channel welcome to our festive friday. thank you so much for joining welcome to our festive friday. thank you so much forjoining me this evening. i'm neil fox and i'm very excited to be looking after some of mark dolan shows over the christmas period now in a moment, my clips of the week highlights from gb news over the last seven days, including plenty of on air mistakes and. hilarity for you . we also have hilarity for you. we also have

music legend joan louis in the studio this hour to talk christmas. number one, something i know a lot about he knows plenty about christmas hits too. we'll be discussing the iconic stop the cavalier he narrowly missed out in 98. now in my big opinion, at 9:00, it's been a rough start to christmas. let's be honest, but we'll get through it . we always do in the big it. we always do in the big question after the fallout to jeremy clarkson's column in the this week about meghan markle , this week about meghan markle, should he be cancelled and in the news agenda with my panel after the new york times call for the monarchy to be abolished , we asked, what does the hold for our royal family plus? should you have a favourite child, a dangerous subject? and can you have a successful christmas with ? an x? i'll see christmas with? an x? i'll see you after the headlines with bethany elsey . neil, thank you. bethany elsey. neil, thank you. good evening. i am bethany elsey

with your top stories from the gb newsroom. a woman , two men gb newsroom. a woman, two men have been killed and several others injured after gunman opened fire at a kurdish community centre in paris. violent protests protests . violent protests 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 french racially motivated. the french president called the incident a heinous attack on the kurdish community. a 69 year old man who was already known to police has been detained . it's understood 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 very disappointing and says there is no one's best interests. the royal college of nursing says the walkouts will go ahead unless the government opens negotiations over pay . opens negotiations over pay. meanwhile, the gmb has called

off a post—christmas strike by ambulance in england and wales. they'll now walk out on the 11th of january. the prime minister has apologised for christmas travel disruption as border force begin eight days of industrial action today . weward industrial action today. weward chief said we're doing what heathrow , gatwick, birmingham, heathrow, gatwick, birmingham, cardiff glasgow and manchester airports are all affected. but heathrow claims it's operating as normal. military personnel and volunteers , the civil and volunteers, the civil service have been trained to step in if necessary . and rishi step in if necessary. and rishi sunak insists public pay must be controlled to keep 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 think we all know benefit. and i think we all know that major economic that the major economic challenge all now is challenge we all face now is inflation. that's inflation. it's inflation that's eating pay eating into everyone's pay packets rising the cost of packets and rising the cost of living. and i want to make sure

that we reduce inflation. part of that is being responsible when comes to setting public when it comes to setting public sector . police have released sector pay. police have released the first image of a woman who died after hit by a police car in, oldham greater manchester police say 53 year old heather smedley was struck the police car as it was chasing a suspected stolen vehicle . she suspected stolen vehicle. she was taken to hospital , suspected stolen vehicle. she was taken to hospital, died a short time later. her family say there will be a hole in hearts forever . motorists are being forever. motorists are being warned to expect long delays as millions hit the road to spend christmas with family and friends. the aa says an estimated 17 million journeys will be made today and tomorrow a strike tomorrow , thousands of a strike tomorrow, thousands of rmt members working at network rail is expected to make matters worse. the walkout will last until the 27th of december or on tv , online and derby plus radio. tv, online and derby plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to mark dolan tonight with neil fox .

fox. roy, welcome to mark holden tonight with me. neil fox now as always, we kick off friday with the now legendary of the week my highlights from seven days of gb news the good the bad and the ugly. this hour in the studio will also have music legend joan louis to talk christmas number ones. louis to talk christmas number ones . now he knows plenty about ones. now he knows plenty about christmas . we'll be discussing christmas. we'll be discussing why the iconic stop the cavalry. what a great song narrowly missed out in 1980 and a little bit later, patrick christys joins me for a friday night feast dog of the week special . i feast dog of the week special. i can't wait . feast dog of the week special. i can't wait. in my big opinion, that 9:00, it's been a rough start to christmas. but you know what? we'll get through it. we are wasting in the big question after the fallout to jeremy clarkson's column in the sun this week about meghan markle.

should jeremy be cancelled ? should jeremy be cancelled? plus, in the news with my panel after the new york times called for the abolishment of the monarchy. really we ask, what does the future hold for our royal family should you have a favourite child as well? and just before christmas , can you just before christmas, can you have a successful one with an x 7 have a successful one with an x ? now there's a question. plus, tomorrow's papers from 1030 before anyone else. right until 11:00. this is mark dolan tonight . i'm 11:00. this is mark dolan tonight. i'm neil fox. so put something and fizzy in the fridge or fire up the kettle and. let's have a night to remember . and. let's have a night to remember. it's time for clips. the week . right there. and it's the week. right there. and it's now time for clips of the week where we take you on a stop tour of the highlights of the week here on gb news. mark dolan sir , i here on gb news. mark dolan sir ,i hope here on gb news. mark dolan sir , i hope i can do you proud.

right. first stop, then bev turner, the queen of gb news. she is intelligent, she stylish , and she is attracting great british actors like jim murray to the channel to discuss really important subjects like fly fishing . famous actor in the fishing. famous actor in the crown and other series that we all know you from a lot of people also know you from the series that you did with roberts and greene. yeah, the fishing series robson and jim's fly fishing adventures. you . fishing adventures. thank you. i've watched every single episode . you haven't. i've watched every single episode . you haven't . you've got episode. you haven't. you've got plenty of time over christmas past to tell that fella of yours to stop watching those old top of the pops for repeats and get his rod out right. next up, the king of neutrality. it's own dan wootton tonight. no spin , no wootton tonight. no spin, no bias, no censorship . has the bias, no censorship. has the marxist unions responsible for dangerous strikes by nurses today and ambulance workers

tomorrow inexcusably put british lives at risk. rishi sunak is staring down the hard left fanatics . i staring down the hard left fanatics. i mean, staring down the hard left fanatics . i mean, seriously , fanatics. i mean, seriously, dan, i think you just need to stop sitting on that fence and just be a little more honest and let us know what you think. right over headline us one of gb news finest leo kearse us gave us an update on the canadian would tech teacher with those huge boobs and the panel were not too impressed with his pun laden intro with he'll know and if my serves me correctly a few months ago canadian trans teat sure we had a boob of ourselves by scaring the kids with enormous size z prosthetic breasts. the school board did their to best provide support, but on the hand some knockers that was so painful as the kids oh you couldn't see it made them feel normcore oh oh that that

was really really really good. we drop to a new low. you've stayed of . the it was terrible stayed of. the it was terrible there let's be honest could you not think of any other jokes to slip in that ? anyway, here's slip in that? anyway, here's patrick christie's laying into gary . well, gary neville was gary. well, gary neville was a decent back, but he is an absolutely terrible left winger and frankly comes across like a bit of a wozzeck . i'm sorry , bit of a wozzeck. i'm sorry, patrick, but for such a bright and intelligent man, you honestly do chat some absolute rubbish sometimes . i'm afraid rubbish sometimes. i'm afraid you've got this one totally wrong. gary neville an average right back at best. there was a special type of narcissist in reserve for gary neville who treated us all to a party political broadcast during a world cup final like some kind of weirdo . now there's a reason of weirdo. now there's a reason why patrick loves gary neville so much . patrick christys ladies so much. patrick christys ladies and gentlemen , as a huge man, and gentlemen, as a huge man, united fan , please send all your united fan, please send all your hate mail to patrick at gb news

dot uk . now dan wootton hosted dot uk. now dan wootton hosted inaugural what the feral veg awards this week. let's a look. nigel great have you here. look, let's kick off with first category. who is your political . of category. who is your political. of be. jacinda ardern. sir keir starmer . maybe joe be. jacinda ardern. sir keir starmer. maybe joe biden . oh, starmer. maybe joe biden. oh, there's no question . unrivalled there's no question. unrivalled head and shoulders above. absolutely everybody else . absolutely everybody else. somebody with courage, conviction , passion. and she conviction, passion. and she actually believes in what she's saying. oh, the winner is georgie malone . no question . no georgie malone. no question. no way. nigel farage admires a right politician who's turning migrant boats away. i mean, who'd have it? congratulations maloney, on winning this year's witf award . now back to patrick

witf award. now back to patrick christys doing bit to protect the nhs. he's a gentleman . just. the nhs. he's a gentleman. just. just. just wrap yourselves in bubble wrap , okay? just wrap bubble wrap, okay? just wrap yourselves in bubble wrap today because we all after our nhs up. just be careful . just a sticker just be careful. just a sticker that says fragile, right ? okay that says fragile, right? okay but if you think these strikes will stop patrick christys from doing his job, you obviously don't know patrick very well . don't know patrick very well. joining me now is independent statistician and former head of health analysis at the office , health analysis at the office, national statistics and specialist . so the regional specialist. so the regional organiser , nick chaffey. let's organiser, nick chaffey. let's start with with you, jamie. does pubuc start with with you, jamie. does public support for our health care workers mean that pay rises might be more likely? do you think ? laurence fox has had think? laurence fox has had a busy week. here's one of his guests sticking it to him. and you're looking at someone who really doesn't like meghan markle and doesn't like that spot. markle and doesn't like that spot . let's not go back to my spot. let's not go back to my column here. another thin

skinned, slightly ageing white man . demeaning meghan man. be demeaning about meghan markle . but one of his guests markle. but one of his guests did get him to open up about his private life of a man searching things that, you know, sort of staying lgbt . the task. yeah. staying lgbt. the task. yeah. yeah. friends make a fair play . yeah. friends make a fair play. laurence now , here at gb news, laurence now, here at gb news, we do try spread some christmas cheer as well. the fabulous wanted to see your christmas trees the other day. on air. the festival is back in iowa. everyone else might not be in the sun. but i am. i'm in the houday the sun. but i am. i'm in the holiday mode. claire so say michel. look at my nutcracker inspired christmas tree. where is it . yeah sadly, claire's tree is it. yeah sadly, claire's tree did not appear on the screen. and for that we do apologise, but we did track her. nutcracker inspired tree. and here it is , inspired tree. and here it is, donna. and very indeed from everyone here at gb news. merry

christmas , claire. and a very christmas, claire. and a very happy new year. and those are your clips of the week . what your clips of the week. what a lot of fun. and i loved michelle gerber's christmas jumper, too. now, christmas is a great time for giving and no one has been more generous this year than james anderson from depher, uk . james anderson from depher, uk. now depher uk is a charity that helps old and vulnerable people from fitting boilers to grocery shopping. james and uk really are the best of britain, so welcome to the show , james. very welcome to the show, james. very nice to have you on. good evening. thank you . it's humble. evening. thank you. it's humble. thank nasreddin. and thank you on behalf of everyone. you've obviously good things for this year. obviously good things for this year . it's obviously good things for this year. it's kind of the best of british many ways. firstly, am i is it difficult if i don't to get that wrong? it's okay. it's defa. and why is it called defa?

what's that about ? if it defa. and why is it called defa? what's that about? if it is disabled , elderly, plumbing and disabled, elderly, plumbing and heating. you've made a series sponge. we deliver free? oh, massively discounted plumbing . massively discounted plumbing. and a boiler services to the elderly , vulnerable and elderly, vulnerable and disabled. plus lots of other stuff that we do in the community. okay, now you've . you community. okay, now you've. you helped set this thing up. originally did you? why? why did you set it up? what was the need in 2017? an elderly gentleman was , a scam and out of five and was, a scam and out of five and a half thousand pound . and he a half thousand pound. and he asked us for the second opinion. and when it got to property , he and when it got to property, he was it was in his bed. he had a house. he was elderly, he couldn't get off. he was disabled and. i made a promise to make sure we passed away in 2013 that i will be a better man. when i walked in to see this gentleman in 2070. it reminded me of agent william . reminded me of agent william. and that's the day i realised that now i've got to do

something. i've got to keep to this promise. that's when effort was born. now, you don't actually charge anyone, any money. you everything for free. and as this your entire job now is looking after other people. and if so, how do you actually pay and if so, how do you actually pay for your maybe it's my job. everyone needs to be there . it's everyone needs to be there. it's not about money. it's about community to look after. small care for each other . community to look after. small care for each other. and if we don't , then we lose our humanity don't, then we lose our humanity . it's not about. i don't care about me. i've got a lovely wife. she supports my family, supports me . if i come home and supports me. if i come home and say to my wife, you'll get along this week, she's she's fine. that's not a problem. but as long as i smile with someone else's face and the suffering, that that's what all about. yeah. mean can imagine with yeah. i mean can imagine with everything going on this, this time particularly time of year, i'm particularly christmas time you are busier than ever at the moment if people want to donate and try to help you and other people like you do, you're doing what can they do but they can go on our

websites w w w .com . there's a websites w w w .com. there's a lot of information on there and how they supporters, but there's also a lot of information they can get and contact us and we can get and contact us and we can support them . but we're in can support them. but we're in 24 hours through what the christmas period ? i'm and christmas period? i'm aware and i'll be on my laptop if we need food, gas and electric, we get a sense get sense wherever sense you get sense you wherever you the country, doesn't you are in the country, doesn't matter. you are. all right, james, honestly, behalf of james, honestly, on behalf of everyone , your charity everyone you help, your charity helps. thank you much. helps. thank you very much. i hope you're going to get a good christmas, been really christmas, too. it's been really nice talking you all. have a nice talking to you all. have a good thank you have a good one. thank and you have a good one. thank and you have a good i love it all. i would good one. i love it all. i would take you c and i'll be fine. all right. the best. nice one. right. all the best. nice one. what rice? a drink for you? what was rice? a drink for you? another coming another night. oh, well, coming up, live in the up, ingrid tarrant live in the studio. louis, singer studio. plus louis, the singer songwriter responsible for one of most iconic christmas of the most iconic christmas songs of all time. stop the cavalry. he's up at 830. we'll you after the .

break right. welcome back to your friday night. the right. welcome back to your friday night . the government's friday night. the government's new planning regulations is coming under serious now getting rid of red and making it easier to build on green belt land has angered many brits up and down the nation now tv personality and landowner ingrid tarran joins us in the studio this evening to discuss her personal battle with what some would say are some pretty reckless planning reforms. so, ingrid welcome, long island. nice to see you . this. yeah. this is see you. this. yeah. this is a change. well, thank you for having on because this i'm not just presenting my area but i'm actually representing the whole of the united kingdom . this of the united kingdom. this affects us all. this is very this with the removal of the queen belt which . in theory queen belt which. in theory they're not allowed to do unless they're not allowed to do unless they're exceptional circumstances. okay well, i'm sorry. you know, everybody can

sort of like create except no circumstance. and i use create properly , literally and properly, literally and everything to justify it . there everything to justify it. there is no real justification and certainly not in this particular instance in which we have felt the development there. okay. but we definitely need more homes in the uk and we definitely to build more. i think everyone realises that. so is part of the problem here. where do we build ? and as long as we can build them and as as it's not on them and as long as it's not on them and as long as it's not on the end of my street . is that a the end of my street. is that a problem? i you're problem? i know what you're saying. nimbyism all the saying. nimbyism and all the rest. you say this rest. but actually you say this is a statement that like we do more houses and we do need this etc, etc, etc. actually we don't . the government wants to build 300,000 houses a year . it's . the government wants to build 300,000 houses a year. it's kind of target meeting targets, right at the moment. and we have to look how have changed. ignore fact that we have got millions immigrants that sort of like is a problem in itself. we have got

an awful lot of office that aren't being used. we've got streets , high street premises , streets, high street premises, premises. we've got other streets that have derelict houses that they haven't renovated . so a lot of these renovated. so a lot of these office blocks can be repaired just about a year ago, perhaps not as long as. i think that's probably jenrick . he said we can probably jenrick. he said we can rubber stamp usage a4 to residential etc. etc. etc. there is an awful lot of available on premise that can be repurposed . premise that can be repurposed. the important thing is and this is in my mind, this is a i think in a lot of people's minds think ispeak in a lot of people's minds think i speak for a huge amount people. once land goes and it gets concreted over. it never going to be . to any form of going to be. to any form of permeable land, whether it's agricultural or not. it doesn't matter . we've got flooding agricultural or not. it doesn't matter. we've got flooding . we matter. we've got flooding. we don't have. we've got to look

after . we are talking about after. we are talking about climate change. i don't that climate change. i don't that climate change. i don't that climate change. it is changing . climate change. it is changing. that's natural. but we are a huge problem here because of flooding. so we have a lot of flooding. so we have a lot of flooding in our area alone. but then that is true of, you know, other places . well, anyway. but other places. well, anyway. but let me ask let me ask thing. i've seen the pictures of wisley and obviously that was my neck of the woods where i grew up. so i know which the airfield the airfield lot of concrete airfield has a lot of concrete on already. right now, which on it already. right now, which they're going to get. so it's not where not like it's just fields where it is, you know, the whole acre, the whole site. can i just read you what we asked you that? what we have asked obviously what taylor obviously what are taylor wimpey? the developers wimpey? who are the developers think we've. we have got a statement . good. here is the statement. good. here is the statement. good. here is the statement. okay project will statement. okay the project will turn around acres of concrete turn around 70 acres of concrete runway and a hardstanding into vibrant community with increased biodiversity, schools , sports biodiversity, schools, sports facilities, parks , open spaces, facilities, parks, open spaces, play facilities, parks, open spaces, play areas , new wildlife play areas, new wildlife habitats , a range of new habitats, a range of new sustainable transport options.

our objective has always been to work with the local community. we continue to welcome opportunities to engage and receive feedback on our proposals . so that's what proposals. so that's what they've had to say now. have you any contact with them? well shut the door, taylor wimpey. yes we have that. they're trying work with the community and as they say . but they're not listening . say. but they're not listening. and we've looked at the plan. this has been going on for a very long time . in fact, they're very long time. in fact, they're the second people to have the bite at the same charity to do this development. right now, they encroached , taking 40% they are encroached, taking 40% of the land they want to build on is within 400 metres of the protected special protected area. so what they've is they've had to instead spreading out, they've had to go in and it's more intense and they're going up . so you're talking about up. so you're talking about three storey buildings here . in three storey buildings here. in any case, the it's right by the

a3 though. is that right by the m25 ? good fire. good roads? yep. m25? good fire. good roads? yep. would they not build a slip for them? the vote hasn't been granted. the permission for that hasn't been. another thing with intersection, it is the most congested . the m25 junction ten congested. the m25 junction ten and going up to 14, which is getting close to the airport that way, is very congested anyway . the best of times. we anyway. the best of times. we have a rat race or what do you call it? rat when the there's so many accidents in that little stretch as well . plus the stretch as well. plus the pollution levels are so high. now, i've got a statistic here . now, i've got a statistic here. air quality . if we've got one of air quality. if we've got one of the highest contents of nitrogen dioxide now in, this particular area, it's six to micrograms per cubic metre the eu, a wrexham ending a safety level for humans is 40, 40 microns. so that's

more 50% higher. would you accept as a matter of fact, what would any of the locals that accept any houses to be built there at all? because, i mean, at the moment got this a large disused area. it'd be nice to have something on right. have something on it. right. you've lot of you've just got a lot of concrete is 70 acres. that's but there's a lot more around it. what happened with that? and again, this is an absolute travesty. but as if the airstrip was just a temporary structure in the wall for the lancasters bombers to take off or it was actually it was biopsied and the plane tried to land, it and it saw that the field and they thought oh this is worked very well as the landing strip . now well as the landing strip. now that was taken by the mod and they, they put the concrete after the war, they promised to restore it agricultural . this is restore it agricultural. this is prime agriculture actual land. so okay , let's be fair. that was so okay, let's be fair. that was 75 years ago. i mean, since but london has expanded. so much,

it's about principle. where do put everyone where do we put. but there's lots of places. well we don't. we what we're doing is we're taking an awful lot of people that actually we shouldn't have to house. we are bursting point . we really are. bursting point. we really are. i mean, i could go off on a tangent here, but if you think abouti tangent here, but if you think about i mean the sort of indigo people of england are . well people of england are. well i don't know how else to say it. you know, this difference it is it's a very divisive and i'm going off on a tangent. i was going off on a tangent. i was going to say you said at the beginning, this is something that you're sort of in a way you feel you're doing for other around the uk. do feel that around the uk. do you feel that people green spaces are people in other green spaces are because of these these this relaxing of of these relaxing of some of these planning conditions? is planning conditions? this is going all across the going to happen all across the country. this your country. this your is this your worry? it has happening country. this your is this your w0|across it has happening country. this your is this your w0|across thet has happening country. this your is this your w0|across the country. ipening country. this your is this your w0|across the country. buting all across the country. but we've now to stop it because we've now got to stop it because it's like a runaway train. and we've got to look at supply and demand now, said a little demand. now, as i said a little bit earlier , there's a lot of

bit earlier, there's a lot of properties that are vacant. properties that are just vacant. they're because office they're dog because office buildings , retail outlets , etc, buildings, retail outlets, etc, etc. also the other thing is that we're talking about affordable housing here. well, in that particular area, affordable housing, you're talking about 8% is about £450,000. that's not affordable . so again , it's a complete . so again, it's a complete nonsense that changing that just changing the goalposts a little bit . and it's. changing the goalposts a little bit . and it's . let me put you in bit. and it's. let me put you in the picture here . it is the picture here. it is primarily and a farming community that goes back way, way back doomsday . it's way back doomsday. it's mentioned like way. but there's little choices . it's ninth little choices. it's ninth century and so on. but the world no can't . i century and so on. but the world no can't. i mean, i know it's lovely and i want to preserve it, but the world has changed. we need we've to find we probably need we've to find a way to changing it so many other ways environmentally as well. we need food we need to be self—sufficient. we lost our cherry orchards , lost our apple

cherry orchards, lost our apple orchards and everything because of the eu to try to support our sort of like neighbours and whatever. we've lost so much that we need to be self—sufficient . okay, ukraine self—sufficient. okay, ukraine the basket as was . we need that the basket as was. we need that land. we could be producing bread with the air failed. well very important. i can't get this the passion and i can show you and your your fellow inhabitants around. obviously are passionate about this. i wish you the very ispeak about this. i wish you the very i speak all the people the whole country as well because they fighting a battle and very often they lose but we are really we keep going we're raising money to go out to sea and we're not going to give . all right. we going to give. all right. we wish you the very best and a very happy christmas. i say. wish you the very best and a very happy christmas. i say . all very happy christmas. i say. all right. i'm sure you'll be campaigning. we'll have coming up. i'm sure. knowing you you will be. coming up after the break, is going join us break, lui is going to join us in studio and patrick in the studio and patrick christys is with a little bit

christys is with us a little bit later on this hour. the later on this hour. share the story that great british story of that great british segment. that's right. it's a dog of the week special . we will dog of the week special. we will see you in a few few.

up up next, the gb news has rehomed another rescued dog , me and another rescued dog, me and patrick christys, after the break. oops. i'm sorry. i've missed you. right. we've got to talk christmas number one. so joining me in the studio, someone i have played on the radio so many right, radio so many times. right, including my nation show this morning . this is jonah louis. morning. this is jonah louis. everybody louis one has written one of the great christmas called well , stop the cavalry. called well, stop the cavalry. it's got the cavalry, which was great anti war song. it was never though as a christmas song, was it? no, it wasn't. it it started out as a as a melody and then i looked for lyrics, you know, and the last of one of the verses scanned with can you

and the gallantry . and i turn and the gallantry. and i turn gallantry into can you start the cavalry ? and because i thought cavalry? and because i thought of that line cavalry, i started to think of concerts like the charge of the light , because charge of the light, because they on they were part of the cavalry that charged to their deaths. well funnily enough , deaths. well funnily enough, that was during the crimean war . of course, the crimean war is part of ukraine or was. so that's a history repeating itself kind of a kind of that or a coincidence that or. okay. but so. so from there , i thought of so. so from there, i thought of other war scenarios like , the other war scenarios like, the great war with the trenches yeah.the great war with the trenches yeah. the possibility of nuclear . you know, mary bradley lives in the nuclear free zone or whatever. i said in the lyric and you know , i mentioned mr. and you know, i mentioned mr. churchill, which is the second world war and. and really because of the or soldier underneath art, the tree of the light that's eternally in flame

was was kind of in a way what i was was kind of in a way what i was thinking of the eternal soldier from century , century in soldier from century, century in different wars , always to die different wars, always to die from century to century. and it's lasted 42 years. and there's something about great song.i there's something about great song. i mean, we are slightly obsessed i know in this country with who has christmas novel what every year other countries don't really care it announced today by the way there's a band called ladbaby. had the called ladbaby. i've had the christmas one for five consecutive years now . is crazy consecutive years now. is crazy in this country. in this country. and that was announced, they say well done to them. of course, beaten the course, that's that's beaten the beatles is beatles record, which is slightly not that i slightly mad and not that i think a around think there'll be a lot around as long the beatles clearly as long as the beatles clearly have quite the record sales. but yeah, you know, if you look at wizard and slade and some of those classic ones, 92, 73 was a very good year. you and 1980 and all the classic songs we play are old. and i guess , they've are old. and i guess, they've just been around. they're like old friends in many respects, aren't what do you think aren't they? what do you think makes here's a tough question

the perfect christmas number. i don't know if it exists , really, don't know if it exists, really, but certainly they get caught up with the season of christmas for some reason one could expect maybe some message about or reindeers or, you know, christmas time . i want to be in christmas time. i want to be in love on christmas day. but lonely all the different . and my lonely all the different. and my last christmas , the wham singer. last christmas, the wham singer. yeah, that was a really good one in in lyrically was because he was alone and was had a bad love experience. yeah he didn't do too bad with that song last christmas then old george michael let's be honest i mean some really iconic songs over the years here's a you've the years here's a look you've written a great song right so you've written lots of other songs clearly as well. but you obviously here we are talking about cavalry. about stop the cavalry. it's lasted and done you well for 42 years. mean, can you earn years. i mean, can you earn a living out of one great song . i living out of one great song. i don't know. i mean, all across question is possible . know when question is possible. know when you think of really big songs

like bing crosby white christmas. yeah, because that's what, 70 years or something that's been going for and it's sold more singles than any other single at the time. yeah, but it's fairly unusual for that sort of things to happen. but if a is a very big successful one, it's going to bring in a, you know , significance amount of know, significance amount of money. okay. i a new streaming platforms and obviously things have changed since you started making records still on records , cassettes, cds right now . , cassettes, cds right now. streaming, everything is digital out of somewhere like spotify fi and the other streaming platforms. are your records still getting played ? you still still getting played? you still feel relevant on those platforms 7 feel relevant on those platforms ? and artists that's been around a long time like yourself, yeah, it's really , you know, it's amazing, really, you know, thank lord for streamers thank the lord for streamers kind thing. i don't know why, but for some reason it does very well on the streaming market. okay. now, you were kept off . okay. now, you were kept off. it's still a little bit of

history here. you were kept off number one in 1980 because 1980 sad. it was the year that lennon was murdered in, new york. and then they rereleased john lennon songs. course, that so you songs. of course, that so you peaked at number three about everyone it's a bit like robbie williams angels people always think it just to number one like yourself mean do you love this yourself i mean do you love this song still because obviously you have it a lot. you can't have to sing it a lot. you can't turn up and not sing this song. well, i'm very pleased there's one can sing every year. one song i can sing every year. yeah. i love it in yeah. you know, so i love it in that sense and i mean you don't tend tire it's stuff you've tend to tire it's stuff you've written because you know, you've you've that was your little child. yeah and every song you write at the time you kind of believe though most of believe in even though most of them yeah. and those them do much. yeah. and those that do you you realise the preciousness of that and respect it you know . well let's have a it you know. well let's have a look at the video of this now. i mean this is 42 years old now . mean this is 42 years old now. josh, stop the and there you are

. i mean, it's a great i have to say, it is a great song. i mean, i think i've probably played it. i think i've probably played it. i mean, genuinely morning this week on my show, my breakfast radio show. and the interesting thing is this time of year, you know, every radio station in a way breaks format and way breaks its format and whatever normally plays, it whatever it normally plays, it just christmas songs just plays christmas songs we all we all play all play wow and we all play sleigh we all wizard, we all play sleigh we all wizard, we all play the only way is it like the greatest christmas gift that you get year? well, get every single year? well, this just miracle i would this is just a miracle i would refer to it as a it's like winning the pools in a sense, you know. but there are plenty of christmas tracks . it sort of of christmas tracks. it sort of outsold mine , but it's just the outsold mine, but it's just the way it the cookie crumbles, you know, if land a track like that way it the cookie crumbles, you , you have to feel you were lucky you know, you still still new music and still believe i am because i have a studio at home. so i always i'm in and out of that forever , you know. and so that forever, you know. and so i'm still making music. that forever, you know. and so i'm still making music . okay. i'm still making music. okay. what is your favourite christmas

song of all time? probably santa claus is back in town by elvis presley . okay. which was like presley. okay. which was like a raucous blues . and that's how raucous blues. and that's how you first got into me, i was just looking at you early on. you really liked your early rhythm blues that i did and got you into playing the piano. the fat man, fats domino, 1949. yeah cracker. it all seems a long ago, they seem ago, but actually they do seem timeless some songs, timeless. some of those songs, i think christmas time you listen to classics they to these classics and they really our lives aren't really part of our lives aren't they there. yeah part of they there. yeah it's part of our fabric in this country our dna fabric in this country at least and some some other countries as well. okay well, it's really lovely to meet it's been really lovely to meet you. and you. it really actually. and what you be doing what will you be doing for christmas well, be christmas day? well, i'll be relaxing. get over relaxing. it comes to get over all the frenetic mess or whatever it is, you know ? that's whatever it is, you know? that's a word. yeah. yeah. okay well, long shot i may start. the cavalry can tell you. and one day wouldn't it be nice ? i day wouldn't it be nice? i actually did happen , actually. actually did happen, actually. let's hope it happens . ukraine let's hope it happens. ukraine next year. it's a gift , let's hope it happens. ukraine next year. it's a gift, a fuse. and it's not the cavalry .

and it's not the cavalry. wherever you are . and on that wherever you are. and on that note, jan louis, thank you very much. and a very happy christmas . you so much to you. up next gb news as homed another rescue dog . i think i may have said that earlier. join me in patrick christys coming up after the .

break hey, welcome back to our festive friday. i hope you are having a very nice evening thank you for getting in touch on. the social media, some interesting topics coming up, of course, on the green belt and said we must retain our green belt. there are masses of brownfield sites all around the uk, adele says. well, selfishly , families of people selfishly, families of people brought up in areas need homes, a deserted site isn't environmentally important, doug says , we should not go mad or an says, we should not go mad or an expensive killing housebuilding. we need to not sideways. we need to go up, not sideways. thanks for getting contact, thanks for getting in contact, paul. thanks for getting in contact, paul . just wanted to say to

paul. just wanted to say to jonah louis, who is our guest, one of the best christmas records that's ever been absolute genius. and gareth on number ones because ladbaby abbey is this year's christmas number one said ladbaby is beyond a joke and bringing music into disrepute . who the hell is into disrepute. who the hell is buying puke ? oh, well, buying this puke? oh, well, look, guess we can agree to look, i guess we can agree to disagree. someone loved it. i guess that's why they went out and bought anyway. kingdom and bought anyway. more kingdom in.thank and bought anyway. more kingdom in. thank you very much. you've got any views on the. of course. please get in contact. we're always taking i mean , always taking a look. i mean, hopefully we'll be reading some more before now more out before 11:00. now regular viewers may regular gb news viewers may fondly remember a segment on friday night called dog the week, where each week gb news presenter patrick christys attempted to rehome a dog and just in time for christmas, it seems , has been successful in seems, has been successful in this mission. cora is a two year old lurcher rescued by stray aid in county durham, who has found her forever home is lovely. now

on delighted to say i'm joined by patrick christie's right now cilla . hello. how does it feel cilla. hello. how does it feel to have successfully rehomed a rescue dog just in time for christmas . well, it makes it all christmas. well, it makes it all worth it , to be honest with you, worth it, to be honest with you, we are a nation of dog lovers. you know, we tried to rehome every type of dog on the show formerly as friday night face from puppies to older dogs, disabled dogs, abused even foreign every now and foreign dogs. every now and again as well, when we had coverage, you just captured the nature's. you just nature's. sometimes you just know that that dog is going to be an winner. and korea be an absolute winner. and korea is different. and is no different. and lee henderson straight and he henderson was of straight and he said it would be his absolute wish to get cor rehomed in time for christmas. can i just say as well, one of the great things about doing section is it wasn't just about the dogs , about the just about the dogs, about the people behind the dogs because these people actually dedicate their entire lives . these stray their entire lives. these stray dogs, these rescue dogs, these abused dogs and they dedicated a large chunk of their friday

night them to coming on national and desperately tried to get these dogs at home and lee henderson was now hopefully the wonderful career can be topped up wonderful career can be topped ”p by wonderful career can be topped up by a fire this christmas now i myself a rescue dog if you've got a lee have you got a dog yourself, patrick? i don't unfortunately i'm allowed a hamster in this pokey little flat that one day i will get the dog and i was trying to live vicariously through other people, you know, trying to make sure that other people can have the joy of a dog. i remember think was a guest on mark's think i was a guest on mark's show the the core was on show the evening the core was on your show and were slightly your show and you were slightly infatuated with you. oh this is the problem. easy, because if we have these dogs that were coming into this studio, i'd now have 20 don't around me hat. but instead i've just have to basically hope that other people get them but you should see the amazing this is one of the things i must say am things i must say i am absolutely love about gb news is every way they on in every single way they come on in their droves and because get their droves and because i get calls friends , right, say, calls from friends, right, say, well, the dog of the i have

well, it's the dog of the i have to start previewing the dog. so my mates, was like, look, you my mates, i was like, look, you can't get dibs only problem can't get dibs the only problem was started pre—ordering was they started pre—ordering that alsatian that nokia key got an alsatian or what think this is or what do you think this is crufts. let's bring in lee crufts. now let's bring in lee henderson, manager, henderson, the kennel manager, straight who facilitated course rescue and rehoming . but let's rescue and rehoming. but let's see what lee to say about cora back in november. all she needs is the right owner who can put the trust in and like i said, will have the same loyal dog that you ever do. oh, and just till around the little bit so we can see the lovely face he has, we all. oh yeah. oh you see. i mean one of my biggest wishes at the moment is to make sure she gets home for christmas what a beautiful dog lee. firstly welcome along. happy christmas. how does it feel to have your christmas wish come true is cora happier in her new home? i do hope so . she certainly is . we're hope so. she certainly is. we're totally overjoyed at the rescue . and, you know, like i said to

patrick last time, it was my wish to get home for christmas. we had a rare month. and, you know luckily the right person came along . so, yeah obviously came along. so, yeah obviously the news clicked with the friday night dog of the and obviously got in touch and the hit it on like you know a house on fire and she's absolutely with darren and she's absolutely with darren a new life where she's at the moment with michael so we're absolutely over the moon for us andifs absolutely over the moon for us and it's lovely because i mean all around the country there are rescues like yourselves doing amazing jobs obviously always needing extra funding but trying to find those dogs at home. and i know it's a cliche, they're not just christmas. they're for life, aren't they? of course, but i'm sure how many have you got? as a matter of fact, your centre right now that need a home and in the centre itself there will be around the 60 mark and has been busy. i think a lot it's got to do with the cost of living as. well, we taking a

high volume of phone calls, people asking if we can assist, if can take the dog . it's a big if can take the dog. it's a big commitment. you know, there's a lot to take on board. it's not just us, it's national wide. so hopefully , you know, the dogs hopefully, you know, the dogs like we have in centre, you know, hopefully we will get home pretty soon. i mean i think what you need , you've got to set you need, you've got to set yourself a mission actually live may say that in 2023 there needs to be some way that you can find another carer so that we can finally make patrick take a dog on. i know, he says maybe that whole thing, maybe it's just a bit of a cynical excuse really, but the man loves his dogs, he needs a dog. you have dogs that needs a dog. you have dogs that need a home. we need to find him a dog. certainly you know. patrick, get in touch. will certainly find the right one in. couldn't get him mean . patrick, couldn't get him mean. patrick, look at that dog . could you say look at that dog. could you say no? look that little black and white one short look. what is

dogs? namely it's called some the one behind on head. so i mean look at she's she was . well mean look at she's she was. well she's ten year old now but obviously i her from straight i absolutely tara we had a big program called paws in the playground where we used to go to schools artists and kids. so it would be safe around dogs and toffee was the dog that used toffee was the dog that we used while. about that one while. and what about that one then, patrick? how are you feeling? love. i mean feeling? are you in love. i mean love. but i feel incredibly guilty because i just can't have one. although maybe need to petition right to get going to allow me to bring a dog into work that work every day because that would . we've would solve the problem. we've got a lovely office there is. right. nice work. now i can right. nice work. and now i can take for walks all the time take you for walks all the time and have it curled up and i can have it curled up beneath is. i'm beneath the desk is. i'm presenting news but just presenting the news but i just to liz, to see you to say, liz, great to see you again. i hope have again. i hope you have a wonderful christmas. and there's people like make the world people like you make the world go dedicating your time go round, dedicating your time to needy sometimes to helping needy and sometimes very and just very vulnerable animals and just showing humans showing i think, humans can learn from right. if learn a lot from dogs right. if you showed me little bit you just showed me a little bit

i got a lot of love i love you. got a lot of love back so it's fantastic stuff. christmas everybody well done. yeah. all doing a great job? yeah. you all doing a great job? no, much. yeah, it's no, thank very much. yeah, it's a shame. and i guess the a real shame. and i guess the cost of living crisis, it makes it very expensive. dog. it very expensive. a dog. i know. a dog, even know. having a dog, even if you've got one. so but you've got a little one. so but it's expensive, isn't it? and i have you noticed more and more dogs being getting more and dogs being or getting more and more calls from people. more phone calls from people. yes. i more phone calls from people. yes i the more phone calls from people. yes. i the phone calls yes. i mean, the phone calls that , you know, one yes. i mean, the phone calls that, you know, one in yes. i mean, the phone calls that , you know, one in three, that, you know, one in three, one in five, somebody is asking for assistance to take the dog to the cats and. we are experiencing big change in. the culture of people own and it's a lifetime . that's what people are lifetime. that's what people are going to realise that they're not just okay patrick i know if i can just have you on for a just patrick if he's still there , what we'll, we'll have a chat with the boss for you. but let's be honest, he work here more than i do. so you should have a

chat with your boss. but i'm sure mick and everyone else be very happy. just have a little dog curled up on the desk. they're nice and quiet. they make the whole place and more relaxed make guests relaxed they make guests more relaxed. be a win relaxed. it seems to be a win win doesn't it? look, win win, doesn't it? look, i agree completely. and i know we're balance. any we're all about balance. but any single time got a labour mp on, we set it on him now. i'm we could set it on him now. i'm only joking. of course, but. but i doesis only joking. of course, but. but i does is it got i think everybody does is it got gb news dog this question what would we could call it we would what we could call it we might call it nigel or might have to call it nigel or andrew could call andrew andrew neil we could call andrew andrew neil we could call andrew andrew how about but andrew hale. how about that. but yeah fantastic to do yeah no would be fantastic to do that i love i would that and i would love i would love somebody. lots of adult carers will help, but i would urge who can't just get urge anyone who can't just get out help and also out and help them out and also can just say as well quickly, can i just say as well quickly, you pedigrees, it's you know, look pedigrees, it's all and good somebody all very well and good somebody on a dog. but i've always found it my life is better to guide dog dog side, from a dog from a dog side, from a rescue not only do they rescue home, as not only do they tend bit longer, but, tend to live a bit longer, but, you know, you've properly saved a life as well. and it's cheapen a life as well. and it's cheaper. yeah, well, no, i'd have say it cost me 100

have to say that it cost me 100 quid have my rescue dog from quid to have my rescue dog from battersea home. it really battersea dogs home. it really did. way can answer did. is the way you can answer this question. have this question. people have always me you always said to me that if you have in a way what i've got is like a mutt in a heinz 57. it's we have a mix this, that and the other they say they are healthier dogs like that and an easier have better easier and have a better temperament. that right or is temperament. is that right or is that wives every that an old wives tale? every different dog's a different every dog's a character. the more character. but yeah, the more let's a down and then let's say what a down and then yeah the have got more okay . i yeah the have got more okay. i mean like cherries and stuff and stuff like that, you know , as stuff like that, you know, as long as there's something else added then. yeah. that they do belong . okay. no such a thing as belong. okay. no such a thing as a dog, just bad owner is a bad dog, just a bad owner is something that's said to me a lot. but they look lovely you for and for your continued work. and i would wish you the very best for christmas. and i we have a christmas. and i hope we have a lovely with everyone at st lovely time with everyone at st and to you again. and patrick. nice to you again. you christmas. good you have a nice christmas. good luck dog next year. luck with the dog next year. nice all right. we have an amazing 2 hours of opinion , amazing 2 hours of opinion, debate and fun coming on the

show. and the big question following the fallout of his column in the sun this week, should jeremy clarkson himself be cancelled ? out in the news be cancelled? out in the news agenda with my panel after the new york times called for the monarchy to be abolished, we asked what does the future hold for the family ? good evening. for the family? good evening. i'm alex deakin this is your latest weather update from the met office going to be a mild often blustery christmas weekend with some rain around spots by boxing day, it is going to turn colder once more. here's the bigger picture . low pressure bigger picture. low pressure dominating this weather front has made for a very wet today for some. and that rain now creeping its way steadily across scotland with cold air here. scotland with a cold air here. there be some the there will be some over the higher routes, in particular the a9 overnight rain through the central belt and that ease further south. few rain showers wales the midlands northern england many places for the south will be dry and clear. still quite gusty the winds out there through the night, perhaps easing further south, but generally a pretty mild night .

generally a pretty mild night. temperatures staying above freezing. be touch of freezing. it will be touch of frost, across the frost, perhaps across the northern hours and still some snow in morning northern snow in morning across northern scotland's could get down to low levels a time that tends to levels for a time that tends to ease off many places dry and bright on saturday, a fine christmas eve, but it will again turn quite windy and there will be showers through be showers developing through the ireland and the day for northern ireland and coming western areas coming into other western areas later. pretty mild, one double digits the majority even digits for the majority even though scotland 67 degrees a touch above average heavy showers then moving across scotland's parts northern england and wales during christmas eve night's the winds picking up as well as we head into christmas morning so it's going to be a blustery christmas . there will be rain showers with some brighter spells in between could see some more persistent right across the southeast for time christmas day and then we're looking at wetter weather coming into western scotland later on too. but i say in between there will be some spells and it will be pretty mild double figures for the

majority eight or nine across scotland and northern late in the day, the switch, we could see some snow showers in the northwest on christmas day . nice northwest on christmas day. nice cold up for all of us on boxing day with more snow showers . the day with more snow showers. the northwest where we do have a met office yellow warning in place .

by a well come to our festive friday and you so much for joining me tonight i'm neil fox and i am very excited to be looking after some of marc dolan shows over the christmas now in my big opinion at 9:00, it's been a rough start to christmas. but you know what? we'll get through it because we do. in the big question , the fallout to his big question, the fallout to his column , the sun this week about column, the sun this week about meghan markle . should jeremy meghan markle. should jeremy clarkson be ? and in the news

clarkson be? and in the news agenda with my panel after , the agenda with my panel after, the new york times called for the monarchy to be abolished. what does the future for our royal family plus, should you have favourite child dangerous ? and favourite child dangerous? and could you have a successful christmas with an ex? i'll see you after the headlines with bethany l.z. neal, thank you. good evening. i am bethany elsey with top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has apologised for christmas travel disruption as several sectors go on strike but he insists refusing negotiate on paye is the right thing in order to tackle high . border force staff tackle high. border force staff the latest to walk out their eight days of industrial action began today . military personnel began today. military personnel and volunteer hours from the civil service have been deployed to check passports affected airports. rishi soon access pubuc airports. rishi soon access public sector pay must be

controlled . first of all, i'm controlled. first of all, i'm really sad and disappoint about the disruption that is being caused so many people's lives at christmas time . what i'm trying 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 that the major economic challenge we face now is inflation. it's inflation eating everyone's pay eating into everyone's pay packets is rising. the cost of living . and i want to make sure living. and i want to make sure that we reduce inflation. part of responsible of that is being responsible when it to setting public when it comes to setting public sector health secretary sector pay. 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 royal college of nursing says , royal college of nursing says, the walkouts will go ahead unless the government opens negotiations over. pay a strike by ambulance workers in england and wales was planned for next wednesday, but it's been delayed the 11th of january. a woman , the 11th of january. a woman, two men have been killed , two men have been killed, several others injured after . a several others injured after. a gunman opened fire at a kurdish

centre in paris , prompting centre in paris, prompting violent protests protests . violent protests 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 french racially motivated. the french president called the incident a heinous attack . the kurdish heinous attack. the kurdish community. a nine year old man who was already known to police has been detained . it's has been detained. it's understood he allegedly attacked a migrant camp last year and police in the uk have released the first image of a woman he died after being hit by a police car in oldham. greater manchester police say 53 year old heather smedley was by the police car as it was chasing a suspected stolen vehicle . she suspected stolen vehicle. she was taken to hospital but died a short time later. her family say there will be a hole in their hearts forever . and the sun hearts forever. and the sun newspaper fpa hearts forever. and the sun newspaper epa has said it

regrets publishing a column by jeremy clarkson, which he discusses his hatred for the duchess of sussex. the independent press standards organise station received more than 20,000 complaints about the article. the sun has said it is sincerely sorry and mr. clarkson said , he would be more careful said, he would be more careful in future . you're up to date on in future. you're up to date on tv, online and dab plus radio. this is tv news. now let's get back to . back to. neil right then on mark dolan tonight with me , neil fox. in my big with me, neil fox. in my big opinion, 9:00, it's been a rough start christmas but we'll get through it because we always do . in the big question, following the fallout to his column in the sun this week, meghan markle. should jeremy be cancelled even though? he said sorry in the news with my panel after the york times called for the abolition of the monarchy. we

ask what the future hold for the royal family and plus, in slightly territory for all parents should have a favourite child and can you have a successful christmas with an axe? plus, we'll have tomorrow morning papers from 1030 before anyone else with full reaction as well. now, my brilliant panel tonight are entrepreneur, actress and reality star ashley actress and reality star ashley a horgan—wallace. we've got and commentator benedict and journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee . now i want to hear you jubilee. now i want to hear you throughout the show tonight , so throughout the show tonight, so let's get busy. gbv at gb news. duke we'll get to your emails when we can . so for the next 2 when we can. so for the next 2 hours big debates, big guests and always big opinions . so and always big opinions. so let's start with this . so it's let's start with this. so it's been rough start to christmas, but we'll through it. we always

do . good evening and welcome do. good evening and welcome along to some festive fox on friday. too many f's. all right . i'll be careful. it's christmas eve. eve. and normally we should already be full of festive cheer, ready to relax with our families , eat way too with our families, eat way too much and party or maybe a lot . much and party or maybe a lot. but this has not been a year, has it? in fact it's been a pretty crazy few years . so the pretty crazy few years. so the fact we have had such a run up to christmas this year makes it feel doubly . a cost of living feel doubly. a cost of living crisis. the war in ukraine. chaos in government with three different prime ministers just one year. the loss of longest reigning and hugely loved queen. and then add in the industrial action strikes and ensuing travel chaos over christmas. and it's fair to say it's been a rough start to the festive season. but, you know what? we're going to get through it because . we brits always do . because. we brits always do. now, i when i was a kid, i the winter of discontent and doing

my homework to candlelight . the my homework to candlelight. the army were collecting our rubbish and soldiers were manning the green goddesses in place of fire engines. but you know what? we got through it because we always do. now, my dear old mum sadly died last year at age 93, and before she passed she gave me a copy of a letter . she wrote her copy of a letter. she wrote her next door neighbours teenage girl who asked her to write a short paragraph , what it was short paragraph, what it was like living through war two. she actually ended up writing five pages of a4 . and i have to say pages of a4. and i have to say it made for fascinating reading. life was imaginatively tough and scary food was scarce and in very short supply. and course, too many people , sadly, never too many people, sadly, never came home. but through it all, there was an optimism and a shared sense of community that brought a nation together through those six long years. we'll get through it, they kept saying. and of that generation did . now we know at some point did. now we know at some point in future there will be consensus and hopefully deals be

done. they need to deals, of course, that both sides are happy with. otherwise, let's be honest , it's happy with. otherwise, let's be honest, it's just going to keep happening again and again people will stop striking and hopefully they will go back work. it's not good for them and it's not good for the public. this is a huge moment, of course. and our new pm's tough times pm's premiership tough times require tough leadership and hopefully some christmas common sense from all parties. but one thing i know we will get through this and we always do. and you know what we have a very merry christmas. mince pie anyone . now christmas. mince pie anyone. now let me know what you think . gb let me know what you think. gb news at gb news dot co gb views. gb news dot uk. news at gb news dot co gb views. gb news dot uk . i'll get your gb news dot uk. i'll get your emails after the break. now reacting to my big monologue tonight , my reacting to my big monologue tonight, my brilliant panel of

entrepreneur actress and reality star ashlyn horgan , political star ashlyn horgan, political commentator spence and journalist and broadcast star linda do. billy rights coming up in the news agenda sorry . sorry. in the news agenda sorry. sorry. hello there. lovely how are you? welcome. and happy christmas. if that's too not early, how are you guys tonight? is everyone good? you know, i remember seeing you week. yeah. so, yeah . so what do you think then? we're to through it, aren't we're to get through it, aren't we? course will. mean we? of course we will. i mean what is really to get what is there really to get through. it's a little bit more. it's very tough for a lot of people. but as said in, your people. but as you said in, your monologue, has way monologue, that has been way harder and like 20, 20, harder times and like 20, 20, didn't boris cancel christmas ? didn't boris cancel christmas? of course we're going to get through that's do. through it. that's what we do. benedict what do you views how do you sit on this the alternative to not getting through slightly through christmas is slightly too think say out too morbid. i think say out loud, you know, we're not to get through christmas is the well going to the odds going to come to an end the odds are that we will get through christmas. to be a christmas. i do tend to be a cynic about things, yes, i

cynic about things, but yes, i think likely that we think it very likely that we will get through christmas and that things will get slightly better that i've said better next. now that i've said that, course, government that, of course, the government probably economy probably set fire to the economy again. but knows? again. no, but but who knows? know one can only live in hope. linda, good evening. very to have evening. what have you on this evening. what are thoughts what's are your thoughts about what's going moment in the going on at the moment in the run christmas? well look, run up to christmas? well look, i think it's pretty dire time. and i think a lot of people are having incredibly difficult having and incredibly difficult time and i don't like time of it and i don't like heanng time of it and i don't like hearing about strikes all the time. it's a it's something that makes you very pessimistic makes you feel very pessimistic . the end of the day, . but at the end of the day, just mother wrote in just like your mother wrote in her letter you to be stoic her letter, you have to be stoic about these things. you absolutely have to be optimistic, and you have to keep your your game up because, well, as benedict says, what's the alternative at the end of the day, you got to keep cheerful . day, you got to keep cheerful. you've got to get that roast in the get mince pies down, get the get the mince pies down, get family around table and family around the table and start behaving like it's christmas because that's the only way forward . yeah, we're only way forward. yeah, we're allowed to hug each other now. so do you think i mean, partly

lovely thing about christmas and the run all spend far too the run up all spend far too much we too much we much we. we eat too much we dnnk much we. we eat too much we drink too much. all a drink too much. it's all a wonderful distraction , i guess, wonderful distraction, i guess, from a way what i call the from in a way what i call the real world out there at the moment. and is that a good thing i presume must be, because i presume it must be, because i guess what us through guess it's what gets us through to day the next week to the next day the next week and the next month. i think there's too much pressure buy there's too much pressure to buy gifts, if i'm honest. and i think that a lot of us feel under pressure to buy gifts that we could afford a few years ago. and i think when people realise that it's not about the gifts, it's about family coming it's just about family coming together and spending time, i think that's the really of christmas. this wonderful christmas. i saw this wonderful gift on whatsapp money expert website . martin lewis that's it. website. martin lewis that's it. thank you. and it's a cheque that you can printout and on that you can printout and on that cheque it says i promise to and you can write whatever you want so spend an hour , i don't want so spend an hour, i don't know, an hour a month helping with this activity or that activity , whatever it is that activity, whatever it is that you want to promise that your

time and your spending time with them, you don't have to spend money. it's not all about okay. as a matter have any of the any of you three changed your habits this year about maybe the kind of gifts you're buying. are you slightly more environmentally conscious are slightly more socially conscious? do you think about gifts you're buying you cut back this year. yeah i have because my son is he's working for an eco marketing company and i've gone out oh i, i was just about to say, but i've bought him some i'm doing this surprise . just go. just to take a bath. but i, but i do try and keep an eye on things like that and. i try and cook from scratch and, make an effort and prepare and. and, you know, my kids complained at me because they really to go out and really wanted me to go out and buy christmas tree. and at buy real christmas tree. and at the end of the day, i thought, do i'm going to go do you know what i'm going to go up attic and i'm going up into the attic and i'm going to get the same i've had for the last six years. i'm going to put that one out because no one had

to a tree so that to drop down a tree so that i could have a real one. my said, actually, it's the smell actually, it's just the smell i love. so just by scent to candles. so along to a candles. so i went along to a posh shop, but candle at the same price the trade oh, same price is the trade oh, they're not cheap. they smell good. so lovely, good. they smell so lovely, don't they? better in your opening comments, you made yourself little bit yourself a little bit like you're to be scrooge all you're going to be a scrooge all the great. maybe i've the christmas great. maybe i've you wrong, but how how's your christmas coming along far. i'm going to try and be a little bit contrarian , unlike these two contrarian, unlike these two here who sound very wholesome, like to very like they're going to have very happy . no, i'm not happy christmases. no, i'm not going to be environmentally friendly going to be friendly. i'm just going to be lazy buy any wrapping lazy and not buy any wrapping papen lazy and not buy any wrapping paper. with saving paper. nothing to do with saving trees. don't to i trees. i just don't to and i can't be bothered and. is it all about the absolutely. about the gifts? absolutely. yes, like a viking on yes, it is i'm like a viking on christmas through christmas morning. i go through everything. i don't have everything. and if i don't have exactly i want, there will exactly what i want, there will be a vengeance. will be terrible punishment for those did not punishment for those who did not get i want. and yes, in get me what i want. and yes, in those circumstances i can be rather but you rather scrooge like but you know, get that's an know, if you get me, that's an electric so, you know, the

electric set. so, you know, the lego, be fine, lego, everything will be fine, everything kosher. but everything will be kosher. but i will back next year for the will be back next year for the next part of the dingle. put it way big saver, so many so all the news obviously bethany the news obviously with bethany a on we saw the a bit earlier on we saw the prime minister rishi sunak talking obviously talking about he's obviously disappoint that there are strikes moment. this strikes on at the moment. this is big for in his is a pretty big for him in his premiership hasn't it? clearly he deal with the economy. he has to deal with the economy. he first came in because that an absolute at moment absolute freefall at that moment that looks like things have calmed the big calmed down is the next big challenge. think he's challenge. how do you think he's going deal with it and how do going to deal with it and how do you think over this christmas penod you think over this christmas period things are going move period things are going to move forward? think the can forward? well, i think the can i are so sorry i just went in there. i just think that is i said it last week , needs to put said it last week, needs to put his thatcher hat on and it seems like he's doing that. he he bend to every request. you just can't because then there's to be a knock on effect to the economy. so i think he's doing a good job of being quiet, strict and said, no , not going to happen . linda, no, not going to happen. linda, what do you think? i think he's got to engage genuinely. i think

it's really important. he communicates effectively with all the union leaders and at the moment the big complaint is that he's not getting around the table, engaging table, he's engaging and he's not acting like a leader. and that's going to be a real problem because we're less than two away by now, two years away now. by now, calculations another general election and if he carries election and think if he carries on this the on behaving this the conservatives are going to have a serious serious problem when it comes to encouraging voters into the ballot box because the only way a deal is ever going to be done, isn't it, with people sitting around a table actually knocking and knocking heads together and coming form coming with some form of compromise the way it compromise. so the only way it will happen and it's got to will ever happen and it's got to be one, i guess, that all parties are happy with to move forward. otherwise it just happens again and again and again, the again, doesn't it, down the line. but if he just line. yeah, but if, if he just agreeing know something agreeing to know something that's to everyone that's going to make everyone happy, happen happy, it's going to happen again next year regardless. i think made a bit a rod think he's made a bit of a rod for his own back and that he's already come to the table with one of the society, with one section of the society, with the criminal bar association, with he's already

with the lawyers. he's already come done deal with come and he's done a deal with them. deal, actually, not them. a good deal, actually, not what wanted. done what they wanted. he has done that. but course that was that. but of course that was because in cases because know in some cases trials were being pushed back three years. know, you can't three years. you know, you can't have and rapists have not. and rapists and thieves, of awaiting thieves, you sort of awaiting trial years. so that trial for three years. so that had done. the second had to be done. but the second of that one is done then of course, that one is done then more will to be done in the future. what i think mr. sunak is and i do think it's is doing and i do think it's quite smart, is holding off for as as he because as long as he can because there's of sympathy, for there's a lot of sympathy, for example, the nurses and the example, for the nurses and the ambulance drivers, a lot of for them a lot i think for them a lot less, i think for example, staff or border example, rail staff or border force what is force personnel. what wants is force personnel. what wants is for strikes, you for all of these strikes, you sympathy the nurses to be sympathy for the nurses to be sort of caught up with the lack of sympathy perhaps other striking the striking workers and then in the new come to the table new year they come to the table and they offer them and they will offer them a decent deal, not exactly what they they offer they want, but they will offer them and there will be, i them a deal and there will be, i think, increased at think, increased pressure at that especially if it has that point, especially if it has been a difficult christmas penod been a difficult christmas period amongst nhs staff, for example, what the example, to agree to what the government puts of government and puts in front of them because of public them because a lot of public support is there the

support that is there at the moment perhaps waned. of moment perhaps has waned. of course is everybody course the idea is everybody going strike, not just going on strike, not just the nurses, ambulance drivers, nurses, the ambulance drivers, benedict linda ashley. benedict and linda and ashley. and very much. we and thank you very much. now we will to you, will be coming back to you, obviously, the show. obviously, during the show. coming up in the news agenda, my panel will talking about the panel will be talking about the new call the new york times call for the monarchy abolished. we monarchy to be abolished. we asked, does hold asked, what does the future hold the family for next? in the royal family for next? in the royal family for next? in the big question, should jeremy clark sorry? jeremy clarkson clark be sorry? jeremy clarkson cancelled, right? get your cattle on or something stronger . i'll see you back here .

in three. hello there . welcome back to hello there. welcome back to your festive friday. i hope you are having a nice evening. you very much for joining are having a nice evening. you very much forjoining me. i'm neil looking after things from mark dolan tonight some great emails coming in. thank very emails coming in. thank you very much as talk about dogs much indeed. as talk about dogs and all goes bonkers so let's go with a few here andy says can a

petition be started for a gp dog to be provided for patrick and all the staff of the studio? my border terriers. norman and stanley would love it as they gb news to a matilda this kind of petition also be started to make sure patrick can have a dog in the office. he can't take his hamster walks. well, he hamster for walks. well, he could, but look stupid , let's could, but look stupid, let's be honest. the boss there honest. but with the boss there at least allow him bring his at least allow him to bring his hamster to in work while deciding dog decision a lot more dog news and emails coming in. thank you very much indeed in good was it and talking about trying to stop a housing development on green belt near her land in surrey and there are lots of these similar situations around the country. john says we do not need more houses . we've do not need more houses. we've got an immigration crisis that must be cured. we are told our population is not growing. oh, go. if control immigration, we do not need houses . doug says we do not need houses. doug says we should not go mad on expensive area killing housebuilding . we area killing housebuilding. we need to go up, not sideways .

need to go up, not sideways. lots coming in about music, but we're going to talk more about christmas music a little bit later on after 10:00. and i got to you before we've even started talking about this. oh, my goodness. talking about this. oh, my goodness . we have got some goodness. we have got some reaction for about jeremy reaction for you about jeremy clarkson . so it's time for this clarkson. so it's time for this this . so time for clarkson. so it's time for this this. so time for the clarkson. so it's time for this this . so time for the big this. so time for the big question in which we tackle a major new of the day. now, tonight the sun have apologised now for publishing jeremy clarkson's column . meghan markle clarkson's column. meghan markle which broken all watchdog record as the independent press standards organisation , received standards organisation, received over 79,000 complaints about the article in clarkson said he dreams the day when meghan markle is made to parade naked through the streets while crowds throw lumps of ex—kgb at her. now, the sun says . the article now, the sun says. the article has been removed from their website and archives and clarkson too has apologised and said he was horrified to have

caused so much hurt. but people still angry at his comments. so should jeremy clarkson be cancelled ? there's the big cancelled? there's the big question to discuss this. i'm delighted to be joined by writer and research fellow at the bow group, benjamin loughnane and author and journalist rebecca reid. so benjamin, welcome along very to have you on. simple question should jeremy clarkson be cancelled cancelled ? no, i be cancelled cancelled? no, i think like it was a joke . it's think like it was a joke. it's very clearly a joke. but i say if the joke is more offensive, it is funny then it's not funny. probably tell it, but that's no reason to call for someone to be put in prison. i mean, there are people on twitter literally saying this a hate crime and saying this is a hate crime and jeremy clarkson should locked up and should never work again. and i that's obviously a bit i think that's obviously a bit too say that the too far. you can say that the joke wasn't funny and he shouldn't told but shouldn't have told it, but think also turning around and saying that the should not have published that's published it as that's that's ludicrous . many newspapers ludicrous. many newspapers published things which

published many things which aren't funny and which makes that's part of journalism . that's the part of journalism. you know it's up to the reader to decide whether like it to decide whether they like it or and to decide if they or not and to decide if they find the paper or not on the bafis find the paper or not on the basis of what they do and do not like. i agree with like. i think i agree with saying we need to imprison and ruin career really get ruin his career and really get rid sound of the paper rid of sound of the paper altogether . you know, typical of altogether. you know, typical of this bloodthirsty mentality this bloodthirsty mob mentality where slightest thing goes against , where slightest thing goes against, common decency , the new against, common decency, the new morality and mob starts up . all morality and mob starts up. all right, benjamin . well, look, right, benjamin. well, look, rebecca, i've got a funny feeling you're not going to entirely with that point of view so what do you think then? firstly about the article and about jeremy clarkson and this whole idea of cancelling people? i hate it i have to be honest people can be reprimanded but they should. this whole cancelling culture has gone slightly what do you feel slightly crazy. what do you feel though, about the article and amount complaints it got ? i amount of complaints it got? i didn't the article didn't like the article personally. i thought it was misjudged because in order to

understand that it was a you needed to have watched a specific episode of game of thrones and actually, as a writer, i don't feel like you're doing your job. if somebody to have watched a specific episode of a tv show to be able to understand the jokes you're making , i understand the jokes you're making, i would agree that he shouldn't be thrown in prison, shouldn't be thrown in prison, shouldn't his home. he shouldn't lose his home. he shouldn't lose his home. he shouldn't be burned at the stake . and issue of cancel . and the issue of cancel culture is that we burn very and very fast. so you get angry and it's anybody can talk about for a week and, then forget about it. it's the same thing that happened when he punched that tv producer. and actually, we would do , be moderated, do better, be more moderated, a more moderate in our anger and then talk about why does this happen ? why is the state of happen? why is the state of journalism such that people need to say such provocative things in to get attention ? in order to get attention? that's a productive discussion . that's a productive discussion. yeah.i that's a productive discussion. yeah. i mean, i have the first two episodes, obviously , harry two episodes, obviously, harry and meghan's netflix series and ihave and meghan's netflix series and i have , to be honest, in the i have, to be honest, in the first two, i thought they came

across very nicely, but i know after that things changed and obviously the content got more provocative , it has to be said. provocative, it has to be said. firstly you seen the have you seen the series yourself? benjamin have you watched all six? no, i've done everything i possibly can to avoid watching it. i've heard their side , their it. i've heard their side, their story already. and i think giving it any more attention, air time, which i think was part of the jp was he was of the jp was making he was saying i lie awake at night worrying this, but was worrying about this, but was actually saying was i don't actually saying was i don't actually about these actually care about these people. want us to care so people. they want us to care so much about them . he he much about them. so he was he was exaggerating amount we was exaggerating the amount we care. think people in care. but i think most people in this just a bit this are actually just a bit bored them don't want to bored of them and don't want to be them. get back to be exposed them. get back to rebecca's point about how you can't make a reference in case people get well, then people don't get it. well, then that can't make any that means you can't make any references all. jarvis we references at all. in jarvis we call it literary references. you can't references. can't cultural references. you can't cultural references. you can't kind can't make any kind of references at because references at all because someone might not understand the reference and offended as reference and get offended as far references get it some far as references get it some obscure one. game of thrones is

one the most popular shows in one of the most popular shows in the current time . i mean the in the current time. i mean a lot of people will get that reference. have you reference. rebecca, have you watched the series. as a matter of fact, the maximum harry series. yeah. yes, i watched all six because i'm a messy who loves drama and i love them and i enjoyed and they are ridiculous and it's like wallace and edward all over again . but i and edward all over again. but i also watch the kardashians . i'm also watch the kardashians. i'm not watching this because i love great art. i'm watching it because i love watching other people's families tower each other just respond other apart. and just to respond to the point about references, i just think good writing means that you shouldn't your reader alienated and you a very significant of people who read this column want able to understand that this wasn't like a weird fantasy. jeremy clarkson was hopping it was a specific allusion to something that happened and clearly it wasn't delivered with the right mechanism to understand people understand it and i always take view as a writer that if a very large portion of people who read

my piece were upset by it, and that happens to me a lot, that's on me , haven't done job on me, haven't done my job properly. i haven't delivered it clearly enough . okay, benjamin, clearly enough. okay, benjamin, just a thought here. i mean, you said obviously he in his article, he's making reference. he's them. he he's had enough of them. he doesn't care a monkey's doesn't really care a monkey's about meghan and harry. and yet, of he devoted an of course he has devoted an entire article about them because . he knows by being because. he knows by being deliberately provocative it is going to get inches and it will be read and it will be talked about. i mean on this occasion, do you not think to be he just went too far. it wasn't funny. yeah is one he got wrong. i mean i'm a huge jeremy clarkson fan i think he does. he's very funny, very witty, very clever on this one. i thought some of the language he use, not funny, not pleasant, actually. pretty unpleasant to and just unpleasant to fair. and he just misjudged it all. as i said earlier, i think it could be as offensive as you want as long as you're more funny than offensive, you get away with it. but it just wasn't that funny that was the problem. it was

quite kind of cheap rhetoric and not particularly comical. so there wasn't many humorous elements going into it. it was just a bit gratuitous. so i think people didn't find it particularly funny . so they particularly funny. so they focussed on the offensive thing, but in terms of the references to i mean, it's not the job of a writer to spoon feed to the reader every little tiny of every tiny bit of reference. you have to trust that your readers can go away and do their own research if they don't get reference and if they don't happen to not get a reference, they even have a right to turn around and find at the stake and ruin your try and ruin your career. try and preserve. it's preserve. i think it's absolutely ludicrous. you know, we to little more we need to a little bit more responsibility readers responsibility on readers actually research actually do their research before react in such a quick and aggressive way to one tiny little thing that piece of offence that they've rooted of an article and then they sat around and cool go to prison. i mean people were literally calling for the man to go to prison instead of doing some research into a very popular cultural reference . but let's be

cultural reference. but let's be honest, these are people who social media a lot. i mean, some of the stuff you read on social media is insane, be honest sometimes and very easy to sometimes and it's very easy to sit and just type all sit there and just type all kinds of nonsense . not really. kinds of nonsense. not really. i mean, actually sat in mean, if you actually sat in front of jeremy clarkson or whoever people are normally saying never saying stuff again, they never would very easy would would. it's very easy think on social media to do that. of the problems to be that. one of the problems to be fair, accomplished fair, he's a very accomplished journalist disney. and i was going to say rebecca, what do you should now ? the you think should happen now? the sun even to sun have apologised even to jeremy kind of apologised for saying i didn't realise it was going cause so much offence. going to cause so much offence. i kind think he knew was i kind of think he knew it was but not quite much as it's probably caused feelings not knowing what . there's no way knowing what. there's no way that he that knew the extent. i think the jeremy has done some fantastic stuff for the farming community in last couple of years and honestly i would say that that's where he's most useful now. i would say in terms the outrage more generally , i the outrage more generally, i have a personal rule and i apply

this to people on the left and on the right if the exact same photograph of a portion , an photograph of a portion, an article is doing the rounds online, that means that the people sharing it haven't read the article . that is one the article. that is one photograph and not as in this case there is only one photograph. that's doing the rounds. because the people who are angry about it don't read the sun and that means that he hasn't angered readers. hasn't angered his readers. hacking the on twitter hacking the people on twitter and very different and that is a very different problem would always say problem. so i would always say if really upset about if you're really upset about something, to shop, you something, go to the shop, you know, buy it, but read the know, to buy it, but read the newspaper in shop or buy newspaper in shop or buy newspaper and then use it for but read the full article first. because sometimes things out of context. jeremy personally , i context. jeremy personally, i probably have a quiet christmas , maybe some. meghan markle an apology note and focus on the farming cause that's why he's really useful . and benjamin, really useful. and benjamin, your thoughts on i mean the sun said it's sorry that it ever published the article i mean clearly they they have great editorial team there they are one of our institutions they knew full well what they were

unleashing but obviously unleashing, but obviously they had the backlash had no idea what the backlash be. do you make their be. what do you make their apology? well all well and good saying it's just crazy. people twitter who get outraged at this. but know if the sun have actually apologised. clearly those crazy people twitter those crazy people on twitter have of influence have quite a bit of influence and. we can't let people do this to you. you can't let a light of very easily offended people pressure major papers into for articles which effectively just articles which effectively just a clumsy joke didn't land properly. i mean when you when you get to that extent really does threaten free speech know this probably isn't a free speech issue but there is a free speech issue but there is a free speech or broader free speech issue in terms of other articles, what is it that editors now going to be too reticent to commission or to pubush reticent to commission or to publish because they know, oh, what if twitter respond in a certain way and we to issue apologies and retractions because we're too cowardly to defend our writers. i mean this is there is real serious is a there is a real serious threat from these sorts of things. and obviously it's a stupid issue. this particular

issue isn't the same as serious journalism, but i do the culture that's been developing , twitter, that's been developing, twitter, being able to demand apologies from newspapers is completely backwards. we shouldn't allow these people because twitter is not a real place. it's lie to people who behave differently, differently to how they would in real life if they were confronted. these people in the street, in person they wouldn't be saying the same things . they be saying the same things. they wouldn't screaming and wouldn't be screaming and shouting same. it's shouting in the same. it's something being behind the something about being behind the keyboard, behind screen, with that sort of set from reality makes people into complete tyrants . yeah, i know that is tyrants. yeah, i know that is the power of social media. i think actually one that we all, all three of us agree on, even though might be on slightly different sides of this story. but thank very much indeed to the you. wish you both the pair of you. i wish you both very christmas. research very lovely christmas. research fellow bell group, fellow at the bell group, benjamin , author benjamin locklin, author and journalist thank journalist rebecca reid. thank for on the show. much for being on the show. much appreciated . have good appreciated. have a good evening. well coming up, we got

the papers at 1030 with full panel reaction . and also next panel reaction. and also next up, the new york times have called for the monarchy to be abolished. seriously we asked, what does the future hold for the royal family .

hello welcome back to friday night. i hope having a very nice one. joining throughout the show is my old star panel. we got entrepreneur, actress and reality star ashlyn horgan wallace. we got writer and commentator benedict spence and commentator benedict spence and we journalist and broadcaster linda do billy right. well, come along. it's nice to have you all here. and identity . i nice to have you all here. and identity. i have nice to have you all here. and identity . i have to say one identity. i have to say one thing. you know, during lockdown i remember seeing you a lot on tv a very strange tv with a very strange moustache. yes thank god. like you're girl. so you know, i'll you're a girl. so you know, i'll see you now. you're got going away, are you ? i go to mexico.

away, are you? i go to mexico. it's okay now. okay what? we had an awful lot of emails have to say. come in. as you can imagine about the harry and meghan and jeremy clarkson debate was going on a moment ago are now keeping on a moment ago are now keeping on the royal fame course it's fair to say that this year has been pretty difficult one for the monarchy after the passing of the late queen. we've got race rules at, the palace and of course, harry and meghan with their netflix show it and none of it looks like it's going to end soon. all of this has raised questions as to whether the monarchy has a future with a recent headline in the new york times is time to times reading is it time to aboush times reading is it time to abolish the monarchy? so tonight, has the tonight, we ask, has the monarchy got a bright future or ? is it something that's now on the decline . so, linda , the decline. so, linda, sometimes i get a bit tired of the new york times bashing this drum. i really , really do. at drum. i really, really do. at the end day , are they to the end of the day, are they to ask whether we should get rid of monarchy? it's extraordinary isn't is. mean, at the isn't it? it is. i mean, at the end day, we've got a end of the day, we've got a monarchy. to take care monarchy. we need to take care

of we need to be very about of it. we need to be very about how we engage with the media, because businesses and because actually businesses and i a few moments ago i were talking a few moments ago before we came on air there be a problem with the royal family opening little too opening door a little bit too wide, many decade wide, to the media. many decade ago. and now it's getting wider and wider and wider and it's hard to control . and that's one hard to control. and that's one thing that did come out in the netflix documentary and i'm kind of aware of it as a journalist. don't think the general public will be aware of this kind of tacit agreement, the comms people palace and media people in the palace and media people in the palace and media people about how the whole is handled i think surprised handled that i think surprised people and is the kind of thing that weakens the monarchy. yeah, because the one thing that really stood out to me first really stood out to me the first two episodes watching of that was kind. forget very was a new kind. forget very quickly, but know when harry was at and he came out one day and there wasn't just a lot of journalists. i mean, there were hundreds . journalists. i mean, there were hundreds. there's like the world's press outside . and you world's press outside. and you think 14 or 15 years of age and you go, i know you are the you go, gee, i know you are the prince of england, that. but

prince of england, all that. but still, as young man, do you need that? i think absolutely that? and i think absolutely right. do we need i remember remember years when did remember years ago when they did the knockout, the it's a knockout, which became fiasco, it was became a fiasco, but it was their sort of first attempt to try little bit more try and be a little bit more pubuc try and be a little bit more public facing and a bit more public facing and be a bit more open started and that one obviously went badly wrong. so benedick, sit on benedick, where do you sit on this? obviously we do this? i mean, obviously we do love monarchy. i don't feel love our monarchy. i don't feel that strongly about it. i'm not not sort of i'm not sort of against it or anything like that. i tend to view the monarchy very much through through the of it saves us through the prism of it saves us from president liz truss from having president liz truss or johnson or president johnson or president blair and. i'm president tony blair and. i'm fully board with that because fully on board with that because . our politicians . the calibre of our politicians is even worse than the calibre of our royals. so i thank the lord that we are we are saved. that misfortune. i do think that it's probably on the decline simply because i don't think that there are that people prepared to fight for it possibly because will feel possibly because they will feel i that strongly i mean not that strongly about it. people who are it. even those people who are royalists sort of royalist royalists are sort of royalist and the same with a lot of

people are members of the church of they might have a of england. they might have a lot the traditions perhaps lot of the traditions or perhaps were they were were baptised when they were young, not a young, but it's not really a central their lives, you central part of their lives, you know. the subject of new know. on the subject of the new york times running, a piece saying monarchy should saying that the monarchy should be the first thing be abolished, the first thing you need is the new you need to remember is the new york times, the paper the us york times, the paper of the us elite and america is in the business of regime around business of regime change around the hasn't overthrown the world and hasn't overthrown a in some time. a government in some time. so obviously they're getting and getting but we getting it to be. yeah, but we also need to remember a also we need to remember a couple it's not couple of things. it's not a british paper. it shouldn't really be for british look really be for british don't look we la repubblica or we don't read la repubblica or corera we tend to corera because we don't tend to speak we only read speak the same. we only read this because it's this newspaper because it's retweeted people retweeted by, you know, people in in the anglosphere. it doesn't necessarily matter. the other remember is they other thing to remember is they do this very deliberately because know that rolls us because know that it rolls us up. that we retweet up. they know that we retweet the articles that we read them and it gets traffic of. and that it gets traffic all of. this is massive effort to this is a massive effort to increase to increase increase traffic, to increase advertising revenue. if you advertising revenue. so if you don't what the new don't like what the new york times say, very simple. times to say, it's very simple. don't read it. don't click on it. exactly. you can't even buy

it. exactly. you can't even buy it newsstands. so it on most newsstands. so enough, it having of enough, is it having any kind of impact in your life? let them overthrow el, overthrow the government of el, let them criticise, you know, russia's administration. that's fine. they fine. let them do what they want. they do. want. that's they do. it's nothing do us it's the nothing to do with us it's the royal family. clearly i would be very interested in position right now . you know, queen right now. you know, queen elizabeth ii died a longest ever . and you can see the outpouring in a way of love and respect for and everything she did in those 70 years was actually quite overwhelming. i thought not here. but around the world, people could feel it. so now we've got king charles in and so and now he has to try and establish himself. what kind of king kind of monarchy and what kind monarchy are we going to kind of monarchy are we going to have? so actually, to start, what think of the what do you think of the monarchy? the monarchy? oh, i love the monarchy? oh, i love the monarchy . and who in new york monarchy. and who in new york like you said in new york times, to dictate to us what their feelings are? we're not monarchy. they don't have one. but you them as people or but you love them as people or do you them as an do you love them as an institution. i think there's been as an institution.

been a show as an institution. yeah. well, i love the queen i don't a problem king don't have a problem with king charles he's got charles unless he's got a problem with me. maybe i you know, i think. okay, that yeah, yeah. mean , are some other yeah. i mean, are some other really dubious characters . i really dubious characters. i think that it needs to slim philip be slimmed down a lot, which is what they're talking about now, is actually king charles royal history is full of dubious characters. what dubious characters. that's what makes is princes makes exciting, is princes backstabbing and raising backstabbing each and raising armies. france . i want to see armies. in france. i want to see more of it. i mean wasn't it? well, i mean, you say that there i just didn't get into the problem. but i mean, you at our history look at, you know what we've had. exactly. unbelievable really, it any couple of really, it was any couple of years the sunday times years ago that the sunday times described buckingham palace being the wolf being almost the same as wolf hall, the of the famous hall, the name of the famous book , hilary mantel, the book, hilary mantel, about the court of henry the eight. and actually in 400 years not that much has changed. i mean this is a thousand year old monarchy. how have they stayed top of the heap for so long? it's by being very, very disciplined on occasion really quite ruthless.

yeah that's they are where they are i think they all you need to say actually monarchies around the world that are quite ruthless even we don't ruthless, even the ones we don't necessarily those are to ruthless, even the ones we don't ne

queen's death did show us and what the funeral did show us is that the tremendous that the, the tremendous compassion by the compassion shown the by the pageantry , the ceremony the pageantry, the ceremony and the seriousness was incredibly resonant around the world. exactly. and that's what that's what our monarchy stands , but what our monarchy stands, but it's also what we do as a nation. well, the other ones do not know. i mean, i guess this entire article in, the new york times is really stemmed. the outburst and all the hoo ha around harry and meghan. well, because american is and i work with a couple of them a very, very pro—american, they are going to support that end of the argument. do you think it will harm the monarchy at all. they say no, no, make no difference at the needle won't make at all. the needle won't make any difference. no. do over the series. cnn and series. do you think the cnn and any channel is there's not enough it? mean, i was enough in it? i mean, i was quite surprised. i've watched all i think this all six episodes. i think this the kind of access the tacit, unspoken agreement between the palace and the media might surprise people. i think the of meghan in some of that hateful really did surprise and it surprised many a deeply

unpleasant it was deeply deeply unpleasant it was deeply deeply unpleasant but i absolutely don't think the netflix documentary make series will make much of a difference nor do i think that harry's book in january will make much difference either. i think it will blow over. yeah but we'll all read it . will blow over. yeah but we'll all read it. it'll be fine. and then we'll be back about it all over again. no doubt . sure we over again. no doubt. sure we will. right. coming in the next houn will. right. coming in the next hour. in my take ten. why the power of music is so important. it's been part of my life so long and we all love it. a though at christmas time . plus though at christmas time. plus tomorrow morning's front pages at 30 with full panel reaction to what's on the front page . i to what's on the front page. i think we know what that's going to be for next. we reflect on an eventful year in politics. we'll see you .

in three. welcome back to your friday nights . my goodness, you have nights. my goodness, you have been very busy . the emails.

been very busy. the emails. thank you very much indeed . jb thank you very much indeed. jb views at jb dot uk if you want to get involved. thank you. let's a few out shabana. good shabana. what have the americans to do with the british royal family new york times and the rest needs a bite out of matters that doesn't concern them. they have their own royal and harry and meghan focus them and leave us alone. sue says the new york times needs to keep its nose out of british business. what has our monarchy got to do with them? it's our monarchy and we love it and royal love both it and the royal family. says one it family. adrian says one it matter those communist matter what those communist think. don't you on think. now, don't you sit on that fence. tell us what you that fence. you tell us what you think, it's end. it's think, right? it's the end. it's the new times that should think, right? it's the end. it's th

people jeremy people who read jeremy clarkson's column and expected a sermon . david says he should not sermon. david says he should not be cancelled, actually. bizarrely i think i of all we all agreed there is no way he should be cancelled. a wrap on the rest. he said sorry. they said sorry. hopefully that will be end of the matter. but be the end of the matter. but i do think he probably what he was writing. a clever man. writing. he's a clever man. susan says no. leave jeremy. cancel meghan harry. cancel meghan and harry. everyone's victim everyone's sick of their victim culture. they need a shake up. one last one here, stuart says. okay 20,000 people without a sense of humour complained about what he said . sense of humour complained about what he said. but sense of humour complained about what he said . but how many sense of humour complained about what he said. but how many had no concerns with what he said? possibly all those didn't scream and shout and just accepted it for what it was. it had humour. anyway, stuart, thank you for all your different views. keep them in views at gb them coming in gb views at gb news dot uk . now 2022 has been news dot uk. now 2022 has been a year of ups and for the nation's leading political with truss and johnson both losing power. starmer's labour surging ahead

in the polls d.j raina rocking the decks and hancock eating jungle critters slightly . has it jungle critters slightly. has it just been one off crazy british politics or brand politician? something that's here to stay , something that's here to stay, thereby changing the political landscape forever? i not to discuss this with me as johnson's former adviser corvair ranger koval . well, come along. ranger koval. well, come along. how are you. nice to have you on the show tonight. thank you . the show tonight. thank you. delighted to share the airwaves with you. a legendary figure i grew up to vinyl out a number of years. well, tonight i did also exist in the cd era as well . so exist in the cd era as well. so thank you. but i look and i know you're not going be sort of overly right biased here. we're just going to talk as politicians in having worked in the inner sanctum with boris johnson . all all this sort of johnson. all all this sort of branded politicians . johnson. all all this sort of branded politicians. is this the way now of the future ? i guess way now of the future? i guess we saw it firstly in many

respects. well, actually, i think we saw it with tony blair to start with before johnson. i an american, we saw it with jfk all those years ago really creating a kind of brand of leadership. but nowadays is this the way to go? are they being totally a way designed and shaped by what people are saying about them on social media? well, you mentioned two major political figures that jfk, tony, but we do have to differentiate that we have not presidential system so us politics is different it does focus in the president very much as an individual in the uk in britain politics has been party politics. but over the last few decades , as you quite rightly decades, as you quite rightly pointed out, especially since tony is it has started to focus more and more leadership and the individ . now, partly that's due individ. now, partly that's due because tony blair coincided with 24 hour rolling news emerging as well, and content is required . people are focusing in required. people are focusing in more on political figures , who more on political figures, who they are, what they are, what their interests and the

disinfectant of scrutiny becomes and all that more intense when newspapers and tv are looking to fill the airwaves. but we've seen it also now and exponentially over last few years with social it can't be ignored . but twitter all the ignored. but twitter all the social media channels , the kind social media channels, the kind of generation of interest and challenge and noise that it generates is more intrusive, it's more personal. generates is more intrusive, it's more personal . and it does it's more personal. and it does examine politicians even more so those even those flaws, large flaws, the cracks they all have become more that much more magnified and that much more part of our lives and the narrative around it . can i ask narrative around it. can i ask you one question to cover? because it seems to me that the more that we in a way the i hate to say the word like celebrities, but like any other famous figure out there , the famous figure out there, the more in a way they find it hard to actually as a proper politician . is it getting in the politician. is it getting in the way of people doing their job.

it i think probably what's happening is that the role of the politician evolving. it used to be said that politics was celebrity for ugly people. well you know, we see a lot of politicians . we see a lot of it, politicians. we see a lot of it, but it's no longer think they're merging into figures in our lives we hear so much more about and all groundedness. lives we hear so much more about and all groundedness . and you and all groundedness. and you mentioned angela rayner in the interim touch on a few of them, but even her story has become quite the conversation section this year. i think actually she's had a tremendous year as a politician. think she's grown in stature. i think a number of things have been about her things have been said about her personal background . we know her personal background. we know her backstory single mother, backstory as a single mother, but a number of ways that she's described herself. language described herself. her language , her approach may not be to the taste . most or a lot of taste. most people or a lot of people there is an audience that she is a voice and she's she is a voice for and she's resonating with them. and she's also engaging with them through different channels , either different channels, either through mainstream media or be that through social media. going out there and being, as you

mentioned. we have mentioned. but then we have others you people like others, you know, people like matt who are leaving matt hancock, who are leaving the political stage. but whereas former politicians sort of step away and go into corporate life , something matt now , something matt hancock's now part of reality tv and has a book coming out and would be probably sort evolving into a probably sort of evolving into a different kind of figure . but we different kind of figure. but we will still probably see commentating on politics if not play commentating on politics if not play the daily part of it. so we're seeing a real transition of what it means to be a modern day politician. very quickly , day politician. very quickly, thoughts on sir keir starmer and how he needs to evolve or is evolving as a as a sort of brand 7 evolving as a as a sort of brand ? yes. i think sir keir starmer really does need to do something because he has it where his party lifted in the polls dramatically . and we all know dramatically. and we all know that. but he's been he's been lifted by a rising rather than more anything. he's done dramatically himself. he is slowly making the party more party of a government in waiting that that cannot be denied because of what the have done

over the last two month. but he needs to do more. he needs to really demonstrate his leadership style. so that people can understand who he is and what he is. and i think from that, he can take it. i'm going to have to cut you off, but thank you so much.

i'm it's mark dolan tonight with me. neil and coming up this hour in, my take a turn by the power of music is so very important especially a christmas . the especially a christmas. the british tech company who are prescribed as medicine. plus tomorrow morning's front pages at 1030 sharp with full panel reaction and in the news agenda should you have a favourite child and can you have a successful christmas with an x? but first, the headlines with bethany ellzey . neil you. good

bethany ellzey. neil you. good evening. i am bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has apologised for christmas travel disruption as several public sectors go on strike , but he sectors go on strike, but he insists refusing negotiate on paye is the right thing. in order to tackle high inflation . order to tackle high inflation. border force staff are the latest to walk out their eight days of industrial action began today military personnel and from the civil service have been deployed to check passports affected airports . rishi sunak affected airports. rishi sunak says public sector pay must be controlled sat on about the disruption that has been caused so many people as lives particularly at christmas time. what i'm trying to do is make the right long term decisions for the country, everybody's benefit. and i think we all that the major economic challenge all face now is inflation it's inflation that's eating into everyone's packets is everyone's pay packets is rising. the cost of living . and

rising. the cost of living. and i want to make sure that we reduce inflation of that is being responsible when comes being responsible when it comes to sector pay. to setting public sector pay. the secretary has called the health secretary has called the newly announced strikes by nurses on the 18th and 19th of january disappoint and says there are no one's best interests . the royal college of interests. the royal college of nursing the walkouts will go ahead unless the government opens up new associations on pay . a strike by ambulance workers in and wales planned for next wednesday , has been delayed wednesday, has been delayed until the 11th of january. a woman and two men have been killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at a kurdish community centre in paris . protesters with centre in paris. protesters with police near to where the incident took place expressing anger. incident took place expressing anger . the attack which anger. the attack which authorities believe could be racially motivated . the french racially motivated. the french president, emmanuel macron, called the incident a heinous attack on the kurdish community.

a 69 year old man who was already known police has been detained . the us congress has detained. the us congress has passed a £37 billion emergency aid bill for ukraine in the record military funding . record military funding. president volodymyr zelenskyy visit to washington on wednesday it was his first foreign trip since the start of russia's invasion. the bill, which passed only hours before the midnight deadune only hours before the midnight deadline , was hotly contested by deadline, was hotly contested by conservative republicans who raised about the level of us support for ukraine. but earlier this week, president joe biden says americans would stand with the ukrainian for as long as it takes and the sunnis paper has said it regrets publishing a column by jeremy clarkson in which he discusses his hatred for the duchess of sussex . the for the duchess of sussex. the independent press standards organisation reveal receive more than 20,000 complaints about the article . the sun has said it article. the sun has said it sincerely sorry. and mr. clarkson said he'd be more careful in future . europe date

careful in future. europe date on tv, online and tv plus radio. this is tv news now get back to. nei right. welcome to your friday night. it's mark dolan tonight with me, neil fox and in the news agenda with my panel . you news agenda with my panel. you have a favourite child and can you have a successful christmas with an x plus we'll have tomorrow morning's papers from 1030 sharp with four panel reaction now my brilliant panel tonight are entrepreneur, actress and reality star ashley ann horgan—wallace . we've got ann horgan—wallace. we've got writer and commentator spence and journalist and broadcaster linda do . now, i do want to hear linda do. now, i do want to hear from you throughout the show you've been brilliant so far this friday night. please get involved to give views out at gb news don't uk. well get your

emails little bit later when we can so for the next hour, big debates, big guests and always big opinions. debates, big guests and always big opinions . but first my take. big opinions. but first my take. at differentiates our wonderful nafion differentiates our wonderful nation from the rest of the world is our sleight obsession about who claims the christmas number one spot in the charts from bing crosby and andy williams to slade wizard, wham, elton and queen, shakin stevens and boney m to mariah carey and of course, that entire michael bublé of course, that entire michael buble christmas album, the list goes on and on and gets played on what seems , like a constant on what seems, like a constant loop on every radio station across the nation . can you across the nation. can you imagine, though, christmas without them? it just would not be the same. the charts 70 years old this year means we've had 70 christmas number ones for 12 years. only pepsi . i had the years. only pepsi. i had the great pleasure of revealing them. and talking to the artists

who had them year by year then a few years, which we call the x factor years, we had the x factor years, we had the x factor always claiming the top . factor always claiming the top. it became a bit too inevitable . it became a bit too inevitable. and so there was a backlash a new phenomenon started a campaigns to make sure they didn't win with songs being released stopped simon cowell's latest project is from succeeding . it started with rage succeeding. it started with rage against the machine, and for the last five years, a band called ladbaby have done well done them, of course , that's more them, of course, that's more than the beatles. just for the record. but let's be honest, i can never see them becoming of our perennial christmas favourites . music is our perennial christmas favourites. music is magical and it's powerful as we will hear more about in just a few minutes. and although we are slightly with our christmas number one's , all those number one's, all those christmas classics are , a bit christmas classics are, a bit like old friends, aren't they ? like old friends, aren't they? we love them and without doubt they help change our moods. we love them and without doubt they help change our moods . and they help change our moods. and in the run up to christmas have had this year. boy do we need

them now . jingle bells . all them now. jingle bells. all right, let me know what you think. maybe your favourite christmas song just for a bit of light—hearted friday festive fun .jb light—hearted friday festive fun . jb views at light—hearted friday festive fun .jb views at jb light—hearted friday festive fun . jb views at jb news light—hearted friday festive fun .jb views at jb news or anything else that we've talked about on the show so far it's been quite healthy . a reaction, been quite healthy. a reaction, ihave been quite healthy. a reaction, i have to be honest. now reacting to my take at ten tonight, my panel, entrepreneur, actress and reality star ashley horgan—wallace , leading horgan—wallace, leading political commentator without the moustache, ben spence and journalist and broadcaster linda do billy. so then christmas songs panel got a favourite . songs panel got a favourite. ashley oh, it's got to be mariah . carey come on. did you ever meet her please say you did i have met mariah on many occasions and she's crazy barking mad, but rather lovely too. it has to be, yes. perfect. just like me i love her. and they say that they defrost her

every for christmas. and i just love when she's defrosted. that is my favourite artist of all time . and it just as she said to time. and it just as she said to pneumonia music lifts the soul so this time of year we need to even more because it's been so hot it's been a hard three years music has got me through the last four years. so i get me through this christmas as well. i love it. it's your right. i mean, do you think of covid everything that happened during those lockdown i think you know music, helped us all music, helped keep us all slightly fair radio had slightly to be fair radio had resurgent music radio did but to be talk did as well. be fair, talk radio did as well. people were glued the people were were glued to the sets because couldn't out. sets because we couldn't go out. and course, all the and of course, with all the i suppose, doom and gloom and the tough news that is out there that we're all facing in our the reality going on, reality of what's going on, there's doubt that some there's no doubt that here some great songs put great christmas songs just put us good mood. benedict so, us all a good mood. benedict so, mr. grinch, favourite christmas or is that just a ridiculous question to ? all say mariah question to? all say mariah i really do like the grinch the film very well film actually i'm just very well you feel some kind of kinship. i do i sit there with a very big

smile on my face going finally my people represented. it's my people are represented. it's fans know indulge below fans i don't know indulge below or the darkness because i'm not a normal person . if you hadn't a normal person. if you hadn't already worked it out probably one of those two those are those are probably my favourite darkness the dawn is one of those great tongue in cheek song titles christmas time don't let the end. fantastic uk's greatest band from the firm from east anglia where i hail magnificent people, fantastic . never heard people, fantastic. never heard of . a you've got a favourite of. a you've got a favourite song wind . yeah i think i'm song wind. yeah i think i'm going to be very, very unpopular because actually i don't generally speaking i don't like any christmas records so they really, really irritate me every yeah really, really irritate me every year. i mean i'm on a roast dinner. i'm big on my family. i'm big on midnight mass, i'm big on loads of things about christmas. and it's not that i don't believe in the uplifting power of music. i do. i just don't christmas records. don't like christmas records. think the real the ave maria. i

am so sorry. even mariah . i am so sorry. even mariah. i thought that one about travelling home from christmas . travelling home from christmas. i can't remember who sings empress maria . you know, i think empress maria. you know, i think it's a slightly sweeping statement to say there's not one christmas on it. like linda. there must be one. no that one. i like that one. but it's not sweeping statement for me. i just think get churned out every year and i don't normally switch the channel. i just know now he's the grinch . the music in he's the grinch. the music in general, though, is and particularly baby at the moment with these tough times, it's always a wonderful distraction, isn't it? let's be honest. yeah you know, whether we're watching , going to see live music has been great since lockdown. and of course artists being of course artists finally being able out there and able to get back out there and perform but also just the perform live but also just the general distraction of, i guess the madness that is going on in our we're talking our real that we're talking about day and every day . so about day and every day. so ashley i mean have you as music ever lifted your spirits when you've been really down we must all have i've had a really crappy day yeah you've took the

words out of my mind so like i do suffer depression and. do suffer from depression and. the only thing that lifts me out that certain times is just in my favourite music on songs for my songs with associated with good memories . and it literally is my memories. and it literally is my one pill that fixes me just put the music on and, have all your favourite songs on and? yeah, as i say, it just lifts my spirits . i get up out of the bed and get away from the depression and i clean the house. so i i even clean the house. so i would i don't know where i'd be without music. well, we all going be talking later this going to be talking later this houn going to be talking later this hour, shortly about sort of the heaung hour, shortly about sort of the healing of music and healing power of music and actually how it can be used medicinally nowadays , because medicinally nowadays, because those rhythms really can be very soothing and calming or as we know, if you want to, you've had a boring day sometimes a pretty boring day sometimes putting your favourite song on can spirits and you can lift spirits and get you going crazy. know it can going crazy. we know it can change our moods so. linda if it's not a christmas song, can just i'm just to be just ask. i'm just going to be nosy what kind of thing nosy now. what kind of thing would boat what's would float your boat what's that one about? i'm never going

give my dancing shoes . that one about? i'm never going give my dancing shoes. i'm give up my dancing shoes. i'm not giving up. you might have to give a slightly of a clue that. oh, no, no, no, no. that's the sister is never going to give. no, no, no . it allows i'm going no, no, no. it allows i'm going to find out. i'm going to find i love that record . it's not that love that record. it's not that i don't like music. i can play the same record again and again and again and again. i can play music all day long. i just don't like . christmas records on the like. christmas records on the whole. okay and we are not giving you a hard time about it. it was just, you know, don't worry, we're not trying to give you a hard time. and obviously, grinchy, we can come back to you so we can about it just just for for just a moment that you're getting bad reputation from getting a bad reputation from me on which i, i on this show tonight, which i, i clearly need to for clearly need to sort out for you, it's because i'm very intimate. god, apart from intimate. yeah god, apart from the knows would the darkness knows what would what mood or what would lift your mood or what would lift your mood or what of christmas time. what outside of christmas time. what i listen to normally? what would i listen to normally? oh, in youth, i used to oh, in my youth, i used to listen to the prodigy quite a

lot. i think it's slightly lot. oh, i think it's slightly hard to believe my overall hard to believe given my overall sort appearance. probably, sort of appearance. so probably, yeah. you of need to get yeah. if you sort of need to get your blood little bit, you your blood up a little bit, you know, a little bit down, know, feeling a little bit down, going whatever, you going for run or whatever, you know, yeah, that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my yeah, that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my go yeah, that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my go to yeah, that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my go to thing.|, that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my go to thing. i that's kind going for run or whatever, you kn my go to thing. i think kind of my go to thing. i think probably we would love to know, by the way, what your views are and your favourite and what your favourite christmas songs are. maybe songs that relax you at this that actually relax you at this time. we what's going get you time. we what's going to get you going lot of the christmas going a lot of the christmas favourites, to favourites, but what's going to relax this christmas relax you over this christmas penod relax you over this christmas period ? please involved. gb period? please get involved. gb views at gb news dot uk that's what we'd like to get involved in. i tell you what. so emails coming in, obviously everything about meghan and harry and what you don't like about is coming through and clear tonight . through loud and clear tonight. thank you very much indeed. your on york times are good on the new york times are good clerks. are some here that clerks. there are some here that really make laugh says really did make laugh and says my wish the new year, the my wish for the new year, by the way, is jeremy clarkson is way, is that jeremy clarkson is honoured the new honours honoured in the new year honours list. and watch list. sit back and watch everyone lose their minds. i think that would do the job

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in three. it's a festive friday. well come along. thanks for joining it's a festive friday. well come along. thanks forjoining me i'm neil fox looking after mark show show tonight and actually for a few next week as well cheering the christmas period you've been really good on the emails tonight christmas music you're loving it. martin i love andy williams the most wonderful time of the year. what an amazing song makes me want to go ice skating. for some reason, frank

says, snow by the says, bambi snow by the springfields cherie spaceman came travelling . christopher came travelling. christopher what a beautiful song. glen driving home for christmas that's linda's favourite if she a favour of course . producer a favour of course. producer beck says mistletoe by justin bieber . oh, now this one must bieber. oh, now this one must pass me by if they listen to that flow manager jamie pass me by if they listen to that flow managerjamie step that flow manager jamie step into christmas. elton john, a classic , you know, three great classic, you know, three great christmas songs, all out in the same year, 1973, that by elton wizard and slade all the same yeah crazy and i forgot who actually got to number one that year george says christmas dream by perry como it never gets played you saw greg jonah jonah louis stop mccaffery who was our guest a little bit early on this evening rich says my favourites are chris but spaceman came travelling and greg likes i believe in father christmas lovely lots of votes coming in for fairytale of new york the new modern pc version going down very well original though says diana it can only be lots of

great thank you very much indeed caden coming in it's at gb news dot uk . thanks for getting dot uk. thanks for getting involved right . let's keep it on involved right. let's keep it on the music theme ready. music is a british tech company that's developed a technology to prescribe music medicine to reduce and anxiety. it's a playlist of relaxing christmas songs for people living with dementia. it's being piloted now in a care home for the first time to help the 29 residents after nhs has trials found it reduce heart rate in anxious dementia patients by 25. it's also being made free of charge to all families and care facilities to now to discuss further is the ceo medi music gary jones. gary welcome along really nice to have you on happy christmas. what a great subject talk about and how lovely that making such a big difference we always knew it did. and now you

are using it scientifically. medically yes. i mean, it's been a long process that the is solid it's the there's 25,000 papers published on pubmed bioscience bioscience library . it's been bioscience library. it's been going for two years and yet we're really excited about the future . how did you get involved future. how did you get involved with it yourself ? oh, long with it yourself? oh, long story. it's been a ten year journey for me . i i've been in journey for me. i i've been in the music business most of my life and basic actually met professor mark, sommelier from queen university in london, who developed what's known as music information retrieval algorithms. and these enable you to examine the digital dna of a piece of music and extract things like and musical key. and i kind of had a eureka moment being a musician myself, where i thought it would be brilliant if we could mimic the human brains response to music using these algorithms and dispense music for the benefits of health. i mean, i guess it's again, you

know, mankind always either beat a drum or knocked stones together. we always know that , together. we always know that, you know, we work rhythms and it helps us function. we know the power of a great song to lift our moods or something beautifully relaxing calmest beautifully relaxing to calmest . it's now being . it's nice that it's now being used medically . i know charities used medically. i know charities like nordoff robbins , who i've like nordoff robbins, who i've done work with in the past, have always used to try and help music therapy for people , you music therapy for people, you know, with severe learning know, maybe with severe learning . there's something about music, isn't there, and how it affects brains that actually us for the better . yeah. i mean actually better. yeah. i mean actually influences the brain more . any influences the brain more. any other stimulus, more parts of the brain involved than any other stimulus, whether it's the amygdala , the front, it's mainly amygdala, the front, it's mainly the central central brain limbic system, but the hippocampus plays quite a key part is why music in so important because it's the last the last thing really the brain forgets is the music. now there's a personal connection obviously for you and, why you've got involved

with dementia patients, isn't that. yeah a friend of mine, her mother basically developed dementia as a disease. i saw go from quite a strong independence farmer's wife to who basically couldn't do anything or remember anything and. i also saw the impact it had upon her husband as well and that kind of gap that it created between them after over sort of 50, 60, 70 years of marriage. and it was music playing the music that kind of enabled them to talk again and again. and that again and engage again. and that was of very refreshing was kind of very refreshing and made that maybe there made me realise that maybe there is in this. so you now is something in this. so you now have this pilot running with 29 patients in this home and how long has that been running? gary it's just charted. we will it sometime around spring and then hopefully be able to roll it out. other care homes in the area , is it is it like an app area, is it is it like an app that people download or is it it's not working like that yet . it's not working like that yet. yeah it's an app. it's not available . the public at the available. the public at the

moment we're doing trials and we close user groups and the care home in brigg is one of those and it will be publicly available towards end of next yeah available towards end of next year. but we're working a lot with the nhs at the moment. we're doing trials, the nhs on pain, looking at chronic back pain, looking at chronic back pain and, opiate reduction , pain and, opiate reduction, chronic pain groups , other chronic pain groups, other dementia trials and also pre and post all. we were just showing a clip on the screen there obviously of the care home where is trialling at the moment with obviously i presume someone who's suffering dementia and also one of the yeah. is that music therapist that was she she was with the was working with that's the carer . oh is was working with that's the carer. oh is it okay . yeah. yeah carer. oh is it okay. yeah. yeah so the nice thing is, is this something that don't need any specialist training i suppose to administer if that's the right word . people. is it, is it just word. people. is it, is it just a simple as putting a playlist on or or is it something that is much more scientific? i guess because music is so different for different people. how do you work the right songs for the

work out the right songs for the right yeah , right person? well, yeah, there's a huge amount of science behind it. i'm we obviously a lot of music kazaa and we lot of ac music kazaa and we self—medicate as your panel said earlier but it is actually a combination of six, nine, six sciences which is maths and physics without which music wouldn't exist. neurology, physiology , psychology and physiology, psychology and sociology. so it's quite complex mix and. so what we're able to do is mimic the human brain by fingerprinting a piece of music and then creating a playlist that over 25 minutes reduces the heart rate, increases heart rate variability , which is important, variability, which is important, and then promotes dopamine, oxytocin or the good hormones and reduces the bad hormone cortisol , the stress hormone . i cortisol, the stress hormone. i mean, 25% is a significant amount straight away, isn't it ? amount straight away, isn't it? and why is reducing heart rate such an important thing ? is it such an important thing? is it because people are getting super anxious ? yes increased heart anxious? yes increased heart rate , cortisol basically , which rate, cortisol basically, which is the stress hormone, which is

bad for you and long term, long term exposure to the stress hormone has really detrimental effects on the human physiology and human health. and by reducing and increasing what's known as heart variability known as heart rate variability is gaps between heart rate. is the gaps between heart rate. you promote the positive hormones such as dopamine , the hormones such as dopamine, the happy hormone or oxytocin , which happy hormone or oxytocin, which is important in childbirth and smooths the breeding and breathing improves cognitive response and generally makes us physically and physiologically much stronger . physically and physiologically much stronger. is there one song that seems to be common for everyone's? no no. there is a well, it is not that gary . sorry well, it is not that gary. sorry i it. what's your favourite christmas that calms you down. fairytale of new york by the pogues. a version original of course not a fire by the prologue . well, a really nice to prologue. well, a really nice to have you on. i really wish all the very best with that. sounds like a very significant move towards helping dementia

patients and nice to speak to you tonight. have a very you tonight. you have a very christmas very best christmas all the very best yourself. you. coming yourself. thank you. coming we've got the papers at 1030 sharp with full panel reaction. plus, we ask, is it right for parents to have a favourite child? and we asked the all important question , can you have important question, can you have a successful christmas with an x 7 a successful christmas with an x ? we'll see you .

in three. welcome back to your thank you for joining us. emails are going forjoining us. emails are going a bit crazy tonight . if i had to a bit crazy tonight. if i had to say there's one song appearing more than others. it's definitely going to be last christmas by wham! which such a favourite. thank you for getting involved. linda involved. don't worry, linda will jb will be off this shortly. jb views at gb news. don't uk please get involved so much about harry and meghan tonight, particularly clarks and definitely not being cancelled . definitely not being cancelled. politicians of the year poll

says angela rayner is too bossy, a bit loud when she's had a few drinks. i bet she . we're going drinks. i bet she. we're going to be talking about child and exes with our panel in a moment. but are you ready because before anyone else we like to talk about the papers. so if you're ready , it's 1030 . a about the papers. so if you're ready , it's1030 . a time for a ready, it's1030. a time for a look at tomorrow's morning papers hot off the press. so let's have a look at some of the headunes let's have a look at some of the headlines for you. okay. the uk set for a clash over the new right to legal gender, age 16 about downing street . okay, this about downing street. okay, this is the uk set for a clash over new right to change legal gendenl new right to change legal gender. i mean, we're going to be talking about all these panel in just moment. the daily, in just a moment. the daily, i have to say, has got always close to mama king delivers his first christmas yards first christmas speech yards from is buried, from where the queen is buried, which , to be fair, must have which, to be fair, must have been very emotional the daily mail, the no money for nurses

buckets for equality, diversity and inclusion, nhs wasting millions on woke non—jobs and also charles is moving king's speech a tribute to the late queen, his mother right the times over fifties to end early retirement at sunak seeks economic boost with mid—life not mots okay also i still want women to fancy me at 58, says robert crampton. mid—life makeover. maybe talk about that a little bit later on. the sun. i've got an exclusive . if i've got an exclusive. if charles evicts andrew king throws prince out of buckingham palace . more on that later on. palace. more on that later on. emmerdale the telegraph pro trends laws needed across the uk , says starmer, and defence spending will rise by a billion to beat inflation time and again. another picture of king charles. his speech has his mother close to is and the daily star. finally hackers target artist mad vlad . more on banksy

artist mad vlad. more on banksy . we'll talk about some of those with our discussion . yeah, maybe with our discussion. yeah, maybe not that one. right. my panel this evening, actress and reality star ashley young horgan—wallace, leading political benedict spence and journalist and broadcaster linda do billy writes writes , let's do billy writes writes, let's look at the sun first then bennett . let's look at the song bennett. let's look at the song first. i think there's so much hot water this week. i guess they've issued their apology. yeah. the a some first charles of andrew . this is a huge story of andrew. this is a huge story him out doesn't say whether it's the door the window it's the royal family it might that sort of thing could be anything the top of the building. yeah. i mean, merry christmas, andrew . mean, merry christmas, andrew. you season's greetings , goodwill you season's greetings, goodwill and all that. but some of you fellow. yeah to go. fellow. yeah maybe to go. i think one those is i, he's think it one of those is i, he's been itching to do this for long time to sort of shuffle andrew off sort of stage left pursued by a bear if possible. but you know, it's making changes.

by a bear if possible. but you know, it's making changes . yeah, know, it's making changes. yeah, it's got to be a break with the past and i think if there was one thing that you could say about queen, it is that about the late queen, it is that andrew banished the andrew not banished from the fold much as he have fold quite as much as he have been because, course, she was been because, of course, she was his she felt his mother she felt very protective him. i think protective over him. i think a lot of people were prepared to say at the time, well, she's had a good innings. she's allowed to sort family close at sort of keep her family close at this stage life. but i think ultimately probably right ultimately it's probably right thing as thing for charles, who is, as we were all saying, trying to were all saying, he's trying to protect institution and protect the institution and prince he prince andrew, whatever he may or not have is not or may not have done, is not exactly conducive to polishing the image. and also said the image. and also it was said all a lot of royal all along by a lot of royal commentator journalist commentator, journalist that andrew the queen's favourite andrew was the queen's favourite child, which be discussing child, which we'll be discussing later. i think, i think later. yeah i think, i think it's interesting that sadly the queen died . now charles is king queen died. now charles is king one of the first things he does is tell andrew , andrew to move. is tell andrew, andrew to move. so i think that's telling us something. well, after the documentary, they said that they they placed another to squash other stories , something along

other stories, something along those lines. so maybe trying to squash this. how did this but i say i say it's time for him leave. he should have left. i just go i mean it's definitely it's making his mark. i mean, this is his brother, course. so the new king is definitely making that hopefully people across the country and i presume they would have anyway tested this one out. this is what the pubuc this one out. this is what the public probably think needed to be and done. and i have be done and has done. and i have to say, that's the son the to say, look, that's the son the other obviously red top looking at the mirror. charles is message always close to mama . i message always close to mama. i mean it'll be interesting seeing the first king's speech at christmas . yes. the king will christmas. yes. the king will pay christmas. yes. the king will pay tribute . his mother and the pay tribute. his mother and the first christmas tv message yards from where she rests in st george's chapel . i know he's george's chapel. i know he's king. he's been doing this a long time in the public eye. but it's mum and that will be emotional. sure. i hope he cries . i'd like to see tears. i think that makes someone a lot more

human. yeah, i don't. for him , human. yeah, i don't. for him, alex. just. just not for entertainment you. don't want to see him suffer just because you see him sufferjust because you want to want him to be a little bit more so for entertainment. i would love. i just think it makes someone a lot human makes someone a lot more human okay for me to want to. you know what i'm trying to say? i know you. say a stiff upper lip thing. you know, you need to have human feelings. you may feel given a speech by mum and she's just passed. yeah. i want to. i to see tears if i'm honest i to. ito see tears if i'm honest i want to see you're real and you're human. yes but at the same i have to say, what same time, i have to say, what are things that was are the things that was so obvious everything do obvious during. everything to do with was about how, with the funeral was about how, in a way, the stiff upper lip know we've had it. they kept it. it was so dignified. everything was it of was so polished. it was kind of , to say so. british but , i hate to say so. british but it felt like it was . well, i it felt like it was. well, i don't think we're going to see the king break down. i have to be honest. no but i do show emotion. but we'll see emotion. and i he will be resonant. and i think he will be resonant. i think that in very i think we saw that in very first he made after queen first speech he made after queen died, he has a way

died, that actually he has a way of connecting and engaging with people no matter how people that no matter how magisterial, you know, how her majesty was . she didn't quite majesty was. she didn't quite connect in same way. and i think we will see that in his message. and that actually is not a good thing, though, for the monarchy, because we touched on this earlier on, because it's and bad, it? because if you bad, isn't it? because if you get the friendly and actually get to the friendly and actually look and he calls to look to normal and he calls to question the institution, i think think the think younger sorry. i think the younger would younger generation would definitely want to see more emotion and more realness because , you know, we're so used because, you know, we're so used to watching . i know the monarchy to watching. i know the monarchy is not reality . that's what is not reality. that's what we're used to. so if someone's not showing emotion , i think not showing emotion, i think i think the younger generation have a problem with that. okay. well, that it's well, i don't know that it's about i think if the young about and i think if the young generation want to see too much emotion, they just need learn emotion, they just need to learn to without. but i, i think to live without. but i, i think it's a question callow it's a question of callow aberration. i think about all do aberration. i think about all do a of media training and a lot of media training and presentation coaching. the presentation coaching. at the end day, it's your end of the day, it's your ability to calibrate to, be serious, to be assertive , but

serious, to be assertive, but also to connect emotionally . and also to connect emotionally. and it's not impossible to do that . it's not impossible to do that. it requires a great deal of it just requires a great deal of self—discipline. but has got that. and he's got years and, years of practise. so i think the speech will be a great one and it sets the tone it for a new monarchy. this is his fourth and i think it a chance to maybe notch it up slightly and a slight little bit more maybe do it like a little bit if you want look at rap in the middle what music that . yeah. yeah okay music that. yeah. yeah okay i think we're in the world of fantasy now . sighs no. fabulous. fantasy now. sighs no. fabulous. right next, maybe the daily mail nhs is wasting millions on a woke non—jobs. i the word woke has been so overused this year to be fair. i mean in cases things needed to be done. changes need to be made. i think so. i think we all with that. but it does seem that the pendulum has swung so far in one direction. and here there's money nurses buckets ,

money for nurses buckets, equality, and equality, diversity and inclusion and where do you see on this one? benedict mean i do agree that nhs a lot of agree that the nhs a lot of money i don't think that the needs to be spending money on like inclusion think like inclusion officers i think actually the important actually you know the important thing the nhs that thing about the nhs is that treats it them treats people, it stops them from dying and i think especially how especially when you look at how many in a just many people die in a just hospitals because of clinical error is to say nurses or doctors mistakes. think doctors making mistakes. i think you've look the you've got to look the priorities institution priorities of the institution and should be sitting and say, should it be sitting here saying, yes, we're very here and saying, yes, we're very inclusive, should inclusive, friendly, or should you be on with the job? you actually be on with the job? but ultimately, i think that this misdirection this is a bit of misdirection this is a bit of misdirection this is a bit of misdirection this is talking about about £1,000,000. honestly this is a drop in the tide . is the nhs, drop in the tide. is the nhs, lest we forget, is the third biggest organised nation in the world after wal—mart , the place world after wal—mart, the place the people's liberation army of china. it is a huge these few jobs they're pointless but this actually not where the majority of the waste is in the nhs and where we get rid of these jobs, which i do think we should.

let's pretend for a second it touches the side of the pay increases and the funding that is required. it's important that you mention that because everyone be really everyone would just be really angry. there are these jobs. of course course. that's course, of course. yeah, that's the point . compared to the money the point. compared to the money that to be found. so the big question , where can money question is, where can the money be found out now? everyone, you see this being debated about the nhs that it waste lot of nhs that it waste a lot of money, maybe on a lot of red tape , a lot of management jobs tape, a lot of management jobs that maybe aren't entirely necessary. they need to get back to what it's all about . necessary. they need to get back to what it's all about. but necessary. they need to get back to what it's all about . but the to what it's all about. but the nhs proper funding . with nhs needs proper funding. with all i have to say , i cannot all i have to say, i cannot imagine it's a simple decision for any nurse to take to go on strike. no, it's not. it's a right now they must be at pains to go on strike. the ows they've all made. this is not. and i know it's hard for people . so am know it's hard for people. so am i losing money by going on strike? so what is the solution thing that it very very thing that it is very very difficult many of these difficult for many of these nurses but as you've just said, you know where can the money be

found? the fact of the found? now, the fact of the matter there's easy matter is there's no easy solution to we forget the solution to this. we forget the nhs set up when people retired at 60 and died at 65. it just a question of finding the money. at the end of the day, somebody going to have to be very, very brave about the root and branch reform that has to happen in the nhs and it will have to happen at some politicians are going to have to take the bull by the horns to use yet another. but they're going to have to do it. it won't a question of it won't just be a question of finding. i mean, ultimate finding. i mean, the ultimate whenever we the whenever we have the conversation about reform , conversation about nhs reform, people that people start screeching that they're privatise and they're going to privatise and i have like it is in the us and have it like it is in the us and you're ignoring for second you're ignoring for a second that that us system is that the nhs that us system is the only one of its kind and the nhs is only one of its kind in europe, to on so europe, manages to let on so well. of the developed well. most of the developed world a lot of countries world and a lot of countries that as well developed that are not as well developed as better health as are have better health systems these systems than either of these two. there are many options out there, but we're not actually prepared. have a sensible conversation because conversation about because everybody as everybody wants things to be as it at the point of views

it is free at the point of views they don't want to pay they don't actually want to pay more you know, much as more for. you know, as much as some people say i'd be happy to pay, some people say i'd be happy to pay, but no, they don't. they want other people pay more want other people to pay more money this is the thing money for it. this is the thing as is going to as say, somebody is going to have very brave and say have to be very brave and say maybe this has to be staggered in of, you know, maybe it has to be on insurance. who be done on insurance. people who eat live more unhealthy eat more or live more unhealthy lifestyles to more. lifestyles may have to pay more. it that wealthier people it may be that wealthier people who have a lot more assets have to sell some of their assets to pay to sell some of their assets to pay social care, these pay for their social care, these sorts things sort sorts of things sort of something that the something like that as the population need to population ages we need to remember, doesn't matter how remember, it doesn't matter how efficient the health service is it's going be. that's it's always going to be. that's right. the population ages right. as the population ages it's look it's just because i mean, look at page of the times at the front page of the times as well today. i mean, this age comes up again. so over fifties. now front page of times being encouraged end retirement. so encouraged to end retirement. so again, we living and again, we are living longer. and so need come out so maybe they need to come out of retirement start working. of retirement to start working. and problem is we're living and the problem is we're living longer, but not necessarily living yeah. what's living healthier. yeah. what's happened in happened is we've made major in heart in cancer care, but heart and in cancer care, but are having live with the are now having to live with the dividend disease and

dividend disease of age. and that's are that's expensive. and there are decades decades ahead of us. decades and decades ahead of us. so it's very, very problem. so it's a very, very problem. this about a slightly this is about a slightly different story. this is what is being , and being encouraged, too. and their early retirement . and of course, early retirement. and of course, one factor realise about one factor you realise about this, benedict, is that well government did do is they put a pay government did do is they put a pay freeze on the tax allowance of people exactly the of people exactly in the category gp fees who all category of gp fees who all decided it wasn't worth working so came along and just so pandemic came along and just retired and now we're the benefits of that kind of move and the fact is you do anything that you can expect a repercussion that's the one we've got . let's move to the we've got. let's move to the front of the eye, which will causing lot of ripples and friction around the country. the uk set for clash over new right to change legal gender 16 in scotland . so once again you know scotland. so once again you know scotland. so once again you know scotland doing something it's slightly ahead maybe of where we in london at the moment is it right is it wrong what do feel about this? actually, i don't

it's right. i think at 69, you don't really hundred percent know what you want. and i have friends that have changed so and i've had , i have a friend who i've had, i have a friend who knew from a very young age , knew from a very young age, she's one of a kind. i have other friends said no, they were still confused right into their late twenties and if they had the option to do something when were 16 in the confuse moment they may have made wrong choice. so i just 16 is way too young be making those kind of decisions and not comfortable with it. i was just say so we know exactly what the article it's scottish parliament voted for that lower the age when people can apply to change their legal gender to 16 and remove need for a medical diagnose . i mean, it does seem diagnose. i mean, it does seem ridiculously young to me. i don't think the thing about 16 hasn't it been you've got to worry about well it's because 16 they are children and they are more impressionable during the referendum the scottish or the

snp wanted they did because snp wanted six. they did because they reckon that 16 year olds were more likely vote for were more likely to vote for them were to target them because they were to target ultimately about in ultimately what this is about in scotland, about to empower scotland, it's about to empower people snp very people who the snp very cynically also correctly cynically believe also correctly believe are more impressionable. and if seen to be nicer to them giving , them things that they giving, them things that they want. these might vote want. these people might vote for when another for them if when another referendum you know, they referendum comes, you know, they given the opportunity to vote again . i think one of the again. i think one of the slightly concerning things about whole is we whole trans debate is we actually know so little about it. it's still area of scientific research that is very underserved and there's also a lot of shutting down of it that goes on especially in the united and canada where, you know, campus activities are sort of very hotly contested . it's an very hotly contested. it's an area of science where often scientists will be shut down, they'll lose their funding if they'll lose their funding if they you know, if university fears that their research is going to from one direction or the if it's the other, we don't know if it's innate, if it's a chemical or chemically driven change. we don't know if it's mimetic if it's behavioural. we genuinely

don't know these things. and here a government saying here we have a government saying we're going to wholesale rip the rules and say you do rules and say you can do whatever want, don't whatever you want, you don't even transition, you even have to transition, you don't go on puberty, don't need to go on puberty, blockers, like that. blockers, anything like that. you and you you can just identify and you know, is yours. you do know, the is yours. you can do whatever you and that's the whatever you want and that's the key thing that i don't like about this, not one side or the other, is the that we are other, is the fact that we are at a very early, tentative stage of have to size of research and we have to size one of which absolutely not. one of which is absolutely not. this terrible. this is absolutely terrible. shut it all down. and the other side that everything is side that goes, everything is open what want age open season. do what want age 16. fine. go get your bag 16. that's fine. go get your bag and think unhealthy and i think that's unhealthy attitude it clearly attitude to i mean it clearly this been a very subject this has been a very big subject the months and one side the last 12 months and one side shouting loudly then shouting very loudly and then other people are reacting against it. it does seem that that a proper informed debate needs to happen. maybe closed doors to start with. so people really happening really know what is happening here with experts people here with experts and people from the trans community really getting together on it. just it's all become black and white. i think the problem is we live in a society we've chosen

in a society where we've chosen sometimes driven by the sometimes that's driven by the media everything and life's media of everything and life's not that simple. it's just black and white. and we've to as benedict says, we've got to start getting some informed debate on what is such an important . well, ashton benedict important. well, ashton benedict and then to some great thoughts there. thank you very much more from the papers coming up next. and is it right for parents to have a favourite child? and we asked the all important , have a favourite child? and we asked the all important, can you have successful christmas with have a successful christmas with an x? see you .

in three. and our friday continues a little bit longer. thank you for getting involved. jb views at you love your christmas music you love your christmas music you you've got really involved in this one i generally despise all christmas songs bah , humbug, all christmas songs bah, humbug, says keith, especially anything

by harry webb, cliff richard doesn't have to be a christmas song either. kate this is sad . song either. kate this is sad. after 83 years of music, my daughter sudden, untimely death has changed that i can't even listen . tv ads, they just make listen. tv ads, they just make me cry . i'm so listen. tv ads, they just make me cry. i'm so sorry. i'll be a tough christmas for you, won't it, david? i love music. i love christmas songs. i remember dora bryan all i want for is a beatle. that's a song i've never even heard of that one back in the sixties when i was a very young boy. anyway you have a very, happy christmas. you very, very happy christmas. you very, very happy christmas. you very right we have very much indeed. right we have the express front page in the daily express front page in now says king's vow to now which says king's vow to build on the queen's in the christmas speech . he will pledge christmas speech. he will pledge to build on glorious legacy of his darling . just three months his darling. just three months after the death of the queen i'm sure that actually will be. that was a one to write. i don't know who write two speeches or how much gets involved writing much he gets involved in writing his speech christmas day. his own speech christmas day. but think it's think there but i think it's i think there be interesting one watch. be an interesting one to watch. i of people be i think a lot of people be watching that this year. if you

dare. and i think they'll be very moved. think that, as very moved. and i think that, as i've earlier, he will do it i've said earlier, he will do it very well. i am just wondering how legacy ? how defines the queen's legacy? that's what interests me that be quite i think to quite interesting, i think to find out exactly he thinks find out exactly what he thinks it okay well, every it is okay, well, it's every child's nightmare, not the favourite child . all jokes favourite child. all jokes aside, football legend owen has come under fire recently after posting a tik tok video with his children. his four children are showing him pick a favourite child . it showing him pick a favourite child. it made me think , showing him pick a favourite child . it made me think , should child. it made me think, should you have a favourite child? to be fair to michael . okay, there be fair to michael. okay, there was a tik trend going round where. you had to pick who was going to get more to be in trouble with the police. who was your favourite child? so he was standing on a boat and he kept pushing off into the water. gemma who was the daughter who was love island year? was on love island this year? she in. she wasn't she got pushed in. she wasn't his child, so i don't his favourite child, so i don't know whether you have siblings. actually, i so i was always the most favourite of both my parents , you that

parents, if you will, that a problem? yeah, exactly . and i'm problem? yeah, exactly. and i'm a dog mum, i'm not a human mum, but i do have a favourite, but i don't like the other. no, i think it's important. not let the other one know you have a favourite . you know you should favourite. you know you should never have favourites though. i mean . well if you, if you look mean. well if you, if you look i've got three, two of them are waiting outside for me now. nice. and i love them a lot going to a window to make sure it's not not. no, no i think all fabulous in their own way. yes i. does it's not fair. yeah that's how i said those brilliantly fantastic . they each brilliantly fantastic. they each in their own way. but even if i didn't think that and even if i didn't think that and even if i did feel more for or the other. i think that's really stupid way to think . i would not let anyone to think. i would not let anyone because because i mean well good in all of it. well good . i in all of it. well good. i disagree. i think you should have favourites. no, no, no . have favourites. no, no, no. think you should make them compete for your affection. pick a love silly . absolutely. give

a love silly. absolutely. give them a good thrashing . thank them a good thrashing. thank you. no, no no. darwinian you're raising that you should have. and they will succeed and they'll thank you. benedict speed. and then. and then. and then they'll. then they'll turn off support when you off the life support when you have , by the way. no, i don't have, by the way. no, i don't have, by the way. no, i don't have to be foolish until children are, they will be the most yet . sure you okay? oh my most yet. sure you okay? oh my goodness. christmas is about sharing . so can you share with sharing. so can you share with an ex. this is an interesting one actually in my family my father in law and mother in law are together but they do spend christmases. my ex is coming to christmases. my ex is coming to christmas lunch your ex is coming around . it comes every coming around. it comes every yeah coming around. it comes every year. and how does that go really well? have you a new partner? no. okay that's why. yeah, yeah, but i have been with someone or something like that. but the fact of the matter , ever but the fact of the matter, ever since we got divorced, we've christmas day, birthdays, father's day, mother's day with our children every single year

can . i ask when you split up, can. i ask when you split up, how old were the children? they were two were primary school and one. i just started secondary school. that's really mature, but friends have split but all of my friends have split up their partners definitely don't you've to don't have you've just got to make an i mean when you make an asset i mean when you have kids you to you know have kids you have to you know for for sake you have for them for that sake you have to suckit for them for that sake you have to suck it up sometimes to actually suck it up sometimes and okay but do you because they sense a bad atmosphere wouldn't they and they rather two christmases and if ask how not i mean some if you ask how not i mean some people can't it's true some people can't it's true some people just can't get there for lots of reasons and but but grown up people , get on grown up people, get on together. they make an effort . together. they make an effort. yeah, of course they do. i've got a nice here a little an got a nice one here a little an email came news is. got a nice one here a little an email came news is . the email came in gb news is. the cause of many people divorcing the bbc so people would have to be crazy . return the ex for be crazy. return to the ex for christmas call. the midwife has a lot laugh out loud like it. thank you very indeed linda thank you very much indeed linda thank better thank you ashley. and thank you very much indeed for on panel. i hope for being on my panel. i hope you will have a lovely christmas with or without your excellent

show be quite an show that'll be quite an interesting one. and thank you much watching tonight much indeed for watching tonight . sitting in the . it's been a joy sitting in the fabulous marc dolan. have a good. see you next week . good good. see you next week. good evening. i'm this is your latest weather update from the met office. it's going to be a mild, often blustery christmas weekend with some rain around spots by boxing day. it is going to turn colder once more . here's the colder once more. here's the bigger picture. a low pressure dominating this weather front has for a very wet day for has made for a very wet day for some. that rain now creeping its way steadily across scotland with cold air here. there will with a cold air here. there will be some snow over the higher routes, in particular the a9 overnight rain through the central and that should ease further south. few rain showers for the midlands , for wales, the midlands, northern places . northern england's many places. the south will be dry and still quite gusty. the winds out there through the night perhaps easing further south, but generally a pretty mild night with temperatures staying above freezing, it will be a touch of frost across the northern hours and still snow in the and still some snow in the morning across could morning across scotland's could get low levels for a

get down to low levels for a time before that tends to ease off many places and bright on saturday a fine christmas eve but it will again turn quite windy and there will be showers developing through the day for northern ireland and coming into other areas later. other western areas later. pretty one double digits pretty mild. one double digits for though scotland 67 for the even though scotland 67 degrees a touch above average heavy showers then moving across scotland's parts of northern england and wales during christmas eve nights and the winds picking up as well as we head into christmas. so it's going to be a blustery christmas day. there will be rain showers with some brighter spells in between, could see some more persistent right across the southeast for a time on christmas day . and then we're christmas day. and then we're looking at wetter weather coming into western scotland later , into western scotland later, too. but as i say, in between there will be some brighter spells and. it will be pretty mild double figures . the mild double figures. the majority eight or nine across scotland, northern late in the day. the winds switch. we could see some snow showers in. the northwest on christmas day night

, cold up for all of us on boxing with showers in boxing with more snow showers in the northwest . we do have a met the northwest. we do have a met office warning in place. office yellow warning in place. good .

hello there. welcome i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom, the prime minister has apologised for christmas travel disruption as several public sectors go on strike . but he insists refusing strike. but he insists refusing to negotiate on paye is the right thing to do in order to tackle high inflation. border force staff are the latest to walk out their eight days of industrial action began today. military personnel and volunteer from the civil service have been to check passports at airports. rishi sunak says public sector pay rishi sunak says public sector pay must controlled . first of

pay must controlled. first of all, i'm really sad and