is beginning . 34 million college is beginning. 34 million college yearis is beginning. 34 million college year is expected and we're paying year is expected and we're paying the most for our fuel . paying the most for our fuel. any country in europe is the british motorist being persecuted. we'll discuss and debate and ask your thoughts . persecuted. we'll discuss and debate and ask your thoughts. is britain broken? i've been saying it is. times columnist think i'm completely wrong. we've got some exclusive polling for you on this show. we'll discuss all of those things. recent asylum figures , too, and how robson figures, too, and how robson khan of former premier league of international and now itv pundit

will tell us all about qatar and the world cup. but all of that comes up after the news with bethany elsey . nigel, thank you bethany elsey. nigel, thank you very much. your top stories from the gb news three ambulance workers from the union unison have announced they will stage two further days of strike action in a dispute over pay . action in a dispute over pay. thousands of staff from five ambulance services in england will walk out on the 11th and 23rd of january. it will affect london, yorkshire, the north—west north—east and south—west union leaders say the health sector refusal to discuss pay health sector refusal to discuss pay for ambulance workers and nurses has raised the prospect of even further strikes. next month . but the education month. but the education secretary, gillian keegan, says they must respect the independent pay review body . you independent pay review body. you cannot have an independent pay review process which takes the politics out of pay and then have politicians intervene in

that process . not only does it that process. not only does it blow the process up and destroy the process, but it also means what happens in future years, you know, is this going to be politicians now doing it really important? it's been done by governments of different colours. the independent pay review process has been used pretty successful leigh and that's what we want to continue . rail fares in england will rise by 5.9. in march, the government set the cap at a level well below inflation , with level well below inflation, with the transport secretary saying the transport secretary saying the interview will help reduce the interview will help reduce the impact on passengers. it comes as rail workers get ready for more strike action with rmt members in scotland walking out on christmas eve until tuesday morning . air travel is also set morning. air travel is also set to be affected with around a quarter of a million passengers being warned of delays as border force staff strike from tomorrow. i'm afraid if you're on the rail , tomorrow. i'm afraid if you're on the rail, possibly even in the skies , then you could face the skies, then you could face serious problems. i've never seen the trains in such

disarray. there is not going to be any improvement. can you believe until . the 9th of believe until. the 9th of january? the home office says it's deported 42 albanian migrants back home, which it said had no right to be in the uk . the government has come uk. the government has come under increased pressure to prevent migrants attempting to cross the english channel from france. the home office said some of those involved arrived illegally , small boats and illegally, small boats and others had been convicted of supplying class a drugs . and the supplying class a drugs. and the prime minister has appointed a new adviser. the chairman of historic england, sir laurie magnus , will replace lord kite, magnus, will replace lord kite, who quit under boris johnson in june. hisjob who quit under boris johnson in june. his job will be to advise mr. sunak on whether ministers are obeying the code of conduct rulebook . you're up to date on rulebook. you're up to date on tv, online and tv, plus radio. this is gb news. now let's get back to nigel.

good evening. the christmas getaway is beginning the rac estimate that 34 million car journeys will be made over the course of the next two days. it's a truly staggering number on roads. well, i'm sure, you all know it that our pretty busy already so it could be pretty hellish in parts of the country. that's going to get made worse because there a by the because there is a strike by the highways agency . they're highways agency. they're striking different regions on striking in different regions on different days, but it could also be dangerous because also be rather dangerous because we smart motorways we have smart motorways now around country , although around the country, although i find i must perhaps find that i must say, perhaps one worst chosen names one of the worst chosen names evenl one of the worst chosen names ever, i think they're motorways , dangerous motorways . but if , dangerous motorways. but if you haven't got staff monitoring and putting up warning signs , and putting up warning signs, that could make it very much more dangerous . what i've been more dangerous. what i've been talking to you about a week or teasing all week is what the hell is going on with fuel pnces? hell is going on with fuel prices? why are they so high? why how is diesel up? 230 p more

expensive a litre than unleaded 7 expensive a litre than unleaded ? and why indeed certainly in south london are some garages now beginning to run out of unleaded ? not that i want to unleaded? not that i want to cause a rush or a scare, but it's something i've noticed. nobody else has reported it over the course of the last week and amidst all of that , ricky sunak amidst all of that, ricky sunak will not deny that the fuel escalate to will get put back in place in the spring budget . that place in the spring budget. that would be yet another 12 a litre tax . i'm would be yet another 12 a litre tax. i'm asking you, do you agree with me that british motorists are being persecuted. give me your thoughts. give me your views. far at gbnews.uk, because i most certainly do . and because i most certainly do. and at some point we're going to have to say enough is enough. you know, what? do you work it out? it isn't just our direct taxes that we're noticing. if you add onto that our indirect taxes, you realise we are becoming. i'm not exaggerating here. one of the most highly

taxed economies and countries in the world and the burden that is falling on working people in many cases to pay for lots of people who choose not to work . people who choose not to work. that may be a separate debate, but we're being taxed a hell fuel. i've called in howard cox. he's been running the fair fuel campaign for more than he cares to remember. howard, what the hell is going on? we are absolutely right. and thank you for having me on to talk about this, because this is becoming even more critical. i've been doing this for 13 years and i can't believe the profiteering that manifestly that is absolutely manifestly clear to everyone , except it clear to everyone, except it seems, the treasury . and one of seems, the treasury. and one of the things we've got to look at at the moment in time is somehow the government have got to get on top of this and the only ones that can get on top of it, both in terms of fuel taxation and the called pump watch, the thing called pump watch, which do introduce, which is which you do introduce, which is what we want consumer what we want is a consumer price, regulatory watchdog. those sorts of things as those are the sorts of things as well. 1.7 billion for uk supporters, a crying for and

supporters, a crying out for and better. say it, 37 million better. i say it, 37 million drivers would agree with. yeah, it's a large number, isn't it? so let's just go through some of the in terms of profits the numbers in terms of profits per the course of the per litre over the course of the last of years. okay. last couple of years. okay. well, graph, if we can well, the first graph, if we can have that graph up now fundamentally the last since fundamentally in the last since 2015 all the way to 2020, the profit per litre for petrol and diesel was found about $0.08 per litre. yeah it is now a staggering $0.24 per litre i think the graph for those that are watching on television, the graph is pretty clear for those listening on radio. yeah, it's basically a basic plea. you're saying that that the profit per litre has tripled. yes and thereby the line is actually the oil price sterling. yes. so oil price in sterling. yes. so we've out the exchange we've taken out the exchange rate what you're rate issue. yes. and what you're saying is in the last three years, which is lockdown time, don't forget. so they've taken advantage. why when oil prices rise , should increase rise, why should you increase your profits ? the difference, if your profits? the difference, if your profits? the difference, if you can still maintain your profits, actually profits, you could actually in those times in the

those particular times in the last three years, since 2020, pump prices so much what you pay to them. and by the way, i will just say, howard cox, that i did, knowing you were coming on the program, contact the petrol retailers association. i asked them to put up a spokesman. they couldn't. well, it's nearly christmas, i get that. i asked them for a statement. i didn't get one. what so they got to be afraid of, which is very sad because actually believe the because i actually believe the independent retailers association blind association shouldn't be blind because most of the independent retailers to very retailers are tied to very strong which can't strong contracts, which i can't get a wholesale is the get at with a wholesale is the pricing is controlled further up the chain and head the fuel supply chain and head of the petrol retailer association knows that from what i've said many he i've said many times, he supports in fuel duty. all supports a cut in fuel duty. all we want is fair and transparent pump pricing. yeah, i mean fuel duty issue what we're duty is one issue but what we're now about here profit now talking about here is profit per and i understand that it's the supermarkets that are the real of the piece at the moment. yes. that's changed again in the last couple of years for some or another, and it be due another, and it must be due to the of living

the cost of living crisis because supermodel are because supermodel markets are protecting business. protecting their core business. do when to do remember the days when to encourage ? they used say , if encourage? they used to say, if you spen can have you spend £50 now you can have 5 to 10 per litre of using a vouchen to 10 per litre of using a voucher. everyone loved it and theyit voucher. everyone loved it and they it wasn't a loss leader because supermarkets tend because supermarkets don't tend to wholesale they because supermarkets don't tend to direct wholesale they because supermarkets don't tend to direct from )lesale they because supermarkets don't tend to direct from theale they because supermarkets don't tend to direct from the refinerythey buy direct from the refinery course. so they don't have a middle market staple because they're enough. they're they're big enough. they're big enough half of the enough to buy and half of the fuel dispensed . this country enough to buy and half of the fuel through d . this country enough to buy and half of the fuel ithrough supermarkets.y enough to buy and half of the fuel ithrough supermarkets. is goes through supermarkets. is there shortage unleaded ? there a shortage of unleaded? why seeing petrol stations why am i seeing petrol stations in scotland and or three in scotland and for two or three days this week without any unleaded, don't there is unleaded, i don't think there is a i think there is a a shortage. i think there is a supply problem for certain wholesale is actually getting some to certain some supplies out to certain areas. i repeat what you said earlier. you don't need to have a run you don't have to a run in it. you don't have to start queuing petrol. but start queuing for petrol. but there issues of supply there is some issues of supply with wholesalers. with certain wholesalers. now let's to that let's get to the issue that really, my goat a sample really, really my goat a sample that drives a diesel car wreck of course i drive diesel because mr. me was good mr. blair told me it was good for the environment. if we remember i can't believe that the differential is up to $0.30.

what a hell is going on? well, if we got another graph, that second graph, which is the pricing differential, be nice to see that come up fundamentally again , we're looking at again, we're looking at a situation where normally pump pnces situation where normally pump prices and this is a graph to show the difference between petrol and diesel and how it's risen last six months risen in the last six months since june first. is it used to be around about to five p more than yes. yes we're the only country that does that because we still tax it the same as petrol. other countries tax diesel less because they recognise the commercial recognise it's the commercial of any should be any economy. yes, that should be in of distribution, in terms of distribution, logistics. you see logistics. but you can see in the graph it just seems the graph here it just seems incredible a difference which you've alluded to, 20 $0.30 difference. now we're looking at it's averaging about 23 to $0.24. the reason being is because there's more demand for these and we import a lot of diesel and. it's an unfortunately speculator . unfortunately speculator. they've got their mitts around making and actually making it and actually hold a lot of diesel and bring it in when they need it. well, yeah, there's a very powerful point for of you here , and it's

for all of you here, and it's this much uk refining is closed down and it's down because our cost of energy is so high because of our commitment to net zero and at least 20% of the diesel that goes into our cars and vans is refined in russia. but actually because of trans shipping through rotterdam, it could as high as 40. so we used to actually refine all our own petrol and diesel. we're not doing it that harshly perhaps helps to explain. it certainly does. so even though i looked at a graph before i came on the show that imports europe, show today that imports europe, 40% from russia. 40% still come from russia. today. 40, isn't it? yeah, today. it is 40, isn't it? yeah, it is 40. so, yeah. so we're cutting ourselves if we think we're just 20 and we mustn't forget most of heavy forget also most of the heavy always in heating oils always is used in heating oils as and they're rocketing as well and they're rocketing well. it's demand well. and because it's demand for seems to be for energy it seems to be spuriously linked this pricing because prices are going because energy prices are going up. let's put diesel prices up. yeah have to say, it yeah well, i have to say, it really make me really doesn't really make me very thought, the very angry. final thought, the prime on a very rare prime minister on a very rare outing week because he's generally in hiding, it seems to

me. i was asked a about the fuel escalator. explain well we learned last year well in the autumn statement, jeremy hunt stood up this the first time in my 13 years campaigning fuel duty wasn't mentioned. there was no whatsoever. okay no mention whatsoever. okay fine. we okay, they've fine. we thought, okay, they've cut it five. rishi did back cut it by five. rishi did back march. thank you very much. you didn't touch because didn't touch assad's because the oil rocketed at the time oil prices rocketed at the time but thank we got to pick up but thank you we got to pick up most other countries to take up. yes that's in aside and then 2 hours after that autumn statement obe stood out statement the obe all stood out with conference to with the press conference to tell us there's a planned 23% increase in fuel duty , which is increase in fuel duty, which is equivalent to about $0.12 equivalent to around about $0.12 in duty. put vat on it, it in fuel duty. put vat on it, it gets close to $0.15. that's what , he said. now he is so committed. this week he was interviewed , he was asked interviewed, he was asked a direct question how are we going to duty? not to keep fuel duty? we're not going to that fuel duty rise going to put that fuel duty rise up, said. i would rather up, he said. well i would rather not comment, as you know, as a i can't do that on fiscal matters. they're not denying it. and if that rise goes through , that is

that rise goes through, that is disastrous. yes particularly small businesses , you know, small businesses, you know, deliveries, etc. driving around it actually puts inflation up when trying to reduce inflation and possibly cost jobs as well. well a cbo report, which i commissioned will show you exactly the problem . cpi up by exactly the problem. cpi up by 2.6. wow it's incredible. it'll reduce gdp by 1. wow. i mean, what chance that on earth would actually encourage lost jobs , actually encourage lost jobs, increased inflation and a cut in gdp ? explain. go figure . and yet gdp? explain. go figure. and yet the building behind us , the the building behind us, the palace of westminster , there palace of westminster, there seem to be very few members of parliament even aware. i mean, i think of them actually dress in like reverend ride bicycles . i like reverend ride bicycles. i or many of them do not all them . but this disconnect, 37 million drivers, we are being persecuted , there's no question persecuted, there's no question about that. in my mind. there's

no big political voice here, is there? no, there isn't. but tomorrow, in fact, it's actually going today. jonathan this going today. jonathan karl, this place gotten so yeah stoke place has gotten so yeah stoke on trent north mp has put together a letter to the jeremy hunt asking and he's got the support of some big names. he got about 30 signatures, a very quickly calling on a pump quickly took calling on a pump watch body. we need to actually find out how pump pricing place what is this magic that when oil goes up it comes down, goes up when it comes down, what's on? as you know, it what's going on? as you know, it goes a rocket comes down goes up like a rocket comes down like a feather. you've like a feather. yeah. you've heard the many times, heard the adage many times, fundamentally, put fundamentally, he's put that letter we need get letter in and we need to get pump watching process plus that cutting year. it cutting duty next year. how it works you. well, works as ever. thank you. well, sorry, folks . you're picking up sorry, folks. you're picking up the tab for this the course of the tab for this the course of the couple of you the next couple of days, as you your cars and travel off to your cars up and travel off to see relations . in a moment, see your relations. in a moment, this link this story , really this link to this story, really intimate is britain intimate moment is britain broken? are we living in broken britain? i've been saying for the last few weeks we are the times . completely times think. i'm completely wrong. moment, professor wrong. in a moment, professor goodwin us some exclusive goodwin gives us some exclusive on the subject .

i asked you british motorists being persecuted by this government. your responses are what ? pretty clear, actually. what? pretty clear, actually. stewart says yes, an abused cash cow. another says, have been for a long time. they are trying to price us out and go all electric . another says always an easy. yeah, well, that's absolute true. but all of that's folks. but it's getting much worse. you saw those graphs . howard cox saw those graphs. howard cox showed you the profits . police showed you the profits. police have tripled over the course of the last two years. now the petrol retailers , although they petrol retailers, although they wouldn't come on the program say, it's because of increased costs of running garages. well, maybe some of is. costs of running garages. well, maybe some of is . finally, maybe some of it is. finally, sean says , if you've got a sean says, if you've got a motor, you're an easy target. the treasury need to get back

the furlough money. so it's. well, yes. who's going pay for it? we are. i guess we are now a theme that i've been developing on this program and i, i am never negative in it. my top political career was about being negative. it was about looking what i believed to be positive solutions. but i have been analysing over the last few weeks that i believe we are living in broken britain. nothing actually works in 12 years of tory rule , the national years of tory rule, the national debtis years of tory rule, the national debt is four times higher. one third i part of it, but four times higher than it was. the nhs isn't working. nothing. none our public services work like they used to. you can't get a appointment. you often can't get your kid into the local primary school and i could go on and on. well, yesterday in my danny finkelstein , lord finkelstein, finkelstein, lord finkelstein, of course , peer said don't fall of course, peer said don't fall for the gloomy tales of british decline. and basically listen to barrage. and they a photograph

of me in the column which is funny isn't it? of me in the column which is funny isn't it ? they can choose funny isn't it? they can choose a nice photograph of you are a very less obliging of you. well, i did ask lord finkelstein to come on the program, but he's the director of chelsea football , and they're playing tonight. but is going to come into the but he is going to come into the studio because want to have good open honest, to head open, honest, head to head debate . but i believe i'm right debate. but i believe i'm right with my analysis that britain is broke. well, joining is professor matthew goodwin . and professor matthew goodwin. and matthew, you've got some polling for us here , gb news on broken for us here, gb news on broken britain . what does it say? yes. britain. what does it say? yes. so we put this statement to , a so we put this statement to, a representative sample of british voters. we said . nothing in voters. we said. nothing in britain works any more. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? 57% of the country, nearly six in ten voters agree. they say nothing in britain is really working any more. only 19% disagree with that. it's actually a view that

unhes that. it's actually a view that unites leavers and remainers that that's likely as one another to say, you know what? nothing in britain works anymore. and the reason i think this is important, i it's really important is this i think is going to guarantee actually the conservatives defeat at the next election because the belief that the government is making the country really matters and these voters are very hacked off . and voters are very hacked off. and you said it's leavers and remainers who feel very much the same way on this. yeah what about conservative and labour voters. the most voters. labour voters, the most likely to all say nothing in likely of to all say nothing in britain's working anymore? perhaps surprising. perhaps not too surprising. we've conservative we've got a conservative government, conservative has government, but conservative has to actually i mean, if you look at numbers more than of at the numbers more than half of all are nothing in all conservatives are nothing in britain conservative britain even a conservative government anymore government is working anymore and think it's this sense we and i think it's this sense we can it up in our own can pick it up in our own friendship groups families , friendship groups and families, this sense of actually nothing is really functioning as it should be in britain at the

moment. and in this sense it is overwhelming. the other just briefly that we pick up in the polling now is just the sheer numbers of people who say, i don't back any of them on any of these issues, the economy, on inflation, on immigration . i'm inflation, on immigration. i'm just not even i'm going over to the labour party necessary really. i'm just saying none of the above. seen this the above. i've not seen this level of disillusionment really since the early 20 tens. yeah there was a time wasn't there, in the early 20 tens when it looked like we had three social democrat parties. you couldn't be anything between them. maybe we're towards that we're heading back towards that . disenchantment . but the disenchantment is greater think and greater now. i think. and i think very real. think think it's very real. i think got a sort of perfect you've got inflation, you've got interest rates, you've got the energy crisis, cost of living . i crisis, cost of living. i noficed crisis, cost of living. i noticed on twitter other day somebody joked, well , now that somebody joked, well, now that brexit happened, well, at least we've got the borders under control by. well, actually, that's not really happening ehhen that's not really happening either. so if you're a believer , you will remain a labour voter or a conservative or a lib dem, a green, whatever . the one thing

a green, whatever. the one thing actually that unifies as a country, contrary to daniel finkelstein's i think finkelstein's column i think is very interesting but very interesting column, but i don't fingers on the don't think his fingers on the polls the majority polls there, the vast majority people in this country are actually saying know, actually saying, you know, this isn't working me and that isn't working for me and that will have political effects. that's how i feel about it. absolutely. you've absolutely. and matthew, you've got exclusive polling got some other exclusive polling which be which you're going to be releasing news breakfast releasing on gb news breakfast tomorrow morning . yeah, tomorrow morning. yeah, we've got interesting stuff, got some interesting stuff, actually. we've asked, you know, this is the year of three prime ministers. of course, we've got bofis ministers. of course, we've got boris rishi boris johnson, liz truss, rishi sunak. asked voters which boris johnson, liz truss, rishi suthose asked voters which boris johnson, liz truss, rishi suthose ministers d voters which boris johnson, liz truss, rishi suthose ministers do oters which boris johnson, liz truss, rishi suthose ministers do you; which boris johnson, liz truss, rishi suthose ministers do you thinkh of those ministers do you think was best? gosh, we've got was the best? gosh, we've got the i think i'd be i don't know. we've got some we've got some polling strikes. we've polling on the strikes. we've got some on the rwanda got some polling on the rwanda plan, which obviously the government is now hoping it can get moving after the high court judgement. so lots of interesting stuff and of course that key headline voting intention can the conservatives actually get out of the twenties , which is where they are 25, 26% averaging? i mean, this is worse than the 97 wipe out. this is this is terrible territory

for rishi sunak and his party to be what if over 50% of conservative voters after 12 years of tory rule, think britain broken? they've got a pretty big problem . matthew pretty big problem. matthew goodwin, as ever, great. thank you for joining goodwin, as ever, great. thank you forjoining us. in a moment, i'll give you an update on the asylum situation that have been some deportations to albania . some deportations to albania. but against that , we learn from but against that, we learn from suella braverman the full cost for next year. how much money it's going to cost you to manage the asylum system, all of that . the asylum system, all of that. when i'm back with you in a couple of minutes minutes .

i'm sorry to say, but brexit is back as part of the national . i back as part of the national. i really wish it wasn't because after all, remember we were going have an oven ready deal was all going to be fantastic trade with europe but opened of course to the rest of world. it

was all going to tickety boo. just vote the boris and it's all going to get sold out and we're going to get sold out and we're going to get sold out and we're going to become competitive and so much is going to happen. well overnight, the british chambers of commerce have expressed their disappointment. they say that 77% of their members are feeling no benefit , all from brexit no benefit, all from brexit whatsoever . and those that are whatsoever. and those that are involved with importing and exporting from europe are finding , well, whilst there were finding, well, whilst there were no direct tariff force, whilst there are no quotas there are all sorts of customs restrictions and in some places costs . and that shall we say, costs. and that shall we say, the french behaviour towards trade is erratic to say the very least. well of course it is. they want brexit to fail . knew they want brexit to fail. knew that from day one. if seemed to be a success, other countries in europe might to do the same. the failing . my view is that the failing. my view is that the conservative government have not in place the reforms , the

in place the reforms, the simplifications that could have benefits . it not just every benefits. it not just every small business in britain, but actually our biggest insurance companies investment houses and many others. they've literally in three years with a majority of 80, done absolute , totally of 80, done absolute, totally nothing. so there is a growing level of disenchantment with brexit. bear in mind, mind you, that the british of commerce were so pro—remain that they director—general john longworth suggested back in 2016 that maybe leaving was an option . he maybe leaving was an option. he was sacked on the spot . but was sacked on the spot. but david maddocks political editor of daily express online . that of daily express online. that was then . this is now. if was was then. this is now. if was asked by guardian pollster by disappointed brexit, i'm afraid i'm going to say yes. is this issue back as a political issue 7 issue back as a political issue ? where do you see this going ? i ? where do you see this going? i think it is back as a political issue. and i think it's for two reasons. i think it's irrevocably tied to the coup,

which happened a few weeks ago and installed rishi sunak and you know, i know rishi supported leave . told he did. yeah leave. told he did. yeah i didn't see him. no, no . i mean didn't see him. no, no. i mean i spoke to him at the time and he he put, you know, delayed career by supporting leave . he didn't by supporting leave. he didn't do much campaigning. my paper. but the people who install him are largely remainers the conservative party and the people running the treasury . the people running the treasury. the current chancellor is a remainer . he claims to have he claims to have been converted . but have been converted. but essentially, david, i mean, you know when i use words like coup, you know, i'm accused of being a wild eyed conspiracy theorist that living on the fringes of society. but you , you know, the society. but you, you know, the political editor of the express online, you do believe it ? a, online, you do believe it? a, i believe it was a coup. and i think they engineered it in a way. certainly in the aftermath

of liz truss saying she'd engineered it in a way to ensure pretty much for rishi, i could be only candid it gets enough nominee nations. i mean it is ridiculously high threshold and you know again whatever his personal are the people who installed him are largely anti—brexit and what is he. one of the measures here, david, it's a very relevant, i think, to what you just said, what are the measures here that the british chamber of commerce are asking for? they're saying that our members would like to continue eu c continue to use the eu c e marking of product quality instead of switching it for the new. you see uk c eight they're almost saying that we just within the single market, we stay within single rules within their we lose any opportunity to establish competitive advantage is that where we're going. well this is this is part of a of a

wider attempt to undermine the benefits of brexit. i mean, on one hand, you seem a conservative, but as you rightly put it, the conservative party completely dropped the ball on this and total missed out on the opportunities , completely failed opportunities, completely failed to rationalise and so forth . and to rationalise and so forth. and on the other hand, we seem is drip, drip, drip of niac groups , whether it's x people from the bank of england, whether the british chambers of commerce , british chambers of commerce, others all saying, oh well, brexit is a failure. usually quoting figures from which a result of the pandemic and, so forth. yeah. and chucking in small things and isn't interest ing you know the jeremy hunt thing just the of a week on the swiss model which is essentially staying in the single market and taking instruction in from brussels. yes i mean the swiss relation in the european union has deteriorated has through eu bullying. they've been dragged closer. but there are stories i mean, conservative peer gavin

barwell , who of course, was barwell, who of course, was there very in number ten there very close in number ten to theresa may we have to reduce the very damaged barriers to trade have introduced trade we have introduced with our so it is our nearest neighbours. so it is happening absolutely global. well, course was one of the well, of course was one of the reasons took so to get a reasons it took so to long get a proper brexit deal that actually involved leaving the eu. final quick thought, david, if i may , quick thought, david, if i may, in 2019, when boris johnson went to the country with what was basically the brexit party line , did they really believe in it ? i think a lot of them did. a lot of the mps. i actually think bofis lot of the mps. i actually think boris johnson did to a certain degree, maybe not as in a deep seated way that you and i believe it. but i think did believe it. but i think did believe in it . believe it. but i think did believe in it. i think the pandemic and the whole going down the rabbit hole on that really derailed the whole process and when that came out of it , it was kind of like

of it, it was kind of like trying to sort out brexit had become an afterthought as opposed to the kind of raison d'etre of his government, which is what it should have been . is what it should have been. stay with me . quick migrant stay with me. quick migrant update. quite important all of this. now you know that we're being told constantly by left wing pressure . what beastly, wing pressure. what a beastly, ghastly nation we are. why don't we take in more people? why don't we let everyone the channel stay? because they're all refugees . all poor, desperate refugees. well, last year, we refuge to over 100,000 people take japan , over 100,000 people take japan, for argument's sake, a modern civilised country, a signatory of course, to the un charter on refugees . they took 100 last refugees. they took 100 last yeah refugees. they took 100 last year. so doesn't anyone tell you that we are somehow we certainly are not. but suella braverman has told that next year the cost of asylum is going to be three and a half billion sterling.

that's three and a half billion sterling for putting people up in hotels , accommodation centres in hotels, accommodation centres and processing. but i think they've cracked it on processing . yes, i really do. you see, we got the figures for the last year this morning. hard to believe that over three quarters of those who've come into the country, often via illegal means using traffickers. over three quarters that have been processed have had their applications approved to stay. compare that . to just 25% in compare that. to just 25% in france. that's how they solved the backlog. they say you can all stay . well, against that , all stay. well, against that, there have been some deportations today . 42 people deportations today. 42 people have been sent back to . albania. have been sent back to. albania. 33 of them have been of very , 33 of them have been of very, very serious crimes. but when you think about the numbers of albanians have come in the last few months, it doesn't even make a dent on it. david maddox, just give me, a sort of quick sort of end of year round up really on this. isn't this issue their

biggest problem of all with their own voters ? it is, their own voters? it is, actually, i had coffee with suella braverman a few weeks ago . an suella braverman a few weeks ago. an actually before she temporarily was relieved of her job. but was relieved of herjob. but i said, you've basically got one job. you've got to stop . you've job. you've got to stop. you've got to stop illegal migration . got to stop illegal migration. let get a grip on legal migration . but it's. let get a grip on legal migration . but it's . a lot of migration. but it's. a lot of a lot of backbenchers yet to be convinced that the measures announced the other week are enough. frankly i'd be surprised if anything short of leaving me would enough, but. well, we'll wait and see. well, yes, i'm absolutely with you on that. but if you're a conservative member of parliament to suggest leaving the east gate job, it's a wash your mouth out with soap and job. in a moment, it's talking pints with a very different drink. what i haven't really

tried before going to tried before and it's going to be very different. be very, very different. i promise because hal promise you, because hal robson—kanu , who of course, robson—kanu, who of course, played football for wales and is now an itv pundit, he's now in the health food sector . who the health food sector. who knows? he might come me , join me knows? he might come me, join me . robinson on christmas eve and day to explore how this period has become a source of hope with an especially festive show. i expect christmas carols , expect christmas carols, readings and with special guests , and it's all filmed in a church that's proper christmas feeling . christmas, a message feeling. christmas, a message hope. at 2 pm. on christmas eve and 5 am. and 11 am. on christmas day on. gb news the people's channel, britain's news channel.

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this segment, time, for the first time ever on this segment , the drinks are this segment, the drinks are going to come at the end. know this looks a little bit different would explain it all as and when we get there very pleased to be joined by hal robson—kanu . you know, for robson—kanu. you know, for someone who's been a premier league international now a big pounds on telly , you know, it pounds on telly, you know, it happens doesn't it, that famous footballers get to meet celebrities , get to meet royalty celebrities, get to meet royalty and get to meet stars. but you your life basing a hold of these people. tell us about the first years of paul's life. yeah. no. so my upbringing was relatively unique . the sense where my unique. the sense where my grandfather was of kensington and at that in time, you know, the parish was , you know, it was the parish was, you know, it was it was booming. and everyone there was, you know, a fantastic group and a community in that area who were , you know, area who were, you know, obviously would attend st mary abbot's church on a basis. and it was capacity every week. and so i saw my grandfather, you know, adored by so many different people, as well as my

grandmother , who was obviously grandmother, who was obviously the vicar's wife. and so i had a very unique experience in terms of upbringing because , you know, of upbringing because, you know, that vicarage backs to that the vicarage backs to billionaires row , you know, billionaires row, you know, backs onto see what is kensington palace and so , you kensington palace and so, you know, i saw lots of different people in all different walks of life from a very early age, which i think for me was really informative particularly then ultimately going into football where there's a lot of adulation again and there's a lot of hype and. this is growing up, but you've got sort of princes margaret's around the place and diana's the place and the jaguars are rabbit. extraordinary, really? yeah. yeah, it extraordinary for sure. and i think it allowed me to of see different as i said, different walks of life because they're normal people. you know, as much as we build up and as much as the media and the press build them up and that they're normal people and they and they're relatively know simple in terms of what they what they want from life. you know, they generally good life

generally to have a good life and are trying to do what they can have that. so yeah, can do to, have that. so yeah, it was, i said, really unique it was, as i said, really unique and very grateful and. it also allowed me to have a level of grounding because my grandmother would, you know, stop and speak with any homeless person on the streets kensington you streets of. kensington and, you know, would see it coming know, they would see it coming and know should stop and they would know should stop and, down and and, should bend down and actually to touch actually talk to them touch them. was three for five them. and i was three for five year old child the time and year old child at the time and it sort of opened your eyes in terms of that passion and kindness and, you know, something again, you know, something which again, you know, princess was much princess diana was very much well no but from well known for. no but from being little you wanted to being a little boy you wanted to being a little boy you wanted to be footballer and you suffered be a footballer and you suffered one or two injuries in your teens. come back teens. we're going to come back to. those . you know, to. yes, those. but, you know, in you get there and in the end, you get there and you're for redding and you scoring goals and you get promoted to the premier league. that must've been huge moment. yeah. look, every , every kid's yeah. look, every, every kid's dream who plays football is to play dream who plays football is to play in the premier league and that's what you want to do. and that's what you want to do. and that was mine and. so to have

achieved it now, so relatively young age, i was 21, 22 young age, i think i was 21, 22 at the time, was a very proud moment. but the background behind for me meant behind that for me meant more because know, i suffered because. you know, i suffered two major crush it knee ligament injuries teenager and the injuries as a teenager and the doctors who did the surgeon who operated at the time said, i would never play pain free again. and so after two and a half years on the treatment table, really no expecting to have a career and. certainly not expected to the heights of you know premier league playing the premier league playing against the world. the real dream players. yeah, it was it was a really special moment for me and a real proudest injury is, i mean, for all professional sports players or sports players, injury just a complete nightmare . but you go on from nightmare. but you go on from that and you know, west bromwich albion and i understand you hold a premier league, you're the only person in one game to come as a substitute scorer . go i and as a substitute scorer. go i and get sent off . tell us about get sent off. tell us about that. you've been doing your research it's really get to and

that was at burnley away at west bromwich albion. yeah it was really innocuous to be honest . really innocuous to be honest. i've caught the, the opposition player with my elbow accidentally and i was, i think it was a bit of blood as well. and you know, it happens, it wasn't nice, but it wasn't intentional about the referee thought it was well, that may not the record that you want, not be the record that you want, but thing that people but the thing that people will remember you for, of course, is playing wales and, you know, playing for wales and, you know, sort johann like sort of johann christ like turning and scoring. yeah, yeah . a kind of welsh football having been in the doldrums. it's been going through some better years, hasn't it. yeah it has. and i think that that was part of a generation , players part of a generation, players and managers who changed the shape of welsh football . again, shape of welsh football. again, i qualified to play through wales for wales, through my grandmother who was born in caerphilly, they brought caerphilly, and so they brought together a group players who were playing at the top level surrounded, you know , surrounded, you know, surrounding a, an elite player and gareth bale and other

obviously top, top players to. but we were able to generate a level of success and fundamentally it was down to the team and the togetherness that we achieved. and, you know, it really started from gary speed, who unfortunately know passed away and committed suicide, which was, you know, difficult penod which was, you know, difficult period for all of the players involved. but he was the real catalyst to make that change in allowing players in a welsh team to compete at an international. and obviously we've just seen another you you were part of that as it was beginning and reaching euro. you know , the reaching euro. you know, the finals of the euros and stuff. but the first time since 1958. yes yeah wales have been to and were there of course in. what does that mean for welsh football. yeah. again i think for all of the home nations you know, being british, i think it's important that they do well, you know, because it does it it changes shape. you saw when england went out went of the tournament everyone's down hard to the next day you know the saturday night i don't if

you the game but yeah you watched the game but yeah you watched the game but yeah you know 23 million i think cheesed off and understatement to so i think and to say yeah yeah so i think and it's same welsh but it's the same for welsh but i think for the home nations, think as for the home nations, i think, it's fantastic to see them in that 2016 them doing well in that 2016 tournament. we carried the whole nafion tournament. we carried the whole nation through semi—finals nation through the semi—finals and know, we came back and you know, we came back heroes beat belgium . we did heroes you beat belgium. we did one the greats. i i be a one of the greats. i i be a wonderful, wonderful moment for. yes, i talking of england , you yes, i talking of england, you know, losing and a bit unlucky , know, losing and a bit unlucky, really. i mean, we didn't play badly at all, i thought. but hey, there you are on with hey, there you are on itv with this vast oh t watching. yeah do you enjoy being a pundit? is it's good because i think you know there's not many players who have recently finished playing who are on the game and given their insights. playing who are on the game and given their insights . you've got given their insights. you've got it quite quickly. really? yeah relatively quickly. but i think it's a good opportunity. as i said to share some will will current insight into players and a lot of players when they're playing you can't necessarily say the things that you want say

and sometimes that's detriment to yourself and, to your perception because actually you would have dealt with the situation in a different manner. it may not have been politically or, you know, for the clubs and you are ultimately employed by the club. we saw the fallout with at manchester what with at manchester united. what can happen when a player, you know says something against the great yeah and so yeah i think for me it's a really unique opportunity and again, you know i was a position where i finished playing . i wanted to finished playing. i wanted to focus on building a business in health drinks, health shots . and health drinks, health shots. and obviously we're talking like i should be talking shop now. we're going to do that. don't worry. but that was the that was the real passion of and in allowing me to , you know, allowing me to, you know, ultimately bring health and wellness all wellness to people in all different walks of life and finishing off with the world cup, you would ever. gary neville gary neville of course, yeah. gary decided it a party decided to make it a party political broadcast on behalf. it labour it might have been the labour party party to the left of party or a party to the left of that. how did that go down? yeah, look think gary neville,

he talking on some he he's clearly talking on some very important topics and actually, as i said before, a lot players won't do that and they'll actually say, well, i'm going to a step back, i'm going to take a step back, i'm not to get involved. but not going to get involved. but he's so i think he's putting forward. so i think that and foremost, he that first and foremost, he deserves credit in of what deserves credit in terms of what he's saying , deserves credit in terms of what he's saying, in deserves credit in terms of what he's saying , in terms of deserves credit in terms of what he's saying, in terms of what he's saying, in terms of what he's saying, in terms of what he's saying and the positioning of trying to trying to of what he's trying to trying to get course it can be get across. of course it can be taken in very different ways by it's from a good place it's coming from a good place and actually, my opinion and actually, in my opinion i would say he is close to the everyday person then the majority of politics may not be but i think to compare you know strikers in this country the people who worked on the stadiums in qatar was run. i think if you've got a problem here if you're to here because if you're going to go on doing that, they're going to have to have somebody with an opposing and opposing political view and the way beating football way of beating football and having as said, having suffered, as you said, you having in a way been you know, having in a way been very to very fortunate to have a football career at all, given the ligament problems the cruciate ligament problems takes cheema, your takes us into cheema, your business, so . business, at least? i think so. so away. yeah. so

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abused. so yeah, i think it's time that actual action is taken , you know, rather than rather than just doing . good point. oh than just doing. good point. oh it's all football tonight. john ask, was katara successful world cup in what sense ? so i would cup in what sense? so i would say from a footballing spectacle, the world cup is the world cup and it should be that it was a great final and it was a phenomenal tournament final in terms of the human rights issues, in terms of, you terms of the human rights issues, in terms of , you know, issues, in terms of, you know, bringing awareness to really some some bad, bad issues. i think that's been success. also, what wasn't a success is how qatar won the world cup . it qatar won the world cup. it wasn't successes know the controversy year round and actually having then deal with that live on television and talk on these topics 12 years after the world cup was issued to qatar. and that was absurd . that qatar. and that was absurd. that was so. yeah, i think that there are multiple and do you have a favourite christmas . yes it's favourite christmas. yes it's christmas is driving home for christmas is driving home for christmas with very very expensive unleaded or diesel in

the tank . i expensive unleaded or diesel in the tank. i want to wish you all a very happy christmas. i'll be back with you on the 27th. 28th and 29th. next thanks to hal. thanks all my guests. how do you ever now into the capable hands of patrick? yeah it's very good stuff that nigel writes . okay, stuff that nigel writes. okay, i've got loads coming your way. i'm, of course, covering again for mark steyn victory for gb news victory re a grooming gang investigation. charlie peters we'll be bringing you the latest on that much does each on that how much does each channel migrant cost channel migrant actually cost you british we got you the british taxpayer. we got an joe biden's an interview with joe biden's lifelong friend and silent thoughts potentially about to become a crime. would thunk become a crime. he would thunk it. i will be with you all the through from eight until nine. i'll be back in. just make sure you get touch. by the way , you get in touch. by the way, and too, can pummel the and you, too, can pummel the patrick. that's right . patrick. that's right. everybody's dream. i'll see whether in the break. good evening. i'm alex deakin . this evening. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office. a wet and windy of weather spreading northwards during tomorrow. not

great news if you're heading for the roads mostly it'll be dry dunng the roads mostly it'll be dry during daylight hours. of course . scotland where it'll be pretty chilly in the south as well chilly. but in the south as well as being wet, there will be pretty mild conditions to weather from just trickling in here. made for a misty, murky day across much of the south. and that mist and low cloud is sticking around overnight, and that mist and low cloud is sticking around overnight , foggy sticking around overnight, foggy on the higher routes as on some of the higher routes as well. many places dry and so we see some heavier coming in see some heavier rain coming in to by dawn. it's to the southwest by dawn. it's to the southwest by dawn. it's to be mild here, but colder to be very mild here, but colder conditions further frost conditions further north, frost certainly scotland. and certainly across scotland. and the showers coming in across shetland will be turning to snow, but be rain across snow, but it'll be rain across the southwest. this will be quite heavy, accompanied by gusty affecting the gusty winds affecting the midlands southeast england dunng midlands southeast england during morning. so just something to in mind if you something to bear in mind if you are heading for the roads, going to be that rain spreading to be very that rain spreading steadily into steadily northwards into northern ireland. northern england , england by early afternoon, eventually into southern parts of scotland . for the south it of scotland. for the south it tends and brighter through tends drier and brighter through the but still quite the afternoon, but still quite blustery very mild. 13

blustery and very mild. 13 degrees compared to just two or three in northern scotland . three in northern scotland. eventually that rain will hit the colder air across central and northern. some snow likely on the hills during friday evening . showers will follow evening. showers will follow behind and the milder air will continue push its way northward. so it's pretty mild for the start of the christmas . yes, start of the christmas. yes, there will be some snow on the hills across northern scotland . hills across northern scotland. otherwise it'll be rain showers and not too many of those go central eastern parts of england saturday, dry and bright, but it will be blustery, gusty on will be blustery, a gusty on christmas eve . as i said, that christmas eve. as i said, that milder air is continuing to push northward. so double figures across the south and 78, nine degrees further north is above average for this time of year. so tomorrow starts the christmas weekend. a windy one as well. stay mild for christmas day, but turning colder all of us by turning colder for all of us by boxing .

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