oh, hello . twas the night before oh, hello. twas the night before the night before christmas and for the final time, left out of box was a naughty little boy called laurence fox . i'm called laurence fox. i'm bringing him the news and the topics you choose. so settle down for the next 60 minutes and let's see which ones we will give a christmas visit . wow. give a christmas visit. wow. that's definitely an extra pint. it's better for my producer tonight for that poetic and moving intro . first of all, we moving intro. first of all, we will be talking to elliot. hello, conservative member

haringey. after the expulsion of former labour councillor joy wallace for can you guess what it is yet .7 anti—semitic tweets it is yet.7 anti—semitic tweets then getting it is yet? anti—semitic tweets then getting into christmas spirit how to keep your light shining in times can seem dark. and finally i talk about polar bears, ice caps and, children being our future with arctic explorer penn . how do all of explorer penn. how do all of that and maybe more coming up after the news with bethany. l.z. lawrence, thank you. good evening. i am bethany elsey with your top stories from the a woman and two men have been killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at a kurdish community centre in paris, prompting violent protests . demonstrators violent protests. demonstrators clashed with police near to where the incident took place expressing anger at the attack, which authorities believe could

be racially motivated . the be racially motivated. the french president called the incident a heinous attack on the community. a 69 year old man, he was already known to police has been detained. it's understood he allegedly attacked a migrant camp last year. he allegedly attacked a migrant camp last year . the health camp last year. the health secretary has called the newly announced strikes by nurses on the 18th and 19th of january disappointing and says there in no one's best interests . the no one's best interests. the royal college of nursing says the walk outs will go ahead unless the government opens negotiations over pay. meanwhile, the gmb has called off a post—christmas strike by ambulance workers in england and wales. they'll now walk out on the 11th of january. the union's national secretary, rachel harrison, thanked the public for their support. harrison, thanked the public for their support . the harrison, thanked the public for their support. the public are deeply worried about our nhs and we are to people across the country who have been incredible in backing our members and nhs workers and we care so much

about them . that's why we are about them. that's why we are suspending the proposed gmb industrial action on the 28th of december. but we know the public will appreciate being able to enjoy christmas without any additional anxiety . the prime additional anxiety. the prime minister has apologised for christmas travel disruption as border force staff begin eight days of industrial action today. we want to say what is heathrow 7 we want to say what is heathrow ? gatwick, birmingham, cardiff, glasgow and manchester airports are all affected, but heathrow claims it's operating as normal. military personnel and volunteers from the civil service have been trained to step in if necessary. rishi sunak insists public sector pay must be controlled to keep inflation down. first of all, i'm really saddened and disappointed about the disruption that has been caused so many people's lives, particularly at christmas time. what i'm trying to do is make the right long term decisions for the country, for everybody's

benefit . and i think we all know benefit. and i think we all know that the major economic challenge we all face now is inflation. inflation that's inflation. it's inflation that's eating into everyone's pay packets rising the cost of packets is rising the cost of living. and i want to make sure that reduce inflation. part that we reduce inflation. part of responsible of that is being responsible when to setting public when it comes to setting public sector motorists are being sector pay. motorists are being warned to expect long delays as millions hit the road to spend christmas with family and friends. the faa says an estimated 17 million journeys will be made today and tomorrow. a strike tomorrow by thousands of armed team members working at network rail is expected to make matters worse. walkout will matters worse. the walkout will last until the 27th of december. you're up to date on tv, online and db plus radio. this is gb news. now let's get back to laurence fox . laurence fox. and so here we are at the end the year tonight , we are going

the year tonight, we are going to look back at some of the wonderful things we've achieved this year, some of the things that we have lost and some of the things we might just need to get back. longest get back back. for the longest time, britain a reputation worldwide a bastion and worldwide as a bastion and bulwark of tolerance mutual respect, free and constantly progressive mentality , all progressive mentality, all wrapped up in this wonderful royal wrapping paper stomach traditionalism, a deep respect for the past and those who gave their lives standing against tyranny for our hard fought freedoms . i remember strolling freedoms. i remember strolling through a posh supermarket this november . it through a posh supermarket this november. it was through a posh supermarket this november . it was late through a posh supermarket this november. it was late morning and i was selfishly absorbed in my own worries. i rounded a corner and i was confronted by a couple stood stuck still. heads bowed like extras in some sort of strange middle class zombie movie and took me a while before i realised what time of day it was and on what day it was and in what month it was . so in what month it was. so i stopped . me, me, me. ing and stopped. me, me, me. ing and i joined them to remember those

ultimate sacrifices inside in gratitude at this 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a ritual once so common, now receding into the gloomy corridors of time . and these corridors of time. and these times have become fewer and fewer over the years as memories wane. but they are still those who come together and take pause to remember the brave men and women who gave their so that britain's never , never, never britain's never, never, never will be slaves . indeed, it is will be slaves. indeed, it is our shared conscience of fairness, which is what makes britain one of the most fiercely progressive nations on earth. william wilberforce , who once william wilberforce, who once said , one man can change said, one man can change a generation . he can't do it by generation. he can't do it by himself and others, led the way into the abolishment of slavery. yes ahead of our american friends , this national character friends, this national character was stoically reinforced by our wonderful and selfless queen, who was also don't think any of us quite understand the magnitude of just yet. i certainly don't . she personified certainly don't. she personified our national identity and dealt

with hardship in a way which inspired or in so many. but there has been a recent addition to the national and indeed international lexicon of progressive progressivism . it's progressive progressivism. it's a new and important one, one which is gnawing at the social fabnc which is gnawing at the social fabric and our optimism for new beginnings in. the coming year , beginnings in. the coming year, recreational outrage . i speak of recreational outrage. i speak of this because the greatest gift 2023 could bring for me and i suspect many others, is an awakening and a revival of the things that bring us together rather than an unrelenting laser like focus on the things that will terrorism part if we allow them to . recreational outrage them to. recreational outrage began on social media, but very quickly it found its way into the mainstream as journalists with a few modern, decent exceptions, who in the past had to hunt down a story , found that to hunt down a story, found that now they had do was flick now all they had to do was flick open phone and what open their phone and see what the was. rick the internet was. rick recreationally outraged about. today out their today they could get out their own extra dollop of recreational

outrage on top, send it off to the editor, job done off down the editor, job done off down the pub for a pint or nowadays a child doctor in the park with a copy of grandma kennedy's latest masterpiece. it's much easier, you see, to shout loudly about whichever outrage screw whichever outrage you screw reaching its way around the internet today than actually internet today than to actually do perhaps i would do yourjob. perhaps i would hazard a guess as to why so few put up a fight against the covid hysteria. quality these hysteria. the quality these experimental therapies experimental gene therapies. the dreadful and tyrannical lockdowns . and the cancellation lockdowns. and the cancellation of all of life as we of pretty much all of life as we knew it by name. run in with this emerging trend of recreational outrage . myself recreational outrage. myself three years ago. come next january, when i made the grave error of standing up for great on a bbc television show, ensuring hunt probably paid the lodge . as to why i'm sitting lodge. as to why i'm sitting here today talking you rather than on a film set, mainly about tomorrow's 5 am. call time. so as we look forward together to next year , let us remember that next year, let us remember that some things are to the ongoing

health and wellbeing of our wonderful, warm and genuinely progressive nation. and some things are fads . sad faces which things are fads. sad faces which come . and go . perhaps we should come. and go. perhaps we should start 2023 by being on our own side. for once , let us look at side. for once, let us look at the things we do well and see how we can improve them even more. let us dispense with recreational outrage wrapped up as being kind. let us be grateful that we are not all the same . we're all different. but same. we're all different. but we are all still of us. all of us. countrymen and women who different views and feelings. we are branches of the same tree. siblings in the same family. let us seek out those we don't agree with and offer open hand and an open heart to them in the hope that we ourselves can have our thinking moved , progressed not thinking moved, progressed not by force or fear of being cancelled in love and understanding. let us be british, which is to be tolerant

of everything . intolerance now of everything. intolerance now let's focus on ourselves and those we love who need us more than ever. nowadays and perhaps that way we can consign this faddish un—british recreational outrage to history where it belongs . with all of that in belongs. with all of that in mind , i'm going to first focus mind, i'm going to first focus on the new year and ask you, what's your year's resolution? mine as is to look at employing someone , improve my tweets someone, improve my tweets before sending them . but what is before sending them. but what is yours? email me your views at gb news uk or tweet me . lots of news uk or tweet me. lots of folks write elections . we've had folks write elections. we've had enough recently, haven't we? but what happens ? someone is what happens? someone is expelled from a party you support and you've opted to vote in. you can be expelled from the party. but they is up to you to resign regardless what may or may not be in the best interests your constituents. however many people that is the case recently with joy wallace , formerly of

with joy wallace, formerly of the labour party , was expelled the labour party, was expelled for. can you guess what it is yet. anti—semitic trees. we approached the labour party for approached the labour party for a spokesperson , but they a spokesperson, but they directed us to the council leader ahmed, who issues with this statement. i am pleased that the labour party's official investigation has resulted the expulsion of councillor wallace from the labour party. racism and antisemitism have no place in haringey , the labour party in haringey, the labour party and i want to reassure our residents and the jewish community that any instances will be treated the utmost seriousness. other than turning up on tv to discredit councillor wallace, his conduct shows that she is not only unfit for public office but does not uphold the labour values of equality , labour values of equality, fairness, respect and anti racism for which she was elected . oh my god. this statement goes on. i heard that councillor wallace will understand the seriousness of our actions and immediately resign his seat on the council . wow. so you could the council. wow. so you could just turned up and told me that would be more fun. anyway, joining me to this is

joining me to discuss this is conservative member for haringey. hammer. so haringey. eliot hammer. so cheers. finally i think she should she was elected on the labour ticket . she has posted labour ticket. she has posted these tweets, all of them historical . but of course , historical. but of course, because she was elected, she doesn't have to do. she can stay there as an independent. but we say , the conservative party, we say, the conservative party, we say, the conservative party, we say there should be a by—election in fortis green ward and the people should be allowed to decide who , takes up her seat to decide who, takes up her seat and who replaces her. and you don't just stop being when you become an independent. well, well, no . course no. and the well, no. course no. and the point being is that people don't know prospective councillors. nobody knew . jodie wallace, when nobody knew. jodie wallace, when they ticked her box they voted for the labour party . and so now for the labour party. and so now that she's been expelled , the that she's been expelled, the labour party, she do the right thing and resign and we're talking just all history there. the ward, it's really important

. £2 million houses. it's the it's 1% of the white liberal elite, isn't it, up there? so we're talking about haringey. we're talking about north london. but the east of haringey is completely right. london. but the east of haringey is completely right . okay. and is completely right. okay. and you've got places like tottenham you've got places like tottenham you've got places like tottenham you've got david lammy, constituent nc. but in the west of haringey where 40 scream ward is that is very leafy , very rich is that is very leafy, very rich as you sa y £1 million is that is very leafy, very rich as you say £1 millio n £2 million as you say £1 million £2 million houses, very good schools , you houses, very good schools, you know, lots and lots of teslas. it's kind of place. so it's not a poor, deprived area. it's a rich area . muswell hill is the rich area. muswell hill is the village multicultural hill . village multicultural hill. yeah. centre of it. well, precisely at all. the ring it is it is a lovely place, beautiful people in full screen world and they really being given the chance to elect somebody new,

somebody who their interests . so somebody who their interests. so hanngey somebody who their interests. so haringey council there's not single conservative councillor in haringey there's a smattering of liberal democrats, but it's mostly . so what i'm saying is mostly. so what i'm saying is the people of fortis green ward should be in should be able to vote in a conservative. you can be a proper opposition to hanngey be a proper opposition to haringey which is essentially a one party state and normally the rest of the country, as far as i can tell, red or blue and, it's the home of momentum that great movement. well, you know , yay, movement. well, you know, yay, jezza they jezza. what would you do? what would you bring? that was fresh to haringey. so i'm a lawyer . i was fresh to haringey. so i'm a lawyer. i mostly was fresh to haringey. so i'm a lawyer . i mostly a claimant lawyer. i mostly a claimant lawyer, discrimination lawyer . lawyer, discrimination lawyer. so i bring i bring questions to the council . haringey council, the council. haringey council, £1.5 billion in debt . £1 billion £1.5 billion in debt. £1 billion in debt. in debt. £1.5 billion in debt. £1 billion in debt. in debt . and they've in debt. in debt. and they've been sent to the length every 5

minutes. well, precisely . and minutes. well, precisely. and they've been labour i think, for about 50 years. labour have been in power in haringey. we don't have a single conservative councillor. we need just one. just me , that's what i'm saying. just me, that's what i'm saying. and i can scrutinise haringey , and i can scrutinise haringey, laboun and i can scrutinise haringey, labour, haringey , labour. say labour, haringey, labour. say what you think it about. they're the labour party and the very affluent areas as you say. you know it's divided between east west. this ward, the areas in london that keep voting labour don't have what affluent people have in mind . don't have what affluent people have in mind. imagine. don't have what affluent people have in mind . imagine. well we have in mind. imagine. well we say when we're out knocking on doors , we say maybe they're just doors, we say maybe they're just too rich to vote conservative. they are just too rich to worry a lot, too much to reach to vote conservative because they don't have the problems that work working class people have. and so they can afford to be the champagne socialist that we all used to talk about. so. so under the conservative just have to offer the working man nationally. well the reason why

we run we won the red wall is because we are the party of the class with a policy of the workers, not the workers . and workers, not the workers. and i'm sure you can agree with that . i absolutely do that . eliot, . i absolutely do that. eliot, thank you very much. thank you, amy. ireland best of luck getting this sort of seemingly unelected person out of office. oh, we'll see. it's done again. anyway, thank you. that was an homage . me? i am now joined by. homage. me? i am now joined by. i will god. here we go again with this autocue thing. i love it . i've got i've been through it. i've got i've been through an entire thing right now to i'm there. i'm there now to season to get sniffles and it seems super super it's been doing the rounds we've now and yet more nanny guidance on not visiting family or friends over christmas for fear of spreading it and covid and flu say 2020 at the moment, isn't it? so joining me

from bath is dr. antonia infectious disease expert of the university of exeter to give us a winter infection update . a winter infection update. hello. good evening . so, hello. good evening. so, unfortunately , this christmas unfortunately, this christmas time we have what you would a perfect storm of several viruses out in circulation as well as bacteria in circulation, especially that pneumococcus and group a streptococcus and with that cold spell that we've just recently everybody everybody's indoors sniffling coughing over each other for ventilation and unfortunately case numbers have gone up for both influenza as as for covid 19. i thought that we'd done totally killed influenza year off in the last few years that didn't seem be a single case of it in. 2020 or 2021. n0 single case of it in. 2020 or 2021. no not true. we always have a influenza season , albeit

have a influenza season, albeit in the last two years. the case numbers have been low and the reason why the case numbers were low is we were not interacting with each other that much . but with each other that much. but unfortunately , influenza, unfortunately, influenza, seasonal influenza has been around for hundreds of years, century is and unfortunately it will always be here until we find a really good vaccine against seasonal influenza. and by the way, the good news further to the vaccine that were developed for covid, i think in the next years say five we will get better quality vaccines against seasonal influenza to right so the plan is more jabbing of people to solve this problem and. it's an argument am i able to put forth an argument the fact that if you do something entirely and lock the entire population in the house for a bird flu for two years.

you may mess with their systems and therefore their immune systems can't cope when something quite simple that that a child's immune system like would have laughed. i had it when i was a child and is now killing children . but looks like killing children. but looks like this . what has happened is with this. what has happened is with our immune system, we have regular in a regular infection, regular in a regular infection, regular response, regular regular response, regular regular infection . but what it regular infection. but what it doesn't do and it's really good be able to tell you emphatically very clearly it doesn't weaken your immune system. it's not true what has happened is we've got a lot of these viruses in circulation . and unfortunately circulation. and unfortunately when you have these viral infection , you become ultra infection, you become ultra quickly, more prone to other infections as well as other

bacterial infections , you see. bacterial infections, you see. so, look, i've been a clinician nearly 40 years now and it always was the pattern the elderly gentleman lady got the new influenza . and then a couple new influenza. and then a couple of weeks later when there were red roll , of weeks later when there were red roll, angry lungs, unfortunate , they got unfortunate, they got pneumococcus and they died. and now and now fewer of them die because we do two things. one, we immunise against, and two, in the older age , we also immunised the older age, we also immunised against pneumococcal infections. so we are keeping them alive compared to. when i started off in clinical practise so you say that we have you know through just through better medical anyway and better lifestyles , anyway and better lifestyles, better diets and people being careful about visiting that relatives when they're not feeling sick, that that isn't enough. we need more drugs in people's bodies . no, it's not people's bodies. no, it's not a question of we need more drugs and not at all. what we do need is that awareness and, you know,

information is power. education is power so people unfortunately people don't understand transmission of so what we need is people to understand that when i'm talking coughing in a crowded place then i'm also releasing millions of virus particles in my breath when i sneeze, when cough. and those particles find your nose, your mouth . and in fact, it is as as mouth. and in fact, it is as as that. it's very straightforward is it is. it is it not? well, evolution is like is that not what evolution intended , though, what evolution intended, though, for the human race to spread these bugs around so they become less virulent and less deadly that mutate and you know take on a happy, happy dancer that for you.so a happy, happy dancer that for you. so let me answer that in in a different way. so evolutionarily speaking the virus of the bacteria wants to propagate itself, especially the viruses . so what they do is they viruses. so what they do is they

reduce their lethality right . reduce their lethality right. but but and increase their transmissibility . but they still transmissibility. but they still are, you know, like seasonal influenza. it's transmissible , influenza. it's transmissible, it causes illness. it doesn't kill large numbers as avian influenza would do. so look, look, look, let me show this is and what's this fight for the next few years at the moment, we've got avian influenza in bird. it's a predominantly a bird problem. but if virus were to adapt and stopped transmitting in humans, then what will happen is we will get a lot serious human infections because the virus has adapted to infect humans and transmit among humans from human to human. one one last question. you jumped. do you think it's do you think people should be focussed on being ill or do you think we should focus being alive and well ? oh, without a doubt. we well? oh, without a doubt. we need to be focussed on being well and i always say as a as a

pubuc well and i always say as a as a public health doctor, look after yourself , yourself physically, yourself, yourself physically, mentally in a good state, nutritionally and most of the hard work will already have been doneif hard work will already have been done if you just do those things. madam mentally, physically , spiritually, physically, spiritually, nutrition . keep yourself well nutrition. keep yourself well and you will already done your work. you know, don't know the smoking and etc. they are also a big killer. well, my is laurence fox. the nine doorstep message. thank you very , very much. thank you very, very much. lovely to speak. you're welcome . right. coming up, we are getting in christmas spirit. finally, everything been very dark. and i want to you about how a positive meant you can help lonely others by yourself. back. help lonely others by yourself. back . in help lonely others by yourself. back. in three help lonely others by yourself. back . in three cuts. can i get back. in three cuts. can i get a fizzy water

post—treatment last food? it's not easy, especially when your world feels like it's caving in around. however you can find a positive attitude by helping other people , making connections other people, making connections and tapping into best self. joining me to talk about this may be give me some tips 2023 is karen . good evening, karen. how karen. good evening, karen. how are you doing ? it's tracy. i'm are you doing? it's tracy. i'm great. it's like they're against me. it's like it's. it's not uncommon . and they go right uncommon. and they go right oven uncommon. and they go right over. will anything on the teleprompter, it's just everything's fine. we, the mental attitude and us. sorry i was i was reading about each day and the thing that made me just southern courage met walking. yes told me through that. but then i first of all, just tell us a bit about yourself and then my name is tracy healy. it's current. it said on the machine, well, it must be either like i'm so i'm a i'm chart's marketing.

i'm in a marketing business. i'm a networking business. so i support small businesses with marketing, mentoring and networking groups . so that means networking groups. so that means at the start of the pandemic, everything ground to a halt. how did feel about that ? honestly, did feel about that? honestly, professionalism , a massage and professionalism, a massage and business had a side . the first business had a side. the first day i broke my heart , i was day i broke my heart, i was really, really upset, thinking , really, really upset, thinking, what if we can ? if i can't run what if we can? if i can't run a business properly for three months, not realising it was going to be two years. so i was really upset. and then i have a knack of looking at the positives and i thought, right, okay, what can i do? let's not focus on what i can't do. let's focus on what i can't do. let's focus on what i can do. so i switched on my networking groups onune switched on my networking groups online and then the networking came because. when we're networking at networking groups, i encourage my members have 1 to 1 meetings with each other. so dunng 1 meetings with each other. so during the pandemic, at this stage you can meet stage where you can meet somebody and you could somebody outside and you could do distanced walks , a do socially distanced walks, a great idea we can slap those

ones once one meeting so the idea with them is that people get each other, get to get to know each other, get to build relationships and the trust so that they can business so. i started having a networking session i would go networking session so i would go to park and meet another to the park and meet another business that i know and business person that i know and with around and just with be walking around and just chatting to know chatting and getting to know each other. and actually what i thought be a period of time where be a hindrance and where it be a hindrance and those relationship hopes it would be difficult , those relationship hopes it would be difficult, almost impossible build actually impossible to build actually business people, my networking members and myself we built stronger relationships and what we have before us. so as a consequence of is going on these networking and groups. i started mentoring . this is where mentoring. this is where subsequently i providing online market to mentoring for businesses . it came out of that. businesses. it came out of that. so it was just to keep businesses talking and keep referrals flowing. and you've had a lot success, so you got to the good background, the success in tripling profits and stuff like and how just one stay

optimistic in times of yeah, you get told this cost of living you tax is going to up this. i'm anxious waiting this horrendous you don't be able to afford you house what is what what is your mentality that you know some of us you just go oh the world is going to hell what you what what's your motivation in the face of the of that's all right to do temperament what you can't stay there so focus focussed on what you can do rather than what you can't but also you know i help with strategy in the market and strategy and try and business so my business head is we do this, this and this and this formula for doing that and part of that, you know, we're looking at by abhay neuroscience to do markets and everything but i honestly think that the business owners behaviour makes a massive difference. so i think , it's all in attitude and also

surround yourself with the right people . so during the pandemic people. so during the pandemic there's a marked difference i think between businesses that just come with it, but we came very insular and those that kept the support network and kept going. so we're human beings, we need be with other human beings . psychology tells us that. so i think surround yourself with the right people. i was cool if i've tried, but you know, you choose in the right people to spend your time with you. come in a vibe tribe yeah. i want to be part of this. i've got people in that line and now i can go out. where can find you online. online chasing heatley .com that's easy no cameras please no current current choice to come that way cost is going to a real slap of the well not an actual stop because that would be awful anyway thank you so much for coming know karen tracy but next up after someone gets check you working i will be delving into

my inbox for your thoughts on me. heard the show and what your new year's resolutions are .

in three. thank you so much for getting in touch with me. and here are some of the real from today to my question. what are your new year's resolutions? i says i'm the carry on fighting the thought , the carry on fighting the thought, even though the fight keeps fighting back, winning ash . my heart is with you. i think that's a wonderful to do. and you know , as a man with vices, you know, as a man with vices, we keep fighting and we always win. good for you good luck with it all. another says to ignore the world outside and concentrate on family and friends. i think that is possibly the best advice you can ever do if you're lucky enough

to have family and friends. some people are alone, but certainly my family and friends have been an absolute support to me this yean an absolute support to me this year, which i've been incredibly grateful for. kevin says not to make , never fails, have we've make, never fails, have we've all been that young ? i'm not all been that young? i'm not going to make in years resolution, no matter . i just resolution, no matter. i just get it anyway. john says i need to get into the gym my trousers are too tight john this is a this is a psyop and conspiracy theory . charles can never be too theory. charles can never be too tight on a man. anyway, another viewer says to boycott the mainstream media and continue to watch gb news hang on a minute. gb news is the mainstream . it gb news is the mainstream. it just isn't the mainstream media paid for by the government. you know it's a different thing. it gives you actual news as gives you the actual news as opposed you know our opposed to what you know our lovely friends hq want you to think. steve to learn these instrument . steve best of luck instrument. steve best of luck with that. there's nothing

better than learning a musical instrument. i like to around the piano myself and play a bit guitar when i'm stressed. another says mine is to stop wasting money on takeaways and use the things and save use the things and try save a few quid. i think you speak few quid. god, i think you speak for the on that one. for the country on that one. it's terrifying. terrifying. i left my oven on the other night and i woke up in the morning and it was still on, and i thought i'd have to sell a house and mortgage the kids and i kept says i'm toying with the idea of attending church . i dangerous attending church. i dangerous that one. do you not see the go 7 that one. do you not see the go ? he was silently praying near an clinic the other day . did you an clinic the other day. did you not see that you go to church ? not see that you go to church? if you go to church, you may out that you know people have views on this. so you know , go to on this. so you know, go to church unless you want to find out what . the truth is i don't out what. the truth is i don't think another says i need to

care about playing football . care about playing football. don't we all love . i'm still don't we all love. i'm still waiting for my call up to the england team where i would take a better penalty , second penalty a better penalty, second penalty than harry kane . anyway, back to than harry kane. anyway, back to more important, less important, but more interesting and wonderful stuff earlier week i lunch with arctic explorer and product . my chat with them is product. my chat with them is coming up .

next welcome back. now you may have worked out by now. i'd like to sit down every week for a cheap sandwich. the producer eats, costs and then she leaves it with with us for nothing. but i sit with the guest week i speak to all to explore an ocean conversation, converse . oh, my conversation, converse. oh, my god, that's all. but

conservation . and i do know i conservation. and i do know i don't normally pay attention anyone talking about climate change ice cats or polar bears. but since this has been that he actually won, there and walked there 14 times, i had some questions for him, what's this? his well , i, i questions for him, what's this? his well, i, i don't usually take advice from people on climate unless they've either walked or swam to the north pole so i won't listen some of the message from that have you have you done that. yes, i'm actually done. both of them. so so you can talk. yeah and then you were saying to that the we're saying to me that the we're talking sea. so the talking about sea. so the last thing heard , i was feeling thing i heard, i was feeling really upbeat about north, that there were more polar polar bears than there were bears nowadays than there were before like like all before. yeah, like like all these things. it's complicated but polar bears were very on the decline because they were being over hunted. and i think it was in the seventies that i saw circumpolar around the entire arctic circle area everyone

arctic so circle area everyone signed up to control hunting and very restricted and since then numbers have risen to about 50,000. no one actually knows how many, but it's but 30 to 50000. it's that generalised figure but that's that's a health deemed healthy population. but they are challenged massively by the loss of habitat as the sea ice starts to melt away . and that's like a to melt away. and that's like a hunting platform for. them okay, so that but if there are 24 if there were 24,000 dead, now there were 24,000 dead, now there are 50,000, then they've obviously got some . do they. obviously got some. do they. yeah presumably, yeah. yeah they're eating most polar bears, their diet is based on seals. and if a back and kill a seal every four or five, six, seven days they're in hyper state of mind , but they tend come ashore mind, but they tend come ashore in the summer. the sea ice retreats away from the coastlines crudely , that coastlines crudely, that platform no longer serves that . platform no longer serves that. so they come on shore and the

one of the problems is that the seaice one of the problems is that the sea ice is taking, it's pushing them onshore because the ice is melting quicker and it's not coming back in the autumn to later. so they're spending longer on land , nibbling on longer on land, nibbling on grass and bits and bobs, mosquitos . yeah. so they're mosquitos. yeah. so they're getting thinner and thinner the summer times and that means that they're not in as good a breeding condition for well for the mating season. that's one problem apart from just the sheer loss of one hunting platform . although the numbers platform. although the numbers are good at the moment really good through protective measures , we are looking at a potential of collapse. it could take one by the year and it's getting closer and closer when there is a large loss of that proportion of number of bears, simply because the sea ice massively retreats is very slow coming back and. this is a direct result of man made climate change. yes, it can't take away of anything to do at all with

natural cycles there will be natural cycles there will be natural cycles, but the human input has dramatically the speed change. and some of these animals what what a name the trade is as a charismatic megafauna the seals walrus , megafauna the seals walrus, beluga, narwhal and the like . beluga, narwhal and the like. even that they can't respond more like to not can't adapt quickly enough to accommodate these rapid environmental changes that habitat change basically. so we've got things like cop27 where people make commitments towards net zero and all of these things and then you've china who turn around in thatis you've china who turn around in that is to at some point get on top of this but i'm betting on the uk is about 1% of global pollution and china is a sort of large amount . do you think these large amount. do you think these sort of treaties are set for purpose . it's a process is all purpose. it's a process is all i can really say. and what believe. i mean there is an internation civil process and thatis internation civil process and that is the only way that we

will get to where we need to get to and not as fast as the majority would like . but it is majority would like. but it is what it is and slowly, but perhaps in an accelerate way as as the problems escalate and accelerate , maybe pressures will accelerate, maybe pressures will will come to bear on. even the chinese, it's not just the chinese, it's not just the chinese, but . so chinese, it's not just the chinese, but. so is chinese, it's not just the chinese, but . so is there chinese, but. so is there anything to be said in praise of anything to be said in praise of a warming planet? well i think in praise of might be putting it very strongly, but there will be individuals and, businesses and specific environments, regions on the earth that will benefit in the short to medium term for sure. but if you look at the gross macro picture across the whole planet , it's not good . and whole planet, it's not good. and i think the brits, you know, ten years ago i was sort of well, i find myself with the secretary—general of nato and as

rasmussen and we did two talks, one to the london business community and another to the new york business community and our double act mine to say, look, this is kicking off around the nonh this is kicking off around the north pole. it's the loss of sea ice is biggest visual manifests ocean of global warming and climate change and his was to stand next to me and he then said nato has the military resources to protect it the schengen area from incoming migration . but he said the migration. but he said the moment you ask us nato or our governments ask data to perform that role will have lost . and he that role will have lost. and he said that really because even then the authorities, if you like, were recognising the sheer of movement of people en masse in response to climate change. and we were asking business take a serious responsibility, active

on how to help with carbon footprint management and so on. so it's the daryl brits back then that were thinking well well right on this green island just get you know warmer t—shirt weather in summers and the winters won't be so happy days which is to miss the point if you start looking in slightly different timescale over like 5200 years, there will people who are migrating are going to want to come to wherever they feel they're going to be best served. and britain and, northwest europe is going to be one of those areas. so we aren't isolate it from this problem. what about this sort of politicisation of the north pole and russia know? so you've mentioned nato that russia's definitely got eyes on the north pole, doesn't it? you know, there's interesting stuff there's some interesting stuff about missiles going about nuclear missiles going over top the north, a big over the top of the north, a big mess. so is someone looking to stop their flag, its own you couldn't make it up. i'm afraid . gb news cannot be held

accountable for this because it happened before or before its existence. but quite a few years back, i guess ten, ten years or so back , a well known russian so back, a well known russian who is a of putin booked to a bunch of seats on a nuclear icebreaker that grannies from around the world book to visit the north pole and it's like a six day voyage they were on this thing and on this particular venture you could hire for a quarter of $1,000,000 for a half hour, quarter of $1,000,000 for a half hour , something a little yellow hour, something a little yellow submarine submersible called sunflower. yeah cheapest jets. well, it's a state funded is a bit you know well doable but anyway other passengers were using anyway this is a group they basically took it down and put a little titanium flag , put a little titanium flag, russian flag on the seabed at the north pole and then reported that they had done this show the visual and said, we it's all

part of our claim process full territories all the way up to the north pole, from our coast and the media sort of, in my view, swallowed it hook, line and say it could not have gone better for the russians. and it seriously up a lot omg seriously up a lot of omg reaction amongst arctic nations and others as to russia's intentions, i've been there 17 times, right? and various clients have put flags up. but even myself i've had little and then at one point i never thought to claim for queen elizabeth. the second it's just is trash. but gosh, it got purchased globally. it was a gimmick was a cover. yeah, it was a of a giving. the russians don't have designs that. oh, they do. well they do but i would say a large part reasonably so. there is a process under international where you can see all the arctic states , russia, canada, denmark states, russia, canada, denmark , america and norway that surround the arctic ocean proper. they are given 200 nautical miles, 260, whatever it

is offshore. if you go offshore of that northernmost shores and you draw little line around that thatis you draw little line around that that is all national territorial waters. they can do what they like in those waters that you're into international that crudely surround the north pole and there is a mechanism under international law where if you can prove , the surface shape of can prove, the surface shape of the seabed through the morphology and the geology, the nature of the rocks continues beyond your 200 miles. you can beyond your 200 miles. you can be given up to another 150 nautical miles. and that is what is in progress. the canadians are making claims. is in progress. the canadians are making claims . and the danes are making claims. and the danes through greenland are making claims. and the russians are and the likelihood is they will get it because it probably can be justified under those criteria. is there a wealth of natural resources for us to dig out of the seabed of the north pole ? the seabed of the north pole? no, i think i think it's fair to say i mean, i'm been advised by one of the major oil companies. they said, look, the geology would suggest there's almost no useful hydrocarbons, oil or

natural within the natural gas within the international . there is international waters. there is potentially a great in the national territory waters. but i'm not so focussed on that . i i'm not so focussed on that. i can't influence what goes on there . what's your view of there. what's your view of what's going to happen? have with the planet in the next 80, 200 years? i was really hoping you weren't going to ask that. sorry so it's christmas coming up . all things are possible . i up. all things are possible. i personally have focussed on one small piece that i feel is doable that makes a statement which is to create the world's largest wildlife reserve, which would be for the entire area and test the waters around the pole. 50% roughly of the entire earth's surface is international waters . and over the next decade waters. and over the next decade or so, there's a new international agreement that should be in place, which allow legally enforceable, protected areas in international waters. and we would hope our north pole reserve will be the flagship one

that gets everyone thinking right. we can do this. that gets everyone thinking right. we can do this . what do right. we can do this. what do i think you're doing? this is not going to be any sea ice in. he is the intent. yeah yeah. is that by 2025 in no serious bodies who are into the forecasting as the ice conditions are saying we will have likely no sea ice at any time. if i'm on the top, will that raise level levels? well if theice that raise level levels? well if the ice in our drink , if you the ice in our drink, if you marked off the level with the ice in initially and then it what's the level is exactly the same because water expands , same because water expands, therefore less dense, therefore it floats , right? so no loss of it floats, right? so no loss of seaice it floats, right? so no loss of sea ice in itself physically does not the sea level. oh, i didn't know that. people keep talking about rising sea level . talking about rising sea level. well they should do. they should say, here's the thing, sea ice with snow cover on it reflects ping with snow cover on it reflects ping straight back into the atmosphere. 90% of all the sun's energy that comes in go you

convert that to a blue surface. and although you and i say it's just a shiny glittery surface that's it's that's quite reflective. it's not hugely it absorbs about not it's hugely it absorbs about well over 90. so you've got this switch . and over a third of sea switch. and over a third of sea level rise globally is accounted for by. the fact that as the upper layer of water warms from the sun's energy around the world, it expands , water expands world, it expands, water expands as a as a liquid as it gets warmer. so just that thermal expansion is part sea level rise, but the big sea level rise coming from glaciers to register it small extent ice caps , bigger it small extent ice caps, bigger andice it small extent ice caps, bigger and ice sheets and of it actually greenland . right. if actually greenland. right. if you if you took a hairdryer to the whole of the greenland ice sheet and removed it sea level go sheet and removed it sea level 9° up sheet and removed it sea level 90 ”p by sheet and removed it sea level go up by seven metres right well that would ruin our this house in martha's vineyard that you bought wouldn't it . in martha's vineyard that you bought wouldn't it. i certainly haven't been that long. i'll

take your word for probably a problem. wouldn't for barack. yeah, it'd be a problem for. london and a lot of major when we see the rise, it's highly problematic. yeah and we are looking between 40 and centimetres so half a metre nearly and a half metres nearly over the next 80 years. okay. so we've had cheery christmas message of obama's martha's vineyard property getting flooded. what what's the positive come up ? i think that positive come up? i think that the pressures are building faster and faster on levels, business level, faster and faster on levels, business level , state level, business level, state level, international level and i think it's really frankly down to the next generation who come in with a completely different mindset. we need to get rid of some of the old school who are fossilised in their views and i'm not referring to us obviously , but old school and obviously, but old school and i think some serious probably need to take place . so that said, i

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