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friday, march 29th. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and dawn neesom . leo and dawn neesom. >> honours for the boys. rishi sunak sparks and honours . raw. sunak sparks and honours. raw. after awarding a gong to a top tory donor, the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, gave her reaction earlier. >> of astonishment . you >> wave of astonishment. you know you're either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more of what the public think. or perhaps he's demob happy. believes on happy. he believes that he's on the way out. anything, it the way out. if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness demonstrates yet again his weialso s under, levelling >> also going under, levelling up >> also going under, levelling up secretary michael gove has blasted the water company after bosses asked to raise bills by a staggering 40% to avoid nationalisation. the answer is for the management team to look to their own approach and ask themselves why they're in this difficult situation. >> and of course, the answer is because of serial mismanagement >> and of course, the answer is becwhich»f serial mismanagement >> and of course, the answer is becwhich theyial mismanagement >> and of course, the answer is becwhich they must smanagement >> and of course, the answer is becwhich they must carryagement >> and of course, the answer is

becwhich they must carry the nent for which they must carry the can and tired tories dame andrea leadsom says so many conservative mps are quitting theirjob because conservative mps are quitting their job because they're exhausted. >> let's have a listen. >> let's have a listen. >> your sort of your lifespan as an mp is significantly shorter than it used to . be than it used to. be >> and the reason for that is, of course, the pressures of the job and of course, the hostility of social media, the death threats, the you know, people genuinely exhausting madness. milton keynes, section >> in milton keynes, a section 34 is in 34 dispersal order is in place after large gang fight and after a large gang fight and anti—social behaviour involving around 300 children and teenagers , the uk is nearly teenagers, the uk is nearly doubled to double aid for sudan to help their humanitarian crisis, but could that 89 million be spent better in britain .7 britain? >> we'll debate that . >> we'll debate that. soon. >> we'll debate that. soon. >> and of course, let us know your views and all those

stories. gb views at gb news.com. and thank you, by the way, so much forjoining us on bank holiday weekend. it's good friday you religious friday today. are you religious at your your vibe? >> i'm getting more religious by the the moment, to be the minute at the moment, to be honest you. no it's good honest with you. no it's good friday, just easter friday, so just happy easter everybody, you so much everybody, and thank you so much for us. yeah, definitely. and also the way, we've >> and also by the way, we've got live with got an exclusive live with philip mp who has just philip davies mp who has just been knighted sunak. been knighted by rishi sunak. i'm him if it's i'm going to ask him if it's just the or is just honours for the boys or is it deserve all that and it well deserve all that and more . first though, news more. first though, your news headunes more. first though, your news headlines sofia. headlines with sofia. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 933. i'm sophia wenzler and the gb newsroom. your headlines. a 19 year old the gb newsroom. your headlines. a19 year old man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon after a stabbing on a train rakeem train on wednesday. rakeem thomas into thomas has been remanded into custody . he will thomas has been remanded into custody. he will appear at wimbledon magistrates court. it's incident between it's after an incident between beckenham junction and shortlands stations . the

shortlands train stations. the alleged victim, who is in his 20s, was taken to hospital where police earlier said he was in a critical but stable condition. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a surprise honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, charity and . politics business, charity and. politics the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend. documents have revealed that the post errors post office was aware of errors in system. in its it horizon system. despite bosses proceeding with prosecutions more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted to supposed prosecuted due to supposed losses flagged by a faulty computer system . a draft report computer system. a draft report carried out by deloitte was commissioned by the post office in 2016. it shows that top managers knew that financial discrepancies may not be the

fault of subpostmasters. a spokesperson for the post office says it remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry, and we're in for a blustery easter weekend with strong winds and even some flood warnings in place. ferry operators are warning of possible disruption , warning of possible disruption, even with strong winds making for a choppy journey across the channel a yellow is in channel a yellow warning is in place across parts of place across large parts of england the day, and england throughout the day, and the rac is warning motorists to take care on the roads. with around 14 million cars expected over the holiday . and for the over the holiday. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to dawn and ben. >> good morning to you and happy good friday. and to you dawn , good friday. and to you dawn, and to you indeed, and to everyone out there this easter celebration . it feels we're celebration. it feels like we're not allowed say that anymore, not allowed to say that anymore, isn't the litany of

isn't it? with the litany of anti—christian barbs heading our way? >> i'm not even sure whether you meant to say happy easter on good i'm not sure you good friday. i'm not sure you meant happy easter until meant to say happy easter until the maybe. like . the sunday, maybe. but like. christmas isn't easter festival? >> it's lent. isn't it, from the start? >> yeah, but i mean, well, look, friday, regardless of the semantics. >> still, i love easter. i have, i always say i'm not religious, but i have an affinity with jesus, so happy easter to you. oh, thank you very much. >> thank you. right. just >> oh, thank you. right. just talk amongst yourselves. i'm just carry eating just going to carry on eating this. you won't need this. you won't, you won't need to miliband eat it to do an ed miliband and eat it on air. >> i'll. >> i'll. >> no e [10 [10 [10 5 no no no i won't do >> no no no no no i won't do that because never looks that because that never looks good eating on air. we can share it ben? it though, can't we, ben? >> definitely. >> yeah, definitely. >> yeah, definitely. >> break. >> in the break. >> in the break. >> crack on >> yes. right. let's crack on with show. it's action with today's show. it's action packed. going off packed. we're going to kick off with who with conservative mps who seem to quitting. if to be quitting. i don't know if you've noticed droves you've noticed in their droves in up to the general in the run up to the general election, why? >> wi- >> well, here is dame andrea leadsom our leadsom speaking to our political editor, christopher hope, on his latest podcast about let's a about just this. let's have a listen. >> e“- f think those >> i mean, i think those standing this time, it is

standing down this time, it is a function many people of function for many people of their office. know, their time in office. you know, we've statistically we've already seen statistically your lifespan we've already seen statistically y0|an lifespan we've already seen statistically y0|an is lifespan we've already seen statistically y0|an is significantlyzspan as an mp is significantly shorter than it used to be. and the reason for that is, of course, the pressures of the job and of course, the hostility of social death threats, social media, the death threats, the, genuinely the, you know, people genuinely find it exhausting. i find it exhausting when even as a, you know, sunlit uplands person as i am, yes, i wake up some days and think, oh, really? >> threats you? >> daily, daily threats to you? >> daily, daily threats to you? >> i mean, not not, >> i mean, yes, i mean, not not, you know, not sort of daily threats, but i've had death threats, but i've had death threats, i've had paper death threats, i've had paper death threats with, you know, we know where you live sort of thing. i've had people spitting at me outside parliament. it's pretty revolting. >> all right. joining us now revolting. >:paul right. joining us now revolting. >:paul scarlett. joining us now revolting. >:paul scarlett. he's1g us now revolting. >:paul scarlett. he's been now revolting. >:paul scarlett. he's been the is paul scarlett. he's been the tory sutton team tory mp for sutton and team since but be since 2015. but he'll be stepping down next stepping down at the next general election. good morning to paul . can i to you. good morning paul. can i just ask? i'll be frank. some people are saying that it's no offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship. the case, not for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll the case, not for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll just the case, not for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll just brief ase, not for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll just brief historyt for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll just brief history .for offence. rats fleeing a sinking ship i'll just brief history. my me. i'll just brief history. my reasons. i, thought, you know ,

reasons. i, thought, you know, i'm pretty sure i would win my seat. it would be a struggle, but win . my seat in the next but win. my seat in the next election. it's the next five years. i never wanted to retire as an mp, in my 80s, shuffling around a place i'm not around a place so if i'm not going around to the going to be around to be the sort part long tum sort of part of the long tum solution the party, better solution for the party, better leave someone to leave it to someone else to do other people, though, will be leaving of the leaving because of what the reasons that andrea some reasons that andrea said some people their people will be fearful of their seats then losing their seats and then losing their seats, and then worrying about what get , what job they're going to get, because be in a, with, because they'll be in a, with, you a, you know, many you know, with a, you know, many other ex—mps trying to find a fishing same of fishing for the same sort of jobs. mine a sort jobs. the mine mine was a sort of longer process than that. >> e mean, you e mean, you also >> so, i mean, you also mentioned . or andrea mentioned mentioned. or andrea mentioned that mps are worried about their safety, and that's one of the reasons they're tired and reasons that they're tired and why in their why they're leaving in their droves. the rhetoric droves. but some of the rhetoric you've paul, you've used yourself, paul, i mean, tower hamlets london mean, tower hamlets in london being go mean, how being a no go area, i mean, how worried are, your worried about you are, your personal mp? personal safety as an mp? is that reasons maybe that one of the reasons maybe you stepping down?

you consider stepping down? >> really. no, it wasn't >> not really. no, it wasn't actually, already, to actually, i'd already, said to my association, funnily enough, the before the weekend, that weekend before it morning . that i it was a monday morning. that i said that and the weekend before, i told my association i wasn't going to be standing. and i confirmed i i think it just confirmed that i made decision because made the right decision because what about what i was talking about is people uncomfortable. people feeling uncomfortable. going to some areas, you then get because my bad. get shut down because my bad. i chose, particular that chose, particular words that trigger people confect some trigger some people confect some anger people and it anger for some people and it shuts down the discussion. you can't those of can't have those kind of discussions . because everything discussions. because everything is rosy. then you're never going to get anything sorted . so it to get anything sorted. so it sort of confirmed the right decision for me. but the frenzy that compared that i had was nothing compared to black mps, to to female mps, to black mps, to asian , etc, who get asian heritage mps, etc, who get that day in, day out . that day in, day out. >> paul, why did you apologise for that comment? because i, i accept and i understand that swathes of our viewers would consider not necessarily about tower hamlets, but certain parts of the uk for that statement

where it was a no go area, you referred to tower hamlets as as true. did you apologise ? true. so why did you apologise? >> because it distracted from what i was actually trying to say. what i was trying to say is not area, which some not a no go area, which some people a you not a no go area, which some peoplgo a you not a no go area, which some peoplgo in a you not a no go area, which some peoplgo in there, a you not a no go area, which some peoplgo in there, the a you not a no go area, which some peoplgo in there, the police 'ou can't go in there, the police can't go in there, the police can't etc. so what can't go in there, etc. so what i is that people, i was saying is that people, some uncomfortable some people feel uncomfortable going into areas. it might be white people going into black areas, it might be, gay people, jewish people going into, areas where got, some of the where they've got, some of the more extreme elements of, of, of islam in there, like the, the old, muslim patrols that were . old, muslim patrols that were. there a few years ago. it may be just older people going into past schoolboys that feel intimidated. got it. it's that discomfort that got discomfort that we've got to tackle because otherwise all the that that just that what that does that just releases a space for releases the sort of a space for people talking, being people to start talking, being anti—islam start anti—islam to start talking about those about being racist and those kind that's what about being racist and those kindtrying that's what about being racist and those kindtrying to that's what about being racist and those kindtrying to get|at's what about being racist and those kindtrying to get across.iat was trying to get across. >> paul, the other story we need to talk to you about is the

gongs, is it just, crown is being rewarded? >> no, i don't particularly know mohamed mansour, so i don't really, you know, i know that he was a donor to the party. i don't really know his wider work, but he's obviously, it's charity and business work charity work and business work as well as political. but i think if you look at philip, sir philip, now, if you look at marks spencer, you look at tracey crouch and, and harriet baldwin, done a lot baldwin, they've all done a lot of from the benches, of work, from the back benches, from the select committees. obviously, mark spencer was a chief whip as well. and really , chief whip as well. and really, really difficult times. so they've earned their spurs. they're political they're those political services, someone like philip has the side of has been in the former side of many, many governments, and but for really constructive way that he's actually, conducted himself , being that being that person . , being that being that person. >> okay, paul. and just finally, what do you make of this thames water fiasco? they're asking to hike customer bills by about 40% whilst, know, drastically whilst, you know, drastically underperforming. whilst, you know, drastically underperformour water renationalise our water

companies ? companies? >> i don't think you can renationalised water company as a whole, because i think you know, going to be hugely know, that is going to be hugely expensive and it's going to detract attracting detract away from, attracting the need to, the investment that we need to, plug the investment that we need to, plug into , tackle the plug the gaps into, tackle the sewage issues that that we have something times that, something like the times that, the tideway tunnel is the thames tideway tunnel is taking something like nine years. it's a massive engineering project. but the problem thames water is problem with thames water is that it's just leveraged itself up with debt. so many years and a few years ago, still a few years ago, it's still playing up rather than playing catch up rather than plugging those leaks rather than stopping the sewage. come in. and that we've got to really hold them to account on. >> don't do >> yeah. i mean, they don't do themselves i live themselves any favours. i live by sussex, and by the coast in sussex, and i say every day on this show that the water company down there, southern water, is continually pumping sewage the sea. southern water, is continually pumjust sewage the sea. southern water, is continually pumjust to sewage the sea. southern water, is continually pumjust to squitee the sea. southern water, is continually pumjust to squite frank, he sea. southern water, is continually pumjust to squite frank, it's;ea. vile. >> it is. look, but the problem is can't you're absolutely >> it is. look, but the problem is about you're absolutely >> it is. look, but the problem is about that.'e absolutely >> it is. look, but the problem is about that. butisolutely >> it is. look, but the problem is about that. butisolucan't right about that. but you can't tackle and tackle it overnight. and unfortunately , there's only two unfortunately, there's only two ways can if you can't ways sewage can go. if you can't treat either goes into treat it, it either goes into that it comes up that water or it comes back up where from. so, you where it came from. and so, you know, for those people that say,

stop be careful of know, for those people that say, stop you be careful of know, for those people that say, stop you want)e careful of know, for those people that say, stop you want becausel of know, for those people that say, stop you want because it's going what you want because it's going to other let's to come the other way. but let's make can hold those make sure we can hold those companies to actually companies to account to actually not out . but but not pay dividends out. but but actually get the work done that needs to be done. and that's what we've been bringing in to, over the last few years. we're actually inspecting our water far better than we than we used to. we actually far more to. so we are actually far more aware than we ever were aware of this than we ever were before aware of this than we ever were befwell, you say you're more >> well, you say you're more aware of it. you can't stop it overnight. i mean, briefly, we're running out of time, but i mean you have had i this mean you have had i mean this has for years now. has been going on for years now. the companies have been has been going on for years now. the themselveses have been has been going on for years now. the themselves millions,een paying themselves millions, billions of pounds bonuses to billions of pounds in bonuses to shareholders. is shareholders. i mean, what is what is the government doing? what what been doing? what is off? what been doing? they useless . they seem absolutely useless. >> there are >> you know, look, there are regulators to regulators absolutely needs to be . but you it's be tackled. but you say it's been for years to about been going on for years to about 2010. when came in as 2010. when we first came in as a coalition government, we were testing 10% of testing something like 10% of the things that we're testing. for we're to 95% for now, we're up to about 95% and testing. can actually and testing. so we can actually test things . it's not test for more things. it's not just sewage, there's a lot more

pollutants water we pollutants in the water that we are discovering are actually discovering and that water that we're tackling the water companies the regulator companies on, but the regulator has pretty ineffectual over has been pretty ineffectual over , over that so yes, that's , over that time. so yes, that's why brought legislation why we've brought in legislation to really tighten it up. but again, as i say, if you look at the thames issue, it's a huge, huge engineering job that's having to be done to replace all those victorian sewers. you know, things that 150 know, these are things that 150 years we're to years old that we're trying to replace. yeah >> okay. paul, one last question for kruger, your for you, danny kruger, your colleague, he said the colleague, he said that the criticisms conservative criticisms of the conservative party from reform uk are, quote, mostly valid in a leaked recording. and he said, we're not a very conservative party in lots of ways. what do you think of that? do you agree, i think there's we should always be criticised as a party. we've got to renew ourselves. in to renew ourselves. and, but in terms he is, he's on terms of where he is, he's on a different of the different side of the conservative party to many others as well. so we were broad church. what we've got to do after the election, we need a strong, manageable, that strong, manageable, party that can led redefine what we can be to led redefine what we mean conservatives so can mean as conservatives so we can

actually sell a vision to the country if we don't know what we're talking about in terms of that vision, then how do we expect the public to know that? >> mean, some would >> yeah, i mean, some would argue you are argue the fact you are a so—called church is so—called broad church is precisely problem. but paul, so—called broad church is pappreciate problem. but paul, so—called broad church is pappreciate your)lem. but paul, so—called broad church is pappreciate your)lem. this paul, i appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much. and also future also good luck with your future endeavours. politics, endeavours. post politics, whatever get whatever you choose to get up to. you, for to. what are you, imagining for the have got plans? to. what are you, imagining for the i've have got plans? to. what are you, imagining for the i've got; got plans? to. what are you, imagining for the i've got well, got plans? to. what are you, imagining for the i've got well, thisplans? to. what are you, imagining for the i've got well, this isins? >> no. i've got well, this is the i've to look the thing. now i've got to look for and so i've, i've got for a job. and so i've, i've got one small but ain't one small job, but it ain't going pay bills yet, so going to pay the bills yet, so i've got plenty of work to be doing alongside my day job. i'm still an for next few still an mp for the next few months. still got to months. i've still got to represent cheam represent sutton and cheam and worcester represent sutton and cheam and worces' right. represent sutton and cheam and worces'right. man. thank >> all right. good man. thank you appreciate have you paul. appreciate it. have a good weekend paul. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> yes. >> thank you. >> right. response thames >> right. in response thames water like to water have said we'd like to reassure our customers that despite it is despite this announcement, it is business thames business as usual for thames water. staff remain water. our 8000 staff remain committed water. our 8000 staff remain committ> okay, right. tonight at 9 pm, patrick christys speaks to p.m, patrick christys speaks to the former immigration minister

robert jenrick. you don't want to take listen. to miss this. take a listen. well i feel the well i didn't feel that the prime minister understood the importance migration importance of legal migration to the public. the british public. >> it was an issue that i have cared about for a long time. i shared that conviction with suella braverman, the home secretary at the time. she and i met the prime minister approximately every fortnight to talk about home office issues like stopping the boats, like security and policing. never once did we have a conversation about legal migration . because about legal migration. because the prime minister didn't want to talk about it . interesting. to talk about it. interesting. you don't know what missed that one, up next, one, do you? right up next, we're sending 89 million to sudan to help with their humanitarian . should some humanitarian crisis. should some or maybe all of that money be spent here the uk

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only on gb news. now, the uk government has pledged to almost double support sudan to double its support for sudan to £89 million. >> uk is to help the nation cope with their humanitarian crisis that was sparked by a year long war. >> but should we abolish foreign aid and spend the money here in britain joining us now is political commentator femi nylander. good morning to you, femi. thanks for joining nylander. good morning to you, femi. thanks forjoining us. so £89 million to sudan. first question is that enough? is it generous? is it too much? second of all, the wider foreign aid budget we're sending, for example, £8.5 million to china, or we did so last year all while, by the way, they're building bases on the moon. is that right ? that right? >> so, when we talk about foreign aid, i would encourage everyone . to go to youtube everyone. to go to youtube adjacent legal aid. what we need to remember, of course, is that, this is in many ways a smokescreen. so countries like the uk , countries like france,

the uk, countries like france, what they do is they give a couple of peanuts a bit of aid to the so—called developing world with their right hand, whilst with the left hand through, the tax evasion of large multinational companies through, through trade mispricing, through unfair global trade rules by organisations such as the world trade organisation. so you need to have free trade in the developing world. a country like the eu, for example, can have subsidies , farmers subsidies. subsidies, farmers subsidies. that's a big thing in the news at the the that at the moment. the idea that farmers subsidies. farmers want their subsidies. but countries they but we tell poor countries they have trade. they have to have free trade. they can't trillions and can't have it. so trillions and trillions flow from trillions of pounds flow from poor countries to rich countries every then a little every year, and then a little bit it gets given back in bit of it gets given back in aid. and this is the reality of the which anyone can the situation, which anyone can see do a of see if they do a bit of research, go to youtube that have been jason. and so it's almost bully the almost like the bully in the playground everyone's almost like the bully in the playgrcmoney everyone's almost like the bully in the playgrcmoney egivesne's almost like the bully in the playgrcmoney egives everyone pocket money and gives everyone £0.10 back to buy some freddos or mean with inflation or what i mean with inflation freddos more tempting freddos are a bit more tempting now. kid were

now. when i was a kid they were ten then complains about ten and then complains about having to give a little bit back. >> hang femi, back. » hang >> hang on femi, what do you mean people's mean we're taking people's pocket mean pocket money? what do you mean by ? by that? >> mean is that the uk >> what i mean is that the uk large uk companies large multinational uk companies which work, i mean so the uk apart like large bombs apart from like large bombs which blow off palestinian kids legs, what do we actually produce. we our main, our main export is weapons. produce. we our main, our main export is weapons . we don't as a export is weapons. we don't as a country produce very much. we produce don't produce some services we don't produce some services we don't produce very so where does produce very much. so where does our from? well, our wealth come from? well, the reality you do reality is, as i say, if you do the research if you look the research and if you look into reality is lot of into it, the reality is a lot of the wealth from other the uk's wealth comes from other countries. it comes from large british that work british multinationals that work in other countries, that avoid tax in those countries. >> from what? what >> their money from what? what are you talking about? what is any country get their any other country get their nafion any other country get their nation from when comes to nation from when it comes to exports, from . exports, their wealth from. >> a lot of >> well i mean a lot of countries. there's countries. so there's a difference between countries which and which have trade surpluses and trade deficits, countries which have trade surpluses or countries export more than have trade surpluses or counimport, export more than have trade surpluses or coun import, and oort more than have trade surpluses or counimport, and therefore than have trade surpluses or coun import, and therefore they have trade surpluses or cou theirort, and therefore they have trade surpluses or cou their wealthi therefore they have trade surpluses or cou their wealth from afore they have trade surpluses or cou their wealth from exporting get their wealth from exporting goods a massive goods. the uk has a massive trade deficit. doesn't get goods. the uk has a massive tra wealth :it. doesn't get goods. the uk has a massive trawealth:it. exportingzt goods. the uk has a massive tra wealth :it. exporting goods its wealth from exporting goods imports. deficit we imports. a trade deficit we have is china , a trade

is made in china, a trade deficit in general, where trade deficit in general, where trade deficit in general, where trade deficit in economics is when you import sorry is when you is when you more than export you import more than you export with world large. that's with the world at large. that's what economics, trade deficit what in economics, trade deficit means so uk imports more means. so if the uk imports more than it has a trade than it exports, it has a trade deficit. it doesn't produce very much goods. it produces weapons. deficit. it doesn't produce very mucotherds. it produces weapons. deficit. it doesn't produce very mucother than produces weapons. deficit. it doesn't produce very mucother than thatiuces weapons. deficit. it doesn't produce very mucother than that it:es weapons. deficit. it doesn't produce very mucother than that it doesn't)ons. but other than that it doesn't like margaret destroyed like margaret thatcher destroyed all industries in the uk all the industries in the uk anyway. we import lot of anyway. so we import a lot of things don't we don't. things and we don't we don't. >> you're saying our billion >> you're saying our £13 billion aid other aid budget that we give to other countries generously countries quite generously isn't enough, it's peanuts. countries quite generously isn't enoi'm, it's peanuts. countries quite generously isn't enoi'm sayingzanuts. countries quite generously isn't enoi'm saying that:s. countries quite generously isn't enoi'm saying that the uk >> i'm saying that the uk extracts wealth from other countries over world, countries all over the world, which, say , most countries, which, as i say, most countries, most countries aren't the richest. like . can you tell richest. most like. can you tell me how a country like the seychelles, or a country like the congo extracts wealth from other countries? they don't. >> becoming >> they're becoming international. global is a bad thing. i quite get what thing. i don't quite get what you're . you're saying. >> saying you're saying. . >> saying say|ng you're saying. >> saying saying that >> i'm saying i'm saying that the sorry, i'm trying the i'm saying sorry, i'm trying to explain in simpler terms, i'm saying that the international trade system that we live in is still unfair and is still predicated upon the rules the

international trade had to go through in the colonial time and saying that large multinational companies work in places like bangladesh and use sweatshops. okay, large multinational chocolate companies that force kids to use child labour to provide us with our family. >> sorry, jackson , to interrupt >> sorry, jackson, to interrupt you. we've got to go to a break, but appreciate you coming on. thanks for the points, two hours left. coming up. still to come . left. coming up. still to come. do we want bearded do we really want bearded squaddies? why that squaddies? find out why that will soon be a reality. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the alex the people's channel. alex deakin your weather. deakin has your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. the easter weekend is here and the weather looks like slowly turning a little dner like slowly turning a little drier and a little warmer , with drier and a little warmer, with many of us likely to have a fine day on sunday. far from fine out

there today, although some of us starting off with a bit of sunshine, but showers already in some and the showers just some places and the showers just get more widely late get going more widely from late morning into the early morning through into the early afternoon. heavy, even thundery showers through on a showers zipping through on a fairly brisk breeze so it won't rain all day. when the rain all day. but when the showers hail thunder showers come along, hail thunder is . temperatures is also possible. temperatures maybe just sneaking up a bit compared to yesterday, but still feeling cool when the showers hit. because brisk hit. and because of that brisk wind that will continue to blow showers across uk through showers across the uk through this evening and overnight, they should tend to fade in many locations, but we'll keep some going across the west coast of wales, southwest england and some continuing to push into parts of scotland also, but many central parts of central and eastern parts of england turning dry and clear. pretty chilly as well. temperatures down into temperatures well down into single to start saturday, single digits to start saturday, but we should start with a bit of sunshine on saturday. tomorrow morning. fine over the midlands and eastern england in particular, and generally, although will still although there will still be showers tomorrow. not as showers around tomorrow. not as many as today. a better chance

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gb news. >> away . >> away. >> away. >> good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, the 29th of march. this is gb newsroom on gb news with ben liu and me. dawn neesom. >> good morning to you and a blessed good friday honours for the sparks the boys. rishi sunak, sparks and row after awarding and honours. row after awarding and honours. row after awarding a gong to a top tory donor, the labour party. meanwhile, their chair, anneliese dodds, gave her reaction earlier of astonishment. >> you know you're either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is

so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more what the public think or perhaps he's demob happy. he believes that he's on the way out. anything, out. if anything, it demonstrates his demonstrates yet again his weakness . weakness. >> and thames water going under levelling up secretary michael gove has blasted the water company after bosses asked to raise bills by 40% to avoid nationalisation . nationalisation. >> often the answer is for the management team to look to their own approach and ask themselves why they're in this difficult situation. and of course, the answer is because of serial mismanagement, for which they must carry the can and madness. >> in milton keynes , a section >> in milton keynes, a section 34 dispersal order is in place after a large gang fight and anti—social behaviour involving around 300 children and teenagers . teenagers. >> easter travel warning millions of us will be impacted by chaos on the roads, rails and ferries today. let's know how you've been affected.

>> as always, let us know your thoughts on all the topics we're discussing today. not least the inboxis discussing today. not least the inbox is going wild. dawn about foreign aid £89 million to sudan in the wake war effort. in the wake of their war effort. also, though last year we sent £8.5 million to china, who are building a base on the moon. >> yes. well, i mean, they need a bit of help with it, obviously. meanwhile, we're all struggling with our bills, aren't we? >> yeah. and also let us know what up to this easter what you're up to this easter weekend important time weekend is it an important time for you care about for you? do you care about easter? not particularly easter? i'm not particularly religious, but have religious, but we have a tradition where religious, but we have a trarhave where religious, but we have a trarhave lovely where religious, but we have a trarhave lovely easter where religious, but we have a trarhave lovely easter sundays we have a lovely easter sunday breakfast with boiled and breakfast with boiled eggs and croissants, just a nice croissants, and it's just a nice time of the year to spend time with family. >> you're having >> so hope you're having a lovely good friday out there with those as well, right? >> all that and more before your news wenzler. news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 10:02. i'm sophia

>> thanks, ben. good morning. it's10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a surprise honours list from rishi sunak mohammed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, charity and politics. other recipients include mps philip davies and esther mcvey, who were also former presenters on this network. the timing of the list is unusual , network. the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of the easter bank houday the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend, labour party chairwoman anneliese dodds says it's the act of a prime minister who doesn't expect to have his job much longer. >> i think i probably had the same response as many members of the responsive of the public are responsive of astonishment. you know, you either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more what the public think. or perhaps he is demob happy. he believes that

he is on the way out. either way , i think there's a huge amount of concern the fact that of concern about the fact that there seems to be an almost automatic pass now under the conservatives and particularly the mr mansour, who the individual mr mansour, who was last year, last january, the biggest ever donor to the conservatives, £5 million at that stage, the biggest individual donation that had been given then seeming to have that automatic pass through to receiving an honour under rishi sunak. i think if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness that he's focused on internal party issues. all of the time rather than on the needs of our country. clearly there's a big conservative problem here. we've got to clean up politics. that is why labour has said we'd have an independent integrity and ethics commission, and i think documents have revealed that the post office was aware of errors in its horizon it system, despite bosses proceeding with prosecutions . prosecutions. >> more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to

supposed losses flagged by a faulty computer system. a draft report carried out by deloitte was commissioned by the post office in 2016. it shows that top managers knew that financial discrepancies may not be the fault of subpostmasters, but continue to fight them in court regardless. a spokesperson for the post office says it remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry . a 19 year old man has inquiry. a 19 year old man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon after a stabbing on a train on wednesday. rakeem thomas has been remanded into custody. he will appear at wimbledon magistrates court. it's after an incident between beckenham junction and shortlands train stations. the alleged victim, who is in his 20s, was taken to hospital where police earlier said he was in a critical but stable condition . the task of stable condition. the task of clearing baltimore's port will take some considerable time after president biden committed $60 million to rebuilding the collapsed bridge. it's after a cargo ship crashed into one of

the key bridge's foundations on tuesday. it remains in the port and the measures about as long as the eiffel tower. speaking yesterday, maryland's governor wes moore said they face an incredibly complex job to reopen the port. >> this work will not take hours . this work will not take days . . this work will not take days. this work will not just take weeks . we have a very long road weeks. we have a very long road ahead of to us the people of this state, i say we are going to get through this because we are maryland. tough and we are baltimore strong . baltimore strong. >> and we're in for a blustery easter weekend with strong winds and even some flood warnings in place. ferry operators are warning of possible disruption, with strong winds making for a choppy journey across the channel. a yellow warning is in place across large parts of england throughout today, and the rac is warning motorists to take care the roads, with take care on the roads, with around 14 million car trips expected holiday . and

expected over the holiday. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . to gb news. com slash alerts. >> welcome back. it's at 10:06. exactly. not that you care because it's good friday. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben, leo and me. dawn neesom. >> should we get stuck into some emails? yeah julia has quite helpfully. good morning, julia answered my question from the top the about when top of the show about when easter she says easter easter starts. she says easter isn't until easter isn't official until easter sunday saturday night, sunday or late saturday night, as we are then celebrating the resurrection of jesus. good friday is the day of the crucifixion, when christ died at friday is the day of the crucifpm,1, when christ died at friday is the day of the crucifpm, s0/hen christ died at friday is the day of the crucifpm, so goothrist died at friday is the day of the crucifpm, so good fridayiied at friday is the day of the crucifpm, so good fridayiieimore 3:00 pm, so good friday is more sombre . sombre. >> it is, and we should actually be thinking about that as well. so celebrating so if you are celebrating easter, then thoughts with you all, also andrea leadsom and all, now also andrea leadsom and exhausted andrea exhausted tory mps andrea leadsom said that mps are tired.

maybe the population are tired of mps not taking action when it's needed and not fulfilling their election promises. well, there's a thought get them to do their jobs. >> there's an theirjobs. >> there's an argument there that manifesto pledges should be made break them, made law and if you break them, then you know, you come come then you know, you come on, come into some trouble. >> our prisons are full >> then our prisons are full already. enough room already. there's not enough room to unfortunate to bang them all up. unfortunate plea, who's plea, on philip davies, who's just a gong. just been given a gong. >> he's been knighted by rishi sunak. margaret says i like philip davies, but what has he done deserve a knighthood? philip davies, but what has he done from serve a knighthood? philip davies, but what has he done from being) knighthood? philip davies, but what has he done from being steadfastod? philip davies, but what has he done from being steadfast in? apart from being steadfast in his rishi his support of rishi sunak? well, philip's on the show a bit later on just past 11:00, so stick us. i will be asking stick with us. i will be asking him just that. >> yes, indeed. be interesting right now prime minister has right now the prime minister has sparked row. sparked an easter honours row. we've discovered we've just been discovered discussing as his announced knighthood a major knighthood for a major conservative party donor, egyptian billionaire egyptian born billionaire mohamed mansour donated £5 million to the tories last year. on breakfast this morning, stephen and ellie asked the labour party chair, anneliese dodds, what she thought dodds, about what she thought about the honours system. >> the same >> probably had the same response , as many members of the

response, as many members of the pubuc response, as many members of the public are responsive of astonishment. you know, you either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more what the public think. or perhaps he is demob happy. he believes that he the out. either way he is on the way out. either way , i think there's a huge amount of concern about the fact that there seems to be an almost automatic pass now under the conservative gives, and particularly the individual, mr mansour , who was last year, last mansour, who was last year, last january, the biggest ever donor to the conservatives, £5 million at that stage, the biggest individual donation that had been given then seeming to have that automatic pass through to receiving, an honour under rishi sunak. i think if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness that he is focused on internal party issues all of the time, rather than on the needs of our country. clearly there is a big conservative problem here. we've got to clean up politics. thatis we've got to clean up politics. that is why labour has said we'd

have an independent integrity and ethics commission, and i think looking at think the public are looking at this fed up. this is really fed up. >> joining us now is our political correspondent katherine forster. good morning catherine. i mean, look , i'm catherine. i mean, look, i'm struggling to get angry about this because both parties, labour and the tories have been doing this for years, haven't they? what's new about it ? they? what's new about it? >> well, yes, sure. we had the cash for honours scandal under labour back in the noughties, so nothing new about this. but it is one of the reasons, isn't it, why so many people are really fed up with politicians, think they're all the same , a lot of they're all the same, a lot of people think that the whole system is rotten because this honours list and it's unused ideal to have an honours list at this time of year. i'll come back to that in a second. but you know, all the other people that have been given awards reasonably uncontroversial. mark spencen reasonably uncontroversial. mark spencer, farming minister philip davies, big supporter of rishi sunak, christopher nolan of

course, the film director too . course, the film director too. but all the heat is around, mohammed mansoor because of this £5 million. now that's a lot of money by any measure. and he was the biggest donor to the conservative party right up until frank hester, who came along and gave them £10 million. and of course, there was an almighty row about him just a couple of weeks ago over the comments he'd made about diane abbott, the conservative party, keeping tight hold of that money despite calls to give it back. of course, they've got a general election campaign to fund, but also the timing of this has reignited speculation about when the general election might be. we're fresh from hearing it's not going to be may the government still saying it's working on the assumption that it will be in the autumn, most likely dates seem to be november the 14th or 21st, a week or two

after the american election on november the fifth. but the timing of this is making some say, well, if things go badly in the local elections , which we the local elections, which we pretty much know they will for the conservatives, they might call a snap election in june or july, and this might be one of the things they're thinking about with the timing of this awards list coming right now. >> catherine, why else would they would they announce this now? because it was snuck out literally just before the easter break, before everyone goes away for why why else for four days. so why why else would they do it if it wasn't sending some kind of signal about the election ? about the election? >> well, yes, you would wonder. and what it has done is generated more bad headlines for the prime minister at a time that he's been really under fire, from people across the political spectrum and indeed many people within his own party, a number have letters have gone in, plenty of conservative mps now openly

toying with the idea of getting rid of him. one reason, perhaps, is the need to get vaughan gething the new first minister of wales also , stephen flynn, of wales also, stephen flynn, the leader of the snp in westminster , on to the privy westminster, on to the privy council. so that's that's an official reason that we're being given . but, yeah, i mean, they given. but, yeah, i mean, they could have waited if they'd wanted to. so it's interesting and, just more bad headlines for the prime minister at a time that he really doesn't need them . but it does seem to be a self—inflicted . self—inflicted. >> he really doesn't need them, does he? the other headline today was that conservatives are being reform being overtaken by reform uk, especially class especially among working class voters. so why are they not understanding what the working class voters, the red wall, are telling them? why are they messing around with this, this cronyism, this honours business, when they be when they should be concentrating on actually winning the election? maybe >> well, a very good question. and talking of reform , richard

and talking of reform, richard tice has joined the criticism of this . he said tice has joined the criticism of this. he said that it's obscene cronyism. he says the whole thing stinks like a rotting fish from the head. and of course , from the head. and of course, what we're seeing is reform going up and up in the polls. the tories going down and down going up and up in the polls. the 'aries going down and down going up and up in the polls. the 'a few going down and down going up and up in the polls. the 'a few percentage and down going up and up in the polls. the 'a few percentage pointsown only a few percentage points between them. and we've heard danny of the new danny kruger of the new conservatives, one of the right of the party, recorded at a meeting last week saying they're really terrified of what reform are going to do to them. you know, that it could be disastrous because it's looking like many people who might have voted conservative before are now thinking either they'll stay at home or they'll vote for reform , who they believe have reform, who they believe have got conservative policies . i got conservative policies. i think some of reform's policies, in terms of the things they're promising, difficult to see perhaps they would deliver perhaps how they would deliver them. but of course, it's not going to happen. is it? because

they might get millions of votes, back in 2015, votes, as ukip did back in 2015, but they're unlikely to get many seats. but what they could do is mean that the conservatives lose a lot of seats that they might otherwise have held on to. >> yeah, and do you know what, catherine? their catherine? i think that's their aim. points back to aim. everyone points back to ukip in 2015. was it where they won 4.5 million votes, only got one seat? i've spoken to people at actually i think at reform and actually i think the don't the consensus is they don't really care that much about seats. the end goal is to just annihilate the conservative party, who they feel have completely lost any aspect of conservatism. you conservatism. but i'll leave you to you for to it. catherine, thank you for your . we'll be to it. catherine, thank you for your .we'll be speaking to your time. we'll be speaking to your time. we'll be speaking to you a bit later on and who to, best discuss a lot of our problems in the country, including the small boats crisis and legal migration crisis. and the legal migration crisis. if a city and the legal migration crisis. if size a city and the legal migration crisis. if size of a city and the legal migration crisis. if size of birmingham city and the legal migration crisis. if size of birmingham every two the size of birmingham every two years former years than the former immigration minister. tonight at 9 christys is going 9 pm, patrick christys is going to jenrick. take to speak to robert jenrick. take a this . a listen to this. >> well, i didn't feel that the prime minister understood the

importance of legal migration to the british public. it was an issue that i have cared about for a long time. issue that i have cared about for a longtime. i issue that i have cared about for a long time . i shared that for a long time. i shared that conviction with suella braverman, the home secretary at the time. she and i met the prime minister approximately every fortnight to talk about home office issues like stopping the boats, like security and policing never wants . did we policing never wants. did we have a conversation about legal migration because the prime minister didn't want to talk about it ? about it? >> that's patrick christys tonight at 9 pm. you don't want tonight at 9 pm. you don't want to miss it. now. up next, have you seen this footage from milton keynes? a section 34 dispersal is in place after a large gang fight, including around 300 children and teenagers. we'll be discussing this next. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. don't go too far

welcome back . snap in unison. welcome back. snap in unison. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> ladies first. i've been rehearsing. >> that's twice in two days. i've done that. >> really? >> really? >> i did it to bev. >> i did it to bev. >> we're bonding already. it's because an easter because she bought me an easter egg. it is 10:19, but it's good friday. don't about the friday. you don't care about the time, do you? >> you feeling good? good. >> i'm really even though >> i'm really good. even though i any of the i haven't eaten any of the easter yet. no. easter egg yet. no. >> because crack it open >> yeah, because crack it open in the next break, and then we can with can come back on air with chocolate shouldn't chocolate round on or shouldn't you monday? chocolate round on or shouldn't youi'm monday? chocolate round on or shouldn't youi'm sure. 'ionday? chocolate round on or shouldn't youi'm sure. justay? chocolate round on or shouldn't youi'm sure. just eat it. it >> i'm not sure. just eat it. it should be hot cross today. surely. >> all of it. >> em“- em“— >> anyway, give it all. this is britain's on news britain's newsroom on gb news with dawn neesom and with ben leo and dawn neesom and chocolate which sitting chocolate egg, which is sitting there to there uneaten, now thrilled to be political be joined by a political commentator, russell quirk, and author and broadcaster amy nicole with nicole turner in the studio with us friday. nicole turner in the studio with us good friday. nicole turner in the studio with us good morning. good morning to you. >> bringing gifts of eggs i feel guilty i didn't bring chocolate. >> , exactly. they're >> no, exactly. i think they're cancelled. >> no, exactly. i think they're cancelyou've not brought me any >> so you've not brought me any gifts? no no. >> chocolate run out in the break amy something i'm

break and amy get something i'm against the commercialisation of christmas be. >> oh, give off. >> oh, give off. >> been rehearsing that >> you've been rehearsing that one. late that , one. it's a bit late for that, right? so, what do you want to kick off? >> christmas, not easter. >> christmas, not easter. >> easter? >> easter? >> what are a kick off? >> what are you on a kick off? where kick off? with where should we kick off? with beards? we're talking about beards. who beards. beards? right. who wants to beards, so. so to go first on beards, so. so this is a story the this is a story from the telegraph, which is that soldiers grow soldiers will be able to grow beards army, which beards now in the army, which overturns a 100 year ban on facial hair, so they were banned more for practical reasons. initially to keep the protective equipment in place, so on and so forth. but then also they thought it carried an air of professionalism , and now the new professionalism, and now the new policy comes into effect today , policy comes into effect today, which means that all the soldiers on the easter break could grow a beard if they like. okay, russell, is this not a sort of dangerous, slippery slope to falling standards, as some argue ? some would argue? >> do you think so? as in ending up with soldiers with kind of long hair kind of. what's long hair and kind of. what's next? you know what long hair and kind of. what's nthink you know what long hair and kind of. what's nthink it you know what long hair and kind of. what's nthink it depends. 'ou know what i think it depends. >> tattoos already? >> tattoos already? >> it depends. i >> yeah, i think it depends. i think depends on their role

think it depends on their role in the so all know that in the army. so we all know that special men famously to special forces men famously to blend have been able have blend in, have been able to have facial for and years facial hair for years and years and think if you have and years. i think if you have a ceremonial then course ceremonial role then of course you look the so if you need to look the part. so if you're of guards, you're part of the guards, coldstream so on, but coldstream guards and so on, but otherwise, mean, the that otherwise, i mean, the fact that we now , now have had we up until now, now have had a ban on beards in the army, i think is pretty archaic and draconian, don't you, especially seeing as are recovering a seeing as we are recovering a recruitment seeing as we are recovering a recruitnit's not just any old >> but it's not just any old beard, the right. okay, beard, by the way. right. okay, the only a set the policy is only a full set beard. length must be beard. the length must be between 2.5mm and 25.5mm, which is an inch in old money and must be trimmed off the cheekbones and neck. that this is my favourite bit. there must be no patchy uneven growth and no patchy or uneven growth and no exaggerated colours. >> that's right, they're going exaggerated colours. >>have:'s right, they're going exaggerated colours. >> have sergeantthey're going exaggerated colours. >>have sergeant majorsgoing exaggerated colours. >>have sergeant majors running to have sergeant majors running around with rulers, measuring to have sergeant majors running arotlengths rulers, measuring to have sergeant majors running arotlengths of lers, measuring to have sergeant majors running arotlengths of soldiers, suring to have sergeant majors running arotlengths of soldiers, beards the lengths of soldiers, beards and . and whatnot. >> exaggerated colour. >> exaggerated colour. >> i mean i russia that >> i mean i russia is that a dyed bit? and also there's a bit discriminatory against men who can't beards. i feel can't grow proper beards. i feel quite sorry for them. grow can't grow proper beards. i feel quite sidiscrimination srow can't grow proper beards. i feel quite sidiscrimination beards beards discrimination beards looking at me. >> give me give me three weeks.

i'll be all right. look, on a serious note, is this not a russia and china and like? russia and china and the like? not looking us and thinking, not looking at us and thinking, you these absolute fools you know, these absolute fools talking beards amongst you know, these absolute fools talkirmilitary. beards amongst you know, these absolute fools talkirmilitary. we've amongst you know, these absolute fools talkirmilitary. we've gotongst you know, these absolute fools talkirmilitary. we've got no st their military. we've got no aircraft carriers or at least aircraft carriers or at least aircraft carriers or at least aircraft carriers any aircraft carriers without any jets were overrun in the red sea. and is this not just a complete waste of time talking about this? >> we were instead >> i wish we were instead saying, oh, we've upped the defence budget slightly. oh, we've longer got a we've no longer got a recruitment and retention problem army, but this is problem in the army, but this is just going hopefully just going to hopefully increase. the recruit recruitment. yeah. got it. >> okay. not sure it would be a clincher, but we remains to be seen. well should we try and grow one for next week and see who does best? you'd probably beat me. to be fair. offence . beat me. to be fair. no offence. takes me a long time. >> i'm actually offended. okay, should we talk about our, fat cats, well, fat cat water. >> fat cat water bosses in particular. >> so they are in the news. just about every newspaper. the fact that thames water, it seems , is that thames water, it seems, is running of money. of course, running out of money. of course, they owned by they are privately owned by multiple shareholders, and for a

whole bunch of reasons, they are running out of money and have now gone to shareholders to say we need some money in order to basically right our infrastructure problems. so famously, of course, these water companies lose. is it about a third of all the water they produce that comes through leaks and of course, the big and so on, of course, the big debate the fact a lot of debate is the fact that a lot of these bosses are on massive salaries bonus packages. salaries and bonus packages. two, million. two, three, four, £5 million. and of the media and i think most of the media this morning has focused on the fat cats and how, you know, clearly they're not doing their jobs big jobs despite that big pay packet, and it's actually by the left, i have to say, being articulated that this is a reason that we shouldn't privatise anything, that we should basically nationalise everything. us everything. now, some of us are old to remember she old enough dawn to remember she and i, nationalisation back in the 70s and 80s. it was an absolute disaster. whether that was utilities, the train companies and so on. this is not a problem of privatisation. it is a problem of the way these companies being run, the companies are being run, the fact that the government has not

made in made them invest in infrastructure, also surely infrastructure, but also surely a ofwat. there's a failure of ofwat. there's a regulator that clearly regulator here that clearly they've been doing well, clearly regulator here that clearly th toothless.i doing well, clearly regulator here that clearly th toothless. i doinis well, clearly regulator here that clearly th toothless.i doinis the , clearly is toothless. that is the problem. i think all eyes should be on uthwatt for the fact that they've allowed this farce to continue for long. continue for so long. >> interesting because >> it's so interesting because part as part of their remit as regulators protect the regulators was to protect the shareholders dividends. that was part of their remit, which just seems utterly bizarre. but i think it is an argument against privatisation, because how can you privatise industry which you privatise an industry which has no competition? i think it was always to be doomed to was always going to be doomed to fail and put it in the hands of foreign ownership, and it's just completely fallen into exactly tearing. would you be for tearing. so would you be for nationalisation, amy, of the water industry? yes. and i think i'm with the vast majority. i think it's about 70% of people at would support, at the moment would support, nationalising water, interestingly, agreement interestingly, i'm in agreement today with jacob rees—mogg who said just let it fall into administration . let's see what administration. let's see what happens with that, but when you talk about the fat cat bosses, i actually don't agree that it

should be anything to do with them, because quite a few of the people are thames people who are running, thames water started, water have only just started, and is, imagine being and that is, imagine being tasked with, with the company as it is right now, you need to remunerate the bosses for what they're doing, and it's no easy feat, obviously, to take on a task like thames water at the moment. so i think you do need to. >> i'm sorry. to.— >> i'm sorry. i've to. >> i'm sorry. i've got to.— >> i'm sorry. i've got no sympathy for these water companies. i'll say again, i say it in, out. live by it week in, week out. i live by the the amount the coast. the amount of times i've there swim in i've gone down there to swim in the with young kids, and the sea with my young kids, and they're raw sewage into they're pumping raw sewage into they're pumping raw sewage into the had the water, having had years. >> failure the water, having had years. >>the failure the water, having had years. >>the regulator. failure the water, having had years. >>the regulator. that's:ailure of the regulator. that's a failure regulator being failure of the regulator being pulled said, right, boss, pulled in and said, right, boss, that out, sort out that sort that out, sort out that sort that out, sort out that literal, whatever's in the river. >> that's what i'm saying . so >> that's what i'm saying. so some of these, some of these people that work there are quite new. they've been brought in new. so they've been brought in to and i think to sort out the mess and i think they're getting paid enough. to sort out the mess and i think the but getting paid enough. to sort out the mess and i think the but theseg paid enough. to sort out the mess and i think the but these people enough. to sort out the mess and i think the but these people areigh. to sort out the mess and i think the but these people are on >> but these people are on a high six figure salary. have high six figure salary. i have no sympathy to them. >> salary, i >> they earn that salary, i don't think sorry, the don't think, i think sorry, the difference it comes to the difference when it comes to the privatisation it's privatisation debate is if it's a national infrastructure.

>> power, water, >> so if it's power, water, telephone so on, of course telephone and so on, of course there has to be some government hands on that particular company, that particular sector and industry to ensure that it runs just for shareholders runs not just for shareholders but for benefit of but actually for the benefit of the not just an the user. this is not just an ordinary is a ordinary company. this is not a tesco hsbc . this is a tesco or an hsbc. this is a water company. and yes, it's beholden to shareholders. beholden to its shareholders. but has regulation but there has to be regulation in indeed is in place and indeed there is regulation my regulation in place. but my point is off.what sitting on point is off.what are sitting on their absolutely . their hands. yes, absolutely. >> now, obviously thames water aren't here defend aren't here to defend themselves, but they have given us statement saying like us a statement saying we'd like to our customers to reassure our customers that despite announcement, it is despite this announcement, it is business as usual for thames water. our staff remain water. our 8000 staff remain committed our committed to working with our partners in the supply chain to provide services for our benefit of customers , communities of our customers, communities and environment. of our customers, communities ancyeah,environment. of our customers, communities ancyeah, i've)nment. of our customers, communities ancyeah, i've hadznt. of our customers, communities ancyeah, i've had enough of the >> yeah, i've had enough of the lot, i've had enough of the railways, i've had enough of the water companies, nothing works. pfices water companies, nothing works. prices nothing works, prices go up, nothing works, service down. it's service goes down. it's a disgrace. so if that means renationalising it all, do it, then worse. then it'll be worse. >> sorry it will worse >> ben. sorry it will be worse if it's nationalised because it was years ago. because was 30, 40 years ago. because there accountability

there was no accountability whatsoever. is not whatsoever. nationalised is not the answer. >> two words. post office. >> two words. post office. >> yeah, okay. right. shall we squeeze one more story in milton keynes? in the keynes? absolute chaos in the city. 300 odd youths arrested or at least involved in a stampede, at least involved in a stampede, a stampede. stampede what's been going on? >> a stampede through the. there we are. this is the video. so this is a stampede through a shopping centre in milton keynes. i think. amy, you live there, don't you? you live nearby. >> those radio, can >> for those on radio, we can see hundreds of see literally hundreds scores of kids, 300 are in kids, 300 kids. are they in school uniform? kids, 300 kids. are they in sch yeah.|iform? kids, 300 kids. are they in sch yeah. scuffling yeah. >> yeah. scuffling yeah. >> yeah. scuffling yeah. >> is as they've broken up >> this is as they've broken up from >> this is as they've broken up frorpresumably security tried to >> presumably security tried to intervene. been accused intervene. they've been accused of . but i of being heavy handed. but i think this speaks to the fact that the landscape of youth services has just been decimated. and there's literally nothing for kids. so hang on. >> whoa, whoa, you think >> whoa, whoa, whoa. you think that has happened because that this has happened because social been social services have been diluted. because there's diluted. this is because there's no no no police around. there's no oversight, there's no deterrent. and 300 kids think that they can run through a shopping centre. frightening shoppers out of their lives. >> going to a shopping. amy.

>> going to a shopping. amy. >> kids . my >> going to a shopping. amy. >> kids. my kids would >> sorry. my kids. my kids would not behaving like that not be behaving like that because there's no ping pong available at the local and your kids four and five. kids aged four and five. >> teenagers and our >> these are teenagers and our teenagers are headed into a world are no leisure world where there are no leisure services, to do with crime. >> boohoo. >> boohoo. >> we upped the ante on basketball. to basketball. it's not going to stop stabbed the street. >> what creates antisocial behaviour nothing behaviour is having nothing to do. it's of discipline in >> it's lack of discipline in the home, lack of discipline in the home, lack of discipline in the and of policing the home, and lack of policing on streets and a judiciary on the streets and a judiciary and penal that and a penal system that is utterly liberal. >> you're going right to the end of the line. what about the preventative measures? >> what about the people that these by running these people affect by running through a shopping centre and stampeding? when there's mothers with in prams frightened with kids in prams frightened out their lives, we're out of their lives, and we're worried about the social services aspect that perhaps you're talking about stick, right? yeah. so how long does your take to resolve your solution take to resolve it? about 30s. more it? mine takes about 30s. more police. yours. police. bang them up. yours. should parents be fined? >> police bang up? >> police bang up? >> absolutely. and the kids should to task, should be taken to task, not the security taken to security guard being taken to task because he was a little bit heavy handed.

>> on. you rather prevent >> come on. you rather prevent this happening this all from happening by supporting giving this all from happening by suppo stuff giving this all from happening by suppo stuff to giving this all from happening by suppo stuff to do giving this all from happening by suppostuff to do instead giving this all from happening by suppostuff to do instead ofing this all from happening by suppostuff to do instead of over them stuff to do instead of over them stuff to do instead of over the past ten years closing every i say four centres, closing libraries. what did you do when you were a teenager? >> hold on, hold on. do you seriously think these kids will be if they be in the library if they weren't local weren't storming their local sports weren't storming their local sportthink if they had things to >> i think if they had things to do and were supported in do and they were supported in their mental and physical health scenes these, these are scenes like these, are these are some of those privileged to happen. >> these are some of those privileged youths in the world running iphones running around with iphones with privilege. they're privileged. >> we've got more to do now than even >> we've got more to do now than ever, more to do now than ever. no no, there's no discipline. i see, because a woke see, only because we give a woke excuse every incident that excuse for every incident that happens. continues happens. that's why it continues to happen. >> only one on this who >> only one on this panel who isn't a parent. i just have to ask this question. what happened to parental responsibility? surely mum and dad have to take some responsibility for how their kids behave. >> i think parents are so under so much stress at the moment. they deserve support . and over they deserve support. and over the past ten years, as i've

said, that support has been eroded right from the beginning, from start centres to from sure start centres to teenagers to sports centres to leisure centres. teenagers to sports centres to leisure problem with this country >> the problem with this country and a lot of the west, is people adopt victimhood and use it as an excuse for bad behaviour instead of using victimhood , instead of using victimhood, which a lot of people experience. bad childhood, whatever upbringing whatever else, bad upbringing instead as instead of using that as an inspiration and inspiration to do better and make repeat those make sure you don't repeat those behaviours, i've behaviours, they say, oh, i've had so i'm had a bad childhood, so i'm going to act like an absolute melon and behave like this. and people like you excuse not people like you excuse it, not excusing him. >> you continue. >> so you continue. >> so you continue. >> explaining it. >> i'm explaining it. >> i'm explaining it. >> to prevent >> oh, right. okay. to prevent it, think we'll have to . it, i think we'll have to. that's the grown up in charge here children. oh, here with our children. oh, thanks , amy. and thank you, thanks, amy. and thank you, russell, for joining us this morning. we'll see you later. i think. now it's time now for the news with sophia news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, dawn. it's 1031. wenzler. >> thanks, dawn. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood

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gb news. >> welcome back. this is gb news with ben and me. dawn neesom and good friday. i hope you're having a wonderful time out there now. lots of you have been getting touch with exactly getting in touch with exactly what not about what we liked. it's not about us. gb views at us. it's about you. gb views at gb on the screen. get gb news on the screen. now get in we've lots of in touch. so we've got lots of people getting touch about people getting in touch about foreign aid and water. >> foreign aid as a >> yeah. so foreign aid as a reminder, sending £89 reminder, we're sending £89 million in the wake million to sudan in the wake of their war. that's been their civil war. that's been bumped up from previous figures. robert says foreign aid should be withdrawn until get be withdrawn until we get ourselves our feet. i'm ourselves back on our feet. i'm amazed millions to india ourselves back on our feet. i'm ama have millions to india ourselves back on our feet. i'm ama have a millions to india ourselves back on our feet. i'm ama have a nuclear.lions to india ourselves back on our feet. i'm ama have a nuclear and; to india ourselves back on our feet. i'm ama have a nuclear and spacedia who have a nuclear and space agency. actually , that's agency. well, actually, that's stopped a couple of years back. but was the case, think, but that was the case, i think, from gave india from 2016 to 2021. we gave india at least hundreds of millions. >> but that's been stopped and we are still giving it to china, which i'm struggling with. >> new one. last >> so china is the new one. last yean >> so china is the new one. last year, £8.5 million, all while they're for they're building bases for humans on the moon. yeah. >> meanwhile, tony good morning. is still morning? still is it still morning? still morning. good morning. tony says foreign should be scrapped, foreign aid should be scrapped, but labour the but neither labour or the conservatives we

conservatives will do it. we need a referendum. oh, not another peter we another one, peter says we another one, peter says we another one, peter says we another one, another referendum. >> no, we're still talking about the one. >> no, we're still talking about the peteryne. >> no, we're still talking about the peter says we have our own >> peter says we have our own people in poverty starving. people in poverty and starving. we after our own we need to look after our own before in before we give millions in foreign we foreign aid. and michael says we borrow year , so why borrow money every year, so why should give away should we give money away when it spent at home, on it should be spent at home, on our on our homeless, and our people, on our homeless, and even communities and even in local communities and even in local communities and even on border force? >> well, this is the thing, isn't it, ben? >> i mean, it's a cost of living crisis. feeling crisis. we're all feeling the pinch. skint, pinch. we're all skint, basically. put too fine a basically. not to put too fine a point it, we're giving point on it, but we're giving millions away. yeah millions of pounds away. yeah what education? what about education? >> looking at some >> i was, i was looking at some stats were about stats earlier. we were about five we were second five years ago. we were second or biggest foreign aid or third biggest foreign aid contributor world. contributor in the world. i think now we're down to about 16th. it seems like the 16th. so it seems like the government has been listening. >> foreign aid, >> the problem with foreign aid, ben, giving all this ben, is we're giving all this money away. but the situation in the giving the countries where we're giving it better. it to isn't getting any better. sudan one case in point. sudan is one case in point. >> well, the sudan money 89 million that's going towards feeding and housing 500,000 under fives, which i completely back. yeah. no, absolutely .

back. yeah. no, absolutely. >> we started it a year ago though. and still the militia are fighting and it's got worse the there. is the fighting out there. so is it helping. the fighting out there. so is it heli ng. question these >> i also question these charities as well. not going charities as well. i'm not going to the one involved in to name the one involved in sudan money sudan who have given money to. but time with these but a lot of the time with these charities, ceos are charities, the ceos are a massive salaries. massive six figure salaries. their costs are through their staff costs are through the saw with oxfam in the roof. you saw with oxfam in haiti, stuff got to. haiti, the stuff they got up to. so yeah , there is big concern. so yeah, there is big concern. >> how do we know it goes to the right place? any case, should we talk about beards? yes. talk about beards? yeah. yes. let's, will allowed talk about beards? yeah. yes. le'grow will allowed talk about beards? yeah. yes. le'grow beardsnill allowed talk about beards? yeah. yes. le'grow beards after allowed talk about beards? yeah. yes. le'grow beards after the lowed talk about beards? yeah. yes. le'grow beards after the army to grow beards after the army overturned 100 year ban on facial hair. >> and don't worry , >> yeah, and don't worry, because shouldn't a because we shouldn't have a nafion because we shouldn't have a nation troops nation of scruffs. as troops have told, these beards have been told, these beards have been told, these beards have to be neat tidy with have to be neat and tidy with standards army not dropping. >> right. okay. and maybe it might help with recruitment crisis, which is affecting all our armed forces. crisis, which is affecting all our armed forces . joining us now our armed forces. joining us now is former head of counter—terrorism counter terrorism at the ministry of defence, major general chip chapman chip. good morning. thank you very much for joining us on good friday. i hope you're having a wonderful easter weekend, chip, you make

weekend, chip, what do you make of this story? >> well, bit of >> well, it's a bit of a non—issue for someone like me. my non—issue for someone like me. my point has always been to look at how well will people fight, rather than how uniform they look on horseguards parade. so doesit look on horseguards parade. so does it affect fighting power having a beard? no, it does not. does not. allowing beards in the army, affect those in the attract space in the mean target audience to come into the army ? audience to come into the army? yes it does. so a number of studies looking at quantitative data have shown that gen z, the generation you're trying to recruit, 34% of those have a beard, highest in the 25 to 30 age group of 44% and 6,062% of those did not know the beard was not allowed in the army, and 2,022% of that 62 would said it would stop them applying. applying to join the army. and that was highest in the 17 to 24 age group, where most of the new recruits come from. and particularly it impacts on those of black, asian and muslim

propensity who have a higher percentage of beard wearing than others. so you're excluding quite a number of people from joining the army. if you don't change the policy to having beards . now, most people have beards. now, most people have always had a, a fear that in a nuclear, biological or chemical environment, you need a seal on a respirator, and therefore you can't have a beard that is true. but in terms of that, you would always know about emergency and have indications and warnings. so argument for so that is a false argument for not having a beard. >> so chip, are the sas for >> so chip, why are the sas for example the regiment. why are they mean they allowed beards? i mean traditionally stereotype traditionally we the stereotype of an sas soldier is a big burly man with tats and has a, you man with tats and he has a, you know, a very nice, fully grown beard and, you know, a bit a bit of scruffy hair as well. >> they're always tribes >> well, they're always tribes and idiosyncrasies within the army. argument army. you could your argument again there, for example, again there, ben. for example, you chindits you wouldn't find many chindits in second world war without beard. you at the victorian beard. you look at the victorian army, bearded up the ying army, it's bearded up the ying yang. everyone crimean yang. everyone in the crimean war a beard. the victorian

war has a beard. the victorian army around the zulu wars has a beard , the drum majors in beard, the drum majors in a regiment. very loud. a beard . a regiment. very loud. a beard. a pioneer sergeant is allowed a beard. so there's always been these idiosyncrasies . it's just these idiosyncrasies. it's just what a matter of or what is a matter of policy or not, the sas tend to make their own policies. so for them, it's slightly different. but if the policy you're not policy is that you're not allowed have beards , as long allowed to have beards, as long as is, it is neatly trimmed. as it is, it is neatly trimmed. and saying a full and they're saying that's a full set between a grade 12. five millimetres and grade eight 25.5mm, which in our currency is one inch. and that's fine by me. chip >> i'm sorry, my love, but i mean, given how the current levels of woke recruitment we have seen recently where you can have seen recently where you can have anybody everybody join have anybody and everybody join up, surely we're we're splitting hairs, no pun intended here. i mean, i want someone who can gone fight for the country. i don't care if they've got a beard or not. and i certainly don't want senior officers getting out getting a ruler out and measuring how fitting that is. we've got a recruitment crisis. why recruit people why don't we just recruit people who the blooming job? why don't we just recruit people wh(well, the blooming job? why don't we just recruit people wh(well, that's blooming job? why don't we just recruit people wh(well, that's whereiing job? why don't we just recruit people wh(well, that's where iirstarted. >> well, that's where i started.

if you recall dawn, how well if you recall the dawn, how well they it affect they fight. does it affect fighting power? fighting power is the to go forward if is the ability to go forward if necessary and kill the king's enemies. that's what the people i to be involved with, not i want to be involved with, not if we're. people picking if we're. people are picking hairs on beards. to give you an example like example where something like this career , i this occurred in my career, i went number of focus went to a number of focus groups, when i was commanding groups, in when i was commanding two para about whether we should legalise homosexuality in the army, let the lgbt community. and again my line then was can he or she fight if she wants to fight and will fight, that's good enough for me. >> so there's lots of screenshots doing the rounds onune screenshots doing the rounds online this morning from soldiers who have had text messages from the, the, you know, powers that be in their unit saying, i don't care about this new policy . our policy unit saying, i don't care about this new policy. our policy in this new policy. our policy in this unit going forward is as has been no beards. >> well, they'd be wrong. and that would show their lack of understanding of a new policy. you're always going to get that from particularly rsms regimental sergeant majors who

do like this sort of notion of complete uniformity . but in complete uniformity. but in a modern army, you need to have a thinking army , not an army, thinking army, not an army, which is a tiktok army because you win wars by having a thinking organisation, not an organisation which is by rote and drills . and drills. >> chip, one final question for you quickly. is there a red line for you? is there an area that you you think would be going too far if you allowed recruits to do it ? do it? >> well, there's still those things to do with tattoos and body piercings and those things to do with, what they call it, flesh tunnels. so i think allowing flesh tunnels, for example, would be going too far in terms of recruiting tattoos. i think they'll change the policy a bit, in the, in the near future, particularly to do with a they're using military judgement panels just decentralise it and trust people to make a decent judgement . to make a decent judgement. >> okay. major—general chip chapman formerly of the mod. thank you so much for being with us.thank thank you so much for being with us. thank you. one quick email

that's come in said, it's that's come in and said, it's from martin. he says the from martin. he says in the royal the was always royal navy the rule was always that beard if that you could have a beard if you it, and was you could grow it, and it was full within seven days. >> all three forces had >> all three forces have had different . the navy have different rules. the navy have always allowed beards. there has been a problem. always allowed beards. there has beei a problem. always allowed beards. there has beei think blem. always allowed beards. there has beei think then. always allowed beards. there has beei think the army one for >> i think the army one for according your according to a lot of your emails today, because of the emails today, is because of the gas thing. gas mask thing. >> right. yeah. gas mask thing. >> if right. yeah. gas mask thing. >> if you've. yeah. gas mask thing. >> if you've gotah. gas mask thing. >> if you've got a. gas mask thing. >> if you've got a full beard on, you'll struggle on on, you'll struggle to put on a gas mask. >> indeed. okay, gas mask. >> indeed. right. okay, well, we move unfortunately, move on now. unfortunately, the tavistock gender clinic has closed. it's been covered in controversy . our reporter is at controversy. our reporter is at the site. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. don't

welcome back. now the tavistock gender identity development service is closing for good this weekend. two years after a damning report highlighted major concerns. >> so joining us now is our reporter, ray addison, who is down at the scene in central london. good morning ray. so it's finally closed. the long

awaited , closure of this very awaited, closure of this very controversial clinic . the controversial clinic. the license was extended, though, wasn't it? it was meant to close some time ago, wasn't it? what happened ? happened? >> yeah, it was supposed to close a year ago. that was extended. while nhs england has been setting up a regional service, they've currently now got two two parts of that eight part regional service established as one here in london at great ormond street hosphal london at great ormond street hospital. they'll be trying to replace this ultimately they'll have, a gender service gender clinic service in all eight regions of england . and but regions of england. and but mixed emotions, i think from from members of the public, from those who've been associated with this clinic. of course, there's those who believe that it was providing, know, an it was providing, you know, an essential , it was providing, you know, an essential, possibly even it was providing, you know, an essential , possibly even life essential, possibly even life saving treatment to young people who are desperate to change their gender and, of course, those who believe that it was consumed by an ideology which overrode the need for proper

medical ethics and standards. and of course, that meant that children were then receiving these life changing puberty blockers instead of psychological treatment, which could have explored other options. of course, once you've had those puberty blockers , you had those puberty blockers, you cannot go back. now, many of those who've who've worked here over the years have tried to raise concerns. some have resigned in protest. the very first whistleblower was sue evans , and she blew the whistle. evans, and she blew the whistle. back in 2005, she says she's relieved to see the clinic closed . closed. >> i feel pleased, obviously, i had huge anxieties about the service that the children were being given there, i felt they were rushed to were being rushed into to medicalised at a much medicalised treatments at a much too early age. so i'm, i'm and really the tavistock dudes would not listen and neither would the board at the tavistock, which was why marcus evans resigned as a governor because they wouldn't listen to the concerns raised by

the whistleblowers and david bell's report, and i think that really the clinical standards and the child safeguarding in that area had really fallen well below standards . below standards. >> so some will be breathing a sigh of relief as we're hearing there. however, 15,000 young people remain on the waiting list for just to receive their very first appointment at gender clinic. here in the uk. and so they will be very concerned by this, and they'll be hoping that the replacement service is adequate and and running adequate and up and running effectively . effectively. >> all right. good stuff. thank you very live from the you very much. live from the tavistock which is closed tavistock clinic which is closed today amy nicole turnerjoins us today amy nicole turner joins us again now amy, can children consent puberty blockers , consent to puberty blockers, well, if you're talking about puberty blockers then at the tavistock only 83 children were prescribed puberty blockers last yeah prescribed puberty blockers last year. and they're still being prescribed to teens who are

facing precocious puberty . yes, facing precocious puberty. yes, they have been banned by the nhs, but they can still be prescribed privately. now, if there was a massive around there was a massive issue around there was a massive issue around the drugs , they the safety of these drugs, they wouldn't be being prescribed privately. so this is, well, no , privately. so this is, well, no, that's because is more of a that's because this is more of a political anything political move than anything else to appeal. there is arguments such as your own. >> mean, there is a move for >> i mean, there is a move for that loophole to be closed. liz truss tried to introduce a private member's bill weeks private member's bill some weeks ago, labour filibustered. ago, which labour filibustered. she wanted to close the loophole that allowed people, particularly children, getting these lupron is the name of the chemical, the puberty blocker, getting them from private clinics. so there is an attempt to close loophole, because clinics. so there is an attempt to c|lize loophole, because clinics. so there is an attempt to c|lize wantsyle, because clinics. so there is an attempt to c|lize wants to because clinics. so there is an attempt to c|lize wants to close jse clinics. so there is an attempt to cloophole wants to close jse clinics. so there is an attempt to cloophole on nts to close jse clinics. so there is an attempt to cloophole on precociousejse the loophole on precocious puberty as far puberty as well, because as far as see, cisgender children as i can see, cisgender children are prescribed these drugs. >> p— ea— f cisgender also? liz >> what's a cisgender also? liz truss, i checked. truss, last time i checked. i mean, not sure it's not a mean, i'm not sure it's not a qualified medical professional. >> they give, they give. >> amy. they give, they give. >> amy. they give, they give. >> we look at the if we look at

bodies that do support puberty blockers and do well not they would never be first, first would never be a first, first stop would like. stop anyway, they would like. tavistock was primarily focused stop anyway, they would like. ta\providings primarily focused stop anyway, they would like. ta\providing counsellingocused stop anyway, they would like. ta\providing counselling and ed on providing counselling and psychotherapy. okay. >> so you're saying everything's everything's fine. everything's fine with the tavistock. so why have they been ordered to close under the casper? >> they were such >> because they were under such massive that they're now massive demand that they're now opening. >> do you think it's just political. >> no, no i don't the tavistock had massive waiting lists. there was one centre. so was one. it was one centre. so that means they are now opening eight to be able to eight smaller hubs to be able to absorb the waiting lists and actually help these children. >> did you know it's been alleged that the tavistock , that alleged that the tavistock, that 97.5% of children seeking sex changes there had autism, depression or other conditions that might have explained their own unhappiness their own own unhappiness and their own statistics that the statistics from gids that the tavistock 35% of children they're seeking sex changes had autism, which is far above the national average. >> well, that's probably why we need uke >> well, that's probably why we need like the need more clinics like the tavistock , and why eight tavistock, and why eight

regional hubs are opening so that experiencing that those children experiencing those that those symptoms, such as that eventually are diagnosed with autism , can seek the help. at autism, can seek the help. at the moment, what you've got is 15,000 children on waiting lists who may have autism, who may have an have depression, who may have an eating the eating disorder. but at the moment cannot find out moment they cannot find out because of the waiting lists for these the problem with the >> so the problem with the tavistock is it stopped doing the counselling and started doing the drug prescription, including 300. >> going to have to >> okay, i'm going to have to wrap you. >> thank you amy three last yeah >> yeah. we're going to speak to philip given philip davies who's been given a knighthood. philip davies who's been given a knighthcfor the boys. stay with us. >> us. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. the easter weekend is here, and the weather looks like slowly turning a little dner like slowly turning a little drier warmer , with drier and a little warmer, with many of us likely to have a fine day on sunday. far from fine out

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gb news. >> good morning to you. and a very blessed good friday. it's friday, march 29th, 11 am. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ben eliot and dawn neesom. >> now, should parents be fined ? >> now, should parents be fined? a section 34 dispersal order is in place after a large gang fight and anti—social behaviour involving around 300 children and teenagers in milton keynes , and teenagers in milton keynes, and teenagers in milton keynes, and honours for the boys. >> rishi sunak sparks an honours row after awarding a top gong to

a top tory donor, the labour party chair, anneliese dodds, gave her reaction earlier wave of astonishment. >> you know you're either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more what the public think, or perhaps he's demob happy. he believes that he is on the way out . anything. it demonstrates out. anything. it demonstrates yet weakness . yet again his weakness. >> and is thames water going undeh >> and is thames water going under, levelling up secretary michael gove has blasted the water company after bosses asked to raise bills by 40% to avoid nationalisation. >> the answer is for the management team to look to their own approach and ask themselves why they're in this difficult situation. and of course, the answer is because of serial mismanagement for which they must carry the can. >> and the iconic boat race between oxford and cambridge is still going ahead tomorrow, despite the levels of pollution in the river thames. >> easter travel warning as millions of us will be impacted

by chaos on the roads, rails and ferries today, let us know if you have been affected and how you're coping. >> and a very happy good friday to you. let us know what you're up to this bank holiday weekend . up to this bank holiday weekend. i'm working, unfortunately today, tomorrow and monday, but i unfortunately , you're working i unfortunately, you're working with me, ben. come on. okay, so i love it. it's thrill . i love it. it's a thrill. although i do the easter although i do have the easter sunday we have nice sunday off. we have a nice easter which very sunday off. we have a nice easterlooking which very sunday off. we have a nice easterlooking forwardh very sunday off. we have a nice easterlooking forward to. very much looking forward to. >> absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> to that one, >> i'm not invited to that one, am champagne for breakfast? >> okay. this weekend. >> no. okay. not this weekend. >> no. okay. not this weekend. >> about us and >> but this isn't about us and what doing and our views. what we're doing and our views. it's so at it's about you. so email us at gbviews@gbnews.com. tell us what you're tell you're doing this easter. tell us and us how you're celebrating. and tell whether you're caught in tell us whether you're caught in that travel chaos out there. >> and also, by the way, i want to know whether you agree with parents for unruly parents being fined for unruly children. we those pictures children. we saw those pictures from keynes , 300 kids and from milton keynes, 300 kids and teenagers running riot. pretty

much in a shopping centre. scuffling with police are the parents to blame? i think so let us know what you think. before all that, here's news with all that, here's your news with sofia. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 11:00. i'm >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's11:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a surprise honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, charity and politics. other recipients include mps philip davies and esther mcvey, who are also former presenters on this network. labour party chairwoman anneliese dodds says it's the act of a prime minister who doesn't expect to have his job for much longer. >> it seems to be an almost automatic pass now under the conservatives and particularly the individual mr manser, who

was last year, last january, the biggest ever donor to the conservatives, £5 million at that stage, the biggest individual donation that had been given then seeming to have that automatic pick path through to receiving an honour under rishi sunak. i think if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness that he is focused on internal party issues all of the time, rather than on the needs of our country . the needs of our country. >> the timing of the list is unusual , >> the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend, we asked people in hull what they think of the tory mps receiving honours. >> i think much of anything, 1 or 2 of them most probably try, but to me majority of mps are like bananas bunch together, they're all yellow. there's not a straight one among them. it's self—serving, isn't it? >> i mean, the these people reward themselves for what i

don't i don't quite understand. i don't get it. >> it'sjust i don't get it. >> it's just a con really, you know, it's just, to give the, the concepts of the labor party money for they want favours in return . so this is this is the return. so this is this is the problem . problem. >> documents have revealed that the post office was aware of errors in its horizon it system, despite bosses proceeding with prosecutions more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to supposed losses flagged by a faulty computer system . a draft report computer system. a draft report carried out by deloitte was commissioned by the post office in 2016. it shows that top managers knew that financial discrepancies may not be the fault of subpostmasters , but fault of subpostmasters, but continued to fight them in court regardless. a spokesperson for the post office says it remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry . a 19 year old man has inquiry. a 19 year old man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon after stabbing on a train on wednesday. rakeem

thomas was being remanded in custody. he will appear at wimbledon magistrates court it's after an incident between beckenham junction and shortlands train stations. the alleged victim, who was in his 20s, was taken to hospital where police earlier said he's in a critical but stable condition . critical but stable condition. in other news, the task of clearing baltimore's port will take considerable time after president biden committed $60 million to rebuilding the collapsed bridge. it's after a cargo ship crashed into one of the key bridge's foundations on tuesday. the enormous wreckage remains in the port, with a ship measuring about as long as the eiffel tower . maryland's eiffel tower. maryland's governor, wes moore, says they're facing an incredibly complex reopen the port. complex job to reopen the port. and we're in for a blustery easter weekend with strong winds and even some flood warnings in place. ferry operators are warning of possible disruption, with strong winds making for a choppy journey across the channel. a yellow warning is in place across large parts of england throughout today and the

rac is warning motorists to take care on the roads. rac is warning motorists to take care on the roads . with around care on the roads. with around 14 million car trips expected over holiday . and in case over the holiday. and in case your easter weekend isn't quite sweet enough, jerry seinfeld is to star in a new film about the origin of the pop tart, the legendary sitcom actor is also making his debut as a director in the story of how two rival cereal companies raced to create a pastry that would apparently change the face of breakfast. it's a dream project for the comedian, who says he's been working on the story for several years. unfrosted the pop star story also features hugh grant and melissa mccarthy and will premiere on netflix on the 3rd of may. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to dawn and ben . back to dawn and ben. >> thanks very much, sophia . it

>> thanks very much, sophia. it is 11:07 and happy good friday. if you meant to say that or hope you have the night. >> not sure that's allowed anymore. >> dawn. we cancelled that one. >> one. >> mentioning christianity. i think erased. >> mentioning christianity. i thinkwas erased. >> mentioning christianity. i thinkwas just erased. >> mentioning christianity. i thinkwas just thinking >> i was just thinking that i was to more sober was meant to be more sober rather than any other reason, but. jesus died on the but. well, jesus died on the cross today. >> and then sunday, of course, is christ rises. but shall is when christ rises. but shall we see what you've been saying in your emails? lots of you getting about foreign aid. getting riled about foreign aid. bnan getting riled about foreign aid. brian morning brian. brian says, good morning brian. yes foreign aid should be stopped. have issues stopped. we have enough issues of that need to be of our own that need to be sorted countries of our own that need to be sorte us countries of our own that need to be sorte us the countries of our own that need to be sorte us the coun sent to offer us help. the money sent to sudan probably be used for sudan will probably be used for arms exactly. arms anyway. exactly. >> says we should >> and ted says we should aboush >> and ted says we should abolish foreign aid. why are we giving more aid afghanistan giving more aid to afghanistan than the than we're giving to the ukraine? in most countries, we give are very contentious give aid to are very contentious of country. should of our country. we should trade to advantage, otherwise to our advantage, but otherwise give nothing, ian says. >> we're no longer an empire and we have plenty of have nots. cease foreign aid and look to our own . i am for in cases our own. i am for it. in cases in sudan, quite sure a lot

in sudan, i'm quite sure a lot of that's going to go to waste through charities. but of course when it's funding million when it's funding half a million kids of kids under five to be fed, of course i that. however what course i back that. however what i don't back is £85 million going to china. wants to going to china. who wants to build on the moon? build a base on the moon? >> ludicrous, but >> well, it's ludicrous, but this interesting this this is an interesting message lady message as well. there's a lady called afternoon called emma. good afternoon emma. says, talking emma. and she says, talking about keynes story, about the milton keynes story, which a lot of you are which is a lot of you are getting touch about one, getting in touch about this one, she unruly she says, unruly kids. the problem is not not having a youth problem woke youth club. the problem is woke culture. it's parenting, culture. it's bad parenting, mass immigration from gang cultures. and the problem is, yes, very sorry. it's gang and knife crime. >> my mum , my mum used to give >> my mum, my mum used to give me the wooden spoon on my behind when i was young. i'm not saying we should do that now, but, you know, went running know, i never went running right in centres. so we're in shopping centres. so we're going this morning, going to ask this morning, should parents be fined for their children's behaviour? should parents be fined for their cwhat n's behaviour? should parents be fined for their cwhat we're behaviour? should parents be fined for their cwhat we're asking. 'iour? should parents be fined for their cwhat we're asking. after that's what we're asking. after around some of around 300 children, some of them uniform, were them in school uniform, were seen charging a shopping seen charging through a shopping centre before confronting security in milton keynes. and if you're listening on the radio, you can basically see scores of youths around

scores of youths running around scuffling cops just causing scuffling with cops just causing absolute chaos. so joining us now in the studio to discuss whether parents ought to be fined their naughty kids, fined for their naughty kids, a gb news power couple patrick christys hello christys and emily carver. hello what do you reckon? oh, so nice to see you here in daytime, by the way. yes, i am, stepping in for tom harwood today, so i'm looking forward to it. >> of a nice surprise. so. >> a bit of a nice surprise. so. yes, what we are going yes, i mean, what we are going to talking about, or to be talking about, whether or not or, not parents should be fined or, dare even prison dare i say, even sent to prison if unruly i if they have unruly kids. i mean, there moment a few mean, there was a moment a few years there? i think mean, there was a moment a few yechildren there? i think mean, there was a moment a few yechildren were there? i think mean, there was a moment a few yechildren were repeatedly hink if children were repeatedly playing school, then playing truant from school, then parents the full parents would face the full force i suppose of force of that. i suppose part of the problem in this case, you'd have the parents. have to find the parents. >> fundamentally >> yes, because fundamentally these and you these are children. and yes, you can hard on the can come down hard on the children, to children, but you've got to look at children at who's raising the children and responsible for them. and who's responsible for them. and is parents. and i'm and it is parents. and i'm sorry, there absolutely no sorry, there is absolutely no way say would have been way say that i would have been anywhere that at the anywhere close to that at the age of these children. if i had been, i would have been in my room, locked in my god room, locked in my room for god knows long. i'm sure. and knows how long. i'm sure. and you know, it's about parents following up so were you

following up with so were you were you saved, though, by by playing pong youth playing ping pong in the youth club ? club? >> that f.- club? >> that you doing this >> did that stop you doing this sort behaviour? >> did that stop you doing this sonwell,3haviour? >> did that stop you doing this sonwell,3havi0|things stop me >> well, many things stop me from but the from doing that. but yes, the ping from doing that. but yes, the ping help, took ping pong did help, that, took my off absolutely my mind off going absolutely feral centre in feral in a shopping centre in milton keynes. >> that's what, on a serious note, that's what amy nicole turner was just saying. she said there's open, there's no libraries open, there's no libraries open, there's centres . i there's no youth centres. i mean, made the point mean, the door made the point was, amy, i know she was, bless her, amy, i know she makes these arguments, but sometimes think like, yes. >> i'm not sure that's the whole picture, is it? i'm not sure a library is going to stop these yobbos from going this yobbos from going through this shopping yobbos from going through this sho do ng think? >> do you think? >> do you think? >> parental. when was growing >> parental. when i was growing up, it wasn't a wooden up, i mean, it wasn't a wooden spoon. my spoon. it was the sharpened my dad's why dad's belt, the buckle. and why do you think. yeah, i'm not suggesting that's good thing, suggesting that's a good thing, by you think by the way. but why do you think parental is parental responsibility now is almost always almost non—existent? it's always the government's fault. >> well, is a symptom, >> well, this is a symptom, really, of personal responsibility just being completely eroded, isn't there? i do think that there is an issue and it's an uncomfortable topic to talk about. but

fatherless homes amongst certain communities, that a problem. communities, that is a problem. okay. also have this okay. i think you also have this idea now that like you said, that is somebody that everything is somebody else's fault. well, know, else's fault. well, you know, maybe two jobs, maybe i have to work two jobs, therefore know where my therefore i can't know where my kid is all the time. well, that's one thing, but there's kid is all the time. well, that'sincidences but there's kid is all the time. well, that'sincidences bltheiere's been incidences in the past where, a 12 or 13 year where, you know, a 12 or 13 year old boy on the back of a moped has been done for stabbing someone. think, did someone. and you think, how did his parents not know where he was? there really excuse was? is there really any excuse for that? >> probably no. >> probably no. >> schools, as well as >> and schools, as well as another all this, another point in all of this, i know that katharine birbalsingh at the michaela academy has been tweeting about saying tweeting about this, saying this isn't american isn't importing american culture, what a lot of culture, this is what a lot of children are like if you don't give them discipline in schools and for it. and she gets hounded for it. but, this is this but, you know, this is this you know lot teachers are know what a lot of teachers are facing with facing an uphill battle with this and this because they try and discipline one of their pupils who's been misbehaving. >> and say how >> parents come in and say how dare you discipline my child? >> and actually, i think it's totally if i was in totally like if i was in trouble, my parents would be on the teachers side. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> be marched back. >> yeah, exactly. >> nowadays narched back. >> yeah, exactly. >> nowadays it's hed back. >> yeah, exactly. >> nowadays it's the back. >> yeah, exactly. >> nowadays it's the other way >> yeah, exactly.

>> nowthe's it's the other way >> yeah, exactly. >> nowthe problems other way >> yeah, exactly. >> nowthe problem isther way >> yeah, exactly. >> nowthe problem is you'vey around. the problem is you've got going now. got kids going to school now. >> covered this week on >> we covered it this week on the aren't potty the channel who aren't potty trained. was trained. i remember when i was at there some kids at school, there were some kids who sent with who used to be sent in with packets breakfast, packets of crisps for breakfast, and might seem like a trivial and it might seem like a trivial point in isolation, you point in isolation, but, you know, think this is a symptom. know, i think this is a symptom. the discipline if the discipline starts young if you look after your you can't tell. look after your own kids when they're 4 or 5, then chance have you got then what chance have you got when they're teenagers running around knives? around with the zombie knives? well let's hope, what else is on your well let's hope, what else is on youthere are more good parents >> there are more good parents out there than bad. >> did sit down with >> well, i did a sit down with robert the former robert jenrick, the former immigration minister, yesterday. now, that is now, the full version of that is going playing on show going to be playing on my show later going to be playing on my show latewe've some snippets of but we've got some snippets of it show you a bit it which we will show you a bit later on. these include him quite astonishingly, saying as former quite astonishingly, saying as fornsupposed have was supposed to have a fortnightly meeting with the prime on immigration fortnightly meeting with the prinrishi on immigration fortnightly meeting with the prinrishi sunak,1 immigration fortnightly meeting with the prinrishi sunak, he nmigration fortnightly meeting with the prinrishi sunak, he claims,on and rishi sunak, he claims, refused to talk to him about legal immigration, raises serious questions about whether or prime minister or not the prime minister actually of actually cares about it. and of course, maybe is why the course, maybe this is why the reform are doing quite well at the moment. >> emily, want to talk >> emily, also, i want to talk about the garrick club, not because care so much about the

because i care so much about the garrick club, i'm horrified garrick club, but i'm horrified by so—called feminists who by these so—called feminists who seem to care more about one men's club in london men's only elite club in london than they do about the variety , than they do about the variety, the smorgasbord, whatever you want to call it. the plethora of issues that are actually facing women today. i mean, why do they care so much about the garrick club? do they want to join the garrick club? just want garrick club? do they just want to down everything that's to bring down everything that's seen any elitist? seen to be in any way elitist? is this the worst is this really the worst misogynistic out there? misogynistic thing out there? >> apparently, tory mp >> apparently, former tory mp amber rudd is going be one of amber rudd is going to be one of the female members the first female members of the garrick club. >> mean, ludicrous. why >> i mean, it's ludicrous. why would to sit just make would you want to sit just make your club listen your own club and listen to a load of boring men? >> emily. load of boring men? >> well,. load of boring men? >> well, quite. >> well, quite. >> they not the women's >> have they not got the women's institute? don't we institute? i mean, why don't we see reverse? see this in reverse? >> about just >> i think it's about just tearing anything that tearing down anything that you don't don't approve of. >> you can join the women's >> but you can join the women's institute. you're not banned >> but you can join the women's institute this|'re not banned >> but you can join the women's institute this ise not banned >> but you can join the women's institute this is what3anned >> but you can join the women's institute this is what they're saying. >> they're saying that >> they're saying not only that women allowed women should be allowed in. okay, that want women should be allowed in. okget that want women should be allowed in. ok get rid that want women should be allowed in. ok get rid of that want women should be allowed in. ok get rid of allthat want women should be allowed in. ok get rid of all private want to get rid of all private members that exist . i members clubs that exist. i mean, that's freedom of association. >> mean, there much more >> i mean, there are much more important issues, i would argue, anyway, we're also

anyway, facing women. we're also going to talk about angela rayner course, rayner as well, of course, because pressure still because the pressure is still ramping angela at some ramping up on angela at some point. is she going to show us her papers? i think maybe she should. it would all go away. keir distancing himself conveniently distancing himself from i have absolute faith. from it. i have absolute faith. she satisfied me it, but she satisfied me for it, but he's seeing the he's not actually seeing the evidence, is he? >> only she's not >> you only do that she's not shown either. her meeting shown him either. her meeting with recently with an accountant recently that proves , or the proves she's innocent, or the documents from 15 years ago. whenever this issue first kicked off, she's the first to demand tax affairs are published. >> when it's a conservative mp taking a big gamble on he is actually. yeah, i think so. unless he knows something that we don't know or that the public don't know, i think it's fear of what could come next, because the deputy the way they elect their deputy leaders, done leaders, of course, is done purely membership. purely by the membership. >> hypothetically >> so if somebody hypothetically speaking, was speaking, like zarah sultana was to really to stand, for example, really opposed to what keir starmer has been doing over gaza, etc, that could a massive could pose him a massive headache. got very headache. so i've got a very good point. >> analysis at >> more of that analysis at 12:00 like a cracking show. >> good afternoon britain from 12 emily 12 with patrick and emily and also christys tonight , also patrick christys tonight, that exclusive interview with

former immigration minister robert jenrick. >> right up next, we'll be speaking to one of those mps who have been given a surprise knighthood. are the honours deserved, rishi sunak deserved, or is rishi sunak just doing mates a favour? this doing his mates a favour? this is britain's newsroom on .

gb news. hello. it is 11:18 on good friday. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with the lovely ben, leo and me . dawn lovely ben, leo and me. dawn neesom. hope you're having a wonderful easter out there. >> now, the prime minister has sparked an easter honours row as he's announced knighthood for he's announced a knighthood for major donor, major conservative party donor, egyptian born billionaire mohamed mansour, who's donated £5 million to the tories over the last year. on breakfast this morning , stephen and ellie asked morning, stephen and ellie asked labour party chair anneliese morning, stephen and ellie asked labourabout chair anneliese morning, stephen and ellie asked labourabout what anneliese morning, stephen and ellie asked labourabout what she eliese morning, stephen and ellie asked labourabout what she thought dodds about what she thought about the honours system.

>> it seems to be an almost automatic pass now under the conservatives and particularly the individual mr mansour, who was last year, last january the biggest ever donor to the conservatives, £5 million at that stage, the biggest individual donation that had been given then seeming to have that automatic pass through to receiving an honour under rishi sunak. i think if anything , it sunak. i think if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness that he is focused on internal party issues all of the time, rather than on the needs of our country. >> interesting. okay, now one of the four mps receive an honour. philip davies, who represents shipley . we'll hear from him in shipley. we'll hear from him in just a moment. but first, anna riley has been getting reaction from hull . from the people in hull. >> it's self—serving, isn't it? i mean, the these people reward themselves for. for what? i don't i don't quite understand. >> well, i don't think it's out because once you're in power, they just do what they like and

just don't care about them. come on people. >> well, it's just a con really, you know, it's just, they give the concepts of the labour party money for they want favours in return . return. >> to me, majority of mps are like bananas bunched together. they're all yellow. there's not a straight one among them. it's absolutely fine for them to get honours, provide that they're merited. >> and that means actually some voluntary work or making a very long standing contribution to, you know, political work. what it shouldn't mean is, a big donation to a political party. >> okay. interesting i love that describing mps as bananas. okay, now let's go to philip davies , now let's go to philip davies, conservative mp for shipley, who is one of those. now we have to call sir sir philip. it now ?

call sir sir philip. is it now? >> it is. it seems rather absurd, doesn't it, dawn. so i think i don't think you need you need to call me that to be perfectly honest. >> so, philip, the one question ihave >> so, philip, the one question i have to ask is what have i have to ask is, is what have you to deserve it? you done to deserve it? >> , that's not really for >> well, that's not really for me to answer, dawn, is it? to be perfectly honest, i didn't award this to myself, it was awarded to me. so it's not for me. it's not for me to decide that. that's the people. and that's for the people. and people have their own people will have their own opinion whether honour opinion about whether any honour is or not. and you only is merited or not. and you only have to look social media, have to look at social media, and that some people and you'll see that some people think decision think it's the best decision that ever made, and that rishi sunak ever made, and some people think it's an absolute disgrace. and ever absolute disgrace. and twas ever thus, i suppose. but it's not for to say whether i deserve for me to say whether i deserve it or not, or what i've done. it's for, like i say, i didn't award to myself. it's for, like i say, i didn't awedo to myself. it's for, like i say, i didn't awedo you myself. it's for, like i say, i didn't awedo you thinklf. it's for, like i say, i didn't awedo you think you deserve it? >> do you think you deserve it? >> do you think you deserve it? >> look, i think probably >> well, look, i think probably i mean, i've never this i mean, i've never been in this position before, and people feel. but i think certainly from my point of view, i always i certainly feel that there's, lots more deserving people lots more, more deserving people than to to be, be honoured,

than me, to to be, be honoured, but, you know, i'm still immensely proud and, and, you know, and i'm, i'm very pleased for lots of people who have helped me along the way. my family , my local shipley family, my local shipley conservative association, who family, my local shipley cons a vative association, who family, my local shipley cons a gamble ;sociation, who family, my local shipley cons a gamble and ation, who family, my local shipley consa gamble and selectedo family, my local shipley consa gamble and selected me 22 took a gamble and selected me 22 years ago to be their parliamentary candidate. the people of shipley that have re—elected me on many occasions to serve them in parliament. i'm really pleased and grateful for all of their support because ultimately it wouldn't have happened without them. that's that's really what i, what i feel i don't sit here feeling smugly that i deserve it. i probably feel that i don't deserve it, but nevertheless, i still feel extremely proud and grateful. >> phil, you are one of the conservative mps who are still very loyal to rishi sunak. >> you speak out very eloquently, supporting him. do you think that's the reason? because you know, you are on team rishi when so many conservative mps no longer are dodi, however many ways you ask me the same question i can't answer, i can't answer why i

was, why i was given this honouhi was, why i was given this honour. i didn't award it to myself. >> come on, phil, do you think you would have been given the honour if you if you weren't such a big supporter of the prime minister? such a big supporter of the pririe minister? such a big supporter of the priri genuinely’ such a big supporter of the priri genuinely don't know , ben. >> i genuinely don't know, ben. look, the thing is, if you look at my voting record in parliament, i think i voted against the conservative whip more other more times than any other conservative mp. if an mp started out in parliament and said, look, my aim in life is to be given a knighthood, i certainly wouldn't recommend the they the path i've taken , they follow the path i've taken, to be perfectly honest. and still, if you look at my still, i think if you look at my voting record rishi voting record since rishi sunak became minister, became prime minister, i still think probably find me in think you'll probably find me in the higher echelons those who the higher echelons of those who have against the have rebelled against the government. so look, i don't know. can't, i can't answer know. i can't, i can't answer for why the decision was made. there are certainly more there are certainly far more loyal, loyal conservative mps following conservative whip following the conservative whip than me. >> phil, if a lot of our readers are not happy with this, they're saying it's cronyism, don't saying it's cronyism, why don't the concentrate on the tory party concentrate on the tory party concentrate on the real problems going on in this the timing is,

this country and the timing is, some are saying, suspicious snuck just before easter. so snuck out just before easter. so we all sort of overlook it and it moves on by the time we're all back to work next week. what do you say to that? >> well, again, they're not really for me, dawn. really questions for me, dawn. they're questions for people they're questions for the people who the honours list who who drew up the honours list and for the people who announced it. of that. i'm it. i didn't do any of that. i'm a recipient. i'm not one of the people who actually made the decision or or or made decided on the timing or anything like that. i you're asking the wrong person those questions. i feel . person those questions. i feel. >> well, listen, >> okay, phil. well, listen, congratulations. from our questions, don't want to take questions, we don't want to take away that you away any of the pride that you must with this honour must be feeling with this honour and your constituents and lots of your constituents are emailing and twitter are emailing and on twitter saying thoroughly saying it's thoroughly deserved. you've many, you've served them for many, many years, quite loyally. so congratulations and as congratulations to you and as you said, you should be feeling proud, happy to you. proud, so happy easter to you. enjoy and have a good weekend. thanks >> thank you, thank you sir. >> thank you, thank you sir. >> sir philip. sir philip. yes, sir. >> phil, you have to get used to that. so is the honours system

dawn broken? >> well, on the grounds that i'm never going to get anything, i personally would say yes. >> wouldn't you ? >> wouldn't you? >> wouldn't you? >> well, if i ever become pm or it's just cronyism, i'll sort you out a peerage or something. >> dame dawn, if i become >> dame dawn, if i ever become prime dawn's got to it. prime dawn's got a ring to it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> sounds good, good. >> sounds good, sounds good. let's our let's get the thoughts of our panel we're by panel now. we're joined by political russell panel now. we're joined by politi(and russell panel now. we're joined by politi(and broadcaster russell panel now. we're joined by politi(and broadcaster russauthor panel now. we're joined by politi nicole roadcaster russauthor panel now. we're joined by politinicole turner. ter russauthor panel now. we're joined by politinicole turner. what ssauthor panel now. we're joined by politinicole turner. what do uthor panel now. we're joined by politinicole turner. what do your amy nicole turner. what do you make that, russell? make of that, russell? honours for girls of philip for the boys and girls of philip davies non—commitment. >> yeah, well, i guess look, he's in a difficult place because clearly can't justify because he clearly can't justify it, and reason i it, can he? and the reason i think important that think this is important is that you people will be you know, some people will be watching actually, watching this thinking actually, outside bubble, outside the westminster bubble, who the thing is, we who cares? but the thing is, we mustn't when mustn't forget that when you become a member of the house of lords, part of the lords, you become part of the legislature. when it comes to legislature. so when it comes to actually laws the actually approving laws that the house of commons has made you are part of that process. that's why very, very important are part of that process. that's why it's very, very important are part of that process. that's why it's constructedy important are part of that process. that's why it's constructed and portant that it's constructed and organised and processed the organised and processed in the right and things, i right way. and two things, if i may. of we shouldn't may. first of all, we shouldn't just feel or believe or perceive that this is a conservative thing. we only have to look back

to 2005 six to see what happened under tony blair. >> cash for peerages being slightly hypocritical . slightly hypocritical. >> lord levy police investigations into money, allegedly been given in allegedly having been given in exchange for peerages that i suspect happen again under suspect will happen again under the next government, albeit a labour one. i don't think it matters what your political colours get colours are. what i get particularly frustrated about, though , is when it comes to though, is when it comes to civil servants politicians civil servants and politicians that simply doing the job that are simply doing the job that are simply doing the job that they've been employed to do, become a lord or a sir. do, they become a lord or a sir. and i think that's absolutely abhorrent. i think the people in the system, that the honours system, or that should beneficiaries of should be the beneficiaries of the honours system, are ordinary people that put themselves out work hard in their communities, do things for charity. should do things for charity. it should not be for the head of the civil service to do a 20 yearjob on service to do a 20 year job on £200,000 a year and get an automatic knighthood at the end of it. i think it's absolutely outrageous. >> i mean, everyone always comes outrageous. >> with,an, everyone always comes outrageous. >> with, i'lleveryone always comes outrageous. >> with, i'll give 'one always comes outrageous. >> with, i'll give it|e always comes outrageous. >> with, i'll give it to always comes outrageous. >> with, i'll give it to the ys comes up with, i'll give it to the lollipop lady, it to the, lollipop lady, give it to the, you charity worker you know, the charity worker who's know, who's toiled, you know, thanklessly on end, thanklessly for years on end, but one really cares. that but no one really cares. that doesn't headlines , doesn't give them the headlines, doesn't give them the headlines, does it? that doesn't have the

glamour that, you glamour around it that, you know, gongs to know, giving gongs to politicians funny , politicians has. it's funny, though, because i think a lot of people, when they hear things like , oh, you're going to have like, oh, you're going to have a knighthood or you're going to be put the house lords. put in the house of lords. >> they kind imagine it >> they do kind of imagine it sort pride of britain sort of a pride of britain awards and awards type situation, and it will given to will genuinely be given to people earned people who have earned it in that way charity sector, that way in the charity sector, for i, i think in for example, but i, i think in the vti there was the man that said, oh, they're like a bunch of bananas, not a straight one amongst them. and then i think, unfortunately, amongst them. and then i think, unfortthataly, amongst them. and then i think, unfortthat demonstrably true in made that demonstrably true in that interview by avoiding the question completely, because we all know why he got it, because he's of the few who's he's one of the few mps who's been rishi sunak, but been loyal to rishi sunak, but he's come the he's not going to come on the show yeah, don't show and say, yeah, i don't deserve show and say, yeah, i don't des no. show and say, yeah, i don't desbut show and say, yeah, i don't des but he could show and say, yeah, i don't desbut he could say, show and say, yeah, i don't des but he could say, well, i've >> but he could say, well, i've been to rishi sunak been very loyal to rishi sunak and that's probably and i think that's probably something, what something, you know what we all know true, than know to be true, rather than avoiding and taking avoiding the question and taking the public for fools. >> i just get >> yeah, i just can't get particularly outraged about this >> yeah, i just can't get particuléthey've aged about this >> yeah, i just can't get particuléthey've been about this >> yeah, i just can't get particuléthey've been doingthis because they've been doing it for quite for years, as russell quite eloquently point . eloquently made the point. >> when labour comes >> but maybe when labour comes in, get one because in, maybe i'll get one because i

give like month for my give them like £5 a month for my membership. the thing membership. well, the thing is that anneliese membership. well, the thing is that this anneliese membership. well, the thing is that this morning anneliese membership. well, the thing is that this morning wasneliese membership. well, the thing is that this morning was was se dodds this morning was was making you know, making the point that, you know, sort know, it's sort of like, you know, it's cronies, it's conservative cronyism, the boys cronyism, it's jobs for the boys and girls, and occasionally the girls, so labour obviously are going to get of it then. get rid of it then. >> well probably not, you know, and we should mention the and also we should mention the liberal democrats as well. remember them. famously remember them. they famously took a of from took a load of money from someone called or someone called brown or whatever, turned out to be whatever, who turned out to be a bit of a ne'er do well, and they refused to give the money back. so on all so it is a plague on all political houses, frankly , this political houses, frankly, this honour absolutely well honour system is absolutely well and no and truly broken, has no credibility . credibility whatsoever. >> right? should we squeeze in one years of one more story? ten years of same . year same sex marriage. last year marked anniversary marked the 10th anniversary of same sex marriage being legalised in england and wales, and exactly a decade and today is exactly a decade since the first weddings took place . place. >> good thing amy, well, this was david cameron's best work, wasn't it? he was a pm of equal marriage, yeah, it's great to commemorate it, but i think it's also important to draw upon the fact that still, the church of

england will not legalise same sex marriage , and they will only sex marriage, and they will only bless same sex weddings. so although, we have we're celebrating the ten years of, of legal equal marriage. it's still some christians don't believe in same sex relationships. then we still have program. >> so is russell is nothing sacred the way i fully sacred by the way i fully support sex marriage. i, support same sex marriage. i, you absolutely but you know, absolutely 100. but when church, can when it comes to the church, can we not just well, you know, i think the hypocrisy here, ben, is, is palpable on the basis that we have archbishop of that we have the archbishop of canterbury, welby, canterbury, justin welby, preaching morality and wokeism to a daily basis when he to us on a daily basis when he uses every opportunity and he wants to talk about the virtue of immigration and so on so of immigration and so on and so forth. of immigration and so on and so fortyet when it comes to morals >> yet when it comes to morals and wokeism, he ordain and and wokeism, he won't ordain and sanction same sex marriage. i mean, it seems rather hypocritical me. feels hypocritical to me. it feels like we're edging closer though. >> now, e now, does w.- though. >> now, does it take >> like, now, why does it take so long to bless the wedding? >> why does it take long? and >> why does it take so long? and actually, interesting actually, what's interesting is it was the conservative

government, as you rightly say, under cameron under david cameron that legalised this. why didn't the labour is, labour party do it? and this is, this kind of, their this is in their kind of, their purview, it? purview, isn't it? >> it was equally see, >> but then it was equally see, theresa may then came in and she believed that the gender recognition act would be her same sex marriage and have the same sex marriage and have the same kind of, same reception and be look how that be celebrated. and look how that i mean, the church has trans priests and trans vicars, so why wouldn't you, allow a gay marriage in the church ? marriage in the church? >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah, it doesn't make sense. >> yeah, it doesn't make sense. >> there's a recent story this week, there, where someone week, isn't there, where someone was causing was in trouble for causing a transgender priest. he, when he should have been the should have been using the correct pronouns. okay, so we move on. now your morning news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, dawn. it's 1131. with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, dawn. it's1131. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom, one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a surprise honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the

tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, charity and politics. the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of the easter bank houday the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend , a 19 year old holiday weekend, a 19 year old man has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon after a stabbing on a train on wednesday. rakeem thomas has been remanded into custody. he will appear at wimbledon magistrates court police said earlier that the alleged victim, who is in his 20s, was in a critical but stable condition in hospital, documents have revealed that the post office was aware of errors in its honzon was aware of errors in its horizon it system, despite bosses proceedings with prosecutors on more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to supposed losses flagged by a faulty computer system. a spokesperson for the post office says it remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry.

remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry . and supporting the inquiry. and we're in for a blustery easter weekend with strong winds and even some flood warnings in place. ferry operators are warning of possible disruption, with strong winds making for a choppy journey across the channel. a yellow warning is in place across large parts of england throughout today, and the rac is warning motorists to take care on the roads. with around 14 million car trips expected over the holiday . and expected over the holiday. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . to gb news. com slash alerts. >> right, there's a big episode of patrick christys tonight hitting the airwaves , hitting hitting the airwaves, hitting your screens at 9 pm. he's going to speak exclusively to former immigration minister robert jenrick about everything thing, migration, small boats, the legal migration , a city the the legal migration, a city the size of birmingham every two years. let's take a quick listen

to what is in store tonight. >> well, didn't feel that the to what is in store tonight. >> we minister|'t feel that the to what is in store tonight. >> we minister understood the prime minister understood the importance legal migration to importance of legal migration to the british public. it was an issue that i have cared about for a long time. i shared that conviction with suella braverman , the home secretary at the time. i met the prime time. she and i met the prime minister approximately every fortnight to talk about home office issues like stopping the boats like security and policing. never once did we have a conversation about legal migration, because the prime minister didn't want to talk about it. >> right. that's arguably >> right. and that's arguably the legal migration is arguably a bigger problem than the small boats, which is, what, 45,000 a year? yes. we don't know who they . they throw their they are. they throw their passports into passports and mobiles into into the water. >> w- w— >> three quarter of a million legal yeah. and what legal migration. yeah. and what is the prime minister doing right. obviously a huge right. it's obviously a huge concern in this concern to everybody in this country, whether country, migration, whether it's legal the legal or illegal. what is the prime not talking about it? >> i don't get it. you mentioned it at the top of the show. you said, mean, can see said, i mean, everyone can see what need to do, what the tories need to do, right, this election.

right, to win this election. they to stop the boats . and they need to stop the boats. and i've argued a long time, i've argued for a long time, arguably, means copying arguably, if that means copying australia and turning them back, then also sort legal then do it and also sort legal migration out and also deport people who have lost their asylum claims and send back asylum claims and send them back to they should be. that's to where they should be. that's a very simple three point plan, which i've always said would probably do the tories a massive favour towards winning the election, but they just don't get it . get it. >> instead, they carry on with rwanda, even rishi sunak rwanda, which even rishi sunak as we know when he was chancellor, doesn't even think will chancellor, doesn't even think wilianyway, so patrick's got that >> anyway, so patrick's got that massive robert massive interview with robert jenrick 9 pm. i'm jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm going take this opportunity jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm gotease take this opportunity jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm gotease mye this opportunity jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm gotease my own; opportunity jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm gotease my own show. rtunity jenrick tonight, 9 pm. i'm gotease my own show. i'mity to tease my own show. i'm covering for mark dolan between 8 and 9 pm. before patrick as well. so tune in for that. for the meantime, with the meantime, you're with britain's news. britain's newsroom on gb news. stay

us. >> it's 1138 on good friday. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben leo and dawn neesom . neesom. >> good morning to you. now, do not enter the water. that's what rowers from oxford and cambridge university have been told ahead of boat race tomorrow of their boat race tomorrow after. is disgusting . e after. and this is disgusting. e coli was discovered in the river thames at almost three times the recommended limit. >> yes, it's the end of nearly two centuries old tradition where the victorious crew members are dunked in the thames and i throw the coxswain as well, isn't a euphemism. well, which isn't a euphemism. but they do. there you but yeah, they do. there you go. you it. you can do it. >> okay. right. joining now >> okay. right. joining us now is campaigner. we own is the lead campaigner. we own it john bosco nabarro. good morning john. so e coli running rampant in the river thames is this unusual. is it record amounts of e coli or does this tend to happen, between various years ? years? >> no, it's not, usual at all. it's quite, unique this year at the levels at which it is, running and the reason for this

is obviously record levels of sewage being dumped into, our river by, thames water. and of course, the problem affects other, rivers and seas across the country, where other , water the country, where other, water companies are dumping sewage into the river as well . i was into the river as well. i was thinking this morning about whether or not this is this should continue to be called the boat race. perhaps they should change name to the floor is change the name to the floor is lava, where you into the lava, where if you step into the water, you might contract, some kidney disease and sepsis, and this is the cost of water privatisation after 30 years. >> so, john bosco, you've been complaining . you've been complaining. you've been complaining. you've been complaining and complaining about this for a long while now . about this for a long while now. why has nothing been done? every year the situation has got worse . the government do nothing of what? what's going on? >> well, it's. i think there is, an ideological obsession at the top of government with privatisation voters. the people listening to this call right now, including , a big majority now, including, a big majority of conservative voters, seven

out of ten voters, support taking our water fully into pubuc taking our water fully into public ownership. and the reason for that is quite rational and straightforward. we are literally the only country in europe that runs water in public hands. europe that runs water in public hands . we're also the only hands. we're also the only country in the united kingdom that runs water in in private hands. scotland is publicly owned. in wales, water is owned by a company that is owned by the government. there it makes no sense. this thames water, for example, has taken out around £7 billion in dividends , from the billion in dividends, from the company since it was privatised and guess who owns it, when we're talking about, owning water by ourselves, our water, thames water , is owned by abu thames water, is owned by abu dhabi, kuwait, thames water, is owned by abu dhabi, kuwait , the chinese dhabi, kuwait, the chinese government, sovereign wealth fund. it's incredible. >> john, i, i have been going on about this for weeks and weeks and weeks. i think it's absolutely disgusting what these water companies do. and it's a

damning this damning indictment on this country that we are literally pumping our pumping raw sewage into our rivers, our seas, our waterways. it's the stuff of the third world. they do that in southeast asia. they pump , you know, asia. they pump, you know, literal filth into their waterways. and we're doing it. and at the same time, as you said, paying these people, these shareholders, these private companies billions shareholders, these private com billions billions shareholders, these private com billions are billions shareholders, these private com billions are there illions shareholders, these private com billions are there any ns and billions do. are there any other western countries, say, in europe, for example, do this ? europe, for example, do this? >> no, i think that's a fairly simple , question to answer. and simple, question to answer. and evenin simple, question to answer. and even in the united states, where obviously a lot of people will think, well, that's the land of private, private enterprise , 90% private, private enterprise, 90% of authorities there of the local authorities there because their water is mainly run locally, 90% of the local authorities there run their water in public hands. it makes no sense to run something that is so fundamentally not market friendly. you don't have a choice when you open your tap. you don't have a choice as to who is going to supply that water. there is no competition. you're to all you're not going to decide, all right, i'm going stop this right, i'm going to stop this month thames water.

month getting from thames water. i'm getting from i'm going to start getting from gb for example, gb news water, for example, so it's quite important that we treat this as what it is, something that's there to serve the public good and being run in pubuc the public good and being run in public private hands does not public in private hands does not do that. and obviously the evidence us in the evidence is staring us in the face right now. the boat race has become fluid has essentially become the fluid is lava. >> john bosco, i mean, you i've had i've had e.coli infection andifs had i've had e.coli infection and it's really, really not pleasant thankfully pleasant at all. thankfully i wasn't as as some people get wasn't as bad as some people get with mean, you think with it. i mean, do you think you know the boat race maybe should not go ahead. that the water now? water is too polluted now? >> well, i would not, deign to suggest that it doesn't. go ahead. it's a very long, historic event, i think that what should stop happening is, our water being controlled by these companies who cannot get, who cannot get their house in order. it shouldn't be run in this way. we should not allow ourselves to change our traditions, the traditions of people across this country, in

order to fit a model of running water that is incredibly unique in the world, and also that it's not delivering the results that people want. and obviously , people want. and obviously, we're talking about the boat race today, but every single day we're talking about families who go hang the in the, at go to hang out in the in the, at the rivers and lakes, we're talking about, we're talking about children, on school trips who go to these rivers. so this is not just an issue that affects , oxford and cambridge. affects, oxford and cambridge. it's an issue that affects families across this country. and we should not have to change because we want to accommodate, profiteering private water companies. we should take these companies. we should take these companies or this water back into public ownership, reinvest the profits. i just wanted to point out one thing. scotland kept their water in public hands when ours was privatised over the period of the last 30 years or so, when it's been privatised, they've managed to invest about £70 more per year per household in scotland than we have invested here in england. their water is not

perfect, but they've invested more because they have invested profits . profits. >> john bosco, one final very quick question. would you go paddung quick question. would you go paddling thames? paddling in the thames? >> not, i cannot swim, >> i would not, i cannot swim, unfortunately. i would not unfortunately. so i would not get myself anywhere, near a body of water where i could capsize. >> oh, something . >> oh, something. >> oh, something. >> thank you very much for your time. have a good weekend, john, in response , thames water have in response, thames water have said we'd like reassure our said we'd like to reassure our customers that despite this announcement, it's business as usual water . our 8000 usual for thames water. our 8000 staff remain committed to working partners in working with our partners in the supply chain to provide our services benefit our services for the benefit of our customers, communities and the environment. usual, environment. business as usual, they that mean ? they say. what does that mean? pumping sewage into water? pumping sewage into the water? honestly, not one single honestly, there's not one single topic that gets as much topic that gets me riled as much as nation swimming in as this. a nation swimming in its i mean, that's its own filth. i mean, that's what is. disgusting. what it is. it's disgusting. it is disgusting. while is disgusting. oh, all while paying is disgusting. oh, all while paying people of paying these people billions of pounds. >> i'm with i'm with john bosco on i wouldn't go that on that. i wouldn't go in that water, admit. up water, i must admit. right up next, pint the could water, i must admit. right up next,be pint the could water, i must admit. right up next,be poured the could water, i must admit. right up next,be poured by:he could water, i must admit. right up next,be poured by az could water, i must admit. right up next,be poured by a robot.:ould water, i must admit. right up next,be poured by a robot. would soon be poured by a robot. would you welcome you're you welcome that? you're with britain's on

gb news. hello. welcome back. right. it's good friday. easter weekend. so let's talk about beer, shall we? wetherspoon boss tim martin joked that there are robots pulling pints in his pubs as he was quizzed about artificial intelligence . intelligence recently. >> so dawn, would you mind a robot serving you a pint in a pub? >> well now, at this precise moment in time, it's a little bit early, but seeing as you're asking, yes, i wouldn't mind at all be honest with you. all to be honest with you. however, to bar however, i don't want to do bar people jobs either, and people out of jobs either, and thatis people out of jobs either, and that is problem here. that is the problem here. joining is lawyer and joining us now is lawyer and artificial intelligence enthusiast andrew eborn, enthusiast andrew eborn, enthusiast andrew eborn, enthusiast andrew i we've had this conversation a million times. we have i terrified the life out of me, especially seeing as many of the jobs are going to be lost. i, i are disproportionately women's jobs, absolutely . and i always say absolutely. and i always say it's our greatest human achievement, but also potentially our biggest

existential threat. and what you do, as you know, i talk around the world as a futurist advising companies what's happening companies about what's happening in technology and these seismic advances, advances there are so that people are prepared. but if you remember the jobs they had 40 years ago, about 60% of those are no no longer in effect, are no are no longer in effect, but they've been replaced by other jobs. and that's what's going to happen. he was brilliant his he was brilliant in his thing. he was talking actually about the talking about actually about the coffee we have one coffee machine. and we have one here news. don't have here at gb news. you don't have a maker doing that sort a coffee maker doing that sort of you have a little of stuff. you have a little wonderful you the wonderful machine. you press the button, it makes your coffee for you. had you. it never works. i had a fantastic coffee, one of the best coffee in broadcasting. i love to love it, but what's going to happen every single job in the world affected by world will be affected by artificial intelligence . it's artificial intelligence. it's been around the 50s and been around since the 50s and that stuff. so if you're that sort of stuff. so if you're not aware of what it can achieve, going to miss out. >> but as you said, i don't think this is just going to be an exodus, exodus and an exodus, an exodus of jobs and that's the that's it. because when the internet everyone internet came around, everyone was thing , oh internet came around, everyone was thing, oh my was saying the same thing, oh my god, going be of god, we're going to be out of our you robots our jobs that, you know, robots and internet going to

and the internet is going to take over. you've take everything over. as you've alluded just creates alluded to. it just creates opportunities for jobs, opportunities for new jobs, because doing opportunities for new jobs, beymany doing opportunities for new jobs, beymany things doing opportunities for new jobs, beymany things that doing opportunities for new jobs, beymany things that can'ting so many things that we can't even envision right even think of or envision right now. absolutely right. 6% right. eye >> 6% of the jobs we have today weren't ago, weren't around 40 years ago, and you're going see seismic you're going to see seismic changes thing. changes in that sort of thing. the great about al is that the great thing about al is that we're wonderful we're getting wonderful changes in we're in things like medicine. we're finding cures for diseases and so and forth. in terms of so on and so forth. in terms of jobs, also enhancing things jobs, it's also enhancing things you uke jobs, it's also enhancing things you like new of you have like new forms of entertainment. the entertainment. you've got the abba . abba verse is happening at abba. abba verse is happening at the that sort of side the moment on that sort of side as well. >> frankly, that weird. >> frankly, i find that weird. the thing with al, i get the thing is, with al, i get right. intelligence right. artificial intelligence is us, now right. artificial intelligence is invented us, now right. artificial intelligence is invented ai us, now right. artificial intelligence is invented ai that ;, now right. artificial intelligence is invented ai that inventsyw we've invented ai that invents other ai. yes. so we have no idea what the bots are doing talking to one another. >> well, and that's the scary thing. you might thing. we do need. you might remember that we had this first world safety summit right here in bletchley park last in the uk at bletchley park last yeah in the uk at bletchley park last year, and they all came in elon musk and i'm a musketeer , musk and i'm a musketeer, support does well. support everything he does well. most does. you most of the things he does. you work sort premise. work on that sort of premise. the if we the reality is that if we understand can do, then understand what it can do, then you make you have you make sure you have safeguards well. and safeguards in place as well. and that's reality . so what is

that's the reality. so what is it going to do? lots of jobs. the repetitive jobs , the the boring repetitive jobs, the manual processing of manual jobs, the processing of huge . it's much huge amounts of data. it's much better with al and it's going to make life much efficient . make life much more efficient. and that's the thing to look at. >> has been >> rishi sunak has been engineering become >> rishi sunak has been engin> rishi sunak has been engin> rishi sunak has been engin> rishi sunak has been engin> punch above >> we totally punch above our weight. absolutely . i weight. we should absolutely. i campaigned into campaigned to put the ai into britain what britain and see what i did there. you were . you you there. you were. you were. you work on that of premise. so work on that sort of premise. so we some best we are we have some of the best brains the we have brains in the world. we have some the most creative some of the most creative things. the way to look at al and alluded during and rishi alluded to it during the is as the safety summit is as a co—pilot , if you understand what co—pilot, if you understand what it do, it's brilliant. it can do, then it's brilliant. i thing as dawn knows i do this thing as dawn knows it's called or fact, it's called fake or fact, which we at time and if we look at all the time and if you combine ai, which was the word of the year year, word of the year last year, collins word of the year with fake news, was 2017, the fake news, which was 2017, the world polluted information world is a polluted information age. to is to age. what you need to do is to question everything. >> what what you about >> what what do you reckon about getting ai robots to patrol the engush getting ai robots to patrol the english stop the english channel and stop the slaughter? could do it. >> and actually, you're working on bafic >> and actually, you're working on basic they could on the sort of basic they could

absolutely and also on the sort of basic they could abso canly and also on the sort of basic they could abso can work and also on the sort of basic they could abso can work out and also on the sort of basic they could abso can work out the 1d also on the sort of basic they could abso can work out the likelihood they can work out the likelihood of things happening in of certain things happening in the way they predict the same way they can predict criminality, predict criminality, they can predict certain things as well. so all of is happening behind the of that is happening behind the scenes. much of that is happening behind the scenesit, much of that is happening behind the scenesit, but much of that is happening behind the scenesit, but it much of that is happening behind the scenesit, but it is much of that is happening behind the scenesit, but it is happening.jch about it, but it is happening. >> don't have that. we >> but we don't have that. we i know had the conference at know we had the conference at bletchley but don't bletchley park, but we don't have guards in place on have security guards in place on this yet. in world this yet. nowhere in the world does that's the problem i >> -- >> well, emma >> well, they have these little guard dogs and might guard dogs and you might have seen along to these seen them. i go along to these lots conferences, speak at lots of conferences, speak at these the these conferences around the world. and there are there are robotic can sniff world. and there are there are robotic out can sniff world. and there are there are robotic out and can sniff world. and there are there are robotic out and so an sniff world. and there are there are robotic out and so on sniff so people out and so on and so forth. there effectively in forth. there are effectively in place sort of place lots of these sort of systems. it's just systems. but it's not just the physical obviously, physical things. obviously, the working cybercrime working on the cybercrime as well, on the basis that well, working on the basis that you can predict these things by analysing wording and people's patterns behaviour. patterns of behaviour. >> enthusiasm for >> i love your enthusiasm for it. can see and feel your it. i can see and feel your passion as you're speaking, and it's when you meet it's so rare when you meet people and they're talking about a to be an a subject they're meant to be an expert you, andrew, i expert at. but you, andrew, i can coming . can feel it coming. >> you're a convert now, ben. thank you. no, he's not actually a bottle . i am a i have a bot. >> that enthusiasm isn't coming

from pre—programmed from a pre—programmed bot designed you. designed to sell al to you. >> it certainly is. and well spotted. >> it looks good. it is reality. >> i just hope they don't replace tv presenters. that's all say . that's it. all i'll say. that's it. >> malfunction, malfunction . >> malfunction, malfunction. >> malfunction, malfunction. >> that's it from britain's newsroom. i am back tonight . i'm newsroom. i am back tonight. i'm going to plug myself now. i'm covering marc dolan's show 8 to 9 pm. lots of fun coming up. i'm going have a special, i'm going to have a special, something say about something to say about christianity and easter and dawn. >> you are. i'm going to be identifying as the lovely michelle dewberry tonight as well. what treat. double. ben well. what a treat. double. ben and today. sorry about and dawn today. sorry about that. and we're not either, that. and we're not bots either, as probably tell , as you can probably tell, andrew, thank you very much. i'd love today. right. love to see you today. right. britain's is up next. britain's newsroom is up next. good britain with good afternoon, britain with patrick emily. patrick and emily. >> yes. well, three big political stories for us to go out today. the allegation is rishi sunak never cared about legal migration. the working class are deserting the tories. and how long can starmer stand by rayner ? by rayner? >> and we're asking what should

happen to parents with children who are appallingly behaved. this comes after a milton keynes shopping centre was stormed by hundreds of children, and there was a massive clash with security and the police. should parents be held responsible ? parents be held responsible? should they be fined or even prosecuted? let us know what you think . yeah, coming up on the think. yeah, coming up on the show and okay for men to show and is it okay for men to be allowed their own spaces? >> feminists are up in arms about the garrick club feminists, some feminists. there we anyway all to play for gb we go. anyway all to play for gb views gb news. com let's hear from you. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of whether on gb news. >> hello there. >> hello there. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well, looking ahead to this easter weekend, for many of us it's going be a mixture of us it's going to be a mixture of us it's going to be a mixture of spells and scattered showers. >> low is going hang >> low pressure is going to hang around, it will be a little around, but it will be a little

bit less unsettled than it has been. and with winds coming in from should from the south, it should just feel warmer . from the south, it should just feel warmer. so for feel a little bit warmer. so for the rest of good friday afternoon, mixture of sunny afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, some could some of the showers could be fairly heavy . could hear the odd fairly heavy. could hear the odd rumble thunder the best rumble of thunder with the best of dry weather, probably up of the dry weather, probably up across northern across parts of northern scotland sunshine. it scotland in any sunshine. it won't feel too bad. in the south. we'll see highs reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. so into this evening. for many western parts we continue to see some further showers, but out towards the east and eventually into central parts. it will turn a little bit drier and clearer. could just see a few misty patches come dawn and under the clear skies it will turn a little bit chilly. could see a touch of ground frost as temperatures fall down to around 3 to 4 degrees. but for many central and eastern parts, we will start saturday with some sunshine just keep an eye on this area of rain. it may just move into the far east of england for a time, but for many of us, it's going to be another day spells and day of sunny spells and scattered showers . showers a bit

scattered showers. showers a bit fewer further between fewer and further between compared today and in any compared to today and in any sunshine. once again, it will feel fairly pleasant temperatures in this north region around 11 to 10 degrees, potentially 15 or 16 degrees in the south. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on friday the 29th of march. >> wow. sunak allegedly refused to discuss mass immigration with his own immigration minister. working class tories are switching to reform as the prime minister given up. and how long can keir starmer stand by his deputy, angela rayner? the clock is ticking and our left wing council is celebrating ramadan more than easter. >> why is that? one council has been out scrambling been caught out scrambling around at last minute to

around at the last minute to even christian even mention the christian festival . find out who or why. festival. find out who or why. >> men have their own >> can't men have their own spaces? woke feminists are protesting outside the garrick club, demanding that it lets women in, but is this really all feminists have to worry about in the year 2024? what with rape and sexual assaults on the rise? >> and goodness gracious me, what happened in milton keynes? >> yeah. shocking stuff. well, just yet more feral kids, isn't it? we'll be playing either videos of all of this if you haven't already seen it. but yeah, looked like hundreds haven't already seen it. but ye feral looked like hundreds haven't already seen it. but ye feral childrenzd like hundreds haven't already seen it. but ye feral children storming ndreds haven't already seen it. but ye feral children storming aireds of feral children storming a centre milton keynes is centre in milton keynes is the latest long line of latest in a long line of incidents like this. and it's the now of who's to the question now of who's to blame? we it? blame? how do we stop it? >> people saying, >> yeah, lots of people saying, you needs happen to you know what needs to happen to these they need to these children? do they need to be it? should they be punished for it? should they be punished for it? should they be and told off? be rounded up and told off? should be to should they just be allowed to go but we want to go on their way? but we want to ask about the parents?