a very good evening. you're with gb news i'm sam francis. it is just after 7:00. the top story from the newsroom tonight. well, in a blow to reform uk's campaign, a candidate has defected to the conservatives, saying he's become increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and the conduct of his party. liam booth. isherwood says he's suspending his campaign and will instead support conservative maggie throup to stop labour. the party's already withdrawn support for three candidates accused of making offensive comments, and one activist has been recorded making a racial slur about the prime minister. well, at an event in birmingham

earlier, the party leader nigel farage claimed the campaigner was planted by channel 4 news as part of a smear campaign, a claim though the broadcaster has denied this guy is a set up. >> he was acting from the minute he walked into that office. he came up with a stream of invective not seen since alf garnett was on the television in the early 1970s, and some of it was you know, turning moss in the wetherspoons. it wasn't even serious. it was nonsense. so i really feel that channel 4 or the production company need to be called before an inquiry. let's find out the truth about what happened. >> the prime minister insists an election victory for the conservatives is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat . rishi sunak warned today defeat. rishi sunak warned today that labour's tax plans would he said bankrupt people in every generation and also criticised labour's plans to make private schools pay vat, saying that taxing education is wrong. laboun taxing education is wrong. labour, though, says its first

steps if it wins the election, would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists . the party waiting lists. the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of next week's election . ahead of next week's election. and in france, there's been an unusually strong turnout in the first round of parliamentary elections there, as the far right seeks a historic win. it's being calculated at just under 40. that's the highest voter turnout in almost 40 years. president macron called the snap vote after the far right did well in eu elections a few weeks ago. his supporters fear the move could backfire, though, and give the national rally a chance to take power. if that happens, macron would still remain as president until his term ends in 2027, but he could be forced into an awkward power sharing arrangement with eurosceptic jordan bardella, who's just 28, installed as prime minister in the us. president biden's approval rating remains unchanged following a widely criticised debate performance. a poll by morning consult found.

the president retains a one point advantage over donald trump. that's the same margin recorded the day after trump was convicted of criminal charges. however, 60% of those surveyed said the president should be replaced before november's election, although no alternative candidates performed any better in the poll . police any better in the poll. police in tenerife have called off the search for missing teenager jay slater. the british tourist from lancashire was last seen in a mountainous area of the island , mountainous area of the island, according to reports. the search operation has now finished , operation has now finished, though police say the case remains open. that comes just two days after a big push by search teams and expert volunteers to help find the 19 year old on the island . here, a year old on the island. here, a woman has been charged with misconduct in public office after a video allegedly showed a prison officer having sex with an inmate, 30 year old linda de souza abreu, of fulham, was arrested by the metropolitan police on the 28th of june. that's after a video filmed

inside wandsworth jail was posted on social media. she's set to appear in custody at uxbndge set to appear in custody at uxbridge magistrates court on monday . well, inside out two has monday. well, inside out two has crossed a major box office milestone, taking more than 1 billion usd during its global release in just its third weekend in cinemas. it's notched up ticket sales in record time for an animated film. the sequel to the 2015 original series introduces audiences to a whole new cast of emotions inside a teenager's head with joy, sadness and anger. unsure how to react to the arrival of anxiety, envy and embarrassment. sorry and if you haven't got a clue what on earth that means, you'll have to watch the film just like i will. well, england have suffered a major scare at euro 2024 against slovakia, but jude bellingham scored in stoppage time to make it one all and in the last few seconds, in fact ,

the last few seconds, in fact, it's now two all with england scoring again. these are the live scenes from wembley box park fan zone, where you can see there the jubilant , jubilant there the jubilant, jubilant celebrations as fans react to that second goal being scored in just the last few minutes, a place against switzerland is at stake. gareth southgate's side were huge favourites to advance before kick off and with the team now finding their way to both equalise and get a goal up against slovakia , time will tell against slovakia, time will tell to see who wins . those are the to see who wins. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis and i'll be back with your next update at 8:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> the pressure is on forjoe >> the pressure is on for joe biden to be replaced as the democrat nominee. kemi badenoch takes on david tennant and a party of women candidate is

threatened with arrest for distributing leaflets. this is free speech nation . free speech nation. welcome to free speech nation. welcome to free speech nation with me andrew doyle. this is the show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics. and of course, we'll have the latest from those lovable culture warriors, their desire to cancel the joy out of existence knows no bounds. coming up on the show tonight , coming up on the show tonight, will free speech be defended by whoever wins the general election? we're going to meet someone who has set up a website dedicated to finding out, and we're going to put the questions to representatives of the parties. we're going to speak to denise fahmy about the organisation she's launching with choreographer rosie kay, to protect freedom of expression within the arts. and we will speak to music legend dion, whose career has spanned over six decades. he'll be telling us all about his latest album and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from our rather beautiful studio audience . and my comedian panellists

this evening are cressida wetton and paul cox . chris skudder you and paul cox. chris skudder you keen football fan, are you? >> well, i've been watching the football with paul cox and matthew standing. is that jude bellingham scored a hell of a goal bellingham scored a hell of a goal. did he? >> do you have to say it in that voice? >> yes you do. you're not. >> apparently that's the voice i use. use. >> use. >> is that right? >> is that right? >> which i think is cultural appropriation. >> thank you both because i. yeah that's right. mustn't steal from the people's gammon, which is, which is paul cox. now tell me. so you're a football fan? i am, but you're missing it for this i am. i'm very flattered, but but you know. but i'm paying you and they're not. yeah, yeah. >> correct. >> correct. >> basically that's it. but look, we've got this wonderful audience, so let's get some questions from them. our first questions from them. our first question is coming in from paul. paul question is coming in from paul. paul, hello. hi, did donald j. trump or sleepy joseph robinette biden win the presidential debates? >> paul, what do you think? who do you think won that presidential debate, i'm not betting on joseph biden to be the, you know, the best out of

the, you know, the best out of the deck there. >> really? no. and it's actually a cnn poll after that debate showed that even the democrat voters, even cnn viewers are all saying he didn't do well. and, i mean, it's a tricky one, isn't it, paul? because, you know, i actually do feel sorry for joe biden. i look at him and i think this is cruel. now, at this point, you know, he can't really string words together. he's he's having a hell of a time. what do you think? >> yeah. we should ask big questions of his family, of the democratic party, of the people who lie about him. and prop him up because this is just elder abuse. now, we've said, well, i think i think you're right. >> i know the audience are laughing, but i think you're right. well, i tell you what. let's have a look. we have actually got a clip from the debate. let's have a look for ourselves. >> we continue to strengthen our health care system, making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person a eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid. excuse me? with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat look, if we finally beat

medicare . medicare. >> so, crystal, you can see what i mean. i just think it's cruel at this point. the guy is struggling to formulate his sentences. >> well, i think you're being very negative. i mean, joe biden said he answered all the questions. well done. >> him. that was so patronising, wasn't it? i mean, when you were at that position, you know, so what's going to happen now? i mean , there's a lot of democrat mean, there's a lot of democrat donors, very, very high profile, very rich people saying, you better replace him or else no, no . when the people with the no. when the people with the money are saying that, then surely something's going to happen, isn't it? >> that's exactly my thoughts. yeah.i >> that's exactly my thoughts. yeah. i mean, they can't carry on without any sponsorship. no, they're going to have to get somebody else in. but the problem is there's nobody else that they really want. well, gavin newsom possibly is one option. >> i've even heard a bit of a theory that they want michelle obama to come and save the day. >> well, she'd probably have more chance, wouldn't she? i mean, i think the problem with newsom is around the rest of the country. he's very california, isn't he? i don't know if he'll, but do they have a choice at this point, paul? >> i mean, this is the thing. and we've also got the other

problem. i mean, the american election turning out to be quite dramatic, isn't it? what with the whole, trump convicted of a felony thing, which was actually a misdemeanour which has been elevated to a felony, even though the misdemeanour was out of the statute of limitations, all hugely corrupt, right? everything is corrupt and dodgy at the moment, so why not have someone who can't speak as well? >> yeah, exactly. like his wife said, he answered all the questions. what more do you want from a president, andrew? >> he didn't. >> he didn't. >> he didn't even do that. he didn't even. i'm just covid or something. yeah. where's my shoes? >> yeah. what i did like, though, was the moment where they were talking about their golf handicap. and joe biden suggested they play a golf handicap of eight. and donald trump said, no way. i've seen your swing. that's your biggest lie of the night. and then he said, and then he said, but stop being childish. brilliant >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, look, he's he is a comedic genius. you've got to give him that. donald trump. yes. you know, but not someone i would want to be in charge. >> but he's going to be, isn't he, if we carry on in all seriousness, and i actually i do agree with you, andrew, the fact that this man, joe biden is allowed to continue. yeah. >> do you know what's interesting how bad this is? but i think, you know, for a long time we've seen members of the media in america talking about

how when you've seen all that footage of joe biden stumbling and not being able to talk, that is actually deep fake. i mean, they've actually been saying this is just a deep fake by the opposition, and now they've been exposed. they had there was a debate. everyone saw it for themselves. i think democrat supporters have been shocked by what they saw because it's trump was shocked. >> yeah. we didn't even get the full trump experience. you know he wasn't funny. he wasn't making jokes at the rate you'd expect. well, actually he tried to push too hard. >> no, but he played it right because i think the point is he didn't need to draw attention to the problem. no, everyone could see the problem. so actually trump being restrained, which is not something we normally see, is hugely effective for his campaign. i think he played a bunden >> actually, if i were trump, i would definitely want joe biden to be opposite. >> of course, of course, but absolutely fascinating. so, you know, we might have boring candidates in our election. but, you know, at least they're not gangsters and falling asleep and the rest anyway, let's move on, so we're going to a question from linda. we've got linda. hi, linda. >> hello. hi. are you team badenoch or team tennant ? badenoch or team tennant? >> what do you think, linda? >> what do you think, linda? >> well, i think we'd be on the same side. yeah, probably. >> probably. i mean, it's so

this is. if you didn't see this so effectively, there's been a bit of a row that broke out between kemi badenoch, who's the minister for women and equalities and business secretary, and also david tennant. he's the guy from doctor who. and there's a big row because tennant won this award at the british lgbt awards. i think it was a celebrity ally award. and it sounds like the worst award in the world, doesn't it? and he won that and he gave a bit of a speech. and this is what he said in the speech. >> we shouldn't live in a world where that is worth remarking on. however, until we wake up and kemi badenoch does not exist anymore . i don't wish ill of anymore. i don't wish ill of her. i just wish her to shut up. >> okay, linda, can i ask you what is your reaction to that when you hear david, ten, said he just doesn't want anybody not to exist ? to exist? >> well, he caught himself very quickly afterwards, but then with the classic shut up woman. >> yeah , quite. exactly. and a >> yeah, quite. exactly. and a lot of people are interpreting this as well. let's face it,

misogynistic. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and you know , but the point >> and you know, but the point about it is as well is that, i mean, obviously, i know it was a sort of quip in a way, but it kind of wasn't as well. and it suggests to me that he hasn't done any basic reading on this subject. like, he doesn't appear to understand the concerns that women's rights campaigners and gay rights campaigners are raising about the dangers of gender identity, ideology. and look, the thing is, paul, if you're going to pontificate about this stuff, shouldn't you at least understand the opposing argument? >> yes. however, he won't feel he needs to because he lives within a bubble where he has validated his opinions. are validated his opinions. are validated every single day of the week. i mean, he's literally gone to an awards might there might as well. that award ceremony, it's like me getting an award for being the best paul cox @gbnews. >> yeah. which you wouldn't even win. well, yeah , lewis schaffer win. well, yeah, lewis schaffer would probably get it. >> knowing my life , but it's >> knowing my life, but it's they have set up. it's just ridiculous. celebrity ally the point is he doesn't need to do a research. he talks later on in this interview about having skin in the game because he's got a trans child now, that is the latest thing for a celebrity to

have. isn't it? all celebrities, if you're going to make it, must have a trans child. but but so if he doesn't go along with this ludicrous indoctrination, at some point him and his family are going to have to admit what they've done to their child is wrong. >> there's something very disturbing about this, as well, because, you know, women are genuinely concerned about the erosion of their single—sex spaces. there are women who have been the victims of sexual assault, who want to be able to go to a rape crisis centre where there aren't men who want to have care from an assistant who is female. all of these incredibly reasonable things to say. gay people are concerned because of course, all of a sudden they're being shamed for being same sex attracted by people who are pushing gender identity ideology. this is not progressive. for david tennant to stand there and say, these people are just whingeing people on the wrong side of history, which is what he said in an interview afterwards. >> right, right. he's just got this. the tone of it, completely wrong. and one of the things that kemi did was she she sort of used his strength against him by talking about the optics, which is kind of a naff thing to do.she which is kind of a naff thing to do. she talked about herself as a black woman and that he should have sort of not done it because of that. >> but but was she not kind of

drawing attention to the ideology that is informing tennant? in other words, he's coming from a place of intersectional politics. >> the old tai chi thing used their strength against. exactly. >> that's what i think. what's happening there? >> you could argue argue it either way, but i trust her. i think she knows what she's doing. >> yeah. very interesting. what do you make of that? no, i just would say that the way this is being won, i think this particular battle in the war is beginning to be won. >> and the way to do it is to continue to debate it with facts. yes. yeah it's well, it's just a madness. and the fact that, labour are now a sort of yin and yang, we all rely on what tony blair thinks now, aren't we? yeah, it does. tony blair think, you know, a woman can have a willy. we're not sure. we'll tune in tomorrow to find out. and it's like, what are you talking about? >> yeah. we should have left him, consigned him for history. for now. let's find out what people need now. okay, look, we're going to move on. i just want to quickly let you know that later on in tonight's show, i'm going to be chatting with a music legend. dionne. and you may remember him for hits such as run—around sue, which he not only performed but co—wrote. let's have a listen. >> right, you belem i should have known it from the very

start. >> this girl will leave me with a broken heart. i listen people, what i'm telling you i keep away from a run—around sue. yeah, i might miss the lips and the smile on the face. the touch of your hand and his girls want him brazier. so if you don't want to cry like i do, i'll keep away from run—around. >> sue. >> sue. >> so i'm kind of fascinated by this question because, you know , this question because, you know, dionne has been working in the music industry since 1957. i mean, it's unfathomable . you mean, it's unfathomable. you watch that footage, you think that's a it's a different world, but he's still really prolific. he's done three albums in the past four years. i mean, how do you keep that creative spirit going? well, i guess i'll have to ask him. >> i'm going to find out, aren't we? >> but it is amazing, isn't it? >> but it is amazing, isn't it? >> it is absolutely amazing. >> it is absolutely amazing. >> yeah. and it's astonishing talent. >> yeah. i mean that every single member of the audience, by the way, tapping along there to that tune because it is timeless. and the fact that he had that skill and talent back then, it's not going to go away, is it just. >> no, quite exactly. well, i'll be speaking to dionne later on.

so do keep with us throughout the program. but coming up are also will free speech be defended by whoever wins the general election? that's something i definitely want to know. and we're going to meet someone who set up a website which is dedicated to finding out, and we're going to be putting his questions directly to representatives of each of the major parties. don't go

welcome back to free speech nation. free speech is obviously a topic we were very keen to hear about during this general election campaign. and we're far from alone. a group of free speech supporters set up a campaign called just answer the question, which is designed to establish the extent to which potential mps support free speech. the campaign has asked all the candidates five questions, which they see as fundamental to free speech and democracy. mark glendinning is a co—founder of just answer the question and he joins me now, along with former labour mp

luciana berger . welcome to the luciana berger. welcome to the show. >> i'm going to come to you first. >> mark, explain to me the purpose of just answering the question, what is it you're driving at here? >> so we want voters to be able to see at a glance where those seeking to represent them in parliament stand on five key free speech, democracy related questions and that's why they're yes no answers. because we have 50 yes no answers. because we have so many politicians who say rhetorically, i believe in free speech. but and then when it comes to an actual vote, they will vote to hand over yet more powers to the authorities to limit what you and i can actually say . and i believe that actually say. and i believe that we are now in a very , very we are now in a very, very dangerous state in this society. we're almost sort of transitioning away from being a classical liberal democracy in which people could say, whatever it is they wanted to say politically , we're transitioning politically, we're transitioning into a sort of post—democratic society through a sort of silent

revolution. it's an authoritarianism that doesn't take ownership of its own anti—liberalism . and so we're anti—liberalism. and so we're sort of making a small contribution. we hope, to a sort of collective fightback. >> yes. but you mentioned this idea of yes, no answers. that's not popular with politicians, is it? >> no, they don't like it. >> no, they don't like it. >> no. >> no. >> for a good reason. >> for a good reason. >> well, well, let's find out. i mean, we have a former labour mp, luciana berger, here. thank you ever so much for coming in. i thought luciana might be quite a good idea to start by just asking you the questions. marks questions and to see what you think about these. would that be okay? >> it is. i think what's interesting, we had a conversation before the start of this show, and i understand they they everyone thought we perhaps had more time to put the questions together, so, you know , these are thorny issues. these are not simple questions. and i'm very happy to try and answer them. absolutely. >> well, no, it's a very good point. and if it is the case that they are too thorny to reduce to yes or no answers, then we will find out, i think, in the asking of the question. so let's go for question one,

which is do you agree that the police should stop placing persons on hate registers who have committed no crime? yes or no? >> so this is one of the questions. but what do you mean ? questions. but what do you mean? and you know, i think certainly having spoken to lots of candidates that get lots of these, you know, questionnaires through rightly from members of the public that want to know where their prospective representatives stand. yes we have to be very clear what we mean. okay. and it is a really important question. i'm happy to answer it. but my question is what do you mean by a hate register? because i'm not aware that we have them. if it's about the law in scotland, obviously we sit here this evening in england, which is beyond that jurisdiction. i'm not even sure, having done some research in advance, what these hate registers are very quickly, then, you know, if we say, you know, over a five year period, there were roughly 120,000 records of non—crime hate incidents, in from police forces incidents, in from police forces in england and wales. >> should the police be writing your name down for when you have not committed a crime? yes. or no? >> i think if something is reported, then that's recorded. sorry recorded after the report? >> yes. recorded by the police as a non—crime hate incident

without any evidence . just without any evidence. just simply on the basis of the complainant. should that be thing? >> i think they should keep a record. yes. >> okay . we got a yes. right. so >> okay. we got a yes. right. so let's move on to question two. would you would you be happy to be placed on such a database through the questions? >> i'm happy to explain the motivation. and what if i report you to the police? >> we don't want to get into a debate about this particular question. okay. i'm going to i'm going to put my foot down. so do you agree that parents and psychotherapists should be free to advise young persons and others not to change sex or genden others not to change sex or gender, yes or no. >> yes and no party is advocating or saying that they shouldn't. >> well, okay. >> well, okay. >> oh that's interesting. >> oh that's interesting. >> i did say we can't. sorry, sorry, sorry. i'm behaving very badly. we can debate afterwards. do you believe that it is wrong for teachers to tell school kids that britain is a structurally racist society? yes or no ? racist society? yes or no? >> well, we sit here this evening and we don't have a diverse audience. and on that very basis, there's lots of different there's lots of very different there's lots of very different statistics in this country which show that we do have structural racism. so i

would say no to that question. >> no to that question. do you agree that an official state definition of islamophobia will curtail our right to be critical of a religion, yes or no , in of a religion, yes or no, in principle, no. >> okay. and then finally, do you agree that everyone should have the freedom to speak their mind, which includes the right to offend and hold controversial views? yes. or no? >> so this is one of those questions where there's degrees. and what i draw the line is where you incite others. so i would respect anyone. and, even if i disagree with someone very welcomely open the debate and discussion. yes, but i do think we have a duty to protect the pubuc we have a duty to protect the public and where people are inciting other people to commit crimes and or commit acts of violence. i think that's where we should draw the line. >> fantastic. thank you. luciana. let's actually we've also got via video link, we've got a tory parliamentary candidate, brendan clarke—smith brennan. i'm going to put those same questions to you. firstly, can i just say thank you very much for joining can i just say thank you very much forjoining us tonight. much for joining us tonight. these are the five questions which have been formulated by mark glendinning's new initiative. the first question is do you agree that the police

should stop placing persons on hate registers who have committed no crime, yes or no? >> yes, they should stop doing it, priti patel made that very clear in 2021 as well that it should stop. i believe that's the guidance as well. so simple one. yeah. stop doing it. >> okay. do you agree that parents and psychotherapists should be free to advise young persons and others not to change their gender? >> they should be, yes. and this is one of the worries we had about this conversion therapy ban.so about this conversion therapy ban. so it's something that people supported in principle. there's a lot of issues around this, you know, say, say a girl suddenly says she's a boy. you want to go and see a therapist and say, no, actually, you know, i think you're young, you're confused. have a think about it. you don't want those people being prosecuted for that . so being prosecuted for that. so it's a little bit nuanced, i think. and this is why we're a bit worried about the legislation before and kind of the unintended consequences of it. >> okay. number three, do you believe it is wrong for teachers to tell school kids that britain is a structurally racist society? >> i do , yes. i'm a former >> i do, yes. i'm a former teacher myself, i've been a

sociology teacher, an ra teacher, a citizenship teacher. but i'll be fair to teachers here. generally, in my experience, that's not what teachers do , teachers will teach teachers do, teachers will teach about these theories, and some will be very critical of it. or they'll have different opinions on it in the classroom, and you explore it and you you have free speech and debate like you do on your show. andrew. and i think that's the way to approach these subjects, but certainly not teaching it as fact. no. do i believe britain's structurally racist ? no i don't okay. racist? no i don't okay. >> do you agree that an official state definition of islamophobia will curtail our right to be critical of a religion ? critical of a religion? >> i think it will, yes. i'm a bit concerned about this, actually. i know there's an all party parliamentary groups. it sounds very important. generally, it's just a group of mps getting together who would like a definition of islamophobia. but again, you know, it's, i think we all agree that, you know , anti—muslim that, you know, anti—muslim hatred, i think is the phrase that kemi badenoch used, which i think is a better term, i think we'd all agree that that's,

that's wrong. but i think when you're talking about a religion itself, we don't want a blasphemy law by the back door. >> final question. do you agree that everyone should have the freedom to speak their mind, which includes the right to offend and hold controversial views? yes or no , yes they views? yes or no, yes they should. i'm sure i've done it many times, but. yeah, but you don't want people walking through the streets promoting terrorist organisations, incitement to murder, things like that. so thank you , brendan clarke—smith. >> that's all we got time for you there, mark. just very quickly. so you've heard the responses from both sides . are responses from both sides. are you satisfied, no, i'm not, because, luciano, i think has just given a prime example of what i was saying earlier that, she has said she's committed in principle to freedom of speech. but when you ask her about these specific questions , i would specific questions, i would contend that she's not really. and that support for freedom of speech is wafer thin. >> well, i have to ask luciano to be able to come back on that.

>> well, i mean, i stand by everything i just said. i think we've got a duty to protect people from issues, particularly when it comes to incitement and when it comes to incitement and when it comes to incitement and when it comes, you know, i think actually very similar to the conservative candidate, that if people are, you know, inciting views to join terrorist organisations or inciting things which would cause people to commit crimes and or violence, i think that's a problem in this country. and also when it comes, you know , to whether it's the you know, to whether it's the registers or whether, you know, i think there's just we have a duty to protect them, particularly a duty to protect children. and we can agree in principle and spirit. absolutely. but that doesn't mean you give free rein to everything when it comes to these issues. >> thank you luciana. thank you, mark, for joining >> thank you luciana. thank you, mark, forjoining me tonight. mark, for joining me tonight. and thanks to brendan as well. and thanks to brendan as well. and still to come on free speech nation, what can be done to protect freedom of expression in the arts? plus, i'm going to be speaking to legend dion. so don't anywhere.

welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. complaints about bbc impartiality are nothing new. the state broadcaster has a kind of constitution in the form of its royal charter, by which it is required to maintain due impartiality. in its news reporting and when it comes to controversial subjects. but does it succeed? some people claim that the bbc is inherently left leaning. others claim it is inherently right leaning. it really depends on your perspective. for my part, i believe the bbc does a generally good job with a few notable lapses when it comes to impartiality regarding party politics. however, i think in regards to ideological impartiality, the bbc is clearly failing when it comes to the ideology of critical social justice. what has become known colloquially as the woke movement. the bbc, in my view, clearly has a bias. actually, i think it has a rather extreme

bias, and this explains why so many people no longer trust its reporting. i know from personal anecdotes from employees at the bbc that there is a kind of internal struggle going on to overcome the problem, but nobody i've spoken to denies that the problem exists. the evidence of it is everywhere. you might have seen that educational film by the bbc called identity understanding sexual and gender identities, which was aimed at 9 to 12 year olds. let's have a look at it. >> what are the different gender identities? >> that's a really , really >> that's a really, really exciting question to ask. do you know there are so many gender identities? so we know we've got male and female, but there are over 100, if not more gender identities now. so we know that some people might feel like they're two different genders, so people might think they're bi genden so people might think they're bi gender. and then you've got some people who might call themselves genderqueer who just like, i don't really want to be anything in particular, i'm just going to be me. >> so where is the balance there? why is the bbc making

pseudo religious proclamations to children as though they were uncontested? fact? the bbc news website also routinely publishes items about male rapists, murderers and sex offenders. but misreports them as being female. you might recall a news story last december on the bbc with the headline predatory woman who inched the headline predatory woman who incited man to abuse child for jailed. now, at no point in this article does the writer tell you that the predator in question is a man. you have to rely on the evidence of your own eyes to get to the truth. this is not journalism , it's propaganda. but journalism, it's propaganda. but perhaps most damning of all is the question of the w path files. in march of this year, a series of internal documents and videos from the world professional association for transgender health were leaked to journalist michael shellenberger as mia hughes report for the environmental progress think tank revealed, these leaks showed that members of the world's leading global authority in gender treatment were engaging in medical malpractice. there are messages proving that surgeons and

therapists are aware that a significant proportion of young people referred to gender clinicians suffer from mental health problems. they reveal that some specialists associated with w path are proceeding with treatment in the knowledge that no consent has been secured from either the children or those responsible for their wellbeing, and they have also withheld from patients details of potential life long complications or continued down this path . continued down this path. knowing that the children do not understand the implications. now thatis understand the implications. now that is a huge story. it's probably the biggest medical scandal of the century. this is why i covered it in a two hour special of free speech nation and yet, if you search for the w path files on the bbc news website, what do you get ? website, what do you get? precisely nothing. in fact, in the 24 hours after this major story broke , here are some of story broke, here are some of the stories that the bbc did report on colin firth's wet shirt from pride and prejudice on sale university of essex campus cat honoured with statue recycling bin shake up for

highland households winchester park and ride buses to run on vegetable oil. more beavers released in craig orme's national park now . all of these national park now. all of these stories were apparently far more important than a global authority in medicine sanctioning the experimental treatment and irreversible surgery on children who were unable to consent. but you know, why talk about that when you can focus on beavers and recycling bins? four months later and there's still no mention of the w path files on the bbc news website. in spite of repeated efforts by campaigners to get them to pay attention and just mention it, it's as though it just didn't happen. but surely that would change this week, wouldn't it ? because news broke wouldn't it? because news broke that staff in the office of rachel levine, the assistant secretary for health at the department of health of the biden administration, allegedly put pressure on w path and pushed for the removal of trans surgery, age restrictions and the draft guidelines had intended to lower the age minimums to 14 for hormonal treatments, 15 for mastectomies,

16 for breast augmentation and 17 for genital surgery. but when version eight of the w path standards of care came out, there were no age restrictions at all. in fact, this scandal of rachel levine's office allegedly influencing the w path standards of care is so huge that the white house has put out a statement this week saying they oppose all surgery for minors who identify as trans. so given the white house's statement and the white house's statement and the severity of the allegations, surely the bbc would report on it. but no, they haven't. not a peep. another important news story completely memory hold. is it a coincidence that these stories might threaten the very ideology that the bbc seems to be promoting ? it's difficult to be promoting? it's difficult to see what other conclusion we could possibly reach. well, i wanted to give the bbc an opportunity to explain itself. so on march the 11th, i emailed the bbc press office to ask why it had chosen not to cover the w path files. over the following month. i contacted them on five different occasions and i was

ignored every single time. even after the release of the cass review and doctor cass's explicit criticism of the influence of w path on the nhs and finally, on april the 12th, the bbc press office did send me a reply and it was the following statement . news items are chosen statement. news items are chosen by the news editors of the day based on a number of factors. now of course, that doesn't remotely answer my question. so why is the bbc press office being so slippery and evasive? well, perhaps the answer lies in an article written by a journalist at the bbc, a whistleblower using the pseudonym charlie walsham. here's what he wrote for the spectator . regrettably, spectator. regrettably, i believe there is a straight line between the bbc's capitulation to extreme trans rights ideologies and the disturbing findings in doctor hilary cass's 388 page report. crucially, what doctor cass has exposed was only able to happen because of a skewed and distorted national conversation around the issue of sex and gender and narrative, aided by the nation's broadcaster. dissenting voices

have been marginalised , have been marginalised, castigated, cancelled and silenced . the article goes on to silenced. the article goes on to provide a litany of examples of how the bbc has covered up stories, or silenced those within the organisation who wish to expose the truth, and in a follow up article, walsham wrote about how since he blew the whistle, bbc employees were trying to identify him and get him fired. and this, of course, proved why it was so important for him to remain anonymous in the first place. this is an ideology that will not tolerate dissent and unfortunately, it looks very much as though it has fully infected the bbc. well, i thought i'd give the bbc one more chance to respond. so i emailed yesterday with a series of questions. i asked why still to this date they haven't covered the w path files. here was their answer. news items are chosen by the news editors of the day based on a number of factors. so just the same non reply as before. perhaps that's the only sentence they know how to write. now all of this is very reminiscent of the no debate approach adopted by stonewall. since around 2015. and of course the nolan

investigates podcast in 2021 revealed that stonewall has a huge influence on bbc policy, in spite of former ceo of stonewall nancy kelly's claim that the charity didn't have any influence at all. somebody is not telling the truth here, and when a number of articles appeared in the national press which questioned stonewall's recent ideological shift, including one by matthew parris, who was one of stonewall's co—founders, the official stonewall twitter account retorted with you okay hun? now thatis retorted with you okay hun? now that is the kind of thing i expect from stonewall, but i have higher expectations from the bbc, so it's disturbing that in the face of serious and legitimate questions, the press office of our national broadcaster thinks it's acceptable to resort to evasion, flippancy and, yes, downright rudeness. well, i'd like to extend an open invitation to anyone from the bbc press office to appear on this show at any time. i'd be really keen to hear their side of the story. i think their side of the story. i think the british public deserves to know why its state broadcaster

behaves as it does. there should behaves as it does. there should be an inquiry. there are many theories bbc insiders have told me that it's partly down to lgbt staff networks who consistently attempt to influence the decisions of editors and, as we know, activists of this kind can be very intimidating. so is that the reason? or perhaps it's to do with the fact that the bbc has what they call an identity unit, which provides correspondents to appear on programmes and gathers news on behalf of the channel. is the identity unit exerting undue influence when it comes to these contentious topics? well, we won't know because they won't answer the questions. in fact, the very existence of an identity unit does seem to suggest ideological capture. i mean , who else has such units? mean, who else has such units? what function do they serve ? the what function do they serve? the bbc says it wants to make cuts, so why don't they start there by eliminating the identity unit? the bbc could simultaneously fulfil two of its objectives. it could save money and it could make itself less biased . i want make itself less biased. i want the bbc to do better. i believe it's an important institution,

which is why i think it needs to be held to account for these failings. for all its efforts to remain impartial on party politics, it's absolutely clear by now that it cannot do so when it comes to ideology like stonewall, it can't even answer bafic stonewall, it can't even answer basic questions anymore. it's just putting its fingers into its ears. but for a state broadcaster funded by taxpayers, that's simply not good enough. the public deserves more . now we the public deserves more. now we are out of time for this section, but next on free speech nation, i'm going to be speaking to denise fahmy about the organisation that she's launching with rosie kaye to protect freedom of expression within the arts world. so please do not go anywhere.

welcome back to free speech nation. the creative industries are a major uk success story, employing 3.5 million people and contributing over £120 billion to the economy in 2022. however, there are concerns that the arts have been have become deeply sensorial with artists forced to self—censor due to the fear that they may be cancelled and see their careers fall apart. a new organisation called freedom in the arts is being launched to try and tackle this problem, and it's been co—founded by denise fahmy, who is 30 years of experience in arts administration. and denise joins me now. welcome to the show. good to meet you. >> and denise . >> and denise. >> and denise. >> many of the people who watch the show regularly will recognise you were on this show in april of last year talking about your tribunal with the arts council. you've got in some hot water for your gender critical views, but you won that tribunal of course, and it did point to a broader problem within within the arts more generally. but a lot's happened since then, hasn't it? >> absolutely, absolutely. so that's absolutely right . last that's absolutely right. last time we met in april 23rd, i was crowdfunding for a tribunal with

my employer, and luckily through the excuse me, through the support of 1212, 1200 people, i was able to support the funding for that tribunal and went on to win the tribunal against the arts council , the problem i'd arts council, the problem i'd come up against was a kind of groupthink in my employer , and groupthink in my employer, and it was very intolerant. and because of that, lots of artists got in touch with me to say they'd had similar experiences as artists, either within a workplace or as freelance makers. and i was genuinely very shocked by their experiences and what came through from that. those kind of case studies was the politics was was circling those issues. but the deeper problem was bullying. there was just a whole outpouring of bullying happening against individual artists, and politics was being used as a vehicle to do that. >> that's very interesting

because you would expect in the arts world for there to be a plurality of different political perspectives and that, you know, what you don't want is for the arts and artists to be homogenous and to be creating things that have a particular political messaging. >> yeah. but i think unfortunately , over the past unfortunately, over the past perhaps 20 years or so, it's gradually been changing so that, the arts is a very politically homogenous sector. and that's okay, i guess. but it does mean that if you step out of line or if you have different points of view, or if you just want to raise a different opinion, you're singling yourself out. and that can lead to bullying . and that can lead to bullying. >> so was this the stimulus behind freedom in the arts? >> absolutely was. i mean, what actually happened was you may know a choreographer called rosie kay and rosie approached me whilst i was working at the arts council to tell me what was happening in her organisation. she was going through a very similar , what you might call similar, what you might call baptism of fire. she ended up

losing a company which she had established a 15 years earlier as a charity which had public funding. because she was accused of transphobia by some of the members of her organisation. and that company collapsed, public funding was withdrawn , i mean, i funding was withdrawn, i mean, i should say that the accusations were completely false . were completely false. >> absolutely. i mean, all these accusations are they're just opinions. there's nothing there's no grounding in any of those views. yes. so between us, we met up and we did a meeting with cross—party peers and parliamentarians in april just telling them what was happening in the in the, in the arts. and they were really shocked. and at that point we thought we're going to have to do something about this. yes. >> so what what have you done? what you've created this manifesto. what are the nuts and bolts? fantastic. what is it that you are proposing here? >> right. well, there's three particular areas we want to say. we want to see support for

artistic freedom. we want that embedded within our sector. and it currently isn't. you would assume that it is, but it isn't. so so that's that's the key umbrella, we also want to ensure that artistic excellence is at the centre of our work and of the centre of our work and of the sector as a whole. and unfortunately, at the moment we're seeing that, a kind of identity politics is taking precedence over excellence. and that kind of manoeuvres people into political positions, which are way and beyond the purpose of what their, their jobs or their their practice. >> that's very interesting, cause of course, it is perfectly possible for an artist to be an identitarian, to be very politically active and to be excellent at what they do. absolutely. but we are seeing people who, let's face it, are frankly mediocre, being elevated quite highly because of the identity politics, not because of what they're producing . of what they're producing. >> well, you said that, andrew, not me, but what i will say is that it's very important to centre on excellence, and we want that in, in learning and in

education, too, because you know, resources are stretched. we think that some of the, some engagement opportunities are focused around identity and reach over excellence . and that reach over excellence. and that is not in the best interests of artistic freedom or in the arts itself . itself. >> fantastic. and what was your third? all right. >> our third is really it's, it's, it's thinking about kind of the mechanics of that. and so we want to see impartiality through our arts funding system. we want to see funding agencies back under the civil service code. we want artists to be protected through employment law. so it's less likely that they're going to be bullied . and they're going to be bullied. and we think collectively, with all of that in place, leaving aside greater investment, that's neither here nor there. the point is, the mechanisms aren't there to protect freedom in the arts and of course, a lot of artists do rely on funding, don't they? >> because they have to live. absolutely. there's the fact of that. absolutely. there's the fact of that . so where can people find that. so where can people find out more about freedom in the arts? can they read your manifesto? >> our manifesto is online, and ihave >> our manifesto is online, and

i have a few copies in the studio, and we're you're very welcome to sign up to sign our manifesto letter. or if you'd like to donate to our charity . like to donate to our charity. well, it isn't a charity yet, but our organisation do make a donation. but stay in touch. and artists too. we know many, many artists too. we know many, many artists that are going through this process of kind of a witch hunt. this process of kind of a witch hunt . really? yes. and we hunt. really? yes. and we support those as much as we can. >> and finally, what has been the response from artists since you've released this, a kind of, out hailing of relief? yeah and somebody's there, somebody's there, and somebody gets it, and somebody is making the case that we've got a problem. >> well that's fantastic. so it's freedom in the arts. that's right . and, please everyone do right. and, please everyone do check that out. denise fahmy, thank you so much for joining me. really appreciate it. thank you.so me. really appreciate it. thank you. so there is plenty more to come tonight on free speech nafion come tonight on free speech nation , including an interview nation, including an interview with music legend dionne. he's beenin with music legend dionne. he's been in the industry since the

late 1950s. he has a brand new album out just this month. also, we're going to be hearing from the whistleblower who exposed a scandal at texas children's hospital and is currently facing rather a lot of problems from the us government, who want to see him prosecuted for that very interesting case. please don't miss that. and also next, myself and my panel will be taking some questions from this rather delightful studio audience. please don't go anywhere. >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, a changeable week

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>> area. there's plenty more still to come on. free speech nafion still to come on. free speech nation this week, including an interview with the rock and roll hall of fame member dionne and more questions from our rather lovely viewers. but let's get a news update first from sam francis. >> andrew, thank you and good evening to you. it's just after 8:00, the top story from the newsroom. and we'll bring you a bit of breaking sports news. i'm sure you've heard already. it has been a tense night in the stadium in gelsenkirchen, england. were on their way home, but now they're heading into the euro 2024 finals. as soon as the final whistle went, the fans own in wembley erupted with cheers .

in wembley erupted with cheers. well, gareth southgate's side had suffered a major scare against slovakia down one nil in the first 90 minutes, but jude bellingham scored an equaliser in stoppage time and then seconds into extra time, harry kane headed home a goal, taking england to a21win. england will now play switzerland in the quarter finals in dusseldorf on saturday. congratulations to gareth southgate's side. well, in a blow to reform uk's campaign, a candidate has defected to the conservatives, saying he's become increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and conduct of the party. liam booth isherwood says he's suspending his campaign and will instead support a conservative candidate, maggie throup, to. he says stop labour. the party already withdraw, has already withdrawn support for three candidates who were accused of making offensive comments and one activist who was recorded making a racial slur about the prime minister at an event in

birmingham . earlier, nigel birmingham. earlier, nigel farage claimed the campaigner was planted by channel 4 news as part of a smear campaign, though the broadcaster has denied those claims. >> this guy is a set up. he was acting from the minute he walked into that office. he came up with a stream of invective not seen since alf garnett was on the television in the early 19705, the television in the early 1970s, and some of it was , i 1970s, and some of it was, i mean, you know, turning moss in the wetherspoons. it wasn't even serious. it was nonsense. so i really feel that channel 4 or the production company need to be called before an inquiry. let's find out the truth about what happened . what happened. >> in other news, the prime minister insists that an election victory for the tories is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat. rishi sunak warned today that labour's tax plans would bankrupt people in every generation , and also in every generation, and also criticised labour's plans to make private schools pay vat, saying that taxing education is wrong. labour, though, says its first steps if it wins the

election would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists. the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of thursday's election, and in france, voters have given the far right national rally a strong lead in the first round of parliamentary elections today . exit polls tonight show marine le pen's party won, with president macron's centrist group trailing in third place with up to 23. that's after his decision to call a snap vote earlier this month. turnout was also unusually high compared with previous elections, the largest in 40 years, though experts say the projections after the first round could be highly inaccurate. and now a week of political bargaining lies ahead before the final results in the us president biden's approval rating remains unchanged following a widely criticised debate performance. a poll found the president retains a one point advantage over donald trump. that's the same margin recorded the day after

trump was convicted of criminal charges. however, 60% of those surveyed said that the president should be replaced before november's election , but no november's election, but no alternative candidates performed better in the poll . in tenerife, better in the poll. in tenerife, police have now called off their search for the missing british teenager, jay slater. he was from lancashire and was last seen in mountainous areas of the island. according to reports that operation to find him has now finished , although the case now finished, although the case does remain open and it comes just two days after a big push by search teams and volunteers to help find the 19 year old. here a woman has been charged with misconduct in public office. that's after a video allegedly showed a prison officer having sex with an inmate, 30 year old linda de souza abreu from fulham , was souza abreu from fulham, was arrested by the met police on the 28th of june. that's after a video was filmed inside wandsworth jail in london and posted on social media. she's set to appear in custody at uxbndge

set to appear in custody at uxbridge magistrates court tomorrow and finally , inside out tomorrow and finally, inside out two has crossed a major box office milestone, taking more than 1 billion usd during its global release in just its third weekend in cinemas. it's notched up ticket sales in record time for an animated film. the sequel to the 2015 original introduces audiences to a whole new cast of emotions inside a teenager's head with joy, sadness and angen head with joy, sadness and anger. not quite sure how to react to the arrival of anxiety, envy and embarrassment . those envy and embarrassment. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sam francis moore. in the next hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

slash alerts. >> welcome back to free speech nafion >> welcome back to free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. so time for some more questions from my studio audience. our next question comes from bev. bev. hello. >> good evening, i just wondered what you thought about political party candidates being reported, or threatened with arrest when delivering party political leaflets. >> okay, so , paul, you've seen >> okay, so, paul, you've seen this story, haven't you? this was the, the candidate in leeds, louise mcdonald, threatened with arrest . she's for the party of arrest. she's for the party of women. threatened with arrest for distributing leaflets . did for distributing leaflets. did you read about this one? >> yes, i did, i did read about this one. i've even read the leaflet. leaflet says lots of sensible things. and my understanding also is that these leaflets were distributed by the royal mail. i've had leaflets distributed by the royal mail myself before, and they have to sort of pass a fit and proper test in order to do so. so they are fine. well, i mean, even if that weren't the case, consumption. >> i mean, i've read the leaflet, it's gender critical views. it's the belief that there are two sexes and they

cannot change a belief that are protected under the equality act. i mean, cressida, i don't understand why the police would, would get involved with the expression of perfectly legitimate viewpoints, and particularly when it's a parliamentary candidate that's worrying, isn't it? >> it's extremely worrying. >> it's extremely worrying. >> and you just hope that this is going to be resolved relatively quickly and that it will be a mistake. >> but it's or like an overzealous officer or something. >> exactly. but doesn't that point us? yes. go on. there's a culture in the police that there's some activism and it's clearly not following what's not following the procedures. it's not following the law. >> it's just totally i not following the law. >> it'sjust totally i mean, >> it's just totally i mean, that's a bigger issue, isn't there? i mean, i think because there? i mean, i think because the college of policing have been so sort of active in basically training the police to believe that they should be activists, you know, which is why you end up with them all in the rainbow lanyards and all the rest of it. >> exactly. what you don't want without fear or favour. right? and this is clearly with favour or with unfavorability towards one candidate. >> but like you say, hopefully it'll be resolved. right. >> it should be resolved. i mean, it shouldn't. well, it's not an issue to be resolved, is it? it's a non—issue now. it's a

non—issue in the sense of they have absolutely no right to do what they've done whatsoever . it what they've done whatsoever. it is an issue for the party. it is an issue for that candidate, and it puts them on the back foot. you know, it makes them. it's only going to empower them more though. >> do you think, oh , absolutely. >> do you think, oh, absolutely. >> do you think, oh, absolutely. >> how can it do anything else? because it's drawing attention to this. and if anybody right thinking reads that leaflet and is a in favour of free speech and all biology, then we are going to well, this is it. >> i mean, you know, the party of women was set up because a lot of women are sick and tired of this stuff. does this not, does this not kind of thing just prove their point? you know? >> absolutely. and i believe that the person i listen to, kelly jenkins speaking to the police officer about this and it was a male police officer. and you think, to quote kemi badenoch, you know, the optics not looking good, are they not ideal? >> well, because of election regulations, i should also say that the candidates for the sheffield heeley constituency are. liberal democrat. is rebecca atkinson green, alexi diamond, labour louise hague , diamond, labour louise hague, social democratic party helen jackman, conservative lorna

mcguinness and party of women louise mcdonald. oh, and the workers party of britain, steven roy. oh, and mark souter, who's the trade unionist and socialist coalition? there's a lot there's a lot to choose from there. anyway, let's get some more questions from our viewers. so our first question came in from from jonathan. where's jonathan. oh you're here. hello. >> good evening. statues of virginia woolf rarely be singled out for special attention. having a qr code? >> yes . so this is that statue >> yes. so this is that statue in tavistock square. statue of virginia woolf. now, if people don't know, they put a qr code so you can scan it. and basically this will tell you what an evil racist she was. yeah. is that, is that the. that's the gist, isn't it? so what do you think jonathan is that necessary? >> well, i think i would recover quite quickly from finding out about these things. you know, i'm, i'm jolly well fed up with being infantilized by everything. yes. and if it were a qr code, say, for one, going on a tour around london statues and, you know , general and, you know, general information. yeah. why not? oh, sure. i mean, to pick someone

out. evil person. yes >> i mean, ijust yeah. i mean effectively, you know, if the qr code was sort of told you a bit about to the lighthouse or mrs. dalloway or say, you know, these are the books that she wrote. she was part of the bloomsbury group, all of that kind of great. but if it's just to say shock, horror, someone born in 1882 didn't have the same values as 21st century intersectional lists, then i'm not sure that's worthwhile. >> i've got to eat my words, because the number of times we've done stories about pulling down statues and so on, and i've said, just put a plaque on it. yeah, that's what they've done . yeah, that's what they've done. yeah, that's what they've done. yeah, they've taken my advice and i still i'm still not happy. yeah >> but look, is it possible i mean, it's surely it's grossly unfair to judge someone who was born in the late 19th century by the standards of today. doesn't make any sense, does it? >> well, no i don't, andrew. come on, you know the rules. 2024 is right. and it was always right. and it will always be right. and it will always be right. right. those are the rules. >> well, that's lucky for the activists of today, isn't it, paul activists of today, isn't it, paul, that they will never be judged by future generations. >> but let me tell you something. in 100 years time there will be statues of david tennant, and they will need a qr

code. yes. telling you how wrong he was . and then next to him he was. and then next to him will be a massive one of kelly jane keane, keane and it'll be saying how right she was. right? well so we shall see. >> okay. oh you know your audience. okay. let's let's move on. oh. by the way. audience. okay. let's let's move on. oh. by the way . all right. on. oh. by the way. all right. okay. we're going to move on. we've got another question now. so who is the other question from, do we have another question. what's your name, sir? chris. chris, what's your question? >> are asexuals the most important group on a pride march ? >> 7- >> okay. 7— >> okay. yeah, i 7 >> okay. yeah, i saw this tweet as well. so this there's an asexual activist, called, yasmin benoit. benoit. benoit. i don't know how to pronounce it. apologies, yasmin. and, there she is. and she's saying she's the first asexual person to lead the first asexual person to lead the pride march in london. and she says asexual people are part of pride. it's time to make history. now. i've got nothing against her personally. i'm sure she's a lovely woman. but the thing is, cressida, pride was about protest and it was about a history of oppression, the oppression of gay people. through the centuries, gay people have been burnt at the

stake , denied basic human stake, denied basic human rights. and that's never happened to someone who just doesn't fancy having sex. >> i shouldn't think so. i think they would have gone largely unnoticed. yes, perhaps that was painful. i don't know, maybe that's the problem, you know, because that's you know, there's a photo that accompanies the tweet, and she's looking well, she's pouting in a very sexualised way, which is mixed messaging. i didn't want to. i thought, that's victim blaming. that was exactly what i thought. i thought, what a what an unfortunate pose for somebody who doesn't want any sexual attention. what is that? >> but i mean, for me it is a question of, you know, you're just not oppressed. no one cares what you don't get up to in the bedroom. like they just don't care. >> oh, what you do get up to. and having met everybody who's uninterested in sex, i can tell you . i can tell you that some of you. i can tell you that some of them are really boring . yeah. them are really boring. yeah. >> i mean, it just goes to show, doesn't it? >> pride is not what it used to be. you know, pride used to be about gay rights. now you have lesbians being, escorted off by police at cardiff pride because

they had a sign saying lesbians don't like penises. yeah, i know, guess what? they don't because they're gay. and it's absolutely insane. the pride is just i mean, effectively, pride is now mostly heterosexuals with a kink, isn't it? who wants to be oppressed? they want a piece of that oppression pie. >> i have done three gigs this weekend, all of which have been with a gay man, and that's not that's not a brag . and each of that's not a brag. and each of those gay men has said to me they're not attending london pride this weekend because they have absolutely no interest in it anymore. they don't understand what it stands for, particularly in london. they'll travel the world and they'll go to other prides if they're about, because it's still across the globe , it will still indulge the globe, it will still indulge in the reasons that it was there in the reasons that it was there in the reasons that it was there in the first place, but particularly in the west, particularly in the west, particularly in the states and here, that gay people are just shying away from it now. >> possibly it's even at the point where it's doing damage. we've been looking recently at statistics in the us where people are less likely to support same sex marriage now than they were in the past. yeah, yeah. >> no, you're absolutely right. it does have that effect. very, very actually dodgy stuff i think. anyway, next up on free

speech nation music legend dionne is still going strong at the age of 84. he's going to join us to discuss his latest album, girlfriends in which he teams up with 12 female collaborators. don't go

welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation with me . andrew doyle. nation with me. andrew doyle. now, if you're a fan of rock and roll music from the 1960s, you might well recognise this gem. i should have known it from the very start. >> this girl to leave me with a broken heart. i listen, people, what i'm telling you i keep away from run—around sue. yeah, i might miss the lips and the smile on the face. the touch of your hand and his girls want to praise her. so if you don't want to cry like i do, i'll keep away from run—around.

>> sue. >> sue. >> that was run—around sue by dion a true music legend who was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame 35 years ago. he's still going strong. he's just released a new album called girlfriends, in which he collaborates with 12 female artists. let's have a quick listen to an american hero with carlene carter . we saw the carlene carter. we saw the lights go down across the land . lights go down across the land. >> we were waiting for someone to take the . stand. to take the. stand. >> and there was no one there to hear the call . hear the call. >> no one listening to us at all. hey now you know we need an american hero, right now. the

searching for an american hero who will stand up tall for everyone . everyone. >> and dion joins me now to tell me all about it. good evening. dion. congratulations on the album. >> yo, how are you doing andrew? >> yo, how are you doing andrew? >> really well, thank you so much. i have to say you've assembled an impressive range of collaborators there. can i ask , collaborators there. can i ask, how do you choose who you want to sing with? and does that affect the way that you write the songs? are you thinking of specific voices? >> well, you know, back when the, the shutdown happened dunng the, the shutdown happened during covid, what happened was i had written about 14 songs. i went in and recorded these songs, and, my friend joe bonamassa played on one of them, and i thought, man, this is this is the deal right here. i should, you know, i should i should, you know, i should i should do this all the time with

great artists. i could, i could get, well, he sounded so good that i, i, i called up jeff. i called up, jeff beck. he played on one thing, and eric clapton, played on another. and peter frampton and, mark knopfler and it was so much fun. the thing was so much fun to do, you know, having these artists , like, having these artists, like, infuse what they were thinking. not not what i was thinking, but just i had the track. i would give it. they would come into the studio, knock it out, and it was just amazing. so and, and i had a few girls on the first album, like samantha fish and it was. so listen , when there's was. so listen, when there's a girl that walks into the room with a guitar, the whole atmosphere changes. i kid you not, man. it just changes. it's the feminine genius. it's so much fun doing this. i thought,

i'm going to do an album with a bunch of girls. i'm going to get, you know, all my all the girls i know in the blues genre. so i, you know, i called susan tedeschi and shemekia copeland and, i don't know, there was a bunch of them. you know, like, debbie davies and just, just the whole, you know, and, and i had these songs and it was just a lot of fun, man. i tell you, andrew, in the last i'm in my 80s, if you would have told me that, i'd be writing the best songs of my life in my 80s, i would have told you you were crazy. but i'm under the spout. where the glory comes out, man. it's under the wealth. i mean that that is fascinating because you've been so prolific in recent years. >> you know, you've done three albums in the past four years. you mentioned your blues with friends album, with people like van morrison and bruce springsteen. and so how do you keep that creative spirit going for such a long time? do you

have to continually reinvent what you're doing ? what you're doing? >> well, i don't know if i'm reinventing anything, you know, ihave reinventing anything, you know, i have friends. they go, oh, you recreated yourself. i go, wait a minute . i never created myself minute. i never created myself in the first place, so i'm not going to recreate myself. it's just a matter of i think i'm evolving and maturing and just getting better. you know? i you know, i have a gift. and if you have a gift, there's a gift giver and i just follow it. i just, i stay open and these songs kind of more than the songs kind of more than the songs coming from me. they seem to. i seem to download them from above, you know. >> absolutely . i mean, your your >> absolutely. i mean, your your career, of course, goes back to the late 1950s with dion and the belmonts and you were you were kids of the bronx. you were developing that doo sound. can i ask how how how did you get from the streets of the bronx onto, you know, the american bandstand? how does that breakthrough even happen ? breakthrough even happen? >> you know, that's a good

question. you got me. you know, like i, i neveri never question. you got me. you know, like i, i never i never planned anything. i really i really didn't when i was a kid. my parents were arguing a lot in the house. you know, my father never had a real job. so one day i. i caught hank williams, and then i caught jemmy reed, this old blues singer on a on a radio, you know, on a on a show that, you know, i used to get under the blankets with my transistor in the 50s and, you know, and key in on wheeling, west virginia, in the station. and i heard this stuff, and it changed my life. i talked to eric clapton about it. we were on the same page because , you on the same page because, you know, these people were like, my musical awakening. you know, they. musical awakening. you know, they . and i just followed it. they. and i just followed it. i just, i, i started singing, you know, i, i was trying to tell my friends on the corner in the bronx. i said, i heard a guy sing. i heard a guy rhyme was with buzz. he said , baby, you

with buzz. he said, baby, you give me a buzz. i didn't think i could last much longer, but i didn't know how wrong i was. i thought i went nuts when i heard that i, i had to get a guitar to show them how it what i was experiencing because these songs , when i was 11 years old, 12 years old, they kind of catapulted me into a place of enchantment or delight or transcendent, you know , it, it transcendent, you know, it, it just transcended all the arguing that was going on in the house. and then there was a guy who brought me down to this record company in manhattan because i lived in the bronx. i was fortunate because they just opened up this record company, and i, i sang them a few songs and i, i sang them a few songs and they went crazy. they said, where did you come from? you know , and, this is when i was know, and, this is when i was about 17 and, off i went, you know, and you just you were so

young, you know, starting out in this huge industry at such a young age. >> i mean, that must have been incredibly disorientating. and i presume you didn't think you would. you would still be at it six decades later. >> i didn't, but, andrew, if i had to get into this business right now , i wouldn't know how. right now, i wouldn't know how. yeah, it was simple. then i just had a guitar. i walked into a room and i sang a few songs and we off. we went. but, it's been very good to me . it's so, you very good to me. it's so, you know, look, andrew, here i am talking to you. after all these years, it opened up my whole world, my whole life. it's like a music is a it's a universal communications tool, you know? it's a way of life . it's a way of life. >> yes. and i'm really interested in your influences. i know you were a very influenced by hank williams in those early years, and you were very close with buddy holly, who i think had a huge influence on, on on rock and roll and pop music generally, and of course, he tragically died in the plane crash in 1959, along with ritchie valens and jp.

richardson, the big bopper. and my understanding is you were you were scheduled to be on that flight, or at least you were on the tour, weren't you? >> i was on the tour and, i was in the room when we, you know, buddy, it's a long story. it's on youtube. the true buddy holly story, the, the rock and roll hall of fame came down to my house and just taped my, you know, they wanted to know because nothing made sense . they because nothing made sense. they said, tell us, tell us what? you you know . you know. >> yeah, but but did and did buddy holly have a particular influence, though, in terms of where you went as a musician after that horrible, horrible incident ? incident? >> well, you know, buddy was a very mature i was 19, he was 22. he was learning to how fly out of teterboro airport in new jersey. i was like 19. i was learning to how hail a cab. i didn't know anything. but this guy was very, very decisive and statuesque. and he was a beautiful guy , really, really

beautiful guy, really, really a good guy and talented as all out and, a big influence on me. he told me, he said, dion, i don't know to how succeed. i don't know to how succeed. i don't know how to. you know what, success. but i know to how fail. try to please everybody. i think if he didn't tell me that, i don't think i ever would have recorded the wanderer or run—around sue or abraham , run—around sue or abraham, martin and john. >> so it did change your direction. i mean, that's a very interesting idea of just doing what your muse tells you, doing what your muse tells you, doing what your muse tells you, doing what you feel you ought to do. run—around sue can i ask you about that? because of course, you also co—wrote that. it wasn't just that you were singing someone else's song. you very much became an active songwriter. is that something that has always particularly dnven that has always particularly driven you? >> you know, i never thought of myself as a songwriter. never. but it just crept up on me. it just it kind of, took me over, you know? it just started just, you know? it just started just, you know? it just started just, you know , just coming up, these you know, just coming up, these things start coming out of you,

and you want to you want to get closer to the centre and if you try that, you want you start writing songs. yes. >> so do songs for you. are they a form of you sort of dealing with what's going on in your life? do you see them as a kind of that they have that kind of therapeutic quality or is it a bit more complicated than that? >> well, a lot of people think every song you write is autobiography, biographical . autobiography, biographical. it's not, you know, sometimes a songwriter, you know , a singer songwriter, you know, a singer is like an actor, you know , but, is like an actor, you know, but, like the wanderer , you know, like the wanderer, you know, there was a little bit of that in me, but, you know, the one if you really look at the lyric says, i roam from town to town. i go through life without a care. i'm as happy as a clown with my two fists of iron. but i'm going nowhere. i'm the type of guy that likes to roam around . you know, it sounds like he's having a good time, but the guy is kind of lost, you know? >> well, you finally you've done this new album, girlfriends, which is a fantastic piece of

work, what what do you want to do next? are you going to. are you just going to carry on creating, you know, when a door opens, i kind of make a decision. >> i look at it, kind of mull it overin >> i look at it, kind of mull it over in my mind. if i want to walk through it, i walk through it. and that's i keep doing that. you know, i just, i don't that. you know, ijust, i don't know what the future holds, but i'm in the hands of the one who holds the future. that's the way i. that's the way i put it down. >> thanks ever so much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. hey, andrew, you guys have a good day. >> god bless. >> god bless. >> just a reminder. dionne's album girlfriends is available to download. you can get it on vinyl as well. next up on free speech nation, i'm going to be speaking to ethan haim , m.d, speaking to ethan haim, m.d, who's a medic who exposed a scandal at texas children's hospital and was pursued by the us department of justice for his trouble. so please don't go anywhere

welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation with me. andrew doyle, houston surgeon ethan haim blew the whistle on a scandal at texas children's hospital, sharing documents which allegedly showed that the hospital was still providing gender affirming care to minors. even though texas attorney general ken paxton issued an opinion in 2022 stating gender affirming care was a form of child abuse. now for his trouble , ethan has been pursued by the justice department and is facing federal charges, so ethan haim joins me now to tell us more. good evening. ethan are you there? >> yeah, yeah. thank you so much for having me on now. >> really appreciate you coming on, because a lot of people over here won't have heard of your case. so perhaps if you can just give us the bare bones. what happened? >> yeah. so, i was a surgeon. i was working at texas children's hospital during my training in march of 2022. they said they

were going to shut down their transgender program , transgender program, acknowledging that there was potential criminal liability . potential criminal liability. that was a few weeks after, ken paxton, texas attorney general's opinion, saying it was child abuse, which it is. so it makes sense that their statement , you sense that their statement, you know, they would say they're shutting it down in to order avoid any scrutiny from the state. but i worked there. i was doing surgery there . the people doing surgery there. the people who were doing the surgeries told me they were doing it. they not only continued the program, but prioritised it, expanded it behind closed doors and a really horrifying way. and that's such a betrayal of trust , because a betrayal of trust, because trust is the only currency that doctors use in order to take care of their patients. so i anonymously blew the whistle to christopher rufo. within 24 hours of our story coming out, the texas senate reaffirmed the illegality of this conduct. you know, so 24 hours after our story coming out, what we exposed was supposed to become illegal, right? reaffirming it,

a month later, on the day of my graduation, federal agents show up to my door, right a few hours before as a means to intimidate. and then over the next six months, we see how corrupt the justice system has become, right 7 justice system has become, right ? my attorneys wrote a letter to congress saying that they didn't review the facts of the case or didn't know them in the first place. before sending agents to my home, they had, even though they didn't know the basic facts, they did enough research to find out my wife had been hired by the federal government as a prosecutor and threatened her career. but most egregiously, they had said they were going to bring me to a federal jury trial, even if they were going to lose . the were going to lose. the implication being this is not about justice, but retribution. so just two and a half weeks ago, four heavily armed u.s. marshals showed up to my door and gave me an indictment, for federal felonies. i'm facing up to ten years in prison, and

we're going to take this trial. so if anyone wants to help support its givesendgo . com support its givesendgo. com forward slash texas underscore whistleblower . whistleblower. >> i think a lot of people watching this will be very disturbed about this. i mean obviously whistleblowing has a place particularly if the hospital or whoever it might be is telling the public one thing and doing something else that is so dangerous. but can i ask you, ethan, we've had the cast review in this country, and it would seem that a lot of, institutions that have a kind of activist mindset are determined to ignore the findings of this when it comes to gender affirming care. how is it the case that the medical profession has become so captured ideologically ? captured ideologically? >> so i believe they've been captured ideologically, because when you have these activists who have embedded themselves in these organisations, they have taken them so far down this road that if there is any type of acknowledgement of what they've truly been doing , they have to truly been doing, they have to look in the mirror and come to the reality that even though they were the ones who said they were saving these kids, they were saving these kids, they were actually the ones destroying them. so when

something like the cass review comes out, they have to avoid it like the plague because it is bringing them one step closer to facing the reality of their crimes. because this was never based on on the goal of medicine, it was never oriented towards healing patients. it was it's not bad medicine. it's not like a little bit off. it's oriented in the exact opposite direction. >> it's anti—medicine and it's particularly affecting. it's particularly affecting. it's particularly affecting. it's particularly affecting children. i mean, i note that the w path standards of care, the most recent version , doesn't have the recent version, doesn't have the age, a minimum age restrictions on surgery for minors. and we've discovered this week that there are allegations that the rachel levine's office had put pressure onto w path. so does this ideology go all the way to the top ? top? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean that's why they have used so many federal resources to pursue this investigation. and i would say these are these are less so allegations as opposed to stone cold facts. because they have the emails of richard admiral

levine. right. sending emails saying that he is going, you know , that he recommends they know, that he recommends they remove these, age limitations so that children can get these interventions. and this is coming from someone who has children, who has publicly said the most important thing in his life is his children, but he's taking that away from these vulnerable kids. and i can't imagine anything worse than that. but they are trying to put me into prison for ten years for exposing the hospital was lying . exposing the hospital was lying. >> so what what do you make of critics who will say, well, you know, children aren't being medicalized, people aren't performing surgery on minors. they're just pausing their puberty so that they have some time to reflect. what do you make of that? >> i would say just listen to their own words. when they say pausing puberty. that's completely contradictory to their algorithms by their own words , they're saying that a words, they're saying that a child should completely not go through the entirety of puberty, then go on to hormones and then

surgery. any off ramp, any alternative is prevented by the threat of the child's own suicide. so this is not like a pause, because if it was a pause, because if it was a pause, they wouldn't , allow for pause, they wouldn't, allow for an alternative. but what they're saying is you're going to kill yourself if you if you go off this road and then for the rest of their life, they're going to be existentially reliant on the doctor's prescription pad or a surgeon's recommendation. that is how it is. there is no two ways about it. and this is by their own protocols. >> and given that there is now evidence that there is no increase in suicidal ideation after treatment, that the kids are not killing themselves if they don't get this treatment. that was just a lie. isn't that just a form of emotional blackmail at this point? >> i mean, there was no evidence in the first place. the evidence is that when they started down this road, their risk of suicide jumped up to unprecedented levels. i mean, what other population in the history of the world has had suicidal ideation to this percentage? and then when you control it against a

controlled population , it's controlled population, it's horrifying. i mean, you know, there's like the mark twain quote, you know, there's lies, damn lies. and then statistics you can convince anyone of statistical, you know, falsification. that's just how it is. but we have to use logic, but haven't the revelations of the w path files? >> i mean, they didn't make as much of an impact as i would have liked, but i think they have liked, but i think they have made quite a significant impact insofar as we learned that leading members of w path were fully aware that many of these individuals cannot consent to the treatment that they were putting them on, shouldn't that be the end of it? shouldn't that be the end of it? shouldn't that be the end of it? shouldn't that be the end of w path by now? how is it still going? >> well, i would say with the argument of consent, we have to remember that there are two parties in the consent process. the individuals who consent and then the individuals who inform . then the individuals who inform. if the doctor who is providing the information regarding that consent is fundamentally and egregiously misinformed about the nature of the problem, they

are intervening on, then that individual cannot provide consent. it's like i'm a surgeon, right? if i were to start doing appendectomies for people with depression and telling them that this works and it's going to make their lives better, right? you would never say that these people provide consent. >> yeah. can i ask you, ethan? i mean, you are very much under the sword of damocles at the moment, and i think people watching this will wonder how you're holding all this together. but do you feel that, given the justness of your position , that ultimately the position, that ultimately the right decision will prevail, that you know you're not going to end up in prison for doing the right thing? because surely that's just an unimaginable consequence. >> and i think that it's not unimaginable because, of course, especially when after this indictment, when i read their, their allegations, you know, i thought that it was going to be this huge amount of fear, but it was actually a degree of relief and vindication, but also coupled with fear. but it was initially vindication because i saw that everything i've been

saying all along has been true. this is a political prosecution. it's completely bogus . this is a political prosecution. it's completely bogus. but things are unpredictable in the federal trial, right? you never know what you're going to be able to get into the court. but i'll tell you one thing, is that my first daughter is going to be born in a couple of months, and there's a possibility i might not be there for it. it might not be there for it. it might not be there during the first couple of months, during the first couple of years of her life. and that's scary. it's terrifying. it's absolutely terrifying. it's absolutely terrifying. but the one thing more terrifying is the thought of my daughter growing up and thinking that her father was never willing to fight for her future. that's one thing i could never live with myself with. you know, if that was the case and, you know, you come to a conclusion that you know, this is scary, but there are some things that we should be more fearful of and that is not doing the right thing when it's challenging thing to do. because one day our kids are going to grow up and they're going to look at us and see what did we do during this challenging time. and that becomes real when

you're in a situation like mine. >> well, ethan can you just remind us how people can find out more information about about your situation? >> yeah. the most important thing, is, people can donate at gibson go.com/texas whistleblower. we've pumped everything we've ever saved over $10,000 into this case. we have nothing left, but, we're going to fight this case, and we've raised almost $1 million in 5 to $100 donations, you know , to learn more about you know, to learn more about this case. i mean, i'm on twitter, you can just type my name in. there's only one of me, i think, in the country, it's kind of an odd name, so it's pretty easy to find me. but. >> fantastic. yeah. >> fantastic. yeah. >> that's. that's what it is. >> that's. that's what it is. >> okay, well, ethan, i really appreciate you coming on to discuss this with me. thank you very much. thank you. and next on free speech nation pride month becomes a welcome haven for straight people. a baby goes viral by talking in a scouse accent, and a woman takes revenge on her cheating boyfriend. it's almost time for social sensations. don't go

welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation with me . nation with me. >> andrew doyle. >> andrew doyle. >> so it's time for social sensations. that's the part of the show where we look at what's been going viral this week on the dreaded social media. first up, we've got this video from pride in new york. let's have look. >> she gets so excited about pride month. >> well, obviously queerness, gayness and being fabulous in general and celebrating everybody's diversity is very important to new york city, very important to new york city, very important to new york city, very important to a lot of people who live here. and this month means a big deal to us. >> and when did you realise that you were gay or queer? i'm straight . straight. >> so there we have it . >> so there we have it. >> so there we have it. >> i mean, i have said, you know, i think most people go into these pride events are just straight people. that's all it is. it's a big celebration of

straightness. yeah. >> i mean, they've just it's just been a takeover of a street. i know genuinely, generally middle class people as well, straight people. >> but the thing is, i'm not saying that, you know, straight people shouldn't be allowed to go to pride. that's what i'm saying. but the fact that they predominate and the fact that i don't know any gay people who go to pride anymore, suggests to me that maybe it's had its day, right? >> yeah. i think well, i'm not going to i'm a straight white man in my 40s. >> go for it. >>- >> go for it. >> i am the worst of the worst. i can't be sat on on national tv saying ban pride all right, well, i will get rid of it. >> get in, be an ally. >> get in, be an ally. >> you'd look great in those rainbows. yeah >> what do you make of it, cressida? i don't want to ban pride, by the way. i just think it's had its day. and i think. i think gay people are starting to recognise it's actually working against their interests these days. yeah it's all a bit tired now, isn't it, that it seems to me. and, and a bit too fetishy all of that stuff. you know, it's so weird to me. so there was a, there was one in texas, the pride event in texas a couple of weeks ago where they had open fetishistic displays. they said it was a family friendly event, and the whole thing was sponsored by lockheed

martin. right. the biggest constructor of armaments in the world. so they blow people up, but they do it in an inclusive way. anyway. next up, this video has been viewed by millions. it shows a baby conversing with her mother in a strong scouse accent, even though it doesn't know any words . know any words. >> now i'm gonna show you with it. what? >> what why i'm looking. >> what why i'm looking. >> why? >> why? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> look at that. yeah, but you need to go to see your baby. i'm gonna go shopping. >> come back. they put you in a baby show. you're meant to listen to what i'm saying . listen to what i'm saying. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> no, but you're meant to be going to sleep because you're the baby. >> oh, you got a dog? >> oh, you got a dog? >> i i'm sorry . >> i i'm sorry. >>— >> i i'm sorry. >> yeah, she's got that nail, doesn't she? i mean, she's like, because the scout. the thing about the scouse speech, it's not really about what they say. it's how they say it. right? >> well, it's a bit of both, isn't it? >> was it? >> was it? >> it's proper boss that i think that was adorable. very can you do the accent? well, i think i

can. i the baby would approve. >> it is adorable, isn't it? >> it is adorable, isn't it? >> what do you make of that? that looks a little bit like you and i. you talking to me about anything intellectual in the news. so you're trying to explain high art to me ? explain high art to me? >> yeah. and then you come back with a few buzzwords. yeah. just say every now and then. yeah. good for you. okay, look, we can have a look at this one. now, this is. it's not just the european championships which are taking place at the moment. there's also the copa america taking place in the united states. one girl making sure her ex—boyfriend will miss out on going to some of the matches. let's have a look. >> hola, todos . bueno aqui la >> hola, todos. bueno aqui la ayuda . les habla ahora cornuda ayuda. les habla ahora cornuda su novio con su mejor amiga y tengo acca porque esto el boludo dejo la entrada para la copa america para los proximos dos partidos. y como la la la la los pasajes lo voy a sortir todo . pasajes lo voy a sortir todo. >> so that is a woman scorned . >> so that is a woman scorned. and i mean, the thing is like withholding the football tickets as revenge . but yeah, that's

as revenge. but yeah, that's what it is. yeah. she's gonna sell. she's going to sell his football tickets because, yes, he's spanish and i was going to fail. >> okay. so she's she's got hold of the football. well, this is why emails are wonderful. if you have anything electronically, you can't lose. >> yeah, i should say i don't endorse theft because what she's doing is actually technically theft. but then he shouldn't have cheated, to be fair. but then i've got a i've got to admit, a conflict of interest here that is actually my girlfriend. >> oh, well, yeah. and, well, she's punching below her weight, isn't she ? no offence . isn't she? no offence. >> anyway. look, this is the part of the show where we're going to talk through your unfiltered dilemmas. and of course, every week you do email in with all of your problems, under under the delusion that i'll be able to solve them. but anyway, let's have a look. our first dilemma comes in from miriam. thanks miriam. miriam says i ran a sweepstake at work for the european football championships in good faith. £2 to enter. one of my colleagues drew scotland out , delayed drew scotland out, delayed payment and now they have gone out. he won't pay at all. how tight can you get? well, it's in keeping with the theme , isn't it? >> hey, what do you think? >> hey, what do you think? >> do you take all the jokes

away from me? no. that's outrageous. that you've got to pay upfront anyway. yeah, i mean absolutely. this is the sort of thing that should be going to federal court. yeah, not not not the doctor talking about mutilation of children, a dark callback. >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> shame him. shame him. you've started. you've started with the tv. great work. keep it up. >> so she should have named him. really? >> yeah. name and address. >> yeah. name and address. >> name and address. next time, let's get another one. now this is a dilemma from neville. i like that name. >> neville. yeah dying out? yeah, it's a good name. >> my flatmate keeps emptying our kitchen bin but does not take it to the rubbish chute in our building, instead leaving it next to the bin. this means it's always left to me to sort out. should i start ignoring the bin? even? it means the kitchen begins to smell. you see, this is the problem. that's kind of cutting the nose off to spite your face, isn't it? because of course, you're going to have to suffer with the stench of the bin. but you are proving a point to him. tricky. what do you think? >> yeah, i can't understand that. that's like the height i mean, you've got the bag out tidy, i assume. put it to one side. now, i'd want to know if they put a new bag in and how

many times and how many times it happened, because this could have just been a put the new bag in. got a phone call, your girlfriend's ripping up your copper america tickets, mate, and he's got a dash off. >> it's terrible. i mean, this is not how flatmates are meant to behave, is it? >> well, this is why i wouldn't have flatmates. >> this is why you live on a boat by yourself. >> i spent six years on a boat to avoid this situation. exactly. i had a choice between being by myself or that i'll take the boat. >> have you ever had terrible flatmates? >> yes. have you? of course. yeah. it's giving me ptsd just listening to that. >> well, how did you deal with it? because that kind of thing of. i think you need to find a way to deal. i think the best way to deal. i think the best way to deal. i think the best way to sit down. conflict resolution, have a conversation. don't just do these. no, no. >> sort it out. i'll just do the bin myself. i'll just be passive aggressive. >> that's what you would do. i think that's what i would do. >> yeah. oh, absolutely. yeah. yeah. just bury it down. 40 good years of never talking about anything. yeah. until there's the inevitable heart attack or breakdown. yeah. >> you're not there yet, paul. i'm on my way. >> you are on your way. >> you are on your way. >> i'm on my way. well, look, thank you so much for joining >> i'm on my way. well, look, thank you so much forjoining us for free speech nation. this was the week when joe biden's debate performance through the presidential race into chaos and asexual activist led the pride

march and a qr code was added to a statue of virginia woolf. thank you so much to my panel, cressida wetton and paul cox to all of my brilliant guests this evening. and if you want to join us, live in the studio and be part of this wonderful, beautiful studio audience, dead easy. just go to sro audiences dot com, you can apply there. stay tuned. because mark dolan is on after the break. don't forget that headliners is on every night at 11:00. that's the late night paper preview show where comedians take you through the next day's top news stories . the next day's top news stories. thanks ever so much for watching free speech nation with me, andrew doyle. i'll see you next week. judith raanan . week. judith raanan. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, a changeable week ahead with some rain and

showers, plenty of dry weather around two though. for today though, we've got a frontal system clearing its way southeastwards, allowing a ridge of high pressure to build, bringing a fairly settled evening. notice the winds coming from a northwesterly direction though, meaning things are going to be feeling a little bit cooler. a change on the way into this evening though, as we see outbreaks of rain move their way into western and northwestern parts of the uk. but on the whole, overnight plenty of dry weather around a mix of cloud and clear spells. and under those clear spells it will feel a little bit cooler. but most towns and cities remaining in the double digits . an unsettled the double digits. an unsettled picture as we head into sunday, particularly across northern areas, as we'll continue to see those outbreaks of rain edge their way into eastern parts of scotland. so fairly damp in the west. a few drier spells before that rain moves in in the east, quite a damp start to across northern ireland, northwestern parts of england, but once again in the far east, around yorkshire, for example, fairly dry, with some bright sunshine to start and similar across the south and southeast. a mix of

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