good afternoon. wonderful people. it's me patrick christys right here on gb news. coming up, christmas in chaos. there's mick lynch's rmt announces a fresh round of strikes. so do imbula workers should migrants entering the uk illegally be made to wear ankle tank so we can track them and all.7 one made to wear ankle tank so we can track them and all? one of the millions of people struggling to get a gp appointment that walking out for christmas is morally justified. that thousands ambulance workers and other nhs will strike on december the 21st and the 28th in a row, predominantly over pay- in a row, predominantly over pay. on top of that , mick grinch pay. on top of that, mick grinch is living up to his name , is living up to his name, announcing even more rail strikes on christmas eve until the 27th. i want to know how this is going to affect your christmas . this is going to affect your christmas. i'll speak to one of the unions behind the ambulance and that is coming very shortly. also this , though, a big one, i also this, though, a big one, i think should asylum seekers who went to the uk illegally be made to ankle tags? remarkably labour leader sir keir starmer actually this might be a good idea. they'll be monitored via

satellite . i will ask, is satellite. i will ask, is putting tags on migrants ethical and a stark warning now as 5 million people are being denied a appointment every month. apparently this means people aren't getting things treated and we are all becoming sick as and we are all becoming sick as a result. let me know what think gbviews@gbnews.uk . okay. a gbviews@gbnews.uk. okay. a couple of the big ones that are you going to be affected ? the you going to be affected? the strikes on the railways over the christmas period, do you think it's morally from those workers to go on strike and do you think the people who went to this illegally should be tagged gbviews@gbnews.uk before that is your latest news . good afternoon your latest news. good afternoon to you. it's coming up to 3:03 mercy. right? let's get you up to date amounts . i've been to date amounts. i've been arrested on suspicion of common assault during a walkabouts by king charles in luton , king charles in luton, bedfordshire. police say the suspect in his twenties was

arrested st georges square after . an egg was believed to have been thrown the direction of the monarch . the incident took place monarch. the incident took place in luton town where the king had been meeting community leaders and voluntary organisations . at and voluntary organisations. at the town hall he was seen being guided crowds by a guided away from crowds by a security team following the incident . thousands ambulance incident. thousands ambulance workers and other nhs staff are going to strike on the 21st and the 28th of december in a dispute over pay three unions, gmb and unite this afternoon announced the industrial action across england and wales. the gmb says 10,000 ambulance staff that includes paramedics , that includes paramedics, emergency care assistants and handlers will walk out . in handlers will walk out. in a joint statement, the unions , the joint statement, the unions, the government of ignoring pleas for a decent wage rise. the national lead officer at unite union, owen kasab, says patient lives are being put at risk because of staffing shortages . only . 5% of staffing shortages. only. 5% of shifts have the planned staff

actually on that shift. there now 33,000 vacant seats across nhs in england alone. and what our members are telling is that lives are being put at risk now and that people are dying now because of the state of the service . we have reached out to service. we have reached out to the government a response. as soon as we get it, we'll bring it to you here on gb news. let's move on now and baroness moon is going to take a leave absence from the house of lords following allegations that she benefited from a covid ppe deal. it's alleged that michelle mone and her children received millions of pounds after. she recommended a company to government ministers at the height of the pandemic to produce ppe. baroness has denied the allegations. well, that move means she will not attend in the house vote on any proceedings and won't be able to claim any allowance . the health has told allowance. the health has told the house of commons there's an

early peak and strep ache is the usual but sort of reassure parents and said there is no new strain . at least nine children strain. at least nine children have died from the bacterial in the uk since september. have died from the bacterial in the uk since september . the the uk since september. the latest is a five year old from belfast. the government says antibiotics be given to children at schools affected strep a infections as a preventative measure. nhs doctor veena babu is urging parents to be on the lookout for symptoms . if you're lookout for symptoms. if you're a parent with a young child , a parent with a young child, look up the symptoms. have look at google images of what the skin look like. have the information at your fingertips. if you can't get hold of your gp, there's one. one, one. most practises have either ee console text messages , calls. worst case text messages, calls. worst case scenario and your child is unwell. of course. take to aimee and the paediatric department will help. so i think as parents, you need to empower yourself with the information and act quickly . england's rugby and act quickly. england's rugby head coach, eddie jones, has been , after seven years in the been, after seven years in the job. the rugby football union

says he has the highest ratio of any previous england coach. under his leadership, any previous england coach. under his leadership , the under his leadership, the england team took three six nations. titles have unbeaten run of 18 matches and they go to the of the 2019 world cup in japan. this season, though, has been england's worst performance since 2008. his former number two current leicester of rugby, steve borthwick, has tipped to replace him the national farmers union is urging the government to support primary producers to avoid a food supply crisis. the union's warning farmers are under strain from rising fuel, fertiliser and feed costs and says as well as egg shortage , says as well as egg shortage, other foods could be impacted too. well, the department for environment food and rural affairs insists the uk has a high degree of food security protests broken out in indonesia after the state passed a new law making outside of marriage a criminal . making outside of marriage a criminal. the new code making outside of marriage a criminal . the new code also making outside of marriage a criminal. the new code also bans cohabitation between unmarried couples and applies to

indonesian citizens and foreign tourists . indonesian citizens and foreign tourists. breaking indonesian citizens and foreign tourists . breaking the new law tourists. breaking the new law carries a punishment of up to one year in jail. are concerns it could deter tourists to the majority muslim country with the deputy chief of indonesia's tourism saying it's totally counterproductive when the economy is recovering from the pandemic . you're up to date now pandemic. you're up to date now on gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now back to . patrick yes. welcome back, everybody. an eclectic mix for you today. thousands of ambulance workers , thousands of ambulance workers, other nhs staff, all to strike on december the 21st in a dispute over pay , paramedics, dispute over pay, paramedics, emergency care assistants call handlers and other staff will also walk out on december the 28. so some of the 21st and some of the 28, the big ones for you bearin of the 28, the big ones for you bear in mind, we're apparently going to have the 15th going to have nurses on the 15th and 20th as well. they're and the 20th as well. they're arguing that the government has

left with choice but to take left with no choice but to take action. describe as action. what they describe as a last to, quote, save the last ditch to, quote, save the nhs . i there's last ditch to, quote, save the nhs. i there's a lot of nhs. i know there's a lot of strong on one my or strong views on that. one my or the striking in order the other. striking in order to save nhs will not lead to save the nhs will not lead to a higher. what about the moral issues about all of that? andy prendergast is the national secretary union, secretary of the gmb union, which is one of the unions that has voted to strike. we'll be talking to another union representative shortly. here's what though. i've what he had say, though. i've got me trusts on an got to be me and trusts on an individual we are going got to be me and trusts on an inrbe dual we are going got to be me and trusts on an inrbe agreeing we are going got to be me and trusts on an inrbe agreeing emergency)ing got to be me and trusts on an inrbe agreeing emergency .ng got to be me and trusts on an inrbe agreeing emergency . but to be agreeing emergency. but the reality is an ambulance like this is going to have an impact . what we can to make . we will do what we can to make sure need more cases sure the most need more cases are but have an are covered. but it will have an impact . on are covered. but it will have an impact. on the public. yes so i will be speaking to a representative, the unison union, which is another one that represents the ambulance workers. it does include paramedics, emergency care workers and nine, nine, nine call handlers. how do you about all this? apparently, anyway, all of this? apparently, anyway, they were offered a 4% pay rise. i'm intrigued to know whether their vote on that their members had a vote on that or the percentage of people or what the percentage of people who voted strike

who actually voted to strike were people supposedly were 10,000 people supposedly now out of their now going to walk out of their jobs. 21st and 28th of jobs. the 21st and 28th of december. lynch, though, in another strike armageddon story continues his mission to steal christmas as further rail strikes have been for the festive period . ministers have festive period. ministers have urged the rmt boss not to hold the country to ransom . it's our the country to ransom. it's our first proper free christmas a while, isn't it? well, as the government has been training troops to fire and drive troops to, fire fights and drive ambulances , part preparations ambulances, part of preparations for the mass worker walkout ahead. certainly when it comes to the rail strikes, i want to know how it's going to be affecting you, if it's going to be affecting you. one would imagine, even if you were planning on driving home for christmas, then that might have form impact because form of an impact because the roads chock roads would be chock the ambulance one. i think for us today is really the big one. it's most breaking news line it's the most breaking news line when to the strikes. when it comes to the strikes. and i'll the one that and also, i'll you the one that contains the most issues, contains the most moral issues, the 28th of december. the 21st and 28th of december. what make that bear in what do you make of that bear in mind as well? it come fresh the back of a nurses strike. let's talk now to gb news, just

political editor darren mccaffrey, for us, mccaffrey, who is in for us, darren, thank you very, very much. the political much. now, was the political easy the easy for me may say the political being to all political response being to all of because people are of this because people are pinning government saying pinning on the government saying you negotiate you should do more, negotiate with . yeah, indeed. so the with them. yeah, indeed. so the government say all these strikes are damaging the country, productive. they're going to damage . and the reason, patrick, damage. and the reason, patrick, they would the concern that they can, kevin, if you like to these double digit pay rises in various sectors is that would end up being self—defeating it would fuel the very at the heart of all of this inflation. as for the labour party they clearly the labour party they clearly the government saying that they should intervene in all of this , that they're being extreme , if , that they're being extreme, if you like, in not taking the side of these ordinary workers up down the country that are going to go on strike. caught in the middle is you and everyone else in the country potential to face disruption whether on the railways, whether it's in the postal services teachers, nurses, ambulance drivers , like

nurses, ambulance drivers, like baggage, hauliers . andrew sorry, baggage, hauliers. andrew sorry, i could go on and on. it really does feel like the winter of discontent . now there are many discontent. now there are many in parliament feeling the government do need to get a grip of all of this. it's not been discussed in the commons today apparently discussed apparently wasn't discussed a cabinet either even cabinet this morning either even it biggest political it is the biggest political issue of the day. many feeling the government get the government needs to get a backbone really and decide to stand up to the unions. been much talk hasn't there recent much talk hasn't there in recent weeks it was in the weeks and months? it was in the 2019 manifesto. liz truss committed to it. it's already its legislative process through parliament. this idea of a fixed of provision during strikes that you need to provide a minimal level of service. not going to deal with the next couple of strikes in the next couple of weeks. patrick but many feel it could help in the future in the end, though, what is the government to sort all of this out ? many government to sort all of this out? many feel as to say that need to either stand up to the unions, get involved, getting chucked into these negotiations . but in the end it's quite

tncky. . but in the end it's quite tricky . the big question for the tricky. the big question for the conservative ultimately is who is the public going to blame? are they going to be the for the disruption or are they going to be in the government's. yeah, darren, thank you very much. political darren mccaffrey there is and i think is in westminster and i think darren hit the the darren just hit the nail on the head when to who are the head when it to who are the pubuc head when it to who are the public going to blame because it is really about the optics and think initially anyway people were on the side of were a bit more on the side of the strikers mixed bag is the strikers it's a mixed bag is important say that are important to say that there are different issues when it comes to different strike. to each different strike. there are it's hard to are so many them it's hard to pick but when it comes pick through, but when it comes to rail workers, okay, all right. would that right. one would assume that if they on strike won't they go on strike won't necessarily die as a result of that. theirjob isn't always life it's massive life and death. it's a massive inconvenience and inconvenience for people. and there issues when there are different issues when it recruiting rail it comes to recruiting rail workers. to nurses, for workers. it does to nurses, for example or ambulance workers. paramedics staff, paramedics emergency care staff, 999 . now, when 999 call handler. now, when it comes those ones and that's comes to those ones and that's the round today, is the latest round today, which is i'm kind of, i think a bit more concerned about getting views on as ambulance are as the ambulance strikes are announced 28th

announced for the 21st and 28th of december, workers of december, 10,000 workers basically across england, wales actually are going to be walking out those days. are out on those days. there are significantly me anyway significantly more for me anyway moral when comes moral concerns when it comes that and hopefully very shortly i'm to be speaking to i'm going to be speaking to a representative of their representative of one of their unions unison be unions anyway unison who'll be interested see how they interested to see how they square the moral issue there . square the moral issue there. the percentage of people who voted for strike. because sometimes those figures are a bit squishy. it can make it sound though they've all sound as though they've all voted it. but think , i voted for it. but i think, i mean, i'm getting emails in on this. well, for example, people saying can't get saying they already can't get a gp's . that's gp's appointment. that's something going be something we're going to be touching know we touching on later. we know we have around 7 million on have around 7 million people on nhs lists apparent one nhs waiting lists apparent one in seven people can't get a gp's appointment. as things stand, you had the nurses strike and the ambulance misery as well. and before you know, you don't really have a fully functioning or functioning nhs , do or indeed a functioning nhs, do you your views coming in you want your views coming in uk? get them coming in. i'm fast but thousands of ambulance. i just have as i've just been

talking about will be going on strike on those two days to 21st and 28th of december. i suppose it'll be a very muted response from government really they appear not be it around the appear to not be it around the cabinet table. they certainly don't to be discussing it in the house commons. one would imagine it's a biggie pmqs it's going to be a biggie pmqs tomorrow. shadow health tomorrow. but shadow health secretary has secretary wes streeting has concerns with the health secretary . steve barclay earlier secretary. steve barclay earlier today we can have a quick look at their exchange. mr. speaker, the chairman of the conservative party that nhs strikes exactly what vladimir putin wants so why isn't the health secretary negotiating to prevent them from going ahead? well, i've seen him this claim across the media a number of times just to reassure the honourable gentleman, the right honourable . my door is right honourable. my door is open. i've been clear with the trade unions, i'm available to be to see them this be able to see them this afternoon tomorrow. afternoon or tomorrow. there's not me , mr. speaker, that said, not me, mr. speaker, that said, the precondition on those talks so there's a number of issues. when i met with the trade unions that raised not only that they've raised not only pay but around the safety of staff

and other conditions, the estate and other conditions, the estate and so forth. and i'm very happy to engage the trade unions on those points . well, just on very those points. well, just on very shortly, fingers crossed, we are going to be speaking to a representative from one of those trade unions. i'm keen to put your views them. and indeed a good one here coming from good one here is coming from ritchie. i'm expecting to ritchie. and i'm expecting to see bit more this see a bit more of this initially, i think there was a lot support for these lot more support for these strikes. we start to strikes. i think as we start to stare down the them, stare down the barrel them, especially period especially over a busy period when people arguably are to be most at need, certainly from a health, nurses health, ritchie said. nurses doctors, crews, doctors, ambulance crews, firemen, all workers should be like police not allowed to strike . he says that any person strike. he says that any person who dies because of the strike should be able contact the should be able to contact the union directly and claims he goes on to say things like manslaughter, etc. obviously that may well end up being legal claims, but have to wait claims, but we'll have to wait and gbviews@gbnews.uk claims, but we'll have to wait and agreeibviews@gbnews.uk claims, but we'll have to wait and agree with ws@gbnews.uk claims, but we'll have to wait and agree with ritchie,news.uk claims, but we'll have to wait and agree with ritchie, who 5.uk you agree with ritchie, who thinks that people who do go on strike in our public should actually banned from doing that? should they be banned from on strike a little later on, we're

going to be talking more about that. also, a big one for us today, ladies and gents, about whether not you that we whether or not you think that we should putting ankle tags on should be putting ankle tags on people this country people who come to this country illegally. that idea apparently people who come to this country illbeing. that idea apparently people who come to this country illbeing backediea apparently people who come to this country illbeing backed by apparently people who come to this country illbeing backed by keirarently people who come to this country illbeing backed by keir starmer. is being backed by keir starmer. do back that. it might help us to tabs some of these to keep tabs some of these people. make you feel people. it might make you feel bit you're an area bit safer if you're in an area with migrant hotel. moral with a migrant hotel. moral concerns. with concerns. so again, with that one, what do you think about that it's immoral to put an ankle tag on someone who's entered country illegally? ankle tag on someone who's entaad country illegally? ankle tag on someone who's enta gbnews.ukry illegally? ankle tag on someone who's enta gbnews.uk butlegally? ankle tag on someone who's enta gbnews.uk but we're 1? ankle tag on someone who's enta gbnews.uk but we're moving gb a gbnews.uk but we're moving away it's away from that now. it's something happened something that just happened well really. and in well moments ago really. and in his been arrested his twenties has been arrested on assault during on of common assault during a walkabout king in luton walkabout by the king in luton town centre in bedfordshire. that's according police. that's after an egg is believed have after an egg is believed to have been thrown the direction of been thrown in the direction of the news reports. the monarch, gb news reports. reporter karen reporter royal reporter karen walker with me come on. walker is with me now. come on. this thing to becoming this egg thing to becoming a theme, doesn't yeah it theme, doesn't it? yeah it certainly does. is the second instance in less than a month, to be perfectly honest . today's to be perfectly honest. today's instance involved one instance in luton involved one 999, instance in luton involved one egg, understand it just egg, as we understand it just the just the one set of

the one. just the one set of four, which is what happens in york about month ago was a york about a month ago it was a relatively small my point being was the king was very quickly moved on by his security team, who clearly rushed at him when the egg was thrown , he was the egg was thrown, he was guided away from the crowd subtly, and then was moved . subtly, and then was moved. another area of the town in luton, where they were to other members of the crowd, i.e. away the incident. so to be honest, the incident. so to be honest, the people on the ground hardly knew that it had happened until these alerts started going off. as you said, a man in his twenties has been arrested. but clearly, patrick, this the second instance in a month as i said, yeah, the king would like to do walkabouts as we see him do greeting members of the public, trying be personable with as as possible. but any from a security perspective that does leave him open to be a target . yeah. and luckily it's target. yeah. and luckily it's an exercise . but of course there an exercise. but of course there is always concern that it would be something else. well and it is slightly self—defeating . i is slightly self—defeating. i think most people want the royal family to be as visible as

possible and to be amongst the pubuc possible and to be amongst the public as much as possible. sure, the king does. if it sure, the king does. but if it becomes practically difficult sure, the king does. but if it becclike�* practically difficult sure, the king does. but if it becclike�* praisaid.ly difficult sure, the king does. but if it becclike�* praisaid asdifficult sure, the king does. but if it becclike�* praisaid as wellult and like you said as well i mean, they can't be putting him in danger and this in danger and if this is becoming regular thing, i that becoming a regular thing, i that the chap who lobbed at the last chap who lobbed in at the last chap who lobbed in at the banned from eggs in the king was banned from eggs in pubuc the king was banned from eggs in public like public again which just like a rather bizarre response but we'll to wait and see how we'll have to wait and see how this but i take it this one unfolds. but i take it no real massive from from from the royal family yeah. on this note, palace not note, buckingham palace will not they time. i'd be they didn't last time. i'd be surprised did time surprised they did this time karen very much karen thank you very very much as come on. walking out as always. come on. walking out all keep you up to all ports will keep you up to date. it up to date it up to date. it up to date it up to date indeed. well, yes. apparently with that against then security then obviously the security staff quickly then obviously the security staffthey quickly then obviously the security staffthey said quickly then obviously the security staffthey said no quickly then obviously the security staffthey said no yolk. :kly then obviously the security staffthey said no yolk. no and they said it's no yolk. no i'm here all week. i'm here all week anyway. okay, look, coming up. up. coming up matters up. coming up. coming up matters more sense . more serious in a sense. millions are millions of people are struggling gp struggling to get gp appointments a result appointments and as a result some patients not have some patients will not have serious conditions serious medical conditions diagnosed late. diagnosed. it's too late. apparently 5 million people were struggling to get gp employment in the last month alone, which

is a shockingly number, isn't it? warning from the it? that's the warning from the labour party only once again letting down find letting patients down and find out. why care sector is out. why the care sector is furious with health furious with the former health secretary hancock , the secretary matt hancock, the release book. well, it's release of his book. well, it's happened hasn't yeah happened, hasn't it, now? yeah it does appear to be putting the blame for massive amounts of care home deaths during the coronavirus crisis on staff there and i'm not sure really whether or not that's justified . i'm pretty sure it isn't really justified. is it? you said there a ring of steel said there was a ring of steel or whatever cabs. or whatever there around cabs. that true. we're that clearly wasn't true. we're also be asking you, is also going to be asking you, is indeed the have been indeed the emails have been flooding in thick and fast whether or not you think is the right to be putting tags right policy to be putting tags on people this country on people enter this country illegally keep on illegally so we can keep on them. but before all of that, let's take a quick look at your weather .

yes well, it's difficult to know exactly where to start, isn't it? well, there's so many different taking place all at once and so many issues wrapped in amongst that well going to in amongst that as well going to focus in very, very shortly on the actual problems it the actual problems when it comes a gp comes to getting a gp appointment 95 million people appointment of 95 million people last couldn't a last month alone couldn't get a gp appointment when they wanted one. to million on the one. that's up to million on the same last , one. that's up to million on the same last, which is pretty same time last, which is pretty remarkable, isn't it? supposedly. anyway, we have 4600 fewer gp's than we did in 13. the government wanted recruit 6000 by way of not far off now from now. actually, that's not happening it. but lots of problems are. there's loads of you getting in touch about this and think on this show and i think on this show i always oh, on email late always say, oh, on email late and quhe always say, oh, on email late and quite often i end up and then quite often i end up going as your emails i do going to as your emails i do copy that so i'm going to do that now gbp a gbnews.uk and this from sunday this is a good one from sunday stars you to sunday if you stars you to go on sunday if you need gp appointment, i suggest

need a gp appointment, i suggest you and come back you go to france and come back in a day and gate that we go. lots of more have you been getting touch? so as and getting in touch? so as well and says this in relation to the says and this in relation to the nurses ambulance nurses strike the ambulance workers and other nhs who workers strike and other nhs who are on strike which ties are going on strike which ties into topic doesn't and into the topic doesn't say and says nurses, ambulance workers, other strike other nhs staff who strike should in should question if they are in the right if they think it the right job. if they think it is right put lives of is their right to put lives of others at risk who are their care. jonathan until two weeks ago, the transport secretary was more interested in bashing unions members. for unions and their members. for the last six months trying the last six months than trying to this. they were to settle this. they were confrontational, threatening disrespect, awful, and still trying railway trying to underfund the railway for problems that they, the for the problems that they, the tories in the industry. tories created in the industry. when will have when will they have responsibility those responsibility on? amongst those two i think we two emails that i think we almost hit all the issues almost hit all of the issues i know that ones on and on know that ones on rails and on health but the two are interlinked, namely because they all strike. but the all going on strike. but the nurses and the ambulance nurses were on and the ambulance workers much moral workers one has much more moral quality far i'm concerned. quality as far as i'm concerned. anyway even then the rail strike is on the strike. very is on the rail strike. very annoying, very annoying. and i'm sure it is massively disruptive

and it will cost our economy supposedly around £30 million a day day that they're day for each day that they're on strike. but the cost of life potentially is more than the cost public purse it cost to the public purse when it comes health workers comes to the health workers going on. and i've noticed a real shift tone and she's a bit of a fluctuation from an initially saying initially people were saying well, great job. well, they do a great job. they're angels and we should they're all angels and we should go outside them every go outside and cop them every single and yeah, okay, fine. single day and yeah, okay, fine. i'll think they deserve a i'll do you think they deserve a bit rise? but now we're bit of a pay rise? but now we're staring barrel of staring down the barrel of almost slightly nhs almost slightly general nhs strike ambulance workers as well. a bit of a well. i've noticed a bit of a shift in public going shift in public opinion going towards the thought well, towards the thought of well, actually suffer actually patients will suffer and right and are they the right job? should have maybe about should they have maybe about this inflation unprecedented. and that's really what's causing the cost of living crisis. we're all in a similar boat our way, but jonathan, his point there, which is that maybe government could have done see this could have done more to see this coming stop coming with coming and stop coming with better negotiations . earlier. better negotiations. earlier. that's jonathan's view says one of the major legal firms should be encouraged to offer to

represent all those who suffer financial loss or health issues. yes, by bringing class actions to sue the promoters and organisers of the strike with the combined loss, this would bankrupt the union and organisers. yeah, he goes on that but actually that's an interesting point interview interesting point. i interview various different legal representatives almost day on this show and david that's a cracking point because i've asked them a few times and i've not really been able to get a particularly answer, particularly straight answer, probably don't know probably because they don't know it happens. concern is it happens. but my concern is that you are , hopefully this that say you are, hopefully this doesn't . so you obviously doesn't happen. so you obviously say you care and you need say you take care and you need an ambulance let's say you an ambulance or let's say you are hospital even on the nurses or the ambulance strike directly , your health does that mean or you die fingers crossed again double fingers cross not just now but does that mean that you or your relatives can maybe sue for medical negligence and the jury for medical negligence and the jury is out on that for want of a better phrase. but david, i'll do my to try to answer that for you over the course of this show your views keep them coming in.

do you feel now about the morality an ambulance worker's strike, supposedly 10,000 walking the on the walking out on the 21st on the 28th. coming in. loads 28th. this is coming in. loads of talking points us of other talking points for us today, especially when comes today, especially when it comes today, especially when it comes to not should put to whether or not we should put ankle tags on illegal migrants who here. a lot of you in who come here. a lot of you in favour that shock, horror, favour of that shock, horror, but going with the but i'm going to stick with the medical theme now because the latest appointment latest gp appointment figures have than have revealed that more than 5 million people like you million people, people like you weren't book weren't able to book appointments in the month of october. the findings, it's october. now the findings, it's important by the important to say, are by the labour but still show labour party, but still show that 13.8% of people did not get an appointment the last time they tried to, what with the number of failed appointments having doubled since last year. as ever, there are layers to this catastrophe and to pick through maze. dr. shirin lakhani is a private health specialist. look, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. first things first, public health in this country are the public rights who think that gp's aren't working hard enough. and i that's not the case at all. i think the problem is that we don't have enough peace in the

country we don't have enough health care workers in general and we've had a lot of people leave the profession . well due leave the profession. well due to the working conditions , to the working conditions, particularly after pandemic and the stress caused by that , the the stress caused by that, the government haven't met their promises of providing more gp . promises of providing more gp. they promised an extra 6000. they've already said they're not going to meet that target and demand for health care is going up as well. so it's a perfect storm really . yeah, i storm really. yeah, i understand. again, just reading of these facts and figures, obviously public health massively people who, massively affected people who, let's get gp's let's say, get a gp's appointment then may be getting more sick putting more of a more sick and putting more of a burden on the nhs. but when we're looking at strikes, for example, workers or example, with nhs workers or hospital paramedics hospital porters or paramedics 999 call handler , it's ensuring 999 call handler, it's ensuring that the care workers doesn't appear to be striking. they were battered during the pandemic. energy gp's aren't striking, but what is so unattractive being a gp when you compare to other elements of the medical

profession , it's not just an profession, it's not just an attractive about being a gp, but there a lot of pressures on them. they're the passport of them. they're the passport of the public when they need medical assistance. there's immense workload for gp's, there's a lot of red tape and bureaucracy and funding's been cut as well. so they actually meet the demand that's needed them. does it be just on, just on that. sorry just reading here it says the most common that patients were unable to secure gp appointment were because practises not allowing them to book too far in advance. that doesn't appear to be red tape. that appears to be the fault of practises read practises when you read headlines. doing a piece headlines. i was doing a piece on this earlier on last week. i think it was about gp's wanting to just work 9 to 5 and not weekends. it's not red tape . weekends. it's not red tape. well you're looking at working conditions and at the moment you don't work 9 to 5. they work much longer hours, they want to do that and at weekends their own call centre. so the issue have is that there isn't enough gp to meet the workload and

there aren't enough appointments available. reason that available. the reason that people aren't being able book appointments for in advance is because of the high dna rates that occur when these appointments book that are involved and the gp's need to deal with what's urgent so it just makes it really really difficult all round . okay. so difficult all round. okay. so how do we solve the recruitment crisis for gp's because every single aspect of the nhs walkouts appear to be around pay . i would imagine that the general public would have a lot less sympathy for gp's it comes to pay than they would for, say, a staff nurse is that are we sort it more money . it's not sort it more money. it's not just a question , more money. just a question, more money. there is a lot of other things around it. so the workload is far too high at the moment. the number of patients that gp's have to look after per head is just ridiculous. just because of the shortage there is gp's also other practise staff . it's the other practise staff. it's the same throughout the nhs working

conditions . retention of staff conditions. retention of staff does not enough of them, just quietly just click on. yeah, look, absolutely. i'll take exactly what you've said there, but i would be probably not doing my job if they ask you this question i'll just read out your title that's been given to me here, which is private health specialist. and of the specialist. and one of the big concerns a people is concerns for a lot of people is what my is only available a few days they go and days a week then they go and coin it in in the private sector. do you do that? i'm not a private gp actually work in a very specific field the very specific field in the private sector do you see that as i know piece? can't say. as i know piece? i can't say. there are a lot of people who have previously in the nhs have left the nhs to work private left the nhs to work in private sector for various reasons and for conditions is probably the biggest for i think. yeah. because i think that's why a lot of people struggle to get ahead of people struggle to get ahead of patients i mean struggle of our patients i mean struggle to the head around if people to get the head around if people go start working in nhs, use go start working in the nhs, use that bit of a leg up, then that as a bit of a leg up, then get the private sector. get into the private sector. some people maybe think there's

something a realm about something a bit realm about that. i know. hey that. i don't know. but hey there, lakhani you there, go. lakhani thank you very specialist and very much, health specialist and was the latest figures was taking to the latest figures that 5 million that apparently 5 million people are unable to get are unable were unable to get a gp's appointment last month alone . the department of health alone. the department of health and care has responded to and social care has responded to the claims , which is that the claims, which is that basically people obviously get treated. analysis is treated. so this analysis is inaccurate. there we go. this survey was published in july this year , indicative data. and this year, indicative data. and since then it's been confirmed there are 36 million appointments carried out in october a 5.3% increase. on the same time year. we are improving our access general practise so everyone needs an can get everyone who needs an can get one within two weeks, including by recruiting support staff and rolling out state of the art telephone systems to make it easy to get through the surgery so there's interesting so well there's an interesting rebuttal isn't it, really, rebuttal last isn't it, really, considering the fact that, yes, all research supposedly all this research was supposedly carried out, apparently anyway by party, does it by the labour party, does it basically million basically pretty 5 million people october people apparently in october were able to get an were not able to get an appointment and it would appear then government is just then that the government is just saying categorically saying that's categorically untrue. with all of this

untrue. i think with all of this the truth is probably somewhere the truth is probably somewhere the isn't but the middle, isn't it. but anyway, you you are anyway, there you go. you are may christys on gb news may patrick christys on gb news coming if coming up, i'll be asking if it's to ankle tracking tags it's to put ankle tracking tags on migrants who in the uk. on migrants who are in the uk. given fact that we're seeing given the fact that we're seeing reports of various people absconding , given free rein when absconding, given free rein when it to at hotels, etc, it comes to at hotels, etc, would you feel safer? do would it make you feel safer? do you think it would the labour leader circa stoneman says this is a case for making some asylum seekers wear electronic tags that would keep track of that movement satellite . that's an movement by satellite. that's an interesting one, isn't he? actually, i want to know michael is it must that i'm in favour of that gbviews@gbnews.uk but that think gbviews@gbnews.uk but and i find out why the care sector is furious with . the sector is furious with. the former health secretary matt hancock after the release of his book at handling of book looking at the handling of the pandemic. yeah find out why . first, here's your latest news headunes. . first, here's your latest news headlines . it's 3 minutes past headlines. it's 3 minutes past 3 am. radisson in the gb newsroom a.m. radisson in the gb newsroom a.m. radisson in the gb newsroom

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okay. welcome back . patrick okay. welcome back. patrick christys here on gb news. now a big one for you. we always cover been going on in the channel and the ongoing when it comes to the migrant hotels and public health agency . but migrant hotels and public health agency. but is there a migrant hotels and public health agency . but is there a solution agency. but is there a solution . the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says he supports trucking asylum with gps tags . trucking asylum with gps tags. in some particular cases . well, in some particular cases. well, earlier this year the government

rolled out electronic tagging for some who are facing deportation. the moves been decried by a number of charities classic. but speaking this morning , leader of the morning, leader of the opposition said the use of trackers was appropriate, while claims were still being processed. so is this the right way to? keep track of asylum seekers in the uk . way to? keep track of asylum seekers in the uk. i way to? keep track of asylum seekers in the uk . i know many seekers in the uk. i know many of you and certainly as well have serious concerns . the have serious concerns. the numbers of these people who may be absconding about kind of be absconding about the kind of trades they might trades that they might be getting when they getting involved with when they do me now do abscond. well. joining me now to this is former met to discuss this is former met police officer plexi . police officer peter plexi. thank you very much. great thank you very, very much. great to you on the show. uncle to have you on the show. uncle tags people went tags for people who went this country to about country illegally go to about our debt. it's a good idea for anybody enters this country anybody who enters this country and employing live here and it is employing to live here permanently. undoubtedly but i would make these tags entirely different from the tax that we see people who have a crime and are probation or early release from prison. i would have these tags in the colour of the union

flag all the way round of tight . so when the sun's out and people wearing shorts and somebody is through a park and you see this tag, we would know that that is somebody who is applying to live in this country wants be here and we can then differentiate from somebody who might have one of the standard tags on who might be on early release from prison and clearly has committed crime . and do you has committed crime. and do you think there are any or moral views when it comes to a tag on someone who is waiting to be accepted or otherwise into this country ? if you to come to country? if you want to come to this flag ship democracy to, raise your children in our free education system to enjoy the benefits of the nhs. however long you might have to wait for our roads, our infrastructure and a whole lot more than actually in the flags of the union, in the colours of the union, in the colours of the union flag. i think you should be more willing to wear a tag because it shows that you are going through a process to become a contributor member of

our great. if not, and you don't want to wear it then turn tail and quite leave. yeah. well i'm enclosing agree with you and i know a lot of people areas well now is right the country where there are these hotels have got serious concerns and indeed yesterday we one where there was a hotel around the morecambe area they were given 15 hours notice. area they were given 15 hours nofice.the area they were given 15 hours notice. the local council, the 80 asylum seekers is going to be housed on. one of the local councillors came out and he said if these hotels keep popping up, conflicts indigent conflicts between the indigent population, as it were, and these people is inevitable because of the sheer numbers and because of the sheer numbers and because fear and, because of public fear and, tanks could do a lot to actually nullify us a bit, couldn't they because people i think would feel safe knowing that this feel safe and knowing that this person and these person was trucked and these people be wearing people would already be wearing the flag it would be the union flag it would be a sign of allegiance to this great country that they're proud wear while they wait for the process to be completed . and they're not to be completed. and they're not going to go getting in trouble, surely, because if they do then

they need to be arrested and their rights revoked and frankly, they have to leave the country. i'm waiting for the morning when wake to a report morning when i wake to a report from the home office or an fbi request that is how people request that is how many people have absconded , how many missing have absconded, how many missing children are. are you children there are. are you concerned that has already happened? of course , were recent happened? of course, were recent reports of a number children reports of a number of children that gone missing from the that had gone missing from the system are inevitably system. and they are inevitably going to be vulnerable. and i would suggest they quite possibly going to become possibly are going to become victims of crime. now, quite frankly, we also don't , because frankly, we also don't, because there have been previous examples of people that were wanted in other countries coming to uk , and that was only to the uk, and that was only discovered later on. and then they get deported to the countries where they are wanted. often crimes . often for very serious crimes. and of course, who picks up the pieces of people that enter the country wanted elsewhere or determined commit crime in the uk? it our overworked and underpaid police service and frankly it is creating burden. some people are creating a

burden for the police . not all, burden for the police. not all, of course. i would never that. but some are adding to the already enormous workload that the british police have . so the british police have. so there's an ongoing hotel right near where live. and i when i got the training to work every single day i usually some people who are from the hotel and the reason i know the reason know that for a fact before anyone jumps down my throat on this is that there are regularly when it comes tickets etc. you comes to the tickets etc. so you see before your see it happening before your eyes these people obviously eyes on these people obviously on their way into london if i was and i knew only had was here and i knew only had a pretty spurious asylum claim at best probably going to best and probably was going to get didn't fancy get rejected and didn't fancy living hotel for however living in a hotel for however long before i was deported. if indeed was ever deported, then indeed i was ever deported, then i disappear into i probably would disappear into the as well. the aether in london as well. so i these are pretty i think these tags are pretty idea, some charities have idea, but some charities have described as cycle surgical described it as cycle surgical torture. you you by that it should a flags a tag of should be a flags a tag of honour because you are waiting to become a member of this flag ship democracy. anybody who wants to stay in this country and contribute should happily

wear flag tag saying to people as i can. it's a great conversation starter. yes i'm in the system. i'm waiting for my if i'm allowed in. can i study where you study ? do you know where you study? do you know anybody that's got a job i can see i want to contribute and therefore it will take away stigma. it could quite literally be a tag of honour and the tags that some people are getting in touch with me now saying they'll just cut them off, but presumably there are defence mechanisms against that, frankly . are . they're . absolutely they are. they're not tamper proof, but tamper the report tampering . so the minute report tampering. so the minute you do that, then i'm sorry you're not in the queue . you're not in the queue. actually, you're in a different queue and to leave the queue and is to leave the country. yeah. first off, bates is actually very macho is enjoy our good stuff but a our chats good stuff but he's a blank slate as zweig's a former top see that we go top cop isn't see that we go well look some charities also that i've to about that i've to me about psychological torture it's kicks off inbox about this the off in the inbox about this the vast majority you appeared to vast majority of you appeared to be of idea that be in support of the idea that we should targeting people

we should be targeting people who country illegally we should be targeting people whwe country illegally we should be targeting people whwe can country illegally we should be targeting people whwe can keep:ountry illegally we should be targeting people whwe can keep tabsry illegally we should be targeting people whwe can keep tabs onllegally we should be targeting people whwe can keep tabs on them.y we should be targeting people whwe can keep tabs on them. it so we can keep tabs on them. it would, my view, anyway. would, in my view, anyway. common about common sense. and what about that these solution that piece of these solution now? which is why not give them a that has got the union a tag that has got the union jack you can jack colours on so you can differentiate them? differentiate from them? a criminal might see criminal that you might see walking with a tag, walking around with a tag, frankly, and also is a good conversation starter. integration starts attack. integration starts with attack. would yeah. would have thunk it. yeah. moving on. former health secretary been secretary matt hancock been accused history . he accused of rewriting history. he launches book on launches his new book on the uk's response to the diary uk's response to covid the diary anger blaming home anger after blaming care home for spreading virus to for spreading the virus to vulnerable during the first stage of the pandemic. well a huge number of elderly people did die as a result of the infection spreading into care facilities. but one of hancock's diary suggests there was diary entries suggests there was scandalous of some scandalous behaviour of some care home bosses who he says allowed employees with covid to work less think those enjoys penfield, who's the vice chair , penfield, who's the vice chair, the national care association and joyce, it's great to have you on the show thank you very much. when i talk lot about striking workers get a lot of

emails in saying if anyone has the right to strike in front of the right to strike in front of the car and workers later the car and workers and later appears to be doing it so you do appears to be doing it so you do appear to already be deeply popular comes to our popular when it comes to our views. you to matt views. so how do you to matt hancock's claims the reason why covid care homes covid ripped through care homes and thousands of and caused tens thousands of deaths down to care home deaths was down to care home workers themselves. we were absolutely outrageous that matt hancock has been saying this he's not learned any lessons all where we went into the pandemic we already really saying that this was going to be something that would affect us and our vulnerable residents. so many care homes did already lockdown pnor care homes did already lockdown prior to the government locking down the and so our workers then had to work through we were told protect the nhs so we would bringing people from hospitals who didn't need acute treatment they coming into care homes and

test so they were bringing the virus with them and this is well acknowledged apart from by matt hancock and the government it appears so we are truly truly outraged by this . our care outraged by this. our care workers was stressed out. they were day and night out trying to protect their there was no testing happening in care homes to begin with and indeed we could not even get ppe . i could not even get ppe. i myself. i am a care and i know trials and tribulations. we had just trying to get ppe to our staff . it was an absolute staff. it was an absolute nightmare . it was all being nightmare. it was all being channelled to the nhs . we were channelled to the nhs. we were clapping for the nhs but was social workers , were just social workers, were just forgotten and there was lessons learned from that and no acknowledgement still of all the crates things that social care staff to during that time. yeah

i look there are a lot of people who say that covid was an unprecedented situation it was and it was a huge amount of chaos. everyone understands that. and i think everyone with the right mind would accept a certain degree of mistake . certain degree of mistake. amongst that chaos, there was a penod amongst that chaos, there was a period time where i genuinely thought the world was going to end. it was about to wait, period. i think right at the start i looked that way. start when i looked that way. but one of areas i think but one of the areas i think people not forgiving of is people are not forgiving of is what happened care homes, what happened in care homes, namely a lot the time because namely a lot of the time because people were denied right to people were denied the right to see very ill relatives for see that very ill relatives for a long period of time , a long period of time, especially ones with especially you, maybe ones with dementia , i dementia and alzheimer's, i think possibly think found it possibly particularly to get particularly difficult to get that has what was going on if indeed they ever could but was there actually the case where people who weren't previously at those original care homes so almost like random people really were sent from hospitals into care homes so they weren't even own care. home residents did ever happen . oh yes. this is

ever happen. oh yes. this is where the problem was in trying to protect the nhs care homes were taking people directly from hospitals who are not our original residents just purely to try and get beds chest where were you being told that these people didn't covid there was no testing going we were just told please help out the nhs, we need to free these beds that are being blocked by people who do not acute care needs and presume that they were coming into , that they were coming into, coming into . the community coming into. the community settings which care homes are and so they weren't tested and then we were discovering gradually that these people possibly did have covid and then of course it was spreading through because we were not being able to test and, we could not get the ppe . if we could not get the ppe. if we could have got the ppe , that would have got the ppe, that would have got the ppe, that would have helped care . of course,

have helped care. of course, we've always been well versed in doing infection control measures to norovirus, winter or other protect issues like that. and of course , when we have had course, when we have had norovirus in the past we have had to close down all care homes to visiting relatives, not only to visiting relatives, not only to protect our relatives, but to protect the visitors and their families . and so it quite families. and so it quite something that we had used to doing due to those diseases. it was just a dreadful problem . was just a dreadful problem. yeah the lockdown did on much longer just very briefly i've appreciated this joy's just briefly when it comes to matt hancock , the cynic in me would hancock, the cynic in me would say anyone who keeps a political diary during a knock no global health crisis is making decisions on that presumably doing it because they had plans to sell the diary one day as indeed he's doing, which i only speaks volumes possibly . matt speaks volumes possibly. matt hancock state mind. there's something incredibly morbid and

pretty narcissistic about that actually. i find that quite disgusting his is on sale i believe what would you say to anyone who thinking about buying it. i naturally would say don't buy it because if he is trying to publish his diaries without any reflections where things went wrong with out, any apologies to , any sector in apologies to, any sector in society and, particularly the social care sector , social care social care sector, social care workers . remember, it wasn't workers. remember, it wasn't only residents who sadly , during only residents who sadly, during that pandemic our care workers also died as well. and we would like recognition for the tremendous amount of work that they did throughout the pandemic and in fact still are we are wearing masks. it's not of the time in care homes. wearing masks. it's not of the time in care homes . we are still time in care homes. we are still doing all infection control measures to try and keep our residents safe . okay. look, joy, residents safe. okay. look, joy, thank you very much for is pam

field days the spokesperson for the national care association an interesting stuff ladies and gents what do you make of all of that bangkok's in his book that apparently home staff were responsible largely for the spread of covid in care homes. yeah look i've absolutely no doubt that there's element of truth to that. but i've also got absolutely no doubt that people with covid who being with covid who weren't being properly for were being properly tested for were being sent into care homes that weren't their own. know weren't their own. i don't know if wasn't being provided, if ppe wasn't being provided, although i do although on the ppe front i do have sympathy because. it have some sympathy because. it was crisis. a global was a national crisis. a global crisis there a shortage crisis, and there was a shortage of ppe, not as well because other countries were nicking us when it we booked when we booked it and we booked for it and it was coming over here. other countries were actually intercepting that and keeping notably the keeping in their notably the french a war french anyway. there's a war brewing cornwall pastie brewing in cornwall. pastie war is shift sight in this is a shift in sight in this people a pastie war. it's greggs the popular chain and it's opening its doors . truro today opening its doors. truro today andifs opening its doors. truro today and it's threatening to give the humble cornish pastie a run for its money on south—west of england, reports geoff went to find out what sorts reception

truro is newest store is receiving and is a county. of course there's very very proud of its pastie on a high street in cornwall's capital, an interloper has snuck in and set up shop . greggs opens , offering up shop. greggs opens, offering a tantalising of baked goods from rolls to. well, pasties and that's the problem . the locals that's the problem. the locals have described the opening of greggs in quite colourful terms. some people are saying that it's an invasion , that it's an all an invasion, that it's an all out war. it's even been described as spawn of the devil . but that's not the view i'm heanng . but that's not the view i'm hearing here in truro , tell you, hearing here in truro, tell you, it's just me , not fair it's just me, not fair competition . but you're eating competition. but you're eating proper cornish pasties. that's because we're visiting from the north. get greggs all the time. so it's a chance for the norm for yeah, good idea. oh, good

idea. i like. yeah yeah. a lot of people are saying it's for the pasty business. well no, i prefer i don't like pasties but . not everyone has been so accommodating . greggs has tried accommodating. greggs has tried before to conquer cornwall each time locals have objected. boycotting forcing one branch to close down. well, greggs are downplaying opening. there is already a greggs location in launceston at cornwall services. they say. but now residents truro will also be able to tasty bakes and sweet treats from greggs . but when it comes to greggs. but when it comes to tasty , there's only one tasty, there's only one contender on people's minds and moolah has been pasties since the eighties . well, i learned to the eighties. well, i learned to make a pasta at my mother's knee and my grandparents on sides make pasties it was just oh you know . well the staple diet is know. well the staple diet is i suppose, you know, you wouldn't go without capacity for a week.

it's a family and son fergus in charge of pastie promotion all of our ingredients within the pasta other than the pepper is within miles of us. pasta other than the pepper is within miles of us . the reasons within miles of us. the reasons this is for the animal welfare . this is for the animal welfare. the animal shouldn't trouble the animal. you should know where your meat comes from. it must be important and you know, if you're getting the rest of the pasta, the ingredients for the pasta, the ingredients for the pasta, it's good for our economy . they competition is . they say competition is healthy , but many say there's healthy, but many say there's only room for one pasta maker in town . greggs are up for the and town. greggs are up for the and will be keeping a careful eye on footfall before expanding into the county . but any footfall before expanding into the county. but any plans for expansion could see the pasta wars turning nasty. jeff moody gb news. it's high brow stuff on gb news. it's high brow stuff on gb news. it really is a pasty described as the spawn of the devil . you love to see a lot of devil. you love to see a lot of love already flowing in greggs is delicious. enough we love

that tasty bakes and yummy comes from janine . welcome to truro . from janine. welcome to truro. she says well that we are the past wars will be covering not like hawks anyway you are with me patrick christys on gb news. lots more to in the next lots more to come in the next houn lots more to come in the next hour. on a christmas eve. hour. more on a christmas eve. chaos as ambulance staff and other walk out onto other nhs staff walk out onto days month. i will days next month. i will hopefully a union hopefully be speaking to a union rep save on not. do you think morally okay for ambulance to walk out on the 21st and 28 of december. also that big question as well we're asking, do you think it's the people who entered this country illegally should wear an ankle should be made to wear an ankle tracker? vaiews@gbnews.uk i will be back in just a moment.

you are with me patrick christys on gb news. they jampacked hour coming your way you might actually be driving for home christmas whether you like it or not as trains drugs crippled festivities grinch living up festivities mc grinch living up to name but not only but to his name but not only but this afternoon, union bosses announced that ambulance staff will walk out on the 21st. on the 28th of december. all militant unions not only ruining the season , but now the festive season, but now actually deliberately costing lives in order to try to get more also hour, more money. also this hour, should put truckers on should we put truckers on migrants enter the uk migrants who enter the uk illegally. sir keir starmer has come under fire suggesting that he actually backs the plan being explored by the tory government. there's a lot of love for that idea in the inbox, i can see. why wouldn't make us all feel a little safer. anyway, we'll little bit safer. anyway, we'll have police that man have more as police that a man in his has been in his twenties has been arrested suspicion of common arrested on suspicion of common assault a walk about assault during a walk about by the in this afternoon the king in luton this afternoon we an egg at the king. we lobbed an egg at the king. he's becoming fashionable now , he's becoming fashionable now, isn't it's no laughing isn't it? it's no laughing matter . it's have isn't it? it's no laughing matter. it's have your matter. it's no joke. have your say email me gbviews@gbnews.uk .

say email me gbviews@gbnews.uk. big ones for you today, people. do you think okay to put ankle tags on illegal and do think tags on illegal and do you think the ambulance workers should not strike on moral grounds? i'll be back after the news . good back after the news. good afternoon. almost exactly 2 minutes passed for omri addison . the gb newsroom thousands , . the gb newsroom thousands, ambulance workers and other nhs staff at a strike on the 21st and 28th of december in a dispute over pay. three unions gmb, unison and unite announced industrial action across england wales. the gmb union says 10,000 ambulance staff, including paramedics emergency care assistants and cool handlers, will walk out in joint statement. the unions accused government of ignoring pleas for a decent wage rise . national a decent wage rise. national lead officer at the union only cassar says patients lives are being put at risk because of staffing shortages. only 25% of

shifts have the planned staff actually on that shift. there are one 33,000 vacancies across nhs in england alone. and what our members are telling is that lives are being put at risk now and that people are dying now because of the state of the service . we've out to the service. we've out to the government for a response and as soon as we get it, bring it to. you hear first gp news . a man you hear first gp news. a man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault during a walkabout by king charles in luton, bedfordshire. police the suspect, aged in his 20, was arrested in st georges square after an egg was believed to have been thrown in the direction of the monarch. king charles was seen being guided away . the crowds by his security away. the crowds by his security team following the incident . the team following the incident. the king had been in luton to meet community and voluntary organisation boss baroness is to

take a leave of absence from the house of lords following allegations that she benefited from a covert ppe deal. it's alleged that michel monet and her children received millions of pounds after she recommended a company to ministers at the height of pandemic. baroness monet has denied the allegations. the decision means she will not attend of the house and won't able to claim any allowance . deputy labour leader allowance. deputy labour leader angela rayner says the pm should remove the whip from baroness monet . but he's too weak . she monet. but he's too weak. she saw the writing on the wall, did what she feels she needs to . but what she feels she needs to. but it shows also that the prime minister's still not tackling the problems face that was around this vip illegal fast track lane he put in his picture and strategy and how they behave groups and that's still a problem to this day the prime minister is still not with . the minister is still not with. the health secretary has told the house of commons. we are seeing an earlier peak in strep a than usual, but there is no new

strain at least children have died from bacterial infection in the uk september. the latest as five year old from belfast the government says antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep infections as . a preventative infections as. a preventative measure and nhs gp. dr. veena is urging parents to be on the lookout for symptoms . if you're lookout for symptoms. if you're a parent with , a young child, a parent with, a young child, look up the symptoms . have look up the symptoms. have a look up the symptoms. have a look at google images , what the look at google images, what the skin rashes look like. have the information at your fingertips. if you can't get hold of your gp 111. most practises either e console text telephone calls . console text telephone calls. worst case scenario when your child is unwell of course. take them to amy and paediatric department will help . so i think department will help. so i think as parents you need to empower with information and act . with the information and act. england's rugby head coach eddie jones has been sacked after seven years in the job under leadership. the england team took six nations titles and got

took six nations titles and got to the final of the 2019 world cup in japan . however, this cup in japan. however, this season has been worst performance since 2008. his former two leicester's director of rugby borthwick rather, has been tipped to replace him. the national farmers union is urging government to support primary to avoid a food crisis. the union warns that farmers are under strain from rising fuel fertiliser and feed costs . it fertiliser and feed costs. it also says as well as egg shortages, other foods could be impacted. the department for environment and rural affairs insists , the uk, has a high of insists, the uk, has a high of food security and protests broken out in indonesia after the country passed a new law making sex outside of a criminal offence . the new code also bans offence. the new code also bans cohabitation between unmarried and applies to indonesian citizens and foreign, to breaking new law carries a

punishment of up to one year in jail. there are concerns it could deter tourists . the could deter tourists. the majority muslim country with the deputy chief of indonesia's tourism board saying it's totally counterproductive when the economy is from the pandemic . this gb news we'll bring you more as it happens so let's get back to patrick . back to patrick. lowes coming for you this hour. ladies on as more strikes have sadly been announced this time, ambulance and other nhs staff will walk out on december the 21st and the 28. that includes emergency care workers. no as well . around 10,000 of them. well. around 10,000 of them. this is across england and wales. they have accused the government of ignoring their pleas for a decent rise, as i understand it they were offered a round of 4% pay increase.

clearly, in their view is not enough. deputy labour leader angela rayner accused the government of negligence in, its handung government of negligence in, its handling of the dispute with , handling of the dispute with, ambulance workers. mean seen ambulance workers. i mean seen actually across the ambulance service, the crisis that's engulfing our ambulance service only in the north in my area, the ambulance saying please do not ring for an ambulance unless it is absolutely , desperately it is absolutely, desperately needed. and advising people to get access. i mean, the system is at breaking point and the health secretary has failed to meet with the health trade unions throughout the whole summer. they knew this coming and they again negligently did nothing about it. the frustration for me is there is a common theme with of these disputes and that is this government failing to act in interests of the british people . where do you stand on all of this, do you think that actually that there is a moral obligation to go on strike if it means that people do frankly die or actually do you agree a little bit, one to the right now have to that which is if the to say that which is that if the government see this

government could see this coming, have done coming, should they have done more, i suppose, when it to the pubuc more, i suppose, when it to the public sector if every single person and not person wants a pay rise and not just bit of a pay rise, but just a bit of a pay rise, but a pay just a bit of a pay rise, but a pay rise that's backdated in line with inflation, that is a heck of a lot of cash on with the best will the world. we are not socialist like not a rampantly socialist like venezuela, last venezuela, which last time checked killing zoo checked people were killing zoo animals, food. meanwhile, downing street pledged to push forward which would forward legislation which would ensure a minimum service on the railways as the threat more disrupted. with disrupted. travel looms, with more strike dates announced over disrupted. travel looms, with morperiod, dates announced over disrupted. travel looms, with morperiod, includingiounced over disrupted. travel looms, with morperiod, including obvious over the period, including obvious sleigh christmas eve. well let's talk now to gb news political editor darren mccaffrey , who is editor darren mccaffrey, who is in westminster, darren very much a mixed bag when it comes to the blame game on this. some people that certainly when it comes to the medical that actually they're putting lives at risk. other people say as angela was actually should actually the government should have coming and have seen this coming and negotiated better earlier . yeah, negotiated better earlier. yeah, indeed. many feel that the government really not been focussed fundamentally , the focussed fundamentally, the issue of strikes in recent months. the ministers are not

engagedin months. the ministers are not engaged in these different sectors that may be the drama, the psychodrama that we've seen here at westminster what since early september has sidelined some of those ministers that were chopping and changing all the time and not necessarily negotiating with unions or indeed with the independent body. sometimes that unions talk us on the government point of view, though they feel very much these trade unions these are the trade unions holding country to ransom . holding the country to ransom. they insist that it is simply not possible provide everyone not possible to provide everyone with double pay rise with a double digit pay rise dunng with a double digit pay rise during a cost of living crisis because that would stoke the reason for the cost of living crisis inflation. it would actually make things worse and they point to the fact that actually many public sector members do a hell of a lot better than the private sector equivalent when you take their entire including pensions and stuff involved as well. though the unions feel that the government clearly could do more and that is why they are turning the screws, frankly, on downing street and all this, we've seen a coordination now in these street strikes that we've not

really seen before , and it is really seen before, and it is across a whole range of sectors. patrick nurses post stis, baggage handlers , airports, baggage handlers, airports, teachers, nurses. i'm just drivers, railway workers. it goes on and on and on. i think the big problem for the government is frankly, there is no end in sight. all of this, the unions are insistence they will carry on with this strike beyond christmas and this month's going to be pretty desperate with tens of thousands of days lost to strike action and the question for the government is how do they play this yes, they talk about those minimal to try and prevent disruption but that is in the future if they manage to pass the legislation here westminster it's not going help in the it's not going to help in the immediate and frankly it's immediate term and frankly it's quite and dangerous quite difficult and dangerous for the government because if the public might well blame the unions frustrated. but unions if they frustrated. but you they , might well you know what they, might well blame to . yeah, blame the government to. yeah, indeed. going to indeed. there's going to be a lot of ping pong going forward and certainly unions will. they literally , we literally are saying no, we don't want to have to do this.

let's government a lot let's the government but a lot of faced with the of people are faced with the cold, of possibly cold, hard reality of possibly not to get an not being able to get an ambulance be seen in hospital ambulance or be seen in hospital or going to train over, for example, possibly baby example, possibly going to baby the stood. or in the people who are stood. or in the people who are stood. or in the case of striking workers, not right front of not stood right in front of them. darren mccaffrey thank you very editor very much. our political editor in westminster. ever in westminster. well as ever this always about you this show is always about you and bh this show is always about you and bit of stick and i get a fair bit of stick constantly ramping up the i just want to hear from you and emails and all of and they're not and all of this and they're not doing it i thought doing enough of it so i thought i a last no more. so let's i rise a last no more. so let's hear what some of you make of the strikes. joining me now is a couple of news viewers. we've miranda richardson from northamptonshire miranda richardson from northanfrom shire miranda richardson from northanfrom solihull. doogan from solihull. good stuff. both stuff. thank you very much, both of coming on the show. of you for coming on the show. great have miranda, i'll great to have you. miranda, i'll start with you. that's all right. how do feel about the right. how do you feel about the strikes comes to let's strikes when it comes to let's do the ambulance workers, if that's got your that's so, you got your paramedics workers, paramedics emergency workers, 999 they are 999 call handler they are definitely going to strike on the 21st and 28th of december. how do you about that ? you how do you feel about that? you know, my dad was a power medic

30 years and when we think about these having to attend first on scene to, a car crash, first on scene to, a car crash, first on scene to, a car crash, first on scene to a suicide first on scene to a suicide first on scene to a suicide first on scene to deal with those bodies to deal with those people forgetting fact. they're also now cleaning up after people who can't get an appointment, their gp. so call an ambulance and they're having to deal with all that aspect. well, these people are working very , really hard are working very, really hard and when we look at the fact that they didn't get to work from home, stay home, you know, the whole nhs the whole time we were still putting on them all the time . the cost of living the time. the cost of living affects all us. doesn't matter. what job you doing, it affects all of us . these people have to all of us. these people have to turn out every day to some of the toughest and the most harrowing places we have seen that none of us will ever to deal with. none of us will have to see. and they're supposed to just get all of that like everything's okay. so you supported. i support you support the you you

the strike. do you see you you all use it. you support. the strike. do you see you you all use it. you support . yeah. all use it. you support. yeah. okay. you support the strike or i'll come back tomorrow because there are i mean, there are so many strikes. we can picture you some the others with you as some of the others with you as well. i thought i would see you probably i'll ask probably in solihull. i'll ask you side question you to side question specifically these specifically about these ambulance that supposedly they've been on the 4% pay they've been for on the 4% pay rise down, as we rise turn down, as we understand, their 10,000 workers going you'll take i going on strike. you'll take i agree with a lot of what miranda has said, particularly in terms of what's happened. patrick over recent times . i mean, these are recent times. i mean, these are people who were really at the forefront of what we went during the pandemic and had to deal with all of really tough in terms of their job. and as far as i can see, all we gave them was a clap at the end of it all and that stopped and, you know , and that stopped and, you know, no one wants to see strikes . and no one wants to see strikes. and it's almost, as you point out, patrick, to the point where we're almost we're on the

precipice of a general strike, it would seem . but but but the it would seem. but but but the point is this there's a lot of burden and blame go around in terms of this it's not just the people who go on strike that we should be directing our our at it's everybody involved and well yeah circumstances yeah yeah absolutely going to stick with this one i think you know i'll throw it back over to you again. miranda can you see why i copped it a lot, frankly. and i suspect that it may be think i was wrong to do this. a lot of people do think i was wrong when i first heard that nurses were going on strike. this is before the ambulance was announced. was ambulance was announced. i was quite strong about because i've got my hands, own got to hold my hands, my own family's record family's personal track record with is being great by with the nhs is being great by any a of people any standard. a lot of people say it has, so i shouldn't let that maybe cloud my judgement as much done in the past. much as i have done in the past. i'll my to that. but i'll hold my hands to that. but if go on strike and they if someone go on strike and they work in a profession where other people die or get people might die or not get

health care as a result of you going on strike? miranda you see why people have a problem why people would have a problem with i'm i can see why people would have a problem in that i think we all would and think that's when you kind of come back and if it happened to you and personally happen to you you're to take you're obviously going to take that people that view. but you know people die day . that is a real die every day. that is a real sad, harsh reality. people are dying now for the simple fact that our nhs is broken and. people are sitting in the back of ambulances seven or 8 hours waiting to get into a&e , you waiting to get into a&e, you know. so that's going to be happening every day . there's no happening every day. there's no right or wrong to it because we're going to blame the myth. if they strike, somebody dies and we're going to blame them if they don't, because there's something ambulance. something about an ambulance. right. there's right. annoyed i there there's no i'm happy medium to this we just have to like what we've said got to look at the much bigger picture and we've got to look at all parties involved. yeah. brian, let's talk about the railways now additional strike action being announced, especially christmas

especially the christmas eve override through to boxing day is 70 strikes. i've forgotten what are, but it's what days they are, but it's around anyway. just throw around now anyway. it just throw around now anyway. it just throw a dart. the calendar of december, a strike somewhere won't you, in that period now find different when it comes to railway workers understand railway workers as i understand the anyway there's not as much of a recruitment centre retention crisis when comes to that as there is in the medical profession. this is going to be massively intervening and for people, be the first people, people may be the first open christmas that had open christmas that we've had for getting to see for a few years, getting to see their loved do have their loved ones. do you have sympathy for the rail workers going on strike ? do and i have going on strike? do and i have equal sympathy for the people who are going to be affected it all if they do go on strike as well. so again , there's i don't well. so again, there's i don't think we should be focusing in purely the workers who are going on strike or the unions who are deciding this. ultimately, angela made a very good point and it that this is right across the government right now in

terms of any cabinet, the ministers directly involved haven't really taken the issue on board seriously. and precipitously as they probably just. yeah, i'm just going to be a bit pressed this time and i want to get your view on this is thing supporting lobbying broadly speaking in favour of people wanting more money . got people wanting more money. got that. i get that. absolutely but when it comes to the amount of money you look at the cost of living crisis, in, if you living crisis, we're in, if you give workers , say, the rmt give rail workers, say, the rmt strike because give them pay strike because you give them pay rise, backdate it a bit rise, which is backdate it a bit plus line with inflation or plus in line with inflation or nurses, something along the lines of 19.2. then you to kind of give everyone that pay rise in the public sector. and brian think maybe that's has to think maybe that's why it has to be a bit of compromise now. yes, there absolutely does have to be compromise, but it seems i've listened to mick lynch and i know who you to earlier is mick grinch. i think he's been about as reasonable guy as you he's

doing his job. what he's doing his job. doing his job. what he's doing hisjob. it's doing his job. what he's doing his job. it's the thing what the actual remit of his job description is . he's doing it description is. he's doing it phenomenally well. i am massively annoyed at the irony, says something else and massively annoyed the idea that westfield's got two choices. but isuppose westfield's got two choices. but i suppose that's the point. just very quickly before i get shouted out move on shouted out to move on konchesky. you don't have to reveal if you don't want reveal this if you don't want to. it's not quite like your medical but your medical records, but it's your voting right. voting records, right. so, miranda, do you, if miranda, did you who do you, if you don't mind, you you don't mind, did you previously for who did you previously vote for who did you vote for at the last general election and maybe you think election and maybe who you think you're next? if you you're voting for next? if you don't at all. the don't mind? no, not at all. the last general election voted conservative. i won't be. i won't be this time at labour house. oh, so, guys won't be drawn. i'm brian the last general election patrick. i did not vote for conservative and like even those have voted for a conservative all the way i think we'll be having certain

different thoughts this time around. interesting stuff that both of you really enjoyed and thank you much for viewing thank you so much for viewing channel and for coming on. it's great to have all in. this great to have you all in. this is what makes us well it makes us makes the world round. us it makes the world go round. this also you very much this also thank you very much because richardson because even under richardson from there from to gb news was doogan there from to gb news was there giving their views on well it's people that me and it's people like that to me and of watching who were to of us watching who were going to be affected this i'm sure be affected by this i'm sure judging inbox well, judging by the inbox as. well, there are massively mixed views on both of those two on it, both of those two individuals that were pretty much favour really much in favour were really weren't they in favour of the strikes and sympathy when strikes and lot of sympathy when it the ambulance it came to the ambulance workers. be on workers. you will be strike on the and 28th of the 21st and the 28th of december. that includes emergency no non emergency care workers. no non call handlers. you have that of course the nurses too, which unless changed the unless something has changed the last let's last 10 minutes, which let's be honest, done, is honest, it might have done, is suppose be the 15th and the suppose to be the 15th and the 20th of december all around that busy christmas you busy christmas period. do you think elements of think that the moral elements of that of course, as that is there? of course, as well ? lynch just adding fuel . well? lynch just adding fuel. the mean, it was always the fire, i mean, it was always going wasn't it? going to happen, wasn't it? there always going to up

there was always going to end up being a strike christmas eve. how feel about that? has how do you feel about that? has it affected plans? but it affected christmas plans? but we're yes, grief moving on at because yes, grief moving on at year old has died in ireland after contracting strep a, taking number of taking the total number of children. in the uk to children. now dying in the uk to nine. we'll have the latest on that a medical expert dr. that from a medical expert dr. smith next we're going to be asking whether or not you think right illegal immigrants right that illegal immigrants should be given a tag so we can track where are across the uk of broadly speaking, positive reaction to the gbviews@gbnews.uk before that as you know whether how again it's aidan mcgivern here with the latest forecast from the met office brighter skies for many us today compared with the last few days but there are some showers around and is feeling cold. it's going to set in even colder winds now changing a northerly replacing northerly direction, replacing the leeds that we have seen now these two these brought chilly weather the north leeds will bnng weather the north leeds will bring even colder conditions over next few . they're also over the next few. they're also bringing conditions. bringing clearer conditions. that's why the skies have clearing in the south and the

west through day. but seen west through day. but we've seen cloud for northern northern scotland, eastern england, a few showers in places well showers in places as well overnight. showers will overnight. those showers will turn more of wintry nature turn to more of a wintry nature as cold air sets some flakes as the cold air sets some flakes of snow the high parts, of snow off the high parts, eastern for example. eastern england, for example. but snow but more significant snow expected the north of expected for the north of scotland, where it's going to feel cold by the of the feel very cold by the end of the night. touch of frost across night. a touch of frost across many areas elsewhere, many western areas elsewhere, frost free in southeast and frost free in the southeast and some places exposed to the northerly. but wherever you are, it is a cold. starts to wednesday a bright start. nevertheless, for northern or western england, wales as well as . northern ireland. think as. northern ireland. ithink again a bit more cloud in the east and the north with showers. but for northern scotland, those showers will be frequent, they'll heavy they'll be they'll be heavy and they'll be composed so the snow build composed snow. so the snow build out scotland five out from the of scotland five centimetres low levels, ten centimetres at low levels, ten centimetres at low levels, ten centimetres is over the hills, for example, and the snow and some icy continues into wednesday night's showers come and go for the east of england through wednesday nights as well as northern ireland, parts of

west wales will see some icy patches. first thing thursday. otherwise a widespread frost, clear skies and well below freezing widely across the uk, with of minus five, minus six, minus seven celsius in some of the chillier spots, but plenty of bright skies for many plenty of bright skies for many plenty of sunshine first thing thursday, despite that chill in the air temperatures only slowly recovering through the morning . recovering through the morning. we'll see further sleet snow showers in places mainly eastern and northern coastal areas through friday and into the weekend weekend .

wow. when it comes to immigration in this country , immigration in this country, coverit immigration in this country, cover it all the time here on gb news that, especially on this particular show. but the labour sir keir starmer said that he supports tracking asylum seekers

gps some particular gps tags in some particular cases. some people would argue in every single case. but earlier this year the government rolled out electronic tagging for migrants who are facing for some migrants who are facing deportees move been deportees. the move has been decried by a number of those very worthy charities . but very worthy charities. but speaking morning, very worthy charities. but speaking morning , the speaking this morning, the leader of the opposition said the truckers was the use of truckers was appropriate, are appropriate, while claims are still being processed. a lot of you agree with him so you appear to agree with him so is this the right way to keep track asylum in the track of asylum seekers in the uk ? joining me now is uk? joining me now is international security , international security, international security, international of mystery . international man of mystery. like well get easier. we've got a regular on news. well, a regular on gb news. well, should tracking every should we be tracking every single do you think with single person, do you think with a who here in a dinghy a tag who comes here in a dinghy across the i don't across the channel? i don't think everybody patrick i think there are there are a couple of practicality here. number practicality issues here. number one, are tagged, how one, if people are tagged, how are going to monitored ? are they going to be monitored? so someone breaks out of town so if someone breaks out of town golf, example offenders golf, so like example offenders when released on bail when they're released on bail pending sentence or pending potential sentence or potential custodial sentences , potential custodial sentences, the problem that you have is how are monitored if they break it off and they run and scarper

away? how do you track them down? we know that the police resources are very, very overloaded the moment, under overloaded at the moment, under resourced. so the question is, it's about priorities and i think what keir starmer is saying in this rare occasions that i actually agree with any of starmer's ideas . but in of keir starmer's ideas. but in this instance i think are this instance i think there are some priority targets or priority individuals that perhaps tagged and perhaps could be tagged and i think again, monitored because one of the biggest problems is at the moment people come over once they get amongst us, they could the cracks. could disappear into the cracks. absolutely we're absolutely and i think we're going up with figures going to end up with figures one day, quite soon. the day, probably quite soon. the amount of people who've absconded will foia requests, absconded will be foia requests, and that. and then it goes in with that. but think more about public but think it's more about public safety anything i safety than anything else. and i think public will feel think the public will feel reassured they see that reassured if they could see that these tags on. yeah, these people had tags on. yeah, i agree as well. and i think what kind of tags there's going be again, of these be and again, a lot of these groups that are sort of groups that are very sort of heavy tagging illegal heavy hearted tagging of illegal . know, if you were . well, you know, if you were gps, like or you have gps, watch like i do or you have a in your pocket, you are a phone in your pocket, you are already tagged. you are already being tagged. you are

already being tagged. you are already out a signal already sending out a signal your position to albeit big data companies and then the companies and yeah and then the phone network. but i think in terms of individuals coming over here, we have a huge we have a huge problem with people integrating themselves into communities amongst the populace . and i think there's got to be some measures, not only on a practical level patrick, but i think a warning to other think also as a warning to other individuals who are intending to come over here , which may or not come over here, which may or not have very legitimate for asylum. well, this is designed in a way sort the wheat from the chaff, because if someone has theory as concerns about wearing one of these things that implies they were absconding anyway, were planning absconding anyway, if break one if someone does break one off and goes missing. we do and goes missing. what we do know, are able to track know, if we are able to track them down. will that be straight out door? hopefully anyway. out the door? hopefully anyway. so thought that so you would have thought that maybe considerations maybe those considerations would be to that. be okay for people to say that. oh, it's against human rights. some would argue that if they're being star hotels being put up in four star hotels and they accepted this and if they accepted into this country the benefit, country to get the benefit, their kids would have a free education here in education system living here in

peace wearing peace and harmony, wearing an uncle a short of uncle tag for a short period of it's not end of the world. it's not the end of the world. no, it's not. and look at the alternatives. so they could be actually in a processing centre. and saw in the south and as we saw in the south coast, these basically coast, these are basically packed beyond packed to capacity and beyond capacity regards, capacity in some regards, actually to be able actually more humane to be able to to be able to stay in to them to be able to stay in a with a tag rather than being held in a big processing centre where the conditions may be actually really terrible, especially when we see what's been going on with various been going on with the various cases this side of as cases and is this side of it as well that arguably it's more humane these may humane for these people may be more effective britain more cost effective for britain as these people as well? yeah, these people would necessarily have to would not necessarily have to be housed you said, the housed in, as you said, the detention centre and as long as they the tag on and they would essentially free walk essentially be free to walk around they are around and. also if they are i'll give you the benefit of the doubt. struggling bit with our societal norms you will be able to see as of them being hanging around school or around a local school or something this, or if something like this, or if there's a crime, has been there's been a crime, has been committed, or if shopkeepers are saying they've had things saying that they've had things from shops, be from their shops, you will be able sort that out quite

able to sort that out quite quickly. be able to quickly. yeah, you'll be able to certainly those issues certainly some of those issues much to potential much closely to potential offenders. saying offenders. and i'm not saying that illegal immigrants necessarily offenders, but certainly earlier in certainly as you said earlier in terms sorting the wheat from terms of sorting the wheat from the chaff, is another way the chaff, this is another way of it. i think the also of doing it. i think the also the other considering within the other considering is within certain we've certain communities and we've flashpoint situations, particularly of the particularly in some of the rural some rural communities where some of the illegal immigrants been positioned housed in some of positioned and housed in some of the hotels and there being clashes between the two. so it's not question of marking someone that visibly and again, depending on what target depending on what sort of target might no doubt differ might it will no doubt differ shape from the type that a criminal offenders will be carrying otherwise inevitably they will be . the same tag was they will be. the same tag was floated by your previous on this piece of legislation. he said that that would a good marker that that would be a good marker when came to showing that when it came to showing that these criminals. these people weren't criminals. for in favour for example, you be in favour of a union to doing that. it's a union jack to doing that. it's got sorts of dangerous got all sorts of dangerous connotation. patrick? connotation. is that patrick? i'm agree with peter i'm not sure i agree with peter that one. i think ultimately you could something which was could have something which was identifiable something that wasn't bear wasn't embarrassing and bear in mind, really mind, let's say if you really were wearing you know,

were wearing a tag, you know, would we want something that's going to be flashing and indicating all and sundry? indicating us to all and sundry? not necessarily, but i think it has be sort of identifier has be some sort of identifier which makes far which potentially makes it far easy for individual to just easy for the individual to just disappear . yeah, i agree disappear. yeah, i agree completely. well well, thank you very much getting us there. very much for getting us there. and expert and social security expert just reacting to news that, well, reacting to the news that, well, realistically now we may well end tagging people who arrive end up tagging people who arrive to country illegally views to this country illegally views and this have and all of this has have gbviews@gbnews.uk here with you for the next hour and a half or so. coming up, we'll have more as police say, a man in his twenties been arrested on suspicion of common assault dunng suspicion of common assault during walkabout by the king during a walkabout by the king in luton, town this in luton, town centre this afternoon. and of your on afternoon. and more of your on these walkouts right across these mass walkouts right across these mass walkouts right across the sector coming up this the public sector coming up this christmas this afternoon . union christmas this afternoon. union bosses announce staff and other nhs staff walk out in the 21st on the 28th of december. our militant unions are ruining the festive season . are they right festive season. are they right to demand a pay ? but first, it's to demand a pay? but first, it's time the latest headlines .

time the latest headlines. thanks patrick. it's 432 on madison in the gb newsroom thousands of ambulance workers and other nhs staff will strike the 21st and 28th of december in a dispute over. three unions gmb unison and unite announced the action across england and. gmb says 10,000 ambulance staff including paramedics and call handlers will out. in a joint statement the unions accused the government of ignoring pleas for a decent wage rise. a man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault during a walkabout by charles in luton, bedfordshire police say the suspect, aged in his twenties, was arrested . an egg was thrown was arrested. an egg was thrown in the direction the monarch king charles was being guided away from the crowds . his away from the crowds. his security team following the incident. the king had been in luton to meet community leaders and voluntary baroness mona is

taking a leave of absence from the house of lords following allegations that she benefited from a covid ppe deal. it's alleged that michel monet and her children received millions of pounds after she recommended a company to government ministers at the height the pandemic. baroness monet denied those allegations. the decision means she will not attend sittings of the house and won't be able to claim any allowance . be able to claim any allowance. the health secretary has told the house of commons, we seeing an earlier peak in strep cases than usual. but there no new strain . least nine children have strain. least nine children have died from the bacterial infection in the uk since september . the latest is a five september. the latest is a five year old from belfast. government says antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep a infections as a preventative measure . england's head coach measure. england's head coach eddie jones been sacked after seven years in the job under his leadership. england won three

six nations titles and go to the final. the 2019 world cup in japan. final. the 2019 world cup in japan . however, this season has japan. however, this season has been england's worst performance since 2008. its former number, leicester's director of rugby, steve borthwick, has been tipped to replace him after on tv onune to replace him after on tv online on dab+ radio. you're watching . don't go anywhere. watching. don't go anywhere. patrick be back in just a moment.

welcome back . food shortages welcome back. food shortages could be hitting more than just eggs , as the national farmers eggs, as the national farmers union has warned that the uk is sleepwalking into food supply crisis. they're asking for the government to step in to help farmers who are struggling against soaring fuel , fertiliser against soaring fuel, fertiliser and feed costs. the three f's. however, the department environment, food and rural

affairs said the uk has a highly resilient food supply chain. earlier the nfu held a press conference about the prospects of winter food shortages. and joining me now is gb news national reporter ellie costello . ellie, what's going on that ? . ellie, what's going on that? well, it's the worst possible timing, isn't it, patrick? so these kind of warnings that the uk is sleepwalking into a food supply crisis that is a stark warning say from the national union they've had they've held an emergency press conference this afternoon and they've stated that we've seen shortage with eggs, haven't we we've seen the shelves running . some shops the shelves running. some shops have even a two box rule when it comes to buying eggs. but they warned today that might not end there. we could see other foods becoming short on the shelf, too. they warned that energy intensive . we know that the cost intensive. we know that the cost of energy has increased rapidly

in the past year since the illegal invasion . ukraine by illegal invasion. ukraine by russia . and they're saying that russia. and they're saying that those crops that need lots of energy to grow so things cucumbers things like tomatoes and pears they are likely to hit and pears they are likely to hit a 37 year low next farmers simply won't be able to afford to grow so we could see that food shortage reach our fruit and veg sector. there was also about dairy as well . we've heard about dairy as well. we've heard from egg farmers in recent weeks. there hasn't been cost effective to produce eggs . effective to produce eggs. they're simply aren't making enough money from them. well, it could then stem into it could fall below the cost of production and beef farmers as well they're considering limiting the number of cows that they breed simply because it's getting too expensive to raise beefin getting too expensive to raise beef in this country. fertiliser pnces beef in this country. fertiliser prices have tripled in the past four years, and the cost feed is up

four years, and the cost feed is ”p by four years, and the cost feed is up by 75. so lots of issues which mean that we could a shortage of many different types of food in the next weeks and months. well, earlier i spoke to the president of the national union, minette batters , and i union, minette batters, and i asked her about the current situation. everybody will well aware of inflation cost of living for farmers and growers. they are facing unrest , cost they are facing unrest, cost inflation currently over 30. so it's really, really challenging out there where wanting fairness , everybody in that supply chain to share some of the burden in order to make sure that consumers don't face higher pnces consumers don't face higher prices or suffer loss of availability. the rationing of eggs being an example at the moment hence why we've asked for government have an emergency into the egg sector use the powers that they have within the agricultural act to deal with exceptional circumstances . well, exceptional circumstances. well, the national farmers union say

that this a perfect storm, this in part down to ukraine war. it's also to do with the coronavirus pandemic and it's also down to brexit and they spoke about brexit red tape and workers shortages also being factors in this situation . but factors in this situation. but patrick, this ultimately comes to down consumer doesn't it? and people are trying to put food on the table and they'll be hearing this this news and thinking about the cost of food and also likely shortages of food . well, likely shortages of food. well, it does mean that if there's less production of food, then pnces less production of food, then prices will continue to go up. and in a cost of living crisis , and in a cost of living crisis, thatis and in a cost of living crisis, that is something that's going to be very, very difficult for many people. so that is what the national farmers union are calling for today . action in calling for today. action in order to keep production up and keep those as low as possible . keep those as low as possible. ali, thank you very, very much , ali, thank you very, very much, ellie costello, our very own national. just bringing you back up to date . it comes to what's

up to date. it comes to what's been going on in the world, farming. but somebody else now who the same is who can do just the same is arable farmer. would arable farmer. andrew would be no less. you got right to the top when it comes this. thank you very much andre great to have you on the show right now. okay yes, good stuff for us. okay. so you were awarded an mba for farming resilience . how for to farming resilience. how can make farming more can we make farming more resilient? look, does this boil down a bit to the cost , energy down a bit to the cost, energy and things like that really is making it significantly cost effective for farmers to just do their job effective for farmers to just do theirjob and produce stuff ? theirjob and produce stuff? we've hardly got time to button down really what the total situations are because there's just so many. but yeah, it does down to energy, it comes down to brexit and i must say it's actually a lot of it is down to government policy because it's government policy because it's government policy because it's government policy and the lack of government knowledge and the lack of that and taking it on, taking it, it's a serious, if you like, and being serious about where we are is, the

situation we're facing ourselves in today, and the cost of us producing , the cost of us producing, the cost of us growing crops and also all out . growing crops and also all out. it's the costs of looking after the environ mean to nature, which is why we're here . not all which is why we're here. not all the time, though. yeah we cannot do that because can i just hope really hold husband and say every single thing i know about farming which is not a lot comes from clarkson's farm. okay i don't whether or not you've don't know whether or not you've ever think it's ever watched. i think it's fantastic. but one of the things that's really stood me, that's really stood out to me, it's the ludicrous amounts of. what, would argue what, frankly would argue pointless laws . he may disagree. pointless laws. he may disagree. just the amount of hopes that farmers have to jump to now. i would assume always go, so we'll never anyway. andrew, who never know anyway. andrew, who was at least for a while, talking a lot science about farming. ward amber's farming. andrew ward amber's right. i'm going to go into the inbox gbviews@gbnews.uk . thank inbox gbviews@gbnews.uk. thank you much. everybody has you very much. everybody has been in. strike, strike been getting in. strike, strike strikes. jenny. jenny strikes. here's jenny. jenny says, i'm a nurse and i'm tired of being demonised and being told that we have no right to defend standards. we have defend our standards. we have just as much right strike as

anyone else. we cannot live. if your professionals your medical professionals cannot, us to cannot, how do you expect us to supply good service for our supply a good service for our patients? yes. fair patients? yes. okay, fair enough.the patients? yes. okay, fair enough. the arguments that jenny and some would put it across are i was putting across earlier, to be fair, was that, well, if you do go into a job and you know, the pay scale that's in and you also are aware your job also are aware that your job might life and death for might mean life and death for people. it's all very people. and then it's all very well and good saying, well, if well and good saying, well, if we go on strike, the people want dogs to make provisions for it. but likes of the but then the likes of the ambulance as ambulance workers on board as well. paramedics, 999 well. paramedics, emergency 999 call then that means call handler as then that means that die. that that people do die. does that change little bit. change the game? a little bit. i sympathetic towards nurses being more me wrong. more money. do not get me wrong. but then you have to have a look at what the unions are or appear to be negotiating anyway. somewhere region of somewhere in the region of a 9.2% although, jenny, 9.2% pay rise, although, jenny, i'm very, very grateful. obviously the obviously very grateful for the work that you do. but is there a moral thing there that would stop lot of people striking of stop a lot of people striking of that? i'm losing with that? greg says i'm losing with the clearly the the strikers and clearly the nhs. being manipulated nhs. they are being manipulated by yeah. and

by the unions. yeah. and i wonder about this greg. actually i how manipulation i wonder how much manipulation there to get a union there is i'm keen to get a union member some point we get member on at some point we get one on most days we are awaiting one on most days we are awaiting one today because not as it one today because not is as it seems when you hear that unions have it makes have voted to strike, it makes it sound, doesn't it oh, it sound, doesn't it like. oh, absolutely everyone union absolutely everyone this union has well, the has voted to strike. well, the unions represent all unions don't represent all staff. quite often staff. in fact quite often they're represented by a group, different and of by different unions. and then of by no means does it mean that all of them have actually voted. the turnout can be quite of turnout can be quite low of that. how close to 50% votes that. how close to 50% of votes then they aggregate by then do they aggregate it by trust? it's like every trust? so it's not like every single very distraught single nurse is very distraught when really drill into when you really drill down into it. number people it. the number of people sometimes voted sometimes you've genuinely voted strike is nowhere near the amount of people that you think they are and. so anyway, he says, i don't understand why. people praise mick lynch. i've never heard him say once where he would compromise? he's loving it think a tough one for it. i think it's a tough one for me. lynch. don't agree with me. we lynch. i don't agree with what he's doing. and i think that frankly is loving it. actually, think this is his actually, i think this is his kind big moment. and he will kind of big moment. and he will dine out on this for years to

come. he's also want to higher wage the vast majority of wage than the vast majority of workers represents. workers that he represents. there that stuff. there is all of that stuff. however, his job, his job description clearly to try to description is clearly to try to get the best for his union workers when it comes to pay . workers when it comes to pay. and he is obviously doing everything he can do that whether or not that's the right thing consumer , for thing for the consumer, for everybody is a different everybody else is a different question. two question. but so there's two sides. also do think as sides. so i also do think as well. is wanting on the floor well. he is wanting on the floor very often in terms of interviews with with politicians and with people. so i find that quite interesting . maybe it is quite interesting. maybe it is exposing a weakness of our political class. but graham says rail workers are well paid for what they do to staff and what they do to nhs staff and should accept the offer from the government. well yes indeed. i mean, a lot people would mean, a lot of people would agree with you that certainly when it comes to a recruitment crisis work is a big for crisis for our work is a big for me about rail workers me about the rail workers situation. as as situation. well as as far as i can tell they do seem be trying to ringfence some jobs that may not to exist that much not need to exist that much going when comes to going forward when it comes to things increases in things like increases in technology. we need as many

guards, example need guards, for example do we need as platform attendants ? do as many platform attendants? do we many signals and we need as many signals and that's why the argument, again, is lost for me. it's one is a bit lost for me. it's one thing saying we need a pay rise in the middle cost of living in the middle of cost of living crisis. one saying we crisis. it's one thing saying we need another need better conditions, another thing the thing entirely asking the taxpayer for jobs taxpayer to keep paying forjobs that necessarily need to that don't necessarily need to exist, but that go exist, but that we go gbviews@gbnews.uk thank you very much. everyone who's been getting of the getting in touch one of the other topics of day, of other big topics of the day, of course, i've been you about is whether not should be whether or not we should be talking. enter this talking. people who enter this country and. one country illegally and. one of the big points a lot of you the big points that a lot of you have been getting in touch about, including andy, has been the much would the actually how much would it cost? don't cost? well, yeah, we don't really but i think in really know. but i think in theory, quite idea theory, it's quite a good idea because it would bring a lot of pubuc because it would bring a lot of public safety and reassurance. i know about your area. know about in your area. certainly area. these people certainly my area. these people are come and from are free. come and go from hotels. deeply sceptical as hotels. i am deeply sceptical as to of return in to how many of them return in the and whether or not the evenings and whether or not we will be told how many of them would return in evening. would return in the evening. certainly i thought wasn't certainly if i thought i wasn't going granted asylum going to be granted an asylum claim, that i was claim, a country that i was

desperate stay in, i probably desperate to stay in, i probably would scarper as well, especially when you're as close to are right here. gb to as we are right here. gb newsroom live, i'd be newsroom where i live, i'd be inclined the inclined disappear into the aether. think vast aether. i think for the vast majority people who've majority of people who've getting about idea getting in touch about the idea that we should be that whether or not we should be taking immigrants seem taking illegal immigrants seem to favour of the tax, but to be in favour of the tax, but well, maybe away from that. now, someone might wearing someone who might be wearing a tag some point, said a man in tag at some point, said a man in his twenties has been arrested on of common assault on suspicion of common assault dunng on suspicion of common assault during the king during a walkabout by the king in centre. that's in luton centre. that's according bedfordshire according to bedfordshire police. is police. it's after an egg is believed have thrown in believed to have been thrown in the king charles gb the direction of king charles gb news royal cameron news royal reporter cameron walker now. so an egg walker is with me now. so an egg was lobbed at our king . he was was lobbed at our king. he was another there , four eggs another egg there, four eggs thrown the direction of the thrown in the direction of the king and queen consorts in york. a ago today, it was one a month ago today, it was one 999 a month ago today, it was one egg believe it was very egg we believe it was very smooth actually the way the security handled this today. he was members of the crowd in the town in luton, not very far from london. and he was very moved away from the crowds so the security services could try establish what was going on. and

then he moved back to another section of the away from the man in his 22 has now been arrested on suspicion of common assault. he is alleged to have chucked an 999 he is alleged to have chucked an egg in the direction of the king it is difficult for charles . on it is difficult for charles. on the one hand, he wants to be personable. he wants to be able to approachable and greet as to be approachable and greet as many of his as possible many members of his as possible . but clearly there are security concerns, especially that there has been very similar incidents happening . quite so soon after happening. quite so soon after one another. yeah it's almost becoming fashionable to love an egg.the becoming fashionable to love an egg. the king now isn't , which egg. the king now isn't, which is a concern. and yes, it be a security issue. one would expect it's almost impossible to police the crowds. you can't just pat everyone for eggs. you know exactly . and i think that's half exactly. and i think that's half the problem. i think luckily charles always has a very strong security presence around him that the police then , of course, that the police then, of course, he's got this close protection officers. be very officers. well, they'll be very trained in dealing with these kind of situation which is why we probably haven't seen any of the eggs actually hits their

target. is, how target. but the problem is, how do people from bringing eggs do you people from bringing eggs in the first place? don't in the first place? you don't really do you? and it's almost impossible police just impossible to police just anyone, anyone shopping anyone, anyone going shopping for i ask you for eggs. but sam, can i ask you as a as a air force to as a as a royal air force to come us to report on all of things? well, then the end, things? well, then in the end, we up talking to we inevitably end up talking to you things like an egg you about things like an egg being at a king or meghan. and harry's yes the harry's latest outing. yes the document entry or docu series or it is he on thursday it comes no no three episodes come out on thursday . you'll be glued to it thursday. you'll be glued to it will you. i will be. will be unfortunately using all of it. all of it. so i think the frustration royal correspondents is inevitably it distracts from good work. yeah it's other members of the royal family are doing granted harry and meghan charity work as well but at the moment the focus is very much on this netflix documentary now you must you might have seen the front pages this morning. patrick a number of the shots used in the trailer that was released yesterday from this documentary on what they

initially see. so for example, there is one particular shot which is from above of harry and meghan and their young son archie , south africa. now from archie, south africa. now from the way that the narration was going, it suggests that it was one rogue photographer who just happened to be snapping and invading on the couple's privacy . that wasn't the case at all. what actually was it was a rota camera operator . so on the royal camera operator. so on the royal tour it's agreed with kensington palace , the time and the royals palace, the time and the royals themselves. it's a very small. number of journalists can film them and then share the footage with the rest of the media. and in that instance, that is exactly what's happened there's another with paparazzi another shot with paparazzi photographers who are chasing somebody they weren't chasing. harry and meghan . they were harry and meghan. they were chasing price outside chasing katie price outside a court. seriously seriously. so this is all come, come to light today, which i'm saying that it was into intentional, but harry and meghan had deliberately deceived or indeed netflix or

good pr seems to deliberately seem the british public. but what it does do is it weaken that argument that if they are trying to make the argument we're going to end up watching it. and by the way i feel like a massive hypocrite when it comes to meghan and harry so because i am going to watch i don't think i'm like that person who buys a ticket to a stand comedy show ticket to a stand up comedy show knowing that comedian knowing that that comedian them and front and sits in their front deliberately offended deliberately to be offended that's me. when this that's going to be me. when this meghan harry documentary meghan and harry documentary drops and the episodes of it drops and the episodes of it drop going be glued to it. drop going to be glued to it. getting in getting absolutely seething in my someone and i'm my own front but someone and i'm hoping person be might be hoping that person be might be you someone's going you coming someone's going to have through with have to go through this with a fine tooth comb and just mop up all the off because we've all the assets off because we've got this haven't we got stuff like this haven't we already media already which is the media paparazzi turns someone paparazzi and it turns someone chasing price goodness chasing katie price goodness sake and we've already had some right royal fibs coming out of meghan and prince harry's emails wanting very much wanting a come thank very much come on walker royal come on walker our royal reporter initially about reporter initially talking about how and then how the king was act and then veering inevitably harry and

veering on inevitably harry and meghan anyway right okay food shortages could than shortages could be more than just timely as the just eggs so timely as the national farmers union has warned that sleepwalking warned that the uk sleepwalking into crisis . i believe into a food crisis. i believe that andrew ward mba arable farmer joins me again now after farmerjoins me again now after a brief technical interlude. andrew, thank you very . yeah. andrew, thank you very. yeah. all right. so shocking levels of red tape, needless government intervention, you the land. why don't we just let you crack? and from the thing . well, i wish from the thing. well, i wish that would be the case, but the government don't seem to want to do that. they have many do that. they have so many advisers. chris packham , george advisers. chris packham, george monbiot, the goldsmith , they monbiot, the goldsmith, they listen more to those sort of who sit behind the desk and advise the government on how we should be farming and produce the food. then also on the ground it and it just you cannot believe that stress that we all have to go to in the countryside and the red tape. this is just the thing when brexit came along that's one of the major issues of where are today. when brexit came along they said, oh, we'll be okay. as farmer, you'll

okay. you as a farmer, you'll have lot less red tape than have a lot less red tape than you've had in the past. absent food, rubbish. we have more food, rubbish. we have far more red. far more hoops to red. we have far more hoops to jump red. we have far more hoops to jump far jump and we're getting far focussed on it . yeah. can i ask focussed on it. yeah. can i ask you about that? is that a bit of a choice? i incorrect choice for government. so as a result of brexit. could we have a lot less red tape. it's just that hasn't materialised . well i'd like to materialised. well i'd like to think because we would that was one of the promises that we were we were with brexit. i voted to remain so i'm a remainer and i didn't enjoy the afterthoughts of what was going to. and we were told that. yes, because now out of europe with the shackles been released and we'll be able to our own standards, our own , to our own standards, our own, and you'll be able to farm and produce food in a way that will be much more better for you. you'll able to remain profitable, which is a big thing. well, i don't see why we can't do that. i mean, the idea that all of a sudden is virtue of is not being in europe union, that health standards and, that our health standards and, food quality standards are going

to drop no reason to drop just no reason whatsoever because we code whatsoever just because we code i bonkers we've i mean, is bonkers i mean we've been surviving the things been surviving off the things that farmers have been that british farmers have been growing or looking or slaughtering whatever years slaughtering or whatever years for generations under the thousands. and probably if you really take it back to its natural conclusion, why any of that change now and can't that change now. and i can't help think that we've been help but think that we've been we've got well i personally don't we've made most of don't we've made the most of brexit. vote for brexit brexit. i did vote for brexit andifs brexit. i did vote for brexit and it's stuff this why and it's stuff like this why should kowtowed in this should we be kowtowed in this particular well particular area. oh well our standards technically standards don't technically to the european give a toss the european i don't give a toss about wonky banana i don't about a wonky banana i don't get. me give me the most get. give me give me the most bizarre looking parsnip in the world. eat it, you know. world. i'll eat it, you know. and we a bit more faith and should we a bit more faith with people like you? and this is got the is the problem we've got the lincolnshire provides around 27% of the vegetables for the whole of the vegetables for the whole of the vegetables for the whole of the country yet because of the government there is a policy stopping foreigners coming into this country . we have got this country. we have got vegetables ten miles from here in the fields because there aren't enough pickers to pick the vegetables. we've tried uk

and british people do not want the hard work and they say the other thing we get labelled artists and told we're wrong is that we rely on cheap foreign laboun that we rely on cheap foreign labour. that is wrong because the money that these guys earn and ladies earn when they come from abroad , they earn really, from abroad, they earn really, really good . and that's why they really good. and that's why they come because it send all the money back to abroad . back in money back to abroad. back in that country is to help the family but it's government fees the policy one thing we need we should have we should have sorry i want to cut across the aisle appreciate young and i've got to go dinner usually. but we go to dinner usually. but we should be doing more. that should be doing more. that should be doing more. that should be of an advertising should be more of an advertising campaign something that. campaign or something like that. really work really promote people doing work as guys and also as i'm working for guys and also young mean, if it young people as i mean, if it turns out that you could earn doing something like picking those fields than you could from doing something like picking thosworkingthan you could from doing something like picking thosworking onn you could from doing something like picking thosworking onn yo baryuld from just working on the bar somewhere doing of those somewhere or doing one of those jobs, younger people be jobs, i think younger people be doing it and people aren't should future should should future employers should look cv of someone is look at the cv of someone who is 20 years who decided instead 20 years old who decided instead of the one in

of going with the best one in the if was at bars and the world, if was at bars and restaurants. right. i'm going to stand it's really hard stand up. but it's really hard work more manual work and maybe it's more manual to failed. you know who? to pick a failed. you know who? maybe be looked at maybe they should be looked at more when it comes more favourably when it comes to. but i've got to let you go. i'm afraid sorry about this. andrew arable farmer, andrew ward, the arable farmer, right with patrick right you are with me. patrick christys lots more to christys gb news. lots more to come next hour, including come in the next hour, including mp lee anderson. yes, get in on whether or he thinks that martin should uncle to track. should be given uncle to track. also british officer. also the british army officer. he ahead to head the he went ahead to head with the rmt on twitter. it's spicy you love to say i'll be back in a sec .

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logged in into me patrick he's on gb news and in the hour, on gb news and in the next hour, ambulance workers set to ambulance workers are set to join as we ahead join rail staff as we look ahead to a mass this christmas ambulance dispute like this is going impact. will do going to an impact. we will do what can to. sure most what we can to. sure the most need for is covered but it need for face is covered but it will have an impact on the pubuc. will have an impact on the public . it will have an impact on the public. it will be public. he means patients and specifically sick people . andy prendergast, sick people. andy prendergast, the national secretary of gmb union, that all militant unions put in the most vulnerable raise as low as the guys can see that paramedics, emergency care workers. no no . an uncle workers. no no. an uncle handlers that are all on strike as well as nurses. but in another story that's got you all going so fast today, conservative leandra said, let's be phaedra on his be honest, 2000 phaedra on his radical numbers of radical to cut the numbers of migrants way illegally to migrants making way illegally to the uk well the labour leader can't solve appears to back tracking illegal immigrants truckers on illegal migrants . i truckers on illegal migrants. i think that's a fantastic idea anyway. and all meghan and harry at risk of destroying monarchy

realised . they're never going to realised. they're never going to protect you . i was terrified . i protect you. i was terrified. i don't want a history to repeat itself anyway. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk . that's what i gbviews@gbnews.uk. that's what i think of the harry and meghan stuff. but before latest news . stuff. but before latest news. thanks, patrick. 5:03. i'm radisson in the gb newsroom downing street declined to reveal if the minister is worried about patients dying due to nhs strikes . it's after three to nhs strikes. it's after three unions announced that thousands of ambulance workers and other nhs will walk out across england and wales on the 21st and 28th of december. in a joint statement to gmb unison and accused the government of pleas for a decent pay rise. however, health secretary steve barclay responded, saying that union's demands are not. only kasab , the demands are not. only kasab, the national lead officer at. he

says patients lives are already at risk . only 25% of chefs have at risk. only 25% of chefs have the planned staff actually on that shift. there are one 33,000 vacancies across nhs in england alone. and what our members are telling is that lives are being at risk now and that people are dying now because of the state of the service . a man has been of the service. a man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault during a walkabout by king charles in luton bedfordshire. police say the agedin bedfordshire. police say the aged in his twenties arrested in st georges square after an egg was believed to have been thrown in the direction of the monarch. king charles was seen being guided away from the crowds by his security team following . his security team following. that incident. the king had been in to community leaders and in to meet community leaders and voluntary organisations . voluntary organisations. baroness is to take a leave of absence from the house of lords

following allegations that she benefited from a covert ppe deal benefited from a covert ppe deal. it's alleged michele, mona and her children received millions of pounds after she recommended a company to government ministers at the height of the pandemic. baroness mona has denied the allegations. the decision means will not attend sittings of the house and won't be able to claim any allowance. deputy labour leader rayner says the pm remove the whip from the baroness but is too weak . she saw the writing on too weak. she saw the writing on the wall and did what she feels she needs to. but it shows also that the prime is still not tackling the problems we face. that was around bp. illegal fast lane that he put in his pick your man strategy and how they received goods and that's still problem to this day the prime minister is not dealing with the health secretary has told house of commons we are seeing early peakin of commons we are seeing early peak in strep cases usual, but there is no strain at least children have died from the

bacteria infection in the uk since september . the latest is a since september. the latest is a five year old from belfast. the government says antibiotic ticks could be given to children at schools affected by strep a as a preventative measure . nhs, gp preventative measure. nhs, gp dr. veena is urging parents to be the lookout for symptoms . if be the lookout for symptoms. if you're a parent with a young look up the symptoms , have look up the symptoms, have a look up the symptoms, have a look at google images , what the look at google images, what the skin rashes look like. have the information at your fingertips. if you can't get hold of your gp there's one, one, one. most practises either e consults messages telephone calls . worst messages telephone calls. worst case scenario when your child isn't well of course take them to amy. the paediatric department will help. so i think as parents, you need to yourself with the information and act quickly . seven more cases of quickly. seven more cases of diphtheria have been recorded among migrants in england, taking the total for the year to 57. uk health security agency published figures following reports of fresh cases at ftx

processing centre in kent. the cases discovered between november 28th and december the fourth, marking from the previous week where only five new cases were diagnosed. last week the immigration minister told mps asylum seekers with symptoms would be put into isolation . england's rugby head isolation. england's rugby head eddie jones has been after seven years in the job under his leadership. the england team three six nations titles and got to the final the 2019 world cup in japan . however, this season in japan. however, this season has been england's worst performance since 2008. is former number two. leicester's, director of rugby steve borthwick has tipped to replace him . this is gb news we'll bring him. this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens so let's back to . back to. patrick yeah i don't know about you, but

i'm bang up for it in its final houn i'm bang up for it in its final hour, ladies and gentlemen. and we're going in stronger because there is a case for tagging some asylum seekers. some are calling illegal immigrants whilst their claims being processed . claims are being processed. that's according to labour leader resources the leader sir keir resources in the conservative party has floated before, thrown weight before, but he's thrown weight behind policy, much to the behind the policy, much to the dismay some support dismay of some migrant support charities . but let's be honest, charities. but let's be honest, it doesn't take much to dismay lot, it? it follows reports lot, does it? it follows reports this weekend the uk could this weekend that the uk could a statutory cap on the number of asylum seekers the country take per year. anyway let's get stuck into the meat and bones of this now with a fan favourite here on gb news. the conservative mp for ashfield is anderson. there ashfield is lee anderson. there is called for a cap the is called for a cap on the number of asylum seekers who will into the uk each will be allowed into the uk each yeah will be allowed into the uk each year. there's a lot for us to talk about because you mind if i just start on the talking stuff really. we not been really. why are we not been doing time? i'm doing this the whole time? i'm sick the idea that this sick and of the idea that this law might to across the law might be able to across the uk. put tag on them. we know where they are at all times we

stop people absconding the stop people absconding and the pubuc stop people absconding and the public well. i public reassured as well. well i mean already that mean i already believe that their is in place for people their tag is in place for people facing anyway, facing deportation anyway, so that yeah. that already happens. yeah. i mean, have got a problem with mean, i have got a problem with asylum seekers, so it seems a little bit phoney though. patrick, of sudden to patrick, all of a sudden to care. be pandering care. it seems to be pandering to the rightwing press at the moment and, and the right wing voters. it suggests doing this. i suggest the party will i would suggest the party will not be entirely happy with this . suggests like . it suggests things like psychological torture. but you know, they're in country, we know, if they're in country, we don't the background . some don't know the background. some are a little bit dodgy as we already know what's wrong with tagging. me they tagging. you know, for me they should place by should in the first place by italian means we can keep an eye on their movements, but yeah , on their movements, but yeah, well, the asylum claims going through them, so be it. it through them, so be it. if it makes us feel safer, let's it. well, you're saying in your view, and think it's a view view, and i think it's a view shared by many lot of them shared by many a lot of them shouldn't in the the shouldn't be here in the in the first place. are you first place. how are you planning capping the number planning on capping the number of seekers. we of asylum seekers. because we seem unable to stop the small boats that the minute. well i mean at how many

mean when you look at how many grabbed the channel but especially albanians i think it's 12,000 so far this year predominantly 95% young men. that doesn't seem like fair system we've got in place to say now if we're going to have a cap. i would also suggest that we've got the amount of men that's coming in. i look at women and children in foreign lands desperately our help lands desperately need our help they're getting our help . they're not getting our help. and all we say is, like i say, 95% of the people coming over are young men from so—called war torn let me tell you torn countries. let me tell you again who bite again, gb news viewers who bite me on this, there is no law in france, there is no irish spain or belgium or holland or in albania. all these countries are coming through. there's no at all. no indeed. and people have got a lot of issues. lee, can you just state sorry about this. i'm just getting through my ear, which i'm not too sure , i which i'm not too sure, i believe. you mind? sorry. believe. would you mind? sorry. just we can go live just finally, we can go live down to house of where down to the house of where social writers talk. talking. they got fed up, i guess . is it they got fed up, i guess. is it not clear to the public now that

the party opposite believe in one thing only and that is how much money they can grab from the purse and give to their crony friends and steal from the hard pockets of people this country . right now, i think my country. right now, i think my honourable friend captures the mood of the public they want answers. the public want answers. the public want answers. they want to know what's happened at the time when they needed this government the most to act responsibly. what's happened to their money and what happened to their money and what happened with these contracts . happened with these contracts. so today we've tabled motion and we will put it to a vote . let me we will put it to a vote. let me be clear, madam deputy speaker , be clear, madam deputy speaker, we're not asking the government to do anything that would undermine chance of recovering our money , all that would our money, all that would conflict with any police investigation. but for ten months they have told that they are in mediation. what progress has been made ? when will they has been made? when will they conclude that has failed and take action now? can they

actually get our money back or are they just kicking the can down the road to our motion to ask ministers to hand over the records to the public accounts committee , a body this house committee, a body this house relies on to hold them to account for public spending because the only logical conclusion is that they do indeed have something to hide the public deserve answers on whether dodgy lobby lobbying at the of this scandal played a in how vast sums of taxpayers cash has been wasted and whether a shameful profiteering has been enabled by this government. which leads me to the second simple question for the house today. simple question for the house today . will members opposite ? today. will members opposite? well, the few that read will members opposite now vote for a clean up or yet another cover up. yeah just week the government led tory in their workplace freedom lobby to block

an amendment to their procurement bill. it would have banned vip in future procurement decisions , but they voted it decisions, but they voted it down. they voted to protect unlawful vip access instead of protecting taxpayers money . the protecting taxpayers money. the prime minister is peddling legislation full of loopholes that would keep tory free rein to it all over again . fresh from to it all over again. fresh from writing off billions , he writing off billions, he carelessly cost to covid fraud. the question for the house is whether to opt prevent a repeat . so today i to honourable and right honourable members opposite learn your lesson don't let this episode be repeated now. madam deputy speaker , the now. madam deputy speaker, the loss and trauma of the pandemic was immense . millions of was immense. millions of families lost ones, some only getting to say goodbye via an

ipad as mothers, fathers , ipad as mothers, fathers, husbands, wives and friends slips away and then we learn that throughout this trauma companies weave whatsapp links to ministers. companies weave whatsapp links to ministers . we're given to ministers. we're given special vip to contracts, which have seen billions pulled down the drain. this government has done an damage to the public faith in politics. the first step in restoring this trust is these documents . today, the these documents. today, the pubuc these documents. today, the public need answers about how this happened and need them now. madam deputy speaker. but they also deserve reassurance that this will never , ever be allowed this will never, ever be allowed to again . taxpayers money must to again. taxpayers money must be treated with respect, not handed out in backroom deals to cronies or a passport

profiteering and ppe . metro is profiteering and ppe. metro is just the tip of the iceberg in this scandal. just the tip of the iceberg in this scandal . we now know that this scandal. we now know that companies that got into the vip were ten times more likely to win the contract. we now that many did not go the so—called eight stage process of due diligence as ministers have now admitted. and we now know that left dozens of ex—pm babies, british businesses out in the cold, businesses who had the expertise to procure ppe and ventilators precisely and fast business says who offered their help in our darkest hour and businesses whose only mistake was to play by the rules not a single one of the companies referred the vip line who stone sold by a politician of other political party over down the conservative party . the then

conservative party. the then chancellor of , the duchy of chancellor of, the duchy of lancaster, the cabinet member who oversaw the entire emergency procurement programme and reportedly fast tracked a bid from one of his own purse friends and donors who went to win hundreds of millions of pounds of public money last week. he said the. a simply referred the bid from ppe mediapro on two officials. we also that he passed it directly on to his ministerial colleague lord agnew . i'll on to his ministerial colleague lord agnew. i'll probably on to his ministerial colleague lord agnew . i'll probably give lord agnew. i'll probably give what i think noble friend for giving away she's given a very thoughtful speech that should put everybody on the opposite benches. put everybody on the opposite benches . shame as my boyfriend benches. shame as my boyfriend is shocked as i was to find out that there was a company that was put on the vip by mistake and they still got was put on the vip by mistake and they still go t £1,000,000 and they still got £1,000,000 contracts. gosh gosh , it is contracts. oh gosh gosh, it is absolute negligee burns of due diligence when the whole

process, which we now know has been tested , the high court been tested, the high court around vip access lay and what that did and it didn't do. but we know that there serious concerns from members of the pubuc concerns from members of the public and that's what this motion is about today. it's about getting to the bottom of it. and i think the public deserve no less than that. but after the minister passed it directly onto . his ministerial directly onto. his ministerial colleague, , i know. colleague, lord, lord, i know. and some time officials discussed that the minister's office was still being lobbied . office was still being lobbied. the former health secretary's also described being lobbied , also described being lobbied, words i won't quote in the chamber. madam deputy speaker has made it clear , but without has made it clear, but without any dates or detail. so we do not know what conversations , not know what conversations, contracts happened behind the scenes . but we do know that scenes. but we do know that three and a half billion pounds of contracts that have been handed by this government to their political donors,

ministers, mates. and so, yes , ministers, mates. and so, yes, we do need an investigation that too. in fact, we need an investigation. it's a every pound and penny has been handed out. and to learn the lesson so the public money isn't again and forget they had previously denied the existence of a vip at all while it existed . all right, all while it existed. all right, allow conservative politicians to open doors for anyone with connections to ministers the whatsapp highway express and earlier this year the high court declared that unlawful. okay well that was angela rayner there talking a lot the ppe allegations . there talking a lot the ppe allegations. i am very there talking a lot the ppe allegations . i am very lucky to allegations. i am very lucky to still be joined that by lee anderson, conservative mp ashfield before billions pounds of taxpayers money she actually again before we return to an issue that i think people care a little bit more about let's just ask you about this was. your reaction to this allegations that there's been a vip lane when it comes to being a waste of public for ppe . i mean, lord

of public for ppe. i mean, lord patrick, we should always make sure that we spend public money . but me be clear on this . but let me be clear on this issue. this is an opposition day debate today, and i can tell you that i have not received one email over the past week . this email over the past week. this subject at all. people aren't interested what they were interested what they were interested in. two years ago, at the time it was offered in care homes, hospitals all these places were running out of . they places were running out of. they had in my care. don't do had none in my care. don't do desperate stuff as desperate to get this stuff as soon as possible. i think it's a bit rich when people are under this will so my old chap this all the will so my old chap why his is start talking why his name is start talking about respect a waste of taxpayers money they're a waste of taxpayers money both them of taxpayers money, both of them underrated bodies or if underrated by their bodies or if you want to call on 500 quid i think they cost was well publicised at the top that is taxpayers they need to taxpayers money they need to start price is what they preach. do think is enough for the do you think is enough for the conservative party to say, well, look, a of look, we were in a time of absolute chaos. we didn't have enough it's one thing enough people? it's one thing that think be noticed that i think should be noticed as well and noted as is as well and noted as well, is that of the was made and

that a lot of the was made and manufactured china. china, manufactured in china. china, then say suspicion then some would say suspicion only not doing the world only after not doing the world a favour telling that favour and telling everyone that coronavirus represent in coronavirus europe represent in that a bit of a that country, then a bit of a ring fence around ppe and indeed some nicked en some of our ppe was nicked en route through europe by the likes our good friends, the likes of our good friends, the french. so actually, you know, it there. it it was it it was there. it was it was it was case of yeah, all right, was a case of yeah, all right, there vip lanes , but people there were vip lanes, but people needed and tories are needed ppe and the tories are going any lanes they go to going to any lanes they go to just low. no it was just get it low. no it was difficult times but it's not what the business people needed help and they need it straight away is now been a job to us in like this and i'm going through all the tape nonsense. it all the red tape nonsense. it was a walked on scenario. was like a walked on scenario. we had to very, very and get our ppe you know been up in ppe you know have been up in a different debate today it put a picture single gun to every picture a single gun to every single you know argument about it to which it was going to get which contract been contract would have been different about was different debate today about was going to be out far too slow they need to shut up stop they need to shut up and stop wasting parliamentary time and get with the day job. do you get on with the day job. do you think is there any concern that

it might look it might emerge? it was a bit of a job avoid scandal or do you think labour is playing politics? yeah of course it playing politics and maybe that. some maybe does look like that. some people the guardian people maybe the guardian amongst on the daily mirror amongst it on the daily mirror if it looked like i keep saying patrick country it was patrick this country it was desperate times call for desperate times call for desperate measures and if we can get ppe very quick now, the gowns, the shields, everything we need our care homes and don't do and dentist. we have to get that as quick as possible, that out as quick as possible, quite frankly . that out as quick as possible, quite frankly. i'm that out as quick as possible, quite frankly . i'm not sure quite frankly. i'm not sure where it come from as long as it saves lives. okay. all right, look, just got to get you on something. been taking something. it's been taking place, to you on place, which we got to you on originally about originally to talk about as well, course, was the well, of course, which was the issues going on in the channel. i just want to get your views whether or not you think he will be human rights, be against human rights, people's rights target people's human rights to target them enter country them if they enter this country illegally can track their illegally so we can track their movements. you movements. now, i'll tell you what people rights, what is against people rights, the the people in this the rights of the people in this country payin g £7 country who are paying £7 million day for a load of million a day for a load of economic migrants abuse our

economic migrants to abuse our asylum system, illegally, asylum system, enter illegally, get demands, deny get carried off demands, deny them off first class them trade off in first class coaches, deport all hotels, be given three meals a day, then what the cheek to complain about why and feedback forms on why and the feedback forms on the form that's against the rights people in this great country about to get it sorted and stop pandering to these namby pamby leftie lawyers, activists in the labour party, especially a bit too soft to do that. they're i think the older too soft to do it, to be honest with patrick. but it's a tough knock. there's lots colleagues, michel, we've met the home secretary again who is on board . she needs a bit more backing from parliament and number ten in cabinet to get this through. we're a soft touch i just don't understand why why anybody can argue that is not a safe country and that is a legitimate case but economic against a backdrop of that is absolute nonsense. all right. thank you very, very much. stay of the sun sets of mp for ashfield and she's talking about what's been going on in channel, whether or not we should be tucking people who

enter country illegally and enter this country illegally and then of course veering off onto ppe angela rayner rather ppe is angela rayner rather unexpectedly, to unexpectedly, apparently took to the house of the floor in the house of commons to waffle on about it anyway. but given these political darren mccaffrey political it darren mccaffrey is in westminster standing in westminster us now standing stones keep stones we indycars we keep getting interrupted house getting interrupted by the house of that way anyway, of commons down that way anyway, there you go. what do you make of rayner was saying of what angela rayner was saying that a bit of that is basically it's a bit of a to the boys scandal a jolt to the boys scandal potentially but tories potentially it but the tories say they have to do this it was a crisis . yeah you may remember a crisis. yeah you may remember that this story in essence actually factually has been bubbung actually factually has been bubbling last year bubbling away for the last year or these allegations or so. these allegations repeatedly up in the sunday repeatedly crop up in the sunday times, the guardian, the bbc and elsewhere about potential misuse when it came to the procurement of ppe during the coronavirus crisis. now, as sally was pointing out that the government have repeatedly, whether it's been boris johnson or liz truss orindeed been boris johnson or liz truss or indeed rishi sunak, have defended the use of these kind of so—called contracts , saying of so—called contracts, saying that, you know, this was a time of national crisis. it was import ins in a world in which

everyone was desperate to get ppe, to try and get it as soon as possible. but it is also that lots of ppe procured that made an lot of people an awful lot of money. much of it was unused or indeed unfit to be used. and that's why labour's fighting the pressure on, not least of all, with these allegations against michelle mone, she a former michelle mone, who she a former entrepreneur, scottish entrepreneur, scottish entrepreneur , who was a bit of a entrepreneur, who was a bit of a celebrity actually back in the day when david appointed her to the of lords. no there the house of lords. no there have been allegations that essentially has benefited from one of these vip contracts in past. allegations must be said. she has denied. but today , she has denied. but today, interestingly, she has stepped back from her role in the house of lords saying that she wants to request leave of absence to clear her name and that is going to kind of essentially campaign or to try and challenge these allegations . now, so far, the allegations. now, so far, the conservative party , the prime conservative party, the prime minister, has not withdrawn the whip from michel martin. critics would say he's too weak. do so,

though , as i say, that is not though, as i say, that is not happened. though, as i say, that is not happened . and she argues that happened. and she argues that these allegations are unjust, unjustifiably levelled against her. but that is what essence has spurred on this motion that we've seen from angela today, this debate in parliament. they're trying to get these emails and contracts published now that could well happen because of this , because the because of this, because the government is not going to oppose it. let's be honest about that. government that. the government aren't going allow votes go going to allow these votes to go through. the end, i think through. but in the end, i think they'll so heavily redacted they'll be so heavily redacted will learn an awful will not actually learn an awful lot. hence why to a degree it is playing politics, but there is a police investigations into many of they are of these deals and they are looking of all looking into the detail of all of this is a story, of this. this is a story, frankly, that is not going away . we'll to see whether . and we'll have to see whether michelle does get to that position of managing to challenge these allegations that have i say, in many the have been, as i say, in many the papers or weeks. papers in recent or weeks. darren, you very much. darren, thank you very much. darren, thank you very much. darren our political darren mccaffrey, our political editor what's editor just reacting to what's been going in parliament been going on in parliament which angela rayner there which is angela rayner there asking pertinent asking a lot of pertinent questions would about questions some would say about

the ppe . a lot of the procurement of ppe. a lot of people are thinking maybe hindsight is 2020 when it comes to this stuff . well, you know, to this stuff. well, you know, were the tories just acting and in time of crisis much as they could, throwing lot of stuff could, throwing a lot of stuff at wall hoping that some at the wall and hoping that some of back and were in of it came back and they were in a right to maybe go to a way right to maybe go to sources that they thought they could that of course, could trust, that of course, there and a lot of there are proper and if a lot of that ppe was wasted, if a lot of last minute stories made got very the back of it, very rich off the back of it, i thatis very rich off the back of it, i that is a problem, isn't it? again another story with two sides news is coming sides to it. gb news is coming your way very, very shortly. for all of been emailing in all of you've been emailing in ivan i continue be ivan and i will continue to be for half an hour or so for the next half an hour or so coming up. at least nine children have sadly died of children have sadly now died of strep a in the uk. we'll bring you all of the latest on that also this hour. yes, a bit more on was our main story at on what was our main story at the top is that should we be actually bullying truckers migrants entering the uk illegally ? keir has illegally? sir keir starmer has come under fire for suggesting that backs plan that is that he backs the plan that is being slowed by the tory government. it's got lot of

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hello, it's 530. i'm addison in the gb newsroom. downing street has declined to . if the prime has declined to. if the prime minister is worried about patients dying due to nhs strikes. it's after three unions announced that thousands of ambulance workers and other staff will walk out across england and wales on the 21st and 28th of december in a joint statement. gmb unison and unite accused the government of ignonng accused the government of ignoring pleas . a decent pay ignoring pleas. a decent pay rise. however, health secretary steve barclay responded, saying unions demands are not affordable . a man has been affordable. a man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault during walkabout by king charles in luton , bedfordshire.

charles in luton, bedfordshire. police say , the suspect, aged in police say, the suspect, aged in his twenties , was arrested after his twenties, was arrested after an egg was thrown in the direction of the monarch . king direction of the monarch. king charles was seen being away from the crowds by his team following that incident . the king had been that incident. the king had been in luton to meet community leaders and voluntary organisations. baroness mona is taking leave of absence from the house of lords following allegations that she benefited from a covid ppe deal. it's alleged that michelle monet and her children received millions of pounds after she recommended company to government ministers at the height of the pandemic. baroness monet has denied the allegations . the decision means allegations. the decision means she will not sittings of the house and won't be able to claim any allowance. the health secretary told the house of commons, we seeing an earlier peakin commons, we seeing an earlier peak in stress cases than usual. but there is no new strain . at but there is no new strain. at least nine children have died from the bacterial in the uk since september . the latest is a since september. the latest is a five year old from belfast . the

five year old from belfast. the government says antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by strep a as they measure . england's rugby they measure. england's rugby head head coach eddie jones has been sacked after seven years in the job. under his leadership, england won three six nations titles and got to the final of the 2019 world cup in japan. this season has been england's performance since 2008. his former number two, leicester's director of rugby bull flick, has been tipped . replace him . has been tipped. replace him. we're on online and on disney plus , this is gb news. radio plus, this is gb news. radio africa's patrick is coming right back. i'll give you four loads to go out today. very shortly will be returning to what has been our top story this hour, apart from the strikes, of course, is

whether or not we should be targeting people who arrive here illegally. but before that, very very serious story, there's cases have skyrocketed cases of strep have skyrocketed in sadly, least in the uk. now, sadly, at least nine children dying of the disease, the uk health security has warned that the long term of the covid lockdown policy has contributed to higher rates of infection during the typical scarlet fever season . the scarlet fever season. the outbreak also comes at a time of great strain for the nhs. with figures released today showing that over 5 million people failed to get a gp in october, double the amount of failed appointments this time last yeah appointments this time last year. joining me now is dr. laurence buckman, former chairman , the british medical chairman, the british medical association's gp committee . association's gp committee. doctor, always great to see you again . lots for us. so let's again. lots for us. so let's just start initially with the well just thought very quickly with this strep stuff, i mean, how should people be how concerned should people be they're just en they're in talks of just en masse now kids generally at schools where there's been effects? is it a massive concern? is it all lockdowns fall? what's going on? no, it's

very simple . strep, strep a up very simple. strep, strep a up every year in waves most people who get it are barely harmed by it. but tiny number are greatly high. and of course , if there's high. and of course, if there's a huge wave, then some of them are going to get the serious of strep. right. which is lethal and the main is to spot it in the early stages when it looks like a sore throat or diarrhoea or skin blisters and i must say the decision at least think about putting every affected child and every child in a school where is an affected child on. penicillin is a good one and it makes economics and it will also prevent those few cases that end in. okay, that's the stuff out of the way. now just talk about something that well, i'm not going to say it's affecting more people because strep is incredibly serious. but if 5 million people in the last month weren't able to get gp's appointment, i would dare to say it's going more

it's going to affect more people. this a huge concern people. this is a huge concern and can so can you explain the plight of the gp to me because we're hearing about the plight of care workers. we're hearing about nurses hearing about supporters, we're hearing about paramedics emergency care workers. no non on call handlers but a gp on 100 and something grand a year who wants to work 9 to 5? it would appear people are a bit annoyed they can't get an appointment yes. that's because there's not enough gp's too and people want appointments. the number of appointments available has gone up in the last year in other words more appointments are being given face to face yet there are not gps to deliver to there are not gps to deliver to the number people who quite rightly want to be seen. 5 million people made a phone call to the surgery and didn't end up with an appointment with a gp and someone miffed. yeah, exactly . but is it because some exactly. but is it because some people decide that they want to into the medical profession , you into the medical profession, you know. yes. okay. worthy well,

well—regarded profession. it's also can be can be quite lucrative . and then they use the lucrative. and then they use the nhs initially as gp and then they go private. and so we're seeing more gp's going private than staying in the nhs. is that correct or not. no, i don't think that's quite true. i think most gp is go into the business because they to based . because they like to be based. you gp because you want you become a gp because you want patients to like you and they're not going to like you if you don't anything. so i think don't them anything. so i think that that theory , you only do it that that theory, you only do it for a while and then go and get rich. i don't know many people who do that. it is true some gp's are quitting general practise on the nhs and going privately. that's a picture of me , by way . and they give up me, by the way. and they give up a general practitioner , go a general practitioner, go private, but the vast majority don't that they stay at the coalface beavering away and fighting against odds. there are too many people who need to be seen not suggesting anyone of those people is anything other than 80. but there aren't enough

of us to deliver to the number of us to deliver to the number of people who are quite reasonably to be seen is actually a problem, a systemic there because apparently, according to this report, which, by the way, the government completely it must be said there is i've never i very rarely covered a story where there's been such a complete polar opposite. it was a report commissioned by the labour party, i can tell, party, as far as i can tell, 5 million people a month unable to book a gp appointment, millions of waiting over a of people left waiting over a month then the government month and then the government came just went this came out and just went this absolute true whatsoever, absolute isn't true whatsoever, but go. imagine the but there we go. i imagine the truth in the truth is somewhere in the middle. people saying that middle. but people saying that they book a gp's appointment not following have following events, they have to book the day then book it on the day and then their any appointments on their own any appointments on their own any appointments on the that that not the day is that is that not a procedural problem. it's not quite easy. just allow people to book yes, it's book in advance. yes, it's a target if you have to target problem. if you have to meet the department meet certain for the department of health , that means you of health, then that means you see people in a particular way and not other ways. so many practises have reached the point that the only way they can

deliver to people say they're they're ill today is to say we'll make no advance booking and we will only see people phone on the day. i'm not saying i think that's a good idea. but i think that's a good idea. but i understand how that happens. you have to meet that target. nobody today is turned away and that means you've got to tricks in order do that can i just very very quickly ask you a question that i am really for absolute honesty because i don't think this question gets asked enough when doctors are in gp's and their average salary , the their average salary, the incentive for them to work a lot of the time from pay scale that i can say is removed because you would move into a squishy middle ground in our tax bracket where you are taxed out roughly . you are taxed out roughly. speaking about 60% of what you would earn for that over overtime. therefore someone argue, making it not worth that while overtime needed to clear this backlog gp's do it because they'll be taxed too high if they'll be taxed too high if they do . i don't think that's they do. i don't think that's they do. i don't think that's the reason , the reason why gp's the reason, the reason why gp's

some them can't cope anymore is because they say the work is too hard . i don't say that but hard. i don't say that but i understand they do and you don't make more money this way because the nhs will hold you to your nose , the grindstone. you nose, the grindstone. you haven't seen the right number of people. they let you get away with walking off the page when they're queuing outside the doon they're queuing outside the door. okay, look, it's almost you very much. i'm laurence buckman, that former chairman of the british medical association's gp, just responding to the fact that apparently people were apparently 5 million people were unable appointment unable to get a gp's appointment in the last month alone, the department of health and social care claims care is responding to claims i alluded this earlier. get a load of this. they say straightforwardly, analysis straightforwardly, this analysis is inaccurate. the survey was published in july year published in july this year using indicative and since that is being there were 36 million appointments carried out in october , a 5.3% increase on the october, a 5.3% increase on the same time year. and that we got it right so basically a complete utter rebuttal to all of this now. you are with me, patrick cash on gb news reported cash on gb news been reported that staff are being that army staff are being

trained striking trained to cover striking workers, firefighters, workers, including firefighters, ambulance drivers. and throughout the day been throughout the day we've been discussing whether you discussing whether or not you think right that we should think it's right that we should be illegal immigrants. be targeting illegal immigrants. some say, is it going to some people say, is it going to take people say, take rights? other people say, well, reasonable well, actually it's reasonable and contribute to public and it will contribute to public safety gbviews@gbnews.uk . i'm safety gbviews@gbnews.uk. i'm going to be back in just take don't go anywhere. i will be discussing those two top topics .

okay. we're going to rattle through the back end of this show. tis the season to strike, apparently , that's the latest apparently, that's the latest batch of industrial action been announced over the festive penod announced over the festive period early, what should really be the festive period, be called the festive period, should it's brewing should it, if it's been brewing anywhere , it was anywhere earlier, it was announced workers announced that ambulance workers will strikes on will go ahead with strikes on december 21st, on we december the 21st, on the 28. we care about the posters . we care about the posters. we cannot touch the nurses. it comes rmt rejection of

comes the rmt is rejection of the most recent pay offer is, of course, on the railways . the course, on the railways. the government said its focus remains mitigating the impacts of action on the public of strike action on the public because they've training because they've been training troops fire and drive troops to fire fights and drive ambulances so they can drive trains as well as appropriate for worker walkouts . i had for mass worker walkouts. i had well the rmt as is the lynch bngade well the rmt as is the lynch brigade they've to have a mandate for their action which is aggravated members the public involved in a spat with the rail workers union earlier today advocate british army officer and president of the conservatives in the city argued that the tyranny the unions was unwarranted as the government has a mandate. unwarranted as the government has a mandate . so i'm very has a mandate. so i'm very pleased to say he joins me now. thank you very much. welcome to the studio. great to have you on. now, mick says that he's got a mandate, presumably from his members be in to go members that would be in to go on strike. does he know i would suggest that the 35,000 members that he claims for the strike are far outweighed by the 14.1

million people that voted for the conservative to give real a fair pay deal but not have them disrupt the lives of ordinary working people . do you think working people. do you think that if it's the taxpayer , that if it's the taxpayer, you're paying potentially for pay you're paying potentially for pay rises for some of these people, the taxpayers should get vote that rises ? no, vote on what that pay rises? no, i that. and there's i feel that. and there's a negotiation process in place , negotiation process in place, but that negotiation has to be held faith. when held in good faith. and when you're negotiating a party mp who offered a pay deal of 8% plus no redundancies for two years, it turns around and says, no, we don't want this pay deal. we're actually going to implement more strikes that will disrupt people's lives, even further over the christmas period, the first one that we've actually had covid actually had post covid am stopping people who've been able to go and see their families stopping people, being to stopping people, being able to go workers, go to work essential workers, being go to yeah being able to go to work. yeah i think that think that you can't negotiate a gunnhild your head. no.andi negotiate a gunnhild your head. no. and i think it's important to stress the massive, massive differences between the different who are striking nurses, ambulance workers, paramedics, emergency care workers nine call workers,

workers, nine on call workers, etc. they on strike, etc. if they on strike, then there a wider impact there is a much wider impact potentially public health and potentially of public health and safety . would ones who safety. would hope the ones who are the job particularly are doing the job particularly to there more to begin with. there are more moral consequences that. moral consequences with that. but the health care strikes but with the health care strikes there also issues because there are also issues because those people apparently are struggling with recruit ment and retention in a way , as retention in a way, as i understand it, does not exist when it comes to the rail workers. so actually, do you think that of all of the people striking rail workers have striking the rail workers have the least mandate to in the pubuc the least mandate to in the public eye? because suppose they can fill the jobs anyway can already fill the jobs anyway ? up to work ? people are queuing up to work for i would tend to agree for them. i would tend to agree with that there is a with you that there is a spectrum of need and of action and where the legitimacy lies . and where the legitimacy lies. and what i would say is that this is more of a negotiating mandate and it's more by being able to negotiate in good faith . there are militant unions such as the ira. that don't negotiate in faith, clearly. but i think some of the other unions, some of the more sensible ones are. there sensible ones are. well, there there is the argument mcalinden

is his job. so make is just doing his job. so make clinches essentially tough , clinches essentially tough, we're getting the best deal he possibly for people that he possibly can for people that he represents. and he is doing job to best abilities to the best of his abilities right now bringing it right right now by bringing it right to wire has the to the wire and has the situation changed this cost situation changed with this cost of crisis inflation of living crisis and inflation unprecedented levels? well, clearly the situation has changed and the government and the r and the operating companies for the for the rail operating group recognised that changed. they have put an offer to the rmt of 8% over two years with no redundancies 2024 with some reforms baked into that thatis some reforms baked into that that is a starting point negotiation it is not a starting point to escalate strike action around time. do you think mitt lynch absolutely loving this? i think it's more about in the mick lynch than it is at ending his hard working at trade union members. yes. do you think this an ego trip by mick lynch? i do . i think as the strikes have escalated and carried on he has

become really the face of this rather than his hard working union members. alright look, thank you very much. great to have you in the studio. thank you very much for taking the time talk us outside time to. talk to us outside mcguinness the army officer and the conservatives in the city. you got into a bit of a spat with the rnc and you go anyway. right. turning now to that trailer for the highly anticipated meghan and harry docu , which is being docu series, which is being released. scenes the released. it contains scenes the prince that he and his prince claiming that he and his wife the truth about wife know the whole truth about all royal scandals is all the royal scandals is already hit headlines. the apparent of unrelated press footage we already seeing also utter lies in this. the first episodes all to be released this thursday on netflix. i will just hold my hands up in the air. i am a massive hypocrite. i really don't like them. i'm you. they should be doing this. but of course i will be watching along with of people. with millions of other people. joining is grant harrold, joining me now is grant harrold, former butler. grant, joining me now is grant harrold, forme|you butler. grant, joining me now is grant harrold, forme|you very tler. grant, joining me now is grant harrold, forme|you very very grant, joining me now is grant harrold, forme|you very very much. now, thank you very very much. now, i understand that you knew young understand that you knew a young prince harry and. you no doubt are quite close to him. this

must bring attention your to must bring attention to your to see shamelessly lying to the see him shamelessly lying to the british in a way that he's doing to just skimping up. so a to is not just skimping up. so a woman might just leave him one day anyway , dinner is tricky. day anyway, dinner is tricky. patchett they have you on the show. as you mentioned. you when you watch it is difficult because i kind of feel drawn in middle of this because obviously i love the royal family. i was paid to work for them. i knew harry really well. i didn't know meghan. and it's just i've been obviously following what they've been couple been saying over the past couple of and i think what's of years and i think what's different for is things different for me is the things that they say and part of me, kimberly , some of the things you kimberly, some of the things you say in other parts of just don't mean well, why don't believe what what what bits what bits do you find hard to get head you find hard to get your head around . just just little things around. just just little things i've had them say you know think i've had them say you know think i can do anything. i sat down and did that kind of interview and did that kind of interview and about you know and talked about you know how from my pov, you know, when they were saying about how they've these how, you these schedules and how, you know, try to get in touch with

these father and these kind of things. remember when a things. now, i remember when a lot i'm sure lot of the family, as i'm sure you're the schedules you're aware, the schedules a pretty on and the pretty full on and not the easiest thing to get in touch with them. so, you know, there's little things that that they would and thought, i would say and i thought, okay, i can understand that but you can understand that but as you said, that said, there's other bits that have don't add have said that just don't add up. been i've been made up. i've been i've been made aware today that in the trailer there's a photograph there's always a photograph that's correct me if that's been used. correct me if i'm wrong, posture. there's a whole of photographers and whole a sea of photographers and i from it from the i think it's from is it from the harry yeah. so it's not harry potter. yeah. so it's not from that and there but for from from that and there but for me because then i'm trying to say all these bits i think whether know, he's obviously whether you know, he's obviously just trying to stand but just kind of trying to stand but then that that happens then some that that happens and it's a awkward because it's a bit a bit awkward because you wonder why would you you do wonder why why would you do in there why? do something about in there why? because that is false . because it's that is false. yeah. no, indeed. now, look , was yeah. no, indeed. now, look, was prince harry always quite an impression , all vulnerable ones, impression, all vulnerable ones, not particularly mentally chap. but i think he's easily led . no

but i think he's easily led. no that's what's this is what's so confusing the prince harry that i was was quite a he was quite sad you know as his sense. well, i mean he was a teenager, early twenties and like any other kid his age, he was just like that. but he wasn't easily. his age, he was just like that. but he wasn't easily . you but he wasn't easily. you couldn't have kind of said something , know he had his own something, know he had his own mind, his own opinion. he wanted to do things and see. the other thing is it got on really well with his family. you know you on really well with his father and gone really was his late grandmother that's one grandmother so yeah that's one of the examples when i said when he said he didn't that relationship he did have a close relationship that i don't understand those little bits. graham very, very much graham thank you very, very much doubt this will not be the last time i talk to you about this. i really do appreciate you making time are favourite of time us a you are a favourite of harold butler that harold that royal butler that i'll just say this very quickly before we move and time will tell whether or not. right. i think prince harry doing think prince harry is doing that. a lot of my that. i've seen a lot of my mates past, which when mates doing past, which is when they out with someone they they start out with someone they ditch. ditch their ditch. that makes it ditch their family. you know what?

family. i think you know what? once she leaves him, they always come right. the labour come crawling, right. the labour leader, starmer, has leader, sir keir starmer, has said supports trucking said that he supports trucking asylum in some asylum with gps tags in some particular earlier this particular cases. earlier this yean particular cases. earlier this year, government rolled year, the government rolled out electronic some electronic talking to some migrants where pressed time. migrants where pressed for time. so talk straight so i'll just talk straight with this asking whether this because i'm asking whether or it's ethical or not you think it's ethical that or people who come that asylum or people who come here illegally, depending on which to look at it which way you want to look at it should i'm joined in should be tapped. i'm joined in the immigration lawyer the studio by immigration lawyer ivan you ivan thompson. ivan, thank you very much. are saying very much. people are saying this cycle . torture is this is a cycle. torture is against human rights against the human rights of these your should these people. your view should be tag them be targeted. we can tag them under law. so look, they seem two choices. either keep them in detention. look, we've got people coming across the channel people coming across the channel, we don't know who they are. then away they come from. and you came at the airport. you'll never be left in the country have country if you didn't have identity. we do for people coming the channel. so coming across the channel. so there's two choices. do we detain for long periods or detain them for long periods or do we tag them and? remember, many asylum seekers disappear in the system and because their

asylum application taken years to decide and the cost of that we're having about putting people to hotels is because the length of time taken to decide their cases. so i think if i had a choice of being detained or being tagged, i'd like to be i'd rather be tagged. well it's yeah, it's hanging could be a solution, frankly that works everyone in a sense, because i think a lot of people migrant hotels are concerned about seeing people maybe seeing these people maybe wandering around. there are concerns about whether or not every single of them comes every single one of them comes back the evening. everyone back in the evening. everyone would have concerns about that. but migrants but also the migrants themselves, want themselves, they wouldn't want be detention centres. be held up in detention centres. they to be to they would want to be able to have freedom potentially as have that freedom potentially as an just all of an attack just solves all of those issues. indeed the courts are with because if are familiar with it because if you're applying for bail in one of the conditions, the court quite often imposes on a on someone seeking bail is that their tagged. well the home office ask for that condition and again someone in detention has a choice by agreeing to that

saying, well, no, i want to be staying. no so i think tagging is absolutely in these circumstances . and do you think circumstances. and do you think that actually when it comes to just the general level of human rights for these people? i mean , i can understand why people be thinking, well, maybe it's a visible know, they visible sign. you know, they could criminalised almost by could be criminalised almost by doing but some people are doing this. but some people are saying, you're going to saying, well, if you're going to come and accept free bed come here and accept free bed and board a four star hotel and board at a four star hotel and board at a four star hotel and maybe have benefits of and maybe have the benefits of living in this country one day. it just small period of it was just a small period of time. you're wearing a tag time. what you're wearing a tag and if fleeing war. and sucking up, if fleeing war. it's not the end the world, it's not the end of the world, is it? but seekers not asking for hotels. home for forced hotels. the home office is putting them up. yeah. and remember, problem the and remember, problem is the length decision length of time of decision making. we had assessed making. so if we had assessed them things were decided , them where things were decided, which be the case when , which used to be the case when, i first advising clients i first started advising clients because they had fewer cases that no they had in fact that twice , many cases well before twice, many cases well before people started coming across the channel yes in late 1990 channel then. yes in late 1990 there were over 100,000 cases a yeah there were over 100,000 cases a year. thermal was dealt with

them efficiently. within six months, you a decision. so months, you had a decision. so the problem have is not enough staff , right. the problem have is not enough staff, right. funding. training proper adequate training. good decision making? quite a lot of these immigration officers decisions are just not up to the task. so you're getting appeals right from those poor making. okay, then that clogs up the court system . so really, we need court system. so really, we need a proper system an efficient way of deciding asylum applications. thank you very much . great to thank you very much. great to have you in the studio. obviously that is an immigration lawyer just reacting to that news that, yes, it does appear both parties may well agree that we should be targeting people who come over here. so we can keep on them and also, keep tabs on them and also, well, it's the best of well, maybe it's the best of both worlds. dewbs& co is up next lgbt right in the next is lgbt is right in the studio you'll coming studio what you'll coming up show. hello patrick yeah i made as a mother concerned as a mother i'm very concerned this thing it's more this whole strep thing it's more children have been as a result of that it's been discussed now the fact that have contributed to this and it makes me wonder

have we sacrifice our children's health in order to protect the vulnerable in this society? was that the right and 15 minute cities? i like the sound them in principle everything that you need on your doorstep brilliant but how do you go about enforcing these when you start talking about having to register your car, having number plates recognition, having permits and a restriction on how many times you can leave your so—called zone. you can leave your so—called zone . you lose me on that one. zone. you lose me on that one. i've got to be honest. so i want to talk about that. is this the future of cities or it just a ridiculous idea and the royals, are they to social pressure? you've got king charles now saying that he'll meet someone that says that we're a victim, racism, what's going on? and course strikes threatening course strikes are threatening our christmas of being together . is that right or is it all going a bit too far? oh, jeez. you've hit the nail on that. we've pretty everything as we've pretty much everything as per there's absolutely no per usual. there's absolutely no good come of king good that will come of king charles camilla ngozi charles and queen camilla ngozi fulani or whatever, because let's with you.

let's be honest with you. she's already there and already got an agenda there and my anyway michelle my view anyway michelle dewberry. much. dewberry. thank you very much. we're up next topic we're dewbs& co up next topic you much. everyone is you very much. everyone is tuned. i've been patrick christys this has and will christys this has been and will to news i'll be back again to be gb news i'll be back again tomorrow p.m, to be gb news i'll be back again tomorrow pm, but yes. tomorrow from 3 pm, but yes. make that you stay exactly make sure that you stay exactly where you are because michelle dewberry whizzing you dewberry will whizzing you through hour. stay through the next hour. stay tuned. it's aidan tuned. hello again. it's aidan mcgivern latest mcgivern. here with the latest forecast met office. forecast from the met office. brighter of today brighter skies for of us today compared last few days compared with the last few days . some showers around . there are some showers around and is feeling cold. it's going to colder. now to turn even colder. winds now changing a northerly direction, replacing the easterly that we have seen now these of these brought chilly weather . then all brought chilly weather. then all of will bring even colder of these will bring even colder conditions the next few conditions over the next few days. they're bringing days. they're also bringing clearer conditions. that's why the skies been clearing in the south and the west through the day. we've seen cloud for day. but we've seen cloud for northern northern northern ireland, northern scotland, england, scotland, eastern england, a few showers well showers in places as well overnight. those will overnight. those showers will turn to more a wintry nature turn to more of a wintry nature as the cold air sets some flakes of snow of the parts, of snow of the higher parts, eastern for example. eastern england, for example. but more significant snow

expected of expected for the north of scotland, where it's going to very the end the very cold by the end of the night. touch of frost across . night. a touch of frost across. many western elsewhere, many western areas elsewhere, frost free in the southeast and some places exposed to the northerly. but wherever you are, it is a cold. start to wednesday a bright start. nevertheless, for northern or western england, wales as well as. northern ireland. think again a bit ireland. i think again a bit more cloud in the east and the north showers. but for scotland those showers will be frequent, they'll be heavy and they'll be composed of snow. so the snow build north of scotland, build out for north of scotland, five at low levels, five centimetres at low levels, ten centimetre is over the hills, for example the snow hills, for example and the snow and icy continues into and some icy continues into wednesday night's showers come and go the east of england through wednesday nights as well as northern ireland parts of west wales will see some icy first thing thursday. otherwise a widespread clear skies and well below freezing widely across the uk with of minus five, minus six minus seven celsius in some of the chillier spots. but plenty of bright

skies for many , plenty of skies for many, plenty of sunshine. first thing thursday, despite that chill in the air, temperatures only slowly recovering through the morning. we'll see further sleet , snow we'll see further sleet, snow showers in places mainly eastern and northern coastal areas through friday and into the weekend weekend .