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fraser myers and also christine hamilton . fraser myers and also christine hamilton. right fraser myers and also christine hamilton . right before we get hamilton. right before we get started, let's get you like you headunes. started, let's get you like you headlines . nana thank you. this headlines. nana thank you. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. protesters have clashed again with police in pans clashed again with police in paris as a vigil was being held at a kurdish cultural centre where a gunman killed a woman and two men and left several injured. police used tear gas to disperse crowd it's after riots out yesterday in the wake of the attack. members of the community have been gathering this morning close to where the incident happened. close to where the incident happened . a 69 year old man who happened. a 69 year old man who was already known to police is in custody in relation to the shooting. paris based columnist for the telegraph and, elizabeth mutai told the perpetrator doesn't fit the terrorist portrayed 69 years old. he's a former mit driver. he in a flat

alone in the centre of paris , alone in the centre of paris, his own 90 year old father says that he's crazy. he collected and managed to get some in france where the gun laws are very strict . and he came out of very strict. and he came out of one of the time jail only two weeks ago and that already for attacking a migrant. so all of this points to a racist murder murder . this points to a racist murder murder. family is driving home for the festive period face travel disruption with severe traffic on the roads due to train strikes today . travellers train strikes today. travellers heading abroad are also being warned of delays as border officials walk out for a second day, disrupt at uk airports was brought under control yesterday as the military stepped in to replace workers on strike . replace workers on strike. meanwhile, scotland's rail warning strike starting today will severely limit service is with people being advised only travel if absolutely necessary .

travel if absolutely necessary. meanwhile, there is disruption to deliveries for many as postal workers represented by the communications union continue to walk off the job over pay in jobs and conditions. royal mail employees began their industry action on friday ahead of christmas. the acting general of the cw told gb news he hopes the action will help the mail service strive in the future. members are very angry about the way they're being treated by royal mail. people don't take strike action lightly. people want to lose pay. they want to actually be work serving the customer. but the overwhelming, massive from the customers they support posting. they support their royal mail workers. they understand that the strikes is not just about being greedy is about actually a future service and ensuring great royal mail service. it's been there 500 years continues to thrive and grow in the future . uk grow in the future. uk authorities say a russian on the southern city has on has killed

at least seven people and wounded 60. keith as moscow carried out the attack . pleasure carried out the attack. pleasure president vladimir zelenskyy published photos showing burning cars on the streets , smashed cars on the streets, smashed windows and, bodies. russia denies civilians keeping . news denies civilians keeping. news is unable to independently the reports from her son now at least people are thought to have died as a heavy storm sweeps across parts of the us. a number of fatalities have involved road accidents, including a pile up in ohio that reported killed at least two motorists. several were also injured. temperatures as low as —45 degrees in some areas , with around 200 million areas, with around 200 million people under weather warnings . people under weather warnings. the storm is forecast to develop into what's being described as a bomb , bringing with it heavy , bomb, bringing with it heavy, blinding snow and back where forecasters are predicting a

white christmas for the highlands with weather for the rest of uk, the met office has put a yellow warning for snow and in place for most of the highlands running from tomorrow night until pm on boxing day. meanwhile, downpours are forecast in most other places over the christmas weekend, the environment agency has issued 66 alerts for possible flooding . alerts for possible flooding. england and the nhs is warning parents about the risks swallowing toy parts as an increase is seen. more children to hospital. the latest shows the number of children having consumed a small object doubled over the last ten years to almost 230 doctors are concerned about penny sized batteries that make up a part of several household art items like festive lights , tv remotes . household art items like festive lights , tv remotes. this is gb lights, tv remotes. this is gb news will bring immunise as it happens. now back to nanna .

happens. now back to nanna. the afternoon is just fast approaching 6 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news on tv onune 3:00. this is gb news on tv online on digital radio. welcome you. it's christmas eve. believe it . all companies are gone. i'm it. all companies are gone. i'm not a choir and joining me today to bring you some of the latest festive cheer my panel will also sink your teeth into some of the difficult. we always like a good old scrap . so here's what else old scrap. so here's what else is coming today. so the great is coming up today. so the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, has starmer shot asking, has keir starmer shot himself the foot by following the snp's lead on gender recognition .7 now this comes as recognition? now this comes as nicholas sturgeon you know how my mother feels about her. i've just from that woman , just come from that woman, nicholas railroad's her nicholas sturgeon railroad's her divisive gender recognition act through the scottish parliament and now the telegraph reports that keir starmer also did the same under labour government. is

he mad? this is the man who wouldn't say what a woman is or couldn't tell you whether a woman has a penis or not. so it's extremely worrying. we'll be exploring christmas in be exploring what christmas in 2022 discussing 2022 as well when discussing charity giving back to charity will and giving back to a community breadth on direct foundation and the great british getaway. we'll be looking at travel conditions as many across country we're travelling to spend time loved ones battling the weather . indeed the strikes the weather. indeed the strikes mean if you were trying to get abroad that was it the army that took did such a good took how they did such a good job did better hold the job did better than hold the thought that i didn't work out well, did it for half the money. yes, exactly. exactly. and they can't go on strike and the pubuc can't go on strike and the public actually the only ones travelling today keep you up to date with our santa tracker. father his father christmas faces his busiest day the year all that busiest day of the year all that on the way throughout the hour. and i'll joined by my panel and i'll be joined by my panel to you. company as ever to keep you. company as ever there is father christmas. you can what he's doing. can find out what he's doing. yes, well, tell me everything everything you want chat to yes, well, tell me everything ev

so you can email or tweet me at. gb broadcaster lizzie cundy. also, i'll be among co—owner and state bound to remember all of that. right, starting this afternoon. let's start with prime minister rishi sunak. it seems to be slithering behind things . i slithering behind things. i mean, it's gone past the desk again. nobody you know , young again. nobody you know, young lady, might be here for you . oh, lady, might be here for you. oh, look, i just seen some protest shoes this led know it is. where did you see that? because the used his because it's nice is to thank public servants that's his name is thanks a lot but holly hi is chris. yes he says . name is thanks a lot but holly hi is chris. yes he says. hi there. hi chris. it's rishi. how are you ? well hello. oh focus . are you? well hello. oh focus. i'm the british prime minister. i'm the british prime minister. i know what? we give you a call to say thank you to ram for

incredible job that you've done. it's big surprise because it's such a big surprise because it's such a big surprise because i know you played a really important in helping provide support during the flooding that's happened recently and you some extraordinary things thank rishi for giving this opportunity. i'm being honest appreciation means a lot and has taken me by complete and love what you do with it makes a big difference . as in people, you difference. as in people, you need that extra bit of help. you know, we're delighted to fund work like yours and particularly this time of year. is that it makes a big difference. i just want to call and say thank to you for that. i would say mean so much to get feedback so much to me to get feedback and it really and i hope you have a lovely christmas your family everyone else family and everyone else and thank it's in thank you again. it's just in such shock. but really thanks , such shock. but really thanks, chris. take care. have a great christmas . chris. take care. have a great christmas. finds out that rishi refers to the challenges . well, refers to the challenges. well, today what the thing is, is it tooki today what the thing is, is it took i mean talking to someone in islamabad then he's talking

to somebody about food packages . think what would be nice if he could just talk to us? yeah, i haven't heard about some of the problems we've got and have you seen this christmas card, though? you've got it didn't you. what your. yeah. you. what was your. yeah. which is didn't it. you is card. i didn't get it. you amaze. didn't arrive amaze. i didn't probably arrive that it's the family gathered around the royal that was your royal. but you may not be mail unless you're in scotland. but anyway, the point being that he's got big bowl and he's got big mixing bowl and he's got big mixing bowl and he's to daughters they're he's got to daughters they're looking cute next and it's wife looking cute next and it's wife looking and looking looking cute and him looking looking cute and him looking looking they're tipping looking cute and they're tipping a bottle something into the a bottle of something into the mix. they are famously mix. now they are famously teetotal i to know what gb news doing to discover what's in the bottle. is he a secret boozer ? bottle. is he a secret boozer? is there possibly a bottle ? is there possibly a bottle? something intoxicating on the side . no. he's too slick, isn't side. no. he's too slick, isn't he . what? he doesn't drink, does he. what? he doesn't drink, does he? he doesn't know he doesn't drink. he, he, he's called himself a coke addict to coca—cola, not the illicit kind, but in terms of this actual message, i think this is quite a nice message because normally

prime ministers quite an impersonal public message on christmas eve. but of course what rishi sunak is doing is calling up people personally, pubuc calling up people personally, public abroad in in public servants abroad in in pakistan, because the flooding also at home. and you heard the sound the delight of those people to receive a call from the prime minister. i think it was quite special for me i think i had nice but i just wanted michael walls i would have loved to have got a call for mercy soonen to have got a call for mercy sooner, but he was going to be on the telly do it. he's also planned. it's like a astley video. it's all like smooth and it is a bit harsh. but the thing that have just pakistan three nil in the test series first time it ever happened and he's just ringing up so i'm not gloating hey, thanks ever so much. what you did . gloating hey, thanks ever so much. what you did. i'm sorry. we've so many problems at we've got so many problems at the minute. how about them get on just don't on with those? just don't understand. he's being so jocular about it. understand? it is think is christmas. but you think actually in pakistan. actually not in pakistan. it's not start talking not anybody could start talking to don't to us. i mean, like i don't remember addressed the remember when he addressed the public, the last time public, when was the last time he a proper public? you did

he did a proper public? you did it. you one on the lectern outside ten downing street when that was over two months ago. and it oh yeah he's lasted and it oh yeah so he's lasted well now he's gone missing . well now he's gone missing. let's, let's have a quick look at the list following this . at the list following this. let's have a look at this. let's see , what about the leader of see, what about the leader of the opposition? this is so easy. is christmas message to reflect on those who are struggling . on those who are struggling. there's so many people in britain . life is tough at the britain. life is tough at the moment , but britain. life is tough at the moment, but christmas is reminder that we will endure that things will get better. reminder that we will endure that things will get better . the that things will get better. the question account of jesus's life is a poignant reminder that no matter how much we struggle and how much we are tested, love hope and faith will always be the lights that guide us through . i will be keeping in my heart all those who are working to keep us safe, those looking after the less fortunate and. our friends in ukraine facing , our friends in ukraine facing, the horror of putin's appalling attacks, their struggle for

freedom inspires us all. christmas has always been a time rest and reflection , as well as rest and reflection, as well as one of celebration . after the one of celebration. after the year that we've had, we all deserve that. so however, you're spending this time, wherever you are , i wish you and your loved are, i wish you and your loved ones a very christmas . oh oh, ones a very christmas. oh oh, oh. that was brilliant. that was that like a wake up, wake up, call the watch, paint and music in the back of his box, i mean, nothing near like when a snake comes out of but one of those baskets, it was like that sort of him. know what that was? a cross churchill pope cross between churchill and pope francis to say, francis. mean, i have to say, that brilliant for him to that was brilliant for him to actually go out with a actually actually go out with a christian message at this time of bet. there were of year, you bet. there were people saying, we people in his office saying, we don't don't do don't do religion, we don't do god. gone ahead and god. and he's gone ahead and done and he done it. fair, play it. and he talked the issues affect talked about the issues affect us we're not somebody us today. we're not somebody on flood know,

flood relief work, you know, where we sit. we don't know where. keir starmer, what's he doing with the strike? well, we know he'll lines. got know he'll picket lines. we got to. it know what to. when it does, it know what a woman know what a woman is. you just know what a woman is. you just know what a woman and he's just woman is. and he's just going along with bonkers, which along with that bonkers, which i think i'm going to say think we know. i'm going to say that's what the telegraph say. there's that's sourced. there's that's not been sourced. well moment well you know at the moment the big whether big issue is whether the legislation which eccentric, legislation which is eccentric, to mildly, that's going to put it mildly, that's going through hollyrood, you know, whether possibly be whether it's can possibly be vetoed in westminster that there's certain there's a certain school of thought that in thought that says if do that in westminster, simply westminster, we're just simply enraged do you think enraged even more. do you think we in we should be told in westminster? don't i westminster? i don't think. i think be destroyed in think it should be destroyed in scotland. it's insane. it's bonkers going to affect bonkers and it's going to affect people idea people in scotland. the idea that going floods that there's going to be floods of over the of people pouring over the border the of 16, i don't border the age of 16, i don't think think find think well, i think might find that case. people that could be the case. people self—identify then come self—identify there, then come back as it's happening as a male or is, or female so the question is, would valid? would it would it be valid? gb since the overall this well ludicrous well let's pick on the other panellists also got christine hamilton and fraser myers alive both you're right christine your health fabulous we had your hair done christine.

nice nice . so what do you it is nice nice. so what do you it is christine going to start with you . what do you think these you. what do you think these christmas messages ? we should christmas messages? we should see that then obviously keir starmer which was your take on both as well? i couldn't agree with you more. where is richard 7 with you more. where is richard ? is he dead, by the way. with you more. where is richard ? is he dead, by the way . let's ? is he dead, by the way. let's be fair to richard in an article in a national newspaper last week. i mean, i knew it because i saw briefly. so he has done that. but where is he? why isn't giving our citizens. i thought that was all a bit staged. starmer was so wooden. i mean, it was quite incredible . i mean, it was quite incredible. i mean, can you read it? no, no, no . can you read it? no, no, no. convincingly he can't . except he convincingly he can't. except he makes it sound as though he is reading auto queue. so i didn't think much either of those really and honestly ask him endorsing nicola sturgeon's ridiculous nonsense. i but my view on starmer had been that he's 50% of people think he's going to be prime minister at the next election. you sit tight, doesn't rock boat keeps

the lefties in under the covers. he should be you know set that i mean a lot can happen but it could be said that if he is going start embracing the ludicrous nonsense like that then i think makes it even less likely. so come on, he do it, do it. bring on. if i make them less like , yeah, this is why less like, yeah, this is why he's kept quiet. we all ordered it to come out with some policies and the ones he come out of all, private out with, first of all, private are rid of the forcing are getting rid of the forcing them pay back, which just them to pay back, which is just nonsense and then this next one about. unbelievable. fraser about. it's unbelievable. fraser your these your take on these these speeches. your take on these these speeches . yeah, i wouldn't want speeches. yeah, i wouldn't want to be caught up in a with rishi sunak caught off guard by that and i wouldn't want to be caught up in a conversation. keir starmer either. i mean it's interesting how he's trying to present himself as this kind of patriot. he often does this, it often seen with the flag nowadays to contrast with corbyn, he talked about the christian message there but you know as you pointed to as soon as an issue like trans comes up

you know his true colours come out he can't hold the line against the woke for one second i mean this is a totally error everyone two brain cells knows that nicholas sturgeon's reforms are absolutely crazy. going to be to pose real dangers for women. real dangers for children . it's essentially placing the feelings of sex offenders over women's safety. i mean it's just an extraordinary of legislation. and for some it's not come out he should have been come out all guns blazing against he should have said this is something a labour government will never consider . labour government will never consider. instead, he's just far too this . well, perhaps consider. instead, he's just far too because :his . well, perhaps consider. instead, he's just far too because didn't/ell, perhaps consider. instead, he's just far too because didn't work)erhaps consider. instead, he's just far too because didn't work outaps it's because didn't work out with the women have a penis not and he really lost because and then he really lost because he woman was that he didn't what a woman was that he didn't what a woman was that he then sort deal he couldn't then sort of deal about because this could about turn because this could less than any question that's you know didn't used to be wanted to ask they used to hate me and ask what's the price and quite milk that used to be the thing them now thing that caught them out now it's does a woman have a penis and mean you think you could

and i mean you think you could at to that it's at least an answer to that it's no by the way why is he not capable of saying that i just don't doubt that it's a question. then what is the prime of a pint of milk? because the answer to that and where you buy it you know there is no such thing as the price of a pint of milk but there is such a thing. does a woman have a penis? and the answer is that she doesn't know what a penis is. oh yes, we could ask a millionaire. we probably wouldn't be able to answer that either. i don't what you should have done because we really wanted him to tell us some policies that they were going to give us. but this is just so candid. they haven't told us anything decent. and then gone down the avenue then he's gone down the avenue of identity politics. i mean, even with the strikes and the trade unions, he sort of stayed on fence on that one as well. i mean, do you think that he has a chance because are saying that they think he will be labour talks there in i mean what talks are there in i mean what do you think friends do you think that they actually have do

you that it's guarantee you think that it's a guarantee that be saying that everyone seems to be saying well no nothing is given in but i think, you know, you'd be be foolish to against him . i foolish to bet against him. i mean, clearly by default, you know have such know, tories have made such a mess of the economy . no. one, mess of the economy. no. one, trust them to get them to get us out of this hole and. but by contrast, you know what ideas do do labour have . you know, he do labour have. you know, he really should be keeping quiet about anything controversial , about anything controversial, especially if he has nothing interesting to say. and i've seen no evidence . that he has seen no evidence. that he has any any good ideas for the current moment. last word current moment. well, last word to christine this one. to you, christine. this one. well, he's a bit of a cleft well, he's he's a bit of a cleft stick with mine at, the miners with the strikers and that takes me back to the seventies when it was challenging was miners challenging the government who britain that everybody he's in a cleft stick that because of course the unions are their paymasters so he it is quite a trick situation for them if you if backs them he's in trouble with an awful lot of people and if he doesn't get, mean, he's in trouble get, i mean, he's in trouble with you with his paymasters. so you know, with position

know, content with that position . he had no chance of . he's when he had no chance of being prime minister, it didn't matter what he said. now he feels everything's in the balance and jolly well could do it. he's way he does, it. he's a way what he does, which why it makes this which is why it makes this nicholas sturgeon endorsement his nicholas his endorsement of nicholas sturgeon all the more extraordinary to unexpected , extraordinary to unexpected, almost ridiculous. i don't know why he's done it, christine, thank you so much. of course, they'll with you throughout. they'll be with you throughout. the show coming great the show coming up. great british and british debate this hour. and i'm the established i'm asking the king established himself foot by following himself in the foot by following sturgeon's gender reform sturgeon's lead on gender reform some of your thoughts. email gbp gbnews.uk. what some of your thoughts. email gbp gbnews.uk. what we think of gbnews.uk. tell what we think of everything we're discussing. you could also tweet me at gb news and i'm asking, has keir starmer shot himself the foot shot himself in the foot following italia sturgeon's lead on gender reform ? you know, with on gender reform? you know, with me, i'm not queer. this is a good he's on tv online and, on digital radio all the way through until six. stay with me. we've loads to come .

just coming up to 24 minutes after 3:00. this is a gb news tv onune after 3:00. this is a gb news tv online and digital radio. we are the people's channel and it is christmas. a christmas. ooh, yeah. christmas. a christmas. ooh, yeah . it's time now for our yeah. it's time now for our great british debate hour. i'm asking, has sir keir starmer shot himself in the foot now by following nicola sturgeon's lead on gender reform this past week been dominated not only by strikes. yes. and christmas preparations , but by intense preparations, but by intense debate at hollywood over not how she's going to run the economy or how she's to avoid adverse whichever one has been the murder capital, the drug capital of europe . no, no, no. they're of europe. no, no, no. they're talking about gender reform. and in fact, it's the gender reform bill, which is now being passed the rules actually lower the age that people can apply for gender recognition certificates to just 16. and also removes the need for medical diagnosis of gender

dysphoria. so basically any tom, dick or harry can identify a woman and any can identify as thomasin . harriet they're not thomasin. harriet they're not that one. so the problem said it could be responsible . it would could be responsible. it would be responsible for the uk to consider blocking it and in scotland let's a keir starmer following nicola sturgeon's footsteps is according to the telegraph . well let's get stuck telegraph. well let's get stuck into this with my panel faith miles and also christine hamilton and into her welcome joined my other two panellists and i got to start with you then what you think about this i mean is this gender recognition festival people don't need to have a medical diagnosis can say that i'm a man or i'm a woman irrespective of what they are and they do not have have a diagnosis. gender dysphoria and. they can do this earlier. diagnosis. gender dysphoria and. they can do this earlier . well, they can do this earlier. well, no, no . your point about the no, no. your point about the negative and i think and the panellists i want you to reckoned vague and hostility

trans people and i think it's really sad and i think trans people the new gay people that were the 2030 years ago where you try one of these trans women they've been abused. they all hounded, they are attacked the streets. i think that's new. but i think keir starmer he would make vote labour if he did do this because i think it's an amazing thing to make everyone feel included . but why are they feel included. but why are they not included that just a trans woman instead of a and they could have a trans or a spacesuit ? anyone can be but spacesuit? anyone can be but women should have their own space.i women should have their own space. i mean, this is are you not concerned think women say let me . just and then you kind let me. just and then you kind of one second gender are you concerned personally about this because you know , ultimately because you know, ultimately a man is not stronger than a woman. are you not concerned ? woman. are you not concerned? no, i'm not concerned because i have a daughter as well. i'm more concerned that this will is filled with such horrible people

that you will actually just abusing and making people out to be these things. sexual predators , it's a terrible predators, it's a terrible thing. it's a shame happened with gays 40, 50 years ago. you made up a big was sexual to and not not committed i think trans woman is a woman and i do think our movement in helping she's not put me a straight man put me to fear i have more sense of being raped by a straight heterosexual man but you can't go into your space though christine well think yeah , i christine well think yeah, i take the interest point, but i think my own is yet another example of the tales of i mean, the number of fans equally , this the number of fans equally, this country is infinite more and yet and we are asking everything for their benefit as nobody is saying that all trans people are potential rapists. nobody is saying that at all. and i know when you're quite right, many

years ago ago, gay people had perpetua this against them, which was appalling and we have largely large come through that. and but even so, it's as i say, it's the tail wagging , the dog. it's the tail wagging, the dog. and i think this latest legislation in scotland is completely extraordinary. i want to see don't know what sturgeon thinks she's i cannot believe that that the view of the average the i don't think what is what what i worry about is that while all changes are made, the people who really are women and by women, i mean people like me and nana. i knew women i don't regard trans women as women. they are trans women. what's wrong with being a trans? i mean, what's wrong with it ? i mean, what's wrong with it? why do they have to be? because the name of enabling a woman we don't need to label them. they're women don't label them because label them you because once you label them you put them be attacked and

put them up to be attacked and just hounded don't we don't to label people i don't think that's my friend i said that's my friend that's my friend i think that's my friend. narinder no, it's not a label that's a definition . trans woman you're definition. trans woman you're not a woman. fraser well christine is right to say it doesn't have the backing. the scottish people, lots of polling has been done on this. about two thirds of people are against every aspect of this every single aspect of this bill. they're lowering bill. they're against lowering the at which you can change the age at which you can change genden the age at which you can change gender. they're against gender. 16. they're against taking the medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria out of the question and they're opposed to reducing kind of waiting time. you know, it's now been reduced from two years to three months in which you in your in which you live in your so—called acquired gender. no, i really don't think this is about demonising people. it's demonising trans people. it's recognising that there are differences between men and women and it's appropriate to have certain boundaries in certain , you know, in most the certain, you know, in most the 80% of life, it really doesn't matter whether someone is a man

or a woman in a certain room, but in like prisons, in spaces like rape crisis centres , in like rape crisis centres, in places like hospitals and changing women at least have a right privacy as well. i'm not just safety and i think it's important to recognise that in terms, you know, if we're talking about sex offenders, this is already happening . even this is already happening. even without the law, it's already well, there are companies , it's well, there are companies, it's been it's been patterned i3 been it's been patterned 13 countries and there's no there's no rise in the percentage risk to women. i'm more at risk from a heterosexual man than a trans woman. why do you find there are more the thing and important ? more the thing and important? what happens and what will happenin? what happens and what will happen in? scotland, what you'll what you'll soon see is that? because the trans people that do go on to commit rape or maybe are just men, you know , they are just men, you know, they could be pretending to be trans who how can you look into someone's soul and say which is right . they will simply be right. they will simply be recorded as women committing rape and they're not going to be

recorded as trans offenders . recorded as trans offenders. they legally are treated the same as women . so actually same as women. so actually abolishing it rid of a capacity to even notice there's a problem. yeah. and also isn't it that only a man can rape a woman because of the. i thought that was if i thought that was one of the things. so a woman caught rape a woman i thought was there's some legislation in uk law. right. have to law. that's right. you have to have to the right. have the penis to the right. right. so therefore, if the trans woman rapes a woman , not trans woman rapes a woman, not right. because she is a woman. so this complicated window, i mean, you not consent to the complications, for example, things. and what about a complication? say were you happy for a trans woman to be in the women's prison ? you are very women's prison? you are very happy about that. it was a very safe. if there's a trans woman or a woman, which i think a heterosexual male and i am from a trans woman, there's no doubt that most marginalised minority

in society i do worry about the most important marginalised minority. one. no, i'm not worried . i welcome love and i. i worried. i welcome love and i. i welcome them as women womanhood because they well you're you're not in prison as far as i'm aware. so if you were the good signal . and then they day was signal. and then they day was trans women be put into women's prisons and then talked about you were more at risk a break with them men so what i'm saying is just nothing that you are going to do with prison but you're not talking about a prison . that's a very small prison. that's a very small thing to go to the past. nannder thing to go to the past. narinder let christine thinking whether they're in a prison or a rape crisis or frankly, in a changing room or in a hospital bed , they are entitled to if bed, they are entitled to if they want to be in a women only space and if they want to be treated women, they should be

treated women, they should be treated by women , in my opinion. treated by women, in my opinion. i that's difficult . the i know that's difficult. the health at the moment, health service at the moment, the so difficult the whole thing so difficult anyway . i the whole thing so difficult anyway. i think the whole thing so difficult anyway . i think have an anyway. i think women have an entitlement to be treated by women want not by a women if they want not by a trans woman or a mat. brenda, thank very much. christine thank you very much. christine hamilton the of bias, we hamilton in the face of bias, we to to you this is a gb news to talk to you this is a gb news of nana akua what live on tv onune of nana akua what live on tv online and on digital radio. the way we'll continue with the great i'm great british debate hour. i'm asking starmer asking how sir keir starmer himself in foot by following himself in the foot by following nicholas lead gender nicholas sturgeon lead on gender recognition . you'll hear the recognition. you'll hear the thoughts panel albie thoughts of my panel albie amankona . lizzie cundy, a former amankona. lizzie cundy, a former labour mp , ealing north, steven labour mp, ealing north, steven pound and also first martin. christine houghton will be joining me on the line as well and then later on in the show we'll have plenty of festive pubuc we'll have plenty of festive public christmas eve. those are things still come stay with me. but first let's get your latest news headlines . but first let's get your latest news headlines. nana, thank you. this is the latest from the gb

newsroom protesters have clashed again with police in paris as vigil was being held as a kurdish cultural centre where a gunman killed a woman and two men and left several others injured. police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. it's after riots broke out yesterday in the wake of the attack , members of wake of the attack, members of the community have gathering this morning close to where the incident happened. a16 nine year old man who was already known to police is in custody in relation the shooting . family is relation the shooting. family is driving for the festive period. face travel disruption with severe traffic on the roads due to train strikes today. travellers heading abroad are also being warned of delays as border force walk out for a second day. disruption at uk airports was brought under control yesterday as the military stepped in to replace workers on strike. meanwhile, scotland's rail operators warning strike starting today will severely limit services , will severely limit services, with people being advised to only travel if absolutely

necessary . meanwhile, the necessary. meanwhile, the disruption to christmas deliveries for many as postal workers represented by the workers represented by the workers union continue to walk off the job over paid jobs and conditions . royal mail employees conditions. royal mail employees began their industrial action on friday ahead of christmas . friday ahead of christmas. ukraine authorities say a russian strike the southern city. her son has at least seven people and wounded almost 60. keefe says moscow carried out the attack for pleasure . the attack for pleasure. president volodymyr zelenskyy published photos showing burning cars on the streets smashed and bodies. russia targeting civilians. what gb news is unable to independ quently verify the reports from her son. and forecasters are predicting white christmas for the highlands with unsettled weather for the rest of the uk. the met office has a yellow warning for snow and ice in place for most of the highlands running from tomorrow night until 6 pm. on

boxing day. meanwhile downpours are forecast in most places over the christmas weekend . the the christmas weekend. the environment agency has issued 66 plans for possible flooding in england england . tv online and england england. tv online and the abbey plus radio. this is gb news news .

good afternoon is fast approaching 40 minutes after 4:00. this gb news on tv , online 4:00. this gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. you missed that. it's actually about 3:00. anyway i'm not a choir. we are the people's . anyway i'm not a choir. we are the people's. i'm asking how sir keir starmer shot himself in the foot by following nicholas sturgeon lead on gender reform . sturgeon lead on gender reform. so joining me today is my panel also , lizzie cundy, also also, lizzie cundy, also stephen. right. so let's start with you since your man fell

then as he shot himself . of then as he shot himself. of course he has it. look, look, first, i never thought i'd be spending christmas eve discussing meat and to veg in a quite this much . but look, let's quite this much. but look, let's actually get serious what we're talking about here. there are people like april ashley , like people like april ashley, like jan loris, who were quite clearly women are born as men and they transition. and i think nobody could object it. when and they transition. and i think nobocbranchi object it. when and they transition. and i think noboc branch secretary it. when and they transition. and i think noboc branch secretary of. when and they transition. and i think noboc branch secretary of the |en i was branch secretary of the union, remember the union, i remember one of the cooks george, came and cooks called george, came and said, new card said, i want the new card and they love julia. actually no issue that. what's different issue that. but what's different in they were 18 or in those cases, they were 18 or 21 decision. 21 when they made the decision. now, christine talked about 21 when they made the decision. now, at christine talked about 21 when they made the decision. now, at cmost1e talked about 21 when they made the decision. now, at cmost oftalked about 21 when they made the decision. now, at cmost of theed about 21 when they made the decision. now, at cmost of the wards ut wards at the most of the wards in health service this in the health service in this country sex anyway. country are mixed sex anyway. that's not really an issue, but the about being the issue about being understanding what people would mix sex ellie costello in hospital. oh, yeah, yeah. you know, the only people, the only people who can to have people who can demand to have woman a very strict woman if you're a very strict muslim around west muslim certainly around my west london have london you can demand to have a woman otherwise you're woman doctor otherwise you're a single put it on single single sex ward put it on single sex wards and somebody identifies as woman and trans law. they can be . this is law. they can be. this is exactly that's the problem .

exactly that's the problem. there's a prison then. sorry bronzeville, a big women's prison. and although i'm no longer an mp, still in touch longer an mp, i still in touch with my constituents, many of whom happened to be detained at her and one her majesty's pleasure. and one of i went to in of the women i went to see in bronzeville about months ago bronzeville about two months ago just in there just is about eight men in there who say i'm a woman and like it or and you can you know i understand and of course coming from and she's she's being very inclusive and can understand inclusive and i can understand that but these are women who are in in most cases for in prison in most cases for silly paying silly things like not paying your and they are your tv licence and they are flippin some six flippin because there's some six foot person in the shower foot two person in the shower who i am a woman with a who says, i am a woman with a demonstrably no, no. keir starmer said would starmer has not said he would follow sturgeon follow nicholas sturgeon that's a puff piece the telegraph today, but he hasn't. after seeing that i mean he would have read that right. so he hasn't come denounced well, no come and denounced it. well, no it's denounce it. would come and denounced it. well, no it's think denounce it. would come and denounced it. well, no it's think denwould it. would come and denounced it. well, no it's think denwould it. woioul and you think you would come out and say know. well it say that you know. well if it comes the of the house, comes to the floor of the house, when they come out with that and then ends being the truth then he ends up being the truth that slightly convoluted that the slightly convoluted way of up on of looking at it could end up on the of the house. then

the floor of the house. then we'll know where people stand at the would be amazed the moment. i would be amazed if someone, like keir someone, a legal brain like keir starmer pick up on starmer would not pick up on exactly points that. exactly the points on that. but you quoted couldn't win you get quoted he couldn't win the a woman as a the debate with a woman as a penis somebody penis or not. you think somebody with brain is the with a legal brain is the greatest. his brain is would know that woman doesn't have know that a woman doesn't have a penis. that difficult. penis. it's not that difficult. is difficult? woman is it difficult? a woman is aduu is it difficult? a woman is adult female. you sir adult female. could you not? sir keir himself keir starmer shot himself in the foot. totally himself foot. it's totally shot himself in the unless he gives advice on everything and responsible for nothing. know what? this nothing. and you know what? this is irresponsible. it's irresponsible. and it is eroding women's right. irresponsible. and it is eroding women's right . what is the age women's right. what is the age here? because we know we know what's happening in holyrood. we do not know what's happening in westminster. cast on the not westminster. cast on the has not said unequivocally or said that he unequivocally or unequivocally supports what's happening busy happening in hollywood he's busy with all these huge constitutional changes, all these that the labour these massive that the labour party preparing for the next party is preparing for the next government. quite busy with government. it's quite busy with the house of lords voting . i the house of lords voting. i would it sounds to me would be. but he it sounds to me like her and he like is supporting her and he has he and you i'm has said he isn't. and you i'm i'm, i'm, i'm trying to bring it

in, but unfortunately he's changed his number. the number i'm sorry to know , the front of i'm sorry to know, the front of your brain. it's called that the frontal cortex isn't fully developed until your 25 years old. so this is where is so dangerous and this is why sturgeon is not just in the irntant sturgeon is not just in the irritant annoyance. she is dangerous and this is just nicholas sturgeon cannot command hollyrood on this . i think it hollyrood on this. i think it was it you said about the tail wagging, the dog this is the greens are actually making the running in scotland her coalition partners. not coalition partners. but it's not just mean some of just the tories. i mean some of the msps in are the labour msps in scotland are supporting them supporting and shame on them because is cruel towards because this is cruel towards women got to so women and we've got to be so supportive of, i think with the conversations about gender recognition reform, it's actually a boring actually quite a boring conversation if we actually about the reform which reforms are going on. so in 2004 there was a gender recognition act . so was a gender recognition act. so even if at the time you voted for it, you may remember that was put before the house and it passed that basically meant that for the time you could legally change gender and essentially

what's what's happening now is they want to reform that legislation and to essentially make it less bureaucrat sick. they want to do medicalised the process. they want to remove the requirement for the prescription of gender dysphoria , and they of gender dysphoria, and they also want to lower the age. so actually, if we just talk about what the reforms about than what the reforms are about than some that it some of the problems that it bnngs some of the problems that it brings, is actually quite boring. and think lot of the boring. and i think lot of the questions to questions around it do need to be listened a lot more be listened to a lot more carefully. i think a of carefully. i think a lot of people the side of the people on the trans side of the argument very dismissive argument are very dismissive of some problems do with some of the problems to do with single and actually single sex spaces and actually it would for essentially it would mean for essentially everyone who wants to become the gender to get that the equally would impact equally i would say is that the other side of the argument the anti side of the argument the anti side of the argument is easy to dismiss the evidence we've seen in countries like argentina france and ireland they passed ireland where they have passed similar recognition similar gender recognition reform and they haven't had all the that. lot the problems that. a lot of people are saying would people are saying that we would have well , i people are saying that we would have well, i think have in country on well, i think that is a very unique that this is a very unique situation. this country is a

very different to those countries . i don't think you're countries. i don't think you're comparing things are the same and i just think that the mindset and mentality in this country where we are , i just country where we are, i just don't think that that particular concept of a man being able to be identified a woman that be identified as a woman that quickly, i think it's because there are plenty people who detransition having been through the transition process , the transition process, literally railroaded in into that. and i think that that more the issue alongside obviously the issue alongside obviously the things women but that's a big issue at 16 you can say okay i'm a woman now i'm deciding to be a woman. would you be happy that i'm not only got children, but if you've got a teenage, would you be happy then for 16 teenage boy to be in the same dormitory as a 16 year old teenage girl if he says he identifies as a woman? i mean i just don't think and j.k. rowling has even opened up domestic to the violence of places for just women and scared to even look what's happened to

her by speaking out . you know, her by speaking out. you know, you're scared to speak out about subject because of the backlash . well, listen, as ever, thank you very much that. well, i'll tell you what. listen, it's a big old thing, isn't it? keep your thoughts coming. we'd love to get your views. views at gb news uk tweet me at gb news dot uk or tweet me at gb news. always news. now we always call christmas wonderful christmas the most wonderful time but it also be time of the year, but it also be quite tough time for loads of people, especially with this ghastly living crisis ghastly cost of living crisis and economic and the ongoing economic uncertainty loads people are uncertainty loads of people are increasingly relying on the support charities and the support of charities and the goodwill others to get by. so goodwill of others to get by. so this brings me onto my next guest, sue brett. she's the founder, brett foundation. and that foundation helps to combat poverty and loneliness year poverty and loneliness all year round through a clothes bank, breakfast and after school clubs and to name but a few things that the charity does. but it's especially important. a great lifeline during the holidays so let's find out more. hello. thank you so much . joining me, thank you so much. joining me, tell us a bit about the foundation and what it's doing this christmas . gosh well,

this christmas. oh, gosh well, we've been busy already . we've we've been busy already. we've been out giving out presents to families that aren't able offer presents. we've given food vouchers out to families condemned by their own food. we've given hampers. we've chopped up people with fuel so they can have heat and able to cook that that meals christmas penod cook that that meals christmas period we've got a homeless christmas day meal tomorrow and oh my gosh literally week of decorating sessions you name anything that can christmas bearable and as normal as possible for people we do . so possible for people we do. so it's such a great thing and we'll do the foundation does how do people find out it do you find that people know how to contact you? because i actually until today haven't actually heard of the foundation and didn't know what it did until i sort of looked up and most of it's of mouth we do a of promoting the charity on

facebook social media and i think because we're so small it it easier that people in the services that that no less are active people to sit and use us. i think there's always worry that if we get too big we're not going to be able to support people in the way that we want to. people so it's a worry . to. people so it's a worry. yeah, no, i could imagine that would be worry. obviously now you say you're a small charity who can use you where you located, you know, how do if they want to get in touch, obviously you know what caption area did you cover you? national charity charity . well basic charity charity. well basic we're making the berkshire area maidenhead in berkshire but saying that if somebody is referred to us from anywhere we will never turn anybody away. so if you're in birmingham , if you're in birmingham, scotland, wales and you can't

access local services there and you need something can you contact us and then we will help never never been very good at saying no to people if they come to us in may because the hardest thing for anyone to do is to come and say, please, can you help me? i'm struggling . what is help me? i'm struggling. what is this is really good to talk to you.thank this is really good to talk to you. thank you very much. that's super foundation. you can obviously them up online. obviously look them up online. right? panel , obviously look them up online. right? panel, so what do right? well, panel, so what do you think? so talk me about you think? so talk to me about your what you your christmas list, what you did i doing the did. well, i am doing the cooking . i've got friends and cooking. i've got friends and i've set after a few drinks in the pub at my local. if anyone has got anywhere go , i can has got anywhere to go, i can come could you give a come to mind. could you give a citrus ? i got . i just got to citrus? i got. i just got to pick a turkey . yeah, i know the pick a turkey. yeah, i know the food . so it's got a real open. food. so it's got a real open. everyone is welcome kind day tomorrow. yes i've got boys in the morning and then friends. tomorrow. yes i've got boys in the morning and then friends . oh the morning and then friends. oh lovely. yes absolutely. so we're going to be having christmas at my grandfather's house for the first time in a very long time

since we recently a lot of modifications done on his house but very mobile anymore but he's not very mobile anymore so the first time he's been so be the first time he's been able come downstairs and yeah able to come downstairs and yeah so we'll having in so we'll be having christmas in the for the first the dining room for the first time grandfather, time with my grandfather, literally over decade literally probably over a decade . excited about that. . so really excited about that. and on the stairs for and be careful on the stairs for goodness sake . yeah. emergency goodness sake. yeah. emergency services . we've actually got services. we've actually got a lift bill into the. it goes from his bedroom straight down to the dining room . so it's going to be dining room. so it's going to be lovely. excited lovely. i'm really excited that's worried on the that's he was worried on the stairs and stephen, about stairs. and stephen, what about you? i'm free if you're you? well i'm free if you're around, but i look at all round. it is, isn't it, that i am glorying it absolutely. marvellous. the first post covid christmas a post—covid christmas. the got the obviously church in the morning family overindulge and go for a walk in the afternoon going to see a few people who actually i mean i don't about the brett foundation there's a few people my there's a few people around my way visit on christmas way who do i visit on christmas day? got be family. day? but it's got to be family. it's going be fun, but above it's going to be fun, but above all, it's going to we're together now. longer together now. we're longer having with face,

having to walk around with face, yet post covid christmas? yes i think we have a song that i couldn't wait. to be honest, it had its advantages you didn't have to go see family . it's true have to go see family. it's true . i know today you're spending it alone . then join me because it alone. then join me because i'll be alone at christmas with you guys. i'll tell you what. the offers are coming in now, thick and fast. they are going to . what's your to my elbow. what's your granddad feel about this ? i want granddad feel about this? i want to out what father to find out what father christmas has to because christmas has got to because honestly, like my panel of producers , is having a rather producers, is having a rather busy afternoon . the north busy afternoon. the north american defence american aerospace defence command, better known as north, has been tracking santa claus since , 1955, and millions of since, 1955, and millions of children and grownups avidly follow the programs . and i'm follow the programs. and i'm delighted to be joined by lieutenant general alan pelletier . lieutenant general alan pelletier. he's deputy commander of north american airspace defence command live from peterson, space force base in colorado. kind of hope they made this is a busy time for you then tracking santa. how's it going ?

tracking santa. how's it going? it's going very well, nana thanks much for being with us today. thanks much for being with us today . not so. also, what are today. not so. also, what are you doing and where is he now? and how can you tell where he's going ? well, yeah, right now going? well, yeah, right now we're tracking santa . his merry we're tracking santa. his merry trek around the currently over at thailand , having delivered at thailand, having delivered over 1.5 billion of gifts to deserving around the world and. so how do we get there ? we so how do we get there? we leverage our numbers of sensors that we use on a daily daily bafis that we use on a daily daily basis , actually carry out basis, actually carry out a regular mission of monitoring the airspace around north america . so we use ground bays america. so we use ground bays and air base radar to track the big no rad or the big santa sleighs . and we use our space sleighs. and we use our space sensors to track the infrared signature of rudolph's red nose good good to see. and sort of get down off the sleigh or just we just save the air all the time. i ijust we just save the air all the time. i i just hope putin's not

watching to. so you just really get the sense the sleigh does it. come on closer on his face or anything, or is it just that sort of wide shot of him in the air? you want to close up ? yeah. air? you want to close up? yeah. sorry i missed your question . sorry i missed your question. you're coming in there. have a close up on santa. was it just that sort of saw in the air like that sort of saw in the air like that as he traverses different parts of the world well. we have a yeah we have close up actually because radar and the because of the radar and the because of the radar and the because of the satellites base the feet that we're but we do get a very good up when he enters airspace of north america because we're at that point only our our sensor operator is going to be tracking position. we're going to be launching some of our fighter aircraft are on alert continuously around north america to go in their welcome centre , the sky of canada and centre, the sky of canada and the us. so that's obvious. and what's i guess what time then.

what are you going to be. what is eta. we have the united kingdom. well you know stuff because we don't have sent flight plan but traditionally we've seen santa arriving over the uk . around 1130 at night. so the uk. around 1130 at night. so that's why we keep to the kids out there , be in bed by nine and out there, be in bed by nine and keep the magic of christmas alive and you're going to wake to a great surprise of having present probably under your trees by the fireplace depending on your tradition . so as long as on your tradition. so as long as not great and the people to just log in and watch old they they they don't call up do they. what do they do they just track it onune do they do they just track it online and mix actually. and we've all of our missions over the years we're fortunate now to actually leverage a number of social media. just to give you an example, last year we had over 2 million of social media followers out of about a 4

billion people reach. and people are able to actually call us on their 1877. i know at or they can follow us follow centres on norad's santa dot or they can also view centre on youtube on instagram as well as on their facebook. so there's number of ways to reach out , but the best ways to reach out, but the best ways to reach out, but the best way is to call us and there we're, we've got a team of volunteers that is over 750 strong this year in our call centre and i'll be one of them in, in a few minutes in order to actually take your and give you the positions of sends us . well the positions of sends us. well it's not only wonderful you so much to let's hear he's the deputy commander the north american aerospace defence command, and he's live there from peterson's force base in colorado, tracking santa. but it's nice. oh i'm going to have my stocking out ready for santa . oh, well, i hope you leave a carrot, a mince pie and a glass

of sherry sherry . if we all come of sherry sherry. if we all come around to your house what's slightly worried me about is a bit of a star trek fan. what's on this space force base. i mean, have the americans got a space force. you know, who's the enemy? what are they actually working on? mean, are you working on? i mean, are you know, is something that know, this is something that they know that we don't probably debate. but, you know, christmas thing has never been the same since brexit brussels really since brexit no brussels really . oh, oh they'll be touting the law . yeah well i'm looking law. yeah well i'm looking forward to it. i've got about one more edge stuffing up in the box of christmas crackers. i am obviously, i'm going to just open my my own and bring open up my on my own and bring all jokes aside. oh, we'll all the jokes aside. oh, we'll be what? oh, there being decent christmas crackers jokes this i've got some expensive ones actually i've something. okay what sort of peas ruined christmas . oh what sort of peas ruined christmas. oh uh . mps. well.

christmas. oh uh. mps. well. i'll say with this this is gb news to come in the next hour, i'll be more jokes has lost its christmas and it wouldn't be christmas and it wouldn't be christmas of course, without a good old fashioned christmas quiz. but i do have .

is just gone 4:00. hello and. welcome. this is gb news on onune welcome. this is gb news on online and on digital . welcome. this is gb news on online and on digital. i'm not a quitter. and for the next 2 hours, me and my family will be on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine is fairness and of course it's yours . we'll be course it's yours. we'll be debating discussing it at times . will disagree, but one . we will disagree, but no one will council . joining me will be council. joining me today is conservative albie amankona columnist and

broadcaster lizzie cundy, also former labour mp and illegal student pound. before we get started let's get your latest news headlines . started let's get your latest news headlines. nana you it's 4:00. this is the latest from the gb newsroom protest . artists the gb newsroom protest. artists have clashed again with police pans have clashed again with police paris as the vigil was being held at a kurdish cultural centre where a gunman killed a woman and two men and left others injured. police used tear gas to disperse the. it's after riots broke out yesterday in the wake of the attack . members of wake of the attack. members of the community have been gathering this morning close to where the incident happened. a 69 year old man who was already known to police is in custody in relation to the shooting. paris based columnist for the telegraph told gb news the perpetrator doesn't fit the terrorist portrait 69 years old he's a former metal driver he

lived a flat alone in the centre of paris. his own 90 year old father says that he's crazy. he collected guns and managed to get some info where the gun laws are very strict and he came of one of the time in jail only two weeks ago and that was already for attacking a camp of migrants of all of this points to racist murder family is home for the festive period facing travel disruption severe traffic on the roads due to train strikes today . travellers heading abroad are also warned of delays as border force officials walk out for a second day. disruption uk airports was brought under control yesterday as military stepped in to replace workers on strike. meanwhile scotland's rail operators warning starting today will severely services with people advised to only travel if absolutely necessary .

travel if absolutely necessary. meanwhile, this disruption into christmas deliveries for many as postal workers represented by the communication workers union continue to walk off the job, jobs and conditions. mail employees began their industry action on friday ahead of christmas. the acting general secretary of the cwg told gb news he hopes the action will help the mail service strive the future. members of very angry about the way they've been treated . royal mail people don't treated. royal mail people don't take strike lightly. people don't want to lose pay. they want to actually be at work serving the customer. but the overwhelming massive from the customers they support their posting. they support their mail workers. they understand the strikes is not just about being greedy, about actually having a future service and ensuring this great royal mail service . it's great royal mail service. it's been there for 500 years, continues to thrive and grow in the future . while wiltshire the future. while wiltshire police have confirmed a four year old boy has died following a serious medical incident at

longleat centre parks this morning. the death isn't being treated as suspicious . we'll treated as suspicious. we'll bnng treated as suspicious. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. and ukrainian authorities say a russian strike on the southern city of her son has at least seven people and wounded almost 60. keefe says moscow carried out the attack for pleasure . president for pleasure. president volodymyr zelenskyy published photos showing burning on the streets, smashed and bodies. russia targeting civilians. gb news is unable to independent verify the reports from her son son. now at least 19 people are thought to have died. a heavy storm sweeps across parts of the us. a number of fatal cities have involved road traffic accidents, including a pile up in ohio reportedly killed least two motorists. several were also injured. temperatures plunged as low as —45 degrees in some areas with 250 million people under weather warnings . the storm is

weather warnings. the storm is forecast to develop into what's being described as a bomb cyclone bringing it heavy, blinding snow. cyclone bringing it heavy, blinding snow . and back. blinding snow. and back. forecasters are predicting a white christmas for the highland with unsettled weather for the rest of the uk. the met office set a yellow warning for snow and in place for most of the highlands running from tomorrow evening until 6 pm. on boxing day. meanwhile are forecast in most other over the christmas weekend . the environment agency weekend. the environment agency has issued 66 alerts for possible flooding in england . possible flooding in england. the nhs is warning parents about the risks of swallowing toy parts as an increase seen. more children admitted to hospital . children admitted to hospital. the latest data shows the number children having consumed a small object has doubled over the last ten years to almost 230. doctors are concerned about penny sized batteries that make out part of several household items like festive lights and tv remotes .

festive lights and tv remotes. it says gb news bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to nanna . back to nanna. good afternoon. it's just coming up to 4:06 o'clock. this is the news on tv online and on digital radio . now, instead of starting radio. now, instead of starting hour with an angry monologue , hour with an angry monologue, which you know how much i love, i thought i'll save it for you tomorrow because i've written a very special one for you. so on christmas, i'll give it a rest, you know? i mean, its place, you know? i mean, in its place, i thought bring some i thought i'd bring some christmas love in christmas joy and love in northern ireland. children to lapland, france took a plane , lapland, france took a plane, their children to terminal took their children to terminal took the children with terminal and life threatening conditions to see father christmas . and our see father christmas. and our reporter doug beattie along for the sleigh ride in a special

jingle bells, jingle to his . oh, jingle bells, jingle to his. oh, what fun it is to ride up open sleigh christmas gifts can come in many forms , but for families in many forms, but for families that have had a child with terminal or life threatening illnesses , a getaway to a land , illnesses, a getaway to a land, innocence, snow and make may just be the ticket means ever since really to be honest , never since really to be honest, never beenin since really to be honest, never been in a family travelling best before, so that's going to be magical . yeah. this the first magical. yeah. this the first time is see this first time away to see a fresh. yeah al i was diagnosed with a brain tumour so . we had been through a whole year of chemo radiation and everything and we've come to the end of us and the nurses say, tell us that they would. and that's how we got here the wit is finally over. this privately chartered behind me will fly

children to lapland for the magic of christmas and to meet santa . i'm going to see santa santa. i'm going to see santa ha.and santa. i'm going to see santa ha. and what are you going to ask for? a pleasant i'm going to ask for? a pleasant i'm going to ask for? a pleasant i'm going to ask for like a demon monitor. i'd like to know from my bedroom with such a journey medical experience must be on hand and doctor mark rowlands is the medical director and explains seriousness of the situation . seriousness of the situation. these children are sick , mean, these children are sick, mean, they are life limiters and terminal . they are life limiters and terminal. some of these kids might see santa claus again. so this is a big, big trip. might see santa claus again. so this is a big, big trip . but you this is a big, big trip. but you name it, they've had everything liver transplants, heart transplant bone marrow transplants still all of them under a lot , transplants still all of them under a lot, lot of transplants still all of them under a lot , lot of care transplants still all of them under a lot, lot of care and treatment at the they're all stabilised we've all had the gall had their individual consultants that they're fit go and we want to make sure that they have a great day even the

flight crew have a soft spot for this trip . and captain john this trip. and captain john rowland is no different . oh, rowland is no different. oh, it's wonderful to see all the kids going away, to see father christmas. they're really excited. i doing these excited. so i love doing these flights , the landscape and flights, the landscape and climate here are very different and that gives the families an opportunity to sample new experiences . the highlight of experiences. the highlight of the day is the 1 to 1 with santa and face for children was very clear . how and face for children was very clear. how long should it be before they go to sleep on christmas eve? on eve, it could be good if they can go and sleep about at least 9:00 in the evening . and then if they evening. and then if they a fireplace so that they should check up that they have no fire. the fireplace on christmas eve , the fireplace on christmas eve, the whole experience may a lot to put into one day but the children on this plane need specific support and time is of

the essence . but for most it's the essence. but for most it's a day that dreams will be really and memories. me it to give it a gb news so a wonder that . gb news so a wonder that. you know wasn't that lovely ? you know wasn't that lovely? lovely. well, here's what else is coming today for the great british debate hour. i'm asking should strike us together pay rise? and if so, should it be in line? inflation. so the index unked line? inflation. so the index linked and at 450 it boiled round up time. linked and at 450 it boiled round up time . i take a look round up time. i take a look back at what's been a very remarkable year for the royal family, and delighted to family, and we're delighted to be insider lady colin be joined insider lady colin campbell . she'll be giving us campbell. she'll be giving us all the all the oath of the royal family. and we'll be , royal family. and we'll be, including you and your christmas celebrations assured. stay. so please send me some pictures videos, stories, anything and tell us what you're getting up to tomorrow. that's on the way in next as ever. tell in the next hour as ever. tell me you think.

me what you think. what everything we're discussing. you could gbviews@gbnews.uk or could email gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet at . gb news. oh, that's tweet me at. gb news. oh, that's nice. stay right. this is my panel so i'm picking my panel. so joining me today is albie amankona commentator lizzie candy, broadcaster and columnist and also stephen pound, mp for where is it and never told me didn't software are they buying these parts they know is that by these parts they know is that by the airport what's he has a lovely lovely little video that is beautiful do you know a tragic story mean i spent many many years over 20 years in northern ireland or the north of ireland. we hear much ireland. and we hear so much bad news. the things that news. one of the things that struck northern struck me about northern politics, extraordinary in politics, extraordinary way in which people which cross—community people would together for would actually come together for these things. they these charitable things. they have called tractor have a thing called a tractor run, in run, which is mostly in fermanagh tyrone that sort of with hundreds of people, they just have these tractors going, collecting you know, collecting money, you know, for local and local kids, schools and hospitals and things, you know, wouldn't marvellous? wouldn't it be marvellous? we actually of the good actually saw some of the good side because

side of northern ireland because god seen god alone knows we've seen enough but the enough of the bad side. but the people i met people that i met cross—community actually some of the best and most decent people you'd ever meet in your life and fair gb news for fair play to gb news for actually giving that some pubuchy actually giving that some publicity because . nobody else publicity because. nobody else has them. yeah it was a has done them. yeah it was a lovely part and there's much goodin lovely part and there's much good in the world and i we've had a lot gloom and doom of like light that just and shows, you know, kind wonderful people know, how kind wonderful people can be. going a good news can be. it's going a good news story. been a very story. fun. it's been a very dramatic year. it's nice to see people coming together, children happy. some pretty happy. they're in some pretty sad is for those sad circles is for those families. there's still a little nugget of happy happiness them at the end of the year. well can of your own of think about your own circumstances whether what you're about you're whingeing about is absolute yes. there absolute. exactly. yes. there are always that are worse off than you . and they're the than you. and they're the children who make the most of what is a holy hope. this is your christmas message. that your christmas message. if that is really good christmas message. think if message. yeah i think if i played you. also want to played you. i also want to congratulate because i understand rishi sunak has understand that rishi sunak has not but beyonce not phoned you, but beyonce has

now , no, i'm not now told him yet, no, i'm not doing this . video . is it true, doing this. video. is it true, beyonce?i doing this. video. is it true, beyonce? i just been in touch . i beyonce? i just been in touch. i don't know. she's just give me a text, say, oh, my god, can i read it ? just saying how great i read it? just saying how great i am on tv . no, read it? just saying how great i am on tv. no, no, no. it's fun for me . oh, oh, oh. i'm here to for me. oh, oh, oh. i'm here to . mend generational . oh, that's . mend generational. oh, that's wonderful . me. she said she . mend generational. oh, that's wonderful. me. she said she did that to meghan as well. you know generation and i want to make it really well works so well so have you got a christmas wish then if you could one wish to do a miss world for us. oh well, i would love . peace. i just. would love. peace. ijust. i really do hope i do on that that hopefully it will come. yeah, that would , that would be great. that would, that would be great. greatest me because so my question , my christmas wish question, my christmas wish would be for the conservative party to get itself together so

we can win the next general . oh we can win the next general. oh that's got be all you got. also well i could be facetious but i mean when i see the news from ukraine every day and think children who can't remember what their homes look like, people are being murdered in the streets i pray to god that we can actually end this because this megalomaniac this brutal megalomaniac putin, he threatening the peace and he is threatening the peace and sanctity of world because if sanctity of the world because if he border into he crosses the border into a nato country, lithuania, latvia, estonia , poland, then we're in estonia, poland, then we're in a world war i don't put cold water. i think that. please, please, have peace in please, can we have peace in and, you know, maybe maybe an end to the strikes as them because starving? well, i was because starving? well, if i was going destroy myself, going to destroy myself, i desire i want to win the lottery today. desire i want to win the lottery today . so you the day he got his today. so you the day he got his job, i felt nostalgic . one of job, i felt nostalgic. one of those hats with a torch on it. come on. forward. yes problems. we won this. what is your wish?

let us know. i would love to hear what your are. you can always get in touch or one tweet me at gb news. you're just joining us. i'm nana akua. this gb news. we're live on tv online and the digital we are the people's channel. and coming up we'll continue with the great british debate asking should strikes get a pay rise and should it be in line with inflation? so index linked and as ever we want to join you. please send me all your thoughts. i have a you can join now that's .

on the good afternoon it's just coming up to 90 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news on tv , online this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm don't forget you can also stream us live on youtube . but it's now live on youtube. but it's now time for our great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, should strikers get pay

rises? and if so, should go up and down with inflation in the latest in the run up to latest strikes in the run up to christmas for the full star as well postal workers. we're well as postal workers. we're also overpaid . the also walking up overpaid. the other thing is the board staff so that it goes well because the army took over and actually they were it and the prime were better at it and the prime minister's apology is for the christmas troubles. but the pubuc christmas troubles. but the public pay must be public sector pay must be controlled unless from this discussion to the rest of my panel phrase and christine hamilton . well, i say, what do hamilton. well, i say, what do you think this that okay. to them asking for inflation busting rises nice 19% this the nurses special that's what that appears to be be holding out for but is set to fall apparently in about 18 months and actually really so do you think there is potential that if they do get a pay potential that if they do get a pay rise, it should be indexed in line with inflation? i'll start with you first . i think start with you first. i think they should get a pay rise. so i it's probably above inflation i mean, the way that inflation

works means that even if it falls, we've lost 10% of our income, even if it's just the rate of increase in prices will go down. so i mean and you know, this comes off the back of years of pay restraint for vast majority of people, not just in the public sector. you know, we've had the biggest squeeze in wages since napoleonic era . so wages since napoleonic era. so people are really, really suffering . wages have not been suffering. wages have not been going up in a way that we would hope or expected. i think it's right that people , when they're right that people, when they're put in that position , take put in that position, take matters into their hands and go out on strike because, you know, the government's not going to save one's looking out save them. no one's looking out for and i wish more people for them and i wish more people would do it. actually think more people go on strike signed up for do you have to laugh. yeah i think i'm quite outside of the public. you know, i wish people would stand up themselves would stand up for themselves and for better pay and ask for better pay and conditions . i think that would conditions. i think that would be a good thing . christine well

be a good thing. christine well , i think you'll get your wish fairly quickly because i'm fairly quickly because i'm fairly certain that when we into the new year, you will have more people coming out on strike . i people coming out on strike. i fear we're heading towards what is still an intensive process a general strike. i mean , goodness general strike. i mean, goodness knows how many groups we've got now, but i fear that more will catch. the trouble is if everybody an inflation busting pay everybody an inflation busting pay rise , where does it end? pay rise, where does it end? everybody then want to leapfrog oven everybody then want to leapfrog over. and when you had your pay rise, you then go . then you rise, you then go. then you start leapfrogging it. we cannot hold it . i, i start leapfrogging it. we cannot hold it. i, i honestly start leapfrogging it. we cannot hold it . i, i honestly that most hold it. i, i honestly that most people in this country think that as a country we are better off than we are. we're not we're in a really pretty perilous situation for a variety of reasons , not unconnected with reasons, not unconnected with a lot and a lot of it. reasons, not unconnected with a lot and a lot of it . and we are lot and a lot of it. and we are in a mess and we should simply afford i mean, we cannot afford give the nurses eight or 19, it's just not possible . and if it's just not possible. and if we give them that everybody will

want it. and the government really has to, i'm afraid , stand really has to, i'm afraid, stand up to this. there may be room for rejigging pay scales , for rejigging pay scales, various industries and jobs because it seems to me looking at the figures, the experts of the some people, whether it's trains or nurses or whatever , trains or nurses or whatever, getting disproportionately more, obviously you need experience and skills, etc. etc, but even so, so there is, i think, plenty of room for the people at the bottom of the heap the people who are striking that makes sense. but now simply can't afford to give inflation busting by frankly by definition with multiple. do we know we're well off this country with massive debt? we're wasting amounts of money on things like hs2, accenture, etc. but , you know, accenture, etc. but, you know, we've got to get to grips with about just what i can't understand is the government it's going on behind the scenes. i haven't seen evidence of i haven't seen much evidence of talking on. i mean some of talking going on. i mean some of the unions were complaining the

other day that the government some of the male government ministers would not want to negotiate with the female union leaders . i think that's always leaders. i think that's always not then they should be nice . not then they should be nice. please but. well listen. well, i was raised with this because frankly you're saying that people should go on strike and is exactly what it looks like happening . but i mean, are you happening. but i mean, are you aware of saying sort of peaks that organisation is the union for the civil servants i mean the guy is sort of at the head of that was saying that he they want to bring down the government mark cut. yeah so he's talking about bringing down the with these the government with these strikes and seems to be the strikes and that seems to be the direction of travel. so whether people should striking or people really should striking or shouldn't those who do not want the tory party in in line obviously unions are in a obviously the unions are in a hot with the labour party they are actually using this as a device to bring down the government. you still in government. are you still in

favour . well i don't favour of this. well i don't think people should be using strikes bring down the strikes to bring down the government. to take government. they seem to take very inappropriate from civil servants supposed be servants who are supposed to be politically neutral . but i do politically neutral. but i do think we're a long way away from that. i think if we you know, the comparison that people are making of making is with the winter of discontent the 1970s and discontent in the 1970s and that, know, genuinely call that, you know, genuinely call into question the authority of the government at the time . but the government at the time. but you know look back then you know you look back then around about i think it was around about i think it was around about i think it was around about 12 million working days were lost to strikes in a single month at the moment at the peak of these strikes where looking at possibly about a million now that's a lot compared to years but we've we've got used to people not going on strike. we've got used to record low union membership . to record low union membership. there's all kinds of reasons for that. a lot of that has to do with the unions themselves being. quite useless, frankly and that. well, that and not doing that. well, that could standing up for could a job of standing up for their employees. but think, their employees. but i think, you know , people going strike you know, people going on strike because they've really run out of options . people don't

of options. people don't take this decision lightly. they're losing to money go on strike. they're not getting paid much as they would be if they were at work and that's pretty painful in this kind of cost of living squeeze. in this kind of cost of living squeeze . i don't think it's squeeze. i don't think it's i think you'd really you know, strikes would need to be ten times bigger to really threaten the government to make things politically unstable. and i don't think there's any sign of that. yeah, well, i mean was it marx or not? that's what he said. that was their intention and as you said, they're civil servants shouldn't really they're be neutral they're supposed to be neutral they're supposed to be neutral they're supposed to be neutral they're supposed be serving they're supposed to be serving the government. whichever government it's government is in power. and it's not to decide who not for them to decide who should be in power and for them to their power to sort of to use their power to sort of change that. christine what what do you make of this then? because would you say that it would be fair if they are going to get pay that they should be index linked in a way so that when obviously comes down those pay when obviously comes down those pay because there will be a bigger gap you'll it'll be a more substantial pay rise and

also of will be put into also a lot of will be put into tax which is tax brackets as well, which is sort of a self—defeating what i think you quite a few people have realised that but just to go back to something that that i think it was pretty sad. i mean these strikes to a these are political strikes to a large extent. i think are aimed at the government and the unions . they want bring down this . they want to bring down this government. they sent i am quite rightly, they said that if they're index linked people aren't good at that and when inflation goes down are they so it doesn't really like that you people have got to be realistic i it's easy for people like me to sit what i'm retired from stuff and there are a lot of people who not paid a great and they deserve more and they are struggling and in particular at a time like this that christmas is think fraser said a lot of them are losing christmas is an expensive time because money needs to be spent on things that you don't normally spend it on

and then they're losing money. so i think it is particularly difficult but you with the difficult but you know, with the government is responsible for the whole country and its responsible for getting us out of the mess we're in now and offering inflation busting pay rises is not the way to do it. it just isn't a and thank you very much, christine . and also very much, christine. and also fraser myers , my panellists, fraser myers, my panellists, joining me for that subject. thank you so much . well, earlier thank you so much. well, earlier there were theo chikomba. he went out , have a chat with , some went out, have a chat with, some strikers to find out what their were. have a listen . it's yet were. have a listen. it's yet day where those expecting deliveries may have to wait a little as members of the communicate workers union walk out the second day after rejecting a deal this week. within hours receiving it, we asked for the company in return. ways to get round the table proper negotiations not to introduce an agreed change. why those talks taking place and to

give us these assurance that they're not going to introduce a new resource model to bring in self workers who have to pay for their own vans, their own. i get hold of. i don't get sick pay. agency workers and workers on 20% less terms and conditions beanng 20% less terms and conditions bearing the brunt. this business west london manufactures products for people with skin . products for people with skin. good morning, guys. how are you getting on today? this of the yearis getting on today? this of the year is their peak trading christmas time and. also the time before black friday. it's the most busiest time during the year. the most busiest time during the year . so the most busiest time during the year. so sometimes we need to call like extra help from either agency or from different departments. so are like a family. so we usually help each other just to make sure that the product made on time. but also with the higher quality standard. so our aim postal

workers have been a 9% pay increase over 18 months. describe by royal mail as the company's best and final offer. but what does this mean for millions of customers across the uk who rely on their service . it uk who rely on their service. it is that time of the year again when. many people will be coming in to their local streets to get those last minute christmas presents. but this year, with royal mail strikes, some are experienced in delays, especially haven't the especially if they haven't the opportunity to come and get the person. strikes have caused person. the strikes have caused disruption in the days leading to christmas for pai skincare . to christmas for pai skincare. as they say, royal mail is glue that connects them to their customers. it's often not just people desperately panic buying gifts, often for us because we are a beauty brand . many of our are a beauty brand. many of our customers will be . they're going customers will be. they're going away and thinking, oh gosh, i'm going to run out of my skincare . so they're doing a lot of panic replenishment, . so they're doing a lot of panic replenishment , too. panic replenishment, too. so there's bit that . oh, yeah, there's a bit of that. oh, yeah,

i this last week and i know this last week and there's last days before are really busy for us . while there really busy for us. while there are no further strike days announced yet and no agreement has been reached , meaning we has been reached, meaning we could see further strike days next year. theo chikomba . gb next year. theo chikomba. gb news national airport is to come, but this is a gb news to live on tv on online , on digital live on tv on online, on digital radio. and now earlier in that previous hour , we were talking previous hour, we were talking about whether we thought whether keir starmer had shot himself in the with regard to the the foot with regard to the gender reform. apparently in the telegraph expressed his telegraph had expressed his support. you've been in support. a lot of you've been in touch views . i've got touch with your views. i've got one here from hilary. he says, i think if the reports are true, then 60 as a lawyer is showing incredible naivety of the new grc legislation given a court in scotland recently approved the gender trumps sex in terms of sex equality act, which is in the application of a grc to three months without a gender dysphoria. so seems dysphoria. so this is seems impolite . it dysphoria. so this is seems impolite. it is dysphoria. so this is seems impolite . it is insulting saying impolite. it is insulting saying he's bought it is boring by way

to trans men who have given birth call themselves mothers. once gender is identified as a sex, identify , will they want to sex, identify, will they want to change their birth certificate to make it a minefield that's one of the thoughts as anybody got . any other views? i've got got. any other views? i've got some here . do mary's. mary some here. let's do mary's. mary says appropriate for this time of year . ha ha says appropriate for this time of year. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. stephen by. stephen powell and also lizzie come to mary says, how did the tiny manage to huack says, how did the tiny manage to hijack the scottish parliament? changing a law is ultimate aim. if you can change at 16, you can vote at 16. more possible snp voters are maybe that is what they've already got votes at 16. well yeah well that's true that she is in there but she's not good observation brains are a really and nick nicholas said well i mean general election. oh no no not in a general election. i don't think. no, no, no not in a general election to the westminster parliament. they can vote the hollyrood parliament vote to the hollyrood parliament 16 in the 16 and they could vote in the referendum. well i that but

referendum. well i that is. but they will really know they will not really know if westminster it, even westminster won't pass it, even though sturgeon she's going to go it and do it go along with it and do it anyway. one, nicola says anyway. this one, nicola says not. i would just like to throw in my two pennies. surely should differentiate between trans women who have had surgery and their genitalia removed and their male genitalia removed and are in all of purpose. are now in all of purpose. exactly trans woman who identifies as and lists as a woman but still has male genital is. surely that would make a difference regarding change in presence essential that you think nick but that doesn't seem to be much common sense in this at all does that i think is a back room deal for the scottish party. i think there's something going evidence going here. there's no evidence to suggest. i'm just saying it's not suggestion. not the case suggestion. and then on says she's either mad as are those who supported the bill she and they are playing a very machiavellian game could that they want to provoke a confrontation the westminster government to bolster calls for independence anyway . it's all independence anyway. it's all very gobsmacking they we end on that one then. oh coming up to

for the phone stay with us after 4:00 here with me i'm nana akua this is gb news on online and on digital radio. after the break, it's digital radio. after the break, wsfime digital radio. after the break, it's time the great british debate and my here in the studio to digest question about strikers pay and digest royal news of 2022 with lady colin campbell . she'll be here on the campbell. she'll be here on the but first let's get your latest news headlines . news headlines. nana thank you very much is the latest from the gb newsroom protesters have clashed again with police in paris as a vigil was being held at a kurdish cultural centre where a gunman killed woman and two men and left several others injured . left several others injured. police used tear gas to disperse crowd this after riots broke out in the wake of the attack . in the wake of the attack. members of the community have been gathering this morning

close to where the incident happened.a close to where the incident happened. a 69 year old man who was already known to police is in custody relation to the shooting . family is driving home shooting. family is driving home for the festive period face travel disruption . severe travel disruption. severe traffic on the road due to train strikes today. travellers heading abroad are also being warned delays as border force officials out for a second day. disruption at uk airports was brought under yesterday as the military stepped in to replace workers on strike. meanwhile, scotland's operators warning strike starting today will severely limit services , with severely limit services, with people being advised to only travel if absolutely necessary necessary . meanwhile, this necessary. meanwhile, this disruption to christmas deliveries for many is postal workers represented by the communication workers union continue to walk off the job oven continue to walk off the job over, pay jobs and conditions. royal mail employees began industrial action on friday ahead of christmas . wiltshire

ahead of christmas. wiltshire police have confirmed a four year old boy has died following a serious medical incident at longleat centre park this morning. the death is not being treated as suspicious and we'll bnng treated as suspicious and we'll bring you more on that story as get it . ukrainian authorities get it. ukrainian authorities say a russian strike on the southern city of her son has killed at least seven people and wounded almost 60. keith says moscow out the attack for pleasure . president volodymyr pleasure. president volodymyr zelenskyy published photos showing burning cars , the showing burning cars, the streets smashed windows and bodies. russia denies targeting civilians . bodies. russia denies targeting civilians. gb news is unable to independent verify the reports from . son forecasters are from. son forecasters are predicting a white christmas for the with unsettled weather . the the with unsettled weather. the rest of the uk. the met office has put a yellow warning for and ice in place for most of the highlands running from tomorrow until 6 pm. on boxing day. meanwhile, downpours are forecast in most other places

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while the fact this is a dvd use on tv online and on digital radio, we are the people's channel. i'm not aware . it's channel. i'm not aware. it's time though for our great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, should get pay rises and if so, should they go up and down with inflation? let's see what my panel make of that. i'm joined by conservative albie amankona broadcaster the economist cundy and also former labour ealing north stephen power and water pounds make

rising . by we say power and water pounds make rising. by we say. so power and water pounds make rising . by we say. so what do rising. by we say. so what do you think our start with you then. okay. strike everybody's going on strike. everyone is for money. it's going to go up. effects will go up. you'll end up in a different bracket, hot bracket than you. and you pay. more tax and the cost of living will in increasing. then will come in increasing. then the saying in 18 months the saying in about 18 months inflation back. but inflation will come back. but your there. so your pay is still up there. so what would say about the pay what i would say about the pay rises year independent rises every year independent review decide public review bodies decide on public pay review bodies decide on public pay and the government can either choose that that either choose accept that that that recommendation or ignore and most of the time it means a pay and most of the time it means a pay rise of some description this year it's not high enough for the striking workers . but for the striking workers. but should it be linked to inflation? should it be an inflation? should it be an inflation busting pay? no, absolutely. it should not be an inflation rise, inflation busting pay rise, because want to because what we do not want to happen wage price where we happen is a wage price where we essentially see inflation embedded into economy and perpetually higher because people's wages are going . we people's wages are going. we don't want that to happen. so it

seems quite cruel now for the government to be saying, no, we're holding firm on the pelvis, on the pay offers that we've given. but actually in longer term for the taxpayer, i actually think it's the best thing to do. what about comments from saying everyone from fraser saying that everyone should go on strike if they really they should? i mean, really feel they should? i mean, is irresponsible really feel they should? i mean, is the irresponsible really feel they should? i mean, is the situation;ponsible really feel they should? i mean, is the situation;ponsiiin? given the situation we're in? look in look i've got no problem in principle people going principle with people going on strike. the strike. workers have the right to . the question is to withdraw. the question is, is whether or not what they're asking reasonable and asking for is reasonable and i think asking for a 19% pay rise is unreasonable . listen, i just is unreasonable. listen, i just think we've no post we call no ambulances . we've got no nurses. ambulances. we've got no nurses. that's the point . if you want to that's the point. if you want to come here, why don't they sell this? do the jobs coming? look, giving a pay rise in line or above inflation is just going to spiral into a, isn't it? that's bafic spiral into a, isn't it? that's basic economics . and i'm sorry, basic economics. and i'm sorry, it's called. i thought it was, you know this hoisted by petard when it's like self sabotaging it really is . and there's some it really is. and there's some facts here for you. 180 billion this year went into the nhs more

per than any other comparable health service in europe and. yet we have some of the worst outcomes europe. so obviously something is wrong. i don't know . totally needs to be revalued the nhs is a shambolic mess and the nhs is a shambolic mess and the first order of any government is to look its own people and we know we're putting 13.8 still in 2 billion into foreign aid. well, six and a half million is looking after the, you know, illegal immigrants . diversity the, you know, illegal immigrants. diversity and inclusion. i mean , like we've inclusion. i mean, like we've got a lot of money spent on that . is and it's very . and there is and it's very badly skewed well. so of badly skewed as well. so of those diversity managers don't like 90 grand or 100 and something grand and some of the managers want to have a £40,000 room paid than the room being paid more than the frontline workers in the nhs . so frontline workers in the nhs. so we are, even if they're asking for more we're chucking for more money, we're chucking in and money this in more and more money into this thing. , is it being used thing. but yes, is it being used to the right thing? is it being used the right think used in the right area? i think we're fundamental mistake used in the right area? i think we're lumping|ental mistake used in the right area? i think we're lumping|ental nstrikes about lumping all the strikes

together, . well, that's together, about. well, that's fine. hang on to the population of this country. aren't in unions and know, sons are unions and you know, my sons are self—employed electrician he does going on strike. does want him going on strike. it's staff, you know , i think it's staff, you know, i think we should realising should actually be realising it's back it's not just unions, but back in, probably person in, probably the only person this actually, you know, this panel actually, you know, was line only was on the picket line not only last with last week with the communications workers, but in 78, i was the branch 78, 79, when i was the branch secretary, health service secretary, the health service workers i remember the workers and i remember the health secretary, said health secretary, david, said to me, on with this me, you carry on with this strike, you can have 20 years of tory government and. he was wrong with 18 years of tory government. so i think we need to bit shrewd. the to be a little bit shrewd. the point negotiating with point about not negotiating with the a little bit the women union is a little bit straight. apparently pat cullen was invited . they realised that was invited. they realised that she but the reality she was a woman, but the reality is this 19% is nonsense. it's called bargaining. you in for 90? i've done it. i've been there. but not because they've been given pills and happy with. hang on sec. in the case of hang on a sec. in the case of the nurses this this is the nurses and this is this is the nurses and this is this is the point that all these strikes are very different the are very different with the communication workers union. there's casuals there's a huge number of casuals working the working on the royal at the present we all that present time. we all know that the people deliver post

the way that people deliver post is different now with emails and god so should god knows what. so we should actually and talking actually be sitting and talking to the fundamental to and this is the fundamental problem government have got. problem the government have got. on is on the one hand, there is paymasters businesses. paymasters in businesses. they pay paymasters in businesses. they pay for all pay the money they pay for all that for ridiculous that they pay for ridiculous disaggregated transport where you've got dozens and, dozens of little companies all the little companies all over the place. one hand, place. and on the one hand, they're standing making they're standing there making these ridiculous braggadocio statements, which steve barclay and rishi sunak know is not charles atlas. we know he's not the hard man. on the one hand, they're making these statements unhelpful. on the other hand, they we're not going they say, no, we're not going to sit talk there's sit and talk because there's nothing to do that. well, i'm we're stage of we're approaching the stage of the emergency here. the national emergency here. we genuine you know i genuine are. and, you know and i know person who know that the first person who dies street because dies on the street because there's nurse ambulance there's no nurse or no ambulance staff them that actually staff to help them that actually bnng staff to help them that actually bring the government to the table whether like it or table whether they like it or not. khabib a bit grown up not. so khabib a bit grown up actually taught nurses are actually taught the nurses are going the money know going to get the money we know they're some money. they're going to get some money. the are going the royal mail are going to be reconfigured probably reconfigured anyway. probably the going the transport services are going to back into public to be brought back into public ownership it's just ownership because it's just too

messy and complicated probably. and heard from and we haven't even heard from the utilities. might have the the utilities. we might have the gas, and electricity. gas, water and electricity. you know, happened to know, we haven't happened to teachers but on the other teachers yet. but on the other hand, schools, you know, hand, the schools, you know, know they're broken we know they're broken up. we actually this in actually need to look at this in the in big picture. the round in the big picture. but one thing that but for me, the one thing that encapsulates all of this, and i think you've touched it think you've touched on it a number times, the state of number of times, is the state of the health service . and number of times, is the state of tithink health service . and number of times, is the state of tithink lesleeralth service . and number of times, is the state of tithink lesley just h service . and number of times, is the state of tithink lesley just talked ce . and i think lesley just talked about it. you when you've it. now, you know, when you've gone 70 million being spent gone from 70 million being spent on it back in 1930, 1940, on it back in 1930, july, 1940, at it, my at the beginning of it, my birthday to the present time when over billion, we when you got over 80 billion, we need have a proper need to have a proper cross—party non partisan sit down and say what of a health service do we want? just at the moment it broken the fundamental point it's not about one point is it's not about one group workers , it's about group of workers, it's about each individual problem different. we want grown up different. we want a grown up government prepared in government is prepared to say in the national we can actually leave aside sectarian differences and actually about this as grown ups for the good of the country. and i think that that sounds very, very ideological. it's but the problem but the problem with thatis

problem but the problem with that is there working as a pack so they're working i know they are they are and they look they all you know there's equipment for the a kind of structure the royal college of nursing and the rmt there really wouldn't the say they all took this this say they all took this and this awash with it that was mick lynch don't need to in lynch they don't need to be in the room together they're the same room together they're working yes, working a pack the work. yes, they that's to they are. and if that's not to try and bring down the government, as are the civil union, the union empty as union, the union as are empty as are all these unions who are in hock with the labour party. it's quite simple and know quite simple and they know that if together like this if they work together like this and they bring a change in the government, agree this government, don't agree to this or they're to the or that, they're making to the rmt labour rmt staff against the labour party. know , the other party. you know, the other people they love and know they're not affiliated, they hate maybe, they don't hate us maybe, but they don't want tory. what it mick want the tory. what was it mick lynch you gave me the lynch said you gave me the queen. what mick say? queen. what did mick lynch say? well all want well he says, well, all i want for christmas is something. but hang a second. don't get are hang on a second. don't get are certain revolutionary actually want because want to see crisis chaos because they only through they think it's only through that you know. well that sort crisis you know. well that's a light bulb. you can't change but we've got to

change a lot. but we've got to smash light bulb. stephen, smash light bulb. but stephen, look does keir starmer look what does keir starmer stand let's honest, stand on this? let's be honest, he it won't the nhs he won't. it won't be. the nhs list of waiting list is 7.2 million cases on the nhs and keir starmer has said over , over keir starmer has said over, over again hour after hour i would sit down and i would talk to these people in the national interest because it is too important now and for the government actually say, you know, gov not and the know, not me, gov not and do the pontius pilot again a seasonal appropriately that appropriately metaphor that simply good enough it simply isn't good enough it fails the government fails the country. well look at armed forces are shining example of forces are a shining example of a profession isn't a vocational profession isn't that. well you know there's twice many people prison twice many people in prison today are in the royal today as there are in the royal navy. what that about navy. i mean what all that about but anyone is paid the but if you if anyone is paid the crown, i don't think you should be to. go on strike. be allowed to. go on strike. well, are to be well, lives are going to be lost. police officers aren't. well, been well, listen, today i've been asking about asking to have been asking about with to the strikes, with regard to the strikes, whether that their pay whether you think that their pay they rises should excuse me they rises should go excuse me in line with inflation. should they go up and down unless you've been getting touch

you've been getting in touch with views. let's see says with your views. let's see says remember pay rise in april remember this pay rise in april is april 22 and we'll be backdated the. pay rise for april 23 will follow then you all need to know this as this will have further strikes as demand 15% of 2023 april onwards. this a must discussion and says that the strike is a totally right christmas this yeah totally right christmas this year. i like the story . border year. i like the story. border force at the airports . force at the airports. apparently efficiency improved massively with the army doing border checks. we should get the armed forces the pay rise. yeah and ironically they can't strike. no, we need wages linked to inflation. we a great britain to inflation. we a great britain to return. what . we 1922. it to return. what. we 1922. it bankrupted me i was there mean you know we're into return to the gold standard to have goodness me and eliminate inflation. the government has too much control over unbacked money increase in the money supply and creating inflation .

supply and creating inflation. and that's from richard. thank you, richard . they laughed at you, richard. they laughed at you, richard. they laughed at you and your partner. well, so we're economists. we're we're both economists. we're entitled to laugh, but. well, now it's been very tumultuous now it's been a very tumultuous year as know but none year as know for all. but none more so than that beloved royal family, the house, windsor has been riddled with scandals and sadness throughout 2022 from the issues that still surround prince andrew and jeffrey epstein , which as today we've epstein, which as today we've seen kings effectively evict his brother from buckingham palace . brother from buckingham palace. so the duke and duchess of wokeist netflix series hell bent on bringing down the monarchy . on bringing down the monarchy. and of course, we had the glorious platinum jubilee into which i covered here on tv news. and then, of course , in and then, of course, in september we had the news. none of us wanted to face the of her majesty, the queen, and second, so as we look back on the second elizabethan age and look forward to the dawn of a new era under king charles iii, now i'm joined by royal commentator lady colin campbell to get her thoughts.

and it's for this year's royal round up right? welcome, lady colin campbell, lovely to have you on board. so first of all, so talk to me then . what's been so talk to me then. what's been going on? what's the most recent things have been going on in the royal household? well i'm not quite sure what you mean because on the one hand, you have the king and the prince wales and the rest of the family trying to pursue as normal and ignore what's going on in america . then what's going on in america. then you have meghan . and oh, telling you have meghan. and oh, telling their version of the truth and causing no end of trouble . i causing no end of trouble. i have to tell you . oh, i have have to tell you. oh, i have been know i'm jamaican, so i'm resting and i have been receiving very, very upset.

reports from the from the high commissioner about how how upset they are with effect that meghan and conduct and claim as those have been in the commonwealth in particular in the carry and how do stabilising they not to the to the commonwealth generally but to the moderate side of the commonwealth which they find extremely because any you know your obviously black and you and i both from where is concerned in this country you know there's always a bit of prejudice everywhere you are whoever you are . but this is one of everywhere you are whoever you are. but this is one of the most inclusive , non—racial countries inclusive, non—racial countries inclusive, non—racial countries in the world. and you have harry and meghan playing all these very and damaging cards. it is

extremely upset to moderate, although over the commonwealth not in the west indies. but i gather in africa as well . yeah gather in africa as well. yeah the thing is a lot i mean they had within that netflix but know what i can't call it a documentary because they really documenting anything that seemed be factual but within that they called it it was a 2.0 sort of where hirsch referred to it as that as though the rest of the commonwealth countries were feeling the same as harry and meghan, but that doesn't appear to be the truth . and now to be the truth. and now i suspect the couple are not really being received by, you know, celebrities and so on and so forth. what do you think is their next move on this? because ultimately this isn't this isn't i mean, it's damaging the monarchy . i i mean, it's damaging the monarchy. i mean. well, then i mean, it's damaging the monarchy . i mean. well, then the monarchy. i mean. well, then the book coming out as well . well i, book coming out as well. well i, ihave

book coming out as well. well i, i have great who have properties montecito and they have a lot of overlap with harry and meghan's crowned and they say very interestingly that harry and meghan are received by no one of any consequence . number two, any consequence. number two, harry and meghan when they appearin harry and meghan when they appear in public , unless it is appear in public, unless it is for a full two of never appear together , then they are an. i've together, then they are an. i've heard reports from friends of the younger role that harry and meghan's marriage is in serious trouble , but they are keeping trouble, but they are keeping the show the road for financial reasons at this point . how true reasons at this point. how true that these who but the fact of the matter where do they go from . if the matter where do they go from. if trouble , they will get divorced. trouble, they will get divorced. if manage to stay together . it's if manage to stay together. it's a down will down slide because the of the matter is the only

thing ever had to sell was the glamour of being royal and they have glamorised it entirely . you have glamorised it entirely. you know, nobody's signs being told by phil said you that are victims so this is know nobody poor me is not glamorous you know glamour it's me is glamorous i think they are robust flush there might be another series from netflix there might be one or two long things that they'll be able to milk for the next year. but i two years from now everybody is going to treat them the all the a—listers in new york montecito , britain and europe are treating them like real year and i think i mean treating them like real year and ithink i mean i did last treating them like real year and i think i mean i did last week call for a sort of press blackout on all the stuff

they're doing so if the press just ignore it i mean we can obviously criticise the sidelines but if the kind sidelines but if the press kind ignored just them ignored them and just let them on you know instead of on with the you know instead of helping their helping them to promote their documentaries and things like that would be over a that, i think it would be over a lot . think press lot quicker. i think the press need sort start working need to sort of start working a bit more together on this one as well. listen, lady campbell, thank you so much for joining me. it's wonderful to talk me. it's so wonderful to talk to you. to see you. you. thank thank you to see you. go to this about. thank you. bye bye. fabulous. right. well, this show is nothing without your views. let's welcome our great voice on to the programme , the voice on to the programme, the opportunity to be part of the show. what they think show. tell us what they think about that we're about the topics that we're discussing, we go so we discussing, which we go so we head to bristol's we to see head over to bristol's we to see we head of the bristol have a chat with is it the two of you lately and also brian in solo welcomed you both these that i didn't recognise you leave with the hat on my welcome and then leave well let's let's start with what's going on with you

the new christmas talk to me about it because you're already dressed and good to go yeah. we're having family day that the little one and my wife are out to the baby when they're coming back. they get back quit back. so when they get back quit playing games and, playing board games and, watching christmas films and eating that's eating some nice foods. that's going nice day and going to be a nice day today and tomorrow much . same tomorrow doing very much. same thing what's a thing tomorrow after what's a thoroughly depressing thing 2022. now that you agree ? yeah, 2022. now that you agree? yeah, i mean, it's been bad . so does i mean, it's been bad. so does your little one. does she think that you father christmas in that you father christmas in that to see she knows you . i that to see she knows you. i think she still believes. yeah definitely there is but she starts question it and she definitely knows i'm father christmas yeah she's straight through that where they they are well father christmas is coming tonight anyway so that's that's why obviously what about your father and what you do then this christmas. no i have going back to northern ireland, so i'm actually the skillen right now . actually the skillen right now. so it's a big family gathering. typical irish christmas . and typical irish christmas. and thankfully it hasn't been very

affected by by any of the strikes or anything. so really looking forward to a nice evening tonight and obviously christmas tomorrow. lovely alison, thank you so much from there in northern ireland , also there in northern ireland, also lee in bristol, lovely talk to you both. it's not great, but his voice is, you know, with me, i'm going to acquit. this is gb news tv online and on news on tv online and on digital, . still loads more digital, right. still loads more to come in final hour of the show, including a fabulous christmas quiz and. i'll be testing my panel on their present rapping skills that do go anywhere .

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for the next. me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics, hitting the headunes big topics, hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. headlines right now. this show is all about opinion . it's mine, is all about opinion. it's mine, it says. and of course it's yours debating yours we'll be debating discussing time we will discussing it at time we will disagree, will be disagree, but no one will be cancelled . joining me today is cancelled. joining me today is conservative commentator albie amankona , broadcaster and amankona, broadcaster and columnist lucy cundy and also former labour mp for ealing nonh former labour mp for ealing north stephen powell . before we north stephen powell. before we get started let's get your latest news headlines . good latest news headlines. good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm tatiana in the gb newsroom. protesters have clashed again with in paris as a vigil was being held at a kurdish cultural centre where a gunman , a woman centre where a gunman, a woman and two men and left several injured. police used tear gas to disperse the crowd . it's after disperse the crowd. it's after riots broke out yesterday in the wake of the attack . members of

wake of the attack. members of the community have been gathering this morning close to where the incident happened . a where the incident happened. a 69 year old man who was already known to police is in custody relation to the shooting . paris relation to the shooting. paris based columnist for the telugu bath anne—elisabeth moutet told gb news the perpetrator doesn't fit the terrorist portrait 69 years old. he's a former co—driver . years old. he's a former co—driver. he years old. he's a former co—driver . he lived years old. he's a former co—driver. he lived in a flat alone in the centre . his own 90 alone in the centre. his own 90 year old father's days that he's crazy. he collected guns and managed to get some in france where the gun laws are very strict and he came out of one of the time in jail only two weeks ago, and that was already attacking a camp of migrants of all of this points to a racist murder family is home for the festive period travel disruption with severe on the roads due to train strikes today travellers heading are also being warned of

delays as border force officials out for a second day disruption. a uk airports was brought under control yesterday as the military stepped in to replace workers on strike . meanwhile, workers on strike. meanwhile, scotland's rail warning strike starting will severely limit services with people being advised to only if absolutely necessary necessary . meanwhile, necessary necessary. meanwhile, this disruption to christmas deliveries for many as postal workers by the communication workers union continue to walk the job over pay jobs and conditions . royal mail employees conditions. royal mail employees began industrial action on friday of christmas. the acting general secretary of the cw told gb news he hoped the action will help the mail service in the future. members are very angry about the way they pay and treated by royal mail. people don't strike action lightly . don't strike action lightly. people don't want to lose pay. they want to actually be at work serving customer . they want to actually be at work serving customer. but they want to actually be at work serving customer . but the serving the customer. but the freight, the overwhelming massive feedback from the customers they support their

posting they their royal mail workers they understand that the strikes not just being greedy strikes is not just being greedy is actually having is about actually having a future and ensuring this great royal service. it's been there for 500 years continues to thrive and grow in the future . thrive and grow in the future. wiltshire police have confirmed a four year old boy has died following serious medical incident at long lead centre park this morning . the death is park this morning. the death is not being treated suspicious. houday not being treated suspicious. holiday said the swimming pool there had been closed due . to there had been closed due. to there had been closed due. to the ukrainian authorities say a russian strike on the southern city. her son has killed at least seven people and wounded almost . keefe says moscow almost. keefe says moscow carried out the attack for pleasure. president vladimir zelenskyy published photos showing burning cars on the streets , smashed windows and streets, smashed windows and bodies . streets, smashed windows and bodies. russia denies streets, smashed windows and bodies . russia denies targeting bodies. russia denies targeting civilians . bodies. russia denies targeting civilians. gb news is unable independently verify the reports

her . son. at independently verify the reports her. son. at least 19 people are thought to have died as a heavy storm sweeps across parts of us. a number of fatalities involved road traffic accidents , road traffic accidents, including a pile up in ohio that reportedly killed at least two motorists. several were also . motorists. several were also. temperatures plunged as low as —45 degrees in some areas with around 250 million people under weather warnings. the storm was forecast to develop into what's being described . a bomb cyclone being described. a bomb cyclone bringing with it heavy blinding snow . well, back here, snow. well, back here, forecasters are predicting white christmas for the highlands with onset weather for the rest of the uk. the met office has put a yellow warning for snow and ice in place for . yellow warning for snow and ice in place for. most of the highlands running from tomorrow night until 6 pm. on boxing day. meanwhile downpours are forecast in most other places over the christmas weekend . the over the christmas weekend. the environment agency has issued 66 alerts for possible flooding in england . and the lead singer of

england. and the lead singer of dance group faith lewis has died at the age of 65. maxi jazz , at the age of 65. maxi jazz, whose real name was maxwell fraser , was a member of the fraser, was a member of the group alongside rollo and sister bliss . a statement on his social bliss. a statement on his social said he died peacefully at his home in south london and changed lives in so many ways. they were best known for songs insomnia and we become one and father christmas is danny delivering presents to children around the world well underway this is the live feed of centre's tracked by the american aerospace defence . the american aerospace defence. norah would have been tracking his annual trip since 1955 when a child phoned the command asking for sanders location . asking for sanders location. norah deputy commander says children in the uk need to be in bed by 9:00. traditionally we've seen santa arriving over the uk around 1130 at night. that's why

we keep repeating to the kids out there be in bed by nine and keep the magic of christmas alive and you're going to wake up to a great surprise of having present properly under your trees or by the fireplace depending on your tradition . depending on your tradition. this is gb news will bring you more news as it happens now with back nana akua . back nana akua. this is a gb news is just up to 8 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua now with mulled wine on offer and the booze pouring out offer and the booze pouring out of the parties. many of us have certainly been having a merry christmas in more than the traditional sense . and some of traditional sense. and some of the other hand are shunning alcohol, whether for personal , alcohol, whether for personal, medical or religious reasons. many won't tasting the bubbles this . but who's having the

this year. but who's having the better time ? earlier this week, better time? earlier this week, telegraph columnist celia walden slammed warning that slammed tito's warning that we're at risk of becoming a country of extremes and that no needs to hear sermonising from them on christmas day. so coming in, the great british debate on asking, is it. i'm going to be asking, is it. i'm going to be asking you about alcohol and whether we will be how you're coping . in my difficult coping. in my difficult conversations . so let's have a conversations. so let's have a chat on my panel. lizzie albie amankona and also stephen pound. that was interesting and interesting stuff. so steve are you going to have a teetotal ? you going to have a teetotal? i'm asking as a joke when you go saying he's just drinking . saying he's just drinking. excuse me . i celia walden, his excuse me. i celia walden, his father actually in the house. i'm not sure he was intoxicated . look, i think the point about sermonising, if i'm in favour of sermonising, if i'm in favour of sermonising at christmas, but sermonising the pulpit not. sermonising from the pulpit not. people stopping you in the street down pub oh, street or down the pub say, oh, you be the number of you should be the number of people you really people who say you should really be. this should be miserable.

how dare enjoy yourself ? how dare you enjoy yourself? alcohol is lubricant and. i alcohol is a lubricant and. i think like a lot of things in life, you're too much of it. i mean , i can't think of anything mean, i can't think of anything in it can have too, of an in life. it can have too, of an alcoholic. one of those taken in moderation, reasonably. moderation, taken reasonably. you a decent it's you know, it's a decent it's actually it's what it citizens as to the agonies and pains of life in many ways . do you think life in many ways. do you think though some will say that it's an awful and especially those who you know if you argue with somebody who's got a drinking issue that's not great all. i never come up to them and say boy should be drinking. i've neven boy should be drinking. i've never, up to a teetotal and never, ever up to a teetotal and say, oh, teetotaller have a few scoops. but on other hand, scoops. but on the other hand, feel to me feel entitled to come to me because occasion i have a because occasion surely i have a bit a thirst. ito because occasion surely i have a bit a thirst. i to quite bit of a thirst. ito be quite put i was going on a put off. if i was going on a date. so when they said they didn't lot as in cos didn't think a lot as in cos this going really boring this is going to really boring or do you have an issue with alcohol that would like the alcohol that would be like the but i met but now actually if i met someone they they someone and they said, they didn't like doesn't didn't drink i'd be like doesn't really that part of really me now about that part of the yeah becoming really me now about that part of tilot yeah becoming really me now about that part of tilot more yeah becoming really me now about that part of tilot more especially becoming really me now about that part of tilot more especially withyming a lot more especially with

generation be teetotal we generation to be teetotal we actually see we see much lower levels of teenage drinking and teenagers today than we have in generations in previous times . generations in previous times. and yes, alcohol is fun . yes, and yes, alcohol is fun. yes, alcohol is a social lubricant . alcohol is a social lubricant. but it does also cause can cause a lot of people health problems, not alcoholism, but it can make depression worse, for example, it causes a lot of anti—social behaviour. take it in behaviour. so take it in moderation. of course it's moderation. yes, of course it's not necessarily bad, but let's not necessarily bad, but let's not that alcohol is all you know, this land of milk and honey and it's fine to overindulge. it's about balance. and should be allowed to and people should be allowed to make decisions about drinking or , without , not drinking without judgement. and it judgement. it's true and it can't itself. you actually can't drink itself. you actually have drink it it's know. have to drink it it's you know. so you've to take but if you so you've got to take but if you if you're going to drink a lot of no i totally agree of it. lizzie no i totally agree with the one. i thought with both of the one. i thought i'd stephen am only i'd agree. stephen but i am only able ration but i am a bit i still am. if someone says oh i don't to drink like, don't want to drink i'm like, oh, but i hate the people oh, go on. but i hate the people that force you to have a drink if you don't want to. and if like now we come like moderation. but now we come to a nanny where

to this like a nanny state where we bring to do. we bring told what to do. i mean, they're going to say mean, now they're going to say don't it don't have shampoo adverts. it can people that do can offend people that do something. on on you. as something. you go on on you. as i said that there's nothing wrong looking. and what's wrong with the we drink we've all had a bit of a tough year and you it's a bit of a tough year and you wsfime a bit of a tough year and you it's time to be married i thought it's interesting they said you know chris hobbs as a police on here pretty police who comes on here pretty frequent. know frequent. yes, i do. i know chris indeed. and chris very well indeed. and chris, meet in chris, i occasionally meet in a focus in west london, focus group in west london, which called the which is actually called the viaduct spoke to. and said viaduct we spoke to. and he said we need a police officer it much rather cannabis was legal rather that cannabis was legal and because rather that cannabis was legal and who because rather that cannabis was legal and who smoke because rather that cannabis was legal and who smoke dopere rather that cannabis was legal and who smoke dope he said people who smoke dope he said they just need to around they just need to lie around giggling. people giggling. but people have a number problems have on a number of problems have on a friday, saturday and sunday number of problems have on a fridayalcoholay and sunday number of problems have on a fridayalcohol can nd sunday number of problems have on a fridayalcohol can be sunday number of problems have on a fridayalcohol can be arnday number of problems have on a fridayalcohol can be a terrible night alcohol can be a terrible problem. realise problem. i think we to realise that be okay alcohol and that we can be okay alcohol and say in its place it's say that in its place it's a good and in moderation. good thing and in moderation. but just what talked but it's not just what talked about, about liver cirrhosis, things, the things, about people being the family about attacking the police . and like i still police. and like i still remember saying, know, remember him saying, you know, chris they smoke chris things if only they smoke a l chris things if only they smoke a , i'd be quite a few joints, i'd be quite happy. a few joints, i'd be quite happy you a few joints, i'd be quite happy. you that, but happy. well, you say that, but to was what , was a

to be fair, what was what, was a few joints years ago where it wasn't scott see , well wasn't before. scott see, well then you know that that was now it's different era. some it's a different era. some of that is allergenic. that stuff is least allergenic. some it is they see it as some of it is they see it as a gateway drug, which i think they all gateways . and some all are gateways. and then some people drink and then some people drink and then some people then smoke and you might then you smoke a joint and then you might smoke a joint and then you might smoke a joint and then might get the of then you might get the rest of it. they're all it. and i think they're all gateways. soon you gateways. as soon as you the door to of you're door to one of them, you're opening the door any other opportunity. but on your own opportunity. but it on your own mindset somebody mindset and whether somebody who potentially addictive potentially has an addictive personality and whether you're able . no and also where able to say. no and also where you are in life i if you're you are in life i mean if you're depressed or there's something going find use as going on, you might find use as a crutch. you want to escape . a crutch. you want to escape. and just said you always and my mum just said you always have if you have an have a happy or if you have an angry drunk and is how cope angry drunk and it is how cope with drinking . but i enjoy drink with drinking. but i enjoy drink and i very well with it. i it and i very well with it. i it and i very well with it. i it and i always say don't spoil good thing by overindulging because then can't have any of it but now it is course time for our great british debate. this houn our great british debate. this hour. what was

hour. and i'm asking, what was the decision tory party the worst decision tory party made year ? got their say? made this year? got their say? oh, it was difficult to decide which three. i'll sit this one out. all right, we've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pullll right, we've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull asight, we've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull as well we've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull as well on we've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull as well on line e've got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull as well on line with got which three. i'll sit this one 0|pull as well on line with this a pull as well on line with this one. was it a getting rid of bofis one. was it a getting rid of boris johnson. was it the electing liz truss was it c electing liz truss or was it c appointing rishi sunak? and if i missed that, you think is even worse just shut it down and send it via text or email or whatever. i mean, it's been a yean whatever. i mean, it's been a year, especially in politics, and lost many of us may want to obliterate memory of the last in westminster . obliterate memory of the last in westminster. i mean and it's not just that i this all just that mean i think this all started with brexit which i don't think was a bad thing but unfortunately been executed unfortunately it's been executed with incompetence . but with neolithic incompetence. but we couldn't help but bring you a little bit of a recap . uk has in little bit of a recap. uk has in 2022 had a three prime ministers, one just for 45 days being outlasted by lettuce, four chancellors, five education secretaries and two heads of state. we've seen one fixed penalty notice for the former prime minister, one for our

current prime minister , although current prime minister, although i thought had two anyway wars out in europe and threatened the security here at home and continue to sweep through the pubuc. continue to sweep through the public. let's continue to sweep through the public . let's see my continue to sweep through the public. let's see my panel make of that. let's have a chat with fraser myers. i don't say christine hamilton they join me in the screen down the line we'll start with you fraser . we'll start with you fraser. well so i've given you a list of three things that you are potentially the worst things that they did if you were to pick out that list, which one would you say of that three? i actually think getting of liz truss was probably a bigger mistake . not because i mistake. not because i particularly like her. i think she had all kinds of problems, but at least she was a bit of a gamble and know there are big stakes at the moment . there are stakes at the moment. there are huge problems with the economy. i'm not entirely i was not entirely convinced her entirely convinced by her strategy, at least strategy, but she was at least interested getting economy interested getting the economy moving, and now you think moving, moving and now you think about rishi sunak. he's trying. he's all about keeping things

the same. and unfortunately, things are pretty dreadful right now. it's not know it's not a good status quo to want to preserve. so if you think he purely in terms of the tory his fortunes i mean they've made a terrible terrible mistake in putting in someone so bland he's not going to turn around a not going to turn it around in a year's time. don't think. yes. year's time. i don't think. yes. no , i mean, honestly so no grace, i mean, honestly so you think that if you could pick something outside those, would there be something else you there be something else that you highlight probablyworse there be something else that you highlight probably worse ? highlight as probably worse? yeah, i think i'm not this alone isn't isn't there anything? but i think the decision to keep the ban on fracking is a dramatic of a of broader problem for this government and i'm actually for the political class. i mean, we're in the middle of the most energy crisis of the past 40 years. and it's primarily caused by a shortage of gas. years. and it's primarily caused by a shortage of gas . and our by a shortage of gas. and our government is saying that we should not exploit gas domestically. now, that's completely insane to me . and if completely insane to me. and if it's, you know, the fracking

process we have a problem with because it's bad the environment, well, what are we doing we're buying from doing we're buying gas from america which is also extracted from fracking . and by the time from fracking. and by the time it to turned into liquid it has to be turned into liquid and turn our liquid into and then turn our liquid into gas again, it then is even more polluting. would have been polluting. it would have been in the it's kind of the first place. so it's kind of emblematic kind emblematic of the kind of nonsense policies that nonsense energy policies that we've put the we've had where we put the environment and climate change. i think too ahead of securing our supplies, keeping prices down. and we're paying a very heavy for that now . interesting. heavy for that now. interesting. well, thank you for that phrase to stay there and. pose the same question to christine. christine, welcome . so the three christine, welcome. so the three opfions christine, welcome. so the three options were it was a getting rid of boris, but getting rid of liz truss or electing truss or is it c, getting rid of alexei and electing . no, no, it wasn't and electing. no, no, it wasn't elect, it was appointing . she elect, it was appointing. she wasn't elected. so leaves a good point. christine, which point. point christine, which one of those possibly one of those is possibly the worst well it's worst thing they did? well it's hurtful. i'm sorry i missed, but have to say, as i said, because i was having connection difficulties. so apologies i didn't really have any of that.

i think the worst thing that actually was think of it was getting of trust, given getting rid of this trust, given that elected by due that she'd been elected by due process appointed by the members much to the horror , the much to the horror, the employees, of course, they thought goodness me to change thought my goodness me to change this might this isn't we want that might want to remember it's one don't forget that people collective a good party and it is up to them to choose their members, to their leader. so people say they are not voting for actually not the system, although understand why people think that but at least at the rate i did she was going to go for growth cut taxes. we've now got rishi and i think i mean i know i'm wrong but he inspires no confidence in me and i think the worse things you do put up tax i mean with the highest we have for 70 years i mean it is absolute terms and the last frankly the last tory conservative prime minister that we had was margaret thatcher. i mean, we've had you know, we've had major we've had cameron, we

have met with everybody strong part of the law that almost indistinguishable from the labour party and certainly why wait for the real thing, what is the point voting for it? you might as well. i don't i the point voting for it? you might as well . i don't i don't might as well. i don't i don't see the point . they don't see the point. they don't understand what i think conservative values would have to follow so they've they've shot themselves in the foot and they haven't . so when does asked they haven't. so when does asked for print. i haven't asked that the question i don't think but about the way i did in your conversation about oh i wasn't against then we are about christmas because why i shouted down my husband to get me a glass of . the christmas . if you glass of. the christmas. if you could pick , something outside. could pick, something outside. so we give you a list of three, but it's got to be i mean, is there anything in your view that is possibly you would have put on or some that on that list or some that you think might even be worse? what was worst thing they've done

was the worst thing they've done 7 was the worst thing they've done ? i've probably ? i think i've probably mentioned i think the worst thing they've done putting up taxes. mean , i believe in an taxes. i mean, i believe in an economy that is the way to get things going and they have completely gone against it. so this is why i would celebrate bnng this is why i would celebrate bring that liz truss well, i don't think she won't come back. i don't think she wants to. she well she went and i'm not seriously going back . i would seriously going back. i would like the tories to implement policies on tax, put it like that rather than bring her back now. but they can't possibly they're stuck with rishi. well, listen, thank you so , christine, listen, thank you so, christine, cheers to you as well it was, the phrasing was starting to talk to you. well if you just joined us, well, coming forward , if you paid, this is a good i'm on tv online and, on digital radio . still to come late small radio. still to come late small the british debate this hour i'm asking is an extraordinary year in politics was it a big mistake that the tories made it was was

the three things which is the worst thing did was it getting rid of boris johnson was it appointing liz truss or was it appointing liz truss or was it appointing rishi sunak ? how you appointing rishi sunak? how you decided you could think of anything worse and then please let me know. you know, the coup. this good news. we'll be back this is good news. we'll be back in just a moment.

it's coming up to 24 minutes after 5:00. this is jeb . these after 5:00. this is jeb. these were live on tv online and on digital. right. i'm nana akua. it's christmas eve . one more it's christmas eve. one more sleep until christmas . but it is sleep until christmas. but it is now time for the great british debate. i'm asking what was the worst that the tory party made this year? let's take a look at some of them. happy year. 2022 is almost upon us and whatever the challenges that fate continues to throw in our way and whatever the anxieties we

may have about the weeks and months ahead, we can say one thing with our position. this december the 31st is incomparably than last year. not everyone could see what happens. it's started with reports a boozy parties in downing street dunng boozy parties in downing street during lockdown lockdown . and during lockdown lockdown. and they shut up a building although although i shook up i got up got off by midnight. mr. although i shook up i got up got off by midnight . mr. speaker, off by midnight. mr. speaker, i get and i will fix it. it is clearly not the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of , that party, and leader of, that party, and therefore a new prime minister. it's not the bbc , you know, you it's not the bbc, you know, you actually get your facts right . actually get your facts right. ms. truss . enough already wrong

ms. truss. enough already wrong , wrong , ms. truss. enough already wrong , wrong, wrong. i had three priorities for our economy . priorities for our economy. growth growth and growth . i growth growth and growth. i therefore spoken to his majesty therefore spoken to his majesty the king, to notify him that i am resigning as of the conservative party . conservative party. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor , liz truss. but some predecessor, liz truss. but some mistakes were made . well, only mistakes were made. well, only then this is the mistake made. still well, joining me today is conservative commentator albie amankona , broadcaster and amankona, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour mp for ealing nonh former labour mp for ealing north steven pound . right. so north steven pound. right. so tories biggest mistakes,

honestly with you are things your conservative commentator . your conservative commentator. we've got three options there. the first one, of course, was getting rid of boris. the second one was appointing liz truss . one was appointing liz truss. and the third one was appointing mrs. i think the biggest mistake the conservative party's made this year and there have been a number of mistakes that my party is very sadly made for me between liz truss and between electing liz truss and ousting boris johnson . just ousting boris johnson. just purely looking at where we were in so course when in polls. so of course when bofis in polls. so of course when boris johnson was ousted, i think we were still in the single digits behind labour. so that's that's lead that that's not. that's a lead that can be closed with changing events easily. of events easily. and then of course , throughout the short course, throughout the short premiership liz truss really premiership of liz truss really plunged to the and we saw labour taking sort of 20, 30 points leads. so in terms of what had the biggest impact on the conservatives perception by the public, it's liz truss as premiership. but then what caused that premiership to happen? it was ousting boris johnson. so between those two, i would say the ousting boris, followed by the deduction of

what you just said . what about what you just said. what about you, lizzie? well, i think sadly is rishi not going to like me for this, but he came in the backstabber to boris, then parachuted his way in to number ten. i don't know who? the leader of paris or a little parachute whom we haven't really much of him since, have we. probably under the chair somewhere. but i mean, literally, we are now in the political wilderness . it is like political wilderness. it is like there is cigarette paper between , labour and the tory party and we've got to go back to what conservative is really mean. and sadly and rishi, he is so liberal, he's the lib black man and he's such a, he's a little. is it fishy character? i don't like anyone that backstabbed someone that has their promotion or slick alice video and frankly he's he's not to be seen. we haven't seen him but look what's gone on since been in power. well he had this suntan stuff didn't he. this i get read it's because obviously then you guy

labour wouldn't . so that was his labour wouldn't. so that was his thing and it's obviously been you can't just package something up and do next day. it up and do it the next day. it takes a couple of months of months to create the branding thing, he's very thing, the package. so he's very ready rishi sunblock , i ready for rishi sunblock, i think. yeah. stephen well, i really shouldn't be intruding on private grief . i will go . i private grief. i will go. i think the two worst mistakes . think the two worst mistakes. firstly, the botched brexit. we made an absolute dog's breakfast of brexit we could've done better. we have to do better. we are suffering. you know, northern ireland. forget it. absolute what would absolute disaster. what would you the botched you say? the book, the botched brexit botched brexit was partly to with fact that there to do with the fact that there was opposition from within to do with the fact that there was actualopposition from within to do with the fact that there was actual partyition from within to do with the fact that there wasactual party and from within to do with the fact that there wasactual party and then within the actual party and then opposition from the labour party and all others who wouldn't and all the others who wouldn't listen. but, but, listen. but yeah, but, but, but, but the, the objections that i don't i mean, obviously theresa may didn't command the house at the time. it was quite agonising you know, think she's you know, i think she's fundamentally good and decent who's incidentally grown in stature the stature since she left. the other and we've other thing and we've not touched it, think it was touched on it, i think it was listening hancock over listening to matt hancock over over covid thing we had we

over the covid thing we had we suffered deaths most suffered deaths and most countries deaths and countries more more deaths and germany deaths than sweden. germany more deaths than sweden. we on covid. and we we got it wrong on covid. and we were one of the last people to emerge it and we're still emerge from it and we're still suffering that might suffering to this day that might have there might be have been there. there might be other undoubtedly, other factors. undoubtedly, there . you know, that that i there. you know, that that i mean, was obviously we had mean, there was obviously we had the we had the fact that we probably lucked out little bit probably lucked out a little bit too went on that too late. then we went on that went on too long and we had other other factors . also, i was other other factors. also, i was a country and the people a society country and the people within it aren't as healthy. some the other countries. how some of the other countries. how can you say high levels of obesity, things like that. and so therefore over to so therefore i came over to germany. been to germany. have you been to germany. have you been to germany it's not germany like, you know, it's not quite healthy and the health system well very i'll system as well is very good i'll give you that . think give you that. i think we panicked. and think if you panicked. and i think if you actually look at the ppe procurement policy that was we're hand as we're on the other hand as people like kate bingham, the one did the one who actually did the vaccination what we vaccination in absolute what we do very very good do good we do very very good indeed but we the rollout indeed but we got the rollout that boris was in a that was down to boris was in a corset and everybody was people were able to move and slightly

because brexit. but you know because of brexit. but you know that's not the reason why i'm not is the lockdown not keen rishi is the lockdown crisis that we in and still crisis that we were in and still in giving furlough willy nilly companies like victoria beckham's company i mean they are stuck to say victoria's secret , but boris johnson sorry, secret, but boris johnson sorry, even sunak wasn't prime minister when lockdown policies were implemented . it was boris implemented. it was boris johnson that was prime. so i think if we're going to label blame rishi sunak for lockdown policy, let's also leave it to bofis policy, let's also leave it to boris johnson as well and liz truss for the part of that cabinet, talking about the financial side, which she did in charge of at the time. but we are we are being paid back for that now, signed off by the prime minister. yeah, but he was the chancellor. need to boris, you know your role is you know like your role is chancellor's so you're going to deal finances. the deal with the finances. the prime will then take deal with the finances. the prim lead will then take deal with the finances. the prim lead . will then take deal with the finances. the prim lead . butwill then take deal with the finances. the prim lead . butwwouldi take deal with the finances. the prim lead . butwwould juste deal with the finances. the prim lead . butwwould just say your lead. but i would just say at time , liz truss, boris at that time, liz truss, boris johnson and rishi sunak, all part the cabinet implemented johnson and rishi sunak, all part policies.inet implemented johnson and rishi sunak, all part policies.inet implook�*nted johnson and rishi sunak, all part policies.inet implook atzd those policies. so let's look at let's look at them as a cabinet. if we're going be critical,

if we're going to be critical, let's be critical of all of them, because were all part them, because they were all part of making process. of that decision making process. and could then blame the and you could then blame the labour went labour party because they went along lot of the policies along with a lot of the policies that fact they that so they and in fact they would gone further as well. would have gone further as well. so where's so example but where's the evidence that. keir evidence of that. well keir starmer wanted to starmer for example he wanted to look and faster. so look out harder and faster. so keir starmer was actually advocating they also advocating and they also supported many of the moves that the party put the conservative party put forward. they didn't forward. so in fact, they didn't provide objection. if provide any objection. so if you're do that and you you're going to do that and you also to blame and i know also have to blame and i know that she's done that mistake when she's done what who's our chancellor what why who's our chancellor now? jeremy hunt oh, he's stabilised. the economy. stabilised. he's the economy. the pound's back to pre—crisis levels . the prime minister, when levels. the prime minister, when they were doing the debates, it was at the no one wanted him and that was another mess the conservative take the footsie up 74 we're 130 against the dollar. we're much against the euro. say what you will about hunt. you know, he has actually brought stability to the market. what you believe, what he's done is what no, he's been slightly better. he's now the footsie in the mid seventies . he's done

the mid seventies. he's done pretty good. what he's done is returned to a comfortable returned us to a comfortable status used to status quo that we're used to seeing some very small yes but hi. hi. i'm being nice about conservative. yeah. work with me . oh, that's true. well, let's just see. not him. what are your thoughts on you've covid with the he believed in the chinese . the he believed in the chinese. he also didn't prepare at all. he also didn't prepare at all. he didn't prepare us for pandemic all. he prepared for pandemic at all. he prepared for some other sort of virus, like a flu virus. but he didn't prepare us for this kind of when it is a flu. tovar but he didn't do flu. tovar no, but he didn't do it but it properly, like a proper. but the lost their the tory party have lost their way said, we're like in way as i said, we're like in a political wilderness. me for one, i know i vote for. one, i don't know i vote for. i never thought i'd that they never thought i'd say that they really lost what. they mean really have lost what. they mean they're blue. they're they're like light blue. they're no the dark truth other no longer the dark truth other colour. that i think is down colour. and that i think is down from david cameron. do you think you for i'll be voting you vote for i'll be voting conservative absolutely. going to change? possibly. yeah, i am . was in australia they call it teal. . was in australia they call it teal . no, no. just so i can get teal. no, no. just so i can get a vote for labour. vote a vote for labour. i'll vote laboun a vote for labour. i'll vote labour. yeah my dad. but do they

know with me i'm not. this is gb news on tv online on digital radio. coming up, it's for a little bit of festive fun of our christmas quiz. lizzie and stephen will be showing off their rapping and what mr. yes, we do. but first, let's get your latest news . nana. thank it's latest news. nana. thank it's 533. i'm tatiana in the gb newsroom, protesters have clashed again with police in paris as a vigil was being held at a kurdish cultural centre, where a killed three people and left several. police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. it's after riots out yesterday in the wake of the attack. members of the community have gathered this morning close to where the incident happened . to where the incident happened. a 69 year old man who was already known to is in custody in relation to the shooting rail

. passengers have been rushing to get the last trains before christmas eve services come to a halt due to strike action. heavy is also expected as result. travellers heading abroad are also being warned of delays as border officials walk out for a second day, disrupt action at uk airports was brought control yesterday as military stepped in to replace workers on strike. scott island's rail operators warning strikes will severely limit services with people being advised to only travel if absolutely necessary . meanwhile, absolutely necessary. meanwhile, is disruption christmas deliveries for many, as workers represented by the communication workers union continue to walk off the job, paid jobs and conditions. mail employees began their industrial action on friday ahead of christmas . friday ahead of christmas. wiltshire police have confirmed a four year old boy has died following a serious medical

incident at longleat . centre incident at longleat. centre parcs this morning . the death is parcs this morning. the death is not being treated as suspicious. holidaymakers the swimming pool there had been due to the incident . forecasters are incident. forecasters are predicting a white christmas for the highlands with unsettled weather for the rest of uk. a yellow weather for snow and ice is in place for most of the highlands from night until 6 pm. on boxing day. meanwhile downpours are forecast in most other places over the christmas weekend . the environment agency weekend. the environment agency has issued 66 alerts for possible flooding in england . tv possible flooding in england. tv online and dab+ radio. this.

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, where have you paid? it's just coming up to 39 minutes after 5:00. i'm not know this a gb news but live on tv and on digital radio. well, now for most of us, turkey with , all the most of us, turkey with, all the trimmings, pulling crackers , trimmings, pulling crackers, eating too much christmas pudding is a once a year event. there's people do all the time , there's people do all the time, not for our next guest. and park, better known as mr. christmas , literally celebrates christmas, literally celebrates the big day every day. and andy joins me now . hello, mr. joins me now. hello, mr. christmas. hi andy. you need to grow . we love you. little bits grow. we love you. little bits love you. and thank you to vera baird. it was a bacon gone. have you got a stick on one? i've never had a beard . i don't want never had a beard. i don't want a beard because he hates him. so talk to me. that christmas you've been celebrating it all the time. how long have you been celebrating it for? what is it like every day you celebrate doing or . yeah, i've doing this thing or. yeah, i've been celebrate christmas every

single day for three, two years now for turkey roast . for 27 now for turkey roast. for 27 every day , which i bought the every day, which i bought the previous day , but i write cards previous day, but i write cards to myself , me previous day, but i write cards to myself, me in a box to previous day, but i write cards to myself , me in a box to myself to myself, me in a box to myself and they spend long stamps. and so i deliver myself , me some of so i deliver myself, me some of that i watch queen's speech every single day. boris just so i will still watch it this year followed the king's speech, of course , and i just enjoy the day course, and i just enjoy the day i put crackers all day and party poppers invite the neighbours round , i just have a good time. round, i just have a good time. yeah, well know we live once you've got a significant other then like a partner or something. not anymore. no not with an apology . fox oh, no. but with an apology. fox oh, no. but yeah like i say, have a great time and it's a of thing that i never want to stop doing. i hope the next three years better than

this. 30 years just going yeah , this. 30 years just going yeah, and what about your children? do you have children? i've got a daughter and i've got three grandsons, fantastic grandson . grandsons, fantastic grandson. and believe it or not, i've got a great as well continue to this from the documents that look like a great grandma . you don't like a great grandma. you don't look old enough mr. christmas i thought oh none of things here . thought oh none of things here. so whether he wanted you to say that but what is actually like tomorrow is christmas is there anything special now in addition to all the christmassy that you do, is it just the same as every other christmas? the doors will be wide open and everyone's welcome in my house for a mince pie , a sherry to see the pie, a sherry to see the christmas in i love company. i love people coming to see me . love people coming to see me. that'd be a present under the tree and all that. so that's about the only thing i do different books and i comes , you different books and i comes, you know, it's all back to normal , know, it's all back to normal, but i still get the odd person come in because they know they're going to get a free box. immense ice put in of immense ice put in front of them. be right knocking

them. they'd be right knocking on my door as usual. you on my door as usual. but you know , they're welcome . and it's know, they're welcome. and it's funny. yeah in fact, man, i'd love you to come to christmas dinner. one day in the year i want. not any you choose. oh, gosh. what else can i say? i'm on earth tomorrow. but any of the choose everyday it's christmas. we're about how you not literally you know what not literally but you know what part of the world i'm in melksham? i'm not too far from bath you here. all bath. oh, we got you here. all right? give good day. right? we give you a good day. nice under the tree for you. nice under the tree for you. nice christmas dinner, and you'll be meeting some nice people now . lovely. thank you people now. lovely. thank you very much, christmas demands very much, mr. christmas demands not turn it down. oh, okay . not turn it down. oh, okay. yeah, yeah . oh, no, no , no. this yeah, yeah. oh, no, no, no. this is. it sounds wonderful, mr. christmas. and finally, your christmas. and finally, your christmas song. there's to be is there one specific song or is it just the traditional you. merry christmas are you talking christmas what are you talking about? the traditional or my songs? your what's your song for christmas? what's your one. oh, i released record it's called

it's christmas every day and it's on radio all up and the country at the moment and i've had a few television views on it as well . it's christmas every as well. it's christmas every day. so if you see , take day. so if you see, take a listen. but i do like the traditional songs sleigh ride the wizard. i love that one by gilbert o'sullivan christmas song i'm not dreaming of a white christmas you know that one lonely this christmas i got quite a long yeah yeah yeah . so quite a long yeah yeah yeah. so one it's lovely to talk you mr. christmas thank you very much. i wish we had a clip of your song. don't attempt to. we'd have to try and can you do to give me give us a short it just give us a short spell of it just maybe 10 seconds of it all. so it's christmas every day , every it's christmas every day, every but every , every fall. yeah. you but every, every fall. yeah. you know, i said this day. yeah .

know, i said this day. yeah. great and you always say you give it . great and you always say you give it. thank you . thank you give it. thank you. thank you very much, mr. christmas. we love happy christmas . thanks love happy christmas. thanks nine and the same to you and all your god bless you and a merry christmas . oh quite your god bless you and a merry christmas. oh quite a your god bless you and a merry christmas . oh quite a few your god bless you and a merry christmas. oh quite a few. your god bless you and a merry christmas. oh quite a few . years christmas. oh quite a few. years chris. but as ever show is nothing without you and views as well. great britain's voice is opportunity to tell us what they're doing during this christmas festive period . joins christmas festive period. joins me now from green mp island . me now from green mp island. where's the christmas tree? where's the christmas tree? where's the christmas what's going on for christmas? zero. happy christmas . all with we're happy christmas. all with we're very christmas . are you kidding very christmas. are you kidding me? a great opportunity to wish you all of our christmas . not you all of our christmas. not only you but everyone in the

country whether in england, ireland or wales. i hope have a really good time well thank you so much, alan and merry christmas to you as well. final wish it. merry christmas for us to this you've only seen when fishing. oh, that's it. i'll out in grimsby. he's been such a great british. yes to so could you by the way if you want become a great british voice, then us an email then just send us an email gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. love gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. we'd love to board and hear to get you on board and hear your thoughts, but right now it's for little you it's time for a little game you just welcome aboard just tuned in. welcome aboard to my so me now is my panel. so joining me now is lizzie candy dizzy press buzzer . also albie amankona up buzzer, stephen press your buzzer . oh stephen press your buzzer. oh this game is called are you know it lyeah i think yeah i thought it l yeah i think yeah i thought of that over myself. i will take the credit and i'm going to ask you upon this and of course you at home following a sort of i'll give you of quote and then you have to work out the political

figure also in the christmas thermal pattern . i saw you very thermal pattern. i saw you very so you've got to work out what the quote you what quote and hit your bosses when you know the answer right. so here your answer right. so here is your first quote. i think might have a multiple choice. might make a multiple choice. it might make really all really difficult for you. all right i unite our country right. i would unite our country not with words, but with action . well, hugh grant in love, actually. or ricci's sunak first speech as prime minister. lizzie cundyi speech as prime minister. lizzie cundy i think it's ricci . she cundy i think it's ricci. she thinks it's rishi sunak. hugh grant . hugh grant the answer is grant. hugh grant the answer is , is it was actually ricci. see, i don't know . britain to , is it was actually ricci. see, i don't know. britain to things that you back and then it's gone something else there. hugh grant said other things in love actually speech . we may be a actually speech. we may be a small country , but we're a great small country, but we're a great country. so that was the last what he said because his character based on keir starmer, is it what what love actually here i thought it was blair god

no no. this easy to confuse. no no, no. this easy to confuse. oh right. yes right. so next quote , i am the grinch that quote, i am the grinch that stole christmas mick lynch . stole christmas mick lynch. okay, so you. okay. so what i didn't say is if his feet before the possibility be disqualified for this season how was it made well into press conference about rail strikes or jim carrey in rail strikes orjim carrey in the 2000 jim carrey , i the 2000 film jim carrey, i think that was lazy on their first. well, i do think it is mick lynch, but it's actually jim carrey. jim k totally wrong. anyway though, do you think that both of them. no, it . was jim both of them. no, no it. was jim carrey you you anderson it either rosie got it wrong. what is wrong. you you know the arm so you don't anything for that. nobody gets anything. the stupidity . nobody gets anything. the stupidity. no. nobody gets anything. the stupidity . no. okay. so it was stupidity. no. okay. so it was actually jim carrey , we know actually jim carrey, we know much politics even said much about politics even said i'm i'm sorry for i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stealing christmas . mick lynch, i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stetheg christmas . mick lynch, i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stethe otherstmas . mick lynch, i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stethe other hand, . mick lynch, i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stethe other hand, insistedynch, i'm sorry. i'm sorry for stethe other hand, insisted i'm, on the other hand, insisted i'm not the queen. so we think we shall take it so. there you go. they get all right. question okay, so who said this ? i'm in

okay, so who said this? i'm in love. in love. but don't love. i'm in love. but don't care because it was it. matt hancock . a matt hancock on his hancock. a matt hancock on his new romance or was it buddy elf? okay, so it was time to fight because all of you, alby was about it. you know, it's matt hancock you think it's buddy enough that say the answer is buddyit enough that say the answer is buddy it elf so was he getting the buzz in early get it wrong matt hancock talked a lot love in 2022 but he did care who knew at least when his affair was revealed on i'm a celebrity, he said of the news that exposed the bromance i messed up and. i fessed up. oh, god, it's the same person. the very hands face space. you can hear it. nothing to stop . i resigned and it's no to stop. i resigned and it's no excuse right. but i fell in. right? right. that down the hall as i have mangle well before i work hard, lad . and one day your work hard, lad. and one day your life will be solid. as this very building was it a boris johnson people at downing street's

children's change conference or it sam the eagle . a scrooge is it sam the eagle. a scrooge is headmaster in the muppets. crystal christmas carol . he was crystal christmas carol. he was there for you first. i think it might have been. and i think it may have been. sam eagle. he said, sam the eagle , the correct said, sam the eagle, the correct yes. well done. now we give him a round of applause. peter one point, two point points . oh i've point, two point points. oh i've got to. i michael to finish. right and your final question heart this is your fifth question. heart pounding , question. heart pounding, sickening absolute got swallow all the usual symptoms was it chris whitty talking about cold symptoms or are some kids in the houday. symptoms or are some kids in the holiday. i'll be irish, symptoms or are some kids in the holiday . i'll be irish, some holiday. i'll be irish, some kids in the holiday it was irish, some kids in the holiday. the character played by kate winslet. it's about the symptoms her ex made experience round of applause . oh i just found you applause. oh i just found you got it just in case was a tie

but they point to it but we did. you can at least get one couple of points. could. okay now it's time for special bonus. time for a special bonus. non—political who said the following everyone in this family hates me? was it prince harry in the middle of therapy session on his and meghan's new netflix show? oh, was it kevin mccallister ? i was, mccallister? i was, unfortunately. kevin my father. it was kevin c, it was kevin, yeah. it was kevin c, it was kevin, yeah . so you got disqualified yeah. so you got disqualified because you pressed you said it was kevin , was kev. i'm sorry if was kevin, was kev. i'm sorry if i said if you're just joining us, you've been towards the end. so i'm back tomorrow, same time, 3:00 extra hour. joining me today, did it albie today, if just two did it albie amankona is a conservative commentator. broadcaster commentator. lizzie broadcaster and columnist and former labour mp for eating north. steven pounds right. i've got a little, little bit of it for you now because first i've got a special game. okay, so any of you guys up pretty good rapping, i'm pretty hopeless is this is not the singing kind i'm bad at both

types of rapping so i've got some pieces i'd like to see how you wrap right it we go well for you wrap right it we go well for you i'll be one for you. i'm going to say this is harry kane . you just landed on the hardest , right? you're ready. and we give them , man. okay, you've one give them, man. okay, you've one minute and, your time starts. oh all right. well, here, i'll be easily rapping quite nice. he's got the paper ready . thank you. got the paper ready. thank you. competition techniques , competition techniques, technique in, the centre. he's actually talking through. this is tearing . don't think. does he is tearing. don't think. does he think? what she's got. i'm hoping nothing looking . they hoping nothing looking. they have to tell me how you fall 21. so we're coming to to the hong five very nice offices . i five very nice offices. i thought i'd love it. you've also got the competition of the neighbourhood . so ready. this is neighbourhood. so ready. this is to go out. looks quite good. i'll be 30 seconds so far these is actually best so far he's dropped this 75 seconds enough

to pick that up. louis is welcome fast is that so you sum up . okay so you got 10 seconds up. okay so you got 10 seconds then. no come on. do you ever sit for. oh three, two, one. then don't cross. i'm going to test. okay. so now that i'm over so them taught me that both if you all falls apart now we've got this is opening up. you all falls apart now we've got this is opening up . this is got this is opening up. this is fun it to me it's opening up so next that's pretty good. so sony's losing . a little bit a sony's losing. a little bit a little bit left but close i'll be able to keep our plate of mince pies . be able to keep our plate of mince pies. oh, i love buns cause i'm spoilt later. that's right. yeah. so listen, guys , right. yeah. so listen, guys, keep that. well, this is before

we go, i got to find out from you the worst thing about christmas then we'll talk christmas and then we'll talk about the best thing. worst about the best thing. the worst thing the worst thing for you. the worst a christmas from the christmas apart from the clearing the clearing up, doing the dishwasher up the next day, possibly loved ones are possibly missing loved ones are no longer with me. i've known with my dad , my best mate, with my dad, my best mate, wonder walker, who had cystic fibrosis. so i always lift my glass to absent friends and family. and you be what it is , i family. and you be what it is, i would probably say. other than that , it can would probably say. other than that, it can be a very difficult time of year for people that have sadly lost people . i would have sadly lost people. i would say something little say maybe on something a little bit more light, that feeling being that you can't being too full that you can't even oh oh like that can be terrible if you eat too much things to think christmases that glorious feeling of actually community and coming together melts like the snow off as if only that would last a little bit more oh well we'll take that and also i've got some panellists who join me in their homes, hamilton and homes, christine hamilton and also fraser myers, because a big thank you to them as well . okay. thank you to them as well. okay. so, christine, your christmas

will begin now, pretty much no more , you to anything more, you got to do anything activities a bit . so what activities for a bit. so what are you going to do? we'll see. what's thing you're what's the next thing you're about after this? i'm about to do after this? and i'm waiting the door. waiting for a knock on the door. well, won't knock. you just well, they won't knock. you just my lot. my family, my brother, sister law , nephew, niece, sister in law, nephew, niece, husbands , 0502 extra. they're husbands, 0502 extra. they're all trying get to they've been scared and in theory they be in there right now because whether they'll be able to get out of heathrow. i know i've got everything ready. got the packing up. wonderful jackets all ready to bang the oven and if they get here, well, that's the reason all you said these three get all phrase all about you an a straight after this i'll be hitting the booze i'll have a traditional chinese christmas . oh, lovely it's my christmas. oh, lovely it's my with the whole family over . with the whole family over. well, listen, thank you so much, guys, joining us and for taking part in the show. we really appreciate that. yeah obviously is your oh yeah . oh,

is your problem. oh yeah. oh, boy. you definitely deserve to listen. it's been fun. thank you for coming. the albie amankona and stephen powis welcome to be live in the studio and there's a huge thank you to you at home for your company but do not go anywhere because still anywhere because we've got still so much and gb news so much more and gb news and i am back tomorrow for christmas day. got a fabulous panel day. i've got a fabulous panel joining me. i'll be speaking to keith prince and also the wonderful divorce coach. we'll be talking about all of that. what listen, i look forward to see you tomorrow at 3:00 at a special hour extra . and in one special hour extra. and in one look, i hope you'll enjoy we'll also broadcast the king's speech live here at gb news. thank you so much for your company. so see you tomorrow. enjoy happy christmas .

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what would be christmas eve without a special christmas message from the legend himself coming up in just one moment. but later in the show, i'll be joined by a famous politician who talked to us about what the meaning of christmas is to him or her. we'll find out. i'll speak to a remarkable man from the northeast of england who's been trying to spread some festive cheer in ukraine. and i'll be asking the question, whatever happened to the classic christmas tv shows of the past ? christmas tv shows of the past? and for the next 2 hours, we'll keep you up to date with santas progress. there he is as he makes his way around the world. all and more coming up

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