good afternoon, wonderful people . patrick christys right here on gb news and we're going in with a big exclusive all we prioritising asylum seekers over the uk's homeless sturgeon suffers a huge blow our independence campaign i hate to say it and mick lynch he has my support for the rail but is that actually true? we'll find out.

but yes we go in with the gb news exclusive homeless people in one of the uk's most deprived towns have told us that they've become invisible as authorities housing child migrants over , housing child migrants over, their own citizens. the group in blackpool includes young people, an armed forces veteran as well . they say that being forced to sleep on the streets as those cold nights draw in. should we be prioritising british citizens . and it's misery for nicholas sturgeon as a lifetime's ambition of independence lies in the uk supreme court. ambition of independence lies in the uk supreme court . scottish the uk supreme court. scottish parliament does not the power to legislate for another on independence. well at least it has taken it well . today, the has taken it well. today, the independent . has taken it well. today, the independent. this movement is as much about democracy as it is about independence . oh, anyway, about independence. oh, anyway, the modern day braveheart, though the first minister went to , on say that scottish to, on say that scottish democracy will be denied. okay, mic grint is in full flow. he wants ruin christmas with real

strikes. the secretary of the rmt says . he has public support rmt says. he has public support for 448 hour rail strikes in december january overtime bans as . well, but i think that might as. well, but i think that might be a massive lie. do you think that rail workers should strike. i want views on everything. we've just spoken about that . we've just spoken about that. are we prioritising asylum seekers over british citizens? gb views our gb news dot uk your views on the rail strikes. i'm scottish or lack of as well, but before let's get a lightning . before let's get a lightning. good afternoon . minutes past good afternoon. minutes past 3 am. crazy divides keeping you a.m. crazy divides keeping you up to date on gb news, scotland's first minister says the next general election will act as a defacto . the scottish act as a defacto. the scottish does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence . it's up scottish independence. it's up to the uk government want a legal in the supreme court which prevents a second scottish independence from being held. nicholas edge and accused

westminster of blocking referendum as a route to independence . she also says the independence. she also says the special snp conference will be held in the new year to determine how to move forward . a determine how to move forward. a so—called partnership in which one partner is denied the right to choose a different future . to choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described in any way as voluntary or even a partnership at. all so this ruling confirms that the notion of the uk as a voluntary partnership nations if it ever a reality, is no longer a reality and that a situation that is quite simply unsustainable . quite simply unsustainable. homeless people some homeless have accused the government of prioritising migrants over their own welfare. more than 300 mostly male asylum seekers been staying at the metropole hotel blackpool seafront for the past yeah blackpool seafront for the past year. a homeless group in the which includes an armed forces have been speaking to gb news. they say they are living rough

on the streets. all channel migrants put up in a nearby hotel . it's wrong because hotel. it's wrong because looking at the real homeless, they are and with the important name in their and then leave you know from the streets . it's know from the streets. it's wrong . the home secretary is wrong. the home secretary is blaming the growing migrant crisis on extended circumstances, appearing before the home affairs committee. so what the problem and said accepting ukrainians who were forced to flee the war has had an impact on processing asylum seekers. she also says the thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats are at fault crossing illegally . at fault crossing illegally. ever seen 40,000 people arrive in the uk through dangerous and illegal means? we've never had a 140,000 odd people welcomed . in 140,000 odd people welcomed. in good faith and rightly from ukraine, who are to some degree taking up some of our accommodation we've never seen in addition to that . another

in addition to that. another 80,000 people who we are accommodating. who are waiting for their asylum claims. but that all takes beds and accommodation . the shadow accommodation. the shadow secretary to the treasury pat mcfadden says the government is simply a failed to get a grip on the problem . it's not the hotels the problem. it's not the hotels not being taken over by migrants. what's happened is the home has ended up looking hotels in places like blackpool and around the country to put people up for extended periods of because of their own failure to process applications and it's costing a fortune . so it is the costing a fortune. so it is the home office and their system failures in some of the news now. the prime has appointed a senior lawyer to investigate claims against the deputy minister. dominic raab requested an independent inquiry after two formal complaints were made . he formal complaints were made. he says he's confident he'll be cleared of any wrongdoing. adam tolley , who specialises in

tolley, who specialises in commercial and employment law, will lead the investigation for email, says it's made a best final offer in an attempt to end its dispute with the communication workers. the deal includes a pay rise of up to 9% over 18 months and a new profit share scheme for employees. union members held a series of strikes in recent weeks which the mail says has cost the the royal mail says has cost the company £100 million. a fresh 48 hour strike is due to be held on and friday. millions of pensioners going to get a cash boost from today as part of the government's expanded winter fuel payment scheme. 11.6 million people will now receive up to £600 to help pay with their energy bills. the government says most payments will be automatic, with households getting their money in bank accounts the in their bank accounts over the next two months. cave without power and water. ukraine officials are saying russian airstrikes have hit key infrastructure . half of infrastructure. half of neighbouring moldova is experiencing a blackout in southeastern ukraine. a newborn

baby was killed in a missile strike that a maternity hospital. the two storey building was reduced to rubble . building was reduced to rubble. rescue workers could be seen sifting through the debris, trying to find survivors . the is trying to find survivors. the is escalating its support for ukraine. that's supplying helicopters for the first time. the government sending three former british military sea kings to kyiv as well as a further thousand artillery rounds to help secure newly captured territory. the announcement follows prime minister's visit to the country at the weekend where he pledged at the weekend where he pledged a further at the weekend where he pledged a furthe r £50 million for air a further £50 million for air defence. today on gb news. i'll bnng defence. today on gb news. i'll bring you more as it happens. now back to . now back to. patrick well, we start this hour focusing the migrant crisis in the channel as the government has promised to repair what campaigners are calling the broken asylum system by trying

improve the processing of increasing numbers of those claiming asylum in this country. claim comes as gb news has exclusively been told by homeless people in blackpool . homeless people in blackpool. some of the most vulnerable in society that they now feel invisible , as they claim the invisible, as they claim the authorities are priority housing channel migrants over our own citizens bring you that report in just few moments but giving evidence in parliament today the home secretary and the immigration minister, robert , immigration minister, robert, both claim that they should improve . the way in which improve. the way in which government liaises with authorities across the country when comes to processing when it comes to processing migrants. there is huge amount for us to pick apart here . here for us to pick apart here. here to it is our home and to do it is our home and security editor mark white, who's with me now? mark was just about to start when it comes to stuff it. well, there is huge and growing pressure the government to do something about small boats crisis both suella braverman and robert jenrick as you said up before today suella braverman again acknowledging

that it braverman again acknowledging thatitis braverman again acknowledging that it is broken asylum system . she spoke in of the numbers. she gave us an idea of the total and how albanians particular factor into that model and what they are doing to slow down the asylum and modern processing protocol . she said that 42,130 protocol. she said that 42,130 channel migrants had come across the english in small boats, so far this year, more than thousand of those are albanians , according to the home secretary . and she also secretary. and she also confirmed that only 36 albanian asylum seekers have been deported in the last month . deported in the last month. really during the time we had this crisis at the manston processing centre and of the big issues is that many of the albanians coming across are

claiming to be victims of modern slavery. 2916 albanians claim to have been trafficked and were victims of modern slavery. and what that is doing , is it's then what that is doing, is it's then jamming up this national referral process that we have and suella braverman give a stark illustration of just how much of a delay. there is no in getting your human slavery modern day slavery allegation investigated . this is what she investigated. this is what she said . the reality is that our said. the reality is that our legal framework is allowing those claims be made and then processed . you can really see processed. you can really see that when it comes to monies. know a few years it would take on average approximately 40 days before a decision would be made on slavery grounds. now because the system has been overwhelmed largely by people coming here on small boats is now taking over

400 days. so you know, and the law in our modern slavery act obuges law in our modern slavery act obliges the state to carry out an assessment of someone's modern claim . but it absolutely modern claim. but it absolutely massive issue for me here on gb news and one that i am not going to drop any time soon. it's not going away any time soon as issue of migrants. hotels and it's all very well and good clearing mines detention clearing the mines and detention centre is all very well and good saying that now dispersing all of that they of these people and that they can processed but can be processed elsewhere. but that does mean that they've got to somewhere and even rule to go somewhere and even rule hotels now. but one of the big bugbears for me is whether not we already have a british homelessness in this country. certainly when it comes maybe young or armed forces , young people or armed forces, and that has been laid bare in exclusive mail that you've brought us now. yeah, that brought to us now. yeah, that was brought home to our staff in a that we have done up a reporting that we have done up in blackpool , which has a reporting that we have done up in blackpool, which has an a reporting that we have done up in blackpool , which has an acute in blackpool, which has an acute homelessness problem . some 800 homelessness problem. some 800 people in that are classed as

homeless . now, not all of those homeless. now, not all of those are rough sleepers . a smaller are rough sleepers. a smaller proportion of are. but we heard that a number of these rough sleepers are sleeping out effectively in the shadow of a hotel that's housing some hundred people that crossed the illegally and those migrants. we found them when we were out and aboutin found them when we were out and about in blackpool this is what we . we. patrick it's illumination season blackpool but amidst the bright lights there's a darker side to this tourist town down at street level in the shadows are blackpool's forgotten the homeless and the vulnerable are growing increasingly resentful . growing increasingly resentful. as one of the town's historic plays host to more 300 channel

migrants just yards from where are forced to sleep on the streets. i'm invisible . i am streets. i'm invisible. i am literally invisible . people walk literally invisible. people walk past without see, you know . past without see, you know. sketch has been sleeping rough in blackpool for months . his in blackpool for months. his story sums up absurdity of the channel migrant crisis will serve only to stoke the anger by many inside this hotel, mainly young men who criminal gangs cross the channel illegally while life for sketch and friend gaz, an army seems almost unbearable . miserable with . unbearable. miserable with. post—traumatic stress . his post—traumatic stress. his downward spiral of actually left guards on the. he didn't want talk on camera but sketch up the anger they all feel at what they see as the injustice is of their

treatment in. stark contrast to the migrants . it's wrong because the migrants. it's wrong because you're looking at the real homeless. they are . and with homeless. they are. and with putting them in their and then leave you know on the streets it's wrong. with 50,000 hotel and bed and breakfast rooms across blackpool , an obvious across blackpool, an obvious target for home office contractors looking for more asylum seeker accommodation . asylum seeker accommodation. indeed, the travel linked to this hotel and four others in blackpool confirmed to us they've been and offered a large sum of money by a company looking to acquire three hotel in the area for migrant use. they've said no at the moment , they've said no at the moment, but the operations director admits , the offer is tempting . admits, the offer is tempting. the industry itself is extremely at the minute. so when something that comes along where you're guaranteed a year and you fall all the time , the rates that all the time, the rates that we're looking to pay for that,

then i can see quite easily why it could be considered by some of the area's conservative mp says he'll be on the front line . any protests against migrant hotels? my inbox is already full of people who can't get the council house, can't gets an nhs dentist , a gp council house, can't gets an nhs dentist, a gp appointment and the idea you can locate 300 asylum seekers in the uk most depnved asylum seekers in the uk most deprived ward which is where they are currently being hosted . without that wraparound support is complete and utter madness . blackpool's forgotten madness. blackpool's forgotten address separate for help. but as authorities here are forced to house growing numbers of asylum seekers , sketch and his asylum seekers, sketch and his companions are it seems way down the list of priorities is hard . the list of priorities is hard. last night and now old friend of ours fell ill and we the ambulance he was close to death and as this resort heads into the months life for those living rough on its streets will only

get harder . mark white gb news get harder. mark white gb news a high risk cause getting to that mount white with, a very powerful exclusive for us here on gb newsroom is going to run through the numbers through some of the numbers quickly he mentioned quickly that he mentioned earlier that force 2130 channel migrants this 12,000 of migrants so far this 12,000 of them are albanian. we have deported 36 in the last month. and i want to get your views coming in this right now, vaiews@gbnews.uk , because later vaiews@gbnews.uk, because later on in this hour throughout the course of this show , we're going course of this show, we're going to be having discussions and debate or not we debate as to whether or not we are now prioritising these asylum seekers over our homeless. those homeless include people like young people, veterans, people , mental health veterans, people, mental health issues, etc, etc. and of course, the hidden homeless people who are sofa surfing in. the run up to christmas is an especially bad time to be out on the streets and we're not going to drop that. that report there, i think, laid bare and shocking and infuriating levels. the idea that we are actually

unequivocally channel migrants over people who are already here in this country as that was on your screens there. i've got a text message through just right now , just a couple of minutes now, just a couple of minutes ago from the leader of a very prominent council , say that prominent council, say that they've just done their budgets internally . it's costing them internally. it's costing them £1,000,000 extra as a local council to deal with just the asylum children in he asylum seeker children in he says me and we'll get him on says to me and we'll get him on at some point later on in the week. but many those aren't really children at but we're moving from now we're moving away from that now we're going north of the border going at north of the border actually supporters pro—independence supporters will be across be staging protests across scotland today in response scotland later today in response to court ruling that to a supreme court ruling that the scottish cannot the scottish government cannot hold without the uk's hold another without the uk's government . first minister government. first minister nicholas sturgeon had wanted to hold a referendum on the 19th of october next year, but the supreme court ruled unanimously that she does not have the power to do so. a decision welcomed by prime minister rishi at pmqs . prime minister rishi at pmqs. well, mr. speaker, let me start

by saying we respect the clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court of the united kingdom. i say to the honourable gentleman, firstly, i am looking forward to also seeing the moderator of scotland tomorrow . moderator of scotland tomorrow. and i think that the people of scotland want us be working scotland want us to be working on the major that we on fixing the major that we collectively face, whether that is the economy, supporting the or supporting ukraine. or indeed supporting ukraine. now is the time for politicians to work together and. that's what this government will do . what this government will do. well, nicholas sturgeon said that she respected the decision , warned that party leaders would meet in the new. she was very grumpy about this, but it's quite hard to tell, isn't it? well, it is. i think a statement of the obvious . this is not the of the obvious. this is not the outcome. i hoped for. it does give us clarity . and having that give us clarity. and having that clarity sooner rather than later allows us known to a way forward. however imperfect that might be now i enough of a

realist to that the immediate questions posed today's judgement will be me and the snp thatis judgement will be me and the snp that is entirely understandable . i'm also long enough the political truth to expect some triumphs on the part of unionist politicians . well, i would go politicians. well, i would go joining me now from edinburgh where protesters are expected to gather is gb news is political reporter . olivia utley. olivia reporter. olivia utley. olivia thank you very much. nicola sturgeon's independence dream. sadly just lying in tatters . sadly just lying in tatters. well, i think unionists would very much like to be the case, but i'm not sure that that is entirely true . there were three entirely true. there were three possible outcomes of . the possible outcomes of. the supreme court judgement today. one was a win for the government, which is what happened. was a win for the scottish government. and another was the case being thrown out altogether either. now what stood out is the outcome that the uk government wanted because the uk government wanted because

the problem with them winning this supreme court ruling is that nicola can now argue and she has already done so, that westminster essentially has scottish democracy in a strong hold and westminster has placed this deliberate constitutional in place of a referendum. and is, she says , denying the is, she says, denying the scottish people a say . so what scottish people a say. so what that means is she talks about imperfect route to a second independence referendum and how going to wangle that is by essentially making general election in a couple of years time a de facto referendum . she time a de facto referendum. she calls it on the scottish independence . so essentially she independence. so essentially she will say you vote for the snp in this election , all you are this election, all you are voting for is a vote independence. now of course, unionist politicians i spoken to quite a few of them today. say that that's going to be very, very difficult for scotland is facing a lot of domestic issues from the ferry issue. the nhs in a mess schools struggling in some places and they think that

it won't be possible for nicholas sturgeon to turn the general election into one issue election on independence, but that what she's planning to do . that what she's planning to do. either way, it feels like decision has made the stakes quite a lot higher. the general election in two years time will be this de facto referendum on scottish independence and. if nicholas sturgeon loses it, it does feel like it probably will be.the does feel like it probably will be. the end of her long career and perhaps will for the time being at least bury the issue of . scottish independence. but if she , it's going to be she wins, it's going to be harder and harder for. the uk government to refuse scottish independence that independence referendum that she wants . yes, indeed. olivia, wants. yes, indeed. olivia, thank very much of your live thank you very much of your live our political correspondent our our political correspondent up the border good up north of the border good scott. warm coats on there. yes. just now. it's for just to this news now. it's for nicholas sturgeon will not be able to just hold another scottish independence referendum herself . the rhetoric coming out herself. the rhetoric coming out of scotland now and from sturgeon is that scotland is shackled to the uk. that's some of colony being held there against will. she want to

against will. she will want to a couple of years time have the next general action pinned singularly on independence as she will argue that the next general election up there if you vote snp then you are voting for independence. of course that is absolute isn't it? absolute hogwash, isn't it? because voting for because you are voting for education policies for health care policies for things like trans the are very trans issues. the snp are very big and of course big on that and of course whether not want to whether or not you want to rejoin the european union. so realistically dream realistically is her pipe dream of independence in tatters is going be debate this very, going to be debate this very, very let's very shortly. but let's just take look the current take a look at the current between uk and scotland so between the uk and scotland so let's crunch some numbers let's let's crunch some numbers it comes to the finances. okay so the uk government gives scottish government around . £41 scottish government around. £41 billion per year. let me put this into context. devolved mean for every this into context. devolved mean for ever y £100 per person. the for every £100 per person. the uk government spends in england, the scottish government will receive around £126 per scot , so receive around £126 per scot, so it's quite a decent deal . i it's quite a decent deal. i think they're also benefiting when it comes to public spending

dunng when it comes to public spending during 2021 to 2022 financial yean during 2021 to 2022 financial year, scotland generated almost £74 billion in tax revenue, which includes north sea oil. yeah, that's a benefit it from over yeah, that's a benefit it from ove r £97 billion in public over £97 billion in public spending this means they're estimated to have received 23.7 billion quid extra in public spending because they are part of uk. that is a block and a half assertions if it isn't said and if scotland became an independent country. the scottish government says they continue to use the pound sterling , an independent sterling until, an independent scottish was scottish central bank was established creating a scottish pound. established creating a scottish pound . here with me to discuss pound. here with me to discuss this is michelle valentine, who's a former member of the scottish parliament. michelle great. thank very much. how do you create particular verdict and bad news for sturgeon and scottish independence ? well, i scottish independence? well, i suppose it depends what we do it more than anything else. i mean one thing that was clear today is that the supreme court ruled that reserved matters are .

that reserved matters are. reserved matters . and in the reserved matters. and in the whole time i've in politics, nicholas sturgeon her predecessor, have tried to conflate independ and democracy and. they have used the scottish parliament to try and act like an independent government and have quite often overstepped mark when it comes to reserve. and i think this ruling defines that and i think it's really time that the uk government started you know pinning them down when do overstep that mark whether it's passing bills that actually the matters whether giving money such as the 5 million nicholas sturgeon at the court that she going to give to other countries these out with the powers and yet they constantly infringe right okay but i think the other thing that was really interesting and you referred to it in your introduction when you said acting like we're a colony , the acting like we're a colony, the supreme court made clear three things. we're not colony. we're not an oppressed people . and not an oppressed people. and democracy and well democracy is alive and well

because nobody's denied the right government so begs the question, what would we independence for? yeah, well, that's independence from what? especially if the policy then will be to rejoin the european union? serious questions as to whether or not they would get as much from eu every single much money from eu every single year as are already giving year as we are already giving them a when you look them isn't a case when you look at those numbers, it. at of those numbers, is it. yeah. what a case when yeah. well what is a case when you look at some of those numbers, the rest of the uk should be wanting to get rid of scotland scotland. well, you could the reality could say, yes, but the reality is together and breaking is the uk together and breaking up uk would impact all all up the uk would impact all all elements, all four nations would be impacted by it because it is about security of the country as about security of the country as a whole . the united kingdom a whole. the united kingdom about how we share resources . about how we share resources. it's about how we work together over problems and i think it is beneficial for all quarters of the uk and i do not. we should be in a position where we say actually we can get rid of one bit and it won't make a

difference because it does make a difference. okay. and i can totally see why people south of the border are really fed up. and think scotland is in and i think scotland is in dangen and i think scotland is in danger, not of becoming independent but is danger of independent but is in danger of having barnett reviewed and having the barnett reviewed and ending an equal share of the ending up an equal share of the money, not the benefits we get . money, not the benefits we get. you look, for the record, i want see scotland go anyway. that said, at the same time as somebody who backed brexit and still believes brexit, i do still believes in brexit, i do believe the right to believe in the right to self—determination. suppose believe in the right to sebit-determination. suppose believe in the right to sebit of termination. suppose believe in the right to sebit of a rmination. suppose believe in the right to sebit of a greyation. suppose believe in the right to sebit of a grey area suppose believe in the right to sebit of a grey area there, ;uppose believe in the right to sebit of a grey area there, a)pose a bit of a grey area there, a referendum in some cases might not i ask you that and not be so can i ask you that and it not just because i know just as nafion it not just because i know just as nation are one nation as a nation we are one nation with one sovereignty over the united kingdom . the eu was united kingdom. the eu was different. we leaving, we were breaking up the sovereign nation. we were leaving political and monetary union that we didn't want to be part of. yes the united kingdom is already a nation. yes, i completely with you on that one. just let's just drill down a couple of nicola sturgeon's greatest, shall we? because if she wants the next she really wants the next general election to be based

around scottish independence general election to be based aroun(she'stish independence general election to be based aroun(she's probablyiendence general election to be based aroun(she's probably to dence general election to be based aroun(she's probably to have; general election to be based aroun(she's probably to have to which she's probably to have to do now, i would argue that's a little bit of a loaded dice because people don't go to because people don't just go to the for a single issue as the polls for a single issue as a election. the clues in a general election. the clues in the name and what people will looking at voting for the snp that would that they'd have that would mean that they'd have to whatever the snp wants to do with the nhs with the education system fruity things, system on various fruity things, on if ask me on on trans rights, if ask me on their desire rejoin the their desire to rejoin the european union. hugh i understand you're a former nurse is right how sturgeon done when it comes to your nhs of that . it comes to your nhs of that. well she's in denial i mean she she the other day that she would never basically from bevin's original . and statement for the original. and statement for the nhs that would be free a point of need when need it. well it isn't a it's not free we all pay for it and b it's there when you need it. now and if sturgeon is unable to recognise that, if she as first minister doesn't recognise that the nhs is in

trouble , then she's never going trouble, then she's never going to solve the problem . and i to solve the problem. and i think that's a big issue . yeah, think that's a big issue. yeah, indeed. think that's a big issue. yeah, indeed . does nicholas sturgeon indeed. does nicholas sturgeon hate english . she would say . indeed. does nicholas sturgeon hate english . she would say. but hate english. she would say. but a lot of what does and says would sometimes indicate otherwise. she is certainly than willing to stir up hatred in the way in which she talks . she way in which she talks. she often to it as tories well. you know , the tory party have been know, the tory party have been in power for a little, albeit in coalition, but they're not always going to be the conservatives , not be the next conservatives, not be the next government, and then it'll be laboun government, and then it'll be labour. so what then is she going to say? labour supporters have get out of scotland? have to get out of scotland? i think she she has taken advantage of the fact that is generally more left wing or opposition and the conservatives with her whipping. i would say i'm afraid the english some of her commentary. yeah sorry this

i'm just going to jump in because thank you very much michelle valentine because i'm going bring in now ian murray going to bring in now ian murray mp stay where you all michelle stay you are who shot us stay where you are who shot us secretary for scotland secretary of state for scotland and edinburgh south. and represents edinburgh south. i very your on i thank you very much your on this ruling it looks this particular ruling it looks as though nicolas sturgeon's independence dream has been shattered . well i think shattered. well i think unanimous decision actually relatively obvious. we always thought that the judges would allow the reference to the court to order for them to determine andifs to order for them to determine and it's pretty clear under section six of the scotland act of 1998, all issues relating to the constitution are reserved to westminster. now people will disagree with that, but that is the law and the judges are in place in order to determine law and to make sure the law is upheld. you are obviously shadow of state for scotland . why would of state for scotland. why would scotland be worse off if was independent than it is now now ? independent than it is now now? well, for a number of reasons

scott may be cutting itself off from largest trading partner. the part partner that would be a hard border a better which is what nicholas sturgeon has said there would be no direct access into eu because the first minister said she would not take the euro, their currency plans wouldn't even pass. a—level economics paper in terms of them wanting to keep pound and then what to set up their own currency with the billions up the cost in reserves , they have the cost in reserves, they have no answers about debt or deficit. they have two answers about citizenship. our borders no answer but currency or us so the proposition they're putting forward is passed and we really need to try and get that across to the scottish people. well, you do indeed because if she's going to treat the next general election some of general election as some of pseudo referendum i pseudo referendum which as i think articulated, think we've just articulated, is lunacy if is to lunacy anyway. but if she is to do then that message needs do that, then that message needs to be got across. look, thank you very both of you. great to have your insights on have both of your insights on the that mp who was the show that emery mp who was shadow secretary of state for

scotland. so a big big an equally big guest. scotland. so a big big an equally big guest . well, equally big guest. well, michelle ballantyne, thank you very a former member of very much. a former member of scottish are me, scottish. you are with me, patrick christys gb news. coming up, we'll be heading to cape town to get the latest on world cup. some results cup. can i spoil some results for is that right now are for people is that right now are you have to find you going to have to find out later on? but yes, shocks are on harry kane's fitness as well. i a friday's clash with the us they were in another they were not in another metatarsal situation people don't worry don't worry and he claims he's not the grinch the secretary of the rmt mick grange lynch lynch has defended a series of 48 hour strikes in december and january and a long running dispute overjobs pay and conditions are going to get stuck right into that. when i come back do you back the railway workers who are set to walk out thinks he's got mass pubuc walk out thinks he's got mass public support. i'm not for a straight talking about .

good afternoon 335. before we head back to patrick, let me get you up to date on gb news. scotland's first minister says the next general election act as a de facto referendum . the a de facto referendum. the scottish parliament does have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. the uk government won a legal battle in the supreme court preventing a second scottish independence from being held without the approval from . westminster. approval from. westminster. nicholas sturgeon accused westminster of blocking the referendum as a route to independence . she also says a independence. she also says a special snp conference will be held in the new year to how to move forward . a so—called move forward. a so—called partnership in which one partner is denied right to choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described in any way as voluntary or even a partnership at all. so this ruling that the

nofion at all. so this ruling that the notion of the uk as a voluntary partnership of nations, if it ever was a reality, is longer a reality and that it exposes a situation that is quite simply on a sustainable . some homeless on a sustainable. some homeless people have the government of prioritising migrants over their welfare . more than 300 mostly welfare. more than 300 mostly male asylum have been staying at the metropole hotel on blackpool's seafront for the past . a homeless group live in past. a homeless group live in the city, which includes an armed forces veteran, have been speaking to gb news. they say they're living rough on the streets of channel a given accommodation . it's wrong accommodation. it's wrong because you're locking the real homeless are and them putting them in there and then leave you know from the streets it's wrong . the prime minister's appointed a senior to investigate bullying claims . the deputy prime claims. the deputy prime minister dominic raab had

requested independent inquiry after two formal complaints were made . he says he's confident be made. he says he's confident be cleared of any wrongdoing . adam cleared of any wrongdoing. adam tolley kacey, who specialise in commercial and employment nobody the investigation we were on your tv online and dab+ radio. it's giving you . it's giving you. here's a quick snapshot of today's market. the panel by $1.2016 an d ,1.1602. the price $1.2016 and ,1.1602. the price of gold is . thousand £448.59 per of gold is. thousand £448.59 per ounce, and the footsie 100 is at 7470 points . 7470 points. ryan coming your way in rather quick succession throughout the

course of the we're going to be discussing about the real strong skew in favour of those who also are, of course, going to be talking about that mark once talking about that big mark once exclusive live here gb exclusive for us live here on gb news or not uk news about whether or not uk homeless are being essentially disenfranchised by governments in favour of asylum seekers for the host think well i'm going to say a bit closer to home because it affects us but it's very very far away isn't says you're an england football fan you have been a little nervous about. friday's clash with friday's world cup clash with the kane was taken the after harry kane was taken in the game with iran on monday with what looked to be a ankle was there a slight limp or something more serious been burned before, didn't we? we had the methods tarsal incident felt we've few metatarsal we've got a few metatarsal incidents not scan. incidents but it's not a scan. what's shown also get what's it shown and also get japan have beaten germany two one in their group e match shock result following saudi win against argentina apparently is against argentina apparently is a public holiday in saudi arabia . as a result of that. if only we were so lucky let's get the latest live from doha with our

man in the souk , paul hawkins, man in the souk, paul hawkins, as today, another huge upset is out there, less, less, no less . out there, less, less, no less. let's let's start with the upset that and take it away. pull off, throw it over to the euro for that. throw it over to the euro for that . yeah. i feel like i should that. yeah. i feel like i should be wearing a they're not going to be the man in the sea. in the sea it's a big, big shock are four world champions being four time world champions being beaten japan before the game? beaten by japan before the game? just off the game kicked off the german f.a. put out sweeps saying that you've taken away our armband referring to that one the armband and they've taken away our voice so politics very much at the centre of it as the match off and then as match transpired germany went one nil out. ilkay glindogan , who plays out. ilkay glindogan, who plays for manchester city with a penalty they went into halftime, won it up, looked fairly comfortable . the japanese made comfortable. the japanese made some substitutions and it completely turned the game around the half in the space around in the half in the space of two, in the space 8 minutes, they scored both goals , both they scored both goals, both scored substitutes . and they scored by substitutes. and they were they beat germany for the time two one in their history

and fact they only had possession for 26% of the game and they still came out top. and they still came out on top. so really good result. big result for japan. so really good result. big result forjapan. germany result for japan. germany finishing with no armband, no voice and, no points. earlier today we had england , a press today we had england, a press conference, we got an on harry kane his ankle he looks so , said kane his ankle he looks so, said jordan pickford, the goalkeeper, the england goalkeeper. but he did train today, so it looks like he'll be all right friday. here's what jordan pickford had to say. he's good polish bit of a little bit so about think finding out when the custody of four so that's good and a he's our captain and nothing he's fine you think when howard came off about 70 minutes callum come on and played really well got the assist for jackie very unselfish and give john his goal and i think straight in really hard everyone's for a reason to play hard everyone's for a reason to play football and yeah but obviously harry is unbelievable player is such example in the

squad he's the leader he's a captain so england looking okay then for friday's game against then for friday's game against the usa we also the wales press conference early today no dramatic lines to come of the welsh team looking decent for their game against iran on friday in about 20 minutes time have got costa rica kicking off against spain. that should be one to watch those teams are in germany and japan's group that group is now wide open because japan's surprise victory and then later on this evening, we've got canada against belgium and canada appearing in their first world cup since 1986, looking for their first ever world cup go . there we go. thank world cup go. there we go. thank you very nothing epitomises the world and the ensemble of nafions world and the ensemble of nations more than . the man in an nations more than. the man in an argentina waving of a rock argentina shirt waving of a rock and flying in suit in. he was and flying in a suit in. he was behind you ago, paul behind you a moment ago, paul lovely i'll give very lovely stuff. i'll give very much man in the souk for much our man in the souk for case reporting live from the world . good though, world cup. good news, though, for football fans for english football fans anywhere football fans,

anywhere else. football fans, you injuries either? yes. you got no injuries either? yes. that group could open, that group one could open, though, afterjapan the though, afterjapan beat the germans. germans love that germans. the germans love that line germans. the germans love that une paul germans. the germans love that line paul. no, but no voice line from paul. no, but no voice and crucially, no points of a better right. any better right. so any conservative is , chloe smith conservative mp is, chloe smith and william wragg having so they won't at the next won't be standing at the next election. been reported election. so it's been reported a number of other tory mps will down at the next election as well claims as many well there's claims that as many 88 zero mps won't vying for that parliamentary seats, the time the country goes to the polls is fascinating stuff that when you factor in what the majority did bofis factor in what the majority did boris johnson win last time. yeah not too far off are a lot of those red wall seats are. we're going to see the red wall. well i mean, it's the blue wall, but it's going to crumble itself. the looks of things, isn't i want find out isn't it? i want to find out why. this i think its story why. this is i think its story should bigger we all should be bigger and we all covering here why are so many covering it here why are so many conservative potentially conservative mp potentially about and who about to throw the towel and who better? correspondent better? political correspondent tom magnificent tom harwood on his magnificent beard joins us now from westminster. going westminster. tom, what's going why are so many tories just

throwing talent and lugging it? well, patrick it's all about a communication from hq, the conservative headquarters, formerly as central office, which has been telling conservative mps that they must re register to stand for their within the next two weeks if they intend to stand in what we are assuming to be the 2024 election. of course , we no election. of course, we no longer have a fixed term parliament act, so it may well be a little bit later, a little bit earlier, but we're assuming 2024 is the central estimates. if wish to stand there of mp is wish to stand in the next two weeks. they to tell cc hq . now weeks. they to tell cc hq. now that's prompted a lot of soul searching from a lot of conservative mp is and already in the last 24 hours we've seen two mp so you may not well expect to be the first to throw in the towel so to speak saying that they will not stand. chloe

smith the, mp for norwich, south , only 40 years old. she got elected a by—election in 2009, has held a number of ministerial posts, but of at the age of 40 you'd think she'd be more at the beginning of her ministerial career than at the end of it. similarly wragg is 34 years old. he was elected the first time for hazel grove in 2015. one. how many elections has it since 2015? 2015? 17 and 19 since. but and already is the chairman of and already is the chairman of an influential committee and sits . the 1922 executive, and sits. the 1922 executive, and yet is also announcing that he is standing down , leading to is standing down, leading to many people to think so . more many people to think so. more people are . this certainly the people are. this certainly the mood amongst conservative mpps is very bleak. yeah. tom the mood amongst the british public, i think got a right to be pretty bleak as it was. conservative mp who before boris johnson a they then before on her growth they

then before on her growth they then backed rishi sunak he then backed wapping great big tax hikes and pretty much everybody concerning us for a period of low that may or may not include increased levels of legal immigration and pretty much a ban on building the infrastructure that will be needed to with all of this stuff. and then they just off into the night and. don't face the music at the next general election. scandalous . well, election. the scandalous. well, a lot of people will be why on earth is it come to this at this point that the conservatives won this historic majority just over two years ago, a majority , two years ago, a majority, people were thinking would keep the party in for another ten years. it now seems to be crumbling before our very eyes . crumbling before our very eyes. the discipline within parliament has completely fallen to pieces and the party is in many ways war with itself exemplified . it war with itself exemplified. it so much by this planning bill that was due to be heard on monday. rebels on one side

wanting to gum the planning system and stop things being and now an amendment announced today by the former levelling up secretary simon clarke, suggesting that should be easier to build things on either side. and it does seem this is a fracture crew that . this is not fracture crew that. this is not a united and it's a it's group that can't really decide on very much at all. all they can decide on is that they're not in a very good way and i think that that's really led many people to start thinking their future despite the fact two years is a very long time in politics. i mean, two years ago, the political landscape was entirely different to where it is today , but many to where it is today, but many are now leaking that decision that even with another two years they they either can't think that they would keep their seats or frankly don't want i think. yeah. thank you very tom tom, our political correspondent just watch this space when it comes to this story, ladies and gentlemen, because we'll be keeping tabs on it here. there are that as many 88 zero are reports that as many 88 zero conservative might announce

conservative mp might announce that they're not going to stand at election. at the next general election. does make rishi sunak does that make rishi sunak a lame minister? am lame prime minister? i am obviously member of the obviously a member of the electorate imagine that electorate now imagine that every pretty much every single person pretty much watching listening to watching this or listening to this as well. do you feel this is as well. how do you feel about the fact that it was in many ways conservative mp easy before boris johnson got, really a so on. wanted a liz truss and so on. he wanted to for instated rishi to go for growth instated rishi sunak even conservative sunak now even conservative party he then backed party members. he then backed higher tax growth, put a ban on housebuilding and to build the infrastructure. they've not done anything about illegal immigration well be immigration and they may well be looking increase legal looking to increase legal immigration and then they disappear before the next election. that quite election. i find that quite infuriating. visit gb news dot uk, but something else maddening coming up because that's the rail . marc lynch says that he's rail. marc lynch says that he's no as he defends mass in all railways in december january time for maximum powers says that he's got mass public for this i'm not so sure he i think yes really is poor fall on aducanumab it.

well it's going to be ruined. the leader of the rmt mick ganh the leader of the rmt mick grinch lynch will meet transport secretary mark harper thursday in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and while yesterday mick grinch accused the government of blocking negotiations while , claiming negotiations while, claiming that the public supported the strike action, saying that he was not indeed the grinch. well i was quite confused about this because . i was really trying to because. i was really trying to find a load of poles. absolutely back that up to the vast majority, the british public support mick earlier i support mick lenthall. earlier i asked of the public just asked some of the public just outside railway outside paddington railway station lynch of course drove and as and and paddington as well and indeed was railway station indeed it was a railway station so there go. i thought it was two birds with one stone that i wanted find, whether it was

wanted to find, whether it was actually public support, actually mass public support, what do, not what he wants to do, it's not ideal what he wants to do, it's not ideal, but you know, like most what he wants to do, it's not idetheselt you know, like most what he wants to do, it's not idethese things, now, like most what he wants to do, it's not idethese things, people e most what he wants to do, it's not idethese things, people havest what he wants to do, it's not idethese things, people have got of these things, people have got the their concerns the right show, their concerns and complaints around it but yeah know going to cause yeah know it's going to cause disruption. i said i think they should be they i think should be fine if they i think like every every every profession should be fine for their pay more. i think, you know, cost of living crisis. yeah but keir starmer the other day about winning ourselves off migrant labour and low low pay , migrant labour and low low pay, we should be more like the nordic countries, more like ireland, new zealand , where ireland, new zealand, where we've got a higher pay, high pay economy disruptor. everyone really , you know, especially really, you know, especially families and, it's not really on. yes, we'll have to get a range views. they range of views. well joining me now to discuss the public support or lack for the strikes is socialist party region organiser nick former editor of the sun kelvin mckenzie. great stuff . kelvin mckenzie. great stuff. right nick, i will start with you. do you honestly really think that mick lynch's got one of public support for this? because i think christmas misery

leaves people absolutely hate him . not at all. i i think the him. not at all. i i think the vast majority of people like you say are being hit in the pocket. this government and i think the anger that's growing workers across the country who voting to take strike action at the present shows that the majority of people recognise what the rmt workers are doing is absolutely right and we stand by them full . the issue is the nick just sticking with you on this one is we don't know exactly what they're doing will they because they're doing will they because they won't actually tell us exactly they want. it's exactly what they want. it's very difficult gauge very difficult to gauge public if don't exactly what if you don't know exactly what somebody nick think somebody is for. nick i think they're very clear. one wants they're very clear. no one wants a cut. the argument is about a pay cut. the argument is about how of a pay they want how much of a pay rise they want isn't simply want a good isn't they simply want a good visa, miles off that. but why should accept a pay cut the should any accept a pay cut the present making present companies are making huge. present companies are making huge . the money's there. why huge. the money's there. why don't they pay right . kelvin don't they pay right. kelvin mckenzie, former editor of the sun , heard that angle that no sun, heard that angle that no one wants anyone to get a pay cut. i suppose the big question is an answering neither

is was an answering and neither is was an answering and neither is what i can see how is nick from what i can see how much he actually wants in terms of a pay increase. corbyn your overbearing do overbearing views on this. do you strikes have you think the strikes have pubuc you think the strikes have public i very much. public support? i very much. whether any whether the strike has any support actually probably support actually there probably be socialist like be some sort of socialist like like mr. and others who enjoy actually causing a lot of trouble in in in the industrial world. but the bottom line this is this we are we a computer are being used as a battering ram to give another section of society they are anti workers a pay rise now your gentleman friend there has just said that he believes that nobody should have a pay cut . well, the truth about the cut. well, the truth about the matter is we're all getting a pay matter is we're all getting a pay cut. everybody is getting a pay pay cut. everybody is getting a pay cut. everybody is getting a pay cut. there is issue about that. pay cut. there is issue about that . okay. i'll just say that. okay. i'll just say i haven't seen it. that's an issue about inflation it affects everybody, which why we have to defeat inflation . that's why rmt defeat inflation. that's why rmt workers will then get a decent

pay workers will then get a decent pay rise, which will actually ennch pay rise, which will actually enrich themselves rather than bickering themselves. right now , i've just dropped my earpiece , by the way, but that's all right. probably as well. i've been told to interrupt you for a little while, but no change, that we know. change that. nick. nick story about to nick the story about to you. i don't know. maybe rather inconveniently i am inconveniently for you i am currently reading currently i'm currently reading a from the rmt which is of hamas right and it's their right now and it's their frustration. railways are not getting pay cut. sorry, i'm getting a pay cut. sorry, i'm going i'll do the going suck it out. i'll do the interview . i fed up of interview. i are fed up of heanng interview. i are fed up of hearing this nonsense now. right. well, i'm going to ask you a question right. which you a question now. right. which is you will that is this if you will say that everyone's pay, it's a everyone's going to pay, it's a rather unfortunate reading for you would suggest i'm you would suggest that i'm reading release. the reading a press release. the ramsay which is 21st in ramsay here, which is 21st in may rmt wins busting two may 2019, rmt wins busting two year deal and, job security year pay deal and, job security on network rail, maybe they should have negotiated better than well , inflation at that than, well, inflation at that stage , 14% at 40. firstly, that stage, 14% at 40. firstly, that people should take a pay cut. now they're not the cause inflation because of inflation

is mega profits being made by huge corporation. it was thought that stuff in money into the pockets of the super rich and we had a number. okay well firstly i just have to correct you on a point which is that it's not a pay point which is that it's not a pay cuts, it's inflation isn't . pay cuts, it's inflation isn't. it now we're not going to hear you moaning that what's going on. it is a pay cuts, isn't it i mean if your pay is not pay companies wealthier for none of the rail networks they're in such a shocking state they've had to be nationalised which must please your socialist friend over there do you enjoy your being does enjoy. friend over there do you enjoy your being does enjoy . and your being does enjoy. and actually killing people's livelihoods and destroying the ability to and see people at christmas a quite normal thing to do right is that something you the movement are in favour i well you need to ask that question the employers it's really you just say do you like

nice on the internet maybe some destroyed. i was not children any family safe travelling christmas is the rail workers that are standing up in defence of rail network and not you know defending and lining them trains can be expensive ordinary people strike well we go thank you very much sector for running a public sector right both you i mean i think that pretty much sums quite accurately where the nafion quite accurately where the nation on all of this a lot of shouting both sides thank you very much both of that is, of course , socialist party southern course, socialist party southern region nick chaffey and former editor the sun, kelvin mckenzie . greg, so a bit of a rumble in jungle. there you are with me. patrick christys gb news. lots more to come in the next hour. i have got absolutely loads coming your way, including a big my very own mark white, the wonderful man who wants our home and security he admits he has actually gone to blackpool and we reveal actually here we can reveal it's actually here on gb news is now just something that we all knew does

that we all knew which does really seriously that our government is unequivocally unequivocally prioritising asylum seekers over our own homeless population now homeless as we witnessed in blackpool and we'll bring to you shortly includes veterans it includes young people it includes people with mental issues. why on earth are doing what are your views are we doing what are your views on is on gb news dot on that gbp? is on gb news dot uk. our email address i want to hear from you also. always bad bad , bad news for queen bad news, bad news for queen nick isn't it? freedom. freedom is that pound shop is over. that pound shop braveheart might to go away braveheart might have to go away and away. so because it and look away. so because it looks as though her dream a pipe dream of scottish independence now don't worry, now in tatters. and don't worry, we'll those rail strikes we'll have on those rail strikes patrick gb news patrick christys on gb news don't me every don't you have join me every sunday at 6 pm. for glory meets in interviews i'll be finding out who our politicians really and what they really think . i and what they really think. i think i've seen probably quite of matt hancock to last me a lifetime. i'll also be getting to know better travelling to find out . you think about the find out. you think about the politicians are fighting for

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well, it's just gone for a talk and we are well underway here at gb newsroom, patrick christys and up the stark plea . the and up the stark plea. the homeless in one of the uk's most depnved homeless in one of the uk's most deprived areas . they exclusively deprived areas. they exclusively told gb news that concerned authorities are prioritising illegal immigrants over them as the depths of winter draw in. could nicola sturgeon's independence campaign be on the verge collapse, and will we ever see a general strike? so should we be prioritising people living

poverty right here? that includes veterans that includes young people right here in the uk, british citizens over , those uk, british citizens over, those crossing the channel illegally because . a gb news exclusive because. a gb news exclusive which we're going to play this hour, which we're going to play this hour , shows that homeless people hour, shows that homeless people in one of the uk's most deprived towns say they are becoming towns say that they are becoming as on now just as authorities on now just officially, unequivocally prioritising housing. child migrants over our own citizens. should we have chosen them mentality. how do you feel about that? these are gb news dot uk nicholas sturgeon vowed to use the next general election try to win scottish independence. good luck with after the supreme court ruled . another referendum court ruled. another referendum could not be held without the backing of westminster today . backing of westminster today. the independence movement is as much about democracy as it is about independence . oh some about independence. oh some sturgeon that the prime minister as say not welcome what he called the clear and definitive ruling is the end for the scottish first minister. the boy

can dream and he claims that he's not the grinch, but the general of the rmt make grinch has defended a series 448 hour strikes in december and a long running disputes over, jobs, pay and conditions. but are you in support ? the 40,000 rail workers support? the 40,000 rail workers who are set to walk. get your emails coming in at gb news. the gbnews.uk mailing chest. he's got public support. has he come on if you support him tell him if not tell me gbviews@gbnews.uk . okay. but before that, let's get up to date with the latest headunes get up to date with the latest headlines headlines. get up to date with the latest headlines headlines . patrick, headlines headlines. patrick, thank you. good afternoon. it's 2 minutes past fall. i'm bethany lc to bring you up to date on gb news. scotland's first minister says the next general will act as a de facto referendum. scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. after the uk government won a legal in the

supreme court preventing second independence vote from held. nicholas sturgeon accused westminster of blocking voice from being heard a special snp conference be held next year to determine to move forward a so—called partnership in which one partner is denied the right to choose a different future but even to ask itself the question cannot be in any way as voluntary or even a partnership all. so this ruling confirms that the notion of uk as a voluntary partnership of nations if it was a reality, is longer a reality and that it exposes a situation that is quite simply on sustainable . some homeless on sustainable. some homeless people have accused the government of prioritising illegal migrants over their welfare . more than 300 mostly welfare. more than 300 mostly male asylum seekers have been staying at the metropol hotel on blackpool's seafront the past yeah

blackpool's seafront the past year. a homeless group in the city, which includes an armed forces veteran, have been speaking to gb news. they say they're rough on the streets while channel are put up in a nearby hotel. it's wrong . you're nearby hotel. it's wrong. you're looking at the real homeless. they are . and we're with putting they are. and we're with putting them in their and then leave you on the streets. it's well, the secretary is blaming the growing crisis on extenuating . appearing crisis on extenuating. appearing before the home affairs committee, suella braverman accepting ukrainians , he were accepting ukrainians, he were forced to flee the war has had an impact on processing asylum seekers. she also says the thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats are at fault by entering the uk illegally . we've never seen illegally. we've never seen thousand people arrive the uk through dangerous and illegal means. we've never. through dangerous and illegal means. we've never . 140,000 means. we've never. 140,000 people welcomed . in good faith

people welcomed. in good faith and, rightly so. from ukraine who are to some degree taking up some of our accommodation . we've some of our accommodation. we've never seen in addition to that another 80,000 people who we are accommodating are waiting for their asylum claims. but that all takes up beds and accommodate . the prime minister accommodate. the prime minister has appointed two senior lawyers to investigate bullying claims against the deputy minister. dominic raab request it an independent inquiry after formal complaints were made him. he says he's confident he'll be cleared of any wrongdoing . adam cleared of any wrongdoing. adam tony casey, who in commercial and law will lead the investigation . ukrainian investigation. ukrainian officials say the entire kyiv region and the city are without and water after. russian airstrikes hit key interests . airstrikes hit key interests. half of neighbouring moldova is also experiencing a in southeastern and newborn baby was killed in a missile strike that hit a metro nearly hospital. the two storey

building was reduced to rubble and rescue workers could be seen sifting through the debris , sifting through the debris, trying to find survivors . well trying to find survivors. well uk is escalating its support for ukraine supplying helicopters . ukraine supplying helicopters. for the first time three former british military sea kings and a further 10,000 artillery rounds will be sent to kyiv. it follows prime minister's visit to the country at the weekend, where he pledged a £50 million for air defence. in other news , people defence. in other news, people have been charged with human trafficking offences in northern. 150 police officers raided seven brothels as part of . the biggest operation against the crime in the country. gb news is dpd has more. 63 year old jared corrigan from and 47 year old mavy mariano, formerly of brazil but resident in northern ireland from meeting appeared via video link at dungannon court. they have both

charged with human trafficking , charged with human trafficking, controlling prostitution , controlling prostitution, keeping a brothel and money laundering . bill was denied laundering. bill was denied after . police raised concerns of after. police raised concerns of flight risk and that they would interfere with . an investigation interfere with. an investigation currently going on across the uk. the pair will appear again on december 21st and royal mail says it is made at best and final offer in an attempt end its dispute with . the its dispute with. the communication workers union. the deal includes a pay rise up to 9% over 18 months and a new profit scheme for employees. royal says a series of strikes across weeks has cost the company across weeks has cost the compan y £100 million. a fresh 48 company £100 million. a fresh 48 hour strike is scheduled for thursday and friday your right up to date on gb news. bring you more news as it happens. now let's get back to .

let's get back to. patrick welcome back, you wonderful people. yes, it's patrick christie's here on gb news. now a massive issue for all of you and that i certainly am not and one that i certainly am not going is what's been going to drop is what's been going to drop is what's been going asylum seekers going on with our asylum seekers and with our homeless and indeed with our homeless people in uk, people right here in the uk, which is a bit of context on this. suella braverman has been accused being out of a depth accused of being out of a depth home secretary. that is according lib home according the lib dem home affairs spokesperson, alistair carmichael. made comments carmichael. he made the comments after conceded many asylum after she conceded many asylum seekers come to seekers would need to come to the order to submit a claim. the in order to submit a claim. and today gb news has exclusively been told by homeless people in blackpool some of the most vulnerable in society that they now feel invisible as claim the authorities all housing channel over their own citizens. and you can mark my words if this is happening in blackpool, it's happening in blackpool, it's happening right across the country these people include veterans actually people with mental illnesses . they include veterans actually people with me sortsllnesses . they include veterans actually people with me sorts ofesses . they include veterans actually people with me sorts of people they include veterans actually people with me sorts of people .1ey include veterans actually people with me sorts of people . theyiclude veterans actually people with me sorts of people . they are ie all sorts of people. they are now not the priority when it

comes to our government giving housing as the of winter housing as the depths of winter draw in giving evidence and today suella braverman and the immigration minister robert jenrick claimed that they'd improve the way in which the government liaises with authorities across the country when it comes to migrants. but i had to pick the bones of this now is all home security. ed mark. why? he joins me now. let's start in parliament, i suppose, and then move our way over to blackpool. take it away. yeah. mean, there's some real yeah. i mean, there's some real concern right across the country from authorities of course from local authorities of course local , many conservative mps local mps, many conservative mps that communities really just unable to cope with the hundreds sometimes thousands of asylum seekers that are being placed in certain areas . and again some certain areas. and again some disquiet from authorities that they are not being told about this as no liaison at all between . the home office the between. the home office the contractor that is dealing with the home office to put asylum

seekers into various hotels. well jenrick giving a nudge in question or answering a margin question or answering a margin question in parliament today acknowledged that there were issues there that they are now embarked an exercise to ensure that there is much in the way of liaison with those authorities going forward . he also said that going forward. he also said that they want break away from the model of putting asylum seekers in hotels in the first place. in the medium term course, we're committed to moving to a full dispersal accommodation model. that would be a fairer and cheaper model. and we continue to pursue larger accommodation sites that are decent but not luxurious . yes. because we want luxurious. yes. because we want to make sure that those in our care are supported, but that the uk is a less attractive destination for asylum shoppers and, economic migrants. and that's an what the home secretary and i intend to achieve . and that's from a

achieve. and that's from a judgement that immigration minister. now it's important that the students this show started since mark came on in the last hour and spoke to me, i have had the of a very, very prominent local council tax me directly to tell me they've just done their their local done their budget their local budget now budget and they are now £1,000,000 worth of worse off deaung £1,000,000 worth of worse off dealing with child asylum seekers in their various different services, many of whom, he says, are just patently not children, just couple of quick numbers for fourth 2130 channel crossings so far this yean channel crossings so far this year, 12,000 of them at least albania , and apparently just 36 albania, and apparently just 36 albanian so far this month returned as were. but the impact of this human impact of this mark is that it means now that every single and city has got some of these migrant hotels popping up- some of these migrant hotels popping up. well those towns and cities already have their own in that. yeah, there are hundreds hotels that are being used hotels now that are being used to asylum seekers , thousand to asylum seekers, thousand hotel rooms being rented out every single day at a cost 0 f £7 every single day at a cost of £7 million. but doesn't begin to

explain the real extent of the burden that's being faced by the likes of local authorities as you see that council leader talking, abou t £1,000,000 that talking, about £1,000,000 that they're going to have to find for these child. well, it's these wraparound for children and women the health services is the education services , the the education services, the social care services . and i like social care services. and i like that they need to provide local authority level for asylum seekers. it means that that money is not available at local authority level to the way it should be to try to then and deal with those most vulnerable in their own community. deal with those most vulnerable in their own community . and we in their own community. and we fund that out and start terms. when we were up in blackpool over the last couple of days speaking to some of the cities most vulnerable homeless people living in the shadow of migrant hotel . it's

hotel. it's season in blackpool , but amidst the bright lights there's a darker side to this tourist town down at street level in the shadows are blackpool's forgotten . the blackpool's forgotten. the homeless and the vulnerable are growing increasingly resentful . growing increasingly resentful. paul growing increasingly resentful. paul, as one of the town's historic hotels, plays host more than 300 channel omega points just yards from where they're forced to sleep. rough on the streets i'm invisible . i am streets i'm invisible. i am literally people walk past without even seeing sketch has been sleeping rough in blackpool months. his story sums up the absurdity of the channel migrant crisis will serve only to stoke anger felt by many inside this hotel , anger felt by many inside this hotel, mainly young men who paid criminal gangs to cross the

channel illegally while life was sketchy and friend gaz , an army sketchy and friend gaz, an army veteran, seems unbearably miserable . with post—traumatic miserable. with post—traumatic stress. his downward spiral eventually left gaz on the streets . he didn't want to talk streets. he didn't want to talk on camera . but sketch sums up on camera. but sketch sums up the they all feel and what see is the injustice of treatment in stark contrast to the migrants nearby . it's wrong because nearby. it's wrong because looking at the real homeless, they are with them them in their and then leave you know from streets it's wrong with 50,000 hotel and bed and breakfast rooms blackpool it's an obvious target for home office contract looking for more asylum seeker accommodation . indeed the travel accommodation. indeed the travel group to this hotel and four others in blackpool confirmed to

us they've been approached and offered a large sum of money by a company to acquire three hotels in the area for migrant use . they've said no at the use. they've said no at the moment , but use. they've said no at the moment, but the use. they've said no at the moment , but the operations moment, but the operations director admits , the offer is director admits, the offer is tempting . the industry itself is tempting. the industry itself is extremely at the minute. so when something that comes along where you guaranteed a year in and you fall all the time and rates that you're looking to pay for that then yeah, i can see quite easily why it could be considered by some the area's mp says be on the front line of any protests against new migrant hotels. my inbox is already full of people who can't get the council house can't get nhs dentist a gp appointment and the idea that you can locate 300 asylum seekers in. the uk's most depnved asylum seekers in. the uk's most deprived ward which is where they are currently being hosted. without that wraparound support is complete madness. blackpool's forgotten are desperate for help . but as authorities here are

forced to house growing numbers of asylum seekers sketchy . but of asylum seekers sketchy. but his companions are, it seems way down. the list of priorities is hard last night and now old friend of ours fell ill and we found the ambulance . he was found the ambulance. he was close to death and as this resort heads into the winter months , life for those living months, life for those living rough on its streets will only get harder. mark white giving news, blackpool . yeah, news, blackpool. yeah, absolutely shocking stuff that was our very own home security edhon was our very own home security editor. lying absolutely, unequivocally bare where this government's priorities lie. you have got a lot of homeless people, including military veterans, people , mental health veterans, people, mental health issues, women that will be children as well, who sleeping rough in the depths of just opposite hotels , are currently opposite hotels, are currently being used at the taxpayers expense to house asylum seekers . we go we're going to be returning to this very very shortly because we want to your

views gbviews@gbnews.uk but what i'm drop this here at i'm going to drop this here at gb i'll be returning to gb news and i'll be returning to that just matter moments. that in just a matter moments. but that, another massive but before that, another massive north the this time north of the border. this time because has vowed to because nicholas has vowed to use next election try to use the next election to try to win scottish after the supreme court , another referendum cannot court, another referendum cannot be held without westminster's backing. so following the judgement, the scottish first minister vowed to continue fight, saying long as she had fight, saying as long as she had breath her body , she'd refuse breath in her body, she'd refuse to give up on. she'd wanted to. a referendum on the 19th of october next year, but the supreme ruled unanimously that she does not have the power to do so . modification of do so. modification of definition of reserved matters by an order in council section 30 of the scotland act or otherwise the scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence . the court will now . ju independence. the court will now. ju pro—independence campaigners are expected to hold protests across

cities in scotland within the next hour. but joining now is rachel hamilton. msps conservative for roxborough and berwickshire thank you very much. great to have you on the show. nicholas sturgeon, a political career lies in tatters, does it? no well, we certainly welcome the decision by supreme court that the constitu option is reserved to the uk . we want nicola sturgeon the uk. we want nicola sturgeon now to get on with addressing issues we have with the cost of living with the teachers on strike and all the other issues that she is facing, particularly around growing the economy and the inflation pressures that we're facing. so it is really welcome that we can get on with deaung welcome that we can get on with dealing with the things that matter to people . scotland. how matter to people. scotland. how are you going to counter the narrative from the snp at the next general election is that this is not a vote for a general election. this is vote for

scottish independence . what are scottish independence. what are you going to do to counter that 7 you going to do to counter that ? well personally, i think it's irresponsible . nicholas sturgeon irresponsible. nicholas sturgeon to hold a de facto independence referendum as her mandate for a general . i think that it general. i think that it important, as i said, that she on with running the country you know she also needs to be working with ritchie the prime minister he said that today at pmqs he wants to work with her he wants to ensure that people can get the challenges that we're facing right right now the cost of living crisis and the waiting times in the nhs and it's important that we focus on those issues in particular nicholas sturgeon has wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds taxpayers money trying to bring about an referendum every year in, year out . she talks about in, year out. she talks about another independence referendum . i think she should be

concentrating on the issues that matter to the we've had an independence referendum we had that in 2014 and scotland said they want nicola to get with the day job. yes she's starting to sound like a broken record by elton john. perhaps let's just have a quick look through now some of the. okay. i want to break stay on the line for me that because we'll back to you in a second. so the uk government, the scottish government, the scottish government, around government, the scottish government, aroun d £41 billion government, around £41 billion per let's just put this per year. so let's just put this into more context. devolve into a bit more context. devolve powers for every into a bit more context. devolve powers mean for ever per powers mean for every £100 per person that the uk government spends england , the scottish spends in england, the scottish government will receive around £126 per scots. they also are benefiting when it comes to pubuc benefiting when it comes to public spending . so in the 2021 public spending. so in the 2021 to 2022 financial year, scotland generated , almost 74 billion generated, almost 74 billion quid in tax revenue, which includes sea oil, by the way. yeah, it's a benefited from more than yeah, it's a benefited from more tha n £97 billion in public than £97 billion in public spending this means they're estimated to have received 23.7

billion quid extra in public spending because they are part of the uk . spending because they are part of the uk. i'll throw it spending because they are part of the uk . i'll throw it back to of the uk. i'll throw it back to you now . why should the rest of you now. why should the rest of the uk want scotland ? well it's the uk want scotland? well it's important that the united sticks together because we are stronger together. we saw during the covid crisis we had a great response from the british army had essential support during the covid crisis with furlough and now we are one supporting each other to get through the cost of living crisis. yes it's important that we stick together and i very much believe that you know the benefits to of largest block grant ever that we've seen is going to allow nicholas sturgeon to make the choices that she needs to deal with the crisis that she in the nhs and with the teachers on strike .

with the teachers on strike. practically speaking what happens then if the next general election rolls around? we can see some. i'm assuming, pro—independence people behind that with the wavers. they seem to be the bridges. well, as to be on the bridges. well, as you drive on the motorway up into does it give me a warm welcome until was a certain welcome until that was a certain hand that insinuates hand gesture that insinuates that turn around that maybe i should turn around and the way. but be and go back the way. but to be fair, i get that quite a lot. but when it comes to, what it would practically mean, the scots vote en masse for the snp in general election. in the next general election. nicholas says nicholas sturgeon says that's a de facto pseudo referendum. what does if you does it really mean if you because don't anything because they don't do anything with they do? shove with it, what do they do? shove their ears and their fingers in their ears and stop up westminster ? well, stop up at westminster? well, that it that's a very good question, but i, i think in terms of the general, which is likely to be in 2024, people be looking very closely nicola's record, particularly on the economy and how she's dealt with the challenges that we're facing right now. i think people are sensible enough to understand that they will be voting on the

particular issues that matter to them. so for example, if they can't get a procedure done at their local hospital , if they're their local hospital, if they're having issues with the education system, there's lot of issues that people take into account this and therefore, i think it's important that we recognise that there are other at play here other than that, this is the united kingdom well this is it andifs united kingdom well this is it and it's worth highlighting as thank you very much. rachel hamilton. i am asp because if you are just joining us, nicholas sturgeon votes these bad news for her isn't it going neck unfortunately is bad news because she's because basically she's not going to hold going to be allowed to hold referendum own . but she referendum of her own. but she wants the next general elections to be held singularly on the issue scottish independence, issue of scottish independence, which is convenient for sturgeon, because it sturgeon, isn't it? because it means get. to talk means that we won't get. to talk about record the her about her record on the nhs, her record on education system, record on the education system, the fact that she wants men who are posing women to be female are posing women to be in female prisons that she's prisons and the fact that she's perfectly it would perfectly happy it would for schoolchildren primary, school age change their on age children to change their on the school register without the

consent of their parents or . consent of their parents or. indeed, the facts of what it would look like for scotland when their own when it comes to their own currency, on earth that currency, how on earth that would or whether or not would work, or whether or not they could rejoin the european union. if you just as vote in union. if you just as i vote in independence, then all independence, then that's all she about, isn't so she can talk about, isn't it, so that go rather convenient. that we go rather convenient. could be the beginning could well be the beginning of the end for nicholas sturgeon but have to wait see but we will have to wait and see anyway. you be patrick on anyway. you would be patrick on gb news. coming we'll get gb news. and coming up we'll get the on shamima begum yes, the latest on shamima begum yes, she's have her she's fighting to have her british reinstated. british citizenship reinstated. that court case is still rumbling the latest rumbling on. what's the latest that biggie rmt that another biggie for the rmt is lynch. he now on is mick lynch. is he now on sunday's naughty list? is he the ganh sunday's naughty list? is he the grinch he's been defending royal strikes christmas year. strikes this christmas all year. support railway support of the 40,000 railway workers. to walk out. workers. he was set to walk out. mick says that got mick lynch says that he's got pubuc mick lynch says that he's got public this. i'm public support for this. i'm very doubtful for that if there was such mass public support for it from your average man and woman on the street then why on earth and not even the labour party coming out in favour of it. i'll be back in a moment. monday, thursday on news. monday, thursday on gb news. it's turner today from 10

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welcome back, everybody loads to talk about for the remainder this show. so let's start with shamima begum know it's a hot topic for you all. shamima begum appeal hearing against the stripping her british citizenship . so sorry it citizenship starts. so sorry it continues today i should say yesterday heard the yesterday the court heard the back school and police back of school and the police both mr. before the then

both quotes mr. before the then schoolgirl travelled to syria and aligned with the islamic state gb news is reports alex costello has been at the asylum an immigration tribunal and central london. ali was developed today today . well developed today today. well patrick, two main things from stream of bacon lawyers today. the first was the issue of stateless snus. now they argue that removing shamima bacon's citizenship was on lawful because sajid javid , who was the because sajid javid, who was the home secretary the time they say he didn't look into the fact that shamima begum could be rendered stateless. now to understand the context of that argument, we just have to take ourselves back to 2019 and when sajid revoked shamima begum british citizenship, he did so because he said illegal. shamima begum had bangladeshi citizenship because her parents were there. but after a few days

after that announcement by such after that announcement by such a javid back in 2019, bangladesh said they wouldn't allow shamima to enter the country and that she would not hold bangla citizenship. so begum lawyers arguing that those questions should have been asked by sajid javid at the time it should have been asked whether bangladeshi would offer shamima begum protection argue that those questions were not asked and therefore removing her british citizenship was not legal . now citizenship was not legal. now the second argument that they made this afternoon was that sajid javid as , home secretary sajid javid as, home secretary at the time, had made up his mind as to what he was going to do with shamima baig and they mentioned an article in the times by him the 15th of february in which he said he was going to use of his powers to prevent shamima begum, returning to the uk and also mentioned an

article on the 17th of february on the home office media which said the same sort of thing now they argued that that decision had been made before he seen any ministerial submissions at all before he had seen any accompanying evidence. they said that should have been made to should been used to form the bafis should been used to form the basis his decision. but they argue that his decision had or already been made . they also already been made. they also mentioned throughout the course of this afternoon that there was a risk that shamima begum spend the rest of her life walking through iraq and syria without any to call home. they said that would be of devastating concern sense and they also raised the issue of whether this was too radical. whether it was radical or made her british citizenship, considering she had little to the country of bangladesh while

this week lawyers for the home argued that their decision to remove ms. fagan's citizen ship was correct, they said that her fleeing isis was for safety , not fleeing isis was for safety, not because of any disengagement from group. they said that she hasn't expressed any remorse for actions or any regret for a terrorist organisation . and they terrorist organisation. and they also brought up the fact that was a very intelligent schoolgirl. she was on track four a's and a's stars, that she was very articulate and that to some extent she knew what she was doing. now we're going to hear from the home office in regard to those submissions made by shamima bacon's lawyers today . we're going to hear that .we're going to hear that through the rest this week. and this should to an end on this hearing should to an end on friday we'll have a judgement in writing at a later date ellie costello thank you very, very much . fabulous summary of what much. fabulous summary of what is incredibly complicated is an incredibly complicated case. obviously some people would be very would that it should be very straightforward. you leave this country and you have any idea

you're doing whatsoever go you're doing whatsoever to go and death cult in and join a jihadi death cult in the east is fine the middle east nice is fine throughout allegedly so people into suicide vest into their suicide vest certainly not any certainly not express any regrets remorse over it maybe regrets or remorse over it maybe just maybe you shouldn't be allowed back into the but of course as ever it's a lot more complicated than that . you've complicated than that. you've been getting in touch. you've had some big ones for. you today. we're going to return to all these key topics all of these key topics throughout the show is this trump yourselves email while home security editor has home and security editor has done package for from done a fabulous package for from blackpool been blackpool where we have been laying extent they laying the true extent they shocking or not so shocking reality or not so realities. i we all know realities. i think we all know we've been asked to suspend what we've been asked to suspend what we can see as the reality our eyes numerous times in this , eyes numerous times in this, ladies and gentlemen, haven't we? but now latest one is that we? but now latest one is that we are being told we're not prioritising asylum seekers, illegal immigrants over some people who were already here in this people are this country, people who are vulnerable veterans , homeless vulnerable veterans, homeless people, now is not why people, etc. but now is not why has shown we absolutely are some of those emails coming in john been on gbviews@gbnews.uk it's

an absolute disgrace patrick it's getting colder in the evenings. these people should be in the hotels and not asylum seekers. that's janet's view. what are your views are also talking of course a lot about scottish independence and polls opinion poll says nicholas sturgeon won't rest until she independence. looks as independence. well it looks as though she might not be resting for very, long time . that for a very, very long time. that supreme court ruling said that she can't just hold a second referendum. and of course, rail strikes. well, i'll to those strikes. well, i'll go to those shortly . do you feel about shortly. do you feel about ganh shortly. do you feel about grinch trying to steal christmas 7 grinch trying to steal christmas ? could a general strike even be on the train? passengers are facing winds from disruption to journeys over the christmas penod journeys over the christmas period the rmt announced period after the rmt announced a fresh round of strikes. do you back them? i'm very very sceptical that when we really crunch numbers all of crunch the numbers and all of this people really will this that people really will actually and certainly in actually it and certainly in this story what i want to bring to attention because it's to your attention because it's going on little going to rumble on for a little while this mass tory exodus could not be on the cards roughly speaking. believed roughly speaking. it's believed that 80,008 zero

that maybe around 80,008 zero tory ps might not stand for the next election. mp chloe smith and william wrangle already said that they were. how do you feel about this? it's these same tory mp bef. boris johnson mp is in the bef. boris johnson got of truss. he started to impose british sunak upon us higher taxes , etc. and now higher taxes, etc. and now they're looking into the sunset. don't you do that? that's on the after said last . good after i said last. good afternoon. it's 434. i'm bethany lc in the gb newsroom scotland's first minister says the next general will act as a defacto . general will act as a defacto. scottish does not have the to legislate for referendum on scottish independence . it's scottish independence. it's after the uk government won a legal battle the supreme court preventing a second independence vote from held. nicholas sturgeon accused westminster of blocking scotland's votes from being heard. a special snp will being heard. a special snp will be held next year determine how

to move forward a so—called partnership in which one partner is denied the right. choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described any way as voluntary or even a partnership at. so this ruling confirms that the notion of the uk as a voluntary partnership of nations if it ever was a reality is no longer a reality . and that longer a reality. and that exposes situation that is quite simply unsustainable . some simply unsustainable. some homeless have accused the government of illegal migrants over their welfare. more 300, mostly male seekers have been staying at the metropole hotel on blackpool for the past year. a homeless group in the city, which includes an armed forces veteran been speaking to gb news. they say they are living rough on the streets while channel migrants aren't given accommodation . the prime accommodation. the prime minister has appointed a senior

lawyer to investigate bullying claims against the deputy prime minister. dominic raab requested an independent inquiry. two formal complaints were against him. he says confident he'll be cleared of wrongdoing. adam tolley he specialises in commercial and employment law will lead the investigation and millions pensioners will get a cash boost today as part of the government's export and it winter fuel payment scheme . 11.6 winter fuel payment scheme. 11.6 million people will receive up t 0 £600 to help with their to £600 to help with their energy bills. the government says most household needs will get automatic payments , their get automatic payments, their bank accounts over the next two months. you're up to date on tv, onune months. you're up to date on tv, online and derby, plus radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere , patrick. i'll be back anywhere, patrick. i'll be back in just a moment moment.

okay close to russell through the remainder , this house to the remainder, this house to strap yourselves in, would you? in real strides because scottish independence rules are talking about on as many as 80 about why on earth as many as 80 tory mp these are expected to not stand to the next general election. let's with election. but let's start with those strikes the those rails strikes because the leader of rmt lynch will leader of the rmt lynch will meet transport secretary mark harper thursday . he's trying harper on thursday. he's trying to resolve them. they're all trying resolve ongoing trying to resolve ongoing dispute pay jobs and dispute over pay jobs and conditions . home secretary conditions. home secretary yvette cooper has said people have a right to campaign , a fair have a right to campaign, a fair pay have a right to campaign, a fair pay deal, but the ultimately a dealis pay deal, but the ultimately a deal is needed. but are you in support of the striking workers or living in hope of a resolution to stop this disruption over christmas ? disruption over christmas? because mick lynch has turned into mick grinch joining me on the now is charles ray, former industry editor at the sun . industry editor at the sun. charlie, thank you very much. i'm not sure mick green jobs he does have massive support over this when people really down the fact that he managed to secure

pay fact that he managed to secure pay rise or his predecessor did for just a couple years for the rmt just a couple years ago and he's on the rmt zone and inflation rise and now inflation busting rise and now he wants to ruin christmas. well, inflation is up again . i'm well, inflation is up again. i'm like you, patrick. i'm not sure he's got the support. the vast majority of public and certainly the vast majority of the travelling public . and if you travelling public. and if you remember, not all of them have gone back on the railways since the pandemic ended , but they've the pandemic ended, but they've learned to work from home, quite a few of them won't all be bothered all that much. they'll just work from work from home. it would cause them too many problems. who will be will be those who need you know to go to hospital and other urgent matters. yeah. like seeing relatives over the christmas penod. relatives over the christmas period . absolutely. now it's period. absolutely. now it's just about pay, is it? because it's job security as . well and it's job security as. well and some of these jobs , one could some of these jobs, one could argue, could be rendered complete utterly obsolete and unnecessary technology because .

unnecessary technology because. it's not just about people driving trains. in fact, there's quite a there's not that of them when it comes to the rmt, it's more about guards. it's signales. it's about a couple of other people on platform staff. some of those jobs could well be rendered obsolete, couldn't they now being asked to secure will the we. yeah, you're absolutely right. they could be rendered obsolete . as i understand it, obsolete. as i understand it, we've already a situation in vast majorities straight train stations where you use a machine to get your tickets. you don't actually need to . speak to a man actually need to. speak to a man behind the glass , a pest based behind the glass, a pest based glass counter to get your ticket. you as old as is the tube as . well, so, yeah , there tube as. well, so, yeah, there needs to be reform in the industry all industries faced the problems the industry they see industry mines everybody has had to face reform and we have to look at different ways people working and different different jobs for people . and just to be jobs for people. and just to be clear as well, maintenance she's

saying mick greenwich is saying he's got massive public support , but how can he have massive pubuc , but how can he have massive public when he won't tell us exactly what his demands are? what are his demands? oh, no, no , really knows. i mean , the , really knows. i mean, the train operators have offered i think it's round about 8. and the promise of no redundancies for four, four, three years is there frank ? he's been in talks there frank? he's been in talks and he's clearly rejected all that. and he's clearly rejected all that . be interesting to see how that. be interesting to see how his talks go on thursday . but, his talks go on thursday. but, you know , it's all mounting up, you know, it's all mounting up, isn't it really , patrick? isn't it really, patrick? there's a so many unions now. are sort of lining up to try to take on their employers . and take on their employers. and coincidentally , government. coincidentally, government. well, indeed and just one final one to you, charlie, because this is going to rumble on. it could well cost our country tens, potentially even hundreds of millions pounds. that's right

and if you said if you thought things were bad enough the cost of living crisis we're just lurching from one drama to the next. and you know all these strikes mean like the nurses are demanding 17, other unions are demanding 17, other unions are demanding double figure increases. it ain't going happen. no, indeed . if mick happen. no, indeed. if mick lynch really did have massive support, huge public support from well obviously the public one would have thought that the labour have jumped on that labour would have jumped on that bandwagon. but keir, conspicuously quiet on this because he knows that there is a huge amount of the public who do know this who are know about this and who are those people, your average working man and thank you very much, ray, former much, charlie ray, that former industrial correspondent sun right away from that right now moving away from that to massive, massive to another massive, massive issue time north of the border because snp been urged to because the snp been urged to end referendum obsess end this referendum obsess should following supreme should following the supreme court on the legality of a second vote on scottish independence. scottish conservative leader douglas said that it was a clear and, unequivocal verdict on the snp and that supporters must respect . fascinating stuff. this

because you're going to end up with former lawyers and legal people like ian blackford. oh gosh. alan smith know the one thing where the thunderbirds are controlling eyebrow the snp mp that got here you've got feel for him because these people are legal experts aren't there now the law has said that they can't do earlier the scottish first minister nicholas sturgeon said she was disappointed by the decision. it's expected pro—independence campaigners will protests across scotland within the next hour. some people might say get a job. joining me now is dr. derek lehane, who's the conservative msp for glasgow and shadow health secretary for scotland. let's just dancing on one of your main briefs. the as well. shadow health secretary for scotland. so nhs in scotland at the moment . scotland. so nhs in scotland at the moment. how well scotland. so nhs in scotland at the moment . how well would that the moment. how well would that do under nicola sturgeon's independence leadership do you think . i independence leadership do you think. i think for all the viewers at home you have to understand that the nhs in scotland is fully devolved and

fight every that's made is by humza yousaf, who is the health cabinet secretary here in scotland. the snp chief green minister . so scotland. the snp chief green minister. so with scotland. the snp chief green minister . so with everything minister. so with everything devolved, he's making complete mess of what's going on. let's have a brief at the fight. but he is trusted by the people . he is trusted by the people. scotland. he's not trusted by the staff because we have a bbc report which shows that they are talking about a two tier health service charging wealthy. they also think that he is having siloed conversations where he talk to clinicians and worse than that by saying the suggestions he makes are the devolved realities. so this is what we've got here already . and what we've got here already. and the devolved health service . let the devolved health service. let me just ask you, you've got some protesters behind now with the bagpipes, scottish version of steve bray . it would appear. steve bray. it would appear. what would you say to , those

what would you say to, those protesters behind you that who seem absolutely unable accept reality . well, the first thing reality. well, the first thing i'd say is the saltire the flag that you can see behind is for all scots you saw is the scottish party trying to steal the flag like the british national party trying to steal the flag of st george . this is the flag of st george. this is for all scots bagpipe pipes. it belongs to all scots . and the belongs to all scots. and the majority of people do not support independence scotland. the snp do not to the scottish people . and it's really people. and it's really important that your viewers understand . what i would say to understand. what i would say to the people here , it's time that the people here, it's time that they accepted the decision was made . also you can hear maybe in made. also you can hear maybe in the background i'm, remember. so i'm just going to just stop. you guys. don't sit on this. i'll stay with you there. i'm just going to apologise for of the language there. but think language there. but i think it's really contextualise what's really to contextualise what's going on. we've had a legal court ruling. okay. which pretty unequivocal when it after a

democratic referendum a few years ago on scottish independence and now these people all swearing and kicking up an anti—english sentiment. there is a nasty element to this dr. sun should be this scottish nasty . party it is. it is. but nasty. party it is. it is. but think we need to think of where this started. and that was the labour when angela rayner came out and started talking about tory scum . and then if you look tory scum. and then if you look at nicholas sturgeon this rhetoric where she starts talking about how she detests tory, that is what exactly is happening here. you are seeing the most parts of scottish society coming out and shouting like this and i'm really sorry to all the viewers who had to hear that, but that is the reality of what we face here in scotland and these people do not represent scotland. scotland the majority of scotland not vote for the snp , does it not? thank for the snp, does it not? thank you very very much. look, we are

actually going to let you go in because of the reason that we are a bit afraid for safety given what is going on there and frankly says it all doesn't . dr. frankly says it all doesn't. dr. saunders, thank you very much . saunders, thank you very much. just go ahead. and that is the conservative glasgow and conservative msp for glasgow and shadow for shadow health secretary for scotland. again scotland. just apologise again for that heard for some fruity that you heard there. what ? look, there. but you know what? look, i imagine most people i would imagine most people watching adults, okay? 30 watching are adults, okay? 30 children watching. but children watching. sorry but this reality it this is the reality of where it is. okay? this is where we are. we've got the supreme court saying the rule of saying and under the rule of law, right, the scots can't just hold own referendum. the scottish party can't scottish national party can't just referendum of their just call a referendum of their own there was own volition. there was democratic vote not so long ago and sorry, but anyone who and i'm sorry, but anyone who tells that on direct tells me that they're on direct parallels likes of parallels between the likes of the snp well i'm not the bnp and snp is. well i'm not going listen to you because they're absolutely out i've seen it first hand my self that we got. what do you make of all of let's just one gbviews@gbnews.uk but now to but let's move away now to something related something well directly related to because to westminster again because senior mps chloe smith , william senior mps chloe smith, william wragg have announced that they

won't be standing at the next general election. it's been reports there's a number of other tory mp who will stand down as, many 80, by the way, down as, many as 80, by the way, eight what boris eight zero. what was boris johnson's majority? again? johnson's majority? one again? yes. go, tony. they yes. there you go, tony. they may contest the next may well not contest the next general election. other candidates will be found. candidates will to be found. well there's a lot to talk about here and here to do. it is tice, who is the leader reform uk. richard, you much. richard, thank you very much. when comes to conservative when it comes to conservative party mp, allegedly, as many as 80 going to throw the 80 of them going to throw the towel in and next election. towel in and not next election. it beg the question, it does beg the question, what was the of getting rid of boris johnson, the conservative mp did that. was the point of the that. what was the point of the conservative mp getting rid of liz was the point of liz truss? what was the point of them in staging, imposing rishi sunak's that impose high sunak's policy that impose high , growth a block on and as , low growth a block on and as far as we can see, cosying up to the european union why do they have front to actually have the front to actually stand up the general up for the next general election? a very good afternoon, patrick. reality is patrick. look, the reality is that jumping that they are jumping before they're electorate they're pushed by the electorate because a party that is because this is a party that is in i believe permanent decline

and the mps are jumping ship and abandoning it in the same way that we've experienced thousands of party members and activists coming over and joining reform had over 6000 since liz trust left office, well over 900 since jeremy hunt sat after his disastrous appalling mini—budget last thursday because people realised, look, they longer a conservative party, they are a party of socialists. so we've now got two main parties, you've got the red socialists and, you've got the common socialists, high tax , high socialists, high tax, high spending, low growth less money to invest in unreformed public services and the prospects for the country unless we have serious change, serious reform are really, really serious and very gloomy indeed. and that's why we're campaigning hard that you actually what you should be

doing you've got to be cutting taxes. you've got to cut unnecessary government spending and you've got to have a sensible energy policy and you've got to talk about growth. yeah. and liz truss talked about that and was criticised for it. yeah, no, i mean i think you're right to point out you could fit a wrestler between the two main policies at moment which is a wrestler between the two main prpretty at moment which is a wrestler between the two main prpretty desperate ment which is a wrestler between the two main prpretty desperate state which is a wrestler between the two main prpretty desperate state of ich is a pretty desperate state of affairs electorate. i've affairs for the electorate. i've got ask you though, what you got to ask you though, what you think you'd be able to do it? you got it because the tories at least tough when comes least talked tough when it comes to immigration, to illegal immigration, apparently unable to stop anything wanted anything that liz truss wanted to and big bankers to go for growth and big bankers in markets got in the way of in the markets got in the way of that. wow. why you be that. wow. why? why would you be able do it? it's very people able to do it? it's very people are sick and tired of the tories talking the talk they're very good at they all sound of lovely nice language . and we've heard nice language. and we've heard this for after year , year this for year after year, year until people are bored and sick of it. people want people, someone a track record someone who's got a track record of doing, achieving and he basically tells it as it is . and basically tells it as it is. and what you see is what you get and whether it's you can cut taxes

sensibly by cutting out a raft unnecessary government spending on other things i mean yeah i came with a list of six things that would save 200 billion quid. right yeah. which would mean that you could taxes, you could cut wasteful , you could could cut wasteful, you could put a bit of money back the tin and you could get some back in this. you cannot tax your way out of a crisis. you've got a great way out of a crisis. and none of the main parties are offering that in any shape form. i mean, there is another angle to the tories like like rats off a sinking ship or whatever the phrase is, ac as many as eight zero conservative mep's rumoured to be planning standing at to not be planning standing at the general election. the next general election. we'll have see if those have to wait and see if those numbers . but if is the numbers pan. but if that is the case, there could be just throwing towel it throwing the towel in when it comes them before boris truss imposing sunak on us this high tax growth agenda. no house tax, low growth agenda. no house not doing anything about illegal immigration, possibly handing the labour party the to downing street as well. it's almost like a coup isn't it. well, the thing

is that immigration, both lawful and illegal, is we believe the number one issue that people are really concerned about and in a sense it's the ultimate betrayal of brexit , isn't it, because of brexit, isn't it, because brexit was supposed to take back of our borders so that could have reduced lawful immigration and zero illegal immigration. we're the only now that stands for that look at the labour party if you actually listen keir starmer's speech probably yesterday what really said was we're going to over the first few is lawful and then we might ask companies to train people there after that's what he really concerned is. if you do well and split the conservative and you get to something else, which that we will stand everywhere except irish. i said northern ireland. right? why is that a concern? because if we do well you've party that well you've got new party that is with a new labour win is coming with a new labour win don't but you've just don't they. but, but you've just accepted i've said which is accepted what i've said which is there are two socialist parties, this party utterly this socialist party is utterly incompetent, the country, the

country's public services are broken taxes , are at record broken taxes, are at record highs. since the second world war, last , the tories war, the last, when the tories have charge, has the have been in charge, has the lowest for 70 years. so a lowest growth for 70 years. so a socialist party, labour incompetent socialist party that will let more people into this country and do nothing about illegal immigration . so actually illegal immigration. so actually we're the only party, frankly, that people can . and that's the that people can. and that's the case we'll be putting to the british people. would you be inclined? very quickly to get shouted out in a second? would you welcoming potential you be welcoming any potential conservative fold? conservative mp the reform fold? i possibly couldn't i couldn't possibly couldn't possibly comment. patrick i mean, look, there are some there are some well—meaning, well—intentioned . heart is well—intentioned folk. heart is in right who , suddenly in the right place who, suddenly found. the wrong found. they're in the wrong party. it's time for them to reform. is it right, look, reform. is it all right, look, thank very much, richard. thank you very much, richard. always richard. that thank you very much, richard. alwais richard. that thank you very much, richard. alwais the richard. that thank you very much, richard. alwais the leader richard. that thank you very much, richard. alwais the leader ofichard. that thank you very much, richard. alwais the leader of reform that thank you very much, richard. alwais the leader of reform .hat who is the leader of reform. what you make of les, what do you make of that, les, gentlemen, an gentlemen, that has been an absolute roaring second hour absolute rip roaring second hour to show. we've got another to this show. we've got another one your very shortly one coming your way very shortly because i right gb because i was right here on gb news. gone and got news. you've only gone and got an massive exclusive

an absolutely massive exclusive homeless people in blackpool have have what have told us, have revealed what we is that our we knew, which is that our government prioritising government is prioritising illegal immigrants over who are homeless the homeless right here in the united the depths united kingdom as the depths winter draw it comes as winter draw and it comes as suella braverman is accused of out of depth herself but also more reaction for that bitter blow. okay, i hate to say it for nicholas sturgeon a political career and a soul ambition, sadly, in utter tatters. sadly, lies in utter tatters. the supreme court ruled another referendum cannot be held without the of westminster. we all grieve for queen nick that we go, move a muscle we go, don't move a muscle because i'll be back in a matter moments people alex deakin here with latest weather update with your latest weather update from met office. another of from the met office. another of rain come tomorrow. it won't rain to come tomorrow. it won't last going to be last long, but it's going to be heavy and, accompanied by some gusty winds. we have met office yellow warnings have been issued. pressure has been issued. low pressure has been dominating this week, dominating through this week, bringing windy bringing of wet and windy weather. this is the one that's going to bring some wet and windy weather tomorrow. but it's not we still got these not us yet. we still got these weather bringing of rain weather bringing a spell of rain across the northern isles through this evening plenty through this evening and plenty of showers on behind heavy even

showers wales and showers across wales and south—west hail in as south—west some hail mixed in as well and some blustery, gusty winds largely dry through this evening overnight across central and eastern parts , it will turn and eastern parts, it will turn and eastern parts, it will turn a bit chilly , but there's going a bit chilly, but there's going to be enough a breeze to stop to be enough of a breeze to stop too much in the way of frost temperatures generally dropping down to four celsius down to about to four celsius a bright start then on a bit of a chill the air but some sunshine across many parts but here comes that next area of rain, a spell of heavy rain and really gusty winds for northern ireland southwest wind in southwest scotland. a wind in place here. and then that narrow of heavy rain for wales and south—west england around the middle of the day before that moves into the midlands and southeast england later on ahead of that mostly dry and behind it and showers, temperatures again ten to maybe 13 celsius in the south. but certainly feeling cooler when that rain comes along. it could cause some disruption certainly the potential for further flooding . potential for further flooding. those gusty winds suddenly whipping as well tends to get out of the way during the

evening. and where again evening. and then where again just with a fair few just left with a fair few showers . but tend to showers. but they do tend to fade and looks like being one of the drier days of this week in some parts of the a fine, bright, sunny it will be as windy either still a showers for parts of western england and wales but we've pretty well scattered quite a few showers for western scotland. many places won't see a shower on friday some sunny spells friday have some sunny spells temperatures will be about . temperatures will be about. ranging from ten to maybe 12 or 13 celsius in the south. good bye. join me. don't touch my new show on gb news frank fun fearless sometimes serious much as i love a friday night punch up what i really want is a battle of ideas. i want to look things differently. i want to hear different voices and engage with your unique experiences. friday 7 pm. on.

gb news. welcome by wonderful people. it's just going 5:00. we all know in the business end this show is gb news and i am patrick coming your way in the next houn coming your way in the next hour. i'm literally in with them putting in their and i leave notes on the streets the strong . yeah you're going to be infuriated by this is our exclusive report on forgotten homeless who say that migrants are being prioritised for safe and warm accommodation ahead of them. also this hour from today . the independence movement is much about democracy as it is about independence . and about independence. and disappointed scottish first minister as the uk supreme says that scottish parliament does not the power to legislate for another referendum on independence and some are

calling him the grinch. but as may grinch , the rmt transit room may grinch, the rmt transit room in for trade union official not determined to get a deal on all yearin determined to get a deal on all year in support of the 40,000 rail workers who are set walk out lynch says that he's got massive public support . out lynch says that he's got massive public support. i'm not convinced i want your views all of those big topics that you've just heard that the unequivocal revelation now that we are seeing asylum seekers illegal immigrants being priority treatment over the homeless in this country as we approach the depths of winter. no second referendum for sturgeon and all you in support of those rail strikes gbviews@gbnews.uk. i'll go strikes gbviews@gbnews.uk. i'll go straight into all of the off the headlines . patrick thank the headlines. patrick thank you. good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm becky lc . here to bring you i'm becky lc. here to bring you up to date from the gb newsroom scotland's first minister says the next general will act as a de facto referendum. the scottish parliament does not

have the power to legislate for referendum on scottish independence . it's after the uk independence. it's after the uk government won a legal battle in the supreme court, preventing a second independence vote from being held. nicholas sturgeon accused westminster of blocking voice from being heard a special snp conference will be held next year to determine how move forward a so—called partnership in which one partner is denied the right choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described in any way as voluntary or even a partnership at all. so this ruling confirms the notion of the uk as , a voluntary the uk as, a voluntary partnership of nations , if it partnership of nations, if it ever was a really is no longer a reality. and that explores a situation that is quite unsustainable . the home unsustainable. the home secretary has admitted the government has failed to control the uk's borders amid record numbers of channel crossings

this year. giving evidence at a parliamentary hearing struggled to explain the legal routes. but asylum could use to come to the uk . she blamed the migrants uk. she blamed the migrants themselves . overcrowding at a themselves. overcrowding at a manston processing in kent, where at its peak earlier this month forced , thousands were month forced, thousands were being held . i think. who's at being held. i think. who's at fault? yeah it's very clear that it's the people who are breaking our rules coming here illegally , vulnerable people and trying to abuse the generosity of the british people. that's who's some homeless people have accused the government of prioritising illegal migrants over their welfare. more than 300 mostly male asylum have been staying at the metropol on blackpool's seafront for the past year. a homeless group in the city, which includes an armed forces veteran have been speaking to gb news, say they're living rough on the street. while channel migrants are being put up in a nearby hotel. it's

wrong because . you're looking at wrong because. you're looking at the real homeless. they are . and the real homeless. they are. and with them putting them in their and then leave you know from , and then leave you know from, the streets. it's wrong . the the streets. it's wrong. the prime minister has appointed a senior lawyer to invest bullying claims against the prime minister. dominic raab requested an independent inquiry after two formal complaints made against him. he says he's confident he'll be cleared any wrongdoing. adam case. he specialises in commercial and employment law will lead the investigation . will lead the investigation. ukrainian officials say the entire kyiv region and the city are without power and water after russian airstrikes hit . after russian airstrikes hit. key infrastructure. half of neighbouring moldova is also experiencing a blackout in southeastern ukraine. a newborn was killed in a missile strike that hit a maternity hospital . that hit a maternity hospital. the two storey building was to

rubble and workers could be seen sifting through the debris trying to find survivors . while trying to find survivors. while the uk is escalating its for ukraine supplying helicopters for the first time. three former british military kings and a further 10,000 artillery rounds will be sent to kyiv. follows the prime minister's visit to the prime minister's visit to the country at the weekend where he pledged a further the country at the weekend where he pledged a furthe r £50 million he pledged a further £50 million for air defence. t people have been charged with human trafficking offences in northern. 150 police officers raided 27 brothels. as part the biggest operation against the crime in the country, gb news is digging has more 63 year old jarrad corrigan pomeroy and 47 year old maeva mariani formerly of brazil but razan to northern ireland from 2000 to obtain. appeared via link at dungannon magister arts court. they have both been charged with human

trafficking , controlling trafficking, controlling prostitution , keeping a brothel prostitution, keeping a brothel and money laundering deal was denied after raised concerns of flight risk and that they would interfere with . an investigation interfere with. an investigation currently going across the uk . currently going across the uk. the pair will appear again on december 21st and the met is warning there could be potential and transport delays tomorrow caused by strong winds and heavy rain. a yellow warning has been issued for parts wales, southern and western england, northern ireland and scotland. the warning will be in place from 10 am. tomorrow until 7 pm. a.m. tomorrow until 7 pm. europe to on celebrity mornings as it happens. now, let's get back to . back to. patrick yes. welcome back , everybody. yes. welcome back, everybody. patrick christys here on gb

news. we've got a shocking exclusive for you because the home secretary suella braverman , her immigration minister, robert jenrick have promised promised again to improve promised yet again to improve strained relationships with authorities across the country , authorities across the country, claim they simply can't cope with the sheer volume of asylum seekers being plonked in their areas . today, seekers being plonked in their areas. today, a seekers being plonked in their areas . today, a stark plea from areas. today, a stark plea from homeless people in blackpool who have told gb news excuse ripley that they feel invisible. they the authorities, in fact, they demonstrate clearly, really the authorities are unequivocally prioritising channel migrants over our own citizens. many councils say they've been given no notice when hotels are suddenly requisitioned , the home suddenly requisitioned, the home office to house all of these people, all home. and security editor mark is with me right now. mark, we have got exclusive and some harrowing testimony your way. so stay tuned, everybody, but just contextualise this a little bit for us to start with. yeah, well, suella braverman and her immigration minister jenrick immigration ministerjenrick were both up parliament today

trying to reassure people that they are doing as much as they possibly can to get to grips with the channel migrant crisis. but she said it's down to sheer numbers who are coming across the channel and the fact that albanians in particular who are coming across the channel are clogging up the referral for modern accusations claiming that they've been trafficked. so the enter a system in tandem with the asylum system and they're in there for very long periods time. the figures are pretty shocking on. yeah. she said that there are 42,138 channel migrants who've come across so far year more than 12,000 of those were albanians . and of those were albanians. and of those were albanians. and of those 12,000, only 36 albanian asylum seekers have now been in the past months. when we, of

course , had that very severe course, had that very severe chronic crisis that air base in kent with 4000 people stuck in that process centre and all the albanians who have come here 12,000 odd twice 916 of them have claimed to be victims of trafficking . in other words, trafficking. in other words, modern slaves. and as said, they enter then a national referral mechanism and suella braverman in stark terms really highlighted just how those claims have down that process. very significant . the is that very significant. the is that our legal framework is allowing those claims be made and then processed . you can really see processed. you can really see that when it comes modern slavery know a few years ago it would take on average approximately 40 days before a decision would be made on slavery grounds. now, because the system been overwhelmed

largely by people coming here illegally on small boats is now taking over 400 days. so, you know, and the law in our modern slavery act obliges the state to carry out an assessment of someone's modern slavery claim . someone's modern slavery claim. yes. now, right here at gb news, on this show in particular, we've been our best to try to highlight this issue because you look at those stunning numbers that mark wise giving. a quick recap again for 2130 people across channel alone this across the channel alone this yean across the channel alone this year, 12,000 albanians, just 36 are back. last month or this month, i should say , does is month, i should say, does is shocking really. and what that really means, we break it down and we reports interest yesterday on the fact that amongst detention centre is amongst an detention centre is being played that these being played is that these people coming to a town, to people are coming to a town, to a hotel near you. and what means is that we have homeless people already in this country even hidden homeless people who are sofas surfing. that includes, by the way, children , includes the way, children, includes homeless, military veterans, who i've nowhere to go. we're

i've got nowhere to go. we're not looking after them. and is quite clear now, quite categoric really that our government is making a decision to prioritise people who have come here illegally on small boats over the channel, over people who are already in this country , some already in this country, some cases people who've actually this country and why. i'll throw over to you now because you went to demonstrate this first hand to demonstrate this first hand to people, didn't you? because we're sick and tired of people saying this is not happening. yeah. one of the reasons we went up to blackpool is because we were that, you know, there were told that, you know, there were told that, you know, there were out there in were rough sleeper out there in the shadow of a hotel that was housing 300 mainly men who'd come across the english channel after paying criminal gangs to do so . and it is the case local do so. and it is the case local authorities right across the country are being overwhelmed by the number of asylum seekers that they're being asked to host in their ears, because remember, it's not the 42,000 this year. it's 22 and a half thousand from

the year before that are still in system. it's140,000 in system. it's 140,000 ukrainians, 80,000 afghanistan nationals who've come over from the conflict there as well. all of them going an asylum system, some being housed in hotels, others being housed in local authority and taking up, of course, all the wraparound services as well. and what it is some of the most vulnerable in these communities , including the these communities, including the homeless , really at the bottom homeless, really at the bottom of the priority list, it seems . of the priority list, it seems. this is what we found out in blackpool blackpool . blackpool blackpool. it's illuminations season in blackpool. but the bright lights , there's a darker side to this town down street level in the shadows are blackpool's forgotten . the homeless and the

forgotten. the homeless and the vulnerable are growing increase resentful as of the town's historic hotels plays host to more than three channel migra shots just yards from they're forced to sleep rough on the streets. i mean visible i am literally invisible . people walk literally invisible. people walk past without even you know sketch has been sleeping rough in blackpool for months . his in blackpool for months. his story sums up absurdity of the channel migrant crisis will serve only to stoke the anger felt by many inside . this hotel, felt by many inside. this hotel, mainly young who paid criminal to cross the channel illegally while for sketch and friend . an while for sketch and friend. an army veteran seems almost unbearably . with stress. his unbearably. with stress. his downward spiral eventually left guards on the streets . he didn't

guards on the streets. he didn't want to talk on camera, but sketch sums up the anger they all feel at they see as the injustice of their treatment. in stark contrast to the migrants nearby , it's wrong because nearby, it's wrong because looking at the real homeless, they are . and with them them in they are. and with them them in their and then leave you know from streets it's wrong . with from streets it's wrong. with 50,000 hotel and bed and breakfast rooms blackpool it's an target for a home office contract voters looking for more asylum seeker accommodation . asylum seeker accommodation. indeed, the travel group linked to this hotel and four others in blackpool confirmed to us they've been approached and offered a large sum of by a company looking to acquire three hotels in the area for migrant use. they've said no at the moment . the operations director moment. the operations director admits , the offer is tempting . admits, the offer is tempting. the industry itself is extremely

at the minute. so when something that comes along where you guaranteed a year now and you fall all the time and the rates that you're looking to pay for that you're looking to pay for that then i can see quite easily why could be considered by why it could be considered by some conservative some in the areas. conservative mp he'll be on the front line of protests against new migrant hotels. my inbox is already full of people who can't get the council house. can't get nhs dentist a gp appointment and the idea that can locate 300 asylum seekers in. the uk's most depnved seekers in. the uk's most deprived ward , which is where deprived ward, which is where they are currently being hosted. without that wraparound support, is complete madness. blackpool's forgotten are desperate for help . but as authorities here are forced to house growing numbers of asylum seekers sketching out his companions are, it seems way down the list of priorities ? down the list of priorities? it's hard last night and an elderly friend of ours fell ill and we found the ambulance . he

and we found the ambulance. he was close to death and as this resort heads into the winter months , life for those living months, life for those living rough on its streets will only get harder. mark white gibbins views blackpool . well there you views blackpool. well there you go. and whilst i was on air earlier the, leader of a very prominent local council tax me after seeing my wife's support there to say to me that they've just done their budget for the year they just had a review of it and now there is £1 million of that budget which is going towards people claiming to be children asylum , seeker children children asylum, seeker children in their area , amongst their in their area, amongst their social care system . the message social care system. the message to me is simply ready for a fact that a lot of these people are children where is all of that money coming from? and just put yourself in the position of one particular who was in my particular chap who was in my watch. exclusive watch. fantastic exclusive for us on news. if you us here on gb news. if you observed, it was at time observed, as it was at the time for him, queen and country and he had seen the horrors of war and got ptsd and you are and you've got ptsd and you are obviously mentally and

obviously mentally disturbed and troubled result that. troubled as a result of that. and no have any leg and now no longer have any leg to on whatsoever in to stand on whatsoever in society say and are sleeping society say and you are sleeping in cold in the wind in the rain opposite a hotel which is now used at the taxpayers expense house illegal immigrants, asylum , whatever you want to call them. how do you think would make feel? i can not for make you feel? and i can not for the life of me honest on why if we were to have a referendum on this right now the, figures on this right now the, figures on this will be utterly, utterly stark. if you were to ask the british right now, would you rather house homeless military veterans at the taxpayers expense , or the people who were expense, or the people who were already homeless in country? that includes children, the that includes children, by the way on way every single year on christmas day , hidden homeless christmas day, hidden homeless children children wake up without a proper roof over their heads, or certainly their roof oven heads, or certainly their roof over. that has unequivocally the british public, in my view, would in favour of housing those people and giving taxpayer funded support over been going on the channel we're going to on in the channel we're going to get of those views right now keep your views and gordon's

been on, he says all migrants staying in hotels be charge for food, electricity, gas laundry and any transportation costs. if they can afford to pay the traffickers . they can pay for traffickers. they can pay for that cake. they will see what it's to live in an it's like to live in an expensive and they change their mind repatriation home. mind and want repatriation home. that's idea a that's right. the idea that a lot of these people are completely and skint, is it completely hard and skint, is it not, giving all not, because they're giving all of to human of their money to human traffickers anthony traffickers anyway? anthony says for the present for sure, with the present madness immigrants madness keeping immigrants in luxury neglecting luxury hotels and neglecting our own clearly shows the own people clearly shows the lunatics taken over the lunatics have taken over the decision makers. i'm inclined to agree with you. it is shocking to me, especially as we approach these winter, now people these winter, now that people can here illegally, be can come here illegally, be looked after at the taxpayers expense, for and five star hotels, even a lovely and we've people just lying opposite those who are homeless stephen says empty don't own prison and put the albanian criminals in that strong stuff seriously the government could legislate against this with a bill that disqualifies illegals from free benefits, schools, nhs and benefits, free schools, nhs and deport them. we're going to be

talking about this throughout the show as the remainder of the show as well. the top topics for well. some of the top topics for you, gb news gbnews.uk. but indeed of those big topics indeed one of those big topics today. to say it today. gosh, i hate to say it coy , nicholas sturgeon my coy, nick. nicholas sturgeon my political career. and like i say , lies in tatters. but pro—india pendants, protesters are gathering right now in cities across scotland, following supreme court decision to rule out another referendum and that would another is a key one that these campaigners are in edinburgh i think the ones that you're seeing that right now others are expected to join them. nicholas sturgeon vowed to use the next general election to try scottish independence try to win scottish independence . rishi sunak's . prime minister rishi sunak's welcome the supreme court's decision today at pmqs . well, decision today at pmqs. well, mr. speaker, let me by saying we respect clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court of the united kingdom. i would say to the honourable gentleman, i am looking forward to also seeing the moderator of scotland tomorrow . and i think that the tomorrow. and i think that the people of scotland want us to be working on fixing the major

challenges that we collectively face, whether that is the economy or economy supporting, the nhs or indeed supporting . now is indeed supporting. now is the time politicians to work together and that's what this government will do . yes, there government will do. yes, there we go . the ruling nicholas we go. the ruling nicholas sturgeon, who appears to conveniently forgetting the fact that there was a democratic referendum on scottish not that long . once in a lifetime, long ago. once in a lifetime, maybe . while she said that the maybe. while she said that the scottish people could not be ignored and warned that party leaders were the new year to decide their next move. we are out . must be decide their next move. we are out. must be clear today decide their next move. we are out . must be clear today that out. must be clear today that the supreme court does not make the supreme court does not make the law. it interprets and appues the law. it interprets and applies law. if the devolution settlement in the scotland act is inconsistent with any reasonable notion of scottish democracy as no seems to be the case, that is the fault of westminster lawmakers , not the westminster lawmakers, not the justices of the supreme court , justices of the supreme court, in addressing the implications of today's ruling, it's also

important be mindful of what the court was asked to decide and therefore what the ruling does not tell us. the court was not asked decide if it is a democratic mandate for the referendum , the mandate and the referendum, the mandate and the parliamentary majority . the parliamentary majority. the referendum is quite undeniable . referendum is quite undeniable. nor was the court ask of should be independent . only the be independent. only the scottish people can the judge of that. scottish people can the judge of that . spit salted by nicola that. spit salted by nicola sturgeon's tears. anyway, in a moment i was speaking a political editor at the scottish daily mail, michael flatley. but before that , well, let's just before that, well, let's just take a look. this gentleman shall, a look in shall, we take a look in a lesson. so what is actually the current deal between, the uk and scotland. let's break the numbers this. so the uk numbers on this. so the uk government gives the scottish government gives the scottish government around government gives the scottish government aroun d £41 billion government around £41 billion a year less and bit more context year less and a bit more context to shall we devolved ? i to that shall we devolved? i mean, every hundred pounds mean, for every hundred pounds per person the uk government

spends england, the scottish government will around spends england, the scottish government will aroun d £126 per government will around £126 per scot . there are also benefits scot. there are also benefits when it comes to public spending. get a load of this during. the 2021 to 2022 financial year scotland almost 74 billion quid in tax revenue which includes north sea oil . which includes north sea oil. they benefited over which includes north sea oil. they benefited ove r £97 billion they benefited over £97 billion in public spending. this that they're estimated to have received they're estimated to have receive d £23.7 billion extra in received £23.7 billion extra in pubuc received £23.7 billion extra in public spending simply because they're part of the uk. if scotland , an independent scotland, an independent country, the scottish says they continue to use the sterling until an independent central bank was established. a scottish pound also going to rejoin the union. joining me live from fife is scotland's political editor in the scottish daily mail. thank you very much. great to be on the show. michael a bitter for sturgeon. he's going to try to claim that the next general election is de facto referendum but realistically surely the people of scotland and indeed

the uk can see through that . the uk can see through that. it's a convenient tool for it to ignore . the nhs schools , trans ignore. the nhs schools, trans issues, brexit, etc. is it not. yes. and i think there has been a bit commentary around that fact today here in scotland on the eve of quite big public sector strike are walking out tomorrow pupils are going to have their disrupted once again . so there is a lot of a lot of criticism of fact that we have and the week of the supreme court ruling nicholas sturgeon really talking up her next steps. what she's to do. i was at the press conference in edinburgh today about 90 minutes after the supreme court ruling and nicholas sturgeon was talking up the facts already , talking up the facts already, frame them. so trying to turn next general election into issue campaign . of course her opponent campaign. of course her opponent see that there is no way of doing that. general elections, a whole catalogue of issues. so whether she make all of the

independents is really remains to be seen. now the big line coming out now is just in the last few moments, these protests have started, demonstrations have started, demonstrations have started, demonstrations have started that will kick on throughout the course of the evening, one imagine. in evening, one would imagine. in fact, interview with an fact, i had an interview with an msp earlier on that was not ruined by bagpipes and swear words and vile comments, but i actually think it highlights the issue, frankly, there was some of that anyway i must not be less of it now in your office, don't get me wrong, but if nicholas sturgeon doesn't come out and condemn this kind of behaviour. do you think there's any chance. there's little any chance. there's a little risk, of having bit risk, perhaps, of having a bit of a trump a capitol of a trump moment, a capitol hill moment ? i and i mean hill moment? i and i mean a trump moment. and the sense the in the sense of not quelling pubuc in the sense of not quelling public disorder, because if she's whipping up this idea day now that the will of the people is being silenced by court and is being silenced by a court and the is a colony being the scotland is a colony being held will, then the held against his will, then the pubuc held against his will, then the public might to might say public might to that might say that. public might to that might say that . yes. so i think that is an

that. yes. so i think that is an interesting point because . we interesting point because. we heard a lot today about the nicholas sturgeon claiming that scotland was an unequal partner in the union. but of course the uk government's perspective , if uk government's perspective, if they saw overwhelming demand for an independence referendum , they an independence referendum, they probably would actually an independence referendum. if there was clear mandate and there was clear mandate and there is over whelming support for it. i could imagine that a uk government happened with david cameron would find it difficult to . no, but the thing difficult to. no, but the thing that they are thinking just now is that there not that clear at all. rishi sunak probably felt like he was talking for more scots than nicholas sturgeon was today. scots than nicholas sturgeon was today . he actually talked about today. he actually talked about let's get on the priorities, let's on with addressing the challenges that scotland and the uk face at the moment, like the cost of living crisis , the cost of living crisis, the economy, the nhs, the ukraine war. so it's an interesting

issue when nicholas sturgeon says the voice of scotland is being ignored. the calls don't suggest that the voice of the majority of scots has been ignored. most people don't want that referendum . that's the key that referendum. that's the key point there. massively key point. there's a few reasons there, which is actually how was scotland not survive as an independent country would survive more how survive i suppose it's more how would thrive nicholas would it thrive. nicholas sturgeon appropriate sturgeon not saying appropriate . done good enough job . she's done a good enough job when comes to things that when it comes to things that she's in control of that already is that groundswell of is there that groundswell of pubuc is there that groundswell of public we've a public support we've ticked a lot boxes. can ask you lot of those boxes. can ask you a would know this a question you would know this much than do that much better than i do is that a xenophobic streak to the snp's independence rhetoric. it's all so it's certainly the case that if there's never any anything like anti—english for example , like anti—english for example, nicholas sturgeon does pretty quickly call it a she has a she hates hearing, quickly call it a she has a she hates hearing , she knows that it hates hearing, she knows that it probably damages the campaign. however, there is question that

within the independence movement there are those elements that we've seen in the past. we saw it during covid where people stood at the border and told people from england the welcome scotland, which really left some in scotland pretty aghast . so in scotland pretty aghast. so there is there is no question at all that there are within the snp we also saw the conservative hosting suddenly only a few months ago where some of the some of the people attending that were pelted with eggs and hugs, all kinds pretty horrible things shouted at them and so there is a bit concern about those elements . in fairness to those elements. in fairness to nicholas sturgeon and the snp , nicholas sturgeon and the snp, they do usually try to distance themselves from them , perhaps themselves from them, perhaps because they know how bad that actually looks. well, we may well see some of those nasty streaks really that has this evening with these protests. these demonstrations will have to wait and see, but make sure you stay locked, gb news because we'll bring you all of that.

michael you much. i michael thank you very much. i thoroughly really thoroughly enjoyed really insightful can insightful stuff, speech you can barely flatley that barely see michael flatley that the political editor at the scottish mail. do you scottish daily mail. what do you make vaiews@gbnews.uk make of that? vaiews@gbnews.uk uk? controversial uk? another controversial topic coming a matter of coming your way in a matter of seconds? begum that's seconds? shamima begum that's right. appeal hearing right. her appeal hearing against being stripped of against her being stripped of her continues . we her citizenship continues. we will bring you the very latest on that. and he claims he's not the grinch. the general secretary of the ramsay grange lynch has defended a series of 40 hour strikes in december and january and a long running dispute over not just pay, but also jobs and conditions. and that really muddies the waters somewhat. do you back railway workers he thinks that the vast majority of the british public do. i frankly don't think they do. i frankly don't think they do stay where you are do so just stay where you are because back very, very because i'll be back very, very shortly .

hello there. good evening . hello there. good evening. watching gb news. i'm bethany lc here to bring you up to date. scotland's minister says the next general will act as a de facto referendum. it's after the uk won a legal battle . the uk won a legal battle. the supreme court preventing a second independence vote. nicholas sturgeon has accused westminster blocking scotland's voice from heard. she says a special snp conference be held next year to determine way forward a so—called in which one partner is denied the right to choose a different future. but even to ask itself the question cannot be described in any we as voluntary or a partnership at all. so this ruling confirms that notion of the uk as voluntary partnership of nations if it ever was a reality is no longer a reality . and that longer a reality. and that exposes situation that is quite simply unsustainable . the home simply unsustainable. the home secretary has admitted the government has failed to the

uk's borders and made record numbers of channel migrant crossings this year. a parliamentary hearing suella braverman blamed the migrants themselves for overcrowding at themselves for overcrowding at the manston processing centre in kent. at its peak earlier this month, 4000 were being held there . any who's at fault? yeah there. any who's at fault? yeah it's very clear. it's the people who are breaking our rules and coming here illegally , coming here illegally, exploiting vulnerable people and trying to abuse the generosity of the british people. that's who's afraid. the prime has appointed a senior lawyer to investigate bullying claims against the deputy prime minister. dominic raab requested an independent inquiry after two formal complaints were made. he says he's confident he'll be cleared any wrongdoing. adam case he specialises in commercial and employment law will lead the investigation and millions of will get a cash boost from as part of the government's expanded winter fuel payment scheme. 11.6

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points. okay, people love to talk. but we had a gb news exclusive earlier. unequivocally demonstrating . now that the demonstrating. now that the government is prioritising illegal immigrants over our own homeless, how does that make you feel? we've got mick lynch stealing christmas , some would stealing christmas, some would say of the rail strikes. how you feel all of that? no feel about all of that? no independence referendum for nicholas sturgeon. how will she ever. nicholas sturgeon. how will she ever . but nicholas sturgeon. how will she ever. but something nicholas sturgeon. how will she ever . but something to get ever. but something else to get you all going is shamima begum. because appeal against because appeal hearing against the of her british the stripping of her british citizenship continues today the court has heard more from begum. as lawyers they argue that the then home secretary sajid javid had already made up his mind to revoke consulting revoke before consulting reasonable evidence and if her appealis reasonable evidence and if her appeal is denied, she risk walking through iran and syria with no place to call home course. she did used to call syria home when she went to join isis. joining me now is barrister rebecca butler. rebecca, thank you very much. my concern about this, rebecca, is that it set a legal precedent. if we can welcome shamima back

to the luxurious area of hamlets or bethnal green or even if she's going to leave, no doubt, probably taxpayers expense, by the way . will it set a legal the way. will it set a legal precedent for? essentially, anyone went there anyone who went over there to join same defence join, to use the same defence her that they were coerced and that they were trafficked or that they were trafficked or that they were the of grooming. they can come as well. well, they are hearing evidence in this case. and so at the tribunal stage of any hearing the determination based on facts. i mean one of the things that i query this is to what extent to mima begum is participating in these proceedings . you will recall proceedings. you will recall that the earliest such proceedings that ended up in the supreme court were all about her being given to return to the uk fight this case. we know that she lost that in the supreme court. so now the extent to which she's given instructions or produced a witness statement . i don't know. nobody knows.

and i don't think we ever will know. there are three witnesses in this case whose . identities in this case whose. identities are being obscured . and so there are being obscured. and so there may well be case that one of cinema's witnesses is one of those. so i mean, does it set a precedent ? well, it is an precedent? well, it is an interesting point that people trafficking now is as , you say, trafficking now is as, you say, being raised as a defence to being raised as a defence to being a terrorist. being raised as a defence to being a terrorist . but actually . the being a terrorist. but actually. the national act , what it actually national act, what it actually says is that the secretary of state has discretion to exclude aid or to withdraw citizenship if it's conducive to the public good. whether or not she was trafficked does not actually go to she was a terrorist and it's in the public good . so it's such in the public good. so it's such a wide ranging power and discrediting that the home secretary . the ultimate thing if

secretary. the ultimate thing if i've heard you correctly and understood correctly that ultimate thing that will decide whether or not shamima begum can come back to the kingdom as a british and will not necessarily be whether not she was groomed, whether or she was trafficked or anything that it will be, whether or not still a threat . whether or not still a threat. well, and whether is conducive to the public good. that's the wording of the statute section 40 and has the secretary what at the time it was sajid javid has he gone ? has he considered the he gone? has he considered the appropriate evidence now ? the appropriate evidence now? the other issue that was raised in this case was the point about being made stateless . but the being made stateless. but the statute actually says that if the home secretary has a reasonable belief that won't be stateless that they don't have to demonstrate that she won't be stateless. but if he a reasonable belief that she won't be stateless, then he's entitled tld to withdraw all her citizenship. the an interesting point here, patrick is that

bangladesh which of course, she has nationality rights to. bangladesh is not a signatory to. the un convention on statelessness and currently there are about 700 individuals on the planet are stateless and bangladesh does not actually support that convention. so it will be interesting to see what play will be interesting to see what play is between bangladesh and the united kingdom . on where the united kingdom. on where shamim bagan will go. i don't think anybody's going to be risking their lives get into a syrian camp to release her anyway. if i'm if i'm honest, no , i very much doubt that. yes look, thank you very, very much. great to have your legal insight. that is barrister rebecca butler just reacting to at least what we're allowed to know and. the latest of the things that we know from this begum case. i can't help but feel as though and i say a lot, we are living in clown world. ladies and gentlemen we are

asked to disbelieve we see asked to disbelieve what we see with eyes, whether or with our very eyes, whether or not case of the old not it is the case of the old trans and things like that in women's or in women's women's sports or in women's prisons, not, it's prisons, whether or not, it's the who is the idea that somebody who is just away was just months just months away was just months away from the voting age, that a lot people on the left would lot of people on the left would like children to to vote. like children to able to vote. young are whether or not young adults are whether or not that person too young to have known what she was doing when she to join a jihadi death she went to join a jihadi death cult in the middle east and allegedly so suicide into their suicide vests and tries to behave like some kind of breeding machine for the islamic state. how earth can we not accept that? she knew what she was doing? that is of course the case. the court but would be enough suspend logic on this element and we have to say, oh no, she was great and blessed being sources who spent being our sources who spent logic and what we can see with our own eyes when. it comes to a lot people coming the lot of people coming across the channel these people channel army, these people paying channel army, these people paying thousands of paying tens of thousands of pounds, cases people pounds, in some cases people traffickers smugglers. pounds, in some cases people traffthen; smugglers. pounds, in some cases people traffthen when smugglers. pounds, in some cases people traffthen when they smugglers. pounds, in some cases people traffthen when they smlclaiming and then when they get claiming asylum country where

asylum from a country where there's having travelled asylum from a country where th

testimony now from people up and down the country, but specifically from the of specifically today from the of blackpool which points to one thing and one thing only doesn't see that this government cares more for asylum seekers or illegal immigrants than it does its citizens, does it? no, its own citizens, does it? no, absolutely. seems to be the absolutely. this seems to be the case. serco, who are case. you know, serco, who are in of housing , case. you know, serco, who are in of housing, asylum in charge of housing, asylum seekers have swung into nottingham and blackpool as well with a boatload of cash told . with a boatload of cash told. the homeless people that are currently there in temporary accommodation to clear up and then the asylum seekers get put in their place. it is a case of whoever has the most and it screams volumes that our government prepared to obviously give serco more money to solve the asylum problem than they are to solve homeless mess in the uk. very david. yes, i'll throw it to you now. haye, who is an international human rights lawyer. a lot of people are up in arms about david, as i'm sure you're completely aware why do

the human of people who've paid people traffickers to get over here having not fled a war in many cases? why do that human rights trumped the human rights . a military veteran who's sleeping on the opposite i town . i mean it's really a simple response. basically, you've got a rather absurd law. so you're an asylum seeker that comes across on the channel and you are not able to look after yourself. the uk government , the yourself. the uk government, the national government has a duty to harass you if you're a person in instance, where i am at the moment, cornwall, wherever you may be in blackpool. it's the local government, the council that has a very difficult to pass kind of obligation to house you.soif pass kind of obligation to house you. so if you are a homeless person in cornwall, blackpool and you need housing it's a lot of hoops you need to pass through. there are for instance long term housing five test that you need to take before you're given housing. you've got a very

clear obligation on the uk government has asylum seekers and a very difficult to pass obugafion and a very difficult to pass obligation on local councils to house homeless people. so you've got a situation when the people in blackpool looking at this, you've got a situation where if you've got a situation where if you are a white, male , british you are a white, male, british person , the chances of you person, the chances of you getting housing a slim if you're homeless this is an asylum seeker. so it's understandable why people are very upset . why people are very upset. alright, rebecca jane , do you alright, rebecca jane, do you know the optics of this are just shocking really and we're being asked to not believe this. do you think it's about time that. the british public were just told truth which is that a lot of these people are not fleeing war and the government is clearly prioritising them over are military veterans kind of agree with him? patrick but i often do . and so, yes, you are often do. and so, yes, you are absolutely crazy. so actually i looked into this. so jenny halliday , serco director for halliday, serco director for asylum accommodation. i invite

you to get her on your program because what she's actually said and quite concerned by this is that not evicting anybody it is just removing them for their own good. so they're moving homeless people for their own good and putting asylum seekers obviously into their places. so for me thatis into their places. so for me that is gaslighting 101 into their places. so for me that is gaslighting101 she's that is gaslighting 101 she's trying to convince there is an they don't just can't just come on you and this is it not a pretty straightforward case of the fact that unfortunately i would imagine that homeless people don't vote. however a lot of who are bleeding of people who are bleeding heart liberals know the liberals and you know the hashtag welcome a lot hashtag refugees welcome a lot do so therefore easier for do and so therefore easier for the government to appease them by burying the homeless out of a hotel dead of a hotel into the cold dead of a winter night and shoving the hotel asylum seekers so hotel full of asylum seekers so they can say to the electorate, we care. and people who actually do them, vote for them . it do vote them, vote for them. it is just an absolute nonsense. i think that the bottom line of all of this, it's all about politics, isn't it? we've been proven time and time again that

the government this , current the government this, current government, want to deal with whatever they want, deal with. they will throw money they will change legislation. they will act. case , they want act. but in this case, they want to appease themselves. they want to appease themselves. they want to appease themselves. they want to appease friends, and to appease their friends, and then want put money into then they want put money into whatever do it with whatever they want to do it with . homelessness is not on . but homelessness is not on their agenda right, their agenda mark. all right, david, i would argue that some of the human rights of people in some of local areas are being affected, not the homeless. for example, there's council example, there's one council that i'm going to try and talk to tomorrow. they message me. i was on the leader of that was on air. the leader of that council say that their council say that in their budget , £1 council say that in their budget, £1 million now, council say that in their budget, £1 million now , £1 budget, £1 million now, £1 million on increasing million is going on increasing the social care for people who are claiming be asylum seeker are claiming to be asylum seeker children that children despite the fact that they that a lot these they are aware that a lot these people not children . what people are not children. what about rights of people about the human rights of people in local council , in local in local council, in local council areas in this country who can now not access public services because of these people 7 services because of these people ? but i think , as i mentioned ? but i think, as i mentioned before, when i when your shows that i think what what everybody

has the same effective human rights and what we now need to see is people in the uk that believe that human rights have been basically violated because of what is happening with the asylum . so let's take for asylum. so let's take for instance a homeless who on the normal course may have seen them emergency at least over christmas. if that doesn't happen to them because those accommodations are full because of asylum seekers have their human being breached has a and that's you think there might be a case for that was that what would happen? what would would happen that sorry. i'll happen that david sorry. i'll just on this one. so just with you on this one. so there could be a case there that human rights have been breached. could absolutely, could that. absolutely, absolutely mean we all have effectively same rights? it effectively the same rights? it comes the same legislation, comes from the same legislation, the documents . so you will the same documents. so you will always have issues , human always have issues, human rights, basically one kind of trumps the other, even when we look at the government when they were bringing in the new so—called human rights, that got stalled the government stalled because the government kept actually tried

kept in that they actually tried to create almost a two tier system of human rights, saying that some human rights are more important than .other human rights reality is, is rights. but the reality is, is two people have human rights and of is being abused or of them is being abused or basically there basically being abused. there will point if they take will come a point if they take that to judicial system that a decision to be made and as just an example of my head the situation with the homelessness you know over christmas it is quite normal for there to be additional accommodation , additional accommodation, homeless people in councils . one homeless people in councils. one could argue now that because the additional asylum seekers taking hotels that might have been used on an emergency basis that , on an emergency basis that, there's an issue very quickly i'm very finally rebecca, thanks very much. by the way, very quickly, very finally. rebecca do you think we're getting to referendum territory this should the as whole have the british public as whole have a say on whether or not keep using hotel stock , stock, social using hotel stock, stock, social services , stock and taxpayers services, stock and taxpayers money on the asylum seeker issue as opposed to our own people , i as opposed to our own people, i think that yes. however only

problem is if we go into those we have a referendum everything i would agree . so what i think i would agree. so what i think that needs to happen is the government just not need to start listening to what people are saying. that is very clear to a very clear message . and to a very clear message. and actually, david, let's go and find people have had find some people that have had the violators and the human violators and represent them pro bono, let's go find fighting in blackpool. she signed you up . a free word. she signed you up. a free word. a very free word. david don't worry. a verbal contract is no binding. bill, to both of you, thank you very much. great to have you both on the show. lovely human rights, lovely stuff. is human rights, international human rights. david ukip, david hay, deputy leader, ukip, rebecca you make rebecca jane, what do you make of that, ladies and gentlemen, that in the wake of the that comes in the wake of the unequivocally that unequivocally exclusives that we brought you why home go to brought you why to home go to this brought which this is brought to you which showed clearly now that showed quite clearly now that the government in my view anyway and with eyes and i think anyone with eyes really or is can have really can say or is can have this is prioritising this government is prioritising the asylum seekers over the needs of asylum seekers over people who live here already . people who live here already. time for a quick break now. but when i come back will be speaking someone who backs

when i come back will be spea decision omeone who backs when i come back will be spea decision toreone who backs when i come back will be spea decision to court who backs when i come back will be spea decision to court core backs when i come back will be spea decision to court core more rmt decision to court core more rail strikes. these have two days outside of the evening. it is something that you agree with, though? it mick lynch with, though? is it mick lynch or it made green chelsea or is it made green chelsea shortly .

is christmas going to be ruined by grinch? the leader of the rams , mick ledge, will meet rams, mick ledge, will meet transport secretary mark harper on thursday. apparently a bid to stop the rail disruption over work and pensions. secretary stride said that the government remains committed to plans to impose service levels during the strikes by transport workers to prevent unwanted travel chaos but should unions be able to hold the country to ransom with their action? is striking legitimate actually do they have the support of the public. joining me now is linda taaffe, who is the secretary of the national shop stewards network.

linda, thank you very great to have you on the show . do you have you on the show. do you think mick has any right to think that mick has any right to call this? he he's got the pubuc call this? he he's got the public support with him. i'm not so he's definitely got the support. absolutely well, you're on empty members and particularly leaders are absolute heroes at the moment because they're standing on for working people that are an inspiration to everywhere they've lifted people's spirits . and you know what's more more people are making enquiries about becoming how to become a trade union member because they want a bit of what lynch is offering. can i just go right. i'm going to have to just cut in now because you said that stand on our knees on way all getting off . okay. alright. what do you off. okay. alright. what do you got in 2019 didn't you as well.

because i'm looking the rmt his own website and they were really triumphant about this. the rmt wins inflation busting two year pay wins inflation busting two year pay deal and job security for network rail of 2019. oh. was that long ago? you've already had a square deal on the one. do you want another one? no. three day is greedy. the struggle between the and the workers in every sector of . goes on day every sector of. goes on day day. no body ever wins completely . you have to keep completely. you have to keep coming again and again it's not. i'm sorry , a little work lost. i'm sorry, a little work lost. it's everybody else . no, no, it's everybody else. no, no, this is no a struggle between the bosses and workers, is it not? or even balancing at the moment . but. not? or even balancing at the moment. but. but i would not? or even balancing at the moment . but. but i would argue moment. but. but i would argue that this isn't just as an ongoing struggle between the bosses and the workers. this is a struggle between the workers

and the workers, because the rmt strike action is going to knock hundreds, millions of pounds off our your ordinary our economy and your ordinary working and woman hardest, our economy and your ordinary working and woman hardest , the working and woman hardest, the time when they need to transport most over christmas, they're going to see their families . going to see their families. this who are this is the people who are suffering are the workers themselves . you're acting as a themselves. you're acting as a mouthpiece for the bosses here because that is what they say. oh, you're doing yourselves, harm. no they are the work force in the rmt . yeah, don't forget in the rmt. yeah, don't forget they're losing a day's pay every they're losing a day's pay every they go out on strike . i'm just they go out on strike. i'm just saying because that will do what we're doing, we're going. don't you ever think about wanting everything about those people who will not be able to go and maybe visit a dying relative in intensive care because they got the their final the transport, their final moments by mick moments away from them by mick lynch in the so don't to rubbish don't you think that people now have not got the to go and see

relatives who live far away or they're having to work all hours possible and can't get the time to go and see so—called relatives don't use nonsense it's just nonsense is it. gosh tell you what intensive care wards and the people in them across the country be looking at it now. i think it is not so of a nonsense for them as ever. linda i'll have to get going. thank you very much. if they're losing staff as are at the losing staff as they are at the moment , unfortunately it will be moment, unfortunately it will be . i get your point . calls are . i get your point. calls are on. i get your point and i've got to go. i'm not only getting shouted by you, linda, i'm getting shot up. i'm a producer as well. there's only so much i can take. right, linda? thank you it's after you very much. then it's after the of the shop the secretary of the shop stewards greyfriars. stewards network greyfriars. okay. up next is dewbs& co but he's dewbs & co really he's not dewbs& co really because it's nanna and co, isn't it. no. coming up work. it. no, no. was coming up work. oh spicy wasn't it. oh that was spicy wasn't it. crikey. crikey. well it's been coming suella braverman . was coming up suella braverman. was talking about basically blaming

smugglers asked smugglers and when she asked about safe and legal routes for migrants who aren't coming from the selected countries where they're from , they're allowed to come from, she answer the she struggled to answer the question . we're to be question. so we're going to be debating that . also, we're going debating that. also, we're going to look at ukraine. boris johnson basically said lot of the countries like the european countries like france and italy and germany actually were quite nonchalant about giving weapons to them the beginning because they were hoping that the war would be over quite quickly. so we'll be discussing that and only just a bit sick and of removing links slavery another universe city is attempting again remove change the names of seven buildings that are linked slavery that is on way. oh no no. fantastic all right. make sure you tune to in nanna and co, which is following may right on gb news love. thank you very very much, everybody. great to be with you. so be back tomorrow at 3 but up next, tomorrow at 3 pm. but up next, yes, is wonderful. nana alex yes, it is wonderful. nana alex deakin with your latest weather update from the met office. another spell of rain to come

won't too long, but it's won't last too long, but it's going heavy accompanied going be heavy and accompanied by some winds. we have met office yellow warnings that have been issued . pressure has been been issued. pressure has been dominating this week, bringing spells of and windy . this is spells of wet and windy. this is the one that's going to bring some wet windy weather some wet and windy weather tomorrow, it's with us yet. tomorrow, but it's with us yet. we got weather we still got these weather bringing a spell of rain across the northern through this the northern isles through this evening of showers on evening and plenty of showers on behind thundery with behind heavy even thundery with wales south—west england. wales and south—west england. some hail in as well and some hail mixed in as well and some blustery, gusty winds dry through this evening and overnight . central and eastern overnight. central and eastern parts it will turn a bit chilly , but there's going to be enough of a breeze to stop too much in the way of frost generally dropping about 6 to 4 dropping down about 6 to 4 celsius. a bright start then on thursday a bit of a chill the air but some sunshine across many parts but here comes that next of rain, a spell of heavy rain, really gusty winds for northern ireland southwest scotland. a wind in place here. and then that narrow of heavy rain for wales and england

around the middle part of the day before that moves into the and south—east england on ahead of that mostly dry and behind it sunshine and showers temperatures again tend to maybe 13 celsius in the south but certainly feeling cooler when that rain comes along it could cause some disruption and certainly the potential for further flooding . those gusty further flooding. those gusty winds suddenly up as well tends to out of the way during the evening and then we're again just left with fair few showers, but they do tend to fade. and friday looks like being one of the drier days of this week in some parts of the uk. a fine, bright day. it will be as windy either . still a few showers for either. still a few showers for parts of western england and wales, but we're pretty well scattered few showers scattered quite a few showers for scotland . many for western scotland. many places won't see a shower on friday sunny spells friday have some sunny spells temperatures will be about average ranging from ten to maybe 12 or 13 celsius in the south. good bye .