good afternoon and welcome , gb good afternoon and welcome, gb news. you are watching common sense crusade with me, the reverend calvin robinson on your tv, radio , online. the show is tv, radio, online. the show is all about championing common sense and today we'll be asking, should the church be doing more to help with the cost living crisis? all the conservative is no longer the party of business . and as a deal is reached at cop27, should britain pay climate change reparations ? climate change reparations? first, let's check out the latest news . thanks, kelvin.

latest news. thanks, kelvin. good afternoon . it's one minute good afternoon. it's one minute rather past two. i'm radisson in the gb newsroom in the next couple of hours, the fifa world kicks off in qatar . it's the kicks off in qatar. it's the first time the event has been held in the middle east. the opening match will see the home side take on ecuador, fifa, hoping that action the pitch will turn the spotlight away from complaints over the arab human rights record . england human rights record. england captain harry kane is expected to wear his one love rainbow armband , which shows support for armband, which shows support for lgbt q people during tomorrow's match against . iran. lgbt q people during tomorrow's match against. iran. in lgbt q people during tomorrow's match against . iran. in total, match against. iran. in total, nine countries are said to be making the same gesture. amnesty's mina naveed told us she hopes iranian players use this platform to support women's rights . i very this platform to support women's rights. i very much hope this platform to support women's rights . i very much hope that rights. i very much hope that the players will do something and if the players are not able to, because it's fair to say to them professional athletes are no exception . the regime's no exception. the regime's brutality against their own . our brutality against their own. our hopeis

brutality against their own. our hope is opposition players . the hope is opposition players. the england players may, may do something in solidarity with . something in solidarity with. women and girls in iran . well, women and girls in iran. well, comedian joe lycett has shredded £10,000 of his own cash in protest at david beckham's role as an ambassador at. the qatar world cup online footage shows the comic's two bundles of notes into . a shredder. mr. lycett into. a shredder. mr. lycett issued an ultimatum . the former issued an ultimatum. the former england footballer , after it was england footballer, after it was reported that he'd signed deal with the tournament hosts of up to with the tournament hosts of up t 0 £10 with the tournament hosts of up to £10 million. the comedian offered to donate the money to lgbtq+ if mr. beckham ended sponsorship. homosexuality is still illegal in qatar and can be punishable with up to seven years in prison . while in the years in prison. while in the us, five people have been killed and 18 injured in a shooting at and 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in colorado spnngs a gay nightclub in colorado springs , according to springs, according to a statement , the club's facebook statement, the club's facebook page. a number of customers were

able to subdue the male shooter and describe it as a hate attack . police officials say a suspect is in custody and receiving treatment for their injuries . treatment for their injuries. well, back here the housing secretary has written to every engush secretary has written to every english council leader and social housing provider warning that deaths like that of awaab ishak must never happen again. the two year old died as a result . prolonged exposure to result. prolonged exposure to mould whilst living in social housing . the chief executive of housing. the chief executive of rochdale borough wide housing, gareth swarbrick , sacked gareth swarbrick, sacked yesterday due to the council's handung yesterday due to the council's handling of the issue . michael handling of the issue. michael gove says the country must raise the bar dramatically on the quality of housing and ensure that tenants voices are heard . that tenants voices are heard. elon musk has reinstated donald trump's twitter account putting the decision to a vote on the social media platform . 51.8% of social media platform. 51.8% of twitter users voted in an online poll which received more than 15 million votes. former president

was suspended in january 2021 after a pro—trump attacked the us capitol. it comes just days after mr. trump , us capitol. it comes just days after mr. trump, his plans to run for president in 2024. well after negotiations through the night , an after negotiations through the night, an agreement has now been reached at. cop27 to help poor countries deal with the impact of climate change . the so—called of climate change. the so—called loss and damage fund will help developing nations . the cost of developing nations. the cost of disasters such as and flooding. however, a decision exactly which countries should pay into that fund has been left until 28. next united nations chief antonio guterres says the deal is not good enough. i welcome the decision to establish a los and damaged fund and to operationalise it in the coming penod. operationalise it in the coming period . clearly, this not be period. clearly, this not be enough, but is a much needed political to rebuild broken trust . the voices . those on the trust. the voices. those on the frontlines of the climate crisis must be heard . new measures

must be heard. new measures introduced today will give longer sentences to terrorists if they commit crimes while behind bars. all offences have a minor will automatically now be for a police investigation and potential prosecution . ministry potential prosecution. ministry of justice is saying that this will increase the likelihood that convicted terrorists stay in prison for longer and create bigger deterrence against further offending. justice secretary dominic raab is describing it as a landmark agreement the prison and parole service. crown prosecution service and counter—terror and policing . and members of animal policing. and members of animal rebellion occupied gordon ramsay's three michelin star restaurant last night, ramsay's three michelin star restaurant last night , the restaurant last night, the climate activists held menus outlining the environmental costs of items served restaurant gordon ramsay in chelsea . the gordon ramsay in chelsea. the group issued a statement saying . they're campaigning for a plant based food . spokesperson plant based food. spokesperson for the restaurant called the protest in inappropriate and, deeply disrespectful . you're

deeply disrespectful. you're watching gb news. we'll bring you more as it and let's get back to calvin . hello and back to calvin. hello and welcome to the common sense crusade. with me, the reverend calvin robinson. here's what's coming up. this afternoon. should the church be doing more to help with the cost of lockdown? could churches further demonstrate their love for neighbours and local communities by church owned land , by selling church owned land, building more affordable housing or establishing easy, accessible ? today marks , one of the most ? today marks, one of the most important days in the christian calendar, the feast of christ the king. but for the first time in 70 years, the celebration of christ's kingship is taking place while the king sits on the throne of this united kingdom . throne of this united kingdom. and as a deal is struck , the and as a deal is struck, the 11th hour in egypt at 27. i'll be asking . should britain pay be asking. should britain pay climate reparations ? and of climate reparations? and of course, you can join in any of our discussions by emailing

vaiews@gbnews.uk or by tweeting us at. the asphalt. as people across the uk continue to suffer . through the cost of to suffer. through the cost of living crisis. many will be looking to the church and. its tradition of helping the poor and needy. in the book of matthew jesus tells a young man. if you want to be perfect go sell your possessions and give to poor and you will have to the poor and you will have treasure heaven. so the treasure in heaven. so the church be doing more to help with of living in with the cost of living in crisis . with me now is crisis. with me now is journalist dr. damian thomson . journalist dr. damian thomson. damian, big fan of your work over at the book, your podcast . over at the book, your podcast. fantastic. thank you very much for joining us today on the sunday. great pleasure. i hope you make it to mass you managed to make it to mass beforehand. i'm mass beforehand. i'm going to mass this evening. okay. fair enough. there's a lot of talk the there's a lot of talk at the moment about using assets to help us help the poor. can you tell us your how this your perspective on how this might be counterproductive? how

it counterproductive, it could be counterproductive, almost anything the church almost anything that the church of catholic of england or the catholic church, matter, does church, for that matter, does the moment seems to be counterproductive because every initiative however worthy is absolutely mired in a bureaucratic structure that is sucking the life out of the very parishes that should visiting the poor . and so parishes that should visiting the poor. and so i you parishes that should visiting the poor . and so i you know, my the poor. and so i you know, my church of england, vicar friends , many of them are an absolute despair of the amount of money they have to send to church. how in headquarters or wherever, in order to fund initiatives in which the church assumes that it's got special in the area of the cost of living crisis or the climate crisis, or or whatever. and then an enormous amount of time talking these things rather than actually going out and helping the poor or helping everybody because i think everybody because i think everybody at these days is a little bit poor in spirit with .

little bit poor in spirit with. disorientated london us, i think is a crushing problem for people throughout society. the church is uniquely well placed to address that problem. i've seen do it with my mother, for example when she was very ill, but the bureaucracy wants to control everything that should be happening at parish level. so it's becoming too big of a beast like the nhs. the more money you throw at it, the more it gobbles it up. and no coincidence that the bishop of london, who should have ordained it was me, has such a hard time, used to be president of the royal college of nursing is basically a public sector job. and one of the problems i have with the catholic church and the anglican church in this country is that they a public sector they have a public sector mentality can be solved by mentality every can be solved by spending more money and if they anything they want lots and lots of money to do it and they want to employ enormous expense bureaucrats in order to administer , micromanage administer, micromanage everything and the message of

the gospel gets lost. so what would you say to? people who say, well, look, you've got the anglican church has say, well, look, you've got the anglican church ha s £10 billion anglican church has £10 billion worth of assets, surely you could those and then could sell some those and then pay could sell some those and then pay experts to manage the funds and feed poor, to up and then to feed poor, to set up food banks, set up housing food banks, to set up housing and shelter and i would say, why don't you just like a pile of your assets burn ? why do you your assets and burn? why do you just burn churches down to the ground? because think net ground? because i think the net result be the same. you result will be the same. you will pay experts to write reports has been happening ever since i've been covering church affairs, which since the late 19805 affairs, which since the late 1980s people have been writing reports at enormous expense. and that's all that will happen. so how should the church be helping the poor? the church should be helping the poor on a parish level . people of goodwill in level. people of goodwill in parishes should be going out and visiting the elderly, the lonely , connecting with people who feel disorientated. as i do as you do sometimes. i'm sure they don't have to pass letters

openly . there are don't have to pass letters openly. there are many don't have to pass letters openly . there are many different openly. there are many different ways of spreading that message, but bringing comfort to people who increasingly feel atomised and disoriented i didn't. you did not do that by with press and with with massive bureaucratic initiatives. if we refer back to the book of common prayers suggests and you would know that the should be finding the poor and needy in the community and leading them to the i'll your word the priest. i'll take your word for because i'm a catholic, for it, because i'm a catholic, i'm always completely unfamiliar . book prayer. . the book a common prayer. well, take catholic well, let's let's take catholic perspective, because a lot of this points towards marxism. a lot of this points towards communism. when people say, well, rid all assets well, get rid of all your assets and just all the money and just give all the money to the pope it is more like the pope because it is more like that, then you no longer that, because then you no longer have any assets that can no longer continue to help. and we know pius the 12th know that pope pius the 12th said who profess said christians who profess defend promote materialistic defend and promote materialistic communist incur the penalty of excommunication communist incur the penalty of excorthe|nication communist incur the penalty of excorthe christian. therefore, from the christian. therefore, communism opposed communism is marxism is opposed to faith. well, to the christian faith. well, this more of problem. and this is more of a problem. and i hate to say this. this is much

more a problem at the moment more of a problem at the moment in pontificate of pope in the pontificate of pope francis in the catholic church, in anglican church, although in the anglican church, although before it's a lot of leftist nonsense. accuse him nonsense. i'd never accuse him of a marxist. pope of being a marxist. whereas pope francis aligned with marxist francis is aligned with marxist . well, some marxist dictators. when marxist demagogues in latin america basically preaches a message of cru redistribution , message of cru redistribution, blames everything on capitalism while , you know, forging while, you know, forging extremely dubious alliances with countries like china , which is, countries like china, which is, of course, a marxist dictatorship . so that's a real dictatorship. so that's a real problem , a problem that's only problem, a problem that's only ansen problem, a problem that's only arisen over last few years. don't forget that the catholic church played a huge role in the dismantling of communism. that certainly wouldn't have happened for long since francis for so long since francis had been in, you know, been charge in in, you know, 1989 award. it was 1991, certainly wouldn't have happened . okay. well, thank you very much for that. fascinating take. that was dr. damian thomson from the holy smoke. thank you very

much for joining the holy smoke. thank you very much forjoining us today. now, much for joining us today. now, the against anti—semitism is one of the many anti—racist groups that has condemned a decision by, the crown prosecution service, to drop charges against the so—called of palestine in may 2021. that convoy drove through north london, waving palestinian flags and shouting anti—semitic abuse and was subsequently charged with using insulting and behaviour, likely to incite racial hatred. the cps announced this week that the charges were being dropped because there no longer a realistic prospect of either defendant being . but i was to defendant being. but i was to ask, how do we promote interfaith dialogue to help prevent this from happening in the future? if we look at the recent events in leicester example, both hindu and muslim leaders joined together to try and tensions and stop violent between some of their communities . to discuss the communities. to discuss the story, i'm joined by the editor of the jewish chronicle, jake wallace simmons and of the muslim debate initiative . muslim debate initiative. abdullah and lacey , thank you

abdullah and lacey, thank you both for joining abdullah and lacey, thank you both forjoining me abdullah and lacey, thank you both for joining me today. jake, i'll start with you. it seems incredible that hate charges against those two men were dropped. that they were dropped. given that they were filmed explicitly filmed shouting explicitly anti—semitic abuse. what you make of that ? well, i think the make of that? well, i think the important thing to point out here that it's part of a pattern . there were four people charged actually originally in the convoy. the charges , two men convoy. the charges, two men were dropped last july and now the final two charges have also been dropped . but there are two been dropped. but there are two other cases as well of violence and aggression . jews back from and aggression. jews back from last christmas time. one was the infamous incident on the when jewish teenagers were accosted by men and had to barricade themselves into a bus and drive off. and the other which was a quite nasty knife attack by somebody shouting you wanted to kill a and it was only that the victims martial arts training that allowed escape with that allowed them to escape with his those two cases his life. those two cases as well. despite numerous examples of evidence , were dropped of cctv evidence, were dropped by the other metropolitan or the cps saying that was it was not

possible to bring prosecutions . possible to bring prosecutions. so there's a pattern emerging which appears to suggest the police , the cps not taking police, the cps not taking serious enough attacks and aggression against jews. okay so abdullah, do you think that this incident shows that there needs to be more done to promote interfaith dialogue, prevent these kinds of acts ? i'm not these kinds of acts? i'm not really sure is something about a lack of interfaith dialogue or so . i think that these so. i think that these reprehensible individuals used a ghastly language , racist ghastly language, racist language, sectarianism . language language, sectarianism. language is not something that anyone who's right thinking could condone. but i believe that in if you looking at the context , if you looking at the context, these individuals, they were in a demonstration palestine and they unfortunately equate themselves very poorly they were demonstrating against racist policies of israel and they themselves manifested racism. they fought fire with fire. and thatis they fought fire with fire. and that is and everyone ends up burning , which is the wrong burning, which is the wrong approach . i'm happy to say

approach. i'm happy to say they're protesting, but i wouldn't have you sitting here say they were protesting racist values. they're protesting things disagree with . things that they disagree with. fine. you, jake fine. but what about you, jake do you that interfaith do you think that interfaith could help in this in this kind of situation the future of situation in the future future? well, what they were protesting against the war in gaza, which was a very complex affair involving 3000 rockets shot into israeli civilian as well as the military response. but let's that aside. i interfaith dialogue is always helpful and always good. and i think that, you know , it's think that, you know, it's always good to try and build and combat the rise of prejudice and bigotry and any nation aggression coming from one community towards another . but community towards another. but let's make no bones about it. this was this is about israel. this was this is about israel. this is course is about jews. but israel , the it has become but israel, the it has become the issue. the lightning for modern day antisemitism . whereas modern day antisemitism. whereas anti—semites from the past used to talk about it deride , jews to talk about it deride, jews for their race or for their

religion, their religion in mediaeval times and their race in the 20th century. now about their nation state. you know how jacobson put it is the old hatred decanted into new bottles . right. and so really, we need go into combat more disagree with. we need to try to dispel the myths and bigotry surrounding attitudes towards israel. so. yeah. sorry. this is this is clearly matter centred around a foreign region in the middle east. why is it so prevalent that the violent protests are taking place on british soil? well i mean, if you look at, for example , just you look at, for example, just this year, there was a demonstration, zionists from jerusalem shouting death to arabs . they marched through arabs. they marched through christian, arab and muslim, arab quarters . and they were shouting quarters. and they were shouting that quite prominently. israeli regularly mention very racist statements against . arabs. and statements against. arabs. and of course, there's no prosecutions in israel for racism. just that racist things . but my point my point being

consistent in why i know you know a lot we can't or in this country as cities in this country as cities in this country shouting racist anti—semitic abuse toward another country that starts question it's not about what's what israeli politicians saying no they were shouting racist abuse against an ethnicity which is wrong . i'm abuse against an ethnicity which is wrong. i'm of the opinion israel and have nothing to do with each other or as much as israel would like to portray itself as representing all jews. but there are many jews who are conscientious criticising israel because its racist laws. no, because of its racist laws. no, no . by this. thank you. thank no. by this. thank you. thank you very much. all right. thank you very much. all right. thank you very much. i'm not going to take that nonsense on my program. thank you. editor of the institute. if you it it's all the jewish chronicle. jake jim you very jim simmons, thank you very much. co—founder the much. and co—founder of the muslim initiative, muslim debate initiative, abdullah saudi. plenty abdullah al under saudi. plenty more to come this afternoon abdullah al under saudi. plenty more the :ome this afternoon abdullah al under saudi. plenty more the :ome titodayzrnoon abdullah al under saudi. plenty more the :ome titoday marks one after the break. today marks one of the most important days in the christian calendar, the feast the king . for feast of christ, the king. for the in 70 years, the the first time in 70 years, the of christ's kingship is taking place while a king sits on the throne in this united kingdom.

but first, let's take a look at the weather and to this the weather weather and to this evening's weather. conditions will be blustery , showery for will be blustery, showery for many, but they're also be some dry and clear weather. here are the details starting off in the southwest where there will be mixture of clear spells with some showers turning very wet and, windy by the end of the night over in the southeast. most of the showers would have cleared away, meaning be cleared away, meaning will be a dry and clear end to the dry and mostly clear end to the day. mostly dry with clear skies across much of wales though a few coastal showers are still possible , turning wet and very possible, turning wet and very windy in the south overnight. go over to the midlands now and they may still be a little showery first this evening, but this will quickly clear away north eastwards , leaving a north eastwards, leaving a mostly dry night before rain arrives by dawn a rather cloudy evening across . the north—east evening across. the north—east of england. here we can expect further outbreaks of showers , further outbreaks of showers, but it'll turn dry and clear overnight, leading to some ice and fog on monday morning . dry

and fog on monday morning. dry and fog on monday morning. dry and clear for much of eastern scotland this evening for the west, some rain is likely and they'll also be some rain. for orkney . shetland too. a mostly orkney. shetland too. a mostly dry end to the day for northern. plenty of clear skies here , plenty of clear skies here, meaning it will be a chilly start . the night for rain start. the night for rain arrives later . later on, wet and arrives later. later on, wet and very weather will sweep in from the west through the night with some of impact felt on monday morning . that's how the weather morning. that's how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning .

welcome back to common sense crusade. apologies for cutting short that last debate we were all about open debates, but i

will not tolerate openly anti—semitic views dressed up as anti—israel or anti—zionist. i will not tolerate it. now, moving on. today marks the feast of christ, the king a traditional christian celebration , where we mock celebration, where we mock christ's lordship over all the festival which this year tradition will be held with a king as our head of states. for the first time in 70 years was instituted 1925 by pope pius the 11th and marks the end the church year and signals the coming of advent and christmas celebrations . now with me to celebrations. now with me to celebrate and talk about this is benjamin lochner, writer and political commentator. benjamin, can you run us through what is the king and why is it so important? christ the king really is the of ordinary. really is the end of ordinary. it sort of marks the beginning of the sunday of advent. it's the sunday before begins. so it's really a celebration . and just before we celebration. and just before we go that season before go into that season before christmas , a year in a christmas, a year in a reflective phase where, you sort of celebrating christ's kingship. and what's interesting , of course, because it was instituted in 1925 by the

catholic church , it has since catholic church, it has since been adopted by the anglicans by by various other churches . it's by various other churches. it's also got sort of an ecumenical aspect to it as well. so it's not just we love to see which we do like to say, you know, will be an ecumenical matter, it be an ecumenical matter, as it were. celebrated christ the were. we celebrated christ the king church morning king in the church this morning and next week will be the start advent, as you rightly pointed out. want to say little out. do you want to say a little bit what that period bit about that, what that period was? the advent is really a penod was? the advent is really a period of reflection before we celebrate birth of christ. celebrate the birth of christ. obviously, the obviously, christmas is the birth in advent birth of christ and in advent you are taking time to. you really are taking time to. it's a it's a so you have in the calendar year, you have feasts and fast. you have time of reflection and retreat and then you have other times of celebration and coming together and feasting. you know quite literally as you as you know, at christmas everyone loves their pigs christmas everyone loves their pigs in blankets, the turkeys and so forth. but it's and so on and so forth. but it's about that time of sacrifice and pause and reflection before have to i think to face. and i think that balance is really balance harmony is what really makes christian life important

is having times you stop and pause and retreat and then times when you celebrate and come together, know. is together, you know. so today is pretty the end of the christian calendar, the end of the christian year. will you be christian year. how will you be celebrating? will i be celebrating? how will i be celebrating? how will i be celebrating course, celebrating with, of course, the best way do it. where are you going? well, i might have to go over to the grocery store because i was going to you because i was going to ask, you know, important is this know, how important is this year's what the year's feast after what the world's the world's been through over the last years, ongoing last few years, the ongoing challenges, we're facing challenges, what we're facing right it have a higher right now? will it have a higher significance, do you think? think so? think after the past think so? i think after the past couple had, know, couple of years had, you know, things churches things like lockdown, churches were people weren't able come were people weren't able to come together feasts. i now important feasts. i think now that things back to that things are getting back to normal, able to come together again. i think people have a sort hunger for it. they sort of a hunger for it. they really that really are starved of that community and that sense of celebration and that rhythm to their life. you know, the calendar , the church is so calendar, the church year is so important to pacing your life and having which are very busy and having which are very busy and times which are quiet and and in times which are quiet and you can kind of pause. absolutely. what about absolutely. so what about christmas ? because we talked

christmas? because we talked about advent. so today is the end the christian calendar. end of the christian calendar. next is the first week of next week is the first week of advent. we've got four weeks of advent. we've got four weeks of advent we've advent and then we've got christmas. think christmas. so i don't think a lot people realise how long lot of people realise how long christmas lost when the christmas lost are when the christmas lost are when the christmas period is well because they happens as christmas they think happens as christmas is christmas is is the same. christmas day is the christmas if the beginning of christmas if you're for a lot people, you're you for a lot of people, it will up to the epiphany on it will be up to the epiphany on the but if you are the sixth. but if you are catholic all way up to catholic goes all the way up to candlemas and we're talking a real period of actually so christmas you're you know, if you day, you celebrate christmas day, you're of you're robbing yourself of the whole know, whole the whole, you know, penod whole the whole, you know, period which period christmas, which is excellent, you we excellent, but, you know, we talk lot about how christmas talk a lot about how christmas becomes or becomes secularised or commercialised. one hand, commercialised. on the one hand, that a bad thing, but on that can be a bad thing, but on the i think it's good the other, i think it's good that christmas an that christmas is such an ingrained part secular life. ingrained part of secular life. i it shows that actually i think it shows that actually people might move people sort of they might move away religion, they might away from religion, they might stop mass , they may stop going to mass, they may lose religious part of their lose the religious part of their life. they still have it in those feasts, celebrations. and so it's very important so i think it's very important that we keep christmas at the heart of our culture. i'm with you. of people to

you. the a lot of people go to midnight christmas mass midnight mass or christmas mass and that is it. and think that that is it. they've done christmas and it's time the tree and time to pack up the tree and they think, what can do in they think, what can we do in they think, what can we do in the in—between between christmas and but that is the and new year? but that is the christmas the christmas christmas that is the christmas gift candlemas. and gift up until candlemas. and i think i think people still celebrate it like that. people take off, you at take that time off, you know at least up new year, but least up till new year, but certainly lot of people think certainly lot of people i think schools don't go back or schools don't go back into or after after epiphany, after the after the epiphany, you lot of the place you know and a lot of the place a lot places. but you that a lot of places. but you that penod a lot of places. but you that period time at the end of the period of time at the end of the year it's also it makes winter much less miserable. what would be point? how you get be the point? how would you get through you didn't through winter if you didn't have and i would say. have christmas? and i would say. so christ the so we've gone from christ the king advent christmas, king through advent christmas, which epiphany and which goes to epiphany and candlemas for candlemas or epiphany for anglicans. anglicans, anglicans. a lot of anglicans, some celebrate still some of us do celebrate still kind but what is kind of us. but what is candlemas? well, candlemas is really it's end. it marks really it's the end. it marks the entirety of christmas is what really and what it is really about. and then you start to get into then then you start to get into easter you obviously have easter phase. you obviously have lenten too long lenten and easter not too long afterwards is the afterwards say. this is the great about the religious great thing about the religious year.

great thing about the religious year . the great thing about the religious year. the calendar is that great thing about the religious year . the calendar is that know, year. the calendar is that know, you have just constantly you have something and there might be fallow times and bountiful times . there be fallow times and bountiful times. there might be times of reflection in times celebration, but there's always something to sort of set your mind to. and it stops every day from being the same know the dreary drudgery , same know the dreary drudgery, you know, people wake up, go to work, home, go to wake up. work, come home, go to wake up. and it just breathe life and fun. i think into into the into the dread drudgery ordinary days . yeah. and speaking of treasury, ordinary days today is christ the king but we also have a king on the throne in this country for the first time in over 70 years. so what significance does that hold? i it's important because we've had 70 years people have really related monarchy the more related the monarchy to the more feminine know, feminine traits, more, you know, having a on the throne, which is of course important. but i think kingship as a concept is something people are now adapting to . and that really adapting to. and that really helps us, i think, relate to christ as kingship as well. and it's that relationship between ,

it's that relationship between, the two of course, you know, the divine right kings, the idea divine right of kings, the idea of king being ordained of a king being ordained rule and accountable to christ. and being accountable to christ. you i hope charles is you know, i hope charles is aware of the fact that he is to aware of the fact that he is to a higher power and doesn't think that the buck stops. yeah, well, jesus is the king's king, isn't it? what king of kings it? that's what king of kings means. not. we still believe means. i'm not. we still believe in divine kings. in the divine right of kings. they're right. don't. they're driven right. i don't. don't you, but yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly you, but yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly do. you, but yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly do. i'd you, but yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly do. i'd like but yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly do. i'd like t01t yeah, they're driven right. i don't. dcertainly do. i'd like to seeeah, i certainly do. i'd like to see you debating that one. who knows? but i will i'll be. knows? but i will do. i'll be. i'll you there. all right, i'll see you there. all right, benjamin, you much benjamin, thank you very much for that that was benjamin lockney and writer and commentator. to commentator. before move on to our debate, let's a our next debate, let's have a look had to say about look at you've had to say about today's keith says, today's topic. so keith says, what world look like what would the world look like today without the radical innovation in and innovation in science and engineering the engineering sparked the industrial revolution? there would be billions fewer people. most would be living most of whom would be living harsher, shorter . should harsher, shorter. we should be thanked, not for reparations. i'm with you, keith. i think it's ridiculous that we're paying it's ridiculous that we're paying money to apologise for giving the world better working conditions longer lives. all of

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welcome to the common sense crusade on gb news tv, online and on digital radio. the government , its much vaunted government, its much vaunted autumn on thursday containing short tax rises, cuts and rises , benefits and pensions . of , benefits and pensions. of course, the budget has been condemned as austerity 2.0 and offering no forward looking vision for britain. many in predicting it marks the beginning of end for the party as it highlights the party's lack of conservative. so was this the beginning of the end of the conservative party. with me now to this is sarah elliott, a political commentator, and scarlett's maguire, former labour adviser and writer . labour adviser and writer. sarah, let's start with you. is this is this statement electoral suicide? well, i mean , can look suicide? well, i mean, can look at the polls that have just come. 30% of the country think labour would be better at managing the economy , not the managing the economy, not the tories. tories and seven, 10. i

mean, that's unheard of. i mean, if there's anything country has always thought that the tories could do well is managing economy. i mean this is just covid furlough pay lockdown coming home to roost and so the tories have to take care of their. of what did over the course of two years and but unfortunately there's no plan for growth in this. this is a technocratic approach this isn't the approach thatcher would have or many of the back benchers i'd imagine so. it's just moving around, but it's not going to actually widen the pie . and that actually widen the pie. and that doesn't help . british who are doesn't help. british who are coming on some real constraints . winter. and i'll come to scarlett in a moment, but i just want to push you on that. you said there's no room for growth in this. what does growth look like? well, growth means, you know, environment like? well, growth means, you know, entropy environment like? well, growth means, you know, entropy andznvironment like? well, growth means, you know, entropy and businessent where entropy and business creators job can actually creators and job can actually flourish. also giving some

relief to working households , relief to working households, helping people get their foot on the ladder with housing . and the ladder with housing. and there's nothing that's going to kind of stimulate or get that moving. yeah, alastair stewart had good citizens talk about this earlier. had good citizens talk about this earlier . they're had good citizens talk about this earlier. they're going to get squashed. scarlett is the set of the conservatives kaput. i think they were kaput before the autumn statement. i think you can't blame it all on jeremy hunt . actually, i think hunt. actually, i think moderation as she said, like no , moderation as she said, like no i , moderation as she said, like no , i mean, look, i think that things started going badly at the end of boris. there was absolutely no question. and people losing faith. right. and so they got new prime minister. they got liz truss she crashed economy within weeks. it was amazing and the polls went bizarre in as well as as well as the markets and actually recovering from that incredibly difficult because people have lost their faith and it's not just in in in the economy it's

who do you care about the whole problem with the trusts the trust budget is that apart from the fact that it crushed it crushed the pound the markets what is going on that actually what is going on that actually what it said is what we really care about is the rich. right we don't really care about you . don't really care about you. you're just workers. and what want is the entrepreneurs . and want is the entrepreneurs. and i think even worse. and that was that during the during when we knew there was going to be an energy crisis neither rishi sunak nor truss nor boris johnson was supposed to be the prime minister had managed to go on holiday twice , would actually on holiday twice, would actually meet , say, this on holiday twice, would actually meet, say, this is what's going to happen . i mean, they didn't to happen. i mean, they didn't see it as a crisis. and meanwhile, you know, as people at the bottom was sitting there thinking, how are we going to get through the winter? nobody was saying anything. i think was saying anything. so i think that think that jeremy hunt that i think that jeremy hunt would have have , frankly, would have had to have, frankly, performed to come out performed a miracle to come out of this och and he wasn't going to write whatever he did was

going to displease an enormous amount of people. and the other problem, of course, the tories are in internecine , which is all are in internecine, which is all well and good, but what are labour doing about this. well labour doing about this. well labour have to offer . well labour have to offer. well i mean labour have got masses too . i mean a start a lot of . i mean for a start a lot of really good ideas that the tories got like an energy cap . tories got like an energy cap. keir starmer in august, right and it was pooh poohed liz truss by rishi and it's now exactly the same thing, the windfall tax they've been calling for since january . the they've been calling for since january. the windfall they've been calling for since january . the windfall tax would january. the windfall tax would raise right. and still a windfall tax with loopholes. so actually, while while the conservatives were doing nothing, labour was actually . nothing, labour was actually. hey, why don't we think these things? why don't we do something ? this stuff that's something? this stuff that's going to help everybody and that isn't going to be about either raising taxes or cutting. cutting public services. call

it. but, sarah, i'm not buying this. i see labour party as the party of high taxes and the conservatives of party of higher taxes at the moment all labour really offering anything different the different to what the conservatives no, not at conservatives doing. no, not at all. that's why they're all. and that's why they're going to do with this going to do well with this agenda, because you can't differentiate the tories from laboun differentiate the tories from labour. just go with labour. so why not just go with the . that's completely the political. that's completely shameless big government shameless about big government and higher taxes and redistribution and socialism . redistribution and socialism. just go with them rather than , just go with them rather than, you know, labour lite or , you you know, labour lite or, you know, socialism lite. i mean, quite frankly, the tories are acting quite much like lib dems right now ? champagne, right now? champagne, socialists, , they can just socialists, they, they can just do this around and look responsible and. then the markets will, you know , you markets will, you know, you know, applaud them . i mean, i know, applaud them. i mean, i think it's again, just technocratic . i just think it's technocratic. i just think it's moving numbers around . it's not moving numbers around. it's not actually going to help us a recessionary period. it's not imaginative . what would have imaginative. what would have worked if we had given it more time? mean i do believe in supply side economics supply

side economics has worked throughout history. most recently with the trump administration , america, where administration, america, where let's remind everybody the gdp in december 19 in the united states was percent. we had low inflation. we had the biggest growth of anyway i could go on and on about . growth of anyway i could go on and on about. but you look at what happened under thatcher and reagan and trump and that's why you know liz was but you know did she in the right way? no. with a little bit too fast, too soon. she admits. but it would done something. it would have put fire on everybody's under everybody's bum and got them working. got to got the economy and growing. i mean , this is why and growing. i mean, this is why london is , such a centre of london is, such a centre of commerce and attraction is because they became privatised under margaret thatcher and we had job creators and it's the market that does this not government . okay well let's call government. okay well let's call it pushback on that because margaret thatcher's only priority wasn't gdp. she also focussed on social issues . and i focussed on social issues. and i think that's what the party is .

think that's what the party is. parties at the moment are missing out on. yeah, i mean, i social issues are really important. mean in pressingly important. i mean in pressingly it johnson's first lie it was boris johnson's first lie in government was he stood on the steps of number ten and said ihave the steps of number ten and said i have a plan for care. and he didn't. right. i think interesting is i think social care , one of the things that the care, one of the things that the major government down in 97 was that there was no plan for social care. people, middle class people were selling their houses to get their parents in. and since then, nothing has changed. and we've i mean, it's actually worse in 97, there were places i mean, there were lots , places i mean, there were lots, lots of places where you could have care homes . it's gone. have care homes. it's gone. i mean there are very few. so actually , what's happened is you actually, what's happened is you have lots and lots old people who should sent home or allowed go home and they've got nowhere to go to because they because there's no social care . there's

there's no social care. there's not only no care homes , but not only no care homes, but there aren't enough people. there aren't district nurses, people coming in. so actually it really does matter. and we do we need a plan for social care and you know, we need we need of course we need services. i mean , public services. that is what's so important. we need a health service where, you know, a friend of mine yesterday said i've just been in hospital overnight. i mean, it was a complete nightmare. she was on the floor. the problem , there's the floor. the problem, there's no money for that. there's no touch of that. this is the issue. so we've we've moved on from situation. elderly from that situation. so elderly people looked after people are being looked after the lock working. the pension triple lock working. however, the middle classes however, it's the middle classes and younger people being and younger people who are being squeezed that they can no moment in that they can no longer afford to live. is how do we fix that situation? well, i mean, i respect situation. i think the tories should behave like should do like tories. i they should do the opposite would labour would do would actually that do and they would actually that it mean you have to it works. i mean you have to incentivise. don't incentivise. i don't instinctually as a small

government conservative that go to the government for social care. i think you need to create an environment where you have entrepreneurs , people who can entrepreneurs, people who can create these in the private , create these in the private, that provide a high stand of service. and we've seen it in united states and i've seen the retirement homes that my family have been able to take advantage of in—laws , both here of versus my in—laws, both here in the united kingdom . okay. and in the united kingdom. okay. and you have to let the market answer this. there are people with have imaginations and drive and ambition and let human free spirit step in and provide solution to this problem, not government doesn't have the role for the very or the very well—off or even for short penod well—off or even for short period of time in people's lives when they need. but it needs to be limited . and instead we're be limited. and instead we're removing the cap on bank bonuses. what message does that send ? well yeah. i mean, it says send? well yeah. i mean, it says that, you know , really don't that, you know, really don't really want higher , high really want higher, high performing people . you know, performing people. you know,

here making money. and we really you know if you can make money elsewhere, go, you know, but really we should be attracting these people . it's got a final these people. it's got a final answer of 30 seconds, if you can. how we fix the social system where people are paying for elderly people and can no longer afford to live? well you can't do it in 30 seconds. i mean i mean you absolutely have to grow the economy. that's where sarah and i would agree. i just think that we probably disagree on how to do it. let's let's leave it at that. thank you very much political commentator elliott, commentator sarah elliott, the scholar former labour scholar maguire, former labour advisor and writer . before we advisor and writer. before we move on to the debate, move on to the next debate, let's look at what you let's have a look at what you guys saying. tony says guys have been saying. tony says , has the obama ever been right quick that sarah? i think they missed the ball lot and i think a lot of these firms missed point because they don't take into the activity of cutting and they should use something called dynamic scoring that's a bit

wonky for today like you roger says to party is no longer appropriate and as we see in the uk and usa. britain needs proportional representation. voting system to encourage greater choice and wider representation offered by a range of political parties which would provide coalition governments. i'm actually coming around that viewpoint, roger. i think two party system isn't necessarily working because we're voting one party to we're voting for one party to avoid voting for the other party, and that's not giving anyone the anyone any benefits as at the end day. with you, end of the day. i'm with you, kelvin. yes, i know. kelvin. are you? yes, i know. i absolutely. proportional representation. i'm not tough. some some of the some actually some of the smaller centre right parties have some influence. i think they'll be fantastic hockey tories account next writer dennis says jeremy hunt the uk economy in the same way that gordon brown helped rescue the banksin gordon brown helped rescue the banks in 2008. i've saved it . banks in 2008. i've saved it. hunt managed to steady the ship within days of the value . within days of the value. sterling is above pre—crisis levels . we should be grateful levels. we should be grateful with what we have compared with

what would happen under. the trust plan mortgages will be lower, inflation down 3% or so. within 12 months, we had our with furlough and there's no more eat well done hunt dennis , more eat well done hunt dennis, are you jeremy? hunt some come on.and are you jeremy? hunt some come on. and that's a first pass i've seen speaking up forjeremy hunt that increasing taxes and the problem is furlough in the first place, paying people to stay at home is always a dangerous thing. people should always be better off going to work anyway. it was announced this morning that deal been on that a deal has been reached on so—called climate reparations cop27 that will see richer nafions cop27 that will see richer nations like the us, uk , new nations like the us, uk, new zealand and canada pay into a fund to help the country's worst by climate change . i use by climate change. i use inverted commas. the officially being called a loss and damage . being called a loss and damage. it was announced despite recent rolling out paying ruling, paying rolling out paying ruling, paying climate reparations earlier in the month , saying he earlier in the month, saying he would instead prioritise green investment that supports british jobs and businesses. so should britain pay climate reparations , i would . still with me is

, i would. still with me is sarah elliott, political commentator scarlett maguire, former labour adviser , writer. i former labour adviser, writer. i want to start with scarlett. this should we be paying reparations? i don't think that reparations? i don't think that reparations , actually. and i reparations, actually. and i think i think they argument about reparations is done by people on on only the extreme. it's the it's cops zealots. right. who do want who actually want to make us all wrong , who want to make us all wrong, who say, oh, you've got to pay for things that happened hundreds of years ago . and then it's the years ago. and then it's the people who really like people who don't really like climate the first climate change in the first place. a really good place. that's a really good argument. say, no, don't, argument. say, no, we don't, actually. what this is about, it's that there are it's saying that there are places pakistan, places like, pakistan, where there massive floods that there are massive floods that there are massive floods that the maldives lots and, lots of that. they have adapt to climate change . they're not rich change. they're not rich countries and so we should help them and actually , it's called a them and actually, it's called a loss and repair and it's to help the countries which are being hit , climate change. the countries which are being hit, climate change. i mean, you know , we talk about hot summers know, we talk about hot summers , europe, western europe talks

summers in the forties but you can still manage. actually, there are there are there's a whole band of countries , as you whole band of countries, as you know, near the equator where it's terrible. and we know that water levels are going to go up as well. we don't know that all that well. it's happening. it's so i saw a bbc archive clip yesterday where they're saying climate is going to happen everywhere, is going to be frozen. and then it changed, of course, to climate warming. like where, do we fall on this reparations ? not. is it which reparations? not. is it which recovery is it? loss damage or loss and repair or this just another way of getting people's and to other and shovelling it to other countries . exactly. that it's countries. exactly. that it's the politics of envy and think it's a slippery that the radical have obviously been pushing for decades now and now they they have their favourite in positions of influence they're pushing really hard. and of course having a crisis behind , course having a crisis behind, it makes it much more palatable right and much more eager for

people jump on board with but come on you know i mean the us gives you know 54 billion in foreign aid a year around 50 billion. the american people give over 325 billion in in private charity donations . the private charity donations. the british give around 11 billion in foreign aid. and also about the equivalent private contributions as well . so, you contributions as well. so, you know, i think there's a lot to go around. i mean 300 million by the way of that 50 billion from the way of that 50 billion from the uk goes to pakistan already and how is that money spent. how will this money be spent? i mean, why isn't there any inward looking in these countries to say , well, maybe it's our say, well, maybe it's our corruption maybe we're not actually doing well enough with our infrastructure maybe we're not being taught how can we get more advanced technology to, you know, prepare us for natural disaster or to prevent co2 emissions , etc, etc? but emissions, etc, etc? but nobody's these conversations just like you owe us west you

owe us. and it's along that anti—colonialism , imperialistic anti—colonialism, imperialistic left wing argument. and i just think, you know, we have i believe charity begins at home and we have a lot of people in our own countries who are suffering. and that's where our attention should , you know. and attention should, you know. and actually people dying from natural disasters dropping significantly over over time in the past 50 years. i i don't i, you know, pakistan for instance de deforestation . they've taken de deforestation. they've taken a lot of their forests out of pakistan and that has led to flooding, whereas had they kept their forests, it wouldn't have had the impact it did. so you know, in my book, we've to stop the train somewhere. and i think we stop it before it gets out of station. there's two parts to that. then it's got it. so there's that you've made it sound like this loss and damage was an increase in foreign aid.

but the same time, if but then at the same time, if all of these climate issues are self—imposed, as self—imposed, such as deforestation is the right response. well, i think the problem is, is what is, in essence, self—imposed? i mean, how much is people coming along and this is what you should do . and this is what you should do. i mean, a lot of the deforestation in pakistan is that but actually what i mean, what we about i mean, i think we all disagree. but anyway, what scientists tell us what you believe what the scientists with your opinion tell us about climate change are many scientists that say the opposite . the majority of scientists actually do believe do do have see looked at the science and say that it's climate change. i mean, the glaciers are melting . mean, the glaciers are melting. the i mean, even in antarctica , the i mean, even in antarctica, things are melting, which does mean that that there are rising ocean levels and the weather there is certainly the weather is getting a lot hotter . there is certainly the weather is getting a lot hotter. right. and which might pleasant or even

slightly unpleasant in western europe, but actually further south, it isn't . so what we're south, it isn't. so what we're saying is there are things that need doing . but when you talk need doing. but when you talk about foreign i mean, you know that most of the foreign aid , that most of the foreign aid, the moment in britain is actually going to ukrainian refugees who are here. i mean, it's actually not going to africa. i mean all cuts in foreign aid have devastating and this is health and things that's what most guess when you say nobody talks of course they talk to each other about what goes. it's not like they to pakistan. it's not like they to pakistan. i just have million quid. i mean, there are there are there are good there are people out there , people from dfid who work there, people from dfid who work in who say this is where the money away from pakistan because this is than just pakistan. we're still sitting in india, which has a space program for goodness sake is the foreign aid scheme just fundamentally broken? actually help these broken? does actually help these countries? well, i i think countries? well, i mean, i think we look at that. we need we need to look at that. we need to a cost benefit . to actually see a cost benefit. you know, is this really giving our taxpayer money to , these

our taxpayer money to, these parts of the world, when we also have needs at home by the way, we can't fund our health service, for instance. so you know, i just think there needs to be much more thorough thinking. and i still think we need a commission on lockdown and covid and a thorough investigation of what we put ourselves through for two years before we move on. another great scheme of something . i just scheme of something. i just think these great headline makers . they make the uk the us makers. they make the uk the us look really good on the world stage but i you know i really think needs to be more thought put into this more respect for the taxpayer . absolutely. the taxpayer. absolutely. especially when we're talking corruption and where all this money gets funnelled and wasted. what i'm saying is, is actually dfid looks after the money very well. it has to account for penny. there's no question about where talking the amount of money that we give in foreign aid at. the moment is 0.5% of gdp. it's not a lot. gdp has

gone down so it's less unless we're then talking about a or a loss and repair thing for the climate change that would help countries adapt to climate change. if you don't believe in climate change, then there is no point. but actually a lot of countries do say that climate change is affecting them and could get onto the maldives rather than pakistan. i would like to see these governments that are agreeing to reparations put it to the people. let's it democratic. anyway, thank you. that commentator that was political commentator sarah elliott and scholar maguire, labour and maguire, former labour and writer. thank you for her very good debate there. you're watching kelvin's crusade. with me, kelvin and me, the reverend kelvin and i will be back with you after this short break . and to this short break. and to this evening's weather and conditions will be blustery and showery for many . there also be some dry , many. there also be some dry, clear weather to hear the details starting off in the southwest where there will be a mixture of clear spells with some showers too turning very wet and windy by the end of the night over in the southeast.

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hello and welcome back this calvin's commonsense crusade on tv, radio and online . coming up tv, radio and online. coming up this hour a new study finds that the church ban was based on exactly related evidence as world cup kicks off in qatar today. we'll talk about the controversy surrounding the tournament. and later, our ministers are considering a swiss style relationship with the eu in a bid for closer relationships with the bloc. is this the right? but first, it's the latest with right . thanks, the latest with right. thanks, calvin . afternoon. it's 3:01. calvin. afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm radisson in the fifa cup opening ceremony now underway in qatar marking the start of the tournament . this is the scene tournament. this is the scene outside the al bayt stadium, which hosts the opening match between hosts qatar and ecuador. it's the first time the event has ever been held in the middle

east. fifa of course, hoping that action on the pitch will turn the spotlight away from over the arab nations rights record. our reporter paul hawkins is in doha. earlier on, he spoke to fans about their thoughts , the competition . and i thoughts, the competition. and i can't fault the hospitality of people, the friendliness of the people, the friendliness of the people . i know this is people, the friendliness of the people. i know this is big east meets west thing, but, you know, you just have to expect respect people their cultures and people in their cultures and it's and actually it's wonderful. and actually i no alcohol it's not a bad thing it's typical england they don't they've always wanted it before they've always wanted it before they've the ball then they've kicked the ball and then it's disappointment . it's a massive disappointment. do we to fun. yeah yeah, do we have to fun. yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. but how you. yeah, yeah, yeah. but how you. how you feel, how are you enjoying a it's great you enjoying it? a it's great you guys. yeah. people, guys. very nice. yeah. people, people are great here. yeah. guys. very nice. yeah. people, peoplclean,|reat here. yeah. guys. very nice. yeah. people, peoplclean, safe here. yeah. guys. very nice. yeah. people, peoplclean, safe place.'eah. guys. very nice. yeah. people, peoplclean, safe place. good nice, clean, safe place. good well, comedian joe lycett has shredded . £10,000 of his own shredded. £10,000 of his own money in protest that david beckham's role as an ambassador at the qatar world cup. online footage shows comic throwing two bundles of notes into a shredder

. mr. lysette had issued an ultimatum, some to the former england footballer after it was reported that he'd signed a deal with the tournament host worth t million. the comedian to £10 million. the comedian offered to donate the money lgbtq few plus charities. if mr. beckham ended the sponsorship . beckham ended the sponsorship. homosexuality is still illegal qatar and can be punishable up to seven years in prison . well to seven years in prison. well overin to seven years in prison. well over in the us, five people have been killed and 18 injured in a shooting at. a gay nightclub in colorado springs . according to colorado springs. according to a statement on club's facebook page, a number of customers vertically were able to subdue the male shooter. they're describing it as a hate attack. police officials say a suspect is in custody and receiving treatment for injuries injuries . rishi sunak says more must be done to tackle climate after a funding agreement was reached. a cop27 in the early hours of this morning. the so—called and damage fund help developing nafions damage fund help developing nations bear the cost of disasters such as droughts and

flooding. however, a decision on exactly which countries should pay exactly which countries should pay into the fund has left until cop28 next year. mr. sunak welcoming the measures but saying in a statement there can be no time complacency. un chief antonio guterres says the deal good enough . i welcome the good enough. i welcome the decision to establish loss and damage fund and to operationalise it in coming penod. operationalise it in coming period . clearly this will not be period. clearly this will not be enough , but it is a much needed enough, but it is a much needed political signal to rebuild broken trust . the voices of broken trust. the voices of those on the front lines . the those on the front lines. the climate crisis must be heard . in climate crisis must be heard. in other news, new measures introduced will give longer prison to convicted terrorists if they commit crimes. while bars all offences however minor, will automatically be referred for a police investigation and potential prosecution. the ministry of justice says this will increase the likelihood that terrorists stay in prison for longer and create bigger

against further offending ? against further offending? justice secretary dominic raab is describing it as a landmark agreement . members of animal agreement. members of animal rebellion occupied gordon ramsay's three michelin star restaurant night. the climate activists held mock menus outlining . the environmental outlining. the environmental costs of items served at restaurant gordon ramsay in chelsea. the group issued a statement saying they're campaigning for a plant based food . spokesperson for the food. spokesperson for the restaurant called the protest in incredibly inappropriate and, deeply disrespectful . you're deeply disrespectful. you're watching gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. so let's get back to father calvin . get back to father calvin. and welcome. you're watching commonsense crusade with me,

calvin robinson. and here's what's coming up this afternoon a new report has concluded that the covid choir band was based on flawed evidence after showing that a church outbreak early the pandemic was not caused by a singing super spreader. pandemic was not caused by a singing super spreader . and the singing super spreader. and the big kick off approaches . us big kick off approaches. us hosts qatar prepare for the grand opening match against ecuador. grand opening match against ecuador . but grand opening match against ecuador. but we will grand opening match against ecuador . but we will focus on ecuador. but we will focus on the ever growing list of controversies surrounding , the controversies surrounding, the tournament and college has apologised and sanctioned a number of pupils after allegations that a group of girls from a nearby state school subjected to misogynistic language , racial slurs and language, racial slurs and jeering . a speech by nigel jeering. a speech by nigel farage last week . and of course farage last week. and of course you can join any of our discussions by emailing vaiews@gbnews.uk or by tweeting at gbp dashboard .

at gbp dashboard. another conspiracy theory has been proven to be a spoiler alert . a peer reviewed paper alert. a peer reviewed paper titled between vitamin d. supplementation and covid 19 infection and mortel has suggested that vitamin d supplementation is associated with a reduction in covid rates . the report found that vitamin was associated significant 33% decrease in mortality within 30 days of covid infection , the days of covid infection, the report added. these associated reductions in risk are and justify more significant exploration slash confirmation using randomised controlled trials . this is particularly trials. this is particularly important given the high rates of vitamin d deficiency . and now of vitamin d deficiency. and now the sunday times reporting that ministers are to reconsider vitamin d as a potential weapon against covid 19. after matt wrongly claimed that the government's scientists had run unsuccessful tests. vitamin deficiency has long been associated with reduced immune function that can lead to viral

infection . vitamin d3 supports infection. vitamin d3 supports healthy immune system, often taken k2, which regulates blood clotting . when i asked a doctor clotting. when i asked a doctor about the possible use of therapeutics and vitamin d in combating covid, he laughed at me and called me a jumped up wannabe and some other expletive that i cannot mention on air. now, i'm not a scientist, any kind doctor, and i would kind of doctor, and i would never dream any never dream promoting any medications therapeutics. never dream promoting any medications therapeutics . but medications or therapeutics. but i simply asking a question . i was simply asking a question. someone than someone more knowledgeable than me. apparently wasn't me. apparently that wasn't expected or allowed. so this has got me thinking regardless of whether we did or didn't know. effects on covid or coronavirus . if vitamin d3 is known to improve the human immune system. and it is also cheap and has little to no known side effects, why wasn't the government recommending it for all uptake in vitamin ? from day one of in vitamin? from day one of covid? and why with therapeutic ex not investigated as a matter of urgency, especially prior to the chop rollout? i do not

understand. rather than recommending we take a vitamin d3 supplements , get out, get d3 supplements, get out, get more sun . the government more sun. the government encouraged us to get the job and to stay indoors. while there were while there could been a potentially better option available all along surely could have been worth investigating more and should have been . i more and should have been. i think dissenting voices were silenced with vitriol directed at anyone dared ask questions and.the at anyone dared ask questions and. the perpetrators are now requesting a covid amnesty. in my opinion, lies were told freedoms were taken. a lives or lost. i think there should an independent inquiry, if not trial. surely the possible of vitamin d3 should been investigated further . of course investigated further. of course we should forgive , but before we should forgive, but before forgiveness comes , contrition forgiveness comes, contrition and repentance and having a jolly in the jungle does not suffice, hold the line and never forget no .

forget no. from one story of taking a retrospective look at covid to another, a new study has found that the outbreak covid in a choral society led to a ban on choir singing in the church was based on flawed and exaggerated evidence . findings revealed that evidence. findings revealed that most choristers were infected outside of singing rehearsals or services. infection found up to two days before practises and the authors concluded choir singing unfairly blamed for infection and the subsequent 18 month ban was therefore unjustified . joining me now month ban was therefore unjustified .joining me now is unjustified. joining me now is the reverend dr. jamie franklin, curator of st george in the meadow and the reverend canon tim alban jones canon passed on, vice dean of . thank you both vice dean of. thank you both very much for joining vice dean of. thank you both very much forjoining me on one of your busiest days of the week. i'm sure. father jamie, week. i'm sure. fatherjamie, i'll start with you, if you don't mind following this report. do you think it was to stop the church choirs from singing the pandemic ? singing during the pandemic? thanks, yeah, i do.

thanks, gavin. yeah yeah, i do. i think that is another instance of tyranny in the name science and these supposedly unassailable scientific consensusis unassailable scientific consensus is should have been interrogated more thoroughly than they were . you read the than they were. you read the report. it really seems this is based on this especially the singing band, but also the indoor gatherings. this was really based on on very little in terms of this scientific paper which could , according to paper which could, according to a fairly rigorous but also straightforward analysis , turns straightforward analysis, turns out to be unreliable. so, yeah , out to be unreliable. so, yeah, course, of course it was unjustified . and, you know, from unjustified. and, you know, from a theological perspective i think we also want to say that god has made us with with voices, with the to sing, to worship and him he's given us a book full of songs , the psalms book full of songs, the psalms and scripture . and we shouldn't and scripture. and we shouldn't have given that up so easily. we should have interrogated reasons

for it, and we should have appued for it, and we should have applied some kind of theological perspective to it . well. perspective to it. well. so there's a debate to be had about whether it is unreliable or if it's just been questioned. but did the battle lead to modern day witch for choir singers? i'll you in minute. kind i'll come to you in minute. kind of for the jamie, if you of timber for the jamie, if you can answer that one. well well, i know about i don't i don't know about i don't know if i'd use phrase modern day witch certainly witch hunts, but i've certainly through our podcast it through through our podcast it reference, i've come across many, many people here sing in church choirs who have been subjected to all kinds of silliness , you know, bands on silliness, you know, bands on putting their music on the floor and being forced to down their chairs with with disinfect tense social distancing , which is social distancing, which is really unjustifiable , you know, really unjustifiable, you know, these, these kinds of things . so these, these kinds of things. so i think, i these, these kinds of things. so ithink, i mean, these, these kinds of things. so i think, i mean, clearly , i think, i mean, clearly, clearly there is a there is a epistemic question here over this. i suppose in evidence. but then there's also the silliness that's been involved as well, which clearly was unnecessary .

which clearly was unnecessary. okay. so ken and tim, do you stand the church's decision to stop choirs from during the pandemic ? well, i think with the pandemic? well, i think with the benefit of hindsight, we'd be in a different place . we wouldn't a different place. we wouldn't have made those decisions. but do have the benefit of hindsight in so we in the middle something. so we were advice of were following the advice of scientists and the government , scientists and the government, and it struck me that we don't have much choice at all. we had to do it and actually if i would defend it , that very early stage defend it, that very early stage , when nobody really knew much about this , nobody knew exactly about this, nobody knew exactly how it spread or how how to avoid the spread. i think anything that we could do to stop or minimise the spread of that virus seems to me a good idea . as you said, as i say, idea. as you said, as i say, with the benefit of her insight , we can see that actually choirs are not the way to spread it and it's good that reporters find it silly. it could put a nail in coffin of that particular fantasy see. but at the time, i think it was the right to do okay. i mean , i right to do okay. i mean, i would argue that perhaps some people might say it's not about

hindsight because there are lots of lots of people of scientists and lots of people loudly proclaiming this at the time might be seen as a time too. so might be seen as a bit a copout. but to suggest bit of a copout. but to suggest that you still defend this decision. god decision. now so if we if, god forbid, another lockdown forbid, we had another lockdown and the government said oh the church have stop church that you have to stop choirs would you choirs in churches, would you defend would you that defend that? would you find that stunning that that wasn't what i said. it was a benefit said. i'd say it was a benefit of hindsight if it came out now , i would protest , then i would i would protest loudly science has loudly because science has proved that things have done differently. that's not how it spread. i sing in an amateur choir and it was very painful not to be able to sing that for those 18 months. and i'm a candidate. one of the cathedrals in the country here at peterborough, and it was deeply sad to have a singing as they do every day during term times worship was definitely diminished by the absence of singing and the of choir. i can still remember time when we were allowed to sing for the first time, albeit with on. and what a j'oy

time, albeit with on. and what a joy that was. so i'm all for choirs. absolutely. and if we can sing safety, then so much the better. okay can i come in? yeah, of course . yeah. well, yeah, of course. yeah. well, i was just going say i mean, i've got a lot of sympathy, obviously the for the fact that people were making decisions in midst of a complicated and difficult situation. and i agree that we can only talk about this with hindsight. but i think what i'd like to do now at this point is to challenge this notion that science operates by this by by consensus in the way we were told it does at the time when people are saying, you know, this is what the science says and this is the inevitable political pronouncement that has to follow on the back of that. i think that notion needs to be questioned and in the future, we need far more of a dialogue between , different scientific between, different scientific viewpoints and a political dialogue as well about the implications of the scientific viewpoints actually are and we to get away from this idea that there's a of the scientific

establishment that just establishes this consensus because that's not way science operates and polity is about taking science into account as well as various other things as well as various other things as well and making difficult decisions. so i think that's an important thing to factor in. it is let me put this to you in the form of a question of is it that the government should have less oversight over the church? should the church be more dependent of state? well i. i mean, it's a tricky , isn't it, mean, it's a tricky, isn't it, because in many ways, the church the church in general, this is wrapped up with with the state. we own buildings. we employ we have we have all sorts of other legal things which we have to abide by. and that's only good, right? and then, of course, the church is the established church. so there's a there's a further there's a further question there. and think question there. and i think where i am, where i'm uncomfortable , where the state uncomfortable, where the state starts telling , the church, how, starts telling, the church, how, how, when to worship , starts telling, the church, how, how, when to worship, banning gatherings , banning singing .

gatherings, banning singing. these kind of things make me feel far less comfortable because we're talking about what we as human beings owe to god and the state shouldn't really be interfering in such a heavy handed way. and those things i would like in the future. again to see much more of a dialogue between church and the state. if, if, god forbid, anything like happens in the future rather than , what fell very much rather than, what fell very much at the time , like the state at the time, like the state laying down these pronouncements, you know, you must your churches, you must shut your churches, you must shut your churches, you must sing , you must shut your churches, you must sing, you must do x, must not sing, you must do x, y and z. you must have only a certain amount of people at funerals weddings and funerals and weddings and all this stuff. would see. this kind of stuff. i would see. i like to see much more of i would like to see much more of a if, as i say, at a robust if, as i say, at something like this happens again. and the current hymn someone that the government someone say that the government has look has a responsibility to look after public's and this is after the public's and this is why made decisions . why they made these decisions. but the church has a responsibility. look after people's spiritual wellbeing responsibility. look after peopyou spiritual wellbeing responsibility. look after peopyou think jal wellbeing responsibility. look after peopyou think there's.being responsibility. look after peopyou think there's aeing of . do you think there's a lack of faith process ? i think faith in this process? i think rather than ask the question

directly , say what i would draw directly, say what i would draw attention to the fact that in the lockdown everything was shut an out, churches were banned and we weren't allowed to go inside the buildings. in the second lockdown, all the churches were allowed be open for private allowed to be open for private prayer. directly as prayer. and that is directly as a of lobbying by church a result of lobbying by church of england and other faith groups to the government, to us, into our buildings , recognising into our buildings, recognising the importance that spirit normality has in the lives of ordinary people, recognising that god actually can't be . you that god actually can't be. you can't legislate god. so we should be allowed to be to be gathered, to come together to worship in our buildings and the state. i think they made a mistake and so it changed the rules for the second lockdown and as a result of church dialogue church influence and other other faith groups as well in the background i think it may maybe from. i was just going to say it may also be because of the judicial review that was

brought successfully against scottish government by. some church leaders, including william of the church and church glasgow . the constitutional glasgow. the constitutional implications that probably meant that the same kind of judicial review could have been brought in this country and it would have been successful as well. so i wouldn't to be too quick i wouldn't want to be too quick to congratulate government to congratulate the government on their senses. i think they on to their senses. i think they were probably of a bind. were probably a bit of a bind. it didn't have much a choice. it didn't have much of a choice. again, don't . i don't think again, i don't. i don't think it's necessarily that helpful. talk about well, retrospect, talk about well, in retrospect, we this or but we should have this or that, but i important to say i think it is important to say that during that first lockdown, supermarkets stores supermarkets and liquor stores were churches were were open and the churches were shot. i wanted i think many shot. and i wanted i think many christians wanted to hear much more of a robust voice at the time on, we need to time saying, come on, we need to need to get our priorities straight here. as christians and as a nation. i think i agree with you both on that. i think where clinton makes a good point is that the government cannot legislate god. father jamie, legislate god. so, fatherjamie, to to yourself , to final question to yourself, should the individual priests and congregations have stood up and congregations have stood up

and said, no, this is unacceptable , you cannot unacceptable, you cannot legislate against god , against legislate against god, against all faith in a time of spiritual need. and should they have, you know, the past centuries, know, in the past centuries, they would have a martyr's they would have died a martyr's death, than closing doors death, rather than closing doors of church. should have of the church. should they have fought that's fought harder? that's a calvinist. very it's a very, very difficult to answer. and i think ultimately that's about the conscience of individual priests and pastors . so priests and pastors. so i wouldn't want to say too about that. i know lots people who did what they could to stay open much as they possibly could, to and offering ministry as much as possible. i you know, i don't want to pass buck, but i'm somebody who believes and in the in the episcopal, in somebody who believes and in the in the episcopal , in the in the episcopal, in the authority of bishops and, ultimately, i think lots and lots of ordinary priests were in a position where really they just had to do more or less what their bishop told them, because that was an impossible bind. so i think i think it was i think it was really difficult for a lot of people. and i've got a lot of people. and i've got a lot of people. and i've got a lot of sympathy for those

ordinary priests and pastors. okay. both very ordinary priests and pastors. okay. for both very ordinary priests and pastors. okay. for your both very ordinary priests and pastors. okay. for your time both very ordinary priests and pastors. okay. for your time b sunday much for your time this sunday afternoon. that was the afternoon. and that was the reverend franklin, reverend dr. jamie franklin, curator george in the curator of st george in the meadow and also his podcast irreverent and the irreverent look that up and the reverend tim alben jones reverend canon tim alben jones canon passed on vice dean of peterborough. you again. peterborough. thank you again. more to come this afternoon on my the my comments crusade. after the break big off break, the big kick off approaches as the world cup hosts qatar prepare the grand opening match against ecuador, but will well, we will focus on the ever growing list of controversy surrounding the tournament instead. first, let's have a look at the weather and to this evening's weather and conditions will be blustery and showery for many . there also be showery for many. there also be some dry clear weather to hear the details starting off in the southwest where there will be a mixture of clear spells with some showers too turning very and windy by the end of the night. over in the southeast, most of the showers would have cleared away, meaning it will be a dry and mostly clear to the day. mostly dry with clear skies across of wales, though a few

coast showers are still possible. turning and very windy the south overnight. let's go over to the midlands now and then. may still be a little showery. rain first this evening, but this will quickly away north eastwards a mostly dry night before rain arrives by dawn . a rather cloudy evening dawn. a rather cloudy evening across the north—east of england. here can expect further outbreaks showery rain but it'll turn dry and clear overnight, leading to some ice and fog. on monday morning . dry and clear monday morning. dry and clear for much of eastern scotland this evening for the west, some showery rain is likely and there'll also be some rain for orkney and shetland too a mostly end to the day for northern ireland . plenty of clear skies ireland. plenty of clear skies here to it will be a chilly start to night before rain arrives later . later on wet start to night before rain arrives later. later on wet and very weather will sweep in from the west through the night with some of the felt on monday morning. that's how the weather is shaping up overnight tomorrow morning . we are gb news right.

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with the host nation facing ecuadorin with the host nation facing ecuador in the first match of the tournament . this year's the tournament. this year's games have not been without controversy, however, with a decision ban alcohol made only 48 hours prior to kick off, despite a multimillion pound budweiser . despite a multimillion pound budweiser. recent uncovering of fifa's corruption has also led to criticism of allowing the gulf nation to host the tournament in the first place. with me now is aidan mcgee, sports journalist and broadcast . aidan where should we start on this that the corruption, the alcohol deal ? there's this that the corruption, the alcohol deal? there's a this that the corruption, the alcohol deal ? there's a lot alcohol deal? there's a lot going on right now. it's about kick off, isn't it? yeah. i mean, listen, is a labyrinth in terms a story's a tapestry. it's like wherever you want to go with it for a journalist is absolutely ideal, plenty to absolutely ideal, is plenty to talk about. it is fun. that's something the chattering. chattering really chattering classes can really get yeah, get their round. but yeah, let's take let's take it back to take it. let's take it back to the original issue, was the original issue, which was the original issue, which was the competition the awarding of the competition in place. now, i was in the first place. now, i was in the first place. now, i was in qatar in 2010. i mentioned just off screen. i went to the local organising to local organising committee to find world cup would find out what a world cup would look like in in qatar. i just

want artwork in want some artwork to display in the newspaper was working for news about at the time and they told be very futuristic you'll be there be temperate the stadiums there would state art would be state of the art technology they weren't technology but they weren't expected the tournament expected to get the tournament imminently said this is where familiarise with the familiarise yourself with the process is process this is the this is a long term thing 1015 to 1015 years and so that was that was the thing but we'll come the main thing but we'll come back one. yeah they did back to this one. yeah they did get did put our get it though. they did put our reporter paul hawkins's out right the doha corniche. right now at the doha corniche. is it corniche english? corniche, thank we'll come corniche, thank you. we'll come back in a minute. but back to you in a minute. but here is paul how is how are here is paul how is it? how are you finding yeah, i'm yeah, you finding it? yeah, i'm yeah, it's not the court and we're not it's not the court and we're not it's but not it's the corniche, but not actually the from we're actually in the woods from we're actually in the woods from we're actually in the sukiyaki, which is at the market, the is the hotel at the market, the central market in it is really busy because tends to work the way the way it works here because of the weather, although at the moment. it's a it's a fairly decent 30 degrees, but especially the summer, it's especially in the summer, it's 40 tend to stay 40 and 50 people tend to stay indoors the day, then indoors during the day, then they night. so this they come out at night. so this when places like the market come alive qatar, particularly,

alive and qatar, particularly, of course, because it is the first of the world cup, is first night of the world cup, is really alive. the opening really coming alive. the opening taking right the taking place right now. and the albert stadium about 45 minutes away not been away from us i've not been watching ceremony watching the entire ceremony because a little because been out here a little bit. saw included morgan bit. i saw included morgan freeman a guest freeman making a guest appearance during it and, doing some of the narration , but a some of the narration, but a very colourful ceremony as you can imagine. and in fact, as a football just goes past me, there's some over there there's some people over there playing the moment. but playing football the moment. but yeah, it's been a been yeah, it's been a it's been a controversial up. there's controversial build up. there's been controversy. been lots of controversy. the people they stoutly people here that they stoutly defend look, there defend the they say, look, there are and there are, you are issues and there are, you know, problems when it comes to lgbtq rights market lgbtq pass rights to market workers. progress been workers. but progress has been made many things made and there are many things about british about qatar that the british simply talk now. well, we simply don't talk now. well, we were speaking to lots of fans here from all over the world in the spoke to this chap the souk. we spoke to this chap from australia who gave us a really interesting take on what lgbtq rights are like in the country . living in doha and. country. living in doha and. he's been working here for a while and this is what he had to tell us. i the lgbtq thing is a

little bit i mean, there's a there's a gay community here. it exists it's under the covers. you don't really it openly, but it's not overt . it exists. so it's not overt. it exists. so it's not overt. it exists. so it's a little bit because i think i think they should just be open up and, let them know that it happens everywhere in, the world. it's not exclusive to the world. it's not exclusive to the western world. it happens here well. definitely lot the western world. it happens hea well. definitely lot the western world. it happens hea lot well. definitely lot the western world. it happens hea lot of ll. definitely lot the western world. it happens hea lot of friends1itely lot the western world. it happens hea lot of friends andy lot the western world. it happens hea lot of friends and family of a lot of friends and family in australia have kind boycotted the sense, not the world cup in sense, not supporting much as they supporting as much as they normally of those normally would because of those those issues, of course. yeah that what my son is and i have lived here for many, many years and at school life, family and i'm at school life, family is fantastic. there's a lot of really good things about qatar this a of simmering this is a couple of simmering little problems have little problems that have made at moment . adding to that, at the moment. adding to that, we were talking to somebody who works regularly in doha earlier today and they were saying, look, yes it is against the law to be gay in this country, but for example. and i, to be gay in this country, but for example. and 1, campbell, held a huge fashion show, a few only a few weeks ago. and there

was obviously lots of people from the lgbtq here , from the lgbtq community here, and weren't they didn't and they weren't they didn't under attack, they weren't being abused , were just allowed to abused, were just allowed to carry on and go about their. so it's a kind of look we agree with being gay in this country, but we're happy to tolerate it. and you can you can live us just respect our culture and we'll kind of respect what you have to do, even though don't agree with it. so it's a weird kind of thing where cultures are living by those lines , by side and along those lines, many people here from the world cup today was cup earlier today was fascinating watching the brazilian mexican here brazilian and the mexican here going the streets, singing playing songs while in arabic culture is obviously a lot more conservative, not in a bad way, but they were just watching very and filming. you have a look . and filming. you have a look. and that's so yeah. we seem to

have problem with that clip. but earlier we were talking to brazil fans and they were basically blowing saxophones and of trumpeting, etc. so yeah, making their way through the they were being filmed. so it's really interesting all these different cultures in, an islamic country in an arab country in the middle east for the first time, that kind of culture clash that we're seeing the first time, that kind of cultlfascinating at we're seeing the first time, that kind of cultlfascinating to we're seeing the first time, that kind of cultlfascinating to watch ;eeing the first time, that kind of cultlfascinating to watch andg it is fascinating to watch and it'll interesting to see how it'll be interesting to see how it'll be interesting to see how it plays out for what is the shortest world 1978. shortest world cup since 1978. so we're just 25 minutes away from qatar taking on ecuador. honestly, it's not one of the biggest matches of the tournament in terms of footballing heavyweights, but it certainly will prove to be a historic match and that qatar are making debut in the are making their debut in the world in their hosts. thank you very our reporter very much. that's our reporter hawkins there in qatar hawkins out there in qatar already looking tanned already looking very tanned heat. and what are home counties or the home countries at home counties ? yeah, look , i mean, counties? yeah, look, i mean, it's a very difficult group, actually. the england themselves in when the draw was made you think wales iran usa you take that all day long but think of

the historical context of it as well of course huge problems for england, the world in the past, in 1950 and more recently in 2010. wales going to be tough opponents. they're stubborn. they want to be one of their players. kieffer, moore it. players. kieffer, moore sets it. i put england out. i can't wait to put england out. and then of course, you've got iran. and actually for iran. iran, and actually for all the they have the problems they have domestically with their politics, top team. politics, they're a top 20 team. they their they sell through their qualifying players qualifying event. players who play qualifying event. players who play in the premier they've got a who plays in several a player who plays in several players europe. so players who play in europe. so they're getting this they're not getting either. this is cup a row. so is third world cup in a row. so these nations are slowly getting stronger in terms of the competition, but terms of the controversy mentioned competition, but terms of the controver yes mentioned competition, but terms of the controveryes they mentioned competition, but terms of the controver yes they got entioned competition, but terms of the controveryes they got it.:ioned competition, but terms of the controveryes they got it. theyi early on. yes they got it. they all got the world cup. they probably shouldn't have got it. but there myriad, myriad other things that we'll discuss as the tournament mckay, tournament goes on. adam mckay, thank much sports thank you very much sports journalist, are with gb journalist, you are with gb news, and online news, tv, radio and online and after the eton college after the break, eton college has apologised sanctioned has apologised and sanctioned a number pupils number of pupils after allegations a group allegations that a group of girls from a nearby girls visiting from a nearby state school were subjected to misogynistic racial misogynistic language, racial slurs and, jeering during a speech by nigel farage last

week. now it's time for a check on those news headlines as right . th on those news headlines as right. th radisson in the gb newsroom but as we've just been hearing from, paul hawkins over in doha, the fifa world cup opening ceremony underway now in qatar , the start underway now in qatar, the start of that tournament . you can see of that tournament. you can see the scene now outside , the al the scene now outside, the al bayt stadium, which hosts opening match between host qatar and ecuador is the first time the event has ever been held in the event has ever been held in the middle east. fifa hoping that action on the pitch will turn the spotlight away . turn the spotlight away. complaints arab nations complaints over the arab nations rights been rights record. paul's been chatting to fans about their thoughts , the competition and thoughts, the competition and i can't fault the hospitality of the peoples friendliness of the people. i know this big east meets west thing, but you know, you just have to expect respect people their cultures and people in their cultures and it's and i just think it's wonderful. and i just think alcohol not a bad thing. it's alcohol is not a bad thing. it's typical england, don't. and typical england, they don't. and they've wanted it before

they've always wanted it before they've always wanted it before they've ball. there's they've kick the ball. there's it's disappointment. it's a massive disappointment. the house is fine. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. but how do you how do you feel? how are enjoying. it's a great very you guys people. people guys very. nice people. people are great here. yeah really are great here. yeah it's really nice clean feeling place nice clean safe feeling place good. news in good. in other news in the united states five have united states five people have been killed and 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in colorado police named colorado springs. police named the suspect as 22 year old anderson lee aldridge . he's anderson lee aldridge. he's currently in custody and receiving for his injuries. however, the is not yet known deputy. police chief adrian vasquez thanked clubgoers, who risked their own lives to stop the attack . initial evidence and the attack. initial evidence and interviews indicate that the suspect entered cup club q and immediately began shooting at people inside as he moved further into club while the suspect inside of the club at least two heroic people inside the club confronted and fought with the suspect and were able to stop the suspect from continuing to kill . detectives continuing to kill. detectives

are also looking to identify if there were any other individuals who the suspect . the motive of who the suspect. the motive of the crime is part of the investigation and whether this was a hate crime is part of that investigation . we'll bring you investigation. we'll bring you more on that story. has it happens? we're on tv , online and happens? we're on tv, online and on tv plus radio . you're on tv plus radio. you're watching the people's channel gb news. don't go anywhere, calvin. we'll be back in a moment.

welcome to the common sense crusade on gb news on tv, on onune crusade on gb news on tv, on online and on digital radio . online and on digital radio. researchers have found a growing economic gap between men and women in employment and overall happiness , part of a wider happiness, part of a wider debate on gender roles in the

modern world. boys perform, perform, washes , having a harder perform, washes, having a harder time getting experience, stagnating wages and are more likely take their own lives. however many feel their concerns have been pushed by those in power and, now feel alienated by modern society . with me now is modern society. with me now is leilani dowding, campaigner and broadcaster leilani. thank you for joining us. do we broadcaster leilani. thank you for joining us . do we live broadcaster leilani. thank you for joining us. do we live in forjoining us. do we live in a society that demonises men. absolutely i think we do. and i think it's come about when we've seen , you know, this phrase seen, you know, this phrase toxic masculinity is not toxic masculinity is a protector of provider. anything toxic is not masculinity is more, you know, a sign of a very weak person or a guy that actually social lacks skill, unity. and i think that lack of masculinity is what's causing a lot of social issues now. and i think also is a very intentional attack on masculinity going on right now.

amongst especially amongst our by whom and for what end i you see it's it with the government. i mean, boris johnson use the word toxic masculinity he just recently and you see it and then you see it through schools they destroy competition with the boys having sports with participate in trophies they're not teaching children it's all about rejection or adversity. so we're not building men can you know, that can feel strong and powerful going into lives . and powerful going into lives. and then there's also the attack . a then there's also the attack. a lot of the feminists that that kind of say, you know opening doors is wrong doing this for women it's just being a good man in general and doing you know nice things a boy would do for his mother . they're attacking his mother. they're attacking that to . so what how man that to. so what how man supposed to feel there's so much confusion. and how do i treat a woman? do do i say good morning if i smile, say good morning. is

she going to take as a threat that i'm trying to come on to her. so many very young boys, especially are very, very confused about how and how how they should behave and what they should do . it does seem like should do. it does seem like we've made a lot of masculine traits , microaggressions , traits, microaggressions, almost. so men are struggling on how be masculine without offending . why do you think this offending. why do you think this has anything to do with why women are struggling to get and in spiritual meaning in the modern world? absolutely. and also think it's got a lot to do with these, you know, diverse city goals that people have right this and you've got to pick amount of women, you've got to pick this colour, got to pick their school to pick that. and they're not necessarily getting they're not necessarily getting the correct people for the job. they're picking them based on, you know, diversity or or sexuality colour and all rest of it. so that that's another another problem for men that

they have to face as well. and so know you have this confusion about how to behave you have this confusion about, what's going to be offensive, then you have the problems that they have going into the work place , will going into the work place, will they get picked based on, you know, everything that they've worked hard for not and sidelined for someone based on diversity quotas . very well diversity quotas. very well said. thank you very much. that's layla only campaigner and broadcaster. before we move on today, let's have a look at what you guys have saying on the on the cup. so is it just goes to show that some view football over everything including human rights women's and modern day slavery . money is also more slavery. money is also more important to those who have loads of it than all of the above. i, for one, won't watching. and it's a good point . a lot of people are in uproar of the idea that alcohol has been banned . it's almost as if been banned. it's almost as if to suggest slavery was to suggest that slavery was okay. rubbing alcohol is okay. but rubbing alcohol is above reproach . frank on the above reproach. frank on the death of the tories says

proportional representation will the end of the constituency mp . the end of the constituency mp. is that a good or a bad thing? frank i'm not sure which way you fall would like fall on that. i would like constituents tempers to be more representative their constituencies. perhaps instead going to performative going to perform ative representation going to performative representation should go towards individual independent representation . so each representation. so each constituency mp is an mp for themselves, not for a party. maybe that would be not so. who knows? james on climate reparations says we have flooding in the uk year. perhaps china and should be giving us money with all the emissions they put out . if that was the they put out. if that was the case. yeah. if there was case for if there was an argument for climate reparations or if there was climate crisis that might was a climate crisis that might be put forward. but i'd be case to put forward. but i'd rather say that's stopping rather just say that's stopping sorcery. finally mitch goes on to we definitely don't need to say, we definitely don't need inquiries into what's been spent and gone in the past. inquiries into what's been spent and gone in the past . why is and gone on in the past. why is there always this desire ? to there always this desire? to find a scapegoat. the past is the past. better to look forward. as my old dad used to

say, don't fix the blame. fix the problem. yep words to live by, mitch. thank you very much for that. it has been speculated that ministers are considering a swiss style deal with the eu that would see the uk forge closer economic ties with the bloc. the government denied such reports , but speculation on the reports, but speculation on the future relationship is rife. chancellor hunt last week hinted that rishi sunak's administration intends break the bofis administration intends break the boris johnson's approach and to remove the majority of trade barriers between britain and the eu. switzerland has access to the eu single market but pays into the eu budget and follows its regulations . any deal is its regulations. any deal is unlikely, however to see a return to freedom of movement as that's what they say. so with me to discuss this is ben habib, a former brexit party mep . ben, former brexit party mep. ben, thank you for joining former brexit party mep. ben, thank you forjoining us. i'm thank you for joining us. i'm glad we started on this topic because we're looking at the eu pushing switzerland to take on board freedom of movement taught me so the goalposts always get shifted if . we were to draw

shifted if. we were to draw closer relations with the eu in line with what the swiss have right now. surely the end goal always same it not? good always the same is it not? good afternoon by the way, to afternoon kelvin by the way, to be on your programme . i mean, i be on your programme. i mean, i completely agree it would be the thin of the wedge, but it's not a very thin end by the way. it would be a massive reversal of bofis would be a massive reversal of boris johnson's promise . the boris johnson's promise. the 2019 general election , to be 2019 general election, to be responsible for our own laws. you know, if you're part of the single market, what effectively you're doing is accepting laws made in brussels and necessarily therefore adjudicated in brussels in the european, you know, their supreme court, the european of justice. and we therefore be abrogating our law making to a foreign power. that's what adopting the swiss model would involve . and i don't model would involve. and i don't put it past this government to do exactly that . you know, we do exactly that. you know, we are now three years on from the thumping majority that johnson

won to get brexit eu regulations pervade our legislative book rishi sunak. when stood as leader, promised that within hundred days of him taking over as premier he would have ditched the 8000 odd regulations and laws that we have on books. and he's now reversed that policy. we saw in the that we actually have a government that is large state is highly highly taxed that's all in keeping with the european union. and if you look at the trade and cooperation agreement, which we signed with the european union that already forced on a level playing field. so i think move towards a single market to some or greater extent is absolutely on the cards . and is absolutely on the cards. and remember, jeremy hunt was campaigning for remain is through and through a remainer and there are another 122 remain voting in these in the conservative party so brexit is far from safe at the moment in fact calvin is you . i don't

fact calvin is you. i don't believe brexit has been delivered because northern ireland's been left behind. we're stuck in this level playing and so on and what this is, if it's is a move to try and unlock the problems in northern ireland by aligning closely with the eu so that can't see those problems . the eu so that can't see those problems. it's a the eu so that can't see those problems . it's a regressive problems. it's a regressive step. it would be a fundamental breach of the manifesto promises and. it should be resisted entirely by. the lg and the conservative party and certainly people like me will be campaigning fully against it. and what would you say to people who said, look, there's been this coup going on to get boris johnson out and then to get liz truss out to get jeremy hunt in and to get rishi sunak's in so that there can be a rejoin campaign . would to that? campaign. would you say to that? well, boris johnson had well, i think boris johnson had to boris johnson was to go, but boris johnson was part the problem it was his part of the problem it was his deal that didn't deliver brexit. it was his deal that put a border down the irish to us border down the irish sea to us into this playing field, into this level playing field, gave fishing waters was gave away fishing waters and was entirely misrepresented by boris johnson to the british people in

the 2019 general election. and he had enough time being elected to get it sorted out . liz truss to get it sorted out. liz truss however, though she voted however, even though she voted remain made a really tilt at, the kind of deregulating low tax economy that brexit voters would wish for. you know, that's what we voted for? we voted to get rid all that bureaucracy and. she had a good tilt at it, but she was defence rated by treasury by by the bank of england and, by her own party. and you've got in rishi sunak is globalist, someone who takes his personal validation on the global stage in amongst other leaders so he's naturally pro—eu a europhile right and yeah we'll see where this goes. but people like me have to campaign against it. but playing devil's advocate for a moment, then surely this is about trade and having trade deals and removing trade barriers. surely that's great for britain and the eu. well it isn't. is it because if you

really wanted what was good for british national interest, you would want to break away with the sclerotic , regulated eu and the sclerotic, regulated eu and you wish to deregulate and make laws that are good for the united kingdom. i mean, one role which is politically here perhaps, but one role which is i commend jeremy hunt for reversing is the cap on bonuses, which is brought in by the eu in order to stifle london, in order to hold the city back. and even that may be a political politically charged subject . it politically charged subject. it was the right move and we should be doing a lot more of that. liz truss wanting to ditch solvency two. she would have back mifid. all of these things would have freed billions for investment freed up billions for investment . and jeremy hunt needs . the uk and jeremy hunt needs get that. of course get on and do that. of course the more does that, the more the more he does that, the more difficult it is remainers in difficult it is for remainers in the party to us the tory party to us back towards the eu and. that's why i think the whole thing's been put on. fast the clincher, on. hold fast the clincher, isn't the secretary, isn't it? because the secretary, steven barclay a brexiteer, steven barclay, a brexiteer, dismissed these reports this morning. shows that perhaps

morning. it shows that perhaps there's a civil war going there's still a civil war going on the conservative party on within the conservative party over you people think over you know, people think brexit's done over with. but as you said, brexit in name only is what lot of people believe in. what a lot of people believe in. are we going to see a full brexit or? are we going to see a return to the eu eventually? do you conservative you think the conservative government for. well. government is pushing for. well. well, is caught well, the conservative is caught between hard place. between a rock and a hard place. it's made promises that it simply can't deliver and so it's looking out. i believe looking for ways out. i believe for a second that the media made up about us entering up the story about us entering a swiss single market swiss style single market membership . swiss style single market membership. i'm sure swiss style single market membership . i'm sure was the membership. i'm sure it was the government trailing it to see what kind of response it would get in the media and stephen barclay not coming out saying, well, you we were never well, you know, we were never heading direction. heading that direction. if he's saying the saying that it's because the pushback been immediately pushback has been immediately vociferous and strong and i hope thatis vociferous and strong and i hope that is end of the debate that is the end of the debate but always looking to but they're always looking to get you know when get back in and you know when they mood over they talk the mood music over northern ireland what that what that says to is that the government's getting ready to capitulate on northern ireland to align the uk more closely

with the european union so that that that that border , the irish that that that border, the irish sea becomes less visible and they're going to continue to do that they will go this government is a government of expediency. it will find easiest route avoid actually doing route to avoid actually doing what's right the nation. it what's right for the nation. it was do is required to was just do what is required to get to the next political staging. so let's talk about what is right for the nation, what is right for the nation, what a full and proper brexit what is a full and proper brexit that is it addressing the that like? is it addressing the northern is northern ireland situation? is it english waters, it looking at english waters, the what does proper the fisheries? what does proper look like you? but okay, look like to you? but okay, a proper brexit for me at its very barest minimum and is stated in on page five of the tory party manifesto is the country leaving the european union as one united kingdom at very least northern , kingdom at very least northern, ireland has to come back fully into the british customs union and it has to be out of the single for goods with its supreme court being the supreme court in london, not in brussels. that's the very basic minimum. ideally i would like to

get rid of the level playing that we which we've committed to, which includes, by the way, a commitment to net zero. so we cannot deviate from net zero under the trade agreement that we signed with the eu and would like to reclaim our fishing waters. you know that , was a waters. you know that, was a central argument made by the leave vote to campaign when they were championing brexit in 2016 and again in the tory party manifesto. we've got to deliver those things and then you get a proper brexit and then you can deviate and make policy for british interest. ben habib campaigned for brexit more than most of us. thank keep fighting the good fight that's been happy . a former brexit party mep . . a former brexit party mep. eton college has apologised after it was claimed girls who were visiting from a nearby state school were subjected to misogynistic language when a talk nigel farage a parents talk by nigel farage a parents of one of the girls said they were booed inside the lecture theatre and were subjected to misogyny, stick comments and

several of eton pupils have reportedly been suspended by the school as a result. faraj himself atmosphere of himself described atmosphere of the event as riotous . with me the event as riotous. with me now is will knowland, formerly eton teacher and cultural . well, eton teacher and cultural. well, thank you so for joining eton teacher and cultural. well, thank you so forjoining us thank you so for joining us today. as a former at eton, all these reports credible at all? it doesn't sound like the behaviour of eton boys to me. calvin farage has spoken at eton without a riotous atmosphere. so it seems odd . lily and fraudster it seems odd. lily and fraudster scribe to his speech is riotous . do you think that's an accurate characterisation of them ? i wasn't there , but based them? i wasn't there, but based on what i know of eton boys behaviour then normally extremely polite and well mannered . so i'd be shocked if mannered. so i'd be shocked if it was riotous atmosphere . and it was riotous atmosphere. and if it was, why these are well mannered who are polite they? behave well. so if there's that kind of atmosphere at. the uk's

top school . arguably this top school. arguably this reflects poorly in my experience on way in which the boys are being managed out of all the schools that i've to speaking it , eton boys are the most respectable. in fact, i keep bumping into them all about, oxford and london, and they're always very polite and very well—mannered. so i also, i'm dubious about this report. who would and why ? i would be making it up and why? i think people are quick to make these accusations because it's a very high sensitive climate. now you can tell from the nature of the words used racist, misogynist tic, etc, these kinds of allegations are often thrown too easily. what we don't want is a trigger happy response, where instead of a full investigation into allegations being conducted by the school sides with the complainant without the boys getting a fair heanng without the boys getting a fair hearing treatment . absolutely. hearing treatment. absolutely. well, knowland former teacher at eton and cultural commentator

you for coming on. i would love to have you on again. now, we got in touch with eton to comment on this story and they sent this statement. the behaviour of eton pupils at a recent talk farage was recent talk nigel farage was totally unacceptable and eton has unreservedly to has apologised unreservedly to those affected. eton demands that all our pupils treat others with and respect. that did happen on this occasion and the school has investigated and sanctioned a number pupils. the headmaster has addressed boys to reinforce the school's i. headmaster has addressed boys to reinforce the school's 1. there we have it. make up your own mind about that one. but before we in the show, you know, i always like to end on a call for the day. today is the feast of the day. today is the feast of the king. so here's the appropriate collect almighty and everlasting god whose will it is to restore all things in your world, son, the king of kings and lord of lords, mercifully, grant the peoples of the earth divided , enslaved by sin, may be divided, enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule, who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit? one god now and forever on that you have been

watching calvin's common crusade. with me, the reverend calvin robinson. i will be back with you next sunday at 2 pm. nana akua up next. but before that, here's your weather forecast dashboard . and to this forecast dashboard. and to this evening's weather , conditions evening's weather, conditions will be blustery and showery for many but they're be some dry and clear weather to hear the details off in the southwest where be a mixture of clear spells with some showers too turning very wet and windy by the end of the night. over in the end of the night. over in the southeast, most of the showers would have cleared away, meaning it will a dry and mostly clear end to the day, mostly dry with clear skies across much of wales. though a few showers are still possible turning wet and very windy in the south overnight . let's go over to the overnight. let's go over to the midlands now and then. may still be a little showery first this evening, but this will clear away north eastwards , leaving a away north eastwards, leaving a mostly dry before rain arrives by dawn a rather cloudy evening

across the north—east of england. here we can expect further outbreaks showery rain, but it'll turn and clear overnight, leading to some ice and fog on. monday morning dry and fog on. monday morning dry and for much of eastern scotland this for the west some showery is likely and there'll also be some rain for orkney and too a mostly end to the day for northern ireland. plenty of clear skies here too, meaning it will be a chilly start to the night before rain arrives later on. wet and very windy weather will sweep in from the west through the night with. some of the impact felt on monday. that's how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow . join me every tomorrow morning. join me every sunday at 6 pm. for gloria meets in exclusive interviews, i'll be finding out who our politicians really are and what they really think. i i've seen probably quite enough this hancock to last me a lifetime i'll also be getting to know you better travelling to find out what you think. the politicians who are fighting for your vote,

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