sunday and good evening and to your wednesday evening. i'm neil fox and i will be looking after dan wootton show for the next couple nights and i can guarantee you a couple of hours of excellent entertainment tonight with a panel helping helping tackle some of the big stories are around this week, including whether we should enjoy staycations instead of jetting abroad , how animal shelters are abroad, how animal shelters are bursting at the seams, how vinyl records sales are in the news again with another record year pardon the and we have some superb guests including kelvin mackenzie and broadcast legend

mike reid . plus in my big mike reid. plus in my big opinion how, if you want to live in a better society then we may need to take a look how we deal with the humble christmas tree. all this and much more. but first, we the news headlines with right addition . with right addition. thanks, neal with right addition. thanks, neal. here's the latest from the merseyside police say a 28 year old man remains in critical following the fatal of a woman in the wirral on christmas eve. 26 year old elle edwards shot while celebrating with family at the lighthouse in the further. three men were also injured. a man and a woman have been arrested in with that incident. police say they're trying to find the weapon in the shooting . two find the weapon in the shooting. two suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing of

a 23 year old man in a birmingham nightclub. semi—professional footballer cody fisher was stabbed to death on the dance floor of the crane nightclub on boxing day . nightclub on boxing day. hundreds of people were there at time. his family say their hearts were broken following his death. west midlands police say 22 year old was arrested in birmingham city last night whilst a one year old man was arrested in london . border force arrested in london. border force staff and driving examiners staged action today. members of the peaks union working multiple uk airports continued their strike over pay jobs and conditions. driving examiners began a five day walkout affecting more than 70 testing centres in the east of england and the midlands. pope francis has for prayers for his predecessor former pope benedict, saying he's very sick.

the says the 95 year old had a sudden worsening of health but is receiving constant medical care. the former head of the catholic church, the first pope in 600 years to resign even when he stepped down in 2013 . and the he stepped down in 2013. and the deadly storm that's been sweeping across north america, killing at least 60 people, is now bringing and windy weather here to uk. the met office says the knock on effect of america's bomb cyclone will be spells of unsettled weather over the next 7 to 10 days. issued a yellow alert for , heavy rain for much alert for, heavy rain for much of scotland on friday. also warning of flooding and travel disruption disruption . we're on disruption disruption. we're on tv , online and on dab plus radio tv, online and on dab plus radio . this is the people's channel gb news. now to neil fox .

hey, good evening. neil fox here looking after dan wootton show for you tonight. coming up on tonight's show in big opinion, i'll be asking if we all want a better society. does this start with clearing up your own christmas tree.7 don't worry, i'll explain shortly . and the i'll explain shortly. and the big question , be debating big question, be debating whether or not we be limiting our jet whether or not we be limiting ourjet setting . swap it for a our jet setting. swap it for a staycation. destiny nation in the uk to help save the planet. i'll be chatting to extinction rebellion spokesman peter knapp, a media personality. nicola mclean about this . we'll also be mclean about this. we'll also be chatting to the legend that is kelvin mackenzie , asking him to kelvin mackenzie, asking him to get kelvin's crystal ball out for predictions on the stories that might be making big

headlines. next year, in 2023. plus, we've all heard the expression dogs life not just for christmas . well, sadly, for christmas. well, sadly, that's not the case. once again, figures show that a big rise in the number of animals needing rehoming has seen animal shelters at breaking point . now shelters at breaking point. now with me throughout the show , a with me throughout the show, a brilliant old staff panel. tonight, we've got journalist and former editor of the daily star dawn neesom dawn neesom .we star dawn neesom dawn neesom. we got pub landlord activist adam brookes and writer and broadcaster amy nicholl . and as broadcaster amy nicholl. and as even broadcaster amy nicholl. and as ever, give me your views. i want to hear from you, please and all subjects we're talking about and so much. it's gv view's . so much. it's gv view's. gbnews.uk you can tweet us at jib news. right. let's get on with the show . so why christmas with the show. so why christmas trees have got me wound up. it

might seem trivial, but this morning i was walking dog called bonzo and noticed a few christmas trees down the streets. i guess like we see every single year. and i started to feel myself getting just a little bit annoyed. now, don't me wrong. i love christmas trees and putting ours up is a really big of christmas for my family. but for some reason , a lot of but for some reason, a lot of people seem to think that once the festive season is over. it's really okay to just throw your treat out, throw your tree out in the and just let it blow around . i mean, someone else can around. i mean, someone else can come along , around. i mean, someone else can come along, clear right .7 come along, clear it up right.7 there was a road cleanup sweeping up near these abandoned trees this morning as the rain tipped down on us . we got tipped down on us. we got talking, and ended up talking, actually, and ended up on the subject of the trees. it turns out that he and all his colleagues find it all pretty annoying to now. most councils i know do have a day when they say they'll come round and they will pick up your used tree. but until that day why do some people feel it acceptable .7 to

people feel it acceptable? to just it against a wall, just put it against a wall, chuckitin just put it against a wall, chuck it in the gutter, or some random place it just gets random place where it just gets in other people's way . now, random place where it just gets in other people's way. now, in the grand scheme of things and everything going on right now, this is clearly really trivial, but it does highlight for me a growing problem where some people seem to be very happy to let everyone else sort everything out for them rather than, of course , doing it than, of course, doing it themselves. so often it seems that it's everyone else's problem to sort everything out . problem to sort everything out. for as long as i can remember, there's always been a debate going on about how the going on about how much the state over our state should have over our lives. and i know this is quite a sweeping statement, but anger . general, the conservative party be all about party seems to be all about having control normally having less control normally over our lives and, our businesses, whereas the labour has always advocated a level of control and, more state intervention into how we live. now the last few years of course, have seen a level of control during the pandemic that wouldn't beyond anything, any of could imagine. and we must make sure we never get back to that

again, because it was, quite frankly, a little bit scary. i even saw a great t—shirt for sale recently for set 1984. please we make it fiction again. i but i couldn't agree more . if i but i couldn't agree more. if we all want less state and meddling into how we live our lives, more freedom to live exactly how we want, then that comes with great responsibility. all right . and if it comes with all right. and if it comes with great results but want stability, what we know is that what we have to do is we have to do our bit to help our communities and our wider society to function a little bit . now we know that with food pnces . now we know that with food prices , fuel costs are insane prices, fuel costs are insane levels because of the war in ukraine and a new winter of discontent, more and more people are needing the help of government and charities to just get by. we have always been the greatest nation in the world. mucking in and, helping our fellow citizens out . but more fellow citizens out. but more than ever, that sense community and the bigger society seems to

be what is right now. and that could start with something as simple and ridiculous as clearing up our own christmas tree . right. okay, let's have tree. right. okay, let's have a chat with our panel about this. and. okay dawn dawn neesom, it's very to have you on. and adam will come along and amy as well, looking fabulous today. will come along and amy as well, looking fabulous today . so looking fabulous today. so please tell me what you think. do we need to get a more involved and sort our own problems ? or is it up to someone problems? or is it up to someone else just sew everything out for us? do you think, dawn? us? what do you think, dawn? every generation, i think. always this don't know about the generations that on. oh it wasn't like this in my day you got it easy now and no disrespect to your age now because i'm pretty much getting there as well. but the younger generation now, i think no disrespect to the lovely youngster the end of the sofa youngster on the end of the sofa with me , adam. definitely not

with me, adam. definitely not adam . but to us as well, i think adam. but to us as well, i think that they they do have it easy and all. and i don't mean that in a patronised way. i genuinely don't. it's like when poverty these days is designated be not having the right telly , the having the right telly, the right mobile phone where i was in my grandparents generation, it not having any food or it was not having any food or boots to put on your face. i'm not exaggerating. was not exaggerating. that was literally my grandparents situation. so i think we these days we rely too much the government and too much on all the we have around us. so it doesit the we have around us. so it does it does make us more selfish . and i'm including selfish. and i'm including myself this because we're so used to having everything now we want a plate to us at want on a plate handed to us at the snap of our fingers or that we all selfish with it and you know what i think also that goes with this now is the politics of envy goes with this as well, doesn't it? it's like, why can't i what they have got. i have what they have got. how very dare a bit. i very dare they have a bit. i call them, they have very day, they have better holidays and make. think it does make it

make. so i think it does make it a very selfish generation. and you also write about 1994 because we've been because i feel like we've been living in it the few living in it for the last few years. have now suddenly years. have and now suddenly it's well you know it's like well you know we're met the government told us had to down the street, you to walk down the street, you know pandemic we had know during the pandemic we had footprints, street footprints, the high street telling to walk. been telling us how to walk. been doing was about two doing this since i was about two years sorry so i think it's years old. sorry so i think it's this the nothing is my this attitude, the nothing is my fault anymore. there's someone else with else to blame. and with completely lost our own taking responsibility own responsibility for our own actions, however. okay. can come in. no, you're too young. we can't. no, please come in. amy, come on. just doing the christmas topic . yeah, i'm christmas tree topic. yeah, i'm a person that . kept a christmas a person that. kept a christmas with all the pine needles falling it in the garden until when i finally moved house and put it in the skip because i didn't know what to do with it. i don't think people are selfish. they just don't know where. put the christmas tree. so just make. sure lazy. so i just make. sure lazy. i mean how do you get rid of it? like it doesn't fit in the bin? like, where do you put it? you have research these things, have to research these things, you maybe we're lazy you know, maybe we're just lazy in regard. i was

in that regard. well, i was going i think every going to say, i think every council that they're normally pretty at coming down on a pretty good at coming down on a certain it's this certain day but it's just this i mean literally i know it's only they today and maybe they what 29th today and maybe this heading off this is people heading off for an early bit of winter sunshine and chucking their out early. i don't were just don't know. but they were just rolling in the gutter rolling around in the gutter and. kind of think, well, and. you kind of think, well, put the bin. i find put them by the bin. i find those find most shocking those leave i find most shocking in this is scant regard in all this is the scant regard for tradition of the 12th for the tradition of the 12th night. who are all these lunatics throwing their lunatics throwing out their christmas early as well. christmas this early as well. i'll go to neil i think as well we also can't forget that we pay a lot of sort of council tax. how much you know and so sort of i do expect a lot of these to be done because of money that i'm having to pay each month. know i sort of leave my wife to do . i'm sort of leave my wife to do. i'm busy in the pubs this time of yeah busy in the pubs this time of year. so taking the christmas trees down and all that sort of palaver i leave to my wife. so but i don't buy that we're selfish. if you look at the all the stories from this christmas

day, of all the people helping homeless shelters and feeding people and being very, very generous all the time at a cost of living crisis, i actually think that we're not a selfish nafion think that we're not a selfish nation at all and i think you drew upon that. you said we've always been one of the greatest nations. that mucking and helping out. and i think that's the key thing we all do. and i think that's but i think think that's true. but i think there's side. on one there's this other side. on one hand, we do we are very good are the best nation in the for world after people, charities helping neighbours. in neighbours. we have mucked in sort spirit. sort of world war ii spirit. i think still many think we still have many respects people out, respects and we help people out, which but there's this which love. but there's this other side that just goes, yeah, i'll help other people out. but yeah, you wouldn't go and yeah, i mean you wouldn't go and put a old out on the put like a old fridge out on the pavement. just think i'll shut that let sort it that out and let someone sort it out, somehow put it the out, yet somehow put it in the car it to the tip or car and take it to the tip or find a way of doing. it's just this one thing about trees, because they all just start rolling the street. they rolling down the street. they just well, like me just make a mess. well, like me you leave the in the you just leave the fridge in the garden you house. that's garden until you house. that's what i think. the tree so lazy.

so, you know, go for you not so, you know, go for you are not going recycling things. to going to recycling things. to be fair, tree did become a bit fair, the tree did become a bit of ornament in the garden and of an ornament in the garden and it was quite, i think, doing things right there, know, to things right there, you know, to notice, my mum's notice, you know, my mum's generation, there's a there's a different there's different work ethic, there's different work ethic, there's different in those different morals in those generations , you know. and i do generations, you know. and i do think there's a there's a notable difference between sort of the age group and sort of mind on younger you so again but i won't back to that point we pay a i won't back to that point we pay a lot of council and you know about moaning about certain services that they have do dunng services that they have do during their jobs know we pay towards that i think people need towards that i think people need to be a bit more mindful now but we also do expect to get certain services for our money as well . services for our money as well. it's true and maybe that's why do just chuck them out because i think i pay for it. but it does make a mess and i always kind of thing if you can go and buy it maybe. i mean, maybe it's partly down to the people that sell us christmas trees. they should add

another quid on it, another quid or to quid on it, you know, you buy it. they're expensive enough anyway and just say, on 12 days of say, you know, on the 12 days of christmas, going to come christmas, we're going to come by we'll them up in a by and we'll pick them up in a great big van or something and take them the way i've actually got a solution, which found got a solution, which i found personally on the personally myself on the 12th day put the day of christmas. just put the tree in the and in the loft, tree in the box and in the loft, get artificial for all get an artificial tree for all this. that's exactly i've this. no, that's exactly i've done greta thunberg worst done on greta thunberg worst nightmare have nightmare composting. have got a foot. what you? you foot. what about you? how do you must tree? surely in must have real tree? surely in your pops. i've got a couple of real trees at home though they. are fakes are they. yeah i wonder percentage is wonder what the percentage is now. idea, way, now. i've no idea, by the way, i'm of asking this random i'm of just asking this random person. want a percentage of person. i want a percentage of how people have real as how many people have real as opposed we've actually opposed to fake. we've actually gone of years ago gone fake a couple of years ago as well, i have to be honest. but we do spray around pine but we do spray around the pine spray the house. so it spray in the house. so it actually nice. that's the actually smells nice. that's the one. we should do a poll, neil. we should a tv news poll reveal five. got to be with five. i've got to be honest with going at the moment down going on at the moment down there slightly bigger there might be slightly bigger things about you things to do. a poll about you know i mean but anyway

know what i mean but anyway i don't thank you very much any for the moment and adam and for the moment dawn and adam and amy will back little bit amy we will be back little bit later a few coming later on a few coming in, obviously, going be obviously, we're going to be talking just talking staycations in just a moment. how to think moment. so how to think staycations you like staycations where you like in this uk? where's good ways, bad ways, ugly. we always like to that. i to that views ways, ugly. we always like to th.gbi to that views ways, ugly. we always like to th.gb newsto that views ways, ugly. we always like to th.gb news dot that views ways, ugly. we always like to th.gb news dot because ns ways, ugly. we always like to th.gb news dot because on the at gb news dot uk because on the big question in should we big question in 2023 should we stay in blighty instead stay in here in blighty instead of jetting off to some exotic sunny abroad in order to help save the planet maybe get the kettle on i will see you in a couple of minutes .

hey welcome back to the show thanks joining us now. time now for some of your views. you're getting busy already email which is good on twitter from an anonymous feel we're about citizens of the uk have a particular mindset those that cannot be bothered to take the supermarket trolley bag that discard on our streets with the refrain i'm giving someone a job the person who fails to clean up after their dog or the person who sprays graffiti and claims it to be art . who sprays graffiti and claims it to be art. right. who sprays graffiti and claims it to be art . right. there you it to be art. right. there you go.thank it to be art. right. there you go. thank you very much. keep coming in gb views at gb, the uk or at gb news on twitter. marion says regarding disposal christmas trees, it's not necessarily selfishness, just ignorance . what services are ignorance. what services are available . yeah, it's definitely

available. yeah, it's definitely if you want to get rid of your and you don't want it to roll down the street, if you just go onune down the street, if you just go online to your local council, i'm sure they will you what i'm sure they will tell you what can where you can dispose of can do, where you can dispose of it or. maybe when they're going to come round all up, to come round and them all up, all right. but anyway, them all right. but anyway, keep them coming views at gb news coming in. gb views at gb news now it's time for this. so christmas has come gone. sadly, it's wet and windy outside and the country is down with strikes and prices well do so it's clearly time start thinking about next year's summer right? that'll make us feel . but where that'll make us feel. but where should you go now? staycations have been on the rise in the last few years for obvious reasons, but it's the lure. some guarantee. that is the lure of guaranteed sun. just a little bit too hard to resist. well, according to the latest research stake , asians really are on the stake, asians really are on the rise because here were the top

three reasons they offer comfortable relaxing accommodation, which is nice. they create way stress than going abroad . airports now are going abroad. airports now are a bit of a pain in the rear end, we know. and of course, they help support our own economy, which is great, particularly at the moment. plus travelling to a uk holiday destination is clearly so much better for the environment than for flying. i worked that if we flew our family to , say america as family to, say america as opposed to getting in the car and going to devon , it was and going to devon, it was actually 500 times less my carbon footprint. it really was that much . it's crazy, but it's that much. it's crazy, but it's spend. it is expensive in this country. it really isn't the cheap option. and you may have a two week washout. that's the problem . to help discuss this problem. to help discuss this very first world problem i've got with me extinction rebellion spokesperson and pete knapp, a media personality. nicola mcclain firstly. right hey, welcome along . very nice to have welcome along. very nice to have you on the show and. happy post—christmas pre—new year. nice. nice to have you along. so

what do you think? obviously from a climate point of view , if from a climate point of view, if we didn't all jump on aircraft, that will be a good thing, right ? absolutely. yeah, i apologise if there's a little bit of a lag . i mean, and i'm in a pub on the isle of wight at the moment, so i'm actually on a staycation andifs so i'm actually on a staycation and it's a real pleasure to be in, in a part of the uk i haven't been to since i was a child. we've seen so many interesting things here and yeah, you're right, going to a place like by train really does reduce the emissions generally , reduce the emissions generally, train travel is about 70 times less than than than flying for the carbon emissions. okay yeah. frying is the fastest way to fry the planet . but probably frying is the fastest way to fry the planet. but probably as you're finding out now, it's not what used to be many ago. i guess it was a cheap option staying in the uk, but that's not necessarily the case anymore, is it? it's actually sadly more expensive sometimes to stay in here to drive down

from where i live in london, you know, down to devon, 250 miles and stay there. and it will be to get my family on a plane and flown to the. yeah, the flights really are desperately cheap . really are desperately cheap. the this is because the reason for this is because of fossil fuel , we spend about of fossil fuel, we spend about £7 billion a year in the uk to try to make aviation cheaper. so yeah, it is artificially cheap but you know, getting to down the isle of wight from london, which is where i started costs only which is where i started costs only £35 for a return ticket and it's in the off season, right. so everything's much cheaper than . were about so everything's much cheaper than b.a. prices. were about £60 a night for two people. and that included breakfast for two people. so, yeah , going to people. so, yeah, going to places , tourist destinations in places, tourist destinations in the uk in the winter you tend to get cheaper deals . sure, there's get cheaper deals. sure, there's actually a great new expression which i hadn't heard before today, which is, you know, we've all heard of staycations that's now staycations which are more and more people taking winter

breaks in the uk, which exactly what you're doing. let's bring in nicola. nicola, what do in nicola. so nicola, what do you ? i mean, obviously the you think? i mean, obviously the lure of sunshine and guaranteed sunshine is what often drives people to go abroad as well as really good package deals that make very, very value . yeah, make it very, very value. yeah, hundred% obviously, i the carbon footprint and i do my best and i try and encourage children. obviously we recycle know, i understand but the fact of the matter is i do to a sunny houday. matter is i do to a sunny holiday . i do want to take my holiday. i do want to take my children abroad and show them different . i do think the uk has different. i do think the uk has some amazing places to say and i think lockdown and covid really helped us to understand that . helped us to understand that. i'm i'm from scotland. my parents is scottish, you know. scott scotland's fantastic . but scott scotland's fantastic. but i don't want to go freeze i do not you know, i'm quite happy to do that for a few days and i want to go there for two weeks. so in the summer and you're saying, you know, winter breaks 100, got taken to 100, but then we've got taken to a school in when kids a count school in when the kids are school, you know to go to

are at school, you know to go to send to pass plenty of resorts but sky to send parks when but sky to send to parks when the kids are not at school is absolutely extortionate i can't afford it you know many people can't. so then you do look where you know, where you can go. where's affordable and yeah i do want and i'm aware that you want sun and i'm aware that you know, that that sounds selfish and so be it. we have to make we make sacrifices constantly as humans, as mums, as parents as whatever. and we, you know, obviously as i say, i'm aware of the carbon footprint, but i'm going to go away and find some sun in the summer 100. yeah. i you know we've everything we've had to be fair the last year, you know , and the news has been, you know, and the news has been, let's honest, there's let's be honest, there's non—stop heavy news hasn't. it really the weather's grotty at the moment got this this the moment i just got this this a storm is coming in from america as well that's not going to you know, to help i guess. you know, post—christmas soft what's replaced christmas of replaced all the christmas of course sunny holiday course suddenly sunny holiday adverts all on our tv saying jet off and jumping this lovely swimming pool. and i got to be

honest, appealing right honest, it look appealing right now. doesn't it it's a now. it doesn't it so it's a whole bomb because i've been to devon when it's been two weeks of sun. i've also been there when every day and when it rained every day and although lovely know although it's lovely i know what you because sometimes think you mean because sometimes think if a week off just if i've got a week off i just want a week of sun i know want a week of sun so i know i can out and there lies part of the problem only thing the problem peter only thing it's i guess that over the last 1015 years the this the cheap airlines made cheap airlines have made it so cheap to it's cheaper than to go away it's cheaper than getting a train now yeah although it's not the airlines that are making it cheap, it's the government subsidies. it's that we don't we really really don't anywhere near enough don't pay anywhere near enough tax on on aviation fuel . nothing tax on on aviation fuel. nothing like the tax that we people would pay for petrol or diesel. there's a huge difference in the amount of taxes paid there. and it's interesting that you mentioned not being not being selfish because i think your previous guest talked about not being a selfish nation and we're not and when we start really to

think about other in other countries as well in terms of flying, it's a really big deal in terms of the injustice of it all. so around 1% of the people in the world cause 50% of the commercial flight. in the world cause 50% of the commercial flight . so that's commercial flight. so that's a huge amount, while about 80% of the world has never set foot on a plane before . so even though a plane before. so even though yeah, we do live a very cold and miserable place sometimes in the winter it has to be said and, and some other places in the world really can be, can be nicer . and it's i guess it's nicer. and it's i guess it's seeing the value , the seeing the seeing the value, the seeing the benefit of spending time with your family in a in a cottage and playing games and doing things where not so important to be on a sunbeds in the winter when we can do that in the summer and in in our country dunng summer and in in our country during the summer holidays perhaps. yeah it's interesting you looking at some of the what consumers likes about the experience of uk holidays by the way and nicola, what do you think about this. okay. firstly

they say there's a little bit of nostalgia. maybe when we're a bit may gone on bit younger we may have gone on more depending on how bit younger we may have gone on morare depending on how bit younger we may have gone on morare to depending on how bit younger we may have gone on morare to the depending on how bit younger we may have gone on morare to the ukiending on how bit younger we may have gone on morare to the uk .�*nding on how bit younger we may have gone on morare to the uk . that'son how bit younger we may have gone on morare to the uk . that's oneow bit younger we may have gone on morare to the uk . that's one of you are to the uk. that's one of the main reasons they owe more than of people than a third of people named efficiency on beach and efficiency was on the beach and more than a fifth , 22% said that more than a fifth, 22% said that building sand castles their favourite staycation memory i guess look you can do abroad as well but it's funny , those well but it's funny, those quintessentially british things , we didn't even mention donkey rides that deeply, thank goodness. no , look, we can goodness. but no, look, we can still have a lovely modern holiday, uk, but i guess you holiday, the uk, but i guess you always have to pack the sort of raincoat just in case in the don't you . yeah you do. i lived don't you. yeah you do. i lived in swansea for for, long period of time. it's beautiful . the of time. it's beautiful. the beach is a studied. i love that place. i like to go back and visit i'm not going to go there on a two week holiday, i'm just not going to it. and you know, l, not going to it. and you know, i, i like fish and chips and i can drive to brighton and eat and chips. but for me that's all i want to do is bathe every day. i'm sorry. i do not want to be

my kids not enjoy going to my kids would not enjoy going to brighton a pebble beach for brighton on a pebble beach for two i just maybe, you two weeks. i just maybe, you know , maybe i have selfish know, maybe i have selfish children . maybe i'm a very children. maybe i'm a very selfish person. are you going to get on a plane again and go, well, you know, i don't if you have children, i want my children see world. children to see the world. i want them to see things that they can't see in this country. inever they can't see in this country. i never went abroad as a child , i never went abroad as a child, andifs i never went abroad as a child, and it's fortunate that can and it's so fortunate that i can do that kids . and i will do that for my kids. and i will be that. i don't bad be doing that. and i don't bad about i genuinely really . about it. i genuinely really. right. they have got right. i mean, they have got three kids, you know 20, 21, 20 and six when i would . okay. no, and six when i would. okay. no, i'm sure you with them abroad. no i have been abroad many times. i do love it. but i have to say, you know, my kids favour some holiday genuinely as. can we go to devon please? because if lucky with the if you're lucky with the weather, kind of think and weather, you kind of think and it is all, i suppose that you have to add in expression. have to add in that expression. yeah. the weather's good, yeah. if the weather's good, it can the greatest holiday can be the greatest holiday you've ever had, but it could be a wet wash out. and look . yeah,

a wet wash out. and look. yeah, it's interesting . you could it's interesting. you could probably give me some facts and i interesting in 2021 just so we're all know what we're talking about residents took nine 18.1 million trips overseas , which is 79% less than two years earlier. and obviously, that this thing called covid that this thing called covid that got the way. and i guess it meant that we all decided to stay at home. one thing i noficed stay at home. one thing i noticed and i know the quality dunng noticed and i know the quality during lockdown and when the plane stopped flying it did increase or much better, very quickly, which i was stuck at that how quickly it had got better you know you probably know the facts and figures so that way more maybe . yeah, there that way more maybe. yeah, there are some places in the world where that is really pronounced in. in india for example air quality there was much much better when well especially coal fired power stations shut down but here yeah in terms of the air quality my research group at imperial actually works on the air pollution created from

aviation. and if you live around an airport , then as soon as the an airport, then as soon as the research comes out, which should be in the next or two, the house pnces be in the next or two, the house prices around the airports, they'll because the air pollution that the air aeroplanes create the ultrafine air particular pollution is seri ously terrible and around airports. this is a really big health hazard and something which we're learning more about now but it's yeah, it's something the airline industry really is trying to sweep under the rug. now, one thing i've noficed the rug. now, one thing i've noticed and nicola, you might be thinking this to the if you said to me the words extinction rebellion, obviously it's been in the news maybe for all wrong reasons in the last couple of years and sort of irritating people . we can discuss things people. we can discuss things like this. it all seems to me so much better and i hopefully maybe you have slightly different organisation different for your organisation next year because always kind of thing saying a traffic at the thing saying in a traffic at the m25 when someone's glued the road help air

road that doesn't help air quality either it. but quality either does it. but maybe is the way we have to do it. we have to get round tables, discuss stuff, but and i suppose somehow educate us all really that don't need to jump that maybe we don't need to jump o n £29 easyjet flight to on £29 easyjet flight to barcelona because it's cheaper than actually jumping on a train, going to london for the weekend. yeah that the expense is a really big especially with the cost of living. we all really are trying to reduce our expenditure and when flights to the south of spain are so desperately cheap it is very, very tempting. i can understand it, but we have to be aware also that about one gallon of fuel per second is burned in an aeroplane and that is just totally crazy when you think it. yeah right. so yeah in terms of our carbon emissions and not being a self sufficient nation, gb news watches are going to be the most patriotic of all and thinking about our local businesses in the in summer and in the winter really should be our top priority in terms

keeping our economy afloat as well. nicolette can , i ask, when well. nicolette can, i ask, when was the last time you did take staycation? probably during , but staycation? probably during, but where would you be heading off next summer ? i am so in the next summer? i am so in the summer i'll go abroad and for but i do go and actually would go in to watch swansea play on the 29th. so me and my husband and the two boys will go down and the two boys will go down and watch swansea play football because we love swansea and we'll stay and we'll have a really nice time. but two nights will be more than enough for me when it's, you know, piddling down with rain. and i will look forward hopping on a plane and going somewhere well, oh, going to somewhere well, oh, nicholas , thank you very much nicholas, thank you very much for us. enjoy the forjoining us. enjoy the houday forjoining us. enjoy the holiday you. enjoy holiday and thank you. enjoy your and the isle of wight. your time and the isle of wight. very nice to talk to both. very nice to talk to you both. thank much for coming thank you very much for coming on. all i appreciate brian coming journalistic legend coming up, journalistic legend mackenzie going to join me to mackenzie is going to join me to take a look at what we can expect to see in the news in 2023. that and so more coming up. please don't go anywhere .

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in three. hello there. welcome nice to have you watching. i'm neil fox looking after dan wootton show tonight . and i ask this tonight. and i ask this question, has there ever a year that's been so packed full of news we seem to have gone from

one enormous news story to the next without pausing for breath, for in ukraine, the economy , for in ukraine, the economy, prime ministers, the death of the queen strikes a winter world cup . an weikert. yeah, okay . who cup. an weikert. yeah, okay. who cares about that one? but it has been an action packed 12 months. so what will we all be talking about next year to help us look forward? we are joined by fleet street legend and former of the sun. kelvin mackenzie to look at kelvin's crystal ball. kelvin, welcome along there he is. very nice to speak to you, kelvin i hope having a nice christmas and thanks for joining us tonight. so if you got kelvin's crystal ball out what are we what will we be talking about next year do you think it's a crazy year so far for this one cannot get any better or bigger next year. well i am optimistic about next year i am optimistic about next year i mean the amount of bad news i mean so i say the good will be the following inflation before slowly over the year to be not quite down to 2% but it will it

will complete utterly crash actually to be honest next year interest rates not rise from round about where they are now, you know. so people with mortgages. yeah they're going to have to a little more, but not a lot more. and i think the best news might be, i believe that the ukraine war will come to an end, which will lead to a complete collapse energy complete collapse in energy prices, where demand will be non—existent , supply will be non—existent, supply will be massive. so your your energy bills literally disappear. now, that's an optimistic view. if course, you're a socialist, both you will be moaning like hell. oh, yeah . about the following oh, yeah. about the following the i energy prices are high. but the other thing you'll be you'll be you'll be talking about will because the strikes now these strikes have proved one thing and one thing conclusively the organised labour can destroy our country in the way it could have done 20 years ago. the idea that a railway that your railway has come to a complete, full for

days on that would have been an absolute commercial for our country. i'm not saying it's not terribly painful. i'm not saying that. terribly painful. i'm not saying that . but what they can't do is that. but what they can't do is they can't leave us literally , they can't leave us literally, you know, with holes in our shoes having walked 20 miles to work every day because people can do what we're now neil they can do what we're now neil they can simply quote work from home is as productive i'm sure it isn't but it is a substitute and the other thing that's proved that organised labour will go to any including leaving your mother with a shattered hair and having a stroke lying on the floor for hours on end before ambulance turns up when . ambulance turns up when. organised labour will do that . organised labour will do that. your mum and dad or your child , your mum and dad or your child, even you. but you to say that's something has gone seriously wrong with the trade union movement. but look that that that that's from my side of the fence . yeah i'm optimistic about

fence. yeah i'm optimistic about the country that we in not least of all, because we aren't living in ukraine, we're not waking up morning with some huge missile all fired from from middle of russia right into into for instance today a maternity hospital . we do not face those hospital. we do not face those issues . we don't face, you know issues. we don't face, you know , instance, what might be happening in in afghanistan , happening in in afghanistan, where you're where you're seeing where you're where you're seeing where you're where you're seeing where you're seeing a queue of people queuing up literally for a loaf of bread and. i think people have completely lost a sense of what real poverty, real a real fear against we are. i successful sometimes it doesn't look like because if you are in the media if it bleeds it leads the media if it bleeds it leads the truth of the is i know is that the reality is that the bad news sells but i think i think what's happened to mainstream in

a strange way is that it has lost the sense that there's lots of you know, there is you can leaven bread slightly rather that not everything, not everybody everybody is a not everybody everybody is a not everybody is into trans not everybody's doing everything right. right. they are just ordinary people trying to do their best. let me bring in the panel here. if i can just a moment, actually, because i mean, i have to say your expression in there, if it bleeds, it leads , i mean, it's bleeds, it leads, i mean, it's a tragic one, but sure, it's been news many times. so dawn neesom, a former editor , the star. so a former editor, the star. so how do you feel about that ? is how do you feel about that? is thatis how do you feel about that? is that is that your view that and is that the truth ? i look, i'm is that the truth? i look, i'm i'm always a glass half full person . and the paper i did person. and the paper i did i always tried to make sure it was that way as well because i think when times are hard is the point in the media constant drumming home how miserable is how you are going to die as you step

outside your doors etc. etc. so i'm one of life's natural optimist and i like kelvin's optimism for next year. think, optimism for next year. i think, you know , think we have to you know, think we have to believe that things going get believe that things going to get better. to believe the better. we have to believe the financial situation improve. we have to believe will be an end to the strikes , because to the strikes, because otherwise where do we go with this? you know, the one thing this? you know, the one thing this country does is this country does have is a great fighting spirit, but what demonstrated it over the decades , i think now we have roll up our sleeves grit as a and get on with making the best of what the situation have. let us not wallow it. let's actually fight and actually this country great again because it can be and we're losing sight of that. and so often the media gb news accepted our country lecturing us on how the countries are laughing stock and how, you know, so the worst place in the to world know if it's such a bad place, why do so many migrants try to risk that well bristol life trying get here it's not a bad place we have to start believing in ourselves . bad place we have to start believing in ourselves. i agree. and adam, let me as a as a pub

landlord , you must hear it all. landlord, you must hear it all. okay your regulars that come into your pops, you got to watch their spirit. i know chris was. it's all in a happy mood over christmas because . yeah. it's christmas because. yeah. it's a lovely way of escaping our exposed doom and gloom. but exposed the doom and gloom. but in , you're bunch of in general, you're a bunch of optimists because we are a great nation. we always have been. always are. we've that as always we are. we've got that as don you know, we've got don says, you know, we've got that spirit. know, that fighting spirit. you know, i pretty annoyed with the i do get pretty annoyed with the media putting us down all the time, but let's you time, you know, but let's you know, i was quite know, i wish i was quite optimistic as kelvin with with next year in business because i've got a lot of colleagues in mind . i'm on i've got a lot of colleagues in mind. i'm on whatsapp and groups and such that, you know, i think many of them are going to be around sort of by march, april the main thing for hospitality t has been up in moving about all yean has been up in moving about all year, even before the media were getting out of it is the energy pnces getting out of it is the energy prices you know and i tweeted today that the gas prices around the world are tumbling at the moment. and i just hope that

filters through to some of the quotes that people are getting . quotes that people are getting. you know, i've recently just accepted a contract for my electricity at one of my pubs and it still sort of like three and it still sort of like three and a half, four times what i was paying in 2019. so you we've seen the markets go the right direction, but the cannot subsidise business pricing for much longer. you know, if they if they extend it past april be amazed but you know we really do need see electric and gas come down at least % to make a lot of down at least% to make a lot of these businesses especially in my industry to make viable again you know we seem inflation we're getting hit with higher beer pnces getting hit with higher beer prices higher food prices higher wages everything is going against us. so there needs to be some sort of good news on horizon. and hopefully these gas pnces horizon. and hopefully these gas prices do continue to fall. i mean, we will bring back in, kelvin, if i could, for a minute

and then go go to you amy. okay. next year we've got a local actions. how do you feel, kelvin. i mean, does it all depend whether rishi and the tories a grip of inflation and our prices if it starts, as you say, levelling out maybe and even going down, is that is that give them a chance otherwise that they're going to be annihilated. no local elections. they will be all slaughtered. i mean i don't know anybody who is a i know some conservative councillors by the way but they will all if they're standing they will all be ex councillors there is going to be the most shocking shock toughing out of conservatives and because it's back to nothing most , people back to nothing most, people aren't involved in local politics, they don't understand it. i mean , you know, the it. i mean, you know, the turnout is only about two. well, actually, it looks as though the turnout will between 25 and 30% be absolutely mind you , it will be absolutely mind you, it will be absolutely mind you, it will be less than half what you normally get , almost a third

normally get, almost a third back. and so i expect them to get absolutely slaughtered . i do get absolutely slaughtered. i do expect the tories to get slaughtered actually in the general election as well, regardless of what happens, even if inflation went down to north ukraine, war was ended. i don't see she getting elected to be honest with you. i'm very negative on that okay amy feeling , negative on that okay amy feeling, optimistic about negative on that okay amy feeling , optimistic about next feeling, optimistic about next year or you gritting your teeth? well when it comes to kelvin's crystal ball? i don't have faith in it because of his rather imaginative perception . the imaginative perception. the present . i think kelvin's present. i think kelvin's ability to lay the strikes, lay this door is quite incredible actually when we think about the reasons we have unions and unionised industries which have some of the best standards . the some of the best standards. the reason we have a minimum wage, the reason half the people here are on holiday at the moment is because of unions. so i think actually the unions are on strike just because of the

mismanaged end of this tory government which has run the country into the ground. and if wants to talk about his imaginary hypothetical lady with a shattered head flying on the floor for 12 hours, that's nothing to do with labour. that's nothing do with unions. that's nothing do with unions. thatis that's nothing do with unions. that is solely to do with a mismanaged nhs under tory government. so i put to kelvin that poverty is relative at the moment we have more children hungry in our schools than ever before record inequality and some of the lowest living standards we've had in about 50 years. how is this labour's problem going? kelvin give us a final sure word if you can answer. amy, please. what do you think about that ? it's not true think about that? it's not true about the lowest living standards . i about the lowest living standards. i don't about the lowest living standards . i don't know where standards. i don't know where amy's obviously been. something in the studio before she came on, but so we have a we have fantastic life compared to, you know, like think we're the sixth richest economy in the world and i expect that to continue next year and the moment the ukraine war the sense of optimism

throughout the country will be fantastic . so let's keep our fantastic. so let's keep our fingers crossed that either shoots you two or he's defeated or there's some kind of deal. kelvin, a pleasure to have you on.thank kelvin, a pleasure to have you on. thank you very much indeed for giving up your evening tonight. and thank you very much indeed to. my panel as well, which you guys a nice evening. thank you, kelvin right. coming up talking to the up next, we'll be talking to the co—founder dog charity, co—founder of a dog charity, vanessa , about the news vanessa warren, about the news that rising numbers of abandoned dogs has left rescue centres at bray king point. we'll see you .

three well, we've all heard expression a dog is for life and not just for christmas, but sadly, that is not the case. numbers of animal charities and rescue centres are bursting the seams, trying to cope with a number of

pets needing to be rehoused . to pets needing to be rehoused. to help discuss this, we're joined by vanessa warren, co—founder of dog charity , the hope rescue. dog charity, the hope rescue. hey there, vanessa. well, come along. hope you have a lovely christmas so far , but it's not christmas so far, but it's not all good news . it. record all good news. it. record numbers . it all good news. it. record numbers. it is record numbers. and we've got 160 dogs in our care right now . if we look at care right now. if we look at the numbers of dogs we took last yean the numbers of dogs we took last year, it was 564. this year, we've taken 664 so far. so an increase of almost 20. so it's a bit bleak at the moment. but so the cost of living crisis must be a major contributing factor to this because having a dog myself , they're not cheap, are myself, they're not cheap, are they're not cheap to keep. you want to look after them and vet bills everything else . it's bills and everything else. it's a perfect storm we've come out of converge more dogs homes than ever before over 3 million purchased lots of those who purchased lots of those who purchased by first time owners, less experienced owners. cost of

living. crisis come along and people understand the reassurance of property so household budgets vet their wasn't cheap it's difficult for. so unfortunately we are seeing more and more dogs both surrendered and also deliberately abandoned right now . yeah and what can done i mean obviously people could give you as much money in the world, but actually the size of your centres and rescue centres is obviously a contributing factor . there just must be a limit to how many you can take in capacity is a issue for rescues right ? we are trying to right? we are trying to encourage members , the public to encourage members, the public to foster as well . that does help foster as well. that does help with capacity. so my little foster dog danny right now , who foster dog danny right now, who i've got with me . but what we i've got with me. but what we can do is are other ways that we can do is are other ways that we can help owners keep their pets in the interim . the association in the interim. the association of dogs and cats homes, they've some brilliant advice on their website signposting people to pet food where people can get

help with neutering, help with vet bills and also a list of aid members if they really are struggling have to make that heartbreaking decision to give up their pets . yeah because for up their pets. yeah because for an awful lot of people lonely people you know their dog may be some of the most vulnerable in our society. their pet is going to say their dog, but it might be that cat as well is actually in their best friend. and it's actually a lifeline for so many people. actually, the people. and actually, the thought up that thought of giving up that pet would a tragedy tragic for would be a tragedy tragic for them especially when times are tough. you know, we all know how good pets are for our mental health and wellbeing and when times are tough , last thing you times are tough, last thing you want to is give up your pet. want to do is give up your pet. so yeah lot of the rescue so yeah a lot of the rescue sense is now the focus is very much on what can we do to help owners keep their pets. the last thing we want is in our thing we want them is in our shelters. we want to and shelters. we want to try and keep i can. what keep them together. i can. what was that website again that was that website once again that you gave if people are you just gave out if people are struggling a bit at the moment and they want to everything

and they want to do everything they said there is help they can, you said there is help hand. what website? it's hand. what is that website? it's the association dogs and cats homes. so the aid has got a brilliant of resources under the pet owners section so . yeah pet owners section so. yeah please do go go to on that website. if you are struggling and i need the rescues on that list, do that. very best to try and help you. okay. well, thank you so much for being on. i really appreciate that. we'll get that up on our website as well because think it's important people know that important that people know that actually little actually even for our little four friends, help may four legged friends, help may be at and someone help at hand and someone can help them thanks being and them out the thanks being on and you guys have a great new year as well appreciate that thank you. catch up on you. we're going to catch up on just a few emails surely. thank you very much, vanessa. we appreciate your time. coming up in the next hour, we are going to have some fun stuff you. to have some fun stuff for you. i'm going be to talking panel i'm going to be to talking panel about their top new year songs of all yes we've had of all time. yes we've had christmas. now it's new year's songs. and here's a strange one over 2000 vinyl is back in fashion. it really better than

that. it's expected top sales of cds for the first time since the late eighties. will our broadcast legend might read on to talk about that plus we'll have the papers hot off the press at 1030 sharp. and of course, my fabulous panel of dawn, adam and ali will be discussing them. see you in a few .

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vinyl sales once thought to be totally dead as a format, is having a huge our panel will share their favourite new year number ones and they will reveal their greatest and their union too. and that could be rather entertaining all that but coming up first, it's time for the latest news with ray addison . latest news with ray addison. thanks, neil. it's 10:00 latest news with ray addison. thanks, neil. it's10:00 is the latest. merseyside police , a 28 latest. merseyside police, a 28 year old man, remains in critical condition following the fatal shooting of a woman in wirral on christmas eve . 26 year wirral on christmas eve. 26 year old elle edwards was shot while celebrating with family at the lighthouse in the further men were also injured. a man and a woman have been arrested in connection the incident police say they're to find the weapon that was used the shooting . two that was used the shooting. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing of a 23 year old man in a burning

home nightclub semi—professional footballer cody fisher stabbed to death on the dancefloor of the crane nightclub on boxing day. hundreds of people were there the time. his family say their hearts were broken following his death . west following his death. west midlands police say a 22 year old man was arrested in birmingham city centre last night while a 21 year old man was arrested in london . border was arrested in london. border force staff and driving examiners staged industrial action today. members of the pcc union working at multiple uk airports continued strike over pay airports continued strike over pay jobs conditions. driving examiners a five day walkout affecting . more than 70 testing affecting. more than 70 testing centres in the east of england and the midlands. pope francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor , the former pope predecessor, the former pope benedict, saying he's very sick. the vatican says the 95 year old had a sudden worsening of his health but is receiving contact and medical care. former head of the catholic church became the

first pope in 600 years to resign . he stepped down in 2013 resign. he stepped down in 2013 . and the deadly storm that's been sweeping across north america killing at least 60 people is now bringing wet and windy weather to the united . the windy weather to the united. the met office says , the knock on met office says, the knock on effect of america's bomb cyclone will be spells of unsettled weather over the next 7 to 10 days. it's issued a yellow alert for heavy rain for of scotland on friday , warning of flooding on friday, warning of flooding and travel disruption . we're on and travel disruption. we're on tv online and on dab plus radio. this is the channel gb news. back now , neil fox . back now, neil fox. oh, good evening. welcome to the dan wootton show. with neil fox looking after things for a couple of days coming up in the second hour of tonight's show

for you . i'll be chatting about for you. i'll be chatting about new year's number one hits with my fabulous panel tonight. i'll be finding out what their favourite number ones are. of all. hopefully it'll bring back some good old nostalgic memories . you. also keeping up with our musical narrative, we've set for this evening. vinyl amazingly is taking over cd sales for the first time since the 1980s, and it's all due to taylor swift. we'll get stuck that with legendary and former top of the pops presenter . legendary and former top of the pops presenter. might read. might read at 1030 as well. we'll have a sneak peak. what headunes we'll have a sneak peak. what headlines are making papers before anyone else. and staying with me until the end of the show because under contractual obugafion show because under contractual obligation my brilliant all star of journalist and former of the daily star dawn neesom business analyst and businessman adam brookes and writer broadcaster amy nicole will of course, be giving their verdicts on who our

greatest britons and our unions jackasses. now music has always played an important part of our lives. but at this time of year, with christmas songs and endless parties, i guess it gets talked about more and more. and here's about more and more. and here's a strange thing vinyl sales are increasing again , and we'll increasing again, and we'll discuss that with mike reid later this hour. but firstly , later this hour. but firstly, let's find out from our all star panel whether they have a favourite new year song , right, favourite new year song, right, dawn, adam and, amy. here we go then. i mean , look, we've we've then. i mean, look, we've we've obsessed over the about favourite christmas songs , a favourite christmas songs, a favourite christmas songs, a favourite new year's song . have favourite new year's song. have you got one? okay, amy let's start with you this time. i turn to a new year. auld lang sign 0 sign. well, that's a lovely one to see out one year and sing. and of course the next one and do link arms and sing wherever you'll be. i always and yes , i you'll be. i always and yes, i know you know, if you really want the world no one really

know. now actually before the show dawn, you said to me i've been doing my research folksy on new year number one. i know my stuff. go on and blow me away . stuff. go on and blow me away. right. okay. going to go for right. okay. i'm going to go for the one that was number one the yeari the one that was number one the year i was born. and it was the beatles i feel fine. and that was number one for five weeks. put would that be one of your favourite new year ones? i don't know. it's a random subject, new year number ones, but they are optimistic songs to take us of christmas into the new year christmas and into the new year . for you? yeah . would that do for you? yeah no, i think that's the best ones. are those on and the beatles had so many that number one it's not christmas songs but number one at the christmas penod number one at the christmas period that on to the new period that on over to the new year they were feelgood year and they were feelgood i just think that was like you just think that it was like you know mum and dad's their know my mum and dad's their first baby and the and new year it must be really lovely. i know it's the world's biggest beatles fan, would me if i fan, so it would be kill me if i did anything else. parents apologise i've just apologise because i've just realised have to realised we do actually have to bnng realised we do actually have to bring pack. well in your bring our pack. well in your pack you have got the like blast

20. okay, what's be numb. because honestly people and country no one cares around the world apart from who makes christmas number ones but in this slightly this country we're slightly obsessed with it. and as i counted them down 12 years, counted them down for 12 years, i of know lot of them. but i kind of know lot of them. but but what is the but actually, what is one the week after for new year's day is often slightly forgotten, i'll be honest, but yeah, got be honest, but yeah, we've got them starting i have a them all starting from i have a dream by westlife in 2000. this year will be ed sheeran and elton john. they did christmas song together called merry christmas . that will be the new christmas. that will be the new year's for this year. but what about adam elvis? i think about you, adam elvis? i think steve fox is in your pop. look, we've got a long list of 22 years of new year's number ones, and i'll find out findings on a find them uninspiring , if i'm find them uninspiring, if i'm honest now, if i had to go down i mean 2015 uptown funk by mark ronson bruno mars that's a good one. stone cold film , you know, one. stone cold film, you know, i do like that. but look , when i do like that. but look, when we go back to sort of i've got a

big new year's eve party in my pub the weekend in old age and everybody sort always come back to i like to film and watch people and then put out there on twitter and social media. i like a bit of it come on myleene is what i like when i run it. yeah you can have that like get some going , you you can have that like get some going, you know your you can have that like get some going , you know your attention going, you know your attention to 2099 which is something that the often tweet me and say am sweet but psycho okay she was really interesting is that for many years if you look at your list what we up having a slightly strange phenomenon in this country didn't we the every yearit this country didn't we the every year it was either a pop idol winner then it was all the x factor winners. it was almost just like a shoo in. whoever released record, which made it a bit then course, bit boring. then of course, people going, don't people started going, i don't want anymore. then we want this anymore. so then we had the machine. so by the had rage the machine. so by the anti song which you of anti christmas song which you of go yeah and then for the last years we've had ladbaby a slightly sort of sort of anti not totally anti christmas

number one but just to sort of reaction like i guess against the big record labels because putting out but it stops the really big artists putting out christmas songs so that's why this year it was really nice to see ed sheeran elton john doing once together, i have to say, and the stars because and having the big stars because when was i've kids 2120 when what's was i've kids 2120 and 16 and what's amazing is when look at their playlists on spotify how many really old bangers are on that really old songs the that we can all share and love and think maybe although are the more recent ones the thing about streaming now is the i'm sure you have the same you know music is all over the shop we're all just about good songs now, whether they're old or new, that's what matters, don't you think? i mean , yes, don't you think? i mean, yes, i do. good. i actually, i've just been looking through my serious research, being a serious joke. and i was actually looking at 19, 19 to 1991. right. so you had save this day by cliff, richard. right. okay which was knocked off just just after yeah knocked off just just after year. this was by bring your to

the slaughter by iron maiden . the slaughter by iron maiden. that's been a lovely number one. and number two, there was that playback to back. okay, notice this list is really uninspiring. i i said before, it's, you know , struggling to sort of like many of these. to be fair. well why we don't have to choose one of these out. i mean, it could be anything. you know, the thing about this, there are no rules for music. we always know that not viewers, please get not actually viewers, please get involved one. and views involved in this one. and views at gbnews.uk. if you've got a favourite new song, quite specific , let us know. it specific, let us know. it doesn't matter how old you are, young you are, a great songs. always a great song is does your p0p always a great song is does your pop have music playing the time? adam i don't have the age really. apart from new year's eve, obviously, which is this weekend , i'm well for weekend, but i'm quite well for my sort of eighties and motown playlist playing in the three colts. you know the staff are starting to get a bit bored of it after nine years, but i do

put on shuffle every and then and try and you know and but the eighties music is my sort of genre that i you and alexa play motown of guy yeah yeah i'm with my fiancee have you ever by the way, use the express in any of the three of you music . not the the three of you music. not the same now as it was when was a kid. that's what every generation. but do they? but every single generation going. it was not like it was the 1880s was a special a special decade i think you know to be fair that you enjoyed, i just had to keep quiet this one because going back to some of the christmas new year number ones when i was a kid, you had the likes of our ralph harris, two little boys and gary glitter. so i'm just going to stop there, i think. yeah, i think we were all the ones. let's be honest dawn as well. we've had plenty of other events played. we've had said we've got lots of cliff said and so many others in between for sure. the christmas sure. but the christmas number ones the slightly ones are always the slightly special it's almost special one, but it's almost like lost number ones. what

like the lost number ones. what was new year's? was number one on new year's? but into a new year, but as go into a new year, i guess maybe one optimistic song. so i made this amazing how they can change our mood with everything going on at the moment. who would be your moment. who is who would be your most optimistic choice of artists adam, you artists come on, adam, if you got to something on right? got to put something on right? if eighties or if you're an eighties man or something, to make something, that's going to make everyone right, to everyone feel happy, right, to be cheryl, in a lot that be real. cheryl, in a lot that one. what a great song dawn beatles paul anything by abba because he doesn't like abba is always feelgood and actually you know here's a fact i only heard today okay have all the years that abba been active this is quite interesting one obviously the first year was 1974 with eurovision. that's the first time we'd heard of them and all those years from 74 up to 2022, which year has been their best yearin which year has been their best year in albums sales? oh when do they sell more albums that much? and would know he loves abba . and would know he loves abba. yeah. yeah. well well i'll put you see this in 2022 abba of

sold more albums any year before is pretty unbelievable . i have is pretty unbelievable. i have to be honest. yeah, i'm pleased with. how well is that mamma mia show that i've got, you know, the live virtual reality show? i mean, that's selling out. i mean, that's selling out. i mean, so is incredible. mean, so it is incredible. they've got that now. they're going voyage. the soul going to have a voyage. the soul of or avatar show now as of avatar or avatar show now as well. it's well. and that's it's incredible. anyway for the panel incredible. anyway for the panel. dawn. thank panel. thank you, dawn. thank adam. thank you, amy. we will be back. let's have a look at some of your emails, by the way, in on all various subject we've been talking about tonight's staycations those dogs throwing away christmas trees. could away your christmas trees. could you tell from steve you possibly tell me from steve where i can staycation when of our hotels are being turned over to house migrants carol says no no no to a staycation you can get two weeks abroad for what you get charged it interesting how it's guy's knickers in a twist sorry how about this one he says it's not cool to staycation. neil it's a holiday. okay, i hate americanisms in a language like playdate.

staycation and other gibberish like that . although, howard, i like that. although, howard, i kind of agree with you, the one thing we do know about staycation a holiday could be anywhere, but staycation. we know it means you're staying in this country. so it kind of says what it does on the ten anyway so many emails coming in lots about dogs alan says why are we still rescuing dogs from abroad? and we cannot find homes for the ones we already have , which is ones we already have, which is really good. so please just keep more coming in. one other one from it. looks he'd be just to say my 88 year old auntie lives in a small town of the derbyshire, dales and our neighbours bring around sunday lunch every and take all lunch every week and take all the out for for her the rubbish out for for her community spirit has definitely not and were not died in britain and were talking about getting rid . how talking about getting rid. how do you get rid of your christmas trees at the beginning of the show and carl bradford says a show and carl in bradford says a local reservoir has a great idea for disused trees. you take them there , they'll use to make there, they'll use them to make a they've been doing it for years. all good stuff . okay. years. all good stuff. okay. it's gbv use at gb news is uk.

oh if you're into twitter it's at gb news. lovely. thank you very much indeed . taking the very much indeed. taking the trouble. well, coming . vinyl is trouble. well, coming. vinyl is back. amazing yes, it is. and it's all of taylor swift . we'll it's all of taylor swift. we'll dig into that with legend deejay mike reid and. we've got all the papers for you at 1030 with a full reaction from wonderful panel full reaction from wonderful panel. please do go anywhere. we'll be back .

in three. welcome back, then. so when i was kid, i saved up my pocket and i bought my favourite songs , a seven inch singles. you may well have done the same. then of course, we moved on to those new fangled things, cassettes. and then we went to cds . it seems then we went to cds. it seems that the classic it seemed at time, the classic vinyl album was dead. then of course we went digital and could pretty much only download tracks. and nowadays you can't even download tracks. we can only our favourite strong songs on the streaming platforms but incredibly vinyl has been making a slow comeback and this year sales of vinyl albums will be actually higher than that on cds. this year. and it's not just an older audience . just an older audience. replacing all their old scratchy

floyd and queen and zet albums. but it's a new, younger audience out buying stuff like . taylor out buying stuff like. taylor swift and harry styles on vinyl. right. to discuss why this may be happening . legendary radio be happening. legendary radio and co—author for many years of the guinness book of hit singles. my read read national radio one. mike, how are you? sorry it's just that jingle that stuck in our head. happy christmas. lovely to see you again. you will? yeah, i'm to see you working. brilliant. fantastic i'd like to say same about you. now, please do . i about you. now, please do. i know you've got a guitar in the back there. just you're not going to be singing us any songs in the next 5 minutes. all you. you're safe. thank you. all right, so here . this incredible right, so here. this incredible phenomenon. i'm sure. you're as surprised as i am the vinyl, which we kind love to add that warm, lovely feeling to it. then, of course, it went to cassettes and cds and. once we started going digital, we thought we may never see it

again. so all those old vinyl albums that we had. i know you're obsessed. you have an incredible collection, but they were rarely played a way. were rarely to be played a way. but now it's made such comeback and the biggest seller this year was taylor swift, 80,000 vinyl copies of her new album midnight, which is incredible. you know, liam gallagher. gallagher has been sending selling an awful lot. harry styles has been selling a huge amount as well, all on vinyl. why do you think it is ? well, why do you think it is? well, cds kicked in circa 83, 84. i think the very first tv ad for philips and it was the thing, the cd would last forever that lays technology when the cds would last forever. even when were all ancient foxy. it seems that laser technology can us so young and cohesive collapsed. i think that picture 2000. but we did know dead. i mean people don't buy cds anymore. artists don't like streaming because they don't make any money out of it. and nor do the songwriters.

so streaming. bit of a no no for artists. cds are dead vinyl has always had that great quality as always had that great quality as a great range. cds very middle. a very squashy . and you didn't a very squashy. and you didn't get an excitement out of them that you do with vinyl. you can hear that whole range on vinyl and it really, really hits you. so one thing also i was discussing a friend of mine last night. the thing about album the people of a certain what we all used to get everything on album was it wasn't just the songs was the were put so of the order they were put in so of course you had to lift that course if you had to lift that needle off and, put it on, it was like an experience. so, you know, you sat down to enjoy an album and then of course it went one track it went through an one track to it went through an album the order which an album in the order in which an artist decided that those artist had decided that those songs be played. the songs should be played. so the whole thing an experience whole thing was an experience which course never which of course never really happens. went , it's just happens. when we went, it's just song song . song. why do song after song. song. why do you think? maybe now? because it's not all the people buying the taylor swift album. clearly younger people, which means they've got to get hold of a

record player as well, and they're not cheap. why do you they're not cheap. so why do you think is? what? is it? think it is? what? what is it? that's them. rediscover the sound and the feel and the experience . maybe a vinyl . i experience. maybe a vinyl. i think it is the demise of cd . think it is the demise of cd. certainly the fact that artists and songwriters don't like . and and songwriters don't like. and i think a piece of vinyl it makes you seem pretty pro the real thing it's the real deal. i mean you remember that you know if a band wanted a single out they had to get a record deal. somebody had to believe in them, had to pay for it and spend money on them. because you just press your own and then you could cds and you can with stream, you could your own thing. but if you've got a piece of vinyl, it kind of the you experience about it you approach . and of course now people can i mean, you can for about . and of course now people can i mean, you can for abou t £10 of mean, you can for about £10 of copy have your own pressed it costs more if you want fancy sleeves and what have you and

it's a bit of a waiting list. well, i mean, they say eight weeks, probably more too not vinyl funds, but you can get copies for ten and then sell them to on your fans at 15, 20. i think fans like to go away from a concert with something they don't want to go away and stream . they to go away stream. they want to go away with i think piece of with something. i think piece of vinyl is good. of course, vinyl is good. and of course, the the more you order the more you, the more you order , it gets. you can , the cheaper it gets. you can get of , the cheaper it gets. you can get out o of and then get out of £4 of copy and then sell on to your fans. yeah sell them on to your fans. yeah the other thing about an album that i remember as kid and that i remember as a kid and i think anyone you speak to about it was while the was it was while the record was playing of course, you had the sleeve , the inner sleeve to sleeve, the inner sleeve to start at who produced it, it might have the lyrics on it, it might have the lyrics on it, it might have the lyrics on it, it might have all kinds other information the band's management . so if you management details. so if you want haslam and there was want it to haslam and there was something which was something also which which was sitting screen at the sitting on the screen at the moment, idea of going into moment, that idea of going into record shop and shop and just in a way going through records a way just going through records and having browsing and just having a look, browsing which can't do. so

which of course you can't do. so much nowadays . i mean your your much nowadays. i mean your your collection must be enormous . collection must be enormous. yeah, i'd often pick something up that i didn't know i wanted . up that i didn't know i wanted. i'd look at the sleeve and i think, oh, look, you probably do the same, you know. that looks interesting. was that that looks own so—and—so produced it and there are songs on my sense of oh this might be worth having it sometimes you take a punt on something didn't go in you something didn't go in for you go with two or three albums go out with two or three albums that didn't know you wanted. that you didn't know you wanted. yeah that idea of sort of yeah it's that idea of sort of music discovery actually. quite hard because of the hard to do now because of the streaming platforms in a way, just you more what they just play you more of what they know already . but this know you like already. but this is a chance maybe to discover stuff heard of stuff you've never heard of before , lovely. what's your before, but lovely. what's your favourite album of all time? just matter of fact, just as a matter of fact, i'm going ask the as well going to ask the panel as well in minute. favourite album, in a minute. favourite album, greatest of time. so greatest album of all time. so the first album, piper , the the first album, piper, the gates of dawn, revolver , so many gates of dawn, revolver, so many good albums , really. so many

good albums, really. so many probably. i don't know . talking probably. i don't know. talking about the new year, one's just now one of my favourite new year was last year. now one of my favourite new year was last year . you remember was last year. you remember hazel dean did a great version of abba's happy new year last yeah of abba's happy new year last year. really really good. if i'd been your panel just now. that's i would have answered . my i would have answered. my pleasure. as always i wish you a very happy new year. you can play, very happy new year. you can play, hazel, take to your heart's content, a guide, and we'll speak very. have a lovely evening . getting a few emails evening. getting a few emails in. mark says the ultimate new year's eve song for me is i get knocked down chumbawamba. what a brilliant record. love that one. jeremy my ultimate new year song is right back. jeremy my ultimate new year song is right back . we started from is right back. we started from by maxine 19. gail matthew says my new year's eve is new new york from the big man, frank sinatra david favourite new year song new year by abba . so many song new year by abba. so many great ones. thank you very indeed. it'sjb great ones. thank you very indeed. it's jb views at gb news don't uk. now just before we get to the papers let's what you are

thinking come have a quick chat with a panel what is that. yeah panel please. i was just going to say favourite album of all time. if we're talking album sales on what have we still got on the album? dawn and yeah dawn blimey i'm to someone who's got more albums vinyl than hmv. blimey i'm to someone who's got more albums vinyl than hmv . so more albums vinyl than hmv. so yeah, we've got loads . he loves yeah, we've got loads. he loves his vinyl of coloured vinyl at the moment, getting bit weird, but my favourite album back to my childhood period , i really my childhood period, i really enjoyed and it to be madness one step beyond fantastic . adam, step beyond fantastic. adam, what about you? i don't think me and my wife like, a bit. i simply so greatest hits simpler it's easy, but yeah that's a bit of a cop out greatest stuff. okay, now easy listening. so it's always a good listen out. simply read and we've been to a few of the concerts over the years so yeah we're big fans fantastic and amy how about you and my favourite albums of buy anything by the band everything

everything because fantastic by the band everything. everything yeah. wow okay what's their best album ? i really don't know. album? i really don't know. i think it's fever dream, although that's a controversial choice this year. we actually to take our son eight to see them for the first time but he wasn't quite old enough. so they let us go outside of stage. so my son's first gig, so watching everything, everything for this, there are a lot of people watching out. will using that excuse time they go to excuse every time they go to a gig from now on. i that. gig from now on. i like that. all right. nice, tom. thank very much we've much indeed. coming up, we've got papers at 1030 with got all the papers at 1030 with full panel reaction. and plus, my superstar panel give that greatest britain and the union jackass nominations should be fun . we will see you .

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rather. then eight is 1030, which means time for the papers papers . papers. tomorrow morning's news hot off the press . all right. let's have the press. all right. let's have a look at what we got today on the front page of the times, labour vows to combat antisocial behaviour . labour vows to combat antisocial behaviour. also on the front page of the guardian, dementia patients families warned of horrific in care homes . the horrific in care homes. the telegraph extreme groups funded by taxpayers are not what any of us want . hear by taxpayers are not what any of us want. hear. on mail. have the tories given up on cutting tax for crikey ? write the mirror. for crikey? write the mirror. 1000 new heart kits to save lives . we've also got the daily lives. we've also got the daily express rushes pledge to make britain's streets safer on the

sun sneak in on those britain's streets safer on the sun sneak in on thos e £30 sun sneak in on those £30 million gift tokens paid to civil servants . government treat civil servants. government treat staff to beat wage freeze . and staff to beat wage freeze. and we've also got the time is right. we're back to the times there we are. right. let's a look then let's . okay the times look then let's. okay the times is in my hand and we're just going to chat about front page actually with a panel. now labour have vowed to combat anti—social behaviour. we've heard of an awful lot of horrific stories in the over the christmas period . dawn what's christmas period. dawn what's your take on it. christmas period. dawn what's your take on it . well this is your take on it. well this is labour being more conservative than the conservative, isn't it . it's keir starmer as got off the fence. i mean it's only taken god knows how many it finally got off the fence and is actually having an opinion coming out with statements that you really hold. rishi sunak would be coming outwith. so this is i mean who reasons that was tony blair you are was tony blair you know we are the party that is tough on crime , on causes of crime. , tough on the causes of crime. and now we have keir starmer

vowing go back that and vowing go back to that and i think we have some horrific crime out this crime figures out earlier this week, didn't yeah. week, didn't we. yeah. let's just out, you know, just hope things out, you know, but if you, if you, if you think something a bit wrong . turn up something a bit wrong. turn up more paint on your door. but if you report coppers who go out there are villains. yeah i mean, this and this is obviously well all of us would like regardless i guess who you normally vote for, it does seem so strange now that this coming from labour, where this have where normally this would have always of tone always been the kind of tone that yeah, a shame that it that yeah, it's a shame that it doesn't cool he's labour mayor sadiq khan you know for the crime rate and that this just spiralled out of control now crime in life crime free kids and i'm you know my little boy is 13 now i'm so worried about growing up you know with what's going on so it's to great this. i mean, i think we're pretty certain that labour will be next for me. does he mean is it just words or is there going to be

sort of a plan to clean up country? just wasn't the moment. but it's curious, isn't it? now, the fact that we've had two two young people losing their lives in nightclubs over last week in nightclubs over the last week with knife gun crime with with knife and gun crime and the to the and thoughts to the to the families the friends of families and the friends of those it's like it's those two. but it's like it's cunous those two. but it's like it's curious timing that keir starmer comes is now tough on crime tough on criminals yeah you know i think when you when you look into little bit on into the story a little bit on them i think that the them although i think that the thing differentiates thing that differentiates labour from this is that from the tories in this is that labour to go for labour vow to go for a preventative and i guess all the things that you're talking and the horrors that we've seen possibly happens when possibly what happens when you 20,000 the over 20,000 police on the ground over the let's hope it's not the the last let's hope it's not the case yeah closing case then. yeah and closing youth clubs i know that but you've you've closing youth clubs. go back to that one clubs. we go back to that one that doesn't make a teenager pick up a knife and go in some in a massive way. things that to distance yourself from having any clue. i think we're deluded to think you know i think statistics are going to stop we that for prevention is great we

need a cure as well obviously as the whole thing it's interesting looking at the front page of the express because obviously the prime pledged to prime minister she's pledged to make britain's safe streets safer. i mean, we want to hear this at moment and it's this at the moment and it's interesting dawn mentioned interesting dawn you mentioned that suppose last three that for i suppose last three years a certain extent labour years to a certain extent labour have actually really had to say nothing from on the tories nothing apart from on the tories making a big up of everything. i mean they actually haven't had to policies. no. right to have any policies. no. right now maybe, it's because now. maybe, maybe it's because they of go rishi slightly. they kind of go rishi slightly. looks calm things looks like he's calm things down. looks like he might saying a of right things, maybe a few of the right things, maybe it's to actually come it's now time to actually come out is actually out and. go. this is actually what we in. well this is the thing isn't it that the opposition party an easy job so we've got to do is sit there and go now would have done better than all we have than night that's all we have got and that's pretty much got to do and that's pretty much all. has done. but all. keir starmer has done. but now do the moment. so we now and do at the moment. so we can do at the moment we could we can do at the moment we could we can that he can have a pretty good of opinions you can of policies but i suppose things know just about know what they all we just about

what to do is keep your what you want to do is keep your hand know under wraps don't hand you know under wraps don't you. you know if you playing poker want to put out poker don't want to put it out on the too early. and on the table too early. and i suppose doesn't need at suppose he doesn't need to at the because to a the moment see because to a certain extent watching the government implode, you can as the opposition, although it's this to hear this is what we need to hear now. this a new year so now. maybe this is a new year so needs put on the needs be put on the on the places the place now you know less less policing twitter and more policing streets, you more policing the streets, you know can you know less how can you the streets there hardly streets when there are hardly any and you're not any police and you're not training correctly, it training them correctly, is it not a turn on a woman's not least a turn up on a woman's doorstep when she questions what a they tell you all a woman is, they tell you all police officers turned her police officers turned up on her doorstep to question her thought process. i mean, come on, let's reverse the woke and reverse the woke policing and the this country and get the chiefs this country and get back to priority and let's get back to priority and let's get back to priority and let's get back to basics and let's see some police on the streets some crooks, that sort of thing. we want some old fashioned policing. i know you were about earlier on about, you know, seeing more on the beat that can actually talk to people actually got talk to people and sort sometimes young sort of go know sometimes young people this and they used

people need this and they used have it properly. know, when have it properly. you know, when i up, i still i was growing up, i still remember growing up remember when i was growing up as well, probably roughly similar. i still our local bobby on called harding. on the beat was called harding. i remember his name. yeah. i still remember his name. yeah. he and talk to us in he would come and talk to us in the but with the school. well, but with someone did you someone like that, did you respect them or were you afraid? no i feel like that's the. but let's back police back in let's go back to police back in the day are all six foot were fit and no disrespect to some of the police that are out there now they're the standards have fallen because now fallen anyone can because now any word because the inclusive no because there used to be certain criteria i've said this before on this programme i go to spain and they're pleased, terrify me. i don't do anything wrong but i think sort that you know, do anything wrong to know, not do anything wrong to because they cause they're because they look cause they're not as well, you know they mean business. you know, if was a problem they will react in the right way. they won't be you know they won't be softly, softly , like police. you softly, like our police. you need faith and trust in need to have faith and trust in the police for them to be effective. don't actually effective. i don't actually believe in this. do you some

believe in this. how do you some of these gangs on london streets look at the police and are intimidated any way or or respect . no intimidated any way or or respect. no i think intimidated any way or or respect . no i think there are so respect. no i think there are so many rules and regulations about arresting people now that i think that's almost more of a pain to do. what we do need to make clear there's an awful lot of very working oh, my of very working police. oh, my goodness. absolutely the goodness. we're absolutely the frontline who do an incredible job they go towards job and they they go towards danger from it danger but we run away from it are down by rules and are bogged down by rules and regulations yeah i agree and management know management above that don't know what i just point what they do it can i just point out we're about starmer out if we're about keir starmer for taking the tory for example taking the tory line, here's another one that i guess, you know tory, voters wouldn't to hear. have wouldn't want to hear. have tories cutting tax or tories given on cutting tax or they the party of they were always the party of course that was meant to have lower taxes and in last gosh my god this year seen them god this year we've seen them spiralling of control so spiralling out of control so yeah. have the tories given up on cutting taxes that's that chancellor scrapped a major review what do review of taxation and what do you see to remember with this is that have never paid more in to get less out this is the worst

the main is for this for how pubuc the main is for this for how public service. there's no way we can our way out of this. this impending recession . the cbi are impending recession. the cbi are even said you know our autumn budget will put us way our european competitors with taxing far too much. there's no way we're going to grow our way out of this. but if you paid a high tax but you got fantastic public services knew when you call the police they're going to be when an ambulance or children an ambulance or your children are best are going to have best education. wouldn't mind. education. you wouldn't mind. surely stimulus . i surely there's no stimulus. i fear for the next two years we'll start from a huge negative aren't we? i mean, who would have thought all that we spent up the wall, would you covid we've to pay it back some we've got to pay it back some words from somewhere. words will come from somewhere. well, know, well, exactly. look you know, we've got ourselves well, exactly. look you know, we'v unbelievable ot ourselves well, exactly. look you know, we'vunbelievable debtrselves well, exactly. look you know, we'vunbelievable debt bylves into unbelievable debt by locking everyone and paying locking everyone down and paying everyone at home. and everyone to be at home. and i guess that i suppose that's i can understand on one side, there people here, my money there are people here, my money is less than was a year is worth less than it was a year ago because inflation. ago because of inflation. so yeah which is a huge factor in

that. then, of course, there haven't been pay rises. haven't been the pay rises. there's you kind of go, there's been. so you kind of go, gosh, people much gosh, there are people much worse than they were? so worse off now than they were? so you can understand people you can understand why people are striking, of are frustrated. a striking, of course is that the action that people have to go obviously people have to go is obviously not always the right way, but there clearly needs to be debate . of course, you can . and of course, you can understand going a understand people going if a government a way just government can in a way just create this for covid create all this money for covid everything else that went on, can down to pay can we just a bit down to pay for some extra money for the nurses? why can't we wrap it up over 50, 60, 70 years like we did debts that something did with debts that something again said again i've said on this programme let's give programme you know let's give a chance in a our future a chance rather than you know we, we've got a couple of really hard years and from someone that's on the ground in business know and there is a lot of worry about and for young stay you know i can understand you know my kids they talk about it it's hard because in a way what are they going to be lumbered with? but i suppose the generation from me, i'm 61, we that debt from the

second world war we only finished paying off i think in 2003. yeah i mean, does anyone ever think long term in politics now? because it's or do they only think a couple of years ahead or to tomorrow's headline . it seems that people need to be a little bit longer term and so these conservative so many of these conservative prime about three prime ministers about three weeks less of a quick look weeks isn't less of a quick look at sneaky nando's can a front page of one of the red tops the sun these gift tokens paid to civil servants government staff to beat the wage freeze . does to beat the wage freeze. does this taste weird chicken taste in your mouth . this taste weird chicken taste in your mouth. i this taste weird chicken taste in your mouth . i thought you in your mouth. i thought you said civil servants behind it. 30 million in gift. enjoy in shops and restaurants and it still of them at home. one line under what do you think doing dreadful so i just single how about let do wasting money i mean this is a prime example of it isn't it can i put this in. no actually i'm not going to because don't to stoke the because i don't to stoke the feel hating civil servants. feel of hating civil servants. no, exactly. and this country of

just going for civil servants. and baffles me , but so many and it baffles me, but so many of them have even returned of them have not even returned the yet. let's say there the office yet. let's say there you pallet online. you go with the pallet online. oh, all on their peloton oh, they're all on their peloton tablet, the telly, you know, everyone else has got back to work. need back to work. they need to get back to work. they need to get back to work. i think that's work. and i think that's probably fair. i think probably quite fair. i think that, you know, we do need that, you know, let's we do need to get back to work but . it's to get back to work but. it's very true what was said earlier on mackenzie said on that. kelvin mackenzie said that you do have that actually what you do have crippling now, crippling strikes now, of course, one covid has course, the one thing covid has taught maybe we work taught is that maybe we can work from maybe not from home sometimes, maybe not always . that also hurts a lot of always. that also hurts a lot of industries like my own hospital to take the strikes. and this from home culture has really decimated city hospitality businesses. i've got friends that are the business you know they wanted to they needed a busy december to survive . they busy december to survive. they haven't got it. so well. we will come back. panel, thank you very much indeed. time for another break. but when we do get back my very panel will be revealing their great britain's and the union jackass. it's going to be fun. see you .

i'm looking forward to this. it's time to reveal today's greatest britain and union and jackass two. so let's see who my panel of nominated this evening . let's start with you, adam if we may. who have you picked for greatest britain. and why ? greatest britain. and why? right. an honorary greatest britain it's elon musk for continuing to drop the truth on how twitter suppressed and the truth during the us elections and during the covid era . you and during the covid era. you think he's doing a good job? i think he's doing a good job? i think he's doing a good job? i think he's doing a very good job. it is certainly getting out in the open and it feels like we're getting the truth. he's a bit weird. he's a bit weird. but these he is equal. i think it's a good word rather than weird. i mean, he's obviously hyper hypeh mean, he's obviously hyper hyper. yeah. some of some of the stuff out with.

hyper. yeah. some of some of the stuff outwith. i hyper. yeah. some of some of the stuff out with. i think it's stuff he outwith. i think it's very amusing. have to be very amusing. i have to be honest. hope lends honest. i only hope he lends a few as well. exactly true. few quid as well. exactly true. so yeah, i obviously dan shows move now . these can be honorary move now. these can be honorary britons which are good. yeah obviously we've got elon musk, amy who, would you nominate. well, and well, certainly not musk. and i'm nominating a honorary greatest thunberg . her greatest briton thunberg. her absolute winning of the internet today. and she was approached by andrew tate, renowned feminist who got touch to tell her that he's got all these cars and stuff. and what are you going to do about? and she replied, yes, please enlighten me, email me at small beep energy at get a lift up. yeah. well we don't have to be put out small. they can of course because i think it's funny because i think we of little sweet greta thunberg and i think she she actually i think she's a very dry sense of humour and i think she's had a very mature sense of humour. this one yeah, come on, enlighten me

because hey, she was this guy taunting. i basically look look at paul collection. he at my big paul collection. he is. yeah taunting . it was is. yeah he was taunting. it was a good reply. so she is a very good reply. so she is your greatest honour regret and don't . how you? your greatest honour regret and don't. how you? i'm going don't. how about you? i'm going to even more creepy you to be even more creepy than you are. takes doing. are. oh, you takes doing. i'm going actually nominate dan going to actually nominate dan wootton and the team behind this show i think they've done present company included i think they've done a cracking job. oh yeah they've got very good ratings and they all work very hard. who dan and the team special mention . david and dan special mention. david and dan sperling. i was going to say most of the time i'm a viewer of the programme, so it's really lovely be able to sit in. but i think look, the one thing that gb news does very well, which no one ever seems to is actually have debate for people who are on all sides the political on all sides of the political persuasion have a cup persuasion sit down, have a cup of and a drink. we can talk of tea and a drink. we can talk about stuff, get it out of the open sometimes learn stuff, open and sometimes learn stuff, right. have right. and we do actually have a laugh when we leave the studio. yeah it just we have yeah yeah. well it just we have

a fun actually debate a great fun actually debate i think we do. we hate a snack or abouti think we do. we hate a snack or about i hate to be back just i'll be doing the christmas party without this . i think this party without this. i think this could be interesting. let's on to union jackass why so once again, adam wright, my union jackass. he's jeremy , the jackass. he's jeremy, the chancellor we all knew he's anti growth but it was set us back as a country and now the cbi confirmed it you know it's going to put us back and behind our european neighbours and it has may be quite pessimistic about the future under his rule. so maybe not quite the conserve it if chancellor of the exchequer you imagining is definitely no not not someone that i would have picked as chancellor. no. okay amy. and it's who i mentioned earlier actually call him a feminist with my tongue firmly in my cheek because it's andrew tate up. he provides me with an example of everything a man should not be. and if he

says it , i suggest man should not be. and if he says it, i suggest you do man should not be. and if he says it , i suggest you do the says it, i suggest you do the complete opposite . that's the complete opposite. that's the advice i give my son. he's vile . so you're not a fan then? i think it's okay. i mean, i have to look. i think what he said to some of us, i think these people a little bit like clarkson last week, she themselves the foot bank, he really shot himself the foot when said he wants to foot when he said he wants to move romania. can easily move to romania. he can easily sexually women. he sexually assault women. did he say is okay? say that? yes it is okay? i mean, that is ludicrous. now, why would someone say that? so we disagree that comfortable. well, that's okay . that's why well, that's okay. that's why i he quoted thunberg's reply him. it funny, clever, it was actually funny, clever, witty and concise . how witty, short and concise. how about you don't you don't know who he is. i'm going to have to look him up now on his levels of awful and a lot of young boys are taking his he's a big social media star. he was on here last week. been on other week. he's been on other channels shouldn't be channels and he shouldn't be behind times. but might behind the times. but i might nomination i'm also nomination if someone i'm also a bit about who are bit vague about who they are it's age from you know yeah have trended it's not my generation love he trended on on twitter

for and i was looking what he trending for and found that he blocked . i didn't even know who blocked. i didn't even know who he is because he blocked it that's my last i've heard of that's my last i've heard of that that's my thing okay i'll give it i would say block me me actually being vaguely aware of we but evidently he seems to have just he's 300,000 people apparently. yeah oh most of the women for talking about being a woman is and this is a bloke who paid two women to have babies his behalf so yeah so h is blotchy his blood is blocked may as well be found. i've never interacted with but obviously i've, i've about women not having penises obviously i've shown up on his block. i'm not somehow there was i haven't been blocked by who on. well i was going to say i don't think women are penises . going to say i don't think women are penises. i think some women. yes. oh let's not go that i said

let's not stop right now. it's too late. we're going to be finishing soon. i'll just think. look, there was the cynic in me thinking has aged steps got a new record coming out is that the record why he's doing something slow really contentious but. no, contentious but anyway but. no, no, he hasn't got one coming out. just maybe because out. it's just maybe because he's i just of the he's just a i just of the blocked was i think what happened company to happened was paid a company to make certain accounts make sure certain accounts couldn't couldn't his couldn't couldn't see his content they got very content and they just got very carried i think if you carried away and i think if you fail you don't he would unblock you're made course yeah you're made of course yeah i think would keep you block think he would keep you block keep blocked night well keep me blocked all night well i'm i'm sure you're going to slightly regret saying something you said and going to you said and i'm just going to pick on just so you can pick you up on just so you can actually potentially apologise . actually potentially apologise. because would, because when he said i would, you should do you should never, ever do anything well, he anything that man says, well, he shouldn't any shouldn't be allowed any programme you ban programme things if you ban people and cancel people then you to the fire. you just add fuel to the fire. you don't platforms certain people certain views you people in certain views that you don't in a way that's don't but but in a way that's what people are always saying and that's these people and that's why these people become popular oh well become so popular oh well why don't just like sex

don't we just put like sex offenders and like all different . but he's not a sex offender. he just has an opinion. . but he's not a sex offender. he just has an opinion . a rape he just has an opinion. a rape apologist . right. maybe that's a apologist. right. maybe that's a nice way to end on. that was like so i'm going so i have to now pick of course, who i think out of your lovely suggestions there. so i would actually say, no, no, no, no. that's how i would actually agree because of what i said that i'm going to pick out the gb news, the whole team and i say that not being a sort of an alcoholic your way just because i think do just because i think they do a great job having debate exactly we're doing which surely we're doing now, which is surely what doing at home. what people are doing at home. they pubs and they do it in your pubs and they're doing them on the streets. that's what we need is the papers channel. remember that is the people's that now it is the people's channel left, channel and we debate left, right, wherever. that's right, said wherever. that's what surely and what it's all about. surely and then for union jackass, then i'll say for union jackass, i've say i did have to i've got to say i did have to 90, i've got to say i did have to go, jeremy. i mean most people. yeah, yeah . the rhyming slang is yeah, yeah. the rhyming slang is unfortunate because know know unfortunate because know i know and going there, dawn, and i'm not going there, dawn, so not worry. but i most so do not worry. but i most people have been i think jeremy

hunt has lost conservatives a hell of a lot of votes. and he was a terrible as chancellor. well i guess we'll have to wait and see how. it pans out over the next few months. let's hope for some good news but dawn thank you adam thank you. thank you, amy. thank you very, very very much indeed. then thank you very much indeed. then thank you very indeed. so look, i've completely cocked here, but anyway, thank you very much for being on tonight. and i say thank you very much indeed for watching all your views, kate, and come again. i will be back tomorrow i can them tomorrow and i can reread them as views at gb news as chief v views at gb news headuneis as chief v views at gb news headline is coming up next. and i wish you a very wednesday night. thank hello night. goodbye. thank hello there. i'm cleansing live tonight into thursday morning with rain showers some , clearer with rain showers some, clearer skies, strong winds and also some snow. now now all courtesy of an area of low pressure. to the south of that, that's where we've seen the coastal overnight. that weather fronts, stores across the far north of

scotland and rain will return to the northwest. so a lot of wet weather around . a batch of weather around. a batch of showers will merge to form a longer spell of wet weather across . northern england, wales, across. northern england, wales, west country pushing over eastwards more rain to the eastwards as more rain to the central belt. western parts scotland and northern ireland through hours the through the early hours the morning, start in the morning, a cold start in the north relatively mild further south, but showers never too far away. however, through the morning there will be some sunshine around central eastern areas of england. further showers will clear northern england and. this mass of showery rain will move from northern ireland. western scotland the east. scotland to towards the east. now, of course, england, the world's most frequent, will be down towards the southwest. we'll see the heavier one, we'll see the odd heavier one, but won't strong but the winds won't be as strong as wednesday even. so these showers could be heavy. some sunshine in between temperatures not as high either through thursday evening . we'll see a thursday evening. we'll see a lot of the showers ease . could lot of the showers ease. could even see the risk of some ice across the far north—east of scotland as rain returns to northern ireland. this rain is heavy. in fact , met office has

heavy. in fact, met office has issued a warning for heavy rain across central and southern parts scotland friday again , parts of scotland friday again, risk snow over the risk of some snow over the higher thickening higher ground thickening cloud on friday brings further spells of wet weather towards wales. the country . the winds pick the west country. the winds pick up some strength . so let's have up some strength. so let's have a that rain as it tracks a look at that rain as it tracks across england wales more across england and wales more rain northern rain scotland and northern ireland northern ireland clearing northern ireland clearing northern ireland in day ireland later on in the day pretty cold in that wind under all cloud. and here's your outlook new year outlook into the new year weekend we lose the strength of the wind , gain some dry skies the wind, gain some dry skies but always chance of some but always the chance of some rain the south—east on sunday .

sunday good evening on radisson . here's good evening on radisson. here's the latest from the gb newsroom. merseyside police say a 28 year old man remains in critical condition following the fatal shooting of a woman in wirral on christmas eve. 26 year old ella edwards was shot celebrating with family the lighthouse in a further . men with family the lighthouse in a further. men were also injured . further. men were also injured. a man and a woman have been arrested in connection that incident. police say , they're incident. police say, they're trying to find the weapon used in the shooting . two men have in the shooting. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing of a 23 old man in a birmingham nightclub semi—pro footballer . fisher was stabbed footballer. fisher was stabbed to death on the dance floor of the crane on boxing day.

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