good evening and welcome to your thursday evening . i'm neil fox thursday evening. i'm neil fox covering for the amazing wootton. now we have an excellent couple of hours of news an entertainment tonight with a fabulous panel helping me tackle of the big stories around this week include with whether rishi sunak's pledge tackle violent crime will actually fix lawless britain , how we can lawless britain, how we can tackle our worsening homeless crisis and what on earth happened to good christmas telly. we also some superb guests including jacqui weaver, who holds all the authority now as well as the legendary comedian tommy sandhu . plus, in comedian tommy sandhu. plus, in my monologue, i ask whether , we my monologue, i ask whether, we put too much pressure on ourselves in our new year's resolutions . all this much more

resolutions. all this much more . but first, we have the news headunes . but first, we have the news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. neil thank you. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. tributes have been pouring for football legend pele who has died at the age of 82. the three time world cup who'd been in hospital in paolo since the end of last month had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer. undergoing treatment for colon cancer . he's undergoing treatment for colon cancer. he's widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time with a footballing career spanning 20 years, six time ballon d'or winner ronaldo called him an inspiration . the defence inspiration. the defence secretary says the uk is response to china opening up travel abroad is under review . travel abroad is under review. ben wallace comments follow the government saying there were no plans to introduce mandatory covid 19 tests for arrivals from

china . unlike several other china. unlike several other countries, including us and italy. beijing announced plans to reopen borders week despite the country's ongoing covid surge that sparked concern . surge that sparked concern. while the defence secretary also insisted uk borders are safe , insisted uk borders are safe, the military steps in to cover for border force officials . for border force officials. unions claim the country's borders are less secure as . more borders are less secure as. more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay . a senior source has over pay. a senior source has told that passport control are running very smoothly at all six airports where those officials have walked out. meanwhile labour mp khalid mahmood told us he would support a general strike, but sport support the rights of the people to be able to stroke strike if they want to coordinate that their at will to do that. and if you call that a general strike, yes. because the people who work want to have the right sort of and conditions and they should be able to do that .

they should be able to do that. a third man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23 year old cody fisher on boxing day. the non—league footballer was stabbed to death in the cray in birmingham, which now faces closure. west midlands police have said a 22 year old man has been detained in london. he's the third person to be arrested . suspicion of murder while . . suspicion of murder while. four others have been arrested on of assisting an offender offender . merseyside police said offender. merseyside police said a third person has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26 year old woman in wirral . elle edwards was in wirral. elle edwards was killed outside a pub on christmas eve. police say a 31 year old man from tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of conspire a c to murder a man , a conspire a c to murder a man, a woman who were previously arrested . arestill still being arrested. arestill still being questioned . police . and the questioned. police. and the deadly storm that's been right across north america killing at

least 69 people is now bringing wet and windy weather to. the uk. the met office says knock on effect of america's bombs cyclone will see spells of unsettled weather over the next 7 to 10 days. forecasters have issued an amber weather alert for heavy rain tomorrow for parts of scotland. warning of flooding and travel disruption . flooding and travel disruption. tv online and derby plus radio. this gb news not back to neil . this gb news not back to neil. wright and welcome to dan wootton tonight . with me, neil wootton tonight. with me, neil fox subbing in for the big man himself . fox subbing in for the big man himself. coming up on the show this evening, in my monologue , this evening, in my monologue, i'm going to ask whether the best resolution that we can set ourselves is maybe resolution at all to save us from unrealistic object that only make us feel

worse ourselves. that's coming in just a moment. in the clash of 1015 after 90 boats crossed the channel on christmas day amid reports of an illegal migrant working for border force. will the government finally take back control of our borders in.7 2023.7 i'll be joined by research fellow , the group by research fellow, the group benjamin lockney and immigration lawyer hodgetts bungle and they'll duke out and chat about it a little bit later on. plus, after a tumultuous year in politics. oh goodness understatement. the woman who once had no authority and now commands all the authority . this commands all the authority. this is jacki weaver joins me to give her take on the worst behaved of 2022 and both local and national politics. she's going to join me at 9:20. and after a spate , at 9:20. and after a spate, violent crimes engulf over the christmas period , is there any christmas period, is there any way back for lawless britain? and what happened to the good christmas telly ? seriously, my

christmas telly? seriously, my superstar , i will be debating superstar, i will be debating these topics and more throughout these topics and more throughout the show tonight. i'm going to be joined by former conservative london mayoral candidate shaun bailey . i've got journalist and bailey. i've got journalist and political consultant emma burnell and former adviser to johnson to convey a range of now. we'll also take a first look at tomorrow's front pages , look at tomorrow's front pages, the stories making tomorrow's . the stories making tomorrow's. and as always we really want to hear your thoughts as well, so please send them to gbviews@gbnews.uk well, this is dan wootton tonight with me, neil. ready? let's go . you know neil. ready? let's go. you know the ancient babylonians are said to have been the first people to make new year's resolution as 4000 years ago. they were also the first to hold record and celebrations in honour. the new year though for them, the year

began not in january but in mid—march when the crops were planted. it made sense during a massive 12 day religious festival known as a kita. they made to their gods to pay their debts and return any they had borrowed. now these promises could be considered forerunners of new year's resolutions. if the babylonians kept to their word their pagan gods would bestow favour them for the coming year . bestow favour them for the coming year. but if not, they would fall foul for fall out of favour with their gods. place no one wanted to be. well, a similar practise occurred in ancient rome after emperor juuus ancient rome after emperor julius caesar tinkered with the calendar and established january the first as the beginning of the first as the beginning of the new year. around 46 bc, named afterjanus. the two face named after janus. the two face got whose spirit doorways and arches january has special significance for the romans. they believe that symbolically looked backwards the previous year and ahead into the future.

the romans offered sacrifices to the deity and they promises of good conduct for the coming yeah good conduct for the coming year. now, for early christians, the first day of the new year became traditional occasion for thinking one's past mistakes and resolving to do better and be better in the future. here's thought. just imagine if modern day leaders had to publicly state what their resolutions were for the coming year, especially if it included promising that gods and the pubuc promising that gods and the public the vote of the men good conduct acknowledging their mistakes over the last year and to do better be better in the future . to be honest, i'm not future. to be honest, i'm not sure would succeed if we look at the track record over the last few years. what they even make it till the end of january. now, despite the traditions, religious roots , most people religious roots, most people make new year's resolution only to themselves and focus purely on self—improvement , which may on self—improvement, which may explain why such seem pretty hard . follow through on. so the

hard. follow through on. so the top five resolutions in the uk are exercise more lose weight get organised, learn a new skill or hobby and live life to the fullest . any of those seem fullest. any of those seem a little bit too familiar to you as well. according to recent research, about half of say we usually make new resolutions, but only 8% are successful in achieving our goals. but dismal record won't stop us from making resolutions. any time soon. and if you go for again this year, please, please don't beat yourself up . if you're one of yourself up. if you're one of the nine out of ten that fail. after all, we've been trying for about 4000 years and we still haven't cracked. maybe next year . we haven't cracked. maybe next year. we pretty top notch panel. tonight we got former conservative london mayoral candidate shaun

bailey. we've got journalist and political consultant emma burnell , former adviser to boris burnell, former adviser to boris johnson , covid ranger. emma, let johnson, covid ranger. emma, let me start with you, please. are we too hard on ourselves about new year's resolutions? i think we can be. i've actually had one resolution that i made last, and ihave resolution that i made last, and i have stuck to it , but it was i have stuck to it, but it was because it was an easy, simple resolution that made sense. okay i decided because i do most of my work from home, that when the laptop i switch to evening lighting . so because i don't lighting. so because i don't have an office, home office, i work in the living room or work on the sofa, usually with the cat curled up next to me. but is a difference between having very harsh day lighting and then just putting on a few lamps and that says me, my mood has changed, says to me, my mood has changed, the evenings changed. it just makes from day brain to , makes that from day brain to, evening drain all the way evening brain drain all the way back. evening brain drain all the way back . but evening brain drain all the way back. but yeah, i do a lot of other things. i do increase my exercise throughout the year. i do i do swimming and i've spoken

many times about i'm bad. but that for me is not a new year's resolution. that's a weekly. sometimes you fall off the wagon, sometimes you don't. but it doesn't work if you make a promise at the beginning, the year that you just feel bound to. the only time i think it to. so the only time i think it works is when do something works is when you do something that for you. okay, that's that works for you. okay, that's actually sensible , actually unbelievably sensible, isn't it? but it's a terrible off make up short. how about you? are you good? are you going to make resolutions this year? all my quarterly. you go to them, i'll resolutions. but i believe in small improvement. the of a new year's as the challenge of a new year's as you make this big grandiose statement to yourself and that's your first clue, because if you really it, you'd make it to everybody else, not just yourself. secondly, you've yourself. and secondly, you've really the bigger the plot, the pledge you pledge the greater chance you will well i believe in as will fail. well i believe in as you make a little list of small incremental steps and you just keep away , plugging keep plugging away, plugging away, i'll give keep plugging away, plugging awa an i'll give keep plugging away, plugging awa an example. i'll give keep plugging away, plugging awa an example. all i'll give keep plugging away, plugging awa an example. all ii'll give keep plugging away, plugging awa an example. all i wantve keep plugging away, plugging awa an example. all i want is to you an example. all i want is to lose some weight time. what lose some weight time. so what i did was just the amount of

rubbish food. but what i said to myself is i want to reduce by 20, say one in every five times. i'm about to reach for something ridiculous about chocolate ice cream. just just don't do it. one in every five times. it was doable . i one in every five times. it was doable. i did. i one in every five times. it was doable . i did. i went to one doable. i did. i went to one every four one every free an action. know, you've out action. you know, you've cut out action. you know, you've cut out a and at it like this. a lot and look at it like this. if you could just reject something half the time as a 50% improvement. and that's the way i approach things because, you know, your of security know, how is your of security jim shell all that money and jim you shell all that money and you go twice you know i try not to that to myself. yeah. and to do that to myself. yeah. and actually gyms must they must actually the gyms must they must make an absolute killing . make an absolute killing. everyone you know, everyone signs up. you know, johnny first and by january johnny the first and by january the 30th, haven't got the 30th, they haven't got capacity signing . capacity for everyone signing. but the terrified you guys have all been waiting sensible tonight cover place join me to try and get it down to well we're creatures of aren't we. and we vices and at christmas so not new years we've probably indulged little let's be honest a bit more extra cake a bit of

christmas poured turkey mayonnaise whatever . it may be mayonnaise whatever. it may be whatever takes your fancy and then we reflect on this we sit on the couch and maybe watch not so christmas telly which so good christmas telly which we'll later then we we'll talk later on and then we think what can we do about this? the guilts that we're feeling? and not surprising 4000 and it's not surprising 4000 years history and gods and years of history and gods and religion and, everything else weighing on us saying do something about this. and then we make these promises which actually make us feel a little bit better. and why not because we could say and i tend to say, why are we making this decision on january first? why can't i do it any other day of, the it on any other day of, the year? but probably because we've got bit of time to ourselves, got a bit of time to ourselves, with our to maybe with our family to maybe reflect, look back, look forward, say want to make forward, say we want to make something , we want to something different, we want to make a change. we may not stick four three, another 365 days, but bit change that but that little bit change that improves life makes us feel improves our life makes us feel a little bit better. and if we could do something others as could do something for others as well, all for the well, well, that's all for the better. so i think news resolution , new year's

resolution, new year's resolutions a good thing resolutions are a good thing because they just help us focus a little bit more on what we can do to just improve ourselves our life little bit more and life that little bit more and have little bit of fun while doing it as well i did say tongue in cheek clearly just imagine a world where we actually asked our leaders to maybe a couple of resolutions around , you know, the end of the around, you know, the end of the yean around, you know, the end of the year, beginning of the new one. what are you going do differently in the next year? are you going to tell the truth? you're going to i mean, my goodness, don't would goodness, i don't think would have this year. let's be have lasted this year. let's be honest. it hasn't been a particularly they might if particularly they might have if they truth was that if they told the truth was that if they told the truth was that if they maybe they'd they laid it out, maybe they'd have i actually think it's have to. i actually think it's a brilliant idea. it's not about telling the truth. look, people don't politics and start to don't get politics and start to lie. anybody who's under lie. and anybody who's under the sort senior sort of scrutiny that i'm senior politicians and would end up politicians are and would end up looking little of looking like a little bit of double but what's really double speak. but what's really powerful reflect of powerful is to reflect one of the wickedness in the key wickedness is in politics, a politician say something none of us something and on and none of us look back it. if politicians fought that were going to go

fought that we were going to go back things that had back and look at things that had been then they would been saying. then they would speak differently. think speak very differently. i think it powerful, it would a very powerful, powerful to do feels at home powerful to do and feels at home now . and think, you know, now. and you think, you know, i want to get involved in politics, out your politics, find out what your local mayor your mp, your councillor find out something they promised pledge said they said, promised pledge said they said, promised pledge said they well and write to them they do well and write to them about it and ask them where do they got where they got with that. because it did two things. one force to evaluate it one of force them to evaluate it all. they're effective and to keep honest. that's keep them honest. yeah that's absolutely true actually. i mean, interesting mean, it's an interesting question who would actually want to politics with to get in politics nowadays with the that people like the scrutiny that people like you've both been that under you've both been that are under and the kind of abuse, to be fair, that people get not only from the public on twitter, social media, but actually by journalists well. i journalists media as well. i mean, it's relentless . how mean, it's relentless. it how would get calibre would you get good calibre getting into it's discourse, it's putting people off. let's be absolutely honest about it. we know this. been we all know this. we've been involved, know, numerous involved, you know, numerous years , the scrutiny, the 24 hour years, the scrutiny, the 24 hour media cycle that started in and around the tony year. tony yes,

because that's where it really to having rolling news and that's evolved over the last decade social media and decade with social media and everything else . and that's led everything else. and that's led to just political scrutiny, to not just political scrutiny, short mentions, promises are all manifestos. those are they're politicians. put those out. they say these things will aim to deliver . but it's the scrutiny deliver. but it's the scrutiny of going through process of having deliver those having to deliver those manifesto promises. having to deliver those manifesto promises . and then the manifesto promises. and then the way that scrutiny coming in and now we've got this toxic fight debate that happens in echo chambers , twitter on chambers, on twitter and on social platforms, and it becomes social platforms, and it becomes so volatile, people , the general so volatile, people, the general public, lose track of what's actually important in the debate. and i think that's where we have problem. and do you think that there are some really great candidates out there that obviously would be great. we got them into politics, but it just can't be bothered. just don't want to take the glare. i think there's a real problem. i mean i was talking someone about this today like the kind person who has the kind of background

without that will not cause them trouble politics and not the kind of people you actually in politics the people who've decided at 16 they want to be an mp and therefore met start never had a life , never done anything had a life, never done anything but someone . seven i still do but someone. seven i still do massive things that would definitely that could disqualify me from public but yeah made me from public but yeah i made big choice. i thought becoming an mp, i'm on minority on this panel and coming from the left the labour perspective but i thought about it quite seriously in the early 2000s and then i thought no god no. i swear like a trooper , i'm not a virgin and a trooper, i'm not a virgin and i don't intend to remain one or act like i was . i've had an east act like i was. i've had an east london background , grew up in london background, grew up in the madchester years, let's just put it that way . there are put it that way. there are things that would ultimately disqualify me, even if i have the best ideas in the world, could make the best speeches ever and would be a really politician who can get things done. and i just think that you anyone who got that anyone who hasn't got that background is actually and

there's a very book by isabel hardman from the spectator about why get the wrong why we get the wrong politicians. and it's because we expect people to be better than us rather than representations of . but even that's new. the of. but even that's new. the real problem is to twofold one is the nature. so some are scrutinising your policies. what you said publicly about you know, that's fine and they should go to the end. they have to do that. the problem is they're scrutinising life and they're scrutinising life and they're trying to they're trying to you and. that's to counsel you and. that's that's saying i had a conversation, public conversation, public conversation somebody conversation with somebody and it we decided it. somebody it and we decided it. somebody messed up they were calling messed up and they were calling their and i said them, theirjob. and i said to them, do depriving do you understand that depriving someone is tantamount to someone the job is tantamount to killing have defeated such killing them? have defeated such a, they they a, such a, and they said they didn't the fact didn't care. and it's the fact that people they have the right to important. to destroy people as important. and thing is the press and the other thing is the press who watches the watchmen. so the press caused tremendous, tremendous for four mps tremendous pressure for four mps and other people in public life. but nobody looks at them. and if they were judged the same lens that , they judge everybody else

that, they judge everybody else in the world to be a place, in the world to be a very place, fascinates maybe we'll come back to this a little bit later on, because actually you bring up some really interesting points there. up, after there. but coming up, after a year of scandals conservative year of scandals a conservative coup and, cutthroat leadership conference, the former parish council member and current chief officer of cheshire of local councils , the infamous now jacki councils, the infamous now jacki weaver , gives her take on the weaver, gives her take on the worst behaved politicians of 2022. that's coming up. we'll be back after this .

break good evening. just before we return to neil, we've got some breaking news for you in the last 15 minutes, we have found out that fashion designer dame westwood has died at age of 81. her have said in a statement she died peacefully surrounded by her family in cape am in south london. we'll bring you more . london. we'll bring you more. this story in the 10:00 bulletin. now it's back to . neil bulletin. now it's back to. neil that , of course, extremely sad that, of course, extremely sad news from those seventies days . news from those seventies days. rock, sex pistols, malcolm mclaren, all the way up to the present day. what an iconic

design she has been globally. will discuss her legacy, i'm sure, a little bit later on with our panel . sure, a little bit later on with our panel. now back to sure, a little bit later on with our panel . now back to politics. our panel. now back to politics. 2022 was quite an unbelievable year from the never ending saga. the saw saw a democratically elected prime minister to the court throat tory leadership contest that ended with our third female prime minister who only lasted 44 days before mvp's ousted her. a woman who knows a thing or two about having political authority undermined is chief officer cheshire association of local councils jacki weaver and she joins me now . good evening, jacki . it's now. good evening, jacki. it's very nice to have you on the show tonight. so you obviously famously in that zoom conversation that went during lockdown , people were saying you lockdown, people were saying you hadnt lockdown, people were saying you hadn't got authority. now you have , which is good. what is have, which is good. what is your verdict, though? the year that we've just had ? well, that we've just had? well, i

think it's been an incredibly disappointing year. i mean, everybody's going to say exactly same thing. you know, i have no reflections that are going to be be startling i'm just reflecting the things that people people . the things that people people. what i did think was really interesting . your previous interesting. your previous segment about new year's resolutions was how to things one i think all of our politicians offer far too much. they can't offer what they think the public want to hear. and as a result of that , constantly a result of that, constantly under—deliver it. and so our perception also is that they lied to us . and then you take lied to us. and then you take that to the next stage as well, which is where's accountability? and i really interesting one of your speakers saying, you know, right to your local mayor, right to your elected to call them on what they said they were going to do. i just really point. well is i look at and maybe that i think been completely magnified

by social media too because people are always trying to do in a way you know how can we change the world in one line? you on twitter. and of course, it's very to achieve it nowadays. i mean, you a local council point of view and looking at local authority. i mean, some people would say that in a way so few people vote in local , though. they are coming local, though. they are coming up, of course, next year. you know, really , people that get know, really, people that get in, do they have authority at all? but clearly they have big budgets and big power. yeah and i said several times that , i i said several times that, i feel that communities, the councils deserve . so if you are councils deserve. so if you are taking any interest in a small group of men and women are spending your hard earned money, then you know what you want me to do about it? yeah, it's about kind of making people that actually they are spending money and you get them to do do something . if you don't think

something. if you don't think that's the right thing that they should be doing. and i think one of the problems is that people very frustrated with national government . you know, they have government. you know, they have that that they really that perception that they really can't change. and it can't improve change. and it makes smile . you know, it's makes me smile. you know, it's kind of it's put forward as being a perception that you can't change. so the can't affect change. so the perception a reality you know, at home when you're watching italian, whatever, no matter how much shout at the telly you are going to change? nothing yeah, but locally you can make a difference and you can make a difference and you can make a difference in your own lifetime is perhaps for people my age more important. i mean, luckily for local local councils and local authorities from in your case because it went of course because of that great spot we all enjoyed in many respects. of course, everyone else as we discussed earlier on, has incredible spotlight that they're the public eye all the time. 24 seven now and it must be interminable sometimes . have be interminable sometimes. have you ever thought of particularly

as you've had a bit of spotlight trying to end up going up to the next going up to westminster or would you just could not face that. it's not that i could not face it . i that. it's not that i could not face it. i think what a hypocrite i would be if i if i was to say that. but again i don't think i would make any difference doing that. i mean, it's one of those things i'm, not a party political creature , not a party political creature, but in order to really kind of achieve something at national level , i would have to choose level, i would have to choose which and then you would come a party creature. and hopefully a lot of aspirations and your your personal viewpoints align with that party. some of them won't and in a way, in order to get something nationally, you have become somebody different . can become somebody different. can we just remind our viewers of the moment in a that made you famous because then i have a question to ask after it. but this was this is the thing that went viral lockdown that we all

kind of enjoyed , i have to be kind of enjoyed, i have to be honest. meeting has not been called to the law . the law has called to the law. the law has been broken. you have been . will been broken. you have been. will you please let the police disrupt this meeting . i will disrupt this meeting. i will have to remove you from it. you can't . it's only the chairman can't. it's only the chairman who can remove people from a meeting . you have no authority . meeting. you have no authority. he had jacki weaver. no authority at all. she just kicked out. i know she's. i don't . don't just kick him out. don't. don't just kick him out. don't this is a meeting called by two councillors illegally may now elect a chairman. no, they can't because . the vice chair. i can't because. the vice chair. i take charge three. the standing orders , read them and understand . th orders, read them and understand. th classic. it's like a bad alan partridge moment isn't there a

gentleman it said when we watched that and we saw how heated they get i mean i guess is that what's happening in westminster you think as well but was oh. well, a couple of things there. i mean i've kind of done a very similar albeit in a very challenging environment because town and parish councils have changed a lot over 25 years. but in that 25 years. i've never experienced anybody get that angry ever get i didn't know people could get that angry does that national level. well if it does i think that's appalling i those men one in particular had absolute lost control. yeah and any adult at that needs to leave . the that needs to leave. the i wouldn't showing it again because he is a costly bit of tv. i got to be honest and do you still speak to those people did you ever become friends afterwards ? you had all become afterwards? you had all become internet sensations . i can't say

internet sensations. i can't say that we did . i internet sensations. i can't say that we did. i did. i was approached by a tv programme that had a wonderful idea for a tv show, which was kind of around forgiveness . and although around forgiveness. and although i don't say no to a lot. i kind of felt, you know, this just this just not the right program at all, but i don't i don't feel any animosity. at all, but i don't i don't feel any animosity . the people any animosity. the people concerned for any time the programme shown because i think it's done more to raise awareness of town parish councils than anything else. i've been involved with in the last 25 years. so i thank you for that . jackie. it's been for that. jackie. it's been lovely chatting you and wish you a very happy year. thank you very much. too many resolutions . yeah, well, that was chief officer of cheshire association local councils, the legendary now jacki weaver . right. local councils, the legendary now jacki weaver. right. coming up after the break after the prime minister pledged a more for police to tackle serious

crime following a spate violent incidents over christmas . my incidents over christmas. my superstar panel and i will debate the government can actually get a grip on lawless britain .

now the christmas period has been marred by a spate of

sickening violent crimes, including the christmas shooting of beautician elle edwards in a pub near liverpool and, the stabbing of claudius francis at his home in north london on christmas day. lawlessness in. britain has never looked more terrifying , while prime minister terrifying, while prime minister rishi sunak's to ensure police have enough resources to tackle serious crimes. have enough resources to tackle serious crimes . a step obviously serious crimes. a step obviously in the right direction. shaun bailey we have to ask, is it just too little too late and what's what's the real cure here? my response is we all hope not. we need to get on top of crime in london. in london. and let me make the point. if you're sat somewhere else in this country, you'll wonder is everybody was talking about london. crime is so bad in london. crime is so bad in london. now we're exporting to have with free county have a place with free county lines, etc. is important lines, etc. so it is important that we on top of crime. but that we get on top of crime. but here's thing. i've been here's the real thing. i've been reading some what case has reading about some what case has been what you want been saying about what you want to crime. if you to do about crime. and if you read top level, it makes read the top level, it makes perfect sense. he's right. let's go after crime. let's get people involved in resolving crime in their community. think he

their community. but i think he where a real mistake. where he's made a real mistake. he's talked criminals he's talked about criminals victims. always have victims. now you'll always have a small group within it, within perpetrators of crime who are doing it for survival reasons, mental health reasons, being bullied into it. but if your stop point is that all crime can be massaged away . think you're be massaged away. think you're on to a loser. and also so you have to be able to say to the victims crime at some point we will take these people on on behalf. and if you keep saying to people, they're victims, it changes how you do that, particularly when you talk about violent crime, that someone violent crime, that someone violent removing from violent they need removing from the the of us the streets the safety of us all. and i think that needs to be a much stronger line if he really taken really wants to be taken seriously crime, that's the seriously on crime, that's the first thing. then the second thing is we to get stronger thing is we need to get stronger deterrence twofold . earlier deterrence is twofold. earlier in the year, we had barristers go on strike. that is a part of our system that needs our justice system that needs more money urgently . often the more money urgently. often the police find people the system can't deal with them so that in their mind has gotten away with it when they go back to the

community of criminals. it looks like you whatever you like you can do whatever you like you can do whatever you uke you like you can do whatever you like you get away with it. like and you get away with it. so people use what lawless so when people use what lawless britain, part that britain, that's the part that really at. and we really to be looked at. and we really to be looked at. and we really need get into the really do need to get into the authority the police, the authority of the police, the streets, need to turn up streets, they need to turn up a bit more and they need to be given the 40 they need and a part of that is we need to take away from some of the work away from them some of the work they're as police they're doing. you as any police officer this country, what officer in this country, what they of their time they spend most of their time doing and i'll tell you two things. paperwork and mental health work, health and mental health work, we them professionals we should get them professionals to mean, is that to do it. i mean, is that part of the real as well that the resources have the police are spending too much doing spending too much time doing other. it's for them to other. it's hard for them to actually it takes actually prosecute. it takes too long. prosecute. yeah, long. prosecute. and so, yeah, these these kids are walking back i of got back and going, i kind of got away because you got away with it because you got a feeling lot young guys feeling that lot of young guys now, know the well and now, they know the very well and they there's very little they know there's very little they're ever going to get nicked. single biggest nicked. the single biggest driver of crime fact that driver of crime is the fact that you get away it. so what you will get away it. so what happens is we've in london for instance, of instance, we've had a lot of weapons on the and that's

because stopped and search. weapons on the and that's be

under considered . the police are under considered. the police are doing a lot of what should be absolutely . in another service absolutely. in another service we should not be criminalising those who are having health issues because that would just send them further down that path. we need to get much more early intervention with mental health and if that's taken into the police, it's wrong approach and you will we will reduce the initial offending rates and we will reduce re—offending rates if we do much better with health in this country. i think stone is right . we criminalise too is right. we criminalise too many things and prosecute too few. yeah i mean, i think i was on here the other day . we were on here the other day. we were saying that the rate of convictions of burglary is 5. yeah, that's appalling. that's really because burglary . now, really because burglary. now, the only reason you call the police when you've been burgled is to get your crime number for your insurance. not because you believe anything will happen, but sadly. and i think we to

but sadly. and so i think we to think first principles. think back to first principles. what should be illegal. frankly we need to really think about what should be illegal, what should be locked about illegal, what are the other sanctions that we can and should use and how do we then build a system back from those first principles that works and is effective? and again , i think we need to get again, i think we need to get away from the day to day headune away from the day to day headline grabbing stuff and think well this may think actually, well this may not please the people who are either on our side or the other side, the ones that we're trying to reach out to. but if works, i don't care who's shouting at me about it, i will get. it done. show. go. can ask you. it does feel that over the last four years we have gone very soft on the criminals and for the victims , they've kind of been victims, they've kind of been forgotten . you know, the police forgotten. you know, the police don't turn up. they don't show up.and don't turn up. they don't show up. and it's truly a sad day. you just find the police saying get your get a number so you can actually make a claim. and that's mean, there's so that's so. i mean, there's so many think almost many cases, i think in almost half examples own lives

half examples in own lives of times you things times when, you know, things happened.the times when, you know, things happened. the police in the old days come and now they days would come and now they don't. maybe don't. maybe it's tape, maybe there enough of them. but there aren't enough of them. but what well, it's what can we do? well, it's interesting. i went to interesting. look when i went to city with boris in 2008, we city hall with boris in 2008, we were at a peak of a knife. crime epidemic. it was terrible. epidemic. yep it was terrible. and we tackle the issue and we had to tackle the issue of crime it the number one of crime. it was the number one issue the city, but it was issue for the city, but it was the issue for the country as well. and what you have to do is as political. talked as political. we've talked about it complicated issue. it being a complicated issue. yeah the political yeah but you have the political will and the clarity of political to will that. we're going this. that's political to will that. we're goingboris this. that's political to will that. we're goingboris johnsonthis. that's political to will that. we're goingborisjohnson did that's political to will that. we're goingboris johnson did in1at's political to will that. we're goingboris johnson did in 2008. what boris johnson did in 2008. and we brought knife crime down, but a around it. and but we had a plan around it. and then you bring together the different elements different leadership elements around this. you've got commissioners, we've now got police crime commissioners police and crime commissioners elected to do elected across the country to do something. challenge people to something. i challenge people to name local police and name who their local police and crime is because crime commissioner is because most people just don't know and that a lack of that means there's a lack of accountable city and there's a lack responsibility taken lack of responsibility taken that standing sitting that we're all standing sitting here a problem here saying. there's a problem with so hold people with crime. so let's hold people to leadership to to political leadership to

deaung to political leadership to dealing issues . let's dealing with these issues. let's get police commissioners . get those police commissioners. and i've i've worked with several police commissioners in london when . they were given london when. they were given their priorities. they would tell what they could tell the mayor what they could do and they would be held accountable for decrease taking down homicide, taking a knife crime , looking at burglaries and crime, looking at burglaries and everything . and we put political everything. and we put political pressure on you, give them the resources to do what we need is , the resources we need to see. when was the last you saw a policeman or , a woman walking on policeman or, a woman walking on the street ? just a body on the the street? just a body on the beach. we see them . and i beach. we don't see them. and i know they're out there and they're doing different things, paperwork with issues that they shouldn't we need to get the shouldn't be. we need to get the focus on the right activities , focus on the right activities, the visibility, the right structure in the structure and leadership in the police, the metropolitan police, in the metropolitan police, in the metropolitan police different police and the different federations our federations. and then get our politicians. so we've had two home secretaries who've been very tough . from how the media very tough. from how the media reported on the right wing side of crime and lawless priti patel and now suella braverman they to deliver on that narrative .

deliver on that narrative. nobodyin deliver on that narrative. nobody in this country wants country to be soft on crime . we country to be soft on crime. we want to see criminals caught. country to be soft on crime. we want to see criminals caught . we want to see criminals caught. we want to see criminals caught. we want to see the right kind of criminal justice results. and we will see the prison service, given the skills and capability to with it, because it's to deal with it, because it's not one thing. yeah we need not just one thing. yeah we need this we need it now. and this agenda. we need it now. and i think when you ask what are the two main priorities for anyone country, one is anyone the country, one is always economy, other is always the economy, the other is crime safety and security. crime and safety and security. so right up there . so it's right up there. politicians do something politicians need to do something about mean, is about it. i mean, this is a story that will run around right through the year for sure, through the next year for sure, changing subject. so changing the subject. so obviously we the news flash obviously we got the news flash that sadly i think vivienne westwood died . what are your westwood had died. what are your thoughts, please, on the legacy she's left because back in the seventies punk since pistols working with malcolm mclaren i mean she was a pioneer i tell you what what i feel is lost. she was a real she's the kind of thing actually that we hope our young people replicate now. they built a scene. it was world class. her designs were worn .

class. her designs were worn. she did it and proud of being british and doing it in that way . and i'd love for young people to look at her example. i think we can do that now with whatever young people feel, you know, is cool hip. really had cool and hip. she really had a finger, the pulse and also the quality what put out was quality of what she put out was unbelievable. i think that unbelievable. and i think that will our legacy. you have a woman vivienne westwood emma i don't makes for don't she's she makes sense for my but i mean she's a fantastic style icon and you say have i ever worn vivienne westwood i tend to wear stuff off the high street, but what you never should forget is that those things that started in that sex shop on the king's road that trickles down to the high street, the things that we look at on the catwalk today, think that's bonkers. five years later, we're all wearing away in the miniskirts. later, we're all wearing away in the miniskirts . so true. calvin the miniskirts. so true. calvin thoughts? i think the main thing here is transcended fashion. you know, when someone moves on beyond from that area that they inhabh beyond from that area that they inhabit and the world. she became a household for the west we can all speak about that.

yeah i think that just demonstrates what an unbelievable legend in the world of fashion, but generally in the world she became. well we'll have on that at 10:00 in our bulletin but still this bulletin but still to come this evening, the former of the evening, after the former of the british army exclusively gb news that putin's hold on power could be on the line if russia continues to lose ground in ukraine. i'll be talking with ukrainian mp zwi haseloff about the situation in his country . the situation in his country. ten months on from putin's .

well, thanks very much for joining me. as we've just heard, dame vivienne westwood has sadly died at the age of 81. the pioneering fashion designer made , a name for herself on the fashion scene back the seventies with her androgyny designs slogan t shirts and a reverent

attitude towards the establishment . we obviously have establishment. we obviously have chatted to the panel with their thoughts. but joining me now is dr. lisa mackenzie , who is dr. lisa mackenzie, who is a regular attendee of vivienne westwood's parties. lisa welcome along. thanks for doing this on such short notice . must be a such short notice. must be a very sad day for you as you obviously knew . her i very sad day for you as you obviously knew. her i found out about 20 minutes ago, actually, and i'll be honest, i'm i feel very, very sad . but can i just very, very sad. but can i just say that although vivienne , i say that although vivienne, i worked with her on a project that she did called intellectuals unite . and for the intellectuals unite. and for the last ten years, at least, the last ten years, at least, the last ten years, i've known of her life. she was very committed to political activism . and i to political activism. and i think as much as , you know, think as much as, you know, obviously, she was a fantastic fashion designer. and she's she she changed culture in britain . she changed culture in britain. but she was also deeply in interested in politics as well

and particularly around politics about inequality . climate about inequality. climate change. you know, she was so more, i think, than what we can encapsulate. i'm trying to process really about important she's been talk to our country actually . well the lovely thing actually. well the lovely thing is she always did it with a smile and that union jack because well she was very proud it seemed of country i mean her shops she just down the road from from actually i live from from actually where i live on king's and it's still on the king's and it's still there with that turning there with that clock turning backwards day after day. was i think she was very choose patriot she actually was a real . yeah. and she cared deeply about great britain and mean i used to have debates and arguments with her about that and she did give me i don't know if you can say but she gave a sponge once a few years ago and it says, you know, a politician are all criminals and you know

so she got really sense of humour as well particularly around you know the things that she cared deeply about. i think, you know, i'm just starting to think about what an important person actually she she was to the country. i think. we've lost we really have lost a great britain today. we really have lost a great britain today . yeah, i would britain today. yeah, i would agree . yeah, definitely a great agree. yeah, definitely a great and you know we back in the seventies you know to the present day you know we are talking, you know, 56 years since the sex pistols , 55 years since the sex pistols, 55 years since the sex pistols, 55 years since the sex pistols, incredibly . and all that time incredibly. and all that time know her the legacy she of a fashion and being slightly reverend and being slightly as well. i'm actually a trailblazer around the world on that. i've got to say i mean slightly she was very anti—establishment. she she kind of was both she was both things. she had a law. she had a real respect for the royal

family but at the time was very critical about inequality, particularly in britain. you know , a recent i mean, one of know, a recent i mean, one of the things that i worked with her on was something called intellectuals. and she was absolutely committed in trying to get people to read and to think critically about life and about the ways a power . you about the ways a power. you know, she was she was absolutely she was we did a we did a meeting once about the book pinocchio. and she should read pinocchio. and she should read pinocchio. the book pinocchio . pinocchio. the book pinocchio. and it was she said it so it's about, you know , about about, you know, about capitalism. it's about society, it's about inequality . and we it's about inequality. and we had a meeting about pinocchio . had a meeting about pinocchio. it was she an incredible woman and really was . lisa, thank you and really was. lisa, thank you so much forjoining us with and really was. lisa, thank you so much for joining us with your thoughts on what is a very day. and we'll hear more about this at 10:00. that was friend of

vivienne westwood, dr. lisa , vivienne westwood, dr. lisa, thank you very indeed. well, earlier , russia launched a fresh earlier, russia launched a fresh of missile strikes. one of the largest since the start of the invasion back in february, across multiple ukrainian cities that left at least people in hospital. today's counterattack comes amid a worsening situation on the ground for putin's forces . after a series of retreats and setbacks. and now it's emerged, the russian leader could be unseated by his own generals if ukraine to make gains in its unsc cessful or is it successful a counter offensive? according to the former head of the british. well joining me now is one of ukraine's youngest, zoe haseloff irish. good evening . so haseloff irish. good evening. so thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening. thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening . what joining us this evening. what must be the most tough of times . so as we head off. do you putin's days are numbered . he putin's days are numbered. he certainly has taken on the invasion of ukraine. he has made

it very clear what his legacy should be, the destruction of ukrainian state and the annexation of a few hours long before the invasion. exactly that proper of the well exactly what he wants to do. i mean, there is something that i our nafion there is something that i our nation does not agree with on every single poland defeat ever since the mid—19th when ukraine were 90% in ukraine would before independence . and ever since independence. and ever since then we were very very clear when the scuppering our future with the world that we want to decide their own destiny. we know what we want to be any part of was supported by russia with this invasion and certainly seeing how the assumptions are broken down when people in russia are precise not just from the liberal but also from the side of the far right. russia are looking for some of those different media channels, different media channels, different me are very angry at putin and how he has mishandled

this war in every single way. i mean, it seems he's completely misunderstood. underestimate the fight of the ukrainian people and these gains that you've made recently must be a joy to . all recently must be a joy to. all your fellow countrymen and women, i have to say. i mean, we this on tv over here, but we cannotin this on tv over here, but we cannot in any way understand what it must be like to be living over there at the moment. obviously, a next year. do you feel that the gains that you're making now can continue and you can get rid of them ? well, can get rid of them? well, certainly we have showed in around our capital in the north—east of the country, in the south of the country, we are now battling the war like warfare in the far east and the country. and basically, we are still not allowing him to further his offensive. that bafic further his offensive. that basic russian, to from our side. but many of global observer is an astounding and systematic ad

that we have shown the world that we have shown the world that russia is colossus on the clean legs . and putin's biggest clean legs. and putin's biggest mistake is believing own propaganda and the thought of continuing this war on russia so that we will keep on going as russia leaves our country entirely from our goal all along the way . i'm entirely from our goal all along the way. i'm sure you have entirely from our goal all along the way . i'm sure you have been the way. i'm sure you have been immensely of your president zelenskyy, when he visited washington last week and the reception that he got and also clearly the and the backing that has been pledged as. well for ukraine certainly in the world watching in the world and, taking attention to what is happening here and advancements on the frontline show that this wasn't be that world support is not gone without actually victory that we have still supplying plenty. and my point in the situation is very simple that we on moment this battle we are battling everything we've

got to and to show the world that staying together in defence and the printing values and in fact the war is something that win . thank you very much for win. thank you very much for joining . please be safe. and we joining. please be safe. and we you a much better year. clearly we stand with you. thank you . we stand with you. thank you. coming up after the break, my superstar panel, i will discuss why the topic of homelessness seems to only be brought up for discussion around christmas and what more can we do to tackle rough sleeping . plus, i'll bring rough sleeping. plus, i'll bring you a first look at tomorrow's paper front pages and stories making the headlines. see you in a couple of minutes .

good evening . it's10:00. i'm good evening. it's10:00. i'm neil fox in the big man, dan wootton . and we have another

wootton. and we have another cracking hour ahead. us. my superstar panel of emma burnell, sean bailey and, colby ranger join me again to debate the big stories of the day like. why we seem to ignore the crisis all year except of course during the festive season. and we find millions as to where all the good chris tell he went. yeah where he go. we'll also be diving into front pages, hot off the presses and will 2023 finally be the year the government gets a grip on the migrant crisis? we'll debate that in the clash . you don't that in the clash. you don't want to miss it. but first, the news with tatiana sanchez . neal, news with tatiana sanchez. neal, thank you very . our top story thank you very. our top story this evening, british fashion designer dame vivienne westwood has died at the age of 81. the iconic designer known for her quirky style became synonymous with 1970s punk rock. dressing celebrities , politicians and celebrities, politicians and royalty alike. famed for her

androgynous designs, slogans , androgynous designs, slogans, shirts and corseted dresses , she shirts and corseted dresses, she became one of fashion's biggest names . in a statement, her names. in a statement, her representative have said she died peacefully, surrounded by her family in south london london . now, tributes have been london. now, tributes have been pounng london. now, tributes have been pouring for football legend pele, whose at the age of 82. once named by fifa as the greatest player of the 20th century, the three time world cup died in hospital in sao paolo, where he'd been since the end of last month. he'd been undergoing treatment for colon cancer. undergoing treatment for colon cancer . the footballing world cancer. the footballing world has been paying tribute to the star whose career spanned 20 years. his family announced his death on twitter with , his death on twitter with, his daughter saying, we love you infinity . rest in peace. six infinity. rest in peace. six time ballon d'or winner cristiano called him an inspiration . the defence inspiration. the defence secretary says . the uk is secretary says. the uk is response to china opening up

travel abroad is under. ben wallace says comments the government saying that with no plans to introduce mandatory covid tests for arrivals from china . unlike several other china. unlike several other countries , the us and italy , countries, the us and italy, beijing has announced plans to reopen borders next week, despite the country's ongoing covid surge sparked concern . and covid surge sparked concern. and the defence secretary also uk borders are safe as the military steps in to cover for striking border force officials . unions border force officials. unions claim the country's are less secure as . more than a thousand secure as. more than a thousand immigration officers walk out in a dispute over pay . a senior a dispute over pay. a senior source has told the passport control are running very smoothly at all six airports where those officials have walked out. meanwhile, labour mp khalid mahmood has told us he would support a general strike . would support a general strike. it was for support the rights of the people to be able to stroke, strike if they want to coordinate , they are totally at

coordinate, they are totally at will do that. and if you to call that a general. yes. because people who work want to have the right sort of pay and conditions . and they should be able to do that. . and they should be able to do that . a third man has been that. a third man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23 year old cody fisher on boxing day. the non—league football player was stabbed to death in the crane nightclub in birmingham which now faces closure . west midlands now faces closure. west midlands police have said a 22 year old man has been detained. london. he's the third person to be arrested . suspicion of murder arrested. suspicion of murder while others have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender . tv online on suspicion of assisting an offender. tv online and on suspicion of assisting an offender . tv online and derby offender. tv online and derby plus radio . this is gb news. now plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to dan wootton tonight with neil fox .

with neil fox. right then. good evening. it's just past 10:00. i'm neil fox looking after dan wootton's seat now. coming up this hour after more boats crossed the channel on christmas day and reports emerge of border force being arrested for being an illegal migrant himself. will the government finally get a grip on our borders next year in 2023? i'll be joined by research fellow at the boe group, benjamin loughnane and lawyer harbhajan singh . go to duke it harbhajan singh. go to duke it out on the clash . 10:20. now do out on the clash. 10:20. now do we as a society ignore the homelessness crisis facing britain except the christmas penod? britain except the christmas period? or make an effort to give year back to give back year round superstar panel and i will discuss britain's homeless crisis next in the media buzz. joining me again this hour is conservative london mayoral candidate shaun bailey. we've journalist and political consultant emma burnell and we've got former adviser to bofis we've got former adviser to boris johnson, a cover ranger. plus, we'll take a look .

plus, we'll take a look. tomorrow's front pages , the tomorrow's front pages, the stories making headlines. i'm they're changing them around because of a couple of big stories this evening . now, it's stories this evening. now, it's been 35 years since the release of famous hit. on . of famous hit. on. comedian and radio deejay tommy who joins me at 1045 to discuss the song's impact. nearly four decades on. and while you need a lucky charm in your life , 2023, lucky charm in your life, 2023, we'll end the show with my paneps we'll end the show with my panel's nominations for. greatest britain and you and here's jack. union jack has and i hold all the power on one. you will not want miss it. although i think we might be changing our thoughts on this one . now while

thoughts on this one. now while many of us were lucky enough to celebrate christmas this year with loved ones in the comfort and the warmth of our own. for a few, it's been living on the streets, simply trying to get by from to day. but christmas from day to day. but christmas is thought of as the is often thought of as the season of giving and a time to think people less fortunate think of people less fortunate than . communities come than ourselves. communities come together and help the together to try and help the homeless and shelters lay on christmas dinners for those with nowhere however, nowhere go. however, emma burnell you think more attention needs be given to homelessness all year round ? not perhaps just all year round? not perhaps just in the month of december ? yeah, in the month of december? yeah, absolutely. i mean , probably absolutely. i mean, probably guilty of this as. absolutely. i mean, probably guilty of this as . anyone else i guilty of this as. anyone else i am . one of the reasons i wanted am. one of the reasons i wanted to raise this is i've spent the last week working as a volunteer at a crisis shelter, which is in rewarding . and i don't do it for rewarding. and i don't do it for plaudits . i raise it now because plaudits. i raise it now because need money year round and these two weeks that they will be housing people at the real sharp

end of homelessness. they stay in hotels , but they it's not in hotels, but they it's not just about the beds , the baths just about the beds, the baths and the privacy , which i think and the privacy, which i think is beyond valuable , these is beyond valuable, these people. but it's also about the fact that they get amazing advice to help set them up for rest of the year, try and get them into move on plan and they give them advice from anything . give them advice from anything. housing issues, legal issues, migration issues, whatever it is they need. they have wonderful services such as hair salons, manicures honestly, we always joke that beginning of the week we all come in bounding with energy as volunteers and we get shattered by the end of it and look rather sort of bedraggled and tired, whereas the guests in off the street by time they've had a week of sleeps and the one guest was telling me about his two hour long bath he'd enjoyed and they looked a lot better than think by that point than when think by that point but it's really but i think it's really important that that spirit that we have at christmas this continues into thinking about

what is needed to end rough sleeping for good forever because there is no need. there are some people who may never leave the streets. they probably are by this point going. that is what going to be forever. but there are that is not the majority of people that i meet. it's not the of people that crisis help and. i think it's also important that when we come to march the second or september the 14th, we're still working on this problem. so that next year i see fewer people in our classes centre. i mean, it is great. clearly that we do help at christmas . it's a time to at christmas. it's a time to give and we do come together. that's lovely. but it's true. there are 11 other months. yeah. and these come january the first, or whatever first, second or third, whatever , these people go back on the streets, it's still cold, wet and absolutely. and horrible and absolutely. it's bigger problem it's obviously bigger problem there. do we solve the there. how do we solve the homeless problem in britain? colvin well , to be honest, too colvin well, to be honest, too many politicians have tried to

look at this in many different ways a very complicated ways and it's a very complicated issue. talking issue. we were talking about. this complicated this is really complicated because whether it's mental, whether it's drugs, whether it's dependent , whether it's family dependent, whether it's family breakdowns, it's asylum, breakdowns, whether it's asylum, there are different causes there are many different causes that to a position that lead people to a position where they are very vulnerable and up streets generally and end up the streets generally of . and london is a of our big. and london is a prime of that. so for those of us who've been and live in london, we know and you know, even time when we were even in my time when we were at city hall, to look at city hall, we tried to look at ways eradicating this. politicians say they want politicians will say they want to stop rough homeless. to stop rough sleeping homeless. it's hard to do that it's really hard to do that because there's a constant turnover people. what we do turnover of people. what we do need as highlighting need is, as emma's highlighting is not just at christmas time , is not just at christmas time, is not just at christmas time, is a constant need to tackle issue the different elements of it . it's complicated. it needs it. it's complicated. it needs investment , it needs resources, investment, it needs resources, not the generosity of volunteer is at christmas time. christmas brings into sharp focus because the weather the need when we see those lonely people on the streets strikes with us because

we're all coming and it does bnng we're all coming and it does bring a certain energy, too. but again, it needs political will. yeah, it needs the will to say that we understand the reasons that we understand the reasons that causing this we'll that are causing this and we'll deal with them in a way that delivers longevity to solving the problem, a short the problem, not just a short term it's hard to do it's term fix, it's hard to do it's difficult it takes time, but that effort does work out because . we know we can turn because. we know we can turn people's lives around . we know people's lives around. we know we can get them back into a place that will be better for them and their families. but it's them and their families. but ifs and them and their families. but it's and surely this it's an easy fix and surely this is one of those subjects that should be beyond politics many respects. it should have a long term plan to sort this out. so you know, in a developed economy, we're having problems now, really in a developed now, but really in a developed economy, we shouldn't have anyone sleeping the street, should we? i mean, there's a number you know, number things, you know, homelessness my homelessness is really to my heart homeless for heart because i was homeless for long it's different long time. and it's different ways different of ways and different types of being people actually being homeless people actually sleep on the street. people are selfish surfing. people have fallen broken up when fallen out of or broken up when a partner and ended up on the street. happen to almost street. it can happen to almost

anybody any time. and it's anybody at any time. and it's one the complicated one of the most complicated problems because is real problems because it is real fundamental life. we've fundamental to life. we've got some think about if we some things to think about if we want to tackle homelessness. so, for have more and more for instance, have more and more single households than ever before. is going through before. so rent is going through the roof because the demand is high, and less people come high, less and less people come by. is by. so the government is constantly to house more constantly having to house more and and that's and more people, and that's creating as creating a kind of pressure as well. unless we can have a well. and unless we can have a conversation these things conversation about these things devoid and talk devoid of the politics and talk about reality all, then about the reality it all, then we're in, then we'll never solve the problem. one that the problem. but one thing that doesn't related that's doesn't seem related that's really, really important is family breakdown . so if you go family breakdown. so if you go back ten, years, whatever it back ten, 50 years, whatever it more a financial more families a financial capacity and, a physical capacity and, a physical capacity to hold onto their young people for a longer time . young people for a longer time. so they didn't end up on the street. in my own story, i had a very tough point. it was homeless. my aunt norma came to my i absolutely no my rescue. i have absolutely no idea what i'd have done if my aunt norma wasn't there before that. my friend alex when i was university. so those of university. so those kind of things we need to need things are. so we need to need those in in our

those capacities in arts, in our society, our our families. society, our in our families. but the key thing to say is there's charities like shelter and work on this all day and ymca work on this all day every day. yeah. and i know we're saying don't give a christmas, but if christmas is the only time that you can give give. yeah. these days charities do a really fundamental thing because what they understand is it's a nuanced position. they don't just say rent's expensive or it's all mental health, it's all drugs . they understand the all drugs. they understand the panoply of issues and they work on them all for the individual and also to a lot of thinking policy wise that all need to policy wise that we all need to do. if you're sitting at home do. so if you're sitting at home today who could today thinking, who could i support charitably in the next year? forward make a year? yeah. and forward make a homeless that that homeless charity that that charity help really charity help because really impactful and if you say at a governmental level what will be the first good step you think emma because it's a huge problem but like , like all these things, but like, like all these things, it's got to start with the first step. so what should happen next in opinion bill. houses. in your opinion bill. houses. yeah. mean that's just yeah. i mean that'sjust fundamental. we do have fundamental. we do not have housing this country. that is

housing in this country. that is the step joined up government so that instead of going well some people have a mental health and thing and that's causing it. sometimes we have a housing shift and that's causing it. got to think cross mentally about this got to actually have rather than have home secretaries going a diminishing budget each other actually coming together and having projects that look at all of these things in the round and work together to make sure in these anyone's these not about anyone's individual but actually individual glory but actually getting stuff done it needs for that. getting stuff done it needs for that . yeah i think that's key that. yeah i think that's key i think absolutely key and i think when say you have to take the politics of it, there is a sense of that. but i think that there are going to be political tussles over this because there is the left and right is an between the left and right about the the states about the role of the states right and the way that the state should or should not be involved in this. obviously have in this. i obviously would have more involvement is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty involvement is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , involvement is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , but olvement is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , but ilvement is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , but i do nent is a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , but i do think s a big in this. i obviously would have morlefty , but i do think that. g old lefty, but i do think that. there are probably ways that we can take stuff goes can agree and take stuff goes into five a or ten year

programme till beyond the life of one government that would really give councils money. really give councils more money. yes so this gets back to a local i. my politics is of the centre but one of the real things one of the two organisations that's here to set can do needs here to set up the can do needs to help and could do this work give councils more money to do housing 1,000,000. i agree with shaun bailey there you got to challenges you know if it will teach you the left want to teach you the left you want to do you know public do everything you know public housing you think housing for new right you think thinks private there's an answer somewhere the middle. yeah we somewhere in the middle. yeah we need housing just need a variety of housing just one of housing but. one type of housing but. the first we to do is first thing we have to do is believe that we can solve homelessness because these tough nut crack, i'll just know, nut to crack, i'll just know, just believe, i would say actually desire to we actually have desire to get we need to now. i believe need to sort now. i believe i believe the desire that i've spoken politicians all the spoken to politicians all the spectrum because it's complicated. i sometimes think people think it will always be. but solve it, about but to solve it, i know about councils actually the devalue inside marriage metal tees inside of marriage metal tees they can solve it mass can step in and it's one of the things

they can really tackle because these are tend to be city problems have been problems know conurbations are conurbations where people are attracted to and they're that where vulnerable up where the vulnerable people up the stand up and do the mayors can stand up and do this think now the this and that's i think now the next generation devolution next generation of devolution should we could should and perhaps if we could see partnership between see sort of partnership between andy street andy sadiq andy street andy burnham sadiq khan ben holton you know across the spectrum actually saying well these are the things our places need and we need to have the power and ability to do that among the reasons i ran for mayor of london to provide housing , one of the big housing because, one of the big things under all of topics we've had today. yeah, one of the biggest things family biggest things is family breakdown. the core breakdown. i know the core family breakdown finances family breakdown is finances and having stay . shaun having nowhere to stay. shaun emma for now . thank you. emma over for now. thank you. we'll be back talking more but coming that was uk border coming up, that was uk border force official was arrested on suspicion of being an illegal will 2023 finally be the year the government gets a grip on the government gets a grip on the small boats crisis . i'll the small boats crisis. i'll debate that with two expert guests in just a moment.

hey, welcome back . it's time for hey, welcome back. it's time for the clash now . earlier today, in the clash now. earlier today, in a shocking uk border force official was arrested on suspicion of being an illegal migrant. according to reports the man reportedly lied about

where was from on paperwork to obtain the right to remain in the uk and the same man is believed to be four border force staff who were arrested over a separate incident on december the sixth. now this comes after another 90 illegal migron crossed the channel on christmas day . despite the prime day. despite the prime minister's pledge to get a grip on our borders. so with the pressure growing from backbench mps, will 2023 be the year that government finally gets the micro and crisis under control? send me your thoughts, please . send me your thoughts, please. two gb views gb news dot uk or you can tweet them to us at gb news. but joining me now debate this topic further , research this topic further, research fellow from the boe group, benjamin loughnane. and immigration lawyer hajji bango. gentlemen, welcome along, very nice to have you on the show tonight. benjamin, let's start with you . it just seems like with you. it just seems like it's completely of control, doesn't it? yeah. and i think beyond satire to now find out that you've got a border force

who is not even illegal immigrant in this country , immigrant in this country, someone who's able to not only come into the country illegally and evade deportation for being in here when they have no right to but can actually become a member of the border force who are supposed to our borders. i mean, it's sums up what has been going on for the past few years now where we look, what's going on in the channel it seems as though no one's doing anything about it. the problem's just getting worse. everything go. yeah. increase as yeah. increases, increase as increases. and no one increases. increases. and no one really political will to really has the political will to get on top of it. and we now find out that even the border force illegal migrants force have illegal migrants within them. you know, within them. and, you know, i just see any hope for resolving this issue. haja thanks for joining us tonight. so this is a real crisis, isn't it? how on earth in your eyes can we stop it? because on the one hand, it's a humanitarian crisis. we have people putting their lives at risk and evil traffickers taking all the money and making

fortunes off the back of them. and on the other hand, we have these amount of people arriving on . how can we stop? yeah, i on our. how can we stop? yeah, i think we've we've been in a crisis for a long time and i think for the past ten, 12 years it's got worse. the number removals and deportations is down to 130,000 in about 2010 and 11. so what seems to happen is we are failing to remove people after their claims are finished . and on top of that , finished. and on top of that, well, taking two or three years to decide a claim. so it's all building up and effectively brought not fill up what we need to do is, first of all secure our borders and need to have an effective removal system if someone's going to be refused asylum , then they need to know, asylum, then they need to know, look, there on a friday, they look, if there on a friday, they might back the next might be sent back the next friday, not the next friday in 2026 or 27. so removals to go up again. secondly need to have trained staff . and i don't mean trained staff. and i don't mean people who have just finished

working in a supermarket and then land a job in the border as is happening at the moment we need legally trained staff who can make decisions can actually make decisions about these laws are about laws. these laws are written up by lawyers, but lawyers and conventions you know, i've been doing this for 20 years and even i can't get my head around it sometimes. so to expect someone to walk in from a supermarket job or a security job and say, well, here you go, you're going to learn on the job. do a job job. and to do a job effectively. that's not enough. rishi sunak's announced an increase he hasn't increase in staff. he hasn't announced whether they're going to fully trained or to be specific fully trained or not with . then a backlog not to deal with. then a backlog he's announced he's going to shift. he's going to he shift. he's not going to he hasn't what he's going hasn't announced what he's going to building to do with the backlog building in day. so we're going to in every day. so we're going to get rid of one backlog and then we're going to have another backlog and i think the backlog to do. and i think the other thing if someone has other thing is, if someone has been effective for, say, other thing is, if someone has bee months, ffective for, say, other thing is, if someone has bee months, active for, say, other thing is, if someone has beemonths, a years for, say, other thing is, if someone has beemonths, a year oryr, say, other thing is, if someone has bee months, a year or two iy, other thing is, if someone has bee months, a year or two years, six months, a year or two years, then we've got look at the fact we've got to let them work, pay their way, opposed for to their own way, as opposed for to be a drain on society and,

putting hotels. the putting them up in hotels. the only reason that is only reason we do that is because work . if we because they can't work. if we left work we've been in left work, we've just been in and wouldn't pay and we wouldn't have to pay homelessness course, homelessness and of course, lack of funding for it. and on the other hand, there's a lot of money going that could be spent on on route. so we've on that on this route. so we've seen problems here. one, seen now to problems here. one, of we've got of course, is that we've got a lot people that have come in lot of people that have come in and we don't know what to do with them. and it takes a long time process and then time to process them. and then of course, they are a drain on our other hand, our resources. the other hand, of we've got a of of course, we've got a lot of people still over and continuing to and paying of to come and paying a lot of money. and is all their money. and this is all their life and more just to get in one of those horrible little dinghies and come somehow. dinghies and come over somehow. how stop that? any idea? how do we stop that? any idea? what your theory what would your theory be? because go. we because it's great to go. we must our borders. but when must close our borders. but when you've entire coastline , you've got an entire coastline, how that? well, i think how do we do that? well, i think there know, as you point there are you know, as you point out there, are problems with how we're hiring people. you know, the there. the quality is just not there. but we deeper structural but we have deeper structural issues. think know, issues. i think you know, the person seen as a soft person is now seen as a soft touch people. and if they come

touch people. and if they come to the red carpet will be rolled out. know, put out. they'll get, you know, put up hotel, get greeted with up in a hotel, get greeted with a pizza, get an a pizza, they'll get an allowance. they'll be allowed to stay while. claim is stay here while. their claim is being whether it's being processed. whether it's legitimate or not. when their claim is rejected, it's very unlikely they'll actually be deported anyway. so britain is seen prosper act. if seen as a great prosper act. if you want to come somewhere and basically take the mickey, you know, the place do know, britain's the place to do it. and is as many problems know, britain's the place to do it. this is as many problems know, britain's the place to do it. this one is as many problems know, britain's the place to do it. this one is the many problems know, britain's the place to do it. this one is the ouriy problems know, britain's the place to do it. this one is the our approach|s of this one is the our approach to come here who just to people come here who are just here to take the mickey we're not deporting any of them. the other fact that we other is the fact that we clearly the quality and clearly don't the quality and recruitment border. and recruitment of our border. and when down and when rishi touches down and says, going to hire says, well, we're going to hire more people, it's like, well, it's the numbers. so it's not about the numbers. so as is about, you know, it's as it is about, you know, it's quality and quantity. it's not just people just about how many people you've working. the you've got working. if the quality not there, then not quality is not there, then not going work out. we're going to work out. and we're seeing the same problem within the example, the prisons, for example, quality of some prison. you know, a about a prison know, i a story about a prison officer recently he went to the a figure prison to a senior figure the prison to say you sponsor my visa say could you sponsor my visa application? went, hang on, application? he went, hang on, you're a british citizen. you're not a british citizen. what you working our

what are you doing working our prisons? out that this prisons? it came out that this prisons? it came out that this prison even know prison officer didn't even know that to take that he wasn't allowed to take job they just hadn't done a job and they just hadn't done a proper. so you're seeing this across board in sorts of across the board in all sorts of industries. and not only is it the but also the lack quality, but you also have service who are have a civil service who are ideologically opposed to actually our borders. actually enforcing our borders. it like actively frustrating it was like actively frustrating any attempts to enforce the borders. so there's a huge structural and cultural issue, i think, around how we enforce the borders in this country and without radical change from the top to the bottom at every level. i don't see how it's going to be resolved. so they can talk all they want. they can come out and say, we announce a new task force announce a new new task force or announce a new scheme or announce a new policy. it's not going to do anything you really bull by you need. really get the bull by the take on the whole the horns and take on the whole culture because one of the problems surely that france in a way i probably quite happy to get rid of them too. so they really want them back. if we start them half way before they leave their beaches, they're really they're really quite happy they're leaving. able to , to

leaving. are they able to, to be fair, to take their fair fair, france to take their fair share than that. so i think share more than that. so i think they've majority of them they've got the majority of them to settle down in france and we get a trickle down effect. but i think to answer your think we're to answer your question do it it's question about how do we it it's very simple . how you stop very simple. how do you stop drug you lock the drug drug dealing? you lock the drug dealers, you don't lock the drug users in same way you've got users in the same way you've got to gangs who are to catch the gangs who are trafficking people . these trafficking these people. these gangs are making around 200 grand a boat . gangs are making around 200 grand a boat. if there's four in the channel, that's about a million quid for them. they don't care if ten people die, 20 people die the next day, they're still launching that four boats. these people don't just walk up to beach and let's get to the beach and say, let's get on dinghy. it's all planned. on a dinghy. it's all planned. they service . right. they pay for the service. right. so are they paying to? we've so who are they paying to? we've got to find these people . we've got to find these people. we've got to find these people. we've got cut the head of the got to cut the head of the snake. if we can go and grab drug dealers, if we can go and kill osama bin laden, who's hiding , if can go and get hiding out, if we can go and get gaddafi and, know, and gaddafi and, you know, and saddam hussein and we can't get these people who are trafficking

these people who are trafficking these people who are trafficking these people from the same route for the last 20 years while i've been doing my job calais to doven been doing my job calais to dover, it doesn't take a genius to work that out. it's like somebody the same bus route with the same driver for years and then saying , well, hold on, then saying, well, hold on, who's driving that bus? i don't know, guv'nor. i haven't got a clue. we know who the gangs are . we mix up elite units , almost . we mix up elite units, almost sas style to go out and get these gangs and then them in jail for life , make examples of jail for life, make examples of them, not send them down for a couple of years off. and there are a year or four years in. they're out into people trafficking makes more money than drug . is trafficking makes more money than drug. is going to be trafficking makes more money than drug . is going to be wrong. than drug. is going to be wrong. suddenly that are going to be spending much more money and working with them to try and solve this problem, which is good. do think just good. what do you think just briefly about the whole of briefly about the whole idea of sending people to rwanda, sending people off to rwanda, though, they are here though, once they are over here , only got to places. what , we've only got to places. what are we going to do ? and more are we going to do? and more people across that next this weekend. so that's a deterrent

at all. rwanda is just waste of time, waste of money it's something we can't police and it's just a gimmick to try and the voters back on side in order for an election that's coming in a few what we need to do a few years. what we need to do that money invest in the that money is invest in the border force invest in elite units to catch these gangs. we need to spend if we do spend a, say, 200 million on these gangs catching these , we would have catching these, we would have caught them by now. they can't be that many that operate from the coast of france and send people the of kent and. people to the coast of kent and. we haven't got a clue. and if we haven't a clue after all our army navy and intelligence and m15 , whatever we've got, you m15, whatever we've got, you know, and you know, then god help us now . i completely i hear help us now. i completely i hear you haulage up. thank you very much indeed. benjamin you from the boat group and immigration lawyer haj bangle . appreciate lawyer haj bangle. appreciate you joining me tonight. and i wish you both a very happy new year write something maybe a little bit lighter this evening. coming up as christmas telly

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royal royal, welcome back to your night. let's take a look at some of tomorrow's pages that are literally hot , the press so literally hot, the press so daily telegraph, i've got to say , a full house of pele who died earlier this evening . so the earlier this evening. so the daily telegraph picture pele, but also ministers to look a new travel kerbs . my god, please. no travel kerbs. my god, please. no the i has tributes to a magician police quit johnson's hiring scheme in droves. daily star that infamous picture of pele and bobby moore course for the shirts off of just brilliant pele the greatest footballer all time dies at 82 the real goat

they called daily express pele king of the beautiful game dies aged 82. no magic one for pay rises lays down law to unions threatening general strike lasting independent also pele mental health crisis now a parallel pandemic is the other headune parallel pandemic is the other headline , the guardian. it's headline, the guardian. it's pele again being held aloft. what a great that man had. oh, my goodness . and one in ten to my goodness. and one in ten to repay us have given more than 100,000 to the party. is there headune 100,000 to the party. is there headline on the mirror the keeping it very simple pele 4220 22 world hails divine genius who made football beautiful. so let me look at we talked about pele a little bit earlier after we first heard the news. but i mean , an incredible football player , clearly. but also you have to, you know , the only individual to you know, the only individual to ever have held three world cups, incredibly, 58, 62, 70 and the

first superstar, a black athlete as that went global. so a real trailblazer as well i think what's really special , pele, what's really special, pele, which is less alone, is that he was such an open and honest man. so he was obviously an in brazil and there was a lot of political rest at the time. and he he say anything and in his and in pubuc anything and in his and in public statements he made he said he wished he'd used his fame to be more effective for the people of brazil and to open yourself for criticism in such in such a strong, profound just speaks volumes to the quality of the man for me above his you know the fact he's a football icon it's that kind of public discourse that was the capital and yeah i mean i'm not a massive football person and i know who pele is and. everybody grew up knowing who bella is , no grew up knowing who bella is, no matter how much they were into football or and he was he football or not. and he was he was an icon . i football or not. and he was he was an icon. i think he transcended football in many ways. yeah, he was somebody who spoke out on issues you wouldn't expect him to . he was really

expect him to. he was really honest about things later on in life. so for example, he used to talk about impotence, which such a masculine icon is such an incredibly important thing to do. actually to say it's not. it never emasculated him to be honest about those things . i honest about those things. i think that's such a great piece . leadership from him . so beyond . leadership from him. so beyond the football , beyond you that the football, beyond you that brazil , the whole world knows brazil, the whole world knows who he was and knows what a strong and just incredible leader he was. calvin i was mesmerised. i was mesmerised by the way he played the game game that i fell in love with as a young man and he's the one person actually this two people have a framed of the both together. this features him and muhammad ali. these are two sports. he me. he's out sports. he hears me. he's out and it for some play some and i got it for some play some charity after the charity somewhere after the auction. but i feel quite upset heanng auction. but i feel quite upset hearing about his death today. he yes he transcend that

football because because he kept quiet because he spoke about those yes. that he cared about but his grace as a human being reflected his grace as a footballer . i reflected his grace as a footballer. i think that's what you notice, even a child. there was something that you connected with. there wasn't the sort of trappings of what we see now with superstardom , the uber with superstardom, the uber money and everything else. he was still normalised in our lives. and i think that's the that we saw. and it didn't change, you yeah, he was still that same human all the way through his life. and that was beautiful, true national hero. and it had a really ending matic smile. just looked so happy smile. he just looked so happy to game. a real to be playing the game. a real sad , the only good thing that sad, the only good thing that will come out of this is next few days we'll be just seeing endless, endless clips. some of the most amazing goals ever scored in the beautiful game . scored in the beautiful game. now, christmas had a different feel this year because was the first one since 2019. not to be wrecked by the dreaded covid. this year, the great british pubuc this year, the great british public been flooding out to

visit family and meet friends at the town long as their plans weren't affected by train . that weren't affected by train. that is, but has always galvanised. so gallivanting come at a cost. have you let my superstar cover arrange have been struggling find the time for some good old fashioned christmas telly and has it been any good? it's been a challenge. do you? i'm completely confused because, you know, let me be honest. i was one of those people used to by the radio time , the tv times the radio time, the tv times circle , those things. i wanted circle, those things. i wanted to both watch and record at the same time . make sure i listen to same time. make sure i listen to you chart. your show as well really could. but nowadays i'm lost and completely lost with the with the streaming . i'm not the with the streaming. i'm not sure what's on the main channels . so but what we've done this yearis . so but what we've done this year is we've got our so christmas telly has been written at our house. we beat out because we can and gone to the theatre. we're super fans. so we saw a lady that the local waters meet in in northwood in rickmansworth got a good shout

out from fans fantastic panto. we've seen hey duggee at southbank. now i've got two young children. okay, so this is the reason i just was here in the reason i just was here in the slot . they were they were the slot. they were they were with me on, the shows, but the telly has been using i did watch obviously king's speech, which i thought was fans tastic. that was the one thing, you know, what's is going to be on just after christmas lunch. you're in the middle of your christmas lunch. a late lunch. it's running a bit late for us as it was. you watched that. but really, i've struggled to that really is to find telly that really is landmark christmas telly i may have missed it and lost all the platforms i want to miss because there were too just many platforms, so much. we've just got too much choice. now i did nofice got too much choice. now i did notice when i was flicking, i remember was christmas remember it was either christmas day day when i was a day or boxing day when i was a kid. you look forward to kid. you would look forward to say the morecambe wise say the morecambe and wise christmas i kind christmas special. yeah i kind of laughed myself because bbc two sort of prime time the two sort of prime time in the evening. those these days evening. one of those these days were the morecambe were showing the morecambe and wise special go. wise christmas special go. that's old, for

that's 40 years old, for goodness doing goodness sake. what are doing with licence your bbc? with my licence for your bbc? the is actually choice the problem is actually choice because why christmas television was such an event. you know, one in three people had definitely seen what you had seen on telly . so when you got back to that cool or you got back to school, you had the conversation. did you watch a james bond film, did you watch the very special, did you watch the very special, did you it? so all you watch it? so you all had that conversation. gave a bit that conversation. it gave a bit of and it meant of community. yeah. and it meant that films they that certain films had they became because they were pushed again, again and again and actually modern films. james bond only so big because of bond is only so big because of its christmas appearances and that's on and that's lingered on and i sometimes look at young people think, had what we think, i wish you had what we had less choice, more focus. like michael jackson would like if michael jackson would release something everybody knew . so many stars . now there's so many stars pushed neck day. you don't pushed neck every day. you don't know what's going and that's know what's going on and that's very large around christmas television. are just simply television. we are just simply all watching it. we're watching something different. yeah, i do. you can just have too much it. you can just have too much it. you of think, what shall you kind of think, what shall i watch? by time you started watch? by the time you started

looking, you literally be scrolling a half an hour scrolling through a half an hour thinking there's nothing to watch. there's of watch. there's thousands of things watch in the run up to things to watch in the run up to christmas, there was the traitor , which think everyone most , which i think everyone most that the fashioned that was like the old fashioned event. talking event. everyone was talking about it, everyone was watching it. everyone's like, oh god, it. everyone's like, oh my god, are going out that are they going to find out that wealth is a body? i was a really felt like that old fashioned of watching television together, felt like that old fashioned of watchiwaselevision together, felt like that old fashioned of watchiwas fantastic. :ogether, me which was fantastic. now for me i adore emmerdale. emmerdale my absolute favourite thing . so absolute favourite thing. so this year it was dingle all the way we got a new dingle for christmas is amazing. 50 years of emmerdale so it's been 50 is this year. yeah but i think the challenge this as well as be the world cup because actually in our house so we were so focussed on the world cup which made it kind of ruin the run up that sort of feed into christmas and the matches were good. england did all right. to a certain degree. and we were all it degree. and we were all in it into this tournament and sally, it's week to go. christmas was it's a week to go. christmas was she rather enjoyed a winter cup. maybe that's an unpopular thing

but i hope of that. but she's i the final was stunning and stunning and even i'm messi would be sad to see the legend yeah she well coming up funny man tommy who joins me with his secrets having a luckier year in 23. that's right after this .

break hey, welcome back . now, you may hey, welcome back. now, you may not know this, but today is a day for celebration . it's day for celebration. it's officially 35 years since we first heard this. i iconic chart topper. toppen yeah.kyue toppen yeah. kylie minogue , i should be

yeah. kylie minogue, i should be so lucky. oh, but at that time, we really just knew a sharleen from neighbours. really. it was released the 29th of december, 1987. but as we toward the year, as we head towards the year 2023, are you feeling optimistic about your prospect or do you need a little bit of dose of lady luck like kylie? well, according an expert in feng shui , there are five simple tips to follow to actually luck into your home. and here to talk us through how you can boost your family's fortunes is the comedian. i'm broadcaster tommy sandu. comedian. i'm broadcaster tommy sandu . good evening, tommy. sandu. good evening, tommy. welcome along, how are you ? good welcome along, how are you? good evening, dr. fox. great to be with you. and i've to say, when you hear that song, you hear i should be so lucky two things will happen. you don't have to go cause it really been 25 years or holy . it's go cause it really been 25 years or holy. it's been 35 go cause it really been 25 years or holy . it's been 35 years. or holy. it's been 35 years. where were you when that song was number one? you radio luxembourg, weren't you? 1987. i know by the time that came out i

had moved to capital i remember when she the first time she ever came to britain to perform that songin came to britain to perform that song in front of the world's press. we there to introduce the hammersmith tele look at that. that was see that's classic there's a there's a golden times and most times of all change now. but it's still a great song. and i've got to say, i was just reading around the sun when i realised was 35 years old and it complete of it was a complete kind of mistake accident kind of thing. they were to woodstock they were due to woodstock man woman economy woman were due to record economy didn't it. then she didn't know about it. then she turns up she was all annoyed but penned song while she went. penned the song while she went. they sent her off for a coffee and bang. 40 minutes later she's recorded it in less than an hour and you've got a number one hit. so it tells us that luck is always corner. so how always around the corner. so how can do it? obviously to know can we do it? obviously to know more about feng shui, what you need a british indian on this show to tell you all about chinese. good does that chinese. good luck. does that make me? completely make sense to me? completely does it? does. it's all asian. it's fine. no luck . so what?

it's fine. no luck. so what? what? really? these five tips are about because as they should be so lucky. song story was out there. we talked about the story about luck. we're in the press and i thought, this is interesting. i'm all for good. everybody wants to create good vibes feng shui vibes them. so the feng shui thing really about thing is really all about creating environment around creating an environment around that the luck flow . tip that lets the luck flow. tip number one is clean your house de—clutter. so don't know. firstly, when i started reading these tips i thought maybe my missus is written these tips as a little hint to make me start cleaning up the house. i thought maybe going say, pick maybe she is going to say, pick your step number feng your pants up. step number feng shui is declutter because if shui tip is declutter because if your house actually cluttered your house is actually cluttered you're good and you're allowing good energy and that's important so that's really important so number one clean up in the new year. number one clean up in the new year . number number one clean up in the new year. number two, use blue green or yellow curtains. yellow yeah blue, green or yellow . if you blue, green or yellow. if you did all three, be like the brazil flag, that would be like a pele tribute. i'm not if you want to do that, but blue, green and curtains is apparently

really good for letting in, not because says this each of the because it says this each of the colours, black and blue stands for wisdom knowledge and intelligence and is particularly lucky.in intelligence and is particularly lucky. in 2023 because it's the year of the water rabbit and, we all know. have you ever i mean, have ever met a silly water rabbit? i haven't they're always dead clever. so we've met a water rabbit, dead clever. so we've met a water rabbit , to be honest. water rabbit, to be honest. what's number three? what number three is don't keep the oh, don't keep the dining table empty. if you want food abundance, you've got all the nches abundance, you've got all the riches of life then you've got to have some fruit or have something on your dinner table. so don't leave a dinner table. dinner table that's busy or mean. you have a busy lot or a busy or a busy fridge or whatever you might have in your house. so it's always good to keep something . the dinner table keep something. the dinner table number four and this is a weird one. admit dalek accents to your lounge area so you some metal around you maybe you want to cover your cushions in a little bit tin foil or something like

that. i don't know just kind of get that kind of reflective metallic nature on that. supposed to be really good. and number five, excuse pastel colours on your bedsheets so you want nice light colours in your bench , which i know might show bench, which i know might show up things so you know. got to balance that out. i don't know what i'm thinking. just, you know. yeah where you be for yourself . yeah i will make yourself. yeah i will make myself a big so basically those your five tips bit metallic pastel colours the bed sheets and it says those of colours in the bedroom are a must they good rest good sleep and more importantly good luck for 2023 they got so we want we just want to be allowed to go we need it now. we need to be not going to wait. we need up we need a much luckier 2023, that is for sure. tell me, thank you very much indeed for joining tell me, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. going to indeed for joining us. going to take top tips to heart take all your top tips to heart now re—arrange your house now and re—arrange your house mate. i'm painting. i'm painting tonight. i was your

tonight. i was watching your show. yellow show. everything's pastel yellow and here. oh, look. big and metallic here. oh, look. big as the rabbit . hey, i and metallic here. oh, look. big as the rabbit. hey, i go as the water rabbit. hey, i go chasing down. thank you very much. thank you. thank it's a right mess if you ask me but they go anyway . you have a very they go anyway. you have a very happy new year. okay, it's time now to reveal today's greatest and union jack as. okay with me to reveal, there's been my silver star panel tonight. i've been on real top form. former conservative london mayoral candidate shaun bailey, journalist and political emma burnell and former to boris johnson, calvin ranger, lady . johnson, calvin ranger, lady. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed . right. so who should we indeed. right. so who should we start with? come on, let's go to shaun. start with? come on, let's go to shaun . shaun, who is your shaun. shaun, who is your greatest? britain. my other greatest britain is pele , greatest britain is pele, unfortunately passed away aged 82. he was a master. the beautiful game he's revered icon across the world. he was a lovely man with an infectious smile . so he's my honorary

smile. so he's my honorary greatest briton today. am your greatest britain place. i want to give a shout out to the people who did all the hard i when i volunteering at crisis i was running the shift office so i was sat down at a computer for 8 hours. but these people were running around. you should have seen the counts. i was saying, okay , really, really just okay, really, really just working non—stop. nine hour shifts, really a difference. and it's ordinary people like that who give up their time . just who give up their time. just make me feel really, really proud to be british. thank you very much. cool whip. well, my mom's going be harry kane for how we shrugged off the penalty miss come scoring for in miss to come back scoring for in the last few days and all the weight and pressure and everything else that he's dealt but with sad we've but actually with the sad we've had vivienne westwood had of dame vivienne westwood away know, away this evening, you know, she's got be my honorary she's got to be my honorary greatest transcends fashion, transcends all those amazing things done in her entire life. she'll be a legend going forward in her death as well no doubt. okay and now please for your

jackass. okay and now please for your jackass . who's your union jack? jackass. who's your union jack? shown my union. jack is the snp's agnes robinson who likened the new gender to the fight against apartheid in south africa . he obviously doesn't africa. he obviously doesn't understand how offensive that is to black people . the to black people. the emancipation of black people has been 400 years plus in the making . and to liken his new making. and to liken his new gender laws, nicola sturgeon's new gender laws to that colossal fight that continues today is offensive on a level that simply cannot be explained . emma union cannot be explained. emma union jackass plays . well, it's been jackass plays. well, it's been such a nice so it feels a bit mean , but i frankly i just want mean, but i frankly i just want say it's julia hartley—brewer take a day off for goodness sake. woman she's been tweeting vile things about greta thunberg today and when your big enemy , today and when your big enemy, some 17 year old kid who gets up your nose, then you've got to have better priorities. love yeah. and i think as soon as you

start name calling which she did do you kind of go i think you just lost the argument straight away don't you think. yeah calvin union jackass. away don't you think. yeah calvin union jackass . we have calvin union jackass. we have achieved i believe from covid the things you went through the last couple years. we know the chinese are now covid rampaging through their country. why is health security agency border and she's saying that they're not doing anything about checking flights from china. the americans are the japanese are the indians are everyone's taking a bit of precaution because we know china having lifted its virtual and now has is you know basically curries rampage through the we need to take kind of precautions like many other countries commonwealth border agency do something about it no one wants us to go back to the dark old days when i get a casting vote on this one. so actually i'm going to say my union jackass is angus robertson for. going to say my union jackass is angus robertson for . sure. i angus robertson for. sure. i have to be honest, because we had all this some time ago. meghan markle likening her to harry something well, that

brought joy to the south african nation, which was ridiculous . nation, which was ridiculous. but i think this one is truly ridiculous and you said actually, shawn offensive to a lot of people as and actually absolutely ridiculous . but absolutely ridiculous. but sometimes i think these people are making crazy headlines just for themselves seems why why they made this statement set but it doesn't seem to be based on anything apart from that let's look now something a little more because that's been a very positive show. and very positive show. and thank very much, doing that . much, panel for doing that. greatest actually i greatest britain actually i would have to say that's the greatest honorary although obviously sad vivienne obviously very sad vivienne westwood i would like to go with pele because football is this global game. look at that smile. one of the greatest we have ever seen. sure. and will we ever see the likes of him again? well thank you very much indeed, sean.thank thank you very much indeed, sean. thank you. thank you, korva. a great panel. korva. what a great panel. that's all from me . obviously, that's all from me. obviously, dan is going to be back week when things get a little bit to

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channel good evening . i'm tatiana good evening. i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom. tributes have been in for british fashion. dame vivienne westwood , who has died at the westwood, who has died at the age of 81. the iconic designer known for her quirky style became synonymous with 1970s punk rock. dressing celebrities politicians and royalty . famed politicians and royalty. famed for her slogan t shirts and corseted dresses , she became one corseted dresses, she became one of fashion's biggest names. her representatives have said she died peacefully, surrounded by her family in south london . the

her family in south london. the victoria and albert