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government of locking the country into an economic doom loop. the comments follow the chancellor's autumn statement yesterday . meanwhile, the yesterday. meanwhile, the institute for fiscal studies is warning the food and living standard will be the largest since records began . jeremy hunt since records began. jeremy hunt has defended his plans as the right thing to do . but sir keir right thing to do. but sir keir says the fiscal measures hurt the most vulnerable. the government yesterday, having done huge to the economy, has gone after people again with stealth taxes , council tax stealth taxes, council tax increases and done nothing about non—dom status. the super rich are not paying their taxes in this country and they've got no plan for growth . they're looking plan for growth. they're looking to see they do loop. we would have put a plan for growth on the that actually runs towards challenges of tomorrow . a person challenges of tomorrow. a person has been into the river dawn in aberdeen as heavy rain continues batter much of eastern scotland . police and emergency crews on the scene where it's believed the scene where it's believed the person have been trying to rescue a dog. centres have been

opened after warnings were escalated to severe . escalated to severe. aberdeenshire council say . river aberdeenshire council say. river levels will peak later this . a levels will peak later this. a sexual predator has admitted to the murder of law graduate zorelli who was brutally kicked then dumped on the left for dead . jordan mcsweeney also admitted to sexually assaulting zara. euna to sexually assaulting zara. elina as she walked home from a night out in east london last summer. the 35 rowed from dagenham was found passers by with severe head injuries . she with severe head injuries. she later died in hospital . later died in hospital. mcsweeney had only recently been released from prison and had targeted more than one woman before. detective chief inspector dave wellens says the police are committed to tackling against women . jordan mcsweeney against women. jordan mcsweeney has pleaded guilty today to the most serious offences. his a very dangerous individual and. his guilty plea today means that he is certain to a considerable penod he is certain to a considerable period of time behind bars. he is certain to a considerable period of time behind bars . a period of time behind bars. a coroner has ruled that police

errors contributed to the deaths of a mother and daughter who were killed by the daughters estranged partner. an inquest how in 2018, raneem uda repeated . ali called the police after gen tarrant attacked her at a restaurant in solihull. he followed her and her mother home, but officers failed to reach them in time before they were murdered. the family said. masood had previously contacted police . her abusive police. her abusive relationship. but action was taken. west midlands police has apologised to the family civil servants and the home office. border force for transport and defra not to take industrial action in a dispute over pay. the pcc union has been calling a 10% pay rise for its members , 10% pay rise for its members, but this was rejected by the government . it's planning one government. it's planning one month of what it calls sustained industrial action from mid—december , which will affect mid—december, which will affect ports, borders and other areas of transport. tv online . dab of transport. tv online. dab radio. this gb news. now it's back to patrick on the friday

night feast . night feast. where welcome back. let's get stuck straight and the government has capitulated when . it comes to illegal immigration and it's capitulating over legal immigration as well. it's been revealed that the government no longer wants to reduce net migration. they're trying to bury this in the chaos of the statement, but it's pretty much out there now. we can expect net migration in the region of 205,000 people in 2026. this means the adult population is expected increase by 400,000 by 2028 and presumably just keep doing every couple of years. why well, to generate more tax revenue. so in a bid , make revenue. so in a bid, make britain look better on a spreadsheet. the government wanting to change britain irreversibly and possibly sell out british culture same out british culture at the same time. colours of the autumn time. the colours of the autumn statement will make 55% of us worse off. let that sink and the

average hard working man and woman clobbered with higher taxes in middle of a cost of taxes in the middle of a cost of living crisis. and now they're also saying they're happy to have immigration the hundreds have immigration in the hundreds of may . no have immigration in the hundreds of may. no mistake. we of thousands may. no mistake. we now have conservative government that's a budget, as that's announced a budget, as well tony blair's system. well as tony blair's system. huge amounts of legal immigration coupled with massive amounts of illegal immigration means one thing and one thing only. britain will irreversibly and with it , british culture, and with it, british culture, british values , british norms. british values, british norms. mark my words backbench tory mp are already by this tax low growth and now they're also coming to terms with the fact that it appears the government has no intention of reducing migration either. i spoke barry nonh migration either. i spoke barry north mp james daley about this to say i would completely caution against that and. that's not a sensible, pragmatic approach. we've got people, patrick, at the moment who are not working in this country or on benefit who should be out there there for people there there are jobs for people to you . we be curing

to have you. we should be curing the know , ills of our the you know, ills of our economy in terms of skilling people in you know, in people investing in you know, in our younger people not turning to the easy option of just bringing in migration. we've got all talent and the people at all talent and all the people at the moment who could be doing something, that's something, but. yeah, that's where looking at where we should be looking at policy. going for the easy policy. just going for the easy opfion policy. just going for the easy option , which i'm sure the option, which i'm sure the government the government and the promise the chancellor is the role, chancellor know is the role, which completely . but which can completely. but perhaps this will more palatable if the government was getting to gnps if the government was getting to grips immigration grips with illegal immigration in course in the channel. but of course not. and that daley went to not. and on that daley went to on we need to be taking dramatic steps to reduce number of people coming into this country who should and i don't should not be here. and i don't , you go over one of , you know, go back over one of our conversation it but our previous conversation it but there clear that there is very clear that thousands thousands of thousands upon thousands of people who are coming here should not let in. they just should not let in. they just should not let in. they just should not be . they have no should not be. they have no right to be in country both right to be in this country both on the basis of legislation and where they're coming from . it where they're coming from. it cannot be argued that britain isn't a welcoming country. it cannot be argued that we're a

racist country. how can a nation with the prime minister and home secretary are ethnic secretary who are ethnic minority , presiding over minority, is presiding over unbelievably levels of both legal and illegal immigration be considered ? it simply considered racist? it simply can't it's got nothing to do can't be. it's got nothing to do with, brazier said. it's got everything sheer numbers, everything to do. sheer numbers, resources and preserving our norms and values. resources and preserving our norms and values . well, joining norms and values. well, joining me now to get more on this is marco longhi , another marco longhi, another conservative mp for , dudley conservative mp for, dudley north. you heard your fellow mp from bury north or the north. i'm also from the north. so good northern representation in a way. what do you make of this because me, it seemed like because to me, it seemed like they were trying to slip under they were trying to slip under the radar a bit. idea the radar a bit. the idea now they're reduce net they're wanting to reduce net migration the tens of migration to the tens of thousands just before, thousands just been before, doesn't it ? well, that's it doesn't it? well, that's what it sounds , patrick. and the sounds, patrick. and the government i would have to say, i must tell , will have an i must tell, will have an enormous problem on its hands

persuading people like , me and persuading people like, me and james many, many their james and many, many their employees to try and this supped employees to try and this slipped underneath the radar. if that is, in fact, what they're trying to do. look, if we want to increase productivity and grow economy, we need to grow our economy, we need to invest ourselves. we need to invest in ourselves. we need to stop importing endlessly cheap labour and take the easy route out. we've always said we've got low productivity in this country because we haven't invested in skills , we haven't invested in skills, we haven't invested in technology. we haven't in training. and the alternative has always been , especially has always been, especially being part of the eu . just keep being part of the eu. just keep on bringing in cheap labour. so the whole point of having a point based immigration system to stop that and invest in ourselves . well, a lot of people ourselves. well, a lot of people are up in arms this and about what's going on in their channel because. they are concerned about the potential loss of british culture and the potential irreversibly of democrat on everything that goes with that, especially now that arguably for the first time those in rural constituencies , those in rural constituencies, possibly thousands of asylum ,

possibly thousands of asylum, are going to be sent to rural to level up the demand. when it comes to housing . and i'm keen comes to housing. and i'm keen to get your views . what do you to get your views. what do you think british is and what are your concerns when it comes to what we might lose ? so look , what we might lose? so look, there is a lot at stake here and there's a whole debate , british there's a whole debate, british values and culture and, you know, if you if you go london, it feels like you're almost a different country in and of itself. now, i don't recognise a lot of what british britishness looks like quite often walking around london for me. let's even just focus on the practical side of this, patrick. in dudley, i have had every single surgery acute . people desperate for . i acute. people desperate for. i have women . and children. sofa have women. and children. sofa surfing . being puts up in bed surfing. being puts up in bed and breakfasts because they are homeless, because they cannot a homeless, because they cannot a home for themselves if we are going to import we need to find

more housing and their family when they join them too. why upskill our own labour upskill the people are at the moment on benefits who already live in this country and use them rather than look at this cheap wax just as a final point to you, marco. are you concerned that there is now no real point to the traditional conservative party we've got high tax. it is pretty much a labour budget and we do appear to have a tony blair style immigration . well, that's style immigration. well, that's what it very much feels like, patrick. and i can tell you now , i am not alone in the views that i am . know, i'm very upset that i am. know, i'm very upset at the situation . the whips at the situation. the whips office know that and just because other people aren't being as vocal as me, i can tell you now there are lots of other member of parliament who are at if it's true, if it's what they are doing about, not putting a cap on limit of net migration .

cap on limit of net migration. the government will have very serious problem on their hands. now we go. okay, what you have to have as mark. i thank you very much. mark along with the mp, tory mp for dudley north. well me tonight for this hour of mayhem is the broadcaster and life coach dr. pam spurr and the comedian making debut on friday face scott scott. thank you very much both of you and i think in light of what we're saying as well, quite ironic a way well, quite ironic in a way that, of you are that, neither of you are british. well, no, i'm doing yourjunior british. well, no, i'm doing your junior and american. british. well, no, i'm doing yourjunior and american. i've your junior and american. i've both. you've got both you go. all right. well, i'll start with you, dr. pam, on autumn. what do you, dr. pam, on autumn. what do you make of that? people are quite fearful that quote unquote britishness going to disappear? well, if there's a queue of people looking housing in, people looking for housing in, they only have the last 12 years of the tory government blamed for that. have not invested for that. they have not invested housing they have always housing the way they have always said it's got said would. and so it's got nothing to do with immigrants over and taking housing. it's got everything to do with the tories not providing housing. and not forget they expect

and let's not forget they expect £7 billion worth of revenue . if £7 billion worth of revenue. if as the article that you're producer gave me to derive from the that will be occurring. yes some people say that maybe that's bit of a false economy though because then we do have to pay for of these people in terms of public etc. but yes, that's one of the reasons why they're it. you're just they're doing it. if you're just joining, does appear anyway, joining, it does appear anyway, the decided the conservatives have decided that scrap that they're going to scrap this idea having migration idea of having a net migration the thousands. i think the tens of thousands. i think we all agree probably we can all agree they probably stop psychologically quite a long the reason why long time ago and the reason why they do is think they want to do it is they think they want to do it is they think the huge of immigration the huge amounts of immigration legal increase growth legal is will increase growth and tax. i'll throw over to you, scott. do you feel as though it may be britain's sold out a little bit to look good on a spreadsheet? it would be great if looked good if it looked good on a spreadsheet for change. that'd spreadsheet for a change. that'd be you know be a nice altercation. you know what? i'm i'm anxious about all the coming . it the foreign comics coming. it really already. so really threatened already. so many. i think it's because they admire the british sense of

humour there's thing humour if. there's one thing that changed, that that hasn't changed, it's that very clever sense of very clipped clever sense of humour that a lot of comics want emulate from other countries. so, oh, this trans oh see irish would stay home. they so would stay home. they do so well. funny . they well. they're so funny. they stay you know. i mean too stay back, you know. i mean too many them to go quite worried many of them to go quite worried about people taking your job. yeah a show tonight. yeah i've got a show tonight. i hope it's happening. there hope it's happening. i get there after, for on after, especially for being on this, to numbers this, you know, areas to numbers have dropped in the uk since 2017 each year so i don't think there's really a fear i think many british people think that their culture is being diluted. i think what they're concerned with is like this last person spoke about is housing and medical care. but then you've mentioned. mean, mentioned. that's true. i mean, whatever government been in power the chance power has had the chance to build jobs. build. so those are jobs. i think a of people are very, think a lot of people are very, very concerned about the idea that there numbers game. that there is a numbers game. there's immigration there's the illegal immigration that's the channel there's the illegal immigration th.the the channel there's the illegal immigration th.the moment the channel there's the illegal immigration th.the moment and 1e channel there's the illegal immigration th.the moment and nowrannel there's the illegal immigration th.the moment and now hotel is at the moment and now hotel is up down the country and up and down the country and especially rural the concern especially in rural the concern there power . i this there dogs power. i think this is where the traditional is maybe where the traditional british culture argument in is

that a lot of rural maybe only got a few hundred people they might have one big hotel is predominately for rural tourism and if that gets chockablock well the local economy in terms of can go and just in of tourism can go and just in terms of numbers . yeah there's terms of numbers. yeah there's an equal number of asylum seekers potentially in there as there are locals, as it were . there are locals, as it were. that a concern. but you that could be a concern. but you if that's hypothesis , what was if that's a hypothesis, what was going to happen in linton on it was going to happen that nobody was going to happen that nobody was going to go as a tourist to visit because had all visit it because they had all heard immigration heard about some immigration hotel . just don't believe that hotel. i just don't believe that . and i believe that there are a lot these around lot of these theories around which basically conspiracy which are basically conspiracy theories and. yes, some rural areas feel they've had more than their share of immigration to those areas . however, we've got those areas. however, we've got a member of an immigration and bnngs a member of an immigration and brings with it all the wonderful that we taste. the colour where the people have in america we much more of a melting pot than we are here in britain. i was not going and it's well, let's

just say the immigrants often just say the immigrants often just want to embrace american culture. we haven't lost our . culture. we haven't lost our. and you've had a good point there, because i'll throw back to you on this. people always read, i am worried about the only from of the only day now from some of the countries people are countries where people are coming like gay coming from things like gay rise, women's rights, etc. oh, nothing like all we've here. and some would argue it could potentially . we've had a potentially. we've had a conversation about qatar mean if we're importing a lot of people from that part of the as well that happens here we've seen wanting to set up things like shana wanting to set up things like sharia courts here in the uk now people concern that people do have a concern that maybe isn't top the maybe integration isn't top the list for a lot of people qatar is so i went there and doha is so gay i went there and doha i'm from san francisco but doha embarrassed. like, okay, embarrassed. i was like, okay, boys, off . it's culture boys, back off. it's a culture that pant off. hello that doesn't pant off. hello a camel flying by. but anyway , you camel flying by. but anyway, you want a ride and i also think that it's a different culture because there if you label yourself as a homosexual , you'll yourself as a homosexual, you'll get in trouble. but if you just

do what you like in a male dominated culture, you get away with it. i think when people come here, mostly as in the us, i think they want to assimilate, think it's important to them i think they want to assimilate, thinithey important to them i think they want to assimilate, thinithey do jortant to them i think they want to assimilate, thinithey do that. |t to them i think they want to assimilate, thinithey do that. i to them i think they want to assimilate, thinithey do that. i thinkem that they do that. i think building we have in building a wall like we have in the a danger. think the us is a danger. i think putting wall up your knee when you have the channel but think you have the channel but i think using wall it'll create using it as a wall it'll create nothing difficulties. i think when you're at secretary said that there's an invasion i don't think that's a strategy or a statement or even even a logical response . i think what needs to response. i think what needs to happenis response. i think what needs to happen is there needs to be some of i mean, for one thing, albanians are hilarious. well, well, well they're you well, well they're not, you know, involved. know, getting involved. the underground . i don't underground drug trade. i don't think all of that can be funny. i suffocating i don't think it's suffocating that myth that it's all of the auens. that myth that it's all of the aliens . no, that myth that it's all of the aliens. no, see. i'm aliens. no, you see. no, i'm going to a i'm to going to put a of i'm going to push that massively . we push back on that massively. we have of figures have had a load of figures released do say quite released now which do say quite clearly that, for example, albania is make up the highest proportion of foreign criminals . had a huge . ourjails we've had a huge amount, something like 2% of the male population in albania is

now here. and now they're now over here. and now they're seeing massive change in tactics, which is to not even try to get picked up by border force flies is to disappear into the underground mean, the the underground. i mean, the national agency is even national crime agency is even coming and saying, we coming out and saying, look, we have problem have a massive, massive problem . it comes to albanian drug gangs and criminal gangs. i gangs and criminal gangs. and i wish stop them in wish you stop putting them in jail because i lost dealer. so i'm going to gain weight. i've got a feeling it's not all the way right now, but this is the thing. and i think i think i get what saying obviously the what you're saying obviously the and love you very much talks and i love you very much talks about and we've had a lot of back over the back and forth the over the years help but as years but i help but feel as though are asked to though we are being asked to turn blind. so what most turn a blind. so what most people i think just people i think can just see happening what agree with happening okay what i agree with you most immigrants want you i think most immigrants want assimilate embrace british assimilate and embrace british culture . what i agree with you culture. what i agree with you is should have is we should have not allow a secondary court system like shana secondary court system like sharia law take place in the country. okay. now totally agree with that. so it's not like i believe in a free for all. no, no. law of our land has to no. the law of our land has to take and i'm very

take precedent. and i'm very upset that there are some sharia courts. okay look, both you, courts. okay look, both of you, thank very right. thank you very much. right. okay. hear from okay. we want to hear from you throughout show. so please throughout the show. so please get in touch vaiews@gbnews.uk. throughout the show. so please get in me ch vaiews@gbnews.uk. throughout the show. so please get in me ch vaie at @gbnews.uk. throughout the show. so please get in me ch vaie at @ginews.uk. tweet me as well at gb news. and if very lucky, i might if you're very lucky, i might just read or two of them just read one or two of them out. after the break, it's out. but after the break, it's our chancellor our big debate. chancellor jeremy decided jeremy hunt has decided to increase with increase benefits in line with inflation . is it the right call? inflation. is it the right call? i'll people at the lower middle class just you average common man and woman on the street out there trying to earn a pound now are covered it's are they being covered it's subsidised maybe subsidised people who maybe maybe could work a bit harder controversial stuff i'll see you very shortly. but first, let's see what the british public made of all of this. i feel sorry. the middle class really? because they pay for absolutely everything and i also feel really sorry for the poor people who got food. you know what , who got food. you know what, they need to buy and need an increase their benefit. so it's i just think this is a necessary concomitant of a society a government is too big and we've had this for many decades and it will not stop until it bursts. my will not stop until it bursts. my opinion. okay. and do think

that just an argument that that's just an argument last. that it last. i'll let you go that it might incentivise people to not work . yeah well, the rewards of work. yeah well, the rewards of work. yeah well, the rewards of work need to be there . they work need to be there. they i think it's that country people are not working happened a long time ago is some people it's easier not to work than to actually work do you think rich people should pay more tax ? of people should pay more tax? of course, because they earn more , course, because they earn more, right? yeah. yeah. and . yeah. right? yeah. yeah. and. yeah. because they are able to also tax. that's why i mean i don't like that of things because i you know, i from a country where you know, i from a country where you don't get benefits don't get so i feel like the uk is quite lucky and a lot of people do get access to that . like happy access to that. like i'm happy to people's pensions to pay for people's pensions 100. are you more happy 100. why? why are you more happy to pay for pensions and benefits ? because feel people ? because i feel like people worked enough get worked hard enough get these pensions. i've my pensions. so i've had my grandparents and stuff like that and worked their whole and they've worked their whole lives get a pension. if lives to get a pension. so if i can help

welcome back. those in charge right . so the chancellor right. so the chancellor unveiled his autumn statement and it was mainly all doom and gleam. but he did say he will increase benefits by 10.1% next yeah increase benefits by 10.1% next year. anti—poverty campaigners expressed relief while warning that millions still face a very winter, but it huge tax rises for millions. the rest of us, most of us really it 55% of people are now set to be worse should working people who aren't rich. those kind squishy middle classes and there's a very wide range of people that a lot of them in fact are trying to theresa may too much on this show just managing barely managing. i would say is it right that these people funding benefit rises ? and joining me to benefit rises? and joining me to discuss this right now is two of the channels favourite debates is just one of them. it's stephanie cutter from punked against poverty . and hopefully a against poverty. and hopefully a little bit later on tv

personality and commentator ryan paulsen's evening to stephanie. yes to have you on. right. well, essentially, the floor is just it's just you and but it's just you and me now. but how feel about the idea how do you feel about the idea that it's quite a lot of people now are just about managing now who are just about managing all be paying for all going to be paying for people to have a big benefits increase . i mean it's very tough increase. i mean it's very tough for those people that all and just earning above the cut—off point you know that that's the whole problem in itself i believe the benefits need to go up but . i also believe that we up but. i also believe that we need to be looking at who else should be able to get them because unfortunately there are too in work who was too many people in work who was still struggling . do you still poor, struggling. do you think we're at risk of creating a society where the incentive to work gone gone ? i mean, i work has gone gone? i mean, i think the incentive to work has gone for a lot of people , the gone for a lot of people, the choice to work hasn't gone . but choice to work hasn't gone. but yeah , wages are not enough . i yeah, wages are not enough. i mean, i've helped somebody today who works two jobs. she's a teaching assistant and she has an evening job and she still

needed to use a food bank to be able to work two jobs and still not be able to afford to feed. your is the to work your kids, where is the to work there isn't one i understand and obviously i'm i'm not including your person in this but do you think people are just lazy ? i think people are just lazy? i think people are just lazy? i think it's a very very small minority and i think it's getting tougher and tougher for them to get away with being lazy, you know, and with these benefits increases, they looking at doing more with your work coaches and things like . so it's coaches and things like. so it's going to get even harder for them get away with it . that them to get away with it. that will a small amount of will always be a small amount of people that do that, but the reality is 40% of the people that get in universal are in work. they're not set about on their homes, doing so. you know, we to look at the stats and see how many of these people are being and how many people being lazy and how many people are just genuinely struggling in and i suppose and with the amount i suppose how about the of how you feel about the amount of money say people money being on, let's say people across the channel for example. because if we weren't spending money areas,

money in some of those areas, presuming we'd more money presuming we'd have more money for were for people who were the breadline poverty , i mean, breadline or in poverty, i mean, i think we should always do our role to people in need wherever they're from . know we we're they're from. know we we're human. we should be humanitarian . our actions. and i think there fallback areas that we can be pulling as the pulling money from such as the rich than taking away people in desperate need seeking asylum . desperate need seeking asylum. is that basically the answer which is good sticking around for a little while now which is that you would just absolutely clobber the rich but i wouldn't say absolute clobber them. you know everyone's entitled add a good salary, work hard it and then rinse away from them by the state. i mean at the moment i'm just being honest. it was just a it could be that for oh , just it could be that for oh, just just only. right that is it realistic realistically want rampant socialism . just hold it rampant socialism. just hold it now . i rampant socialism. just hold it now. i mean, it's a sight i would love be rich. i wouldn't want to give all my money away

for what's hard and it but you know we looking at look at the money being spent this being spent on diamonds or wallpaper things like that. know, it's things like that. you know, it's not necessarily being spent wisely . public funds. all right, wisely. public funds. all right, stephanie, stay . you are because stephanie, stay. you are because i believe better late than never . colts . commentator and colts personality romar parsons joins me now. ryan, thanks very much. great have you on the show. how do you feel about the fact that your aspect what would say, your aspect what would you say, ordinary middle man and woman? some just about on some of them just about on having for people's having to pay for people's benefits increases . well, that's benefits increases. well, that's exactly it, patrick. i feel like there's a reliance. i've said this before on your show when . this before on your show when. you've invited me on and i despise this that we are developing in this country. i feel like there is a tendency to be lazy . there's a lot of people be lazy. there's a lot of people that just don't want to work and they will be up in arms and they will be celebrating the fact that they will be receiving an increase in benefits as of april

next year . and so i think it's next year. and so i think it's disgusting. i think it's a really reprehensible , terrible really reprehensible, terrible attitudes to hold. and the fact that we have guests like the one with me now and many other people, campaigners and activists preaching higher benefits and increase in benefits. a never ending up rate and the benefits i think is deplorable and really i just ask people get up go to work if you're not earning enough ricans do what you're doing or work. i think it's as simple as that in black and whites. ryan just give one more to you, because stepping of the salish sea and i'll give you the final word oven i'll give you the final word over. well, i do think that realistically, in this particular day and age, it is as simple as that. you think that there a lot of people out there are a lot of people out who are just scroungers. yeah, i think there are too many scroungers. i totally get it. i mean, as the chancellor put out in the nielsen statements , they in the nielsen statements, they are against the cpi

are going against the cpi measure for inflation and. the benefits will rise directly as a result of . whatever the cpi result of. whatever the cpi measure at the time, i think in september. so of course on the sound benefits needs to be in line with whatever the price of goods are. but at the same , goods are. but at the same, there needs to be a limit and there needs to be a limit and there needs to be a sort of that enoughis there needs to be a sort of that enough is enough . there needs to be a sort of that enough is enough. i there needs to be a sort of that enough is enough . i mean, this enough is enough. i mean, this is going to sound a bit funny, but i'm going to quote who i admire and molly—mae and she said, everyone . 24 hours to send said, everyone. 24 hours to send 24 hours in a day, the same as beyonce. 24 hours in a day, the same as beyonce . and i know that sounds beyonce. and i know that sounds far fetched . but honestly, at far fetched. but honestly, at the root of what she said, i really do believe in people have the same amount of time in the day as i do as you do as the other person does , as anyone other person does, as anyone walking down the street does , no walking down the street does, no excuse to rely on the taxpayer's money , your livelihood . i think money, your livelihood. i think it's out of order and that needs to change. it's a whole mindset revolution that needs to happen

in people's minds. strong so from mark. yeah i mean it was definitely well you popping up in the end because that was opinionated stuff. i'll throw it back to you. there's a lot of people who i get when we have these discussion lines in the inbox. gbviews@gbnews.uk uk say, you what , if people are you know what, if people are really for money, really struggling for money, we should the. are should check they on the. are they on the booze? any they on the booze? is there any way could cut back on way that they could cut back on of do make people of this? how do you make people say that ? well, gosh, say stuff like that? well, gosh, i mean, i think everybody is entitled to their obviously if you're not spending money wisely and you're not feeding your kids, it's an issue . but, you kids, it's an issue. but, you know, realistically think there's a lot of hardworking people out there who have struggling. to see struggling. what i'd love to see rise more than benefits is actual wages support for businesses these businesses to provide these wages. actually be wages. me that would actually be more worthwhile. pay for more more worthwhile. pay for the jobs they're doing so that they don't. benefits would be massive but obviously supporting the businesses that collapse under that . but yeah, people under that. but yeah, people just need help now. wait, what people forget as well with these

benefits increases , they benefits increases, they actually fell last year , so it's actually fell last year, so it's not actually going up that much to what it was anyway. so you need support to get through this . but look, both of you, thank very, very much cracking himself. cracking stephanie curran from punks against poverty, the tv personality commentator, riot mark paulsen's got lots of he's got to the at my breath away for show vaiews@gbnews.uk you can make sure you those views coming in now we have got time to come up for air on this because we can squeeze for an hour. thanks, nigel but again, so i have a lot to discuss my panel on this topic, plenty more topic, but there's plenty more coming including we've topic, but there's plenty more coming worst including we've topic, but there's plenty more coming worst christmas ng we've topic, but there's plenty more coming worst christmas tree re've topic, but there's plenty more coming worst christmas tree in/e got the worst christmas tree in merseyside and i imagine that's a low bar. a war of words is kicked off between two games and it's kicked off between two games and wsfime kicked off between two games and it's time of course for round your parts .

welcome back everybody to friday night face. now it's time for round your past i love this part of the show we dig deep to some absolute gems of low cable news. you've to love local news. you've got to love local news. and on merseyside where and we start on merseyside where st helens council have criticised for displaying what has been dubbed the worst christmas tree in britain for the second year in a row. now i mean obviously you took very good grief. i mean if you are listening on radio , imagine a listening on radio, imagine a christmas tree and then imagine the opposite of that. there is the opposite of that. there is the tree in question. you can all see a pretty sorry looking specimen. i mean it looks like it's got money depression. one local said the town become local said the town will become a laughing stock while observed we pay enough council to get a christmas tree i'll now scoff over say it looks like it's going to be back in the ground like a sinking but i want to go home. it. yeah, it's in recession it's going back to seedling because can't see seedling because you can't see us. see the wood bit, us. you can't see the wood bit, the branches probably the branches off. i probably look in the woods before look nice in the woods before

they down. then they got they cut it down. then they got home, like a haircut. home, you know, like a haircut. yes the day looks yes you know, the next day looks terrible know, a, terrible or like, you know, a, they the bar and then they look at the bar and then you home, it's like, you get them home, it's like, oh, than your oh, you're bigger than your jeans, aren't you? wow spilled over top. yes absolutely. over the top. yes absolutely. well what well i've don't time. and what do it. i mean i mean do you make of it. i mean i mean christmas, i we can all christmas, i think we can all agree the people of st helens, there's ruined. there's been ruined. i think i hope not going to ruin hope that's not going to ruin their need free their christmas. we need to free their christmas. we need to free the need to give some the tree. we need to give some love need decorate it love and we need to decorate it beautifully for the people there. think the people there. i think all the people there. i think all the people there bring there should each bring something bottle something their favourite bottle and straight. this something their favourite bottle and way straight. this something their favourite bottle and way to ;traight. this something their favourite bottle and way to goight. this something their favourite bottle and way to go about this something their favourite bottle and way to go about it this something their favourite bottle and way to go about it thatthis something their favourite bottle and way to go about it that iss one way to go about it that is be because presumably be there because presumably there's kind of there's been some kind of vetting process where they've had choose a had to choose from a smorgasbord. norwegian trees, although in although we got mugged off in london bikers. thing. london by bikers. same thing. i think it actually was the think it actually it was the norwegian government. think it actually it was the norwegian government . we the norwegian government. we get the tree norway, the city tree from norway, the city garden and that looked garden does and that looked thoroughly miserable . it was thoroughly miserable. it was terrible. it was like they hated us, which maybe they do . yeah. us, which maybe they do. yeah. the norwegians celebrated . a the norwegians celebrated. a funny christmas. it's. it's rare santa visits and he's he's kind

of moody he's been he's overrun and then he he takes kids with him sometimes he know that right. in norway, i no. so yeah, the parents wake up and the kids are gone and that's just well that's christmas this year isn't it. yeah. so they say they celebrate there celebrate it differently there i guess. celebrate it differently there i guess . very you get guess. very rare that you get what for isn't it. yeah what you ask for isn't it. yeah okay. right now the firm we the tree commented when it's in the forest trees look . oh oh, forest trees look. oh oh, i thought so. well, it's true isn't it that you couldn't see it. couldn't see the wood for the trees . right. okay. next the trees. right. okay. next regular round viewers regular round past viewers will know been tracking know that we have been tracking the with more the activities with more interest . think fair to interest. i think it's fair to say that of the outlets, say that most of the outlets, you quite literally won't get from the bbc. the somerset from the bbc. it's the somerset game, nefarious character game, a nefarious character who's been hounding the good people of somerset west people of somerset in the west country since 2016. okay, maybe we can blame it on brexit, all of that. it is all just us who've been sickened by this reign of terror, though we have now heard from another camp the man of essex and he says the somerset camp is giving gyms a

bad name . this camp is an bad name. this camp is an altogether palatable character, which i think is obvious from that picture. he strolls around the streets of colchester without hurting a fly and even raises money for the mid and northeast essex branch of mind. my northeast essex branch of mind. my people are speaking with his people and we hope to have a full long sit down the camp next week. piers morgan got christie on the a although i've got the man of essex all i'll say that's all i'll say so please join us next but pam have you next friday. but pam have you ever around in ever so many strolling around in your local area not. a lot. but can i just say the king community, do you have rules of etiquette? and i can understand why colchester is upset with why the colchester is upset with the somerset one because the somerset one has been traumatising people breaking traumatising people are breaking the i mean at night jumping the law i mean at night jumping out scaring people. it's not only that. yeah it's not an ehhen only that. yeah it's not an either. so i can understand because the community do want to have bad rap . no, absolutely have a bad rap. no, absolutely not. what's going to happen. how does he raise money ? does he do does he raise money? does he do what's shtick which what's what's his shtick which is i imagine people is natural? i imagine people already go. wonder

already pay him to go. i wonder where the cash. yes, where they put the cash. yes, that's true. i stick it that, you know he looks for it. in san francisco, we have new people in the the gays the castro with the gays congregate in their natural habitat just nude men strolling about with a sock puppet in areas. right. that's just thing. and they raise money for local communities stuff. people come in and photograph , get in and photograph, get signatures, the whole thing. some people are outraged it. some people are outraged by it. and children see it. and with the children see it. i like the controversy creates. i love to people a bit love to see people a bit upset and disturbed by very little actually well it's hive actually well it if it's hive and remember lot yeah and i remember quite a lot yeah yeah it's true it's nice to see that freedom in san that kind of freedom in san francisco like i like piece shiny and it seems sweet but it looks kind of you know what i mean? in the summer months, especially during the game. yeah, yeah. no imagine you yeah, yeah, yeah. no imagine you jump yeah, yeah, yeah. no imagine you jump of a wardrobe in a costume . your other half. yeah, yeah absolutely. well, that's what i do after shows on fridays and in fact, i've been seen in both somerset and colchester so there we go. well, we all learn fetish

gear don't wait. i mean your dress is someone successful. we all dress as what we'd like to be. yeah, i'm. i. yeah. this time with shirt. time came with this shirt. i think it shows you're doing your best, we can just try. best, but we can just try. i can't okay so where can't wait. right. okay so where am now? next, am i going now? next, we're going grimsby. peter going to grimsby. so from peter grimsby, man , the myth, the grimsby, the man, the myth, the legend. john has been spotted by a beatles fan in a pint of beer. leeds hold grins . i mean, it's leeds hold grins. i mean, it's uncanny this is better than jesus toast and say, we got elvis and a spot rising damp and now we've got john lennon in the froth of a beer. lee told the grimsby live what saw john lennon's face at my mate's pints. it was a bit spooky it felt like a sign maybe a sign that he's on too much to drink. scoffs where was lennon in that photo? i just didn't. i saw look like a spaceman . i didn't. did like a spaceman. i didn't. did john lennon go to mars. i don't i don't really do this. i to mars. well, no. i mean i mean i hopeit mars. well, no. i mean i mean i hope it was just the barry result. i have a classic wishful ferment. he's a john lennon fan

and he sees john i'm a dave grohl . saw dave in that grohl fan. saw dave in that been he did have a really fun. oh, god, the fuse yes. are oh, my god, the fuse yes. are you of a rock scene that you a bit of a rock scene that i'm chick wow part a i'm a rock chick wow part i've a rock was 13 fans rock chick since i was 13 fans tastic right okay. well, tastic right? okay. well, no messing tonight, ladies messing about tonight, ladies and gents, we are a bit pressed for thank you much, for time. thank you very much, nigel. cup nigel. what a cracking world cup special anyway, it's special that was. anyway, it's time christie's cool time now for. christie's cool room. i put some big names room. when i put some big names on trial myself on trial and myself and the panel whether not panel will decide whether or not they are guilty or not guilty of whatever i decide. we whatever crime. i decide. we start qatar. guilty. guilty. start in qatar. guilty. guilty. no, start no, sorry. go away. we start qatar, are qatar, where organisers are threatening dumping on proceedings ahead of world cup. kick off on in a shocking amount eater qatar have reportedly decided to ban alcohol sales around size out the tournament. imagine having to sit through england's inevitable nil nil draw with iran on monday without alcoholic substance . i'm going alcoholic substance. i'm going to go to my panel on this one. that's been a troubled world cup build—up already, hasn't it, to say organised now of say the least? organised now of a the whole thing a guilty of the whole thing before it even starts. doctor

football without beer is just not even football . well, yes, not even football. well, yes, they go hand in hand , you know, they go hand in hand, you know, it's like salt and pepper, whatever. yeah. no one should be surprised this . it's in surprised by this. it's in qatar. it shouldn't there. no. even the guy who was head and gave it out to qatar 12 years ago, i can't remember his name sepp blatter said other day we should have done differently. of course we should have done it. but he said it from his massive yahtzee he did that was okay what not bug sepp what are you going not bug sepp issa loads cash. you issa. oh it's loads of cash. you can't that about sepp can't say that about sepp blatter it's blatter because you know, it's always and of course, always litigious. and of course, neven have always litigious. and of course, never, have anything never, ever have done anything like alleged . right. like whatsoever alleged. right. and now, though , do and your views now, though, do you that that qatar is you think that that qatar is essentially the world cup essentially rueing the world cup because charging because they're already charging people, some cases 80, people, in some cases 80, apparently 80 quid in some hotels it's amazing that hotels for it? it's amazing that they games. and no they banned the games. and no one cared and then one really cared much. and then they hold on, they banned the like, hold on, you've a yeah, you've crossed a line. yeah, i barely a beer in town barely get a beer in town everywhere where you like, everywhere else. where you like, you can get a gabriel. it's just not. they don't want beers and gays the stadium because they gays in the stadium because they know a couple

know that football fans a couple of you know when of beers there you know when opponents gay opponents are wavering gay themselves and they're trying to cut beginning when cut it at the beginning when fans especially. yeah i'll say that's much. one that's too much. just like one big yeah, you know big old. yeah, well, you know thank qatar it's been thank god in qatar it's been much worse again for syrian hairdressers . if you a good hairdressers. if you want a good beer a good hairdo, it's beer and a good hairdo, it's just and all the gossip just good and all the gossip about all guys in the hotel about all the guys in the hotel lobby with the year old lobby with all the 14 year old boys they got their boys that they got their hands on laps, know on their laps, i don't know what's i don't makes what's going on. i don't makes me , i the me anxious, but i want the details. okay. so we're guilty of flipping culture . yeah, i of flipping culture. yeah, i know. think we there in know. i think we got there in the are. right. the end. there we are. right. okay right. well, okay okay. all right. well, coming up in final part of the program, all way bosnia is program, all way from bosnia is going away . first, let's see going away. first, let's see what the good people of made of my weekly fake news . i go my weekly fake news. i go around, i tell people to fake news stories, see if they believe it. and this week i basically came up with the no fake international men's . i see fake international men's. i see what they have to say . what do what they have to say. what do you feel about international men's month? it starts tomorrow . they're doing great about it . . they're doing great about it. yeah, everybody should be great.

it just lastly, some of them are saying , you know, what was wrong saying, you know, what was wrong with the fifties ? they think do with the fifties? they think do you think men have been a bit downtrodden in society say ? they downtrodden in society say? they need a roof . let's say they've need a roof. let's say they've been downtrodden in society . i been downtrodden in society. i think it's important to have that. okay what would you celebrate most about if you have a chance to see? i mean , a chance to see? i mean, international men's month starts . yeah. how do you feel about i don't know what it is. well a month to celebrate men because apparently men have been a bit downtrodden last year. but we've been running while the women make the world go round . i think make the world go round. i think that's on the everyday. yeah. some do need month. just one some do need a month. just one month, just one month for hundred percent. yeah, yeah, yeah a month. just yeah just give us a month. just appreciate do appreciate all because we do get appreciate all because we do get a good of stick to be fair.

welcome back . it's time now for welcome back. it's time now for talk of the way if only you could hear what we blower in the phrase. this is a very special edition, talk of nation. we edition, talk of the nation. we all for a forever home. all looking for a forever home. barry, currently out the day barry, who currently out the day on the rescue home in bosnia . on the rescue home in bosnia. let's take a look at the wonderful barry . oh oh. see now wonderful barry. oh oh. see now barry's an amazing dog. he was found lying in road with three broken legs. my injuries, i. i know. but vera who owns the shelter would not give on barry and funds were raised so barry could have a series of life operations and rehabilitation , a operations and rehabilitation, a hydrotherapy pool, no less . hydrotherapy pool, no less. barry now lives at the dmv. dog rescue centre in bosnia, but is looking for his forever home right here in the uk. and you can see barry is now doing very well. the guy go, but he's not so little. he's now fit to travel to the united kingdom. so let's find him a home in the uk

to fly over to. i'm delighted . to fly over to. i'm delighted. welcome lindsay mills a volunteer at the dmv. doug good evening, lindsay . believe you evening, lindsay. believe you are need ? yes. lindsay. are need? yes. lindsay. fantastic now. lindsay. just tell me a little bit about barry . oh, poor barry . he was found . oh, poor barry. he was found in the wrong with multiple injuries, three broken legs , injuries, three broken legs, screaming in pain . and our screaming in pain. and our lovely vera rescued him, took him back to her shelter in bosnia , and then found a series bosnia, and then found a series of who could possibly him. we had two vets just are talking lindsay. just why are you talking as out of your face as he might be now? as you got a few pictures of barry whilst lindsay just can't believe what he's through as well. he's been through as well. lindsay, carry i'm so lindsay, go on, carry on. i'm so sorry. a lot of recovery sorry. he had a lot of recovery today, he? yes, he did. today, didn't he? yes, he did. he of operations . he had a series of operations. there was ten in the in total we

had to use the vet and a super vet because his injuries were complex. it a series of very painful operations and a lot rehabilitation by dedicated viera the helpers family in bosnia . we raised in the uk bosnia. we raised in the uk through our volunteers sponsors ship and donations to help pay for all the vet research service and also his hydrotherapy pool . and also his hydrotherapy pool. and now we're obviously looking for a beautiful home forever home. we are indeed. now just describe his courage a little bit for me because i understand might have even been trained that. right. yes. he's actually been kept tested by the who watch list saves cats as well as all the dogs and beautiful barry . he's so good. he's so with cats. he's of the ones who loves all the puppies in the shelter.

and he has incredible friends , and he has incredible friends, including bear, who is one of his best friends. it's not been aduu his best friends. it's not been adult as well. that's absolutely wonderful . and if people want to wonderful. and if people want to get in touch now and bring barry oven get in touch now and bring barry over, give barry a wonderful forever home. he's through enough. let's get him over to the uk and curled up in front of a fire in time for christmas. how did they get in touch with you? gets in touch with this on dna they save animals .com or facebook instagram or twitter. okay. now just quickly, i believe that it's quite a special day at the old dmv. save animals , also, because it proves animals, also, because it proves who is . how would you describe who is. how would you describe vera? is it your is it. she's a wonderful fellow andrew. you know, she's the real thing . she know, she's the real thing. she saved over 700 dogs since 2005. right. well, happy birthday, vera , of course, turns 21 today. vera, of course, turns 21 today. so, vera fantastic. well done. and i think we can all agree

that's fun saving. as you said, over 700 dogs and cats. sounds like a wonderful person. thank you very much to yourself as well and hopefully hopefully hopefully we can get barry. make sure you stay in touch with those whose fingers we those whose fingers crossed we can deliver good news. oh, can deliver some good news. oh, maybe as next. we're out maybe as soon as next. we're out of the blue. there you go. fantastic well, that was, of course, that gentleman. so, anyway, pam have got a half anyway, dr. pam have got a half houn anyway, dr. pam have got a half hour. have fast. i want hour. we have fast. i want handouts. basil. basil. yeah, yeah why is he coming back to britain though if he's in bosnia? well, look, he's a bit right be, to say that to be right to be, to say that to be on, to see a in. oh sorry everyone if you're offended by poms going to a far right dogs of our own area if we pam so what saying. yeah the what you saying. yeah the british dog breeds british, right? for british dogs. what got your views on? no, i, i grew up with parrots. stuff i like . up with parrots. stuff i like. there's just a lot. up with parrots. stuff i like. there'sjust a lot. i up with parrots. stuff i like. there's just a lot. i just got off to something. yeah, i grew up with parrot. yeah my mother had a parrot obsession with a lot a lot? yeah. a lot of birds now. a lot? yeah. a it was a a lot ironical.

it was a lot, a lot ironical. no, there there actually. great company . but they take a lot of company. but they take a lot of time and they're quite violent when they're angry they jealous. they do very jealous parrots too. this weird a dog would be easy actually. can i barry? but can he run . barry can run that can he run. barry can run that barry because it happened to him when he was so young. now barry's fit so he can actually. yeah great. he's right now i'm being out. show is, being shouted out. this show is, of condensed. thank of course been condensed. thank you? nigel for you? yes. it got nigel for a wonderful special. that was wonderful cup special. that was so it was great show you can catch it online and has anyone got something for christy's take say for christie's . still say for christie's. still remarkably light how there is and say given the time that we're on but this was the week where keir starmer admitted to the worst crime possible for a labour politician . yes, sir. labour politician. yes, sir. keir has kissed a tory and of course when he works out the woman is will be in business that are. this was also the week where with the world cup

looming. caversham united football club, massive club club, huge club lined up for a huge match in the reading in district sunday league only for the match to be delayed because the match to be delayed because the referee had overslept a proper sunday league . and this proper sunday league. and this was also the week when a daughter wondered what to her father as he turned 100. and so the dilemma taking him to a strip club go well done. right. thank you very, very much has been tuning in. mark dolan joins me next. thank you to my wonderful as well it's great to have both on on the show on the show yes power course the scots will make your debut. it's been amazing. yeah yeah. right now amazing. yeah yeah. no right now stay tuned everybody because the wonderful mark dolan will be offering studio you offering in the studio thank you for edition find it. i for a shorter edition find it. i love you all have great love you all have a great weekend. a hello there. weekend. i got a hello there. i'm you the welcome to our i'm greg. you the welcome to our latest broadcast the met office frosty for western areas frosty for some western areas tonight for a right expected in the west and east on the far west and east on saturday blustery showers saturday and blustery showers sunday. pressure still sunday. low pressure still dominates initially however a weak ridge of high pressure for

a as we into saturday a time as we into saturday before low pressure returns from the atlantic for the rest of the weekend and into the beginning next so the changeable next week. so the changeable theme continues for heavy rain parts of scotland in particular through friday evening into the early hours of saturday. the risk of some further flooding, dry conditions across the far west, turning chilly during . the west, turning chilly during. the early minus three or early hours, minus three or minus the countryside in minus across the countryside in northern. so mist and fog patches not quite as cold elsewhere, generally around six or seven celsius, but a cloudy, damp to the day across eastern parts of scotland, down the east coast of england , they slowly coast of england, they slowly pushing a little bit further as the morning progresses. best of the morning progresses. best of the sunshine central and the sunshine across central and western initially, but western areas initially, but through afternoon band of through the afternoon band of rain will start to move in across northern turning across northern ireland, turning heavy later on the day . heavy later on in the day. temperature wise, w around average , little bit lower, average, little bit lower, particularly under the cloud across the east compared to across the far east compared to friday eight or nine perhaps in the sunshine, ten or 11 through the sunshine, ten or 11 through the evening time on saturday. this band rain will push its

this band of rain will push its way eastwards. eastwood some heavy at times . heavy bursts possible at times. winds picking following winds picking up following a snow . the higher across snow. the higher ground across scotland air and during the early hours behind , the band of early hours behind, the band of rain we'll see some scattered showers in fairly showers moving in fairly blustery temperatures blustery night temperatures getting to low five or six celsius for many of us into sunday morning means a wet start once more across eastern areas. snow continues over the ground in scotland. the rain pushes its way eastward. sunshine follows , way eastward. sunshine follows, but also a scattering of showers , most frequent and heaviest across north and the west, perhaps some hail and thunder in there and a little bit wintry over higher ground, too, over the higher ground, too, into beginning next week, into the beginning of next week, temperatures around temperatures remain around average the time year. average for the time of year. and wet and we expect further wet weather at times see you again .

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