channel good afternoon. wonderful people. it's patrick christys on gb news now it's friday afternoon . you've worked hard afternoon. you've worked hard all week, so tell your to, boss do one and just sit back and soak in a bumper news day with me all the way through until 6 pm. this hour, i've got an exclusive about asylum seekers with being out with diphtheria being sent out around . uk whitty it around. the uk chris whitty it makes it his covid lockdown response is causing loads of excess deaths. have talks broken down.7 mick lynch and the government and.7 do the public think the tories are finished? i'm not here to mess around . i'm not here to mess around. people get those views coming

straight and do you think the government is playing fast and loose with your safety when comes to asylum seekers? gbp is now gb news dot uk . good now gb news dot uk. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm bethany lc . bring you up to date bethany lc. bring you up to date from the gb newsroom. gb news understands health are dealing with new cases . diphtheria at with new cases. diphtheria at the ftx migrant processing centre in kent . the cases were centre in kent. the cases were discovered among more than 2000 channel migrants who arrived on small boats in recent gb news has obtained exclusive still images from ftx revealing some of the basic conditions are living in, including of the rooms with sleeping mats close together on the floor . official together on the floor. official sources have told gb news they believe those testing positive for diphtheria at the facility contracted the disease while rough on the other side of the engush

rough on the other side of the english channel, sajid javid has announced will not stand again at the next general election. the mp for bromsgrove was the health secretary until july year when he stood for in the tory leadership campaign . he's one of leadership campaign. he's one of the most prominent conservative mps announce that to step down, he also held other cabinet positions , including chancellor positions, including chancellor and home secretary. in a letter to , the chairman of the to, the chairman of the bromsgrove conservative association, mr. javid, said serving the government had been the privilege of his life and he hoped his best was sufficient . hoped his best was sufficient. the labour leader says the party's by—election in chester shows that people want a change of government . samantha dickson of government. samantha dickson increased the party's majority by more than 4000 to almost 11,000. the contest was triggered by the resident of former labour mp christine matheson, following complaints of serious sexual harassment allegations denies. sir keir starmer says voters are fed up with financial chaos. the labour

has been putting forward a proposal if planned for the future , how we stabilise and future, how we stabilise and grow our economy . so we were grow our economy. so we were putting a positive choice to the electorate in chester . the electorate in chester. the government is worn out tired, has crushed the economy and the verdict was very, very clearly given. and i think that's a clear message to the prime minister, rishi sunak's, that people are fed up. they want to change the uk health security agency has confirmed more young children have died from a strep a infection. the death is of a child from st john school in eaung child from st john school in ealing in west london . it's ealing in west london. it's thought three others died in the past week , including one child past week, including one child in surrey and another cardiff. health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep which can cause scarlet fever, though deaths and serious complications from the infection are rare . two teenage boys have are rare. two teenage boys have charged with the murders of 216 year olds who were stabbed to death just mile apart in

south—east london . the victims south—east london. the victims have been named cancer slansky, who was found in thames mead and charlie bartolo. he was found in abbey wood last month. the met police says suspects aged 15 and 16 will appear at bromley magistrates later. an 18 year old man was also arrested this morning in connection with the deaths . the rmt union boss morning in connection with the deaths. the rmt union boss has held urgent talks with the government in a bid to halt strikes planned over the christmas period . mick lynch met christmas period. mick lynch met with scotland's transport minister yesterday and the pair have urged westminster to intervene in the network rail pay intervene in the network rail pay dispute. transport secretary mark harper said he wants to work with the rmt and the employers in good faith to resolve the issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the weekend . royal has been told the weekend. royal has been told it cannot keep the covid pandemic for late deliveries. it's after the firm had failed to meet several of annual delivery targets last year. the regulator, ofcom , just 82% of

regulator, ofcom, just 82% of first class mail was delivered within one working day. that's below a target of 93. ofcom said performance at royal mail also fell well short of where it should be in the early part of this financial year. and sir elton john has been announced as the first headline, act for glastonbury festival next year. organisers say it will be the final show of elton's last ever two. the star said he couldn't be more excited and that there's no more fitting way to say goodbye to british fans . the goodbye to british fans. the music event will return to farm in somerset in june . this is gb in somerset in june. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. let's get back to . as it happens. let's get back to. pa when we start as we mean to go on today, ladies and gentlemen, with a massive exclusive from our very own mark white, our

home and security editor and it home and security editor. and it relates to an issue that i know is incredibly a lot of is incredibly close. a lot of your a our your hearts, a lot of our viewers and our listeners. and that's going on that's what's been going on at the ftx migrant centre. they are now dealing with a massive fresh number it comes to number cases when it comes to dip theory at the gb news has learned that mark is going to bnng learned that mark is going to bring that to you shortly. the new cases were discovered this among the more than 2000 channel migrants arrived small migrants who arrived in small boats past few days boats just in the past few days serious conversations here. we're stuck we're going to get stuck to right now where they are right now about where they are contracting this, how quickly it can spread, exactly ferry can spread, exactly what ferry it whether not really it does and whether not really we be sending a of we should be sending a lot of these people their way to these people on their way to front a hotel near you. i'm going to have to mount. why is here exclusive here with this latest exclusive story people mark have a story people i think mark have a right be concerned. yes right now be concerned. yes another health emergency at the ftx processing centre in kent . ftx processing centre in kent. we've been told that at least half a dozen people are present filled with deep fear . we don't filled with deep fear. we don't

describe as an outbreak because officials are quite clear that not something that they are contracting in months and but they're actually coming down with these diseases and not just diphtheria , other diseases on diphtheria, other diseases on the other side of the channel. now, what you're looking at here are exclusive pictures that we've also obtained today filmed inside the ftx processing centre. this is one of the big marquee is they have there where some of the migrants have been sleeping . you can see that there sleeping. you can see that there are these thin mattresses that have stacked up there. the around them mattresses on the floor that are being amongst the migrants as well. and they're sleeping. they're effectively side by side in these big. sleeping. they're effectively side by side in these big . so if side by side in these big. so if the if there are people who have especially an airborne respiratory , then there is respiratory, then there is a very significant chance that those near them could contract

that. yeah and as we understand, it's is being offered, but when it's is being offered, but when it comes to the one to public as well , this is a massive concern well, this is a massive concern because we know now people have been processed very, very quickly and sat in silence . quickly and sat in silence. hotels as we've been covering pretty non—stop and, people are concerned because people can come and go from these hotels, etc. and there are worries out there about this spreading across uk. there's always a worry about the potential for any disease brought into this country to spread into the wider population . and absolutely there population. and absolutely there is in fact, we saw that in october when we had huge surge of small boats coming across the channel of small boats coming across the channel, which meant there was a backlog of cases that were deaung backlog of cases that were dealing with advanced . and at dealing with advanced. and at one point there were 4000 people in site ftx sleeping there are for several weeks of them when they're only supposed to be in for a maximum 24 hours processed and then sent off hotels around

the country or wherever, but 50 people at last count had tested positive for diphtheria, having been sent from ftx elsewhere in the country is happening . yeah. the country is happening. yeah. and the concern is that other people in the wider community could contract whatever disease someone has who is put into the wider community. now what the government say regard to diphtheria is that the vast majority of the population have actually been inoculate treated in childhood . but we know in childhood. but we know there's about 7 million people or so in recent years come into the uk for from countries that will not have had diphtheria as and inoculation in childhood . and inoculation in childhood. and i should say with regard to this ongoing cases diphtheria that are now being again this fresh batch of ftx the home office are not talking on the

specifics of that, but they have issued a statement on what they do in terms of helping those suffering from diphtheria. and in that statement they say we take both the welfare of those in our care and our wider public health response abilities extremely seriously . it goes on extremely seriously. it goes on to say full procedures, including treatment with antibiotics and, isolation processes have been followed in accordance with uk health and security agency advice . a security agency advice. a statement from the office in with regard to what's happening regarding . their response to regarding. their response to diphtheria . absolutely. and for diphtheria. absolutely. and for television viewers, if you're watching this online as, well, if you are listening on your radio , i would recommend maybe radio, i would recommend maybe maybe pulling when it's safe for do so and just taking look, not just statement from the just at that statement from the home there seeing home office there and seeing what of it, not a lot what you make of it, not a lot of in that of specific acts in that statement, them saying that

statement, but them saying that they the care the wider, they do the care of the wider, very, very seriously. there are. also, pictures also, exclusive pictures from mark inside mark white there from the inside , detention centre, just , the ftx detention centre, just in you are wondering, in case you are wondering, diphtheria of course, is not maybe the top of the list of people's knowledge comes people's knowledge when it comes to of the to illnesses. some of the symptoms grey white coats symptoms are grey white coats seem the of your seem like cover the back of your throat tongue high throat nose tongue high temperature throat temperature sore throat swollen glands neck. it lead glands in the neck. and it lead to heart rhythms , to irregular heart rhythms, death and difficulty breathing. of course now, important of course. now, it is important to as , mark said, that to stress as, mark said, that these cases are not starting in ftx we believe that they are being brought over from some of the frankly squalid conditions that these people are living in before come over here. but before they come over here. but serious it leads serious questions and it leads me when asking you, the me on to when asking you, the members of the public throughout, the course this throughout, the course of this show views of gb news uk as show gbv views of gb news uk as we cases of, we see rising cases of, diphtheria. we know now that diphtheria. and we know now that hotel across uk are hotel rates across the uk are being house some of being used to house some of these individuals. or these individuals. whether or not more than ever not you feel now more than ever that home office potentially that the home office potentially is and loose when is playing fast and loose when it to public safety and it comes to public safety and pubuc it comes to public safety and public health as a result of this. but mark, finally on this

now, more than ever now now, maybe more than ever now a bit of a shot in the arm for, want of a better phrase when it comes to serious question marks about allowing many of about why we're allowing many of these to come over , if these people to come over, if more impetus was , surely this is more impetus was, surely this is it, i mean it is a public health emergency potentially. well there is real sensitive parties around the issue of , there is real sensitive parties around the issue of, public health concerns when . it comes health concerns when. it comes to those coming the channel because clearly on the part of the authorities, the last they want to be seen as doing is demonising people who are coming to this country. however having said that , there are real said that, there are real concerns about the conditions that people living in, particularly in these makeshift camps in wooded areas around dunkirk, around kali, where they are often in these for weeks, sometimes and we know that diseases are rife in these camps and course, by the very nature

of the transitory process then of the transitory process then of these individuals leaving the camps and coming to the uk , some camps and coming to the uk, some will take the disease , uzis that will take the disease, uzis that they picked up in the camps them and that requires not just then and that requires not just then an immigration response but very now a health response as well. and that's we're seeing the government giving now is routine vaccinations against diphtheria and other diseases. to those who are coming across the channel from france , my wife, thank you from france, my wife, thank you very, very much. we're keeping you updated and as all updates throughout the course of this show, i'm security at is that with another exclusive exclusive images that ftx images from inside that ftx detention the emails already filling in thick and fast on this gbviews@gbnews.uk . people this gbviews@gbnews.uk. people like are now saying more than ever potentially that offshore processing centre is needed. look i think for a long time in this country people were being to bury their heads in the sand when the scale of what

when it came the scale of what was place in the channel. was taking place in the channel. you that of course the net you add that of course the net migration as well the public cost. were told just cost. we were told to just ignore when it comes to 7 ignore that when it comes to 7 million rest every million quid and the rest every single on hotels, etc. but single day on hotels, etc. but now we're asked to now all we're being asked to ignore health ignore potential health consequences at the same consequences as well at the same time not any way or form, time is not in any way or form, of course, wanting to demonise anyone coming over. it's not their fault they've got diphtheria. want it diphtheria. no one would want it on the. case is all thankfully very, very small. the same very, very small. at the same time, should also time, people should and also be demonised saying well, i am demonised for saying well, i am concerned about the public health and safety in my area. if people being sent now in hotels and, boarding houses, etc. with potentially anyway illnesses, gbs, gb news don't you get those views coming in this is i think maybe just start of something rather rather large your views matter that we to hear from you anyway we're moving on now because labour party's managed to increase its majority in the city of chester. this was the chester by—election. some of. you remember nearly stood you may remember i nearly stood there candidate for the there as a candidate for the monster loony party

monster raving loony party theme. so i quite rightly theme. so i was quite rightly talked of it. my career does talked out of it. my career does not need help when it comes not need any help when it comes severe nosedive. have severe nosedive. anyway, we have a tories a 13% swinging from the tories to this follows a by—election yesterday. yes, as i've just said preview, mp said after preview, labour mp chris matheson stepped amid serious sexual misconduct allegations . serious sexual misconduct allegations. i'm at pains to suggest that he strenuously denies the results been welcomed by labour leader keir starmer. he says that they show the tory has run of road . well look, has run of road. well look, let's be clear, this was a very very good result for the labour because what was clear was there was a choice the labour party has been putting forward a positive plan for the future, how we stabilise and grow our economy. so we were a positive choice to the electorate in chester. the government is worn out, tired just crushed the economy and the verdict was very, very clearly and i think that's a clear to the prime minister where she's seen action that people are fed up and they want a change and there's this

strong sense now the government has run out of road run out of ideas, hasn't got a mandate and it's ideas, hasn't got a mandate and wsfime ideas, hasn't got a mandate and it's time for change . well, it's it's time for change. well, it's interesting, isn't it, because you could result paper you could fit a result paper between the two main political parties in this country at the moment. leaves me quite moment. and it leaves me quite on something little tease on to something a little tease you going be talking you they're going to be talking later is friday, which later on. it is friday, which means people's poll as means it is our people's poll as regular viewers and listeners will this some will on this some quite startling comes startling results when it comes to today's people's poll. i'll be the exact figures be revealing the exact figures later anyway, but actually a lot of you are thinking that the tories and tories are finished and crucially the tories have stalled and is it just over things like this. shock, horror, if don't stick to your principles or maybe dare i say what elected to do or what you were elected to do or what you were elected to do or what thought your what people thought your policies for when do policies would for when you do get by elections and get a good by elections and potentially in a general we just spoken for example, about illegal, haven't we? i mean, that i imagine be a massive red flag for people. but is this really bad for the or is really bad news for the or is this just a by—election just just a sign that labour frankly have held up pretty much was

always bag. i'm joined always in the bag. i'm joined now from liverpool by a lecturer in british politics, sir david, an expert when it comes to this stuff , labour, of course, will stuff, labour, of course, will be we'll be making a massive meal out of this. and as their right, they have just won a seat but realistically in this particular moment, is it a sign of the fact that the tories are taking kicking they're taking a kicking isn't they're finished think it's not really telling us anything we don't know already. right. so the results the swing reflects the difference in the polls you only need to look at polls to see need to look at the polls to see rishi sunak's. need to look at the polls to see rishi sunak's . conservatives are rishi sunak's. conservatives are in trouble and this in deep trouble and this by—election just confirms that . by—election just confirms that. i mean, course keir starmer i mean, of course keir starmer is to happy, but you is right to be happy, but you can probably put a by—election in any constituency in the country at the moment and labour will do very and the conservatives very badly conservatives will do very badly is it quite . they only did i is it not quite. they only did i think for a lot of people immigration , legal and illegal immigration, legal and illegal is a massive issue when they go to the ballot box. it was ever i'll say it passes the pub test

every single conversation in a pub politics, if you give them enough time, will inevitably include something about immigration way or the immigration one way or the other. let's be honest other. and let's be honest labour aren't really going to do other. and let's be honest lihuge aren't really going to do other. and let's be honest lihuge aren't retoy going to do other. and let's be honest lihuge aren't reto stopng to do other. and let's be honest lihuge aren't reto stop it. to do other. and let's be honest lihuge aren't reto stop it. in do a huge amount to stop it. in fact, one argue that the fact, one could argue that the labour continue or labour party would continue or maybe what's been maybe exacerbate what's been going despite all of going on. but despite all of that, labour's still doing in the polls potentially a symbol that have had enough of. that people have had enough of. the tories , yes, certainly the tories, yes, certainly people. one of the reasons why labour's doing so well is that a huge chunk of 2019 conservative voters are simply saying we don't know who we who we're going to vote. and so they're taken of the line of the taken out of the line of the polls. so it kind of inflates labour's somewhat . but it's labour's lead somewhat. but it's also remember for also important to remember for a lot of people, immigration is no longer the most important issue . the it was around the . the way it was around the brexit referendum. yeah, the brexit referendum. and yeah, the of living the economy and quite frankly the conservatives don't seem have any answers that seem to have any answers that the public want to hear. labour seem to stolen the thunder seem to have stolen the thunder on they've stolen on this. they've stolen the thunder nhs they're thunder on the nhs they're leading on of these key leading on all of these key issues. it's fascinating

issues. and it's fascinating that because slightly that point because it's slightly orwellian because actually the labour party not come out and backed any these drugs are backed any of these drugs are pinning all on 12 years of pinning it all on 12 years of tory rule which is dead now has been 12 years of tory rule 12 and bit. so you can that and a bit. yeah. so you can that but labour backing the but labour not backing the strikes crucially not saying strikes and crucially not saying that be to that they'd actually be able to give or ones to give in to demands or ones to give in to demands or ones to give to in the demands bringing between the lines that strikes possibly continue. between the lines that strikes possitwas continue. between the lines that strikes possitwas a continue. between the lines that strikes possitwas a labour continue. between the lines that strikes possitwas a labour government there was a labour government but looks the public but the way it looks the public is the tories have not got is that the tories have not got it and labour might do something. i'm going to be revealing shortly the revealing very shortly the results poll results of our people's poll will people the hook for will keep people on the hook for that. right now. but of that. right now. but one of them, one of the results does appear definitively appear to show definitively actually people that if actually the people that if there new political there was a new political party that stronger that was much stronger immigration would do, immigration than party would do, rather, how do you feel about that that ? i'm not sure. the that that? i'm not sure. the chester by—election much evidence of that reform uk a big point about where we're besting where we go to where the party that people should be voting for and they've done not very well

at all, about just under 3, which is a third of what ukip got in 2015. and that constituency. so it seems that everybody likes the idea of a new party, but because of all voting system people know really that most constituencies a toss up between the labour , the up between the labour, the conservatives or in some cases the dems. so it's always the people prefer like in abstract than that actually vote on the day . can i than that actually vote on the day. can i just ask you in your esteemed view, do you think britain is just becoming one way or the other now a socialist country because i have noticed a bit of a sea change. i talk a lot about strikes as would imagine, and there's a very mixed bag on that. it's most divisive issue, believe it or not that i talk about when i see my inbox and when i see twitter and we do polls on it now because of this cost of living crisis, a lot of people are throwing their homes in the aggregate actually back aggregate actually i do back a pay aggregate actually i do back a pay rise for vast swathes of the pubuc pay rise for vast swathes of the public you've then got public sector. you've then got people other side it people on the other side of it and it is about 50, from what i

can tell, who are well, i'm not getting massive rise at getting a massive pay rise at all. still skin and maybe all. i'm still skin and maybe these people shouldn't either. but be a but that does appear to be a little of a lurch in my little bit of a lurch in my anecdotal evidence towards actually a slightly more socialist country in the tory party has moved that way in a sense. how long you britain sense. how long do you britain is becoming socialist is just becoming more socialist i think generally if you look at the country as a whole over a long period of time. i economically we have been centre left we've always this idea that the nhs is a very good thing this idea of universal pensions a good thing so we've we've been in many ways you know in that place now where we've , where place now where we've, where we've kind of moved slightly more. i would is on the kind of social side where we've become more socially over time and this is benefited the labour party but you're right about the conservative party 2019 manifesto was committed state intervention in the economy to make places that were left behind a lot better and that is something that the current government seems to have

completely forgot and. that was why boris johnson, along with brexit was elected, because he promised to level up the country. we've moved away from that government and in that in this government and in many rishi sunak will be many places rishi sunak will be paying many places rishi sunak will be paying price . we've gone paying the price. we've gone back something that very back on something that very popular in 2019. you find it quite amazing. it leads to the kind of rhetoric and the optics we were talking about when it comes to the nhs in the strike action really, which is of the conservative party as well being seen naturally by lot seen just naturally by a lot of people as a bit racist, as a thing, as well. they're going after minority prime minister we did bit for a matter of did all the bit for a matter of weeks an ethnic minority weeks of an ethnic minority chancellor. got a minority chancellor. we got a minority home her home secretary. we've had her twice obviously. and twice actually, obviously. and then that then he talks about fact that we've levels of net we've got record levels of net migration record levels of migration and record levels of illegal yet illegal immigration. and yet still to be these still there appears to be these opfics still there appears to be these optics about the conservative party amongst younger party amongst especially younger people that they are anti—immigration and potentially anti—immigration and potentially anti foreigners as well well . anti foreigners as well well. yes. i mean, the conservative party does have some sort of reputational issue around this

despite a, as you rightly say, a very good track record on promoting no white people into kind of key leading position in the same way that it's used to be seen as quite sexist even after during margaret thatcher's time in office, it has this issue shake what theresa may called nasty party label that i think just stick with it as a party on the right anyway so what this kind of hides is either anti immigration sentiment to some extent is also found amongst some parts of young people. right it's not some monolithic block. and in some monolithic block. and in some ways, we're just listening to some of the loudest voices on twitter really need to twitter when really we need to be of listening to as be kind of listening to the as a whole the conservative party whole and the conservative party especially need because they especially need to because they need themselves out need to and drag themselves out of the polls. of this in the in the polls. fantastic look, thank you very, very much. insightful that dr. david jeffrey, who's a lecturer at british politics, dialling in from just in relation from liverpool, just in relation the fact yes labour policy the fact that yes labour policy that got justices that that you got the justices that it's just a by—election you will mean patrick christys up the government's advisers government's top health advisers . i know will get you

. i know this will get you going. the uk faces years of going. say the uk faces years of excess deaths because a lack of hospital appointments during the covid now when was sitting covid now when i was sitting here in this very seat or just having in our the studio for the best part of a year now i've been showing this the rafters that our response the coronavirus crisis and our lockdowns to more lockdowns will lead to more deaths that actually we saw from covid. and i was told you've got to be careful saying this you've got to be careful it. you got to be careful saying it. you can't saying it's can't go about saying it's happening. just been happening. that's just been happening. that's just been happening. could happening. that's just been happiseen. could happening. that's just been happiseen it could happening. that's just been happiseen it coming. could happening. that's just been happiseen it coming. it could have seen it coming. it absolutely line up. we'll discuss that next. but first, is your how again, it's your weather. how again, it's aidan here the aidan mcgivern here from the met with forecast with the latest weather forecast and it been a gloomy start for many with the low many of us today with the low cloud best of folk that will thicken overnight, if anything. but some a mild but for some it's been a mild a day outbreaks of rain day with outbreaks of rain scotland , the far north of scotland, the far north of england, has seen the rain. drizzly rain will tend to ease overnight, but it will remain in places further south and, some clear spells the fog thicken through the evening and by the

start of friday we're going to see extensive low cloud mist, dense fog anywhere from the fate of york into , the midlands, east of york into, the midlands, east wales , as well as the southern wales, as well as the southern counties of england staying fog and frost across east anglia in the southeast, where there will be some showers overnight, but a touch frost is likely for west wales and cornwall, minus one, minus celsius under skies. minus two celsius under skies. and here a sunny to the day for scotland , mild start to the day. scotland, mild start to the day. but here we've a lot of cloud and some that rain still and some of that rain still affecting north and the affecting the north and the northern ireland. brighter skies to begin things. and it's a fine day for northern ireland day for much of northern ireland with . sunny spells the fog the with. sunny spells the fog the south does eventually lift and easterly breeze helps to clear by the afternoon, but it will stay cold. temperatures up in the mid to high single figures for the vast majority . now that for the vast majority. now that easterly breeze will increasingly bring showers into the east and south—east of england as we into nights england as we go into nights those showers frequent near the north sea coast . those showers frequent near the north sea coast. but those showers frequent near the north sea coast . but elsewhere north sea coast. but elsewhere it's going to stay largely dry

any rain in the far north of scotland tend fizzle out by scotland tend to fizzle out by the of the night. and as we the end of the night. and as we start off the weekend most places are cold. frost free. places are cold. but frost free. we're 2 to 5 celsius. we're looking at 2 to 5 celsius. generally touch of generally although a touch of frost likely across southern frost is likely across southern scotland, north—west england , scotland, north—west england, parts in the southwest parts of wales, in the southwest saturday starts off where we've got those lower temperatures with plenty of sunshine. but elsewhere, a lot of cloud cover, further showers coming in on the easterly wind and that easterly is going to make it feel cold through saturday, sunday and into next week .

wow. wow. well, the truth out in the end doesn't it because the government's top health adviser, sir chris whitty and patrick vallance. yes i remember them well. they've warned that we could be a quote, prolonged

penod could be a quote, prolonged period higher death rates period of higher death rates normal. i wonder why that might be . because routine health be. because routine health appointments not go ahead during the covid. despite this whitty chief medical officer for england and vallance, government's chief scientific adviser , they defended covid adviser, they defended covid lockdowns. the paper published a report of the covid 19 pandemic in the uk and said that the outcomes would have been, quote, significantly worse. they hadn't acted as . they significantly worse. they hadn't acted as. they did. significantly worse. they hadn't acted as . they did. there are acted as. they did. there are some pretty stark stats on, all of this. and joining me now is general practitioner dr. lawrence buckman. now, he used be the chair of the british medical association's general practitioners committee. dr. lawrence very much. lawrence, thank you very much. i am acutely that there are very much two sides of this particular coin people particular coin and people saying, if hadn't have saying, well, if we hadn't have locked or we'd have locked lockdown or we'd have locked lockdown or we'd have locked down lesser amount of locked for down lesser amount of time, there might been time, then there might have been more have more deaths covi would have pred more deaths covi would have ripped other, course. ripped through other, of course. now after the event while now saying after the event while we the economic issues, we look at the economic issues, we're at some the we're looking at some of the health issues that taking place. and maybe was the wrong and maybe this was the wrong side it. how is chris

side of it. how much is chris whitty to blame patrick vallance for the amount of excess deaths that we're seeing now? probably very little. i don't think the blame can be laid at their door . the reason why the nhs is overwhelmed is something to do with the pandemic . overwhelmed is something to do with the pandemic. not a huge amount. this a disaster waiting to happen the last 20 years and the workforce crisis is the it is now in the health service and you're not going to change very much of that. whether you have a lockdown or not reason for the lockdown or not reason for the lockdown at the beginning was we didn't have vaccines . once didn't have vaccines. once vaccines appear and other treatment then lockdowns are pointless but. well certainly yeah. pointless but. well certainly yeah . well, just just to yeah. well, just just to interject on that of the things that really stood out for me on this was the amount of people who didn't seek attention kind of they thought ill. of when they thought they ill. and can't the idea. for me and i can't the idea. for me that down to some of the fear mongering that we saw. we know now that a lot of chris whitty models were not accurate and

okay we were in a crisis but still they were presented as facts . a lot of the time whether facts. a lot of the time whether or not we wanted to be they were taken as read by lot of people taken as read by a lot of people and a lot of people not seek medical attention as a result of that. and we're paying price that. and now we're paying price for are not? think for it, are we not? i think that's a very simplistic interpretation what what interpretation of what what chris whitty said and did . he chris whitty said and did. he added caveats . absolutely added caveats. absolutely everything . everything he said everything. everything he said was agreed with. i don't know. i'm not sure . can't be certain. i'm not sure. can't be certain. and i'm he was right, you can't be certain . we knew that if be certain. we knew that if people didn't present early enough to the health service. excess deaths rise. that was obvious wasn't obvious to many people was how badly other factors would impact on catching up after the pandemic. inevitably if you aren't open or people think you're not open , people think you're not open, then you will not be able to health care to the right number of people and usually never

whose fault is that ? because i'm whose fault is that? because i'm looking here at some figures. what we're seeing hundreds of cancer patients deaths every single month , we're seeing single month, we're seeing hundreds it comes heart hundreds when it comes to heart conditions, mental health. conditions, child mental health. and report yesterday a and did report yesterday about a quarter children who grew up quarter of children who grew up dunng quarter of children who grew up during is now during the lockdown is now suffering from mental health problems. a backlog of problems. we've got a backlog of 7.1 patients and then 7.1 million patients and then i'm on stories about i'm reporting on stories about gp's work 9 to 5. yeah. gp's wanting work 9 to 5. yeah. so i'm not sure where the gp is working. 9 to 5 comes from. sounds wonderful, but i can't imagine ever working going about voting for it. apparently they're voting that. promises they're voting on that. promises big five. i'm aware of big open to five. i'm aware of that. but you and i know that you possibly run a gp business 9 to 5 and earn a living because the service wouldn't let you do that anyway. that's a separate . that anyway. that's a separate. the question you asked is why are there excess deaths? and the answer is because the up which was inevitable be going to be part of the recovery phase. however long the lockdown was full . whether a chinese type full. whether a chinese type lockdown or no lockdown at all, locked sweden at the end of it

you have to catch up all people who for whatever reason didn't present and weren't and that catch up requires a workforce that isn't . then i've got i've that isn't. then i've got i've got say i think that the reason we people didn't go and present is blindingly obvious are chris with these slides of doom pumped into your living room every single day. remember watching them sat next to my elderly grandma to thank me for saying. i watched that once because we had one these emergency had one of these emergency broadcasts. i sat next to her. she was utterly terrified. he played the of the played out across the of the nation. i'm sorry you get nation. and i'm sorry you get people seeking help for people seeking medical help for things anyway, i'll things whatsoever. anyway, i'll off the show. sorry, i'm getting shouted fault shouted out now. it's fault there's. always overrun and there's. i'm always overrun and i've done it again. but dr. lawrence, i consulted to you all day. you very, very much day. thank you very, very much so sweet that as so and sweet for that we go as dr. buckland best dr. laurence buckland the best association's general practitioners committee, i should anyway can should say. right. anyway can you message that, ladies and gentlemen, around? gentlemen, not to mess around? you with me, patrick you are with me, patrick christys i'm coming up christys gb news. i'm coming up . i've been teasing. it is . yes, i've been teasing. it is out now. the latest results. the

gb his people's. it's found gb news his people's. it's found that 54% of brits think that last year's migration number of 504,000 was too high . i want to 504,000 was too high. i want to know with the other 40% are anyway so our high levels of immigration a good or a bad thing for our country coupled with also found with fact that we also found that people think new party is tough on. immigration might give the tories a kicking at the next general election. i'll ask all of this next. but first, better late than sorry. so i said last . i of this next. but first, better late than sorry. so i said last. i s patrick thank you. it's 335. i'm bethany lc in the gb newsroom gb news understands health officials are dealing with new cases of diphtheria at the ftx migrant processing centre in kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who've arrived on small in recent days. gb news has obtained exclusive images from inside ftx, revealing some of the poor conditions migrants

living in. official sources told us they believe those testing for diphtheria contracted it while living rough in france . while living rough in france. said two. javid has announced he will not stand again at the next general election . the mp for general election. the mp for bromsgrove was the health until july this year when he stood in for the tory leadership campaign . he's also held other cabinet positions , including chancellor positions, including chancellor and home secretary . in a letter and home secretary. in a letter to the chairman , the bromsgrove to the chairman, the bromsgrove conservative association , mr. conservative association, mr. javid said serving the government had been the privilege of life and that he hoped his best was sufficient . hoped his best was sufficient. and matt hancock has appeared in the house of commons introducing the house of commons introducing the second reading of his dyslexia bill. it's the first time he's been seen in parliament since his three week stint on itv's i'm a celebrity. get me out of here . also get me out of here. also a pleasure to be here and to be and to be clean and well—fed . and to be clean and well—fed. the former health secretary had the conservative party whip removed when it was announced he'd appear on the show. he's currently sitting in as the

independent mp for west suffolk . he told parliament the current approach dyslexia must change and the uk health security agency has confirmed more young children have died from a strep a infection . the latest death is a infection. the latest death is of a child from st john's school in ealing in, west london. it's thought three others died in the past week, including one child in surrey and another in cardiff. health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of the infection, which can cause scarlet fever, though deaths , serious complications deaths, serious complications are rare . europe today on tv are rare. europe today on tv onune are rare. europe today on tv online in derby plus , the radio online in derby plus, the radio this is tv news don't go anywhere. patrick will be back in just a moment. but first, here's a quick snapshot of today's . the pound snapshot of today's. the pound will buy you 1.2 to 1 $9 and

,1.167. the price of is. £1,462.34 per ounce. and the footsie 100 is at 7561 points .

yes. welcome back, everybody are with me, patrick christys, right here on. and now it's time for a much feted gb news people's poll . we much feted gb news people's poll. we the idea. the british people are fed up with immigration . fed up with immigration. apparently, that's according to all poll numbers . 54% of all poll numbers. 54% of respondents to our gb news people's think the immigration to the uk is too. that's after they were presented with last year's net migration which were lower number. we revealed to you about week ago now, which were

staggeringly over half a million, 13, one 3% agree with the current level whilst 4% of respondents said the level of immigration was too low, 33% of the country think there is a need for such a new policy to lower immigration. quite a lot for us to our people. that rises 57% if people think there's a need for a new policy. this is to be tough immigration. 57% of people who voted leave in 2016 think that that is the case. right. so i thought this opens up the opportunity for a whopping great big immigration debate. so is immigration a good thing or a bad thing for this country ? with me now in the country? with me now in the studio is , henry bolton, studio is, henry bolton, international security border control expert and dennis , control expert and dennis, former labour minister for europe. both of you call it a loss control. was he a mind boxer? but crucially, it means is that people can't take that wrong. he's either of you when you're wrong. so welcome back to the fray. i'll start with you. how bolton a good thing how many bolton is a good thing at these levels for britain . you

at these levels for britain. you know, patrick, it's really awkward because at this level . awkward because at this level. no and the total lack of planning and strategy and methodology for managing this effectively know without supporting local government policing and all the services you know is a certain of managed immigration , of qualified people immigration, of qualified people can contribute to the economy useful . leigh it's not a good useful. leigh it's not a good thing . the answer is yes, but thing. the answer is yes, but know i was actually having a discussion somebody in the pub last night and it was a sober conversation but justifiably so. right but it was a rational conversation, but the other opinion was that , you know what, opinion was that, you know what, there are eight below and people out there, many of them will try very hard to get here and we should reward their effort if they are that determined to come to the uk, we should open our borders to them. well forgive me, think that's me, but i think that's an incredibly position because . you incredibly position because. you know, where do you where do you stop that? who accommodates

them? them ? how do you them? who funds them? how do you manage and what do you do manage that and what do you do with? there's organisation with? there's an organisation called organisation called the organisation security and europe , three and cooperation in europe, three dimensions security. dimensions of security. one of them human within that them is human and within that they recognise that if social and contextual change for communities is too rapid , for communities is too rapid, for people to adapt to you will have tension leading to quite possibly conflict. and we need to avoid . i'm possibly conflict. and we need to avoid. i'm going to come on to avoid. i'm going to come on to that. the idea of tension is potentially into conflict, but dennis macshane, i'll bring you in now because i see straight through . dennis, you want you through. dennis, you want you want mass immigration at record levels dropping in the lower economic sectors society so that they all and vote labour they all go out and vote labour you're foaming for votes. well, the one once we do know is in the one once we do know is in the lower economic levels as said gently called the last thing they've doing the last ten years voting labour actually years is voting labour actually getting very worked up about somebody who's much more pro—immigration than i have my old friend jeremy corbyn, believing johnson's lies believing boris johnson's lies that he would cut immigration .

that he would cut immigration. but we've just had the biggest ever increase immigration in ever increase in immigration in our history who they consist of. they consist of uk indians. we're all saying we want to help ukrainians . we're all saying we want to help ukrainians. nigel we're all saying we want to help ukrainians . nigel farage we ukrainians. nigel farage we didn't help jews. they all to emerge from germany. they all went to america , made america went to america, made america much richer. we put up big notes to say we're full up professions are overcrowded. we mustn't let any german or austrian jews come into this country. so it's a very tricky one. you state has got 46 million immigrants, legal . i'm only about the united states. alright it is true that about the united kingdom and when i'm saying things like net migration. yes. all right, i did too aided by what we've done in our response to ukraine and afghanistan. general, i afghanistan. but in general, i love up on a point that love to pick up on a point that anne—marie about anne—marie said there about social i hate to, but social cohesion. i hate to, but we've seen things happening in leicester we've had leicester where we've had essentially, i'll say it, foreign drama played out on the streets and i agree with that, which and i think that's which is yes. and i think that's only going increase. also

only going to increase. and also unfortunately seeing , unfortunately we are seeing, like we reported on exclusively earlier about diphtheria amongst some . yes, yes. this is going to some. yes, yes. this is going to fuel social tensions in my view. i i don't disagree with i should just agree with anything that henry says, quite unusual. i'm so sorry . go ahead, sir. you so sorry. go ahead, sir. you obviously goes to the wrong kind of pubs every time i go to a pub, talk about immigration, they throw me out after about minutes. that's where started politics. a bad people politics. it was a bad people who wanted to repatriate ritchie sunak parents and suella braverman ann's parents and create the firestorm around immigration some extent never subsided . i, i were 50 years as subsided. i, i were 50 years as an immigrant in switzerland 27% of the immigration the swiss population are immigrants. so you're going to see in a couple of hours some star play immigrants from kosovo and albania play for switzerland. i hope they thrash the serbs. the you . what are we supposed to say

you. what are we supposed to say to all of that you you can sort out into to the queen lady in way she the other. no i mean i'm serious she got involved and i just want to talk about the fact that there's fundamental that there's been a fundamental lack planning i suspect not lack of planning i suspect not 54% people can see on 54% of people that we can see on our screens who say that uk net migration too high if they could see that there were gp practises for places that to go for them places that kids to go to in houses for to to school in houses for them to live then number might live in, then that number might be of people wouldn't be 54% of people wouldn't necessarily the necessarily think that the immigration. i think there's two things be done. one things that need to be done. one is that we need to the of what in the european calls illegal migration frontex their frontier agency calls illegal migrant migration . what is coming over migration. what is coming over the channel they called illegal. so i'm still going to use european union terminology for who europhiles around illegal immigrants are too high getting a lot of publicity that needs to be stopped and there is no reason why it can't be stopped and i'm still trying to get to the home office to talk to them about that. but the second thing

is there plan. and if the is there is plan. and if the popular nation, the british population that was a plan population saw that was a plan to manage this properly, safely and, to manage the integration of these popular then i think that figure would reduce . but that figure would reduce. but now i'm afraid in a situation where there's a lot of lack of trust and unbelief in government and people wants a zero sum situation, no immigration. and that's that's that's where we are all pouring in one one consequence just playing the tape forward a bit is one consequence of us leaving, the european union, some would argue name that we will see name only is that we will see a influx or a higher influx or a higher proportion of immigrants from ethnic minority backgrounds. then you factor that in with the census that we saw earlier on this week i think it was this week's been a bit of a blur, but earlier on this week, several cities now london being of them, i believe it was birmingham think manchester as well was a white well where there was a white people were in the minority . and people were in the minority. and i some i think sometimes

i think some i think sometimes people some of it was a census. no be very careful when you say white because there's an awful lot of british born people in the majority and a lot of british born people, including my children , do have one my own children, do have one parent who might not be as i guess, whatever your be careful take it up with the people of the old nationality. right. but this is the fact that we're in at the moment. and i think some people who not racist have a possibly valid concern and wave quite literally in some sentences may be the changing of that area, the changing demographics there and integration is massive problem is it not sure. 9030s the klu klux clan marched in new york organised massive divas. the irish in a second. we just had a very embarrassing c they all started all over again of course last with the queens lady in or prince charles's second wife's lady in waiting, making some really remarks now . i mean, i really remarks now. i mean, i completely agree with you i've

lived with this all my life. clearly an incredible , i think, clearly an incredible, i think, country , really an incredibly country, really an incredibly tolerant, i think we are we are very tolerant, extremely tolerant. and i if people were tolerant. and i if people were to see if this sort of behaviour that we're seeing our streets now were to play out in a whole range of other countries , then range of other countries, then we'd see a very different response from the authorities, but the number, if i can but just the number, if i can say the, the full migration figure, an immigration figure of 1.1 million is the size of birmingham, 504,000, which is the net more immigration in the last 12 months to june is equates to something greater. the city of edinburgh where all police officers were all houses were whose welcome to thing where our nurses where our doctors say key to by the government are simply imported either a thousand or more in the nafions either a thousand or more in the nations for god's sake to work picking bringing them making that pay 5000 quid to come here then booting about all the time

so you get in wallet correct results. well both of you , that results. well both of you, that was good. thank you for move on i've enjoyed this i've seen this piece recently of this child the pub years ago this child but maybe three we should film in the pub we should fill in a pub has on to do that i did for a show. okay. all right thank very much. henry belle's never tell his show. and not the his show. and it's not the setting. world tourism to setting. the world tourism to our people's poll, 54% of you apparently think that's uk net migration high. autism migration is too high. autism going to talk about later is money a lot of you think that a new party who strongly immigration give tories immigration will give the tories a kicking at the next a bit of a kicking at the next general election. but talking of well tories is not really a tory is it has more than its fair is it has had more than its fair share a kicking is matt share of a kicking is matt hancock returned to hancock he returned to parliament the parliament after his in the jungle i'm celebrity he jungle and i'm a celebrity he now sits as the independent mp for west suffolk and is bringing forward bill on forward a bill today on improving dyslexia screening in schools former chancellor schools. former chancellor sajid javid announced earlier javid also announced earlier that he's standing down as mp for bromsgrove at the next

general election. he is the latest nay list. a whole host of conservative mp to announce their retirement from parliament heads picked you bones heads have picked you the bones . the tory catherine . the tory party's catherine foster , who's gb news is foster, who's gb news is political reporter joining me now . yeah. can now from westminster. yeah. can we start with sanjay doing that? we'll start with hancock, start with hancock's alway hancock going back in his going he's back is in his mentioned after barely mentioned dyslexia after barely doing the jungle he's doing it in the jungle he's mentioned and he's mentioned it a in the house of commons today because he's got a private member's bill this is the second reading it's called the dyslexia screening and teacher trainee bill and a lot good humour when he stood up the commons. let's have a quick look . third bill of have a quick look. third bill of the day and i know that mr. hancock you appear to be making habit of coming these days so . habit of coming these days so. matt hancock and thank you very much. deputy speaker . matt hancock and thank you very much. deputy speaker. i'm not quite sure what to make of that,

but i'm honoured to third today and let's see how that goes. the but it's also a pleasure to be here, to be and to be clean and well—fed . i'm sure he is glad to well—fed. i'm sure he is glad to . be clean. i'm sure is glad to be clean . well—fed because be clean. well—fed because i remember the other day one of the last challenges of him having an spider across , his having an spider across, his face and a frog on head with some eels swimming in front of him. so yes, i have spent far too much time watching i'm a celebrity getting out of here now. a very light dust of mps in the commons today because most of them are home in that constituency. but the ones that were there were generally in an affable mood towards matt hancock. i think the feeling is that although many were very critical of his decision to go

to australia while parliament was sitting and take £400,000, he did do all the challenges with humour, he got stuck into everything and you know , he everything and you know, he acquitted himself quite well . acquitted himself quite well. now he feels very passionate indeed about dyslexia . he was indeed about dyslexia. he was diagnosed at 18 after he'd got to oxford and. it was picked up very quickly there, but he was keen to say the one in five children who have dyslexia are actually diagnosed with it at primary sorry, at school at all. and the effects of it can be really very serious about half the people in prison apparently have got dyslexia . it is have got dyslexia. it is important that it's treated he wants compulsory free screening at primary school so it can be picked up so children with that and other neuro diverse conditions can get the support they deserve. well, indeed well, isuppose they deserve. well, indeed well, i suppose at least he's raising it so go. but yes, you know, the big political today sajid javid

he's off skiing isn't he one of a few conservative party mps who said they will not be standing at the next general election potentially more to follow any indication to why indication as to exactly why he's he's just not he's not standing, he's just not enough. might want to go make enough. he might want to go make millions in the city. well, certainly he came from the city and he clearly could go back there, only about 50 to he's the 39th in a long list now . 39th in a long list now. conservative mps have until the 5th of december to tell hq they are planning to stand down. i mean, some would say, well, look at the timing look at how bad the result in chester it has been rumoured for a while that such javid might stand down that had been denied , of course, it's had been denied, of course, it's only five months ago that he would standing for the conservatives leadership, which he's done twice . but i think he he's done twice. but i think he really is a big beast. he's been mp since 2010. he's had six cabinet positions . he was cabinet positions. he was chancellor and rishi sunak really owes rather a lot . he was

really owes rather a lot. he was rishi sunak's boss. he resigned as chancellor just before the pandemic opened the door to rishi sunak and the furlough. and rishi sunak's profile going through the roof and the prime minister did tweet and said sad to see my good sajid javid stepping back from politics. may the force be with you, sarge they both share a love of star wars and they both come from a city background, as you say. but think a real loss and yeah, it'll be a blow for the prime minister. i hope so, because we thank very, very much cos reinforced to that gb news political reporter joining reinforced to that gb news political reporterjoining us political reporter joining us from westminster reacting initially to matt hancock finally mentioning dyslexia and sajid as well. apparently sajid javid as well. apparently she of star wars with she has a love of star wars with rishi be if the rishi sunak be nice if the shared love of proper conservative values wouldn't it? but would minister but they would go round minister merriman with the rmt merriman match with the rmt general mick lynch , general secretary mick lynch, after urging the unions to call off in the run up to off strikes in the run up to christmas. that's light of christmas. that's in light of warnings about action that

warnings about the action that will economy warnings about the action that will cost our econom y £1.7 will cost our economy £1.7 billion. now we've got a graphic on our screen now, which is fantastic, actually, which i kind of talk you through it as much as i can. but you can see that royal strikes that we've got trains trains nationwide on individual services and the eurostar and a tick box exercise, a calendar tick box exercise, a calendar tick box exercise to exactly when these people have said that they are going to go on strike and, as you can see. and if you're listening to us on radio, basically, i'll just talk you through in a sense, which is basically throw a dart the basically throw a dart at the map of december and at some point on most days, you will up facing form of strike facing some form of strike action for network action action for network rail and is had to and 14 train companies is had to start next. long running start next. so a long running over pay and conditions overjobs, pay and conditions and will be the first of basically loads of strikes. i'm just going bring simon just going to bring in simon now without delay without further dither and delay travel at the independent. simon, know much has come simon, do we know much has come out between out of a meeting between merriman lynch . no but there merriman and lynch. no but there is. but the fact that we don't know much is actually very good.

just a few minutes before i came speak to you, i was talking to an official, the rmt, and i said, well , how's it an official, the rmt, and i said, well, how's it going ? and said, well, how's it going? and i got a very proper reply . we're i got a very proper reply. we're focussed on negotiations , not focussed on negotiations, not making statements which for the rmt is a sign. i would say you mentioned hugh merriman. now he is the former chair , the is the former chair, the transport select committee . he transport select committee. he only became the rail minister about 10 minutes ago when of course the late latest spin cycle of ministerial positions. but he's a proper grown up. he knows all the sites. he knows what's wrong with the railways . what's wrong with the railways. and so, therefore, if anybody was going to facilitate , that's was going to facilitate, that's the word that the government is using , just facilitating these using, just facilitating these talks is going to be him. but ultimately you've got the unions who say boys and women, of course , have known about the course, have known about the modern world, haven't had a pay rise for three years, and therefore we need one and we want it to be recognised that

high cost of living and on the other side the train operators and network rail who have seen revenue collapse . yeah, there revenue collapse. yeah, there are a couple of billion pounds and there isn't really any more money to go. so therefore you've got to square the circle. you've got to square the circle. you've got to square the circle. you've got to come out with a number which isn't going to make other pubuc which isn't going to make other public sector body equal. they say, oh, that's great. so what going mark my words, is going to do, mark my words, is come up with a kind of 5% ish thing, but then oh, what about all this discounting for friends and family dependents? there will be all sorts of well that would also stop them striking because if their friends and family can't get a train for lunch money, then it may be that would stop the strike. but we did have little graph earlier on out too the calendar. is out too with the calendar. is the dates about what what the chances think this the dates about what what the chanceis think this the dates about what what the chanceis because think this the dates about what what the chanceis because hink this the dates about what what the chanceis because i think1is the dates about what what the chanceis because i think it's might is because i think it's more likely it will be more than 50% likely it will be called it isn't. then we called off. it isn't. then we are in an impasse a loose are in for an impasse a loose spiral decline because soon spiral of decline because soon as your lovely advent calendar finishes rail engineering finishes the rail engineering works and new year.

works begin over and new year. and means the time they and that means the time they finish just the next block strikes and there'll be an awful lot of people making you especially never to travel with these strikes could cost . us these strikes could cost. us £1.7 billion, which is up unbelievable isn't it ? they're unbelievable isn't it? they're making a huge dent in the nation's finances , but that's nation's finances, but that's what the universities yeah a very very high stakes. what the universities yeah a very very high stakes . okay. all very very high stakes. okay. all right, tom, thank very, very much. simon calder, that travel expert. travel travel editor at the independent joining me there. i thank you very much, as always, for putting up with me, simon. i always as though simon. i always feel as though it's much an adult in the it's very much an adult in the room and whatever. i mean, you always mean patrick christys on gb more to come in gb news. lots more to come in the houn gb news. lots more to come in the hour. i've got it all. the next hour. i've got it all. let's as well. revisiting our let's do as well. revisiting our big exclusive comes, of big exclusive when comes, of course, issues with dip course, to the issues with dip theory among theory potentially among asylum seeker i've been seeker population. i've been asking you throughout the show, i you this. do i will keep asking you this. do you that home office you think that the home office is loose with public in is fast and loose with public in this country emerged? can i start rise the area amongst start rise in the area amongst people crossing the channel and

then we all know being sent out to a hotel you sitting .

well, welcome back, everybody. it's come 4:00. you are with me patrick christys here on gb news on coming this hour, officials are dealing with fresh cases of dip. farea at that ftx migrant processing . are we witnessing processing. are we witnessing the end of the conservative party as well ? tories have lost party as well? tories have lost the justice by—election with nearly 11,000 votes swing it to laboun nearly 11,000 votes swing it to labour. i'll ask if the party's on the electoral and yes, a little messy. hancock he's back at it. the former health secretary has spoken in parliament today after his trip to the aussie jungle can salvage political after tucking into kangaroo . yes, that's all to

kangaroo. yes, that's all to come . i am asking you those big come. i am asking you those big questions today, gb news gbnews.uk in relation our exclusive report. the reports have not ftx migrant processing centre abandoned an increase in cases of diphtheria. do you feel as the home office is as though the home office is playing loose public playing fast loose with public health safety by sending health and safety by sending some these potentially some of these people potentially a you now? so let's a hotel near you now? so let's have us . good afternoon. it's have us. good afternoon. it's 4:03. i'm honest, porter the gb newsroom gibney is understands health officials are dealing with new cases of and the ftx migrant processing centre in kent. migrant processing centre in kent . the cases were discovered kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who've arrived small boats in recent days . gb news boats in recent days. gb news has obtained exclusive images from inside ftx, revealing some of the poor conditions migrants are living in. official sources have told us they believe those testing positive for the theory are contracted it while living rough . france sajid javid has

rough. france sajid javid has announced , will not stand again announced, will not stand again at the next election. the mp for bromsgrove was the health secretary until july this year, when stood in the tory leadership campaign . he is one leadership campaign. he is one of the most prominent conservative mps to announce that to step down. he also held other cabinet , including other cabinet, including chancellor and home secretary. in a letter , the chairman of the in a letter, the chairman of the bromsgrove conservative , mr. bromsgrove conservative, mr. javid , serving the government javid, serving the government has been the privilege of his life, that he hoped his best was sufficient . the labour leader sufficient. the labour leader says the party's byelection win in chester shows people want change of government. samantha dickson increased the party's majority more than 4000 to almost 11,000. the contest was triggered by the resignation of former labour mp christian matheson following complaints of serious sexual harassment. he denies the allegations. sir keir starmer says voters are up with financial chaos. starmer says voters are up with financial chaos . the labour financial chaos. the labour party has been putting forward a

positive plan for the future. how stabilise and grow our economy . we were putting a economy. we were putting a positive choice to the electorate in chester . the electorate in chester. the government is warning our tired has crushed the and the verdict was very very clearly given and i think that's a clear message to the prime minister rishi sunak's people are fed up they want a change . the uk health want a change. the uk health security has confirmed more young children have died from a strep a infection. the latest death is of a child from st johns school in ealing in west london . it's thought three london. it's thought three others died in the past week, including one child in surrey and another in cardiff. health officials say , they've seen officials say, they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep a, which can cause scarlet fever, though deaths and serious complications from the infection are rare . two teenage boys have are rare. two teenage boys have been charged with murders of 216 year olds who were stabbed to death just a mile apart in south east london. the victims have been named as colne slansky , who

been named as colne slansky, who was found in thames mead and charlie bartolo. he was found in wood last month. the met police say the suspects, aged and 16, will appear . say the suspects, aged and 16, will appear. bromley magistrates court , an 18 year old man, was court, an 18 year old man, was also arrested this morning in connection with the deaths . the connection with the deaths. the rmt union boss has held urgent talks the government in a bid to halt strike planned over the christmas period . mick lynch met christmas period. mick lynch met scotland's transport yesterday. the pair have urged to intervene in the network pay dispute. transport secretary mark harper said he wanted work with the rmt on employees in good faith to resolve issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the weekend . royal mail has been weekend. royal mail has been told it cannot keep blaming the covid pandemic for late deliveries. this after the firm had failed to meet several its annual delivery targets last . annual delivery targets last. regulator ofcom says just 82% of first class mail was delivered within working day. that's below

target of 93. ofcom's head performance at royal mail also well short of where it should be in the early part of this financial . in the early part of this financial. sir elton john has been announced . the first been announced. the first headune been announced. the first headline act for glastonbury next year. organiser is say it'll be the final uk of elton's last ever . the star it'll be the final uk of elton's last ever. the star said he couldn't be more excited and that there's no fitting way to say goodbye to british fans. the music event will return to worthy farm in in june . this is worthy farm in in june. this is gb news we'll bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to practically patrick christys . christys. welcome back , everybody. right welcome back, everybody. right now, our big story for this houn now, our big story for this hour, which has got you all emailing in in your droves, actually, is the fact that health officials are dealing with a fresh cases anyway, a

load of cases. dip theory at the ftx migrant processing centre in kent, has learned this, kent, gb news has learned this, that were discovered that new cases were discovered this week among the more than thousand child migrants who arrived on small boats in recent days. arrived on small boats in recent days . it is shocking stuff, days. it is shocking stuff, especially when one considers whether or not all of these people are now going to be sent out the community to out into. the wider community to hotels and cities and hotels in, towns and cities and villages near do you villages etc. near you. do you feel as though the home office is playing fast and loose when it comes to public health safety? i'm just going to want it here right , with the it here with me right, with the latest exclusive story. latest on this exclusive story. more people understand doubly, very concerned , the health very concerned, the health implications here. i mean, the first thing to see is those who've tested positive will be treated and will not be sent off into the wider community until. they are no longer symptomatic and. that not the case though in when we had this huge surge coming across the english channel of , thousands of

channel of, thousands of migrants that ended up in the ftx centre. there was a backlog in the cases that could process there. at one point it was 4000 people stuck at it became an ad hoc asylum seeker refugee camp you like and individuals were there for several weeks at a time and they had some of them diphtheria . they were then diphtheria. they were then farmed off to hotels around the country , some clearly contagious country, some clearly contagious at that point. and we're still deaung at that point. and we're still dealing with the consequences of those particular decisions . this those particular decisions. this time round, we're told that those who have tested are being in a secure part of the reprocessing or the processing centre in ftx. there is a statement here from the home office in which they say we take both the welfare of those in our care and our wider public health

seriously full procedures including treatment with antibiotics and isolation processes , have been followed in processes, have been followed in accordance with the uk health and secure agency advice and for our television , who are also our television, who are also looking at pictures there exclusive pictures that we've obtained from inside of ftx some of images shot today with some of images shot today with some of the thousand plus people who have come across the english just this week we had a break in the weather. patrick which meant that there another surge in small boat activity and these are the people these are today images of those we think about 600 currently in the process and centre. yeah it is a fascinating into that processing centre it's great stuff that we can bring these images to our viewers exactly swiftly here on gb news

and it comes amid reports that they're trying to be able to allow to hold these people some of them anyway for up to four days the targets at the minute 24 hours before they are moved on. cant 24 hours before they are moved on. can't help but wonder on. and i can't help but wonder whether or not a lot of members of the public and a lot of our and will be thinking, and listeners will be thinking, well, be the well, four days should be the minimum you know, we minimum because, you know, we don't want to demonise anyone who's but at the same who's over here. but at the same time, there a very real time, if there is a very real possibility there is now possibility and there is now a very possibility that yes, very real possibility that yes, there implications. there are safety implications. it comes to exactly who these people way from and people are way that from and what intentions may may what their intentions may or may not. but also health implications on government not. but also health impli

dormitories. there are mats on the floor are they're right next to each other. so the plus side of , keeping to each other. so the plus side of, keeping them there is. yes they're not necessarily then being formed out into the wider population within the uk and potentially contaminate eating people with other diseases. the dancer it is, they're all very close to each other. and if there are people, the majority probably that haven't caught any kind of contagion, there , then kind of contagion, there, then there's a much greater chance that they will catch whatever is doing the rounds in not processing . so as i say, pluses processing. so as i say, pluses and minuses is you'll have a health emergency potentially with whatever route you take. one thing that officials are keen to emphasise, though, is that this is not an outbreak as such advanced. in other words , such advanced. in other words, it's not because of the conditions they're that people are catching disease is you officials firmly believe that the squalid conditions in the around dunkirk in cali where

people often camped out sometimes for months at a time or where the real breeding grounds for diseases are on people that are transiting them across the english channel are bringing with them, in some cases some of these diseases. it's not just depth theory, but we know that scabies , we know that scabies, tuberculosis and other diseases are sometimes across the channel. and one would have thought that this is another added shot in the arm for one thing, to potentially really stop the flow of people coming across the channel or maybe even asindeed across the channel or maybe even as indeed a lot of people are emailing in now, gbp a gbnews.uk. so we don't have some form of offshore processing centre. so for want of a better phrase, i suppose some of these diseases never actually make it onto shorelines . well, onto british shorelines. well, certainly you hired offshore certainly if you hired offshore processing centres, i think there's many people would see that as a potential deterrent because the goal of course of those coming across the channel is to reach the uk if they're

being stopped from actually to the uk mainland , if they're the uk mainland, if they're being housed for the entirety of the time that it takes, which can sometimes course be many, many months , even years for many months, even years for asylum claim be properly processed, then would act as a disincentive for those trying to come across the channel. it would also clearly lessen the impact and the cost of housing. many of people 40 odd thousand, we understand every night in hotel in the uk to the cost of currently over £7 million a day just for the hotel rooms that doesn't begin to look at the cost involved in putting them up and local authority taking house or council housing using health services is an you know education services and all of the above that runs into billions of pounds a year. thank you very much as ever about why there are homeless cordiality bringing. yes another exclusive

about that ftx migrant processing . yes cases of deep processing. yes cases of deep that are being brought across it must be stress, not an outbreak has been brought across the channel yet another in incentive isuppose channel yet another in incentive i suppose for us to start clamping down on this. and as joan has been touch on the emails, gbv is a gb news dot uk. thank you very much john. saying well you know it's all very well to to. we've got health to go to. we've got a health crisis already this country crisis already in this country with nhs treatment and waiting times. amazing how quickly times. it's amazing how quickly some treated, some people can get treated, isn't are gbnews.uk is isn't it? gbs are gbnews.uk is that that email for that in box? is that email for the i'm just reading now the inbox? i'm just reading now right in front of me actually some news. apparently some breaking news. apparently some breaking news. apparently some us the some news has come into us the tsa union has served notice for strikes . a further six train strikes. a further six train operating companies, a network just hours after meetings with a government minister in the long running dispute. jobs, pay and conditions so apparently that was just happened. now we did have simon called valley independence travel editor on earlier and the was that potentially some of these talks have well alas maybe not there

we go but we'll get you the latest on all of the any prime minister, rishi sunak's, failed in his first electoral test as prime minister. that's to deputy labour leader angela rayner. she was speaking after the chester by—election result today which of course saw labour win her increased its majority in the constituent seats nearly 11,000 votes earlier . sir constituent seats nearly 11,000 votes earlier. sir keir starmer said that it was the result of labour putting forward a positive plan to improve the economy and the country. just have a listen to this. we'll get stuck in. well, look, be clear. this was a very, very result for the labour party because what was clear was there was a choice. the party has been putting forward a positive plan for, the future, how we stabilise , grow our economy. so stabilise, grow our economy. so we were putting a positive choice to the in chester the government is worn out, tired , government is worn out, tired, has crushed the economy and the verdict was very, very clearly given. and i think that's a clear message to the prime minister. rishi sunak's , that minister. rishi sunak's, that people are fed up and, they want

to change and there's this strong now the government has run out of road run out of ideas, hasn't a mandate and it's time for change well there's a lot to unpack there here to help us with it is of course chief pollster fantastic political guru expert it is serge en cours is professor of politics at the university of strathclyde, a friend of the channel. it must be as well that's just come off back a people's poll that back of a people's poll that we've we're going to we've done that we're going to be later on in the show be running later on in the show which just to suggest anyway that people are very, that yes people are very, very much up when it comes to much up in this when it comes to the tories handling of immigration. also that potentially new political potentially a new political could the could be well received at the ballot . so, john, what can ballot. so, john, what can people really read into this now ? it is actually a massive in for the tories. is this what we will come to expect 12 and a bit years into rule? it's a by—election. it was labour anyway you know is this really there. i saw it on a news channel royal have to admit i have been slightly surprised at

the degree of interest in the result of a by—election in which what's is that the opposition parties managed defend the seat. that of course what usually that of course is what usually happensin that of course is what usually happens in byelections when opposition parties defending the seat but said to come back to your original question rephrase it slightly . yes, it is. perhaps it slightly. yes, it is. perhaps not what we've got used to, but what we've come to expect it. given that the conservative actives are 20 points behind in the opinion poll. so i think it's a bit tough on rishi sunak to say he's failed his first electoral test because the truth is he inherited a party that was 30 points behind in the polls. things are perhaps not quite that far that we really today's people's total won two other polls out today suggest that the progress mr. sunak made is progress that mr. sunak made is propping up pretty firmly come to a halt. but the truth is the by—election result was certainly broadly speaking confirms , one broadly speaking confirms, one of the message of the polls that

the party is in a better position at least at this stage in this parliament, than it has been at this stage in any of the four previous parliaments . i four previous parliaments. i think you have to go back to the 1992 to 97 parliament at the end of a course which the conservatives lost to find by—election performance by labourin by—election performance by labour in seats they were trying to defend on the scale of chest or better. so why don't you start looking at this and comparing with other by elections , i mean, for example, elections, i mean, for example, just over six months ago, just under six months ago, labour was defending another by—election in birmingham, erdington the swing to labour 4. the swing in just 16. besides, in all the campaigns , you can make point in campaigns, you can make point in the same direction. just is a bigger win for labour and a bigger win for labour and a bigger loss for the though we have tended to be used to in seats labour were defending how much of a swing would we have to see as a general election or an

outright labour majority because labour would still have to very, very make of gains very well make loads of gains wouldn't there is wouldn't they. and there is still of a hung still a risk of a hung parliament is that not. oh yeah. yeah, you're absolutely right. so take the swing so if we take the swing adjusted, which is 14% is a little bit below that in the national well on the national polls well on the current parliament boundaries assuming geography doesn't the party support doesn't change and that's a big assumption , by the that's a big assumption, by the way, labour needs to be way, that labour needs to be about 12, 12 points ahead once the new boundaries are in place, that might go up to 13 or 14. so the truth is, even with a 20 point lead or a 16 point lead, that simply lies by the result, suggested by actually it's not that far north what labour actually requires. so although , actually requires. so although, you know, it sounds as though labour as ahead on that to win. well they're well ahead, which means the conservatives very little chance themselves of winning . but whether or not winning. but whether or not labour end up with an overall majority or whether they end up as the largest party in hong, i mean that still is very much up

for grabs the term during the two years that are left because . jeff. well, look, thank you very, very much, sir john, the professor of politics at the university of strathclyde picking results of picking through the results of that a by—election and all that just a by—election and all right is easy to say the tories have a kicking it got a bit of a kicking there in the opinion polls when it comes to a general election not make pretty election do not make pretty reading i just reading for rishi sunak i just was from near the of was i've from near the neck of the woods at chester near ish anyway google anyway and i want just google whilst course hanging on whilst of course hanging on every that's john curtis every word that's john curtis was saying that i don't think there bylaw used there is a bylaw or there used to be bylaw in chester that to be a bylaw in chester that you if you saw welshman you could if you saw welshman walking through the city walls after midnight, you were legally allowed them with allowed to shoot them with a crossbow. and i'm checking crossbow. and i'm just checking to or not that bylaw to see whether or not that bylaw is place. no, is still in place. and no, apparently is an urban myth. just anyone wanted just in case anyone wanted some facts of chester. facts about the city of chester. right? you'll hear me, patrick christys just going delve christys just going to delve into terrifying of my into the terrifying world of my inbox vaiews@gbnews.uk inbox quickly. vaiews@gbnews.uk uk asking uk because i've been asking you to well, of stuff to react to well, loads of stuff basically as you can see basically up. as you can see

we've strikes. i'm we've got the rail strikes. i'm on inbox for a moment so see on the inbox for a moment so see because we've been talking lot because we've been talking a lot about going on in about what's been going on in the channel but specifically at the channel but specifically at the ftx processing centre, gb news exclusive news to you and exclusive mallory time security mallory and why time security about cases of varian for about the cases of varian for very time people with cost very long time people with cost we can't demonise these people over nor we want to . but over nor would we want to. but the only idea about the fact that there are public and safety concerns should not controversial. now are controversial. and now are seeing cases of diphtheria growing and people have a right when seeing hotels popping up left, right and centre asylum seekers hotels to be worried about whether or not local health and safety in their area is going to be a big issue. and a lot of calls a lot of calls talking now for offshore processing . gary's been on. he processing. gary's been on. he says, how about housing them on cruise ships anchored offshore ? cruise ships anchored offshore? a lot of people saying that realistically now enough is enough when it comes to the amounts of money is taking place. is it not possible to impose a law that if anyone enters our country illegally, they denied the chance they will be denied the chance of being classed a refugee ?

of being classed as a refugee? this from steve and yasin this is from steve and yasin says in france they receive nothing once they get there and that's why they want to come here and that's is from an anonymous source. no, it's not. it's mick. thank you very it's from mick. thank you very much, yeah, think much, mick. and yeah, i think a lot people now really kind of lot of people now really kind of up about what's been up in arms about what's been going, not just in of the going, not just in terms of the numbers in the channel 2000 people the last week alone, people in the last week alone, but fact that we are but also the fact that we are unable process as unable to process them as quickly or as efficiently as we would and fact that would like. and the fact that unfortunately, the unfortunately, due to the conditions they are conditions in calais they are now bringing over some cases diseases frankly we diseases that frankly we obviously want the obviously don't want in the united how that united kingdom. how does that make gbviews@gbnews.uk make you feel gbviews@gbnews.uk coming? is urging coming? the government is urging the call its the rmt union to call off its plan. christmas strike action. good more in good luck with more on that in just moment . good luck with more on that in just moment. don't go just a moment. don't go anywhere. hello again, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office. turned and the office. it's turned and the chilly less weekend chilly feel with less weekend exacerbated by an easterly wind being generate heated by a large area of high . this area of high area of high. this area of high just sitting away to east. we do

have a couple of areas of low pressure the west, but the is winning out and generating an easterly wind bringing our air and all our weather in from the nonh and all our weather in from the north sea . it's these eastern north sea. it's these eastern areas mostly only to continue to see a few showers through the evening period for the west, generally staying dry , some mist generally staying dry, some mist and folks cycling up across parts of wales and south—west england could be quite dense for time. the evening where we see some skies across some clear skies across southwest scotland, northwest england likely to see a england. we are likely to see a touch of in the touch of frost in the countryside, perhaps too, in the southwest. of us will southwest. but most of us will start about three or four degrees into the weekend . we'll degrees into the weekend. we'll have brighter day, i think, have a brighter day, i think, across much of the country to today. there'll be a bit more in the but we are going to the way of. but we are going to continue see these showers continue to see these showers drifting of eastern drifting in across of eastern england, maybe eastern, too, and some , drizzly across the some dank, drizzly across the highlands and the west hours all set, some sunny spells , though, set, some sunny spells, though, in south—west scotland, west , in south—west scotland, west, western parts of temperatures, only six, seven, maybe eight celsius out on the easterly

breeze. it will feel pretty chilly and it'll be fairly cold of heading out on saturday evening. still a few showers, all of rain, of course the east, maybe a little bit of snow on the very top of the pennines when these showers move in. but as i said mostly rain at low levels , again, it'll stay fairly levels, again, it'll stay fairly cloudy as we head into sunday shouldn't as foggy as it has been recent mornings and generally a dull but dry day in the south just the odd shower in that it's southern parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern most likely to see the showers on sunday. again, a bit of snow as possible on the hills. again, temperatures struggling, single figures add all that wind , it'll figures add all that wind, it'll feel even colder .

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the last hour for ladies and gentlemen. the tsa union has served notice for strikes . a served notice for strikes. a further six train operating companies that were i think basically is just probably best if you actually we need to drive to to get to that to review after to get to that this government is urging this is the government is urging the union for unions isn't the rmt union for unions isn't it's a call of its planned christmas strike action warning it could cost the economy up to £1.7 billion over the christmas penod £1.7 billion over the christmas period business. owners in the hospitality are night sectors are warning of massive losses in some of the busiest times of the yeah some of the busiest times of the year. and this comes off the back, a disastrous coronavirus response which has that many businesses have gone to the wall anyway. the economy is absolutely knackered . and my absolutely knackered. and my kids and probably grandchildren are to be paying off as are going to be paying off as well. alan miller co—founded the together foundation joins me now. i can a two for now. alan, i can get a two for one with you today. actually because talk because we're going to talk about strikes and the impact about the strikes and the impact that have on that that's going to have on your business, also as well, your business, but also as well, it's dropped, it, it's just dropped, isn't it, that essentially that chris whitty is essentially this good of him this is rather good of him

essentially admitted the amount of excess deaths we're now of excess deaths that we're now facing of. i won't facing as a result of. i won't hear other on this. facing as a result of. i won't his and his ideas. let's start you, comes to you, alan, when it comes to amount of money that you and others may start to others like, you may start to lose the back of the unions. lose off the back of the unions. unions are supposed to be standing for working people standing up for working people and for you. and then standing up for you. well, we have to, i well, i think we have to, i think, take second point. but in your first point, which is that colossal damages of and restrictions , which meant that restrictions, which meant that we lost over 15,000 venues and now the british pub association is saying 50 pubs a month . the is saying 50 pubs a month. the costs, the inflation , the costs, the inflation, the impacts and the harms and the damage of these have been a colossal. and i think the people that need to take responsibility should be held accountable. the government opposition government and the opposition the opposition that wanted more harder government want harder and the government want to do it. and i think it would be mistake actually to sow be a mistake actually to sow division between that need to earn money often some of the poorest paid people actually. now obviously is going to be very damaging. it's very harmful

. and christmas is the busiest penod . and christmas is the busiest period one of the busiest penods period one of the busiest periods where throughout these couple of weeks , people are couple of weeks, people are making a lot of money . i think making a lot of money. i think that's all the more reason everyone should be arguing that the that has created this problem through is absolute of lockdowns and restrictions and the damage it's caused to get this resolved . yeah, well, this resolved. yeah, well, indeed. but i suppose what that looks like, isn't it really. because if we are led to believe what we understand that what went , what we understand that what went, although we won't actually tell us. i did manage to kind of just get out to someone who's on the transport select committee, which is a almost nurses style rise this stuff. we can't rise for this stuff. we can't realistically order realistically that so in order to get what we want i mean there's not really an easy answer on labour offering answers either. so realistically, this just carries on. but what would you say to people who are thinking going on strike for their own pay strike maybe for their own pay packets here would urge them to not so because it would put various different people out of business. i think we have to be careful not to have division

amongst ourselves in same amongst ourselves in the same way that people in hospital way that some people in hospital in life sector went along with vaccine . it very damaging vaccine. it was very damaging because they thought would because they thought it would mean would be able to mean that they would be able to do their business. let's not look at the britain needs look at the short britain needs to much more productivity. to have much more productivity. we creation we need to have wealth creation for research , research for all research, research and development proper development and proper investment infrastructure. look whatever any one strategy is, people always trying to go, okay, i don't know the, back deal sort of the behind the doors discussions that are going there. do know this that we've there. i do know this that we've had situation , the damage and had a situation, the damage and the harm. we warned about this about lockdowns restrictions. now we're seeing that come to fruit. and i be very cautious about sort of blaming ordinary people staff who might get a better interest in actually , better interest in actually, i'll just interrupt, better interest in actually, i'll just interrupt , alan, i'll just interrupt, alan, because i want to focus in laser on this particular point, which is think there's a lot of smoke and mirrors going on at the moment and potentially you've hit the nail on the head and

potentially this might soften some people's views when it comes launching the comes to launching the rmt because there is a wider economic impact to . all right. economic impact to. all right. okay. yet we've had things that economic impact to. all right. okay.beenrve've had things that economic impact to. all right. okay.been on/e had things that economic impact to. all right. okay.been on in had things that economic impact to. all right. okay.been on in ukraine,]s that economic impact to. all right. okay.been on in ukraine, etc, at have been on in ukraine, etc, and a pandemic. but our and did have a pandemic. but our response to cannot be response to it cannot be diminished. it cannot just be brushed over and we've had chris wallace say, i note with interest in chris whitty that endlessly referring to the government policies, government policies. well if the government was led by the science and that science was repeatedly wrong and indeed was wrong actually, indeed it was wrong actually, and has impacts our and that has impacts our economy. do you think when it comes to things like the strikes which cost economy, which will cost our economy, roughly speaking, £1.7 billion, these started the economic these were started the economic misery we started with our response to the coronavirus crisis. do you think europe's right? the causes of these are more harms and damages of lockdowns and restrictions. the cost of lockdown , crisis, cost of lockdown, crisis, inflation . we've also got inflation. we've also got a situation where we've a sluggish economy for quite some . we need economy for quite some. we need to get the whole of britain

working. we should as well that the whole of the public sector, we're something like 1.7 zillion. it's a ridiculous , zillion. it's a ridiculous, right. and there's lots of inefficiency. there's lots of a lot of consultants at the top are getting much more money and frontline staff are not. we need to be addressed and think, frankly, some of the name calling is the problem. and i would definitely say that. i mean, you say the science, patrick. right. we know that what happened was boris johnson over responsibility outsourced it wasn't science per say it was a set of views and a set of policies and i do it's really important that with your view as an everyone the public is able to have their voice together and their ambitions and the government . right. because the government. right. because the thing is , it will be all too thing is, it will be all too easy for us all to start fighting amongst ourselves, blaming each other, but actually the people that need to bear responsibility about the government and the opposition know it's really fascinating

honestly, alan, because in the last couple weeks alone i have reported on the fact that it is now a statement of facts . there now a statement of facts. there is at least a very realistic possible that the coronavirus was started in a lab in china and leaked and that that information was suppressed by the likes of chris whitty and patrick vallance was a news report that out there. it report that was out there. it was not, it was countered with anything at all is simply a statement of fact and that doesn't appear to have been front and now looking at front and we're now looking at of massive economic of course massive economic hardship. earlier hardship. i reported earlier on today, woods himself today, chris woods himself announcing the share excess announcing the share of excess deaths coming as a deaths that are coming as a result of our response , the result of our response, the coronavirus crisis and. yet all of this. i know. i know it's not massive headline news, but we're doing best and make it so doing our best and make it so anyway. alan miller, thank you very much co—founded the together foundation just together foundation who just told to discuss the told me that and to discuss the fact billion fact that yes, £1.7 billion potentially hit when potentially an economic hit when it the strikes taking it comes to the strikes taking place. you with me? patrick christys on gb news up, christys on gb news coming up, prince william kate there in prince william and kate there in boston america. but that trip

boston in america. but that trip course, coincidentally, course, rather coincidentally, has by another royal race has been by another royal race row. i've got very strong views on that, actually we had the particular lady in question on our channel yesterday. i wouldn't minded having a lot of work with myself, but anyway, harry and meghan of course have released that new netflix trailer. we'll be discussing with our reporter in the usa. man cameron walker , man stateside, cameron walker, after headlines . it's after the latest headlines. it's 35. i'm alice porter in the gb news room. gb news understand men's health officials are deaung men's health officials are dealing with new cases of diphtheria at ftx migrant processing centre in kent. the case were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who've arrived small boats in recent days gb news has obtained exclusive images from inside ftx , revealing some of the poor conditions migrants are living in. sources have told us they those testing positive for diphtheria contracted it while

living rough in france , sajid living rough in france, sajid javid has he will not stand again at next general election. the for bromsgrove was the health secretary july this year when he stood in the tory leadership campaign. he's also held other cabinet positions, including chancellor , health including chancellor, health secretary. in a to the chairman of the bromsgrove conservative association , mr. javid said association, mr. javid said serving the government had been the privilege of his life and he hoped his best was sufficient . hoped his best was sufficient. that hancock has appeared in the house of commons, introducing the second reading of his dyslexia bill is the first time in parliament since his three weeks stint on itv's i'm a celebrity. get me out of here . celebrity. get me out of here. it's also a pleasure to be here and to be and to be and well—fed . the former secretary had the conservative party whip removed when it was announced he'd appear on the show. he's currently sitting as the independent mp for west suffolk. told parliament the current

approach to must change . the uk approach to must change. the uk health security agency has confirmed more young children have died from a strep, a infection. the death is of a child from st johns school in eaung child from st johns school in ealing in west london . it's ealing in west london. it's thought three others died in the past week , including one child past week, including one child in surrey and another in cardiff . health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of the infection, which can cause scarlet their deaths and serious complications are rare . complications are rare. conspiracy theorist alex jones has filed for bankruptcy comes less than two months after a jury less than two months after a jury ordered him to pay more tha n £800 million for spreading than £800 million for spreading lies about the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting . paperwork mass shooting. paperwork submitted by to the us bankruptcy courts claims he has between bankruptcy courts claims he has betwee n £800,000 an d £8 million between £800,000 and £8 million in assets tv, online and dab radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere. patrick will be back in just a moment.

okay. q very very moody, dramatic music because it's time for the gb news people's. though. it's gripping stuff, isn't it ? let's take a look at isn't it? let's take a look at what the people have been saying on rishi sunak19% of you said that they had a somewhat unfavourable view of very typically british. i guess i've got a somewhat somewhat unfavourable view of that anyway. and in the 24% had a very unfavourable view of the pm. and when who they would vote for in the next general election, 46% of people in this poll said they will vote for laboun poll said they will vote for labour. 21% said they would vote for the tories on immigration . for the tories on immigration. more than half of those surveyed say it's too high. b came to

find out the other people were having only 13% said that it was about right. so i'm asking the question all the tories facing elected oblivion. we go. all the tories do. joining me is a former editor of the sun kelvin mackenzie and political commentator reem abrahams . so commentator reem abrahams. so i will start one dose to people eventually make their way onto our television screens. i will ask them who they think is going to win the general election. glory thoughts took a long time. kelvin, i'll start with you right. kelvin okay, so all the finished ? yes, they are finished? yes, they are completely finished . totally. completely finished. totally. and 101% washed up . this is and 101% washed up. this is going to be a slaughter beyond 97. i know, you might say that i would be a fairly natural , 97. i know, you might say that i would be a fairly natural, a conservative. in fact, i have to build wall to stop me going further right . however, even further right. however, even i am challenged about who vote for the truth about the matter . i the truth about the matter. i see that javid went today . he

the truth about the matter. i see that javid went today. he is going to lose in farnham . rabb going to lose in farnham. rabb is out 100% in asia and genuinely think that there is going to be a sort in surrey if there is a slaughter in surrey , there is a slaughter in surrey, imagine what the rest of the country is going to be like. it is going to be beyond beyond dreadful. and do you know . they dreadful. and do you know. they deserve it. and when rishi goes when he's slaughtered the end of 24, the result of that will be we will have had six tory leaders . in eight years. it is leaders. in eight years. it is an honour believable destruction of a party of which all of us, including those like me , do no including those like me, do no longer know what they believe in. well well, look, let's be honest. yes, i got a lot of what you say now certainly it's about someone used to build a wall. so we go further. right. but reem, i'll throw it in your direction now is one thing potentially losing to a real to force the likes of tony or something but

if any conservative party loses , keir starmer is the human equivalent of going card shopping on a wet weekend . i shopping on a wet weekend. i mean it's grim isn't it? it is grim. and i think that what we're looking at the moment is sort of oblivion for the next general election, for the conservative party. but i mean, i think to get caught up i think we tend to get caught up in the hysteria the polls at in the hysteria of the polls at the moment. we've still quite a while till the next general election. party election. the conservative party won't anywhere long won't be going anywhere so long as first past the as we have the first past the post majoritarian electoral system. whilst we are seeing system. so whilst we are seeing the heightening in the polls reform and various other of reform uk and various other of more fringe smaller fiscal actually well that's a reflection as party members and conservative voters saying of the conservative party isn't conservative anymore. it hasn't for the past 12 years you'd expect actually the past 12 years of conservative government that the country would have been a bit more conservative, but it hasn't. will not hasn't. and so those will not support we're saying in response with but actually unless we change system, change the system, the conservative be stay and conservative party be stay and will dominant right

will be the most dominant right wing party. kelvin, ijust wonder not you think wonder whether or not you think there's lack of conscious in there's a lack of conscious in there's a lack of conscious in the party the the conservative party at the moment what moment people know what conservative values are and if you look at polls like the you do look at polls like the people's poll that people are pretty clear pretty straightforwardly clear about want things about what they want want things like immigration like a tighter immigration law and immigration . and less illegal immigration. and say, i don't think and dare i say, i don't think anyone really to be paying anyone really wants to be paying more do the more tax, do they? the conservative don't seem to conservative party don't seem to want do that because they've want to do that because they've got the left. got shouted out from the left. and i think they've got and actually i think they've got a lack of bottle, for want of a better phrase another word because i accept one of the because i do accept one of the issues emerged with covid issues that emerged with covid which with which emerged actually with things credit things like universal credit is that our country that everybody in our country has got their handout. even the middle have got that handout. it's an extra thing. and immediately put hand immediately you say, put hand away, there's nothing going in. it like, yeah, we're going it looks like, yeah, we're going to so to vote labour, right? so actually just got take on actually you've just got take on these and. unfortunately, these people and. unfortunately, what's happened is we've ended up with a bunch of people and bofis up with a bunch of people and boris was as guilty as any of them and the idea that boris is standing in which i guarantee now this piece of video he

now keep this piece of video he gets slung out in oxbridge so his his political ambitions are oven his his political ambitions are over. okay, he did one good job which was brexit and the rest of it, anybody who knocked the bloody door at number ten and said, do you mind a billion in that you mind putting 50 paying that you mind putting 50 paying that you mind putting 50 paying that you mind putting hundred grand said, yet grand in there? he said, yet join queue there. by the join queue over there. by the way rishi sign mic check way rishi sign the mic check will it? he was a shocker . so will it? he was a shocker. so he's going to get slung out. and actually i will be delighted to bnng actually i will be delighted to bring him all we witnessing something now and i don't want to pin this entirely on you but on fault because people are on your fault because people are your age , okay? and your your your age, okay? and your your your age, okay? and your your your particular age group are more leftie would say, i know we're just witnessing now natural progression you've come of being indoctrinated by left wing teachers school and they're all going to vote labour the next general election. i hope that can serve as some kind of representation for young people who haven't gone to the workplace. actually, sort workplace. actually, we do sort of understand benefits of of understand the benefits of the free market. we understand

the free market. we understand the markets on the benefits of free markets on freedom. actually do want freedom. and we actually do want any this sort of lefty any of this sort of lefty nonsense. we don't sitting there campaigning or campaigning for momentum or praying to shrine of jeremy praying to a shrine of jeremy corbyn. actually do do corbyn. we actually we do do understand value of this, understand the value of this, but seeing for a lot but what we're seeing for a lot of people, the of young people, the conservative party isn't conservative. if so, actually, even hold these values, even if we hold these values, there isn't a sort of battle that we can all give these ideas towards. whether always towards. and whether it always the young people's the rest of young people's fault, that what we're fault, i think that what we're seeing huge seeing of course a huge generational divide but again i'm not saying that i'm not i'm not saying that necessarily generation necessarily the old generation is right wing at is particularly right wing at all i mean we think about all either i mean we think about increasing spending pensions increasing spending on pensions on nhs and health and social on the nhs and health and social care. these are huge of public spending and that generation refuse to change . hopefully my refuse to change. hopefully my generation will go on. yeah now that's a very good point. the truth about the matter is that the all the wealth in our country , it belongs to people country, it belongs to people who look like me. right that is the troubled by ugly losing. they're going to . no, seriously

they're going to. no, seriously elderly have all the wealth because the white house prices have moved right to my mother's house you can buy she bought for seven grand in 19 one every 162. yeah now about three and a half million quid. right. all the wealth is there and the and the other aspect is that the young. right. | other aspect is that the young. right. i don't want to work very hard. we can the bosses are all going on three days a week and two day, two days at home actually doing no work or playing tennis up at my local tennis club. right. so actually the young are saying, well, actually, don't like actually, we don't really like this work . what we'll is we this work. what we'll do is we will work out ways of poisoning our parents so we can get a hold of the inheritance early . and of the inheritance early. and that way we can do absolutely bugger for rest of our bugger all for the rest of our lives. there are. absolute disgrace. aged 30, disgrace. anybody aged 30, regime , absolutely. no. regime, absolutely. no. churchill young people are incredibly hard working and, want to work hard. but actually the toxicity of means that we're not incentivised to do so have the highest tax burden, not in

70 years anymore, but the highest tax burden on record. what people have what reason to young people have to stay ? think they're not to stay? we think they're not earning money the young earning the money the young people on and the money changes over time doesn't even over people as time doesn't even kick until we are hard kick in until we are hard working, we all the people who are working at the moment, we've are working at the moment, we've a huge ageing population , we a huge ageing population, we young young taxpayers young people, young taxpayers who funding the health and who are funding the health and social nhs, pensions social care, the nhs, pensions we're doing that. let us work. we've hit time. we've hit time both . we thank you very much. both. we thank you very much. never understand how never knowingly understand how it course, the and it was, of course, the one and only kelvin mackenzie, former editor of the sun, our political commentator, just commentator, remember him just discussing while discussing at least for a while anyway got rather anyway before he got rather personal youth of personal about the youth of today, not today, about whether or not that's finished and that's always a finished and whether or not you think they are because all people's poll would that possibly would indicate that possibly vast think at least vast or do you think at least for while person will be for a while person will be taking a break from the conservative fascinating taking a break from the conservatianother fascinating taking a break from the conservati another element ing taking a break from the conservatianother element of] stuff. the another element of that that a new party that poll was that a new party one actually seemed to at one that actually seemed to at least about least outwardly care about sorting immigration legal least outwardly care about sortiillegal,immigration legal least outwardly care about sortiillegal, would ation legal least outwardly care about sortiillegal, would ation leg well and illegal, would do quite well massive concerns this. are massive concerns for this. are people that policy

massive concerns for this. are pec all that policy massive concerns for this. are pec all know that policy massive concerns for this. are pec all know could that policy massive concerns for this. are pec all know could wellt policy massive concerns for this. are pec all know could well exist :y massive concerns for this. are pec all know could well exist and we all know could well exist and we all know could well exist and we maybe know a chap who we all maybe know a chap who might lead that policy. however under voting system does might lead that policy. however unyactually voting system does might lead that policy. however unyactually get oting system does might lead that policy. however unyactually get any] system does might lead that policy. however unyactually get any traction?does he actually get any traction? we'll wait and keep your we'll have to wait and keep your views in anyway, views coming in now anyway, moving now, matt moving on from that. now, matt hancock returned after hancock has returned to after his in the jungle. aren't his stint in the jungle. aren't we all glad he's now sits as the independent west suffolk independent mp for west suffolk and forward a bill today and is forward a bill today improving his slacks. you know that freudian slip that was a freudian slip dyslexia screening and skills what it's like to stumble over my words. and former chancellor sajid today sajid javid also announced today that is standing down mp that he is standing down as mp for bromsgrove at the next election the latest in a list of conservative mp to announce their retirement from parliament. what is that all about do you think they can just go and quit in the city? it's politics. are they off politics. are they like rats off sinking do make sinking ship? what do you make of of this people in for to of all of this people in for to gb this political reporter gb news this political reporter joins right now. catherine joins me right now. catherine grief has gone dark quickly is the time. i suppose you're the last time. i suppose you're right. what's right. catherine, what's going on his on matt hancock has has his mentioned dyslexia ? yes. shock mentioned dyslexia? yes. shock horror. he actually has, of

course, one of the reasons he said that he going onto i'm a celebrity get me out of here was to raise of dyslexia . he was to raise of dyslexia. he was diagnosed with dyslexia . he was diagnosed with dyslexia. he was 18 years old and during his time in the jungle . he talked about in the jungle. he talked about it once our knowledge and again he left. in fairness to him, of course, there will be lots of conversation that were not televised , but certainly it televised, but certainly it didn't seem like a priority to him when he was covered in frogs and spiders. but today that is all change. he's been back in the house of commons with the second reading of his legacy a screening and teacher training bill now on for him it was actually timed out it basically have the time to its next stage so it will have to come back at a later date but . so it will have to come back at a later date but. he is very passionate about this . he says passionate about this. he says that schools should screen all

pupils for dyslexic ccea because only one in five people that have dyslexia actually have it pick it up at and it can really hold you back quite profoundly life. whereas if you get the support for it, it can really life changing and look what happened to him so he is back he seemed to be on very jolly form saying that he was grateful to be clean and well fed the deputy speaker had a joke at his expense saying . he was the third expense saying. he was the third bill of the day and he seems to be used to coming third. of course he came third in the jungle, which i think would probably be above expected probably be above his expected opfions probably be above his expected options went in. but options when he went in. but we're going to be hearing more matt hancock because his the pandemic diaries is about to be published and it's being serialised in the daily mail this weekend. so expect lots of further from matt hancock . well further from matt hancock. well indeed. and also earned about 45

grand from sars. who dares and look i don't want to give any spoilers. i think is pretty common knowledge out now there are very strong rumours that he he won that as well. so the that he won that as well. so the media courier for matt hancock and what she called gina called angela she sounds like a mob boss then she called angela anyway. all right. thank you very much , catherine. great very much, catherine. great stuff, catherine. that stuff, catherine. force to that gb news this political reporter joining us westminster. joining us from westminster. anyway, prince princess of anyway, the prince princess of wales. visit to boston, wales. his visit to boston, massachusetts for. the earthshot prize has overshadowed by another royal race row classic. and of course , and meghan's and of course, and meghan's announcement of their upcoming series, which i now have to ask about , why are you series, which i now have to ask about, why are you going on about, why are you going on about this is i find this i'm the kind of person sits in the front row of a stand up comedy gig knowing they're going to be offended by everything they see about on the stage and then moans about it on twitter afterwards. am that person afterwards. i am now that person when comes to harry and when it comes to harry and meghan, have, but i'm meghan, i hope i have, but i'm going to keep doing it anyway.

oh, roll reports. come on. walker this report from walker sent this report from boston. royal race row boston. despite royal race row and the sussex series on the honzon and the sussex series on the horizon , the prince and princess horizon, the prince and princess of wales focussed their passions yesterday, visiting local organisations that supports communities perhaps in engagements that encompassed most of will and kate's interests was broker , which has interests was broker, which has supported vulnerable young people for almost 35 years. roqueis people for almost 35 years. roque is founder , explains how roque is founder, explains how will and kate's were to break stigmas. they both individually and collective , have a real and collective, have a real interest around a range of mental health issues. early childhood addiction, youth homelessness , and working with homelessness, and working with emergency response workers. they've really sort of leaned in on this. how do you destigmatize mental how do you help people get access to resources? i met with young men supported by roca 22 year old jonathan was jailed for an attempted robbery but roqueis for an attempted robbery but roque is supports has helped him turn his life around . they was turn his life around. they was definitely like on me,

definitely like on me, definitely on me. it's a change challenge in my thinking . and challenge in my thinking. and even behind the walls i was going a lot of things i was thinking. so was it was a challenge. i overcame mount's childhood was difficult since he was taken away from parents by the authorities . roque has the authorities. roque has helped in cope with past . from helped in cope with past. from a year ago till now a complete different person. i got my head on straight, you know i got i got the right goals now so i'm doing the right. kate had the opportunity to focus on early childhood development with roque as mothers program like as young mothers program like princess and ballet he it princess and india ballet he it believes the first five years of a child's life are crucial . i'm a child's life are crucial. i'm so thrilled that the princess is interested in this area . it is so thrilled that the princess is interested in this area. it is a really important time in a child's development and. yet what we know about the families that we work with is that in order to break that cycle in order to break that cycle in order to break that cycle in order to make sure that children thrive , we really have to thrive, we really have to stabilise their mothers and help them. a quick dash across breezy boston was willing kate's opportunity to see first hand

how the city's remaining optimistic about climate change , the doom and gloom approach to climate climate change really, really isn't very helpful. so we really isn't very helpful. so we really want to think about what the opportunities are and how we can come together to address can all come together to address this. showing this. boston's the city showing , to adapt to a , the world. how to adapt to a changing climate levels changing climate and sea levels rising . this living seawall rising. this living seawall behind is an example of just that. behind is an example of just that . it not only protects the that. it not only protects the homes behind, but also absorbs the dioxide in the atmosphere will. and kate have learned all about it today. hollywood a—listers joined the prince and princess on the recycled green carpets , the earthshot prize carpets, the earthshot prize prince , william uses his global prince, william uses his global platform to help others. others appear to use theirs to talk themselves. karen walker gb news, boston . yeah, cameron news, boston. yeah, cameron walker joins now from boston. look, thank you very much. coming think it's important we're doing our best here not let all of this stuff be overshadowed by what's going on but look we've we've highlighted the is the earthshot prizes, which is of the why

of course, the reason why william and kate are over there. but this has been overshadowed. i say i cannot believe the unbelievably easy ride the san forlani has been given on pretty much every single major, every single media. really, unfortunately in this country. absolutely pushback whatsoever. and indeed rather. so anyway, anyway , knew i better watch my anyway, knew i better watch my tongue on this one, but how's that an impact over that? cameron has had an impact. what's the latest with this royal race for. yeah i think it pretty has actually had an impact particularly it has completely overshadowed the last two days of prince william and princess catherine's to the united as you said, the united states as you said, the first problem was when ngozi fulani , the late queen's former fulani, the late queen's former lady in waiting, lady susan hussey, of questioning what , hussey, of questioning what, questioning why she came from then. we had release of prince harry. prince harry and meghan markle's documentary series trailer and we have to question the there i think the cynic in

me say it was deliberately timed to coincide with this tour of william and catherine in boston, which clearly has overshadowed prince william's earthshot prize once again and but nonetheless, team wales are very much remaining focussed on prince william and princess catherine's here and earthshot and here. the jfk library and they are expected to meet presidents biden at some points afternoon. prince william is also going to be meeting john f kennedy daughter, caroline kennedy, who's just entered the building actually in the last 10 minutes, will say now what inspires prince william to start this astor prize was jfk's moonshot is trying to aim to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. and william wants decade. and prince william wants to solve climate to essentially solve climate change by the end of decade, or at least the process at least start the process solving change . so solving climate change. so i think katherine's think what katherine's are very much today's much hoping that today's narrative about charles and narrative is about charles and his meeting with biden rather than harry and meghan and the race. roberts is never inevitably packed. patrick we've seen front this seen the front pages this morning, we? it's so morning, haven't we? it's so very bubbling under the

very much bubbling under the surface . yeah, it is coming in. surface. yeah, it is coming in. thank you very much. come and walk that royal walk that all royal correspondent joining us war horse say. joining us horse should say. joining us from with the latest there. yes i mean, regarding this and jose filoni situation, everyone will have own take on it. and have their own take on it. and i think it's important. well, that we do to wait a little bit we do have to wait a little bit for potentially the full facts to come out. indeed, there is audio reporting of the incident took important not to took place very important not to jump took place very important not to jump gun, but than jump the gun, but more than a few suspicions is being raised about the nature of this particular complaints about the royal family was that indeed just a bit of a setup all along from somebody who frankly never really liked her royal family anyway? i strongly suspect that it absolutely wasn't. the things i about this, of i want to say about this, of course i answer. but anyway, you're with me patrick christys right gb news. we've right here on gb news. we've loads coming your gb loads more coming your way. gb news gb news dot uk least news or gb news dot uk not least of course we're going be of course what we're going be seeing your the seeing coming your way the channel to a hotel channel and possibly to a hotel near you very, very short exchange .

late evening, gentlemen. it is just 5:00, which means it is a friday, after all. you can tell your boss to do well. now just sit back and watch the tv. worked hard all week. just stay locked to me. we're going to be talking all about latest talking all about the latest news out of the ftx news to come out of the ftx migrant processing centre , which migrant processing centre, which is that there are shockingly cases of diphtheria. how you feel. do you think the home office is playing fast loose when it comes to protecting your pubuc when it comes to protecting your public not least public and safety? not least because we are constantly heanng because we are constantly hearing amounts of hearing about the amounts of these people not just coming over channel but being over the channel but being rapidly a hotel near rapidly moved to a hotel near you. asking them or you. also asking them whether or not conservative party not using the conservative party is news people's is finished in gb news people's poll . and plenty you think poll. and plenty of you think there new party is needed there are new party is needed one that actually cares about immigration. got the

immigration. we've got the latest rail strikes i've latest on the rail strikes i've got all that coming your way and much what's to much much more. what's not to love? of course. as well. love? oh of course. as well. we're be getting views we're going to be getting views on story is chris on a massive story is chris whitty co uno. i thought whitty and co uno. i thought we'd heard the last from him as well. of hope that we well. i kind of hope that we had, but no chris fat had, but no chris whitty fat which back to the and which is back to the ban and he's admitting isn't he the he's kind admitting isn't he the corona that he helped corona policies that he helped put our results say a high put in. our results say a high and prolonged number of excess deaths left, right and centre right across the and pretty much every single area of our lives will end up being the case. our response to coronavirus has cost more lives than coronavirus itself. i've been saying it for a while. i hate to say it, but i think it was right. tv ba.2 gb news uk right now is advising. good afternoon. it's just going 5:00. i'm honest porter in the gb news room in breaking news the health security agency confirmed that five young

children have now died from a strep a infection . deaths strep a infection. deaths include children from ealing, surrey and cardiff . health surrey and cardiff. health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep which can cause scarlet fever . which can cause scarlet fever. the deaths and serious complications , the infection, complications, the infection, a rare gb news understands health officials are dealing with new cases of diphtheria at the ftx migrant processing centre in kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrant who have arrived small boats in recent days . gb news boats in recent days. gb news has obtained exclusive images from inside ftx , revealing some from inside ftx, revealing some of the poor conditions migrants are living in. officials have told us they believe testing positive for diphtheria contracted it while living rough in france . sajid javid has in france. sajid javid has announced , will not stand again announced, will not stand again at the next general election. the mp for bromsgrove was the health secretary until july this year when he stood the tory leadership campaign. one of the

most prominent conservative mps announce that he stepped down. he also held other cabinet positions, including chancellor and, home secretary. in a letter to chairman of the bromsgrove conservative association, mr. javid said the government had been the privilege of his life and he hoped his best sufficient . and i believe says the party's election win in chester shows want a change of government . want a change of government. samantha dickson increased the party's majority by more than 4000 to almost 11,000. the contest was triggered by the resignation of former labour mp christian following complaints of serious sexual harassment. he denies the allegations. sir keir starmer says voters are fed up with financial chaos . the labour with financial chaos. the labour party has been putting a positive plan . the future, how positive plan. the future, how we stabilise , grow our economy. we stabilise, grow our economy. so we were putting a positive choice to electorate in chester. the is worn out has crashed the economy and the verdict was very

very clearly given and i think that's a clear message to the prime rishi sunak's that people fed up, they want to change . two fed up, they want to change. two teenage boys have been charged with . the murders of 216 year with. the murders of 216 year olds who were stabbed to , death olds who were stabbed to, death just a mile apart in south—east london. the victims have been named as colin solanki who were found in thames meet and charlie bartolo, who was found in abbey wood last month. met police says the suspects aged 15 and 16 will appear at bexley magistrates courts. an 18 year old man was also arrested this morning in connection with deaths. the rmt union boss has held urgent talks with the government in, a bid to halt strikes planned over the christmas period. mick lynch met scotland's transport minister yesterday . the pair have urged yesterday. the pair have urged westminster to intervene . a westminster to intervene. a network pay dispute . network rail pay dispute. transport secretary mark harper . he wants to work with the rmt and the employers in good faith resolve issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the

weekend . royal mail has been weekend. royal mail has been told it can't keep blaming the covid pandemic for late deliveries . it's after the firm deliveries. it's after the firm had failed to meet several of its annual delivery last year. regulator ofcom says just 82% of first class mail was delivered within working day. that's below a target of 93. ofcom said performance at royal mail also fell well short of where it should in the early parts. fell well short of where it should in the early parts . the should in the early parts. the financial year conspiracy theorist alex jones has filed for bankruptcy . it comes less for bankruptcy. it comes less than two months after a jury ordered him to pay more than £800 million for spreading lies. about the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting paperwork submitted by to the us bankruptcy court claims he has between to the us bankruptcy court claims he has betwee n £800,000 claims he has between £800,000 and £8 million in assets . this and £8 million in assets. this is gb news. we'll you more news as it happens. now it's back to patrick .

patrick. ladies and gentlemen , it's just ladies and gentlemen, it's just gone. 5:05. what we mean we're going to roughly through the next hour of news. like i've said, basically your friday evening and anyway, your weekend starts now. so put the words one side close your laptop saying italian me. italian and just watch me. health are with new health officials are with new massive when it comes to massive numbers when it comes to dip theory at the most processing centre in kent, gb news has learned that exclusively, not just about course as well. the course in calais as well. the new cases were discovered this week among more than 2000 week among the more than 2000 channel who channel migrants who have arrived boats in recent arrived on small boats in recent days. arrived on small boats in recent days . conservative members days. conservative members of the anyway , these people the public anyway, these people are being out are actually being allowed out and community. we will and about the community. we will bnng and about the community. we will bring latest on that how bring you the latest on that how concerned over the ones you need to you all of to be. and to bring you all of the lowdown . it is our home and the lowdown. it is our home and security editor mark white with, by way, exclusive images by the way, exclusive images from processing from inside that ftx processing centre. something think a centre. something i think in a weird all to see for weird way all wanted to see for quite time. what's the

quite a long time. what's the latest? images, first latest? yeah these images, first of given to us by a third of all, given to us by a third party. we understand that they were shot by migrants within that facility and they were shot today. these images inside one of the big marquees that they have there you can see the mats for our radio listeners are just describing dozens of migrants who've got some of them blankets around their shoulders that are mats on the floor being distributed to the various people inside the. and they're laid out inside these marquees because clearly when asleep they sleep on the floor and they sleep on the floor and they sleep right next to each other . sleep right next to each other. and that is one of the issues is around potential for health concerns is spreading of any contagion that someone may have we know patrick that there is a diphtheria issue that has been

again at ftx with at least six individuals, we are told, that have tested positive for diphtheria. they are being isolated in part of the camp, away from main body of those other there. i just think it's absolutely fascinating that people were being told , oh, people were being told, oh, well, look, you know, we need to bury our heads in the sand when it comes to the numbers of people over here. we're told a lot of these were all women and children fleeing war. we now know that are record know that there are record numbers over the vast of numbers coming over the vast of them, vast majority them them, the vast majority of them clearly war as well. clearly not fleeing war as well. i there ongoing war i mean there is an ongoing war now, and then we were now, bynea. and then we were told possibly told over. you can't possibly say too much of say that it's too much of a burden on the taxpayer. now we're racking millions of we're racking up millions of pounds single day on pounds every single day on hotels in rural hotels and in local rural communities as well. it was communities as well. then it was told, can't possibly told, we can't possibly be demonising you said demonising them. if you said some of them were dads, i mentioned some of were. mentioned some of them were. i hate say it, but the words hate to say it, but the words bringing diseases, i suppose, is a turn of phrase that you could use to literally what's

happening this stuff happening now, but of this stuff is fruition. mockett is coming to fruition. mockett how the british how worried should the british population? are some population? well, there are some pubuc population? well, there are some public health concerns here. you're right. don't want to be seen to be demonising those coming across the channel, but they're quite that the who are in ftx are not contracting disease cases that have been born in months and these are diseases that are being incubated in really squalid conditions in makeshift camps around dunkirk and kali where many of these people will been camped out in these makeshift camps for not just weeks, but even months . and we know that even months. and we know that it's not just syria, other including tuberculosis , scabies including tuberculosis, scabies is rife . there is a great deal is rife. there is a great deal of concern about the potential for those who contracted illnesses in these camps to take them to the uk as they transit

across the english channel and into the custody of immigration enforcement in this particular country 100. and it's worthwhile noting that some of the symptoms of deep , which is unfortunately of deep, which is unfortunately rather a normal cold, i suppose in a way, or a very, very severe what actually i should say which is, you know, you're suppose you get a sore throat you got a nasally your glands up at temperature it might temperature so it might initially anything initially seem like anything particularly of the ordinary particularly out of the ordinary that more severe over . that become more severe over. and then you add to it the fact that one of the consequences of , diphtheria indeed death , diphtheria can indeed be death and a sudden we are and all of a sudden we are deaung and all of a sudden we are dealing potentially dealing something potentially very, is here in the very, very severe is here in the ftx processing has been front and centre of the news for a very long time. we'd heard, haven't we, mark as well, of potential violence that had taken police called taken place. our police called quite regularly overcrowd building now that was cleared for a of time wasn't it. and again i help but wonder whether or not the public right to be or not the public a right to be concerned the father. concerned about the father. well if clearing very quickly, if we are clearing very quickly, how be sure that we just in

how can be sure that we just in a pure forget the health stuff just in a purely security side things how can we know who people are, what their intentions are, even where they've come from? it is a concern yeah, look, there's lots issues packed into that, but on the, on the health side. you're right , we had the, on the health side. you're right, we had a the, on the health side. you're right , we had a bottleneck of right, we had a bottleneck of ftx in october where a surge of those coming across the english channel on small boats meant that there was a boat for a thousand in a facility that's only ever meant to a maximum of one and a half thousand and have them processed within 24 hours. these people in there for several weeks , some of them, and several weeks, some of them, and clearly in very close proximity that to issues of security with staff being assaulted outbreaks of violence within the and then there's the well—publicised issues that the authorities have about who's coming across do we know who they are they've thrown away documentation how soon can

you properly get a handle on potential threat an individual poses to the uk if you are in an process of trying to get them through ftx as quickly as possible. are you really affording the proper time that is required for those security checks for, those health checks for those well—being checks before ? then individuals are before? then individuals are farmed out to these hundreds of hotels right across the country. and that's one of the big issues and big concern that people 100% empty. we're in the middle of a cost of living crisis and no more than ever it just seems increasingly insane to me that you've got this kind of hashtag refugees. welcome do i understand? yes, we do want to welcome refugees. and indeed, we done massive numbers when done it in massive numbers when it ukraine, when it it comes to ukraine, when it comes afghanistan , when it comes to afghanistan, when it comes to afghanistan, when it comes to afghanistan, when it comes to people fleeing for war many, decades many, many years, if not decades . but then look at the . but then we look at the security that potentially could be faced. you look the be faced. you look at the cultural issues that potentially could well. look

could be faced as well. you look at and you at the health issues and you look the financial resources look at the financial resources that devoted . and we that are being devoted. and we have people like margaret getting vaiews@gbnews.uk . getting into vaiews@gbnews.uk. this is very serious. she says things like tb, you need aggressive ongoing treatment is unacceptable . i can't help but unacceptable. i can't help but wonder what it will take for people maybe wake to the people to maybe wake up to the problem. now and more problem. that's on now and more people i'm people than ever before. i'm sitting in my inbox, mark, talking possibility of talking the possibility of offshore . well, offshore offshore process. well, offshore processing would be processing certainly would be one way of ensuring that those individuals, especially that may be a concern to the uk government in terms of the potential risk that they might are kept away from uk soil. now there will be those watching and listening this who are saying this is outrage demonising these people. there is no real threat here. i would simply out that the failed bomb attack , the the failed bomb attack, the women's hospital in liverpool earlier this year in the bomber

died in that attack, he was a field asylum seeker. the parsons green tube bombing again , a bomb green tube bombing again, a bomb that failed to fully but still injured dozens of people. the bomber was a failed asylum seeker. and then, of course, that other terrorist attack on group of people out enjoying the sunshine during covid when we had a break in covid and people were allowed to mingle again people the gay community out in redding enjoying in that particular and then some of those people were killed that individual who was who responsible for that knife attack was a field day asylum seeker so is a very real concern that the authorities have about the potential for those who've been properly vetted . we don't been properly vetted. we don't know what the background is we are told by the people smugglers to through their passports and other that we there is a real

unknown there which of concern understandably to the authorities is not just a make up scarce so there are real concerns. most of the messages, security concerns, not least because the very, very personal examples you have just outlined them and something that should be more at the forefront of people's mind. we've now got health concerns, have concerns in midst a cost of living in the midst of a cost of living crisis . our in the midst of a cost of living crisis. our financial in the midst of a cost of living crisis . our financial resources crisis. our financial resources there but there there are i'm sorry, but there are cultural issues possibly are big cultural issues possibly as well when it comes to all of that. i just wanted to say we have actually heard from the home office believe in relation to what's been taking place and this if you are joining this is if you are just joining us the that there have been us the fact that there have been diphtheria outbreaks months because been is being because they've been is being brought over from but brought over from calais but increased cases diphtheria yeah authorities are at pains to point out that know this is not because of conditions at ftx that there is a incubator that's allowing diseases to spring up and spread out there. these are

people coming across they believe the english channel having contracted diseases , very having contracted diseases, very squalid conditions are on dunkirk in calais, not talking on the specifics of the latest cases that are presenting ftx, but talking about what they're doing more generally for diphtheria. the home office have said in a statement, we take both the welfare of those in our care and our wider public responsibilities extremely seriously for procedures , seriously for procedures, treatment with antibiotics and isolation processes have been followed in accordance with uk health and security agency advice. and it's one three is treating that point in terms of isolation. these people that have tested positive are being isolated. they be allowed to mingle again with the rest of the individuals at ftx . indeed, the individuals at ftx. indeed, the individuals at ftx. indeed, the wider community , the uk the wider community, the uk until they are asymptomatic , no until they are asymptomatic, no longer posing any health risk.

mark, thank you much as ever. mount white there home is editor bringing us yet another star exclusive on what's going on at the ftx process centre. yes you are just joining out cases. out cases outbreaks in a way of dip theory. i should say don't just want wanted to just emphasise something there again which the well i've seen this issue before highlighting issue when it highlighting the issue when it comes very, comes to channel for a very, very long now it is very long time now it is something i certainly don't shy away from. and yes, it's uncomfortable to about some away from. and yes, it's unthese rtable to about some away from. and yes, it's unthese thingsto about some away from. and yes, it's unthese things sometimes.t some away from. and yes, it's unthese things sometimes. it'sne of these things sometimes. it's uncomfortable of these things sometimes. it's unc(that �*table of these things sometimes. it's unc(that there are diseases fact that there are diseases being across the being brought over across the channel from some of these people by some these people. people by some of these people. and very genuine concern and the very genuine concern that have when comes to that we have when it comes to whether these could get whether or not these could get out about the local out and about into the local community, it's really unfortunate, that we're unfortunate, i think that we're almost in some senses crucially not on this channel banned from having conversation having these conversation because appears that you're because it appears that you're being demonising people, being demonising towards people, whereas in reality, if you just went out into vast majority, the british any pub up british public, into any pub up and the country or any and down the country or any street corner up and down the

country and ask people what they about going on and about what was going on and if they have relevant and they have very relevant and pertinent concerns. answer at the and it's the time would yes and it's being in polls like being emphasised in polls like the one we're going to come on shortly here this channel news people's poll is showing people's poll which is showing 54% network 54% believe that network gradations even the legal stuff net migration is too high and then a new policy that has a strong when it comes to immigration levels would do rather well at the opinion polls. it cannot be silenced as much as the mainstream media might want to be. the fact is that the vast majority people have got really serious concerns about what's on. we're about what's going on. we're told was racist to raise told it was racist to raise raised concerns about the numbers of people coming across the channel concerns about whether or not actually vast majority of them, all women and children, about children, are raised about whether of them are whether or not all of them are in good health. but over this time, we keep being proved right to concerns about this to have concerns about this stuff. from stuff. we're moving away from that rail minister, that now. the rail minister, hugh met with rmt hugh merriman, met with the rmt general mick lynch general secretary mick lynch earlier negotiate an earlier to try and negotiate an end to the december strikes. but they afternoon the as a union

they afternoon the t as a union announced strikes and announced more strikes and a further six train operating companies and that is in light of warnings that the action will cost economy. get this £1.7 cost the economy. get this £1.7 billion more. th e £1.7 billion billion more. the £1.7 billion action from network rail and 14 train companies currently set to start on tuesday. and we've produced a rather helpful , if produced a rather helpful, if not quite bleak calendar for you that, i've just said. but if you just throw dart at the map of just throw a dart at the map of a a calendar of december, a map of a calendar of december, what essentially strike what you will essentially strike action in fact, some action most days. in fact, some days hat and we days got the hat trick and we look at that. there we go. well, joining me now a, former labour mp pound in for a penny to his mates. stephen thank you very very look, this is very much. right. look, this is catastrophic strike action. now it's cost our economy it's going to cost our economy billions. i suppose people billions. but i suppose people on the like, you don't care because fuel fuel because it'll just fuel fuel more agony for the conservative party. well i absolute not patrick. yeah you are such a so and so look the rmt has a different agenda to most of us in the sort of mainstream laboun in the sort of mainstream labour, the rmt is obviously

famously they were the people who supported jeremy corbyn. they wanted to leave the european union, they were massive brexiteers , you know, massive brexiteers, you know, they basically they are, they union personification of millwall football club , you millwall football club, you know, nobody likes us, we don't care and they are missing a perfect opportunity here to actually get the whole of the country on their side , to move country on their side, to move away from, you know, lynch ganh away from, you know, lynch grinch and say, look, in interest of the economy, in the interest of the economy, in the interest of the economy, in the interest of christmas, in the interest of christmas, in the interest of christmas, in the interest of family , we're interest of decent family, we're going off action over going to call off action over christmas . it won't cost them christmas. it won't cost them anything because . they can anything because. they can switch it back on again in the new year if they want to. but it would certainly get them some support. but not the support. but that's not the case. understand they got case. i understand they got their with many courts. their issues with many courts. as general as you know, the general secretary, has just secretary, i think, has just been straight. but been defending straight. but look, rmt work look, the tsa and the rmt work together wouldn't . it be a together wouldn't. it be a wonderful opportunity them wonderful opportunity for them to this is twisted up to say, look, this is twisted up in the interest of the economy. we're to actually sit on our hands couple of hands for the next couple of months. i don't really i'm months. yeah, i don't really i'm potentially just potentially now it's just

playing i was playing into those hands. i was chatting someone at an chatting with someone at an economist today, actually, economist on today, actually, and said, well, hang on and i said, well, hang on a minute. with the cost of living crisis. to say this, crisis. so you hate to say this, by the way, but where we are by the way, but are where we are economically a lot economically and a lot of people's personal finances, including in including my own out here in a total mess of the minute. but when you look at the fact that people haven't huge amount people haven't got a huge amount spare the moment how spare cash at the moment how long afford to on strike long they afford to go on strike for especially if they haven't got behind so got public well behind them so there's driving them there's nothing driving them there's nothing driving them there like the there they do look like the ganh there they do look like the grinch you've but grinch as you've said. but essentially deliberately essentially by deliberately not calling off a strike, one of the first covid free christmas is pretty for pretty much you've had for a quite a long time, really soon. now buoyed by this. he now may be as buoyed by this. he goes, i'm going to wait this one out. well, there's a couple of things firstly, the rmt things here. firstly, the rmt don't not about the tsa. don't it's not about the tsa. the have a very, very the rmt have got a very, very big chest. you know, they've big war chest. you know, they've got money stashed up. got a lot of money stashed up. most their are pretty most of their members are pretty well and, know, a well paid and, you know, it's a place i'd everybody be. place i'd like everybody be. well, they've got a pretty big war chest. there's huge war chest. there's not huge issue for them. but issue for that for them. but the thing the thing that the thing is, the one thing that the tories could actually come to

the country they're in the country with and they're in a dire at the present a pretty dire at the present time this be similar, time and this could be similar, if like. you edward heath if you like. you edward heath back you know you probably weren't born 1970, but i mean weren't born in 1970, but i mean when went the country and when he went to the country and this thing about, know who this thing about, you know who governs you know the governs and they you know the country actually not country said well actually not i think this particular case think in this particular case the what the government could say what sort we want this sort of a future we want this country because do we want a small group of extremely well organised and well—paid trade unionist causing may look unionist causing this may look just as the economy is picking up we're actually picking up sales high street it's sales high street so it's notional stephen i'm notional harm. stephen i'm conveying is that we've become addicted to self—harm whether was the way that we responded to the coronavirus pandemic, whether everything that whether it's everything that we've after we appear to we've place after we appear to be what's been going on in the channel be what's been going on in the channel, example, net channel, for example, net migration, all migration, not building all of the that would the provisions that we would need able to deal with all need to be able to deal with all of this stuff. our infrastructure on top it infrastructure are now on top it all it's almost we're all of this it's almost we're deliberately self—harming and we are to it. there we are addicted to it. but there we are. thank you very are. stephen thank you very much. labour's what was much. paul labour's what was

that ? we are much. paul labour's what was that? we are punching the bruise. i'm afraid that's we're doing at the moment. yeah exactly . but look stephen thanks exactly. but look stephen thanks very much. i could talk to you all day we're out of time all day but we're out of time anyway. patrick christys patrick christys coming christys here on gb news coming up. government have up. should the government have watered the higher education freedom speech bill? this freedom of speech bill? now this is really, is actually really, really important because important. this because these tabled a and tabled amendments a week and provisions within the bill which tabled amendments a week and prov designed hin the bill which tabled amendments a week and provdesigned to the bill which tabled amendments a week and prov designed to allowill which tabled amendments a week and prov designed to allow students was designed to allow students academics institutions academics to sue institutions they breach freedom of speech. right so this is potentially now a lot of freedom of speech. we hear big on freedom of speech. i'll you one of the only at news channels that actually allows freedom of speech. i'll be out of a job we didn't. so this of a job if we didn't. so this really is quite close to my heart i'm to get stuck heart i'm going to get stuck right that after this very right into that after this very short break. don't you dare move .

well, the government has tabled amendments to watered down the higher education of speech bill, which previously going to allow both academics and students to sue institutes sins for breaching their speech rights. now this comes as tory pairs have argued, this will cause universities to face diabolical costs , fines, i would argue the costs, fines, i would argue the other way around , actually. other way around, actually. finally, because all too often people who want to go and speak their mind, appear to, be banned from speaking universal from speaking out universal states potentially it's states and potentially it's actually students who might be doing suing but doing more of the suing but there however tory there we go however tory equalities kemi equalities minister kemi badenoch happy the badenoch isn't happy the attempts to water down provisions bill provisions within. the bill which weaken free speech on which may weaken free speech on campus. so is the government right. try water down these right. try to water down these provisions talking provisions here talking about this reading philosophy at this is reading philosophy at the of cambridge and the university of cambridge and i fan—favorite here on gb news is arrow thank you very is our and arrow thank you very much. chance know much. great chance again know i'm concerned that free speech is already dead frankly in universities you got letter universities you got a letter sopping lefties with bright sopping wet lefties with bright pink and rainbow flag on pink hair and a rainbow flag on them they anyone else

them and they help anyone else have anyway , i think have an opinion anyway, i think the problem actually they've always been students who want to shut people down that that's not so much the problem . i think so much the problem. i think the problem really university problem is really university leaders and university administrators are not probably doing their job. their job should be that when there's protest, say, fine, you protest, you say, fine, you can have you're have a protest, but you're stopping someone speaking stopping someone from speaking and the talk goes and the speech and the talk goes ahead. was so good about ahead. so what was so good about the until this recent event the bill until this recent event was created right was that it created right incentives for university leaders , that they couldn't let leaders, that they couldn't let these shut down these things be shut down because risk sued. because then they risk sued. now, that may not happen , but now, that may not happen, but i'm just concerned that no matter what legislation or indeed lack of legislation, either one of those might be preferable to the one, i suppose, depending on which way you read. it could be a you read. but it could be a consumer gasp, which that consumer gasp, which is that universities, what law universities, no matter what law is, decide to no is, they just decide to no platform to him because he's not worth hassle. on twitter, worth the hassle. on twitter, regardless of whether or not there's actually place, there's actually law in place, they go anyway. get they might just go anyway. get cancelled these days just because mean because of a couple of mean tweets. suppose it tweets. yeah, i suppose it depends. tweets. yeah, i suppose it depends . you think the depends. you think the incentives are there are strong

financial they're incentives are there are strong financto they're incentives are there are strong financto know, ey're going to lose, you know, millions of in the millions of pounds in the courts, then i think that a big incentive that could that could nothing's going to perfect nothing's going to be perfect in the itself wouldn't the by itself wouldn't wouldn't be ultimate they've got to be the ultimate they've got to be the ultimate they've got to be as but be cultural solutions as but i think it would create the right sort of incentives that's it's especially disappointing that we're losing the statutory tool rather the kind of rather we're losing the kind of statutory tool that the bill would have put in place prior to these amendments. that these amendments. but now that is fine line here when is there a fine line here when it comes freedom of speech? it comes to freedom of speech? because i don't think anyone has a right to be offended. i think i don't want to live in a world where people aren't offended and there's some kind of law regarding stop . but where is the regarding stop. but where is the line when it comes to freedom of speech ? west for example , will speech? west for example, will obviously not repeat what everyone i'm sure has seen him say about a particular former leader , germany . i would argue leader, germany. i would argue that the shouldn't be any problem with banning that stuff, but it's a fine line, isn't it?

yeah, i think one interesting, one useful way to draw the line is between restriction of content and regulation , what content and regulation, what they call time, place and so there are ways in which you could express, for instance, that are obviously and abusive, creating twitter atmosphere. those things are already against the law. but when it comes to an idea, perhaps should be a idea, perhaps there should be a very only a very limited range ofideas very only a very limited range of ideas that just can't be discussed all because pretty discussed at all because pretty much think be open much any idea, i think be open for discussion in the right manner, which means in a civil and courteous manner. so we already laws restrict already have laws which restrict rates certain kinds of speech rates in certain kinds of speech , but it's not the place at the university. i think to restrict restrict speech more than the law already does. now are companies. are obviously companies. you are obviously a professor university professor of at the university of you've got a brain of cambridge. you've got a brain the of a plot. and i want the size of a plot. and i want to into your infinite pool to delve into your infinite pool of wisdom here, because it relates a lot of the things relates to a lot of the things that regularly talk about here that i regularly talk about here on lot the topics on show, a lot of the topics that i regularly cover, can't that i regularly cover, i can't help but that we're being asked to and logic , to suspect and logic, rationality, things can see

rationality, things we can see before our eyes and things. discussions about trans issues and what a man and what is a woman are things that we can see taking place cultural changes in the country that we can see taking place in the channel. for example . and this appears me to example. and this appears me to be an ever increasing number of people, especially young , who people, especially young, who are willing now to just suspend logic . are you seeing that in logic. are you seeing that in universities ? is there something universities? is there something in that? it's almost orwellian , in that? it's almost orwellian, isn't it ? i think one one thing isn't it? i think one one thing i'm seeing that is really striking and with students and academics is number of people i've spoken to who feel you who've been in seminars or where they just think everyone is going crazy because everyone is completely about something that you can't say this , we can't say you can't say this, we can't say that. or throughout j.k. rowling or whatever the issue is inside thinking, how can this be? i don't understand it. but they're not going to say it because they're afraid to say and often with reason. so i kind with very good reason. so i kind of think it's as though the

of think it's not as though the entire body is going entire student body is going mad. that's not right. think there's minority of there's a small minority of students on students who are intent on shutting down everyone else because don't agree with because they don't agree with free discussion. they don't understand of understand the value of it. actually, of people actually, the number of people who believe that or who actually believe that or have is smaller have the ideology is smaller than would think. even in than you would think. even in a university. well, that's reassuring way. one thing reassuring in a way. one thing i find especially as find especially annoying as well, of these kids who well, is a lot of these kids who are i would say about are rabble, i would say about this will probably grow out of it one i own a house that it one day. i own a house that point somewhere rural will predominantly probably you know quite area and quite a lovely leafy area and end into and we'll never get end up into and we'll never get an apology of them after an apology out of them after very much i've found that there is professor at the is a philosophy professor at the university cambridge just university of cambridge just reacting free speech and reacting to, a free speech and how threat it is you are how under threat it is you are with me patch christian gb news coming i'll be speaking with coming up i'll be speaking with a about a report a doctor about a report predicting who would thunk predicting who would have thunk it we could see this it is almost we could see this a mile off, isn't it, that we could be facing a period of unusually high death, partly due to being too scared to to people being too scared to visit the the pandemic. visit the nhs, the pandemic. now, is according to, in my now, that is according to, in my view, the people are scared

view, the people who are scared , wallace and patrick , chris wallace and patrick vallance discuss all of vallance will discuss all of that next. i am absolutely about this. get views coming in this. get your views coming in vaiews@gbnews.uk . a lot of vaiews@gbnews.uk. a lot of people, by way, it's people, by the way, it's important me to a lot of you important for me to a lot of you disagree on this whitty disagree with me on this whitty is saint that is not please saint to that i would just point to the excess death. you have asked . it's 533. death. you have asked. it's 533. i'm honest port the gb newsroom is being that six young children in the uk have died from a strep a infection in the uk health security say they're investigating after rise in rare invasive group strep with five deaths of under tens in england since september a. child also died in wales last week health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep a which can cause scarlet the deaths and serious from the infection are . rare gb news infection are. rare gb news understands health officials are deaung understands health officials are dealing new cases of diphtheria

amongst a migrant processing centre in kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who have arrived on small boats in recent days. arrived on small boats in recent days . gb news has obtained days. gb news has obtained exclusive from inside ftx , exclusive from inside ftx, revealing some of the poor conditions migrants are living in. official sources have told us they believe those testing positive for the theory contracted it while living rough in france . sajid javid has in france. sajid javid has announced he will not stand again at the next general election. the mp bromsgrove was the health secretary until july this year when he stood in the tory leadership campaign he's also held other cabinet positions include acting chancellor and home secretary . chancellor and home secretary. in a letter to the chairman of bromsgrove conservative association , mr. javid said the association, mr. javid said the serving the government had been the privilege of his and that he hoped his best will. matt hancock has appeared in the house of commons introducing the second reading of his dyslexia bill. it's his first time in parliament since his three week

stint on i'm a celebrity get me of here. it's also a pleasure be here and to be and to be clean, well—fed. the former health secretary had the conservative party whip removed when it was announced he'd appear on the show. he's currently sitting as the independent mp for west . he the independent mp for west. he told parliament the current approach to dyslexia must change . conspiracy theorist alex jones has filed for bankruptcy . it has filed for bankruptcy. it comes less than two months after a jury ordered him to pay than £800 million. spreading lies about the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting . chapter 11 paperwork shooting. chapter 11 paperwork submitted to the bankruptcy court claims jones has between £800,000 an d £8 million in £800,000 and £8 million in assets. £800,000 and £8 million in assets . tv, online and dab assets. tv, online and dab radio. this is gb news. take it anywhere, patrick. we'll be back in just a moment.

yes. welcome back, everybody. patrick christys here right now on gb news. if you be getting in touch, your thoughts on some of the top topics that we've been talking about and we've got it all today. ladies and gentlemen, i wanted drag into the end i wanted drag you into the end of week and, into the of your week and, into the weekend, kicking and screaming whether it or not, i'm whether you like it or not, i'm one the big ones are going to one of the big ones are going to be talking about it later on is the and only chris whitty the one and only chris whitty unzipped actually unzipped vallance actually talking now talking about how we are now facing prolonged period of facing a prolonged period of excess so has excess deaths. so this has got a lot of you going. gbv is a jb news dot uk now i have to say people like an i'm reading the email out says patrick email out now, says patrick hindsight is 2020. i wouldn't have differently have done differently at the time. yes , that's fair time. and yes, that's fair enough i'm not for one enough and i'm not for one second saying that the likes of chris whitty and co had an easy job, but what i don't like now is would me anyway a is it would to me anyway a complete lack of self—awareness from whitty and co when it comes to some of the problems that

they inflicted us. i'm they have inflicted on us. i'm not going to read now. the fact is that we now have a shocking number excess i just number of excess death. i just wanted say, because i've got wanted to say, because i've got some facts and in front of me here, which is that are here, which is that there are hundreds, hundreds of people dying from cancer, more people than before. the pandemic than died before. the pandemic happened. far as happened. and that is, as far as we're because hundreds of we're aware, because hundreds of thousands went thousands of fewer people went to get them checked to go and get them checked themselves, and lumps themselves, checks and get lumps and and all of and bumps checked and all of that we're also seeing that stuff. we're also seeing a massive increase diabetes, massive increase in diabetes, heart that one heart conditions that one quarter children who were quarter of children who were growing in that years during growing up in that years during lockdown have apparently, according as one according to figures as one quarter, developed mental health issues. we've got a backlog of 7.1 million patients and gp's are now supposedly anyway going to vote to just work 9 to 5. all doesn't quite add up as far as i'm concerned . and the big thing i'm concerned. and the big thing that chris whitty has said, which and this is where the lack of self—awareness comes in as far as i'm concerned, the big thing that he said a lot of this is that people were presenting themselves. so pinning it

themselves. so it's pinning it on the public is it on members of the public? you didn't go and present yourself to a doctor what they were terrified from doing so for a long time. there were vast swathes of our population who were terrified. it's not leaving their own front doors. and of course as doors. and then of course as well there were people who were cut catastrophically misdiagnosed by gp's as well, weren't there, over or remote appointment . and chris, what's appointment. and chris, what's his latest report and interjection as well appears to shock horror . so the only shock horror. so the only outcome we now do realise, don't we, that fortunately some times a virtual appointment is not as good as a face to face appointment. well who knew and got this now. and this is just dropped. this just dropped is a report from p and it says i'll just read the headline to you now we've reporting here on gb news about strep a haven't wasted a child deaths strep and with this question on hands of it was this now what's caused it because it doesn't appear to be

a new strain lack of mixing could be a leading could be leading to the spread of infection like strep a. so are we witnessing a yes another catastrophic effect of lockdown when it comes to the fact that now children are dying of strep a lack of mixing due to the covid 19 pandemic could be behind a drop in immunity to infections that just drop a leading expert has said. and one of the reasons why i feel so passionately about this, case passionately about this, in case it is for it wasn't obvious, is for a very, very long time i was sitting here saying things like, well, actually feel our well, i actually feel like our response crisis response to coronavirus crisis might more might actually lead to more deaths. have we not lockdown? for example, long or hard or for example, long or as hard or as repeatedly as we in this country? when you weigh it all up, you've got people who were going and getting cancers checked, you've gp checked, you've got gp appointments that were basically non—existent. 7.1 million non—existent. you've 7.1 million people waiting for basic healthcare . you've got a quarter healthcare. you've got a quarter of children now apparently some form health condition form of mental health condition on top that as well . plus on top of that as well. plus you've got all the economic impacts that take there. impacts that take place there. so you've economic impacts

so you've got economic impacts which when people which show that when people are poorer likely to be poorer they're less likely to be healthier . on poorer they're less likely to be healthier. on top of all of that, when you really add all that, when you really add it all up, would do it all again? up, would you do it all again? would you do it all again. and i don't know about you. let's gentlemen. vaiews@gbnews.uk but maybe, for maybe, just maybe, it's time for chris whitty to do us all a favour. just slip quietly into the but these views the background. but these views have coming fast. have been coming thick and fast. we've gbnews.uk. and he's not the only one that we've been talking about here because the other other big other big one. the other big one. just quickly was our exclusive here on exclusive report here on gb news, which about the cases news, which was about the cases dip the ftx migrant dip theory, the ftx migrant processing centre, of open processing centre, lots of open arms including arms about this and including john vaiews@gbnews.uk , i am john vaiews@gbnews.uk, i am deeply, deeply concerned we see migrant hotels popping up left, right and centre across the country. i am concerned about pubuc country. i am concerned about public safety. isn't it the first duty of the state to protect the british population? that's john's view is that keep your views coming and we'll go to that throughout course of the show. but we're moving on now because matt hancock returned to parliament stint in parliament after his stint in the on i'm a celebrity

the jungle on i'm a celebrity get a very now sits as get me out is a very now sits as the independent mp west suffolk and bringing forward a bill and he's bringing forward a bill today on improving dyslexia in schools. chancellor sajid schools. former chancellor sajid javid announced today he's javid also announced today he's standing for bromsgrove at standing as mp for bromsgrove at the general . the latest the next general. the latest in a list of conservative mp to announce their retirement from parliament. catherine foster gb news, a political reporter, joins now catherine. joins us now from catherine. thank you very much. now, look, can i just say i supposed two times you've let in on hancock this just it up a bit this can we just mix it up a bit and do javid that. all right do you mind so sajid javid he is shuffling as a yes he is shuffling off as a yes he is he's been an mp 2010 representing bromsgrove . he's representing bromsgrove. he's had six positions in the cabinet he was chancellor just before the pandemic and he resigned and which led to now minister rishi sunak chancellor at a momentous time , the beginning of covid and time, the beginning of covid and all the furlough scheme. so he really is a big beast and he

will be a sad loss to prime minister rishi sunak, who is a friend. they share a love of star wars. they both came from city backgrounds , both minority city backgrounds, both minority ethnic . but he city backgrounds, both minority ethnic. but he is just city backgrounds, both minority ethnic . but he is just the 34 mp ethnic. but he is just the 34 mp conservative mp recently to say that they will not be standing . that they will not be standing. he is certainly the most high profile and of course labour mp are saying they're not standing as well. but all those that have so far said this for labour are over 60, whereas with the concern activist we've had people as young as dehenna davison 29 who only came in in 2019. william wragg only 34. chloe smith only 40. so it does feel like many conservative mps feel like many conservative mps feel that they are going to lose their seats at next election. so they're making the decision not to stand . yeah, indeed and while to stand. yeah, indeed and while we were hearing rumblings certainly that as many as 88 zero so jumps might decide not

just out of this election. i can't help but wonder catherine, whether or not actually people will not look particularly sympathetic this because it was a lot of conservative mps who got blindly wave things through dunng got blindly wave things through during lockdowns we've just been talking want to keep talking about. i want to keep harping about that because it harping on about that because it does histories of does seem like histories of people i raised it people reason i raised it earlier purely it was these earlier was purely it was these acts comments. but acts as death comments. but there go. they tory there we go. they say the tory mp is the ones maybe ousted mp is were the ones maybe ousted bofis mp is were the ones maybe ousted boris johnson and then we had liz truss they got rid of her then they kind of imposed rishi sunak's now they're sunak's plans, now they're jumping . yes. it is jumping ship. yes. it is a astonishing isn't it. the umbrella mass really that the conservative party have managed to get themselves into in such a short time. it's not even three years since boris johnson sailed to an eight seat majority to only just over a year ago before owen paterson , before partygate owen paterson, before partygate bofis owen paterson, before partygate boris johnson was talking about ten years in power. he seemed to be sort of king of he surveyed .

be sort of king of he surveyed. and here we are now having three prime ministers and about four months multi people education secretaries , chancellors and the secretaries, chancellors and the really in a dire position in the polls and suppose that's partly why matt hancock went off to the jungle now he's putting a dyslexia bill before parliament, but he , like many other but he, like many other conservative mp, is thinking what happens next. he had to resign because he was caught fondling his now partner, gina . fondling his now partner, gina. angela dalrymple i call it deangelo pardon me . thought he'd deangelo pardon me. thought he'd be back in cabinet that christmas, but it was not to be. he's been offered the jungle. he's been offered the jungle. he's come in for a lot flak, but clearly thinking about what comes next and his partner is a communications professional .

comes next and his partner is a communications professional. but whether matt hancock can reinvent himself as a national treasure ally, michael portillo did like ed balls did remains i would say in highly questionable . well, i mean, yes i suppose he very very much has been forced to bring his latest such stepping down last general election. matt hancock finally mentioning dyslexia at least once in house of commons. also, when comes to matt hancock when it comes to matt hancock part always find it's better part i always find it's better to to imagine was a mob to try to imagine it was a mob boss because it makes us learn i mean he's a con angelo you can just it now, can't you just imagine it now, can't you see?i just imagine it now, can't you see? i could of goodfellas , see? i could see of goodfellas, but go. right. okay. but there we go. right. okay. well, away from that now well, moving away from that now because top because the government's top health i was health is something i was alluding to earlier when i was in cairns. you couldn't help desk filling time, sir chris desk filling for time, sir chris and have and sir patrick vallance have warned facing warned we could be facing a prolonged of higher death prolonged period of higher death rates normal illnesses rates than normal from illnesses such disease and such as heart disease and cancen such as heart disease and cancer. because during cancer. that's because during the routine, health appointments did not ahead. operations were cancelled and some people avoided nhs. yes, whose fault

was that? despite this, whitty chief medical officer for england and vallance, the government's chief scientific , government's chief scientific, defended the covid lockdowns. the pair published a report . the pair published a report. it's marking your own homework , it's marking your own homework, isn't it? it is marking your own homework. joining me now is dr. totally what accidents in an emergency dr. in london. thank you so for joining emergency dr. in london. thank you so forjoining us, charlie. great have you on the show. i in case you're going to tell, i'm very angry about all this. and i think a lot of people will be shouting tv screens now. was all worth it. the lockdown because we're seeing excess deaths upon access, mental access, catastrophic mental health , comes health crisis, it comes to children, etc. if you had your time again. what do ? you think time again. what do? you think we'd it all same again? we'd do it all the same again? oh, no . i think we would do it oh, no. i think we would do it all the same. i think. obviously, there were some mistakes the mistakes made during the pandemic that have been avoided. i no saying they i mean, no one's saying they weren't bought in terms of how weren't bought in terms of how we handled the pandemic and what we handled the pandemic and what we had to do regards to we had to do with regards to lockdown was unfortunately lockdown that was unfortunately unavoidable. obviously can

unavoidable. as obviously we can because we're through the other end now. it's easy for to end now. it's easy for us to say, oh, well maybe we could have changed , maybe we could have changed, maybe we could change. i mean, you mentioned earlier hindsight is 20, earlier that hindsight is 20, 20, and that's just a fact 20, 20 and that's just a fact isn't it? it's when through the kind of through the looking glass we're going. i mean glass we're going. yeah. i mean konchalovsky is it the fact really because obviously sweden didn't the massive lockdowns didn't do the massive lockdowns like we did and they're all right mean, in of how we right i mean, in of how we looked as i presume how they looked as i presume how they look to those who population. they decided that we needed to go into lockdown obviously. we were one of the later countries to go into a lockdown, but then we go into lockdown. we saw we did go into lockdown. we saw the of covid the death rates of covid massively, which is obviously the effect of the lockdown . but the effect of the lockdown. but i feel like it went back . we i feel like it went back. we would do it the same way we have now. fair enough of us. you know this question. you give me a honest answer. one of the things that stood out for me about chris whitty and patrick vallance, report was that vallance, his report was that they mentioning they were mentioning not just they were mentioning not just the reasonable, the fact that look reasonable, operations cancelled, etc, operations were cancelled, etc, during, a sense of

during, but there was a sense of pubuc during, but there was a sense of public know that public fear. i don't know that there clearly sense of there was clearly sense of pubuc there was clearly sense of public fear. we were getting, you know, the next slide, please, graphics doom, as i please, graphics of doom, as i call large. are call them, large. and so are front rooms in any daily. and front rooms on in any daily. and a lot of people i think were afraid need to and seek afraid need to go and seek medical attention you are at medical attention now you are at the coalface in the medical profession aren't you really you are an a&e doctor you know exactly what it is are you get a lot of people did you get a lot of people who said that they were quite scared to seek medical scared medical help. were they scared it or not? of course. it almost or not? of course. i mean, you had a lot of people didn't want to, know, leave didn't want to, you know, leave the a lot of people the houses a lot of people wouldn't to gp and wouldn't want to come to gp and lot people wouldn't want to come in for appointments. and that's completely understandable. it was quite was a, you know, quite frightening you frightening time. but like you said, know, project come said, you know, we project come at tough rates, you know, at a tough rates, you know, and you could the front room you could that in the front room and all those things put together i did make people really of coming in and really scared of coming in and you can't blame them i you can't you can't blame them i mean know it's just mean that's you know it's just one those things. what's your one of those things. what's your mood like now as a medical professional? because we've been

covering strikes professional? because we've been c( lot, ng strikes professional? because we've been c( lot, as strikes professional? because we've been c( lot, as you strikes professional? because we've been c(lot, as you can strikes professional? because we've been c(lot, as you can imagine rikes professional? because we've been c(lot, as you can imagine ones a lot, as you can imagine on this now. and i think i'm this show now. and i think i'm quite few people will just be quite a few people will just be quite a few people will just be quite maybe they quite angry. maybe maybe they didn't a lockdown. i know didn't want a lockdown. i know is and that is is 2020 right and that is important say maybe they were important to say maybe they were quite concerned the response to covid same time, they covid at the same time, they didn't for the didn't necessarily ask for the kind restrictions that kind of severe restrictions that we that caused massive we got that caused a massive backlog in our health service anyway, both amongst gp's routine appointments , nhs, routine appointments, nhs, etcetera etcetera . and etcetera etcetera etcetera. and then now on top of that you've got things like nurses strikes at rumours anyway of gp's essentially raring to go, 9 to 5. not sure how that's going to work practise. people work in practise. people seriously concerned about the state of our healthcare system at the minute and can a lot of it be pinned on what's a i mean. bla know kind of a management of the nhs at that particular point in time. i feel like it's very difficult because obviously he wasn't the only one that made decisions. decisions were made, you know, as a team, decisions were made with hospital

were made with the hospital carrying them along. you know, i say it's difficult to, you know, kind those kind of things kind of all those kind of things on one to be perfectly on one man to be perfectly honest with you. i mean, that's that's my opinion. but as you can imagine. you have there are, you know rumours of obviously the nursing strikes rumours of doctors doctors doctors strike at doctors striking as you know striking as well so you know that. so yeah it's kind all that. so yeah it's kind of all come to head isn't it. just come to a head isn't it. just quite. again. what quite. to you again. what presumably involved it came presumably involved when it came to crisis to the coronavirus crisis you were the thick of it as it were in the thick of it as it were. how it make you feel when you the likes of my uncle absolute joining in on i'm a celebrity mean presumably he was a celebrity because he was health minister during a pandemic and some would argue didn't do a particularly good job especially when it came to care homes for example, i think is absolute scandal. does is an absolute scandal. how does it feel to see a man or it make you feel to see a man or woman than rehabilitating his career , getting rich off it ? i career, getting rich off it? i mean, i've done the day know it's his personal choice. what he decides to do you know of this time you know in and out of

parliament so . i mean i will you parliament so. i mean i will you know reserve you know my judgements there because i don't think i used to go to politics. i've asked you a few, i've asked you a few tricky questions. they you've managed to, you've managed you might managed to navigate you might be able give very much. able to now give very much. i will i'll let you off the that one but great to chat to you does this how they thank you so much is emergency doctor much who is an emergency doctor in okay it's very early to in right okay it's very early to start my week and leslie jones vote which is a cause for great for the surrounding area around where i live but dewbs& co is up next michelle dewberry he's right here in the studio . what right here in the studio. what do got coming michelle? do you got coming up, michelle? how i live in how i pleased that. i live in a different area . i wish i can different area. i wish i can avoid you all weekend long. patrick. i don't know what you've planned coming on you've got planned coming up on my tonight is switching off my show tonight is switching off anyone. way, the weekend anyone. by the way, the weekend does start yet. it might do does not start yet. it might do for, patrick, not for all the rest us coming up. of course, rest of us coming up. of course, i get into the strike i want to get into the strike situation particularly the coordination got coordination of it all. now got to it feels to me to be honest, it feels to me like these unions are almost holding country hostage. now, am

i wrong or do people agree with my thought there also to my thought process there also to talk about russia biden he's saying now time for negotiation and peace. i would have said that was time for that. a long time ago. i don't know what we've all been playing out. do people agree with me there or not? matt hancock you've just been mentioning him. yes indeed. he's parliament, he's back in parliament, but should though? i'm should he be, though? i'm fascinated people's fascinated about people's thoughts. so, of course, thoughts. they're so, of course, as well do michel without talking about politics, tories got a kicking in chester, as we all know, is at the end the start of the end for tories. they would get lucky. thank you very, very much, michelle. michelle that she'll be joining you . oh, just a matter of you. oh, just a matter of moments. thank jeremy. it's just got time one more email, got time for one more email, isn't us as a as a channel as isn't to us as a as a channel as a and is from james james, a whole and is from james james, thank you . vaiews@gbnews.uk thank you. vaiews@gbnews.uk says thank you very much for not all parroting the normal mainstream media when it comes to exactly may or may not have

taken place to the royal racism row . yes, thank you very much. row. yes, thank you very much. i make no excuses. well, i think being got more than a little bit cynical about what happened. there you are with me, patrick christie's on gb news. i'll be back on at 3 pm. make sure you stay tuned for james in cowes. want say thank you very much everybody what i'm listened everybody is what i'm listened over course of this entire over the course of this entire week dewbs& co be joining in now but before it is your but before that it is your weather . hello but before that it is your weather. hello again. i'm alex deakin . this is your latest deakin. this is your latest weather update from. the met office. it's turned colder and the chilly feel will last this weekend exacerbated by an easterly wind being generated by a large of high pressure . this a large of high pressure. this area of high just sitting away to the east. we do have a couple of areas, low pressure for the west, but the high is winning out and generating an easterly wind, bringing our air and all our weather in from north sea. so it's these eastern areas most likely to continue to see a showers through the evening for the west. generally staying dry,

some mist and folks settling up across parts of wales . south across parts of wales. south west england could be quite dense for time this evening where we see some clear skies across southwest scotland, northwest england. we are likely to see a touch of frost in the countryside, in countryside, perhaps in the southwest, most of us will southwest, but most of us will start about three or four degrees into the weekend. we'll have a brighter day , i think, have a brighter day, i think, across much of the country compared to there'll be compared to today. there'll be a bit in the way of sunshine bit more in the way of sunshine . but going to continue . but we are going to continue to these showers in to see these showers drifting in across eastern england, across parts of eastern england, maybe , too, in maybe eastern scotland, too, in some drizzly , the some dank and drizzly, the highlands the western isles highlands and the western isles set some sunny spells, though, in scotland, west wales , in south scotland, west wales, western parts of england , western parts of england, temperatures only six or seven, maybe eight celsius. at oma easterly breezes , it will feel easterly breezes, it will feel pretty and it'll be fairly of heading out on saturday evening . still a few showers, all of rain , of course, the east, maybe rain, of course, the east, maybe a little bit of snow on the very top of the pennines when these showers move in. but as i said, mostly rain at low levels.

again, it'll stay fairly cloudy as we head into sunday shouldn't be as foggy as has been over recent mornings and generally dull but dry day in the south just the odd shower here in that it's southern of northern ireland southern scotland england most likely to see the showers on sunday. again, a bit of snow as possible on the hills. again temperatures really struggling, single add all that wind it'll feel even colder . we wind it'll feel even colder. we are gb news right across nation you can get us on television on, radio, on digital . we're radio, on digital. we're absolutely everywhere. amazing you see amazing you remind me of me of the european parliament's . but here's the most important that we are part of the mainstream. we think and speak just like you do , we are the just like you do, we are the people's channel. magnificent. that's really, really . come and that's really, really. come and join us on gb news. the people's news .

channel well, hello there. it's 6:00 on michelle dewberry and this dewbs & co the show where we'll get into the things that have got you talking today . and now of you talking today. and now of course we've had a by—election, haven't chester, the haven't we, in chester, the first of rishi sunak's first one of rishi sunak's premiership. to say the premiership. i've got to say the tories up a little league tories got up a little league parties . is tories got up a little league parties. is they the tories got up a little league parties . is they the star of tories got up a little league parties. is they the star of end of the tory party what do you think of that. yes. on now strikes they're going everywhere now. they pretty much every sector, everything seems to be going on strike. we talk it often it does feel now though that there is an element of counter nation to some of this now it's the health service or whether it's the rail and the roads. we found out coordinating their efforts. it's got to the point for me personally i feel