. rose tinted glasses. he was the he's the glasses. he was the pm. he's the prime minister. he's the boss. he's setting. amy. what he he's setting. amy. what was he found example. found guilty example. >> for having a can of >> for this for having a can of coke and a tesco sandwich in the cabinet office. >> but it wasn't just that. it was. it was deliberately misleading parliament. >> the video there. did you think it's wrong that the civil servants on the other side of the table didn't get a fine, but the table didn't get a fine, but the prime minister and boris johnson both did. how? simon kc not fine. do know what not got a fine. do you know what i people at home will be i think people at home will be having sense of having a collective sense of ptsd all this stuff. ptsd looking at all this stuff. >> mean, really was >> i mean, this really was a stain on our history. the way i mean, the whole lockdown scenario in my view, but the whole way media, the whole way that the media, the only in town was boris only story in town was boris johnson, boris johnson, this party, this party, this party, this party, none of them were

really parties, let's be frank. but course, there was but of course, there was wrongdoing . but yes, of course wrongdoing. but yes, of course there were standards. there were double standards. there concerted effort to there was a concerted effort to get johnson out of the get boris johnson out of the doom get boris johnson out of the door, whether deserved it or get boris johnson out of the doois,/hether deserved it or get boris johnson out of the doois, of ther deserved it or get boris johnson out of the doois, of course, deserved it or get boris johnson out of the doois, of course, aaserved it or get boris johnson out of the doois, of course, a matter it or get boris johnson out of the doois, of course, a matter ofor personal. >> sent the no confidence, no double standards. >> all right, we're moving on. we're moving on. we're moving on. because it's another devastating blow the polls devastating blow in the polls for the tories is it's revealed that 2019, voters that 1 in 5 2019, tory voters for would now back for downpatrick would now back reform if a general election were held tomorrow . so just 44% were held tomorrow. so just 44% of those polled said that they would vote tory again, with 20% now saying that they will turn to labour. this is a new record high for reform, putting them in third place overall with 14% of the vote share, while the lib dems trail at 12. now, this was , dems trail at 12. now, this was, of course, all done before it was announced that our very own jonathan gullace is now the deputy chairman of the conservative party. so, hey, how things might this might be the solution for the tories all of a

sudden you see polling data today setting me up. it's a landslide victory. >> you're setting me up, jonathan. >> that's a shocker, though, mate. >> look, let me be very clear. the overwhelming majority of the british public, understandably, have tuned out of politics at this when it this moment in time when it comes the campaign and those comes to the campaign and those six voters very six weeks, voters know very clearly there's to be two clearly there's going to be two choices. it's either sir keir starmer sunak . so starmer or rishi sunak. so believe they know that believe me when they know that they that choice they have to make that choice for children's future. for their children's future. you're a one man in rishi sunak who has a very clear plan to grow the economy, is brought tax cuts a off cuts in, will get a flight off to actually taking on to rwanda, is actually taking on the taking on these the judiciary, taking on these foreign courts make sure we foreign courts to make sure we can that flight to take can get that flight to take place, like place, investing in places like stoke, refurbishing, reopening kidsgrove sports centre. as you know, passionate about know, i'm very passionate about that. patrick 56 million for the levelling 200 levelling up fund, over 200 million our roads. we got million for our roads. we got £30 for our buses. that £30 million for our buses. that choice versus flip flop, who choice versus sir flip flop, who has been found having has today been found out having a for 116 billion a costed plan for 116 billion for green agenda that no for some green agenda that no one really understands. ditching the pledge, ditching the £28 billion pledge, ditching his labour his ten pledges as labour leader. jeremy corbyn leader. ditching jeremy corbyn as his mate. >> right. this is the

>> all right. this is the reality of it. all right, all right, all read the right, all right. read the manifesto. >> we'll them, was been >> we'll read them, so was been been promoted there, been well promoted there, i think. >> not sure i'm not sure >> i'm not sure i'm not sure your voters are gonna come out for you. >> so, look, is. i haven't >> so, look, that is. i haven't given emily anything on my head that's i totally that's so. that i totally accept. the challenge for us accept. is the challenge for us as a party is to motivate those voters out. well, we voters to come out. well, we smashed in 2019. let's voters to come out. well, we smeforget. in 2019. let's voters to come out. well, we smeforget. that'sn 2019. let's voters to come out. well, we smeforget. that's why19. let's voters to come out. well, we smeforget. that's why i'm.et's voters to come out. well, we smeforget. that's why i'm here. not forget. that's why i'm here. so we make sure that we so we will make sure that we will motivate those voters. and they have to see delivery on the ground don't deliver. i've ground if we don't deliver. i've always that we'll face always accepted that we'll face always accepted that we'll face a of time. a lot of time. >> you're like that >> you're so much like that violin titanic as violin player on the titanic as it i, mean, i was, it sinks. i, i mean, i was, i was, i was distracted by the actions as well. >> all i was, all i was saying is just the energy, the passion. >> he's not going to give up. >> he's not going to give up. >> like all i was saying is. so chris not motivate. in chris kaba does not motivate. in fact, he's a huge drag on the labour at the end the labour ticket. at the end of the day, everyone knows that's not what talking about here, jonathan. >> talking people >> we're talking about people going for okay, so going and voting for okay, so okay, richard is not okay, so richard tice is not going the prime minister

going to be the prime minister >> ed davey is not going to be the minister. it's either the prime minister. it's either going to be sir keir starmer or rishi the public will rishi sunak and the public will therefore so labour therefore back behind. so labour and blackpool is a and by the way, blackpool is a huge test for now for reform. if blackpool, can't come blackpool, if they can't come second convincingly, does second convincingly, what does that that that really say? it means that unless town unless nigel farage is in town a fortune there. well, we'll see won't but all i'm telling won't we? but all i'm telling you is, is richard tice only got, 13% in got, what, 13% in wellingborough? i think that wellingborough? and i think that was dreadful result. fine, fine. look, i'll tell result. you what, i've got a kicking or result. >> fine, fine. look, i'll tell you what, i've got a kicking or two in blackpool in my time. so there we go. >> now i miss and there we go. >> everybody shut so now >> everybody shut up. so now now, me like >> everybody shut up. so now now, the me like >> everybody shut up. so now now, the company. me like >> everybody shut up. so now now, the company. sorry. like >> everybody shut up. so now now, the company. sorry. that's that. the company. sorry. that's right, that's me. right, i forgot. that's me. >> awkward, awkward >> an awkward, awkward ride home. now the company's specsavers bit of a specsavers have built a bit of a reputation eye catching adverts. >> do remember classic >> do we remember this classic starring gb news very john starring gb news very own john cleese starring gb news very own john cleystart. please insert the key >> start. please insert the key ihave >> start. please insert the key i have inserted it. >> in its it . teach >> you dread in its it. teach you a lesson . you a lesson. >> nasty little .

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next. this is patrick christys. tonight, it's time to return to some more of tomorrow's front pages. let's have it so , the son pages. let's have it so, the son harry's named in pd sex traffic case as affiliation with him. there apparently, the daily mail, clapham chemical attacker asylum fiasco. judge doubted his account. look, we did a big piece on that earlier on, and the times just 1 in 4 say the nhs is working. i'm surprised it's that to high be honest. confidence in the service is the lowest on record waiting lists are the are blamed for the dissatisfaction and half back are half back. higher taxes to boost care . yeah. all right. and boost care. yeah. all right. and when we're done with that what we'll do is we'll get your life savings and we'll go outside and

we'll set it on fire. yeah. because that's exactly what that is. anyway, moving on, here is my well, my panel and it is, well, obviously it's emily, jonathan and amy, but hot off the heels of king's cross station putting ramadan messages on their departure board , cadbury's have departure board, cadbury's have sent christians into a meltdown over their rebranding of easter eggs. signs have been spotted selling the chocolate eggs under the woke rebrand gesture eggs . the woke rebrand gesture eggs. this is naturally caused a stir as yet another example of traditional terms being erased in the name of inclusivity . one in the name of inclusivity. one memorable example was when brighton university staff were told to avoid using the word christmas instead , they used christmas instead, they used winter closure period. i mean, jonathan, what on earth is going on here? the easter eggs isn't it? is woke . that's it. it's it? is woke. that's it. it's woke. it's not woke. >> the problem is not enough of us are going to church. so therefore they think they're going call going to sell more if they call them generic. going to sell more if they call them you generic. going to sell more if they call them you think?|eneric. going to sell more if they call them you think? yeah.:. >> do you think? yeah. >> do you think? yeah. >> think that's it? >> do you think that's it? >> do you think that's it? >> just for sales >> literally just for sales boycott cadbury's. >> don't there's >> amy i don't think there's a correlation between buying easter people to

easter eggs and people who go to church, because i would say 100% of not necessarily church, because i would say 100% of people not necessarily church, because i would say 100% of people not |church. 'ily 3% of people go to church. >> don't think that's >> no, i don't think that's real, just don't. real, i just don't. >> few people are >> well, few people are identifying christian identifying as christian from some corner some random little corner shop and buy them whatever and you can buy them whatever religion you who religion you are who can gesture. way, who cares? gesture. by the way, who cares? i'm. why would you bored i'm. yeah why would you be bored of rebrand snowflake? i'm. yeah why would you be bored of saying brand snowflake? i'm. yeah why would you be bored of saying brand gotrvflake? i'm. yeah why would you be bored of saying brand got rebrand not saying we've got rebrand something an easter egg. not saying we've got rebrand sonit's ing an easter egg. not saying we've got rebrand sonit's an an easter egg. not saying we've got rebrand sonit's an easter an easter egg. not saying we've got rebrand sonit's an easter egg. zaster egg. >> it's an easter egg. >> it's an easter egg. >> it's an easter egg. >> i easter eggs. yeah, >> i like easter eggs. yeah, that's look like this. that's why i look like this. that's problem. call it that. >> no one's stopping you calling it. >> they are. cadbury's are trying my easter gesturing. >> one random gesture . >> one random gesture. >> one random gesture. >> where you land on the >> where would you land on the word gesture as well? >> a rubbish word, isn't it? >> it's a boring. >> it's a boring. >> who up that idea? >> who came up with that idea? >> who came up with that idea? >> like >> gesture egg sounds like a fertility app something. fertility app or something. >> bit . >> it does a bit. >> it does a bit. >> it does a bit. >> it is a spring egg. >> it is a spring egg. >> spring egg ? >> spring egg? >> spring egg? >> no, release being made >> no, that release being made more sense. >> did you see the hot >> like did you see the hot cross buns thing as well with the that would you the ticks that would make you feel can't feel you, weren't you? i can't tell exploding, not tell you. you're exploding, not change . they've change the cross. they've changed tick. change the cross. they've chait'sd tick. change the cross. they've cha it's called tick. change the cross. they've chait's called a tick. change the cross. they've chait's called a hot tick. change the cross. they've chait's called a hot cross k. change the cross. they've chait's called a hot cross bun. >> it's called a hot cross bun. it's called hot cross bun. it's called a hot cross bun. it's called a hot cross bun. it's in the name. it's in the damn name. >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable.

>> to redirect that fury. >> no, no. now, look, this has anyone follows on twitter anyone who follows me on twitter at christys . we'll know. at patrick christys. we'll know. we'll if you travel on the we'll know if you travel on the tube in london. you will be familiar with all sorts of grim sights. but this morning i came across something that shocked me to the core. here is a gentleman who got his nail clippers out and decided to trim his nails on the commute, leaving behind a trail of nails for the rest of the passengers. and he looked me in the eyes. i tutted okay. and he had, by the way, he looked exactly how you'd imagine. can you tell us? show us the tut shaved, shaved, shaved signs have had complete drags, absolute . and he looked at absolute drags. and he looked at me. he looked at him and he just got off and walked on with his day. now death penalty . day. now death penalty. >> i need a hug. i'm here to give you a hug about this. i know how triggered you are. i understand why, but if emily was to provide one, i'm here for one. okay, you know what? >> you know what, patrick? i imagine done on

imagine you've done worse on pubuc imagine you've done worse on public know, public transport. you know, that's intriguing. >> here go . oh my god. share >> here we go. on my god. share the pictures, emily. share the pictures. >> we've all got a past, no, but i mean, on a on a serious note, thatis i mean, on a on a serious note, that is vile. disgusting. it is vile, isn't it? >> it is vile. >> it is vile. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, it's almost as vile as a gesture egg. i mean, i don't know what i'm more furious about tonight. >> though, >> i think worse, though, it could be toenails. could be the toenails. >> i'm but this indicates >> i'm sorry, but this indicates everything societal everything about societal decline. of everything about societal decli ago, of everything about societal decli ago, was of everything about societal decli ago, was walking of everything about societal decli ago, was walking home days ago, i was walking home from studio and i saw from the studio and i saw someone pooing in phone box. someone pooing in a phone box. what? then i get to tesco's what? and then i get to tesco's on my. and then i get to on my. yes. and then i get to tesco's on my way home. they don't you go through the don't let you go through the automatic without someone automatic doors without someone opening for you, because automatic doors without someone openin got for you, because automatic doors without someone openin got toor you, because automatic doors without someone openin got too many because automatic doors without someone openin got too many people; you've got too many people nicking then on you've got too many people nici where do you clip your toenail? is this country like, where clip your toenails where do you clip your toenails into? in my household, into? because in my household, that's it is . that's quite a debate, it is. well, my husband gets furious. where do it? into bin where do you do it? into the bin , into the bath, the loo. , into the bath, into the loo. not the tube. that's the. not on the tube. that's the. >> can you give us a

demonstration of the tut that you gave? >> it was feel feel you >> it was i feel you, i feel you could have done that better. >> i feel like you let yourself down. >> no no no no no. blithering joe biden never seems to fail at making blunder , even in the making a blunder, even in the most serious conversations. so here today, making here he is today, making a statement about this tragic collapse francis scott collapse of the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. see if you can spot what's wrong with this . this. >> at about 130, container ships struck francis scott key struck the francis scott key bridge, which i've been over many, many times commuting from the state of delaware. either our trainer by car. >> well, there is only one problem there. the bridge did not have any train tracks, apparently. >> oh, is that what he was saying? so, yeah. >> so he was saying he'd been over the bridge, apparently on train tracks and that it doesn't have any. so, you know, there is a issue there, isn't a slight issue there, isn't there? well, it's to there? well, now it's time to reveal greatest britain reveal today's greatest britain and jackass . emily, reveal today's greatest britain and jackass. emily, who's and union jackass. emily, who's your greatest britain? >> my greatest britain is a former snp adviser. professor

mark blythe, for saying scotland would become a mini argentina if they get independence. now, as a unionist, i want the union to stay together. so i think he's, you know, worked towards that goal you know, worked towards that goal, although he's actually backtracked a little and said that no longer that he's no longer going to talk about scotland his talk about scotland because his words but words have been weaponized. but but, you know, i think it's a good for the unionist good thing for the unionist movement . movement. >> all right. all right. fine. >> bit of a stretch maybe jonathan, i'm a sucker for a teenage sensation. teenage football sensation. >> mano making his >> so kobe mano making his england debut. great thing to see. though a full and see. even though i'm a full and fan by upbringing and a vale fan, course, i fan, of course, where i represent stoke on trent north by not by necessity. i by well, not by necessity. i don't dare, patrick disperse don't you dare, patrick disperse my my children don't you dare, patrick disperse my being my children don't you dare, patrick disperse my being brought my children don't you dare, patrick disperse my being brought up'iy children don't you dare, patrick disperse my being brought up to children don't you dare, patrick disperse my being brought up to support are being brought up to support their i will say their local team, but i will say is a great thing to see is what a great thing to see another england youngster, talent hopefully, talent and hopefully, hopefully euro down the track. >> okay go on. who's your greatest britain. >> it's a school actually it's the royal high school in edinburgh because they've become one secondary one of the first secondary schools install vape schools to install vape detectors theirtoilets, detectors in their toilets, because can't stand vapes and

because i can't stand vapes and especially children smoking. >> okay. all right . today's >> okay. all right. today's greatest britain is cobby maneu wey any manchester united fan three and three. right. okay. so the random snp adviser. no, no he was who has since backtracked on anyway. right. okay. we're gonna have some people can answer be very quick with this emily. who's your union jackass man . man. >> cutting nails on tube. yeah. >> cutting nails on tube. yeah. >> strong. go on, on them. lay—ups for billion black lay—ups for £116 billion black hole green energy. hole and their green energy. >> nonsense . >> nonsense. >> nonsense. >> okay. >> okay. >> come on amy gillian keegan for down jeremy for doubling down on jeremy hunfs for doubling down on jeremy hunt's that 100 k a year for doubling down on jeremy hlnot; that 100 k a year for doubling down on jeremy hlnot that that 100 k a year for doubling down on jeremy hlnot that mucht100 k a year for doubling down on jeremy hlnot that much ,100 k a year for doubling down on jeremy hlnot that much , actually. 'ear is not that much, actually. >> okay. all right. and today's union asks, is man cutting union jack asks, is man cutting nails on the tube hang your head in shame. i've got a picture of your face. right. maybe he does have a house. i didn't put it on the telly. and can i just say a massive, massive area? that's disgusting. >> i hope you bump into him again. >> i hope i bump into a better target. i will do nothing about it. right. okay. thank you very much. it's been an absolutely rip roaring show. thank you very

much who's been much for everybody who's been watching crucially and watching us, crucially and not the well. much the football as well. it is much appreciated. can i urge you to go and rewatch especially go back and rewatch especially the the hours? can the top of the hours? you can go on it on youtube, you can watch it back. had a really, really back. we had a really, really interesting discussion of interesting discussion about, of course, ezedi and the course, abdul ezedi and the latest migration madness there, and also posing question and also posing the question how many asylum seekers are there in britain committed sex britain who have committed sex offences , and do have a right offences, and do we have a right to about it? but up next to know about it? but up next it's headliners. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there, time to look at the met office forecast for gb news. rain and snow across northern parts of the uk during the next 24 hours. showers moving in elsewhere , although interspersed elsewhere, although interspersed by at least some brighter interludes . low pressure still interludes. low pressure still well and truly in charge. that low mainly sitting towards the southwest of the uk and it is sending a band of rain north dunng sending a band of rain north during the evening into northern ireland, where some weather

ireland, where some wet weather could cause issues. rain warning in as central and in force as well as central and northern england, parts of wales and then eventually that rain moves into scotland, where it mixes cold air to give some mixes with cold air to give some snow above 2300m. the far north stays dry but chilly, and further south some clear spells , further south some clear spells, although the next area of rain moves in by dawn to affect southwest england, wales, northern ireland as well. heavy downpours , gusty winds and then downpours, gusty winds and then that rain well, it tends to turn to showers as it moves into central uk by the afternoon. further showers arrive later from the southwest with gusty winds, hail and thunder. a lively afternoon , although with lively afternoon, although with some pretty clouds in the sky. now in the far north. we're going to see wet and windy weather remain until thursday morning . and thursday morning. and then thursday starts across starts off bright across scotland northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere for england and wales, a blustery start with further heavy come, by heavy rain to come, followed by showers showers showers and those showers developing fairly widely as we go into the easter weekend. i suspect good friday, saturday and easter day mostly we're

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headliners. but first, let's bnng headliners. but first, let's bring you up to date with the latest developments in the united states, president united states, where president biden has this pledged biden has this evening pledged his support to the his full federal support to the baltimore bridge rescue operation. video footage captured the moment a freight ship stacked high with containers crashed into the francis scott key bridge at around 130 this morning, local time. the collision plunged cars, their drivers and construction workers into the water below with no warning. we now know the vessel involved in today's crash was reported to have structural issues in 2016 and was involved in a separate accident when it hit a port wall in belgium in the same year. showing you these live scenes now coming to us from baltimore in maryland, in the states where those six construction workers who reportedly stopped more traffic coming onto the bridge at the time of the collapse, have reportedly been recorded as missing. the governor of maryland says it is, though still very much an active search and rescue mission. we'll try and rescue mission. we'll try

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