travellers arriving into the uk have been told to expect disruption as border force workers strikes. good morning at 6:00 on friday, the 3rd of december. this is breakfast on gb news with myself miles and told me and of course rosie, i'm here. the top stories this morning . millions of people are morning. millions of people are being warned. travel delays again today. border force staff began eight days of strikes, action over pay. now they joined action over pay. now they joined a group of people on strike. postal workers will also walk out today and national rail strikes resume tomorrow evening . it makes you wonder who isn't

striking anyway. minister have now threatened to veto nicola sturgeon's gender. after the snp passed bill that allows trans people to self—declare their genden people to self—declare their gender. we've got the latest on the gb news people's poll . we the gb news people's poll. we asked voters what they think about the plan to move asylum seekers to rwanda for prison thing and why the public thinks nothing works anymore nothing in britain works anymore . and on what is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the yean the busiest shopping day of the year, we live in melton mowbray . many customers will be doing their last minute christmas shopping. now, as ever you can join any of discussions. join in any of the discussions. beautiful, striking maybe beautiful, striking stuff. maybe are you ready for christmas? i'm not done with last made.com lad . i'm afraid i be shopping right until the cusp on christmas eve . vaiews@gbnews.uk to join the conversation . so welcome to the conversation. so welcome to the program. i have small confession to make it . program. i have small confession to make it. it's my last day at gb news, my last breakfast, and

i'm actually really happy i'm alongside you. well thank you so much. it has been real pleasure. unfortunately, strike action is our top story again. it has been all day this week , as we'll keep all day this week, as we'll keep you up to form today. and if you arriving in the uk, maybe you've got friends and family who are visiting you. well, they're being to. expect delays, being warned to. expect delays, passport control workers are beginning pay beginning strikes over pay working conditions. the border staff are the latest set of uk workers to go on strike at is what arguably one of the what is arguably one of the busiest times the year. and busiest times of the year. and over a thousand workers are set to walk in fact, in to walk out. in fact, in passport control desks of birmingham heathrow, gatwick manager , the cardiff glasgow manager, the cardiff and glasgow and also the ports new haven elsewhere postal are set to stage a walkouts again today while national rail strikes will resume from christmas eve . well, resume from christmas eve. well, let's get some live coverage . go let's get some live coverage. go to our west midlands reporter jack carson, who's at birmingham airport for this morning. jack, another day, yet another sort of picket line , i guess. explain to picket line, i guess. explain to us how operations at the airport

going to be disrupt it because of border force walking so the airports are saying heathrow birmingham airport to expect of course we know there's around a thousand border force and passport control workers that are going on strike today and continuing to strike over pay conditions . others. so they're conditions. others. so they're telling people to expect disruption. they don't think there's going to be too much. of course, we know that the army and other ministry of defence personnel are being brought in to try and boost the numbers , of to try and boost the numbers, of course that we've lost because of strike workers, of these strike workers, but they don't disruption is they don't think disruption is going be too bad. of going to be too bad. but of course people course they are warning people as coming in today, as as flights coming in today, people home people coming home for christmas, flying people coming home for chrifor|as, flying people coming home for chrifor christmas. flying people coming home for chrifor christmas. they flying people coming home for chrifor christmas. they they 1g people coming home for chrifor christmas. they they are out for christmas. they they are expecting much disruption. heathrow, which, of course is the uk's busiest airport, said that passengers arriving be able to use the passport e—gates as usual here at birmingham airport they're trying to minimise disruption by using those e—gates but there 579

e—gates as well. but there 579 flights due to london heathrow with an estimated 10,000 passengers arriving before 7:00 this morning. so you can imagine that even though there are only a thousand border force workers striking at these major airports, that could cause some serious disruption as well. now, the issue is one of the biggest unions for border for borders and customs. they tried and they held a ballot for strike action . they didn't reach that 50% threshold in order to have their members call in strikes. we've got people, workers , the public got people, workers, the public community, the public and commercial services union. the pcc's going on strike today . but pcc's going on strike today. but but they're general—secretary mark, what said that the government can stop strikes tomorrow if it put money on the table? he said, like many of our workers, our members are struggling with the cost of living crisis. they're desperate. they're being told there's no money for them. the strike. so the 200 thousands of their voted to go their members voted to go on strike. affects around a

strike. it affects around a thousand border force workers today. and they're striking simply over. they want 10% pay rise. that's one of their demands is what is pension, justice, job security and no cuts to redundancy . of course, cuts to redundancy. of course, that's one of the things that many unions are making. part of that negotiation all about redundancy and job security going into future. but mark, so what chris, continue that we'll fight to improve our members pay terms and conditions regardless of who is in downing street , of who is in downing street, they are holding out for this 10% pay rise better pension , job 10% pay rise better pension, job security . so passengers arriving security. so passengers arriving in today are possibly going to be disrupted by these strikes. but all the airports say they're trying to minimise disruption. we've personnel from the ministry defence coming in. so passengers just to maybe leave a bit early. if you do have to go through passport control, if you can use , the e—gates do use can use, the e—gates do use those because you will get through a lot quicker. but passengers being warned to expect that disruption today on what the days of what is of the busiest days of the right before christmas, the year right before christmas,

jack , thank you very much. we jack, thank you very much. we check back in with you at birmingham as the day gets underway on those flights come in. on what means in. well, for on what this means for to catch, let's for those trying to catch, let's speak former speak to former chief immigration border immigration for the four border force cabins saunders a force kelly cabins saunders a man who speaking a lot of common on so what will this mean on this. so what will this mean for passengers? this going to for passengers? is this going to be coming in, be chaos for those coming in, those or a bit of both . good those or a bit of both. good morning . no, we do a passport morning. no, we do a passport control going out so people the uk should notice anything different. it's all people coming in. yes, it will be. it will be more challenge . but. oh, will be more challenge. but. oh, yes you which represents . 20% of yes you which represents. 20% of staff have not gone out on strike. so that they will be there and. the home office have put in plans to bring senior officers and why have you down to the control as well. so it

shouldn't horrendously bad , but shouldn't horrendously bad, but it might be a little bit longer . the big key to this is the e—gates. if the e—gates working, then that that will that will help considerably . i mean, help considerably. i mean, that's part of the problem, though, isn't it? if the e—gates work it sort of adds to the that says, do we need this of people at this level of pay ? yes do you at this level of pay? yes do you you need more frontline staff at controls. i know i'm bound to say that, but yes, you do, because it's not the brits. the other problems. it's the it's the other people that are coming into uk that we need make sure that they are the right coming in. the people who have been trained to step into day . are trained to step into day. are you confident that they've enough skill set that they can be equipped that for some of the case that come through it'll be highly complex, very that they

can process that effective early and safely . no the military and also safely. no the military will not deal with anything is complex at all. so i suspect that the border force will deploy the military onto british passport holders , but don't use passport holders, but don't use the e—gates and they will be supervised very closely by a proper force officer kevin, can i move now? we, we have a people's poll on gb news this morning talk about the rwanda's secure and an overriding of our viewers seem to of this now as somebody who was control of our immigration for 14 years, you spoken a lot of common sense on the issue of offshore containment . it still your containment. it still your position that's the route forward for the uk . oh, yes, yes forward for the uk. oh, yes, yes . rwanda is definitely something that we should be looking at and deaung

that we should be looking at and dealing very seriously. what hearis dealing very seriously. what hear is there are other east african countries that are looking at this very closely because they're thinking we might be able to get in on the same bandwagon here. so i think, look, once we get the planes taking off around , we going to taking off around, we going to see quite a big and that's the question small once, once that happens, i mean, how confident are you? i know you're not a lawyer and you're not dealing with the legal argument, but it looks like there's a lot over a lot of appeals and an awful lot of red tape before we see of legal red tape before we see of legal red tape before we see of planes take off with of those planes take off with anyone on board. well, let's face it, the people that are making anything out of this are the lawyers . and they do. the lawyers. and they do. they're doing very nicely. but i'm a little bit with the sector that they are doing this. they're very to go to court if

they don't like . but they're not they don't like. but they're not rolling over now that. we've got a decision from the high court which says that our policy is quite legal. so it's a little bit a little bit galling , quite bit a little bit galling, quite honestly . kevin okay. kevin, honestly. kevin okay. kevin, what else is the end the year? if you had to give this an end of year school for how they've handled the immigration system this year , what would you give this year, what would you give them ? oh, dear, you're going to them? oh, dear, you're going to get me into some big trouble point this year. probably five, i'd say. could better. and i think you're being quite charitable out there , kevin. charitable out there, kevin. there's a little bit of christmas spirit maybe in your school, but fair enough. thank you so much forjoining us this. multifaceted topics this morning of course, for which immigration officer the uk border force officer for the uk border force that appreciate that kevin really appreciate your time. it is really complicated and it's a picture today's so if you've got family

friends relatives coming in from abroad and maybe they've got a slightly more particularly if they don't have a british passport maybe just leave a little bit more time before you pick them up. if you're going to the car park, bring a book to me because you know how long it takes them to get through. i say, okay, well, let's bring you up date with the what's on up to date with the what's on today front pages. so today on the front pages. so motorists are being warned to expect delays as millions hit. the with the road to spend christmas with family and friends. the aa says today going busiest today is going to be busiest day, an estimated 16.9 day, with an estimated 16.9 million made million journeys being made across. inquests opened across. the uk inquests opened today in as the deaths of four migrants who died while trying to cross the english channel by boat capsized earlier this month, sparking a major rescue operation off the coast. another 39 safely brought to 39 people were safely brought to shore , but johnson is being shore, but johnson is being urged to scrap vat charges on defibrillators. the snp says removing the tags will make it easier and cheaper to build an effective network of across the country lives and unison is urging the welsh government

negotiate over health workers, pay negotiate over health workers, pay avoid industrial action next year. pay avoid industrial action next year . the trade pay avoid industrial action next year. the trade union has written an open letter to first minister mark drakeford saying nurses and ambulance workers are exhausted and support future worker walkouts . 6:12. lots worker walkouts. 6:12. lots more to including. we've got the latest findings from gb news people's poll . how is it going? people's poll. how is it going? how you would have voted? martin so the thing is, as as a committed who thinks taking back of our borders was a central issue of many elections . i issue of many elections. i personally think there are when the idea is a white elephant, i think it's the wrong solution because it's so expensive . 140 because it's so expensive. 140 million quid has been spent so far with deportations. i think it's unlikely to ever happen . i it's unlikely to ever happen. i think people want to work, but i don't think it will. that's just

my personal opinion. the question what strategy if not that the government have said throughout, look, this is going to take multiple different approaches . we can at that approaches. we can look at that in a little bit also give in a little bit and also give you findings from our you the findings from our people's don't miss it. people's poll. don't miss it. that's the break. if we're that's after the break. if we're not a break. good morning. i'm alex deakin . and this is your alex deakin. and this is your latest weather update from met office. a wet and windy heading northwards through the day today. most of scotland will be dry until tonight mild again in the south but chillier continues further north. the mild but wet and windy spell courtesy of the set of weather front slowly edging in a soggy start of south—west and wales and that rain drifting north now into the midlands and south england too. a lot of spray, a lot of surface water on the roads and a lot of traffic. the roads today, of course. well, so just bear that in mind. if you are hitting the roads that wet spell will spread into northern and northern ireland by and by the end of the day into parts of southern scotland. a few showers in

northern scotland, some snow in shetland, most of scotland, shetland, but most of scotland, dry but cold. the south it does turn drier. the afternoon and it will be mild here as well. but it's also going to be blustery. accompanying this band of rain, some very gusty wet and some very gusty winds, wet and weather into southern weather spreads into southern scotland this evening as it hits the air there be the colder air there be some snow north central belt snow north of the central belt on of the higher routes on some of the higher routes evening. so, again, bear that in mind if you are travelling further south, it'll be rain showers that we see in because the mild iraq to spread north, it's still pretty windy as well through the night and that leads into blustery christmas eve into a blustery christmas eve there'll be rain across northern england and much of northern ireland and outbreaks of rain , ireland and outbreaks of rain, hail snow still in parts of northern scot and that will continue through the day . but continue through the day. but shetland may well stay largely dry for england. wales actually for many places a bright, blustery christmas eve with some good spells sunshine showers good spells of sunshine showers will in at times. good spells of sunshine showers will in at times . that will come in at times. that gusty miles . temperatures gusty wind miles. temperatures in double figures across the south and even further north.

temperatures a little tomorrow compared to so it's a miles starts the christmas period so christmas day mild for most of us with some but turning colder from the northwest during christmas day and colder for all of us by boxing day .

well, welcome , crystal gb news. well, welcome, crystal gb news. you're watching and of course, listening to breakfast with martin and myself, rosie , time martin and myself, rosie, time for us to look at this gb news people's poll . so early this people's poll. so early this week, the high court concluded that it week, the high court concluded thatitis week, the high court concluded that it is lawful for the government to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda for processing. and so asked the pubuc processing. and so asked the public what they think of this

decision. 40% of the public say they support the government's plan as opposed to 29. maybe it was a surprise that wasn't sort of an overwhelming swing either way. 12% neither support or oppose the plan. 18% prefer to say that. not to say that they didn't know. okay, let's get more reactions from the former home office special adviser and counsellor clare . good morning counsellor clare. good morning to you, clare. so do you make of these findings? i to get maybe greater portion of gb news viewers support in that that . viewers support in that that. yeah agree with you i thought the would be higher that certainly the feeling you get whilst at social media whilst reading newspapers you believe that the public want this to go ahead.soit that the public want this to go ahead. so it was quite surprising actually the support isn't there . i do wonder if isn't there. i do wonder if people are now seeing that the government has promised this for so long and nothing has happened , that it isn't likely to happen it's not going to get off the

ground and say the support is moving away from it. but i really do think would be much really do think it would be much higher, up into 60, 70. higher, perhaps up into 60, 70. i think the reality is, as you've laid out there, clare, there a plan people thought there was a plan people thought , it. it seems , well let's try it. it seems the leak of red tape to actually literally get this off the ground is so long winded that people are thinking, well, we need a solution faster than that well, that's right. and the problem is the government went into this to launch something they believed they had to do something and this was what they grasped on when it was released. it was around the time of local elections. if we think to earlier this year and it was launched a sort of great fanfare. but i don't think the detail was ever drilled down behind it . so detail was ever drilled down behind it. so it sounded very good. it like an option . but good. it like an option. but when you started to look , the when you started to look, the practicalities of doing it, it just apart. and i can't see, like moses just said, i can't see any planes taking and this happening and even they do

rwanda currently only has the capacity to take 200 people. now that could in the future. but we're paying out an awful lot of money and taking people in return for pretty much nothing at the moment. i think claire, one of the big points of resistance , this amongst even resistance, this amongst even those who are supportive in principle is the cost . s 0 £140 principle is the cost. so £140 million. so with zero, the sanctions, do you think the kind of the glosses is wearing ? the of the glosses is wearing? the reality is starting to shine . reality is starting to shine. this is expensive . it's this is expensive. it's unworkable . yeah, i think you're unworkable. yeah, i think you're absolutely right. it is an awful lot of money. and plus, as i said you need to take people in return are taking some of the most vulnerable rwanda back into this country so there will be an associated cost that as well. so it is very expensive and currently is no airline willing to remove those people over to rwanda for processing. so i think the government needs to really if they are so wedded to this it has to work but you

can't keep throwing good money after bad and a key point by claire you brought out because the global on this is the australian stop the boats model operation sovereign waters but the key difference there was that the australian navy was the carrier who went who took the asylum seekers to papua new guinea . but you just hit on a guinea. but you just hit on a key point. no is even prepared to sign up for this because it would wreck their reputation, wouldn't it but that's right. so if you if you don't have that if you don't have those airlines willing to do it, you can't even charter a private airline, which would you a lot of money but even they don't want to be involved then i don't how this is going to work and it doesn't matter which country you're talking about whether you look to put them south america to put them into south america or parts of africa, if don't have that method of transportation it isn't going to happen. and flights have always been with this problem and those airlines really do want to protect their as any business

would . so if they see that would. so if they see that there's any kind of legal challenge, then they aren't going to do it. it was a little bit different with australia, but also let's not forget that the australian government have had pay out an awful lot in had to pay out an awful lot in compensation for keeping people illegally and treatment of illegally and the treatment of them within that facility . let's them within that facility. let's move on to some other in the poll, if we can and sort of the most stark thing, 57% of the pubuc most stark thing, 57% of the public who are polled said nothing in britain works . that nothing in britain works. that is a very sweeping statement. are you surprised that it was that high 57? to be honest, no anybody who has tried to use train within the last week will probably think that britain more broken than anything else and then we've seen the state of hospitals and gp surgeries and ambulance strikes . so no, it ambulance strikes. so no, it doesn't surprise me . all it doesn't surprise me. all it feels at the moment, as if everything has just ground to a

halt. i waiting for a couple of trains were cancelled at the last minute for no reason at all. and was really, really frustrating and. it wasn't even a strike day. it was not. it was just a day so i can understand why people feel that. and i don't that's going to get any better . the strikes continuing better. the strikes continuing long into the new year, so i think 57% has been charitable. i suppose but that last night nothing works more so what's the main point think that is becoming a point something else in this poll we talk about is the most competent prime minister we've three prime ministers in year and three wise men. we've had three of these low boris johnson came in top. does that surprise you i mean do the tories want a boris return? is he their last ditch attempt, save their party? the one thing you can say about boris johnson is he was a personality and the campaigning front, he was excellent. i may not agree with him but you cannot fault way

that he goes out there and people to see him they want to hear speak and he is very very good what he very good at was the detail policy of running a government and running a country. but if you put that to one side politics is all about personality and he it by the bucketload and that's what people want it's people will always remember him for that unfortunately the disasters surrounded him overtook it but i think if you could almost make it a frankenstein's monster or a prime minister is the majority of that personality comes from him so obviously rishi sunak takes us into the new year a signal difficult set of challenges. not only that he inherited, but also many that have got worse as the time he's prime minister particularly it comes to strikes how is he fared so in your mind and do you think going to be able to tackle things like inflation strike action in the new year ? this is action in the new year? this is action in the new year? this is a really difficult one because i

don't think we've particularly seen much of him in action . if seen much of him in action. if you talking about previous prime, they have been out on the media reassuring the public that something was going to happen . something was going to happen. but rishi sunak has taken a slightly quieter approach to it and is getting on in the background so i don't always think that's a good idea. i think that's a good idea. i think people want to see the kind of person that they're deaung kind of person that they're dealing with and they want to feel reassured and as martin said, was a prime. everything is broken. why do we bother? that's the point that prime minister needs to be out there stating what it is that's going how they're trying to make this better . even if the news is bad, better. even if the news is bad, you much rather see somebody out talking about it than hosing away behind a desk. so i think needs that kind of media operation to ramp up in the new year to reassure people that he is actually doing the job. because the moment he's very because at the moment he's very quiet . claire, because at the moment he's very quiet. claire, thank you ever so much . not quite from you. this much. not quite from you. this morning, a strong , as always, morning, a strong, as always, really appreciate time on really appreciate your time on the programme. i must say.

really appreciate your time on the programme. i must say . good the programme. i must say. good morning to ruth. you says i wish you a merry christmas. yes, of course please ask course you can. can i please ask how onto the gb news poll? how i get onto the gb news poll? icannot how i get onto the gb news poll? i cannot find the bill that independent research taken out with newsroom like with gb newsroom not like something so you something our twitter so you can't now and join in can't sort of now and join in and join conversation. we've and join the conversation. we've got the findings. got more on the findings. i think plus is that it think the plus one is that it does feel like of does feel like a bit of a generalisation wanted to say nothing in britain is working anymore. yeah. and also anymore. yeah. and what's also really interesting when, when really interesting is when, when people were asked who can handle this as and who can get us out of mess this round the of this mess this round the strikes 40% said body . so it strikes 40% said no body. so it seems that christmas day but pubucin seems that christmas day but public in our political class seem and it was broken by brexit and covid lockdowns and here we are again, rosie. i think it's easy to say like no one's taking control this, nothing's working and sort of complain, maybe we could some positivity this morning. what is working it might be you have managed to get all your family around the table for christmas this year or maybe

there are people out there that should be involved in politics more ordinary people, less of the political . i think that's the political. i think that's a way of gbviews@gbnews.uk . please way of gbviews@gbnews.uk. please join the conversation after break. we're taking a look at the morning's papers. see in a couple of minutes .

it's coming up to half past six. welcome back to breakfast on gb news this morning with martin and myself rosie. let's take a look at the front pages . and the look at the front pages. and the guardian's front page leads on scotland's gender laws passed yesterday with . the headline yesterday with. the headline number ten threatens to block scottish on legally changing gender the daily mail, leading with the same story. scotland's gender laws . we'll look at that gender laws. we'll look at that in a moment. and the report that the they say are on a collision course with westminster, well, the law is a bill that will let

16 year olds change their gender without . a medical diagnosis. 16 year olds change their gender without . a medical diagnosis . a without. a medical diagnosis. a murderer was to free kill after probation blunders is the headune probation blunders is the headline leading the telegraph this morning as probation services are facing backlashes for deeming damien bendall a medium risk and the mirror with the king's christmas security fears amid concerns that king charles's christmas walkabout may be disrupt by protesters and the times leads with rising flu cases and health officials warning anyone with a cough or cold to avoid spending time with vulnerable relatives and grandparents this christmas, how do you do that ? well, let's go do you do that? well, let's go through the papers now joining us this morning to do that is senior reporter from the newspaper benjamin butterworth, newspaper, benjamin butterworth, and of operations and also director of operations at the adam smith institute. morgan showed mr. thank you very much, both of you, forjoining. much, both of you, for joining. let's with this very let's start with this very contentious . mr. harper six but contentious. mr. harper six but benjamin front of the guardian what is happening in scotland how they change the law and

westminster aren't happy . so the westminster aren't happy. so the willingness the ability to have your gender if you change gender from the one on your birth certificate the ability to change that has been reformed that at the moment in the rest of the uk you have to illustrate for two years that you are the gender you are living as. and now in scotland be able to get that legal recognition three months so much sooner. and that was passed last night, late last night in scotland . and it's the night in scotland. and it's the biggest rebellion that the snp has had during its 15 years in in power. and now today number has said that they might block that gender laws are devolved the scottish parliament but equal notice laws which this affects as can imagine, are not devolved and. so number 10 downing street over roll the scottish parliament which i think quite aside from the individual case of the gender questions would be crazy thing to do when support for independence is so finely tuned the moment, but a key point around this benjamin is the there's no need for diagnosis ,

there's no need for diagnosis, it's self—identification. so on that basis isn't this worth this is worth going to battle back because this is a huge change. and also is this about scotland trying to make its own laws and evolve itself bit by bit ? evolve itself bit by bit? therefore, westminster has take a stand. i mean, look, when ask about whether westminster should block scottish parliament from having these gender laws , well, having these gender laws, well, it me as odd that they it strikes me as odd that they only not be a devolved only it might not be a devolved issue passed. you issue after it was passed. you know, these first proposed six years ago. so it's quite striking that they changed their mind act happens. but mind after the act happens. but on about medical on the question about medical diagnosis and not having to have one order to get recognition one in order to get recognition and the two year point in this country, england, that is, you have to have demonstrated, you have to have demonstrated, you have have lived. example, have to have lived. for example, if woman , male to if you're a trans woman, male to female, have to have lived female, you have to have lived like that for two years. and so this isn't affecting people this isn't affecting how people will bathrooms they will or what bathrooms they might , is an example. might use, which is an example. sometimes give, this sometimes opponents give, this is them the is about giving them the protection and legal rights,

protection and the legal rights, the safety themselves and hopefully mental at an hopefully the mental at an earlier stage . and you know, earlier stage. and you know, ireland, our neighbouring country has had this in place for a few years and not had any problems . for a few years and not had any problems. the for a few years and not had any problems . the question, morgan, problems. the question, morgan, is do you think scotland made the they the right decision? and if they have, should westminster intervene? think an intervene? i think it's an interesting one. i think, again, as quite aside as benjamin says, quite aside from the specifics of the law itself and how you feel about gender recognition, there are a few ways in which this law is diverging from uk wide law . if diverging from uk wide law. if that's the case, if the government to take a stand and say actually we do need to intervene because contravene intervene because it contravene uk the equalities law intervene because it contravene and that's something the government it would be unprecedented they haven't intervened way before intervened in this way before and only have four weeks to and they only have four weeks to decide. going to be decide. so really going to be an issue that's not going to go away. do you think scotland have made decision? that's made the right decision? that's not really say honestly not for me really say honestly they mean, do do they matter. well, i mean, do do does i have questions does i mean, i have questions about the age going down to 16

because what we consider an aduu because what we consider an adult in the is 18. so if scotland is saying that you can make these legal changes at age of 16. i think kind of a very fundamental change. but if it were 18 year olds and the time limit would decrease, i be as concerned. but benjamin , don't concerned. but benjamin, don't you think there are an emerging and growing number of individuals who regret going through a transition and if that process is short , then as far as process is short, then as far as proceeding, perhaps towards surgery, some them we should we should really be because . yes. should really be because. yes. about first of all, in order to be eligible for surgery, you already have done two years, right ? in order to get the right? in order to get the gender recognition before you. thatis gender recognition before you. that is not the issue but then the delays for that are many more years after that, because there's a shortage supply to help people. so not help these people. so you're not just getting but idea that just getting that, but idea that people to pretend that people are going to pretend that their agenda that they're is just farcical. it's not what happened. it could be it could become a fusion. there's lots of people who are gay who would may have quite happy to be to

have been quite happy to be to be gay people without making trans. there is a lot of evidence coming of people with regret after transitioning. and surely pushing process surely if we're pushing process down a shorter period, we down to a shorter period, we creating more issues? well, i don't that all because, you don't that at all because, you know, there far, far more know, there are far, far more people who will spend their entire hiding and the fact that they are comfortable in something as fundamental as their gender. in fact, there are many people that wouldn't even recognise that in themselves because never knew such a because they never knew such a thing was the 50th thing existed. it was the 50th anniversary of the first ever pride in this year, and pride in britain this year, and ispoke pride in britain this year, and i spoke to some of the people involved in that and overwhelmingly they said overwhelmingly what they said which was that they which blew my mind was that they didn't know gay didn't even know were gay because heard of because they'd never heard of such an idea, but that didn't mean weren't. and so when mean they weren't. and so when people numbers people people say numbers of people transitioning saying they're transitioning or saying they're of different gender much of a different gender is much than it was ten years ago, well, that's now because some that's now because feel some comfort express themselves in comfort to express themselves in some protection. and some legal protection. and i think a better. think that's a better. yeah, i don't disagree with that at all i think we still need to try

i do think we still need to try and carefully, especially and very carefully, especially when again people when it comes to again people under of 18 accessing under the age of 18 accessing what could be life altering hormones or treatments. but at end of the day, i do also believe adults have every right to make decisions which benefit them in their personal wellbeing within the confines of the law. and i would just say that one of the other things that's cropped up that scotland a divergent up that scotland has a divergent view is that don't have view on is that they don't have to parents. if at school to the parents. if at school the child saying are you child is saying they are you know like a bully but know they look like a bully but they're saying they're a girl and that's absolutely and think that's absolutely right because that right because the idea that a parent holds particular parent who holds particular prejudice bigotry prejudice and particular bigotry as concerned, if they as far as i'm concerned, if they if don't have parental if they don't have parental protection bigotry protection it's not just bigotry and that they they and prejudice that they they have concerns should have genuine concerns and should should be consulted . if a parent should be consulted. if a parent tries stop child being tries to stop the child being themselves most themselves in the most fundamental as far as i'm fundamental way as far as i'm concerned, that's child abuse. you kids wouldn't you know, many gay kids wouldn't tell parents still to this day because terrified of the because they're terrified of the prejudices might and prejudices they might hold. and i should be i think they should be comfortable that. a very comfortable with that. a very contentious the contentious topic. the conversation views at conversation yourself views at

gb uk . let's look to gb news uk. let's look to something a little bit lighter if can and there's a photograph and actually she's on the front page of many of the papers on the front of the daily and the front page of the daily and the front page of the daily and the times is going to be the times as this is going to be a weekend . we look the words a weekend. we look at the words we're to hear the we're going to hear from the king a different way king in a very different way with king's speech the with that king's speech on the weekend so just tell us kate this time take centre stage what got to say about the queen. yeah so is kate's second annual so this is kate's second annual carol service which happened at westminster abbey . they'll be westminster abbey. they'll be airing it this weekend as part of their festive productions. and used it as a tribute to and she used it as a tribute to the late majesty. and it kind of this turning over a new leaf in the royal family they're obviously dealing with a lot of pubuchy obviously dealing with a lot of publicity now, both positive and negative . kate is really using negative. kate is really using this opportunity to we owe so much so that the queen and at the same time, we need to honour her legacy, also move on. and it's actually it hit me yesterday that we will be seeing the first king's speech at christmas kind of tone. do you think he's going to? i think it

will similar to kate's tone. will be similar to kate's tone. very he will commemorate very i think he will commemorate his and her late majesty his mother and her late majesty and really show that this is a new era. he's always been quite progressive when it comes to religion , accepting of all religion, accepting of all people. so i don't think it will be a particularly religious remarks. yeah, i, i also hope, you know, for the new year that this this marks a return to a more statesman stateswoman like and kind of regal royal family. and we can get away from the celebrity froth and tittle tattle of benjamin i mean i am associate peace. alexa, a massive royalist . i mean, i just massive royalist. i mean, ijust live for the drama and my god, they bring the drama consistent . but i always sit down. 3 pm. on christmas day and watch the queen's speech, as it's always been before. and so i can't wait to see , to see it feel and to see, to see how it feel and how it'll look. i think it'll be very peculiar for a lot of us, but there's probably going to be a emphasis how many people

a big emphasis how many people watch there's watch it, because there's a story the daily mirror about story in the daily mirror about how that the how this feels that the walkabout do after walkabout they do after the church there might walkabout they do after the chlextra there might walkabout they do after the chlextra and there might walkabout they do after the chlextra and there there might walkabout they do after the chlextra and there might might walkabout they do after the chlextra and there might be ght be extra and there might be protests, but you see twice very recently, the king is walking about and then you so exposed to the public and they've got to do that. they've got to have that type of relationship which as we're available, we're visible, we're available, you been you know. but it's been scuppered on two occasions already. yeah i mean, already. it has, yeah i mean, i have to say, you remember the one in i think it was york where threw the can. i mean charles really was completely unbothered by could have by even though it could have been really. he's been anything really. he's clearly, 71. i think clearly, you know, 71. i think he is pretty about the he is pretty relaxed about the whole thing , to honest. i whole thing, to be honest. i think the daily mirror putting it on front page that could it on the front page that could be probably it be protests, probably makes it more that the idea is more likely that the idea is planted people's heads. planted in some people's heads. i anyone's really i don't think anyone's really that protest on that bothered to protest on their christmas morning their own christmas morning most of people could of the people sat there could barely walk themselves, let barely walk for themselves, let alone egg. i think it's alone throw an egg. i think it's going a really interesting going to be a really interesting one to watch because, you know, think a great many people in gb viewers miss viewers and myself really miss the queen. but it's going to be

a real moment, i think, of even though we've seen the banknotes we've we've seen the ceremony i think the speech itself is so talisman nick i think it's gonna be quite a great one. what's it mean. yeah symbolic of something awesome . yeah, i think. yeah, awesome. yeah, i think. yeah, but it's going to be a moment when a lot of us really start to recognise that she's not there and i find it , recognise that she's not there and i find it, i mean it blows my mind that it was what, september i think she september 18th. i think that she died. mean that was incredibly died. i mean that was incredibly recent. you think the recent. and you think what the royal family been through royal family has been through with meghan, know with harry and meghan, you know i think regardless of your opinion them that's opinion of them that's a particularly few months particularly cruel few months they've can't it they've had. it can't be it can't anyone. well, of can't be nice anyone. well, of course will bring speech course i will bring the speech live on gb news. and our live here on gb news. and our royal reporter cameron walker is, be on hand to take is, going to be on hand to take us it as well you might us through it as well you might be busy with your christmas meal at that time and maybe never watch a look on watch it. morgan it's a look on the page. times skip the front page. the times skip starters nigella, she a starters says. nigella, she is a woman loves indulge and woman who loves to indulge and encourages do the encourages others to do the same. why not start at the on

christmas she she doesn't christmas day? she she doesn't understand eat understand how people can eat starters as as a full starters as well as a full photograph dinner. and i do agree like the grazing across the day . so start with a nice the day. so start with a nice breakfast some starters for breakfast some starters for breakfast and then move on to the full meal later. you got all your sides, you've got everything. so i don't blame her for that. what's on your table so it's traditional got all the trimmings so pigs in blankets across , us potatoes, parsnips across, us potatoes, parsnips gravy saw advice yesterday the program to say i think it was it was dr. michael mosley was saying for your roast potato knows the nutrition is in the skin and what you should do is boil them the night before skin on leave and then roast them like that . heresy seemed very like that. heresy seemed very strange to sounds like a lot of extra effort for a full nutritious meal. convenient which i didn't believe at all. we risk skipping a starter. i even know starters for christmas dinner was a thing i had this yeah dinner was a thing i had this year. having a cocktail of oh god, i know i've never . oh, so.

god, i know i've never. oh, so. yeah, exactly. you know each the but my starter is sort of a box of chocolates about 9 am. that's all the little coins that you get that we hang on our tree. the coins. so i mean i can't really judge people having a prawn cocktail what i'm 47 mini cadbury's down. you know, it's nice talk about it's nice to talk about something positive. conducted something positive. we conducted this gb news this poll that gb news which concluded very sadly, 57% of the people surveyed said they think britain is nothing's working. yeah i mean, look, i'm going to be getting the train to manchester at some point today , manchester at some point today, so i might sort of have to get back to you or whether anything works because slightly works because i'm slightly anxious at the anxious i'll be looking at the app anxious i'll be looking at the app in this party. lots of trains running, but i know everyone running, to, get everyone running, trying to, get home to all different home this week to all different parts country having parts of the country been having absolute does feel absolute hell so it does feel like looks. yeah it's like nothing looks. yeah it's not fair though it's very sweeping statements they nothing in mean in britain so i mean everything's strike that's everything's strike so that's yeah good that yeah that's quite good sign that nothing's working i challenge you something out that you to point something out that is now gb news. what? is well right now gb news. what? gb news is working well. yeah,

but a shift in otherwise but getting a shift in otherwise mean. i'm travelling back today on train and benjamin i on the train and benjamin i share concern. so i've got to take a three weeks ago because i knew the strike was starting because about strikes all because i talk about strikes all the time. i got a text yesterday saying yes, your ticket still valid, seat valid, but about your seat reservation. alright, three reservation. so alright, three weeks planning, i'll be standing up like this for 2 hours. all the way back about you. i mean, this time last week i got the train from manchester to london to i was to do breakfast papers. i was meant home at p.m. to do breakfast papers. i was meant home at pm. and meant to get home at 10 pm. and i got home just gone i actually got home just gone a m. so i did get there, but it was heavily, heavily delayed because they didn't have anyone to and there wasn't to drive train and there wasn't even strike. west coast even a strike. the west coast main the difficulties main line. the difficulties nick. you are scuppered and nick. when you are scuppered and you wasn't even you think, well, it wasn't even strike going strike today, what's going on? another i ask you another thing i want to ask you about this poll very briefly, about in this poll very briefly, we the competent we can the most competent minister the year, morgan, minister of the year, morgan, who do you think that's one who do you think that's been one that this year. this that we've had this year. this year was three to right . well year it was three to right. well i can thinking we rule that i can thinking we can rule that so i it will be boris or rishi i think people still quite like

bofis think people still quite like boris even he had all the scandals so why is there that kind of boris glow is just the personality isn't it. i mean, i feel like even in the darkest of days, he still had a lot more support than would expect support than you would expect a person in his position. yes, actually, it's actually 32% shows. boris, 29. rishi, does that surprise you benjamin or is it just the best of a bad lot? i what's hilarious is the fact that there's even choice of three them one gig just three of them for one gig just to reflect on that matt it to reflect on that is matt it doesn't surprise me that there's some boris some popularity for boris johnson. it's bit like johnson. i think it's a bit like we settled down with a stable, healthy husband, kind of looking back university . romance back to the university. romance is might reflect is kind of how you might reflect on at the time, on boris johnson at the time, most pretty certain. about most were pretty certain. about 60% polls until he went 60% in most polls until he went want him there. so i think that's more indicative that's probably more indicative if through poll if we looked through the poll little bit more and more stories from the papers the next hour, benjamin you very benjamin morgan, both you very much now. it is quarter to much right now. it is quarter to seven, though. bring to seven, though. let's bring up to date what is going on date with what else is going on today . an extra 1.5 today today. an extra 1.5 million free school meals been

served in primary schools across wales september, feeding a further 45,000 children year one to pupils are now also starting benefit from the scheme as part of a two and a £60 million investment from the welsh government . well, the uk government. well, the uk government. well, the uk government says it's going to invest government says it's going to inves t £654 government says it's going to invest £654 million into preventing homelessness over the next two years. they say those funds protect tens of thousands of vulnerable people losing their homes, providing housing and to support to avoid evictions and scotland's secretary is meeting union leaders later . secretary is meeting union leaders later. a bid to avoid nhs strike . humza yousaf will nhs strike. humza yousaf will hope talks after nurses in scotland rejected latest pay offer, which would have seen wages rise by an average of 7.5. the princess of wales, as we've just been hearing in the paper review, is paying to the late queen with a crisp fiscal service that's going to air tomorrow . kate middleton will tomorrow. kate middleton will introduce the attended by nearly 2000 people at westminster abbey as she by many members of the

royal family, including the king and queen consort . now and the queen consort. now no matter how you're planning to spend this christmas, it's important to remember that the festive isn't jolly for everyone. so whether you're spending family friends spending with family or friends , work or even , you're having to work or even going christmas can going it alone. christmas can with a mountain of stress, financial expectations and even social stresses to . well, here social stresses to. well, here to help with some coping mechanisms those up mechanisms for those gearing up for difficult christmas dating for a difficult christmas dating expert and psychologist jo hemmings, of the morning to hemmings, top of the morning to you, jo. so talk us through this. some of the issues that people can face if they're not having a jolly christmas having such a jolly christmas and can they that morning, and how can they that morning, rosie. morning, martin and look it's difficult for many people for various reasons. they might have money, they may have lost someone. they in the last couple of year and feel that they're not ready for christmas . they not ready for christmas. they don't want all that charity.

they're still thinking a bit sort of sad and distress and melancholy about all. and i think for people like that, there is a temptation to withdraw completely from christmas . then you're letting christmas. then you're letting down the side the people that it's either . my advice down the side the people that it's either. my advice is, i suppose things one is to give yourself a of self—care in run up to christmas know do the things that that make you feel good about yourself and maybe have something booked something with the people that you do care about or weekend away after christmas. so you've got that sense of anticipation . and the sense of anticipation. and the other thing i says share, share your look. if you're going to someone for and you're, you know that you might be triggered by something , a memory that's going something, a memory that's going to make you sad till till those know listen it's a bit difficult me they'll probably very much understand i think once you've said there is a point at which least you've said it rather than holding it all in, waiting and waiting to feel upset, you've actually sent to someone . it's

actually sent to someone. it's going to be tough. i'm going to do best but bear with me if do my best but bear with me if it doesn't quite pan out as we all hoped . i think the third all hoped. i think the third thing is you'll pop in so there are things you don't want to go see. like social events, even the big day open , open in the the big day open, open in the morning, hop in a day, pop in on christmas eve , pop into the christmas eve, pop into the party. sort of sense that you're not exposed to all those feelings through a preliminary of time. i think really help you know you want to go people are going to be pleased to see you've made a wonderful compromise that you are popping in with half hour, 40 in with us half an hour, 40 minutes. it helps you feel better about your concerns? i think i'm just imagining you might be listening to this this morning. i don't have people to p0p morning. i don't have people to pop in. i haven't been invited to those parties. how do you combat loneliness ? i mean, combat loneliness? i mean, that's really tough. and there are lots people who have feeling lonely at christmas. and i think

if you can't to see people but you do have people , you know, you do have people, you know, use the technology. we've got available. we got used to it a bit during covid. we zoomed people couldn't be as out table . and i've got a strange situation having my birthday on christmas day and my friends, my son birthdays, christmas day, how do you handle that, do you kind of time to at someone's birthday or no well had a couple of years where we all been together so i've been on my own actually one year during covid. so i sort of know what that feels like and we did everything we could on zoom to connect. so again that is important if you've got no one. i think thing to do is again look at self—care and go, right, i'm going to do all the things i might do. i'm going to eat the food i like, i'm going to watch the movies. like some people don't like christmas, don't watch a christmas, don't watch a christmas, maybe watch some of them you know some it's

them come, you know do some it's just day at the of we've just one day at the end of we've got massive build up, but got a massive build up, but really it's just one day. and if you can have all nice something, feel so off to that day, it will go quite quickly for people. i think i've got to say about the christmas and birthday for the same time, i had a friend whose birthday was christmas day and he complained all the time because he didn't . the amount of because he didn't. the amount of presents is that the same in your household , i suppose it was your household, i suppose it was there , is that bit when someone there, is that bit when someone gives you a present they give happy birthday and christmas and a disappointment from a slight disappointment from them but we do i suppose i get i got it through my parents who do christmas in the morning so presents and then birthday presents and then birthday presents or opens in the afternoon with birthday cake and they birthday they must be in birthday wrapping paper that's the so yeah it's just the extra effort . so one of the biggest stresses , people who aren't lonely is maybe the personalities around the tape . all the people you're the tape. all the people you're spending time with, the expectations we talking earlier

in the week about the sort of number of arguments that most families will have on christmas day. how you mitigate against day. how do you mitigate against that? high level of that? very high level of expectation that everyone has to have the best day? it's got to be perfect. sure people do be perfect. make sure people do enjoy themselves . i know and enjoy themselves. i know and everybody expects it to perfect. but i think most families a skirmish or two over christmas because what you're doing is getting together your large group of , possibly dysfunctional group of, possibly dysfunctional people. i mean , a group blended people. i mean, a group blended family , people that don't family, people that don't necessarily want to be that relatives they want to be at a different relative it's hard . different relative it's hard. it's stuffy. we start drinking boxes of mimosas, whatever , boxes of mimosas, whatever, 11:00 in the morning . who does 11:00 in the morning. who does that? we got a big meal from there. it's quite precise. it's difficult . everything. it's difficult. everything. it's composed in the house, all those things, because fireworks make people feel irritable , less people feel irritable, less alone. the people that they're with fling dogs windows open and take the dog for a walk, dog quite often taken for a walk far

more times they want to, but get out there in the open to organise the walk . if you feel organise the walk. if you feel a brewing when we comprehensive, we can sort sense it coming on. i again it's important distracts clear a table get out some more nibbles play a game just try and not let the inevitable irritations and fidgeting as an annoyance is sort of get to you if you can rise above it for just that one day it really does stop those roles escalating and they can do fuelled by alcohol fuelled by the hate fuelled by difficult sets of people , they difficult sets of people, they can escalate into something quite unpleasant that's not we want so supreme know that they may be coming knock them on the head when they do that. now joe sadly, inevitably i know from personal experience, you get some rounds at christmas . so if some rounds at christmas. so if you do fall out over the duff

and the turkey, what's the best way of kissing and, making up? is it just always best to say sorry , i think so. even if don't sorry, i think so. even if don't feel if you do during the you've just got to get through that and you've got to get through it in the nicest way. so even if you're sort of just having your right, it's easier to i'm sorry, i shouldn't have said move on. just don't let it. don't it oxygen to so to sort of turn into something bigger and to thrive. so yeah you to get through it we've got to have a little technique and tips to know to allow these things to overwhelm all spoilt a day for other people, for ourselves. so yeah we have them in our house. for me, i've learned to how them now and not get wound up by them. and i generally it's because i say i'm sorry. how them. and i generally it's because i say i'm sorry . how how because i say i'm sorry. how how do you do it? well what's your secret experience of knowing? if i don't say it's what happens, it's it is something much more

unpleasant , which it's it is something much more unpleasant, which is you end up one of us going out the room sort of, you know, wanting to have a both it's better to just to say , yeah, it's better to to say, yeah, it's better to diffuse it . someone's got to be diffuse it. someone's got to be the grown up, the big of us. it's me in this case, geri, thank you so much. really appreciate it. have a happy christmas and a hopefully an argument free or quick argument. christmas day. so having really appreciate your time martin my goodness it's just i think the research saying it's by about 1050 and you've already had the first argument the average family . yeah christmas day family. yeah christmas day there's pressure there there's so much pressure there we've so in the week we've talked so in the week about christmas about having perfect christmas and course even and this year course even getting home is going to be tough you to go across . but tough for you to go across. but everyone's getting everyone's worried about getting there. when you get there, you're anxious always. so just you're anxious always. so i just hope can enjoy you this hope we can enjoy you this christmas. apparently christmas. but apparently everyone at home nothing in everyone at home says nothing in britain working well. britain is working well. christmas still works i think if positivity come on the morning to denver says i'll tell you

who's working supermarket retail pub rest work as couriers and binmen well yes i can say yes to that. binmen well yes i can say yes to that . thank binmen well yes i can say yes to that. thank you. binmen well yes i can say yes to that . thank you. lots to binmen well yes i can say yes to that. thank you. lots to . come that. thank you. lots to. come on.the that. thank you. lots to. come on. the latest border force strikes, though , begin this strikes, though, begin this morning after this. good morning . i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office. a wet and windy spell heading northwards through the day today. most of scotland will until tonight . mild will be dry until tonight. mild again in the south. but chillier continues further north. the mild but wet and windy spell courtesy of this set of weather front slowly in a soggy start for south—west england and wales and rain drifting north now into the midlands and southeast england too. a lot spray a lot of surface water on the roads and a lot of traffic on the roads today of course as well. so just bear in if you are so just bear in mind, if you are hitting the roads that wet spell will spread into northern england northern ireland by england and northern ireland by lunchtime by the of the lunchtime and by the end of the day parts of southern day into parts of southern scotland . showers in scotland. few showers in northern some snow in northern scotland, some snow in shetland, most of scotland shetland, but most of scotland dry but cold for the south it

just a lot drier this afternoon and it will be mild as well. but it's also going to be blustery accompanying this band of rain, some winds wet and windy some very winds wet and windy weather spreads into southern scotland this as it hits scotland this evening as it hits the colder air be some snow the colder air will be some snow north the central on some of north of the central on some of the higher routes this evening. so, that mind , so, again, bear that in mind, you further south you are travelling further south will be rain showers that we see coming in because the milder air continues to spread north. it's still pretty windy well still pretty windy as well through night and that leads through the night and that leads into blustery christmas eve into a blustery christmas eve they'll be rain showers across northern england and much of northern ireland and outbreaks of rain and hail snow still in parts of northern scotland continue through the day. but may well stay largely dry . may well stay largely dry. brooklyn to wales actually for many places . brooklyn to wales actually for many places. bright, brooklyn to wales actually for many places . bright, blustery, many places. bright, blustery, christmas eve with some good spells of sunshine. but showers come in at times on that gusty , come in at times on that gusty, mild temperatures in double figures across the south and even further temperatures are a little higher tomorrow compared to today . it's

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border force begin. eight days of strike over with postal workers walking out today and more rail chaos on the way. gb news survey reveals more than . news survey reveals more than. half of us think nothing works in this country any more . also in this country any more. also today have threatened to veto nicola sturgeon's gender law after the snp passed a bill that trans people to self their genden trans people to self their gender. and now gb news people's poll we asked voters what they think about the plan to move asylum seekers to rwanda. the process with some surprising results . and it's traditionally results. and it's traditionally busiest shopping day of the. are you ready? we'll be discussing all things christmas as many of you prepare to hit the shops for some last minute purchases. and as ever , you can join in any of as ever, you can join in any of our discussions by emailing at gb news dot uk. of course, on twitter . all right, welcome back

twitter. all right, welcome back to the programme. travellers arriving into the uk are being that it might be for you. you've got friends, family travelling to spend christmas with expect delays at, passport control because passport workers begin strikes over pay and working conditions it's border force staff now the latest uk workers to go on strike in what is, as you know, one of the busiest times of the year. over a thousand workers are set to walk out fighting passport control desks at birmingham heathrow , desks at birmingham heathrow, gatwick, manchester, cardiff , gatwick, manchester, cardiff, glasgow airports as well as the port of newhaven, elsewhere . port of newhaven, elsewhere. postal workers are set to stage walkout today while national rail strikes will resume from christmas eve. well get some live coverage of it. go to our west midlands reporter carson, who's at birmingham airport for us this. morning. just talk us through then. what is going to be the impact on the operations as , a result of border force as, a result of border force staff not turning up to work

today. staff not turning up to work today . so the airports are today. so the airports are basically saying to expect some disruption, to expect some delays because . of course, delays because. of course, there's a thousand parks. the pubuc there's a thousand parks. the public commercial services union members. they've walked out those border force and passport check officers. so ministry of defence and other civil servants as well as the army have had to be brought in to make up those numbers today. so people are saying expect some disrupt action. the big thing, the that's going to lead to whether big disruption or is whether these e—gates at passports were airports work if these e—gates work for people coming into the country and people checking to in and then they shouldn't be as much disruption as we might expect. but if those e—gates fail to, as heard kevin fail to, as we heard kevin saunders, the former border force chief on programme a little bit earlier on, saying already, depending on on these e—gates, there's going be so thousands of flights arriving over the course of strikes,

89,000 flights over the course of these border force strikes are coming into the uk. that's almost over a million passengers are going to be trying to get in and out of the country. that could well be disrupted. but this is all and this strike is all over pay, pensions and also job security as 100,000 police members from over to june 14, different government departments voted for strike and essentially it's over a 10% pay rise. it's one of the demands pensions , one of the demands pensions, pension, justice, job security and, no cuts to redundancy paid up that redundancy and job security is . one of the things security is. one of the things that a lot of unions are trying to bring as part of the negotiation deal, as they as they to negotiate way they try to negotiate their way outside out strikes the piece. yes, general marcia walker , the yes, general marcia walker, the government can stop these strikes tomorrow if it put money on the table . he said like so on the table. he said like so many workers , members are many workers, members are struggling with the of struggling with the costs of living and living. they're desperate and they're being told there is no money for them . while ministers they're being told there is no mon�*out)r them . while ministers they're being told there is no mon�*out governmentile ministers they're being told there is no mon�*out government contracts ers give out government contracts worth billions of pounds , some

worth billions of pounds, some sections of the are accused of playing politics with these , and playing politics with these, and we'll fight to improve our members pay terms and conditions regardless of is in downing regardless of who is in downing street now , in terms of street now, in terms of heathrow, of one the heathrow, of course, one of the busiest in uk 579 busiest airports in the uk 579 flights are due to land there before 7 am. this morning. so you can imagine how they might already some disruption in terms of the situation here at birmingham airport , been birmingham airport, been checking arrivals in the live kind of scheduling. it seems that are delays starting that there are delays starting to starting to now happen with flights trying to come in to the country. of course, when that when those main passport checks take place . and so we are, like take place. and so we are, like i said, relying on these e—gates in order to ensure that there is a smooth passage for passengers coming in and out of the country. now going forward over of course, these strikes are going to continue one. but this first strike for border forces , first strike for border forces, the 23rd to the 26th of december, and then they pick it up from the 28th to the 31st. so these busiest of the year when

people are trying to fly away somewhere and maybe nice for christmas or, go and see family or certainly in uk or certainly come in in the uk to spend christmas with family. there going be some there is going to be some disruption pulls . charles, paul disruption pulls. charles, paul charles was the chief executive of the travel consultancy the pc said passengers are likely to face longer queues delays face longer queues and delays dunng face longer queues and delays during festive period and during this festive period and could themselves stuck on a could find themselves stuck on a rival's aircraft. there have been a aircraft been quite a few aircraft leaving , taking off right behind leaving, taking off right behind me, which is great cause not me, which is great cause i'm not really much a plane spotter, really much of a plane spotter, but think i am today. but over but i think i am today. but over the period, there the festive period, there is going some disruption for going to be some disruption for passengers into the passengers coming into the uk and ports around country and our ports around the country advising give advising people just give yourselves bit yourselves a little bit more, okay ? carson at birmingham okay? carson at birmingham airport in the cold and the dark and get yourself a nice, well—earned, hot cup of tea, i hope.then well—earned, hot cup of tea, i hope. then on strike . okay, so hope. then on strike. okay, so let's bring in our regular cfa. it's professor of industrial relations , the university of relations, the university of wolverhampton into this conversation. good morning . conversation. good morning. rogen conversation. good morning. roger, what do you make of today's border force strikes ? today's border force strikes? well, it's inevitable i guess

because everyone's having a bit less of living in the case of civil servants at the moment, everyone's offering them between two and 3, which is far lower than they're offering. now, the pubuc than they're offering. now, the public say , well, i'm sorry, public say, well, i'm sorry, it's picking up a little bit. it's quite hard to hear you. all right. yeah, just you speak up a little bit. it's quite hard to hear you. thanks. yeah. sorry. can you. now, that's better. yeah i can leave forward. perfect you better carry on. yes yeah, i'm just saying it's inevitable the government's offering them to two 3% below the going rate for everybody else. and at the end of the day people aren't prepared to accept a 7% cut in real terms. so civil servants amongst voted to strike and is obviously one area where they have immediate and quite impact on the travelling public . so define what is that impact. how are we going to feel it. well he's just been explained to

you in the case of border force that people simply are going to have massive queues coming into the country . and also, even if the country. and also, even if you bring a non—experts to patrol borders in that way , patrol borders in that way, they're going to make mistakes. so not you can have long queues, but people shouldn't be coming in, will be allowed in. so it's really a serious matter and government has got stop sitting on its hands and get negotiating increased pay off as there's no way round all this it's a disaster for the country and a government that does nothing and just says no no no it's not really going to make its popularity a change at all. it's lack of leadership of parties , lack of leadership of parties, austria's proportions . but austria's proportions. but rogenl austria's proportions. but roger, i mean, it's good to see in one sense these days are some queues at airports that can't be blamed on brexit. but don't you think that the timing of all these strikes is cynical to people at christmas when want to travel the most ? there's no

travel the most? there's no regard at all for the public , is regard at all for the public, is it, in fact, making impact on the public? is the point. misery is what they want . oh, is what they want. oh, absolutely . i is what they want. oh, absolutely. i mean, is what they want. oh, absolutely . i mean, it's absolutely. i mean, it's obviously no point in going strike unless you have a significant impact on their your employer's business. i mean, that's the whole point whether you call it cynical or whether you call it cynical or whether you call it hardheaded, bargaining it doesn't matter. there's no in striking unless it really hurts . oh, we've been really hurts. oh, we've been told that are sort of robust plans in place you've mentioned it's not just about queues actually that isn't the major that's going to be a real inconvenience. but problem is people filling to do these roles, making complex decisions about who is allowed into the country. are you worried about . country. are you worried about. i'm not worried personally, but i'm not worried personally, but i think the is completely dishonest saying that there's robust internal it's just a pr exercise. it's not real . you can exercise. it's not real. you can only bring in a troops and other

people in for a very short time. they're not expert. and it just really everything worse, by the way , it annoys the strikers way, it annoys the strikers because they feel they're being undermined and it worries people about security. but as the strikers want , it throws a strikers want, it throws a spotlight on their skill set their and how important they are their and how important they are the country and maybe the government should think about only offering them 3. i mean they'll settle something like 6, it's not like they're asking for the moon but the government won't even sit down. the general secretary made it quite clear the government sits down and we will negotiate on pay then the strikes come on. so i think we try the responsibility is government who are sitting on hands and as you say , hands and as you say, potentially putting us in danger . and they're busy with dealing many sectors going on strike . many sectors going on strike. we'll just see if a professor of industrial relations at the

university of wolverhampton, thank very much for your time this morning. i want to bring a little of, we can, at little bit of, if we can, at 7:10. we've had a message from jacqueline because we're going to very briefly about to talk very briefly about this poll conducted which poll that we conducted which said say nothing , said those of us say nothing, britain is working. i think we should a list the day should create a list as the day goes on what is working. and jacqueline said care staff work king and that adds to the list we've already got that's got careers supermarket workers pubs and restaurant workers and binmen and an interesting thing about that that is almost the same list is during lockdowns if you remember the heroes the unsung heroes campaign supermarket workers, the cornershop workers that just had to carry on teachers. they're often but it does feel like , i often but it does feel like, i think, a sort of a lockdown. again by a virus, but by strikes my goodness , you believe this? my goodness, you believe this? say, let know. gb news gb news uk what is working and has strike action sort of enforced many type of lockdown ? is that

many type of lockdown? is that okay? let us know right now . 11 okay? let us know right now. 11 minutes past the hour. let's bnng minutes past the hour. let's bring you to date with what else is going on today. have been warned to expect long as millions hit the roads. ben with family and friends , aa says family and friends, aa says today will be the busiest day with an estimated 16.9 million journeys being made across the uk. congestion also be increased tomorrow due to a strike. another strike by thousands of rmt members working at network, which will last until the 27th of december. inquest opened today in maidstone into the deaths of all migrants who died whilst trying to cross the engush whilst trying to cross the english channel. their boat capsized early this month, sparked a major rescue off the coast. another 39 people were safely brought to shore and the chancellor is being to scrap vat charges on defibrillators. the snp removing the tax will make it easier and cheaper to build an effective network of the devices across the country .

devices across the country. lives innocence . urging the lives innocence. urging the welsh government to negotiate health workers pay to avoid industrial next year. the trade unions written an open letter to first minister mark drakeford saying nurses and ambulance are exhausted and support teacher walkouts . let's take a look walkouts. let's take a look at the gb news people's poll . the gb news people's poll. it's a range of questions from the rwandan plan to the strikes and to the competency of our less yes three prime ministers. this for more analysis on the polls , let us speak to the polls, let us speak to the academic and professor of politics. matt goodwin . morning, politics. matt goodwin. morning, matt. what do you make of it? good morning . well, we've got a good morning. well, we've got a lot of interesting this week.

firstly we've got the vote intention . conservatives back intention. conservatives back down to 22. labour still riding high on 46. so not much sign of that. rishi recovery . this week that. rishi recovery. this week we've also at is britain working 57% of the country say no it's not working and that actually unhes not working and that actually unites leaders and remainers everyone across the political divide saying nothing is really working in the country anymore. and course, this was the year of the three prime ministers. we had boris johnson had liz truss, we rishi sunak. so we asked voters which , do you think was voters which, do you think was the most competent of the three prime ministers boris johnson comes , number one of rishi sunak comes, number one of rishi sunak number two, liz truss . number number two, liz truss. number three, i'd love meet the 3% of voters who felt liz truss was the most competent among conservatives. boris johnson is ahead by 40 points. his is still very, very strong among

conservatives. so lots interesting stuff regarding . and interesting stuff regarding. and just one other thing we asked about the rwanda. obviously, we had the high court ruling this week, the ruling that the plan is legal and once again after a similar question in the autumn , similar question in the autumn, we find that more voters support the rwanda than oppose it . and the rwanda than oppose it. and thatis the rwanda than oppose it. and that is especially true among those conservative and leave voters about two thirds to three quarters of those voters say the voters about two thirds to three rwanda plan for me is the right right response. but lots of people have been messaging in this morning saying, oh, i want to take part in the poll, either on twitter, what's going on? just talk us through how you do the research . yeah, sure. the research. yeah, sure. absolutely. so we're drawing on data from , a large existing of data from, a large existing of voters across , the country, and voters across, the country, and then we're waiting that data to make it representative of the

british population. so isn't this this isn't a poll you can self—select into that that bnngs self—select into that that brings its own problems this is a high quality data source and we're then adjusting our sample to make it representative of the wider country and we're asking them questions pretty much every week so people a suggestion for a question like us to ask, please feel free to reach out to me at twitter. i'll definitely take that into mind my man. there's something also very interesting this poll about who can handle the strikes politically, who's best positioned to take care of their 64% said neither rishi nor starmer 40% of those who said nobody . i mean, is this starmer 40% of those who said nobody. i mean, is this an indication , matt, of a complete indication, matt, of a complete collapse in the public's faith in our political class ? yeah. in our political class? yeah. you know, i said something like along these lines last night, actually on twitter after having actually on twitter after having a on on tv about the public mood

and. one thing that i pointed out is, you know, i've been polling a long time but i've never the british people as fed up as example spirited and as disillusioned as they are today. and the thing martin, in my mind what see each week is i don't see really the people i think anybody in the current political class has answer has the answer to inflation and has the answer to inflation and has the answer to the nhs , has the answer to to the nhs, has the answer to the borders and the migration crisis . and we've got a level of crisis. and we've got a level of disillusionment that is very palpable. and as you say , this palpable. and as you say, this question on the strikes , question on the strikes, actually the most popular answer isn't keir starmer and it isn't rishi, it's none of them . it's rishi, it's none of them. it's not nobody in westminster. and this to me reminds me of british politics in the early 20 tens, very feeble while very , very very feeble while very, very polarising people just looking for something new, different, and at the moment i think that's

that's why i'm expecting 2023 to be a bit of a bumpy ride. again for the main parties in westminster not just for public sentiment as a whole. you know, you've been monitoring the pubuc you've been monitoring the public feel and sort of taking a litmus test of our opinions on all these big hot topics. you would think at this time with post the pundit mic largely you know, brexit that was very chaotic. that seems to have been undone. we've now got a prime minister in a bit more political stability that should stability that we should be feeling settled. feeling a little more settled. but you're not that well. we see what we're dealing with is a hangover of that crisis we're deaung hangover of that crisis we're dealing with the economic hangover of covid 19. and we've got that . we've got inflation, got that. we've got inflation, we've got interest rates, cost of living, crisis . but i would of living, crisis. but i would argue we're also dealing a political hangover from , that political hangover from, that crisis. we've got a prime minister who, of course, didn't really win a mandate from party members or from party voters . members or from party voters. we've got two political parties, and i think it's fair say is struggling to articulate a vision for the current era that

we're in. and neither labour nor the conservative seemed to be fully connecting with the country. and we've got these very specific cries . we've got very specific cries. we've got the border crisis with the crossings, we've got the war in ukraine, which is further impacting on energy. and so we're bombarded on all. and just one last thing to keep in. remember a few years ago, somebody this was going to be the roaring twenties. the good times were after the chaos of 20 tens and the financial . but tens and the financial. but turns out in the minds of many voters actually what we're looking at is something a bit like the roaring twenties. you know everybody's got a sense of future is going to be a little worse in the present and the present already a little bit worse in the past. so what we're looking for is a new i think the countries of new optimistic positive leadership have somebody with some bold answers to get at the root of these problems from the to the problems from the nhs to the transport strikes . so matt, very transport strikes. so matt, very quickly, brings to my final quickly, that brings to my final question and i follow you on

your substack is an read and i know you talk about this void . know you talk about this void. is there room for a new movement onune is there room for a new movement online you've spoken about nigel freud's the comeback king is that vacuum there for real change. will people just continue to vote for the two big parties as they usually do ? parties as they usually do? well, the mood is definitely there. we've got a lot of minor up again this week in the polls greens reform we've got a lot of people saying actually i'm not interested in labour and the conservatives of the moment that challenge those parties for martin is the first past the post system. unlike the 20 tens we don't have the european parliament elections which of course were under proportional representation we got first past the post so going to sort of run this system i think is to have to do two things. they're going to do two things. they're going to have to build a very strong local presence and they're going to probably have to convince a handful if not more of mps in westminster to defect. and it's going to have to be a very

different strategy from anything that was pursued before . we've that was pursued before. we've got this very unfavourable election system for new challenger parties . i thank you challenger parties. i thank you so much, professor of politics for the academic who helped conduct that research for us that appreciate your time this morning and was looking a bit gloomy but loads of people are getting in touch to say what? working because 50 said 57% of people said britain wasn't and says why does everyone forget to mention lorry drivers? well, that's a very good point. backbone workers . mel in backbone workers. mel in shropshire says, what about 365 days of the year? thank you for that, gary. the police says they're working the armed services pharmacy staff are working . and elaine also says working. and elaine also says what if went on strike? so instead of what isn't working, maybe what is this morning? and if it's you and you're working christmas day, let us know because we'd love to give you a shout outs very positive news load and rosie bringing the very

close through well doing so. most including a look at most of them including a look at the latest sports news. and that's this .

break welcome back. morning to sharon , who says pub cleaners working. i wish you would remember them well. there we go. and colin as

well, he says no one ever, ever, ever mentions local government workers also working . this is workers also working. this is because if you were just with before the break this very gloomy poll from the gb news. well, the public actually said 57% of us said nothing working. so we're trying work out who is and what they're to keep those comments coming in. gbs at gb news uk . well we're joined now news uk. well we're joined now by who most definitely is working on working very, very hard . very, very hard. it's hard. very, very hard. it's lighten the mood the cavalry pull cause all the all the sports news. so let's start with the i call it the old league . it the i call it the old league. it is the old league cup. yeah. see thing is, you can still call it the league cup, i believe, because it's still the same. yeah. but it has changed through sponsors over the years, it's always been drink. it's been the carling cup. it's been a milk couple though. the littlewoods, which different which had so many different carabao moment. but carabao at the moment. but anyway , we're heading towards anyway, we're heading towards the it was the quarter final and it was a great game. yes, yeah, yeah. man

city, city three, liverpool city, man city three, liverpool two. quite frankly two. yeah. so and quite frankly i think the two best sides in the country obviously a pot for nottingham forest. well thanks for that park from for mentioning that park from nottingham forest, the two best sides country toe to toe. sides in the country toe to toe. nobody was more than one goal ahead a fantastic ahead and it was a fantastic game kevin de bruyne. i thought it was amazing, which is good considering. he came back from playing for belgium, world playing for belgium, the world cup, a complete cup, which is a complete disaster didn't too disaster and didn't seem too interested whole interested about the whole thing. mean thing. yeah, but yeah i mean it's back and it went and it was great. i thought yesterday kalvin phillips playing last kalvin phillips not playing last night. happening? night. yes. what's happening? well, kalvin phillips signed for sign city and i think he's only played for about 50 minutes for them since he signed . so anyway, them since he signed. so anyway, he's going to the world cup and he's going to the world cup and he was injured for quite time. so i hadn't played much . so so i hadn't played much. so going to the world cup played about 40 minutes, came as a substitute, but come back and pep guardiola has said because he squad that he's he wasn't in the squad that he's not come back in a fit state so what exactly whether that means he's just not enough to play or

whether he feels if he's not put enough work in terms of fair evaluation . yeah but but the evaluation. yeah but but the thing is though he should but i mean, if he's come back and he's playing the world cup, you'd expect that he would come back in tie. oh, yeah. try in a finnish tie. oh, yeah. try an it that pep quite an and it seems that pep quite sharp about situation sharp about the situation and just not enough to just he's not fit enough to train the moment so watch train at the moment so watch this i don't know with this a little more so know what he's like guardiola there's like pep guardiola there's always something always a little something there on the surface. on the under the surface. so where something said, where there's something is said, well, not good enough. well, this is not good enough. need to come back more ready but he's just come by for the world cup be nothing but cup so could be nothing but somebody out with somebody else who came out with world been a year of world cup. it's been a year of tears a certain christie on tears a certain mr. christie on a yes he cried off of a although yes he cried off of man united he cried off of the final portugal game. there's final portugal game. but there's news sign for a news that he might sign for a news that he might sign for a new team. he could go to new team. well, he could go to saudi arabia i the saudi arabia because i think the surprise there's loads of surprise where there's loads of money. thing money. well, the thing is, there's ways looking at there's two ways of looking at it. we can either look at it and think, well, is he going over there for the money? he doesn't need but there's the need the money. but there's the other body

other side is that no body really wants well, i mean, really wants him. well, i mean, this a man who in he's in his this is a man who in he's in his mind he's probably same as he was he was 25. but he's 37 was when he was 25. but he's 37 years old now. he's problems years old now. he's had problems with united, you with manchester united, like you say. there's the say. you know, there's the arguments wasn't arguments there, it wasn't comfortable. and then also with portugal. that in portugal. so our that are in europe certainly this europe and certainly this country they're to country as well they're going to look cristiano and look at cristiano ronaldo and think well no think yeah, we want well no because playing that great because not playing that great no he's going to cause them trouble and no because it's going much money. i mean going to so much money. i mean he was offered going to so much money. i mean he was offere d ,300 million for he was offered ,300 million for a two year deal during the summer. so it looks like that is probably where he's going to wind up. it'll probably end up he's qatar on the all he's either qatar on the all stars league playing in saudi stars league or playing in saudi arabia. is the weather, the arabia. so is the weather, the ego going the fact that ego going to take the fact that he plays out he'll he plays out there? he'll probably and say it's probably come out and say it's not the money. it's the pure not for the money. it's the pure the football, it's the future of football. that's the reason. football. and that's the reason. and just smell something and we'll just smell something that quite . that just doesn't seem quite. but know, next time to but if, you know, next time to call it a day. fifa formally investigating . so they explain

investigating. so they explain happened sold by mastercard you can do an impression of yeah this is woolly that's all it does this and put sold on £4,000 stakes for idiot psycho them i think they could a high class steakhouses is when i read a review said over salted and overpriced i don't know that was him or whether that was the steaks so they've got these steakhouses in london in los angeles, in dubai and he's become friends with . gianni become friends with. gianni infantino , president of fifa, infantino, president of fifa, now , you've probably seen stuff now, you've probably seen stuff with him there he is so bay there he is the sunglasses lionel messi looking confused thinking who is this man? why is he tapping me and why is he sprinkling salt over my head and the thing is, there's a rule fifa, the only only people that are allowed to hold the world cup winners, ex winners and heads of state. yeah. nobody else could actually touch the new one. yeah. you can't. it's just a rule. so anyway this pitch just so he's holding world

cup and he's got his arm around the argentina players who looking a little confused so then there's been another video come gianni infantino at come out of gianni infantino at salt bay's restaurant . they salt bay's restaurant. they shouldn't be doing as martin did the little sprinkle there and then he's got a knife and he's doing this and it's like it's a what are you it like this and gianni infantino is going, oh, you are a legend . so i think you are a legend. so i think that's where the final tickets came from. bribed the fans of the pitch . how did he end up the pitch. how did he end up getting on the pitch and having been to be able to do been asked to be able to do that? so now fifa looking that? and so now fifa looking into thinking, how did into this and thinking, how did well, you should look at well, maybe you should look at your president you could your president maybe you could maybe so didn't actually do maybe so they didn't actually do anything wrong you know anything wrong. well, you know what like the past. he was what it is like the past. he was allowed to go there but he's just one of those very, very annoying character very quickly just one of those very, very awouldn't:haracter very quickly just one of those very, very awouldn't didacter very quickly just one of those very, very awouldn't did the' very quickly just one of those very, very awouldn't did the worldquickly just one of those very, very awouldn't did the world cup:ly i wouldn't did the world cup came to london i worked at the news of the world and they brought in they said no such thing. i thought, i've only got one i grabbed and one chance. and i grabbed it and i lifted in the air. yeah, i frog marched out the room by

fifa. you really. is that fifa. did you really. is that right. actually the right. i actually lifted the world wow. yeah i did. and world cup. wow. yeah i did. and it's not as heavy as you think. well, such drama king. you help yourself. watched the yourself. i ago watched the world up. world cup. yeah lifted it up. so, really? so the rule is ex winners. yeah. heads of state. yeah. you and salt bite. that's it. oh that kind of holder. well, you know, you know you might have got yourself a free meal out of that son. thank you so much. we thought. we'd said goodbye to you yesterday. yes, you. youn goodbye to you yesterday. yes, you. your. and it you. yeah, but your. and it takes to know one that you takes one to know one that you really appreciate at view of what's been kicking off in this sport literally and with salt right now it's gone 7:30. lots more to come here. we'll be going through the newspapers after this short break. it's .

great welcome back. at 736, listening and watching breakfast with martin and rosie this . morning. martin and rosie this. morning. we've been asking you who working? because apparently the british say britain isn't . very british say britain isn't. very good morning to lesley who says the church working well, particularly this weekend around the clock food . banks are the clock food. banks are working volunteers are working as well john. i don't know what we think about this, martin says. am i classed as working today?i says. am i classed as working today? i got up at 4 am. to

take my wife work. who is? i would say. that's half in, half out, but definitely brownie points. there we go. what can this be coming in? at gbnews.uk? we're sort of rebelling against this idea that a person's not working. what is ? but in the working. what is? but in the meantime, let's take look at meantime, let's take a look at front and we'll kick front pages and we'll kick off with yeah, the times with the times. yeah, the times leads with flu cases and health officials warning anyone with a cough a cold to avoid cough or a cold to avoid spending time with , relatives spending time with, relatives and this and grandparents. this christmas. how do you do that? the guardian's front page reads on scotland's new gender laws that yesterday . the that were passed yesterday. the headuneis that were passed yesterday. the headline is number ten threatens to block scottish law on legally changing your gender gender. and the daily mail are also dealing with gender laws and report that the snp are on a collision course . westminster after course. westminster after passing a bill to let 16 year olds change gender without medical diagnosis. the telegraph murder. it was free to kill after probation blunder . well, after probation blunder. well, that's the headline . after the that's the headline. after the probation services are facing a backlash now for deeming damien

bendle medium risk. backlash now for deeming damien bendle medium risk . and finally, bendle medium risk. and finally, the daily mirror leads with the king's security fears. concerns that king charles's christmas walkabouts may be disrupted by yet more protests is throwing eggs. are you an xmas or a christmas man? i'm definitely christmas, although i tend to text xmas cause i'm lazy. oh, there we go . well, let's find there we go. well, let's find out the views of our paper of who. isjoining us this out the views of our paper of who. is joining us this morning, a senior reporter from newspaper, benjamin butterworth, and operations at and director of operations at the adam smith institute. morgan tony, mr. thank you very much, both you, for coming in. both of you, for coming in. morgan, let's start with you, if you can, and front page the you can, and front page of the financial times. can bring financial times. we can bring you already. joe biden you that one already. joe biden under what's yes. so under scrutiny. what's yes. so joe biden's been criticised quite a few eu countries . and quite a few eu countries. and now kemi badenoch has joined in and says that the new inflation reduction act , the uk. in the reduction act, the uk. in the us excuse that is focusing on creating a green economy this is over $300 billion plan and

saying it breaks trade rules because it just disadvantages foreign producers of cars , foreign producers of cars, manufacturers and it goes against wto rules. manufacturers and it goes against wto rules . what's really against wto rules. what's really interesting for me, as a, as a long term observer participant of brexit is this is exactly what complained about, about britain wanting to do post eu membership as in putting grants towards electric vehicle as he's saying here. so it's preferential treatment for buying domestic . and lo and buying domestic. and lo and behold the eu are unhappy it. it says better sense of irony i think for me. well, let's talk about joe biden's potential uk trip benjamin this is on page of the i. he wants on northern ireland before he's to prepared oven ireland before he's to prepared over. yep. so it's an exclusive today's eye newspaper that says that a planned trip for the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement may well not go ahead , or at least biden won't be a part it because he wants that

progress to happen. so secretary state antony blinken is apparently saying unless wishy sunak comes to a deal with the eu before happens, then joe biden isn't to visit and i think that's pretty provocative of the of the us president. it says that he is otherwise very keen to come because of his irish. now he is welcome to talk about face irish ancestry but always takes me mad because barack obama is just as irish as joe biden and they both had a i think great great great grandfather leave ireland the same year. so joe biden is no more irish than obama who didn't go on about it so much. but i think will this will a sharp think will this will be a sharp nudge someone like sunak nudge to someone like sunak because, you know, the idea the us sending a message like this that not turning up which is such deal the us president such a big deal the us president comes i think they're clearly trying to have some soft power. yeah, think a bit yeah, i think it's a bit antagonistic and i think it makes this picture especially in the us my homeland that nothing's happening and both sides are not even willing to a

conclusion think people are working very hard to solve this and are trying to keep this as possible. and i think this is kind of saying, you know, we'll you on the naughty step if you don't behave. and back to biden's irish ancestry. i also find it funny as an american from new england, whose great grandfather was born in ireland, i'm more irish than he is, but i'm more irish than he is, but i'm not going around saying i am irish because you would all make fun of me. i'm sitting here in the uk saying that i'm irish english. quick point english. i know the quick point especially to you and i think it's interesting biden it's interesting how biden interfering british this interfering in british in this way is as a constructive way is seen as a constructive thing good thing. whereas thing or a good thing. whereas when did, it was chaos . when trump did, it was chaos. how dare say breath? it's a how dare you say breath? it's a good idea. this the same good idea. this is the same thing. but the liberal press don't object quite as don't seem to object quite as much. i could easily put much. i mean, i could easily put that you because. i'm that back to you because. i'm sure barack obama said that sure when barack obama said that the uk will be at the back of the uk will be at the back of the queue a trade deal, the queue for a trade deal, i suspect you said to suspect you said how to interfere. so i think i interfere. so i think he i think that goes both absolutely that goes both ways. absolutely but look, on the case of the

good friday agreement is what biden to the us biden is a referring to the us is a signatory ensure peace is a signatory to ensure peace in ireland. so you in northern ireland. so you know they pledge 24 years ago they made a pledge 24 years ago to stick by that and arguably that's what he's doing by by nudging sunak in this way. yeah. let's move on. rail fares, fars news here, i'm afraid. front page of the telegraph. morgan it's going up and it's it's they're going up and it's the biggest increase 2012. the biggest increase since 2012. yeah so real fares have been increasing you know over the years as we've seen . but i think years as we've seen. but i think what's particularly going to bite you're seeing bite this year is you're seeing those increases at same time that we're having mass disruption, lines, disruption, the rail lines, we're , there's we're having strikes, there's lack availability of staff lack of availability of staff even on non strike days. so i think are going to start think are really going to start seeing this hurt ask are we getting our value from this. it's a 5.9% rise from march, which actually government is heralding as some kind of victory only because they're actually putting billions towards network to try and keep this below inflation only. so even though it's a 6% rise, nearly the are saying this is a

victory which is odd. well if you see in price like this it does inflationary effects so to see that it's not rising by or more is definitely a good point here. yeah but i still think consumers be wondering what their their money is getting them. yeah yeah. right. let's look at the front page of the times now if we can and that this question go to cough or cold. the loads of people have been particularly this year. been ill particularly this year. stay grandparents. stay away from grandparents. what's the benjamin the uk what's the benjamin so the uk health security agency which was the one that had a lot to do with the covid vaccine ads and became prominent during the pandemic their advice now that if have a cough or a cold, if you have a cough or a cold, stay away because apparently there are 9.56 admissions to hospital related to covid and flu compared to 6.6 per 100,000 last week . so that's that's last week. so that's that's quite a sharp rise in week. i wonder how unusual is for the time of year given , how cold it time of year given, how cold it is, particularly in the last but their advice that don't go near

them now i want to weather will this strike the fear that lots of people felt during pandemic so they'll follow it or will a lot of people look at this and say well granny granddad survived covid so as if i'm not going to go now we've all had our vaccines or whatever. do you think people listen to this? i kind of hope? they don't. and that goes against how you usually feel about these things. but i just think that, you know, having a moderate or a cold is within the reason of your life. and you know, think and actually, you know, i think about, yes. do you about, you know, my. yes. do you think should tell a ground think you should tell a ground parent i'm feeling a little bit unwell? do you still want to see me? mean, yes, that be me? i mean, yes, that might be bafic me? i mean, yes, that might be basic respect, because basic respect, though, because to us, if you have to be honest of us, if you have a coming over and haven't a friend coming over and haven't mentioned they're mentioned that they're spluttering everywhere, you might viruses might talk about viruses and illnesses differently post the pandemic did before. pandemic than we did before. i it's true, but i personally think if have a cough really think if you have a cough really not saying your grandparent at christmas it a pretty christmas it like a pretty pretty waste time and do pretty waste of time and do you think, morgan, this this is think, morgan, that this this is of covid nudge unit sort of

of the covid nudge unit sort of attempt to that they're saying don't do it because they're trying to get us to change our behaviour. but people are a bit tired of being told how to live their lives by the state. their lives now by the state. yeah, i think it could be a few things. i think, it could be that this is, you know, the new normal to where going normal so to speak, where going to seeing lot to be seeing a lot more messaging about public or messaging about public health or it's we notice it it's just that we notice it more. we went through covid like i can't tell you if these messages were in the papers before covid. probably just before covid. i probably just thought all, right, it's just too possible too cold. so it's possible that it's self—reinforcing it's kind of a self—reinforcing thing. noticing it thing. we we're noticing it more. i think to the more. but yeah, i think to the point now where people understand practises for, understand best practises for, for at christmas and understand best practises for, for willing at christmas and understand best practises for, for willing tot christmas and understand best practises for, for willing to just,istmas and understand best practises for, for willing to just, you as and understand best practises for, for willing to just, you knowi understand best practises for, for willing to just, you know , are willing to just, you know, use sense and say, use some common sense and say, look, i'm not feeling well, but let's still see each other can i ask?i let's still see each other can i ask? i mean, it doesn't make sense me. the sun page three, sense to me. the sun page three, the is number one the christmas song is number one for health. so, kerry, why for health. yeah. so, kerry, why this is the this is mariah carey's all i want for is you and you hear it everywhere at christmas. it comes out every yeah christmas. it comes out every year. she makes in royalties but

there's a new that says that actually can lower your blood pressure. so listening the song which i know can drive most people crazy actually has positive health effects and lowers your blood pressure . are lowers your blood pressure. are you surprised ? i see, matt. so you surprised? i see, matt. so little bit, but i mean, it's a good song but you hear so much now . when i go on my christmas now. when i go on my christmas playlists, i skip it straight away. oh, there we go. sorry private it now. marathons behind desk makes millions a year. just the royalties of that one song, i think it was number in the uk about two weeks ago. doubtless it will be in the chart comes out later today because we've got a guest on that actually to find out who is in the running for christmas number one very quickly, us just it quickly, let us just squeeze it in. we've a lovely story in in. we've got a lovely story in the mirror about lady called the mirror about a lady called hillary. hillary manners, hillary. yes hillary manners, the old fan from the 93 year old fan from somewhere left derbyshire and somewhere i left derbyshire and she out and gives biscuits she goes out and gives biscuits to the military because she has mobility issues, she has done for a long time and it's a sweet story about how she says thank

and the bedroom saying that it means world that they can help. and think, you know, there and so i think, you know, there are out there are lots of people out there that be having hard in that will be having hard time in the couple of days for the next couple of days for various reasons and those small acts of kindness. i think we shouldn't when shouldn't forget them when there's lots big there's lots of lots of big issues these things issues that these little things can way. i always tip my can go long way. i always tip my big always have. i give big men. i always have. i give up in a fiver if i say christmas i just always have to do. yeah, really of always. you up really of always. are you up that yeah. when do you that early. yeah. when do you see your binmen. well they're quite late. get back nine quite late. they get back nine ish if always get ish from. well if i always get the and my postman chinese the five and my postman chinese lad. surprised you lad. but i'm even surprised you have cash to hand with at the time that you see them. always sure five. just always sure got five. i've just always have right then go. have done it. right then we go. yeah benjamin thank you yeah benjamin morgan, thank you very. join us in very. they'll join us again in about minutes. to. rifle about 40 minutes. time to. rifle through once more in through the papers once more in the meantime, up, 10 the meantime, it's coming up, 10 minutes let's bring minutes to eight. let's bring you up to date with the main today. an extra 1.5 million free school meals have been being served in primary schools across wales september, feeding a

further 5000 children year one and two peoples are now also starting benefit from the scheme as part of a £260 million investment from the welsh government . well, the uk government. well, the uk government. well, the uk government says it will invest £654 million in preventing homelessness over the next two years. it says those will protect tens of thousands of vulnerable people from losing their homes, providing temporary housing support to avoid housing and support to avoid evictions . scotland's health evictions. scotland's health secretary is meeting union leaders later . secretary is meeting union leaders later. a bid to avoid nhs strikes humza yousaf will hold talks after nurses in scotland rejected the latest pay offer, which would have seen their wages rise by an average 7.5. charity shops in the uk have experienced the biggest sales week as shoppers search for cheaper gifts amid the rising cost of living. that's according to the british heart foundation. they say a third of britons are adjusting their spending due to rising bills nowadays. age uk cancer research uk have also reported a rise in revenue . this festive period .

revenue. this festive period. i'm really doing this overview of who is working today. i'm really doing this overview of who is working today . keep of who is working today. keep your views coming in. elizabeth has says that always forgotten social workers are working, understaffed overworked, underpaid, if they do and if they don't. but always struggle or in. thank you for that message. and nick said just to say all those in retail we've been talking about how busy it's to be in the shops today. they're particularly hard, especially food, retail the end to biggest of the year. to the biggest days of the year. it's hours away from it's also only hours away from this people to this stupidity of some people to rear the ugly head. why hasn't my turkey defrosted when bought on christmas eve or why haven't you got any pickles left when they've been on big displays for three months? this is the hero he's putting in a whole shift today, let's say that's how of us are that under—prepared. you can't be buying a frozen turkey on eve. well, if you do. then you might be going to a&e for

salmonella. so i mean, really , salmonella. so i mean, really, really small one. yeah seriously know you know it's christmas ahead jamie coreth coming in and let's talk about food at christmas now . it's a new christmas now. it's a new festive food trend becoming this year's must have centrepiece edible . this came as a surprise edible. this came as a surprise to me, but actually looking into it, they look really tasty. writer julia crouch joins me now. so what's so special about , this new trend and how can people get involved. hello so i just it's a really lovely way to bnng just it's a really lovely way to bring some extra christmas spark or to your to your dinner table . they're actually they look so beautiful. but they're so easy to assemble . you know, we're to assemble. you know, we're very used to having wreaths on our doors, but now can have them on our dinner table as well. so think that's just really lovely . and so what are the sort typical ways of making a hat? how you do it. so is it something you don't hang it on your door and people know christmas carol, people come and go way i see it, do this. is

go the way i see it, do this. is that something you on a table? that a bit tricky, that might be a bit tricky, although be although you know, you'd be feeding squirrels and feeding all the squirrels and pets outside and but no. so it's a way to have a nice centrepiece . and the way you do it is you can , you can use anything can, you can use anything really. so you could do short country wreath and the way you would do that is to create the ring as you just put a bowl, a little play in the middle , you little play in the middle, you get your big serving board or your big play and you just a ring round the edge . so you ring round the edge. so you could do a cheeseboard in that way. you do a lovely winter salad , or you could do sweet salad, or you could do sweet things too. so you do profiteroles and a ring chocolate sauce . another lovely chocolate sauce. another lovely tip is you're doing charcuterie, for example , you can use for example, you can use cocktail sticks and kind of thread your chosen and cured meat onto it with , say little meat onto it with, say little tomatoes artichokes, peppers and then place them all round a ring

and they just look so . q and and they just look so. q and your guests can come and pick them up, never eat them . i just them up, never eat them. i just think they look so nice for how simple they are to prepare . i simple they are to prepare. i mean, looking at them and beautiful here, sweet and the savoury. i hate to bring up this, but the sharing platter sort of very much fell out of fashion, didn't it over the last two years because the idea of us all sharing the same thing and touching it, you know, that that really changed how we ate at christmas. you think it's now christmas. do you think it's now back in the sharing oh oh back in season the sharing oh oh absolutely i think know obviously with covid no one did that kind of thing for ages and now that it's really died down a lot, people want to have that kind of celebration food and everyone dig and share. i think that's something so nice about sharing food and kind of family style, isn't it you could put it there on the table. everyone dig in everyone, help themselves . i in everyone, help themselves. i yeah.i in everyone, help themselves. i yeah. i think the sharing factors absolutely back now anybody out there is thinking

all this takes too time life's too short was one that i saw that even i could have a at it was a pork pie wreath it was basically a pork pies and a circle with some pickle in the middle. now, even i could do that with this . this is that with this. this is fantastic. yes one of my favourite foods ever . i favourite foods ever. i absolutely support that. easy phase. yeah, go for it. put my ring perfect. i'm very quickly. julia, what's on your christmas table when it comes to the big meal the big day. table when it comes to the big meal the big day . oh, so we have meal the big day. oh, so we have so traditional so obviously big turkey bread. so all the trimmings, pigs in blankets , lot trimmings, pigs in blankets, lot of gravy, a serious amount . of gravy, a serious amount. yeah, all veg sprouts and absolute musts i love i think i, i got out of that because i think having now they don't look like a very good christmas dinner and julia, thank you so much for speaking to food writer delia crouch about . the sharing delia crouch about. the sharing wreath looks great. i have to say that looked like this school

dinner, didn't it? that christmas dinner did. although i've said it before. so again, there's no such thing as bad. i just love turkey , although just love turkey, although i just love turkey, although i just thought, okay, i love it. turkey. turkey turkey. and what judy said at her house, i'd like to go to her house. it does sound good. those of you are getting in touch with who is at this christmas and colin has said santas just started one shift a year . said santas just started one shift a year. good point. probably quite busy. yes keep your views coming in gbs gbnews.uk and lots more to come, including the on the race for christmas number one. that's after the break. good morning. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from met office. a wet and windy spell heading northwards through the day today. most of scotland will be dry until tonight mild again in the south but chillier. i continues further north the mild but wet and windy spell of this set of weather front slowly edging in a soggy start of south england and wales and that rain

drifting north now into the midlands and south england too. a lot of spray, a lot of surface on the roads and a lot of traffic on the roads today. of course, as well. so just bear that in mind if. you are hitting the roads that wet spell spread into northern england, northern ireland by lunchtime , by the end ireland by lunchtime, by the end of the into parts of of the day into parts of southern a few showers southern scotland, a few showers in snow in in northern, some snow in shetland, but most of scotland's dry but cold for the south. it just a lot drier this afternoon . and it will be mild here as well. but it's also going to be blustery coming in this. band of rain, some very gusty winds as wet windy weather spreads wet and windy weather spreads southern evening . southern scotland this evening. it colder air. there it hits the colder air. there will some of the will be some north of the central belts on some of the higher routes this evening. again, bear that in mind, if you are further south, again, bear that in mind, if you are be further south, again, bear that in mind, if you are be rain further south, again, bear that in mind, if you are be rain showersr south, again, bear that in mind, if you are be rain showers thatth, again, bear that in mind, if you are be rain showers that we it'll be rain showers that we see coming in because . the see coming in because. the milder continues to spread milder air continues to spread north. it's still pretty windy as well the night and that leads into a blustery christmas eve . into a blustery christmas eve. there'll be rain showers across . northern england and much of northern ireland and outbreaks

of rain and hail. snow still in parts of northern scotland. that'll continue through the day. but shetland may well stay largely dry, wriggling to wales actually for many places a bright christmas eve bright, blustery christmas eve with some good spells of sunshine. but showers will come in times that wind miles. in at times on that wind miles. temperatures in double figures across the south. even further north, temperatures are a little higher tomorrow to higher tomorrow compared to today. higher tomorrow compared to today . it's a higher tomorrow compared to today. it's a mild higher tomorrow compared to today . it's a mild starts to today. it's a mild starts to christmas period. christmas day for most of us with some rain but turning colder from northwest during christmas day and colder for all of us by day.

is it isita is it a border force ? both is it a border force? both travellers arriving into the uk have been told to expect disruption as border force workers begin strikes . good workers begin strikes. good morning and happy christmas almost. it's 8:00 on friday, the 23rd of december. this is breakfast on gb news and rosie wright on your final day. happy to be alongside you and myself. martin dalby. and here are your top stories this morning. millions are being warned of travel delays as border force staff begin eight days of strike action over pay. postal action over pay. the postal workers also walking out today

and more rail chaos. a gb news survey reveals that more than half of us think nothing works in this country anymore . also in this country anymore. also this morning, ministers have threatened to veto nicola nicholas sturgeon s gender law after the snp passed a bill that allows trans people to self—declare their gender. also in our poll, wales voters what they think about the plan to move asylum seekers to rwanda for processing with some surprising results and it's traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year. and we'll be discussing all things christmas as many of you prepare to hit the shops for some last minute purchases, and that includes last minute includes may your last minute don't come on less often . don't come on less often. hopeless. now you can join in any of our discussions, particularly this morning, about people basically said 57% people that basically said 57% of us think britain's not working. we're asking what is working. we're asking what is working loads if you are getting in touch and a very good morning, he says. is it my morning, he says. but is it my son, is an patrolman , is son, who is an rac patrolman, is still there working over still out there working over christmas, motorists christmas, keeping motorists mobile . thank you very much for

mobile. thank you very much for that. and that says traffic that. and that says air traffic controllers . they're certainly controllers. they're certainly working. for sure, to be working. guess for sure, to be extra busy . and john, as has extra busy. and john, as has been men as well john also gives have been men presence at christmas as well. so if you can think about who is working, maybe it's or a loved one, maybe it's you or a loved one, then get touch. then get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.uk . vaiews@gbnews.uk. well, more travel chaos as travellers arriving in the uk are being warned to expect delays as passport control workers begin strikes over pay and working conditions. workers begin strikes over pay and working conditions . the and working conditions. the border force staff all the load , the latest uk workers to go on strike in one of the busiest times of the year, over a thousand workers are set to walk out, affecting the passport control desks of birmingham heathrow , gatwick, manchester, heathrow, gatwick, manchester, cardiff and glasgow airports as well as the ports of new haven elsewhere. postal workers are set to stage another walkout today while national rail strikes will resume from christmas eve. so let's find out

more. let's go to our west midlands reporter, jack carson, who's at birmingham airport for us this morning. jack, so explain to us what impact does the order for staff going on strike have on people presumably arriving into the uk, having long delays, getting through immigration ? so essentially, immigration? so essentially, obviously the border force and border control worried about those checking those passports when people are coming in to the country . and so by them going on country. and so by them going on strike, it there's of strike, it means there's less of those people processing people coming into the country , dealing coming into the country, dealing with cases, which, with some cases, which, of course, complex of course, can be quite complex of people arriving into the country. so a lot of country. and so what a lot of the are having to rely the airports are having to rely on e—gates, the on today are the e—gates, the passport where passport e—gates, where essentially passengers essentially arriving passengers kind of scan their passport electronically and can get through an arrive in the country a lot quicker. so a lot of a lot of what's going on today is basically depending on those on those e—gates working sustainably. of course , a sustainably. of course, a thousand border control staff are on strike today up until the

boxing day. they're not on strike on the 27th, but then they're on strike for the rest of the year until, of course, the 31st. and so what's essentially happened is civil servants, ministry of defence staff and of course the army have brought in to try and have been brought in to try and make the make up those numbers. the airports like heathrow here in birmingham and docklands as the docklands as well . so there is docklands as well. so there is going some disruption to going to be some disruption to those e—gates don't work a lot. the airports are saying that . the airports are saying that. just give yourselves a bit more time then hopefully, time and then hopefully, hopefully shouldn't have as much disruption. they're trying to minimise course , but minimise that. of course, but over course of the strikes, over the course of the strikes, 9000 flights are going to be coming into the uk. that's almost 2 million passengers trying to arrive in and go through passport control, which of course these strikes are actually and actually going to affect. and there's some flights here there's been some flights here arriving birmingham arriving into birmingham airport, already delayed and it's starting to have a little bit of a domino effect on on flights, of course, arriving a little bit later on. we know that gb news can exclusively

reveal that from the home security to white, who security. out to mark white, who it found that in it was found out that some in terms of london, some short haul flights and some transatlantic flights and some transatlantic flights having to take a more fuelin flights having to take a more fuel in order to possibly cope with a holding pattern over the city. course , that in some city. of course, that in some cases it cannot about six and a half thousand pounds to the cost of fuel that these the british airways are putting into their some flights. so we some of their flights. so we know they planning long term know they are planning long term for some more disruption . but, for some more disruption. but, of course, the issue , which is of course, the issue, which is one of the main border control unions, which represents a lot of those, didn't reach the 50% threshold of their members voting in their industrial action vote. and so they haven't gone on strike. so it's only members members of the of border control, about 1000 from the peaks , the public and commercial peaks, the public and commercial services union that are actually going on strike today. the home office are trying to say that they've mitigated the risk there. and airports are trying to say that we don't think there's going to be delays, that

are going to badly affected customers . but of course, those customers. but of course, those coming before those coming in, if those e—gates aren't working, that's the issue that some airports could today, which airports could face today, which could delays people get could cause delays as people get into country coming into the country coming for christmas . jack, thank you so christmas. jack, thank you so much . i'm christmas. jack, thank you so much. i'm sorry christmas. jack, thank you so much . i'm sorry the weather is much. i'm sorry the weather is so torrid for you. the airport, someone who's not jetting off to somewhere sunny and wonderful, but standing there for us, giving us the latest. really appreciate your time this morning. he deserves a cup of tea there. i mean, it's getting lighter. it's getting wet and you need a better umbrella. anyway, bring travel anyway, let's bring travel experts. into the experts. sally gets into the conversation. good morning, sunny. terms , what sunny. so in broad terms, what does strike mean for people does this strike mean for people arriving britain today? so arriving into britain today? so it a big load of trouble it means a big load of trouble for people arriving into the uk because this problem at border control will impact them more than people who are departing out of the airports . so, so this out of the airports. so, so this is more if you've got international friends and family coming to visit, they might get snarled up. yeah, they

definitely could. and you you know, the worst scenario is that people are stuck on the planes, at the gates , not able to at the gates, not able to disembark or worse, that it's backed up in the air or indeed from the departing airport overseas before they actually leave and take off to arrive back into the uk because the airport and aviation network is an interconnecting one and it's very delicately balanced and presumably it could be that those arrival halls are just at capacity. so no one else will be allowed in until they've been cleared. yeah, they need to be cleared. yeah, they need to be cleared because obviously you cannot have overcrowding, congestion, like we congestion, especially like we saw summer. also saw in the summer. and also banks get backed up as banks could get backed up as well. interesting point that jack mentioned there, mark white got the exclusive line about the extra fuel that's being taken on board course, they board because of course, if they if planes called land, that's a taxi around the circle and that's burning millions of pounds worth of extra fuel , 40 pounds worth of extra fuel, 40 tonnes of fuel it takes to get across the atlantic. but it's

about 25% more. that cost will that get passed on to the consumer ? and what about the consumer? and what about the environmental impact of always circling around in the sky above london? okay, so the other question, it will eventually get passed onto the consumer . question, it will eventually get passed onto the consumer. in fact, airfares definitely are going to rise over the next year due to lots of issues. the cost of fuel, for example , and of fuel, for example, and airlines cannot bear the brunt of that . also, airports putting of that. also, airports putting their fees up. and in terms of their fees up. and in terms of the environment impact, this is a great cause for concern . and a great cause for concern. and the aviation industry is really throwing everything it can , throwing everything it can, cleaner fuels. but of course , cleaner fuels. but of course, this is a very sudden problem for airlines . and they've also for airlines. and they've also had to reduce their schedules in advance to deal with the border control issue. so they're going to lose a lot of money over this cancelled flights and extra fuel burn, like you say. so it's really a big neck ative storm for them . yeah. let's move on

for them. yeah. let's move on from what's happening in the air and look instead on what's happening on the roads and the rails. that's not a very straightforward picture either, is it? no, because on the ground we have also another big storm brewing. obviously, we have the rail strikes and they're continuing to rumble on an impact, but also on the roads, the highways agency staff are also on strike, too. and you know, the big surge in in capacity on the roads is going to test that road network system as well as sally, you mentioned to me before we came on air, you've heard about another strike coming at the airport. what's that how that affects passengers ? so this will impact passengers? so this will impact heathrow in particular, a ground handung heathrow in particular, a ground handling company called menzies is planning to strike. they're going to ballot their members. they haven't done so yet . it was they haven't done so yet. it was supposed to be before christmas and planned for the and now it's planned for the end.so and now it's planned for the end. so the end of the year, between 29th and the 31st of december, and this will affect all operations, both departures

and arrivals, bags , for example, and arrivals, bags, for example, the aircraft itself, although that turnaround that happens to make to service the aircraft. so that's going to put pressure on heathrow at a critical time travelling over christmas. well, you know what ? yeah, i'm you know what? yeah, i'm weighing it up myself as well. i'm looking at the new year as probably the best bet, but i think passengers should expect disruption even going into the new year as well because travelex, who doesn't travel at christmas , you could make it up christmas, you could make it up . sally, thank you so much. really appreciate your time this morning. there's been a lot of what's not working. so we're asking this morning what is working at christmas? loads of you in touch. morning to you getting in touch. morning to duncan farmers seven days a duncan says farmers seven days a week a day work stops week 24 hours a day work stops for nothing on a farm. thank you very for your message and very much for your message and a very much for your message and a very good morning to vince in aberdeen we letting aberdeen who says we are letting agents continue work and work agents continue to work and work hard, up here hard, especially up here in scotland. the legislation is scotland. but the legislation is a stricter than it in the a lot stricter than it is in the rest of the uk. ongoing maintenance issues, people

moving certainly moving in and out, certainly keeps on our toes. i've got keeps us on our toes. i've got to say, rosie, i'm living your one woman crusade to make these strikes a good news well strikes a good news story. well done. well, i think i just think it's done. well, i think i just think wsfime done. well, i think i just think it's time end of week, not it's time end of the week, not some people will be work. and some people will be at work. and instead hearing about instead of just hearing about all people who've decided all the people who've decided today work, you may today not to go to work, you may have sympathy have great sympathy for the strikers. remember those strikers. good to remember those who to right here gbp who are today to right here gbp gb news uk has been up to gb news at uk has been up to date with the other headlines today. i and motorists have been warned as we just heard, to expect long delays as millions hit the road to spend christmas with family and friends. the aa says today will be the busiest day of with an estimated day of all, with an estimated 16.9 million journeys being made across the uk. congestion could also be increased tomorrow due to a strike by thousands of rmt members working at network rail, which will last until the 27th of december. inquests opened today in maidstone into the deaths of four migrant who died whilst trying to cross the engush whilst trying to cross the english channel. their boat

capsized early this month, sparking a major rescue operation off the coast. another 39 people were brought to safety to shore and the chancellor is being urged to scrap vat on defibrillators. the snp says removing this tax makes it easier and cheaper to build an effective network of the devices across the country as well as saving lives. unison is urging the welsh government to negotiate over health workers pay negotiate over health workers pay to avoid industrial action next year. the trade unions written an open letter to the first minister, mark drakeford , first minister, mark drakeford, saying nurses and ambulance workers are exhausted and support future walkouts . support future walkouts. while the uk government could move in to block scottish gender reforms. it comes after the scottish parliament approved a new bill making it easier and quicker for people to legally change their gender. the bill removes the need for medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria

and lowers the age of applicants from 18 to 16. it will also reduce the time a person must live as they acquire gender from two years to just three months before it is legally recognised. but this has prompted a clash with the uk government . we have with the uk government. we have concerns of a safety for women and children. let's find out more, particularly the political implications of it in the street . with us now is political correspondent tom harwood tom, just explain to us how the legislation's changed in scotland . and this now scotland. and this now a decision by westminster to say, do we intervene or not? very complicated , yes. this is about complicated, yes. this is about who gets to decide whether someone is legally recognised as transitioning from one gender to the other. up until now, this was a medical process , a process was a medical process, a process with several stages and quite a lengthy and indeed costly process for people . now, these process for people. now, these reforms that have taken place in scotland have been voted on, not yet received royal assent, and we'll get to that later. but

these that have been voted on in scotland, now make that a more streamlined process . take the streamlined process. take the medical issue out of it and say that the person who ultimately gets to sort of make the decision in terms of who they are is the person concerned? this is the law in ireland as it stands. it's the law in belgium as it stands. but there are lots of countries, of course, where it isn't. indeed, the conservative government was pursuing this sort of reform in 2017, but was dropped after a consultation. so this is where scotland and england and wales and northern ireland are diverging and that is the issue that the uk government has . they that the uk government has. they believe that there may well be a clash between the legal rights as respect isn't implemented in scotland and versus the rest of the uk . and there's some concern the uk. and there's some concern in government that this new gender recognition law in scotland may be sort of at loggerheads with the equality

act 2010 in westminster . loggerheads with the equality act 2010 in westminster. and that means that some late last night after the scottish parliament voted for this law , parliament voted for this law, the scottish secretary, alister jack , started talking about jack, started talking about what's what's called a section 35 order. it's a bit complicated . it's part of the scotland act, the settlement of devolution within the united kingdom. but it basically means if the united kingdom government see that there is harm from a piece of legislation in the scottish parliament, that it might clash against uk legislation , then against uk legislation, then this order could prevent royal assent. now they've got about four weeks to decide whether or not to carry that forward. now, though, cries of shame on you as this was voted through, it certainly feels like the appetite is there in westminster to take this on. is this a battle worth fighting philosophic , leigh, politically, philosophic, leigh, politically, or is it more than that? is this about stopping scotland , about stopping scotland, devolving power and this is a

war that westminster must fight. so there's two unionist differing points of view on this. now it must be said that there are in terms of those who voted for the law in scotland , voted for the law in scotland, and there's been a lot of debate on this in scotland. it ended up being that the lib and most being that the lib dems and most laboun being that the lib dems and most labour, labour msps labour, scottish labour and msps and snp mpas backed it. so and most snp mpas backed it. so it passed by a large majority in the scottish parliament. now the trouble is for some unionist states in the united kingdom , states in the united kingdom, having this sort of battle shows the benefits of the union. they can sort of clip the wings of nicholas sturgeon, either unionists, they see that actually this could put rocket boosters under the scottish national cause. of course, it's not been long since that court order that say that the scottish parliament doesn't have the right to call an independence referendum whenever they want to, that they need westminster's consent for that. and if westminster were to pursue a section 35 order striking down the scottish legislation, that would be the first time in

history such an order has ever been used. so there are some unionists who think that this would undermine the unionist cause, because it would be sort of saying that we don't really respect the devolved settlement of hollyrood as an institution . of hollyrood as an institution. and so there is there is this conversation going on, no doubt, at the top of government over this christmas period, because, of course, royal assent is not due to take place until genuine re. so they do have this time to sort of discuss this to think what is the best way through here and there are strong arguments on either side. so that's fantastic. thank you. we've seen a bit. we'll have more on that in the next hour. those of you getting in touch with who's working today . with who's working today. britain apparently working britain apparently not working according our which according to our poll, which we'll look as well. judi says we'll look at as well. judi says no one's been seen. then yet. milkman still delivering milk to the yes. yes. they they the door? yes. yes. they they they i'm i wrote that they still got i'm i wrote that very still very definite. it's still working. says i'm an working. christopher says i'm an electrical engineer. electrical mechanical engineer. i'll have to get into work on christmas morning check the

christmas morning to check the machinery. course, christmas morning to check the maciimportant, course, christmas morning to check the maciimportant, very course, christmas morning to check the maciimportant, very vitalse, christmas morning to check the maciimportant, very vital .5, very important, very vital. thank you doing that. and thank you for doing that. and angela as well says, don't forget those who work with forget all those who work with animals in horse racing. that's one busiest times in one of the busiest times in farms, petting farms, farms, zoos, petting farms, animal and, course, animal shelters and, of course, vets . vaiews@gbnews.uk this is vets. vaiews@gbnews.uk this is rosie's army of people who are working today is a positive, beautiful moment . i know i have beautiful moment. i know i have a confession to make, actually, in terms of working today is my last day at gb news. so i won't be working tomorrow . well, it's be working tomorrow. well, it's christmas eve. you're going to be here. i'm not here tomorrow. i'm travelling back today. if i can get my train to get to work . i think patrick and elliot taking the helm actually for the christmas weekend. so do stay with news in the meantime, with gb news in the meantime, after the break we're after the break here, we're going hitting the shops going to be hitting the shops with reporter, hollis, with our reporter, will hollis, ahead and part of ahead of and martin's part of this at the last minute christmas rush to get those presents .

welcome back. you're watching and listening to breakfast with martin and myself and rosie. now, are you ready for christmas 7 now, are you ready for christmas ? martin's and it's making me feel a bit stressed of you and plenty of us of today is predicted to be the busiest shopping day before christmas. well, our reporter will hollis joins us now from meltham mowbray, home of great christmas export the pork pie. tell us ,

export the pork pie. tell us, how busy can it get and how what can we expect from it ? good can we expect from it? good morning. yes, well, i was fortunate enough to get all my shopping done a couple of weeks ago, which means i can be out here melton mowbray reporting here in melton mowbray reporting on else is on what everybody else is shopping and in melton shopping for and in melton mowbray, of course, the currency really is stilton cheese . and as really is stilton cheese. and as you there, pies . but you said there, pork pies. but of course, at this time right now we've cost of living now, we've got a cost of living crisis and inflation and is really driven by the cost really being driven by the cost of food. it's up around 10.7, but at christmas, lots of people from all around the regions and even sometimes from around the country come to places like melton mowbray, specifically for those items . matthew, you're those items. matthew, you're from the melton mowbray food partnership. just explain to me how important is the local currency here? pork pies and stilton cheese, particularly around christmas. they really are important items. people come to melton specifically for my report pies, uncertainties, and then of course, they buy other things here. so it helps the

general economy. food, tourism with pork pies and stilton cheese is worth with pork pies and stilton cheese is wort h £100 million a cheese is worth £100 million a year to the melton economy. so it's really, really important. and then how big of a tradition is it? how does it fit into this christmas tradition where people seem a lot of seem to want to see a lot of pork pies, particularly for breakfast, stuffing? yes, for christmas everybody breakfast, stuffing? yes, for ch leicestershire everybody breakfast, stuffing? yes, for ch leicestershire and everybody in leicestershire and surrounding areas eats in melton, mowbray, pork pie on that morning. it's that breakfast morning. it's a really essential part of christmas . and of course, christmas. and of course, stilton cheese follows every good and then good christmas dinner and then right now i just said it. inflation is really high. 10. we've also got lots of different concerns where people are worried where their money worried about where their money is that mean is going to go. does that mean the quality items like pork pies and stilton , which really and like stilton, which really are thing that keeps this are the thing that keeps this place does that mean place ticking? does that mean that gone that they're going to be gone from many christmas from many people's christmas list, particularly today? certainly not like certainly not people like a treat period as treat for christmas period as well. but also, if you only got a little bit of money, you want to spend it on quality and not on some rubbish and be disappointed afterwards. and that's for the

that's why i people go for the melton mowbray pork pie and the stilton are stilton cheese food prices are going but also the amount going up, but also the amount of money people spend on food money that people spend on food is going up. do you think that people are to maybe people are going to maybe consider money on consider spending more money on stilton and on the stilton cheese and less on the thrifty things like nuts and maybe crisps ? the stilton cheese maybe crisps? the stilton cheese is the essential love of a christmas, as is the melton mowbray pork pie. you've got to have items and then you'll have those items and then you'll spend whatever at is on the spend whatever at left is on the on the little treats as well. but two items are really but those two items are really important central a important and central to a christmas and we're going to see lots of men probably at this point in december going around doing maybe doing their shopping, maybe getting sort getting deodorant and that sort of you're melton or of thing. you're from melton or at here for while. at least lived here for a while. how this as maybe a how busy does this as maybe a provincial town? in provincial town? not in nottingham, not in leicester, kind of on border. nottingham, not in leicester, kind of on border . we find kind of on the border. we find actually that before parts of christmas, in the weeks before christmas, in the weeks before christmas, it's the ladies doing their shopping but as it comes their shopping. but as it comes towards christmas, the proportion men so proportion of the men so scurrying for scurrying around looking for those presents does those last minute presents does increase significantly . this is increase significantly. this is the capital of a large rural

hinterland and we do get a lot of visitors coming and locals coming for their last minute christmas shopping. matthew, thank you very much. we have been speaking to the british retail consortium . they said in retail consortium. they said in a statement that food price rises have been the main driving force behind this year's overall inflation figures. so consumers face a more expensive christmas food shop. they added to me the while , of course, last year we while, of course, last year we had omicron. this year we've got strikes and you might feel that you're spending a lot of money, or at least still the same amount of money. but you're certainly going to get less bang for buck. this christmas . for your buck. this christmas. well, thank you very much for that. thank you. i've got to say, paul, pies. i used to work in a pork pie factory and you think i might put you off? but i tell you what i love. poor pies, a mouse and mowbray pork wise. all the on the planet. get all the best on the planet. get out buy still time. you out and buy one. still time. you know, totally believe you, know, i totally believe you, because earlier we were talking about christmas about these christmas wreath food lawson said food platters, and lawson said he'd one that just out

he'd make one that just made out of pork. right. pies of pulled pork. right. full pies and a jar of chutney. and even i can do that right now. what does that them? to music . that leave them? food to music. and cliff richard and mr. blobby . what they got in common. they've both number one in they've both been number one in the at christmas time. so the charts at christmas time. so who going take the top who is going to take the top spot year? could be ladbaby spot this year? could be ladbaby for time. well, we're for the fifth time. well, we're joined by the most excellent showbiz steph thatcher, showbiz reporter steph thatcher, who through who can take us through the runners so he's runners and the runners. so he's up with this one. well up there with this one. well i know five words. i'm so ladbaby over the past few years, they've been number one and talked about pork pies. they've always been number one with sausage roll theme tracks. but this year, they're doing something different. it's the first time ever band aid has been allowed to have a refix , and they're to have a refix, and they're going be releasing single going to be releasing a single called which is called food aid, which is looking likely number one. looking likely to be number one. so they're raising money for the trussell trust and also band aid. so it's helping people with who to go to food banks who need to go to food banks this christmas. and obviously, social influences mark social media influences mark coyle his wife, roxanne . i coyle and his wife, roxanne. i

think we have a clip actually to play think we have a clip actually to play . let's come together for play. let's come together for food aid . there's this christmas food aid. there's this christmas time finisher skate and they're . on time finisher skate and they're. on flashing because people can call their bills . we are. and we're their bills. we are. and we're going to hold out a celebrity lookalike in that video . but lookalike in that video. but that's one genuine celebrity. martin more features. yes because obviously martin lewis has been great this year in terms of his money expert tips for the country . and, you know, for the country. and, you know, this christmas, over 14 million people are living beyond below the poverty line. so a song like this will do quite well . and if this will do quite well. and if ladbaby, do you get that? number one, they'll make history as being the first band overtaking the beatles to have five consecutive christmas number ones. they've got stiff ones. but they've got stiff competition from the queen.

queen of christmas , mariah queen of christmas, mariah carey. so what we find at this time is all the old tracks tend to be going straight to number one. so all i want for christmas is potentially a strong contender for number one. and we have a bit of a flashback of that one as well . on one focus that one as well. on one focus more nervous, just one thing i need. more nervous, just one thing i need . i don't care about the need. i don't care about the prison myth , the christmas tree prison myth, the christmas tree . i just want to for my own. you could end up saying it's just that that's bringing me out. and hives. who hasn't got that song? oh it's. it's been out forever . oh it's. it's been out forever. it gets played forever for free on the radio. i mean , what on the radio. i mean, what i found this year is , like a lot found this year is, like a lot of the eighties, music had been really connecting with the youngsters . so every year when

youngsters. so every year when mariah carey comes back with all i want christmas is a new i want for christmas is a new generation about the generation who learns about the song and they end up downloading it. but it's not any more. carey also, wham last christmas, which is first is obviously a first and favourite when out in favourite when it came out in 1984, it lost the number one spot to band . so hopefully this spot to band. so hopefully this year it's hoping to be number one and take over from 58, hopefully. but we've got some controversial bands . controversial bands. controversial. that is a polite way. i mean, they're about as vulgar as you can be. yeah, i can't mention the name of this band or the name of their festive track, but they're very anti the tories last year they released a song about boris johnson which actually made it number five, and this year they could becoming number one again with political with their anti political message. there you go. you wrote you get away in you might should get away in your day with that one your final day with that one complaint. i have language definitely , but they're opinion definitely, but they're opinion really is because they caught that controversy. yeah definitely. and what's happened, you realise , you know, back in you realise, you know, back in the day it used to be about

people physically going to buy records, but now you've got a lot of influences out there and they can connect with their fan bases online and they're very happy to download music . happy to download their music. so moving away so that's why we're moving away from traditional and from the traditional ones and getting some really controversial festive tracks that thank you so much. have it giving you the one. who would you choose? well, i'm last christmas every time but i go traditional . we've been asking traditional. we've been asking this morning. martin traditional. we've been asking this morning . martin stopped it, this morning. martin stopped it, which i think i really like. why am i sort of working army, rosie's army? who are going to work this morning? so keep your views coming in. kareen says theatre is working , of course, theatre is working, of course, on christmas eve on boxing day. stephen says all seafarers are working to supply oil and gas rigs, bring food and goods into the uk. if they have a strike, they replaced by cheaper convenience crew and another message from robert the builders of this site opposite our home have started for the day and it's throwing it down with rain as it come. rain or shine build in field in better

in britain field in better beautiful quote on unless because a pole we've because we've got a pole we've got it'll be later this got more and it'll be later this is 57% of us think britain's broken yeah so who's actually working get in touch tbs at gbnews.uk more to come though after the break, including another flick through the stories in today's papers .

welcome back. it's 25 minutes to nine. this is breakfast with martin and myself. rosie talked to me through the papers. yeah okay. so here with with us today is from the newspaper benjamin butterworth, who boy, it's quite hard on social media, but in person, you've been lovely. i am a delight. you are. oh, and director of ops at the adam smith institute, morgan shondaland. might i that, shondaland. might i say that, right? yeah. well, shondaland. might i say that, rithought yeah. well, shondaland. might i say that, rithought we yeah. well, shondaland. might i say that, rithought we going well, shondaland. might i say that, rithought we going to all, shondaland. might i say that, rithought we going to have i thought we were going to have a start to this per a gentle start to this pay per view. martin but it pays maybe no people. get this, no old people. if you get this, people say to me, oh, you're much nicer with life. and i think when i'm not trying to not be you're on twitter, but be nice, you're on twitter, but social just makes things social media just makes things more antagonistic of more antagonistic you kind of get. depends on who's get. i think it depends on who's tweeting. think tweeting. yeah, well, i think i've a single argument on i've had a single argument on twitter. because you're twitter. that's because you're lovely. different, lovely. we're very different, aren't fine. aren't we? well, that's fine. that's maybe that's why i works. let's with you. be kind of let's start with you. be kind of the daily page 1242 the daily mail page 1242 albanians have been flown home. now the paper says this is a migrant crackdown. how is it how effective it been? so this

effective has it been? so this is one the first steps we're is one of the first steps we're seeing after rishi made seeing after rishi sunak made his declaration in his big declaration in parliament this is going to parliament that this is going to be one of his areas of focus. and this is 42 albanians have been deported , 32 of them were been deported, 32 of them were convicted criminals . six were convicted criminals. six were felt town seekers , and four more felt town seekers, and four more had other immigration offences. so these are all people being deported. they've gone through the and it really just the process and it really just points to the room that there is the migrant system to actually take care of some of the pressures that we're seeing within the confines of law and allowing more room for genuine asylum seekers and people who are actually coming to this country to try to escape harms in their native country. so i think this is positive for the government . hopefully more steps government. hopefully more steps like this where you are deporting people who have criminal offences is will bring down the heat on the migrant crisis that we're seeing and hopefully we can find some more common ground. interesting. have 42 as of 11,241 42 been sent home as of 11,241 who arrived illegally across the

channel this year? so a drop in the ocean would say. benjamin yeah.i the ocean would say. benjamin yeah. i mean, i find this whole venice situation kind of extraordinary because other countries like germany and most of the ones in scandinavia have accepted zero albanian refugees . so it's not really a question about compassion or refugee status , all these other wider status, all these other wider things that simply are not eligible. they're not from a country of that nature. i mean, i've been to albania and it is the most boring place i've been in my entire life. so i can imagine they'd want something interesting to do, but it amazes me that able to tackle me that we're not able to tackle it more straightforwardly and. i remember crisis remember before even this crisis emerged last 12 months emerged in the last 12 months that for some time albanian has been the number one foreign nationality in british prisons because there is a very serious problem with organised crime thatis problem with organised crime that is at least in london, dominated by albanian gangs. and one of the reasons why you see such heavy involvement in organised crime with migrants is because the uk government doesn't allow migrants to work while their claims are processing. you're not

processing. and if you're not allowed work and you're only allowed to work and you're only given allowed to work and you're only give survive, if given £5 a day to survive, if you're driven you're going to driven into underground means of making money and if those networks already exist, it's very easy for these people to join those networks and start being part of organised crime. are you saying then cross illegally then that if you cross illegally into you should be given into the uk you should be given a work visa? no, not given a work visa. so people who are here are asylum seekers , here and are asylum seekers, while their claims are processing, they're not allowed to any money for 12 months. to earn any money for 12 months. so they're completely dependent on state while their claims on the state while their claims are are are processing. and these are people legitimate claims. people with legitimate claims. these aren't people who are crossing illegally. these crossing over illegally. these are arriving are people who are arriving through are through legal means but are still for claims still waiting for their claims to processed. so one of the to be processed. so one of the things you do is things that you could do is lower that timeframe where people allowed to work people are allowed to work so that integrate in that you integrate people in society faster they don't society faster and they don't become on the state. become a burden on the state. well, more well, we could send more albanians home. that's albanians home. that that's another dealing. i mean, albanians home. that that's anohappy dealing. i mean, albanians home. that that's anohappy for dealing. i mean, albanians home. that that's anohappy for albaniansi mean, albanians home. that that's anohappy for albanians to lean, albanians home. that that's anohappy for albanians to come i'm happy for albanians to come here. as legitimate economic here. but as legitimate economic migrants, you know, my view is that migrants at that we need more migrants at the because we have the moment because we have a

shrinking population an shrinking age population and an increasing populace increasing pensionable populace , afford that at , and we can't afford that at the . know, can't the moment. you know, we can't afford all costs we afford all the costs we have because enough workers. because there enough workers. so bnng because there enough workers. so bring albanians but bring more albanians here. but legitimately, as economic migrants, you routes migrants, not for you routes that put themselves at risk and that put themselves at risk and that make it much harder for us because lot of because actually a lot of people, they get are people, once they get here, are becoming victims of gangs becoming the victims of gangs and of the control that they have over them. but they pay their way off and via traffickers who are part of that organised gang, they know what they're i find they're getting into. i find this that somehow coerced this notion that somehow coerced into is a little bit into criminality is a little bit off. i mean , there's clearly a off. i mean, there's clearly a huge problem. i remember being in kosovo, a country i love, and i've been to many times, and the first time i witness someone said to me, a local, he said, i love kosovo, but it's full of albanian drug dealers. and i said, it's just like london. said, oh, it's just like london. then you know, it reminds me of home. let's shall we? home. let's move on, shall we? from of many of the papers from page of many of the papers today, kate middleton today, we've got kate middleton paying today, we've got kate middleton paying tribute the paying a festive tribute to the queen where how can we queen at when where how can we hearit? queen at when where how can we hear it? airs on itv on

hear it? so it airs on itv on saturday evening . and basically, saturday evening. and basically, kate , princess of wales now kate, princess of wales now talks about the late queen and the fact that, in her words, christmas will feel very different this year. she said that while it will feel very different, we can still remember the memories and the traditions that we shared . take time to that we shared. take time to slow down and celebrate with family. i mean, it's a sweet message. and i think i think it will be old for a lot of us will be very old for a lot of us to this period. this point to see this period. this point in the year without her majesty as part of it, i think it will really drive home that she's gone because i found myself in recent weeks in the harry and meghan debacle , suddenly meghan debacle, suddenly remembering she's not here remembering that she's not here . forget it because . you kind of forget it because it's unimaginable. yeah. i it's so unimaginable. yeah. i mean, don't about you, mean, i don't know about you, but sing god save the but i still sing god save the queen comes on. it's queen when it comes on. it's just an instinctive thing just like an instinctive thing that happens. know i'm that happens. and i know i'm wrong, i actually feels kind wrong, but i actually feels kind of it is of nice. yeah, it's. it is strange , but, i mean, i'm really strange, but, i mean, i'm really looking forward to 3 pm. on christmas day when we get to see the kings message, the first kings message, at least for us, it will be least for most of us, it will be the first king's message and i

think you can only assume that he will mention his his late mother in that. i'm sure she'll stop because we because we've only queen speeches only had queen speeches on television before, because the television before, because the television wasn't around prior to her. it wasn't something we ever saw. thought it's a period of incredible change. let's move on to the times , if we can. on to the times, if we can. morgan and there's a story on page five. explain this for some fans have sued a movie studio. why? yeah. so this is happening in america. where else would you have such frivolous lawsuits? but if you remember the 2019 movie yesterday, the plot where i actually i don't remember that at all. it's a beatles movie. the main character is the only person in the world that remembers the beatles. oh, that one. exactly yeah. so in the trailer, they had a different featuring and she didn't make the final property features heavily in the trailer and some fans of hers paid $3.99 to rent the movie. and upon finding out that she wasn't actually in the movie is now suing the company

for $5 million in damages. i really it was the distress incurred by not seeing their favourite. well, it wasn't advertised to them. that's what they're claiming, that the trailer was was misleading. on the one hand, it is a city lawsuit and you. then why did they use the wrong person in the trailer? i mean, benjamin and acts harm. i i acts of self harm. i mean i would they deserving of would say they are deserving of 399 back not $5 million. that seems like, you know, america is the of the lawsuit the land of the crazy lawsuit and seems epitomise it and this seems to epitomise it for let's go to the i, if we for me. let's go to the i, if we can. page 23, the pope demons feature. yes. so the pope has made his first of his christmas messages and this one is to the elite of the catholic church. and it interested me because he said that he spoke to them about avoiding elegant demons and the catholics within the hierarchy of the church that believe they know better than everyone else. and can tell people how to live their lives. and it's sort of a jesuit dressing down is how one person has referred to this speech. and i actually i'm not a

catholic and i'm never going to be and i disagree profoundly with much of what the catholic church preaches. but i do think that there's something to be said this pope being very said for this pope being very aware of the problems that it has, at least in the western world, that it to be world, that it seem to be dictating to people to live dictating to people to how live their in that most their lives in a way that most of us don't identify with. and so i find this a rather refreshing message from pope and another refreshing message more going the daily going over to you in the daily star, of course with all the important they're important stories. and they're saying dry january to saying say no to dry january to help save the great british pope . calling . that's right. they're calling it or lose it it the boozer or lose it campaign and they encourage everyone to sign the wet everyone to sign up to the wet january pledge, which says that you your you will go to frequent your local january . and this local during january. and this comes the of some comes off the back of some research done the british research done by the british beer pub association that beer and pub association that said 86% of local pubs are said that 86% of local pubs are considering shorter hours closing early or even just taking off because they taking days off because they can't keep the doors can't afford to keep the doors open. can't afford to keep the doors open . with so little traffic and open. with so little traffic and such high energy bills. are you going signing up? i am going to be signing up? i am never a dry january observer, so

i will be sticking to my regular observance of general demand , me observance of general demand, me asking why not? i just don't see the point. yeah, same here. and also benjamin. i find that that's when the pubs are nice and empty after the christmas rush. a nice. but you get that a lot when you go the pub. they lot when you go in the pub. they put january hardly going on put in january hardly going on so we get on well there's no month i'd want to be sober less than january. it's miserable enough, you know. i need a glass of wine. cosy, cosy pubs really hard today to pull up the spirit for. for both of you. morgan benjamin , thank you so much for benjamin, thank you so much for the final time coming on to review the papers have a happy christmas and it's even the new yeah christmas and it's even the new year. but now it's quarter to nine. bring you up to date nine. let's bring you up to date with stories making with the other stories making headunes with the other stories making headlines and gb news can headlines today and gb news can reveal that airlines are facing millions of pounds in extra fuel costs as they deal with the likelihood of long delays during the border force strike . gb news the border force strike. gb news is internal memo from british is an internal memo from british airways advising its pilots to

take additional hour's worth take an additional hour's worth of to help jets cope with of fuel to help jets cope with having to hold on for an extra houh having to hold on for an extra hour. and the skies taxiing over london at an extra one and a half million free school meals have been served in primary schools across wales since september. that's feeding a further 45,000 children. wanted to pupils are now also starting to pupils are now also starting to benefit from a scheme as part of a £260 million investment from the welsh . and the from the welsh. and the government says it will invest £654 million into preventing homelessness over the next two years. he says those funds will protect tens of thousands of vulnerable people from losing their homes, providing temporary housing and support to avoid eviction . charity shops in the eviction. charity shops in the uk have experienced their biggest ever sales week as shoppers search for cheaper gifts amid the rising cost of living. well, that's according to the british heart foundation . say a third of us are . they say a third of us are adjusting spending to limit our bills. bananas , age, uk bills. well, bananas, age, uk and cancer research uk have also reported in revenue over reported a rise in revenue over

this christmas period . well, as this christmas period. well, as the year draws to a, we're reflecting on those who have made a real difference in 2022, including mum of two, kate wilson, who has just won the hardest working festive feet competition for her dedication to her charity , coventry to her charity, coventry clothing . now the award was set clothing. now the award was set up clothing. now the award was set ”p by clothing. now the award was set up by kate brown, and it's designed to honour someone who truly puts their to put their feet up this christmas. so what doesit feet up this christmas. so what does it mean to kate to win? she joins us now from her home in coventry. kate congratulations. it's always a bit awkward to be sort of celebrated for something that just doing anyway that you were just doing anyway . but just explain, why did you win ? so i said clothing coventry win? so i said clothing coventry a year ago to try and support more people in coventry in clothing, poverty . and there's a clothing, poverty. and there's a lot of people who work really hard at christmas. i'm not sure if i am the hardest working festive fete, but i really

appreciate winning and the hamper that shows that me. and i just i'm just trying to help people just want to make a difference in my community works. how do you then make sure that you get the donations and they go to the right people? so we have a referral system on our website where anybody can just p0p by website where anybody can just pop by and request clothes that's like a click and collect system. what people put in, what clothes and then then clothes i need, and then then come and get a we get lots of come by and get a we get lots of follow some of the charities or social services and things like that well. and kind of that as well. and what kind of change noticed this change have you noticed this year cost of living year during the cost of living crisis types of people crisis and what types of people are coming to now that are coming to you now that perhaps not have done so perhaps would not have done so before? well, last december, i helped 30 people with clothes parcels . and this december, i've parcels. and this december, i've helped 300. well, so just the level of need is huge . but we're level of need is huge. but we're seeing a lot more . it's just seeing a lot more. it's just normal working families where the kids coat has been lost or the kids coat has been lost or the zits broke and they can't afford to replace this. the contact to me said, if you got a

child is absolutely heartbreaking . i think heartbreaking. i think particularly being asked specifically to provide children's coats must really sort of stick in the throat a little bit. just just tell us one or two of the individuals that have received some of your donations . well, we have rails donations. well, we have rails in the community where people can go and help themselves to. so a lot of the lot of our clothes to go out where to food, homes and places like that. but we've seen people in mother baby homes and things like that . one homes and things like that. one particular i saw recently . name particular i saw recently. name was luke. he came in absolute really, really struggling . really, really struggling. couldn't afford christmas. we managed get into christmas gifts as well , but managed get into christmas gifts as well, but his daughter recently had an operation and couldn't be in the cold, but he couldn't be in the cold, but he couldn't afford to heat his home. so he was taking extra blankets and things to try and keep a warm and was staying with friends and visiting friends all through the day. so they didn't have put the heating on at have to put the heating on at home. it was just absolutely heartbreaking it's just heartbreaking that it's just normal and just

normal work and dads and just really to keep his kids really wants to keep his kids warm got warm and just got some information . a of mine, information. a friend of mine, bev nottingham she's watching bevin nottingham she's watching she's and i asked she's a cropper this and i asked her has got really hard her who has got really hard working and she said she working feet and she said she has a hospital porter who works walk 30,000 steps in a day is still toe shoes. people who work in hospitality a home, carers who walk between homes, factory workers and of course the postmen . so in terms of the postmen. so in terms of the impact on the community, it's a great thing to bring people together this time of year. christmas isn't that what you're doing? yes, i'm just trying to help people. i think it would be really great for us to know you've been awarded this and you absolutely deserve it. what can people in your community in coventry also further afield do to help support your work? because this is a time we've just that charity just been hearing that charity shops seeing surge in shops are seeing a surge in revenue because have got revenue because people have got less they're shopping less income, so they're shopping differently they've less differently. they've got less disposable income. how can people you ? we always

people support you? we always need donations of good quality , need donations of good quality, appropriate clothes , but appropriate clothes, but especially things like socks and pants. we have to buy those new. we won't give them away. second—hand so we're always for funds to buy those or donations of new underwear for people . and of new underwear for people. and i'd like to grow the charity i'd like to offer more services, i'd like to offer more services, i'd like to offer more services, i'd like to give people more dignity of choice to choose their own clothes. but i don't have a warehouse big enough. so if anybody local has a nice big warehouse , they'd like to give warehouse, they'd like to give me the that'll be amazing. me the free. that'll be amazing. but you never know. you just never know who's watching or who's listening . thank you so who's listening. thank you so much. katie wilson speaking to us there, the founder of clothing, who was then voted the hardest working festive feat, well deserved and maybe if you've got a little bit of warehouse space, you know, our email gbviews@gbnews.uk uk could be a merry christmas mean who might be watching that? you might be watching that? you might just say yeah they'll have this this the of this coming this is the time of the year people i think the year when people i think all feel more philanthropic,

feel a bit more philanthropic, feel a bit more philanthropic, feel a bit more philanthropic, feel a bit more charitable. and so we want to reach out now. that be amazing and good that would be amazing and good to people who are to talk about people who are working christmas working at christmas because we've poll at news we've done this poll at gb news that a bit gloomy. now there that was a bit gloomy. now there is a significant action is a significant strike action which hampering travel maybe which is hampering travel maybe you've whole of you've spent the whole of christmas calls year that christmas calls this year that just turned up. i just haven't turned up. i got a whole bunch yesterday , so those whole bunch yesterday, so those people might have well people might have been very well prepared. i actually. but prepared. so did i actually. but the is if 57% of all say britain's broken , who is britain's broken, who is working? how and why? certainly katie's been working . mark, a katie's been working. mark, a very good morning to you. there's nobody thinks about the hard working doctors without borders and selfless surgeons. that's a very good point, margaret says. i'm working. what about the hundreds of thousands of people working in the third sector? the not for profit sector? the not for profit sector? there go. charity, sector? so there we go. charity, get. always about get. it's always about the pubuc get. it's always about the public private sector. public or private sector. third sector staff provide sector staff often provide lifesaving and caring services , lifesaving and caring services, yet are constantly working well. margaret, thank you for getting in touch . and mentioned in touch. and you mentioned there were talking about post

there we were talking about post office work. yeah those who have been working are doing a significant of steps significant number of steps a day and again, day. that's right. and again, rosie , i'm really admiring your rosie, i'm really admiring your your your your your determination to keep this positive, because the thing is, you read so many bad pages about everything's broken and nothing can fixed. politicians are can be fixed. politicians are incompetent. quiet army, incompetent. yeah. a quiet army, rose of people are working rose army of people are working on and keeping this country ticking over. so thank you all. john said said, do you know how much hard work is babysitting a 26 year old son of a lovely christmas and happy new year? well to you, too, as well, john. i'm not sure what your son will have to say about that. maybe they it's hard work living they say it's hard work living with you. lots more to come on the program short break. the program after a short break. let good morning. i'm let me it. good morning. i'm alex deakin . this your alex deakin. and this is your latest update from the latest weather update from the met and windy met office. a wet and windy spell northwards through spell heading northwards through the day today. of scotland the day today. most of scotland will until tonight. mild will be dry until tonight. mild in but chillier in the south, but chillier continues further north. the mild but wet and windy spell courtesy of this set of weather front, slowly edging in a soggy

start of south—west england and wales and that rain drifting north now into the midlands and south—east england too. a lot of spray, a lot of surface on the roads and a lot of traffic on the roads today. of course, as well. so just bear that in mind. if hitting the roads if you are hitting the roads that will spread into that wet spell will spread into northern and northern northern england and northern ireland lunchtime and by the ireland by lunchtime and by the end of the day into parts of southern scotland. a few showers in northern scotland, snow in northern scotland, some snow in northern scotland, some snow in shetland , but of in shetland, but most of scotland but cold. for the scotland dry, but cold. for the south. it does turn drier this afternoon and it will be mild here as well. but it's also going to be blast dry accompanying this band of rain, some gusty winds. wet some very gusty winds. wet and windy spreads windy weather spreads into southern the same southern scotland into the same evening it hits the colder evening as it hits the colder air. there will some snow air. there will be some snow north central belt on north of the central belt on some higher this some of the higher routes this evening. again, bear in evening. so, again, bear that in mind you travelling mind if you are travelling further it'll be rain further south, it'll be rain showers we see coming in showers that we see coming in because milder air continue because the milder air continue use to north. it's still use to spread north. it's still pretty windy as well the pretty windy as well through the night that leads into a night and that leads into a blustery christmas eve. there'll

be showers across northern be rain showers across northern england and much of northern ireland and outbreaks of rain and hail, snow still in parts of northern scotland . that'll northern scotland. that'll continue through the day. but shetland may well stay largely dry for england and wales actually for places . actually for many places. bright, christmas eve bright, blustery, christmas eve with some good spells of sunshine. but showers will come in at times on that wind miles. temperatures in double figures across the south and even further north, temperatures a little higher tomorrow compared to today . so it's mild starts to today. so it's a mild starts to today. so it's a mild starts to the christmas period. so christmas day mild for most of us with some rain, but turning colder northwest during colder from northwest during christmas day and colder for all of us by boxing day. 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 for that's proper christmas feeling christmas a message of 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 join me every sunday at 6 pm. for glory meets in exclusive interviews. i'll be finding out who our politicians really are and what they really think . it's they really think. it's something that you would never want anyone to suffer. i didn't know what channels there were be. i didn't think i'd be believed. i must have weighed about seven stone and i'm five for my insisting this was for eight. my insisting this was to sort cover this up. to sort of cover this up. i mean, that was mistake. join mean, that was a mistake. join me every sunday at 6 pm. on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news.

channel it's a border force. travellers arriving into the uk have been told to expect disruption as border force workers begin strikes today . and a very good strikes today. and a very good morning. it's 9:00 on friday, the 23rd of december. this is breakfast on tv news this morning with martin chalk amy rosie wright. well, here we your top stories and millions are being warned of travel delays as

border force staff begin eight days of strike action over pay with postal workers also walking out today and more rail chaos on the way. a gb news survey reveals more than half of us think nothing works in this country anymore. although you've been keeping it very positive. rosie gb news is also seen a leaked memo from aircraft carriers urging pilots to take on thousands of pounds worth of extra fuel . a strike on the extra fuel. a strike on the ground due to delays in the air and also this morning, ministers have threatened to veto nicola sturgeon's gender law after the snp passed the bill that allows trans people to self—declare their gender in a people's poll. we all voters what they think about the plan to move asylum seekers to rwanda for processing with some surprising results . with some surprising results. and it's traditionally the busiest shopping day of the yeah busiest shopping day of the year. and we'll be counting down to the big day as many of you prepare to hit the shops for some last minute purchases, including martin it's no including me, martin it's no surprise that it's christmas on sunday. lots of people still not

prepared mean you can join in any of our discussions email . any of our discussions email. lots of people are getting in touch because that pulls said, oh, britain nothing's working. the people who are working a very good morning two guys from near stoke on trent, all the maintenance guys are going out in their bands from home to home, doing repairs. they're working hard. but a very working very hard. but a very good you, but good morning to you, paul, but says all staff at the sound says all the staff at the sound hospice are working tirelessly. morning you . and andrew says, morning to you. and andrew says, please , can we acknowledge we please, can we acknowledge we can do this with pleasure. all those foster carers, uncle 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, trying to make christmas special for all of those in the care system. and i've got one final one here, angie did one here, angie says, why did everyone forget to mention lorry drivers? you drivers? well, you didn't you lorry drivers earlier careers , lorry drivers earlier careers, supermarkets, petrol stations. i could go on would not be able to work without lorry drivers who sleep the side of road and sleep at the side of road and have facilities but they have no facilities but they keep this going. please say this country going. please say thank to all of lorry thank you to all of the lorry drivers. thank lorry drivers drivers. thank you lorry drivers and working gb gb news uk

and anyone working gb gb news uk to add your voice to the conversation . about travellers conversation. about travellers arriving into the uk are being warned. expect delays , control warned. expect delays, control workers begin strikes today over pay workers begin strikes today over pay and working conditions the border force staff are the latest that now have uk workers to go on strike in what is one of the busiest times of the year . over 2000 workers are set to walk out, affecting control desks at birmingham , gatwick, desks at birmingham, gatwick, manchester, cardiff and glasgow airports as well as the ports of new haven . and it's going to new haven. and it's going to cost the airlines to gb news. they've seen an internal leaked memo urging pilots to take on thousands of pounds worth of extra airline fuel as planes are expected to spend more time circling airports. well let's go live to an airport to find out what's happening out west midlands. reporter jack carson is in birmingham for us this morning. a job still waiting. i'm sorry. thank you so much for

being there for us. tell us what's happening because the real crux this, it's not real crux of this, it's not people leaving are to people leaving who are going to have problems today. it's people arriving . and then the knock on arriving. and then the knock on delays, what's happening ? well, delays, what's happening? well, i'm battling the weather and people arriving in the uk are going to be battling against this disruption that these border force strikes could well be causing an airports across the country, of course , the main the country, of course, the main the country, of course, the main the main airport , passport the main airport, passport checks of when people arrive in the uk, some of those cases can be quite complex, which why this disruption to the border force strikes is kind of happening today. we know that civil servants and ministry of defence personnel , as well servants and ministry of defence personnel, as well as some of the army are kind of come into airports across the country in to replace those workers that are on strike today to try and keep things. but the main thing that people are arriving in the uk going to be finding is there's going to a big push there's going to be a big push from airports, think, try from airports, i think, to try and the passport e—gates and use the passport e—gates essentially where you can electronically use passport

electronically use your passport to passport checked and to get that passport checked and arrive through your arrive and go through your checking the country a lot checking into the country a lot quicker those e—gates quicker. but those those e—gates aren't to everyone. children under 12 especially can't use those . use those gates with those. use those gates with their passport . so border force their passport. so border force officials are still very much needed here at airports across the country. this is why these strikes could cause some disruption. there have been a few flights here which have been delayed , which because, of delayed, which because, of course, can always cause a bit of a domino and a knock on effect throughout so effect throughout the day. so airports warning passengers airports just warning passengers and to give themselves a and people to give themselves a little time because of little bit more time because of the possible disruption . we know the possible disruption. we know the possible disruption. we know the reason for these strikes is over pay , pensions and job over pay, pensions and job security. the peaks, the public and commercial services union, that's the one that's on strike today. but thousands of their workers, we know that they want a 10% pay rise. and also better pensions and job security, which is something that a lot of unions are upset calling for as well. and their general secretary that if the secretary saying that if the government came table,

government came to the table, these strikes could end today. but that currently so but we know that currently so far expecting disruption far we're expecting disruption from now until boxing day and from now until boxing day and from the 28th until the 30th. first as well. so people arriving just to take a bit more time with 9000 flights coming into the uk while these strikes are on nearly million passengers there is expected to be disruption. but that big push from airports today to use those e—gates. if you are coming into the country. well, jack, i'm somebody who's put a shift in today. certainly the issue from darkness to hanging onto a brodie there defiantly . well brodie there defiantly. well done, mate. thank you for joining us from boeing airport. and i you're going to have and i hope you're going to have a warm after this. a nice winter warm after this. thanks, mike. merry christmas. well, get more insight well, let's get more insight now. in national now. bring in national industrial adviser industrial relations adviser nicholas a very good nicholas finnie obe. a very good morning to you. nicholas, this is just the latest in another series of strike action. what is it the crux of it here for border staff ? well, it's perhaps border staff? well, it's perhaps to explain that there is another

union this that represents about 4000 border patrol staff and customs staff. they are not on strike . they actually took strike. they actually took a bailout. i think they were quite close to deciding to go on strike. but in the end , they strike. but in the end, they said no national security is far more important. we're not going to go on strike. and lucy morton , who's sort of general secretary, has spent some time talking about issue that they face. so for sure, we've got about 4000 staff who are not on strike . and the other thing is strike. and the other thing is that in total, i think they're about 10,000 staff and, you know, border and customs control situations are the peaks which is it's a big sort of public sector union has called out these thousand members that that leaves another 5000 who aren't on strike. and actually, if you look at all of the places where customs officials are located and border patrol, they are you

know, they're all over the place. and in ports like dover and holyhead. so this is a deliberately targeted action by the pcc to cause the maximum disruption . it's causing disruption. it's causing disruption. it's causing disruption to incoming passenger list in particular, and of course , really it's some course, really it's some a terrible time to do it for the perspective of ordinary people . perspective of ordinary people. nicholas, how you think this can move forward? i mean, the royal college of nursing after 79.6% seems excessive. there's been talk about 6. border force settle for you. think that might move things ? well, the problem move things? well, the problem here i think is that the government is in a very difficult position because it wants to along with the bank of england and all the other central banks in the world, get a grip on inflation. and they know that if they succumb . know that if they succumb. actually, what are the face of

quite reasonable demands to try and keep up people's living standards ? but if they do standards? but if they do succumb it, then all they're really doing adding a further spiral to inflation of what we in the 1970s, you know, wage push price, push wage, push and that. i think they're right to try and find a way through without forcing wages now i mean it's interesting that in scotland nicholas sturgeon thought she'd solved the nurses problem by offering breaking with the independent pay review and offering 7.5% to the nurses. but to her dismay, i think the nurses have decided to go on strike anyway and have rejected that pay offer. so it's not going to be very easy solve this. i guess that the government will try and come forward with some kind of rapid reform recommendation for the independent pay review to meet

and review its its recommendations early . that recommendations early. that might be a solution because . the might be a solution because. the 4.5% pay offer was based on months and months ago. i think it's sort some march this year and that clearly is now out of date . out of date. the real date. out of date. the real challenge now is this headache, this deadlock between the government and the unions escalating and well into the new year. escalating and well into the new year . thank escalating and well into the new year. thank you, though, for your analysis of relations adviser nicholas finney . we adviser nicholas finney. we really appreciate your time right now. 9:10. let's bring you up date with all the stories now. gb news can reveal the airlines are facing millions of pounds of extra fuel costs as they deal with the likelihood of long during border long delays during the border force strike . gb news seen force strike. gb news has seen an internal memo from british advising to take on advising its pilots to take on an additional hour's of fuel to help jets cope with having to hold for an extra hour in the skies over london . and it's skies over london. and it's christmas , of course. motorists christmas, of course. motorists are being warned to expect long

delays as millions hit the road to spend christmas with family and says today will be and the aa says today will be the busiest of all with an the busiest day of all with an estimated point 9 million journeys being made across the uk . congestion could also be uk. congestion could also be increased tomorrow due to a strike by thousands of rmt members working at network rail, which will last until the 27th of december. inquests opened today in maidstone into the deaths of four migrants who died whilst trying to cross the engush whilst trying to cross the english channel. that boat capsized earlier this month , capsized earlier this month, sparked a major rescue operation off the coast. another 39 people were safely brought to shore and the chancellor is being urged to scrap vat charges defibrillators. the snp removing the tax makes it and cheaper to build an effective net to work off the devices across the country as well as saving lives . unison urging the welsh to negotiate over health workers pay negotiate over health workers pay to avoid industrial action next year. the trade unions written an open to the first minister, mark drakeford, saying nurses and ambulance workers are

exhausted and support walkouts . exhausted and support walkouts. right after the break. we're hitting the shops. martin's going to be doing it tomorrow. i just despair the people who are still not ready for christmas. earlier someone who works in retail because we've be talking about who works was talking some of the customer complaints that people supermarket people make in the supermarket today things today or tomorrow saying. things like pickle? i like why is there no pickle? i want a turkey that isn't frozen . i did you get to . i mean, how did you get to this point and think, oh, it's the we've had. i've been, you the 20 we've had. i've been, you know is the 25th on sunday. i'm not ready. well, find out how busy shops be with our busy the shops be with our reporter, wallace. ahead of reporter, will wallace. ahead of the rush the last minute christmas rush after break .

break welcome back . and you're welcome back. and you're watching and listening to breakfast with. martin and rosie, it's your final 50 minutes. i know my last day gives . it's been a pleasure to gives. it's been a pleasure to be here this week on breakfast . be here this week on breakfast. strike action. unfortunately, it's been one of the main top stories . but let's talk about stories. but let's talk about some different stories because we commissioned some of our own and in the studio with us to walk us through it is our political correspondent, tom howard. tom, a very morning to you various topics covered. let's start if we can on what

the public thought about the government's attempt to move asylum seekers to rwanda . yes, asylum seekers to rwanda. yes, this has been a very contentious issue since it was first announced by the prime minister to prime ministers ago. if we can back to the halcyon days of the second quarter of the year, bofis the second quarter of the year, boris johnson, of course, announced this rwanda scheme where there be offshore processing of people who arrived here in the kingdom, but not just processing, even if those claims accepted the, people would still stay in rwanda. that's one of the key points of it, if anyone arrives illegally , they wouldn't come in the uk, even if their claim was legitimate. now the polling at, the start of this announcement was always very mixed. there was never clear majority in favour of the rwanda scheme. the messaging around it was very mixed and of course it got bogged down in all legal cases the interest thing that we found in this research commissioned by gb news is that for there is i

think there's been only one poll other than this one that has found a plurality of support for the scheme. there's 40% approve, 29% oppose, 66% of leavers still support it. 56% of remainers oppose it. that always surprises me. i actually think that the even leavers are going cold on this idea because see how ineffective it's become because the legal complaints against it and still could be too more rounds of legal cases against £140 million in zero deportation and so forth. tom this scheme even got any legs ? well, the even got any legs? well, the government seems to want to provide it as a system as a symbolic step and it's always in the minds the government being about sort of a deterrent more a sort of way to deal with the 50,000 or so people who've come across . but it does seem that on across. but it does seem that on the pr front , things it's not the pr front, things it's not quite there yet. perhaps one of

the reasons this poll has shown a bit more support than other polls is because this comes in the wake of the high court ruling for where the government actually won in a court of law in this country. and perhaps that means that people are a little bit warmer to it now than. they were in months previous, have to see previous, but we'll have to see where court process goes in where that court process goes in the future. the thing that was asked was ranking the asked about was ranking the competence of three prime competence of the three prime ministers we've had this ministers that we've had this year out on top. well, year who came out on top. well, i think we should start at the bottom. surprises. 3% of bottom. no surprises. 3% of people say that. liz truss was the most competent. who was that 7 the most competent. who was that ? friends and family. friends and it's funny, there's an in polling, i'm going to get a bit scatological now in polling there's a term called the lizard man yeah. which is man constant. yeah. which is around or 4% of any poll around three or 4% of any poll where people pick ridiculous answer it's practical or answer whether it's practical or people who are just like that. it's for example the percentage of ukip voters who voted remain 4. it's the percentage of obama voters who believed he was the

antichrist. so it's the lizard man constant. there's always noise in polls is what i'm trying to say. the it's called the lizard man constant is it's the lizard man constant is it's the percentage of people who believe that lizards are running the world. for a time had the world. but for a time had lizards running the uk at the least. anyway , 3. that was least. but anyway, 3. that was bofis least. but anyway, 3. that was boris comes out on top. boris johnson comes out marginally on top. he is a few points ahead of rishi sunak so it goes. liz rishi sunak so it goes. liz rishi boris but perhaps most crucially on top of all of them is don't know. and perhaps that tells us more about the politics over the last years than anything finally, you've anything else. finally, you've spent year teasing spent the last year teasing through so through what has been so politically turbulent times 2023, a very difficult challenge for rishi sunak's losing support. he's got significant problems when it comes to strike . how do you think he's faring ? . how do you think he's faring? it is remarkable to. look back over the last 12 months as we went into the christmas last yeah went into the christmas last year, the tories , the labour year, the tories, the labour party were level pegging in the polls. borisjohnson party were level pegging in the polls. boris johnson was in a bit of trouble, but no one could have thought that he would have

been out within the year. the way that the polls have in the last 12 alone has been last 12 months alone has been unfit , detestable and unfit, detestable and extraordinary . and of course, extraordinary. and of course, other things that occurred this year as well over the war in ukraine, the deepening of the cost of living crisis, all of this, and that's only in the last next general last 12 months. the next general action is 18 months at the action is 18 months away at the earliest now, if that march has happenedin earliest now, if that march has happened in the last 12 months, it would be an absolute fool's game to try and predict what happens 12. things happens in the next 12. things could turn on penny and we've could turn on a penny and we've seen the labour party really become ascendant in the last couple of months that could turn around again. that's all to play for in terms of how more months we have to go in the run up to what will be a very, very and superb insight. and i must say your segway lizards to lizards . your segway lizards to lizards. tony, thanks very shows might soon be back here in about 10 minutes time with the briefing but for are you christmas it seems plenty of us are not not me but martin today is predicted

to be the busiest shopping day before christmas . well, our before christmas. well, our reporter will hollis joins us now from melton mowbray , home of now from melton mowbray, home of the pork pie . so it's a massive the pork pie. so it's a massive day there. how's it going? how's it looking at the. well, if this rain keeps up, it's probably not going to be too busy here in melton mowbray . one place there melton mowbray. one place there certainly is quite busy is behind me. and yeah. one place thatis behind me. and yeah. one place that is quite busy is the pork pie shop. there's going to be a massive queue outside of that because, of course, melton mowbray is famed for pies mowbray is famed for pork pies as as stilton. but of course, a big problem at the moment for everyone, no matter where you are in the country, is inflation. 10. and food really the driving force behind that. we've also heard how much more expensive turkeys have been getting in the recent weeks. now the british retail can him has said in a statement that food price rises have the main driving force behind this year's overall inflation figures . so overall inflation figures. so consumers face a more expensive christmas food shop as well. earlier i was speaking to

matthew o'callahan, who is from the melton blueberry food partnership, and he was telling me just how important pork pies and stilton art to melton mowbray and how inflation shouldn't be too much of a worry this year like a treat for christmas period as well, but also you only got a little bit of money you want to spend it on quality and not on some rubbish. be disappointed afterwards. and that's why people go for the that's why i people go for the mountain. report and the mountain. no report by and the stilton chase food prices are going but also the amount of going up but also the amount of money people spend on food money that people spend on food is going up. do you think that people are going to maybe consider money consider spending more money on stilton the thrifty stilton and less on the thrifty things like nuts and maybe cnsps things like nuts and maybe crisps ? the certainties is the crisps? the certainties is the essential love of a christmas as is the melton mowbray pork pie. you've got to have those items and then you'll spend whatever at left is only on the treats as well. but those two items are really important and central to a christmas . yes. well, it's not a christmas. yes. well, it's not just food items. of course, the money that people spend on alcohol at christmas is going up

as well as 80% more money is spent on books being capital for food. lots of people are going to be drawn to melton mowbray because of food, but they're also going to be out in the shops. but if this rain doesn't stop, lots of people stop, i'm sure lots of people will to a bigger will be going to maybe a bigger retail parks and shopping centres of high streets like this one. well, thank so much. we'll hope that our reporter melton mowbray for us this morning . well, what for morning. well, what about for retailers ? many of them still retailers? many of them still struggling to recover from the pandemic? rebecca a retail analyst who joins us live now. jeremy, been actually jeremy, we've been actually there's been a boom in people buying it in charity shops . buying it in charity shops. what's happening this christmas to that are desperately going to people to buy buy by today and tomorrow . well mentioned charity tomorrow. well mentioned charity shops as the big story of this yearis shops as the big story of this year is the normalisation of the bottom end of the market. you got your luxury market your mid—market market has been the low income and now we've got the low income and now we've got the low income and now we've got the low income market. and that's

become completely food banks, even going there . is it kind of even going there. is it kind of her rizzio point of view is completely fascinating to see how they've done it and the increase in their own industry . increase in their own industry. from a political point of view, it certainly explains why the country is almost ungovernable because the gaps between the rich middle poor and the very poor and there are so large and i think to retail explains that in the retail world you can see britain more clear than you can say in debate . you can see the say in debate. you can see the struggle at the bottom. the real terrible struggle at the bottom and the elite level luxury where you know a £10,000 watch and all of that is the norm and how they collect possibly understand what's life in the bottom. it just couldn't happen. and that's

the visual nightmare. but for rizzio point of view, it's been kind of a year. you it's a march versus waitrose . they really versus waitrose. they really battle it out . and the developed battle it out. and the developed quality, the marks in waitrose experience is so lovely , so experience is so lovely, so beautiful . so, so sorry jeremy beautiful. so, so sorry jeremy but time i'm really sorry. we have to leave it there. retail analyst you so much for your contribution to the programme this morning. that's it from us. it's it for me on gb news. thank you so much to everyone. tuned in last 18 months or so in over the last 18 months or so . a pleasure. thanks . it's been a pleasure. thanks for and martin. without for me and martin. going without tom harwood would be here with the briefing up .

next i“lappy next happy christmas. is the last morning briefing show of the yeah morning briefing show of the year. we'll be back in 2023. but today, a bit of a special programme . looking back over one programme. looking back over one of my favourite moments of this yeah of my favourite moments of this year. what's it all about? well find out after the headlines . find out after the headlines. good morning. it's coming up to

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