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will the much hyped film reopen those old wounds .7 enough to make those old wounds? enough to make you sweat in it, right? okay. this show is nothing without you and your views though, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we'll be discussing about anything you want about today or anything you want to basil, it's to chat about. basil, it's saturday weekend. enjoy yourself. me our gb views yourself. email me our gb views at news. com message me on at gb news. com or message me on our socials. we're at gb news. but first let's get those news headunes but first let's get those news headlines with rey, addison . headlines with rey, addison. >> jess. dawn. good afternoon. 12:01. our top stories this houn 12:01. our top stories this hour. power cuts have left thousands without electricity across the island of ireland as storm kathleen brings strong winds to parts of the uk, dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70 miles an hour in northern ireland and the west britain ,

ireland and the west of britain, around 70 flights have been called off a yellow called off so far. a yellow weather warning for wind is in effect until 10 pm. covers cornwall, much of wales , part of cornwall, much of wales, part of lancashire and cumbria and up into central scotland and then northern ireland. a conservative mp says that he was the first whistleblower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap sixteen scam. bosworth mp doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyber flashing as the met launched an investigation into unsolicited messages on thursday. tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers . so providing colleagues phone numbers. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted . known to have been targeted. >> the first set of messages i got was on a day i was with my wife and i got time open wife and i got a one time open photo on whatsapp of an explicit image of a naked lady. as soon

as i got these the next day, i reported it to the police , the reported it to the police, the authorities and the chief whip. ten days later, i got another set of messages. this time, however , i was sat with my team however, i was sat with my team in the constituency office, so we were able to record the conversation and catch photos and videos of the messages coming through , including coming through, including another explicit female image. i put my name up to say, well, i hope others come forward. i'm just pleased i blew the whistle, reported it to the authorities andifs reported it to the authorities and it's now being looked into . and it's now being looked into. >> rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in their long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. chiltern, transpennine express and northern will not run any trains while there will be reduced services on great western, lner and heathrow express. meanwhile, engineering work means there will be no trains between london paddington and reading . nearly

paddington and reading. nearly £17 million worth of drugs has been seized by the royal navy after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the caribbean sea across two operations hms trent seized 200 kilos of cocaine following a port visit to the island of martinique. defence secretary grant shapps says it shows the navy's commitment to disrupt and dismantle drug traffickers . former pm boris traffickers. former pm boris johnson has described calls to end arms sales to israel as shameful . there's been shameful. there's been international demands to hold israel to account for the deaths of seven aid workers, including three brits john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. they were killed by an israeli air strike. israel has since dismissed two officers describing the deaths as a grave mistake. lord cameron says the uk will now carefully review the findings of a report into the incident. workers across the country have today been granted the legal right to request flexible working from the day

that they start a new job. previously it only applied if someone had worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more. flexible working is defined as a way that suits an employee's needs. for example having flexible timings or working from home. believe it could home. experts believe it could benefit millions and increase productivity . a so—called productivity. a so—called reckless tory tax pledges will leave homebuyers worse off, labouris leave homebuyers worse off, labour is warning. the party says the conservatives ambition to scrap national insurance contributions will create a £46 billion black hole. their analysis suggests. first home buyers could be £280 worse off each year due to an increase in mortgage repayments. shadow minister alison mcgovern told us the policy will harm young couples. >> it's hardly fair to put at risk that position that people are in when they're trying to buy their first home, when they're really saving and doing, making unfunded

making these sorts of unfunded tax commitments has that effect. it's worse for people who are in that position, who struggle to be able to buy their own home. >> police have released footage of a motorcyclist caught in a sting operation riding at grossly excessive speeds. kieran jones was recorded travelling at 80 miles an hour in a 30 zone on the a22 in east sussex, on no less than seven separate occasions . he less than seven separate occasions. he had less than seven separate occasions . he had concealed less than seven separate occasions. he had concealed his number plate to avoid detection and when finally caught, he did to admit to a string of charges , to admit to a string of charges, including dangerous driving. jones was disqualified for three years and ordered to complete 225 hours of unpaid work. more than 150 people have been rescued from flood waters in australia after 24 hours of torrential rain . there were 72 torrential rain. there were 72 rescues have been carried out in sydney alone, where low lying suburbs saw dangerous flooding with a month's worth of rainfall. residents in new south wales were warned to move to higher ground as emergency

services received over 4000 calls help. officials say calls for help. officials say flood levels in western sydney are continuing to rise as well. for the latest stories , sign up for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. by scanning the qr code. there you go. it's on your screen right now. or go to gbnews.com/alerts . now let's to gbnews.com/alerts. now let's get back to gb news saturday with . with dawn. >> thank you very much. right, right. let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? a government security experts have been called to analyse the whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps , so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward. it's after tory mp william wragg told the times it's an intimate pitches himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing phone

numbers . manipulated into providing phone numbers. right, okay, manipulated into providing phone numbers . right, okay, can't wait numbers. right, okay, can't wait to talk about the story with our wonderful gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson . nigel, hello. lovely to nelson. nigel, hello. lovely to see you on a saturday afternoon. nigel. we normally talk about fairly boring stuff like polls. who's doing what? da da da da da. but this is an interesting story this week, isn't it? what da. but this is an interesting stoyou1is week, isn't it? what da. but this is an interesting stoyou1is weeabout't it? what da. but this is an interesting stoyou1is weeabout what what da. but this is an interesting stoyou1is weeabout what we've do you make about what we've learned ? learned? >> well, i would to see >> well, i would have to see where it goes next because i think there is a lot more to come out this one than than come out on this one than than we've so far, there is we've seen so far, there is genuine sympathy at westminster for william wragg, not least because of his mental health issues. he's admitted being being stupid . he's suffering the being stupid. he's suffering the pubuc being stupid. he's suffering the public humiliation as a result of that , and he must feel of that, and he must feel absolutely wretched at the moment. but what is also quite interesting is the very muted response from both labour and the lib dem. so it looks like they've been told, look , don't they've been told, look, don't make a big thing out of this,

there's a lot more to come out and we shall see what that actually is. >> this is the one thing that surprises me, nigel. it has been a really muted response, normally, especially to normally, especially so close to an . the opposition an election. the opposition would be jumping all over this. and yet it's all been very well, you know, almost hashtag be kind. >> yes, i think that's absolutely right. and that's, that's what what i've found pretty significant too , that it pretty significant too, that it feels like that the, that mps have been told don't make a big thing out of this. now either. that's, that's on the advice of security services or the police via the speaker of the house of commons, and the question obviously is who exactly is behind this? this is clearly more than just a prank. so you're either talking about, criminal blackmailers or, and that must be the worry for the security services. the foreign government like russia, china or iran. >> now it is obviously in the

hands of leicester plate and is being investigated. but how rempe i mean you're are at the heart of all this, nigel. you understand how parliament works . understand how parliament works. how are mps themselves feeling about very about that. it must be very unnerving for all of them. but also, you know, have their numbers been given out as well? we don't know whose numbers have been away yet, do we? been given away yet, do we? >> don't. and that's why >> no we don't. and that's why obviously the interest will be if, if a foreign government has got hold of it. i mean, i think that the, the tory mp luke evans did absolutely the right thing. the he got one of these things, he went straight to the police and told them about it and he informed the house authorities. that's it . so that's the way to handle it. so it's a warning to mps don't get sucked in by something like this, and in a sense, it's a warning to everybody else. i mean, what you don't do is , is mean, what you don't do is, is put any intimate pictures out there because you never know what will happen to them. >> and, nigel, i'm far too

polite to ask you whether you would ever be tempted, but i mean , honestly, if someone if mean, honestly, if someone if someone didn't know randomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said didn't know randomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , didn't know randomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , can n't know randomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , can you now randomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , can you send'andomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , can you send usiomly mean, honestly, if someone if som said , can you send us amly just said, can you send us a naked picture of yourself? your instant is going to be instant reaction is going to be just go away. and that's putting it why it politely, isn't it? why absolutely. i'm trying to be kind but why are some kind as well. but why are some and it has to be said, men in power so stupid, i think that you're absolutely right. i wouldn't do it either, i think that when it comes to politicians, bear in mind they are sort of risk takers . they are sort of risk takers. they wouldn't be in politics unless. unless they were , so i'm always unless they were, so i'm always amazed at the stupid things that mps or ministers end up doing that they get themselves involved in sex scandals or money scandals, and you'd think they'd see these things coming , they'd see these things coming, but they appear not to. >> indeed they don't, do they? and they're running the country. oh, god. nigel? nigel thank you very much. nigel nelson, our senior political commentator who has not sent any dirty picks out. evidently. right. joining

me now is former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley, who's got an inside take on this and political commentator matthew stadlen. gentlemen, thank joining thank you very much for joining me on a saturday afternoon. now i'm sorry. look we are trying to be kind. we know that william wragg mental health issues wragg has mental health issues with and anxiety, with depression and anxiety, etc, but but but but but etc, etc. but but but but but but this is i'm going to come to you first charlie, because you've house, you've worked in the house, you've worked in the house, you've adviser. you've been a special adviser. this is in incredibly stupid behaviour. how on earth are people getting still sucked into this sort of sixteen? honey trap? i mean, to use the old fashioned word. >> yeah, it's a good question. >> yeah, it's a good question. >> and that is the question, because will, it's because it's not just will, it's other journalists as well. >> it's journalists as well. >> it's journalists as well. >> things, >> by the sounds of things, as the , i just want the story evolves, i just want to sort of test the question about what is the actual crime. there is no crime, obviously , if there is no crime, obviously, if you are 36, if you are male, if

you are 36, if you are male, if you are 36, if you are male, if you are gay, if you are on a gay dating app, you are an if dating app, if you are an mp, if you're conservative mp there you're a conservative mp there is in exchange for is no no crime in exchange for the though. the crime though. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> but, but but the challenge is, it is perfectly, i would say a wrongly, but it is just a fact, a norm these days that if you are on a dating app, fact, a norm these days that if you are on a dating app , people you are on a dating app, people will exchange messages, they will exchange messages, they will exchange messages, they will exchange pictures , and will exchange pictures, and don't sound so surprised and, and. >> yes. >> yes. >> and i think matt and i sort of shared a look because this is , this is a way of communicating, i don't think there's anything wrong with that. obviously. what will did to hand out other people's mobile totally wrong mobile numbers was totally wrong . that's what needs investigating. that's what his apologised for. it's no crime. if somebody sends you a naughty pic and you feel like responding in kind, there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever . so i don't with that whatsoever. so i don't want to get bogged down into that side of things. but but the fishing information fishing for information

thereafter yourself thereafter and putting yourself as a member of parliament or someone that's in the public eye in where could be in a position where you could be this is abused and you can you have that? >> charlie. >> i disagree with charlie. i have the first part have to say on the first part of that. after the i, i'm going that. so after the i, i'm going to be a little bit personal, but after the end of my first marriage and before my second marriage, i got together marriage, before i got together with my now wife, hope that's it for me in marriage. are you listening? >> i'll probably block your ears up now , mrs. stadlen. just just up now, mrs. stadlen. just just just a suggestion. >> i did quite a lot of dating, as you might when you're 40 as you might when you're a 40 year left year old and you're sort of left almost desperate, almost high and dry. desperate, right? i i dated right? sort of. yeah. i i dated quite a few women and i was suddenly plunged into this world or found myself into this world that was very different to the world i'd inhabited before. i'd met wife. of met my first wife. so much of the carrying on the stuff was carrying on online, right. and of the online, right. and some of the dating i did was on apps. some of it was, as it were, in in real life, if you see what i mean. and i met all the people at concerned. but was, first

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swapping some saucy pictures. this is i mean, how it this is i mean, how common is it in the houses of parliament that this go on, this sort of thing would go on, well, i wouldn't know because i'm not there any more , i'm not there any more, obviously, but but but i take exactly that line, and i would have taken the line that luke evans obviously taken. evans has obviously taken. doctor , another mp doctor luke evans, another mp that's come forward to say he received then it received images and he then it went then another went away. then another message came able to came through. he was able to screenshot and screenshot or take a copy and then on to the then pass that on to the authorities to say to the authorities to say to the authorities straight away, that's the point. and is that's the point. and that is totally take totally right approach to take the, again, it's not a justification, but more of an explanation on behalf of will's side. and it plays into not just this particular incident, but you always hear incidents that are wrong, by the way of maybe mps having too much to drink, inappropriate behaviour. you always hear about pestminster sex minister, whether it's a sixteen scandal, and it comes back again , no justification, back to again, no justification, but an explanation maybe as to why does

why westminster probably does need to change a bit in terms of the working practices. if you are are a young, are an mp, if you are a young, gay, mp , where you're gay, single mp, where you're working long hours, where you are in the public eye, where now , today on social media, you get a abuse, you're in an a barrage of abuse, you're in an email inbox is littered with criticism and critique and people saying that they don't like you, they'll never vote for you . how terrible day like you, they'll never vote for yotday ow terrible day like you, they'll never vote for yotday out. errible day like you, they'll never vote for yotday out. ifible day like you, they'll never vote for yotday out. ifible find day in, day out. if you do find yourself working late at night in the house of commons, voting yourself working late at night in th

explaining the idea that we live in in such perfect and in in such a perfect society and nobody is nobody ever does this at all. is for birds. for the birds. >> one reasons >> i think one of the reasons perhaps speculating here, perhaps we're speculating here, why labour not gone in hard why labour have not gone in hard here may think here is because they may think that they're almost there, but by the grace of god go i. and they were worried that such things might then hit them. and if they've taken a really hard line now, how will they look further line ? further down the line? >> i wonder that, actually being cynical, i think there are two things. >> one is you're right that william didn't william didn't commit a crime by sharing a picture of himself. but i think it was i do think that that was risky behaviour. and also, by the way , i think it's the way, i think it's irresponsible because if you are in the public eye, you are more at threat of being a target for blackmail and you kind of need to be able to see that. so this is quite i mean, he's a young guy, right? became an mp when guy, right? he became an mp when he about 27, i think, but he was about 27, i think, but nonetheless he was about 27, i think, but n

case per se. we have to like mp and all of us, and i think the chancellor was right yesterday. we to lessons from we have to learn lessons from this. we have be reminded this. we have to be reminded that really that cybersecurity really matters. then there's the second question. how did behave question. how did he behave once he'd become a victim and he became victim he became a victim when he was threatened . and of course, and threatened. and of course, and rightly there be rightly so, there should be sympathy for him because he he is a victim. yes. at same is a victim. yes. at the same time , how did he respond to time, how did he respond to being a victim in the right way by sharing other mps phone numbers? he didn't and he's numbers? no, he didn't and he's apologised for that . apologised for that. >> well, this is the thing as you alluded to, are the very first off, charlie, it's you know, what he's done isn't a crime. it's stupid in the highest stupidity in highest levels of stupidity in my opinion, because he does have a very responsible position. and, you know, you are very, very vulnerable to blackmail and to being targeted. and we know there are lots of what's the phrase now bad actors out to get you, the leaking of you, but it is the leaking of information. and i watched one being interviewed the other day and often about much younger

advisers as well, their information being hand over now thatis information being hand over now that is it's not illegal, of course, but it's profoundly wrong. and it could be illegal. it your it could go against your contract in other contract of employment in other industries. you were, but it probably protection. probably breaks data protection. yeah, . yeah, yeah. >> is, that is >> yes. and that is, that is exactly is exactly that is exactly what is wrong about this particular case. and again , you case. and i mean, again, you know, westminster is a funny old world where the whole point is a bubble, isn't it. well, it is, it is. but you know , just just, it is. but you know, just just, you know, parliament you you know, parliament itself, you know, because know, is central lobby because you can be a member of the pubuc go you can be a member of the public go down and public and you can go down and see them, to see your mp to lobby them, to meet with them, see your mp to lobby them, to mee know, with them, see your mp to lobby them, to mee know, there with them, see your mp to lobby them, to mee know, there willrvith them, see your mp to lobby them, to mee know, there will always m, see your mp to lobby them, to meinformation1ere will always m, see your mp to lobby them, to meinformation exchange.lways m, see your mp to lobby them, to meinformation exchange. so ys m, be information exchange. so if somebody me, for somebody came to me, for example, or if it example, and said, oh, or if it was another mp and said, i really need to get in touch with, michael gove, with, you know, michael gove, obviously check obviously i would always check with michael to see, you know, this mp, you know, he's keen to meet with you. have you got their number already. he will either usually did the either and he usually did by the way. tend to way. i mean i know mps tend to have other's have each other's numbers anyway. but you know i would never anyone's details. never pass on anyone's details. i mean but it is a way i mean but but it is a way in which oh , yes,

which you can say, oh, yes, i know someone who help or know someone who can help or yes, to that yes, you need to talk to that person. within, person. and when it's within, even if it's party circles even if it's tory party circles and there's no and i'm, you know, there's no speculation, particularly on this case terms will speculation, particularly on thiany se terms will speculation, particularly on thiany otherterms will speculation, particularly on thiany other mp s will speculation, particularly on thiany other mp has will speculation, particularly on thiany other mp has had will or any other mp has had communication with, but is a bit or any other mp has had comnloosetion with, but is a bit or any other mp has had comnloosetioiterms but is a bit or any other mp has had comnloosetioiterms 0th is a bit or any other mp has had comnloosetioiterms of saying, it more loose in terms of saying, oh yes, i know someone who can help hand you their help or yes, i'll hand you their details i can put in details or i can put you in touch it a touch with that person. it is a lobbying environment. it is supposed networking lobbying environment. it is supposed to networking lobbying environment. it is supposed to nthings ng lobbying environment. it is supposed to nthings done. lobbying environment. it is slevery d to nthings done. lobbying environment. it is slevery d to said|ings done. lobbying environment. it is slevery d to said ,�*|gs done. lobbying environment. it is slevery d to said ,�*|gs no, le. if every time we said, oh no, you have to fill out this form or no, you can't do that until i've so and so, i've spoken to. so and so, nothing done. so i've spoken to. so and so, ncis ing done. so i've spoken to. so and so, ncis infunny done. so i've spoken to. so and so, ncis infunny environment. ne. so i've spoken to. so and so, ncis infunny environment. it. so i've spoken to. so and so, ncis infunny environment. it is o it is a funny environment. it is very different to normal working practices. and that's why when things like this happen, they are because are under the spotlight because the lines are always so blurred when it comes to relationships. when it comes to hours, when it comes to working hours, when comes to working. when it comes to working. >> laws, >> data protection laws, though, have significantly and have been significantly and seriously tightened, think seriously tightened, and i think it's all of our responsibility, whether we're in politics or not, to be that not, to be aware of that law. ignorance law is not an excuse. >> excuse. >> right. okay. well is it your way of communicating. would you do this. let us know. gb views at gb news. what do you reckon? do have sympathy ? you can

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as storm kathleen causes chaos, the met office says rain, snow and unseasonably strong winds are moving towards the uk and ireland from the southwest. yellow with yellow weather warnings for snow, wind and rain remain in place until 10:00 tonight. oh my god, welcome to spnng tonight. oh my god, welcome to spring people joining me now is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie , who is reporter dougie beattie, who is hopefully standing somewhere very yes exactly. we love very down. yes exactly. we love it. we get weather warnings. we say don't go out, it's dangerous. and we send dougie to stand some big waves. dougie, stand by some big waves. dougie, you look a bit windswept. what's it? what's it like there? oh >> yeah, it is very, very high. gusty winds on the east coast of county down here at northern ireland, storm kathleen, midland this morning in around cork, kerry and waterford . there it kerry and waterford. there it did structural damage. there's a lot of power outages in the repubuc lot of power outages in the republic of ireland. it's now almost split up the middle of ireland. and it's making its way

towards galway, mayo and donegal on the west coast and here in the east coast of northern ireland. we are really seeing heavy, heavy gusts of winds. but in the last hour or so i managed to drive inland a bit and those gusts are heading inland, but there's no constant wind and the further inland you go, that might save an awful lot of , might save an awful lot of, infrastructural problems there, especially with trees coming down and taking power lines out. >> but overall today, there's been about 70 flights cancelled or running late between the island of ireland, north and south, with the mainland uk as this storm starts to really now take a grip at and, it is, going to cause problems throughout the next 24 hours. >> and anybody that would think of coming to the coast would be advised not to at this minute in time . see your call dougie beattie. >> and you're working for gb news, dougie, how well prepared

do you think you've been in northern ireland for this weather? you know, we always these storms coming in. i think this is this one's named by the irish weather authority, hasn't it? mean, prepared it? i mean, how well prepared do you over there? i mean, are you feel over there? i mean, are people taking the right precautions? mean . precautions? i mean. >> yeah. i mean, the irish north and south and the scottish are well used to this sort of weather. i mean, the electricity services in northern ireland and the republic of ireland work very, very closely together. and restoring power to homes , our restoring power to homes, our defences from the sea, although sometimes during the last hour. so it was high tide. a lot of the coastal roads are flooded now because it did breach, but really it's really the celtic nafions really it's really the celtic nations are very used to high winds and the rain that comes with it. so we are really well prepared for this. it's just strange that it comes in april as opposed to march. the old saying , and marches in like

as opposed to march. the old saying, and marches in like a lion, out like a lamb or in like a lamb out like a lion. well, it's about two weeks late, but we are definitely well prepared for it. >> dougie, on the up side, one final quick point. i've trained observer i am. i have spotted that it's not actually raining . that it's not actually raining. >> no it's not. in fact, out of the wind. it's actually quite warm and pleasant. but when you come along the coast, it is coming off the irish sea. i mean , as i said there, high tide was about an hour ago. the wind or the, the sea is going back out again. and the spray that's coming off the sea is the only real moisture that's in the air at this point. the rain came in the middle of the night. and that caused serious flooding throughout the uk. i think , and throughout the uk. i think, and most definitely in northern ireland, lots of the roads are flooded , lots of standing water. flooded, lots of standing water. but that's because the, water table and the whole across

britain has been very, very high. we've had an extremely wet winter and of course we could go into all the stuff about how shucks and rivers haven't been cleaned out in the last 4 or 5 years, and it would cause flooding in towns. we've seen that in november, december, but really it is quite a pleasant day. out of the wind , and it day. out of the wind, and it actually looks quite pleasant and refreshing, that's dougie beattie in northern ireland. they're reporting on storm kathleen forest, dougie, will be bringing us up to date on the storm so storm throughout the show. so well, if he survives, obviously get swept by or get swept away by a wave or something any case, i'm dawn something in any case, i'm dawn neesom is gb saturday, neesom this is gb news saturday, and more coming and there's loads more coming up. but first, get the up. but first, let's get the news addison . news headlines with ray addison. >> thanks, dawn. it's 1230. news headlines with ray addison. >> thanks, dawn. it's1230. i'm >> thanks, dawn. it's 1230. i'm ray addison >> thanks, dawn. it's1230. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom, and we start with some breaking news for you this afternoon. the human torso found at a nature reserve in salford, belonged to a aged older than 40. a

a man aged older than 40. a murder investigation was launched by greater manchester police after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been dead for a matter of days. dna tests are ongoing to identify the man. of course, this is an ongoing story. we'll bring you more here on gb news. power cuts have left thousands without electricity across the across ireland , as across the across ireland, as storm kathleen brings strong winds to parts of the uk. dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70mph in northern ireland and the west of britain, around 70 flights have been called off so far. a yellow weather warning for wind is in effect until 10 pm. and covers cornwall, much of wales, parts of lancashire and cumbria up central and cumbria up into central scotland and, of course, northern ireland. rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute . members of running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas

with no services all day long. chiltern trans , pennine express chiltern trans, pennine express and northern will not run any trains , while there will be trains, while there will be reduced services on great western. lner and heathrow express. meanwhile, engineering work means there will be no trains between london paddington and reading . a conservative mp and reading. a conservative mp says he was the first whistle blower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap sixteen scam. bosworth mp doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyber flashing as the met launched its investigation into unsolicited messages on thursday, tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd said intimate pictures of himself to someone gay dating app, and someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing colleague's phone numbers. nearly £17 million worth of drugs has been seized by the royal navy after it intercepted smuggling speedboats intercepted smuggling speedboats in the caribbean sea across two operations. hms trent seized 200

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well. i mean, i'm trying to be kind mp, susan .about honey well. i mean, i'm trying to be kind mp, susan . hi. ut honey well. i mean, i'm trying to be kind mp, susan . hi. susan honey well. i mean, i'm trying to be kind mp, susan . hi. susan saysy trap mp, susan. hi. susan says any person who thinks it is normal behaviour to send nude, intimate photos of oneself to strangers is not fit to be an mp. mr wragg should be relieved of his seat immediately. kind of. kind of agree. i'm sorry , i of. kind of agree. i'm sorry, i know i should be kinder, david says, do you, do they not have security checks being susceptible to this sort of thing is a security risk a maze that people are not screened by the mod? well, mean , yeah. the mod? well, i mean, yeah. meanwhile, john says this is not acceptable behaviour. regardless of who you are, it is to not be accepted. i wouldn't go as far as calling it perverted , which as calling it perverted, which you have, i think. look, people do thing. accept that, do that thing. i accept that, but in a position of power. that's the point here. you're in a position of power. you know, you're vulnerable position. you're in a vulnerable position. you ultra wary, you should be ultra wary, shouldn't you, and meanwhile phil is an phil says, yeah, this is an interesting point, isn't it, phil, are saying phil, labour are not saying anything about the honeytrap until they are sure labour until they are sure no labour backbenchers involved. it backbenchers are involved. it will all come out in the wash. very interesting that'll be

very interesting wash that'll be as well, won't it? right now, something very something else that's very interesting and netflix drama about notorious about the now notorious newsnight interview with prince andrew has been released. the film stars rufus sewell as the duke of york and gillian anderson as interviewer emily maitlis. but will it reopen old wounds? joining me now is historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo , an expert on all heydel—mankoo, an expert on all things royal rafe. thank you so much joining me on the much for joining me on the saturday afternoon. really appreciate your time now. i mean, , is this going to mean, you know, is this going to make prince andrew sweat the it's such an old joke i know well, but you're right . well, but you're right. >> i mean, you know, from those claims about not being to claims about not being able to sweat due to some medical condition to that of condition to that sort of children's pizza children's party at a pizza express in woking. this is the interview that the duke of york simply cannot escape. >> know, was the worst >> you know, this was the worst pr disaster since another duke, the of windsor, gave a nazi the duke of windsor, gave a nazi salute to adolf hitler in 1937, and the title really is it ? and the title really is it? >> and of course, you know, the

decision of amanda thirsk, prince andrew's adviser, the very foolish decision to advise him to give this interview will go down in the annals of history as one of the worst decisions even as one of the worst decisions ever, and of course, it not only did it break prince andrew, it also made emily maitlis, who's now, of course, an international, an international star this. and now, anybody star from this. and now, anybody with a netflix account can actually this bizarre actually relive this bizarre episode in in this episode in this. in this series, which essentially how which recounts essentially how they got the interview, the lead up to it, and then the interview itself, but doesn't go into the continuing fallout, which we still still see even to this day. written by the bafta day. it's written by the bafta award winning peter moffat, and directed by the emmy award winning philip martin. so a very good team producing this, and it is a slick production is a very slick production as you say, gillian anderson and she she actually what she she actually is, from what i've very , very i've seen of it, very, very convincing. as emily and convincing. as emily maitlis and rufus superb job rufus sewell does, a superb job as, as the duke of york, importantly , the film says it's importantly, the film says it's a dramatisation based inspired by real life events, an important disclaimer which the

crown didn't put in front of its episodes despite its historical inaccuracies and flights of fancy. so that's rather good. and it's based on the book scoop, written by sam mcallister, who was the producer who secured the interview with prince andrew. now, you may remember when the queen, when prince harry and meghan were talking about racism in the royal family, the queen had a statement saying recollections may vary. well, it seems recollections may also vary in terms how this interview was terms of how this interview was actually secured by newsnight. if you watch this version of events in scoop, this was essentially a one woman, deal done by sam mcallister herself . done by sam mcallister herself. and by so doing, she saved newsnight and from cuts by by the bbc, budget accountants and so forth. now emily maitlis has her own three part series coming out later this year, called a very royal scandal. and that will have a slightly different interpretation of events in, in essence showing that actually it was a team effort by various people at newsnight, and sam

mcallister was simply one of the characters on this. characters involved on this. however, if you're part of the royal recollections royal household recollections may vary even more because actually, amanda thirsk , this actually, amanda thirsk, this adviser to prince andrew, had been approaching bbc herself been approaching the bbc herself since 2018 to try to get an interview. so far from actually trying to pull prince andrew in, it question of actually it was a question of actually trying to delay prince andrew to come on until he would agree to talk about the epstein saga. so what? the truth is, we don't really get to know. but actually, i think this will be a very, very worrying moment for prince andrew, of course, who's very keen to rehabilitate himself very and to have himself very much and to have these constant reminders coming out put out is not helpful, to put it mildly, some of the mildly, because some of the things i mean, he thought he was one best i've ever done. >> remember ? remember done. >> remember he thought >> we remember that he thought i thought well. thought that went rather well. and are you and everyone's going, are you sort of watched the interview, the original interview, like you used to watch doctor who when you kid, behind you were a kid, like from behind the god, the sofa going, oh my god, what's next? what's he going to say next? but he well. what's he going to say next? but he some well. what's he going to say next? but he some things well. what's he going to say next? but he some things that ll. what's he going to say next? but he some things that came and some of the things that came out of it, you know, the fact that i can't sweat because of something that happened when he

that i can't sweat because of som serving hat happened when he that i can't sweat because of som serving the happened when he that i can't sweat because of som serving the pizza�*ned when he that i can't sweat because of som serving the pizza incidentn he was serving the pizza incident in, in where was it, woking in woking. >> pizza express in woking. >> pizza express in woking. >> yeah, absolutely. all these have gone down in history now. but the one thing that gets me is the picture. the is he's still the picture. the latest picture we saw the latest picture we saw of the duke was photographed duke of york was photographed riding windsor on riding a horse in windsor on friday. smiling, friday. the timing smiling, smiling and the timing of this. we very rarely see him rafe don't we? so the fact that he was out on his horse being photographed at the same time as this out on netflix, it this was out on netflix, it makes that he's still makes you think that he's still thinking, i'm prince andrew. this going touch me. this isn't going to touch me. >> well, of course he's you know, he's very man. and know, he's a very proud man. and of course, he doesn't want people to think that he's letting of get letting all of this get him down. this would down. and so this is i would imagine, his way of asserting that, still that, you know, look, i'm still going duties . that, you know, look, i'm still going duties. it's going about my own duties. it's very business and very much business as usual and biding but you're biding my time. but but you're quite right to bring up those instances in the interview, which struck many people which really struck many people to out of with to be how out of touch with reality can someone be to make so many shocking statements such as saying, i don't regret my relationship with jacob epstein

as saying, i don't regret my relationsitp with jacob epstein as saying, i don't regret my relationsitp witojacob epstein as saying, i don't regret my relationsitp wito many epstein as saying, i don't regret my relationsitp wito many useful because it led to many useful opportunities that, you know, quite, quite astounding sort of things are being asked, why did you stay in mansion on the you stay in his mansion on the upper east side after he had been convicted and sent to prison? because it was a very prison? oh because it was a very useful location for us to use . useful location for us to use. and then being asked about that infamous he's infamous photograph where he's seen clutching victoria jeffrey and saying, well, that's me, but i can't tell whether that's really my hand or not. i mean, the it stretches incredulity to the it stretches incredulity to the least is it? >> we're running out of time, unfortunately. but is it is it is it stupidity? there's a lot of that happening in the show today. not from hopefully is today. not from me. hopefully is it stupidity or is it arrogance or mix of the both? >> i think there might be. there may be some truth in that. you might couldn't might think that i couldn't possibly comment, but certainly it's a degree of it's a, it's a, it's a degree of being out of touch and living in another being , another world and being, interviewed by one of the heavy hitters at bbc. they hitters at the bbc. rather, they could have gone for someone who was but was a much lighter choice, but they to be seen to they didn't want to be seen to be evading the tough questions. they didn't want to be seen to be eunfortunatelyugh questions. they didn't want to be seen to be eunfortunately ,;h questions. they didn't want to be seen to be eunfortunately , he questions.

they didn't want to be seen to be eunfortunately , he wastions. they didn't want to be seen to be eunfortunately , he was very but unfortunately, he was very poorly briefed. >> he was? yeah, actually one of the biggest pr disasters all the biggest pr disasters of all time. went time. and he thought it went terribly well, didn't at terribly well, didn't he? at rafe so rafe heydel—mankoo, thank you so much for joining me this afternoon . well, let me know afternoon. well, let me know what think. are what you think. i mean, are you watching you think . watching it? what do you think. gb news. you're with gb views at gb news. you're with me. on gb news me. dawn neesom on gb news saturday, and there's loads more coming up. now, if you're a sports fan, i bet you're excited for a chock block weekend of for a chock a block weekend of rivalries. celtic take on rangers while man u take on liverpool. and we've also got a mascot story. all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, news channel. much more to come. this is gb news, you news channel. much more to come. this is gb news, you so news channel.

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has to be said right now, it's shaping weekend of shaping up to be a weekend of footballing rivalries. tomorrow we'll see a rangers take on celtic in the old firm derby and manchester united on manchester united take on liverpool . joining me now is liverpool. joining me now is sports broadcaster and journalist aidan magee to talk us through the big games and more importantly, the mascot story. with the story. let's start with the football itself, shall we? yeah. >> not? so tomorrow >> why not? so tomorrow liverpool travel to old trafford. went there three trafford. they went there three weeks ago, lost in the fa cup. i was at the game. different dynamic there compared today, was at the game. different dyn not: there compared today, was at the game. different dyn not neither:ompared today, was at the game. different dyn not neither:onthese today, was at the game. different dyn not neither:onthese clubsjay, was at the game. different dyn ever1either:onthese clubsjay, was at the game. different dyn ever takezr:onthese clubsjay, was at the game. different dyn ever take that these clubsjay, was at the game. different dyn ever take that game clubsjay, can ever take that game lightly. they really can't. especially not when you've got real trophies at stake with the premier league up for grabs. yeah, manchester yeah, we know that manchester city behind the at city are behind at the moment at selhurst park. palace have beaten arsenal beaten them one nil. arsenal kick off later 530 against kick off later at 530 against brighton. and for the first time in probably, i reckon in years probably, i reckon since the year, the since about 1999, the year, the year united won the treble, i think we've got a genuine three way title race and we love that, because the best thing about it is that they play each is that they have to play each other all that. they've all played arsenal played each other. city, arsenal and, city, and

and, city, arsenal and manchester city have all played each . so it's a shootout each other. so it's a shootout now. between now and end now. between now and the end of the . it is i mean you the season. it is i mean you know you've got the points situation tight. situation is extremely tight. but a spanner gets thrown but then a spanner gets thrown in works palace taking in the works palace taking the lead mean we're in the works palace taking the learsaying mean we're in the works palace taking the learsaying going aan we're in the works palace taking the learsaying going aarstayre in the works palace taking the lear that] going aarstayre like that. >> that's just equalise that game >> that's just equalise that garthere go. you >> there you go. there you go. they for they can't take anything for granted can you. so that's what i exciting i mean. that's why it's exciting . we've tragedy . and we've had the tragedy chanting with chanting issue as well with jurgen klopp saying yesterday we need to bring an it need to bring an end to it because obviously there's hillsborough, there's heisel, there's the munich 58, but between the two clubs and erik ten hag uses, he's going to use his tomorrow to his programme notes tomorrow to call for calm because there were some three some arrests when they met three weeks chanting some arrests when they met three wee arrests, chanting some arrests when they met three wee arrests, old chanting some arrests when they met three wee arrests, old firm ting some arrests when they met three wee arrests, old firm derby some arrests when they met three wee ascotland old firm derby some arrests when they met three wee ascotland old fscotland's up in scotland under scotland's new hate law. >> it's ridiculous . >> it's ridiculous. >> it's ridiculous. >> quite a busy time up there. >> quite a busy time up there. >> well, yeah, they're going to be arrests be making arrests of approximately 45,000 people i would imagine. approximately 45,000 people i wotyeah. agine. >> yeah. >> em- em— e yeah. it's i mean >> busy, busy, yeah. it's i mean it's the first time away fans >> busy, busy, yeah. it's i mean it's theen;t time away fans >> busy, busy, yeah. it's i mean it's theen allowed nay fans >> busy, busy, yeah. it's i mean it's theen allowed najfor,1s >> busy, busy, yeah. it's i mean it's theen allowed najfor, for have been allowed in for, for quite . of course, quite some time. of course, i thought that i mean, if the point situation is this celtic are a point ahead, rangers point situation is this celtic are a gotnt ahead, rangers point situation is this celtic are a gotnt aheadin rangers point situation is this celtic are a gotnt aheadin hand.|gers point situation is this celtic are a gotnt aheadin hand. so 's

point situation is this celtic are a gotnt aheadin hand. so this have got a game in hand. so this game is crucial. they're saying in north game is crucial. they're saying in the north game is crucial. they're saying in the border north game is crucial. they're saying in the border is north game is crucial. they're saying in the border is the rth of the border that this is the biggest old firm probably biggest old firm game, probably in i in about 1015 years. wow. and i don't that's an don't think that's an exaggeration because whereas they season, they met earlier in the season, it it was at it was crucial. it was it was at parkhead. that i mean, parkhead. i felt that i mean, celtic won it against the run of form actually, even though they were and that kept were at home and that kept things tight. rangers have only lost then. lost one match since then. they've taken 30 out of 33 points. to points. that was at home to motherwell, lost that day motherwell, celtic lost that day as well it's very rare that motherwell, celtic lost that day as welof it's very rare that motherwell, celtic lost that day as welof these; very rare that motherwell, celtic lost that day as welof these; verclubs that either of these two clubs lose. and so tomorrow really is pivotal . and if you look at pivotal. and if you look at philippe clement, he said, he said in his press conference i don't mathematicians in my don't want mathematicians in my dressing to don't want mathematicians in my dreout g to don't want mathematicians in my dreout g and to don't want mathematicians in my dreout g and not to don't want mathematicians in my dreoutg and not look to don't want mathematicians in my dreoutg and not look at to go out there and not look at the table and not think about permutations. table and not think about per|there ons. table and not think about per|there and win the just out there and win the game, just go football. go and play football. just go and yeah. and play the game. yeah. >> we just >> god, i wish we could just do that game. but the most that in every game. but the most exciting the exciting football story of the entire week. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> or the year cern's giant >> or the year cern's a giant cat . cat. >> yes that's right, big furry cat a furry cat is known as a furry lothario. he's been a mascot lothario. now he's been a mascot of for probably about 16, 17 of qpr for probably about 16, 17 years now. he's called jude the cat. history that qpr cat. now the history is that qpr had a real black back in the had a real black cat back in the 70s heyday

70s during their real heyday when they finished second on screen. now picture the screen. now picture of jude the cat. dancing cat. there he is dancing there for of radio for the benefit of our radio viewers. that reminds me, reminds me reminds him, reminds me of me and my party days back at and my party days really back at uea i hope uea in norwich. and so i hope you didn't dress up like that. no i didn't, no i did, i didn't you didn't dress up like that. no i think we've got some mine ago. know. >think we've got sonphotore ago. i think we've got the photo somewhere and she's actually she, a bit, he a bit, she, he got a bit, he got a bit, a friendly , you know, he, he a bit friendly, you know, he, he took that it took her hand like that and it was, but

was, it was harmless. but i don't think she was expecting that from that level of attention from a big now , as big furry animal. he's now, as i say, known furry lothario. say, known as a furry lothario. >> to the game. >> so you're off to the game. straight after this, i am. we'll find he's actually straight after this, i am. we'll find or he's actually straight after this, i am. we'll find or not. he's actually straight after this, i am. we'll fin(well,1ot. he's actually straight after this, i am. we'll fin(well, yeah, he's actually straight after this, i am. we'll fin(well, yeah, don'tactually straight after this, i am. we'll fin(well, yeah, don't think.y >> well, yeah, i don't think. >> well, yeah, i don't think. >> i don't the person >> i don't think the person under there, under the costume will be there, but away but it's where they've done away with they with the entire mascot. they do have a mascot called spark who runs concurrently because he's. i think you mentioned just off camera have i think you mentioned just off cam mascots, have i think you mentioned just off cam mascots, you have i think you mentioned just off cammascots, you , have i think you mentioned just off cam mascots, you , at ave i think you mentioned just off cammascots, you , at most two mascots, don't you, at most clubs let's if, clubs now. so let's see if, let's happens . let's let's see what happens. well, no, i should i should know about half about an hour and a half time. >> does that >> how many lives does that cat have? on have? lots more coming up on today's show. not all about mascot, but let's have a look at the shall we? the weather first, shall we? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. storm kathleen is still very much the talking point of our weather over the next day or so. situated out to the the uk, it's going the west of the uk, it's going to some strong to bring us some very strong winds of winds through the rest of saturday and into start saturday and into the start of sunday. those strongest winds likely across western parts of

the uk, ireland and the uk, northern ireland and scotland, seeing gusts scotland, perhaps seeing gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour through the evening. through the rest of the evening. but it's through saturday evening. showers evening. a band of showers pushes its way north and eastwards. these are likely to turn some hail turn very heavy, with some hail and thunder in for and thunder mixed in for southwestern uk. southwestern parts of the uk. we'll gradually turn drier for much uk the early much of the uk through the early hours morning, and it hours of sunday morning, and it will be a start to sunday will be a mild start to sunday as temperatures will be a mild start to sunday as holding 3eratures will be a mild start to sunday as holding upatures will be a mild start to sunday as holding up in res will be a mild start to sunday as holding up in the high generally holding up in the high single a brief generally holding up in the high singstart a brief generally holding up in the high singstart across a brief generally holding up in the high singstart across the a brief generally holding up in the high singstart across the uk,a brief generally holding up in the high singstart across the uk, another dry start across the uk, another band of showers pushes its way north and eastwards through sunday morning, again turning quite places . perhaps quite heavy in places. perhaps some localised flooding and travel disruption. still, a widely windy day on sunday. the strongest winds, across strongest winds, though across northwestern scotland northwestern parts of scotland again there could be gusts here of an hour, so of 60 to 70 miles. an hour, so there could be some travel disruption through the afternoon. mild day afternoon. another mild day across temperatures across the uk, but temperatures down maybe down a touch on saturday maybe 16 or 17 degrees in the south but still above average . monday but still above average. monday starts dry for northern ireland and parts scotland, and parts of scotland, but further south, another band of rain pushes up from the southwest morning

southwest through monday morning , so turning very wet and windy across through across these parts through monday , then remaining monday afternoon, then remaining unsettled through the first part of next week. temperatures still remaining bit remaining a little, a little bit above average, but hints of something drier through the second week . second half of the week. >> looks like things are heating up as sponsors of up boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> thank you very much, ellie. right, there's loads more coming up on today's show. we'll be delving more into this topic that's really got you the that's really got you going. the westminster honeypot scandal, sixteen those pictures would you do it? let me know. all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel. don't forget to get in touch gb views at gb news. com but don't send the pictures. leave the pictures, okay? i don't

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pennies in your pocket . but this pennies in your pocket. but this show is nothing without you and your views. it's not about me and what i think it's about you. so let me know your thoughts on all stories were all the stories we were discussing anything you discussing today or anything you want. have chat about. it's want. have a chat about. it's your at your show. email me at gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on socials. at gb on our socials. we're at gb news. but first, here's an idea. let's get the news headlines with addison . with ray addison. >> great idea dawn. 3:01. our top stories this hour. power cuts have left thousands without electricity across ireland as storm kathleen brings strong winds, flights have winds, dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70 miles an hour in northern ireland and the west of britain, two around 70 flights have been called off so far. a yellow weather warning for wind is in effect until 10 pm. and

covers cornwall. much of wales, parts of lancashire and cumbria and up into central scotland and northern ireland. our wind swept northern ireland. our wind swept northern ireland. our wind swept northern ireland reporter dougie beattie is in county down. it hit cork, waterford and kerry. >> there it has done some structural damage and power outages . the storm has now outages. the storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. it is now making its way towards galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here. and i'm standing in northern ireland, about 25 miles away from the isle of man , and the winds are isle of man, and the winds are picking up the gusts of the winds are the most damaging part here, and we will expect many more flights to be cancelled over the next few hours . over the next few hours. >> rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six

companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. chiltern transpennine express and northern will not run any trains, while there will be reduced services on great western, lner and heathrow express. engineering work means there will be no trains. meanwhile between london paddington and reading, meanwhile between london paddington and reading , the paddington and reading, the human torso found at a nature reserve in salford, belonged to a man aged older than 40. a murder investigation was launched by greater manchester police after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been dead for a matter of days. dna tests are ongoing to identify the man . a ongoing to identify the man. a conservative mp says he was the first whistleblower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap sixteen scam. bosworth mp, doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyberflashing , as the met cyberflashing, as the met launched an investigation into unsolicited messages on

thursday. tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted , and known to have been targeted, and the first set of messages i got was on a day i was with my wife and i got a one time open photo on whatsapp of an explicit image of a naked lady. >> as soon as i got these the next day, i reported it to the police, the authorities and the chief whip . ten days later, i chief whip. ten days later, i got another set of messages. this time, however , i was sat this time, however, i was sat with my team in the constituency office, so we were able to record the conversation and catch photos and videos of the messages coming through, including another explicit female image. i put my name up to say, well, i hope others come forward. i'm just pleased i blew the whistle , reported it to the the whistle, reported it to the authorities it's being authorities and it's now being looked . looked into. >> nearly £17 million worth of

drugs has been seized by the royal navy after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the canbbean smuggling speedboats in the caribbean sea across two operations hms trent seized 200 kilos of cocaine following a port visit to the island of martinique. defence secretary grant shapps says it shows the navy's commitment to disrupt and dismantle drug traffickers . dismantle drug traffickers. so—called reckless tory tax pledges will leave homebuyers worse off. labour is warning. the party says that the conservative ambition to scrap national insurance contributions will create a £46 billion black hole. their analysis suggests. first home buyers could be £280 worse off each year due to an increase in mortgage repayments. shadow minister alison mcgovern told us the policy will harm young couples, but it's hardly fair to put at risk that position that people are in when they're trying to buy their first home, when they're really saving and doing, making these

sorts of unfunded tax commitments has that effect. >> it's worse for people who are in that position, who struggle to be able their own home. >> 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 back to dawn and gb news. saturday >> thank you very much. right, right. let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? now a government security experts have been called in to analyse the whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal . of the westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward. it's after tory mp william wragg admitted to the times he had sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was manipulated into was then manipulated into providing phone numbers. well

joining me now to investigate this story a little bit more is gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson . commentator, nigel nelson. nigel, hello. thank you very much for joining nigel, hello. thank you very much forjoining us on this much for joining us on this saturday . nigel, this saturday afternoon. nigel, this is an interesting story. and the reaction around it has been cunous.l reaction around it has been curious. i think you share my thoughts on it's like no one's really, you know , making a lot really, you know, making a lot out of it considering we're so close election . close to an election. >> no, that's that's right. and i was a surprised at the i was a bit surprised at the lack of reaction from both labour and the liberal democrats, but i think that the, the reason for that is that they , they've either been told or they've surmised that at the moment, the main thing to sort out is who's behind this. are we talking about russia, china, iran, or are we talking about criminal blackmailers? certainly. it's the kind of thing that comes straight out of the russian playbook , their the russian playbook, their foreign policy is to do anything to destabilise western

institutions, to sow mistrust in governments. and this is the kind of thing that they would certainly do. >> well, this is this is the thing, nigel. right. okay. you know, this is the honeytrap. it's with us since the dawn it's been with us since the dawn of time. normally fairly stupid. men it has to be said. falling for sexy women, leading them on. in this case, it happens to be a young man, but it's like , you young man, but it's like, you know, mata hari. i mean, you know, mata hari. i mean, you know, it's know, the profumo scandal. it's been around. why are mps not hyper ? more than most of hyper aware? more than most of us would be, that this is potential ? potential? >> yeah. that's something that's always surprised me that , it always surprised me that, it used to be tabloid newspapers that mps would, would have to worry about. and now it's . now worry about. and now it's. now it's, social media and apps. it's. i'm sure, like me, you've sat through many interviews with people who've had clandestine affairs with a high profile mp or cabinet minister. and every

time i've done so, i've sort of thought, how did the how did the politician fall for it, why didn't they see? see this one, this one coming? and i think that the that often is to do with, with the arrogance of power, they think that they are too important to be brought down. but i mean, obviously what what mps should do is if you are doing something in your private life that that you don't want to be known publicly , you are at be known publicly, you are at risk. the exception probably, is bofis risk. the exception probably, is boris johnson , who almost made a boris johnson, who almost made a virtue of having affairs , but virtue of having affairs, but the thing about boris was boris didn't seem to mind being caught. so in a sense, it was out if you're doing out there. if you're doing something that you want to keep secret and you're a high profile, the best advice is just don't it? >> well, well, quite. and lots, lots and lots of our viewers are getting in touch. this is a subject really, really care about. and it's like, you know, sort like people like sort of like people saying like anything, else anything, you know, anyone else in any other business would be

sacked. much sacked. certainly not so much for the descending, you know, naked of yourself. for the descending, you know, naked i of yourself. for the descending, you know, naked i get of yourself. for the descending, you know, naked i get that's/ourself. for the descending, you know, naked i get that's aurself. for the descending, you know, naked i get that's a modern day mean, i get that's a modern day thing, nigel. evidently, i get that, it's the fact that, that, but it's the fact that, you know, data privacy you're leaking. colleagues and in leaking. your colleagues and in particular, young adviser's details to someone you have no idea who they are . idea who they are. >> no. that's right. and obviously, that's what the police are looking into at the moment, i think in the particular case of william wragg that there is, there is a lot of sympathy for him at westminster for getting into mess , but for getting into this mess, but obviously that the colleagues will feel betrayed by this. and so it rather depends on what more there is to come out about what happens next. at the moment, i think that everyone is giving william bragg the benefit of , that could change, of the doubt, that could change, change course , change later on. but of course, we know of about a dozen incidents of this , the suspicion incidents of this, the suspicion is there are an awful lot more out there , nigel. out there, nigel. >> is it do you think? i mean, just quickly run out of time? unfortunately do you think

people westminster people in westminster are being sympathetic for now and keeping their powder dry because they don't else coming don't know what else is coming out there but for the grace of god? >>ido god? >> i do think the story. there's an awful lot more to this story that out. so, no, that is yet to come out. so, no, i don't think they're they're actually trying to keep powder dry. i think there is this genuine kind sympathy for the genuine kind of sympathy for the situation that william wragg has found himself in, and, but but what we need to know is basically is who is behind this? why did why did it happen? it certainly an awful lot more serious than a few pranksters having, having a bit of fun. yeah, absolutely . yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, that you're right there, nigel. thank you very much. nigel nelson , our much. that's nigel nelson, our senior political correspondent. nana really got your nana really, really got your imagination. this story. lots of you have been sending in your thoughts not your thoughts. thankfully not your picks, just your thoughts. vaiews@gbnews.com there. if you want to get involved in the conversation a lot conversation as well. but a lot of people thinking the same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's thinking the same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's like1inking the same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's like ,nking the same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's like , thisg the same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's like , this is he same conversation as well. but a lot of peoplt's like , this is from me as me. it's like, this is from sue. hi, sue. she says, i do not

believe that women send explicit photos of themselves. women know better. they know that an ex could send pictures to anyone. and that is why laws were introduced on revenge porn. i would never respond to a text from someone didn't know and from someone i didn't know and this is the whole point. no idea who these people madam. who these people are madam. women smarter about such women are smarter about such things how nasty men things as we know, how nasty men can get when they are dumped. now, look, i completely agree with you, sue, on that. i mean, women do pictures women do send pictures of themselves, why themselves, and that's why indeed, have porn indeed, we have revenge porn laws that the laws brought in. but that the problem. my problem with this is william and it's in william wragg and it's in a position of power. that's the problem. it's not like your eye joe bloggs going about our day. he must be aware we've had this system on for, for system going on for, for, for decades that the honey trap decades now that the honey trap exists and that they are liable to blackmail and it's very dangerous terrorists. that's my problem with it. why are they doing it? are they really that stupid? which is worrying because they are, in theory, running the country. in any case, for all and more case, for all that and much more analysis go

analysis on that story, just go to our website gbnews.com. you can there your screen . can see it there on your screen. now the other big story isn't it . yes. strikes rail passengers are facing even more travel chaos as train drivers have decided to continue striking over their long running pay dispute . and we are talking long dispute. and we are talking long running members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day, but should train drivers take a leaf out of senior doctor's book and sort this out? now nhs consultants in england this week accepted a pay offer to end a long dispute offer to end a year long dispute and strike action. the british medical association put an offer on pay and conditions to its members and 83% voted in favour, so why aren't the train drivers doing this? let's let's discuss. and they're not the only ones going on strike either, are there's join me now is the there's more. join me now is the host saturday albie host of the saturday five albie amankona and former labour adviser mccgwire. adviser scarlett mccgwire. thank

you for joining adviser scarlett mccgwire. thank you forjoining me on you so much forjoining me on a saturday afternoon. really appreciate your time, now we are talking strike. so the we consultants have settled. hurrah! thankfully nhs crisis over kidding folks. it's not junior doctors are again likely to go out on strike. we know that they've got a mandate to go on september. train on strike until september. train drivers strike again drivers are out on strike again and only this morning i think we have civil servants from the national statistics office going on strike over working from home. hey, let's all go on strike. not us. obviously. we're staying here. what do we make of this? i mean, alb, just this? i mean, alb, can we just just going on strike and just stop going on strike and sort this out? >> first all, dawn, >> well, first of all, dawn, let's news, let's talk about the good news, which, , is that the which, of course, is that the british medical association has accepted a pay deal, finally, that the government has offered them. >> that should really help >> and that should really help people who have been waiting for far long on those waiting lists. >> one of the big things which has stopped rishi sunak from meeting pledge bringing meeting his pledge of bringing down nhs waiting lists, down hospital nhs waiting lists, hasindeed down hospital nhs waiting lists, has indeed been the fact that nhs doctors have been on strike for such a long time, so that is

good news. there is also bad news. >> there are train which news. >> happeningrain which news. >> happening and which news. >> happening and i've which news. >> happening and i've actually are happening and i've actually been using the trains quite a lot recently. been using the trains quite a lot izcently. been using the trains quite a lot i wenty. and been using the trains quite a lot i went y. and travel to >> i went to go and travel to the cotswolds few weeks ago. the cotswolds a few weeks ago. >> yorkshire and >> i went up to yorkshire and lancashire last weekend go >> i went up to yorkshire and lan(visit'e last weekend go >> i went up to yorkshire and lan(visit my st weekend go >> i went up to yorkshire and lan(visit my grandmaid go >> i went up to yorkshire and lan(visit my grandma over go and visit my grandma over easter, and even when the trains are running, they're all full, so even worse when the so they're even worse when the when, when, when the drivers are on strike. and there is fundamentally, i think, something wrong with the way that we do rail transport in this there is no other this country. there is no other country in europe that has this privatised where you have privatised system where you have tens of millions of pounds being paid out to shareholders in dividends at the same time as the infrastructure is falling apart and the drivers don't feel like they're being paid well enough , something needs to change. >> something to give. >> something does need to give. it's the ninth time drivers it's the ninth time most drivers have 12 have walked out in the past 12 months, despite being paid an average £60,000 and average salary of £60,000 and only driving on average. again only driving on average. again only half the days of the year because of the way their rotas work, scarlett . so a lot of work, scarlett. so a lot of people. a fairly cushy job.

yeah , but actually what you >> yeah, but actually what you have to understand is that going on strike isn't easy. >> so first of all, i mean, there are there are government regulations that that you have to first do a consultant ballot to first do a consultant ballot to see whether it's there. then then you have to have you have to get get a large percentage of people who want to go on strike. this isn't this isn't about, you know , a few people who are who know, a few people who are who are sort of pissed off, angry. this is about people who actually feel that they're just not being paid well enough. now, you might say it's a cushy job. they don't feel it's a cushy job. it's a highly skilled job. as we know. because because the train, the train drivers go. but the other thing is, is the thing about strikes is you lose money. i mean, people who go on strike are angry. they more than anything else because it's very, very i mean, it'll take a year for them to get anything back, whatever, whatever the pay rise is. so there's something really

wrong. i mean, actually, alby's right there is something really wrong with the railway . i mean, wrong with the railway. i mean, i mean, i to travel on, i love trains , right? trains, right? >> i love trains, i used to love trains, but then my last few long distance journeys have been so i don't like so bad that now i don't like getting the train anymore. i got on from london to the on a train from london to the cotswolds and it was standing full the entire way. >> it was like being on a tube on a long distance train. yeah, appalling. >> well, why? >> well, why? >> why do they sell twice as many tickets as i've actually got mean, got seats for? i mean, that that's thing, that's just a simple thing, isn't it? >> mean, m... isn't it? >> mean, but the thing >> i mean, yeah, but the thing is, the british system is, the way the british system is, the way the british system is done, i mean, the way privatisation was done was , was privatisation was done was, was dreadful. so they cut they they cut . so if you want to cut it all up. so if you want to go to milton keynes from euston , go to milton keynes from euston, there are two train companies that do it. you can't just take the first train, you have to take the right train. it's either virgin or something else. i mean, the whole thing mad i mean, the whole thing is mad and, and actually they're so bad that things like the north east

line, i mean, have been taken back into. i mean, they have been basically renationalised , been basically renationalised, but it's not called that. and you so clearly and then we have the railway workers coming out and clearly there is something wrong. and so where are the strikes happening. they're happening in places that are very, very unhappy. and that's what we have to remember. i mean, the consultants strike amazing. i mean , i mean amazing. i mean, i mean consultants, they don't go into work to go on strike. right? i have a cancer consultant . and have a cancer consultant. and she said to me, she's wonderful. she said, i'm on my knees. i just can't i mean, you know , i'm just can't i mean, you know, i'm sure she was paid well. and she just said, we just cannot go scarlet. >> i think there will be a lot of people watching and listening who also feel that they're quite hard done by in their private sector job, and they are not able to go on strike, and they'll be feeling very frustrated hearing that train

drivers earning £60,000 a year with quite cushy pensions and other benefits , and then other benefits, and then consultants when they were on strike, being paid lot as well strike, being paid a lot as well , and having a very gold plated pension. , well, i pension. they will feel, well, i can't go on strike. >> why can people on strike? >> because because they're organised. i mean, i mean, the truth is, is that if you're in a union, you get you get better pay union, you get you get better pay and conditions. it's really, really simple . and if you look really simple. and if you look at somewhere like amazon, right, where the unions are trying to organise, not to get them out on strike, but actually so there's reasonable i mean, amazon is a terrible there's terrible employer. so there's reason to think and they won't let the unions mean, let the unions in. i mean, there's no question i mean, i, l, there's no question i mean, i, i, in a union, the national i, am in a union, the national union of journalists and the national union of journalists makes sure that journalists are properly paid , otherwise they properly paid, otherwise they wouldn't be. >> well, some, i mean, but the thing is, with this, do we think there's a political angle here? right. the consultants have settled , and as you said, i'll

settled, and as you said, i'll be great news. junior doctors have got a mandate. they can carry on striking until basically the next general election , which is quite election, which is quite suspicious. timing. some would election, which is quite sus|many.. timing. some would election, which is quite sus|many ofiming. some would election, which is quite sus|many of the|g. some would election, which is quite sus|many of the railyome would election, which is quite sus|many of the rail strikes )uld say many of the rail strikes have been settled as well. it is just the aslef union, isn't it, that are going out on strike now. still again. and now we have, who is it ? the office for have, who is it? the office for national statistics, some of their staff have civil servants. you pay their wages, have voted to go out and strike at protest, are being told they must go back into the office a whole two into the office for a whole two days a week. don't know how days a week. i don't know how they do you think they cope, but do you think there's a political thing behind all strikes ? do you all of these strikes? do you think, say, the junior doctors who've quite who've had been offered quite a good , haven't they? 10. do good deal, haven't they? 10. do you think be going you think they would be going back into work if there was a labour government? now, i think thatis labour government? now, i think that is a very interesting point, dawn. >> and i think word when >> and i think the key word when we junior doctors is we talk about junior doctors is junior. old are junior junior. how old are junior doctors? we're kind of talking about people under the age of 35 here. how well do people under the age of 35 poll with the conservative party? it's single

digits, dawn, low single digits. they've a reason for that. they've got a reason for that. they've got a reason for that. the tories have not been good for young i will say for young people. i will say that a young tory, will that as a young tory, but i will say think say that i think there's absolutely a chance that the junior will be striking junior doctors will be striking in a way which is going to be as harmful as possible to rishi sunak and the conservatives in power to ensure power at the moment to ensure that there's a labour government after the next general election . after the next general election. what do you make? >> except except i mean, >> except except so i mean, i have on two of nephews go out have on two of my nephews go out with , not not with trainee doctors, not not even junior. these people have trained for years and years and years. paying lots of money can i say to go to university to get them? they are not doing it for political reasons. i mean, they're doing it because they want to. and the problem with junior doctors we're losing junior doctors is we're losing them and we're losing them to australia, and we're them them and we're losing them to aucanada and we're them them and we're losing them to aucanada .nd we're them them and we're losing them to aucanada . and e're them them and we're losing them to aucanada . and actually them them and we're losing them to aucanada . and actually what m them and we're losing them to aucanada . and actually what we to canada. and actually what we need we to need to do is we need to value them . and the real problem is, them. and the real problem is, or do we need an australian or a canadian style health care

system? i'm not the problem. >> they don't have an nhs there. they have a social insurance model with private sector involvement. >> germany does the same. >> germany does the same. >> but the problem, the problem is not our system. the problem is not our system. the problem is is how we treat is the problem is how we treat people and they really do feel badly treated. and that's the problem with the junior doctors. and then when you have the secretary of state for health saying, well, even going saying, well, i'm not even going to meet you until, i mean, what you do. they've cost you need to do. they've cost more money than if we had given them the pay rise. we know it's all about ideology. so what we need to do is we need to say we need to do is we need to say we need you. we respect you, and we want you to come back to work. and what got do . and that's what we've got to do. i mean, we've got get people i mean, we've got to get people back we can get back to work so that we can get the waiting list down. >> well, yeah . it's indeed. what >> well, yeah. it's indeed. what do you think? do you agree with scarlet or do you agree with albie? interesting one. is it lots strike? lots of people out on strike? okay, neesom . this is okay, i'm dawn neesom. this is gb and there's gb news saturday, and there's loads today's loads more coming up on today's show , millions will receive a

show, millions will receive a boost today boost in take home pay today following a cut to national insurance. or will they ? what insurance. or will they? what does that actually mean to the pennies in your pocket? all of that and much more to come. this is britain's news

hello and welcome back to gb news. i'm dawn neesom, and this is, gb news on your telly's onune this is, gb news on your telly's online and on digital radio. if you wonder what i'm giggling about, i'm sitting on the sofa. just hadn't noticed . just in case you hadn't noticed. and to and i was wondering how to arrange a arrange my legs. answers on a postcard . but you don't have to postcard. but you don't have to send pictures. enough send pictures. i've had enough of . let's. let's of those right now. let's. let's talk shall now, talk about money, shall we? now, millions receive millions of people receive a boost in take home pay today following to employee following a cut to employee national insurance from the start of the new tax year. that's the 1st of april. class one contributions will be reduced from 10 to 8. meanwhile, a further 2 million

self—employed people will see their class four national insurance reduced from 8 to 6. the government says around 29 million workers will benefit from the changes . but shadow from the changes. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says taxes actually going up. taxes are actually going up. this is what she had to say yesterday. well they say tomorrow that taxes are going down all of the numbers show that taxes are on the rise, taxes today are at a 70 year high and they're due to increase in every single year of the forecast period in fact, by the end of the forecast, the average british family will be paying £870 more in tax because of the frozen national insurance and income tax threshold and because of increases in council tax. >> two that is the conservatives double whammy on tax . double whammy on tax. >> now, it's very easy to criticise when you're in opposition because that's all you've saying opposition because that's all you'vea saying opposition because that's all you'vea bad saying opposition because that's all you'vea bad idea.|g opposition because that's all you'vea bad idea. we'll that's a really bad idea. we'll do we're do something much better. we're not until not going to tell you what until you to explain not going to tell you what until you exactly to explain not going to tell you what until you exactly is to explain not going to tell you what until you exactly is going explain not going to tell you what until you exactly is going on 3lain not going to tell you what until you exactly is going on and to

what exactly is going on and to make it all crisp and sexy and full of impact is the lovely economic economist. i can't even say right . economist even say it right. economist even see, i'm rubbish with buddy and co—founder of investment advisor regionally, justin urquhart. stewart justin, thank you very much for joining stewart justin, thank you very much forjoining me. much for joining me. >> now, perhaps i'm a communist now rather than an economist. >> you can be whatever you want, love. these love. you can identify these days as, you back a cat days as, you know, back as a cat again. send any again. yeah. just don't send any more pictures. the is more pictures. but the thing is with you're with this, right? i said you're going crisp and sexy going to make it crisp and sexy and i don't and full of impact. i don't really not very and full of impact. i don't really at not very and full of impact. i don't really at it not very and full of impact. i don't really at it . not very and full of impact. i don't reallyat it . but not very and full of impact. i don't reallyat it . but even not very and full of impact. i don't reallyat it. but even iot very and full of impact. i don't reallyat it. but even i canery and full of impact. i don't reallyat it . but even i can work good at it. but even i can work out national insurance good at it. but even i can work out barelyational insurance good at it. but even i can work out barely beenil insurance good at it. but even i can work out barely been taken rance good at it. but even i can work out barely been taken away cut has barely been taken away by the fact that the tax bands have frozen , so i actually have been frozen, so i actually am probably worse off. rachel reeves point . reeves had a point. >> yeah, well people did. >> yeah, well people did. >> she did point indeed, because actually, what's happened, they've issue actually, what's happened, they'obviously issue actually, what's happened, they'obviously your issue with obviously the your annual allowance and allowance you're given and that's supposed to go up with, with that's supposed to go up with, witibut course doesn't >> but of course if it doesn't go effectively that means go up effectively that means you're taxation. >> so we'll do the calculation then for national insurance then. off now . then. and they're worse off now. >> there are some people who are better off. oh, what you've better off. oh, but what you've

got are. got though tory mps are. >> yes. yeah >> yes. yeah >> the ones earning most of the money. but really what they need to think about is actually try to think about is actually try to interesting simpler . to make tax interesting simpler. you understand it. or even as the do, to the romans used to do, to encourage you to pay your taxes. >> i'll tell you what. put >> i'll tell you what. we'll put a you there . a statue up for you over there. >> and so start making positive. now uk now think about with in uk terms, you're never going to make it fascinating. what terms, you're never going to ma can: fascinating. what terms, you're never going to ma can do fascinating. what terms, you're never going to ma can do isfascinating. what terms, you're never going to ma can do is say,nating. what terms, you're never going to ma can do is say, right,. what terms, you're never going to ma can do is say, right, ithat we can do is say, right, if you're going to contribute x, y and z into this bar , we won't and z into this bar, we won't guarantee we will give you a percentage of your inheritance tax or whatever particular one you want pick. could you want a pick. you could simplify the process and make taxation positive, not taxation being positive, not a negative. so people saying i'm good, i understand what i'm getting for this. actually, i'm paying getting for this. actually, i'm paying more tax i'm paying more tax while i'm getting down paying more tax while i'm gettline down paying more tax while i'm gettline as down paying more tax while i'm gettline as i down paying more tax while i'm gettline as i got down paying more tax while i'm gettline as i got older. down the line as i got older. >> do you think we're stupid? my problem with this, right is they really we're stupid, really do think we're stupid, don't really do think we're stupid, dorwell , they do it in >> well, they do it in a language don't actually understand. my understand. my own sad world is a failed >> my own sad world is a failed barrister. well, you speak latin. everyone else gets dull. >> financial services. >> your financial services. >> your financial services. >> one understands >> well, no one understands their technical terms are coming

>> well, no one understands theiwith.|nical terms are coming >> well, no one understands theiwith.|nicaithen1s are coming >> well, no one understands theiwith.|nicaithen you've:oming >> well, no one understands theiwith.|nicaithen you've got ng >> well, no one understands theiaccountants en you've got ng >> well, no one understands theiaccountants .n you've got ng the accountants. >> well, for heaven's sake, it is what need do . and here is what you need to do. and here is what you need to do. and here is campaign, for gb news, is a campaign, for gb news, which is? rewrite the tax system, okay? because you've got moment, you've got national insurance and income tax. so people confused people get confused as to they're same. they're virtually the same. they're your income. they're virtually the same. they're that's your income. they're virtually the same. they're that's youi income. they're virtually the same. they're that's you! thought. >> well that's what i thought. yeah i just grasped that. >> well that's what i thought. yeaand ust grasped that. >> well that's what i thought. yeaand then grasped that. >> well that's what i thought. yeaand then grtgot d that. >> well that's what i thought. yeaand then grtgot d th sales >> and then you've got the sales tax , but by the time you tax as well, but by the time you done vat and you've income done vat and you've done income and national insurance, that's most taxation , income most of the taxation, income coming through. okay. after that comes corporation. but even that's not as high as the others. so what you've got is these big ones, vat, national insurance are then coming through, and the rest of it is almost sin. taxes booze, fags, car things, stuff. oh not not all of that is fun, by the way. >> but what they could do for you, could simplify it and you, they could simplify it and rationalise say, we rationalise it and say, hey, we understand on and understand what's going on and really positive feel. >> particularly for >> this is particularly for the government actually it's not x amount of national insurance because nothing tangible because it does nothing tangible for me. and over a space of a

year it's few hundred quid. year it's a few hundred quid. yeah. exactly. what they need to do create something do is actually create something which has got more interest and greater to it, such as greater sexiness to it, such as we're going to make this tax system and system actually simpler and something you can understand for those years back, you those years back, which you won't obviously if they won't remember obviously if they got when they brought then, got when they brought in, then, you , the huge reduction in, you know, the huge reduction in, in coming down to 40. in income tax coming down to 40. yes, 40. we were all useless of 70 or 80% that got people going. and , now i'm going to be and so now, now i'm going to be in a position where i don't mind the tax much because the tax and so much because you've restructured it all. i understand feel i'm understand it and i feel i'm getting my money's worth. >> well, fiddling >> well, it's fiddling around the mean, and hilariously, all >> i mean, and hilariously, all the latest are that the latest polls are saying that labour trusted on labour are now more trusted on not only taxes but immigration than conservatives who are than the conservatives who are supposedly tough on both of these that's the real problem here. >> none of them have made it interesting . so the interesting enough. so the tories are infighting amongst themselves, and the rest is going , what themselves, and the rest is going, what do you want about so the labour to very the labour don't have to do very much to look good, because the tories are doing that for them anyway .

anyway. >> so this is all labour have got to do is land. now that's a bit better bit rubbish. we've got a better idea, we're not telling bit rubbish. we've got a better idea aboutne're not telling bit rubbish. we've got a better ideaaboutne're yet.ot telling bit rubbish. we've got a better ideaaboutne're yet. well ling you about it just yet. well you've just rearranged the tax system they're , system perfectly. well, they're, justin urquhart stewart, who is an economist. justin urquhart stewart, who is an economist . see, justin urquhart stewart, who is an economist. see, i can justin urquhart stewart, who is an economist . see, i can say justin urquhart stewart, who is an economist. see, i can say it. i can say it, thank you very much. my pleasure. justin. thank you, i'm neesom this you, well, i'm dawn neesom this is there's is gb news saturday, and there's loads more coming up on today's show. time show. but first, it's time for the ray the news headlines with ray addison . addison. >> thanks, dawn. 1:32. our top stories. the human torso , found stories. the human torso, found at a nature reserve in salford, belonged to a man aged older than 40. a murder investigation was launched by greater manchester police after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands . the plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been dead for a matter of days. dna tests are ongoing to identify the . power cuts have left the man. power cuts have left thousands without electricity across ireland as storm kathleen bnngs across ireland as storm kathleen

brings strong winds. dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70 miles an hour in northern ireland, and the west of britain, around 70 flights have been called off, so far. a yellow weather warning for wind is in until 10 for wind is in effect until 10 pm. and covers cornwall, much of wales, parts of lancashire and cumbria up into central scotland and, of course, northern ireland. two. rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. chiltern transpennine express and northern will not be running any trains while there will be reduced services on great western, lner and heathrow express. meanwhile, engineering work means there'll be no trains between london paddington and reading , and between london paddington and reading, and a between london paddington and reading , and a conservative mp reading, and a conservative mp says he was the first whistleblower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap

sixteen scam. bosworth mp doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyber flashing as the met launched its investigation into unsolicited messages on thursday, tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd sent intimate snaps of himself to someone on gay dating app, and someone on a gay dating app, and he was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers for the latest stories , numbers for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or go to screen, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much. right now, remember , you can get in now, remember, you can get in touch about all the stories we're talking about today by email me at gbviews@gbnews.uk. com your screens now or com on your screens now or message me on our socials. we're at gb news and there's loads more coming up on a cracking show. very strong winds of up to 70 miles an hour and heavy snow are battering parts of the uk today as storm kathleen causes chaos , our reporter will be chaos, our reporter will be braving the storm just for us to

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what we do. very strong winds of up to 70 miles an hour and heavy snow the uk snow battering parts of the uk today as storm kathleen causes chaos, the office says rain, chaos, the met office says rain, snow and unseasonably strong winds are moving towards the uk and ireland from the southwest . and ireland from the southwest. yellow weather warnings for snow, wind and rain remain in place until 10:00 tonight. joining me now well, we hope it's still there is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie who is sent to stand on a. oh no, he was on a on a wave beach and is now on a rain lashed river. anywhere dangerous? dougie is going to be. dougie, thank you for joining us again. it's actually starting looking like it's raining. you now. raining. where you are now. what's ? what's happening? >> yeah. you spoke too soon the last time saying that there was no rain. of course it's starting to come in now. we have moved inland a little bit. the gusts, the gusts are high, but the wind gusts are high, but actually in amongst that, it's not too bad. but if you look at this river behind us, it is very, very, very swollen indeed. and is fast moving. and

and it is fast moving. and that's because the water table has been so high over the whole winter period. that's to do with a lot of different issues. but it means the trees are very susceptible to gusts of wind that will bring down power lines and that's exactly what's happened this morning in and around cork. kerry and waterford when storm caitlin hit that part of ireland deep in the south of ireland at the end has basically split. the most severe gusts have went around ireland and about now galway , mayo and about now galway, mayo and donegal are taking massive gusts. and indeed, as you've seen earlier on with ourselves, we were on the coast in the rac. we getting very large gusts we were getting very large gusts of wind coming up towards from the bottom of the isle of man, right on up the irish sea, and thatis right on up the irish sea, and that is now moving it towards yourselves on the mainland. and yourselves on the mainland. and you will feel that within the next few hours. but it isn't that bad . and when you come away

that bad. and when you come away from the coast, so that structural damage should basically stay on the coastal areas, those power lines will come down the coastal areas. and as i said to you before, the crews in ireland and scotland north and south of ireland are very used to dealing with this type of weather and are well ready for it. but the worry will be after this. commercially, those seaside towns that over the last couple of weeks will have opened their doors to caravan parks, etc. what will be the commercial problems for them after this weekend has gone past with very little trade and then of course we'll be looking at what the water does as it goes in and out of the fields and makes its way onto the roads. there was a lot of rain last night, quite heavy rain indeed. the roads were flooded in places, so if you are travelling throughout northern ireland, please be careful on the roads. there's a lot of standing water

because the fields are still flooded and of course the water is not draining away into those shucks ditches , so that is shucks and ditches, so that is worth the watching, especially this evening in around , 7:00 this evening in around, 7:00 when the light starts to go. but mainly northern ireland has took quite the battering from the wind. but so far so good. and tomorrow we believe it will all be about the northeast of or the northwest of england, and mainly scotland . scotland. >> dougie. two things. it has the record amount of rainfall in the record amount of rainfall in the past 18 months, so it's not my by the past 18 months, so it's not my by the way, my fault, right? by the way, it's raining with you. okay, i know you're trying to blame me, but but basically what but it's not. but basically what you're experiencing there is heading . heading our way. >> yes, indeed it is. it heads. so if it comes west, it'll keep on going that direction. west, east. and it's heading towards yourselves now. and i can't tell yourselves now. and i can't tell you on the areas is you on the coastal areas it is very, very gusty. i mean, i was talking to you earlier on from the side of a, of a cliff and i

can tell you the gusts there, i mean, myself and my camera operator were finding it very hard to stand there and not get blown away. so they are quite big gusts when they come. and unfortunately for the seaside towns , that will be the damage towns, that will be the damage when it comes. all right, dougie , so we've had crashing waves on the edge of a cliff flooded river with our rain sodden fields. >> so for the next hit, we want you to go and stand in the middle of a forest with trees. okay just to see what that's like now, got to get an ice >> now, i've got to get an ice cream. i've got to get an ice cream. i've got to get an ice cream. real. gone for megxit. >> dougie beattie. thank you so much for joining >> dougie beattie. thank you so much forjoining us from. yeah. much for joining us from. yeah. storm kathleen hitting ireland at the moment and coming our way. lucky i say right, i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news saturday and there's loads more coming up on today's show today. i can't believe feel old. today believe this. i feel old. today marks the 50th anniversary of when abbott won the eurovision song contest for sweden and launched one of the most iconic

careers in music in the world. but how are the groups celebrating all of that? and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back to gb news saturday with me . dawn neesom on your tv, with me. dawn neesom on your tv, onune with me. dawn neesom on your tv, online and on that digital radio. now, my favourite bit of the show with a wonderful person . mamma mia! waterloo and dancing queen are just some of the mega hits released by abba today marks. oh my god, i can't believe. prepare to feel old people. today marks the 50th anniversary of when the super troopers the eurovision song troopers won the eurovision song contest for sweden and launched one of the most iconic career in music the world ever seen. music the world has ever seen. now joining me now is our very own dancing queen showbiz reporter stephanie takyi. >> mamma mia ! torfaen. mamma >> mamma mia! torfaen. mamma mia! super trouper.

>> let's see how many more we can work in the mines. >> one of us is very right >> one of us is very hot right now. this is very warm in here. >> it has to be said not because steph has joined me, but she is very hot. so 50 years. since 50 years, and it's just it years, i mean, and it's just it feels like it happens yesterday. >> but they really did cement history back then in 1974. and today , this weekend. it's a big today, this weekend. it's a big abba extravaganza on tv and also at the brighton dome, where they actually won back in 1974. do you believe that show was only one hour and 48 minutes compared to eurovision's? these days, which is almost three hours, but a week i know. but tonight the dome is going to be open in brighton for people to perform abba tracks, and they're literally going to party like it's 1974. but when we talk about the legacy of abba dawn, 200 million records sold worldwide , and obviously we have worldwide, and obviously we have the live show, which is still there . and it just goes to show

there. and it just goes to show that they didn't even know that they making that history they were making that history that night. do you know, that they were making that history that rthey do you know, that they were making that history that rthey weren't know, that they were making that history that rthey weren't actually that night they weren't actually going to perform waterloo? there night they weren't actually goinanotherform waterloo? there night they weren't actually goinanotherform �*that rloo? there night they weren't actually goinanotherform �*that they there was another track that they wanted to perform, but waterloo got picked in the end. >> didn't know that. yeah. and >> i didn't know that. yeah. and that they've sold over 150 million were only million records. they were only together for nine years. >> was, they you >> yes, there was, but they you know what i think it is, i don't even think consider abba as pop. i put them their own league i put them in their own league because to imitate. because they're hard to imitate. and even back then, in 1974, i don't think i could compare them to other acts that were around at the time. you know, a scandinavian four piece, you know, wearing the satin outfits they wore that night. it was just has never been seen. and it's hard to replicate even today. but they did the today. but they did have the magic touch when it comes to music. and i think that's what makes still relevant . makes them still relevant. >> yeah, they were they were unique timeless as unique and it's timeless as well. you can still sing a lot. well we still are, aren't we? we've sort like we've got sort of like mamma mia! the musical billions. the film. hundred and 85 film. yeah hundred and 85 million. and then we've got the

avatars voyage. avatars and avatar voyage. i mean, there is nothing. >> they span many generations >> they span so many generations . so. >> they span so many generations .so.and >> they span so many generations . so. and that's the thing, you know, you could have grown up in the abba. got the 70s and loved abba. i got into when i was into abba in the o's when i was just about and i loved them just about 15, and i loved them and good music lasts and just people good music lasts the test of time. it does. but on tonight there will be some on tv tonight there will be some abba things tomorrow and bbc two they be replaying the they will be replaying the actual when they won actual eurovision when they won in 1978 on tonight on bbc. it's all going to be abba, it's going to be a documentary looking at abba. 1982, all abba. between 1974 and 1982, all the times they visited britain. >> so brilliant. so you can have a proper abba , abba fest. a proper abba, abba fest. >> you can dress up if you wanted i've got my flares wanted to. i've got my flares ready have ready. have you? >> do you know >> but. but do you do know this fact? the spanish, fact? you know the spanish, one wonders. fact? you know the spanish, one wondealways shades of blue, there. always in shades of blue, purple and white. do you know why? know why? why? why do you know why? designed to represent a scandi theme and theme of ice mountains and glacial rivers. oh that's lovely. i mean , lovely, lovely, lovely. >> and, you know, i do think , >> and, you know, i do think, dawn, i think they're going to do something special for the

eurovision, taking eurovision, which will be taking place may, it's going place in may, because it's going to so to be taking malmo in sweden. so i do think they might bring the original, group out for it. so it'll be interesting to see what happens their 70s now, but happens in their 70s now, but very, very with it still now obviously their personal relationships in abba. >> yeah. great. well, >> yeah. that great. well, they ended getting divorced. yeah. ended up getting divorced. yeah. talking which, seen talking of which, we've seen another high profile announcement of a divorce coming up cohen and up with sacha baron cohen and isla fisher. >> yeah, we didn't see that coming to be honest. i know he's had a bit of controversy recently due to the rebel wilson memoir that she's put out, where she she was mistreated she said that she was mistreated by him, allegedly on the of by him, allegedly on the set of their film the brothers grimsby. but isla fisher and sasha cohen, by hollywood standards, stone they're we thought they they're quite we thought they were quite rock solid. they've been for two decades, been together for two decades, but fisher put last but isla fisher put it out last night on instagram that they quietly divorced last year, she says obviously they're still a family and they're still, you know, very much in love as

parents of their children. the reason why i think isla fisher has come out with this, what sources say is because sources say dawn is because obviously a lot of obviously he's had a lot of controversy with own career. controversy with his own career. she her acting she wants to relaunch her acting career. so she i think she's trying to separate that and separate any embarrassment. but i think behind the closed doors, i think behind the closed doors, i think behind the closed doors, i think personally they had moved to australia as a family in 2020. she's australian and apparently he found it really hard making that adjustment to australia because he was leaving everything he knows behind. but i guess with all this controversy at the moment, i think done the right think she's just done the right thing and said, you know what? we're it's we're not together because it's very easy. you know, once you put name will put his name up, her name will come up as well, isn't it? >> and you're into >> and you're dragged into whatever on. you really whatever is going on. you really are of that, but, i mean, are all of that, but, i mean, they announced it in a weird way. so, to be fair, all the way. so, to be fair, in all the papers, not the tabloids. papers, right? not the tabloids. this is the front page this is on the front page of the senous this is on the front page of the serious and serious news. yes, as well. and i was genuinely shocked, you i was genuinely shocked, as you say, because, you know, that length relationship in length of relationship in hollywood like, it's hollywood is like, wow, it's like dinosaur years. >> .

>> literally. >> literally. >> dinosaur. yeah. but they announced it with a tennis picture. did . i love picture. they did. i love matches over dawn. >> they've been quite very >> they've been quite a very private couple, but as well they are quite an amusing couple. over . you always see over the years. you always see them they're on red them when they're on red carpets, animated carpets, making quite animated appearances. yes, he's a comedian. she's quite light hearted , she's quite funny. and hearted, she's quite funny. and i think, you know what, when it comes divorce comes to these divorce announcements and celebrity hood, like, we hood, it's always like, oh, we love other dearly. and you love each other dearly. and you know, when i get those kind of statements, beyond the statements, i read beyond the words. for them, words. but i think for them, genuinely, there is still love there. actually they've there. and actually they've bowed out their relationship, there. and actually they've bowe marriage heir relationship, there. and actually they've bowe marriage ,eir relationship, there. and actually they've bowemarriage , in relationship, there. and actually they've bowemarriage , in azlationship, there. and actually they've bowemarriage , in a funonship, there. and actually they've bowemarriage , in a fun way. p, there. and actually they've bowemarriage , in a fun way. it is. >> it's what you expect. and one one quick story, stefan. yes, for a netflix the disney dream. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> don't eat the same as nick gibb. yeah, netflix already done it, haven't they? gibb. yeah, netflix already done it, idon't t they? gibb. yeah, netflix already done it, idon't usually sharing is >> don't usually sharing is caring, disney caring, but not for disney anymore saying anymore because they're saying they're cracking down on password you can password sharing so you can share with people in your own household, but outside your household, but outside your household . now you're going to household. now you're going to have to pay an additional fee. i don't technology

don't know what the technology be they're going to use because i'm where there's will, i'm saying where there's a will, there's find. there's a way people will find. but the head disney, but the head boss of disney, bob iger, serious about iger, he's very serious about disney plus making a profit this yeah disney plus making a profit this year. netflix when they crack down on password sharing they managed to get 13 million subscribers. so if disney wants to do that, they're going to have to crack down on password sharing . people just sharing. and people are just going the going to have to cough up the cash. 99 cash. right now it's $4 and 99 a month minus ads. it's month with ads minus ads. it's 7.99. so let's see what happens next. >> yeah stephanie, thank you very much. >> you joining us right. >> you joining us right. >> says don't dawn neesom on gb news saturday. more coming news saturday. loads more coming up. let's a look up. but first let's have a look at doing . at what the weather's doing. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office storm kathleen is still very much the talking point of our weather over the next so. situated to point of our weather over the nex'west so. situated to point of our weather over the nex'west of so. situated to point of our weather over the nex'west of the situated to point of our weather over the nex'west of the uk,ated to point of our weather over the nex'west of the uk,atedgoing) point of our weather over the ne bring: of the uk,atedgoing) point of our weather over the

ne bring: of some k,atedgoing) point of our weather over the ne bring: of some veryedgoing) point of our weather over the ne bring: of some very strong|) to bring us some very strong winds through the of winds through the rest of saturday of saturday and into the start of sunday. those strongest winds likely across western parts of the uk, northern ireland and scotland, perhaps seeing gusts of 60 to 70 miles hour of 60 to 70 miles an hour through rest the evening. of 60 to 70 miles an hour throit's rest the evening. of 60 to 70 miles an hour throit's through the evening. of 60 to 70 miles an hour thro it's through saturday yening. but it's through saturday evening. a band of showers pushes its way north and eastwards . these are likely to eastwards. these are likely to turn very heavy, with some hail eastwards. these are likely to turnthunderavy, with some hail eastwards. these are likely to turnthunder mixedth some hail eastwards. these are likely to turnthunder mixedth for1e hail and thunder mixed in for southwest . parts of uk southwest. parts of the uk will gradually much of gradually turn drier for much of the uk through the early hours of sunday morning, and will of sunday morning, and it will be to sunday as be a mild start to sunday as well, with temperatures generally holding up in the high single . so after a brief single figures. so after a brief dry across another dry start across the uk, another band of showers pushes its way north and eastwards through sunday turning sunday morning again turning quite heavy in places. perhaps some flooding and some localised flooding and travel disruption. still a widely windy on the widely windy day on sunday. the strongest winds, though across northwestern parts of scotland again gusts here again there could be gusts here of 60 to 70 miles an hour, so there some travel there could be some travel disruption through the afternoon. day afternoon. another mild day across temperatures across the uk, but temperatures down a touch on saturday, maybe 16 or 17 degrees in the south but still above average. monday starts dry for northern ireland

and parts of scotland, but further band of further south another band of rain pushes up the rain pushes up from the southwest through monday morning, very wet and morning, so turning very wet and windy these parts through windy across these parts through monday . remaining monday afternoon. remaining unsettled through the first part of next week. temperatures still remaining little little bit remaining a little a little bit above average, but hints of something through the something drier through the second the week. second half of the week. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> thank you very much, ellie. loads more coming up on today's show, security experts have been called in to analyse the whatsapp messages left at the heart of the westminster sex scandal, the latest on all that still to come . this is gb news, still to come. this is gb news, britain's news

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up into central scotland and of course, northern ireland. two our northern ireland reporter dougie is in county down. >> it hit cork, waterford and kerry there. it has done some structural damage and power outages. the storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. it is now making its way towards galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here. and i'm standing in northern ireland, about 25 miles away from the isle of man, and the winds are picking up. the gusts of the winds are the most damaging part here, and we will expect many more flights to be cancelled over the next few hours . over the next few hours. >> rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving areas with no leaving some areas with no services all day long. chiltern, transpennine express and

northern not running any trains while there'll be reduced services on great western, lner and heathrow express. engineering work means there will be no trains as well between london paddington and reading . the human torso found reading. the human torso found at a nature reserve in salford, belonged to a man aged older than 40. police say a murder investigation was launched by greater manchester police after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been dead for a matter of days. dna tests are ongoing to identify man . climate identify the man. climate activist greta thunberg has been detained by dutch police during a demonstration in the hague. thunberg was put into a large bus by officers, along with other protesters who tried to block a major highway into the administrative capital of the netherlands. the 21 year old was campaigning against the dutch government, calling for a stop to subsidies for fossil fuels . a

to subsidies for fossil fuels. a conservative mp says he was the first whistleblower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap sixteen scam. bosworth mp doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyber flashing as the met launched an investigation into unselling knitted messages on thursday. tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd sent intimate snaps of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers. so far around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted. >> the first set of messages i got was on a day i was with my wife and i got a one time open photo on whatsapp of an explicit image of a naked lady. as soon as i got these the next day, i reported it to the police. the authorities and the chief whip. ten days later, i got another set of messages. this time, however , i was sat with my team however, i was sat with my team in the constituency office, so

we were able to record the conversation and catch photos and videos of the messages coming through, including another explicit female image. i put my name up to say, well, i hope others come forward. i'm just pleased i blew the whistle, reported authorities reported it to the authorities and into . and it's now being looked into. >> nearly £17 million worth of drugs has been seized by the royal navy after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the canbbean smuggling speedboats in the caribbean sea across two operations. hms trent seized 200 kilos of cocaine following a port visit to the island of martinique. defence secretary grant shapps says it shows the navy's commitment to disrupt and dismantle drug traffickers . dismantle drug traffickers. so—called reckless tory tax pledges will leave homebuyers worse off. labour is warning . worse off. labour is warning. the party says the conservatives ambition to scrap national insurance contributions will create a £46 billion black hole. their analysis suggests that first first home buyers could be

£280 worse off each year due to an increase in mortgage repayments. shadow minister alison mcgovern told us the policy will harm couples . policy will harm couples. >> it's hardly fair to put at risk that position that people are in when they're trying to buy their first home, when they're really saving and doing, making these sorts of unfunded tax commitments has that effect. it's worse for people who are in that position, who struggle to be able to buy their own home. >> well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. you'll get them to your phone by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common it's now back to dawn and gb news . news. saturday. >> thank you very much. i love the way he says dawn. it's got quite a ring to it, hasn't it? right. okay, let's get straight quite a ring to it, hasn't it? rightoday's let's get straight quite a ring to it, hasn't it? rightoday's story get straight quite a ring to it, hasn't it? rightoday's story ,iet straight quite a ring to it, hasn't it? rightoday's story , shallaight quite a ring to it, hasn't it? rightoday's story , shall we? into today's story, shall we? the for gb

the latest opinion poll for gb news from people. polling shows a majority want to know the level of crime being committed by asylum seekers and illegal migrants. 53% believe the government should provide that data. just 18% say they shouldn't. the poll also has more dire news for the conservatives, with 45% of people saying they intended to vote for labour. the conservatives are on just 19, only five points ahead of reform, who are on 14, with the lib dems on 9% and the greens on 8. when asked who they trust to stop the small boat crossings twice as many people. this is weird. backed labour. 15% say they trust labour to stop the boats, compared to just 7% for the conservatives. blimey me. but by far the most people said they trust neither 55% of you and when asked whether the uk should leave the european convention on human rights if echr judges block more rwanda flights , 36% said yes, we

flights, 36% said yes, we should, 31. it's quite close, isn't it? said no , we shouldn't isn't it? said no, we shouldn't write some very interesting results in this poll. so joining me now is gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, to analyse what they actually mean. nigel, hello. thank you very much for joining us again, nigel. some very interesting results this interesting results in this poll. it. basically, no poll. isn't it. basically, no one tries to see the main party at moment . at the moment. >> no, that seems to be what what's coming mean , if what's coming out. i mean, if you extrapolate those figures into into seats after a general election, you end up with a tories only having 32 mps left. now, that would give labour a majority of 388. this is this is from the voting analyst electoral calculus. and the lib dems would become the official opposition on 48 mps, although reform are doing an awful lot better than the lib dems because of our first past the post system , they still wouldn't get system, they still wouldn't get any mps. the problem is, nigel,

and where you are politically , and where you are politically, this isn't good news for democracy as such, because if you've got one party having such a majority , they've really a huge majority, they've really got no opposition. >> they can basically do what they . they want. >> yeah. and i think that that worries me i don't think worries me too. i don't think any party should have such a huge majority, what you need is an effective opposition to scrutinise legislation that's coming through to point out where it's going wrong . and what where it's going wrong. and what you don't want is massive majorities. just railroading things through, i quite like the old coalition that that happened between the tories and the lib dems back in 2010, and what the lib dems is stop the tories lib dems did is stop the tories doing things that would be a bit extreme , so, yes, i think that extreme, so, yes, i think that the, the good news is the polls probably will close between now and the general election, that means the tories won't be on the sort of rump of 32 seats, and we'll probably have a lot more.

but at the moment, every single poll is showing a labour landslide. >> it must be. i mean, can you imagine, nigel waking up in the morning and being rishi sunak? i mean, not only have you got people commentating on your footwear of your footwear and the length of your trousers as happens, but also there no good news. every there is no good news. every single poll, not just the gb news one, but every single poll that you're getting at the moment, has it? basically, the tories are doomed. interestingly, no matter what they . they actually do. >> yes. i mean, nothing seems to be working for rishi sunak , and be working for rishi sunak, and i'm sure that, when he's when he has a look at our at our poll, he'll be holding his head in his handsin he'll be holding his head in his hands in despair, i mean, we've just got the national insurance cut, which is coming, coming into into in today, but again, we have one. we had one back in november, people will get 900, £900 better off as a result of these two cuts, but that hasn't worked , and largely is because worked, and largely is because the cost of living crisis still

is the top issue for voters , is the top issue for voters, followed by the nhs waiting lists . and rishi sunak is not lists. and rishi sunak is not doing anything to actually alleviate either. >> well, quite. there was one interesting thing on the labour side of things here. you know, no matter what poll they've all got, labour with a huge majority. an majority. but it's an interesting one that i think it was the was in the times or the telegraph, remember was in the times or the telegrnow, remember was in the times or the telegrnow, sayingremember was in the times or the telegrnow, saying thatmber was in the times or the telegrnow, saying that labour which now, saying that labour are in swing seats where are winning in swing seats where some of the areas where they are very traditionally labour are actually losing some votes there. what do you think is happening there? >> well, i mean, once you start, start, going down into constituency level, the picture looks rather different. so the kind of polls that have been done which is showing what is happening in constituencies, put the tories on far higher, the tories on a far higher, higher margin, not high enough. and you're still talking about a labour landslide, but yes, i mean , i think that labour have mean, i think that labour have various problems around the country, not least the whole

palestinian conflict, has not helped them in some of the marginals where you've got a big muslim vote. >> so what do you think? i mean, is anything that the is there anything that the conservatives could do now to actually win the next election? >> well, i mean, you never say neven >> well, i mean, you never say never, anything could happen, labour could possibly implode between now and election day , between now and election day, but it does seem seem that there's nothing that the tories seem doing at the moment there's nothing that the tories seenis doing at the moment there's nothing that the tories seenis doiany|t the moment there's nothing that the tories seenis doiany difference.ent that is making any difference. obviously would help a bit if they were able to get a flight off to rawang . yeah, it wouldn't off to rawang. yeah, it wouldn't do anything to stop the boats, but it is symbolic, and it was, it was one of the promises rishi sunak made to get that done by spring, do you say? >> interestingly, though, you mentioned migration issue, mentioned the migration issue, which you assume everybody is really which which you assume everybody is really many which which you assume everybody is really many people which which you assume everybody is really many people are.ich which you assume everybody is really many people are. but what many, many people are. but what i think came out in the gb news poll was how worried about the economy well, economy people were as well, and that be the bigger vote that could be the bigger vote winner rather than actually sorting migration crisis

out. >> yeah, i think that's right. i mean, i mean , migration and the mean, i mean, migration and the boats come as sort of the number three issue for people, but certainly the economy is the number one because it's what is happening in people's pockets. the only thing that rishi sunak could do is to make people feel better. by the time the election comes round in october or november . and that is what is november. and that is what is not doing. one of the biggest problems is the tax thresholds being frozen , that is sort of being frozen, that is sort of put a fiscal drag net on people . put a fiscal drag net on people. what it means is the tax cuts he has made to national insurance that's worth a pound in people's pockets, but he's taking another £1.90, in this fiscal drag . so £1.90, in this fiscal drag. so that's where his problem lies. he's got to be able to turn that around. he hasn't got much time to do it in. no. >> and the other story that caught my eye briefly, nigel, was had was that downing street had been accused of blocking true blue conservatives wing conservatives a more right wing candidates from standing in the general as wages

general election as it wages a battle for the future. so what? what the story seems to be implying is that rishi sunak wants more centrist people standing for election. so when they lose, if he still leader, he will have more support than having right wing members standing for a local election for the elections. >> yeah, he's he's thinking, i mean, what he's actually doing is thinking about the future in opposition and clearly that what the tory party want is more centrist mps and opposition to challenge labour. so that makes sense as far as his own future goes , if he loses the election, goes, if he loses the election, he won't be prime minister and he won't be prime minister and he won't be leader of the tory party. there's no way he could actually struggle on on the bafis actually struggle on on the basis that that he became prime minister without one single vote being cast. wow >> indeed. well, as i said, i wouldn't want to wake up being rishi sunak , would you? nigel rishi sunak, would you? nigel nelson, you very for nelson, thank you very much for your for and explaining. your time for and explaining. the polls we've the myriad of polls we've got are on the, well, the political

situation, which isn't good for anyone, basically, sounds anyone, basically, by the sounds of for all the best of it. now for all the best analysis opinion and analysis and opinion on that and much , go to our website much more, go to our website gbnews.com. see you on the screen. now we move on. screen. there now we move on. very strong winds of up to 70 miles an hour and heavy snow battering parts of the uk today at storm kathleen causes chaos. battering parts of the uk today at s met kathleen causes chaos. battering parts of the uk today at s met kathlesaysauses chaos. battering parts of the uk today at smet kathle says rain, chaos. battering parts of the uk today at smet kathle says rain, snows. the met office says rain, snow and unseasonably strong winds are moving towards the uk and ireland from the southwest. yellow weather warnings remain in place until 10:00 this evening, joining me now, i love talking to dougie is gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie, who is . oh, excellent. beattie, who is. oh, excellent. standing near some trees, with gusts of 60 mile an hour. heading your way, dougie. and it's raining. excellent. how's heading your way, dougie. and it'looking]. excellent. how's heading your way, dougie. and it'looking]. exceidougie ow's heading your way, dougie. and it'looking]. exceidougie ?v's it looking there, dougie? >> well, it never ceases to amaze me, actually, how nature resets itself . and from the very resets itself. and from the very high gusts earlier on today , i'm high gusts earlier on today, i'm standing actually looking at the mountains of mourne. just just behind the camera here. blue skies coming over it. the mist

has starting to clear from the mountains and the winds have died right down. so this beautiful seaside town of newcastle in county down , has newcastle in county down, has either in the eye of the storm or has seen the last of the storm because the birds are flying quite high again in the sky. you can see the seagulls coming again . sky. you can see the seagulls coming again. but of coming back in again. but of course, now the cleanup course, now comes the cleanup operation to course, now comes the cleanup ope emails to course, now comes the cleanup ope emails in to course, now comes the cleanup ope emails in of to course, now comes the cleanup ope emails in of the to course, now comes the cleanup ope emails in of the portaferry get emails in of the portaferry road, up to newtownards is now closed due to flooding. that's a coastal road . that means the sea coastal road. that means the sea has come up over the top of the wall into the road. there's trees down in the cumber road to killyleagh. also a very open and coastal road. so the damage initially does seem to be in and around those coastal areas on the east coast of northern ireland. as for the republic of ireland. as for the republic of ireland , well, storm caitlin ireland, well, storm caitlin landed there this morning in cork, kerry and waterford. it did do damage there. thousands were left without power. it is

then moved its way up past galway into mayo and up in around the top end of donegal, and that is a very open, part of land to the atlantic and is very, very common to have big storms there. so the electricity services there will be very quick in getting those trees cleared , the lines back up cleared, the lines back up again. and pretty much we are now seeing the quiet of the storm as it moves across the irish sea towards yourselves . irish sea towards yourselves. >> thanks very much, dougie from ireland with love indeed, dougie , what's the forecast like for the rest of the week you the rest of the week where you are? better ? are? is it going to get better? >> well, we would have rather had wind than rain. it must be said. we have had a horrendous time of rain over the last 18 months. in fact, many of the crops should have been planted in the fields. the fields are washing into roads, that is washing into the roads, that is all to do with cleaning of ditches and shucks etc. as well

as rainfall. that's another as rainfall. but that's another story . but yes, we're story altogether. but yes, we're hoping for a dry time over the next few weeks. there may be the odd shower, but hopefully, hopefully we start to see the land end around ireland. because don't forget, there's not that. i mean, there's only million i mean, there's only 1.8 million people ireland, people live in northern ireland, so it gives you an idea of how rural it actually is. so there's a lot of land and a lot of water washing off that land in the systems that really can't deal with not that much in, say, with it, not that much in, say, that period of time. and i feel that period of time. and i feel thatis that period of time. and i feel that is the fear for northern ireland over the next week or two, whether we will actually see drier months ahead or will we still be left with sodden ground. >> oh, dougie, let's all pray for that, shall we? but you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a hosepipe ban, no matter much rains. matter how much it rains. dougie beattie in northern ireland with the latest on storm. kathleen, thank you very much. now a council leader in lincolnshire has suggested something really, really controversial. name the

local museum after one of britain's most divisive prime ministers. in a bid to boost tourism, a grantham museum is located located at saint peter's hill close to where mrs. margaret thatcher was born. our east midlands reporter will hollis has the story. >> britain's first female prime minister, margaret thatcher's mark on the country, is deep now in her hometown in grantham. the local council leader suggests using her profile to attract tourists . independent councillor tourists. independent councillor ashley baxter, of south kesteven district, says renaming grantham museum after mrs. thatcher will boost footfall. >> far more people have heard of margaret thatcher and probably still talk about margaret thatcher than currently talk about grantham, and i think that if it's a way get more people if it's a way to get more people to visit grantham museum, then really the name would help if it were named after margaret

thatcher. >> it is, of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. >> margaret thatcher was prime minister between 1979 and 1990. she led the country through falklands and the cold war, but the closure of coal mines under her premiership caused conflict across communities . the town is across communities. the town is divided on renaming the museum after the grantham born prime minister. it'sjust after the grantham born prime minister. it's just a after the grantham born prime minister. it'sjust a bad idea, minister. it's just a bad idea, i wasn't, i minister. it's just a bad idea, iwasn't, i don't minister. it's just a bad idea, i wasn't, i don't think she was a very good prime minister. >> why not? yeah. why not? she was the first woman prime minister. >> i don't think that she represents a working class people of this town. >> even home of >> even in her home town of grantham. margaret thatcher is a divisive character . her statue divisive character. her statue has been vandalised numerous times , making some here times, making some here reluctant to use her legacy as an attraction for the town. grantham boasts a rich history. sir isaac newton was from here

to this is grantham museum. >> we share the history for local people and for visitors. >> despite a thatcher gallery inside, the museum thinks renaming after her is a bad idea. run by volunteers, vivian is a manager. >> it should not be called the margaret thatcher museum because it's about grantham. grantham people . people. >> grantham exhibits grantham town more to town and there's more to grantham than there is so much more to grantham than margaret thatcher. >> i'm not even a fan of margaret thatcher. >> conservative >> i'm not a conservative because that reaction. because of that reaction. i think to think think people are likely to think , 0h, think people are likely to think , oh, i wonder what's in that museum? if it's about margaret thatcher? >> mrs. thatcher lived by her principles despite light public opinion. they called her the iron lady , remembered for never iron lady, remembered for never turning the museum . refusing to turning the museum. refusing to change is entirely in her spirit . will hollis gb news change is entirely in her spirit .will hollis gb news in grantham . grantham. >> well, interesting. how can that be controversial , really?

that be controversial, really? margaret thatcher? anyway, this is dawn neesom on gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show, so stay tuned . this is gb news, stay tuned. this is gb news, britain's

welcome back to gb news saturday with me. dawn neesom on your telly. online and on digital radio. i hope you've got a nice cup of tea in the break. or possibly even something colder. it's mild today, possibly even something colder. it's it? mild today, possibly even something colder. it's it? boilingnild today, possibly even something colder. it's it? boiling ind today, possibly even something colder. it's it? boiling in here, |y, isn't it? it's boiling in here, but it's actually quite warm springs, almost on the way. unless beattie unless you're dougie beattie in northern case northern ireland, in which case it's a gale. so right it's blowing a gale. so right now go to america, now let's go to america, shall we? donald trump is continuing to legal battles his to face legal battles in his struggle into the white struggle to get into the white house. is overseeing house. the judge is overseeing two of his legal cases, are refusing to accept his attempts to delay the prosecution. here joining me now is us political analyst eric hamm and one of my all time favourite people. eric,

i'm just going to say hello. welcome to the show. over to you. what's going in in trump world? what's happening now? >> oh, much . how much time do >> oh, so much. how much time do we actually have? we know that recently there were two major setbacks, both in georgia, as well. in his mar—a—lago case, both refused to both judges actually refused to dismiss the cases. and also what we know is that donald trump is still in still going to trial in manhattan . and the judge in that manhattan. and the judge in that case extended case has actually extended the 939 case has actually extended the gag order against him to include family members of both the judge as well as the prosecution in that case. so what we're seeing here is donald trump is still moving forward with these cases, even though we know that he has put so much effort, so much time, and trying to delay these trials until at least after the election , if not outright have election, if not outright have them dismissed. >> and does he stand a chance of doing ? doing that? >> having them delayed? has >> having them delayed? that has certainly them

certainly worked. having them dismissed. that's not going to happen. of while happen. now, of course, while they have been delayed, it's still the georgia still unclear when the georgia trial is actually going to happen. we know the prosecution in that case wants that case to happenin in that case wants that case to happen in august, but there has not been a date set, a date set for that to actually for that trial to actually begin. in the mar—a—lago case, it appears as though, again, that case is still up in the air because we know that the prosecutor there, the special prosecution , jack smith, has prosecution, jack smith, has already threatened to actually go to the 11th circuit because he believes that the judge has made some unclear rulings. and we know that the appellate court has already smacked down that judge twice in that case. so it's unclear what's really going to happen in the mar—a—lago case. and also, we know in the january insurrection case, january 6th insurrection case, we're a ruling we're still awaiting a ruling from the supreme court, which is expected to come sometime during this month. >> is any of this, eric, we have this conversation almost on a weekly basis. is this

weekly basis. is any of this actually affecting donald trump's popularity ? trump's popularity? >> no, it's not. what we do know is, and even though donald trump has now moved into the general election, cases are still election, these cases are still showing his base with him now , showing his base with him now, where this could actually become interesting is, of course , when interesting is, of course, when the trials actually begin. and if , in fact, there the trials actually begin. and if, in fact, there is the trials actually begin. and if , in fact, there is a the trials actually begin. and if, in fact, there is a guilty verdict before the election , i verdict before the election, i do suspect that we will get at least one verdict and one of these before the election . these cases before the election. it's just a matter of what case that's going to it looks that's going to be. it looks like to be the hush like it's going to be the hush money payment trial in manhattan, i believe we manhattan, where i do believe we could actually have a verdict in that summertime . that case. by the summertime. >> oh my god, the one story that made us over here chuckle a bit today is that there is a chap over who is so fed up over in america who is so fed up with the state of your politics, and over with and we're fed up over here with ours , by the way, as well. ours, by the way, as well. you're he's actually you're not alone. he's actually changed to changed his name by deed poll to literally changed his name by deed poll to literalboth biden on one side and

about both biden on one side and trump on the other. i mean, does that how does that kind of sum up how a lot of people are feeling in america? >> absolutely. fact, >> oh, absolutely. in fact, we just , movie star just heard from, movie star dwayne the rock johnson, who , of dwayne the rock johnson, who, of course, we know supported joe biden in 2020, announced, i think it was just yesterday that he will not be supporting joe biden , but did say that he is biden, but did say that he is going to keep his comments to himself as to who he will actually be voting for. so i think it pretty much left to interpretation what he's going to do. but i think what we're seeing is just the exacerbation that most people are feeling with politics in the united states, and particularly with both candidates , even both of these candidates, even though we're going to see this race, we're going to see both candidates perhaps spend well over $1 billion each in this race. >> that's amazing . that's the >> that's amazing. that's the difference. i mean, we're in the same boat. we've got two political sides and we're all pretty god,

pretty much thinking, oh my god, anyone the anyone but them? you're in the same the difference is same boat. but the difference is your candidates are spending a lot, money here. your candidates are spending a lot,oh, money here. your candidates are spending a lot,oh, absolutely. here. your candidates are spending a lot,oh, absolutely. they're >> oh, absolutely. they're spending a lot of money and they're raising a lot of money. in know that joe biden in fact, we know that joe biden did a fundraiser barack did a fundraiser with barack obama bill clinton, perhaps obama and bill clinton, perhaps two of the most popular politicians america , where politicians in america, where they raised over $25 million. and we know that donald trump is hosting fundraiser where he's hosting a fundraiser where he's expected raise $50 million. expected to raise $50 million. so these are definitely candidates who are dialling for cash, lots of it. and of course, it seems as though there's a diminishing of returns that's taking place because no matter how much they raise, no matter how much they raise, no matter how much they spend, what we do see that most americans are see is that most americans are simply are not excited by either of the candidates that are running, and that will actually occupy the white house in january of 2025. >> mirror image quickly. finally, before you go, eric, the earthquake , did it affect you? >> it did not have an impact in washington, dc, but of course,

we know that new yorkers are not experienced to this. and so it's been interesting to watch them actually experiences actually share their experiences about what happened yesterday. >> you being her >> and of course, you being her number one film will know that there swift song there is a taylor swift song that we could seamlessly that we could link seamlessly to the go that we could link seamlessly to the one go that we could link seamlessly to the one was go that we could link seamlessly to the one was talking go that we could link seamlessly to the one was talking about on. one one was talking about are you every week you promise to, to learn this? honestly it is. shake it off. there you go. now i expect you to rehearse it for next week. so you are word perfect , that's eric cam, thank perfect, that's eric cam, thank you so much forjoining us and having such a good sense of humour. thank eric, humour. thank you. eric, discussing politics. discussing american politics. yeah, right. i'm neesom. yeah, right. i'm dawn neesom. this gb news saturday, and this is gb news saturday, and there's loads more coming up on today's show. but first, it's rae headunes. rae time with the headlines. >> wow. 231, our top stories this hour. power cuts have left thousands without electricity across as storm

across ireland. as storm kathleen brings strong winds. dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70mph. in northern ireland and the west of britain, around 70 flights have been called off so far. a yellow weather warning for wind is in effect until 10 pm. tonight. it covers p.m. tonight. it covers cornwall, much of wales, parts of lancashire, cumbria up into central scotland and of course , central scotland and of course, northern ireland. two rail passengers have facing passengers have been facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. chiltern, transpennine express . and transpennine express. and northern are not running any trains while there's a reduced service on great western, lner and express . also, and heathrow express. also, engineering work means there'll be trains between london be no trains between london paddington and reading . the paddington and reading. the human torso , found at a nature human torso, found at a nature reserve in salford, belonged to a man aged older than 40. police

say a murder investigation was launched by greater manchester police after the body part was found wrapped in plastic at kersal wetlands. the victim is believed to have been dead for a matter of days. dna tests are ongoing identify the man and ongoing to identify the man and a conservative mp says he was the first whistleblower to alert police to the parliamentary honey trap sixteen scam . honey trap sixteen scam. bosworth mp doctor luke evans says he was the victim of cyber flashing as the met launched its investigation on thursday. tory mp william wragg told the times he'd said intimate pictures of himself to someone on a dating app' himself to someone on a dating app, and was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers for the latest stories , numbers 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 dawn and slash alerts. now it's dawn and gb news. saturday

>> thank you very much. right now, there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but before i tell you what, i've got lined up for you, you wait to hear what this lady has got nana this young lady has got nana akua has joined the akua has joined me in the studio. she's got studio. i have to say, she's got her legs out. i'm not sure you can see they match the sofa so you can't see them. nana, you do not look like this sofa. nothing on earth. >> i'm thinking about the same colour . colour. >> it's very comfortable. >> it's not very comfortable. nana, what have you got coming up? now i've got to say i'm up? well now i've got to say i'm very excited because my big 5:00 guest difficult guest for difficult conversations alves . conversations is jessica alves. >> and she's coming in live in the studio. she's had about £1 million worth plastic surgery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(onnorth plastic surgery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(on her.| plastic surgery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(on her. so plastic surgery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(on her. so we'reic surgery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(on her. so we're going ery the studio. she's had about £1 milli(on her. so we're going to' done on her. so we're going to hean done on her. so we're going to hear, you know, what it was like going through because going through it, because last week big about week there was a big roar about plastic going plastic surgery and women going through it. so jessica has obviously she's a trans woman . obviously she's a trans woman. and so it would be great to hear everything she's been through. plus we've got some great debates we'll be discussing whether for perhaps us whether it's time for perhaps us to withdraw from israel. and in terms of arms, we'll be

terms of sale of arms, we'll be speaking to uri geller, live in israel. always gives us israel. he always gives us his contribution. levin contribution. and angela levin will be live talking about will also be live talking about the royals. >> the royal staff . it's very. >> the royal staff. it's very. have you seen the scoop on netflix ? netflix? >> not yet. no, no, i don't think i can bring myself to watch any of oh why? i can't watch any of it. oh why? i can't stand things people stand watching things of people who who are living. and it's some ridiculous about none some ridiculous story about none of it. even none of it is even true. so yeah, i'll be watching it. >> yeah, i must admit, i'm going to. actually, i think i might have a quick but, the have a quick look, but, the one show to miss show you don't want to miss is nana coming up nana show, which is coming up straight after one. and straight after this one. and remember, touch remember, you can get in touch about all the topics we've been discussing emailing discussing today by emailing me on gbviews@gbnews.com, or message on our socials at gb news. i'm dawn neesom and

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intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was manipulated into was then being manipulated into providing phone numbers of his colleagues . joining me now is colleagues. joining me now is host of the saturday fire , host of the saturday fire, benjamin butterworth and political commentator suzanne evans. political commentator suzanne evans . thank you so much for evans. thank you so much for joining me on a saturday afternoon . now, i've been afternoon. now, i've been talking about this story a lot today. loads of viewers today. it's got loads of viewers getting in touch with what they feel it , first i'll come feel about it, first i'll come to you first. suzanne, what do you make of this? are you surprised by it? >> are . >> are. >> are. >> i wish i were, but unfortunately, i think there's just so much sleaze that circles around westminster that i'm not really when i first really surprised when i first heard this story, dawn, i assumed that it was kind of assumed that it was some kind of foreign state that had assumed that it was some kind of foreigdeliberately that had assumed that it was some kind of foreigdeliberately targeting been deliberately targeting mps. but down to the but no, it's down to the stupidity of a single individual mp. i cannot understand for the life of me how someone can go into public life and not realise that they can't go on dating apps like grindr, because it opens them up to so many compromising issues if they

frankly can't understand that they're too thick to be doing they're too thick to be doing the job. and i think william wragg have the whip wragg should have the whip removed, he should removed, i think he should possibly there possibly even resign. and there should be a by—election, even though general election. >> i'm astounded by rishi sunak and hunt standing by him. and jeremy hunt standing by him. how can this man possibly be courageous as they have said, he's been an absolute idiot. >> words and many, many, >> strong words and many, many, many of you out there are agreeing with what suzanne just said. what do you make of it, benjamin? >> i mean, i was shocked that he had then handed had done this and then handed over the personal phone numbers of other mps. i mean, i just couldn't believe how cowardly it was. >> it was incredibly pathetic . i >> it was incredibly pathetic. i think your average teenager would know better than fall think your average teenager w0|ad know better than fall think your average teenager w0|a trickw better than fall think your average teenager w0|a trick like etter than fall think your average teenager w0|a trick like this. :han fall think your average teenager w0|a trick like this. you fall think your average teenager w0|a trick like this. you know, for a trick like this. you know, lots of us will get unexpected whatsapp and we will whatsapp messages and we will not respond to it. we'll know that something dodgy, you that it's something dodgy, you know, and we're not mps. and yet he that . what he couldn't see that. what i would say, though, on the whip, however, we know he however, is that we know that he had some months off recently because he had poor mental health. a breakdown. and health. he had a breakdown. and so strongly suspect reason

so i strongly suspect the reason that the tory party has chosen to sort of look the way on to sort of look the other way on this because they know he's this is because they know he's been vulnerable been in a very vulnerable state, and help someone and would it really help someone that's in that position in life? >> you >> so that should give you a free should it? i'm sorry, free pass. should it? i'm sorry, i so. think i don't think so. i don't think ill it be ill health, whether it be physical or mental health, actually gives free pass actually gives you a free pass to be a complete idiot and put national at i'm national security at risk. i'm sorry . you know, we can all have sorry. you know, we can all have sympathy for people who have mental of mental health problems of course. absolutely. but if you're and you're being you're that bad and you're being that dangerous, arguably, then you still shouldn't be in the job. i'm afraid this is not a normal job. this is a job with huge responsibility. you have access to state secrets. you have intel that the ordinary person in an ordinary job does not have. this is not flipping burgers at mcdonald's , where of burgers at mcdonald's, where of course, everyone would have huge sympathy and say, well, of course doing course you can carry on doing the entirely the job. this is an entirely different, area here, and i'm afraid i think you should go. i stand by what i say. >> i mean, i think in principle i would agree, but given that he's stepping anyway,

he's stepping down anyway, he's not mp . not going to restand as an mp. we're months from the election. he's had those problems. think we're months from the election. he'scan! those problems. think we're months from the election. he'scan understand lems. think we're months from the election. he'scan understand that. think we're months from the election. he'scan understand that. the ink you can understand that. the last thing would want to last thing you would want is to push edge push somebody over the edge in that . but also that scenario. but i also think there's said that scenario. but i also think thereify said that scenario. but i also think thereify in said that scenario. but i also think thereify in that said that scenario. but i also think thereify in that vulnerable that if he's in that vulnerable state, that's why he fell for this is he capable this mistake and is he capable of being a member of parliament in the place, or he do in the first place, or did he do this kind anyway and this kind of issue anyway and then trouble then found himself in trouble and that fed into his mental health problems? >> i think we're making a big assumption , benjamin, that assumption there, benjamin, that he his he acted this way because of his mental . it could, mental health issues. it could, of course, be the other way around engaging in a around that he was engaging in a highly unethical, immoral behaviour. one would argue. and then he got caught and then he got found out and then he got depressed and anxious. i quite understand how that could have happened. >> i mean, it's a were >> i mean, it's a we were talking rowley talking to charlie rowley earlier on and he did have some sympathy i mean , it's sympathy because he i mean, it's not my way, suzanne. you know, the dating way that, you the modern dating way that, you know, young men in particular are inclined to send pictures of them. >> i mean, ijust find them. >> i mean, i just find that incredible. why would anyone do

that? maybe i'm just too old. incredible. why would anyone do that? yeah,e i'm just too old. incredible. why would anyone do that? yeah, ii'm just too old. incredible. why would anyone do that? yeah, i just ust too old. incredible. why would anyone do that? yeah, i just be too old. incredible. why would anyone do that? yeah, i just be honesti. well, yeah, i just be honest with you. >> grateful am. with you. >> don't'ateful am. with you. >> don't get ul am. with you. >> don't get it. am. with you. >> don't get it. yes.. >> don't get it. yes. >> don't get it. yes. >> any of those. kind >> don't want any of those. kind of. you charlie >> don't want any of those. kind of. have you charlie >> don't want any of those. kind of. have some| charlie >> don't want any of those. kind of. have some sympathy.|rlie >> don't want any of those. kind of. have some sympathy. i.ie did have some sympathy. i can understand that, know, understand that, you know, the pressures where pressures of westminster where you're long hours, you're working long hours, you're working long hours, you're sort of like, you know, you're sort of like, you know, you kicked from you are getting kicked from pillar at pillar to post, especially at the moment. if you're a tory, you you're you're you know, you're rubbish. you're da know, da da da da da. but you know, it's of it's taken a little bit of comfort he comfort from where he, where he could obviously, you know, giving could obviously, you know, givirgoing too far. but maybe we was going too far. but maybe we should cut him a little bit of slack here on this one, benjamin. >> i mean, look , the idea that a >> i mean, look, the idea that a member of parliament would be on a app, i think is a dating app, i think is acceptable, right? >> human many >> the human beings, many of them 20s or 30s, in >> the human beings, many of them cases, 20s or 30s, in >> the human beings, many of them cases, stupid.'s or 30s, in >> the human beings, many of them cases, stupid. and 30s, in some cases, stupid. and so i think app that is think a dating app that is a conventional dating app is perfectly understandable . and i perfectly understandable. and i think you have to understand that people. that they are regular people. they're and they're going to want to try and find nature find a partner. but the nature of was on is not of the app that he was on is not necessarily used finding necessarily used for finding meaningful so i meaningful romances. and so i think that matters, because i would say that someone in that position of responsibility, it's normal, think, exchange ,

normal, i think, to exchange, photos of that explicit nature on that particular app . and i on that particular app. and i think you should he should have known far better. but i strongly suspect , in fact, i know of suspect, in fact, i know of other on grindr, suspect, in fact, i know of oth> don't you're >> exactly. i don't think you're fit be an mp. if fit for the job to be an mp. if you don't understand that fundamentally shouldn't fundamentally that you shouldn't be on something like grindr. i wouldn't even go. i mean, i'm not i'm not elected. i'm not an mp. i'm not elected. i'm just commentator, not an mp. i'm not elected. i'm just but commentator, not an mp. i'm not elected. i'm just but clam nentator, not an mp. i'm not elected. i'm just but clam somebody you know? but i am somebody that's been in the eye. that's been in the public eye. i wouldn't go dating app at wouldn't go on a dating app at all. even now, when i'm single, i've been lovely to meet. somebody wouldn't touch it with a know that a bargepole because i know that i could be exploited. there would be potential repercussions. the very worst that could happen, you know, somebody could get some intimate information about me, shove it to newspaper or whatever. i

to the newspaper or whatever. i wouldn't be so stupid. so why can we why mps should not be allowed to be that stupid either i >> running out of time. well, i quite agree, benjamin, finally, we're running out time here. we're running out of time here. but mean, it's but do you? i mean, it's interesting lib interesting how labour and lib dems stood back this dems have also stood back this close to election. they could dems have also stood back this close reallyection. they could dems have also stood back this close really capitalised could dems have also stood back this close really capitalised cotthis . have really capitalised on this. do you think they're doing so because of the mental health issue , or do you think they're issue, or do you think they're doing so because there be doing so because there may be more to come out involving mps of those parties? more to come out involving mps of twell,parties? more to come out involving mps of twell,part know that there are >> well, we know that there are two mps that sent explicit photos in response to the unknown whatsapp numbers. now, we don't the parties of we don't know the parties of those two mps, so maybe one or both of them not tory mps . i both of them are not tory mps. i suspect that one of the reasons they've they they've held off is because they know that this particular mp has they've held off is because they kn0\mental1is particular mp has they've held off is because they kn0\mental health icular mp has they've held off is because they kn0\mental health struggles,has they've held off is because they kalsorental health struggles,has they've held off is because they kalso think health struggles,has they've held off is because they kalso think there's struggles, has they've held off is because they kalso think there's probably, has i also think there's probably plenty of people in other parties who've similar parties who've done very similar things , as i say. things, as i say. >> yeah, but there but for the grace, they're all at it. well, and they're running the country grace, they're all at it. well, an between running the country grace, they're all at it. well, an between sending the country grace, they're all at it. well, an between sending pictures. try in between sending pictures. suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank you so much for joining suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank yc dawn nuch for joining suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank chawn neesomjoining suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank chawn neesom .yining suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank chawn neesom . this] suzanne evans, benjamin watson, thank chawn neesom . this is gb me. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news more coming me. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb

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welcome back to gb news. saturday coming to the end of our time together. i'm dawn neesom. i'm on your telly. online and on digital radio. but not . not for much longer now. holiday. looking forward to your holidays and looking forward to mine. will be forced to mine. brits will be forced to comply with the old 100 millilitre hand luggage rules after the after airports across the country were given a one year extension install extension to install new scanning technology. the initial deadune scanning technology. the initial deadline to deliver the changes in all airports throughout the uk had been set forjune 2024, which would have freed us all up from those really irritating empty water bottles out. can't take shampoo , etc. etc. for the

take shampoo, etc. etc. for the first time in ages, but it's not really happening, is it? oh, god. joining me now is travel editor at the sun, lisa bynoe, to explain what's going on here. hello, lisa. thank you very much for us a saturday forjoining us on a saturday afternoon . lisa. i thought we afternoon. lisa. i thought we were to be all were going to be free of all this, irritating . oh my this, those irritating. oh my god, it's 15ml over the limit. we've to put it in a bin we've got to put it in a bin somewhere. what's happening? yeah, it is really sad. >> unfortunately. you know, this was arbitrary date that was quite an arbitrary date that was quite an arbitrary date that was set by government to say was set by the government to say that have that all airports had to have these scanners in by this time, and take into and it didn't really take into account the fact that we've got ageing infrastructure along account the fact that we've got age way nfrastructure along account the fact that we've got age way as astructure along account the fact that we've got age way as well:ture along account the fact that we've got age way as well .ure along the way as well. >> and these airports weren't built house these type of built to house these type of equipment. now these scanners are amazing. i went through stansted airport just last week. we went through one of we actually went through one of those scanning aisles and it was incredibly quick. you didn't have to take your laptop out or your kindle. didn't your your kindle. you didn't have to take out your liquids. and was fantastic. and it was fantastic. it was really good. but they are extremely heavy. the extremely heavy. so for the likes of somewhere like gatwick or heathrow, it's going to

involve floors . and involve reinforcing floors. and also you've got to bear in mind they've got to put this equipment at time as equipment in at the same time as still the as still running the airport as normal . and as we all know, all normal. and as we all know, all of our airports are pretty much at at the moment. you at capacity at the moment. you know, we're really bounced back after pandemic. know, we're really bounced back after pandemic . that's the after the pandemic. that's the other thing as well. you know, we in the we had three years in the pandemic airlines, pandemic where these airlines, airports lost billions. and now having to come up with this technology, it's hugely expensive. then do all of expensive. and then do all of these reconstructions, you know, really floors, really reinforcing floors, changing the systems around. and it's been a huge challenge. and the government has at least admitted that, yes, this can't be something that can be fixed overnight, but there are some airports, aren't there, lisa, that managed install that have managed to install the scanners ? scanners? >> which ones are those? >> which ones are those? >> right. so if you of >> right. so if you fly out of london city or teesside airports, both of those now do have scanners and it's have their scanners and it's just scanners, nothing just the ct scanners, nothing else. have to worry else. so you don't have to worry if you're going out to those airports, but they're small airports, but they're small airports in comparison to the airports, but they're small airpo of in comparison to the airports, but they're small airpo of heathrowison to the airports, but they're small airpo of heathrowison gatwick .

likes of heathrow and gatwick. you know, they're tiny in comparison, so they're not anywhere security anywhere near as many security lanes that they're trying to actually and the actually change over. and the other thing to really bear in mind as well is the fact that it's very and us it's all very well and good. us leaving it's all very well and good. us le'these new airports of these great new airports with new . but unless new scanners. but unless the corresponding airport in the country, you're going to has the same scanners, you're still going to have to adhere by those rules to get back into uk. rules to get back into the uk. actually that's an interesting point, lisa. >> countries are >> how many other countries are around world? i mean, around the world? i mean, certainly holiday certainly the holiday destinations certainly the holiday destineands certainly the holiday destineand places like that france and places like that where we might be going on our summer many summer holiday. how many of those have actually got those airports have actually got thiswell, into rome >> well, i flew into rome airport last week and there was nothing there then, and i flew out barcelona airport this out of barcelona airport this week and again, there was nothing been nothing there then. i have been to turku in finland, and there, yes, was actually, the yes, there was actually, the scanners in place. so i think it's very much that we're along with others, you know, seeing this gradually come in. but you have mind for have to bear in mind that for british people over the next year or so, we've the year or so, we've also got the challenges of the entry exit

system that's going to coming challenges of the entry exit sy�*forn that's going to coming challenges of the entry exit sy�*for the at's going to coming challenges of the entry exit sy�*for the european to coming challenges of the entry exit sy�*for the european union coming challenges of the entry exit sy�*for the european union and ing in for the european union and the new visa system. and i've seen of the sort of the tech seen all of the sort of the tech already in place in many of those airports , but this is those airports, but this is still going to be something that's going yet another that's going to be yet another problem we're all problem for us. we're all going to eyes scanned to have to have our eyes scanned and to go and our fingertips scanned to go through into european union. through into the european union. that's yet to come, and it's been delayed several times, but there's quite a few there's still quite a few challenges ahead in terms of technology we into technology as we all move into this sort of new digital era. >> oh, lisa, you haven't cheered me , but i'm still looking me up, but i'm still looking forward a holiday. forward to a holiday. lisa minot, the minot, travel editor of the sun there, much for there, thank you so much for joining us. well, it. joining us. well, that's it. we've end . i'm dawn we've come to the end. i'm dawn neesom, this news on neesom, this is gb news on saturday to just say thank saturday and to just say thank you so much forjoining me this afternoon. you so much forjoining me this aftercompany and all your your company and all your messages as well, especially the clean don't go too far clean ones, but don't go too far because nana is up next, but she's got a cracking show lined up. don't want to miss but up. don't want to miss it, but let's what let's find out what the weather's with ellie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on .

solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news. weather from the met office. storm kathleen is still very much the talking point of our weather over the next day or so. situated out to the west of the uk, going us some uk, it's going to bring us some very through very strong winds through the rest into the rest of saturday and into the start strongest start of sunday. those strongest winds likely across western parts northern parts of the uk, northern ireland and scotland, perhaps seeing gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour through the rest of the evening. through evening. but it's through saturday evening. a band of showers and showers pushes its way north and eastwards. likely to turn eastwards. these likely to turn very heavy, with hail very heavy, with some hail and thunder mixed in for southwestern parts of the uk. we'll turn for we'll gradually turn drier for much through the early much of the uk through the early hours of sunday morning, and it will mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell , mild start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell , withi start sunday hours of sunday morning, and it wilwell , with temperaturesiay as well, with temperatures generally up the high as well, with temperatures generafigures. up the high as well, with temperatures generafigures. so up the high as well, with temperatures generafigures. so after the high as well, with temperatures generafigures. so after a1e high as well, with temperatures generafigures. so after a briefjh single figures. so after a brief dry start across the uk, another band of showers pushes its way north and eastwards through sunday morning again turning quite heavy in places. perhaps some and some localised flooding and travel disruption. still a widely windy sunday. the widely windy day on sunday. the

strongest winds, though across northwestern parts scotland northwestern parts of scotland again be gusts here again there could be gusts here of 60 to 70 miles an hour, so there could some there could be some travel disruption through the afternoon. another mild day across temperatures across the uk, but temperatures down a touch on saturday, maybe 16 or 17 degrees in the south but above average. monday but still above average. monday starts dry for northern ireland and parts of scotland, but further band of further south another band of rain pushes up from the southwest through monday morning, turning very and morning, so turning very wet and windy through morning, so turning very wet and windy afternoon through morning, so turning very wet and windy afternoon . through morning, so turning very wet and windy afternoon . remainingjh monday afternoon. remaining unsettled through the first part of next week. temperatures still remaining a little a little bit above average, but hints of something through the something drier through the second half of the week. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

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