channel very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner today it's my last day work today . bev turner today it's my last day work today. is it yours if you already start at home? thank you already start at home? thank you for finding me now i don't know about you, but i wanted to go on strike today over talking about the strikes. i know it is depressing, but when it comes to

your the today is that your nhs the news today is that the health secretary is to the health secretary is said to be keen up the process of be keen speed up the process of giving a pay rise giving the staff a pay rise early year. the strikers early next year. the strikers have what going to have one. what is that going to for anybody else? plus changes to the law regarding gender recognition today recognition will be held today after debates into the night in scotland . we'll fill you in with scotland. we'll fill you in with all you need to know about that on my this morning. i'm on my panel this morning. i'm going be joined dr. renee who going to be joined dr. renee who to and journalist emma to camp and journalist emma burnell. and after sells a turkey for 150 quid. what's the most ludicrously expensive item you've seen this year? let me know . that's all coming up after know. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news with rihanna . thank you. it's 10:01. rihanna. thank you. it's10:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom train. passengers are being warned their christmas getaway could be jeopardised after network rail workers and scotland announced strike action . major disruption is expected from 6 pm. on saturday until

tuesday morning with more planned in the new year. air travel is also set to be affected with border force staff off the job tomorrow striking day until january the first, except for tuesday. meanwhile health leaders are warning of knock on effects following this week's nhs strikes. the telegraph says the government is now looking to fast track a pay rise to avert action. scotland's shadow health minister, dr. sandesh galanes says money isn't the only . patient safety also the only. patient safety also needs to be addressed. imagine if you guys were going to work all your viewers were going to work and not knowing if that day somebody was going to die because of something that you couldn't control, because there was a lack of support, because there there was a lack of equipment, because was a lack of things going on. that would have meant that somebody died. it be terrifying . national highways terrifying. national highways workers in london and south east england also striking walking

out today until christmas day. the public and commercial services unions acknowledged the action will likely inconvenience travellers , but it's blaming the travellers, but it's blaming the government for making a low inflation pay offer . further inflation pay offer. further actions planned for next week and in the new year. unless a deal can be reached , the rac deal can be reached, the rac says motorists are being heartlessly overcharged with record fuel prices over the christmas break. the average price of a litre of petrol is currently at around 150 $0.03. that's seven pe more than this time last year. while diesel is up $0.27 at 176. the says supermarket kids aren't dropping for prices in line with a dip in wholesale costs. how it founder of cecil uk says retailers are taking advantage of drivers supermarkets direct from the refinery they don't buy through the wholesaler and that sort of

thing so they're making huge profits on drivers and that that 15 to 20 pay equates to like 7 t 0 £10 per driver every time to £10 per driver every time a driver comes into a phone call, they the retailer is ringing his handsin they the retailer is ringing his hands in delight that oh, he's another hands in delight that oh, he's anothe r £10 worth of profit . a another £10 worth of profit. a controversy gender reform bill looks set to finally be passed in scotland later today following days of debate and protest . msps argued into the protest. msps argued into the early hours of the morning at holyrood as they considered over 150 amendments. the bill will reduce the time required for applicants to live as they acquired as they require gender from two years to three months. it will also lower the minimum age to 618. the shadow chancellor has accused the government losing control of the economy after revised data show gdp fell more than first thought in the third quarter. rachel reeves tweeted the tories are

leaving millions of working people paying price for their actions . that's after the office actions. that's after the office for national statistics said gross domestic product fell by 0.3% between july and september . ukraine's president has told the us congress his country is alive and kicking and will surrender. the lord mayor told lawmakers that military aid is an investment democracy and not charity . president joe biden charity. president joe biden told zelenskyy americans will stand with ukrainian people through its war with russia for long as it takes. a former advisor to george w bush says president zelenskyy, travelling straight from the front line to the us is a stark reminder of what's at stake. it really inspiring and it helped to kind of focus the lens on what's going on here from seeing zelenskyy the day before on the front lines in ukraine and back

moot and then flying the next day to the united states to appear before congress . and the appear before congress. and the queen consort and the princess of wales have been given ceremonial military roles as part of the plans for the king's first trooping the colour the parade to be held on the 17th of june next year marks the monarch's official birthday. king charles will ride on horseback alongside. william will take the colonel of the welsh guards title from his father. they'll be watched by catherine, who's now colonel of the irish guards. and camilla , the irish guards. and camilla, who replaces prince andrew as colonel of the grenadier guards . this gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to both .

it's back to both. good morning. welcome to bev turner us today on gb news here we've got coming up on the show the health secretary is reportedly keen to speed up the process to give nhs staff a pay rise early next year. quoting a source close to steve barclay, the telegraph boss says that the government could now fast track a pay government could now fast track a pay increase after. 48 hours of historic strikes . could we be of historic strikes. could we be a step closer for resolution by the end of play today? well, stay tuned . a final vote on stay tuned. a final vote on controversial agenda reforms in scotland has been delayed until this afternoon due to ongoing debates by the bill. if you remember, we discussed it yesterday, would lower the age of deciding your gender to just 16 years old. that is very controversial. i was speaking to susan smith from the women's scotland to hear her concerns . scotland to hear her concerns. my scotland to hear her concerns. my panel this morning, i'm going to be joined by nhs doctor dr. renee decamp and political commentator emma. now will be with me and as we crawl, we're not oh we were crawling towards

the end of the year. how impressed have you been so far with all parachuted ? 10 pm. on with all parachuted? 10 pm. on twitter today at gb news me know so far 90% of you are impressed by rishi sunak leadership given that many of you are likely to be concerned if his staff is a indictment, you are with gb news. let's get started . so nhs news. let's get started. so nhs are warning that hospitals face an extremely tough festive period. a surge in patients is expected today following the ambulance strikes. it comes as the deadline the government to open pay talks with the royal college of nurses approaches . college of nurses approaches. the rcn says that unless discussions start today, they'll schedule more strikes for january. well joining us now for more on the government's response is our reporter olivia utley , who is outside the utley, who is outside the department of outcome. what are the headlines . morning,

the latest headlines. morning, olivia . well, the line that olivia. well, the line that steve barclay is going for now thatis steve barclay is going for now that is that the pay this year is now set in stone and there's nothing that he can do about. but what he is promising that next year he would be prepared to fast track a nurses pay rise and what that means is that in april the decision is made over what pay rise , whether to give what pay rise, whether to give nurses a pay rise , but the nurses a pay rise, but the payment isn't actually received until august and then it's backdated is what steve barclay saying this is that he would be prepared to change process so that in april nurses could be given whatever pay rise the government decides on the spot. essentially that might . good essentially that might. good news to some nurses . but what news to some nurses. but what pat cullen and her union is demanding is that steve barclay reopen talks. now about payment this year . reopen talks. now about payment this year. not in the middle of next year or late year and we also haven't yet heard any figures from steve barclay . so figures from steve barclay. so although it feels that we might

be inching towards something like a resolution , there are like a resolution, there are still certainly a lot one peg and one extra factor is that in scotland and nurses have now rejected an offer from nicholas sturgeon which was far more generous than anything that steve barclay has offered here, and a similar offer, which now been rejected in scotland, would cost england 13 billion. so it's quite hard to see how steve barclay is going to find a resolution which would be affordable , would keep pat affordable, would keep pat cullen and the union happy. so it's not much longer than we were two days ago or three days ago . it was always going to be ago. it was always going to be interesting to see what happened with 99 calls during the ambulance strike . have we had ambulance strike. have we had any figures on whether they were down yesterday with people actually calling out ambulances for a emergencies ? yes were a for a emergencies? yes were a long way down in the west midlands. they were down by sort of i call them. but i think it's 35, 35, very high figures down

in some areas of the country. so there is a definite worry. there are people who should have been going to hospital and were staying at home because they were worried about the pressure on the on the ambulances were worried that the issue wasn't properly long enough to be using up precious ambulance . and it's up precious ambulance. and it's a similar problem , of course, to a similar problem, of course, to what we saw during lockdown , what we saw during lockdown, which is what ministers are very, very worried about, where people stay at and people were told to stay at and protect nhs and then you had protect the nhs and then you had people who should have been going hospital. not to going to hospital. not going to hospital. we're seeing hospital. and now we're seeing the from that. we're the fallout from that. we're seeing so we're seeing the backlog. so we're seeing the backlog. so we're seeing weren't seeing people who weren't treated cases, for treated for cancer cases, for example of years ago, example a couple of years ago, just through just only coming through the final needing more final now and needing more treatment they would have treatment than they would have needed could have needed then. so you could have a similar of situation, similar sort of situation, although obviously much smaller form short period of time form over a short period of time over the next few weeks with people who should have been collected an yes, collected by an ambulance. yes, they should gone to they should have gone to hospital putting that hospital yesterday, putting that decision grave decision off with grave consequences . olivia utley, the

consequences. olivia utley, the ministry of health . one of the ministry of health. one of the things that occurred to me and i don't know about you is with these ambulance call outs being so low, you wonder how many people would normally call an ambulance. need it ambulance. don't really need it . that might be one of the things to come out of this is no doubt call ambulances doubt people call ambulances when necessary when it's not entirely necessary , not just a taxi if you're unwell , you know, there will be unwell, you know, there will be people, of course, who didn't. my people, of course, who didn't. my suspicion is it will be the elderly who don't like to trouble people who probably did need we didn't need an ambulance. we didn't call out. and then there call them out. and then there might people who never might be other people who never needed the place. needed them in the first place. and maybe something that and maybe that's something that we from this. i'm we take away from this. i'm asking you on twitter whether you're rishi sunak you're impressed by rishi sunak . been in power now for . he's been in power now for a while. oh, think it's a while. oh, i think it's a massive six weeks. as we know. it was parachute . you did eight it was parachute. you did eight weeks. i'm asking you on twitter on bev turner today, have you been impressed by rishi sunak's leadership eight in leadership after eight weeks in charge ? and as i say, so far, a

charge? and as i say, so far, a lot of you saying no more than 98, 7% at the moment, saying that you are not, andrea, saying i can't think of thing that he's done yet. and that makes things that makes things better for anyone so he and hunt are making everything worse and is saying just imagine a prime minister of a so—called free country that thinks that the way china is governed is the way. wait do we have exactly. now so let me know what you think gives gbnews.uk okay. of the right. i'm going to move onto the breakfast bar. i'm going to speak to my panel. joining me today is journalist and now and and commentator ember. now and nhs dr. renee camp. and nhs doctor dr. renee camp. and first, i'm going discuss is up to 30,000 appointments in the operations what due to the nursing strikes first time people . good morning i'm alex people. good morning i'm alex deakin . this is your latest deakin. this is your latest weather forecast from the met office. a bit of a foggy start in places staying fairly damp, misty and murky across the south. today we're further north. we should see some

brighter skies, low pressure is moving away from the north, hence why it will be drier than but further south. we've got a whole host of weather from us. gradually in bringing outbreaks of , rain and gradually in bringing outbreaks of, rain and drizzle across the good part . england and wales good part. england and wales eastern air is starting dry, but it is, as i say, quite misty and murky. some fog around, especially some higher, especially on some higher, brightest scotland and brightest guys for scotland and northern but northerly northern ireland. but northerly winds in bringing more winds setting in bringing more showers across far north of scotland, falling snow at scotland, falling as snow at times across the northern isles. no chance of that. further south, it'll be rain and drizzle because it is really here . because it is really mild here. 1112 degrees celsius, but it is turning colder again across northern britain with . those northern britain with. those winds starting to pick up once more, though generally the winds certainly for northern england, northern ireland , lighter northern ireland, lot lighter than during this than yesterday during this evening. i think we're going to see a great deal of change as northerly wind still bringing some across scotland some showers in across scotland might bit icy as might feel a bit icy as temperatures away. but for temperatures fall away. but for the it murky. misty the south it stays murky. misty again, some fog places and again, some fog in places and

rain returning to the far southwest by end of the night. very mild here. temperatures may stay in. double figures . colder stay in. double figures. colder conditions in further conditions setting in further north at north south split continues into friday morning. this band rain could be this band of rain could be pretty a lot of people pretty heavy. a lot of people hitting the roads on friday. so just that in mind. it's just bear that in mind. it's going a lot of spray going to generate a lot of spray and water spreading and surface water spreading from south getting into south to north, getting into northern northern northern england and northern ireland southern scotland by ireland, southern scotland by the of the day, further the end of the day, further south, brighten up south, it should brighten up dunng south, it should brighten up during afternoon. still during friday afternoon. still pretty mild here as well, although will at be although it will at times be windy and get that big windy and of get that big contrast between north and south low single of course the low single figures of course the north, conditions north, much milder conditions further south, the moderate winds through the christmas penod winds through the christmas period for areas looking period for all areas looking fairly for christmas , but fairly grey for christmas, but then it could well turn colder and brighter during christmas day from the northwest .

very morning. welcome back to tennis today on gp news. i'm joined here at the breakfast bell by nhs doctor renee hoon to camp and journalist and political commentator emma burnell. you compliment to me on my christmas jacket , ladies. my christmas jacket, ladies. absolutely. thank you. i might be my read on they like the like the trees what we've done with the trees what we've done with the i love it. all those the place i love it. all those baubles hand—painted by nigel farage sitting on right farage and sitting on right 30,000 nhs appointments have been cancelled due to nhs strikes. what does this mean for you as a doctor and what do you see? frustrating. is this for patients? yeah was going to say it doesn't mean anything me it doesn't mean anything for me as a other my heart as a doctor other than my heart just a little bit more just breaks a little bit more for my patients. i'm already at the situation where when do a referral and they referral for a patient and they how will that take? have how long will that take? i have to every time. i no to say every time. i have no idea. but could be a really idea. but it could be a really long. then what do they do then? they wait. do any of them go? i'm just to go rate the

i'm just going to go rate the saving . i'm to take out saving. i'm going to take out a loan. going pay for private. loan. i'm going pay for private. yeah, fortunate because yeah, i'm very fortunate because i part where more i work in a part of where more patients a percentage patients as a percentage probably to do that than probably afford to do that than if working in other parts if i were working in other parts of so i do have of london. so yes, i do have that and had one the other day actually, which was actually a cancen actually, which was actually a cancer. so it was a two week wait that was going to take a and the patient me a note and the patient left me a note the next day. they just do the next day. they can just do me private referral letter and me a private referral letter and that have been that could literally have been a matter and death for matter of life and death for that person. if you give cancer full week run potentially. i mean, like think that mean, you'd like to think that the between two weeks the difference between two weeks and going and four weeks isn't going to make much difference. but make that much difference. but you i mean, the you never know. i mean, the thing is earlier thing with cancer is the earlier you catch, better. so that's you catch, the better. so that's why we these targets to catch it quickly psychologically. yes quickly and psychologically. yes like mentally, emotionally , you like mentally, emotionally, you know if that was my mum and she a diagnosis like that emma i wouldn't be waiting around. i just throw the kitchen sink. i think you'd go right get in the car going you car we're going to get you there. to something. we're there. we to do something. we're getting much a two tier getting very much a two tier system now, only. i mean that

thatis system now, only. i mean that that is the problem. there is the is mess. it's the system is a mess. it's broken. think those working in broken. i think those working in it say those who are it will say that those who are working it and striking will say that are working it that those who are working in it and striking will say that and not striking will say that i don't think there's anyone who has an experi of the nhs much as we are grateful for it. and i think it's really important to separate that gratitude from a sense that it can be improved and think it's a from left or right there are we will have bony overhead now that improvement work where that needs to go how that needs to happen but i don't there's anybody who can look at the nhs as it is now as it was before the strikes, as it be after the strikes without saying something to i also just can't to be done. i also just can't help but thinking about peter hitchens, some of the writing that he during covid. that he did during covid. brilliant. may not agree. brilliant. you may not agree. i'm and he was talking about the fact that there will be a day of reckoning. you look down reckoning. when you look down the it the economy when you make it here we here. this the here we are here. this is the day of reckoning. is what day of reckoning. this is what you know anybody that was

cheering on i'm not blaming the nurses by way, but i'm nurses for that by way, but i'm blaming decision blaming those decision making processes up processes that that blocked up all system. and that's all of the system. and that's what out. mean, did we what went out. i mean, did we not see it yesterday? not just see it yesterday? well, you think hope will you know, do you think hope will be said to people, don't come to hospital? so people with heart attacks hospital attacks didn't come to hospital yesterday. call an yesterday. we said don't call an ambulance it's serious. yesterday. we said don't call an ambnobody it's serious. yesterday. we said don't call an ambnobody was it's serious. yesterday. we said don't call an ambnobody was ant's serious. yesterday. we said don't call an ambnobody was an ambulance and nobody was an ambulance yesterday. people still yesterday. but people still having heart attacks and strokes yesterday guarantee you. well, there us that there also been a few us that would call an ambulance would normally call an ambulance like with a thumb. like who go in with a thumb. they've with a hammer. yes, they've hit with a hammer. yes, no, talking no, absolutely okay. talking about because i think about the nhs because i think we talk about the abstract. talk about it in the abstract. but do you know what the daily mail have done a brilliant chart today show those of us who today to show those of us who get number blindness. get instant number blindness. all money is going. £150 all the money is going. so £150 billion is what we spend billion a year is what we spend on is really on the nhs. this is really useful to what have we got? i haven't got the key, i'm afraid . diversity offices. here we go. this renee? the this the one, renee? the diversity to offices. this the one, renee? the diversity to offices . £40 diversity to offices. £40 million year for 800 people million a year for 800 people who will encourage what dna diversity the nhs teaches. you

only have . look at it the most only have. look at it the most diverse employer in the world to be more diverse. it's crazy . and be more diverse. it's crazy. and actually just this year alone have been 16 vacancies advertised . they're going to advertised. they're going to cos t £700,000, which would an cost £700,000, which would an extra six gp's, an extra 19 nurses or an extra 20 paramedics. we do need this work . i'm sorry emma, this woke nonsense in the nhs because we diverse. we are diverse . surely diverse. we are diverse. surely the nhs has got to be the most diverse. it's the employer in the world. it's certainly there was a time arguably possibly emma when we needed it. we don't need them now. i would just like to say if you pull that pie back up sliver, that was 9,000,040 million is a tiny, tiny percentage that now i can argue and we can all argue about the need or that our need for these diversity offices. but what really worries me when we start talking about nhs reform and then spend all of that talking

about the diversity offices we are missing the mountain and talking about the anthill. and thatis talking about the anthill. and that is a real problem because if we just want to make this a bony about left and right woke and not woke, we will miss the much bigger things that need to be done. well, no, i actually think that this is actually part of what the gaslighting that's going on in society where going on in society now, where every rate something every time we rate something that's way. so let me give that's the way. so let me give you another one . £74 million you another one. £74 million spent on paracetamol, more prescriptions 74 prescriptions every year, 74 million receipts on paracetamol. that costs $0.37 in a in boots or a supermarket it. i think it's gaslighting to say oh it's a drop in the ocean, it's a drop in the. it is, it is. but when you add it all together. it isn't quite sure. but if we only about the bits that we find uncomfortable and there will be some stuff in the nhs that the left won't like , there'll be left won't like, there'll be some stuff in the nhs, the right won't like if we pure go at this from an ideological than a pragmatic, practical solution ,

pragmatic, practical solution, space perspective, we will not get it done. and that's true from the right, true from the left. we need to make sure that we're actually looking how the nhs can and should work the next hundred. i would say it's not ideal , it's hundred. i would say it's not ideal, it's pragmatic to say we don't to spend that amount don't need to spend that amount of on diversity. that of money on diversity. that surely if what i'm surely is. but if what i'm saying if you that the saying is, if you make that the front your argument, all front of your argument, all you're to you're going to do is immediately say this is about woke. woke rather than work woke. i'm woke rather than work and doesn't work. how about 220 million on energy prices? that could have been negotiated to half absolutely . half of that? well, absolutely. you'll you'll get no. yeah. for me, i'm looking at the pie chart. got key on my on my chart. got the key on my on my phone here. so the 60.6 billion is on nhs provide a staff costs understandably there we go the 15.9 billion non nhs health care. what does that mean . i care. what does that mean. i don't know. we don't know what the wonder is. also it's a procurement 24.4 billion. so that presumably is getting the stuff that we need. yes but not

doesn't that's different to the amount that they would spend on drugs. so prisk scribing is the 8 billion it is. and what we need to break down here is obviously where all these different things are so anyone who wants to defend the nhs procurement tell you that procurement will tell you that it's actually now been sent out to one company that buys it across country. firstly, across the country. firstly, that's not true. it doesn't. there still buying there are still hospitals buying their within their own stuff within the hospital different glove suppliers to floor. i've suppliers floor to floor. i've been i've done it. been there, i've done it. i know. oh, i bet. but secondly, that we are the biggest company, europe. should able say to europe. we should be able say to ten glove manufacturers. right. who this contract? give me your best price. and actually you're going to give me a signing on fee. well, whenever nhs in front of invoice it or even more of any invoice it or even more it's like wedding it's awful, it's like wedding it's awful, it's the nhs tax. ironic i'm sure that there is a lot argument about, oh, why do we need all these people as procurement officers? but because they will have the skills to negotiate those. i don't think we will know . well, don't think we will know. well,

that's the thing. and this is what saying. we need to what i'm saying. we need to invest better invest in actually better sometimes management, not sometimes better management, not necessarily of necessarily more levels of management, but better management, but better management people would want to put my hand and do it this put my hand up and do it this absolute. i know. i know absolute. i know. listen, i know of who'd be brilliant at of people who'd be brilliant at that but just i mean, that job, but just just i mean, so you yourself so you tell yourself it's nothing. can't go . clearly, nothing. i can't go. clearly, they might like billion pounds on negligence. and this on clinical negligence. and this is clearly an obstetric care. give every woman a midwife she knows that would fall through the floor. and what do you say about it's gone 81% in about that? it's gone up 81% in the years. oh, so the last seven years. oh, so awful . right. okay. two of the awful. right. okay. two of the people are slightly awful. harry and meghan. now i know we've talked about them a lot . emma talked about them a lot. emma burnell put a head and a hands. do i have to talk about meghan and harry reason we're and harry the reason we're talking is this netflix talking about it is this netflix has the biggest hit in the has been the biggest hit in the history of why when i so i think the pay off from netflix on an end was absolutely beautiful and done so well excuse me . i also done so well excuse me. i also think that it's the royal family

of the uk. it's known all over the world people want to see them at war. it good tv. it's dramatic so i think people wanted to see it's like a new soap opera isn't it? it's like eastenders but real. yeah well this is what the interesting comparison is. it's like you said, because said, it's real because the crown was other win crown which was the other win the first series episode one of the crown. the new series of the crown was by 2.8 million people. the new first episode of how can america marry, that's christmas version . harry and meghan was version. harry and meghan was seen by 4.5 million people in the first week half. now that's because they're idiots like me talking about it really it. yeah. thought i've yeah. everybody thought i've literally not watched a second of when it hasn't been a clip of it when it hasn't been a clip that i've been in building that i've been in this building watched interested watched it. i'm not interested in royal harry in it. any royal harry and meghan any just don't care meghan any the i just don't care but it is in some ways that it's like the osbornes essentially it's exactly the same kind of thing . drip feed, real life thing. drip feed, a real life soap opera to people and they'll love it, you know, 20 years ago

this is actually what we were talking about with the osbornes now got windsors of now we've got the windsors of kardashians. do they do kardashians. what do they do now, so hollywood bible now, though so hollywood bible variety magazine is calling them a one trick pony. i have to say i thought. yeah, that's they've got a point. they we've got the so it's the story the docu series we've got harry's books spare out minute now and spare out any minute now and then what what if renee about then what what if renee about the reconciliations . on dotcom the reconciliations. on dotcom various you mean they're going they say they're going to do the sandringham like second part two where he sits down with william i mean it's never going to happen and everyone holds hands and sorry and things come and says sorry and things come by what i mean what they by are what i mean what they want what they to do want to do. what they want to do is money that's what came is make money that's what came out series that made it out of the series that made it all. they made a lot, but is clearly a big driver for them. isn't it? did not get that isn't it? did you not get that take out they there by take out when they sat there by tyler paul and harry? we tyler perry's paul and harry? we could yeah could have all this. yeah i know. cringe. it was an awesome it was cringe i mean lots of it was cringe and we know that and

we the cringe of it so you we won't the cringe of it so you know of it was cringe. know lots of it was cringe. i did. however soften beef and i've quite them. you i've been quite harsh them. you know thought 1.4 million know what i thought 1.4 million brits meghan on twitter. oh, brits to meghan on twitter. oh, come outrageous oh, come on. come on. outrageous oh, come on. look you cannot be in the public eye and know and not get that stuff . you just feel we ought to stuff. you just feel we ought to be able to surely know that that's something . i mean, having that's something. i mean, having been through twitter still more to myself, it's so scary. oh, it's not scary. you know what you do? you just don't read it or you ignore it. you don't. i know. i mean, i am better, but the first time it happens is it genuinely makes you feel very bad to school a bit occasionally. i did a bit. and in school i remember my mum very clearly saying to me, why do you care what these people think of you? because i was a day when i. yep i think in the skin on a thing i think if you maybe she's just a bit you know meghan it's just a bit you know meghan it's just totally unrealistic about the people aren't the fact that people aren't always nice to, you always going to be nice to, you know, time you're the know, every time you're on the telly, a lot people will go on

and say mean things about you. did mean, apparently i'm did you i mean, apparently i'm not you know not even a doctor. did you know that? did not know twitter that? i did not know twitter thing. like you. thing. which doctor? like you. i've always had my suspicions, but. so. but what do do but. so. but what do you do about you handle it? so about it? do you handle it? so now ignore, but i have to now i do ignore, but i have to say i with him when it say i agree with him when it first started happening, used first started happening, it used to feel sick and it was to make me feel sick and it was a very good it a very good friend mine who to me, friend of mine who said to me, look if you went on and said that you loved daffodils, someone would at you, someone would scream at you, what's with ignore what's wrong with so just ignore it i mean, now my it walk away. i mean, now my filters high i name filters are high i don't name search so i don't think the majority of it every now and again after i've been on the television get television on here i will get clips. i know that having defended this morning defended the woke this morning will tweets coming at me and will get tweets coming at me and that be under the bit that that will be under the bit that you you just see i you played. but you just see i can ignore now. yeah. can ignore that now. yeah. because to you have to. because you have to you have to. but do when it first but do it when it first happened. everybody going happened. every everybody going through i is, is through that first i mean is, is really, really was a bit of really, really she was a bit of an actress on the telly a big series in america. she it a difference in being a third the third person suits and

third tape person on suits and but the more like it's even more so you have to have a thicker skin but i will go on the inbox when i'm on the telly like this once saying my clothes are too sexy. there's another one saying my sexy. there's another one saying my sexy enough. my clothes aren't sexy enough. there's one saying, i don't know what i'm talking. and there's one too much. one saying she knows too much. like all the like you cannot keep all the people, time and event people, all the time and event and have to decide that and you do have to decide that you who you are. and you just be who you are. and that's very much i said, that's very much what i said, what doing, what i come here what i'm doing, what i come here to do. yes, i'm aware often on these programmes my voice is different, one, different, a challenging one, one don't always one that viewers don't always agree with. but that's good because what we're for because what we're all for absolutely . thank you, terry. so absolutely. thank you, terry. so not a bad person. no. and that's hardest part is how do you the opinions, the people you value? yes, it . and if you don't know yes, it. and if you don't know these they don't know these people, they don't know you. can have for free. you. you can have that for free. maggie, to ask us, the royal family, for your health family, for your mental health support. right off the break, final controversial final vote on controversial gender it's gender reforms in scotland. it's been this been delayed until this afternoon to ongoing afternoon due to the ongoing debates would debates by the bill would shorten the time people need to

live as new gender from two years to just three months if it passes, that's all after your morning's news with rhiannon . morning's news with rhiannon. left on cue, it's coming up to 1033. your top stories in the gb newsroom. passengers are being warned that christmas getaway could be jeopardised . network could be jeopardised. network rail workers in scotland announced strike action . major announced strike action. major disruptions expected from 6 pm. on saturday until tuesday morning, with more planned in the new and travels also set to be affected with border force staff walking off the job tomorrow striking day until january the first except for next tuesday. meanwhile, health are warning of knock on effects following this week's nhs strikes . the telegraph says the strikes. the telegraph says the government is now to fast track a pay government is now to fast track a pay rise to avert fresh action . scotland's shadow health minister , sandesh culhane says

minister, sandesh culhane says money isn't the only issue patients safety also needs to be addressed . imagine if you guys addressed. imagine if you guys were going work or your viewers were going work or your viewers were going work or your viewers were going to work and not knowing if that day somebody was going to die because of something that you couldn't control, because there was a lack of support, because there there was a lack of equipment, because there was a lack of things going on that would have meant that somebody died. it'd be terrifying . national highways be terrifying. national highways workers in london and south east england are also striking. walking out today until christmas day. the public and commercial services unions acknowledge the action will inconvenience travellers , but inconvenience travellers, but it's blaming the government for making a below inflation pay offer. further action is for next week and in the new year unless a deal can be a controversial reform bill looks set , finally be passed and set, finally be passed and scotland later following days of

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very good morning. it's 1039. very good morning. it's1039. this is bev turner today on gb news. thank you for joining this is bev turner today on gb news. thank you forjoining me. news. thank you for joining me. so the gender reform bill looks set to finally be passed in scotland this afternoon following of debate and protests argued into the early hours of this morning at holyrood as they considered the over 150 amendments. so let's out what this bill will mean for people in scotland. susan smith , the

in scotland. susan smith, the co—director of women scotland. good morning . susan, thank you good morning. susan, thank you for joining me. so just clarify forjoining me. so just clarify , if you would, for all our viewers and all listeners, the moment it is legal to change genderin moment it is legal to change gender in scotland. how will this change that . at the moment? this change that. at the moment? it's quite a lengthy process and require a of gender dysphoria. what this is about is just removing all safeguards and all barriers to getting a grc. you just have to swear that you're genuine you make a solemn declaration, apparently which is according to ministers, with staggering naivete. they think that if you want to take advantage of this new system because , the system is open to because, the system is open to anybody and everybody . they anybody and everybody. they think that people will not advantage of it. and that they

will never lie about whether or not they really feel like a man or a woman. and it's is frankly a nonsense we've seen in other countries where this and how women have been attacked , places women have been attacked, places where they should be safe . i where they should be safe. i think at the moment, susan, correct me if i'm wrong, but think this about 30 or 40 individuals every year who apply for a gender recognition certificate . and the estimates certificate. and the estimates are that that will probably increase to about three or 400 people. do you understand why when it's such small numbers of . nicholas sturgeon and her government also keen to push this i'm so keen to do so quickly . i this i'm so keen to do so quickly. i you this i'm so keen to do so quickly . i you know the scenes quickly. i you know the scenes in hollyrood the last two days have been absolutely stunning . have been absolutely stunning. this is not emergency. have been absolutely stunning. this is not emergency . and we this is not emergency. and we have a lot of the same issues

happening in our health service sun and on our railways and in a real ambulance service . people real ambulance service. people in in england have and instead prioritising those really issues she has pushed this strain . days she has pushed this strain. days before christmas . it's not before christmas. it's not emergency legisla , but a emergency legisla, but a hollyrood has never set late and in a on the night before last the lights went out because they automatically went out at 12:00. and so it's been absolutely extraordinary to watch hollyrood playing when they were set up, they were going to do things differently. they were going to be friendly. they be family friendly. they weren't. and i have late night debates all has been debates and all that has been jettisoned piece jettisoned for a piece legislation that is emergency legislation that is emergency legislation . it's quite legislation. it's quite astonishing . so the scottish astonishing. so the scottish government that trans rights are

not in competition with , women's not in competition with, women's rights, that's what they say they said the proposals would be a significant step in creating a more equal scotland where trans people feel valued included and empowered. how do you respond to that ? i think empowered. how do you respond to that? i think what seen is that a lot of women now feel second class and they have create to the highest level a p e of patrons and women are way down that list . but not only women . i that list. but not only women. i was talking yesterday . to people was talking yesterday. to people from the muslim community and they really feel that this is going to have big impact on their religious freedoms because some of them do not are not able to be mixed sex spaces. and there to that, frankly, from the un special rapporteur though too, as you may have come across here where it entity by the

scottish parliament in recent days the special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. he says this will an issue for women and girls . and issue for women and girls. and then the other one funnily enough man who basically said that if religious groups have a problem with this shouldn't because trans women actual women which is a completely secular nonsense argument and unless we have a foundation and understanding that you cannot change sex and that people is real and it matters in certain situations and it's impossible to argue with people . to argue with people. extraordinary. well, thank you, susan. extraordinary. well, thank you, susan . we imagine this will get susan. we imagine this will get passed this afternoon, given the that you saw last night . yeah that you saw last night. yeah i mean, barring a christmas and which would involve actually the labour probably some of the labour probably some of the labour party , this violence labour party, this violence because many of them know this is very, very wrong .

because many of them know this is very, very wrong. i'm astonished that as an opposition party they are not taking this opportunity to inflict a wound on the snp because there are snp rebels in that who have been really brave and stood up. and this is the first and the biggest revolt that the snp ever had to face. i think there are more in the snp who probably should be could be saying something we know we believe there is not a majority in favour of this in the parliament but it's going to pass and that is shock. well olivia whately , is shock. well olivia whately, our political editor, was in here yesterday and she said she'd been talking to somebody that was an msp msp saying that this because there's one rather influential woman is off on maternity leave and nicholas sturgeon wants to push this through before she is back because she opposes the bill. but just just extraordinary. susan thank you very much, co—director for women scotland . co—director for women scotland. now as millions flock to get

home for christmas, the faa has issued an amber warning for motorists taking to the road tomorrow and on christmas eve with significant delays expected . the country gb news southwest of england reported geoff moody has been investigating what exactly this might mean for those of us making journeys home exactly this might mean for th

today . tomorrow and it's pricey today. tomorrow and it's pricey today. tomorrow and it's pricey to . petrol is around 150 $0.03 to. petrol is around 150 $0.03 a litre, with diesel at 176 significantly higher than last yeah significantly higher than last year. the rac says we're being heartlessly overcharged charged. better to get the train . you'll better to get the train. you'll be lucky if you are on the roads , the railways, the advice is travel as early as you possibly can . things will be getting very can. things will be getting very on friday on the roads as well as christmas eve . and frankly, as christmas eve. and frankly, if you don't get where you need to be by friday night on the trains as well, it could be too late . some lines have no trains late. some lines have no trains at all on christmas eve and on others. they will be shutting down very early indeed . that's down very early indeed. that's because of another strike by the rmt this time 6 pm. on christmas eve and it's not much better in the skies either in the skies. well, it's too early to tell what the effect will be

of the uk border force , which is of the uk border force, which is going to affect passport control at heathrow , manchester, cardiff at heathrow, manchester, cardiff and glasgow from friday morning onwards, the airlines , airports onwards, the airlines, airports and the author seem pretty confident it won't have too much of an effect . the experts are of an effect. the experts are pumping out the usual announcements. check your before you travel. leave of time, wrap up warm and expect the unexpected hit when we finally get home to loved ones. enjoy the festive break, they say, because there's more strikes and travel chaos in the new year. geoff moody . gb news. thank you, geoff moody. gb news. thank you, jeff. right. i am back here with my panel this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by nhs doctor renee hoon to come. i can't say name without doing a and journalist and political editor . political editor i've editor. political editor i've just you promotion . just given you a promotion. amazing can i have the paper ?

amazing can i have the paper? political commentator emma burnell . right, emma. asylum burnell. right, emma. asylum seeker story . asylum seekers are seeker story. asylum seekers are three times likely to get a in the uk than in france . what's the uk than in france. what's this about ? the uk than in france. what's this about? and i think what's happenedis this about? and i think what's happened is set an organisation have crunched the numbers from a particular point that point is i think post brexit and but it isn't post any change in the laws because most of them haven't really changed yet and what the argument is that there are fewer people receiving asylum in france than there are in the uk where there are complications in those numbers . complications in those numbers. are they the uk is what's happening is they reprioritized who's getting their cases dealt with early and most of those are coming from wartorn nations where we. so 77% of those will receive asylum and under under the statistic in the story we also had the policy we are

accepting refugees from ukraine and from hong kong and from afghanistan because of our historic links with the latter two we were the we oversaw kong until quite recently we were in afghanistan a of that with a lot of the people are seeking asylum and people who assisted the british government saw me as and ukraine obviously we are very proud of the role that we played and in fact i will be spending my christmas day. the ukrainian refugee family who living refugee family who are living with so very nice, with my parents. so very nice, very that. and very excited about that. and when now 77% of asylum seekers were granted the right to stay in uk in 12 months to in the uk in 12 months to september, that's really high. it i think i think it is. and i think i think emma's that lots these emma's right that lots these things are taking figures to where taken all where we would have taken all these from hong kong, these people from hong kong, afghanistan. think afghanistan. however i think this worrying is 81% of this that is worrying is 81% of albanians who come here, many of them on little boats get accepted. you look at other accepted. if you look at other countries that have albania countries that have a no albania , because albania is not a war

torn country, they're not fleeing from anything that fleeing from anything there that we them. then you we should shelter them. then you know, sweden, for example, accept zero. and i think that's probably where we need to move because we are a very small country , our public services are country, our public services are breaking and we cope as much as i would love us to be able to give homes to all of these people and i not in an ideal world, of course, i would, but in an ideal world i like the nhs be able to treat everybody in a month as well and we custom sizes to be smaller, sizes to be smaller and children leaving care an ongoing journey care to have an ongoing journey that is beneficial. that actually is beneficial. so i to sort out at i think we need to sort out at home first i do it's not home first i really do it's not very popular that though is it these days ? home holmfirth well these days? home holmfirth well i think it's way too popular. i mean, it depends what you mean by source out home, doesn't it? i mean, i can't disagree that we absolutely should be taking our pubuc absolutely should be taking our public services off knees. i think they've been massively run down for 12 years. obviously, i do. but i think there is also an

argument that there are people who we would to be part of our economy part of our country, part of those public. i think there are ones we accept, which i do, that we need a system that says some people can come and some people aren't. then you have to talk about priorities. it's not probably with the high number of albanians being. well, that's what was literally just that's what i was literally just about i probably about to say. i would probably prioritise bringing people about to say. i would probably priorisomewhereg people about to say. i would probably priorisomewhereg jover.e about to say. i would probably priorisomewhereg joveralbania from somewhere like over albania and there are rules we should argue about the rules and then we should make sure that those rules are enforced. but that enforced probably includes things that you wouldn't necessarily like legal and safe routes, which is frankly of the best ways to break the business model of. the disgusting human traffickers who i we can traffickers who i think we can all agree are the real bad guys. but you can't get on a plane from albania to here with with money there is no illegal money if there is no illegal route albania, a route from albania, that's a different and i think different matter. and i think that's the part which is sorting out rules having a proper, out the rules having a proper, robust system that we say this is what and don't do. and is what we do and don't do. and then having that people can

then having ways that people can access that system properly. and that's i think that's where i think we're falling down as an falling down a lot. as an albanian, you'll paying a few thousand to people thousand pounds to people traffickers to bring you across in rather, getting in a dinghy, rather, getting on a that to be because a plane that has to be because you have a criminal record you you have a criminal record and you wouldn't be allowed here on a plane. i know. and on a plane. i don't know. and i wouldn't want want to speculate what . other explanation, could what. other explanation, could there know. and there be i don't know. and i wouldn't want to speculate. it's no, going to suddenly no, i'm not going to suddenly accuse of people accuse thousands of people of being coming being criminals, coming in, knowing , just have no idea. and knowing, just have no idea. and i think that i don't mind. i don't think that i don't mind. i don't think that i don't mind. i it yeah. well, the i think it yeah. well, the journalist in me is asking what could be any other possible explanation ? woman listen, or explanation? woman listen, or you just don't want to be labelled tagged and they know where you are. surely so maybe it means that you're not necessarily criminal but necessarily a criminal but you're coming for you're coming in here for reasons we wouldn't reasons that we wouldn't sanction a job. you want sanction as a job. so you want to able to just get the to be able to just get into the and disappear. let's talk and disappear. right. let's talk expensive turkey's my way because that is the sort of gear change desantis, change we do want. desantis, morrison are selling a christmas

turkey fo r £147. that's right, turkey for £147. that's right, ladies and gentlemen, it's pnces ladies and gentlemen, it's prices rose by 25% on last year. britons battling festive cost of living crunch. i mean, if it was if it's 150 quid, it living crunch. i mean, if it was if it's150 quid, it was living crunch. i mean, if it was if it's 150 quid, it was still if it's150 quid, it was still quite expensive, what, 25? well, i'm i've been asking you as well this morning, i want you to email me with the most ordinary, ludicrously expensive items you've seen while you've been shopping for your christmas issue. seems expensive issue. this seems more expensive than is your than usual. how is your christmas shopping looking , christmas shopping looking, renee? i can't renee? you looking good. i can't even comment on that. hate . even comment on that. i hate. and it will. i mean , i think and it will. i mean, i think it's the biggest question. i think and a is going to think and a headache is going to push people into forever push people into debt forever who are already struggling. so i hate it . and i have to say, i hate it. and i have to say, i hate it. and i have to say, i hate turkey. so this story for me is disaster. have to pay me me is a disaster. have to pay me £147 to eat the turkey. so what you instead beef? i'm having beef. oh, you all beef. oh you. oh, you all maverick on about umar. maverick on you about umar. well, brother in law is well, my brother in law is a chef, so he will be providing a turkey crown, a base for everything. he's a wonderful chef. we're having an amazing .

chef. we're having an amazing. so we've got as i said, we've got my parents are coming with that that who were living with them at the moment. my sister has close living her has her close living with her because recovering because she's recovering from a cancer operation and her two children be there. it's children will be there. it's going to of those going to be one of those wonderful kind of everyone comes and table. my and gathers around the table. my job make the christmas. job is to make the christmas. every i boozy every year i make a boozy christmas cake. oh, lovely . it's christmas cake. oh, lovely. it's lovely. but i tell you, if when you talk about what's got more expensive, because i don't buy it the rest of the year round. butter. oh, my god. to her, yes. extortion innit? but you see what? i feel so cruel it. we've had these two disrupted christmases . what? you know, can christmases. what? you know, can you see your family? can you not? you can't. oh, i hated it. i hate to hate it this year. we all just want to the instinct is to like , throw the boat to just like, throw the boat out, we're to out, right? we're going to celebrate. right. yet you celebrate. right. and yet you look the receipt in your look at the receipt in your hand. yeah what have i just paid for ? things. you wander for? things. and you wander around looking at gifts to buy presents for people for the sake of buying present yeah. you of buying a present yeah. you know, it's not being done to

celebrate what's going on, you know, jesus born, it know, baby jesus being born, it isn't for most people, obviously for some it is. and that's great. and the rest of us, i find it really really pressurising. i walked around last week actually, and i thought, this depressing to thought, this is depressing to me. pressurising isn't it? me. it is pressurising isn't it? but then if you a guilty working mum, which i am, then you up mum, which i am, then you end up spending too much on the kids at christmas just to kill your own conscience. course i don't conscience. of course i don't children. the cat children. but i'm sure the cat will be some extra will be getting some extra treats. four year has treats. my four year old has asked a phone. oh, my god. asked for a phone. oh, my god. you imagine. what mummy said you can imagine. what mummy said can't. imagine. can't. i can't imagine. right. we the end the first we got to the end the first houn we got to the end the first hour. we'll be back with more after this short break. join me calvin robinson on christmas eve and day to explore how this special period has become a source of hope with an especially festive show, i expect christmas carols, nativity readings and interviews with special guests . and it's with special guests. and it's all filmed in a church that's proper christmas feeling . proper christmas feeling. christmas, a message of hope at 2 pm. on christmas eve and, 5

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channel good morning. welcome back to bev turner. today gb news the royal college of nursing will schedule further strike action for january unless the government open talks today. apparently rishi sunak has been in charge for just apparently rishi sunak has been in charge forjust eight short in charge for just eight short weeks. i'm going to joined later by rental chief political by john rental chief political at independent and leader of at the independent and leader of reform uk, which had ties to discuss whether or not they've

been impressed not saw been impressed by him. not saw a twitter poll . well today i've twitter poll. well today i've got simon called here in just a minute tell you what the minute to tell you what the travel is to be like over travel is going to be like over the period. you can the christmas period. if you can be go anywhere and be bothered to go anywhere and as be joined by as always going to be joined by my brilliant panel with analysis on biggest stories coming on biggest stories all coming up, the latest news up, often for the latest news with brianna . beth, with brianna brianna. beth, thank you. good morning. it's woman past 11. your top stories from the gb newsroom train passengers are being warned their christmas getaway could be jeopardised after network workers in scotland announced strike action made to . strike action made to. disruptions expected from 6 pm. on saturday until tuesday with more planned in the new year. air travel is also set to be affected with border force walking off the job tomorrow every day until, walking off the job tomorrow every day until , january the every day until, january the first, except for next tuesday. travel expert simon calder says the situation won't improve with any time soon. i'm afraid if

you're on rails, possibly even in the skies, then you could . in the skies, then you could. senous in the skies, then you could. serious problems . i've never serious problems. i've never seen the trains such disarray . seen the trains such disarray. there is not going to be any , there is not going to be any, can you believe until . the 9th can you believe until. the 9th of january. meanwhile health leaders are warning of knock on following this week's nhs . the following this week's nhs. the government's reportedly to fast track a pay rise next year to avert fresh action. scotland's shadow health minister, dr. sandesh garling, says money isn't the only issue patients also needs to be . imagine if you also needs to be. imagine if you guys were going to work all your viewers were going to work and not knowing if day somebody was to die because of something that you couldn't control, because was a lack of support because there there was a lack of equipment because there was a lack of things going on that would have meant that somebody died. it be terrifying . national

died. it be terrifying. national highways workers in london and south east england also striking walk today until christmas day. the public and commercial services unions acknowledge the will likely inconvenience , but will likely inconvenience, but it's blaming government for making a billowing inflation pay offer further planned for next week and the new year. unless a deal can be reached . the deal can be reached. the chancellor is being urged to introduce a pump price watchdog to crack down profiteering retailers . in to crack down profiteering retailers. in an open to crack down profiteering retailers . in an open letter to retailers. in an open letter to jeremy hunt warn a fall in wholesale sale, petrol and diesel prices being passed on to motorists . it comes diesel prices being passed on to motorists. it comes as diesel prices being passed on to motorists . it comes as the rac motorists. it comes as the rac announced the average price of a litre of petrol is currently around 150 $0.03. that's seven pay around 150 $0.03. that's seven pay more than this time last yeah pay more than this time last year. while diesel's $0.27 at 176 p. the mp howard cox founder of fair fuel uk, should be new pump watch commissioner. he told

gb news retailer is taking advantage of drivers . advantage of drivers. supermarkets buy direct from the refinery. they don't buy through the wholesaler and that sort of things. so they're making huge profits drivers and that that to 20 pay equates to something like 7 t 0 £10 per driver every time 7 to £10 per driver every time a driver comes into a focal . the driver comes into a focal. the retailer is bringing changing tonight that oh he's anothe r £10 tonight that oh he's another £10 goes the profit a controversial gender reform bill looks set to finally be passed in scotland today following days of and protests . msp has argued in the protests. msp has argued in the early hours of the morning at holyrood as they over 150 amendments. the bill will reduce the time legally needed for immigrants to live as their acquired gender from two years to three months. it also lower the minimum age to 16. the shadow chancellor accused the government of losing control of

the economy after revised data showed gdp fell more than first thought in the third quarter. rachel reeves tweeted that the tories are leaving millions of working paying the price . the working paying the price. the conservatives actions after the office for national statistics said gross domestic product fell by 0.3% between july and september the ukraine's president has told the us his country is alive , kicking and country is alive, kicking and will never surrender . country is alive, kicking and will never surrender. addressing congress, vladimir said military aid is an investor in democracy and not charity. president joe biden him. americans will stand proud with the ukrainian people through , its war with russia for through, its war with russia for as long as it takes. a former advisor , george w bush says advisor, george w bush says president zelenskyy travelling from the front line the us is a start reminder of what's at stake and the queen consort and the princess of wales have been given ceremonial and military

roles as part of plans for the king's first troop being the colour the parade to be held on the 17th of june next year marks the 17th of june next year marks the monarch's official birthday. king charles will ride on, ride on horseback. prince william, who will take the colonel of the welsh guards, title his father. they'll be watched . catherine, they'll be watched. catherine, who's now colonel of ? the irish who's now colonel of? the irish guards. and camilla who will replace prince andrew as colonel of the grenadier guards . this is of the grenadier guards. this is will bring you more as it happens. now though, it's back to back . to back. good morning. welcome back. five, ten to today on gb news 999 coles dropped by 25% during yesterday's ambulance walkouts. interesting that the royal college of nursing have said that they schedule further

action. strike action for january unless the government open pay talks today we'll . get open pay talks today we'll. get the latest from ellie costello in just moment. remember rishi sunak, we don't see that much of him do. well, he's been in charge for eight weeks, but i one, i'm not exactly sure what he's been doing. you all twitter poll is asking if you think he's being a good, prime being a good, impressive prime minister at gb news. and minister vote at gb news. and i'll be joined by the smartest guests on tv in about 15 minutes with a look at the day's biggest stories , including one woman stories, including one woman didn't invite her pal didn't want to invite her pal over christmas. is that over for christmas. is that a selfish decision in the festive penod selfish decision in the festive period it's my last day. simon period? it's my last day. simon called a we can go a bit called a stop. we can go a bit lighter. and course, this lighter. and of course, this show nothing without. show is nothing without. and your on twitter your views today on twitter we've just that told we've got a poll just that told you this, which nick you about this, which so nick he's charge for eight he's been in charge for eight weeks 87% of you so far are not impressed by him. plenty of you lot will vote conservative and you don't even like him. what chance has he got your votes coming in email me gbviews@gbnews.uk uk .

gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. i am going to come to simon calder in just a moment. he's in the studio waiting to tell us all about christmas travel plans. but first of all, the rc and has given the government until tonight to open pay talks for nurses or it says that it will order a fresh wave of strikes in the ongoing action has the new year ongoing action has already in the already had a massive in the lead up to christmas. so how will respond ? gb will the government respond? gb news alex stella news east reporter alex stella is live outside thomas's hospital in london . good hospital in london. good morning, ellie . no strikes going morning, ellie. no strikes going on this morning, but what if people arriving at the hospital said to you this morning. people arriving at the hospital said to you this morning . well, said to you this morning. well, hi. bad like you say, no. strike going on today. but there is a large queue outside accident and emergency here at thomas says i've just spoken to a father who actually wanted to bring his poorly to accident an emergency two days ago on tuesday but

didn't do so because he was afraid that because of strike action his son wouldn't get the care that he needs so he's with his son at accident and emergency today looks they've got a long wait ahead of them and there's plenty of other people in that line that have waited several days with their symptoms as well. and that's the concern that although today isn't official strike day for ambulances , orphan nurses, that ambulances, orphan nurses, that we are going to see huge pressure on the nhs with people present saying for the first time in 48 hours, many of them heeding advice, not to call for an ambulance or to present themselves to a&e whilst strike action was taking place. and bev i just want to bring some new figures i've just come out the last few minutes , which is that last few minutes, which is that a quarter of ambulance patients in england waited more than one hour to be handed over to a&e from the outside the hospital that those are numbers from last

week for patients had to wait at 30 minutes to be transferred a&e and those numbers are higher than any winter previously . so than any winter previously. so that just kind of describes the context that we were already in before the strike action this week . and the particular concern week. and the particular concern today is , those people who have today is, those people who have missed appointments in the past two days and those who have deteriorated significantly . in deteriorated significantly. in the past 48 hours, we know that ambulance calls yesterday were down 25% in england . so people down 25% in england. so people who may have previously called for an ambulance decided to as a strike was taking . now, speaking strike was taking. now, speaking this morning saffron cordery, who is the chief executive of nhs provide as she says that the nhs provide as she says that the nhs is braced for a surge in emergency treat . but she says emergency treat. but she says there's a very difficult picture across . the nhs, a deeply across. the nhs, a deeply challenging situation for social

care as well. now the royal of nursing has given the health minister stephen barclay , until minister stephen barclay, until midnight today to come back to the table with a fresh pay offer . already there's an offer on the table of between four and 5. the royal college of nursing is asking for 5% on top of inflation . that's about 19, inflation. that's about 19, although they have said that they are willing to compromise on this . now there are reports on this. now there are reports this morning that steve barclay is looking to fast track pay rise next year for nurses in order to a fresh set of strikes that the royal college of nursing have already said. if they don't get, a new pay offer on the table today, there will be a fresh of strikes in 2023. thank you ellie costello that doing a superb job we had will quince the health saying yesterday don't don't do anything risky and we've had matthew taylor head of the nhs

confederation of former adviser to tony blair talking i think was this morning and he said that don't get drunk should become permanent advice to save the nhs . no no thanks please the nhs. no no thanks please just let us get drunk if we to. please stop trying to my life don't even our travel correspondent . simon calder. correspondent. simon calder. simon, don't get drunk. this is our advice work where i go that is going to allow me to freely get drunk over christmas. any way. you want to really look? it's a fantastic time to be a traveller and millions people are . many of us do enjoy a drink are. many of us do enjoy a drink as we're travelling of course down respectfully and never on scotrail where it is still banned anyway . it's a going to banned anyway. it's a going to be a really successful christmas for millions of travellers. however, i need to absolutely upfront and say that i've been covering travel disruption at christmas since biblical times and i've never seen quite such a difficult combination of circum stances. i guess starting the

railways where we have even on a day like today where there is no strikes anyway where in the railway we have massive complications . at least 40 complications. at least 40 express is on avanti west coast, connecting london euston with the west midlands north west england, north wales and southern scotland have been cancelled today due to crew shortage . crucial. yep. okay if shortage. crucial. yep. okay if you look at east midlands railway, they haven't got any strikes except tomorrow they've . got a strike by members of the unite union. so the last train if you were hoping to leave london and get to leicester nottingham derby or sheffield last train is it 735 this evening . really limited service evening. really limited service tomorrow and that's all going in ahead of the national rail strike begins teatime on christmas eve but the effect of the strike which is by members of the rmt union working for network is that services will be

really curtailed from lunchtime onwards on friday and the last train from places like edinburgh from newcastle from leeds to london goes before 10:00 in the morning . what about flights? oh, morning. what about flights? oh, i'm in yes most certainly. that's the easy right. we we've got baggage striking that know now they fear the baggage handlers that was one of these disputes like the security staff eurostar where i disputes like the security staff eurostarwhere i my disputes like the security staff eurostar where i my scale of christmas disruption in possibilities it barely made one because it only affected a small number of airlines and it's sort of strike i've seen these things dozens of times before and so glad to say they normally get resolved just in time and that's certainly happened with eurostar passengers . now, the big issue passengers. now, the big issue is going to be tomorrow when uk border staff who belong to the pcc's union are walking out in a and leaving their posts at passport control at heathrow , passport control at heathrow, manchester, birmingham, glasgow

, cardiff airports and they basically are saying we want more than % pay and we're walking more than% pay and we're walking out now the home office which runs all this says it's fine we've got contingency plans in place we've trained servicemen and women to give up their christmases to come and check but of course the best one in the world these great women and men, they're not going to have the expertise and the experience of uk border force staff . what of uk border force staff. what about things like if you if you're listening to this and you know now you trade isn't going to go but you've got family. you want say how easy it to want to say how easy is it to jump want to say how easy is it to jump a coach? oh, all right. jump on a coach? oh, all right. okay absolutely. my staple, they that was fantastic network on national express, on megabus on flix bus. now great women and men driving these things 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. the only form public transport

actually in the uk on christmas day. the trouble is lots of people, particularly those of us who know how fantastic buses are, have already booked up and there's only limited number of seats available . but as i say, seats available. but as i say, most people will get away if you're not going out of those airports. 100 mcginn, heathrow , airports. 100 mcginn, heathrow, gatwick, manchester, cardiff, birmingham and glasgow, that it's going to be fine. but as somebody who used to frisk at gatwick airport a security actually your job it was a job. no, not hobby. no please let me remind you that i know why you brought your budget back and. oh, simon cole, this boy is a makeup. no, no, no, no. it's simply remind people that the rules are going to be changing, but not for another 18 months. so, therefore , you've got to so, therefore, you've got to have the usual 100 millilitres in a resealable plastic bag if you're throwing it out right. because they've recently announced we're going take limit of liquids , you could take on of liquids, you could take on aeroplanes and lots of people can be thinking oh great, i'll p0p a can be thinking oh great, i'll pop a bottle of something nice

in my baggage, please don't. and also look , do not wrap up any also look, do not wrap up any presents keeping in cabin baggage because otherwise i'm going to sort of look at it and think, well i'm not really sure what's in here. i'll get it under your lovely wrapping. so wait until you get that's wait until you get there. that's a good simon as somebody a good tip. simon as somebody who's travelling who's spent your life travelling and just being a can i call you and just being a can i call you a veteran reporter? you a veteran travel reporter? you can call . me anything want. can call. me anything you want. yes as a veteran travel report and journalist, you understand the beauty of travel , it gives the beauty of travel, it gives to a person . how do you feel at to a person. how do you feel at the moment, having looked back on last three years, of how difficult it's making human movements ? yeah, because look, movements? yeah, because look, here's the thing everybody now appreciates how valuable travel is for and how important it is to out and experience the world different cultures, different cuisines , amazing sights, our cuisines, amazing sights, our time is limited and i think we've appreciated the past three years just in its memories that

it's most important thing rather than possessions . that's why i'm than possessions. that's why i'm hoping everybody is going to get away and have a wonderful houday away and have a wonderful holiday this christmas. you jolly deserve it. and in the new yean jolly deserve it. and in the new year, we'll start making your wish list now for the places you're going to go next year. almost everybody is going to get where they want to be and have a lovely. have you been thinking since did all the lockdowns and you know all of the restrictions of abroad, needed of going abroad, you needed to do the vaccines do your pcr tests, the vaccines mandates and all rubbish mandates and all the rubbish you've with. did you've had to deal with. did keep thinking, oh well next month we'll go back. oh yeah, absolutely. always, absolutely. i was i was always, always hugely overoptimistic and i make no apology for industry . i make no apology for industry. the industry, sorry. travel is the of human happiness and you've got to keep optimistic. but i got it badly. badly wrong. and the idea that we would right now, for instance, i'd to go to hong kong but there's still multiple testing and it's tricky and so on. so i think when , when and so on. so i think when, when is your prediction, simon calder when will we be living back in

the normal that we used to have rather than this horrible new normal. okay i'll it normal. okay i'll give it another months. the another six months. remember the us will allow people us still will only allow people who are fully in. so that's really for a lot of people who would to be going off to would love to be going off to the and by the way, it was the us. and by the way, it was a terrible storm coming in for the midwest texas. so if you're midwest than texas. so if you're flying check flying tomorrow, well, check in advance, get you advance, right? we'll get you back months and hopefully back in six months and hopefully we'll living a normal life by we'll be living a normal life by then. thank so much, simon calder i've a twitter calder. now i've got a twitter poll up asking you whether you have impressed with rishi have been impressed with rishi sunak's first eight weeks it's only eight weeks the job so only eight weeks in the job so far, 86% of you, 87. thank you for whoever just did that last vote, 87, two and a half thousand opportunity that voted on not impressed him, 13% of you are if you are , please tell me are if you are, please tell me why. what am i missing? okay, of the right . why. what am i missing? okay, of the right. i'm going to be back with my panel at breakfast bar to discuss the top stories of the including reaction to the day, including reaction to netflix making password sharing

a legal lots to discuss us after the .

break welcome back to today on gb news in a very christmas studio let me introduce my panel you again this morning nhs doctor renee who renee who to come and journalist and political commentator emma burnell is here now. the first story we are doing renee is okay this is this is a serious story. this doing renee is okay this is this is a serious story . this is a is a serious story. this is a you won't have seen this in the papen you won't have seen this in the paper. this is why i'm looking a little bit baffled. we've to take this off the internet. it isn't in a newspaper. scotland oh, no. are we doing this one

our way? i thought so, but. okay you know what is the last day i go home? say, can you tell? i need a bit of a break? you said we will be the best of right. okay. i i will liven up with this. no, it's still serious story. scotland passed a law to let people aged 16 to 17 change sex and birth certificates go. when you know, i want when i. yeah, you know, i want to mince pie and to pick me a mince pie and a glass of sherry. i don't. why? nicholas is pushing nicholas sturgeon is pushing this so hard? so the bits in here in this law that i really, really object that convicted really object was that convicted sex no longer be sex offenders will no longer be sorry, will allowed to change sorry, will be allowed to change their gender, which was one of their gender, which was one of the amendments that got voted down to let that happen so down to not let that happen so you know you'll end up with men who still have all of their taco in female prisons or when they have been violent to women in order to get into prison. yeah, it's obscene. and the bits of it that i'm really unhappy about is that i'm really unhappy about is that children and we're talking about 16, 17, 18 year olds and adults no longer need a psychiatric diagnosis of gender

dysphoria before can actually transition. and to the point and i'm sorry gender dysphoria is in part a psychiatric decision needs a psychiatrist to actually assess there needs to be therapy to help work through everything and make sure it is absolutely the right decision for that person absolutely . very unhappy person absolutely. very unhappy with this bill. yeah me to go on emma i know you feel strongly this as well, don't you? i do. i'm an it as a radical feminist, someone who has been raised by radical. i have believed that my sex is real and unfortunately the basis of much oppression in society and that gender is part of that oppression. it's a social construct designed to fit us into little boxes. and we have spent years trying to break down those boxes and say women can do anything they want to and you are not a woman. if you wear lipstick, you are not a woman. if you do a traditionally female

, we should be opening up. we should be down this construct, not reinforcing it in law to say this is what a woman is like. this is what a woman is like. this is what a woman is like. this is what a man is like. so that's the philosophical problem ihave that's the philosophical problem i have with it, but i'm 100% with you at the idea that vulnerable women in prisons should locked in those prisons with men with with whatever they call themselves if they have a penis there's a wonderful campaign on this forjoan smith, campaign on this for joan smith, who says thing about a rapist is they carry their weapon with them everywhere . and that is a them everywhere. and that is a direct of the absolute human rights of these female prisoners . and you are making a case for prisoners is not always easy to do but we can all see that that's just something should not happen. what i am so baffled by why nicholas sturgeon and the snp a so keen to push this through. so we discuss this outside and i wonder if she obviously on the green party for her coalition the greens are

really really into this for some weird reason i don't think it is a green issue really. i mean they pretty much turn anything into a green issue these days. courtney i'm sure to some reason and i think nicola needs to cement her coalition in i cement her coalition in and i also if wants to just also wonder if she wants to just more whitespace between laws in england and scotland . so it's england and scotland. so it's another difference between and london . we saw in matt hancock london. we saw in matt hancock diaries that the decisions that we made here were largely influenced by, wanting to be in competition with do you ? i mean, competition with do you? i mean, it was shocking to read , for it was shocking to read, for instance, masking kids in schools . we weren't going to do schools. we weren't going to do it in england. nicholas sturgeon it by matt hancock sort of mission. the government then said, need do it said, oh well we need to do it too. we to be seen to be as too. we need to be seen to be as careful as her. do you worry that this will kind of trickle down and that will say, quickly, we also do this? i mean, we need to also do this? i mean, i worry about this trans i worry about all this trans ideology down. i really ideology actually down. i really do. see it. we do. and i think we see it. we see, you know, the nhs trusts like this week have given out

advice on how to birth a well i'm sorry you're not birthing a man. you birthing a woman because a woman. what do you mean? so. okay this is where i get all twist. so my these those things. so birthing man, this is a female born biological. a biological female that transitions to a male , retains a transitions to a male, retains a vagina and gives birth. yes. so sussex trust this way are teaching their midwives of course in 2000 quid on the words to use and the like. oh, this has been going on in maternity services for ages. you see it trickling down slowly, slowly and again. we say it's only a hundred thousand quid, but i don't you know, we were don't care you know, we were raising anything we raising women where anything we can here on this panel can do here on this panel because we are women and solely because we are women and solely because women, is given because we are women, is given to so no breastfeed, we to men. so we no breastfeed, we chest feed, we don't have penods chest feed, we don't have periods because we're women we're people that bleed . we we're people that bleed. we don't have smears. we are with cervix who have smears. and so it goes on and it's a tiny, tiny chip away at women . and i

chip away at women. and i actually feel we've gone back to seventies with the radical feminist where they were fighting and being shouted at by men you all you need to men. you know, all you need to do sleep a man now. it's do is sleep with a man now. it's no, you're not a. woman be quiet because the same thing is not happening to men. is happening to men. this is the age you to . know what age you want to. know what definition of feminism is it? something that affects men is? sexism sorry, sexism affects women. sorry, rather there a male rather than men? is there a male equivalent? isn't a male equivalent? there isn't a male equivalent. the word man is not being rewritten in the dictionaries. and quite often you'll so—called progressive you'll see so—called progressive groups . yeah i very much think groups. yeah i very much think of myself as a progressive but i will fight for progressive being so calling men, men and women not men as if we are some subset i'm. that's appalling. i think it's really important that we recognise that is not a left right issue . yeah, most of the right issue. yeah, most of the women i know are really passionate about this are considering to my left and i know that that i'm left wing on this panel, but it is this is not about left right issues and.

there is a really strong know radical feminist left wing argument to say actually really important that we recognise sex and the intrinsic divide differences that happen and make sure that we build a world in which those are minimised. yeah the disadvantages of being women all, the disadvantages of being all, the disadvantages of being a man because there are some are minimised and therefore we can make sure that we therefore have a that that gender doesn't really come into . yeah, here is really come into. yeah, here is what we've done. instead go but actually genders the massive real thing and doesn't real thing and sex doesn't matter. yeah and actually in health care sex really matters. you know, i will get you know, i will not get prostate cancer. yeah, but if i blur the know the edges of that, i miss someone who will. well in provision if you read caroline crowded press is a fascinating book about all the things that we that we have embedded in health they're actually incredibly sexist they're not designed they're designed for the male that's the default male body. that's right. rather than the default female and that's the sort female body. and that's the sort of thing that should be of thing that we should be addressing. well, thank addressing. yes well, thank

goodness like us talking goodness for like us talking about telly , because about it on the telly, because you wouldn't this you probably wouldn't see this debate well debate on the bbc. so. well done, ladies. right off break will rishi sunak in will be debating rishi sunak in a short time that he's been in charge, he done a good job as prime send your prime minister. send me your views tv views, views as well. tv views, activities dot uk don't go away. that's all off the news with rihanna . good morning it's 31 rihanna. good morning it's 31 your top stories , the gb your top stories, the gb newsroom train are being warned that christmas gets away could be jeopardised after network ground workers in scotland announced strike action. major expected from 6 pm. on saturday until tuesday morning with more planned in the new year travels. also set to be affected with border force staff walking off the job tomorrow , striking every the job tomorrow, striking every day until january first, except for next tuesday . travel expert for next tuesday. travel expert simon calder. for next tuesday. travel expert simon calder . the situation simon calder. the situation won't improve time soon, i'm afraid if you're on the rails,

possibly even in the skies, then you could face serious problems. never seen the trains such disarray . there is not going to disarray. there is not going to be any , can you believe until. be any, can you believe until. the 9th of january . meanwhile, the 9th of january. meanwhile, health leaders are warning of knock on effects following . this knock on effects following. this week's nhs strikes . government's week's nhs strikes. government's reportedly looking to fast track a pay reportedly looking to fast track a pay rise next year to a third fresh action . the chancellor's fresh action. the chancellor's being urged to introduce a pump pricing watchdog to crack down on profiteering retailers . in an on profiteering retailers. in an open letter to jeremy hunt , open letter to jeremy hunt, campaigns warn of fallen wholesale and diesel prices aren't being on to motorists. it comes as the rac announced that average price of a litre of petrol is currently around 150 $0.03. that's seven pay more than this time last year while diesel is up $0.27 at 176 p and ukraine's president told the us

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very morning. it is 1136. this is bev turner today on gb news challenging optical issues. and i'm reading up close and far away. now rishi sunak been in charge since october, facing a whole heap of issues that this country needs solve with as a cost of living crisis, inflation and the biggest strike action in decades. and the biggest strike action in decades . i'm and the biggest strike action in decades. i'm asking, do you think for the short period that he's been pm he has a good job of leading country. so joining me now is john rentoul, chief political commentator at independent and leader of reform uk party. richard tice. okay, gentlemen , this is purely gentlemen, this is purely european this is your opinion piece you're writing comment leader in a newspaper. john rentoul. how do you think rishi sunak has done so far in a short eight weeks ? he's done about as eight weeks? he's done about as well as could be expected. he's

done than anybody else could have done in that job. and he's certainly done better. the two main alternative who were boris johnson and liz truss, he hasn't been perfect , i think the way been perfect, i think the way he's handled the nurses strike has been a little difficult , but has been a little difficult, but i think as he said when he gave evidence to the parliamentary on whenever it was that tuesday he said he's only been there for seven or eight weeks. so you can't expect miracles kind of deal can't expect miracles kind of deal. but i watched that super committee grilling that he got and. i thought that he used that as a little too much of an excuse. he was chancellor of the exchequer he has been in that government for a very long time. so to kind of sit there he you know it reminds me of he reminds me all the time of a boy that's just about to sit is 11 plus. and he's been full house to get into winchester college what and he's been full house to get intywasnchester college what and he's been full house to get intywas and ster college what and he's been full house to get intywas and he'szollege what and he's been full house to get intywas and he's kindge what and he's been full house to get intywas and he's kind of what and he's been full house to get intywas and he's kind of got hat he was and he's kind of got a pattern on either side saying do better, but he's very

better, do better, but he's very good learning, good remembering rote learning, but the but nothing comes from the heart. rentoul it . i heart. john rentoul does it. i don't i don't agree with that at all. i he's extremely all. i think he's extremely competent. i think he's the best the best available prime minister at the moment. that is an admirable indictment i talk about with faint praise. it's the best you've got got . well, the best you've got got. well, that's how politics works, isn't it? you it's the least he's the least bad option . and i thought least bad option. and i thought he was very impressive . he made he was very impressive. he made that statement in the house of commons on, on, on the asylum system. i thought a lot of a lot of labour mp stood and asked him what they thought were all good questions. i wish you could have the audience because he'd been beaten during . the research. beaten during. the research. richard shaking your head richard tice shaking your head in disgust . richard tice shaking your head in disgust. but how do you think he's doing ? i don't know what he's doing? i don't know what kool—aid john has been drinking this morning, but i want some of it because utterly it because it's utterly extruding there's more hope extruding it. there's more hope and enjoy your christmas and vision enjoy your christmas tree baubles back than

tree and the baubles back than there with the visionless there is with the visionless prime minister. we've at the moment. what a indictment that you say that this prime minister is the best of a bad laws, but he's been there seven or eight weeks. where's the hope where's the vision? where's the optic schism as we move forward to a new year? everybody, i talk to of a certain age they say this is far worse than 1970s and this has happened on his watch both chancellor and now as prime minister. he's got no solutions. he's a boring managing director of a subsidiary of big multinational corporation . the multinational corporation. the only time i would say the only time i've seen him get really excited was when he was talking at the confederation of british industry and he was trying to sell a case. so he's a bit of a salesman when it comes to the financial world because that's what to do. right. and what he used to do. right. and he talking the future he was talking about the future of intelligence and of artificial intelligence and how uk was going to be and i thought, you're just a bit of a computer geek you're really

computer geek and you're really excited idea of central excited by the idea of a central banking digital you're banking digital system. you're quite the idea of quite excited about the idea of , technical system in the , a technical i.d. system in the country, but what else does he have, john? i don't know what his values are . richard doesn't his values are. richard doesn't like it because richard's candidate, who is liz truss, crashed , burned because she kind crashed, burned because she kind of. i'm from reform uk . what of. i'm from reform uk. what a conservative joe what are you talking about? i lost the plot this morning. three this year in favour there's about having about borrowing money to pay for tax cuts which i'm afraid was utterly disastrous . john it used utterly disastrous. john it used to be it used to be noted, growing the economy until we were taken over by a by socialist government. it seems. go on, richard tice what we about say oh i'm in favour of growth . the only one who's been growth. the only one who's been talking about growing our way out of this crisis by cutting waste, cutting daft old eu regulations , by cutting taxes regulations, by cutting taxes for the lowest paid in the least

well off. if you look at my plans , our website, it's all plans, our website, it's all there, it's all funded. you've got to grow out of a crisis. all we've got at the moment is two forms of socialism. me socialism with socialism . what we've got with socialism. what we've got is we're colder we're poorer. we know that our taxes are going up. there's no hope, there's no ambition. there's no vision. it's an absolute catastrophe of this great country, of ours. we can do so much better . and can do so much better. and that's why we need new leadership and a change of direction. go john. well . leadership and a change of direction. go john. well. i i mean, that was lovely. you know , you know, we'd love we'd love to build pie in the sky and sign castles in the air. but it's not it's not possible. we have we have real problems to deal with, including the that we've just spent 400 billion on dealing with current and that is going to make us poorer. yes anyone doesn't accept that is going to have is going to struggle to come to terms with the real problems this country faces. but john, he was spending the money. it was rishi sunak that got us

into this hole. he was guy into this hole. he was the guy into this hole. he was the guy in the exchequer doing the dishing left, right for dishing out left, right for a virus with an infection rate of less than 0.5% for the vast majority of the populace. and now he's there telling us we've got to it up and, oh, you know, turn your lights down, turn your heating down. i'm afraid go up and up as the british people wanted that money to be spent, they wanted jobs to be protected. wanted the protected. they wanted the furlough they wanted furlough scheme and they wanted the small the support for small businesses. i don't think it would have gone to you disagree with but i'm afraid you're with them but i'm afraid you're in a minority. with them but i'm afraid you're in a minority . well that's in a minority. well that's because people were given the wrong about how the wrong information about how the coronavirus was . most people coronavirus was. most people have now how they got out of bed and went, oh, you're right it wasn't as vital as the government telling government was telling me. it was going after all. i'm was going to be after all. i'm not saying that some didn't lose their lives. they did an awful and tragic. it wasn't fatal and it's tragic. it wasn't fatal after vaccine drive. after after the vaccine drive. no, that's true. that's no, no, that's not true. that's not that's true. not true. that's not true. that's not wasn't that fatal that's not it wasn't that fatal after just after almost five. that's just not true . don't go on. richard not true. don't go on. richard tice . look, we are where we are.

tice. look, we are where we are. forget the past . how do we dig forget the past. how do we dig ourselves out of this hole? you can't tax your way out of a crisis you've got to grow your way out of a crisis . and i say way out of a crisis. and i say there are numerous ways where you can save tens and tens of billions pounds in the billions of pounds waste in the government prolific it's government is prolific it's everywhere got to cut everywhere you've got to cut taxes for the lowest paid small create growth cut the waste stop giving subsidies to renewable energy firms about 11 billion quid that they say they don't need. they're now the cheapest form of energy . get 2 million form of energy. get 2 million people who are currently on benefits back into work because we've got a labour that'll save you 20 to 30 billion quid cut the daft that'll save you 50 billion quid all of a sudden you're talking about real money, real growth , real jobs. all john real growth, real jobs. all john wants to do is shake his socialist hand . chancellor socialist hand. chancellor blairite . gentlemen, blairite. gentlemen, i appreciate your conversation it's a bit like going to be a christmas dinner in a few houses , isn't it? thank you so much,

renshaw, chief political commentator at the independent and leader of the reform party, richard tice right, ready to camp and emma burnell is still with me. would you like to just comment on that? how is he doing for you? rishi sunak oh, no. look, i think that we got the leader that the mps decided always should had . so trust always should have had. so trust was always going to be rubbish she useless in communicating she was useless in communicating so was false. and i think so she was false. and i think she had a good plan if she'd have communicated it properly. been single day been out there every single day on , the markets on lectern telling, the markets and the people. what she was doing, the plan was where we were we be where were going. we may not be where were going. we may not be where we now with emma. you're a we are now with emma. you're a socialist. you love rishi socialist. you must love rishi sunak. think he's a sunak. i don't think he's a remotely with these remotely socialist with these high spend economy . well, high tax spend economy. well, the low spend is part of the problem, isn't it? i mean, he hasn't got anything. he's high taxes. yes we are being taxed. ridiculous silly in ridiculous ways . but what we're not doing ways. but what we're not doing is actually investing. we've had a state that's cut to the bone over the last 12 years, which is

part of the problem. we actually need a state that can support economy, not one that's a drag on it at the moment. we are not saying anything like socialist. i mean, it's hilarious when it's described such . i mean, it's described as such. i mean, it's also quite funny because calling john rental who as the self described as the just that he's a blairite he's not on the wild left the labour party and the idea that those fairly centrist are extreme is the problem. i think with some of our debate we don't actually talk about what we really think. we just label each other and at each other and talk over each. i don't you know, i don't do the labelling anymore because i think that covid through left and right up in the air. i don't think it's i think almost quite hard to think it's almost quite hard to take boxes anyway take those boxes anymore. anyway we this is a story we move on. this is a story really important. it's not in the the moment it the newspapers the moment it might after today. is might be after today. this is about four single vaccination on people who do not have capacity . and it's one particular case. it's been in court. it's an aduu it's been in court. it's an adult . renee, a young man in

adult. renee, a young man in twenties who has the mental age of an 18 month old. it's gone court because his gp realised that he hadn't been vaccinated against covid. he'd had covid. he survived and have taken this family to court to give this to him. his mother does not want him. his mother does not want him to have it. his parents. what do you make of this ? so what do you make of this? so i think ethically this is a fascinating case and i think i've sat and scratched my head over this long, hard. it throws up many, many different questions ethically. look, i think we need children to be protected by the state when things are going wrong, when their families are going wrong, or even medical decisions are going however, we have going wrong. however, we have one here, and sure one case here, and i'm sure there are others, so i there are many others, so i don't this is that's don't think this is and that's why we to look at it. where why we need to look at it. where are many of these? yeah, i'm sure. and there's an adult who has the age of a toddler has the mental age of a toddler and parents, family have and his parents, his family have looked beautifully his looked after him beautifully his life giving him all of his childhood he nomadic childhood. he is a nomadic nation. he has had a tricky start to life. he has a heart

condition. he has flu vaccine. every year he stops and he a heart condition. and we know that myocarditis is a risk in young men with the moderna vaccine i think throws up vaccine i think this throws up is when this child whose mental age will never change. so he's always going to be a toddler, which is 18. why suddenly does the mum's loving care no longer to make those decisions? why does the court take over? because that's what's happened in this case and in all cases. so what i'm thinking about this is we to look at the is maybe we need to look at the law that when have law so that when you have a family this, where family like this, where everything going it's everything is going well, it's not acute that's not an acute decision that's just over time. why is just happening over time. why is there law that the there not place law that the court accepts that this child will always be a child therefore the mother's legal legal guardianship over him will always stay ? yes, that's the always stay? yes, that's the issue. the court judgement says that if they go to give this, this young man the vaccine and he rises , they will take that as he rises, they will take that as his consent against having it. but he has the mental age . an 18 but he has the mental age. an 18

month old emma and the mother is terrified because she does not want him to have this. well, i don't want to talk about this individual case. think where we really should be looking at and i agree with renee is it's incredibly because there are going to be cases like this where you might instinctually side with the mother, then we will hear another case where a mother has been accused of terrible neglect or has care for their own reasons . and maybe their own reasons. and maybe there are jehovah's witnesses to believe in blood transfusion and the child suffers appallingly and there are real complexity issues between the good of the child and who gets to make decision and not this individual case necessarily . if you set case necessarily. if you set case necessarily. if you set case precedent or our law is based on case law , if you set based on case law, if you set a precedent that be misused by other people . so i think it's other people. so i think it's what where my sympathies absolutely lie with mother, even though i probably disagree. both of you, in terms of the vaccine . i think should have it. i

. i think you should have it. i don't know this person. i'm not going to make a but essentially as a non—health professional and as a non—health professional and as a non parent i'm not going to say i have a lack of understanding. and with this individual should have this vaccine . i'm saying that vaccine. i'm saying that decision making has to be taken at a higher level than that. we need to have an understanding of where we set the rules out and how sure that we protect how we make sure that we protect vulnerable children that is vulnerable children and that is not always as simple as that parents know. but i agree. and i think most there is think in most cases there is nuance. for me in, this case nuance. but for me in, this case there is no nuance well, i'm not going because as a as a health healthy, otherwise physically healthy, otherwise physically healthy, apart , having healthy, apart, having a pre—existing heart condition as a healthy young man , i do a healthy young man, i do believe it should be the parent who have raised him . it should who have raised him. it should be their decision just because he's now above the age of 18, the state should not be swinging in and getting a job on his arm that he doesn't want. if they could, it goes to the court of

appeal today, they could have a knock on the door tomorrow. if that was that mother, i'd that if i was that mother, i'd be on run. yeah. now, listen be on the run. yeah. now, listen i'm with understand. and i'm with you. i understand. and let tell you, done let me tell you, i've done paediatrics seen these paediatrics and i've seen these children born. i've seen the dedication of these sit dedication of these who sit by their bedside 24 their children's bedside 24 hours a day, all of their hours a day, do all of their care, change their nasogastric tubes, their stomachs , tubes, change their stomachs, you know, do everything. so i'm sure mothers these sure that these mothers in these cases there are many of cases and there are many of them, all the experts here, rather than the doctors and doctors to accept doctors sometimes have to accept that is expert in that a patient is more expert in their condition than the doctor is, because they understand their more so. their individuality more so. i think what we're talking about here is leading the courts to say in these cases, there needs to be an assessment where the mother appointed with a lasting power of attorney. and then we be having this situation upset me. the court stepping in as a parent, i find i would find it really difficult and we're living in a more and more patrician times where we are infantilized the state. and i want to be honest, i am not make this is the problem where where

the opposite is true, where a parent so sometimes for incredibly good reasons but the fierceness of that parental love is actually harming the child rather because of their rather than because of their own. and this is not that why is this is not that this isn't that but if we set this precedent that's worries me need be that's worries me we need be able take this case by basis able to take this case by basis and if we set a precedent that a concern which is why we need some sorts process. exactly. exactly give over the power in these . lighter topic these cases. lighter topic ladies netflix . i know we talk ladies netflix. i know we talk about them a lot. we're not talking about harry and meghan those which are so at moment if you don't have netflix let me explain a of netflix and explain a lot of netflix and other is a disney once other channels is a disney once you log in right you put your log in in some i don't think any of us would do this they share these passwords and therefore they using a system that they're not paying for how terribly unethical and apparently this is illegal . it always, always was. illegal. it always, always was. i think it always was illegal. i do think it's ever been legal. it's just not enforced. the

courts have said it's illegal, but it is down to the companies to take the cases to court. but and i think the interesting bit of this story, which is not being covered, is we've said that meghan and harry got 4.6 million views that's a lot million views and that's a lot of for netflix paid of money for netflix who paid a lot money to do it but lot of money to do it but actually people they actually how many people they watch? a million watch? virtually only a million people pay to watch it then. it's not quite so lucrative for behind the scenes they're behind the scenes and they're probably kicking themselves because not got this because they've not got this under it's very . under control. and it's very. how police this knock at how did you police this knock at the door and say, show me your password? yeah if you get password? yeah if you can't get the come when you're the police to come when you're burgled, idea they're burgled, the idea that they're going out for your going to be going out for your netflix just the sky. netflix is just pie in the sky. it really is, isn't it? it really is. i don't know . got really is. i don't know. got time to do . i refuse to invite time to do. i refuse to invite my brother's lovely friend for christmas. do we have to do this. does anybody know if we've got time? okay, we haven't. no, we haven't. apparently so. ladies, all i do is to wish you both a very very happy christmas with hopes for the new year.

emma louise to stone water say , emma louise to stone water say, say she didn't say peace and happiness . you you know, these happiness. you you know, these lefties are like so shallow. really? go on, renee. oh, i just want to able to not feel that i'm running whole time and you know, you get . i do too. i do know, you get. i do too. i do too. we all do. don't wait. everyone's doing that bit right? i will be back on the 28th. actually, i'm working and the marinara, the bit, the in between . we really i really am between. we really i really am female i in the last few weeks thank you so much i'll be back on the 28th then i'll be back on the in the new year. mark longhurst is next. have a wonderful christmas . i'm alex wonderful christmas. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office a north south split with the weather at the moment with a rather grey affair across the south dank, misty and murky. something a little brighter across and northern ireland. but the cloud and the drizzly rain

being created by a couple of weather fronts just slowly drifting in. we'll see perhaps a little bit of heavy amounts grazing the south coast of for a time but mostly light and drizzle a murky day for england and wales, brightest from scotland to northern ireland, many places here dry with sunny spells, but a northerly wind setting in will bring a few more showers across northern scotland . they could turn to sleet and snow overnight. colder snow overnight. shetland colder air here. but in the south, although fairly murky, it very mild with temperatures in the double. right. all clear from the south coast. but the mist and murk is likely to linger. we'll have a few more showers going into south scotland overnight. and as i said, the showers and shetland turning more and wintry. and then more and more wintry. and then later nights we'll see later in the nights we'll see more rain coming to the more rain coming in to the southwest could be quite southwest that could be quite heavy and very mild heavy and it stays very mild here too whereas the colder conditions further north there will be frost across northern will be a frost across northern scotland. said, some snow scotland. as i said, some snow showers shetland. it's rain showers in shetland. it's rain that's likely to make for some

pretty grim conditions across a good chunk of england and wales on friday morning . this rain on friday morning. this rain will spread northwards will steadily spread northwards by the afternoon into northern ireland and parts of northern england. most the day scotland will and some brightest here will be and some brightest here and it will brighten up further south as well as the day goes on. another very mild here, but also increasingly windy . and also increasingly windy. and again, cold air lingering again, the cold air lingering scotland as the rain hits the colder air, it will be a bit of hell. snow for time on friday evening eve evening and into christmas eve and showers follow in and some showers follow in behind with the milder air is winning out. some pushing northwards bringing a mild start to the christmas weekend. a jaw ring, christmas day and boxing day. it will colder as . we go day. it will colder as. we go through the christmas weekend. good bye. join calvin on good bye. join me, calvin on christmas eve and day to explore how this special period has become a source of hope with an especially festive show, i expect christmas carols, nativity readings and interviews with special guests . and it's with special guests. and it's all filmed in a church for that's proper christmas feeling

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channel is o'clock on yo with gb news live i'm mark longhurst and coming up for you today we're being that today's likely to be very for britain's health service even there's no industrial action people who put off treatment yesterday are seeking help the health unions giving the government an ultimatum rio open talks on pay or face more strikes in the new year. or face more strikes in the new year . the health secretary

year. the health secretary intimating the pay deal