with five rare invasive strep with five deaths of under tens england since september . deaths of under tens england since september. a child also died in wales year. health officials say . they've seen officials say. they've seen a slight rise in cases strep a which can cause scarlet the deaths and serious complications from the infection . chemotherapy from the infection. chemotherapy and dialysis are among a list of services that will be protected from in the build up to christmas the royal college of nursing has announced that critical care unit , neonatal nursing has announced that critical care unit, neonatal and paediatric care will not be impacted . other services will be impacted. other services will be severely reduced. members of the rcn , england, wales and northern rcn, england, wales and northern are set to take industrial on december the 15th and 20th. gb news understands that health officials aren't dealing with new cases of diphtheria at the ftx migrant processing in kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who arrived in 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 those positive for diphtheria contracted it while living rough in france . sajid javid has in france. sajid javid has become the latest mp to announce he won't be standing at the next general election . the mp for general election. the mp for bromsgrove was health secretary until july year when he stood in the tory leadership campaign. he's one of the most prominent tory mp to announce that to step down with prime rishi sunak saying he sat see his good friends stepping back from politics. in a letter to the conservative association , mr. conservative association, mr. javid said serving the government had been the privilege of his life . the rmt privilege of his life. the rmt union boss has held urgent talks with the government in a bid to strikes planned over the christmas period. mick lynch met transport minister yesterday . transport minister yesterday. the pair have urged westminster to intervene in the network rail dispute. transport secretary

harper said he wants to work the rmt and the employers good faith to resolve issues . mr. lynch to resolve issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the weekend tv online and dab plus radio this is gb news. now it's back to mark dillon tonight . it's back to mark dillon tonight. my it's back to mark dillon tonight. my thanks to alice, who was ready? 20 seconds ahead of schedule because that's how much of a she is. and she returns in an hour's time. welcome to mark dolan tonight starting the brand new time of 8:00 every friday and that's saturday night. in the first hour, can the royals ride out this race scandal? we'll ask a royal biographer , we'll ask a royal biographer, tom bower . we'll ask a royal biographer, tom bower. is there anything the tories can do to prevent total wipe—out at the next election? we'll speak to ex—tory mp neil pansh we'll speak to ex—tory mp neil parish live in the studio and

we'll be asking queen from how clean is your kim woodburn, what she thinks of unisex changing rooms on the high street and what makes of this simon cowell's a bit of work done. what you think? what's your rating out of ten? we'll discuss stories. plus, up from hits mark dolan tonight. the show that you know and love with my big opinion monologue mock and my take it ten. 3 hours of opinions debates fun. but first, it's time for a look back . the time for a look back. the highlights from gb news. the last seven days in my clips of the week . and we start with the the week. and we start with the great neil oliver talking about fox soul's fossils discovered in wales. maybe the first of their kind to be found outside of america. that's exciting for people like us, isn't it? so yes , your headline statement , i've , your headline statement, i've always said it. neil knows how

to please a woman take another. listen to that. yes yes, yes . listen to that. yes yes, yes. fossils discovered wales may be the first of the kind to be found of north america. that's exciting for people like us, isn't it? oh yes . so headline isn't it? oh yes. so headline statement . he reaches the parts statement. he reaches the parts of presenters can only dream of reaching. now michelle dewberry is one of the most popular presenters the channel. her show is always unmissable, but she was barely no mates last night after both of her panellists who are supposed to disagree with each other disagreed with . it each other disagreed with. it was a mutiny of the panellists this time on the subject of whether the rich should pay more taxes, a lesson safely say that nobody, quite frankly seems to agree with me right . nobody, quite frankly seems to agree with me right. i'm going to take a quick break. and no. yeah. choose another. yeah jobs and kicked out. what can i say?

james kicked out. not on my watch. i'll be your best buddy. michel she, of course, returns on at six. it's time now for the burden of the week. as privately educated leftie matthew staton accuses journalist toby young of being a posh boy. take a look at this. i went to private school like toby did, despite, i think, inherent unfairness of it. i didn't go to private school. did you know i thought you were an old etonians? no, not. and old etonians? no, i'm not. and i went to different went to three different conferences. ouch that is the bird of the week. look, you've heard about the american expression drop. we now have a mike dropping into a mobile drop. ready? there you go. drop. you ready? there you go. oh, dear. that's cost me. worth for the cheap laugh, though. expensive fashion brand balenciaga were in hot water this week for a highly inappropriate ad campaign featuring children and gear reaction from our own andrew doyle , the brilliant free speech doyle, the brilliant free speech nafion

doyle, the brilliant free speech nation . but a question from nation. but a question from terry . and terry says, are you terry. and terry says, are you planning to boycott the fashion brand balenciaga? am i pronouncing that ? i hope so. pronouncing that? i hope so. it's a well—known fashion. and for you, a gay man just sits on. no andrew doyle gay. really? next be telling me that elton john and graham norton are that way inclined to surely . another way inclined to surely. another one from free speech nation . one from free speech nation. when a viewer sent in his unfiltered dilemma for andrew and panel help him with. but safe to say his confession shocked all of us . our second shocked all of us. our second dilemma now is from callum. callum i work in i.t. support. i noficed callum i work in i.t. support. i noticed a colleague had been emailing someone about behind my back. emailing someone about behind my back . so to get revenge i added back. so to get revenge i added pornhub to their internet history and now they're facing a disciplinary should i come clean ? obviously you should . that's ? obviously you should. that's outrageous. i mean, they presumably they could lose their job. yeah, i would be critical.

but could be any number of presenters here at gb news. leo kearse is a regular the channel. we love the guy . but fellow we love the guy. but fellow comedian simon evans doesn't seem to rate his opinions. take a look at this wednesday's guardian . it sounds like the guardian. it sounds like the government have been listening gb news possibly even to leo. no good can come this. i say you hand over to leo at your peril . hand over to leo at your peril. ofcom are always watching . leo ofcom are always watching. leo was at his best when discussing another story. the that there could be a breakthrough in the treatment of alzheimer's . google treatment of alzheimer's. google those are older who tend to accumulate the wealth so they can get some of that off. it's like it's like what the tory tax should be. so cynical, but i think it will get it done. they will get this country on on prescription. so i'm going to be paying prescription. so i'm going to be paying for that as well. just this just in. believe it takes a lot to discuss leo kearse. i

should know . now lot to discuss leo kearse. i should know. now i'm a big admirer , ex politician and admirer, ex politician and entrepreneur ben habib, a very decisive and, principled man. but got to make his mind up when it comes to the world cup . it comes to the world cup. england wales of course depending on which side of the fence you sit and i will support england and. i will be delighted if wales win . you know, they're if wales win. you know, they're both part of united kingdom and i'll watch the game with a band . oh, blimey . ben habib is . oh, blimey. ben habib is turning to serve . ben starmer. turning to serve. ben starmer. i love you big guy. but pick a side and get off that fence. now a brilliant team of correspondents all good as everything here at gb news finding the story , speaking to finding the story, speaking to locals, representing whole of britain, interviewing and grabbing exclusives . love our grabbing exclusives. love our correspond audience. however, they're not that at playing football. here is , jack carson football. here is, jack carson showing us his soccer skills . showing us his soccer skills. it's england verses wales

tonight and anything could happen happen . oh blimey , that happen happen. oh blimey, that was a sight for sore eyes. gareth southgate and stuart pearce, eat your heart out, by the way. talk about broken britain. they seem to have the gold. that's brutal . however, gold. that's brutal. however, excellent work me say. jack carson . but don't give up the carson. but don't give up the day job. now there's no that sings like a welshman . that's sings like a welshman. that's what they say. well, no one dances like a welshman either. take a look at this. look at the go . look at that. there you go. go. look at that. there you go. like the welsh brendan , you like the welsh brendan, you can't follow that. and last but not least , stay in world cup not least, stay in world cup fever . these not least, stay in world cup fever. these jubilant england fans coming . oh, thank you, fans coming. oh, thank you, stephanie an improvement from usa game. and i'm hopeful. i

wasn't before for i'm no bemoaning . the there you go. bemoaning. the there you go. enthusiastic supporters high on more than just england's victory it seems and those are your clips of the week . will do clips clips of the week. will do clips of the week every single week at 8:00 on a friday. so if you hear or see something you think is quite amusing or , entertaining quite amusing or, entertaining or compelling or dramatic or fiery , let me know, mark, that fiery, let me know, mark, that going used on uk and just put clips of the week into the email heading and we'll get your clip on the telly. in fact i might even give you a credit at the end of show. so anything you hear or see on the channel, that's a little amusing or interesting, then do share it. market say the show just got bigger. i'm a big presenter, six foot five. do you know what this show is now? 3 hours long every

friday and saturday from eight till 11. and there's lots happening between now and 11:00. is there anything the tories can do to prevent total wipe—out at the next election we'll speak live in the studio to conservative mp neil parish and we'll be asking reality queen from how keen is your house kim woodburn, what she thinks of unisex changing rooms and simon cowell's latest go at plastic surgery allegedly. plus my martin meets guest is scotland's first openly gay football and should we scrap exams for young people or is that a race to the bottom . plus, don't forget, at bottom. plus, don't forget, at 9:00, as always it's , mark dolan 9:00, as always it's, mark dolan tonight. so what does that mean 7 tonight. so what does that mean ? is my big opinion. it's my take it ten. it's mart mates. it's the panel, it's the papers. they're coming up after. the break, we're going to talk about this racism row this week's royal racism row with a man who knows everything there to the royals top there is to know. the royals top biographer tom bower. he's .

next on dolans tonight after nine broadcasting legend diddy david hamilton on whether queen's former lady in waiting was a victim of ageism and. my more meets guest is scotland's first openly gay professional footballer zander murray . plus footballer zander murray. plus top level labour figures want to scrap the 11 plus. is this a race to the bottom. and in my big opinion chris whitty admits covid will kill many more than virus itself. and it might take a ten. i'll be dealing prince harry and that documentary plus my all star panel and tomorrow's papers . papers. an advert for your own show in your own show. i think that takes self—promotion to another level. welcome back to mark dolan tonight which has a new

earlier time of 8:00 that's eight till 11. we still got all your favourite elements nine including my big opinion mart mates and my take it ten plus my panel and the papers, but following the resignation of the queen's former lady in waiting lady susan hussey, after conversation with domestic violence which backfired and in relation to the woman's origin , relation to the woman's origin, can the royals ride this race storm and how will the latest trailer for? harry and meghan's new netflix documentary be received at the palace ? to received at the palace? to answer these questions? i'm delighted to welcome the most revered , feared biographer in revered, feared biographer in britain, the author of the brand best seller revenge meghan harry and the war , the windsors. tom and the war, the windsors. tom hi, tom. look. tom, a week to forget for the royals . well not forget for the royals. well not been a good week. a very bad for them. on the other hand , they've

them. on the other hand, they've had even worse weeks . but great had even worse weeks. but great challenge to william and kate . challenge to william and kate. undoubtedly netflix documentary is going to cause enormous problems for the royal family. and that's just the beginning. before the biography by margaret by harry. so a great challenge and a king charles is going to a lot on his plate . yes i'll be lot on his plate. yes i'll be tackling the issue of the netflix documentary in my take a ten monologue . at 10:00. and ten monologue. at 10:00. and it's my view that it's game over for harry his family that they've reached now the point of no . would you share that view no. would you share that view tom? do you mean that harry in sussex . harry and meghan have sussex. harry and meghan have reached the point of no return? i think i. think that harry and meghan. i think i think that the situation with harry and his own family, the family is a irrevocably broken. what do you

. oh, i agree . irrevocably broken. what do you . oh, i agree. i think reconciliation is just forgotten . and on the other , i do think . and on the other, i do think the sussex is claiming ever further in america. i think they're gaining support. i think that the spotify podcast gave meghan a new constituency all like californian psychobabble . like californian psychobabble. and i think the netflix series will attract even more support for them because . they will have for them because. they will have in 6 hours of uninterrupted propaganda about how awfully they've been treated in britain and. i think that the royal family here and charles needs to be very, very serious to consider how to not only rebut the sussexes, but actually expel them from the royal family to be able to restore international appreciation . the royal family appreciation. the royal family and their status in britain. tom

can king charles go , beyond can king charles go, beyond stripping the couple of royal titles of the sussex title, can he do than that? oh, i think so. i think he can tell that they're both most unwelcome in britain and harry should consider himself a permanent outcast until he apologises. i think they should pack every they've got the sussexes have a frogmore. send it off to california and confiscate the house and tell them not to come . here again . however, what the . here again. however, what the pr aspect of that be, would that not be damaging to reputation of the king himself? might it not look heartless or, churlish on country? i think he's got to put together a very package in a in a in a television address or interview explaining how meghan welcomed to britain , how

welcomed to britain, how everyone will cheer the marriage on and how they misunderstood her agenda was and just read carefully destroy her reputation as some sort of victim . as some sort of victim. otherwise i think they be permanently damaged. but i think the maxim don't complain and don't never explain is when it comes to the markle meghan markle because she's a very imaginative and very dramatic and purposeful campaigner for herself . and i do think that herself. and i do think that royal family, especially king charles , can sit back and allow charles, can sit back and allow meghan markle to the agenda. clearly harry is just a satrap in all this , but we are in in all this, but we are in a very, very serious situation . 6 very, very serious situation. 6 hours of netflix book is going to be which has been translated did into 15 languages. the british royal family is not the

royal family. it's britain's reputation which is at risk. and i don't silence is any more an opfion i don't silence is any more an option . no. and i suppose the option. no. and i suppose the softly softly approach by royal family in relation to harry and meghan hasn't worked . meghan hasn't worked. appeasement has failed. tom absolutely . i think that absolutely. i think that reconciles has failed. i think when they came over for the funeral, they could have easily have apologised . kate and have apologised. kate and william . they could have reached william. they could have reached out and sought one way or another to put the past behind them, but they did the opposite. they went off a huff back to kind , looking forward to the kind, looking forward to the netflix series and the book and their fortunes. netflix series and the book and theirfortunes. i mean they're their fortunes. i mean they're their fortunes. i mean they're their income and luxurious lifestyle . on trashing the royal . an lifestyle. on trashing the royal. an the royal family to react it to deny those privileges , the deny those privileges, the titles and the rest and to tell

the world in truth what has happened. the world in truth what has happened . harry has behaved . happened. harry has behaved. william has suffered too much . william has suffered too much. that king charles has been this sad father terribly betrayed by his son. and it's about time that their point of view is put across because americans are lapping all up, in my view. and meghan is getting a free run and has to end . indeed, certainly of has to end. indeed, certainly of the remarks she's made would support the idea that the royal family is riven with racism which is surely wide of the mark. you know , of course, the mark. you know, of course, the character charles and the character charles and the character of william, they feature as key characters in your latest book on meghan . on your latest book on meghan. on a personal level, how charles and william feel about harry's betrayal . i william feel about harry's betrayal. i mean, william feel about harry's betrayal . i mean, you used the betrayal. i mean, you used the word sadness , but anger, too, i

word sadness, but anger, too, i would have thought . absolutely would have thought. absolutely i mean. i mean betray made by a brother, betrayed by a son is shocking . and in the end, king shocking. and in the end, king has to really consider not just his own position and his own . his own position and his own. he's tried, i'm sure, very as has camilla . he's tried, i'm sure, very as has camilla. but, you he's tried, i'm sure, very as has camilla . but, you know, has camilla. but, you know, harry is the tool of meghan . and harry is the tool of meghan. and meghan has actually no sympathy for britain. she came here simply to promote her own career and get celebrity status as having failed really to establish herself in hollywood and got it. she is now being feted. she is now all sorts of wars from . kennedy and from all wars from. kennedy and from all sorts of organisations . and she sorts of organisations. and she would never have had that. and the royal family welcomed in. and harry married her. and that's very, very depressing that. we've been used. we're all used to this. and about time

that her bubble was pricked and the truth was told . harry is the truth was told. harry is tool. you took the words right out of my mouth. tom bower , how out of my mouth. tom bower, how far can meghan go in her quest for global domination ? well, i for global domination? well, i do think domination. no one has domination, not even you. but i think that her ambition is limitless and. nothing wrong with that. she's an intelligent, resourceful woman . i think the resourceful woman. i think the point is, the victims the way have a right to fight back. i think ambition clearly is politics. i think that she has chance to get some dominate figure as a congressman or senator in kind one. i think she'll find it very hard to be a politician because i don't think she likes criticism . she doesn't she likes criticism. she doesn't like the rub of the opposition . like the rub of the opposition. but i think she'll try. like the rub of the opposition. but i think she'll try . my view but i think she'll try. my view

is that she has the absolute right to spread her of wellness and love and all the rest but she is not a forgiving person . she is not a forgiving person. she is a very, very in my view, malicious person in the way she's treated her father and how she's treated her father and how she's encouraged to harry his family . and, you know, in the family. and, you know, in the end she needs to challenged. no i challenge her in my book . the i challenge her in my book. the netflix series clearly won't challenge up . no, harry's book . challenge up. no, harry's book. she always seems to be able find interviewers , magazines and, tv interviewers, magazines and, tv programs who absolutely suck up to her. one just wishes that were once an interviewer who would give a bit of a bit of a hard a taste of her medicine last but least all of your books whether on jeremy corbyn, tony blair richard branson, they're always , always a page turner. always, always a page turner.

and a must read, as is the latest on meghan markle, which is called revenge highly recommended your on boris johnson is called the gambler. and we understand that boris johnson will fight the next and seek to in parliament an . seek to in parliament an. interesting turn of events there . is he leaving a foot in the door to back into number ten? oh, absolutely . absolutely. i oh, absolutely. absolutely. i thought he made a mistake trying run for leadership so soon after he was turfed out when liz truss was out. but i do that if the tories lose in 24 and find it hard to find a leader to rebuild the party and if he plays his cards properly and does to try to reassert some sort of decent seat at one of the elements must be i think that he cannot continue his relationship with who i think is the worst thing that's happened to him ever and

really undermined his premiership . i do think he has premiership. i do think he has a chance. premiership. i do think he has a chance . he's a man with great chance. he's a man with great vision and great energy. it all went wrong , sadly, for him from went wrong, sadly, for him from his point of view as prime minister he gave his enemies and critics all the fuel they needed to show that they were right that he was unsuitable very prime minister. but i always that he was a good mayor and he had a good chance having that huge majority . just in 2019. so, huge majority. just in 2019. so, of course want to come back is just whether just sees the errors of his ways and can correct those errors and rebuild trust. and i think that's be a huge challenge for him . but, you huge challenge for him. but, you know, he's got the time to it. is a young man still and his supporters will hope that he does succeed . tom bower, always does succeed. tom bower, always a deep privilege to have you on the show. and thank for respecting the programme's dress code of dark tie and blue shirt . matt, thank you. good good

night, hugh. thanks very much. tom his book on meghan markle out now. absolutely recommended. after the break , sajid javid after the break, sajid javid becomes the latest mp to say he won't stand at next election. we'll discuss the state of the can. rishi, stop the rot. former mp neil parish live in the studio . he's out of the commons studio. he's out of the commons so he be honest. he's here .

in three. welcome back to mark dolan tonight, which starts at 8 pm. every friday and saturday just a few minutes. reality star the woman famous for clean is your house. kim woodburn . she'll be house. kim woodburn. she'll be talking about simon cowell's latest brush with plastic . and latest brush with plastic. and we'll ask kim what she thinks about unicef. changing rooms in the high streets. but let's talk politics right now. it's been a

week, to say the least, for the conservatives losing the city, chester, by—election by, almost 11,000 votes and with a point 8% swing to labour. this 11,000 votes and with a point 8% swing to labour . this in 11,000 votes and with a point 8% swing to labour. this in the same week that the tories continue to lag behind labour in the polls by more than 20 points and a running total of 13 talented tories stepping down at the next election . as we the next election. as we discover today , former health discover today, former health secretary and chancellor sajid javid. can the tories stop the rot? well to discuss and much more, i'm delighted to welcome former conservative mp neil. he's live in the studio. hi, neil good to be back, mark. thank you . great to have you. thank you. great to have you. and i don't know whether my viewers can get a full, proper shot of your green cords, but may i congratulate you? i can tell you for you, tom bower, it's a proper fest it's a proper style fest tonight. yeah i've got various colours . trousers, but the green colours. trousers, but the green ones tonight. yes definitely what i say. we know that you're a former as well as an ex politician. you've obviously politician. so you've obviously been you know, you've been

rocking of rural look rocking the kind of rural look and looking after the and looking looking after the countryside things. but you countryside and things. but you still care about politics. you still care about politics. you still care about politics. you still care about. westminster. yeah. the situation fatal for yeah. is the situation fatal for rishi. is this now a case of him managing the defeats and it's as minimal as possible. managing the defeats and it's as minimal as possible . yeah, it's minimal as possible. yeah, it's not fatal . but like i said in not fatal. but like i said in this, he pulls ship around competence on economy. all of these . you see liz truss, these. you see liz truss, manager take total ownership of what is an international crisis. that's the trouble with her sort mini budget and her short 44 days. and so rishi has pick that up. now rishi has credibility . up. now rishi has credibility. so at the moment the labour party is sort of just benefiting basically from a total mess , basically from a total mess, basically, isn't it? you know, you've got the economy. interest rates going up. you've got strikes going on. people are really concerned about the cost living crisis. whoever was in power i would be facing there. so i think. and of course, immigration, see, because it is very difficult , actually. and of very difficult, actually. and of course, you know, the idea that

you know, i was on the you you know, i was on the programme while ago and programme a little while ago and when was a one guy from when there was a one guy from ethiopia been waiting six ethiopia had been waiting six years to be processed. mean, years to be processed. i mean, this so all of these this is crazy. so all of these things get to grips with. things he can get to grips with. then has got a chance. then he has still got a chance. but the problem is, you see, i mean, it's the roundheads and the cavaliers when in parliament at the moment and the trouble is unless tories settle down unless the tories settle down and actually behind the prime minister who looks competent, get behind all the ministers in order to deliver something in two years time. then i think they have a very slim of holding they have a very slim of holding the election or certainly a much smaller labour majority or perhaps not majority at all. but i think and they're saying pull together now . it won't happen . i together now. it won't happen. i think, you know, the budget taxing people it was actually having to reduce spending. people to see more money spent. people to see more money spent. people want have their they want their hospital appointments . all their hospital appointments. all their hospital appointments. all the problems with the ambulances

all of these things are a real . all of these things are a real. so i think the tories can still have a chance . i think rishi is have a chance. i think rishi is the best man . try and take him the best man. try and take him there. but course you you've lost a very leader with boris johnson . but dare i say it, not johnson. but dare i say it, not a particularly competent one, necessarily. always as prime minister. and i think this is the challenge for rishi and i think it's going to be fascinate over the next year or two because i think it's going to be real battle because unless we do pull together, you see , i i'm pull together, you see, i i'm i'm old enough to remember you probably to remember 92 to 97 where every mp had a different idea of how to run the government to john major right. well that's the key words. yeah that's right . yes, i did. yes, that's right. yes, i did. yes, exactly . pre watershed. yes, i exactly. pre watershed. yes, i better say it then. but you know we both euroskeptics who pretty much . yeah, that's right john much. yeah, that's right john major's premiership. and you see we got to be we have actually got to make actually brexit work

now. well, and that's the other issue you see, because one of the issues is some of the conservative party are still working out whether you remain or whether you are brexiteer. or whether you are a brexiteer. that's actually that's gone. people actually want something they want something to happen. they actually go . they want actuallvrwant to no they want get actually—want to £19. thai! want get more actually—want to £19. thai! want get more trade to actually get more trade across the world. they also want to trade with europe to keep the trade with europe and actually want the economy to grow therefore, this grow. and so, therefore, this idea that have a sort of a blinkered idea that everything europeans are wrong, everything international right, won't international is right, won't work for the party either. but of course, can't actually of course, they can't actually be seen . to get close to be seen. to get too close to europe for trade , because the europe for trade, because the part of the party won't accept . part of the party won't accept. and i think we've got to grow up really and deal with international trade. but european as well and you know, as goods are coming in and let's check more european goods . well, check more european goods. well, as them checking out, as you see , are missing opportunities to level the playing field with europe. well, i agree. and i think this government got brexit done, delivered brexit pretty much, you know, on the of the

pandemic. therefore you can't really judge brexit until we get through of covid on through the impacts of covid on out the other side. i think you've to wait a decade before you've to wait a decade before you can really judge whether brexit was a success or but this government that delivered brexit is, media is, allowing the media and especially dominated especially the remain dominated media narrative that media to create a narrative that brexit been a disaster . brexit has been a disaster. writing the telegraph just writing in the telegraph just week ago, lord frost, a good friend of yours course, our colleague in the conservative, has it's myth that has said that it's a myth that is a disaster. it is a mess. but of course what haven't done is really made brexit work , haven't really made brexit work, haven't actually deregulated . we haven't actually deregulated. we haven't actually deregulated. we haven't actually changed very and at the same time we've just created, you see the so—called hard breakfast was fine, but of course what it's done is it has reduced trade with . europe, we reduced trade with. europe, we built up some trade with the rest of the world. we got australia—new zealand deals coming now and we had the japan dealin coming now and we had the japan deal in the us, in india, india will a really good one if we can deliver it because it'll be a

bigger deal. the problem at the moment, you see with brexit we haven't replaced the trade we've lost with europe , with lost with europe, with international trade. now think we can and i think we but like i said, let's have the trade and let's not get too blinkered where i would disagree with lord frost is i think we spend too much time seeing europe as the bogeyman it might be as far governance is concerned and dominating our laws but as far as trade is concerned it's a huge bonus. and we've got out of the european union now so we don't have to fight those battles, but we do actually need to trade. and that's where you know i think. and in farming wise, food wise all these things is absolutely for us to keep that european train . you sat on that european train. you sat on the backbenches with sajid javid when he stepped down as chancellor again just before the pandemic and before he became health secretary towards tail end of the pandemic. health secretary towards tail end of the pandemic . you know end of the pandemic. you know the guy well, why is he not

standing at next election? sajid javid of course, savage is a very nice man, very honourable man . i think very nice man, very honourable man. i think he's very nice man, very honourable man . i think he's had enough and man. i think he's had enough and think is he essentially his verdict that the tories are done for? well, i mean, you could read it that way, you know quite bluntly. are we going to go into opposition ? do you want to wait? opposition? do you want to wait? you know , five, ten years on the you know, five, ten years on the backbenches. you know, five, ten years on the backbenches . yes, but i think he backbenches. yes, but i think he did a good job. he was there. i imagine got other other things he can do business interests and you it's interesting parliament is a place but if you're if you've been a secretary of state you've been a secretary of state you've had the high high state offices of state do you actually want to stay for years ? see, and want to stay for years? see, and i think , you know, you've got i think, you know, you've got some people, you know, are wedded to parliament. they'll only be take they'll only be carried out one way or the other. but you know, you've got

others that have actually decide to go on and move on. i'll shares neil and rishi sunak two low at the moment because i spoke to the commentator tim montgomerie and he said that at a time of crisis the electorate tends to shift a bit to the right . so do you think we'll see right. so do you think we'll see more shy tories than are currently apparent in relation to the polls? do you that a more likely outcome in a couple of years time is a hung parliament. i just wonder whether talk of a labour government 200 seat majority for the birds. it is majority is for the birds. it is that that is cloud cuckoo land . that that is cloud cuckoo land. but i said i think rishi will score in the end is. he's got the brains and he's got the ability and he i think he be steady and of course steadiness sometimes media wise everything else doesn't always pay off immediately . else doesn't always pay off immediately. but i think else doesn't always pay off immediately . but i think after immediately. but i think after the terrible years and let's face it, they would have been years and you could love or hate

boris, but they would turbulent. i think rishi will bring some stability and think when labour actually you've got come across many you know all the borrowings they're all all the debts there we you know, we've all seen the books. we bail people out quite rightly covid we're bailing people out on the energy crisis. yes we're helping with cost of living . labour would also do living. labour would also do that but want to do more what would then do is create even more debt. and do people actually want that? because i think as people sort tighten their belts because they realise they've to, i think they would be expecting a government to do the we've also the same. but we've also potentially years of the potentially two years of the pubuc potentially two years of the public expecting keir starmer to be next minister, which be our next minister, which means he'll two years of means he'll have two years of scrutiny, two the scrutiny, two years of the pubuc scrutiny, two years of the public and the media taking seriously the chance that this guy be in charge. so have guy will be in charge. so have to make his sums add up. guy will be in charge. so have to make his sums add up . and to make his sums add up. and there question about his there is that question about his personal because personal ratings because although ahead although labour street's ahead according to polls rishi according to the polls rishi sunak's still considered the best prime minister by. all

voters. yes. you see, rishi is much more popular than the conservative party . so in many conservative party. so in many ways that good. he's also more popular than starmer. you see, when political parties have huge pressure put on them, they're inclined to split. if has the scrutiny put that because keir starmer's of labour policy is not like the left wing of his party and. you'll find that the labour party is nowhere near as you know it is in style easy to be united. you've got your your governing falling to pieces of before your very eyes if you actually that party actually pulls itself together brings . pulls itself together brings. the fight back to keir starmer that's when the election will much more interesting because the pressure is like a seesaw seesaw will go up the other way and then pressure will be mean. it's only a year ago that the conservatives won a by—election just a year ago. now everything's falling to pieces. i'm not saying the years it's i'm not saying in the years it's going to be magic again, but i

think you'll there be think you'll find there will be pressure put back on keir starmer and will the labour party be near as you party be anywhere near as you is? it appears at the i think not from watching . well they're not from watching. well they're smart labour aren't they. because pretending to be united order to give keir starmer chance of getting in and what the have got to do is to do the same and as you say paper the cracks which are to all clear and of course well and stop and stop opening up the cracks who know we mean the good mean and stop having you know i mean labour party are on the whole more disciplined i mean tory party we are a bunch of independent come together under flag and i was probably as guilty of that as anybody but that makes us interesting but of course if you divide too much they say well of course you know everybody said we want politicians to be independent. if we become to independent, they said we are too divided. we can't for so that can't vote for you. so that that's lesson we all need to that's a lesson we all need to learn and it was learn slightly agree. and it was party i think kept party discipline. i think kept tony blair in power for 11, 12

years. i mean, there was no new was the most controlled you know through alastair campbell to troll media controlled everything it was almost like having a sort of elected dictatorship neal i've got bills to pay so the outbreak is coming and kim woodburn not the lady that you keep waiting . that you keep waiting. absolutely. final question. and there's no straight answer to this. and it could change by minute. the stock market. but when is your best guess ? sunak when is your best guess? sunak goes the country and what's goes to the country and what's the result? i think you probably have to go may no he might leave it to on may 24 for he might go to october. the trouble is if leave it to the right last minute . everybody knows when the minute. everybody knows when the election is i think there is so problems out there at the moment that he he is not likely go early but of course if he saw an opportune city in six months time he might dash for it. but i very much doubt it. and a hung parliament with the tories the biggest party would my prediction what's yours? i think

a hung parliament. i'm not necessarily certain unless we really our act together we won't the largest party. but i think we have a chance to be the largest party. we even have a chance to win . but you know, chance to win. but you know, that may be a miracle, which may not come just yet safe back to the west country and come and see. it's very very soon. i will look forward to it. thank always a pleasure to have neil parish live in the studio next, i'll be joined by good friend of mine an absolute star from world of absolute star from the world of reality television, woodburn reality television, kim woodburn from keen house on many from keen is your house on many other tv hits we'll be talking about simon latest brush with plastic and we'll ask kim woodburn what she thinks of unisex changing rooms in the high street . don't go anywhere .

on mark dolan tonight after nine broadcasting legend david hamilton. on whether queen's former lady in waiting was a

victim of ageism . and my more victim of ageism. and my more meets guest is scotland's openly gay professional zander murray . gay professional zander murray. plus top level labour figures to scrap the 11 plus. is this a race to the bottom and in my big opinion, chris wins, he admits. covid will kill many more than the itself, and it might a ten. i'll be dealing with harry and that documentary plus my all star panel and tomorrow's papers . star panel and tomorrow's papers. welcome back to mark dolan tonight starts the brand new of 8:00 every friday and saturday at 3 hours with all of your favourite elements of the nine, including my big opinion meets and my it ten. now a group called the women's rights network have launched a campaign today. network have launched a campaign today . all i want for christmas today. all i want for christmas in which they ask stores like

h&m to provide female only changing rooms in their high street outlets . this year, h&m street outlets. this year, h&m famously announced that they're welcoming men into previously female spaces. so do these women have a right to fight for privacy, or are they of touch dinosaurs ? to debate this, i'm dinosaurs? to debate this, i'm delighted to welcome good friend of mine, the voice of common sense on this show, really tv star and tv personality, famous course for how clean is your house and other tv hits? kim woodburn . hi, kim. hello how are woodburn. hi, kim. hello how are you? very well, but i'm sadly not gorgeous as you. oh, well. tried plastic surgery . yeah. tried plastic surgery. yeah. loads. knocks the truth . no, you loads. knocks the truth. no, you know, i think this change you and you share . who ever thought and you share. who ever thought this one off? it's hideous yeah it can never never work it is hideous for instance i go into a change room and if i thought it was a male changing room me off

going they're not suggesting a match going to attack me but i want privacy. i mean, you only got a curtain drawn across love and that's 18 inches off the ground . bad jeffrey show you bad ground. bad jeffrey show you bad bum when you put that and you've had a pants on it's not suitable it should never have been allowed i'm modern woman but ain't that martin you're putting men at risk of accusing shoes. you're putting women at risk little children that are night grasshoppers popping in. you take the coat off because you're on. you can see to the bottom of the curtains a man along. you don't want a stranger chance on this . it well, it doesn't work . this. it well, it doesn't work. i won't use one if i fancy something in a store, i would take it home with try it on and i will take i will not go to a rip. it is wrong. and i think in the next couple of years they'll be done left. there's so many complaints going out, massive complaints going out, massive complaints and they darn well

should . so i think in a couple should. so i think in a couple of years this exist. it was a stupid idea . why did they do it? stupid idea. why did they do it? it's stupid lunacy . yes. there it's stupid lunacy. yes. there are lots of social media influencers. famous tv who say that they're super inclusive. they don't mind unisex, changing rooms and. they love it, but don't think they're being honest. and i think jim, that you speak for the silent majority of however do you worry you might be labelled a 21 or , , you might be labelled a 21 or a , you might be labelled a 17:1, or a bigot for you might be labelled a 1:1, or a bigot for having transphobe or a bigot for having that view . look if i wanted to that view. look if i wanted to be labelled that the get on with i give not a jumped if i want to show a man accidentally my knockers on my bottom half dave it could happen then i'm being labelled i just want to show my bare body to a stranger man. what oh, my god. he's just so i say self no. come on, don't utter rubbish, my love . a man, utter rubbish, my love. a man, some man, a woman is a woman.

and women who say they don't. my show adjustment with a man they must be sexually frustrated to do something naughty . i don't. do something naughty. i don't. i do. i've got a husband because we all the needs require . i we all the needs require. i don't need see men's penises don't need to see men's penises . their underpants . you have me . their underpants. you have me your knockers. okay, ma'am, please stop . talking about that please stop. talking about that husband of yours you're making terribly jealous . husband of yours you're making terribly jealous. i know. but i did say to my friend you to be attracted. oh, i do. you and i can make sweet music, dear. i mean, there may be snow on the roof but i have a raging fire job. raging now. kim moving on, some suggestion , the great simon some suggestion, the great simon cowell had work done. take a look at this photo of him . now look at this photo of him. now i'm a very big fan of simon cowell, very talented guy, very generous man as well. and i've met him incredibly charming . but met him incredibly charming. but yeah, some suggestions he might have been under the surgeons

knife. first of all, what do you of the before and after photo and would you ever have plastic . oh, i don't stare . look, simon . oh, i don't stare. look, simon cowell has so much plastic surgery , he must have shares in surgery, he must have shares in the plastic cosmetic world. he's so much done as unfortunate play. he was a very attractive man 20 years ago, very attractive . he looked dreadful . attractive. he looked dreadful. the photograph in the paper he's lost two stone. the man is of stocky build . he's meant to be stocky build. he's meant to be a stocky build. he's meant to be a stocky build. he's meant to be a stocky build . he thinks by stocky build. he thinks by losing all this weight, his face looks like a sharp dog. and it had all taken off. that's why photo stuff and drawn back is what we had threats and all sorts but fact remains my love he's 63. i looked a photograph in the paper. i thought you stupid, stupid man. and i want to know this man, you've got so much money, jack. i mean, come along now . i can't if he's going along now. i can't if he's going to have surgery . can you go to

to have surgery. can you go to decent people? they've watched him nothing. he hideous. but why can't you look in a mirror and say come on you 63 you look in the mirror and think oh my god, ihave the mirror and think oh my god, i have plastic surgery. i've had everything done . i have an act everything done. i have an act on recently. but see, i said to the surgeon , do not i don't want the surgeon, do not i don't want to come off table. and you've done this . me? i said, because done this. me? i said, because i looked around stupid all what i said keep some facts in here though i did say should come up in that i should, but i can't. i'm 80 i2i cannot look 40. i can't look 60 again. watch you're doing and he left. i've left a so i look natural simon jay well another of showbiz people do or we are foolish , people do or we are foolish, aren't we? can you pull it all here and the nothing the should as you say leave that people think look at the state he looks shocking he looks like an 80 year old man . just try. she got year old man. just try. she got 55. he look at him. look at him

skin. look at all this tall . skin. look at all this tall. then he's got implants in it had stop put in here simon your 63 you'll never look 23 again you're a stupid bag you look shocking and you sport your looks oh, dear tough love from kim. kim, i've only got a few seconds to go when you are under the surgeon's knife and also when you've had the honesty stick, do you keep talking talking that look do we don't want that we don't want that. talk to me it's oppression of this i don't blame anybody getting plastic surgery if you feel want to but my love be sensible they go in there they've got their faces like that and the marriage like this i've never had plastic surgery . i've never had plastic surgery. oh, shut up, you inaya. if got to have it done, simon , you've to have it done, simon, you've done a lot. you look an idiot i on the other hand, just came in absolute thrilled to have you on

the show. come back soon. a great weekend. the wonderful kim woodford. next stop , mark dolan woodford. next stop, mark dolan tonight from nine. my big opinion i'll be dealing with chris whitty who has everything .

on mark dolan tonight did my big opinion chris whitty that thousands will die from covid measures. there's a surprise my reaction shortly . my mont meets reaction shortly. my mont meets guest is zander murray , guest is zander murray, scotland's first senior footballer, to come out as gay. he tells his incredible story after ten in the big question as the queen's former lady in waiting caught up in a racist storm. all older people's views . we'll talk to former head of .we'll talk to former head of royal protection did and 80 something broadcasting legend did he david hamilton and in the

news agenda with my brilliant panel do the conservatives face at the next election should all family members pay towards the christmas dinner ? what do you christmas dinner? what do you think about mum or granny having a whip round to for the turkey and as indiana five is announced what is the greatest movie franchise of all time ? lots to franchise of all time? lots to get through. but first, the headunes get through. but first, the headlines with the brilliant alex porter . good headlines with the brilliant alex porter. good evening , alex alex porter. good evening, alex porter in the gb newsroom. it's been confirmed that six young children in the uk have died from a strep a infection . the uk from a strep a infection. the uk health security agency say they're investigating after a rise in rare invasive strep with five deaths of under tens in england since two september. a child also died in wales last week. officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep a which can cause scarlet fever. their deaths , serious

their deaths, serious complications from the infection already chemotherapy and dialysis are among a list of services that will be protected from strikes in the build up to christmas. the royal college nursing has also announced that critical care units neonatal and paediatric intensive , will not paediatric intensive, will not be impacted . other services will be impacted. other services will be impacted. other services will be severely reduced . members of be severely reduced. members of the rcn in england wales and northern ireland are set . take northern ireland are set. take industrial action on december the 15th and 20th. gb news understand that health officials are dealing with cases of diphtheria amongst a 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 from inside ftx, revealing some of the poor conditions migrants are in. official sources have us. they believe those testing positive for the theory contracted while living rough in france . sajid living rough in france. sajid javid has become the latest

conservative to announce he won't be standing at the next general election. the mp for bromsgrove was health secretary july this year when he stood in the tory leadership campaign. one of the most prominent tory mp to announce that a step down the prime rishi sunak saying he's sad to see his good friends stepping back from. in a letter to bromsgrove conservative association , mr. javid said association, mr. javid said serving the government had been the privilege of his life . the the privilege of his life. 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 transport minister yesterday . the pair of urge westminster to intervene in the network rail pay to intervene in the network rail pay dispute . transport secretary pay dispute. transport secretary mark harper said he wants to work with the rmt and that employers in good faith resolve issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the weekend . will continue over the weekend. tv and dab radio is gb news now it's back to mark dolan tonight.

thanks, alice. we'll see you in an hour's time. welcome to mom. dolan's tonight, which starts in the brand new time of 8 pm. right through till 11 every friday and in the big question the queen's former lady in waiting gets caught up in a race storm. all older people's views . we'll speak to former head of .we'll speak to former head of royal protection dai davies , a royal protection dai davies, a man who actually met this lady in waiting. and we'll speak 80 something broadcasting legend didi david hamilton . and in the didi david hamilton. and in the agenda with my panel. do conservatives face extinction at the next election . also should the next election. also should all family members pay towards the christmas . what do you think the christmas. what do you think about mum or grandma having a whip round to pay for the turkey, the stuffing and mince pies? and as indiana jones five is announced, what the greatest

movie franchise of all time reacting to those and many more. all my tonight of broadcaster and writer stephanie techy political commentator and author lizzie zetter and, research analyst and clever man ricky san as several senior labour campaigned to scrap the 11 plus exam our exams and outdated way to test kids. we'll speak to former teacher and head of the campaign for real education, chris mcgovern , who believes in chris mcgovern, who believes in traditional discipline and high standards and. a bit of tough love in the classroom. i absolutely love chris mcgovern. and he's live. later hour. my guest is scotland's first openly gay footballer zander murray. he tells his incredible and courageous story later in the show and i do hope i can convince him to join spurs. now i want to hear from you throughout the show. mark@gb news.uk. throughout the show. mark@gbnews.uk. this show has

golden rule. what is that rule? well got a brand new director in. darren. darren. i'm not sure if you know what the rule, but it's very simple. sebastian will, tell you. we don't do boring. not on watch. i won't boring. not on my watch. i won't have so for the next 2 have it. so for the next 2 hours, big debates, big and always big opinions. let's with this . one the award for the this. one the award for the statements . the bleeding obvious statements. the bleeding obvious this week goes professor chris whitty . he's the chief medical whitty. he's the chief medical officer england who has said that britain will face a prolonged period of excess deaths due to the pandemic , but deaths due to the pandemic, but not from the coronavirus itself. that's right. not from covid. that's right. not from covid. that's a surprise . he has that's a surprise. he has claimed the nation a rising death toll from heart disease and cancer cases as thousands of routine treatments and appointments were delayed , which

appointments were delayed, which whitty worked alongside chief scientific adviser sir vallance. they were a double act more terrifying ? jedward apologies to terrifying? jedward apologies to anyone offended by that photograph of . these professors photograph of. these professors doom took our hand march 2020 and walked us into off the back of hysterically junk modelling from imperial college and the long discredited professor ferguson. this duo adopted the chinese communist party policy of shutting down the country at a cost of half a trillion and the rest because the long term systemic damage to the country and the economy is something that we haven't even to terms with yet. we could be poorer for 50 years. britain is damaged and diminished thanks to what has beenin diminished thanks to what has been in my view , the completely been in my view, the completely failed experiment of lockdown and other covid measures at the start of the pandemic, the likes of jenny harries said don't wear

a mask. with doubts about their effectiveness and as behavioural science took over from actual science took over from actual science , they muzzled the nation science, they muzzled the nation , we can all forgive the first few weeks of that initial lockdown . the virus was an lockdown. the virus was an unknown quantity , but once we unknown quantity, but once we knew the infection fatality rate was small , it should have been was small, it should have been clear that this virus, which would of course deliver symptoms for a third of the population, were campaign to act like you've. got it. it should have been clear. we could not and should not to control the virus . china are doing that right now. how's that working out for them ? we're taking the them? we're taking the vulnerable as recommended by the great barrington declaration . great barrington declaration. absolutely. but allow the rest of the healthy population get on with their lives and contribute to the economy. that is what we should have done. instead closed once viable businesses paid perfectly healthy people to stay at home. we shut schools hindering the opportunities of a

future generation as well as impacting their mental and physical health. we taped up playgrounds . we shut gyms and playgrounds. we shut gyms and sports centres and closed the parts of suit markets selling supposedly non—essential items . supposedly non—essential items. in my book, stationery crockery and fluffy pillows will always be essential . we had arrows in be essential. we had arrows in supermarkets and you couldn't get into shops without boiling your hands with . hydrochloric your hands with. hydrochloric acid on entry . it was madness acid on entry. it was madness and a poor country. it's the results. we've got no money for police to tackle crime. we got no money for the courts and prisons to lock dangerous people. we've no money for proper to . defence face down proper to. defence face down monsters like putin. we've got no money to give the nurses the pay no money to give the nurses the pay rise. they clearly deserve . pay rise. they clearly deserve. i don't want to demonise whitty and vallance. they all very accomplished men and. very decent men. no they . were trying decent men. no they. were trying to save lives and protect nhs. i

understand that. i acknowledge . understand that. i acknowledge. and of course they were not around the world only . sweden around the world only. sweden and certain states in america among others saw sense but witty violence. hisjob among others saw sense but witty violence. his job was the preservation of public health in. the absence of a proper cost benefit analysis of going into lockdown. the impoverishment of the country . the worst possible the country. the worst possible thing for public health. no country made itself poorer ever made its population healthier. it takes resource it takes money to after people who aren't. well and now whitty admits , that and now whitty admits, that thousands more are dying from cancer heart disease as a result of lockdown . who knew the cure of lockdown. who knew the cure was worse than the disease ? was worse than the disease? well, everyone that said at the time. but we were the people then. remember the heartless granny killers . failed covid granny killers. failed covid measures have produced a public health catastrophe far worse than covid itself was only ever a serious threat to people in older age and all people with a

high bmi or in poor metabolic health. we forgot that like cancer are much than covid and. thanks to these policies, it's now a young mother that has to say goodbye , her children, say goodbye, her children, because she didn't get that lump checked during the pandemic. lockdown for all their cost should have moved the dial significantly in curtailing the virus . so show me a country in virus. so show me a country in the world that did not lockdown , that had a worse outcome . you , that had a worse outcome. you won't find one. in the case of sweden , it was better among the sweden, it was better among the lowest deaths in the world, 2020, according to the who, no less. anyone that backed these ruinous measures is responsible for a badly country and economy . but we can live with that. we will regroup. we will recover. what is . the needless non—covid what is. the needless non—covid death which resulted from so many of us said were madness. and that death toll won't stop

as the nhs battles a waiting list of 7 million people and the country sinks further into the red. and these obliterated mental health. that's the next pandemic. now than ever, it's clear that the cheerleaders for the insane policy of lockdown have blood on their hands. we have blood on their hands. we have it in black and white from the man at the top. covid measures kill and now it's official . news measures kill and now it's official. news uk. i'd be fascinated to hear whether you agree or disagree with me. this shows a broad and all opinions are no one gets cancelled or censored on my watch. i'm delighted . welcome to react to delighted. welcome to react to the big stories of the day and my big opinion. my tonight. broadcaster and stephanie techy political . commentator and political. commentator and author. lizzie zita and research analyst rikki assan. lizzie

zito. let me start with you. lockdowns didn't work, but in fact , they were worse than the fact, they were worse than the virus itself . what's your view? virus itself. what's your view? completely agree . i just think completely agree. i just think that during the period covid it played to everybody's worst nightmare . and i really notice nightmare. and i really notice that the people who were more fearful amongst my friends were the people who became absolutely nuts with it . they completely nuts with it. they completely isolated themselves. somebody went a shed in the back of a garden . saw anybody. people garden. saw anybody. people terrified people because of what they were hearing in the press every day . and now all these every day. and now all these huge queues and the queues for , huge queues and the queues for, as you said, for heart disease and cancer . as you said, for heart disease and cancer. it's terrible . it's and cancer. it's terrible. it's really shocking . yes. i mean , really shocking. yes. i mean, bottom line, stephanie tetchy, is that these enjoyed enormous , is that these enjoyed enormous, overwhelming public support. is that these enjoyed enormous, overwhelming public support . and overwhelming public support. and in fact, a recent poll of the

pubuc in fact, a recent poll of the public suggested that if covid measures spiked this winter , the measures spiked this winter, the pubuc measures spiked this winter, the public would back further by a strong majority. so my and that of lizzie is a minority view. what do you think? i so agree with you and lizzie's views, mark, because actually, you know what ended with this pandemic, the lockdowns ended up being the virus that we ingesting at the time we said people's mental health would fail. people didn't listen people who were terminally ill were saying can't get an appointment. terminally ill were saying can't get an appointment . whitty and get an appointment. whitty and co were not listening . so now we co were not listening. so now we have a bigger nature chest crisis than we did during the pandemic . i think to myself, pandemic. and i think to myself, in all their planning and all their schemes how did miss their schemes how did they miss this section of the population and total it baffles me how and it total it baffles me how people even say they want more lockdown measures. actually we've got a further crisis now. how you know, mark, i think that if there was another announcement saying we were going to go into lockdown, i don't think i would not listen .

don't think i would not listen. no, i would not listen to them anymore. no, i would say okay. no my daughter's going to move around freely . no my daughter's going to move around freely. i'm going to go and see my mum . i just wouldn't and see my mum. i just wouldn't do it. sorry, but that's way i feel. however, lizzie , others feel. however, lizzie, others will also argue and if mrs. whitty and violence were , they whitty and violence were, they would probably eyeball and say mr. dolan, if we hadn't those lockdowns, the nhs have been overwhelmed. well built. that massive hospital didn't . they massive hospital didn't. they and nobody went into it in the end who needed the nightingale hosphal end who needed the nightingale hospital. and you know, i'm glad nobody had to go in it. but am i suppose to be fair to the government they needed as a backup. but at the end it didn't happen. but what has definitely happened i'm surrounded by young people . i have a 19 year old people. i have a 19 year old daughter . so people. i have a 19 year old daughter. so many of her friends suffered. and two generations underneath them as . well. you underneath them as. well. you know, not going to universal city, having very bad mental health . shocking absolutely health. shocking absolutely

shocking . first of all, keep shocking. first of all, keep ahsan. thank you for flagging up that it's christmas . my pleasure that it's christmas. my pleasure . either you were in a festive or you lost a bet. my. i'm always in a festive mood , always in a festive mood, especially when it's maybe christmas . listen, you that the christmas. listen, you that the pubuc christmas. listen, you that the public the public were foursquare behind these lockdowns . you ask the public lockdowns. you ask the public now i think the majority view would be that they were the right thing to. my view is that of stephanie and of lizzie . of stephanie and of lizzie. still the outlier opinions . still the outlier opinions. well, i'd make the that i think the main issue with the lockdowns that our our politicians who are in charge of the decision making processes over the pandemic didn't do those comprehensive cost benefit analysis that you referred to in your monologue. mark and i think that was a very serious problem. of course it was understandable that they're very focussed on on the coronavirus, but they didn't really think about the possible negative outcomes , lockdown

negative outcomes, lockdown restrictions . my particular is restrictions. my particular is on education if you see that there's many children now who are still absent. this is these are still absent. this is these are the ghost children of the pandemic. we see exceptionally high rates of absence in schools across country record number of children being referred for language therapy because the lack of social interaction as a result of those restrictions they haven't able to develop their interpersonal skills because of the of communication with their peers . so i think with their peers. so i think that we're running risk of actually having to go lost generation as a result of those lockdown restricts actions. so i think that moving if there is an unbeliever the unfortunate situation where we are faced with another pandemic we really need to learn from many of the lessons from one so we can strike a more balanced approach in terms of managing that virus.

and briefly stephanie church here not stick with this rather tired line that we should have two weeks earlier, that that would solved all our problems. gosh you know, when i hear that makes my blood boil because i don't think any of anything we've done this pandemic, it was literally testing to see what would work . and i don't think would work. and i don't think that would have made a difference. this virus had a mind of its the politicians had a mind of its own and to be honest, they all got messed up in the end over hundred thousand people their in this people lost their in this pandemic. nothing's going to pandemic. and nothing's going to bnng pandemic. and nothing's going to bring them back. no, you know any of the theories that they thought work? didn't thought would work? it didn't work . so it's time for us to work. so it's time for us to move as a society. indeed let's not forget the deep human tragedy , those that we lost tragedy, those that we lost dunng tragedy, those that we lost during the covid 19 pandemic, of whom there were two many. i think the here is not our sadness that that happened but measures with which to try to stop a virus that appears in my view at least to have been unsuccessful . but look, if you unsuccessful. but look, if you disagree, please drop me a line,

because is not one of those because this is not one of those shows where the presenter you what to think or bullies and harasses you and humiliates which say others on which i've got to say others on other platforms are guilty of doing so you get a fair hearing here. mark@gbnews.uk in fact, i especially what we especially like it. what we disagree in the news agenda. we are going to speak to a former about among . top labour about plans among. top labour officials to scrap 11 plus exam , be going a bit soft on education happened to tough love in the classroom . also my mark in the classroom. also my mark meets guest is first openly gay footballer in scotland. zander murray live on the programme. a really interesting guy, a very talented footballer and a very brave chap as well . but next up, brave chap as well. but next up, you know about this royal race scandal. we've got the former lady in waiting to the queen gets into a bit of a awkward situation with a lady battling and campaigning against violence. will it turn into a race row? but she was in her eighties. that begs the question, all older people's views, outdated . not my view,

views, outdated. not my view, but it's something that we'll debate with broadcasting legend didi, david hamilton and former head of royal protection, a man who knows this lady in waiting personally died there .

next we'll look i'll get to your opinions on my big opinion monologue shortly about whether lockdowns were a mistake but lots to get through in the next hour and a half my mark guest is the first openly gay scottish footballer in the professional game. he's live at ten and he tells his amazing story. by the way, i've got my take at ten coming and i'll be dealing with prince harry and that don't kim injury and i'm not pulling my punches but first it's time for this . yes it's time for big

this. yes it's time for big question in which we tackle a major news story of the day. tonight, after resignation of the late queen's in waiting lady susan hussey, following her conversation with a british woman of caribbean background which saw her accused racism after asked her where she really came from. well, her comments misunderstood all those judging lady hussey guilty of ageism. should we take into account fact that she's 83 years of age and comes from a different generation ? and perhaps she's generation? and perhaps she's someone who phrases things in a certain way ? or are the views of certain way? or are the views of older people outdated? well, to debate this, i'm delighted to welcome former head of royal protection di davies , who has protection di davies, who has met susan hussey. but first let's speak live in the studio to 80 something broadcasting david hamilton, heather davidson . hello. i think you've invited me here because i'm about the same age lady hussey never.

first of all, you don't like a teenager compared to her. well, that's very, very kind of. what can i say? luckily, you're still in work . but can i say? luckily, you're still in work. but she's not. no. do you think that she's been misunderstood, that this is a general personal thing that she used to turn of phrase or she explored this theme in a way that somebody in their eighties would. yeah, i think i mean, i think the whole thing about issue is the very unfortunate for the royal family . issue is the very unfortunate for the royal family. i mean, when kate and william in america wooing the america and this when harry and meghan are to receive their award for calling out the royal family racism. up until now , no names have been now, no names have been mentioned . suddenly we hear the mentioned. suddenly we hear the name , you know, lady hussey . and name, you know, lady hussey. and i think it is i think it's very, very unfortunate timing . i do very unfortunate timing. i do think the people of her age and my age have to be very careful now with what we say we have to you know, because you've only

got to say one wrong thing. and as we out with her, it's a career finish. you know, 60 years, she's she's doing that job and all of sudden it's all oven job and all of sudden it's all over. so. and think, you know, probably maybe she was misunderstood and that perhaps in fact confronted by lady in traditional costume , she might traditional costume, she might ask her, you know , what are the ask her, you know, what are the countries that you feel an affinity with and that, you know, you might have connections with and that , you know, this with and that, you know, this was taken the wrong way . but was taken the wrong way. but certainly isn't it really like the queen always said to people , have you come far? yeah. so was really saying the same, you know have you come for us. just chat isn't social chat really . chat isn't social chat really. yes. and i think she was obviously about this young woman's national costume . yes. woman's national costume. yes. which was which was clearly related to her caribbean heritage. yes and i think the lady hussey was pursuing that. and that was the sort of the bafis and that was the sort of the basis of our line of inquiry. but do you think this happens to

, the older generation that , you , the older generation that, you know, they might use certain language or they might approach a conversation in different a conversation in a different way get unnecessary way and they get unnecessary criticised it. yeah, i think criticised for it. yeah, i think so. and i think, you know, people feel now that they've just got to be so careful and almost, you know, can't say anything about anything , you anything about anything, you know, things that we used to talk have become talk openly about have become taboo. talk openly about have become taboo . and it's, it's very taboo. and it's, it's very worrying for our generation, you know . i'm sure she didn't want know. i'm sure she didn't want upset anybody is the last thing that she the world doesn't really know what she did wrong. i mean i sympathise with . the i mean i sympathise with. the lady who may have felt offended because is as because i understand she is as british as they come. she british as they come. and she felt that by being asked where you're really from was essentially to deny the notion that she was a brits. i mean, parents are irish. i was born in the and i consider myself the uk and i consider myself british i wouldn't like it if someone well, you're not someone said, well, you're not really british so really british your body. so i sympathise with the lady and how she so there she feels about that. so there are sides to every story. are two sides to every story. but the problem i just wonder

but the problem is i just wonder whether people aren't whether older people aren't even sure they're not sure what these. no, they're not that you're absolutely right. they really not. they don't know what the are. my woke what the rules are. my woke people who have got like handbook. yeah everything is woke now, isn't . and we're being woke now, isn't. and we're being told what what we can say and what we can't say. we're all going to finish up like robots, you know? but nobody will have an opinion anymore except gb news. definitely will. we love having your opinions, and i'm delighted to say another pal of mine who , i've the privilege mine who, i've had the privilege of for years now of interviewing for years now on the radio and. now on the box is dai davies is the former head of royal protection and dai. thanks for joining us on the show. first of all, you've met lady hussey . well, yes, indeed i have hussey. well, yes, indeed i have . but let me just say i agree with single word that you're very young colleague there. actually said mr. hamilton, i followed many years, and i think he's an amazing and boy does he look . so let me get that off. my look. so let me get that off. my chest. you look pretty . yes,

chest. you look pretty. yes, that's fine . i met her. was she that's fine. i met her. was she asked me of being davies where you come from? in wales. asked me of being davies where you come from? in wales . and i you come from? in wales. and i said, north wales, ma'am . and said, north wales, ma'am. and that was the first aspect of our conversation . i mean, you know, conversation. i mean, you know, i've got to say , the late i've got to say, the late majesty must be turning in her grave . this is a woman who has grave. this is a woman who has spent 60 years travelling her majesty all over world, meeting every kind of character, black, pink chinese, japanese. you mention. and yet on one occasion where one individual who frankly a history of complaining about the royal family but particularly since the meghan saga this woman who nobody has questioned her motive as far as i'm the media have gone berserk over it. this is one small commerce nation, rightly or wrongly , we don't know none of wrongly, we don't know none of us other than the two parties

there and one possible witness . there and one possible witness. i don't believe for one minute, lady susan hussey is racist . i lady susan hussey is racist. i don't believe for one minute that she intend to defence. and the reason i'm upset is the way the reason i'm upset is the way the palace have treated her. surely they could have held on perhaps had a better style of inquiry as , a policeman inquiry as, a policeman investigate and now over 50 years i take a balanced view. i don't jump to conclusions until i'm all the facts been determined. i'm upset as much with them and their ability to capitalise on this woke sentiment that we have in this country. i'm disappointed with them and. she certainly doesn't deserve the kind of media that i've heard in the last few days . di how much of this is because you've been with the royals at

close quarters , the chief royal close quarters, the chief royal protection officer have you seen how the older senior royals conduct themselves , how it conduct themselves, how it contrasts with younger folk? because i'm pretty sure that william and harry and perhaps even edward anne might frame a conversation with a member the pubuc conversation with a member the public differently to the late prince philip for example . well prince philip for example. well you're absolutely right. and god knows what he would have made of this nonsense. but there we are we are where he is. and i'm sure he's also turning his grave my goodness, the kind of gaffes he's committed. and again none of it is because are racist. there is a generation in fact and as mr. says, we are used to speaking to our minds now there's a small element this country and worldwide who have chips on their shoulders. my humble opinion any excuse to have a go and particularly if you're pro meghan this i'm

afraid being an investigator the timing of this leaves a lot be answered in my question in my humble opinion what on earth is going on. i don't know , i going on. i don't know, i suspect. well, what can i say. but as i say, you need to at both parties, the one party has an exemplary record and we have an exemplary record and we have a woman who runs a charity. i know, i admire. i you know, i was head of child protection for while in the police i hate bullies i was with kids for 17 years. the children's charity against bullying i hate bullies and i hate bullies in the press i hate bullies in the media and i hate bullies in the media and i hate bullies whether a black pink or white. that's what hate and i see a lot of bullying going on at the moment. finally hamilton, do you think that susan hussey is , a victim of a susan hussey is, a victim of a form of ageism ? do i think she form of ageism? do i think she is . i form of ageism? do i think she is. i know form of ageism? do i think she is . i know whether she's the

is. i know whether she's the victim of ageism, i think this is just, you know , a very, very is just, you know, a very, very unfortunate happening on a current. and i think it's tragic really for somebody given 60 years service to find it over like that. i mean, she might be quite now to retirement, but i don't think she like to have finished this way that's for sure. david, final question to. you. you are one of the country's most experienced and accomplished , but do you worry accomplished, but do you worry that the wrong turn of phrase is the wrong question in an interview could get you in hot water? oh, absolutely . mean, i water? oh, absolutely. mean, i think there are things that you could say years ago that you certainly wouldn't get away with now. i mean, i can remember saying quite cheeky on the radio. they all do to old here and there you know but i think now you certainly think twice before engage your mouth and you so many examples people whose careers have gone you know just like that with careless remark

so we all have to be so careful i'm actually taking my life in my hands. coming on your show. listen, you're in safe hands. you'll never get cancelled on my watch. my sincere thanks to dai davies di. d0 watch. my sincere thanks to dai davies di. do join again soon. and of course, the brilliant david hamilton, a regular the mark dolan tonight. so far and long may that continue . coming long may that continue. coming up long may that continue. coming ”p by long may that continue. coming up by mark means guest is the scottish striker first openly gay professional in scotland zander murray . gay professional in scotland zander murray. he gay professional in scotland zander murray . he tells gay professional in scotland zander murray. he tells his courageous story after ten. plus it might take ten. i'll be deaung it might take ten. i'll be dealing with prince harry and that document . dealing with prince harry and that document. i'm dealing with prince harry and that document . i'm not dealing with prince harry and that document. i'm not pulling my punches . and before ten is it my punches. and before ten is it game over for the tories. we'll debate that with panel. do they face an existential moment ? face an existential moment? could the conservatives be wiped out at the next election ? but out at the next election? but next up, is it the end for grammar schools and the 11 plus? is education soft so you into .

well let's talk about lady susan hussey big on email this is the former lady in waiting to the queen who has stood down from her position getting into an awkward race row with a domestic violence campaigner. this from carol mark. leave the woman alone. she's and resigned. what more do you want? her generation find it difficult enough with the society we live in. as do i. at 64, my mother was born in 1924. she didn't understand any of these issues. carol, thank you so much that the world is a different place than the elderly , feel disenfranchised . carol, , feel disenfranchised. carol, keep those e—mails coming. thank for that one. very considered market gb news dot uk. let's now get to our next news . a campaign get to our next news. a campaign to axe the 11 plus exam which has been backed. senior labour

figures has been launched. the time's for the test campaign aims to stop the transfer exam at the of academic selection. so in other words scrap the 11 plus it's backed by several senior labour figures which include christine blower great, a manchester mayor andy burnham and former doctor alastair campbell . this comes after campbell. this comes after a separate to bill grammar schools. so it begs the question, are exams outdated as a way of testing children or is it a race to the bottom? what do you think about scrapping the 11 plus to debate this? i'm to welcome the chairman of the campaign for real and a former highly head teacher in own right, chris mcgovern. hi, chris hello there. good evening, mark. a great to have on the program. they're talking about scrapping the 11 plus. they done their homework. have they look ? if homework. have they look? if they scrap the 11 plus, it'll another nail in the coffin of our education. but there are so many nails in the coffin at the

moment. don't be difficult to find a base, another nail. it's extraordinary . i find a base, another nail. it's extraordinary. i think find a base, another nail. it's extraordinary . i think the extraordinary. i think the people are and there's and people who are and there's and these labour politicians , these labour politicians, several them have been to several of them have been to private will be private schools will be to grammar schools they send their children what be selective children to what be selective schools they're delusional and what's worrying is they're dangerously delusional . as david dangerously delusional. as david cameron told his party conference a few years ago we've got the worst record of social mobility in the developed world and that is the triumph and that is the verdict on comprehensive schooling if you go back to the fifties and sixties when grammar schools were flourishing two thirds, two thirds of the children at grammar school were the children , the sons and the children, the sons and daughters of manual workers . so daughters of manual workers. so the grammar schools was the key social mobility. now i someone who actually failed 11 plus i so i'm space beyond the scruffy but actually i've passed the 13 and yes there are certain things in 11 bus which maybe were unfair but you can still come through all of that. but what we most

want good alternatives to grammar schools well. want grammar schools as well. we want good vocational and skills based schools technical schools utilise. we want grammar schools and hundreds more them and we need good technical vocational schools and. then we might have a chance of catching up the rest of the world. but at the moment our education system is running about years behind the best in the world. we're falling further and behind. hear and further behind. we hear a lot of hypocrisy and you know, a failure by government to be robust to defend high robust and to defend high standards. sunak , when he standards. rishi sunak, when he was campaigning to be party, said he would expand the grammar schools. now he say no, he won't. a couple of days ago, was it yesterday the house of it yesterday in the house of commons, you what, 90% commons, he said, you what, 90% or almost 90% of our schools are good or well, that's rubbish. and knows it's rubbish. why is he saying it? only last week the chief inspector oversaw the downgrading of a lot of these outstanding schools to average audience. good so we are in a crisis here . and by the way, we crisis here. and by the way, we mustn't forget when we got rid

of grammar schools or most grammar schools, we also got rid of the grammar exam, which was o—level . interestingly enough, o—level. interestingly enough, singapore that o—level, singapore still that o—level, they still use that their top of they still use that their top of the educational league tables. so got rid of the grammar so we got rid of the grammar schools and we got rid of the schools and we got rid of the school exam, but it was seen as too difficult. i'm not just too difficult. now, i'm not just saying should support saying we should support academic we've got to support other got to have other kids as you've got to have good technical, vocational. we want for courses , want the horses for courses, sheep . chris it's sheep and goats. chris it's isn't it? i personally think there should be more test ing, not less more exams , not fewer, not less more exams, not fewer, but this idea of scrapping the 11 plus ties in with the very woke concept, the merits is a bad thing . well, they like the bad thing. well, they like the woke brigade and that is the educational establishment. they don't like elitism . they see it don't like elitism. they see it as elitist. i have a brain but they're betraying children , you they're betraying children, you know, in this country there's your 27 times more likely to go

to a failing if you live in a poor area of the country. we have selection in this country mark and by 11 plus most children are selected by postcode. if you've got money and your parents can buy house, you can go to a good school if you're in the poor section of society, you're probably going to go to a failing school. so we have vicious toxic selection and based on postcode and that's far, far worse on, basing it on academic ability level plus isn't perfect , but is better isn't perfect, but is better than the alternative . the than the alternative. the alternative is based on where you live and that is obnoxious really. you should get a good education wherever are and we should be spelling the good practise in grammar schools , the practise in grammar schools, the and in the private sector over into the schools better into the state schools better raise standards in the state raise the standards in the state schools not go about hammering the schools that we the good state schools that we do. i would argue, do. and also i would argue, chris, the pressure of exams is good for kids because . it good for kids because. it teaches them that life is difficult. the only reason i

ever revised or practised my spellings is i knew that there was a test coming. so you have with exams is you prepare children for the challenges of the world and also you have accountability and it strikes that many teachers don't accountability now everybody must have a prize. look if you go to of these posh private schools they're having tests day every week every month loads of tests. so why should it be that if you're a posh kid, you get lots of testing and that poor won't have to be protected? no poor kids need a challenge. we need to bar and having to need to raise bar and having to look lot kids actually like look lot of kids actually like having tests i spoken to in debates with with union officials filmed by the bbc on children's television and i was into primary school to do this into primary school to do this in london and said to the children, you know , you are children, you know, you are falling further and further behind. do you want to do homework you want to do tests? and they suddenly change their yes, compete we can yes, we want to compete we can compete. why should we be seen as third rate? a third rate

country and children can't compete. the rest of the world has we need tests and has tests. we need tests and children used to tests and they want to know where they stand and who difficulty and children who have difficulty those dishes, they've got be those dishes, they've got to be supported. have other supported. they will have other talents, often not necessarily academic, why we need academic, which is why we need two in education from two pathways in education from about the age of 13 or 14, academic and vocational and get away from snobbery that away from the snobbery that somehow historian me is in somehow a historian me is in fear is superior to a plumber is not we need to get away from that grammar schools for the bright needs vocational bright kids needs vocational schools for those kids who are going to be all engineers and so by the way if we don't get the education system right as oecd have said , if you want to know have said, if you want to know what your economy is going be like in 20 years time, look, your education system today and that's where we will be in 20 years time, we've got to get it right and we're not getting it right and we're not getting it right and we're not getting it right and having cancelling the 11 plus getting rid of grammar schools is, way forward. schools is, no way forward. we've raise the bar for. we've got to raise the bar for. everybody, things. and everybody, not lower things. and as me in the past,

as you've told me in the past, it's not about money because britain spends among most per capha britain spends among most per capita on education with some of the results. and there are plenty of emerging economies have packed classrooms tiny budgets per pupil with astounding fast results. at the end of day. chris, the campaign real education do great work i'll urge my viewers to take a look at the website. chris mcgovern is the chairman of the campaign. real education. great to see you again. catch up soon. lots more to come at 10:00. i'll be dealing with prince harry and that in my take at 10 am. i that dot in my take at 10 am. i mark means guest is scotland's first outwardly openly gay professional footballer. he tells his great great story after ten. but next up do the conservatives at face extinction at the next. see you .

in three. i'll get to more of your emails shortly. at 10:00, you might take it ten. i'll be with prince harry and that netflow documentary. but it's all looking rather dire for the conservative party. last week we saw a string young promising tory mps people like hannah davison here of gb news fame , davison here of gb news fame, william wragg announce that they would be quitting at the next election. yesterday in rishi sunak's first electoral test since becoming prime minister, the suffered one of their worst by—election performances ever. labour retained the seat of chester and racked up 61% of the vote, leaving the tories with their worst share of the vote in their worst share of the vote in the constituency since wait for it 1832. that was followed today by the news that former chancellor sachi javid, a man who stood to be just five months ago, would also be quitting as an not exactly a vote of confidence it. and research released by britain elects for the new statesman suggests that the new statesman suggests that

the tories would be left with just 101 seats at the next election on current polling. so when do we have a general election? when's it going to. what will the result be when it happens? will the tories face extinction? discuss that with my panel. extinction? discuss that with my panel . stephanie techy , lizzie, panel. stephanie techy, lizzie, zita and. rikki assad. let start with you lovely lizzie. what do you think it game for the tories and i don't mean that they lose the next election, but they actually face an existential threat . you know, i think that's threat. you know, i think that's probably true given what's been happening over the past few years. i they are in real danger . they have to really do something that's quite radical and revolutionary, never going to happen, is it? well, probably not. sunak is a safe pair of hands and i could be leader in january. i the guy as an administrator , but he's not administrator, but he's not a revolutionary, you know is. and i mean, when you think about margaret, whatever you think

about her, she really had an interesting concept allowing people to buy their council flats their homes and the people that could afford to do so and stepped up to the mark pulled their whole families because, you know, you have an investment . the investment grows over time the next generation has money . the next generation has money. and i think that they really do need to look at who exactly is not voting for them at all. and that's young people, young aged between 18 to they never going to vote the tories they need to offer them something. they need to look things, things like housing. they need to do something really. and it's not impossible do. guys, come on, let's get it together . build let's get it together. build some great houses and offer them to the younger people at a heavily discounted rate . help heavily discounted rate. help them grow . heavily discounted rate. help them grow. help heavily discounted rate. help them grow . help them come heavily discounted rate. help them grow. help them come up. well, we know tory mps are in the grip of , aren't they? and

the grip of, aren't they? and they talk a good game on housebuilding . but those sort of housebuilding. but those sort of middle england seats are very protective of the green landscape . absolutely, mark. and landscape. absolutely, mark. and i think that to be honest, i think one of the main problems of the conservative party is beholden wealthy pensioner interests . and i think that interests. and i think that results in having a political party which isn't very serious about addressing our housing crisis and, expanding the supply of affordable , friendly, be of affordable, friendly, be rewarded for it. oh, i think i think that you can see that the voting intention percentages among younger people, the tories are really . i've always said are really. i've always said that the two things that can really tory younger voters is homeownership and building family of your own. yeah a lot of affordable family friendly that's a major obstacle to people then getting married and then having family of their own. well, that's absolutely because. because you've got older people who seem to be very protective of their triple lock pensions. they own their homes, etc, and

younger ones are thinking, well , when can i start getting when can i? i've got no skin in the game. so, i mean, how about, you know, reducing the interest on the students ? that's not so the students? that's not so difficult to do it. how about reducing it down so that it gives them a chance or saying to them, put this in a pot, hey, this is a great idea i've just come up with this. put it in a pot towards your deposit for a house something that's really come up with a brilliant nice . come up with a brilliant nice. but despite all of this it's all about polling day and you find that young people give a good talk about how feel disillusioned with the conserver tips but when it comes to polling and actually making a change in this country , nowhere change in this country, nowhere to be found. yeah so that's why we will continue, i believe, to have conservative government, this country has a toxic love affair with conservatives. we love hate them. but when it love to hate them. but when it comes to polling day , we find comes to polling day, we find that we still have the same mp

and still pit in trust the and we're still pit in trust the conservatives to carry things such brexit. so i think there such as brexit. so i think there be okay actually although there is one thing that could change the electoral stephanie, and the electoral map stephanie, and i it's likely outcome i wonder if it's likely outcome which hung parliament. yeah which is a hung parliament. yeah and it could just be that if labour are the biggest party in a hung parliament in order govern have to grant govern they may have to grant a vote on representation. so the dem yes. if gets across the line and we have that could be the tories out. definitely. and spanish. we've seen it before when we've had a hung parliament. seems okay in theory , but how it ends will be quite i think. but to be honest, we're in this area of politics where i feel the labour government are acting like a conservative government conservative government, are suffering policies like their labour government . so it's all fusing government. so it's all fusing into one. yeah so. right, well look get your opinions over to me mark@gbnews.uk. i've got lots of catching to do. so many

emails coming in. thank you for them . in the next hour , we are them. in the next hour, we are going to be talking about prince . that's the topic of my take it ten. i'm not putting punches. it's all about that documentary. i'll get panel reaction as well. and scotland's first openly gay footballer, a professional footballer, a professional footballer, tells his remarkable and courageous story after ten plus. we've got the papers live at 1030 on the dot , so don't at 1030 on the dot, so don't miss it. set your watch on that couple of emails whilst whilst we gather tories in turmoil , we gather tories in turmoil, derek says mark a great show as usual. the way forward is for nigel farage become politically active again . no, it's great. active again. no, it's great. great with no paddle . well, great with no paddle. well, derek, big fan of nigel some of my panellists are not i do wonder whether the likes of nigel or richard tice could be quite decisive in a couple of years time. peter says not selling council houses would be a winner for the tories and on

schools day said i and all my pals and peers came from fairly working class backgrounds in the fifties , but were given an fifties, but were given an opportunity. go to a grammar school , given a chance. that's school, given a chance. that's what i call social mobility. lots to come. prince harry's next don't go anywhere .

it's 10:00 it's10:00 and this is markdown . and tonight my mark meets guest scotland's first openly gay footballer zander . he tells gay footballer zander. he tells his incredible and inspiring story shortly in the news agenda with my panel. should all family members towards the christmas dinner . what members towards the christmas dinner. what do you think about mama grandma having a whip round for the turkey , the stuffing and for the turkey, the stuffing and the mince pies. for the turkey, the stuffing and the mince pies . and as indiana the mince pies. and as indiana jones five is announced, what is

greatest movie franchise all time? what will you be watching christmas? plus, tomorrow's papers at exactly 1030 sharp with full panel reaction . but with full panel reaction. but after this might take ten, i'll be dealing with the world's least happy millionaire prince harry. first, the headlines with alex porter . good harry. first, the headlines with alex porter. good evening. i'm porter in the gb newsroom. it's been confirmed that six young children in the uk have died from a strep a infection in the uk health security agency say they're investigating a rise in rare invasive group strep with five deaths of under tens in since september. a child also died in wales last health officials say they've seen a slight rise in cases of strep which can cause scarlet fever the deaths and serious complications . the infection are complications. the infection are rare . chemotherapy and, dialysis rare. chemotherapy and, dialysis are among a list of services

that will be protected from strikes in the build up to christmas . the royal college of christmas. the royal college of nursing has also announced that critical care units neonatal and paediatric care will not be impacted . other services will be impacted. other services will be severely reduced . members of the severely reduced. members of the rcn in, england, wales and northern ireland set to take industrial action on december the 15th and 20th. gb news understands that health are deaung understands that health are dealing with new cases of at the ftx processing centre in kent . ftx processing centre in kent. the cases were discovered among the more than 2000 channel migrants who've arrived on small boats in recent days. gb news has obtained exclusive images from inside , revealing that some from inside, revealing that some of the conditions migrants living in official sources have told us they believe those testing positive for contracted it while living rough in france . sajid javid has become the latest conservative mp announce he won't be standing at the next general election. the mp for bromsgrove was health secretary until july this year when he

stood the tory leadership campaign. one of the most prominent tory mp to announce that he stepped down with prime minister rishi sunak saying he's sad to see his good friend stepping back politics. in a letter to , bromsgrove letter to, the bromsgrove conservative , mr. conservative association, mr. javid said serving the government been privilege of government had been privilege of his . the rmt union boss has his life. the rmt union boss has held urgent talks with the government in a bid to halt strikes planned the christmas period. mick lynch met scotland's transport yesterday. the pair have urged westminster to intervene in network rail pay dispute . transport secretary dispute. transport secretary mark harper said wanted to work with the rmt and the employers in good faith to resolve issues. mr. lynch said talks will continue over the weekend . tv continue over the weekend. tv onune continue over the weekend. tv online dab+ radio. this gb news now it's back mark dolan tonight .

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but first, my take it. ten it is war the world's least happy millionaire prince harry has released trailer for his highly anti scripted documentary, snapper titled harry and meghan. although i think it should be called meghan harry, because it's clear to me she's calling the shots. take a listen . no the shots. take a listen. no sees what's happening behind closed doors . last year, closed doors. last year, everything i could to protect my family . from everything i could to protect my family. from . everything i could to protect my family . from . when family. from. when the stakes were this high. family. from. when the stakes were this high . does it make were this high. does it make more sense to hear our story us . i'l

more sense to hear our story us. i'l i'll be washing my hair. the timing of this couldn't be worse as . harry's brother and sister as. harry's brother and sister in law, william and kate, tour the united states . america. in the united states. america. in fact, the prince , princess of fact, the prince, princess of wales have been greeted , jeers wales have been greeted, jeers and boos in some quarters, following arrival stateside . why following arrival stateside. why would that be? well, because and meghan have done everything they can to denigrate the royal family , the monarchy , perhaps family, the monarchy, perhaps the firm were neglectful in their treatment of . meghan their treatment of. meghan markle when she served the family. perhaps a member of the royal household did make a remark about the baby, which could be construed as racist. who knows ? although given the who knows? although given the outright lie from the oprah interview that they married a day early refuted by no less than the arch bishop of canterbury, you couldn't call meghan markle a reliable witness. but i will give her the benefit of the doubt if she was unhappy whilst serving as a member of the royal household .

member of the royal household. that's very sad . but they got that's very sad. but they got what they wanted . in the end what they wanted. in the end they are out . they've gone to they are out. they've gone to america, they've signed their book deals. they've had the documentary commissioned, they've done the podcasts , they've done the podcasts, they've done the podcasts, they've taken money for public speaking engagements. all whilst retaining the coveted of duke and duchess sussex. they got their cake and they ate it, but nothing will satisfy . this nothing will satisfy. this couple, who seem hell bent on just profiteering from the royal vestiges. remember the world media would no interest in this couple if they weren't of the royal family . they seem hell royal family. they seem hell bent on just denigrating the monarchy, but destroy doing it to the ginger windsor himself . to the ginger windsor himself. prince harry and his other half joke mono. the woman who broke up the royal beatles have reached the point of no return . reached the point of no return. there's no way that charles will forgive harry, particularly given the news of his forthcoming book , which of

forthcoming book, which of course emerged whilst . the queen course emerged whilst. the queen battled ill health and mourned the passing of her beloved philip. no doubt causing her deep distress. i can't imagine it helped her healthy . whilst it helped her healthy. whilst it's my view , meghan is driving it's my view, meghan is driving this campaign against country and an institution . and an institution. responsibility must lie with harry. meghan is , meghan. but harry. meghan is, meghan. but harry. meghan is, meghan. but harry is the one that has allowed this country, the institution which has given him untold privilege to be so viciously attacked. it's on his watch and therefore he's the one i blame. it's obvious that royal titles have to go, but i'm not sure . it will make much of titles have to go, but i'm not sure. it will make much of a difference now. they are two of the most famous people in the world to the institution which they clearly hate so much . but they clearly hate so much. but whilst making millions, this couple have lost so much . couple have lost so much. they've lost a family. they've a revered institution and they've lost a country . revered institution and they've lost a country. harry and meghan have reached the point of no

return . it's the end of the return. it's the end of the affair . it's over return. it's the end of the affair. it's over and it's too late now to kiss and make up . late now to kiss and make up. should prince harry kiss off? what do you think, mark gbnews.uk? let's get the reaction of my all star panel broadcaster and writer stephanie political commentator and author lizzie zita and research analyst ricky assan. very excited to have my wonderful panel with me tonight . let have my wonderful panel with me tonight. let me hand one over to you.the tonight. let me hand one over to you. the royal documentary it's an act of war and is an act of war. you know, i've always been quite sympathetic, harry and meghan, but now i've realised that she their souls gone in the sense towards a feeding sympathy towards the royal . i thought towards the royal. i thought when her majesty died and i saw that of all four of them coming out, i this is the road to

reconciliation that we made . but reconciliation that we made. but clearly harry and meghan have totally disregarded any sense of having loyalty towards the royal family . with the introduction of family. with the introduction of this for the whole world to see meghan she was what would we like to say a and clearly now given her best oscar performance in this documentary and it's quite sad because as i said, i've always been a fan of. i understand her life doing this worldwide fo r £88 million. it's worldwide for £88 million. it's not worth it. what happens when the money ends like harry and meghan said, everything they've needed to say over the past two years and now they to continue giving more even for them. it's going to be enough . going to be going to be enough. going to be harry and meghan overload and it's getting a bit toxic. well, yes. i tried to balance the ricky and i'm going to give meghan markle the benefit of the doubtin meghan markle the benefit of the doubt in relation to the race allegations, which, if true , are allegations, which, if true, are deeply, deeply troubling. i'll

her the benefit of the doubt regarding her mental health whilst in the royal family. it's word against mine. however with this documentary . well as the this documentary. well as the book deals the podcasts , this book deals the podcasts, this couple have crossed the line reached the point of no return . reached the point of no return. now i have to agree with you . i now i have to agree with you. i think that much of it comes as very self—absorbed . very self—absorbed. self—indulgent. never a fan, really, of those who air out dirty family laundry. i think that these kind family based disputes their best to be is for them to be resolved in private . them to be resolved in private. now you can see that harry and meghan are more than happy to publicise disagreements within the royal family. and i just don't . that's the right way of don't. that's the right way of going about it. no, lizzie's here. she wants a counter . this, here. she wants a counter. this, this this discussion . i mean, this this discussion. i mean, the bottom line is that we have free and i'm the king of free speech. so they're entitled to

make this documentary. my argument if it involves argument is, if it involves slacking off the royal family, then they don't deserve the titles and. arguably, they get the cold shoulder from the british people. you know, i tried to defend meghan. i've been on another news channel which i'm all day and a time when there was a big story about they had dog eggs and it was along the lines of they sent their people to say they didn't want anybody else's dogs walk around near the where were living. and i said we're sure this is true in the end it wasn't true it was just a story . what turned me against them was when i watched the oprah winfrey show and she opened by being really nasty to catherine saying, oh , catherine, i didn't saying, oh, catherine, i didn't make her cry . she made me cry. make her cry. she made me cry. and it's like, you know , and it's like, you know, innocent like a child, like it like a teenager in school . innocent like a child, like it like a teenager in school. i thought, you cannot do to another woman. so publicly on the oprah show and also

catherine can't speak for herself. she's in a position where she's muted and i absolutely with what my other panellist . you do not. if i'm panellist. you do not. if i'm sure she had a lot of problems within the royal family. look, they're very stiff. they seem to quite cold. but don't wash the problems front of the whole world and meanwhile get paid , world and meanwhile get paid, what, 86 million for it? it's cracker . and they have to be cracker. and they have to be really careful that they're not turning into a huge circus. and the kardashians because the baying mob will turn against them. remember shakespeare , the them. remember shakespeare, the very famous friends countrymen lend your ears. and that speech that he gave turned around the whole mob is very easy . it's whole mob is very easy. it's a very difficult horse to mount all of that social media. i think they're playing an extremely dangerous game. and i really risky. and i wish that , really risky. and i wish that, you know, harry looked

heartbroken when he came back . heartbroken when he came back. this country, he looks so upset. you all sorts of things were said. he wasn't invited to come up to see his grandma early. he went he looked devastated. i thought this is good. meghan looked devastated. they all i thought, this is . i completely thought, this is. i completely know what you said that i thought this is the way forward. but no, they come back. oh, you know, she knew what it was going to like marrying into a family like that because she had diana who went before him. but she got married and now don't know. i can't defend it i don't think i think what's problem i have with this country is we always make out like meghan is public enemy number one and i don't think she is. i think it's harry. he should have had loyalty. his family, harry's phone. yeah. i mean, man , that prince pr person mean, man, that prince pr person response, i mean, man, he's bringing a woman to their family will be like this is. my family and you need to respect family, but harry has a lot of trauma

and this is not even a laughing matter. his died in a very , very matter. his died in a very, very sad way . since then, i think sad way. since then, i think he's always had a chat with the family and meghan was his way out and you know what? he was waiting for meghan and needed someone like meghan phantom actually put out there his problem and all how he feels towards the royal family . yeah. towards the royal family. yeah. note to write listen i said in my take it ten i don't blame meghan. she wasn't the princess . he was the prince. he's the one that's thrown his country and his family under the bus. that said, i grew prince harry. he's free. so good luck to you. make as many documentaries as you like . but i, for one, won't you like. but i, for one, won't be . i'll be watching dan wootton be. i'll be watching dan wootton tonight instead. and for us and patrick christys. and afternoon and juice hose . and isabel and juice hose. and isabel webster tom harwood. i could on. we've got a dream, line—up. what about ? bev turner come on, nana

about? bev turner come on, nana akua honestly, i know everyone i've got like, you know, i've got a fan fan club at home. listen, trying pull the gb news talent lots more to get through my mark guest is next and don't forget the at 1030 sharp don't go anywhere .

well there's some tough love coming on email for the royal couple for harry and meghan who have released promo the trailer for their documentary which is a called harry and meghan. this from trevor meghan has a mentality geared to wrecking people's lives just like her own life. harry will catch on in the future to this wrecker. very, very strong words there . dear very strong words there. dear mark carole , numbskull harry mark carole, numbskull harry needs to grow up and leave his horrible wife. blood is thicker

than water shame on him at what cost? you know, i like. i want to balance things out . it wasn't to balance things out. it wasn't meghan markle's decision to create this whole situation i mean might be that she drove it . it all happened on prince harry's watch. he's the one that threw his family and the monarchy under. threw his family and the monarchy under . the threw his family and the monarchy under. the bus. no one forced him . not even a beautiful forced him. not even a beautiful young woman from the united states . michael says harry is states. michael says harry is not behaving like a windsor in any way, more like a hewitt michael. i can't. any way, more like a hewitt michael. i can't . what you mean michael. i can't. what you mean by that. what an outrageous you are. so naughty elaine . good are. so naughty elaine. good evening, mark. i completely agree. it's time, ginge and whinge have their titles off them. bearing in mind meghan was only part of the royal family for a short time, so pretty soon they won't have any more stories to tell. they deserve titles. it's by their own choice that they've left the royal family. good riddance, says elaine . good riddance, says elaine. meghan has turned against her

family and now coerced harry against his family. family and now coerced harry against his family . and the against his family. and the country says any and rich susan says. and susan's not her punches either, susan says . hi, punches either, susan says. hi, mark, i said from the very beginning that meghan be trouble after all that they've done and they continue do i think that king charles should take their titles away even harry's title of prince through an act parliament should go. clearly they hate the royal and hate brits. and it's obvious meghan is unbelievably of our is unbelievably jealous of our beautiful princess of wales . beautiful princess of wales. kate's see how they when they're just plain ordinary harry and meghan horrible selfish couple we'll season there you go thank for that keep those emails coming. let's talk about christmas now because we're just connecting my mark meets guests from one or two sound issues i don't think i've got the papers exactly 1030, but i'd like to now to this story about christmas and who pays for it. okay you're going to love this

story with christmas just 23 days away festive are underway and this story might just dampen your christmas . a mother of five your christmas. a mother of five and grandmother of six insists that all members of the family pay that all members of the family pay towards christmas dinner if the isn't in her bank account by the isn't in her bank account by the 1st of december, which of course just gone. then members of the family will be withdrawn from the meal no christmas dinner . even from the meal no christmas dinner. even her three year old grandchildren must cough up £2.50. so do you think this is right, that everyone should have a whip round for the turkey or should granny get stuffed ? let's should granny get stuffed? let's get the views of lovely pal. we've stephanie techy . we've got we've stephanie techy. we've got lizzie, zita and ricky ahsan who got the memo and wore his lovely christmas jumper. so i've got to get dibs on this one. what about family members ? helping with the family members? helping with the cost these festive occasions ?

cost these festive occasions? well, i think it's fair, isn't it ? i think it's family oriented it? i think it's family oriented occasion . a bit bizarre to be occasion. a bit bizarre to be honest expecting toddlers cough up and contribute towards the food expense is but i think that there's no harm in at least the adults being involved in doing their fair share in terms of contributing the costs of putting up the christmas dinner. yeah. yeah mean what do you think about this ? because the think about this? because the bottom line is that these christmas dinners cost a bloody fortune. i know because i'm the one that's always paying for them. yes. they do cost a fortune . they do. but you know, fortune. they do. but you know, these are hard times, mark. if it is the case that you cannot to host a normal christmas dinner, then i think mean i would do it a different way. i say, well, you know, maybe i'll pay say, well, you know, maybe i'll pay for the main meal and you bnng pay for the main meal and you bring the dessert or do it like that. will you bring ? the wine, that. will you bring? the wine, which is what in my household,

my always brings all of the alcohol we get through that very quickly and so think there's a nicer way to do it. i don't know about charging a total i mean you know there's got to be no santa this year he's not coming unless you give me santa this year he's not coming unless you give m e £2 out of unless you give me £2 out of your piggy unless you give me £2 out of your piggy bank. you know what, stephanie? i do think the this is really hard on. often it's mum or , grandma that will have mum or, grandma that will have ten, 12, 14 people. and there's just the assumption isn't there stephanie the granny is going to stump up. yeah. and i think it's time to cough up the cash for granny and because it's too much is too much. i see. coming a big family. how much time, effort and money into getting all this fruit that we're going to eat but this year. we need to have a conscience . we've got a cost of conscience. we've got a cost of living crisis . anyone who's gone living crisis. anyone who's gone to any of the supermarkets have seen how the prices of food have

gone up . we've got potential gone up. we've got potential turkey gate where there might be no more turkeys left on the shelf saying, you know, for everyone needs to contribute christmas. i just think, you know, it's for families. yeah you know all aside even with stuff like lights and all the energy, we're going use, can you imagine you going to grandma's house using all of our gas? what is going to be looking is her bill going to be looking in january? and no one wants to chip a pounds or penny. nope, chip in a pounds or penny. nope, it's chip in a pounds or penny. nope, wsfime chip in a pounds or penny. nope, it's time to cough up the cash. stephanie what will stephanie what? what will christmas around ? christmas day look like around? well, to be with my well, i'm going to be with my cousin and my and my cousin and my nieces and my nephew and i just love it. is a really good experience because we don't get to spend time with each other during the. so it is going to be quite family orientated with games and lots of gardening and food having quite a lot of fabulous weddings. yes i'm well that. what about the drinks what will be what will be the little liquid pleasure. stephanie gosh keep all is a big thing for

going and keep them all and we can have some fun we can have some guinness all of the alcohol you it anything until it needs to go we're going have it on to go we're going to have it on the table i mean your address the table i mean me your address i'll be round all right make. sure. you be the star of the show. i'll try. listen, i'll come waving tenors to pay for all that's . that is all that because that's. that is the point, isn't it? and what about that, ricky , in terms of about that, ricky, in terms of these festive events know because it's not only christmas, is it, but it's sorts of family gatherings which really add up. i mean, i find just for friends, having a couple of mates around cost me a fortune . absolutely. cost me a fortune. absolutely. mark i couldn't agree . i think mark i couldn't agree. i think that in these times where many people are very much involved . people are very much involved. our cost of living crisis , no our cost of living crisis, no harm in pooling resources. i think everyone adopts a more generous, spirited approach to meeting costs , collective events meeting costs, collective events . i think that will the burden on everyone . well, i totally on everyone. well, i totally agree and i'm a great believer in that and my family have kind

of like discussed it with the cost of living crisis it's like we don't all have to have presents the presents is the presents the presents is for the kids then us grown ups we kids and then us grown ups we can have a couple of drinks together and a bit of a laugh and some great food and keep it simple. up there you simple. but look up there you go. let me know what your christmas who's paying go. let me know what your chrit.nas who's paying go. let me know what your chrit. we've who's paying go. let me know what your chrit. we've got who's paying go. let me know what your chrit. we've got the who's paying go. let me know what your chrit. we've got the papers. aying for it. we've got the papers. don't go anywhere .

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1030. you can set your watch to it. let's do this . on yes, it. let's do this. on yes, indeed. hot off press. let us start with the telegraph and they lead with the alerts after strep a kills children, you'll have heard a list talking about this in her bulletin case is now five times higher than before the pandemic as fears school contagion grow . dreadful story contagion grow. dreadful story there, quite devastating at the times on saturday. it's another another very, very controversial headline. nurses walk out of cancer and wards. nurses preparing to walk out of knees and refuse to provide cancer treatment . uring two days of and refuse to provide cancer treatment. uring two days of nhs strikes before christmas the royal college of nursing said emergency departments maternity care and cancer wards would not be excluded from its strike action on december 15th and the 20 daily mail now exclusive series starts today. the pandemic diaries . whether you're

pandemic diaries. whether you're a fan or a foe, everyone who lived through covid, must read matt hancock's jaw dropping accounts of the pandemic will. you be reading them market also lockdown to new surge in strep a at least six children have died from a deadly winter bug after a surge in cases that be linked to lockdowns. health chiefs tonight warned parents and teachers to be on alert for the symptoms of iraq condition caused the iraq condition caused by the strep. bacteria . they said strep. a bacteria. they said rates to five times rates were up to five times higher before the. experts higher than before the. experts believe . the alarming rise may believe. the alarming rise may believe. the alarming rise may be a result of lower childhood immunity due to repeated covid lockdowns , allowing the lockdowns, allowing the infection to through schools. this is when i do favourite catch phrase which is well done . bravo and i'd say that let me tell you laden in irony , the tell you laden in irony, the daily express. now, harry inflict more pain and its point of no return . think they sound of no return. think they sound like they've sound listened to that i'll take it. ten like they've sound listened to that i'll take it . ten is that i'll take it. ten is exactly what i said and take it

ten. the couple have reached the point of no return. the king is determined to stand his beloved son. but prince harry, is fast approaching the point of no. according to a royal source . the according to a royal source. the sun now tyson fury exclusive. i knock out chisora then england knock out chisora then england knock out chisora then england knock out senegal world heavyweight champ tyson fury has told the sun he will knock out derek chisora tomorrow night. then watch england knock out of the world cup. let's hope that the world cup. let's hope that the english team and british sporting icon can do the double by weekend. uk brexit regrets are growing . people want britain are growing. people want britain to have a closer economic relationship with the eu, even that means accepting some brussels rules brussels rules in return for better trading ties. one in seven leave voters say they would now vote to remain they would now vote to remain the mayor and axed pathetic hancock the mirror he wines the pubuc hancock the mirror he wines the public made him miserable after he broke covid rules with his

lover tries to blame care deaths on as he refuses to say sorry for role in and tragedy of a kids. six children have now died from amid fears its sweeping schools go undetected. absolutely story the daily star wags fight to stay awake as england are held a draw. what a bore draw . england are held a draw. what a bore draw. england england are held a draw. what a bore draw . england were held to bore draw. england were held to a nil nil stale in their soccer ball showdown with team usa. i think you'll find that that's about a week old was only halfway through reading that front that i realised back to me if you don't mind darren look i'm basically the anchorman from the movie if it's right in front of me, i'll just say out loud, how come there's so and i didn't have enough of a button. have you got by any chance, darren, the, the guardian okay i'll give you the rough headline and get a graphic of it shortly . half graphic of it shortly. half million homes missing out on bill help . we'll get we'll get

bill help. we'll get we'll get more detail on that shortly. but reacting to tomorrow's papers my wonderfully up to date and topical panel of ricky assan . we topical panel of ricky assan. we also have stephanie techy and lizzie zita. great to have all three of you with me this is a real worry about strep a killing in the classroom. i don't want to leave at the point. yeah the pandemic and lockdowns but i guess kids exist . go to school guess kids exist. go to school and pick bugs from each other and pick bugs from each other and develop them . immunity? yes. and develop them. immunity? yes. well, they don't get a chance to do that if they're being shouted away and know now we're seeing the effects of what's happened when they've been a joy to say it lockdown and it's like all poor children they're just. my heart breaks with this story i just think they're so defenceless and you know pandemics and all these kind of viruses they always. why do you think, oh, it's just six cases by six cases too many and then all and it seems like it's something that's going to be

developing more and more and more and it's quite sad . well, more and it's quite sad. well, it it really is. and of it will. it really is. and of course, know , every day course, you know, every day there are worrying health stories, aren't there, lesley? we've got the times newspaper will walk out of cancer a&e wards so we're dealing with the sort of the health toll of this strep, you know , spreading strep, you know, spreading through schools . we know that through schools. we know that the nhs is very burdened during the nhs is very burdened during the winter plot. yeah small matter of the waiting list of 7 million people and the nurses to walk out of cancer and any look is not good and really 99.2% 10% is not good and really 99.2%10% i would have understood because it's kind of in line with inflation but 19.2 is too hot and they're not going to get it and they're not going to get it and as much we think they deserve it . yes they do. yeah deserve it. yes they do. yeah but at this point in time , i but at this point in time, i don't know. i don't know what to say. and walking out already the queues, i can tell you category

acclaim for cancer are very, very long because nobody went to get checked during the pandemic. and now all these cases are coming up and things being shunted back. so it's a really difficult situation and yet, i mean yes, we should be given the nurses a raise . 19.2 i don't nurses a raise. 19.2 i don't know. i don't think that's right. well, yeah, i mean, ricky you know, i mentioned in my big opinion monologue earlier that, you know, there's this talk and i quote this figure 400, 500 i quote this figure of 400, 500 billion that we borrowed to sort of bankroll the cost of lockdowns know. and by the way, if you're going to lockdown, then furlough was right then furlough was the right thing to do. if people can't go to work, then, you know, the treasury up. but we treasury right stump up. but we can the rights, wrongs of can debate the rights, wrongs of that. think that figure of that. but i think that figure of half is way beyond half a billion is way beyond because haven't computed the impact on the wider economy . i impact on the wider economy. i think as i mentioned the country be poorer for decades but we also haven't come terms with the potential health impacts of

where we now are . i think that where we now are. i think that that when you were talking earlier about that cost benefit , i think that's so important. i'll be very interested to know how people's fitness and physical fitness suffered under lockdowns . that's why i was lockdowns. that's why i was a bit unsure about again, i don't think that would come into, but i think that the gym and leisure centre, i think that a mistake if i'm being honest because i that if people's fitness levels worsened that actually left them more to the virus. so it's counterproductive active and i think that now what see maybe i think that now what see maybe i think when it comes heart diseases for example and then other other physical ailments they may well have as a result of lockdown and the fact that people were snapped out of their usual gym and physical exercise routine . i think people are just routine. i think people are just even now people not so self reliant of not going to doctors and nhs during the pandemic now that people do have a problem i think you know it's just going to go away or it's probably nothing and this is where all

this case is of on misdiagnosis . unidentified you potential illnesses are going missing from the system and it's quite frightening and also just trying to even simple like calling a doctor or an ambulance. yeah just you're hanging on for absolute me age is an ages and ages. the world has changed dramatically terms of all kinds of public services from now to pre—pandemic times. well i tend to agree with a line in one of the papers a few weeks ago and they said that customer service in the country appalling going back 20 years appalling you back 20 years now appalling you to my you mortgage company i was hanging on for more than 45 minutes i've bought thousands and thousands of . i'm going to and thousands of. i'm going to run i'm going leave the country with all this money also the phone a good customer. i mean it's just it's ridiculous get more people in hire more people

we made we are 63 experiencing an extremely volume calls at the moment you're not is the same is norm all but nobody's there to take to answer the phone it's how it's been for the last two years but i'm sorry this point mark is not the reason politicians provided in of justifying the lockdowns was to protect the integrity of our social infrastructure . i social infrastructure. i actually feel that as a result of the lockdowns i think in the longer term our, social infrastructure is going to suffer more as a result of that. yeah, but counterproductive is interesting. dovetails with interesting. this dovetails with another story in paper, another story in the paper, stephanie, and about post stephanie, and it's about post office been after a sort office who've been after a sort office who've been after a sort of independent inquiry that they've got to stop blaming covid for bad service. i mean do you think that's endemic now in lot of businesses? oh yeah. because of covid. you know what 7 because of covid. you know what ? think that excuse it just. it fell for me after about six weeks after all the restrictions came because i'm like, we've been all waiting for life to get back to society, could get back to . normal businesses were

to. normal businesses were waiting to get back to normal. but yeah, almost two years on people still blaming it on people are still blaming it on covid. i'm just now just covid. and i'm just now just face up say , actually, we face up and say, actually, we don't what direction don't know what direction business going. post—covid business is going. post—covid rather than using such excuses just doesn't make any sense . i just doesn't make any sense. i think as well that a lot of companies are grey here. we can cut down and no one will know and we can blame it on covid. we can get rid of a load people. we can get rid of a load people. we can cut down the expenses here or cut here, but they did or cut down here, but they did that during the credit crunch in 2000? n0, that during the credit crunch in 2000? no, absolutely . they're 2000? no, absolutely. they're going be very, very and going to be very, very canny and trying sort of cut costs, of trying to sort of cut costs, of blaming it on covid. but we know we know what's going on. a tweet went viral this week and it was just a it was just a member of the public. this is the lady in america who who was running a small business and she'd running it from home. and she decided to actually just use a little office against she sort of hired one of those we work offices. we rented she's like, it's cost rented and she's like, it's cost me said had me money. she said she'd had enough being stuck home and

enough of being stuck home and i'm doing zoom calls, but she was horrified because she interviewed couple people interviewed couple of people about work and they about a possible work and they were late and not prepared. and again, she blamed lockdowns. she's like people just not bringing their a—game anymore. they. have you seen this or are we exaggerating it? well, i think it will differ from person . person. i think personally , . person. i think personally, i'd like to think that i'm a fairly you know, i've got a strong sense of self discipline and routine. so will the jumper . the jumper shame those fabulous meat, by the way, is one of them. and obviously so it's very common. okay he's very he's very complex . i susan's he's very complex. i susan's lovely, but i that the i think people now i think they're using covid as an excuse if they're using the pandemic as an excuse to say, oh, i can't quite do this, i can't get back into the reality. the matter is now we're pretty much in the post—pandemic . well, i think people need to at least try and put in more effort to really bring the right

work . comes to what we were work. comes to what we were locked up animals for two years like i think when i look back at that whole period, i just it becomes like a blur to me . but i becomes like a blur to me. but i think for different individuals were really affected it and even though there are masks of people blaming covid there are some people out there who are still suffering from the results of being up so long and people being up for so long and people got so frightened you know certain relatives of mine we want to wear a mask me come round now don't wear a mask. everything's fine. are you going to be tested now? we're just going to get together and, have a party, you know people have been really hysterical. it's brought out the best in and the absolute worst . well, the young absolute worst. well, the young people. yes you know, who thought this was the plague. and by the way, what a dreadful, wretched virus it is for older friends and family. lately and, you know, i shielded relatives and it was absolutely dreading then getting cold. absolutely and we all did that.

then getting cold. absolutely and we all did that . i certainly and we all did that. i certainly did that. thinking of christmas day like standing day of just like standing outside front . oh to though outside the front. oh to though you know luckily we don't on so that was fine the but yeah so i think it's it is it is it is crazy it is what is what we need to snap out of. but i think the many people suffered the pandemic but we need to provide that message of resilience. yeah yeah go back we yeah we'll go back we can't otherwise. you so we otherwise. yeah you know so we are going to get back to the papers straight after this. and i'm we've got i'm excited. say, we've got a line santa maria as well. line to santa maria as well. a top footballer who joins next top footballer who joins us next top footballer who joins us next to us his amazing story. to tell us his amazing story. lots more from the papers next. see you rachel .

welcome back to mark dolan tonight . who pays for christmas? tonight. who pays for christmas? a fascinating about a grandmother that's charging all family members to help pay for

the turkey, the stuffing and the mince pies. this from cynthia. hi, cynthia. how are you? for your email. cynthia says . mark. your email. cynthia says. mark. i do the pudding. the kids supply meat, others do vegetables . men clear up supply meat, others do vegetables. men clear up and do the dishes. christmas presents we do secret santas . we only buy we do secret santas. we only buy one pressie. if anyone wants to drink, they bring it. cynthia, you've the christmas out . nailed you've the christmas out. nailed it. well to you. listen, earlier , wanted to catch up with a very talented. we had a problem with the line but delighted to say that joins us now. sandra murray has become the first scottish senior footballer to come out as gay. he's a highly regarded striker for lowland league gala , fairy dene rovers and praised his team—mates for their wonderful support and says he hopes his announcement helps others who are struggling . he others who are struggling. he becomes the first openly gay footballer scottish football since just in fashanu, who played for airdrie hearts in the 1990. and he wants to a role

model for. i'm delighted to say zanderjoins model for. i'm delighted to say zander joins us now model for. i'm delighted to say zanderjoins us now he's on the zander joins us now he's on the hello good evening good evening we finally made that how are you really well. great to have you on show. and i'm really sorry about the sound issues, which is why it's a bit of a delayed. first of all, congratulations on coming out . oh, thanks very coming out. oh, thanks very much. thank you very much. it's a pleasure . and i'm when did you a pleasure. and i'm when did you officially come i mean, was it a gradual thing ? did it start with gradual thing? did it start with friends and family and then the world of football ? yes. mark was world of football? yes. mark was the way i describe it as , a feed the way i describe it as, a feed process . the feed started . 2021 process. the feed started. 2021 and it takes about time. i'll be honest . and then i finally got honest. and then i finally got to a point. septem and 22 that it was actually on with the football community that never knew and i says in the world at that time jake daniels came out

and england incredible all football fields josh carvalho i thought you know what i could be another pillar of this community and really strive for change and break the stigma and here we are and yeah , it's been amazing. and yeah, it's been amazing. i think it's wonderful. and it must be a great weight off your shoulders. i would have thought . yes. so yeah , it's just . yes. so yeah, it's just everything that i could ever imagine has happened and it's exceeded my expectations know and the reach of it has got to inspire the younger players and receiving direct messages from younger and how much has helped them that really does means the world to really does because know i've been in the young person's possession playing football i know how hard is and getting direct messages it's incredible. about those notorious football crowds who can be pretty caustic in humour. the

honest pleasant. i've treated with the utmost respect opposing. opposing opposing players . current congestion . i'm players. current congestion. i'm a big worry for me mark was banter oh what he did with the barnard with elizabeth and with my team—mates and no that's a fan of venus and hamster. my team—mates and no that's a fan of venus and hamster . and fan of venus and hamster. and that's really the message i want to convey to those that are struggling with their sexuality. they think that may be an issue , but for me personally, it is certainly wasn't i've really certainly wasn't i've not really had the opposing funds any abuse, but i know that it was annoyance over there. but me personally , it's not happened. personally, it's not happened. sometimes yeah, go for it. that's story. i'm just really interested zones. are you that fifa won't make the same mistake again in the future and pick a country like qatar which clearly has know anti—homosexual laws so you happen they have learned their lessons from world cup . i

their lessons from world cup. i think what's amazing is the for argument for our the court you know that not just us but our allies. well fighting against know the laws that are in qatar. i think next year in particular a lot of people will speak about allies and all our people spoke of russia in the past when they hosted world cup of when hosted the world cup of when they hosted the winter olympics. but no, there's such a but i think, no, there's such a strong argument and i'm so proud to be a stonewall world sports jumping that they're currently doing a pledge stadium campaign. we're trying to fill the world cup . we'll have stadium for cup. we'll have stadium for turkey . so as much as in the turkey. so as much as in the virtual , we've got 35,000 virtual, we've got 35,000 signatures. so yeah, there's so much in that regard to against the, you know , the homophobic the, you know, the homophobic and the comments and i mean difficult for me to comment on fifa, but i can definitely comment on, you know, the world cup and. bastos speaking about damage in the mind. i just think

back to when i'm a young footballer you footballer and i'm not, you know, global event and that's know, a global event and that's been widely spread in the media and that's an aids message. and that's not an aids message. and be part of and i just want to be part of that of the community and that part of the community and try forward and really just try even forward and really just going against my going against and put my comments that go against i don't agree with that at all. and should just be allowed to have that will go next zone to that will go next to zone to never never that you don't represent scotland at the euros or at the world cup or another international or the home nafions international or the home nations of do you think it's wrong the world cup is happening in such an institutionally country like qatar . i the hope country like qatar. i the hope of fifa was with the global event and the fanfare the media the hope that they would then qatar would maybe lighten laws really. but if you look at previous russia the change that lgbtq+ laws no so i don't think

anything's going to change but yeahi anything's going to change but yeah i think for the future , as yeah i think for the future, as i listen to the previous question, i think certainly that won't again in regards to like literally have no laws, there are no legal you can't get married , even funds go. now the married, even funds go. now the same sex couples or some hotel chains will turn away. but you know double bed and yeah yeah i congratulated you at the beginning your sexuality is something to be celebrated and cherished not hidden which is why it's wonderful news and listen you're pretty good at football as well you know the fact of the nineties fancy coming down and helping us at spurs well after a pleasure daniel leaving you'll do a good deal mark you get that sorted be on i'll be on the plane straight away thrilled to have you on the show. what a hero you are son to murray have a great season and keep up the great. he's a top striker for lowland league side gala ferry, dean rovers of the

rovers thanks to my brilliant panel and do stick around because headliners is next. i'm back tomorrow. i'll see you then . evening. i'm and this is your latest weather update from the met office. a chilly one this weekend thanks to winds. most of us be dry for much of the weekend, but there will a few showers around high. pressure is a long way away . it is a long way away. it is controlling our weather out in the atlantic. there's a couple of areas of low pressure, but it's really that high which is generating easterly generating this easterly bringing the air in from the nonh bringing the air in from the north sea. never a warm it means that eastern areas be most likely to see showers a few of them continuing through evening elsewhere many , places will be elsewhere many, places will be dry. quite a lot of cloud some mist and fog that's been thickening again, of course, parts of wales and west england dunng parts of wales and west england during the evening where keep during the evening where we keep the skies , some pockets of the clear skies, some pockets of frost possible , north—west frost possible, north—west england southern scotland. england and southern scotland. but most of us will start weekend about three or four degrees should a brighter day

tomorrow compared today. but there'll still be a lot cloud, especially in the east and we'll still have some of these showers coming in from the north sea a bit more in the way and bit more in the way of and drizzly rain over the highlands , isles, mostly , the western isles, mostly cloudy across parts of northern ireland, sunny for ireland, some sunny for south—west scotland west wales. temperatures or seven, maybe eight celsius. but with that breeze, it's going to feel colder than that and it's going to get colder as we head into sunday, again, not too much frost overnight , though, because frost overnight, though, because there'll be a lot of cloud around where we keep some clearer skies. temperatures dip down to freezing, but say generally will keep temperatures freezing because there will be a lot cloud sunday. but lot of cloud into sunday. but there be a lot there will also be a lot of showers on sunday over northern england, southern scotland and southern parts of northern ireland. a few showers likely in the south, but many places just dry, but drab. that easterly will probably be strength running through the weekend. so that's going to make it feel

particularly cold on sunday temperatures five, six, seven degrees at best. feeling, though , a lot colder with that wind may get colder still next week week .

good evening . good evening. i'm good evening . i'm alice porter good evening. i'm alice porter in the gb newsroom it's been confirmed that six young children in the uk have now died from a strep a infection . the uk from a strep a infection. the uk health security agency say they're investigating a rise in rare invasive group strep with five deaths of under tens england since september. a child died in wales last week . health died in wales last week. health officials say they've seen a rise in cases of strep which can cause scarlet fever , though cause scarlet fever, though deaths and serious complications . the infection, a rare neonatal and care units are among a list services that will be protected from in the build up