sexiest man.7 well. t0 fall sexiest man? well. t0 fall out over those sexiest man? well. to fallout over those topics to fall out over those topics and to many more. to fall out over those topics and to many more . friday, a team and to many more. friday, a team including a radio legend who proved to be far too good for the bbc, liz kershaw , mike the bbc, liz kershaw, mike hollingsworth, the man who pretty much invented breakfast tv in the uk, which means that piers morgan is his fault. oh, and last but not least, a top criminal barrister who will represent . anyone if the price represent. anyone if the price is right. yes, it's gerry , i'll is right. yes, it's gerry, i'll get you off. don't worry haz, even you, mr dolan. my friday feeling monologue is coming and lots of brickbats from gerry hayes on my friday friends. but first, the news headlines and sam francis.

>> mark, thank you very much. and good evening to you. it's just after 8:00, a look at the headunes just after 8:00, a look at the headlines this hour. and first to israel, where the bodies of three people who were kidnapped by hamas from a music festival on october the 7th have been found by the military in gaza. the israeli defence forces have confirmed tonight that the bodies of those three hostages were discovered overnight last night, but didn't give any details of where they were found . israel's prime minister says their deaths are heartbreaking . their deaths are heartbreaking. among them was 22 year old shani luke, whose twisted . remains luke, whose twisted. remains were photographed on the back of a pickup truck. israel thinks about 100 hostages may still be alive, with another 30 thought to be dead . meanwhile, to be dead. meanwhile, a terrorist who stabbed a stranger to death in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza will spend at least 44 years in prison. ahmed ali al fayed had already tried to kill his housemate before roaming the streets of hartlepool and

repeatedly stabbing grandfather terrence carney last october. the 45 year old is an asylum seeker . who claimed to be from seeker. who claimed to be from morocco. shadow home secretary yvette cooper says his conviction exposes what she's called an alarming catalogue of failings in the home office's handung failings in the home office's handling of his asylum . claim. handling of his asylum. claim. well, as we heard from mark at the top of the programme, a teacher convicted of having sex with two schoolboys becoming pregnant by one of them has been described as a predator. rebecca jones was found guilty of six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. she denied having sex with one schoolboy and claimed a relationship with a second teenager began only once he had left school and after she had been sacked during her two week trial, the high school teacher told the court that she craved . told the court that she craved. attention and was flattered by the teenager's attention. the 30 year old will be sentenced in july. well, there's still no word tonight on how long residents in south devon will

have to boil their water. that's after an outbreak of disease there. there are now 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, according to health officials. it means cases of the diarrhoea inducing illness have more than doubled in less than 24 hours, 16,000 homes and businesses have been told that a parasite got into the water supplies after possible contamination from cow manure . and finally, before we manure. and finally, before we head back to mark some royal news, the king, the queen and prince william will attend ceremonies in france next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings. his majesty and queen camilla will join commemorative events at the british normandy memorial, while the prince of wales will attend a separate canadian ceremony. buckingham palace, though . say buckingham palace, though. say the princess of wales is not expected to travel with them to france. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts .

news. common alerts. >> unconvincing tony blair tribute act sir keir starmer has launched a new labour style pledge card with his six promises to the nation . of promises to the nation. of course, a promise from our esteemed leader of the opposition is about as valuable as a taiwanese rolex that you bought in a market in taipei after an afternoon drinking rice wine, which didn't seem that strong when you originally tasted it. it's good that starmer has done this new pledge card, because when he launched his five missions a year ago, he completely forgot to mention immigration. an that's right, he completely forgot to mention it. he's got so much on his mind and i'm sure it was an oversight . so i'm sure it was an oversight. so let's have a look at starmer's plans. number one, sticking to tough spending rules. plans. number one, sticking to tough spending rules . well that tough spending rules. well that is until his mates in the trade unions some of whom fund his party, lean on him into agreeing

inflation busting, unaffordable pay inflation busting, unaffordable pay rises and the entirety of the public sector. labour's natural electoral constituency will be expected a cash bonanza. in fact, labour will have to spend so much money they'll make famous shopaholic elton john look like a penny pincher. famous shopaholic elton john look like a penny pincher . stick look like a penny pincher. stick to strict spending rules, starmer can't stick to anything. he's like a giant pritt stick that lost its lid years ago. commentators this week estimate that he's changed his mind over 70 times, including seeking to reverse brexit with a people's vote, campaigning not once but twice for jeremy corbyn to be prime minister and earlier this month finally deciding that biological sex matters. praise the lord. only women have a cervix again . it's like the good cervix again. it's like the good old days. they've got wombs and breasts and everything . so breasts and everything. so saying that labour will stick to their spending plans is like

saying that freddie mercury will stick to a heterosexual lifestyle. some fear that labour's spending plans will ultimately cost every working family an extra £2,000. if true, that's a lot of money. £2,000 will buy you a ten year old nissan micra. very reliable. gotta love some japanese engineering heated seats, leather trim am, fm radio yes please . £2,000 would buy you a please. £2,000 would buy you a luxury cruise in the mediterranean so you can sail away from high tax. britain under a labour government and £2,000 would buy you a dream two week holiday to disney world in florida. and if i'm honest, mickey mouse would be a far superior prime minister. el—sisi knows what a woman is, asked many labour are going to set up a great british energy company because of course, britain has such a winning history of state

run enterprises. think british leyland except this time they're making windmills rather than crap cars that don't work. labouris crap cars that don't work. labour is going to cut the nhs waiting list, funded by tackling tax avoidance. yeah, because hmrc don't do that already. ask poor old gary barlow and closing non—dom loopholes . yes. what a non—dom loopholes. yes. what a great idea. scare off rich people and get them to spend and invest their money abroad. yes, we'll all be poorer and living in tents, but we'll feel much better about ourselves knowing that high achievers are somewhere else and not britain. by somewhere else and not britain. by the way, the dreadful tories have a similar policy, i should add. labour are going to launch add. labour are going to launch a border security command, which sounds like something out of star trek. and to be fair, sir keir starmer and mr spock do have a similar level of charisma. now, this plan is just a souped up version of what is

already happening at the moment, with more quangos, a likely amnesty of thousands of illegal migrants, a deal with the eu to potentially take more asylum seekers and the axing of the rwanda plan even if it works. so those people smugglers must be quaking in their boots. labour are going to provide more neighbourhood police officers to reduce anti—social behaviour. presumably they've taken inspiration from the success of london mayor sadiq khan and the haven of peace and tranquillity thatis haven of peace and tranquillity that is london. and last but not least, labour will recruit an extra 6500 teachers paid for by ending the tax breaks on private schools. except that labour's proposed vat raid on private schools has reportedly already cost the taxpayer £22 million, with 3000 fewer pupils starting at private schools this year and flocking to already

overstretched state schools at a cost of almost £8,000 per pupil. private schools currently save taxpayers nearly £4.5 billion a year by educating kids who would otherwise be at state schools. but yeah, let's give them a kicking anyway, because that is the labour promise. in the end, a labour government is coming and even its supporters seem to be welcoming the news with a sense of grim inevitability . sense of grim inevitability. like a new indiana jones film, a michael mcintyre tour or a new coldplay album. >> oh perish the thought. >> oh perish the thought. >> sorry for swearing on a friday night. new labour, >> sorry for swearing on a friday night . new labour, who >> sorry for swearing on a friday night. new labour, who i voted for. that's right . who i voted for. that's right. who i voted for. that's right. who i voted for. that's right. who i voted for. well, this lot are not 1997 this ain't. and keir starmer is more tony bennett than tony blair. he's more cnnge than tony blair. he's more cringe than crooner. starmer is not in power yet and he's

already out of tune . reacting already out of tune. reacting furiously to that farrago of nonsense, our criminal barrister and former conservative mp jerry hayes, britain's longest serving female radio dj liz kershaw and former top tv executive mike hollingsworth, let me start with you. lovely to see you again, jerry hayes. what do we think about this new plan from keir starmer? a new labour style pledge card of six promises. will starmer keep them? >> oh, it's nothing new. it doesn't tell us anything. it's all motherhood and apple souffle. it's tony blair without the charisma. the trouble is with keir is that he's got all the charisma of a pot of pot noodle and it's cold. the trouble is, people don't trust the tories anymore. that's why it looks like the tories are going to lose. so it doesn't matter that all this nonsense is

coming from keir starmer. what really matters is what's the thaw is going to do about it. yes. >> now, cherry, i will tell you that we're not all members of the garrick club and some people are very fond of the pot noodle . are very fond of the pot noodle. >> i've never had one. >> i've never had one. >> oh, it's absolutely delicious i >> -- >> i've never had a pot noodle. perfect sustenance. am deprived? >> oh, you're missing out big time. i thought you were a no carbs man. >> yeah , well, i'm a total hypocrite. >> i think we've established that by now. liz what do you think about this? labour can point to their commanding poll in lead in the polls, and therefore say that britain wants a labour government. britain is ready for change. tories are messed it up. >> i'm not quite sure yet because, you know, let's look back to the eurovision song contest and all the shouty it. >> yeah, it was another tragedy, but nothing to do with british music. let's leave. what happenedin music. let's leave. what happened in malmo , malmo, etc. happened in malmo, malmo, etc. but, all the shouting about gaza and the protests and the objections to there being an israeli contestant. what does

the silent majority do? they pick up the mobiles and they vote for israel. it's true, quietly supporting it from the comfort of their own couches. i think. and keep saying this, there's been a few things this week which have been real common sense stuff. no more solar panels on fertile agricultural land , no more sex for education land, no more sex for education kids under nine. there was another one i can't remember. i was like, cheering. i for common sense on net zero under sunak. yeah, i think stay of execution for cars. yeah i think that we've got a way to go yet. >> so you think it's all to play for i do mike hollingsworth. the bottom line is that the tories have ruined the country. they've had 14 years. they've failed. it's time for change. >> well it is, but i think as you would expect me to do as a television person, i, i look at the presentational aspect of things and i actually think i saw pmqs on wednesday. i actually think sunak is gathering pace, he was a much stronger than, than starmer. and

to me, starmer , when he was to me, starmer, when he was doing his six points presentation , didn't seem to me presentation, didn't seem to me to be giving anything of by way of presentation at all. i mean, his face is permanently set and he's he's got this problem . he he's he's got this problem. he looks like he's permanently apologising for something, and when you saw the presentation that he gave, all of the mps were behind him , and not one of were behind him, and not one of them looked interested in what he was saying . you know, whether he was saying. you know, whether he was saying. you know, whether he was saying. you know, whether he was taking his his jacket off and making some sort of aggressive move . and the whole aggressive move. and the whole thing, of course, was designed, wasn't it, to be a launch pad for an election and therefore they had to do it. but none of them looked interested . and them looked interested. and summer himself didn't look interested at all. he was presenting six points that really looked just like sunaks ideas. there was very little.

you've already said it, you know, he he didn't mention quite a few other things, yes. i mean, of course, the question is momentum. >> and the bottom line, jerry, is that labour do have momentum. they perform very well in the local and mayoral elections. they're odds on to win an impressive majority at the next election. it's labour's to lose now. and it doesn't matter if the six point plan wasn't very impressive. it doesn't matter that keir starmer is no barack obama. yeah, you're absolutely right. >> i mean , gosh, you're too >> i mean, gosh, you're too young to remember. i mean, you're old enough to remember, but liz certainly wasn't born. no. when i'm talking about 19, jerry, 1960s. >> it's friday night. we've all had a drink. yeah we all haven't. yeah, yeah, i've had a pot noodle . does that count? pot noodle. does that count? >> you keep saying the drinks are free and there's never a drink. >> never . drink. >> never. not drink. >> never . not never. anyway. >> never. not never. anyway. >> never. not never. anyway. >> never. not never. anyway. >> never carry on. >> never carry on. >> anyway, i've forgotten i was going to say now, but what enoch powell used to say about no , i powell used to say about no, i don't. just a moment. someone has had a drink. just a moment. what enoch powell says. what's the difference between ted heath

and harold wilson? one sales vote. the other smokes a pipe. and that's the difficulty. now that the electorate have got it says no, we come down to it. what is the difference between the two of them? where is the clear blue water and where's the personality exactly ? as personality exactly? as a producer, as a producer? mike, how would you actually deal with that if you like the sunak lack of personality problem, how would you do it? >> well, i actually think he has got a personality. i think he's being he's actually started to being he's actually started to be more aggressive in in the commons. the trouble is he's fighting all the time against people who voted for boris and voted for truss in in the country. and then they had sunak thrust upon them by mps, you know, and there's a lot of people in the country who still do not trust sunak and remember that he's to their eyes stabbed bofisin that he's to their eyes stabbed boris in the back. okay. >> well, listen, folks, do you back to me alister? there you go. do you still trust the bbc

because they're making headlines again for all the wrong reasons this week. we'll come to that next. also, as a female teacher is found guilty of sleeping with two pupils, including one that she had a baby with. should there be more focus on female sex offenders, we'll debate that and the bbc .

next. as a female teacher is found guilty of sleeping with two pupils, including one that she had a baby with. should there be more focus on female sex offenders ? liz kershaw. offenders? liz kershaw. >> first of all, i just. i just don't get it. what sort of mature woman, would be attracted to a young boy? young boys are even fully grown statutes. you

know, height wise, you don't finish growing in height until you're 21. so who wants to mess about with a young kid? it's just. and she said she was flattered and she was tempted. this latest one. well, honestly, if he can't keep your knickers on in the job at school with children, we used to have, a different problem when i was at school and it was sort of a badge of honour to be sleeping with a teacher . with a teacher. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> yes. >> yes. >> all right. and this would be a male teacher, would it? yeah. >> okay. girls with men. i didn't do it. and what are we talking about? >> head of physics here or a pe teacher? well who was the hottie of choice, there was the, rac teacher called me dave. you know, religious education. jason king. yeah. >> and then did he show you the lights? >> i didn't partake because my dad was the headmaster. oh, blimey . so. but but the blimey. so. but but the caretaker was in the local paper . but dad came home and slapped it down and said, look at this.

and the caretaker said, there's so much sex going on in this building. when i go to the music block, i have to rattle my buckets. oh my goodness gracious. >> there's a lot of counselling thatis >> there's a lot of counselling that is needed there. >> sounds like a euphemism in its own right, jerry. this isn't. >> i'm not condoning it. >> i'm not condoning it. >> most definitely, better late than never. thank you. liz. jerry hayes. yeah. this is an egregious crime , do we are we egregious crime, do we are we less focused on women like vanessa george ? no. of course. vanessa george? no. of course. the paedophile. no. lucy letby? no. myra hindley rose west. >> no. oh, gosh. they're totally different . i mean, one is sex different. i mean, one is sex with 15 year old boys, which is not a good idea , the other one not a good idea, the other one were murderers. whoa! don't say them in the same sentence as we might. you might get sued. oh, well , of course, i might. you might get sued. oh, well, of course, i mean, she hasn't murdered anybody, but it's a serious crime . it's a serious crime. >> but do we? do we? i mean, your criminal barrister. do we? do we judge female criminals differently in society? >> i don't it's all sort of daily mail. >> women get away with these things because you wouldn't imagine that a woman would do that, so female teachers are

more trusted. whoa. >> now then, you're moving over to something else. you're moving over to the west stuff rafe trusted. >> well, myra hindley was trusted. >> yes . that's trusted. >> yes. that's right. that's a different thing altogether. i think it's best to park this woman who's been convicted of having sex with a 15 year old boys and take it well away from what the west's were doing. well, okay. >> i'm glad that you've made that distinction, but. but what do you think about the principle that females are trusted in the workplace, trusted in education. but some of these people do commit crimes. vanessa george was a paedophile in a nursery. and of course, we know about this latest case. mike. >> yeah, yeah, i, i think jerry's right. the, the there's a difference here, this was a woman with, with boys who were quite active sexually i presume they were, they were, they were interested in what is a very attractive woman. and they may have made her life quite

difficult. and she found herself attracted to them at the same time. but she broke the law. i mean , we had broke a duty of mean, we had broke a duty of care, of course. yes, we had. we had teachers at my school that broke their duty of care, but they were all male and i was in an all boys school. but yeah , an all boys school. but yeah, they did. >> those people face justice, by the way. they did . the way. they did. >> right? yeah. >> right? yeah. >> i've got two sons and i've had their friends come on to me and, you know, i've been like , and, you know, i've been like, sniggered the sniggering and my boys at what times got upset that their mother was being described as a milf. you know, this is like 20,15 described as a milf. you know, this is like 20, 15 years ago. this is like 20,15 years ago. >> for those that don't know, that would be a mother who i'd like to be close to close to. >> yes. >> yes. >> anyway, and there are dilfs as well. you just don't do things like that. >> okay. well, there you don't need to. you don't need to . and need to. you don't need to. and an egregious crime it was. let's move on now. theresa may remember her. a prime minister who was so weak and ineffective,

she made jeremy corbyn look like an attractive option in 2017. well she has aimed fire at boris johnson and liz truss, this supposedly conservative politician who recently announced that she's proudly woke, has this week taken a sideswipe at johnson and truss warning about the threat of populism in western democracies . populism in western democracies. but what is populism? a bit like? the word misinformation ? like? the word misinformation? it's been characterised by progressives as some sort of dark, extreme force. now it can be. and that is a worry. but all too often it's just common sense and following the will of ordinary voters , low taxes, so ordinary voters, low taxes, so you can grow the economy to pay for public services. i guess that's populist. the policing of our borders. otherwise why have them ? protecting freedom of them? protecting freedom of speech, standing up to international tyrants with a defence budget to match and pushing back on mad ideas like gender ideology, which says that

you can change your biological sex, which defies science and impacts actual women . populism impacts actual women. populism is often just popular policies hated by the smug governing elites, which i'm sad to say theresa may is part of. yes she's a decent human being and a conscientious, intelligent person. but this ex—pm squandered a majority gifted to her by david cameron with one of the worst election campaigns in history . it was almost like the history. it was almost like the geniuses at bud light ran the campaign. theresa may bungled the brexit negotiations leading to an almighty mess inherited by lord david frost and boris johnson, who ultimately got the job done and more power to them . job done and more power to them. theresa may was a remainer. so how is brexit going? well, the uk economy has performed wait for it better than the eurozone , for it better than the eurozone, according to new published economic data from the european

commission i've got a one word response lol. now i've had my differences with boris johnson. i'll never forgive him for the lockdowns as the mask mandates and vaccine tyranny, but he got brexit done and kept jeremy corbyn out of number 10 and history will judge him kindly for that . and liz truss had for that. and liz truss had plenty of good ideas that she wasn't allowed to pursue. and yes, her execution was not the best. she was outlived by her salad, but her premiership, though short, was like salad days compared to that of theresa may a truss negotiated brexit would have been far better than the pathetic one hammered out by theresa. strong and stable may mercifully , theresa may is mercifully, theresa may is leaving the house of commons at the election . all she needs to the election. all she needs to do now is defect to labour and that will be the cherry on the cake. that will be the cherry on the cake . now jerry hayes, who is cake. now jerry hayes, who is theresa may to attack boris johnson and liz truss, a decent,

honest person . honest person. >> the other people were either crooks or incompetent, simple as that. >> wasn't theresa may incompetent. with her botched withdrawal agreement ? withdrawal agreement? >> oh, it was botched. the whole thing was a complete mess. the election was a disaster, but, you know , at the end of the day, you know, at the end of the day, bofis you know, at the end of the day, boris johnson, i know liz will say, oh, yeah , he was say, oh, yeah, he was charismatic, he was wonderful. and people say, oh, isn't boris wonderful ? no, he was absolutely wonderful? no, he was absolutely hopeless. no one could trust him. and as for liz truss , dear, him. and as for liz truss, dear, oh dear, the lettuce. i feel sorry for the lettuce. although a brexit negotiated by liz truss would have been infinitely better than the one that they did negotiate, how do you say that it would have been a proper brexit. >> why? well, theresa may flirted with the customs union, but how can he say that a to a liz truss brexit would have been far better than anyone else. >> now she wrecked the economy and still doesn't understand it. i'm reviewing her book at the moment and i tell you i'm in therapy. >> well, listen, will you hand me that book when you're done with it? because i'm having

trouble sleeping at the moment. >> isn't there a touch of ted heath about liz? >> that's a very good shout. but ted heath messed with margaret thatcher, wasn't he for her dunng thatcher, wasn't he for her during her premiership ? during her premiership? >> and isn't she obsessed with the people who came after her and before her? and you know, and before her? and you know, and she you get the feeling that there's a great disappointment in her that she's now seen things that she should have done, that she didn't do, and that they had a go at. i rather think that liz truss also she's she , she got it in for liz truss she, she got it in for liz truss when in fact liz truss was dealt a pretty poor hand and she, she was i mean the queen died fairly soon after she was. >> it's all about liz truss. what did liz truss say ? why did what did liz truss say? why did she die? yes. it's why. why did she die? yes. it's why. why did she do it now? >> she has been trained. >> she has been trained. >> she's been framed as crashing the economy, which doesn't quite add up given the fact that interest rates were going to go up anyway and did all over the rest of the world, in america and the eu, can we talk about populism , which has become a bad populism, which has become a bad word, but all too often, liz kershaw, i think it means

popular among voters. >> it does. i mean, i spent a lot of time in holland because i've got half dutch friends . are i've got half dutch friends. are you into dykes, no. no, i can come back with. i can come back with an answer that can. >> i just say they're very they're very impressive. and i've actually watched dykes. yeah on online and they are. yeah. and the hero of engineering and the hero of holland was a little boy who had his finger in the dyke. >> yes, yes. that's what i was going to say, jerry. >> anyway . yes, and by the way, >> anyway. yes, and by the way, ihope >> anyway. yes, and by the way, i hope you didn't you didn't smoke any wacky baccy while you were there, did you? >> i like it, it's a very cool country and progressive. anyway, what have they done ? what have they done? >> you realise you went to jamaica? >> they've gone. they've gone and elected a very ultra supposedly right wing man who's not allowed to become the actual prime minister >> but he's put together a coalition of four parties and straight away they're doing all these really offensive things, like putting the speed limit back up to 80 on the motorways from 62. and, you know, all these new policies are reversing

policies. are they allowing farmers to farm again? they're allowing farmers to farm again. they've got they've got clear and sensible policies on dealing with migrants who break the law , with migrants who break the law, etc. but who would have thought that of all the sort of liberal lefty, whatever you want to label them , countries in europe, label them, countries in europe, it would be the dutch that that, you know, really said no, because those tractor protests that they had were really , that they had were really, really affected. and people have just said, no, we've had enough . just said, no, we've had enough. >> there you go. and those dykes listen, lots more to come. is the bbc's head of news right. that the public are now triggered by any coverage which is balanced and neutral, or is an organisation that still won't call hamas terrorists the real echo chamber ? and his echo chamber? and his premiership may have been a car crash at times , but is boris crash at times, but is boris johnson right that the driverless cars are the future? would you put that much trust in a machine ? we'll discuss that

next. writing in the mail on sunday. former prime minister and we've had a few of those, so it doesn't really narrow it down, doesn't really narrow it down, does it? we're talking about bofis does it? we're talking about boris johnson has talked about the joys of driverless cars, saying the tesla ride with my wife and baby around the hair raising roads of los angeles has convinced me that driverless cars are the future. so would you put that much trust in a machine? >> mike hollingsworth no, i wouldn't , i just think that wouldn't, i just think that there's all sorts of dangers associated with driverless cars and the idea that somebody would sit behind the wheel and take their hands up, well, sit behind the wheel and take their hands up, well , actually, their hands up, well, actually, i occasionally take my hands off the wheel, but my car is totally steered by me. yeah. no, i i'd

be very worried about running into people. although don't you like the idea that you can sink a few pints at your local and then tumble into your car and not get in trouble? wouldn't you still be arrested for that? >> you would. you'd be drunk in charge. 100 guineas, please. but then what's the point, mr lawyer man? >> what is the point of driverless cars if you can't get trollied and get driven home? >> none whatsoever . another 100 >> none whatsoever. another 100 guineas, please. >> i don't think you need one. if you drive into london at 5:00 in the morning, when there's absolutely no traffic but you and you can, and you've got to sit below 20, the number of times i've thought i could just put my elbows on here and do me sitting. yeah. there you go . and sitting. yeah. there you go. and that's too much technology. i've got a new car, and if you don't indicate it, then you try and cross. you're knitting dots on the road, you know, it makes the car swerve like that in case you fallen asleep. but it's not that you just want to cross. >> yeah, i think the car swerving like that might be your trip to the wetherspoons beforehand, but let's not be led on that. >> but jezza does it, jez. we

can. yeah, yeah, jez, we can. but doesn't you know, a driverless car sum up the epitome of the boris johnson premiership, you epitome of the boris johnson premiership , you know, premiership, you know, completely out of control, wobbly trolley, driverless car. >> yes, i completely agree. i'm all for driverless cars. that couldn't be worse than mrs. dolan. there you go. i'm dead meat. ouch. our beloved national state broadcaster, which must never be criticised or held to account in spite of its unmatched television, radio and digital footprint and the small matter of an annual income of £5 billion has had another bruising week, with their highest paid star gary lineker, wading into the issue of the war in gaza and defending british jewish licence fee payers by referring to the october the 7th massacre as the hamas thing. meanwhile, the foreign secretary, david cameron, has again criticised the corporation for not calling hamas a terror outfit. it's hard to know how many more babies they would have to behead for

they would have to behead for the bbc to consider them bad people. of course, the bbc bar for what is a terrible person is pretty low given their handling of a few of their stars over the years . now then, now then. well, years. now then, now then. well, the bbc chief executive of news and current affairs, deborah turness, told the sir harry evans investigative journalism summit in london that the public are spending too much time in an echo chamber of news where they only hear and read views that augn only hear and read views that align with their own beliefs . align with their own beliefs. she said that when a broadcaster puts out impartial news, the pubuc puts out impartial news, the public are offended and consider it an attack on their values an affront, an affront , i tell you. affront, an affront, i tell you. well, here's what we've got to do as an experiment, well, here's what we've got to do as an experiment , the bbc do as an experiment, the bbc should put out a show which is impartial , should put out a show which is impartial, all we can. but wait and let's decide how triggered we actually are by it. now, in part i agree with deborah turness media, particularly social media, which is

unregulated, has become very tribal, which is bad for public discourse, bad for democracy. and it's creating an unhappier, more divided society in which we stop listening and stop learning, which is why it would be great if the bbc could start making shows that were impartial. why doesn't deborah turness take a leaf out of her own book and deliver coverage of israel's response to october the 7th, which is impartial and balanced at the moment? the former controller of bbc one and former controller of bbc one and former director of television, danny cohen, has branded his former employer as institutionally anti—semitic. and what about the alleged death toll in gaza, which has been drastically reduced following a un investigation ? where is bbc un investigation? where is bbc verify when you need it ? you'd verify when you need it? you'd have thought that, given deborah turness annual salary is £400,000, that she could leverage a bit of impartiality

out of our national broadcaster. £400,000, folks, that's what i call an affront . now. jerry call an affront. now. jerry hayes. yes. does the bbc have a problem with impartiality, the bbc has got lots of problems. and, you know, i think all three of us have worked for the bbc and we know the sort of hoops we have to jump to be impartial. sometimes it just doesn't work. i don't think there is an inherent anti. i think there's an inherent anti—government bias in the bbc and is that every government or this one? i think every government, i think every government. and that would be healthy wouldn't it. yeah, it would be. but i mean, the hoops we used to jump through, i mean, gosh , liz, when you were, when gosh, liz, when you were, when you were doing stuff on the radio for them, i mean, you used to jump through hoops, didn't you? well i what i found was, that it's the people who work there are very cosseted, i'm talking about in broadcasting

house in london as opposed to, you know, some of the regional stations, but where i've also worked . but, you know, you get worked. but, you know, you get somebody who'll go in there burning 300 and, you know, just short of a huw edwards and, and then getting a chauffeur driven car , stepping out and getting in car, stepping out and getting in a bbc car or a you know, a paid for licensed car to take them home so they don't go on public transport. probably don't do their own shopping. they have a car door delivered. they rarely venture outside the m25. and if you are a person that works there and goes out and shops and talks to people and goes up to north see your relatives and goes up north and sees their whole communities have changed. culturally, demographically, you know, and, and sees the deprivation in seaside towns that used to go to for holidays . that used to go to for holidays. you don't see that if you work in bbc news and they're all got jobs for life and they're all

highly paid. and i used to have to put a red line. i was presenting breakfast on my own, and i used to get these scripts given to me, and i'd go in, in the morning early enough to put a red line through them, because there were certain group thinks that you had to all the day to one was we all know that climate change is real, and it's man made . no. well, give me two made. no. well, give me two people, one on either side, and we'll discuss it. no. and then the bbc actually declared that there was no question about the science. so you weren't even it wasn't necessary. >> and i think we saw a similar narrative during covid. oh, we had to have lockdowns. we had to have masks. >> yeah. and the bbc's climate change coverage is just appalling because it comes it starts with that premise every time. the other one was all immigration. we all know that all immigration is a good thing straight through. >> so these were directives you were given whilst working for the bbc. >> these were scripts that i was supposed to read . yeah. and, supposed to read. yeah. and, and, and i just wouldn't do it.

>> it is one of the problems that you face in the bbc, because everything is required to be impartial. because everything is required to be impartial . yeah. and to be impartial. yeah. and nobody quite knows what impartial impartiality is about. and if people, if you get lots of phone calls from two different sides, you know, the labour party ring you up one moment and the conservative party ring you up the next. and they complain about things. you think you must be doing something right. i mean, that's the real problem of working in the real problem of working in the bbc. you walk through the door and you think immediately you've been given your impartiality card. i don't quite take the point that liz is making, because i think with with climate change, there are fairly positive , thoughts on fairly positive, thoughts on climate change. >> the vast majority of scientists believe that the planet is heating up, and it's related to carbon emissions. >> but if you're in the bbc, you're required to do five minutes on that. 99% of scientists and their and their thoughts about climate change. and then you have to produce

another five minutes opposing them. >> no you don't. >> no you don't. >> the thing is liz isn't isn't briefly. >> that's what that's what impartiality is regarded as. >> yeah, but that is not the case. >> isn't the bbc the most impartial of all of the broadcasters and all of the news outlets compared to anybody else, including us? because gb news is a sort of an opinion led current affairs discussion channel. >> well, i try to i really, you know, need to know what's going on in the world. >> is there a more trusted platform than the bbc? i don't think there is. >> i would, i would, that's why >> i would, i would, that's why |, >> i would, i would, that's why i, that's why i try and move around and don't live. it's in the chamber . around and don't live. it's in the chamber. but i would i definitely would say that the bbc okay. right. okay. i've lived it i've lived it. that group think in the newsroom. right. and you'd argue that to sort of north london group think well it's west london. >> islington. yeah of course mike you think the bbc was impartial and is not anymore. >> no, i don't think it was impartial, but i think it was more the bbc was trusted far

more the bbc was trusted far more than it is now. i do, yeah. i think now people are beginning to question it. they see gb news, they begin to see opinions that they perhaps hadn't been subjected to , and suddenly they subjected to, and suddenly they what can i suggest? >> a reason which i've given a lot of thought to over the years. it's when john birt came in in like was it the early 90s? yes. and said , right. you know, yes. and said, right. you know, a lot of programmes on, especially on local radio are going to be news led. news is the thing. entertainment's piffle, it's secondary and, and, news presenters and journalists were encouraged to be celebrities. they're doing strictly come dancing . no, no, strictly come dancing. no, no, journalists should be doing strictly come dancing and they've all got above the station. >> okay , well, listen, let's be >> okay, well, listen, let's be clear that the bbc have millions of tv viewers and listeners every week , any polling will every week, any polling will tell you that the bbc is trusted and loved by the vast majority of taxpayers. so they're clearly getting something right. but i defend my right to debate this

rather lavishly funded organisation can continue to do that, i will. may i just do one thing quickly, briefly. >> it really surprised me. is. i was saying to people is that, oh, they love gb news and all the rest of it. i said, well, just get it on the, you know, on five one. is it 515? i can't remember, i'm terrible. i know whatever it is, (236) 236—2363. but i haven't got a license and ihadnt but i haven't got a license and i hadn't realised you cannot get gb news unless you have a bbc licence. there you go. >> outrageous! or of course you can listen on the radio or watch us on youtube or the gb news app coming up as the red mist descends over a new portrait of king charles. is this latest artwork an insult to the nation? also is jeremy clarkson really britain's sexiest man, or is it jerry hayes? we'll debate that next. oh yes.

a controversial new portrait of king charles has been unveiled. with his noble face nestled in a sea of red, crimson . the item sea of red, crimson. the item has divided opinion, with some suggesting it has mildly satanic undertones , whilst the guardian, undertones, whilst the guardian, speaking of satanic, has given it a measly two stars. well, i think it's a pretty impressive piece, but let's be honest, the artist doesn't always get it right. here is the friday night live mark dolan gallery of horrors . we have australia's horrors. we have australia's richest woman, gina rinehart, who has reportedly demanded this week that her portrait be removed from an exhibition at the national gallery of australia. it's certainly not flattering, is it? oh more chin, more chins than the beijing telephone directory . telephone directory. >> outrageous. >> outrageous. >> rolf harris's portrait of queen elizabeth ii to mark her 80th birthday. whatever happened to rolf harris? meanwhile, diane abbott's parliamentary portrait

cost the taxpayer £1,000. blimey, at least she could have worn a frock. >> that's like when they find a skull and reckon . i mean, i skull and reckon. i mean, i think she looks. >> i think she looks pretty nice in that image, but i don't like the price. £12,000. former president george w bush had to have a go here at this portrait of silvio berlusconi. stick to politics, george. a suspiciously smooth david cameron with a bit of help from photoshop or botox. yeah and here's another king charles, king charles the second. check out the bruce forsyth chin. yeah, that's what happens when you marry your sister, folks. and this is producer maria's interpretation of tony blair when she was in the sixth form. what a good, prodigious talent maria is . we prodigious talent maria is. we know that. i'll be honest. she's got the ears right. and the grin. oh this is a slightly dislocated prince philip, the artist had clearly been to the wetherspoons before having a go at this one, but sometimes the artists get it. absolutely right. this from a gb news

viewer . uncanny. oh yeah , that's viewer. uncanny. oh yeah, that's rather nice. exactly. if only i actually looked like that . actually looked like that. >> oh, you do listen. >> oh, you do listen. >> news just in folks. i'm not allowed to say breaking news. can i say i'm gonna say breaking news anyway, jeremy clarkson is britain's sexiest man. are you having that. are you having that? >> i think is absolutely appealing. is the man i'd like to go to the pub with for a meal with on a driving holiday with. he's funny, he's intelligent. self—depricating sharp. but would i want to wake up and look at him across the pillow? no. would you like to look at his bank balance? >> no. >> no. >> mike hollingsworth i think that women secretly love the beer belly. >> well, i think i mean, when i was at the bbc, i sir davey laughter from jerry . i, was at the bbc, i sir davey laughter from jerry. i, i mean, i was surprised by the amount of correspondence that used to come in the direction of alan titchmarsh, who was who was also reckoned to be. yes. >> well, he's best when he's on his knees, isn't he, titchmarsh.

what? so i've heard you are being very rude tonight. i mean, he's a horticulturalist . being very rude tonight. i mean, he's a horticulturalist. he's got green fingers hasn't he. >> yeah, me, but you know i think clarkson. >> clarkson is the doctor about that. >> clarkson is the sort of guy he's, he's he's the sort of guy that people that's what that's what top gear was all about wasn't it. yeah. it was all about, boys misbehaving masculinity that sort of thing. it wasn't about cars. >> well, let me tell you who i think is britain's sexiest man. and it is patrick christys. oh, let me tell you . it's going to let me tell you. it's going to say nigel farage. he's going to form a tv crime fighting duo. it's true. >> patrick christys, because i'll tell you who told me he was. he was the most secretary. david blunkett . david blunkett. >> there you go. oh, patrick christys. and braverman. i'd watch that. >> chris braverman sounds like a law firm. yes. doesn't it already look great? show thoroughly enjoyed it. i'll just whizz you through very quickly what i've got coming up. we're going to be talking about that palestinian lady who decided to praise hamas. shock, horror. her visa has been cancelled. avram

grant, the former chelsea manager , the former israel manager, the former israel manager, the former israel manager talking about israel potentially being booted out of fifa. more from suella braverman. and we're going to the netherlands because it's all kicking off over there as well with the eu happy days. >> patrick's live at nine thanks to my amazing friday a—team. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. plenty of warm, sunny spells this weekend , warm, sunny spells this weekend, but it won't be sunny or indeed dry everywhere. there will be some cloud development. there'll be some showers here and there. we're in between high pressure and low pressure at the moment. weather fronts are tending to stay away, but there is a feature that's been bringing some heavy rain to germany over the last couple of days , and the last couple of days, and that's just going to swing some cloud and outbreaks of rain into the far south—east and east anglia overnight. and there'll be some low cloud drifting into

eastern scotland, north—east england so grotty conditions first thing here on saturday. otherwise further west, plenty of sunny spells, a fresh start , of sunny spells, a fresh start, but soon enough where we've got the sunshine it will warm up quickly . where we've got the low quickly. where we've got the low cloud, it's going to be slower to warm up and we will have some showery rain first thing along the south coast into kent, south wales, perhaps into southwest. as the morning goes on. wales is northwest england, southwest scotland plenty of warm sunshine but northeast england into eastern scotland. low cloud and mist. northern scotland likewise. that will take some time through the morning to burn back to the beaches. northern ireland lots of cloud first thing that will tend to break up and allow some sunny spells to come through as the day goes on. so for the majority it is looking like a fine day. there'll be some decent sunny spells, but they'll also be showers developing as temperatures rise. the odd shower for wales , central and shower for wales, central and northern england, central scotland as well, particularly over the highlands, but the most

frequent showers are likely towards the southwest. devon, cornwall, dorset, somerset could see some heavy downpours continuing into the evening, dying away overnight. so a dry start to the day on sunday. a lot of cloud first thing, particularly in the north and the east, but quickly there are some very pleasant, warm, sunny spells developing through the morning and into the afternoon. again. there'll be showers, but they're most likely to be focused towards the southwest. similar conditions on monday. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> a very good evening to you. you're watching and listening to gb news. i'm sam francis, a look at the headlines. at 11:00. the bodies of three people who were kidnapped by hamas from a music festival on october the 7th have been found by the israeli

military in gaza. the israeli defence forces confirmed the three bodies were discovered overnight from intelligence gained by interviewing captured hamas fighters among the three hostages was 22 year old shani loc, whose twisted remains were photographed on the back of a pickup truck . israel says that pickup truck. israel says that about 100 hostages may still be alive, while another 30 are thought to be dead . meanwhile, thought to be dead. meanwhile, a terrorist who stabbed a stranger to death in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza will spend at least 44 years in prison. ahmed ali ali had already tried to kill his housemate before roaming the streets of hartlepool and repeatedly stabbing grandfather terence carney last october. the 45 year old is an asylum seeker who claimed to be from morocco. shadow home secretary yvette cooper says his conviction exposes what she's called an alarming catalogue of failings in the home office's handling of his asylum claim