a welcome along everybody to. tuesday's edition of the mark steyn with me patrick christys. and we have a stellar line up of stories and guests for you today so you won't want to miss a single second of it as the army are called in to clear up the mess left by striking ambulance workers and staff and of course, nurses as well. we take a deep dive into . the living conditions dive into. the living conditions of , our dive into. the living conditions of, our military heroes short changed yet again. they got absolutely appalling accommodation . army reserves . accommodation. army reserves. they are basically going to be telling all about that nightmare some of course as well. we've got mp tobias ellwood who's joining me with his thoughts and as well of air strikes, one group of people here will have at the hands of the home migrant

hotel regime . some are hotel regime. some are hospitality workers and they go under the radar, don't they? employees across the country are facing sacked this government contracts moving a what about the hospitality unions where are they when it comes to all of this stuff we've got journalists and former mep patrick o'flynn he have the latest on that he will have the latest on that and employees have been wow they've been throwing stones in glass houses the house of commons again they. commons again haven't they. the chair women and chair of the women and equalities committee , catherine equalities committee, catherine noakes, has written a to the sun demanding action against jeremy clarkson . where were they on all clarkson. where were they on all the other big issues like grooming, for example? hey and then popping up to send requests picks up plus. yes, talking grooming gangs. we have our very own charlie peters . he's back own charlie peters. he's back with an update on the labour decision to select it. well, that's interesting, it? that's interesting, isn't it? a former councillor apparently former councillor who apparently sat the disgraced rotherham council cabinet during that child sexual sexual exploitation scandal . well, there we go. scandal. well, there we go. we've got loads coming. your and much we promise to bring

much more. we promise to bring the really matter the stories that really matter most . you and of course, the most. you and of course, the most. you and of course, the most part of the show wherever you , whoever you are, make sure you, whoever you are, make sure you, whoever you are, make sure you get in touch and give me a good pummelling of a patrick vaiews@gbnews.uk can ask me anything. promise do my anything. i promise i'll do my to but all this to answer it. but all of this your the headlines your way after the headlines tonight, the wonderful polly midhurst midhurst . patrick. midhurst midhurst. patrick. thank you and good evening to you as well as you've hearing ambulance workers and paramedics are preparing to strike tomorrow after last minute talks between the government . unions after last minute talks between the government. unions failed to address the issue of pay the health secretary met union representatives afternoon but pay representatives afternoon but pay discussions were off the table instead , the government table instead, the government sought reassurances over strike, cover and patient safety . at cover and patient safety. at least five ambulance trusts have declared critical incidents as they face unrest antd pressure ahead of the walkout . well, as ahead of the walkout. well, as you're also 600 members of the

army, navy and raaf have been drafted to in help during the walkouts. members the armed forces have been taking part in two days of specialist training at wellington barracks in london where they're being trained to drive ambulance vehicles. the workers said they were honoured to cover the ambulance workers despite having to sacrifice their own time off . well, their own time off. well, thousands of nurses in england's northern ireland and wales have been walking for the second time in under a week today. the royal college of nursing has warned their action could go on for another six months unless an agreement can be reached. their calling for a 5% above inflation rise. but the government says demands are unaffordable. the health secretary, steve barclay, saying the government has prioritised the nhs on pay. we an independent process and we have accepted that in full . of have accepted that in full. of course that comes on top of . the course that comes on top of. the extra privatisation of the nhs last year. but also alongside that need focus on patients. we

need to on those pandemic waiting lists get those waiting lists . that's why we've invested lists. that's why we've invested the extra 6.6 billion over the next two years. so we, the nhs , next two years. so we, the nhs, social care in the autumn statement at a time of difficulty for the economy because we recognise we need to get those things down. well, in response the prime has backed the work of the independent pay review body as he questions over nhs strikes. appearing before a of mps, rishi sunak defended the government's refusal to increase its offer to nurses and paramedics. he also said the best to help the country was not to increase wages but to bring down inflation . i've down inflation. i've acknowledged that it is difficult. it's difficult for everybody, because inflation is where it is and the best way to help them and to help everyone else in the country is for us to get a grip and inflation as quickly as possible. and we need to make sure that decisions that we make bring about outcome. we make can bring about outcome. because if get it wrong and

because if we get it wrong and still dealing with high inflation in a year's time, that's not going help anybody that's not going to help anybody . to see that. i . i don't want to see that. i want see get back to want to see things get back to normal that's having normal. and that's why having a independent pay process is , an independent pay process is, an important part of making decisions . now, scotland yard is decisions. now, scotland yard is an allegation of racist abuse after the conservative mp bob stewart told an activist , go stewart told an activist, go back to bahrain. the comments were made during a confrontation the street last week. the for beckenham has apologised denies that he was being racist . the that he was being racist. the met police says the case was opened following a complaint from said ahmed al wadi . that from said ahmed al wadi. that set you up to date on tv and dvb plus radio gb news where now it's plus radio gb news where now wsfime plus radio gb news where now it's time for mark steyn with patrick costas .

patrick costas. i want to start tonight by saying thank you to our brave military and women. thank you for keeping safe. thank you for sacrificing life and limb, for our security giving you all today so that may have all tomorrow . but tomorrow is today so that may have all tomorrow. but tomorrow is an important day for the military as they step to in the void left by striking ambulance . england by striking ambulance. england expects claim nelson famously before the battle of trafalgar and england clearly still expects remember commandos dunng expects remember commandos during covid nasal swabs in carparks. yes, we all remember those grim sites, don't we? the yorkshire regiment even commissioned a painting to mark that occasion . hardly the charge that occasion. hardly the charge of the royal graves, was it at waterloo , anyway? remember the waterloo, anyway? remember the military being drafted in to help build nightingale hospitals ? low to use. they were. and now they're getting urgent power medic training to help solve medical crisis . anyone who medical crisis. anyone who signed on the dotted line for the army, for the royal navy or

for the royal air force agrees if necessary, both take life and put their own on the line. if and when ordered to do so. that's their job. that's their duty. i don't think they should be expected to fill in, though, for public service workers , who for public service workers, who are on, in many cases, more money them and have better living conditions tomorrow . living conditions tomorrow. elderly men and women will lie a crumpled heap of agony at the of the stairs. pregnant women in the stairs. pregnant women in the final stages of labour a complicated life. but people suffering heart attacks . they suffering heart attacks. they will try to call an ambulance they will need an ambulance but it won't be the striking none as you take their calls and it won't be the paramedics who raced the scene know yet again will be down to military heroes step up and do their solemn duty. there is a lot of talk of pubuc duty. there is a lot of talk of public sympathy for a striking medical . and i get that medical. and i get that absolutely have sympathy. there is a genuine case for better pay, is a genuine case for better pay, for them for better working conditions . but there are moral

conditions. but there are moral issues at play here. firstly people will die as a result of ambulance strike. secondly there is a moral issue about people called in to cover their backs dies while they do the conga . a dies while they do the conga. a picket line. those military heroes, those people who sent on catastrophic adventures , iraq catastrophic adventures, iraq and afghanistan tours after two or six months off, six months on for some units of, squaddies went out there for total toe with a determined enemy. so friends maimed and killed the most horrific circumstances . and most horrific circumstances. and for certain frontline units, they had casualty rates not too dissimilar to that of the second world war. i'll give you an example . a platoon of 30 men example. a platoon of 30 men from sea company to rifles had more than half of its members killed or wounded on a single day in july thousand and nine. many of the veterans of those campaigns are still in the armed forces , and it will be those forces, and it will be those very people who tomorrow drive ambulances to the most dangerous ill people in society say they

will be forced to drop their christmas plans, abandon their families , abandon their kids and families, abandon their kids and pick up the slack for striking nhs workers. they will cover so other people can make a point about their pay and conditions. i what about the conditions of our service personnel ? all too our service personnel? all too often they're forced to live in substandard housing service accommodation is a dire, dire state water coming to the ceilings. the heating, not working for weeks at the time. hot water non—existent and young children developing . viral children developing. viral infections from mould . a private infections from mould. a private contractor named , pinnacle, was contractor named, pinnacle, was awarded a £144 million contract, reportedly in march to manage britain's 49,000 service family homes. but arctic equipment's sleeping bags are now reportedly being issued from kit stores to soldiers families to cover for the failure of mod or indeed pinnacle , whose boss peregrine pinnacle, whose boss peregrine lloyd earns apparently anyway a

tidy 320 grand a year and lives i n £2 million house. that for in £2 million house. that for some isn't said to provide adequate housing or timely repairs to those troops and their dependents. pinnacle of course, it's important to say do say that they will do that best, sort out all of those issues very very quickly. yet people who across the channel, by the way , many from countries that way, many from countries that are braved armed forces, men and women were sent go and fight extremism are put up in full star disused military barracks. this will be used to house illegal immigrants or homeless shiver on the pavements outside . our military men and women make the ultimate sacrifices . make the ultimate sacrifices. our freedoms for our rights . but our freedoms for our rights. but the fact is that men and women in those famous khaki military uniforms will be keeping the pubuc uniforms will be keeping the public alive , while other men public alive, while other men and women, sometimes on better pay and women, sometimes on better pay and we better living take the day off. i'm sympathetic medical professionals who want better pay, but i don't think

that they should hold desperately ill people and our armed forces to ransom to get what they want . your views, as what they want. your views, as even what they want. your views, as ever, are welcome. gb news uk. make sure that you get them coming in. i will very shortly. joined by the conservative mp for bournemouth east and of course an army reserve lieutenant colonel tobias ellwood. i'll be talking to him very, very shortly , i believe. very, very shortly, i believe. maybe i can talk to him now . maybe i can talk to him now. yeah. tobias either. i am indeed.i yeah. tobias either. i am indeed. i commend you can i just commend you on your your summary that on the challenges our armed forces face not just in stepping forward as they occasionally have to do to support other government when strikes take place . actually, the armed place. actually, the armed forces that i know relish the opportunity to show flexibility, that versatility just step up, but not when you have rail, bus, highways, border police, ambulance, nurses and even

baggage handlers at heathrow choosing to strike at a very same time, and this is just simply unprecedented, is not what armed forces is really designed for, as you say. and it's almost taking advantage in all the liberties exactly as you described , they have a day job described, they have a day job to do to watch our backs and was, i think, exposed today the shocking standards in which some of these people are with and we should say that we train we train them very very indeed arguably the best the world giving them fantastic equipment but some of the accommodation they're living in both the army, they're living in both the army, the air force , the navy is the air force, the navy is really par. and i'm pleased we had an opportunity today to ram home the message to the government to say we need to be proud of our armed forces. they don't get to to , vote and don't get to vote to, vote and to go on strike. they've had menial now high rise. indeed nevertheless, they stepped forward . and if we want our forward. and if we want our armed forces to be the best in the world, we have to pay them

well. and we have to look them in sensible accommodation. yeah, 100. and a in just a second, i'm going to get you to outline you can some of the poor conditions that these are actually living in our brave military in now. our brave military heroes and veterans. i desperately disappointed that one day i'm going to sit here , one day i'm going to sit here, our other studios in paddington and, i am going to be confronted by . shivering homeless by images. a shivering homeless veteran doing up a sleeping bag outside disused military outside a disused military barracks going to barracks that is going to be used to house people just used to house people who've just come over the channel and surprise. we hear don't surprise. we hear a lot. don't we about nurses, they do a tremendous disputing tremendous job 100% no disputing that we. hear a lot about paramedics. we hear lot about hospital and hospital hospital porters and hospital cleaners. all of that cleaners. but behind all of that and behind all of these strikes , there and women in , there are men and women in military uniforms stepping in to fill that void. and i argue that maybe far less did priorities was done correctly. they be the onesin was done correctly. they be the ones in line for a pay rise and better before anybody else . i better before anybody else. i agree with you because if don't look after our armed forces, if

you don't pay them well and give them good accommodation. don't forget , spend more time them good accommodation. don't forget, spend more time in their barracks than they do on operations as well . this is, you operations as well. this is, you know, the welfare. is know, the welfare. this is family. they you family. this is how they you know, the places where they they relax and separate themselves their their day jobs. if you don't look after that, then they will vote in only way they know how to. and that's with that. they leave the forces they will leave the armed forces . i just stress that . and i can i just stress that i will it is getting more dangerous, less we're going dangerous, not less we're going to ever more on our armed to rely ever more on our armed forces. so we don't look after them. we don't increase that budget to 3. then we will suffer , not least because of our security concerns. in response abilities, but also because you won't this backup to step in the occasional strikes do take tobias. you know there is an argument that because our armed forces are basically from going on strike they therefore less leverage when it comes to getting better and better conditions. i defend, by the way, to death the right so various different medical

personnel all try and drivers or whoever else to go on strike. that seems unimportant, right and i get that and there's lots of freedoms associated with that . but it shouldn't really come down to it, should it? for our armed forces, it should be armed forces, it should just be moral duty from our government to after them. and can't to look after them. and i can't help right now. why help feel tobias right now. why would to our military would want to join our military 7 would want to join our military ? well, join our military because you know, you will learn more about yourself. you will gain and confidence and you'll be serving your in the best military in world. and your nafion military in world. and your nation will be proud of you, as indeed will your parents. when you the parade square you march off the parade square . that's what he will the military but they to join you so just let me get me be right on that sorry just quickly so ready what ? at that point you say the what? at that point you say the country will be proud of you. i only you people like and only ask you people like and i we will be and the vast majority, your average man and woman street be as woman on the street will be as well. got well. but ultimately he's got come top and i am sick come from the top and i am sick and tired hearing these and tired hearing about these historic whether or historic prosecutions whether or not or may not so things that may or may not so things that may or may not have happened with our sas

in afghanistan to wait and not have happened with our sas in atheanistan to wait and not have happened with our sas in athe exact1 to wait and not have happened with our sas in athe exact nature to wait and not have happened with our sas in athe exact nature of wait and not have happened with our sas in athe exact nature of those,|d see the exact nature of those, don't but the don't get me wrong, but the likes of hutchins, that likes of dennis hutchins, that poor found not poor chap who was found not guilty twice was guilty of murder twice it was and waiting a third verdict and died waiting a third verdict in a hospital alone in northern ireland without family. however old he was he got a knock on the door one day. you know realistically is our country proud of our veterans the way it treats well i think our country is proud but we're not so proud in the way that we sometimes treat them. and it's very, very important that if there are problems, as you touched on with important that if there are proiss,1s, as you touched on with important that if there are proiss, they. you touched on with important that if there are proiss, they are] touched on with important that if there are proiss, they are investigated with the ss, they are investigated thoroughly and professionally . thoroughly and professionally. and then we draw a line and then we but idea that we move. but this idea that somehow go back to events in ireland that took place over 40 years ago, thinking you're going to up some more to conjure up some more evidence. it really is evidence. you know, it really is wrong. i said in northern ireland, mentioned ireland, i was you mentioned the rifles. that's new regiment. i was in the royal green jackets, very proud to be in that infantry regiment . very proud to be in that infantry regiment. but ultimately we need to encourage people to step forward and but they won't do if they feel if

they won't do if they feel if they not if the government hasn't got their and like to hasn't got their and i'd like to think we're back think that we're getting back into but back to into that place but back to strikes themselves as we say , strikes themselves as we say, you know, they are very capable. they very competent indeed. they are very competent indeed. but the scale of all these sectors choosing industrial action at very same time in the lead up to christmas, i mean, that's taking political advantage of and i hope advantage of this and i hope that we can you know a lot of i think support for the nurses and their plight particularly but let's get to the negotiations let's get to the negotiations let's back to getting those the pay let's back to getting those the pay deal sorted out so we can allow our armed forces to enjoy their christmas like everybody else. well it and look you've alluded to something that i was going to ask you there, which is whether not you feel as though these striking workers are in some advantage really some way taking advantage really of military. but flip of our military. but the flip side could well be that the side of could well be that the government and are of course government and you are of course in the the conservative party in the in the conservative party the have basically in the in the conservative party the sure have basically in the in the conservative party the sure that have basically in the in the conservative party the sure that thise basically in the in the conservative party the sure that this situationy made sure that this situation didn't occur. the tories have had years in a lot of had years in power and a lot of people. i think there's some

justification saying a fundamental job of government is tried to make sure this doesn't and government failed in and the government has failed in order to deposit it. now the government on the government is relying now on the military . yeah i it's a military. yeah i think it's a bit simplistic to say that if i made some of the challenges we're facing here in this country, we're country, i know to what we're seeing, across world seeing, you know, across world the bill for covid alone was hundred billion pounds that . we hundred billion pounds that. we were not expecting to actually to deal with that war in ukraine is forcing up food prices because the grain can't get to our oil and gas prices up as well so there are some international elements that any government would actually have to with. but if you ask me , be to with. but if you ask me, be willing to lean in further to help ukraine, that fire out help ukraine, put that fire out , stand up to russia, that will help drive inflation down in this country because all gas and indeed grain , the prices will indeed grain, the prices will then go back to normal standards just very, very quickly . and just very, very quickly. and very lastly, would you urge the people who are on strike tomorrow in the ambulance to the 999 call handler, to paramedic ,

999 call handler, to paramedic, to the nurses. you've been on picket lines today. would you just urge them to. yes, of course. spare a thought for the poor men and women of this country will suffer and die as a result. just spare a thought result. but just spare a thought to. military and women to. our military men and women who will filling the void . who will be filling the void. yes, of course. if you need help , support from a medical perspective, that call. perspective, make that call. make you look tough and. make sure you look tough and. i'm sure the armed forces will do but anybody, anybody do do best. but anybody, anybody do to actually perhaps prevent themselves from needing the nhs more because they can, you know, get through then that would be my . yeah, absolutely. if my advice. yeah, absolutely. if you need if there is an you need help, if there is an emergency , make that call. i emergency, make that call. i make that very, very clear. but tobias , thank you very much as tobias, thank you very much as even tobias, thank you very much as ever. tobias, how would conservative coming conservative mp write? coming up, plenty for you. up, we plenty more for you. where and please write to send a letter to the editor of the sun demanding further action on jeremy clarkson. well worthy on some of the more important issues i don't issues facing country. i don't hear up with the hear them popping up with the same when meghan same kind of vigour when meghan markle monarchy, do you markle our monarchy, do you recall son for that next

recall son is here for that next part you go flat and always me the studio to discuss the hospital policy staff being sat . the hands of the home office is hotel strategy . where's that is hotel strategy. where's that union people ? you won't want to union people? you won't want to miss it. i'll be back in just a second .

yeah. welcome back, everybody. patrick christys here and i. wonderful westminster studio is the first time i've been in the normally me to a radiator in paddington but let paddington but they've let me off the so let's get some off the leash so let's get some your we? ladies off the leash so let's get some yourgentlemen, we? ladies off the leash so let's get some yourgentlemen, we we? ladies off the leash so let's get some yourgentlemen, we asked.adies off the leash so let's get some yourgentlemen, we asked you,; and gentlemen, we asked you, what do you think about fact that and military that the army and the military in general really is covering for over christmas for striking over the christmas penod for striking over the christmas period while being expected to live in sub standard loads? you've been getting in touch on this one, lisa, for example, i trust the armed forces more than any other profession. well, right, absolutely. 100. but it's not job, though, is it?

not their job, though, is it? this is lisa's view. they christmas leave more than anybody to onlys. i can't help but think to be honest with you, you're absolutely spot on with that. the idea that nurses need a rise , that paramedics need a pay rise, that paramedics need a pay rise, that paramedics need a pay a pay rise, that paramedics need a pay rise, that paramedics need a pay rise, that paramedics need a pay rise, that valuable a pay rise, that these valuable workers need pay rise, i'm on workers need a pay rise, i'm on board with that. 90% is a bit room if you ask me. but yes. give bit of something. give them a bit of something. railway drivers, drivers, railway drivers, train drivers, etc. because etc. better be different because they decent wage as far they are on a decent wage as far as i can tell. you've got as i can tell. but you've got things guards at the things like your guards at the platforms. think main platforms. i think their main concern the fact their job concern is the fact their job might be rendered obsolete by technology. might be rendered obsolete by techn�*you y. the guy just when you look at the guy just going over the top somewhere in iraq to iraq and his mate blown to smithereens or the smithereens by qaeda or the taliban realise that taliban and you realise that he comes he's not got any comes home and he's not got any way live that's proper. and way to live that's proper. and his family been living in a mould for house over mould infested for house over long. know, tell him long. you know, go and tell him more conditions. more about working conditions. so what, a an anonymous so you know what, a an anonymous one, the army one, i think, on this the army have as well an have a contract as well as an oath. have say in the oath. they have no say in the matter well, that's the reason why they've got them over a barrel it. because they barrel isn't it. because they have say the matter stuart have no say the matter stuart

has stuart says that what has on stuart says is that what they're if we house they're there for. if we house people who've never probably , people who've never probably, will never do anything for this country there be country, i'm sure there must be hotels , forces, personnel. still hotels, forces, personnel. still all i will say is, you know, not want to give too much away. my government is watching this space because that's something that about and that i care deeply about and i can it something might can sense it something might be brewing around the corner. stuart to gb news stuart when it comes to gb news and having look at and i was having little look at accommodation brand accommodation for our brand forces heroes has been on final want and now doug not fair there though they are fully trained for a while to is that well doug irony that by the way about them being fully trained is this supposedly latest reports supposedly the latest reports i've read is that military personnel won't even be able to put blues in home run, put the blues in to a home run, a light or speed, supposedly a red light or speed, supposedly you are ill and you can't drive yourself to because yourself to hospital because by the for the time you've waited for a parrot's to up parrot's to pull up as a paramedic well, you might as well take yourself out. but there we go loads of you've been getting in touch. of course. yes. there's emails yes. there's fantastic emails coming in thick and fast. they are the public sector or deemed to workers. is our next

to be workers. this is our next topic. a this topic. they've got a load. this they in public sector or they are in the public sector or deemed be key workers. but deemed to be key workers. but hospital workers hospital ltc workers are essential . so the very fabric of essential. so the very fabric of this country's economy , this country's economy, especially in places like seaside , and are seaside towns, and they are being shafted by the being completely shafted by the government . there are three main government. there are three main firms helping the home office find accommodation for asylum seekers . one of them is find accommodation for asylum seekers. one of them is finding shelter for an average of, get this, 5000 asylum seekers a month , the uk, it estimated that month, the uk, it estimated that hundreds hotels have been offered contracts to house these migrants . no one offered contracts to house these migrants. no one is offered contracts to house these migrants . no one is talking migrants. no one is talking about, though, is of the staff of these hotels been made redundant and just forgotten it's hostile to this crap as a result of this ridiculous and in the midst of the christmas strikes transport staff, nhs workers, firemen you name it, driving examiners they have chosen not to work , but whatever chosen not to work, but whatever their reasons, the fact is chosen not to work. you're employed people though in job security asking an increase in a

wage that with inflation and i mean frankly that would be nice to upset everybody, wouldn't it? look, i'm not knocking on nurses, no knock, knocking off time and especially not, you know, those people. don't get know, those of people. don't get me it fact that me wrong, but it is a fact that they are in a six year or long term with , a nice term employment with, a nice gold pension as what gold plated pension plan as what about who've made about those who've made redundant essentially by the government's inability to control influx of people coming across a body water that open like the one that people can see behind me here right now? what about people in the migrant hotels ? they will have hotels? they will have disastrous long term effects from their unemployment. now, we reached to the home office for a comment on this and this is they had to say about the people being made redundant decisions on existing staffing are a matter for the hoteliers. the home office is not involved in these decisions. well, it's to be honest with you, i'm just going this now, it's all going to say this now, it's all very good. the home very well and good. the home office getting vouchers on that. but because if but what a load of because if the office is offering its the home office is offering its hours of dough to go and

hours a wedge of dough to go and house long house these people on a long basis, know , by the way, basis, you know, by the way, apparently well of a full apparently as well of a full refurb . that would be nice. refurb. that would be nice. well, of course these places are going to get rid of that stuff. no. so it's not the home office. suck is that hoteliers. but suck it is that hoteliers. but of because of course that's only because the is indeed giving the home office is indeed giving that right. that wedge of cash. right. well, the question that my next guest asked this why haven't asked on was this why haven't trade unions more of a fuss trade unions made more of a fuss 7 trade unions made more of a fuss ? and that guest is journalist and former is the wonderful patrick he's here with patrick o'flynn. he's here with me now. patrick, thank you me right now. patrick, thank you very our very much, putting into our studio. pleasure as he said, obviously crisis is these obviously this crisis is these are the forgotten of this are the forgotten people of this crisis. hotel staff . crisis. it's the hotel staff. absolutely. well, you get absolutely. well, what you get typically when a hotel signs a contract with the home office via an outsourcing firm instantly is an economy of scale, because you go from hotels which typically offer kind bespoke wedding services , kind bespoke wedding services, run a bar or have all of different types of guests with different types of guests with different needs. suddenly it's like a factory . and so you've

like a factory. and so you've got all pretty much young men coming in having set meals at set times some of the companies , their own contract, catering there's obviously no need for the staff, you know, no more wedding and events teams. the staff, you know, no more wedding and events teams . so, wedding and events teams. so, you know, looking at local paper coverage every time one of these hotels goes , you you see 20 jobs hotels goes, you you see 20 jobs lost, 30 even 40 jobs lost. if we even we think about hundred hotels are now being as migrant hotels. if we even say half of those sites , hundred have each those sites, hundred have each got rate of 30 staff. that's 6000 jobs gone. 6000 people are usually very short notice. are having to look for work. now, some people say yeah but hospitality has labour shortages. they'll be fine but the transactional short costs of having to another job perhaps in having to anotherjob perhaps in another town getting back deposit on your rent flat. you know all these things up do you

put in a claim for universal credit or can you know the disruption that these workers are going through . it doesn't are going through. it doesn't really seem that anyone is speaking out for them now it's true that a large proportion come on unionise right and you could argue this is a this is the case for swung against unions in the private sector. but know the anomaly there the contrast is marked between the pubuc contrast is marked between the public sector you know highly unionised it and these private sector workers are being treated pretty shabbily and it's another knock on however many millionaire is it. i mean the figure seems to jump between six and £7 million just for the hotels. so these people coming over the channel well, you factor in the cost of picking up lot of these people in the channel. yeah. okay and you channel. yeah. okay and then you factor to the wider. factor in the cost to the wider. so example, i'm made so for example, where i'm made and actually i've covered and had actually i've covered this well there's one this before. well there's one kind would say sizeable kind of i would say sizeable hotel that the holiday and that's now all migrants anyone

who wants to come and stay whether it business whether it was for business purposes or whatever that's out of the equation the effects are local economy there vast local economy there is vast going on it with a load of people on benefits people potentially on benefits or that there was a health and leisure club well of leisure club now. well all of the that will well the staff that will go as well and outin the staff that will go as well and out in the up and and you start out in the up and up and shocking stuff it is up and it shocking stuff it is and priti patel and funnily enough priti patel when secretary one thing when she was secretary one thing she looked at which people like me were pushing was to set up a large offshore processing instead nation on ascension island, which is a overseas territory now i assumed it hadnt territory now i assumed it hadn't gone ahead and it was called unfeasible because the americans objected and they our military base there . but i was military base there. but i was told by a very well—placed government source this week that that wasn't case. the reason it blocked and judged unfeasible was simply treasury didn't want to cover cost, right, without even working out. hang on. we needed here. so we now six or even working out. hang on. we needed here. so we now six 0 r £7 needed here. so we now six or £7 million a day running you the

hotels as sort of nationalised migrant hostels when they could have been very quickly establishing a large scale . yeah establishing a large scale. yeah in ascension yes it would have cost some money to start with but if it had the deterrent effect , ministers, for instance effect, ministers, for instance hope rwanda going to have and it would have legally less would have been legally less complicated . it would have complicated then. it would have more than paid for something patchy being here patchy. we're being gaslit here because keep being told because we keep being told that we this intolerant nation we were this intolerant nation and full racists, wondering and full of racists, wondering we've got an ethnic minority prime that seems to prime minister that seems to have a secretary. second have a secretary. the second ethnic under—secretary ethnic minority under—secretary had many months. the had in about as many months. the third, include twice third, if you include twice actually. was and actually. yeah. and was and i think chancellor for think minority chancellor for a few weeks. right. yeah. welcoming more people across the channel than we ever welcome before taxpayers more before the taxpayers more willing to pay before. willing than ever to pay before. and then we're told, well i want a you we have to a minute? you know, we have to make do by make sure that we do right by social cohesion the same social cohesion all at the same time as people seeing time as people are seeing the hotels the local hotels shut down the local economy taking battering economy taking out a battering and veterans having to sleep outside military is outside disused military is well, margaret's got a bad

absolutely and people have booked weddings months in booked for weddings months in advance up but you advance being rung up but you wake up angry about that you're a racist if you're absolutely an and final point i should and the final point i should mention person in mention i believe the person in charge of the treasury when they they said no this is unaffordable at least from past the time a certain rishi sunak so all we really to believe his heart this plan that one who heart is this plan that one who comes illegally should get stay in our country. well my jury's out, but it's against believing him. he needs to show us that he is serious just on this. then do you think that the government should be stepping in. let's say that people have lost what people have lost their jobs at people have lost theirjobs at these and result of these hotels and the result of these hotels and the result of the hotel policy. do the margaret hotel policy. do think that the government should be stepping and maybe paying a bit that wage or paying them a better compo? well, the government to be paying for everyone else don't they, including who've including from abroad who've arrived and paid arrived illegally and never paid arrived illegally and never paid a the pot . so you'd a penny into the pot. so you'd have low workers have thought low paid workers would be worth a bit of a fuss,

isn't it? because, you know, people out picket and people out on picket lines and beeping horns them, beeping their horns them, but actually coalface actually they're at the coalface just much. least these nurses just much. at least these nurses are strike . paramedics, are on strike. paramedics, you're on strike tomorrow. i've actually pension . actually a job and a pension. yes. thank you very yes. patrick, thank you very much. you good? patrick much. thank you good? patrick o'flynn. coming up. well, o'flynn. right. coming up. well, from hot, hot topic to ladies and because our very and gentlemen, because our very own to talk about own peters is here to talk about the perennial problem for the labour party grooming gangs. it won't go away , will it? but next won't go away, will it? but next to keep us on joins to discuss the letter signed a group of mps calling for further action to be taken against jeremy . where are taken against jeremy. where are we on the big ladies and gentlemen? don't you dare touch hot dial . coming up on down hot dial. coming up on down watson is rishi sunak right to hold out against striking health workers or should he come to the table? plus two blue tory jacob rees—mogg joins don live in the studio to tackle the biggest

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right. and welcome back, ladies not just those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, should they? that's how the old adage goes. well, how about the glass of parliament? because a group employees have co—signed a letter addressed to the editor of the sun denouncing jeremy clarkson's piece about markle. so the letter states , get out of so the letter states, get out of this. we cannot this type of behaviour to go unchecked any longer bit rich and i will

welcome sun's retraction of the article we now demand actually taken against mr. clarkson. this is how goes, isn't it? ladies and gentlemen this is how it goes. you get an apology you get a retraction . well, there you a retraction. well, there you go. now we've got to have now we've got to have more. we can't possibly just stop at this. i want clarkson's and never work again . i want message to again. i want his message to leave i want kids hate leave him. i want kids to hate email. it sounds email. let's be fair. it sounds like his daughter already do that anyway i understand mr. clarkson's unpleasant that anyway i understand mr. clarkson'sonly unpleasant that anyway i understand mr. clarkson'sonly fuelled unpleasant that anyway i understand mr. clarkson'sonly fuelled harry asant that anyway i understand mr. clarkson'sonly fuelled harry andit and have only fuelled harry and meghan's victim . but meghan's unrelenting victim. but the tone of this letter seems to be suggesting something rather sinister. a group of legislators who are meant to serve the british public , by the way, a british public, by the way, a huge chunk the british public hate. meghan markle right. and they now want someone to be punished for the words saying hate. meghan markle i'm not sure about you, i don't see as their job they are not schoolteachers. oh, they me a little slap on the wrist. no, they don't. that's it. regulate or punish speech. the letter accused mr. clarke's of directly contributed to a

climate of hatred and violence. now to be honest with you, that to seems like bit a to me seems like bit of a slippery slope. shall look slippery slope. shall we look some signatories, shall some of the signatories, shall we go. so claudia we write here? we go. so claudia webb, a woman convicted of harassment after threatening woman with acid. we're off to a great start. they're only. who else have we got zara russell? fiona oh, we are a woman who is publicly declared our intention to celebrate the deaths of tony blair, george bush and benjamin netanyahu. on to say , netanyahu. she went on to say, the sooner they meet their , the the sooner they meet their, the better . the concepts of justice better. the concepts of justice and accountability don't truly exist in this life. only in the next. what's the business do, isn't it? i mean, she did on to apologise, but then again, so did clarkson in a way. and we've got exhibit c we are about to beg the woman who not only in her tower hamlets flat while earning 80 grand a year as an mp , also shared a pose, referring the house of sounds zionist masters was a rose gallery, if

ever i've seen one. now you have ladies and gentlemen, the creme de la of westminster popping up. i think personally jeremy clarkson's on safe , so taking clarkson's on safe, so taking all of that into account, do these mp still to talk about a climate of hatred violence really. i'm joined now by author of a forthcoming and rather topical book beyond grievance. dr. ricky bassat ricky. thank you very , very much. so just you very, very much. so just a bunch of frothing hypocrites . oh bunch of frothing hypocrites. oh couldn't agree more , patrick. couldn't agree more, patrick. also in the middle of an ever worsening cost of living , also in the middle of an ever worsening cost of living, our employees would focus on more important matters. and as you say, some the signatories of this letter condemn meeting jeremy clarkson's , in my view, jeremy clarkson's, in my view, terrible pace . if truth be told terrible pace. if truth be told , include mps that have a history of threatening behaviour themselves . one politician that themselves. one politician that said that she would essentially welcome the death democratically elected political leaders. yeah

and i'll make this point that the talks about misogynist behaviour violence towards women and girls patrick this includes that are willing to sacrifice women's rights on the altar radical transgenderism there more than happy to undermine the integrity of sensitive female only spaces. they are guilty rank hypocrisy . yeah, absolutely rank hypocrisy. yeah, absolutely and isn't it remarkable as well? they choose to pipe up on this particular issue. look like i've said before a load of people this country do hate. meghan markle a cellular level. it's their to do and got their right to do and it's got nothing my opinion, nothing to do, in my opinion, with race whatsoever. it's got to fact i think to do with the fact that i think personally she comes incredibly poorly and sometimes behaves well , like poorly and sometimes behaves well, like someone poorly and sometimes behaves well , like someone who poorly and sometimes behaves well, like someone who i think courts a lot of attention and has done a to try to really damage the monarchy and therefore the fabric of this nafion therefore the fabric of this nation and perfectly entitled to her about someone like that. why is it that these champions the likes , what is likes of claudia, what is popping up

likes of claudia, what is popping up on this they're popping up on this for? they're very, quiet other big very, very quiet other big issues that the labour party has to grooming to with things like grooming gangs that going to talking gangs that going to be talking next. they picking, next. why are they picking, choosing , oh lord, this is just choosing, oh lord, this is just a complete distraction. patrick as you say, many people will portray britain as fundamentally racist country and that meghan markle , a victim of structural markle, a victim of structural racism or institutional at buckingham palace . the reality buckingham palace. the reality of the matter is what's docu series? all six episodes, unfortunately i've never liked so much nonsense my life. the royal family , especially the royal family, especially the late queen elizabeth, second and current of state king charles iii. these are probably diversity figures that the late queen was a champion of inter—religious dialogue in modern day britain. king charles iii, referred to britain as a community of communities and as a defender of all faiths . that a defender of all faiths. that sounds like quite pro diversity rhetoric to . me. look there's

rhetoric to. me. look there's got to be a bigger point here as well. there are. it's all very well. there are. it's all very well and good pinning on this particular singular issue, but we have a load of mbappe now , we have a load of mbappe now, something like 65 of them. i think the last count who think is at the last count who are basically looking censor are basically looking to censor the free press. now there's loads of things are missing. jo brand think spoke brand i think actually spoke about throwing battery over about throwing battery acid over are very farage are very nigel farage from memory you've got a load of people saying stuff in country and different column and various different column inches i inches in the guardian. i fundamentally disagree with i would as well there've would argue as well there've been comedians at the been various comedians at the bbc said that were bbc who said things that were pretty about brexiteers. pretty nasty about brexiteers. you could argue were inside you could argue they were inside eating hatred violence. you eating hatred of violence. you know, up that, know, people up about that, isn't virtue signalling isn't it just virtue signalling and a desire to censor the free press ? absolutely i think that press? absolutely i think that much of it is about selective outrage . we were trying to outrage. we were trying to individuals in some cases are promoted towards those they do not agree with on variety of political issues . but when it political issues. but when it

comes to jeremy piece on meghan markle , all of a sudden they markle, all of a sudden they become anti—violence warriors. what we need to here is a greater of consistency less of the hypocrisy and the focus on sensible and prioritising the bread and butter issues of the day which affect people's everyday lives . arguably, everyday lives. arguably, arguably jeremy clarkson's problem here is that he rode back on arguably the sun shouldn't have rode back on it. i can't help but feel as though in this day and age, when get dumped they know there's a bit of public backlash or even just very quickly and very finally they're too quick to retract . they're too quick to retract. well, i'm make this point, patrick. i thought the piece was terrible. there's no doubt the i mean, it was shocking in this tension is about he's he's being hectored into an apology how sincere apologies. i'm particularly sure but i think the one thing though i would say is that a lot of our polity, when it comes to matters of misogyny and harassment,

intimidation towards . i think intimidation towards. i think they need a serious of introspection. there's a great deal of hypocrisy about. yeah i agree. lubricate. thank you very much always a pleasure, man. good. mama, keep us on the just discussing the fact that a lot of to cry misogyny of are designed to cry misogyny and hatred against women over jeremy clarkson's messages about meghan markle but where are they when it comes to our next ladies and gentlemen because up next it's charlie peaches. and trust me when i say you do not want to miss this yet more revelations . miss this yet more revelations. will it stop? the rotherham mp candidate selection scandal . candidate selection scandal. ladies and gents, just think about women's rights. just think about women's rights. just think about the issues when it comes to young , mostly working class to young, mostly working class white girls in this country at the hands of vital depraved grooming gangs of wap is that in lot places people tried to cover out. they would want to stoke racial tensions. out. they would want to stoke racial tensions . but a is racial tensions. but a bloke is probably had a couple of drinks as in the sun as he hates a woman in the sun and all of a sudden it kicks off standards much plus of course while at make while you're at it make sure that me a good promo.

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. i welcome back you. wonderful. now, last week our very charlie peters broke an exclusive us right here on this very show valley councillor dominic, one of the many who resigned following the oxley report which outlined rotherham council's failures in response to the revelations from the town's rape gangs scandal gang scandals is probably better known, which shows it remarkably just as a parliamentary candidate for labour at the next general election. naturally i mean, who could think of anyone better ? could think of anyone better? this is not only backed by labour leader keir starmer himself , but labour leader keir starmer himself, but today it's been revealed by another councillor who was also the disgrace

cabinet. following the report . cabinet. following the report. emma hoddinott also had a part to play in his selection . to play in his selection. charlie is here right now. tell more on this. i'm going to lobby over to you. you're the expert on this. take it away. so patrick emma hoddinott joined council dominic back council in 2012. dominic back the selected parliamentary candidate joined in 2011. now neither them was a cabinet member when the alexis jay report came out 2014. this report came out 2014. this report exposed the extent of the scandal in the town. it found at a conservative estimate that 1400 girls have been raped from 1997 to 2013. they'd also been trafficked, tortured, abused , trafficked, tortured, abused, exploited relentlessly, some of them as as 11. naturally because them as as 11. naturally because the council and the police covered up these crimes during that 16 year period, the entire cabinet at the time resigned the council leader and eventually also the pcc, sean wright left his role. but to fill the void left by that cabinet . they left by that cabinet. they brought in an appointed cabinet which included dominic back this

candidate and emma hoddinott. so becky given a business role, but emma hoddinott was made the deputy leader. now with council in disgrace, the government , in disgrace, the government, dame louise casey to review its performance and she found in february 2015 the council was in denial about failures, both and crucially present during period when beck and holden were involved . well, just on that involved. well, just on that point of being in denial, we reached naturally to . reached out naturally to. councillor emma wanted arts councillor for wickedly north ward rotherham. apparently was going to read a statement. i can i was a member of the selection committee for the recent parliamentary selection valley. however, the committee not select the candidate they are by a vote of all members in the constituency. and this is, i think, where it a little bit interesting, charlie. i have never worked for rotherham council rotherham council to failings in rotherham in awful are in the past where awful are there been transformational there have been transformational changes since the labour commissioned the jane report in 2013? remain to tackling the 2013? we remain to tackling the heinous crime of child sexual exploitation. we that is a

matter of quite urgent concern, decided to check now and we got a response conservative a response a conservative councillor said she's never councillor who said she's never work for the council but a councillor for rotherham. yes so i think she's being facetious as well. she's being a bit of a bit of spin, bit of wordplay. now as an elected you're an elected official, you're working council you know, working in the council you know, you're direct the you're working to direct the administration of the institution, but instead of admitting to this, this is a bit spin. this is trying to shed away the responsibility for what went on the time. it's inexcusable. okay the overbearing concern here . this overbearing concern here. this is why i want you to two to fill this in for me. is that we had a whopping great big grooming gang scandal, probably the most shocking or one that brought was turned a national turned out to be a national grooming gang scandal to lie in the place and that wasn't the first place and that wasn't particularly well dealt with at the and indeed some of the people should have with people should have dealt with that at time. and that better at the time. and now about be positions of about to be in positions of power that same area. power again in that same area. correct. most correct. i mean, most shockingly, you know, in the case was found case the report was it found that 70% of councillors at

that 70% of the councillors at the time were in over the time were in denial over alexis jones . they refused to alexis jones. they refused to accept 1400 girls at a concert which to estimate. i actually for my own research. the figure was possibly 2000, but they was possibly to 2000, but they denied it. they said it wasn't the case and. dame casey the case and. dame louise casey herself that some of the herself found that some of the cabinet know who , but cabinet we don't know who, but the emma deputy the cabinet that emma deputy leading this council had not found what were in denial. actually, it was . well, why actually, it was. well, why would they know? is it because it because they didn't want to maybe up to it themselves maybe front up to it themselves 7 maybe front up to it themselves ? it they didn't want ? is it because they didn't want to or is because to deal with it or is it because didn't want to? as the words stoke racial tension? well, i think that a think i mean, all that there's a all absolutely. happened, all absolutely. what happened, unfortunately, concerns about ethnicity . taxi ethnicity were rife. taxi drivers of pakistani heritage were described as men of a certain occupation , of a certain certain occupation, of a certain ethnicity was they were very vague. ethnicity was they were very vague . the time and the case vague. the time and the case report exposed that there was bullying and there sexism. all of these cultural denials were rife and it was not fit for purpose. it was wholly it was incapable of delivering its

goals. it was incapable of reacting to the report and i think if you are in the cabinet for a council, you have collective responsibility for that institution's culture and for its actions and for the views quite frankly, of its senior members. well, and ultimately whilst the labour party says it party obviously says that it these very these things very, very seriously and that, you know, changes are going to be made etc. fact is that etc. etc. the fact is that ultimately end day, ultimately the end of the day, if you young, vulnerable if you a young, vulnerable working white girl in working class white girl in a town rotherham, town like, rotherham, you could argue you're not argue that you're not particularly when it comes particularly safe when it comes to the grooming council. no, indeed. have film coming to the grooming council. no, indenext have film coming to the grooming council. no, indenext year have film coming to the grooming council. no, indenext year exposing lm coming to the grooming council. no, indenext year exposing ,�*n coming to the grooming council. no, indenext year exposing , this ming out next year exposing, this scandal nationally and i've spoken survivors spoken victims and survivors from who believe that from rotherham who believe that this is still going on. and i'm the party, the labour the labour party, the labour party has some changes in party has made some changes in rotherham. has made rotherham. the council has made some and the some changes. i mean and the hold caused hold on it caused transformational how transformational but how transformational you really be when people who were implicated in deal with the in failing to deal with the reaction from the jail report are be to are still and could be coming to westminster . well, there you go. westminster. well, there you go. look, charlie, very look, charlie, thank you very much. watch this

much. charlie peters, watch this space.it much. charlie peters, watch this space. it comes to charlie peters because he's going to try and the lid off what is an absolutely national scandal other it, other people are covering it, but are right now but we certainly are right now down to titillate down watson here to titillate your i believe your tuesday i believe we can throw back him in our throw it back him in our paddington studios right now what for us maggie? i what you got for us maggie? i know patrick. know we've you here, patrick. what looking there with what you're looking there with westminster , too, behind you. westminster, too, behind you. i'm very jealous. westminster, too, behind you. i'm very jealous . but look, i'm very jealous. but look, speaking of westminster , got a speaking of westminster, got a big show tonight. jacob reece on what has been a tumultuous this year for the tories and also patrick. i'm really looking forward to is the what forward to this. it is the what the farage awards 2020 to nothing no virtue just nigel farage revealing who has tickled his fancy and really infuriated him this year dan was an absolute legend. thank you very, very much. i've got time for a quick pummelling. yes, pamela. the patrick tim says . what the patrick tim says. what happens when irresistible happens when an irresistible force makes an immovable object? not quite what by that. not quite what you mean by that. but what that means but i think what that means is that really right .

that you really got me right. you very much, everybody. i've been steyn. i'll be been for mark steyn. i'll be back tomorrow, ladies and back again tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen. back on gentlemen. i'll also be back on duty. till six. i have duty. three till six. i you have a wonderful make a wonderful evening and make sure a what's it .

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