tv christine hamilton and also tv personality lizzie cundy . before personality lizzie cundy. before we get started let's get your latest news headlines . nana, latest news headlines. nana, thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. i'm bethany elsey the gb newsroom the vatican announced the death of p0pe vatican announced the death of pope benedict the 16th at the age of 95. pope benedict , the age of 95. pope benedict, the head of the catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. he became the pontiff to step down from the role in 600 years due to health to ill health and old age. pope francis lead his funeral on the 5th of january in penis square square while associate editor the catholic herald simon caldwell spoke to gb news about pope benedict's . benedict wasn't benedict's. benedict wasn't going to allow people to come in with all kinds of novelties or a

revolutionary reform and this kind of thing. revolutionary reform and this kind of thing . he said, no, this kind of thing. he said, no, this is this is a sacred this is something which . this is what something which. this is what this is what we hold to be true . and it wasn't that it was against homosexuals or against women or anything like that. it was it was upholding 2000 years of christian teaching. and said, this is what it means to be a christian. for linus as he won the women's euro, 2022 are among those recognised in the new year honours list. the first to be issued by king charles. captain leah williamson has been made an obe whilst lucy bronze beth mead and ellen white been given mrs. gb news presenter anne diamond has received an obe for services to public health and, charity and queen guitarist and animal welfare campaign of brian may has received a knighthood . it's has received a knighthood. it's a nice surprise to them to have this honour put upon . i also

this honour put upon. i also think it's it comes with a responsibility to behave well i guess to continue behave in a way which benefits the country and the of the population here and the of the population here and world as well you know. but itake and world as well you know. but i take this response to responsibility quite seriously anyway . the prime minister responsibility quite seriously anyway. the prime minister has admitted last 12 months have been tough and warned the uk's problems go away next year. in his new year message to the uk , his new year message to the uk, rishi sunak said the government will continue to tackle the nhs backlog and illegal immigration . he also said king charles is coronation will bring the country together. i'm not going to pretend that all our problems will go in the new year , but will go in the new year, but 2023 will give us an opportunity . showcase the very best of britain on the world stage in this historic of his majesty the king's coronation. we will come together with pride in

everything that makes this country great. yes. 20, 23 will have its challenges for the government. i lead is putting your priorities first. the government has confirmed anyone travelling directly from china to england from the 5th of january must show a negative covid test departure. there are no direct flights from china , no direct flights from china, scotland, wales and northern ireland. but the government says it will with devolved administrations , ensure measures administrations, ensure measures are implemented . it's amid are implemented. it's amid concerns surging covid cases . concerns surging covid cases. china, following an easing of restriction since. france. spain the us have also introduced rules . russia's defence ministry rules. russia's defence ministry says 82 of their soldiers who were captured by ukraine have been released in the latest prisoner exchange between the two sides. ukraine is yet to comment on their claims. meanwhile, the mayor of ukraine's capital, kyiv, says ten explosions have been heard .

ten explosions have been heard. the city after air raid sirens were sounded in every across the country. confirmed at least one person has been killed and new year's celebrations have already begun with new zealand and australia welcoming in 2023. it was sydney. the new year was rung in with thousands of fireworks launched from the iconic harbour bridge and sydney opera house and for the first time the dazzle display featured rainbow waterfall for inclusivity . you're up to date . inclusivity. you're up to date. tv news will bring you more news as it happens now let's return to nanette . to nanette. well, good afternoon , you and well, good afternoon, you and welcome. thank you so for joining us on new year's eve. i'm a queer. my panel and i are here to bring you the latest news, discussion and topics sink

our teeth into . although my our teeth into. although my teeth are getting really softer and what's happening to me is .7 and what's happening to me is.7 what's coming and what's happening to me is? what's coming up today? now benedict 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican announced. he was the first punk to stand down in centuries in 2013 due to health problems. his funeral is due to take place on thursday , 5th of january. and thursday, 5th of january. and tributes have been pouring in from all over the world. later i'll get the thoughts of the former archbishop of canterbury, dr. rowan williams covid yes, it's back. travel checks are returning to the shores of january after the governments announced travellers arriving from china will have to provide evidence of a negative covid test before boarding their plane. now the us italy and spain have already imposed testing restrictions . king testing restrictions. king charles has unveiled his very first new year's honours list . first new year's honours list. there are 1107 recipients of the main , 50% of whom are women, main, 50% of whom are women, including our very own, and who has received an obe. we'll be

talking to one of the unsung heanngs talking to one of the unsung hearings on honours list at 330. that's on the way the next time. tell me what you think of everything we're discussing as even everything we're discussing as ever. gb news, gbnews.uk. everything we're discussing as ev

he has passed very sad to the. he's done very he's 95 and he's had great impact on many, many , had great impact on many, many, as we've seen in all the cities that have come in, say it's a very sad moment. it's a moment we can all be nice in passing in a while. cardinal the same yesterday as well. it's a summons but one one we can hopefully reflect on this and use his legacy now to move forward. now what does he mean to the catholic community? he was he was a great to me personally who was made money. worked very hard to restore a great and dignity to all catholic worship . he did this in catholic worship. he did this in particular by, more widely committing the traditional form of the mass . and this has helped of the mass. and this has helped me personally develop a deeper understanding my faith and a love of god. so that's something that i know myself . many other that i know myself. many other

catholics will be very grateful for. and he's also been a real humble and i'm sure great servant leadership . and this can servant leadership. and this can be seen even in his his retirement as pope when you had that recognition that he was no longer fit serve that he knew that there were a lot of changes that there were a lot of changes that needed be made in the church and. that recognition he wasn't a man for the job so to step back and allow somebody else do that i think is a else to do that i think is a real humble thing that we can all learn from as well . and i all learn from as well. and i would that the service would imagine that the service then will be set on the agenda . then will be set on the agenda. youri assuming there'll be lots of preparations and things that are taking place. how will you commemorate him ? it's a great commemorate him? it's a great question . i don't think i've question. i don't think i've been able to give much thought to it yet. i would love to be able to the funeral online. i don't think i'm going to be able get to rome, unfortunately . so get to rome, unfortunately. so that would like to watch online . i'll be praying for him. it's something it's it's a great something it's a it's a great tradition of all saints that we

pray for the dead when we ask that receive the mercy and love of god that we will need us human beings. so be doing that as well . and of course , the as well. and of course, the world will be watching in view. how have you ? because if you how have you? because if you look at the way faith is these days, it seems that the catholic seems to be shrinking for you. how you keep with your faith . a how you keep with your faith. a lot of i mean, it's been a lot of people being put off by the church and a lot of things have been going on within it. what keeps you with your faith? i think knowing that it's that it's the truth that we say that what i am and my friends and the whole catholic community, you stand by. i you know , really stand by. i you know, really believe that that is that is the choice that we are we are living for it both in terms of the teachings of the church and then also with our faith and. i'm really privileged to have some amazing catholic and be part of amazing catholic and be part of a really wonderful traditional

catholic community that really helps support each other. i'm sure i would agree that it's that it's diminishing. i think in ways it may appear like that, but actually what we've seen and seen and a greater move towards , what i would say the sort of authentic catholicism obsession through and through and through some restrictions that we experienced on our worship . i experienced on our worship. i think it's really meant that for many of us we've become even stronger in that that seeing something or the possibility of something or the possibility of something being taken away. it's, you know . they say you it's, you know. they say you don't know how much you love something until it's gone. and i think something that we think that's something that we experienced very profoundly over think that's something that we exp�*lastlced very profoundly over think that's something that we exp�*last coupley profoundly over think that's something that we exp�*last couple of)rofoundly over think that's something that we exp�*last couple of years. dly over think that's something that we exp�*last couple of years. so over the last couple of years. so that stuff, i mean, certainly for me made me want to for me anyway, made me want to not waste opportunity . it was not waste an opportunity. it was an incredible man, really , and an incredible man, really, and he was quite ill for quite some time. did this come as a surprise ? community is very old surprise? community is very old as well . i don't think it was

as well. i don't think it was a surprise. obviously, it's always a matter when, not if . i think, a matter when, not if. i think, you know , pope francis said just you know, pope francis said just i think it was on wednesday asking surprise to him that he really wasn't in a good state health. so i don't it's you know as you say he was he's being honoured. it comes as a surprise . but that doesn't mean that it doesn't you know, it's not felt any more deeply by the church. and i know his loss will be felt by many for so many different. and it wasn't that long ago that he was here in uk. he made the first of a state. people visit back in 2010. and the streets of london were filled with . london were filled with. catholics welcoming him . so catholics welcoming him. so i think for so many people as well, that loss will be he was here until two years ago . here until two years ago. madeline, for you then this man has left an legacy for you. what what does your faith mean to you

personally ? so we had some it's personally? so we had some it's my whole identity. it's my way of my way of being i must say, sort of dictates how i live my life and the choices that i make. and this and the way that l, make. and this and the way that i, i am that i strive to sort of interact intimate with other people with records, to be certain of christ and to love others as, as my love does and so that influence comes through in hopefully in the choices that i make , in the way that i make, in the way that i advocate for people from conception right through through to natural death, for example , to natural death, for example, and the way in which we seek to speak to and help the vulnerable and the poor, the sick. and i think it's really how how how we as society , flourish, if never as society, flourish, if never know, sometimes it can be quite

. it's been very lovely to talk you.thank . it's been very lovely to talk you. thank you for sharing your . that's madeline page. she's a spokesperson . the catholic spokesperson. the catholic voices. i thank you so much . if voices. i thank you so much. if you just join me, welcome on board. this is a good use on tv and on digital radio. i've done and on digital radio. i've done a quick note on the way rishi sunak, has performed a u—turn to surprise by imposing covid checks on those travelling into the uk from china following covid cases which continue to surge that we'll be discussing that next. but first let's take a look at the welcome looking ahead to this afternoon . and the ahead to this afternoon. and the uk looking mostly cloudy with uk is looking mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain, but and brighter the north—west he brighter in the north—west he has the details it be cold and rather cloudy across northern scotland this afternoon there will be some sunny spells at times, but also scattered wintry showers bringing snow to higher ground. the weather over northern ireland will be mostly dry with plenty of sunny spells developing as we head into the

winds will be falling light. it will remain rather cloudy across north—west england with limited sunny spells here . there will sunny spells here. there will also be some patchy or showers at times. t it will very cloudy across wales with cloud low enough to bring hill fog . at enough to bring hill fog. at times there will be outbreaks of locally heavy rain with the driest conditions in the east. it will be overcast in east midlands this afternoon with prolonged and at times heavy rain for all areas it will be rather with strong gusts feeling mild for this time of year , east mild for this time of year, east anglia will be cloudy throughout the afternoon with prolonged spells of locally heavy rain throughout . there will be some throughout. there will be some dner, throughout. there will be some drier , brighter spells, but they drier, brighter spells, but they will be limited . it will be will be limited. it will be a windy afternoon across southern england, especially along the coast it will be cloudy with spells of locally heavy edging eastwards , further spells of eastwards, further spells of rain across southern areas while remaining cold in the north with wintry showers over northern scotland . and that's how the

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nana akua it's new year's eve. yes. so from january the fifth, travellers arrive in the uk from china will have to prove a negative covid test flying. now the move by prime minister elect comes after a similar move by the us, france and india after months of lockdowns china is due to open borders on the 8th of january, health secretary steve barclay said that the uk taking a balanced and precautionary approach, describing the measures as whilst officials assess the latest covid 19 data. so to discuss the merits of these measures , i'm joined by these measures, i'm joined by professor angus leach, professor of oncology st george's hospital school in london. thank you very much for us. right. so do you think the government are doing the right thing ? yes, i do . that the right thing? yes, i do. that pain point out from a medical of view, there's probably not a great need to do to do this initially . but great need to do to do this initially. but i think great need to do to do this initially . but i think there's initially. but i think there's a lot more than the medical aspects to this think is the

overriding thing here i think is political to be to china basically covered up everything about this they covered up the very instance the very existence . they covered up the source of the virus when it's clear to many of us that it has come from the laboratory , they may let it the laboratory, they may let it escape. basically to the out of china when the who. previously said there's no way it could get out of china. this is a pandemic. everything would be in place to preventative. and none of that came . and i just feel of that came. and i just feel we've been punished for three years by basically the cameras and lies. i don't think we should allow them to get away with . so i think having some with. so i think having some kind restriction can sends a political message , can't just political message, can't just say we're opening up now with our 2 million infected people out, let go and infect you with the game . i think this has to be the game. i think this has to be that you cannot get away with that. so that's that's why i

actually them having the testing and then there's a couple knock on effects of this is that it's true what i was reported true that over half one of the planes from china for everybody half of them were infected with it then it is likely in this population that's been sort of knocked down, poor health, not being able to exercise all these other things, they're going to get ill eventually . and can we really eventually. and can we really afford to have any more demands on our health? so this really could even you can't get into hospital even if you're dying. so unless it's not just me, but it isn't the case is the point . it isn't the case is the point. and then there's another which i don't think needs to fully borne in mind is there are several studies now showing people who had the vaccines are more likely to get other infections. it makes them more susceptible to other viruses . so that's another other viruses. so that's another reason why i really don't want

another of people infected into the country at the present time and bear in mind, too, that even though you have negative covid test, when you get on the plane with many, many cases where people that they need get on the plane and positive getting lost, we are going to have this excess exposure . well, i mean, is it exposure. well, i mean, is it could the nhs can't exactly cope with even us so to get anybody else and there is the case of things like long covid which is shown to be quite a drain on our services because people are ill and also a drain on the work environment because people aren't to work . but they aren't going to work. but they said that the strain is omnicom is one that we've had here before . but but we can be before. but but we can be reinfected. can we be reinfected? omicron or is it they are infected with different variants of covid? that is actually happening? well we hear of people who've been infected with covid two or three times and they've had . so they're

and they've had. so they're probably different strains, certainly only problem is a much more infectious but much less of a problem medically. it wasn't going send you to hospital or you were going to die from it unless you had lots of other underlying conditions . and so it underlying conditions. and so it is likely that the other variants that are at that will be exposed to will be even less dangerous , but they will be dangerous, but they will be infectious and, you know, these viruses compete covid competes with the flu it competes with the common cold. and we've got awful lot of people now. and i was of the reasons we had a really cold is i hadn't been exposed it for two or three years because the cold it out to peter and colleagues have had very bad flu so the i think the actual cold will be the better so called new omicron is that they want to get exposed in the future will probably be the least of our worries. the flu in the cold seem be more a more serious as regards causing illness is it just because we

are now searching for different variants of this disease as well this virus that we're now saying, oh, there's this bird and that very i is it not almost like the common cold where there are lots of different types of it and if we were to start testing for variants of the testing for the variants of the common we would the common cold, we would find the same thing . oh you'd find many, same thing. oh you'd find many, many . so the common cold, many there. so the common cold, i not, not common i mean they're not, not common cold isn't always caused by the same of virus , let alone same type of virus, let alone the strain of . so yeah, the same strain of. so yeah, i don't, i don't believe that we should be listening to sage in these other people even when i call these and do monsters basically always looking for the very worst scenario. and now we that in the modelling which caused the first lockdown they only presented what was the very worst scenario . and therefore worst scenario. and therefore the one that wasn't true was probably the least likely on which the ministers not everybody acted a lot all down includes this incredible an

economic collapse that we are experiencing. so i do everything needs to be brought into perspective and i know the reason for supporting china is like china cannot just decide she's going to let everybody out and the country and kind of hear the exact is without us having some regulation if she had done job properly it will happen when the virus first escaped and infected the people. i mean, she lied, died about everything they said . just don't worry. it does said. just don't worry. it does not have from human to human. it only come from the back to him does not speak. when it was obvious to anybody as it was being spread , just like the flu being spread, just like the flu costs and colds. but the people are going . it was very bad and are going. it was very bad and they lied to us and they admitted that they not up to the w.h.o. is, i admitted that they not up to the who. is, i think, was the real achilles heel. the who. if it had been free to operate like did and so does that never have

escaped and it would the whole thing would have been locked down and contained. but they have shown severely chastised. china is the way they handled this. so, so china taking note and actually being a good citizen as it were the next one, came out and doing so it is corrupted w.h.o. by lobbying for a non—medical very supplement head which is tedros i call him and he basically listen to them and he basically listen to them and they know the world when he should have and it should never have come out to china and china just walk away and not be held also account for this. so it's one of the reasons why i think you have to in so say had come our country going have a test our country going to have a test first and well angus you very much for that but very briefly really quickly we've got about 10 seconds. you think that 10 seconds. do you think that this a manmade virus or like this is a manmade virus or like the past been boosted you the past been boosted or do you think that it was something that it natural that escaped it was natural that it escaped from an animal or when the backbone of the virus came from

from a back? there's no doubt about it the bats were living over a thousand miles away and they were brought to the laboratories say for a reason and they had lots of viruses on them . they they isolated lots of them. they they isolated lots of bacteria and viruses , these bacteria and viruses, these things. so that you knew that these and then they were engineering them to make them more infectious to humans , more infectious to humans, right. so they messed around on it do that. it's eventually to escape. i mean, i'm just we've got to go. but thank you for that possible angus thank you for that. we're gonna have a long chat about this at some point. i'll take you for coffee sometimes. a leash . sometimes. angus a dog leash. he's just all our covid well, he's just all of our covid well, let's our danny, let's to our panel, danny, christine and lizzie. well, i'm going to start with you, lizzie. what do you think about that mean? preparations . i want mean? i say preparations. i want reparations, china just reparations, but china just suddenly want to open up. i just think we should let them know. i don't to get another don't want to get another vibrant. i don't know have

another lockdown panic another lockdown all that panic and did to our and look what it did to our economy mental health economy and the mental health you know the what it did to schooling. we've got a, you know, a real mental health epidemic, but still , that epidemic, but still, that i mean, it's only on reconquista. and apparently we've had before. well, it was so refreshing listening to an expert to be able to agree with everything you say. thought was you say. i thought he was absolutely brilliant. of absolutely brilliant. yes, of course tell you course should. and i'll tell you what do we should test what we should do we should test them of what them all. and because of what professor on professor said about they get on the it they the plane without it and they get off with test them when get off it with test them when they test them when they get on and test them when they get on and test them when they get on and test them when they get off and make them pay for the test, there's reason for the test, there's no reason why pay for these why we should pay for these tests either the chinese government for them tests either the chinese gov the nent for them tests either the chinese govthe individual for them tests either the chinese govthe individual traveller them tests either the chinese govthe individual traveller andn at. the individual traveller and i testing may i agree, you know, testing may not have any real effect, etcetera, etcetera. it's that's not point. it's the not the point. it's the principle behaved so principle they have behaved so disgracefully. i don't believe a word of what the chinese say. so let's them what about let's make them pay. what about , should be , though? maybe they should be quarantined then can quarantined and then they can come pay for the come in. they can pay for the hotel, them in where they hotel, put them in where they were, asylum the were, they asylum somehow the asylum seekers out the asylum seekers to take out the control i think

control system. those i think the professors , the the professors, the significance, the political significance, the political significance because president xi there's 1.4 significance because president xi there's1.4 billion people in china and he's had them under more or less house arrest in the last three years with his covid zero policy. so professor thinks this is punitive to president xi doesn't give a about a few thousand chinese having the covid swaps he doesn't care about the it . that's just about the it. that's just irrelevant to him. everything i sort of agree with him, but why the public are being punished. they've been under lock and key for three years with this crazy covid zero policy. now when world opens up them, we're world opens up to them, we're punishing them personally for the past , punishing them personally for the past, what is wrong with having it so that you haven't got a virus you should apply ? got a virus you should apply? have you called an ambulance? we certainly have. you tried to school in 81 and he says we're going to. is that fair enough ? going to. is that fair enough? but if i also this will become and then say to be worse than or what new year 31 ambulances

outside the hospital with with dying not being able to get seen . we cannot do this we really can't. and i'm sorry, china responsible and i'm sorry. can't. and i'm sorry, china responsible and i'm sorry . yes, responsible and i'm sorry. yes, that's omicron. so that's all the criticism i have given , the criticism i have given, striking some very powerful that's that's speculation . but that's that's speculation. but we don't well, we afford a single foreigner having to take advantage of our nhs. we simply can't for reasons that have been stated because we haven't got for ourselves. so if there's chance of keeping anybody out, you might have covid end up you might have covid and end up in care . let's try. in intensive care. let's try. remember, should have some in intensive care. let's try. rearember, should have some in intensive care. let's try. reare going should have some in intensive care. let's try. reare going to should have some in intensive care. let's try. reare going to come.ild have some in intensive care. let's try. reare going to come. there'e some if are going to come. there should be proper health insurance which which they'd should be proper health insur.to:e which which they'd should be proper health insur.to:e thut which they'd should be proper health insur.to:e thut then|ich they'd should be proper health insur.to:e thut then pointiey'd should be proper health insur.to:e thut then point is, d have to pay. but then point is, there's actually there's nobody who can actually take people take care of these people because can't take care because we can't even take care of in country isn't of them in this country isn't dead. not the fault. it's dead. it's not the fault. it's not the fault of the individual chinese. it's but chinese. of course it's not. but but president xi but we can't get to president xi . we don't get it done. how do you know ? doesn't that's you know? doesn't give a. that's easy. the professor. he didn't give what ? organisations give a about what? organisations wake up. give a about all people

though in our country and our nhs is on its knees we can't afford to this. okay we really can't and it's going to be the responsibility of the airlines now do all the checking on now to do all the checking on all know as well , all of this. you know as well, frankly i travel i should i won't. reparations frankly for this covid. i'm going with christine . foreigners coming in. christine. foreigners coming in. no, no, that's not quite what i said . no sighs said. don't say said. no sighs said. don't say that. i know. but said. no sighs said. don't say that. i know . but let said. no sighs said. don't say that. i know. but let me just clarify. we cannot afford any foreigners coming to our nhs because we haven't got enough capacity. that's what said that they pay. oh they pay. that's well everything you said. i totally agree with. yeah i think it's fantastic. well look to be honest i mean for my in my perspective i just think that actually this virus came from china. they lie about how bad it wasn't , you know, that it wasn't, you know, that it couldn't pass from human to human, things like that. as a result , travel wasn't suspended result, travel wasn't suspended in so the america to in the way it so the america to do that know how much it do that i don't know how much it would have made but the bottom

line is think that we should would have made but the bottom lin�*askingiink that we should would have made but the bottom lin�*asking chinaiat we should would have made but the bottom lin�*asking china reparations,d would have made but the bottom lin�*asking china reparations, you be asking china reparations, you know, it's cost us know, because it's cost us all a fortune. up buying ppe fortune. we ended up buying ppe from to make out and. they were the only ones that had anything left. so in the end, the property it heavily from this point have to responsible point have a lot to responsible for. china for all for. i'm angry china for all apparently i really am we're still trying to recover we're still trying to recover we're still in lockdown crisis with everything good look the president xi we got a chance. we'll send you in. yes these look like a border . you get look like a border. you get those pictures . christie? oh, those pictures. christie? oh, no. i was only going to say that all this ppe that we paid and then wasn't used is now allegedly in baroness moon's back yard . we don't know that . back yard. we don't know that. that's all. okay, so we will go there with that one. so final thought to you, danny. we'll give it to you , buddha. what do give it to you, buddha. what do you . what he said said he you. what he said said he looked. no, i've got a great in

leamington where there's a buddha and he looks just like me or i look just like. so what was the question of the bottle. i think we've got enough. the well, if you just joined the both is gb news live on tv both this is gb news live on tv onune both this is gb news live on tv online digital radio . online and on digital radio. nana akua. fast . 33 minutes nana akua. it's fast. 33 minutes after five out of the way. queen guitarist brian may and three lionesses are among those on this year's honours list. but we have a special guest next is also set to receive a cbe. we'll have that next. but first, let's get your latest headlines . nana, get your latest headlines. nana, thank you. it's 333. good afternoon. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom. the vatican has announced the death. of pope benedict the 16th at the age of 95.pope benedict the 16th at the age of 95. pope benedict was the head of the catholic church 2005 until his resignation mission in 2013. he became the first pontiff to step down from the role in 600 years due to old and ill health. pope francis will

lead his funeral the 5th of january in st peter's square , january in st peter's square, followed vanessa, as he won the women's zero 2022 are among those recognised in the new year honours list . the first to be honours list. the first to be issued by king. captain leah williamson has been made an obe while her team—mates lucy bronze beth mead and ellen white have been given mbes . gb news is anne been given mbes. gb news is anne diamond has also received an obe for services to public health and charity . and queen guitarist and charity. and queen guitarist bnan and charity. and queen guitarist brian may has received a knighthood the government has confirmed to anyone travelling directly from china to england from the 5th of january must show a negative covid test before their departure . there before their departure. there are no direct flights from china , scotland, wales or northern ireland . the government says it ireland. the government says it will work with the devolved nafions will work with the devolved nations to ensure measures are implemented there as well. it's concerns about surging cases in china following an easing of restrictions. france, spain and the us have also introduced

rules and new year celebrations have already begun across the globe . new zealand and australia globe. new zealand and australia welcoming in 2023. instead the new year was rung in 1000 to fireworks launched from the iconic harbour bridge and sydney opera house. the 12 minute display featured 100,000 pyrotechnic effects , including a pyrotechnic effects, including a rainbow waterfall waterfall . rainbow waterfall waterfall. you're up to date on tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news nana. we'll be back in a moment.

is this coming up to 39 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm not aware now the 2023 new honours list has been revealed. now, this is the first one to be

signed off by king. and recipients include queen's guitar brian may and our very anne diamond but one special lady there's also received an honours is rosamond kiss casey deborah now husband's daughter died in 2013 from a rare form of asthma . the death was the first asthma. the death was the first of its kind to be linked to air pollution and she's now campaigning for ella's to ensure that there are policy put in place to help keep the clean. and she describes being made a cbe after death as bittersweet, adding although i got the inquest victory , she will inquest victory, she will really, really be proud that i didn't give up and born casey deborah now cbe joins me to discuss this further so good to see you rosamond again first of all how do you feel about this? because as you said, it's bittersweet, but your hard work is being recognised . you just is being recognised. you just mate, you just made it very emotional i suppose, because it's coming from you just to i was just sitting there just

listening to it, having i feel a little bit emotional as 24 days to what would have been ella's 19th birthday so my kids are said to me mom enjoy this second this moment don't do that but i just can't really help it really l, just can't really help it really i, i, i am so yeah it's a very proud moment, but i'm not jumping for joy because this proud moment, but i'm not jumping forjoy because this law jumping for joy because this law is in the house of commons and. ineed is in the house of commons and. i need to say much. the public on my side to lobby the mps to passit on my side to lobby the mps to pass it through because there won't be any getting this if unless doesn't get through. because ella's law ultimately will save lives and me getting a cbe is not going to save lives. no save for endless laws. and what are not to go into too much depth of it, but ultimately how will go about saving people's lives? well, i can you one thing really quickly it involve indoor air pollution which tackles the issue of mould and when we when

we wrote it back then we never envisage anyone would die from mould and in you in going through the houses of laws as you now know our pets died. but since then many more parents have written to me about the awful conditions live in everything i do. i mean, there's a film coming out next year about all my campaigning . it's about all my campaigning. it's not going to bring my back. no, but i hope actually, a consultant told me on december the 19th, a week christmas. the senior consults king did say to my , by the way, all the stuff my, by the way, all the stuff your mum is doing is actually making a change. so to hear that from someone who works on the frontline that matters greatly. and it's not for ego. i mean, i've known for quite , quite a i've known for quite, quite a while and it hasn't me whatsoever , but it's really whatsoever, but it's really important that i focus nana i've got to really focus and lobby as

hard as possible and not get distracted by this moment . hard as possible and not get distracted by this moment. i can't take my eye off the ball for even one minute and i know people will say, oh, enjoy it. it's new eve, but it's really, really important that i continue in the direction i'm going and. i always say to people like yourself , i always say to people like yourself, thank you for giving me the platform because you allow me to talk about these things. look for, today, at some point during , i will think about point during, i will think about all young people that have died from strep a or the young people this who have died from asthma because know what their parents are going . so i would definitely are going. so i would definitely think about them and i will remember tomorrow in church when go to church to well, you know , go to church to well, you know, you should have a glass of something this evening to say well done to yourself for really pushing it through and, working hard because you are making change to so many people and you've got to keep going because you're doing an incredible job.

and for your campaign will this cbe will it will it help at all? will there be any way that can help to push or campaign it and what can we do to help you? well, i hope the only thing i actually hope it sort of allows, which is bit ridiculous to say, is that when i write to the like of keir starmer or the prime minister. now, i don't know whether it will help in them responding they responding me because they haven't me so far. i haven't responded me so far. i don't know whether ecb is going to any difference because to make any difference because i'm still same person i'm still the same person writing , but i would really like writing, but i would really like both of respond to me and you both of to respond to me and you know, chris whitty has done a report this year about air pollution and everyone in health. look when i was younger in school one in nine people died from cancer. we're now down to one in two. so i beg british pubuc to one in two. so i beg british public to support me on this. you know, if i die tomorrow , you know, if i die tomorrow, still want ella's law to actually go through to save other people ultimately and i actually mean that . well, actually mean that. well, listen, rosalind , you know,

listen, rosalind, you know, congratulations getting this honoun congratulations getting this honour, which is well—deserved and wishing . oh, keir, you heard and wishing. oh, keir, you heard what she said you haven't responded you mind getting in touch with rosalind please was been thank you thank you for audiences but it good to talk to you take care of yourself happy new year. yeah every day that is incredible. rosalind kisses deborah achieve in amazing unbelievable. it's a joy to be here is my panel i've got lizzie cundy danny and also christine hamilton your with me. i'm nana akua this is gb news on tv, onune akua this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. after the break, new year's eve calls for huge celebrations that usually involve a cloud of glass , bubbly or two. but what about those who've decided to have a sofa? do you will be discussing that next. plus, the popular dry their first official .

break good afternoon if you're just me, where have you been? this is i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, onune i'm nana akua. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. we are the people's channel. and of course it's new year's eve, which calls for celebration and many will be drinking a glass or two of bubbly. but after tonight , you may be thinking about making some lifestyle changes because one of the biggest ones, people undertake in january is actually giving up alcohol easier said than done for some. well who better to discuss this than john turner? was it tuna ? than john turner? was it tuna? tuna, cheese, honey ? they do. is tuna, cheese, honey? they do. is it because there's no are meant to be done? i think it's definitely yeah. there's an irony. there is this is tuna had it which is a fish found of sober punks who decided to give up alcohol and has since written a blog to help those give up alcohol as well john. that's right. right . what why why right. all right. what why why have this ? well, i was have you done this? well, i was at is you do you drink too much? you know i wasn't you to think

about an alcoholic as being somebody was vodka on their cornflakes and kind of, you know , a homeless person. so these kind of really kind of maybe kind of really kind of maybe kind of really kind of maybe kind of down and out and struggling, i you'll struggling, i think you'll you'll society is littered you'll find society is littered with functioning with what we call functioning alcoholics. yeah. people who can hold decent hold down a decent job. i certainly but maybe drink certainly was, but maybe drink heavily weekends and. they heavily on weekends and. they just find that if they were to and to take a look at that and take a step back and maybe look at removing from their at removing alcohol from their lives they reach lives then maybe they can reach their potential. their full potential. and certainly me, i realised certainly for me, i realised back in 2015 that drinking obviously on the was just stopping me reaching that potential. i had hangovers that were going until wednesday sometimes and that meant that my day job was suffering , that was day job was suffering, that was giving me anxiety. so much. did you drink then? so give me an example. i know i have a somebody i know who just drank and didn't think that they an alcoholic . i and didn't think that they an alcoholic. i mean, i could say i'm not an alcoholic but they didn't they're an didn't think they're an alcoholic only alcoholic because. they only drank fried k all the drank from, say, fried k all the way through until sunday

midnight . yeah. and well, midnight. yeah. and well, comatose for most of you know, they didn't think they're like that. so was like, well, that's alcoholism. but don't think that. so was like, well, that's alcoiknowr. but don't think that. so was like, well, that's alcoiknow that's don't think that. so was like, well, that's alcoiknow that's exactly hink that. so was like, well, that's alcoiknow that's exactly the; they know that's exactly the type of drink that i was and i still have lots of friends, a lot people know who drink lot of people i know who drink what worse way what you call in a worse way than did. but the big is than i ever did. but the big is that me, could see that it that for me, i could see that it was holding me back. yeah. and you you're being held you feel like you're being held back alcohol for me, that's, back by alcohol for me, that's, that's taking that's something worth taking look tell you kind look at. and i can tell you kind of that in the of evidence that in the in the kind time in a seven years kind of time in a seven years since 2015, when i quit drinking , achieved in that , i've achieved more in that time than did in the first three, five years of my life. that's it. was your drink? that's it. what was your drink? what oh what were you doing? oh could have anything. a have been anything. i'm a musician, i musician, so on weekends, i spent of time touring. so spent a lot of time touring. so playing, know, venues where playing, you know, venues where you're surrounded by. by beer cider. what could have been? i think it could been. could think it could have been. could be vodka. think it could have been. could be vodka i be wine, could be vodka. i was always fan of jagermeister always a big fan of jagermeister . really? anything? no . really? anything? honestly, no tramps drink awful, as you say. oh, friday night or sunday night, i was just all over. i loved it, but i was smashed . and

loved it, but i was smashed. and then, you know, and what they you the people around you, did they not mention anything to you? they sort of you? oh, they all sort of drinking quite a bit as well. i was surrounded by people who were lot and was were drinking a lot and it was quite so had to quite normalised. so it had to come kind of within come from kind of within me to say didn't feel right say this didn't feel right anymore. suddenly , i anymore. that didn't suddenly, i think for a good few years leading up i stopped leading up to when i stopped drinking and already tried a few times quit , drinking and already tried a few times quit, i tried go to times to quit, i tried to go to aa it, didn't work for me and it worked for a lot people, but worked for a lot of people, but it work . me and worked for a lot of people, but it work. me and it was it didn't work. me and it was just one of those things that i felt i need to do for myself . i felt i need to do for myself. i think, you know, when you know personally that you have to change for you, for nobody, that's when you'll put that's the time when you'll put the you'll the the work and you'll make the effort. to make that change. effort. you to make that change. can you have one day? so like tonight you could have a glass of champagne. you be fine. or it would that have one would it be that you'd have one and want some more? you want and you want some more? you want somebody wants more. so going back i mean, it's back a few years, i mean, it's seven now since quit seven years now since i quit drinking the first six years i didn't touch a drawer in the

last year. i've i've got into position where if i'm celebrating a friend's wedding or my or a birthday and my relationship alcohol relationship with alcohol is very what it very different now to what it was ago. so was seven years ago. so occasionally of have occasionally i kind of have a glass and. i'll be absolutely fine. i'm a different person. slope, slippery slope, slope. i know i have to go through that process to learn to recalibrate the way i see alcohol and i've got too much to now i didn't have that before well do you know what sort of spoil it for yourself if you drink too much that don't let us bring on let's go let's on go to john let's pick on journalist clarke, journalist judy clarke, who drank in the twenties drank heavily in the twenties and now has given up and is living a sober life , let me say. living a sober life, let me say. well, judy, you look about well, judy, you only look about 21. what's it been year 21. so what's it been a year where we're inclined . no, i, where we're inclined. no, i, i stopped it in 2019 after drinking from being a teenager. i'm a child of the nineties, so it was cider in the park, diamond k all those awful dragged on a while. so yeah , i

dragged on a while. so yeah, i started very young and then in my twenties i was a in london on the magazines and, the newspapers, which was a very heavy drinking culture. i've always expected to drink. it was the dumb thing. always expected to drink. it was the dumb thing . work hard, play the dumb thing. work hard, play hard . and then i, i freelance. hard. and then i, i freelance. so i carried on doing my job. but was still, you know, drinking and meeting friends and drinking. and it was it was just a cultural thing and it did impact life, you know , i had impact my life, you know, i had embarrassing . i'd embarrassing situations. i'd fall asleep on trains, i'd miss tv, i'd be so ill the next day, i'd have to go in late as. the chap just now, he was saying, you realise it, it impacts your life even if you're functioning , doing very well and you seem to well, know to be doing very well, you know you're not and perhaps people around , you know you're not. but around, you know you're not. but they afraid to tell they were most afraid to tell you. know, it's going you. well, you know, it's going bad when you get yourself . not bad when you get yourself. not that i've done out. i don't dnnk that i've done out. i don't drink that much at all. so. so how long. has it been that you have been sober and not drinking how many years ? 2019. i in

how many years? 2019. i in november 2019. and again, like i was saying it it i thought it might a hard thing to do but i think you know when you know you've got to stop and you have to have that discussion with yourself . for me, it was yourself. for me, it was actually easier than i thought. i thought i'd need help, but i didn't. it was just when you make that decision yourself, you know it's time . and i haven't know it's time. and i haven't had single alcoholic drinks in had a single alcoholic drinks in so maybe three four years. so yeah, i know what that's like. it's for me it was when i've too many brazil nuts. i know i'm not going to talk to them for a month for a while and it's almost a reaction where you think, oh, had enough of this? it doesn't actually me it doesn't actually make me feel. so difficult feel. john so how difficult then? he then? because john said that he could every now could have one every now and again now, he was very . again now, because he was very. you can have one tonight. no, no, i'll be having a cup of yorkshire tea tonight. what, what tonight it what about. you julie tonight it is are you planning is new year's. are you planning to have even one night. no, i hadnt. to have even one night. no, i hadn't . i to have even one night. no, i hadn't. i say i haven't to have even one night. no, i hadn't . i say i haven't touched hadn't. i say i haven't touched one since 2019 and literally one since 2019 and it literally doesn't appeal to me anymore. it's not even discussed to me.

it's not even discussed to me. it doesn't interest me . it just doesn't interest me. i've also flu for weeks i've also had flu for weeks since christmas, so i'm going to sort of sit with my pyjamas sort of sit in with my pyjamas on be really boring anyway so it's not really up for it's not it's not really up for debate but yeah it doesn't even tempt anymore . that's funny tempt me anymore. that's funny that because used to that isn't it. because used to get a bit when i was at get quite a bit when i was at university everything else university and everything else like drank, drank and like that and i drank, drank and then i saw people drank too then i saw people who drank too and completely off and that completely put me off drinking soon i drinking a lot. soon as i watched kind of drinking and watched the kind of drinking and actually the job that you describe, that and describe, i saw that and thought, you know what, i can't even if i go shopping even bothered if i go shopping and password, i'll and there's a password, i'll actually buy drink actually forget to buy the drink are to buy come are more likely to buy come multi cake . which is sad, but multi in cake. which is sad, but yeah.i multi in cake. which is sad, but yeah. i think you can place one thing with another. i mean, i certainly replace my vice with chocolate. i i won't lie. you do kind of get something else instead . so for me, it's instead. so for me, it's definitely chocolate. that's a lot of people who quit drinking tend doing like running tend to start doing like running or writing. you get a lot of people start to focus on fitness or spirituality and you do find that people who do tend to drink

lots generally have addictive personalities and that addictiveness potentially won't go away but can be funnelled towards a lot things such as , towards a lot things such as, you know, running a marathon. i've got some through my work with soapbox, i've met some fantastic people taken fantastic people who've taken that personal and that addictive, personal and just just thrown it at something for good people who do ultramarathon ends have ultramarathon ends and have written sorts . and written books and all sorts. and to degree, folks , i try not to some degree, folks, i try not to some degree, folks, i try not to do trials. we focus on faith that john your your that you, john your your thoughts and i've got 10 seconds to give us a good bit of advice to give us a good bit of advice to someone who's thinking quitting drinking . i mean, the quitting drinking. i mean, the key thing for me is to look at your certainly the first month or so, to look at where you're going to spend your time all going to spend your time of all your and people who your situation and people who might into drinking might get you into drinking and also do what we call play the tape forward. think about where you end up tomorrow you would end up tomorrow morning. tonight. morning. if you drink tonight. those be 10 those are supposed to be 10 seconds, actually, 10 seconds, john. actually, 10 seconds, john. actually, 10 seconds if you could seconds to you see if you could do better bit of advice. and i'd advise to know you want advise you to know when you want to stop. so there's no point

trying stall other people trying to stall if other people are telling you you don't. you know when, you're to stop know when, you're ready to stop and you very and you look. thank you very much, julie. it's much, john and julie. it's really talk this really good to talk to you. this is on tv, online and on is a good on tv, online and on digital is the way more digital news is on the way more come in the next hour. digital news is on the way more come in the next hour . looking come in the next hour. looking ahead to this afternoon and the uk is looking mostly cloudy. outbreaks of rain but drier and brighter in the northwest he has the details it will cold and rather cloudy across northern scotland this afternoon. there will some sunny spells at times but also scattered wintry showers , bringing snow to higher showers, bringing snow to higher ground . the weather over ground. the weather over northern ireland be mostly dry with plenty of sunny spells developing as. with plenty of sunny spells developing as . we head into the developing as. we head into the afternoon winds be falling light . it will remain rather cloudy across north—west england with limited spells here. there will also be some patchy rain or at times t it will be very across wales with cloud low enough to bnng wales with cloud low enough to bring hill fog at times there

will be outbreaks of locally rain with the driest conditions in the east. it will be overcast in the east. it will be overcast in east midlands this afternoon with prolonged times heavy rain for all areas it will be rather with strong gusts feeling mild for this time of east anglia will be cloudy the afternoon with prolonged spells of locally heavy rain throughout . there heavy rain throughout. there will be some drier and spells, but they will be limited . it'll but they will be limited. it'll be a windy afternoon . southern be a windy afternoon. southern england especially the coast. it will be cloudy here with spells of locally heavy rain edging eastwards , further spells of eastwards, further spells of rain across southern areas while remaining cold. the north with wintry showers over northern scotland. and that's how the weather's shaping up for the rest of the day .

it is itis2 it is 2 minutes after 4:00. this is jeopardy's on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua over the next 2 hours, me and. my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headunes of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. headlines right now. this show is all about opinion . it's mine, is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course, it's we'll be debating. discussing at times. will disagree. but no times. we will disagree. but no will be cancelled . joining me will be cancelled. joining me today is journalist broadcasting is just your name danny kelly was not you with me. well how about then the broadcast rules the christine , she was the one the christine, she was the one that was yawning and also a tv personality and columnist lizzie cundy. but we get started. let's get your latest news headlines .

get your latest news headlines. get it afternoon. it's 4:02. omri addison , the gb newsroom omri addison, the gb newsroom king charles sent his condolences to francis following the death of . former pope the death of. former pope benedict xvi recalling his constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill . pope peace and goodwill. pope benedict was the head of the catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. he became the first pontiff to step from the role in 600 years due to old age ill health. pope francis will lead his funeral on the 5th of january at saint peter's square . well, associate peter's square. well, associate editor at the catholic herald simon caldwell's to us earlier about pope benedict's legacy . about pope benedict's legacy. benedict wasn't going to allow to come in with all kinds of novelties or revolutionary reforms and this kind of thing. he said no, this is this is a sacred deposit. this is something which this is what this is what we hold to be true . and it wasn't that he was

against homosexuals or against women or anything like that. it was he was upholding 2000 years of christian teaching and said this is what it means to be a christian for linus is who won the women's euros earlier year are among those recognise it in the new year honours list the first to be issued by king charles. captain leah williamson has been made an obe whilst lucy beth mead and ellen white have been given mbes . gb news been given mbes. gb news presenter anne diamond received an obe for her services to pubuc an obe for her services to public health and charity . and public health and charity. and queen guitarist and animal welfare campaigner brian may has received a knighthood . it's received a knighthood. it's a it's a nice surprise to them to have this honour put upon me. i also think it's it comes with a responsibility to behave well, i guess to continue to behave in a way which benefits the country and the of the population here

and, the world as well, you know. but i take response to responsibility quite seriously anyway . brian responsibility quite seriously anyway. brian may responsibility quite seriously anyway . brian may they're anyway. brian may they're talking about what means to be honoured . well, the government honoured. well, the government has confirmed that anyone travelling directly from china to england from the 5th of january must show a negative covid test before departure . covid test before departure. there are no direct flights from china to scotland, wales or northern ireland, but the government says will work with devolved administrations to ensure that measures are implemented there too. it's amid concerns of surging cases in china following an easing of restrictions there. france, spain and, the us also have introduced rules . russia's introduced rules. russia's defence ministry , 82 of their defence ministry, 82 of their soldiers who were captured by have been released in the latest prisoner exchange between the two sides. agreed to put . two sides. agreed to put. ukraine is yet to comment on the

claims. meanwhile, the mayor of ukraine's capital kyiv says ten explosions have been heard in the city. that's after air raids sirens were sounded in. every region of the country , at least region of the country, at least one person was killed . new one person was killed. new year's celebrations have already begun with new zealand and australia welcoming in 2023. in sydney, the new year was welcomed with thousands of fireworks launched from sydney's iconic harbour bridge and opera house. for the first time ever, the dazzling display featured a rainbow waterfall for inclusivity . you're gb news. inclusivity. you're gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. we'll bring you more as it happens . now we'll bring you more as it happens. now let's get we'll bring you more as it happens . now let's get straight happens. now let's get straight back to nanna . back to nanna. good afternoon. you're with me . good afternoon. you're with me. nana akua, this is gb news tv

onune nana akua, this is gb news tv online and on digital. wait, it's fast approaching 7 minutes after 4:00 after the of politics we've had there seems to be a distinct silence from the conservative. i mean we're used to it , the labour party. but to it, the labour party. but this is territory for them . this is territory for them. after the constant nibbling . after the constant nibbling. bofis after the constant nibbling. boris johnson like a load of piranha . unelected by the people piranha. unelected by the people , minister. fishy rishi that a vanishing act. , minister. fishy rishi that a vanishing act . where is he? vanishing act. where is he? where is rishi sunak be? where is he? i mean, i know he's short, but certainly disappeared . he's getting in all the problems. he's just won't pass. now we seem he's behind us. no is he in the cupboard? it wouldn't have to be a one. he'd fit . perhaps he's under the desk fit. perhaps he's under the desk . so in the midst of the strikes orchestrated by this man . any orchestrated by this man. any chance you'll be taking an interview with gb news anytime soon?i interview with gb news anytime soon? i don't think so. they're not my favourites . they're a not my favourites. they're a bunch of right wing , as far as i bunch of right wing, as far as i can see . so occasionally i get

can see. so occasionally i get an interview because they're in the crowd. but i've got no interest in nigel farage or any of their other right wing militants that they've got. that's not a guess. he just made me . and just when we're all me. and just when we're all looking leadership, rishi has gone very quiet. in fact, rishi sunakis gone very quiet. in fact, rishi sunak is merging into sadiq khan, both rarely seen in public. but when they do speak so forgettable. maybe he has said something i've just forgotten what it was that he said . he resurfaced for a moment said. he resurfaced for a moment this week to give us his new year's message. he warned us that the uk's problems not go away in 2023, after a tough 12 months. you say a year, which has been trying to pick up the pieces of , a has been trying to pick up the pieces of, a financial mess, one which he was created by during his tenure as chancellor even sir keir starmer , marginally sir keir starmer, marginally more visible in his in his speech, he called for a new britain that will fix the struggling public services and

grow the economy for everyone . grow the economy for everyone. kerry also talked about the in the lionesses, which is interesting that he mentioned them because they are women. he doesn't appear know what one of those is and whether they have a penis or not. i can tell you, we don't . but amidst this which she don't. but amidst this which she has remained pretty quiet. so where on earth is . where's he where on earth is. where's he gone? maybe it's vanished into his prada shoes shoes . gone? maybe it's vanished into his prada shoes shoes. he gone? maybe it's vanished into his prada shoes shoes . he before his prada shoes shoes. he before we get stuck in the debate, here's what is coming up today. the debate i'm asking, should we aboush the debate i'm asking, should we abolish the house of lords 2022 has been a tough year. the house of lords. there's been outrage at the idea that former prime minister truss, he was only in office for . the 44 days would be office for. the 44 days would be allowed to release her recommendations . peerages. and recommendations. peerages. and now labour saying that if they were to be elected they would aboush were to be elected they would abolish the house of lords . so abolish the house of lords. so these are a place for unelected

in the year 2023 for 50, how could we miss it? royal round up time royal biographer and 11. we live in the studio. give us a summary of what's been an eventful year for the royals from the death of queen elizabeth that netflix mock elizabeth to that netflix mock three released by harry and meghan . we'll be looking forward meghan. we'll be looking forward to harry's book and king's to harry's book and the king's coronation year. and then stay with at five. it's this week's difficult conversations . author difficult conversations. author and lyndon whistle will be and chef lyndon whistle will be joining me live in the studio to discuss how he killed himself. naturally from type two diabetes or remission . any or put it into remission. any case, he did in just 105 case, he did it in just 105 days. you'll be inspiring us and give us an idea some of the give us an idea of some of the tips that could help us get on track and also shed those pounds. up in the pounds. that's coming up in the next hour. tell me what you think. got everything my discussing email previews gbnews.uk me at. gb gbnews.uk or tweet me at. gb news. right. let's get started let's welcome again to my panel. journalist full concert danny

kelly , author and broadcaster kelly, author and broadcaster christine hamilton and of course broadcast , christine hamilton and of course broadcast, and columnist christine hamilton and of course broadcast , and columnist lizzie broadcast, and columnist lizzie cundy. broadcast, and columnist lizzie cundy . right. so let's talk cundy. right. so let's talk about fish species vanished into his shoes. danny i'll start with you. i know where the hell he is. i drove 95 miles down here to get here. was keeping an eye out for him. i got into the ulez zone and i was particularly looking for it and i couldn't see him, you know , with that see him, you know, with that fabulous monologue by the which made would to. one made me how i would love to. one thing lynch what an thing about micky lynch what an intolerance little leftie he is . the fact that he won't talk to gb news, he's a big brexiteer that okay, so he doesn't write politics, but there's so much more to gb news than having right wing opinions on and it just summarises the intolerance left. and they're the real bigots . the real bullies shows bigots. the real bullies shows has washed gb news because if he if really what she couldn't possibly say was so prejudice so just prejudiced. yeah well, yeah, we all quibble on all sorts we don't we when we don't all agree we don't buy it and he

has a huge big million pound pad so you champagne socialist. well he's also getting his normal salary as said the boys on strike and they're getting a pittance for the privilege because he won't you know , maybe because he won't you know, maybe come down on his demands. the problem is that mr. lynch is all too visible, whereas as say, where is rishi, it is it's well he he did write an article in i think it was the sun about two weeks ago. in case you missed it, i know, but that'sjust weeks ago. in case you missed it, i know, but that's just an article. what i find extraordinary was it extraordinary i mean his was it a end of year message a new year, end of year message whatever it have never, whatever? it was. i have never, ever seen anything so boring and wooden really wooden and i can't really actually autocue well actually this autocue very well and dreadful so but he and it was dreadful so but he surely must have or should have learnt the lesson one of the problems of liz truss and i'm trying to think of their names not kwarteng because they not kwarteng was because they delivered their budget which i thought had all right ideas. low tax and high growth etcetera, etcetera. but then they didn't explain it and they disappeared and they went the radar. and they went below the radar. the was a disaster. he

the result was a disaster. he should been out there. he should have been out there. he should have been out there. he should constantly should be there constantly trying explain everything to trying to explain everything to people. are heading this this people. we are heading this this yean people. we are heading this this year, year for the lowest year, next year for the lowest wages since world war ii, apparently, according to the predictions. now, that is an incredible state of affairs , i incredible state of affairs, i think lizzie was mentioned or you did that he presided over some of the decline when he was charged , the exchequer. so where charged, the exchequer. so where the hell is he ? it's such a good the hell is he? it's such a good question. where is rishi? where is i'm maybe he's doing a is he? i'm maybe he's doing a degree in. in competence. maybe he's making some invisibility powers. yeah, i'm all in favour of delegation. and of course that's the whole point of cabinet government and do the health and you do the education and you do that. you do that. but in times of pretty major crisis which i this government is in for quite a is in will be in for quite a long time he's the head he long time he he's the head he should able escalate to should be able to escalate to who mode is the invisible man we don't know where is at a time when he is here he's hidden somewhere so under the christmas tree of it it is . his left does

tree of it it is. his left does he's left us in the political wilderness because we don't know what he's doing. he's he's taken his lip lab, the not the tories . they're not doing about this critical situation . and as critical situation. and as christine said, i mean, look, what's on with the nhs, the immigration. immigration the borders are botched. britain broken. and where is our prime minister? nowhere to be seen . minister? nowhere to be seen. he's i think you would think right that he would. you know what , it was covid and we all what, it was covid and we all did. boris would appear, then somebody else would speak. and then would think that all then you would think that all these ministers speaking to these ministers be speaking to us and letting us us as the public and letting us know going and at know what's going on. and at least some sort of least giving us some sort of some idea that. we are some of idea of that. we are somebody is steering the ship, but i'm not getting that from any and i'm not getting any of them and i'm not getting for from labour for any idea from the labour party, maybe this is a deliberate tactic to be aloof because of the politics because of all of the politics the can the strikes because you can imagine daily press imagine if he gave a daily press briefing over the festival god forbid , but you could imagine forbid, but you could imagine and then visible. so we

and then it's visible. so we can't about his can't complain about his visibility there, can't complain about his visiimost there, can't complain about his visiimost of there, can't complain about his visiimost of the there, can't complain about his visiimost of the questions'e, can't complain about his visiimost of the questions would but most of the questions would be strikes maybe. be about the strikes maybe. well, exactly well, that's exactly it. he should question, should answer the question, certainly. think what he's certainly. well think what he's doing politically sort of doing is politically sort of remaining not to give any leverage . the strikers, it's leverage. the strikers, it's like we don't care . you're on like we don't care. you're on strike because you're going to break before what break and before we do, what about leadership , though, that about leadership, though, that leadership is leadership. look after his campaign after his promotion , no videos, the slick promotion, no videos, the slick video all i'm going to give all promises and now he i mean what is this man about? i'm so under and that's the i can use. i would rather say another word i he's totally just not here. joe biden's the caribbean so what's that got to well, maybe washington. exactly. he fit in a suitcase. he did go in a headlock in his defence. he did. he go to ukraine. we saw the of him wandering around in ukraine. he has done that. but the order

of the first order of any government to look after its people, he's not looking after his people. he may be, but he's not telling us about what the christmas message well. he christmas message as well. he phoned around world. phoned people around the world. oh that was that was. oh, i didn't think to us just a didn't think to us just have a chat with the people on the phone. and such this phone. and that was such this was was awful. was gimmick. it was awful. i mean campaign that he mean, even the campaign that he obviously waited, boris, he didn't really up the suntan didn't really set up the suntan and these things. didn't really set up the suntan amean, these things. didn't really set up the suntan amean, you these things. didn't really set up the suntan amean, you don'tthese things. didn't really set up the suntan amean, you don't just; things. didn't really set up the suntan amean, you don't just bringjs. didn't really set up the suntan amean, you don't just bring a i mean, you don't just bring a product out the next day when it takes months to create the product, you've product, the brand you've been thinking this. was thinking about this. this was set then he brought out set up and then he brought out his cream. what's the his suntan cream. what's the look? a sunblock something look? it's a sunblock something red. don't go get. don't get it. the rishi would tell you wouldn't go red. that was it's such a stupid idea that it really, really should not say as i said , the start and the reason i said, the start and the reason why i did actually support liz truss over rishi is that he's out of touch. and you saw that when he to the homeless person saying well you know are you going to be starting your own business? and he was like, well,

i just want to get to tibet. that's him. he didn't say that. he you in this role is he said all you in this role is , but he's of touch. and how can people relate to this billionaire ? i just don't think billionaire? i just don't think people can relate to him . he's people can relate to him. he's not relating to its people. well he would know as well to start a business any benefit. business or to get any benefit. you an address. so if you need an address. so if you're home, this is a pretty stupid. yes, it is. it's just a thank yeah. i think thank you. yeah. i don't think we against him the we should hold against him the fact a billionaire fact that he's a billionaire that's well because it doesn't necessarily him being a good prime minister. i'm saying it makes him a good prime minister. it nobody should be it doesn't him. nobody should be held because held back from any role because they're but he's not they're rich but he's not relating to the british people was saying a homeless person, you know have you got a business because rich not able to do because he's rich not able to do bofis because he's rich not able to do boris able to connect with the everyday plebs like us for he wasn't a billionaire. we'll see. please incredibly well, we will be anyway . so he deserves to be be anyway. so he deserves to be a billionaire after what he was put through boris. i hope he does do well, but all the energy

and effort he did to backstab boris, then he perish his way into number and what does he into number 10. and what does he do thank you. do? he goes missing. thank you. i think we need to get paris. i just saw a parapsychologist because . it couldn't land because. it couldn't land because. it couldn't land because it wasn't, know, because it wasn't, you know, floating the board. she'll be waiting. i shouldn't. you waiting. i shouldn't. you waiting on god. i come straight . there's more time for the break. but i mean we see is he's having it be might be at the last chance saloon he doesn't tweet but no one's calling him a dnnk tweet but no one's calling him a drink so get on with the joke . drink so get on with the joke. he wasn't elected, was he? no, no, wasn't elected. yeah. but that some members . that's that some members. that's a fault of the system. that is the system elect system you elect the conservatives they choose conservatives and they choose andifs conservatives and they choose and it's up to them who . they and it's up to them who. they but i wasn't i'd make but if i wasn't elected i'd make visible. well couldn't agree more . but we try to drink a lot more. but we try to drink a lot throughout the it is new year's eve course welcome for just eve of course welcome for just over gonna quit this over i'm gonna quit this is a good on tv online and on good use on tv online and on digital radio after the it is time for our great british this houn time for our great british this hour. no that wasn't it i'm

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should we abolish the house of lords? in an exclusive piece by the it's been revealed the guardian, it's been revealed that one in ten conservative peers has given more than £100,000 to the party by smoking and said those are being privatised rather, individuals who are necessarily more deserving . conservatives have deserving. conservatives have long argued parents to donors are given on the basis their about their achievements . but about their achievements. but with increasing scrutiny being placed on the house of lords with labour even calling for its disbandment, is it time to aboush disbandment, is it time to abolish it altogether? well, joining now for the great budget debate is and broadcaster sam dowler. reality star and commentator devin booker , commentator devin booker, conservative peer and education commentator lord wraith lucas , commentator lord wraith lucas, political commentator abraham. well, i'm going to start you, rafe. what you think, then? lord rafe. what you think, then? lord rafe. lucas house of lords. does it need to stay or ? should it be it need to stay or? should it be abolished ? it should certainly abolished? it should certainly be reformed. whether abolished, a lot depends what you want to do with the functions it performs at the moment . there is

performs at the moment. there is no provision in part for detailed scrutiny. we do and we have all little like the ability to make the commons have an election every five years. if just abolished just straight out , this government could continue until they run out of by elections . oh i see. so they elections. oh i see. so they would determine that that's the sort of thing it does but you could have an elected house of lords rather than an unelected one. so then you what would you think of that ? i've spent a lot think of that? i've spent a lot of the commons for power. it would be rather like stalemate on a bad day in the united states. if you make big, on a bad day in the united states. if you make big , then states. if you make big, then you make changes. then the whole system and really got to look not just at one visit, but how the whole system. sam. sam tyler, what do you think ? well, tyler, what do you think? well, i think the whole reeks of cronyism . i mean, you only have cronyism. i mean, you only have to look at the peers that johnson put up and just wonder

what exactly is going on. i mean, i just the whole thing is cronyism it's corruption. i mean, i'm a traditionalist so i actually do think that we should keep the house of lords, but it needs be completely restructured and, reformed. i mean, otherwise it just looks like pay to get a peerage and you know you've got you've got, you know, you've got ex—kgb money in there as well. i mean, the whole thing the whole thing just frankly and they're just saying that there's no real proof of at the moment. i mean, that's that's just saying that we don't know. but what about how and then how they get elected and then house because said house of lords? because said that you kind of you'd keep it but you elected but would you have elected people elected of as no not do we really want more elections. i think i think i think that would obviously change entire thing. i think. i i like i like the fact that it think. i i like i like the fact thatitis think. i i like i like the fact that it is know it's a lifelong thing. and i, i think i think that's, you know, it's nice. it's good tradition. i love sort of thing. but but, i mean, how

how would that even work ? i how would that even work? i think people i think people should get peerages you should get peerages on, you know, their merit , you know, know, on their merit, you know, like people like you know a camera who's worked for 40 years, for example, but that sort of mean, you know, sort of thing. i mean, you know, get it because you get you get it because you deserve the cash. deserve it. you've got the cash. okay narinder, you've been quiet for a while. so let's say no, no.see for a while. so let's say no, no. see that yellow by way, nana evans, the question is what is the house of lords for ? and if the house of lords for? and if it's a block legislation or scrutinise, it should really it should be democratically elected. i mean, all we're seeing random appointments, potential corruption and donations , hereditary praise. donations, hereditary praise. what is all this about. this house of lords is not representative at all. it's actually just middle aged, white, rich men. and i think it stinks . the whole thing stinks. stinks. the whole thing stinks. but that's not quite true. there are women and there are some of colour . it's are women and there are some of colour. it's a white old man . colour. it's a white old man. yeah, well, i mean, it's. well think about the population as a and then i mean, it doesn't have

to be exactly representative the environment that it is in that doesn't really i don't think that makes much . it's just that makes much. it's just whether they're the best people to your view? to do the job, in your view? i do think that perhaps then if you're saying shouldn't you're saying that it shouldn't be . what's your other be. what's your other alternative ? oh, okay. so i'd alternative? oh, okay. so i'd say elected we need an elected second chamber. i know that does . create some kind of, you know , way to describe what described at the beginning could have also been a description of the house of commons. let's go to re re. what do you think? look, i think llandrindod is quite incorrect about that an elected about this. is that an elected chamber essentially mean chamber would essentially mean that legitimacy of the house chamber would essentially mean th.commonstimacy of the house chamber would essentially mean th.commons goesy of the house chamber would essentially mean th.commons goes away1e house chamber would essentially mean th.commons goes away and ouse chamber would essentially mean th.commons goes away and thee of commons goes away and the house of lords is not just old, rich white men. you've got people like stephen mother, who is a is a life peer in the house of lords who does fantastic work campaigning for sort of knife crime sort of crime prevention, that sort of thing. fantastic thing. there are fantastic people appointed people that have been appointed to of lords as life to the house of lords as life peers. i think we've also got to remember role house of remember role of the house of lords. to scrutinise

lords. it's to scrutinise legislation and saw how fantastic they did that during the covid pandemic, what they scrutinise the government's use of emergency . so i think that of emergency. so i think that their role is impeccably important , their role is impeccably important, but what we need to remember is actually the role of the house lords and that the house of lords and that tradition. mean, how many tradition. i mean, how many other the world other countries in the world have copied bicameral parliamentary system? it's you know, they've copied it for a reason because it's a tradition, i think, that we shouldn't in this day and age, we're always trying of british trying to rid of british tradition. this tradition. let's keep this one lock compulsory. you know, 27 members have paid almost 50 million to the tory party . why million to the tory party. why would you want to keep a tradition with a pay like to become a lord? we do need to keep those terrible parts of house of lords. we can reform it. and i think that electing them means that eventually them means that we eventually have and means have more elections and it means that accountable to the that they are accountable to the people than experts and people rather than experts and we don't get people like stephen lawrence's like lord lawrence's mother or like lord lancaster, do lancaster, people that do charity work, a character for two years. i think that's a fantastic idea we should be

appointing people that have real life experience , get of life experience, get rid of the hereditary get of the hereditary peers, get of the appointments from the prime minister. be minister. let's allow to be experts, that have experts, people that have really, really lived in the real world. electing them will just get it will mean get rid of that. it will mean that the house lords loses that the house of lords loses legitimacy, not legitimacy, but that might not necessarily of the sort of necessarily rid of the sort of corruption that talking corruption that we're talking about. to that about. if we were to say that giving it does feel giving money. but it does feel a bit like money on his race . bit like money for on his race. well what do you think with regard then because well what do you think with regard to then becaus e £100,000 regard to then because £100,000 from of people is from a load of people is something peerages just something to get peerages just doesn't doesn't really feel good. well well i. i need to be a bit cautious this because i rather suspect that comes from my forebears as paying charles the second a lot of money so because he was always always out of money not that sir charles lucas didn't deserve peerage but charles is like a generally sold to keep his keep his finances afloat. no it's something we should end the membership . the should end the membership. the house of lords should be a place for people who can contribute .

for people who can contribute. and if our work is to scrutinise legislation , then you want legislation, then you want people like say , robert winston, people like say, robert winston, who was a political appointment , tony blair. but the benefit he and others have brought to the lords , they're prepared to give lords, they're prepared to give it time and really look at the results . the legislation is in results. the legislation is in place . so what is it? oh, place. so what is it? oh, i completely agree. i mean, you know, the way it stands at the moment. i mean , obviously, like moment. i mean, obviously, like you, me, the guardian have written about starmer written about keir starmer has done well. i mean, you done quite as well. i mean, you know, looks there's know, it looks there's a possible there's a possibility that liz strauss is to be that liz strauss is going to be able to , you know, dish out a able to, you know, dish out a load of peerages i mean, load of peerages all got i mean, it's ridiculous . and i mean, it's ridiculous. and i mean, obviously has, you know, obviously johnson has, you know, just people that just agree with him, that, you know, him, people just that, you know, that the ones that that they want the ones that peddle, you peddle his peddle, you know, peddle his lies, whatever. it's just like i mean, it does it doesn't mean, know, it does it doesn't work the moment you work at the moment and, you know, whole can see. know, the whole nation can see. and whether we you and i mean, whether we have, you know, american you know, an american style, you know, an american style, you know, etc. like the two know, senate, etc. like the two houses america . i

houses they have in america. i mean, you know, that mean, like, you know, that both before could do before we could we could do perhaps like not i don't know. but like, i mean, the moment, but like, i mean, at the moment, it i mean, the you it just i mean, the more you look it, more it's look into it, the more it's shameful. it's amazing about shameful. and it's amazing about to go on like this for so long. lord i'd say, you . i feel it. we lord i'd say, you. i feel it. we live in great britain . and i live in great britain. and i like to think that the democrat society and like we, would all have to agree. there's a huge lack of credibility. and where is the democratic legitimacy in the house of lords? there is no final word to you , i think. final word to you, i think. look, we've got 786 members in the house of lords. we need to reduce the size, reform it and allow that to be the panel of experts, people like , stephen experts, people like, stephen lawrence's you really know lawrence's mum, you really know and have real lives and do and have lived real lives and do fantastic. well, thank very much for that. that's a journalist . for that. that's a journalist. some daily reality star and commentator in the car a conservative peer and education lord ralph lucas and a political commentator. abraham, thank you so much for your thoughts.

you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is good use on tv online and, on digital radio. after the break, we will continue the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, should we abolish the house of lords. you'll hear the house of lords. you'll hear the of panel. the thoughts of my panel. journalist danny journalist and broadcaster danny kelly author broadcaster kelly, author and broadcaster christine and broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. then stay with me at five. i'll be joined live in studio by a famous author and chef on how he killed or , at least put killed himself or, at least put at bay his type two diabetes and just 105 days. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . get your latest news headlines. 4:33 on randerson in the gb newsroom. pope francis has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of former benedict who passed away this morning aged 95. the pontiff's his predecessor was a noble kind man who was a gift to the church. king charles sent his condolences to pope francis , condolences to pope francis, recalling pope benedict's

constant to promote peace and goodwill . pope benedict was the goodwill. pope benedict was the head of the catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. he became , the first 2013. he became, the first pontiff, to step down the role in 600 years due to old age and ill health. pope francis will lead his funeral on the 5th of january at saint peter's square . fou january at saint peter's square. fou women's euro 2022. our among those recognised in the new year honours list. the first to be issued by king charles. captain leah williamson has made an obe while her team—mate lucy bronze beth mead and ellen white have been given mbes. gb news is own . diamond has also received an obe for services to public health and charity. meanwhile queen guitarist brian may has received a knighthood . the received a knighthood. the government has confirmed that anyone travelling directly from china to england from the 5th of january must show a negative covid test before departure .

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welcome back . it's just coming welcome back. it's just coming up to 39 minutes after 4:00. this is on tv online and on digital radio. we are the people's i'm nana akua . it's now people's i'm nana akua. it's now time for our great british debate. this and i'm asking, should we abolish the house of lords and in an exclusive piece by the guardian, it was revealed that one in ten conservative has given more than that one in ten conservative has given more tha n £100,000 to the given more than £100,000 to the party, raising more concerns that donors are being part time rather individuals who are rather than individuals who are necessarily more deserving. now, the conservatives have long argued that peerages to donors are given on the basis of their achievements , but with achievements, but with the increasing being on the increasing scrutiny being on the house lords, the labour and house of lords, the labour and with labour even for its disbandment. is it time that we just abolished it altogether . just abolished it altogether. well, let's see what our panel make of that. i'm joined by journalist broadcaster journalist and broadcaster danny kelly, broadcaster kelly, author and broadcaster christine hamilton and broadcaster columnist lizzie cundy. right i'm going to start with you , christine, because you

with you, christine, because you because both . the i, i must because both. the i, i must defend myself. i've had three young children staying for over a week. it's quite tiring for a lady of my age when is 25? looking good, though? yeah oh, think about this. thousands at a time to go . it's certainly time time to go. it's certainly time for reform . i mean, the last for reform. i mean, the last time the any sort of big reform as wasn't that big was in 1999 when blair introduced electing the hereditary peers. so we got rid of a massive , funnily rid of a massive, funnily enough, the hereditary who are the most and sort of democratic people in the lords are actually the only ones who are elected . the only ones who are elected. they have been elected by their peers , are the hereditary peers. peers, are the hereditary peers. so at least is an element of merit in and as some of the ones who were elected in the early days fall off their perch, new ones get elected . so i mean, ones get elected. so i mean, that's the sort of anachronism really . but no definitely needs

really. but no definitely needs reforming and needs to be certainly cut in size needs to be about half the trouble is each government at westminster wants to stuff it with their own people so then it all started under labour because there were too many tories because most of the peers were the hereditary peers were choices it choices that labour stuffed it in the liberals to in and then the liberals to stuff people in and always stuff that people in and always it's wage claims you know it's like wage claims you know if everybody it it never ending they should cut in half. what is wrong with having sort of sectoral election and so for example let's there's the bench of bishops all the bishops whatever it is why can't the church given if you accept that the church should have some representation . i know some representation. i know some people don't the church elects maybe ten bishops and they elect their own to sit in the lords and then you could say maybe if you want to you could have regional you could have scotland electing wales, electing people of wales, electing people of wales, electing ireland, electing northern ireland, england electing people would have would have groups of have you would have groups of people. chamberlain be elected. yes, less . not that not yes, but not less. not that not directly the way that directly elected the way that the commons is, because that would well

would give it legitimacy. well then would so many terribly . no, then would so many terribly. no, no. it gives the upper too much power, though too much politicians as elect, you know, democratic legitimacy . so that democratic legitimacy. so that would give the upper house to you. that's why i'm not i'm not advocating. right. well, for advocating. oh, right. well, for me, we've said, it me, i think as we've said, it needs to be reformed , most needs to be reformed, most definitely. but it's one of the most beautiful traditions. it and you know, when the king is going to go and open, but when you look there , 786 pays. i've you look there, 786 pays. i've looked it up . there are 800 and looked it up. there are 800 and something now. well, they know 671 allies pays 90 digitally and 26 are senior bishops or lords spiritual from the church of england. now i don't think religion and polish politics be together, but it needs to be reformed and perhaps should be some sort of representation focus on the church if honest, it's a toothless tiger . know it it's a toothless tiger. know it can't stop it, can't prevent it can't stop it, can't prevent it can delay it can make things awkward , but it's got no real

awkward, but it's got no real bite . house of lords, i was just bite. house of lords, i was just you know don't use the revising chamber if it sets the periods for which the, of the someone can stay in power. so i think that's what we correct but we okay well we know that this five years so let's just stick with five years apart from now what else does it do? well, it's very, very useful in revising if there's a lot of going through there's a lot of going through the commons simply have time. certainly not now that . they've certainly not now that. they've cut their hours to scrutinise . cut their hours to scrutinise. yes, of course . it doesn't yes, of course. it doesn't really reject anything. it's scrutinised . this is a bill for scrutinised. this is a bill for a commons . i scrutinised. this is a bill for a commons. i can't i can't overrule grudgingly accepts things. i wasn't aware until some because i'm with some i love the tradition. i'm a traditionalist. i the way it looks and it appears and the garb and the pomp and the ceremony i realise how much money was thrown in at various parties through these lords and why should they. let's go back to unelected element to this . to unelected element to this. why should someone who's

unelected have some bite in, they get unelected have some bite in, they ge t £323 a day tax free as they get £323 a day tax free as well. well, so this is the thing. there's a lot of money to these people. it's almost of these people. it's almost 800 of them. have turn up at them. they have to turn up at 5 minutes. yeah, hang their hat on a picture but that that's got to be resolved that's reform in with god actually getting rid of them. if we were to get of the house of lords, would we in house of lords, what would we in its the that's the its place? that's the that's the problem the people problem. and look at the people that got like and that they have got like and sugar who uses all this expertise and you know and he's you know, which which is great. we need people like him involved. and i think it has many benefits and it does scrutinise the business of the house of commons and. that's the thing which is i'm not convinced . well, there is some we've got to have something. we can't just the house of commons and there so many permutations and combinations i'm afraid we need, you know, a royal commission or something like that to look at it and we've had sort of

piecemeal things over the years which have all in their way. i it was very good to abolish the totally hereditary element. that was . but there is so many was absurd. but there is so many permutations and combinations and alternatives that i'm it needs of serious long term study. i would i would never agree . the first criticism was agree. the first criticism was that it was full of old white. oh well that's not that's not. how would you replace what would that system be to the old white men like me with people who black and brown people with peers on merit ? what it should peers on merit? what it should be? well, it's not that there, is it? because it appears that way. but it seems that there's money going in. these people suddenly become peers . there are suddenly become peers. there are some black and donors of colour yes, of course, who have possibly their way into the house of lords as well. it's not the white old men doing well , the white old men doing well, but their names in fact are just a for me. i just think a myth for me. i just think somebody based somebody should go there based on whether it doesn't on merit. whether it doesn't matter, care that matter, i don't care what that could it is it makes common could do. it is it makes common sense have a more sense to have a more representative of different

cultures you you cultures because then you you get wider base for agreement get a wider base for agreement and you get a sort of a fuller discussion . so that that to me discussion. so that that to me makes sense having the lower parliament i'm sorry buffalo chamber but it shouldn't be based on a we need ten black people five that that that's just nonsense. i'm not a part of going sadly it's based merit and that's it should work it that's how it should work but it does to be reformed. but does need to be reformed. but i like the that like the fact that it's unelected i actually like the fact unelected that fact it's unelected because that way sort of to way they're not sort of to someone to try and someone or something to try and get enough people to say something nice because these would that oh i'll do this because i'll get votes or i'll do this. so i it's better do this. so i think it's better that is, but i think , it does that it is, but i think, it does have be based merit. well, have to be based on merit. well, if apply that logic, why not make the lower chamber elected. oh i have every i'll know on oh no i have every i'll know on the basis of merit can i just say something. we were talking about earlier, which i find smashing unfair all those lionesses to that. why do only four of them get on it? i agree that the captain could maybe get

a higher honour, but i think every single that deserve something i'll give them all. and i think it's good. of course you can to go for. well, listen, you can to go for. well, listen, you work as a team and single for i think was i put up with that i'll come out quick but just because we want to find out what topics what they think of the topics we're where we're discussing right. where should go. yeah. let's head over to ready for the reading . to get ready for the reading. yeah. just there there's have yeah. just is there there's have a in redding. a chat to gill who's in redding. happy new year's eve is not quite new is happy to use your head. it's nice jess. i see you because what do you think about the house of lords. are you are you all for them or do you think they need to be abolished. should be changed. should they be changed. what's your i agree with your view? i mean, i agree with your view? i mean, i agree with you think some sort of you guys. i think some sort of reform needed. also reform needed. but i also reviewed the i think the reviewed one of the i think the thoughts losses on left is thoughts losses on the left is a very, very strong positive after all, what is popular isn't necessarily what is right. i think that's very useful because i think you know, stuff like welfare states is a big government that sounds nice. but i think using that that scrutiny

of the house of lords i think that's so well justice and i kind of agreeing with you you a fact so us tonight by the way you had this great you up you going off for new year's eve. yeah it should be. and i'm meeting some friends now. well, don't too much , you very don't think too much, you very much. lovely to talk you much. just lovely to talk to you . lovely. just in reading. she joins she's a great voice, joins us. she's a great voice, right? today. i'm asking should be abolished the house of lords, lots of you there getting in touch views. gavin lots of you there getting in toucunelected views. gavin lots of you there getting in toucunelected vieszinister this unelected prime minister really should get on with doing what does immediate predecessor was given the chance to if was never given the chance to if we considering abolish the unelected lords. i like unelected house of lords. i like that because they're both unelected, don't they really infinitely more credible than the minister? perhaps the prime minister? perhaps sunak with them? i think sunak to go with them? i think just too young for the house of lords isn't he . no, lords is of no, isn't he. no, bnan lords is of no, isn't he. no, brian says i don't think house of lords should be scrapped. we should return to hereditary system rather than current system rather than current system political appointments system of political appointments . far cases of . there were far less cases of the blocking legislation

the lord blocking legislation before the 1999 reforms, so he's saying that we should have. but i don't agree . my no, i don't i don't agree. my no, i don't like . that mike says after like. that mike says after voting to rid of those meps back in 2017, maybe it's time we were given the choice to get rid of the house of lords. i think if we had a vote to get rid of them it would go just that. do you think i i think think so? yeah, i do, i think the majority oppose the vast majority oppose indicate the majority of indicate the vast majority of the population i'm it the population which i'm sure it would do, but saying i would vote the turnout would be about 7. that with problems that 7. yeah. that with problems that says not these make the smaller definitely some sort of reform mike says reform not abolish and ready to replace bishops and also i've got a pull up now on twitter throughout ask twitter throughout the show ask whether we should abolish the house currently ? well, 67% house bill currently? well, 67% say we should . wow. wow. i say yes, we should. wow. wow. i would have expected . well, if would have expected. well, if you just joined me, welcome is stupid is on tv online adult digital radio after the break it's , time for the royal round it's, time for the royal round up where royal biographer angela levin join discuss the levin join me to discuss the

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channel good afternoon is just coming out to 55 minutes after 4:00. this is on tv online and digital radio. i'm nana akua now there's always something going on in the royal household and this has been no exception and there's no better person to the dramatic year and what we can expect to come in 2023 than royal biographer angela who joins me live in the studio and so good to see you. nice to be here now. happy new year to it's not we're not quite there but you just just said not long ago i was not long so answer it has been a tumultuous year for the royal family. i mean, where do we start? where do you want to start? where do you want to start? well, think we should start? well, i think we should start? well, i think we should start because of the there's two things. got new

things. when we've got a new generation of people, is, generation of people, which is, you ones who you know, the little ones who are already learning how to behave and that will scare prince harry very much because he said to me when i was interviewing him for the book this that he has to do an awful lot in a short time because otherwise they take over and i think we no longer seem to need meghan and harry and our focus is very much on the young ones . is very much on the young ones. obviously, they can't do what he could done. but you see what they've thrown away they have been marvellous. it would have been marvellous. it would have been so and created awful lot of great new things . they decided great new things. they decided not to and they're full resentment. and so then you can see that the king is and else is slowly they no longer matter . slowly they no longer matter. and i think that's a huge thing that we've come to with this very difficult, very busy year. we don't need them anymore, but they've exchanged to the

wonderful stability of the monarchy and the sort of kudos of it for . this hollywood sort of it for. this hollywood sort of it for. this hollywood sort of fickle all transient thing with celebrity and that with half a brain would think , i'm half a brain would think, i'm going to stay with the other one. it lasts a lot longer. before i came in, i live to lead, which he said documentary on great people or mandela greatest comeback all those things they're doing is introducing . they didn't do the introducing. they didn't do the interviews. it didn't get it together they'd just through march well and they're doing that and i thought of really giving up working on those fantastic a great queen and a family that would really look after you to actually just interest you something. it was very and i think the title live to leave is what they'd like but it's no longer going to happen for them . no, this is this is for them. no, this is this is not a live leave is what you said to me to lead. yeah i mean, obviously we've got the book

coming now and for me i think they've kind of done it at the so i'm not going to buy the book can't be bothered yeah i'm going to buy it and i'm going to read it for you. yes, i think it's important to read to see how it's finishing off because they keep is last time keep saying this is last time they're going to make amends to last then we're going to last time, then we're going to make make make amends. how can you make amends been rude? amends when you've been rude? you've called your father the king country and the king of the country and the commonwealth a liar. you've called brother a bully. you're like a little boy of five. you said, brother's bullying me. said, my brother's bullying me. you , they haven't been able you know, they haven't been able to see themselves as they should do to take a step back and sort of moan and groan and. lastly, people are fed up 6 hours of groaning and crying . it's not groaning and crying. it's not going to get you anywhere. inspection will said there was no inwards. what have i to create this? where have i wrong? what can i do to repair this? what can i do to repair this? what is my part in this ? it was what is my part in this? it was all about, ooh, look what you've done to us. poor me. it is all it is. literally, there was no

even not even tiniest speck even not even the tiniest speck . humility, no. well, worst . humility, no. well, the worst of it all is when meghan is saying that she on a flight saying that she was on a flight and someone came to see her and took his hat off, knelt down and said , you know, thank you so said, you know, thank you so much for what you've done to the country . there's somebody for country. there's somebody for all that i'd given up, you know the only person. it's a bit like saying, how are you? and he did that in south that few years ago in south africa . you know, the focus is africa. you know, the focus is entirely on her that would be all right if she also allowed it to expand out. well, we need to find the point, but just like we couldn't find the lion king. yes, yes . because it won't be yes, yes. because it won't be difficult. i think this is place. meghan's true that. well, yeah. and finally the coronation king charles. very exciting . it king charles. very exciting. it is very exciting. i think they'd let a slip to you two months ago deliberately that they would cut down and they would everybody is going through a difficult but really was to test the water it was no we want it to be

fantastic we known for that let's do it. yeah and we've now heard that it's going to be brilliant, but it's going to be shorter. much shorter. maybe 2 hours instead of six. and far fewer people, 2000 to 10000, none of that matters, i think. but it's the absolute the pageant that goes round it. but it's the absolute the pageant that goes round it . and pageant that goes round it. and i think that we've got a very confident caring king and a woman who really wants to support him and look after him but also is a woman in her own right i think it's a tastic togetherness . it's i mean, she togetherness. it's i mean, she supped togetherness. it's i mean, she slipped off to see some dancing thing with her and, you know, so she managed to get away do that. so she's not got all stately and stuffy but i think that together that will be it'll work is going to be is to be great for katherine and william we have to support them is that the music is here which means i'm running out of time and take you very much . joining out of time and take you very much .joining me as out of time and take you very much . joining me as ever, out of time and take you very

much .joining me as ever, royal much. joining me as ever, royal biographer andrew 11. this is gb news. more to come in the next hour. houn so it's just come 5:00. you're with me i'm nana akua. this is a gb news tv online and on radio for the next hour , me and my for the next hour, me and my panel for the next hour, me and my panel, we'll be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headunes of the big topics hitting the headlines right now . but first, headlines right now. but first, let's get your latest . woman it let's get your latest. woman it past five on radisson in the gb newsroom. pope francis has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of former p0pe time since the death of former pope who passed away this morning 95. the pontiff said his predecessor was a noble kind man who was a gift to the church . who was a gift to the church. king charles has sent his condolence to pope francis, recalling pope benedict's constant efforts promote peace and goodwill. pope added became head of the catholic church in

thousand and five when he stepped down due to health in 2013. became the first pope to do so in 600 years. pope francis will lead his funeral on the 5th of january at saint peter's square . while associate editor square. while associate editor at the catholic herald, simon caldwell spoke us earlier about pope benedict's legacy. benedict wasn't going to allow people come in with all kinds of novelties or revolutionary reforms and this kind of thing. he said no , this is this is he said no, this is this is a sacred deposit. this is something which this is what. this is we hold to be true . and this is we hold to be true. and it wasn't that he was against human or against women , anything human or against women, anything like that. it was it was upholding 2000 years of christian teaching and said this is what it means to be a christian christian . four christian christian. four lionesses who won the women's euros earlier this year are among those in the new year honours , the first to be issued

honours, the first to be issued by king charles. captain liam williamson has been made an obe whilst lucy beth mead and ellen white have been given mbes. gb news presenter anne diamond received an obe for services , received an obe for services, pubuc received an obe for services, public health and charity and queen guitarist and animal welfare campaigner brian may has received a knighthood . it's received a knighthood. it's a it's a nice surprise to have this honour put upon me. i think it's it comes a responsibility to behave well. i guess continue to behave well. i guess continue to behave well. i guess continue to behave in a way benefits the country and the rest of the population here , the world as population here, the world as well, you know. but i take this response to responsibility quite seriously anyway anyway . brian seriously anyway anyway. brian they're speaking brian may speaking about what it means to him to receive that honour. well, the government has confirmed that anyone travelling directly china to england from the 5th of january must show a

negative covid test before departure . there are no direct departure. there are no direct flights china to scotland, wales and northern ireland , but the and northern ireland, but the government says it will work , government says it will work, with devolved administrations to , ensure that measures are implemented. it's amid concerns of surging cases . china, of surging cases. china, following an easing of restrictions france, spain and the also have introduced the us also have introduced similar . the us also have introduced similar. russia's defence ministry says . 82 of their ministry says. 82 of their soldiers who were captured by. ukraine have been released in the latest prisoner exchange between between the two sides. slovakia put . the ukraine is yet slovakia put. the ukraine is yet comment on the claims. meanwhile mayor of ukraine's capital kyiv ten explosions have been heard in the city after air raids were sounded in every of the country. at least one person has been killed and new year's are well underway . many killed and new year's are well underway. many parts of killed and new year's are well underway . many parts of the underway. many parts of the world. these are this is the

scene live in bangkok as thailand becomes the latest country to welcome in 2023, celebrating a firework display over. celebrating a firework display over . the famous wat arun celebrating a firework display over. the famous wat arun or temple of dawn by the child pnor. temple of dawn by the child prior . river temple of dawn by the child prior. river this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. let's get back to a quick . quick. good afternoon . if you just type good afternoon. if you just type in, where've you been? this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio? i'm nana akua. over the next hour , me and my over the next hour, me and my panel will be taking on of the big topics hitting the headlines . now, this show is all opinion. it's mine is theirs. and of course it's yours to be debated, discussed and at times we will disagree. but no will be cancelled . so joining me today cancelled. so joining me today is broadcaster christine

hamilton. i also tv personality lizzie . still to come we'll have lizzie. still to come we'll have the great british debate and we'll be discussing whether what your needs for solutions are and whether they're a waste time. i'll get the thoughts of my panel and also my great british voices then, of course, difficult conversation today about living with diabetes. chef and author of the inspired diabetic lyndon wissart joins me live in the studio to discuss how he his type two diabetes and as always i want to hear your opinions your thoughts. email gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news news . now, of course, as gb news news. now, of course, as you've been hearing the sad news that former benedict xvi is sadly passed away, aged five. he's a german born theologian. he's a german born theologian. he inherited the throne the age of 78, but made in 2013 when he became the first pontiff for 600 years to resign over health concerns. pope francis will preside over benedict's funeral

mass in st peter's square on thursday. now president an event in which a current pope will celebrate the life of his predecessor , benedict, is widely predecessor, benedict, is widely credited with putting his own stamp on the papacy , leading stamp on the papacy, leading with the pastoral qualities and also uncompromising concern for catholic orthodoxy , as well as catholic orthodoxy, as well as confronting challenges like . the confronting challenges like. the priestly child abuse scandal with compassion. well i'm delighted now to be joined by former archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend rowan williams . welcome back , dr. rowan. thank . welcome back, dr. rowan. thank you so much forjoining me. . welcome back, dr. rowan. thank you so much forjoining me . so you so much forjoining me. so what is pope benedict's, in your view ? two things in particular, view? two things in particular, i think . one is, as has already i think. one is, as has already been mentioned , he really did been mentioned, he really did unblock the process of confronting the abuse scandals within the catholic church . within the catholic church. obviously, there was more could have been done at all sorts of points, but he recognised the need for some central, coherent approach to this . he approach to this. he courageously acknowledged the of the past. he opened the way for

people to be heard in a new depth of seriousness. and i think that's part of his legacy . the other aspect i think is simply his skill and genius. i would say as a teacher, the way in which he communicated his understanding of the christian catholic faith with depth and in a way which i think will last for many . a way which i think will last for many. now, you talk to some of the things that that he had to go through during his legacy. tell us a bit more on some of those challenges that he that he had to face during his in the catholic church in his day was, i think , already beginning to i think, already beginning to show some of the signs of the quite deep divisions left and right within the church that we see a lot of at the moment. i don't think he he wanted to be as a party man at all. i think wanted to be seen as somebody who was serving the entire body of the catholic church and somebody was, all, somebody who was, above all, committed bringing people back to the fundamental and central truths , the faith, which, of truths, the faith, which, of course, is why he wrote a very

highly regarded and substantial book on jesus , which not every book on jesus, which not every pope has done in the last few hundred years. that's that's, i think, part of his own sense of priorities . now, of course, you priorities. now, of course, you led the evensong westminster abbey, and right before edward the confessor . tell us a bit the confessor. tell us a bit more about that . that was a more about that. that was a particularly moving and powerful occasion . it was, of course, the occasion. it was, of course, the first time that a pope had officially visited the united kingdom. certainly the first time that pope archbishop had stood at shrine stood together at that shrine and for me, it was a moment of extra depth to be alongside this very great, very substantial man and be able to pray together . and be able to pray together. and if you'd like to discover our unity at the deepest level, the fact that we were able to give a blessing side by side from the altar . westminster from the altar. westminster abbey a yes, a great gift to abbey was a yes, a great gift to great experience, which i shan't ever forget . and i think during

ever forget. and i think during the whole of that visit , he the whole of that visit, he communicated to his audiences not always very sympathetic audiences in the uk and a sense of cost through sensitivity, a sense of humanity, which people forget in a hurry. sense of humanity, which people forget in a hurry . and i mean, i forget in a hurry. and i mean, i went to a catholic school run by nuns. went to a catholic school run by nuns . but went to a catholic school run by nuns. but there was a combination of catholics anglicans. in your view, what do you feel in terms of the future and the relationship between those two sort of sects . during those two sort of sects. during the time when both held office, the time when both held office, the relations , the personal the relations, the personal relations were very , very relations were very, very cordial. i would visit him once a year. we'd have a 1 to 1 conversation. and it was never a difficult to a strained thing. we recognised and i think in each other something of the same kind of commitment, each other something of the same kind of commitment , the same kind of commitment, the same some of the same ideals . the some of the same ideals. the church. and were able to start a new round of official dialogue between . the anglican communion between. the anglican communion worldwide and the roman catholic church , which continues to this

church, which continues to this day . locally, relations with day. locally, relations with roman catholic bishops in this country very warm and very . yes. country very warm and very. yes. wistful. and i think that was part of the deep background of this . so i part of the deep background of this. so i think that there were some good foundations laid in those days, which i hope will be built on can see them being built on can see them being built on can see them being built on now by my successor on pope francis. well thank you so much for joining pope francis. well thank you so much forjoining me. now the much for joining me. now the most reverend dr. rowan williams, former archbishop williams, the former archbishop of canterbury. you so much of canterbury. thank you so much for time. you just joined me. welcome this is gpd is also coaching talking. it's after 5:00 which is debate this hour asking all new year's resolutions waste of time now many of us start the new year with renewed hope and motivation with renewed hope and motivation with some of us channel into the new year's resolutions. we promise ourselves that will exercise more will learn new skill, read more or stop doomscrolling on social media. same old, same old. and according to recent research, 88% people actually manage to stick to their resolutions. so

all they a waste of time . so i'm all they a waste of time. so i'm going to ask my panel what , do going to ask my panel what, do they think about this, these resolutions, as you can do if you got well i never keep you got any? well i never keep them. i but i never. them. yes, i do. but i never. they're always doomed . i always they're always doomed. i always try and do the dry january , try and do the dry january, which lasts till about the fifth of jan. and it doesn't i just don't do very well in them. and i think a bit out of date, i do think a bit out of date, because there's not many people that really do stick to them. and i think it's much better to do in. steps, you know do it in. small steps, you know . i have got one just to enjoy the moment i watch it as i'm rushing from one thing to another, i tend not to enjoy the moment . so that's my sort of moment. so that's my sort of resolution and i'm trying to do different focusing on one thing one thing but small steps . so one thing but small steps. so then it's a bigger cake and then to share out, if you know what i mean. christine resolutions. oh yes. well, i think , i mean, i yes. well, i think, i mean, i think new year resolutions are a good thing. been around for apparently for about 4000 years. people have been making them. and i think what's with,

and i think what's wrong with, new a lot of new year, new start a lot of people have had a really bad year it's hope it's optimism year and it's hope it's optimism whether it's going to lose weight i'm going to drink less, going to do this. i'm going to do more exercise. relatively small. i think a feeling small. i think there's a feeling of about new year of optimism about new year and what's making . but what's wrong with making. but i mean why make a resolution? you can't keep think that's that's crazy you might as well make one you're keep have you're going to keep so i have resolved give drinking no . i resolved to give drinking no. i haven't finished. oh i have resolved through a straw to give up drinking between drinks. okay so. so what do you mean? so you have a drink, and that means whatever mean. so you're going to drink some of these drinks that day? you won't drink, but you'll drink at the drink. that just means they're going to stop drinking drinks. oh, like between meals, thinking oh, i say so. have drink with your meal. you're not going to go. it means i'm not going to make any resolutions at all. don't see it means you're going to have a lot of i no, not more than of i think. no, not more than i mean i don't drink to excess , so

mean i don't drink to excess, so why i don't i might try and why not? i don't i might try and cut. well, why? i mean , don't cut. well, why? i mean, don't want to excess so why not enjoy a drink. it makes social occasions more enjoyable and you know, it's like a bit of a better person. i think you have this, you know, just yeah. and just to be a bit kind of, a bit more thoughtful but will give people make they don't make their resolutions will be kinder to other people do well they're all rather silly, bad tempered. i do like so i sometimes do stuff like so yeah. to nice to people i'm yeah. to be nice to people i'm not going to lose my rag so quickly. i'm going to be more patient won't more patient there won't any more road wheel. i'll road rage at the wheel. i'll count what bring next count what ten bring on next year another wonderful don't need to die you started early it's a very nice technique but i'm looking system like you put a person improve things in you know from the previous i don't know from the previous i don't know sort of to fix goals so i say i want to be doing this for myself. a billionaire that it they're good for rolls over list every year that's good man but

now i see i approve of new year resolutions . i think it's resolutions. i think it's a shame that. did you say 8% of people actually keep them. maybe they set unrealistic goals instead of saying i'm going to give up drink or my spouse or whatever the poison happens to be , just say i'm going to cut be, just say i'm going to cut back on my drinking or i'm going to eat fewer fields. i'm doing it baby steps. of the it in baby steps. one of the massive big changes you're never going be because you know going to be because you know you're succeed. if you you're not to succeed. if you set unrealistic i mean, set an unrealistic i mean, because a human. well the because you're a human. well the minute is on your phone roll over to the next. yeah yeah. let's roll over rock up on. but i always look at my new year's resolutions. i look at them, i think, oh, i do list, i'll do this. oh, you at the end you write it down at the end. my old diary. so the end. yes, this year's diary. i'll write the list. the now the end list. i keep the now at the end if back, see if i've if i go back, see if i've achieved i've achieved them and usually i've achieved them and usually i've achieved six out of achieved about maybe six out of like i have ten, it'll be about ten. wow, you've got ten. resolute sometimes i write stuff

that i've already done just i can them off, see , i can take them off, you see, i say i am going to do this say that i am going to do this and it down saying as if and i write it down saying as if i've already done it. so give it out to universe. say, well, i've done i've done this, i've done this, i've done this, i've done this, i've done this, i've done write done this. i'll write it with a candle, fold over. i said the candle, fold it over. i said the candle, fold it over. i said the candle candle lit with candle with the candle lit with it. so all fashioned just write it. so all fashioned just write it. i've got a candle light and then i burn it and then it's crazy. so i've, i've made then you burn the ceremony. that's it. also that goes on sale for glass of wine . it's like putting glass of wine. it's like putting it out there to the universe that this is happening but that also destroys the evidence so nobody's going to whether nobody's going to know whether actually know what actually kept your know what they were very clever you see i see i smell a rat . yeah we see i smell a rat. yeah we should put it out. i think what we should do is we should write some resolutions for people hear to and if make them not. to see. and if we make them not. not obviously personal ones, but ones we can if we ones that we can see if we genuinely them okay, we can genuinely make them okay, we can come know. come back and let you know. listen, if you're listen, what are your if you're watching, listening, now get in touch. are your year's

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30 years experience in an industry he's worked at a range of high restaurants all across london, including the savoy hotel . however, in 2015, he hotel. however, in 2015, he suffered setback, which changed his life. he was diagnosed with type two diabetes after just 105 days, though , he managed to days, though, he managed to reverse the condition naturally all willpower to change his eating . i am delighted to say eating. i am delighted to say that author chef lyndon wissart joins me live in the studio. linda to see you. nana thank you for having me today. this is the second time i've seen you. but you're looking. you're looking slimmer even then. you're looking well well. thank looking very well as well. thank you. you just you you. thank you. you just you just turning into husk your just turning into a husk of your former self. so talk to me. somebody looks so fit as you somebody who looks so fit as you ask yourself come. you ask yourself how, come. you managed a managed to find yourself in a position type diabetes, position with type two diabetes, which mostly , as far as we which is mostly, as far as we know, is self inflicted, self—inflicted. yes well, i was shocked and surprised when i was diagnosed with type diabetes as a chef. i'm for my clients. and you cook cooking healthy foods.

but back side of that is but the back side of that is when we are cooking healthy foods, to taste the foods, we have to taste the sauce times yeah, sauce several times. yeah, certain to make sure it's certain foods to make sure it's great them before we send it to the table. but you only taste look it didn't. i mean you don't have it in the mail know your taste so many other things or taste in so many other things or desserts as well. oh yeah. courses you know. when i was courses you know. so when i was diagnosed 2015, diagnosed october 2015, my husband , she to start the husband, she was 90 to start the hp one to be one see is when they monitor your blood glucose level for the last three months and is below. then and it is 42 and below. then you're either pre—diabetic or you're either pre—diabetic or you're not diabetic . and if you're not diabetic. and if you're not diabetic. and if you're above going on 43, 44, you're above 42 going on 43, 44, you're above 42 going on 43, 44, you're diabetic so i was in i was 92. well, what was your weight, though? how was your weight, though? how was your weight that were you quite overweight because don't overweight because you don't look, know i, was i was look, i know i, i was i was getting overweight. was getting overweight. i was getting overweight. i was getting bigger and bigger. my mum well she said mum told so. yeah. well she said my mum's jamaican so she told linda belly is getting real linda your belly is getting real big myself. wow i've big self with myself. wow i've got a look right in there. told you to do something about it. they did that and they began be

an you you were an example then. so you you were getting bigger give an getting bigger give me an example your day as is example of your of day as is what eat because you what would you eat because you obviously well my obviously well mind my day usually free slices of usually off with free slices of bread bread, which is a bread hot dog bread, which is a jamaican sweet jamaican. and it's a sweet bread, but it i put lots of jump on it. yeah. and i'll have that on it. yeah. and i'll have that on my way to work and then i'll have cup of coffee have a little a cup of coffee and put free teaspoons four teaspoons of demerara sugar in brown sugar and then on top of that honey in it as. brown sugar and then on top of that honey in it as . well as a that honey in it as. well as a sweetener to help me my hay fever so that was my breakfast going to work once got to work i was working in the pastry section so we'd have cakes where we got cover the ends for the we got to cover the ends for the treatments. the treatments. and i put all the trimmings into bowl, i'll trimmings into a bowl, i'll have a of coffee or going a cup of tea or coffee or going to and just i'll eaten to work and just i'll be eaten tremendously . and the coffee and tremendously. and the coffee and the tea. so i'll drinking as the tea. so i'll be drinking as well. will have well. lunch time will have a pasta, rice, potato or a meat dish . and obviously with fizzy dish. and obviously with a fizzy dnnk dish. and obviously with a fizzy drink well . that was drink as well. that was lunchtime in the afternoon, about tea break again? about 230. will tea break again? so with tea break you just have tea but so you've got to have some cake, you

some biscuits for cake, you know, after tea break i'll know, so after tea break i'll finish about four or 5:00 and four or 5:00. i didn't live in london. so my journey home would be about an hour and off. so i'd go get a meal deal, which go and get a meal deal, which would chocolate bar, a would be a chocolate bar, a crisp and a fizzy drink. so crisp or and a fizzy drink. so that was only one day. this little one day. this is all in one day. i think it's the tasting of the meat spot on tasting of the meat of a spot on the and, know, the way. and, you know, it's just it's an addiction. you just it's just an addiction. you use psychology like that. so once home, my would would once i got home, my would would have and because have cooked to me and because full already said wife, full already i said to my wife, listen, going eat now listen, i'm not going to eat now because full. and she because i'm i'm full. and she says, so the says, is this my food? so the woman pressure on him to eat woman put pressure on him to eat that way it's her fault for it. so i've got to eat again. so oncei so i've got to eat again. so once i eat again, pass the rice potato and on my table all of my favourite mango juice and ginger been favourite mango juice and ginger beer, you know. so i love that. and know what we guys do after we've had a meal we just turn the tv on to watch football, but next thing we're going to sleep you know and the watch me you know and the watch wake me up 930 to go to bed. up about nine 930 to go to bed. i coming up and

i said okay, i'm coming up and then go to the kitchen. a then i'll go to the kitchen. a cup tea. it's not even cup of tea. it's not even finished. it's not finished finished. then it's not finished yet. take yet. and then we'll have take three biscuits else. i'm three or four biscuits else. i'm biscuits for the tea to go back to cupboard. said, i just to the cupboard. i said, i just said pack and it never said go pack it and was it never you so but this is this is you know so but this is this is this regular thing so as this is a regular thing so as the going i had the weight was going on, i had a lot symptoms as well of lot of symptoms as well of diabetes pins and, needles in my fingers and my toes. vision fingers and my toes. my vision was . i was always tired was blurred. i was always tired as well . i was urinating three as well. i was urinating three or four times an hour, easily running to the toilet and these things i didn't know what was with me at that time until i was diagnosed. so the day that i was actually diagnosed, i was in the kitchen and there's a chef making , all kitchen and there's a chef making, all these jokes. but i was working on recipe and i was one and one is to two and to his for free four is five. it just wasn't working . and this guy wasn't working. and this guy called my lyndon. so called up my name, lyndon. so i turn to him and i look straight into his eyes i just starts into his eyes and i just starts to and i run the to the, to cry and i run to the to the, the room. and fell the changing room. and i fell down. like a baby, down. i was crying like a baby,

you because i had so many you know, because i had so many things going wrong with me of last we don't last year. and as men, we don't talk about our issues. so all these going over my body, these issues going over my body, i all i had pains in i had blood all i had pains in my stomach, obviously with the overweight as well. i just couldn't concentrate and i didn't tell no one about why i was suffering silently for a long time until that day. so the chef said to me, lyndon, when he came swimming, and you do one or two things, you ever go home, you go to the doctors, you know, and see what's wrong with you. so decided call a doctor and, so i decided call a doctor and, you i don't know if i was you know, i don't know if i was blessed that day because blessed on that day because i rang what normally rang the that what normally happens food and happens when you bring food and doctors an answer doctors you get an answer machine but someone machine voicemail but someone picked up the phone and i picked up the phone and hi can i help you? said wow, i was kind help you? i said wow, i was kind of would be very of shocked. would that be very shocking? well, and shocking? and i said, well, and said myself, okay , can i book said to myself, okay, can i book an appointment to see the doctor? you know, when they doctor? and you know, when they said, today , 530 in said, come in what today, 530 in that day, wow , 515 unheard of that day, wow, 515 unheard of these days . i went there. i went these days. i went there. i went there, go to the doctor's. my

foot was one one foot in, one foot was one one foot in, one foot out the door to the side. i'm not going to see them now because know there's things because i know there's things with me, but do want with me, but do i want to face the and that's where the consequence and that's where the consequence and that's where the mental health issue starts to lot of men you to build in a lot of men you don't want find what is don't want to find out what is what wrong to with what is wrong got to deal with deal i was on my way deal with it. so i was on my way out. i called my name and out. then i called my name and so once they called my name i went in and i told the doctor everything me, everything that was about me, what was to with my what i was going to with my body. done check body. they'd done a body check me, said, because pains my me, they said, because pains my stomach. we're going stomach. this we're going to send you to a hospital. so i went to a hospital appointment. they pinprick they done a pinprick blood glucose me. so mine was glucose check on me. so mine was 15.9 and it should have been five. wow. so you found out you had diabetes, took through. you've got a couple of minutes to you do? how to tell me. what did you do? how did get that? you to did you get that? you managed to reverse obviously reverse it cause obviously diabetes cure, but we diabetes we don't cure, but we reverse. so my mentality reverse. yeah so my mentality was, how did i become type two diabetic? i knew through my lifestyle , my foods, lifestyle, my foods, carbohydrates, pasta, rice potatoes or fizzy drinks . so potatoes or fizzy drinks. so what i decided to do is to cut

down those things straight away. so one, once i started to cut down start go to down on those, start to go to the as well. exercise the gym as well. i to exercise and within five days i'd reverse number one seed down from 9 to 2 down to 77 and continue in that programme of what i was doing and i was intermittently fasting as well for five days we a week meaning that i would not eat anything . the morning i took my anything. the morning i took my daughter to school . and then daughter to school. and then i'll to the and just i'll just go to the gym and just dnnk i'll just go to the gym and just drink about four or drink water. about four or 5 hours. i did a five days a week anyway without even trying. well get up. i go to my yoga class. go. i don't drink because you can't eat. you can't have breakfast before. the thing because otherwise you just get heartburn . it comes back. yeah. heartburn. it comes back. yeah. i the class, i drink water during the class, but first time i eat might but the first time i eat might be mid—day yeah. so be mid—day or after. yeah. so yeah. be mid—day or after. yeah. so yeah . this is what i was doing yeah. this is what i was doing anyway. didn't what i anyway. but didn't know what i wanted yeah. but i didn't wanted to do. yeah. but i didn't know intermittent know about intermittent fasting until what until i told people about what i was but it's interesting was doing. but it's interesting that people that that people call that intermittent which is intermittent fasting, which is just like a normal. yeah. for lot lot of people. lot of people. a lot of people. yeah. for people like yeah. but for people like myself, i think diabetes was

when diagnosed . so when i was diagnosed. so i didn't have an advantage say didn't have an advantage to say i'm diabetic, we don't need to do. i didn't know what do. so i didn't know what diabetes all diabetes was. we all the symptoms so we didn't number 28 days husband once went days my husband once went down from 77 down to 60 and we've been sort of hundred and five days and we've reverted back down to 41. below the alert down to 41. so below the alert level. i was was and level. so i was i was happy and when got to 66, that's when when i got to 66, that's when i wrote the book started to write the book. it's book. and if people want to find out more closely, it's new year. closely, it's the new year. yeah, think you're right. yeah, we think you're right. i want to try and make sure i don't myself in a situation don't put myself in a situation of diabetes. yeah. of type two diabetes. yeah. what's where the what's book called? where the book was inspired. diabetic. yeah. a journey yeah. and it's a journey of how i type two diabetes i reverse my type two diabetes in there's a journey, in 105 days. there's a journey, i've got ingredients i using i've got ingredients i was using when was when i before i was eaten during and afterwards. so when reversed it as well. so when i reversed it as well. so i've given the people the opportunity to look at some of the ingredients always have in look at my lifestyle that i was having and a lot of people they have the same lifestyle as what i had and i couldn't believe .

i had and i couldn't believe. well, there's a lot of people you are a complete inspiration if you want to get out of the book. is there a website somewhere they can go? yeah, they can go to. my website the inspire diabetic .com. also inspire diabetic .com. and also what in what i'll be doing in a connection a lot people connection a lot more people something inspire diabetic academy so you to get academy so if you want to get involved with me for the year go to my website, up to my to my website, sign up to my newsletter and we keep you up to date. what's come in and i'm excited for 2020 free for a lot of that will engage with of people that will engage with this in the us. this by diabetic well in the us. thank you much talking thank you so much for talking you story you it you fantastic story if you it helpful new to try and helpful in the new to try and get yourself nice and maybe you're looking at the barrel towards type two diabetes perhaps something that perhaps that's something that you might want to check out. you're nana akua. this you're me. i'm nana akua. this is online and is a good use on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, we'll with the great we'll continue with the great british this hour. i'm british debate this hour. i'm asking, year's asking, aren't year's resolutions of time resolutions a waste of time usually the thoughts of my panel? hamilton and panel? christine hamilton and the country and course you at home. please join but first, home. please join in. but first, let's news .

let's get your latest news. 5:32. i'm radisson in the gb newsroom. pope francis has spoken for the first time since the death of former pope benedict who passed away this morning , 95. the pontiff's his morning, 95. the pontiff's his predecessor was a noble man who was a gift , the church. king was a gift, the church. king charles has sent his condolences to pope francis , his constant to pope francis, his constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill. pope benedict was the head of the catholic church 2005 until his resignation in 2013. he became the first pontiff to step down from the role in 600 years due to health. pope francis will lead his funeral on the 5th of january at saint peter's square following . his peter's square following. his who won the women's euro 2022 are among those recognised in the new year honours list. the first to be issued by king charles. captain leah williamson has been made an obe while her team—mates lucy bronze and ellen

white have been given mbes given his very own anne diamond has also received an obe for to pubuc also received an obe for to public health and charity . and. public health and charity. and. queen guitarist brian may has received a knighthood . the received a knighthood. the government has confirmed that anyone travelling directly from china , england from the fifth of china, england from the fifth of jan must a negative covid test before departure. there are no direct flights from china to scotland , wales or northern scotland, wales or northern ireland, but the says it will work with devolved administrations to ensure measures are implemented there as well . it's measures are implemented there as well. it's amid measures are implemented there as well . it's amid concerns as well. it's amid concerns about surging cases in china following an easing of restrictions. france, spain and the us have also introduced similar . and the us have also introduced similar. and in yorkshire scalp the council have had to cancel tonight's new year's eve celebrations thanks to an unexpected visitor an arctic walrus is thought to be the first time that one has been spotted in the county. the animal has drawn crowds to the

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good afternoon. it's just coming up to 39 minutes after 5:00. if you just you did welcome on board. this is a good news on tv, online and on radio. you can also stream us live on youtube . also stream us live on youtube. now, though, it's time to return to the great british debate this houn to the great british debate this hour. i'm asking if you these resolutions are a of time. resolutions are a waste of time. let's get my panel involved straight away. i've got hamilton joining me also , lizzie cundy.

joining me also, lizzie cundy. oh and also at home, if you've got news, please get in touch. let us know what your needs resolve is and what up to this new year's eve by lizzie nagy, especially since all are a waste of time. yes, they really? yes. going from my own experience , i going from my own experience, i have never kept one yet honestly, i stories i can i get a nice good boyfriend always get real rotter i don't drink . and real rotter i don't drink. and then i start drinking because . then i start drinking because. everyone says, oh, come on, just one. and try to be a vegetarian with sausages . you think it's with sausages. you think it's too much? so i think it's terrible need all at once . yeah. terrible need all at once. yeah. and i just think you've got to do baby steps rather than a big change because , you know, i just change because, you know, i just know i'm not able to it. but my favourite is christine so i'm going try her one. yes drinking drinking giving up drinking drinks. i like . that's good. is drinks. i like. that's good. is it. i don't really that much that made you think when i said that. certainly i did. so what the hell. she told me yes. to give it to. she's finally given

up the because some people just graze all the time with eating in between meals and suppose that's what it's been like for you i think i mean seriously think new year resolutions are goodidea think new year resolutions are good idea because you can start the new year with optimism and hope and a new leaf and try and you know make up if you've had any rows with friends and family and good. yes but don't make unrealistic yes decisions fail self. exactly. but that's what i say don't give up drink don't expect you're going to but baby steps might be just a little less maybe a little bit more healthier be bit less bad tempered people should do people who drink spirits and anything thatis who drink spirits and anything that is normally measured when they pull themselves a gin that's probably a treble or a quadruple gin and they it gin but if they actually a mix up measure would well it doesn't cover the bottom of the glass i hate it when they do that when they sometimes when they say like i'll have a jack daniel's and which my they'll pour and gin which is my they'll pour in a thimble and then they'd out

at a minute you're going to pour it in thimble and make sure you take to the top. yes. what's the point. you want to. right. you'll much of it and be super negative quickly like that and make you fill it up to the top to the line. exactly and then again, always, if i but that's you know, sadly, that's what i hate when i ask for a glass hate it when i ask for a glass of and they fill only of champagne and they fill only a way up . and as it is a little way up. and as it is filled to the brim, always , i filled to the brim, always, i can fill it up a bit more, please. it's supposed be please. it's supposed to be found . fill your glass. found. fill your glass. not really to the top . but you need really to the top. but you need something. you have to drink. now you need one of my mum's gin and tonics knock your socks off. which is sending in their resolution. because i've been asking are they a asking your needs. are they a waste you've waste of time of you've been getting with yours ? getting in touch with yours? see, says weight loss ones see, steve says weight loss ones are for sure there's a waste. yeah, because . good luck, yeah, because. good luck, stephen. good luck as he says the new year is always a good time to re—evaluate in life and try to establish a habit no harm in trying to improve oneself.

just keep it manageable and look at the term benefits . so if the at the term benefits. so if the results don't come soon enough for some to just give up. well, it's true . yeah, i. it says in it's true. yeah, i. it says in my case because i don't make . oh my case because i don't make. oh you know, having an ulcer says is nothing else to talk about. so people platitudes, just talking points and stay in the cheering mood . new year's cheering mood. new year's resolutions are one of those topics. yes. well, thank that's very nasty. but in bah humbug. but it is obviously news. so we love to talk about what people are resolving this year because bad news that says nothing without you and views, without you and your views, that's some that that's welcome. some of that great british voices their opportunity the opportunity to be on the show and really think and tell us they really think about topics we're about the topics we're discussing have for discussing today. i have for let's start with julie ford , let's start with julie ford, bedfordshire. julie. julie sir do to talk to me. what are new year's resolutions . do to talk to me. what are new year's resolutions. hi nana. looking in gold. i have a birthday . i looking in gold. i have a birthday. i agree looking in gold. i have a birthday . i agree with both of birthday. i agree with both of your panellists . actually, i your panellists. actually, i think your new year's resolution wins are both a waste of time

and the great is time to start anything new in your life but. it has to be about planning it's no good. like easy is you say it's starting. i'm going to lose weight, going to stop drinking, i'm going to go vegetarian. no one's achieve that. one's going to achieve all that. if year planning is if start the year planning is everything. and me everything. and for me personally i have little goals that i personally i have little goals thati do personally i have little goals that i do all way through the yean that i do all way through the year, but i also have little treats myself when achieve treats for myself when i achieve goals. so i'm happy when i goals. so then i'm happy when i get . i goals. so then i'm happy when i get. i like that. did you put little in your on your little treats in your on your goals yeah, i do goals as well? yeah, always i do agree everything you've agree with everything you've said. but thing i would say said. but one thing i would say that i'm not going to do anymore political jokes. what you political jokes. what do you think? many elected already think? too many elected already three. very good do that. was that little funny? does say that this guy thought you know what? laughter nobody laughs this is? no, not a single at all. you did that? well, no , it is crazy. that? well, no, it is crazy. jonica, get this spirit of. yeah, but let's get david baum is there in what for david you

sort it out you sound talk to us what have you got to do you resolve some what are they. you've got some colour that are. yes hope they start right today . oh very good. thank you. i so what. i'm with a yes i continue what. i'm with a yes i continue what i was doing praying year which is getting ready to the marathon for the first time is before the salvation army. i to move for a while as to reach more people globally because we are helping people live better and that surely has to be the best resolution i can. interesting say i'm going to give up this. i'm going to give up that because it won't happen . i shall be positive in my life. and so you're happy. spotify as many times you want me on a lovely you're a bit like the same thing because she's what was your one drinking to give up. to give up? yes between drinks. it's quite simple . love drinks. it's quite simple. love was the away from mr. bomb . what was the away from mr. bomb. what was the away from mr. bomb. what was your position taken to be with you more than be with me

more . oh yeah. that's creepy. more. oh yeah. that's creepy. don't don't . oh, i see that the don't don't. oh, i see that the of obviously money for a few years and i would never keep you out it just do nice stuff is lovely right. it's good to do good he's there in edinburgh , good he's there in edinburgh, although he lives about a bit. are you in edinburgh? no i'm in solihull minutes. he's never say the same thing. you've got to join the twin deacons do good brothers talked to be. then what your your news resolutions what are they . well i won't detail are they. well i won't detail them just in case that you me in a few weeks time and you can you can say that it was a waste of time but. but but but i tend to think that in, in the generic it's kind of it's kind of a good thing especially maybe at this time of year when we've probably overindulge and maybe abstinence is something that should be on the menu but i think it's kind

of a new chapter is the turning of a new chapter is the turning of the page and having having listened to your suggestion , listened to your suggestion, yoga and all the rest, i think i might i might go with that is one of my resolutions we like we like it finally movement of interest and not the imponderables and which is that northampton around to northampton should be around to your resolves your your year's resolves and in your view resolutions . oh, view on these resolutions. oh, it's what? now i could it's you know what? now i could have a million. i really rail off loads new year's resolutions. but you know what ? resolutions. but you know what? it's not about what you believe, because what you believe doesn't make better person. it's make you a better person. it's actually behaviour that actually your behaviour that makes that person so you makes sure that a person so you know i'll just try and be me every day just try i try and be a better version of myself every day . i've had a better version of myself every day. i've had four months in my new pub. i can't wait for this next 12 months. you know what like to go in? i know bigger and better people community. i mean, it's amazing. better people community. i mean, it's amazing . yeah well, good it's amazing. yeah well, good luck with all your results. thank you so much. my great was

supposed to be fabulous. thank you so much. my great was supposed to be fabulous . oh supposed to be fabulous. oh really cool. but you can't solve all this has changed overall i've said well done to you thank you very much for joining me. happy new year. but it's time now for our quickfire quiz. it's the part of the show where test by in. the other by panel come in. the other stories the headlines stories hitting the headlines right puzzle right now to your puzzle as christine buzzer oh, christine hamilton. buzzer oh, oh , i could just come up with oh, i could just come up with a do not puzzle until already finished the question and please play finished the question and please play at home. now remember, as i said do not pass beforehand. what's to love island fought tough competition from i'm a celebrity to receive the most ofcom complaints in 2022. but how many complaints did love island receive the first episode. was it twice 648? was it b 1212 or c 200? i'm going to go to six, four, eight. christine got into headlines for news. he was always going to go for. i was going to have a busy yeah you both buy i'm thinking generally same time they'll both

get a pass please get a point well done yes it became the most complained show in 2022. nearly 7500 complaints during the summer . 7500 complaints during the summer. right. but the most complained about moment. summer. right. but the most complained about moment . what complained about moment. what about this? the next question to what is the most streamed song on? 2022. according to spotify , on? 2022. according to spotify, a heat waits by glass be me, porter bonito by bad bunny or as it was by harry styles or to oh that was lizzy cutie i'm gaga for c harry styles which is i've never heard of any of them. so i'll go for b o. never heard of any of them. so i'll go for b 0. justin is c was harry stuff at 1.2 lizzy it's two one at the moment. harry styles it's not it was as it was it was the uk's most streamed song, 2022. that is according to spotify . let's go for question spotify. let's go for question three. what was the most watched netflix series of 2022? oh, you have told . i thought we had to have told. i thought we had to wait for the. oh so sorry stopped sorry . so should we stopped sorry. so should we continue? i thought you were

going to read. that wasn't the one that you planned first. i was waiting for the options? no, that or crown was it a the crown or it b bridgerton or was it c strangest . oh it was really pop strangest. oh it was really pop quite lot. this was a fantasy. i'm going to go p bridgerton favourite . it didn't it? c oh ha favourite. it didn't it? c oh ha . i've never heard that phrase impossible. i never heard a thing. yes. season four of stranger things topped the streams charts this year after it clocked a billion viewing. what's it about ? i don't know. what's it about? i don't know. i've never watched it. i don't watch. so. so it wasn't . no, not watch. so. so it wasn't. no, not no. there i think they're in the top 20. now, come on. just netflix. i kind of wish you they'd never did it. the money back you one to you lizzie i've congratulations my panel if you got the points at home right well stay with me because of course it is new. so i thought i'd finish on a high i thought i'd finish on a high i thought i'd talk a bit about gb news

because they did try and us before the start didn't they before the start didn't they before we even broadcast the second we were called far right extremist which. the last time i checked like of colour checked i really like of colour but that seemed pretty odd. but so that seemed pretty odd. they calling gb news that they were calling gb news that my face as well which was interesting. said that we'd interesting. they said that we'd last six months. well, it's been over 18 and we are regularly facing sky news in prime time and often in the main parts of this show . so and often in the main parts of this show. so i put and often in the main parts of this show . so i put together this show. so i put together a montage of my top three monologues and some fun moments on the channel to remind you of what a year it's been. so let's start three. my takedown about friend gary lineker. now, i simply couldn't let this one go. some people regard him as one of the greatest strikers of all time, a dear gary lineker. i loved him when i was younger , loved him when i was younger, thought he was amazing, but that was because he kicked a ball . he was because he kicked a ball. he never actually opened his mouth because what he does , the most because what he does, the most nonsensical, hypocritical toss from it. and i'm beginning to think it doesn't really know it's happening and it's just

spewing uncontrollably now. i ignored gary because that is usually the best thing to do , usually the best thing to do, but afraid couldn't let but i'm afraid i couldn't let this one go. in his latest, he claims, because of his darkest , claims, because of his darkest, he's experienced . i am much he's experienced. i am much choked on my drink. i bet he wished i had because i wouldn't be around to point out how ludicrous that sounds good. can i get a split screen with gary please please . i'm black. gary please please. i'm black. gary you're . white your comments you're. white your comments trivialised shakespeare hints of racism that people of colour me go through may suggest, gary, that you stick to things you know like promoting food and tossing a ball . at william the tossing a ball. at william the south obsessed meghan markle and i are swipes podcast . oh she i are swipes podcast. oh she still on in aisle swipes i mean archetypes podcast in the latest edition breaking down the bimbo

where talks to paris hilton about being an archetypal bimbo . meghan markle claims that was objectified when she was on a deal or no deal. she said i ended up quitting the show. i was so much than what was being objectified on the stage. i didn't feeling forced to be all and little substance . the role and little substance. the role was about looking good and just opened a box. i mean if you felt that strongly it you didn't have to do it and in fact in suits which pays pretty well in comparison most jobs you you comparison to most jobs you you did out some pretty steamy sex and formality on a deal. and a formality on a deal. colleague patricia carr spoke to inside edition . she said she inside edition. she said she doesn't actually recall feeling that way during work whoopi goldberg also criticised meghan's comments. the duchess revealed there were different beauty stations to prepare for the game show, including a section you can add padding in bra . it claimed there were no bra. it claimed there were no

bra. it claimed there were no bra stations there , was no bra bra stations there, was no bra station . growth number one, and station. growth number one, and rosie forlani . where do we start rosie forlani. where do we start 7 rosie forlani. where do we start ? this woman? ngozi fulani , ? this woman? ngozi fulani, which isn't her real name, by the way is actually marlene headley went to the palace event dressed like this. now forget. where do you come in africa? more like what planet? what is going on with her hair ? oh, man, going on with her hair? oh, man, seriously, i've some bad wigs i wear on purpose , by the way, to wear on purpose, by the way, to get here. yeah it's not the level. this is what . it says on level. this is what. it says on the charity's facebook page says the charity's facebook page says the space is a safe dedicated to africa and caribbean victims . africa and caribbean victims. survivors of domestic sexual abuse and is staffed managed by volunteers . can you imagine if volunteers. can you imagine if charity said only people . i bet

charity said only people. i bet she'd be the first to complain. let me say i'll go to the charity . charity? they ask me charity. charity? they ask me where. i'm from i say newcastle they asked me again . i say from they asked me again. i say from gb news. then they ask me no . gb news. then they ask me no. what part of africa ? i say, they what part of africa? i say, they didn't keep a record . i'm didn't keep a record. i'm guessing at that point she'll tell me to clear off. i wonder how many traumatised women she's turned away. you don't meet her criteria, frankly , i'm criteria, frankly, i'm embarrassed about this woman . embarrassed about this woman. she's affiliated with the black lives matter . a she's affiliated with the black lives matter. a bunch of fraudsters who played on white guilt to extort money from the generous, trusting of most people. the majority of are not racist. and in my view manipulating a conversation to suit her own ends at the expense of an older woman and goes to fulani is a complete and utter hypocrite . well that's a well hypocrite. well that's a well well done. very well done my

friend . you shoot from the hip, friend. you shoot from the hip, you say , know something i'm you say, know something i'm giving it a go on here. well, listen, we've some fun as well with my excellent panellists . with my excellent panellists. danny, i'm gonna start with you. then why , thank you. you're then why, thank you. you're lucky that sound didn't you lucky that sound didn't kiss you on yes this is. this on the lips. yes this is. this is counted on the lips by accident. i'm glad i missed this . this is a photo moment with all yes, father kelvin all the. oh yes, father kelvin robinson. of all people , all the robinson. of all people, all the holy waters buckling as we speak . praise be it. holy waters buckling as we speak . praise be it . you done that to . praise be it. you done that to you by accident, danny. oh have got a head butt. it's got to, we call it for the because they're having a with its noble aspirations . my worry is that aspirations. my worry is that actually you drive you turn pubuc actually you drive you turn public opinion against you because you're stopping getting about their ordinary work people and this is have been turned around fire engines have been turned around people are self—employed get work is self—employed can't get work is causing huge disruption . got to causing huge disruption. got to take people with you and you're not you're alienating them . i

not you're alienating them. i understand. and i know you don't because you keep doing it. now we feel we have no choice. we absolutely hate disrupting people. we do you people. no, you don't. we do you do no, we do you do. do it? no, we do what you do. only it explicit decree only you do it explicit decree to disrupt people. that's why do it. and i'm actually boiling about this. i'm bubbling like a vindaloo with extra chilli sauce. so i yeah, i am so angry at this man. he would not let it go.the at this man. he would not let it go. the self righteous hypocrite. and i'm sorry now he needs to go . well it clear what needs to go. well it clear what i know i know it too well. listen listen, it's clear why those in the established media are scared because until gb news came along , are scared because until gb news came along, it felt like this country was heading down a very path where opinion was being stifled . dare you out stifled. dare you point out a different perspective? you've been name and been vilified, called a name and cancelled or fired. it's no surprise that many of our young people intolerant can't people are intolerant and can't handle free speech. i don't want to in a country where. you to live in a country where. you can't say a biological man is a

man, biological woman man, a biological woman is a woman. no of cosmetics woman. no amount of cosmetics surgery change fact . i surgery can change that fact. i should be allowed to say that without called a transphobe. why because that's the truth. we don't all want to live in a world that panders delusion. a world that panders delusion. a world where you can't weigh the benefit against potential benefit against the potential damage by things like vaccines. one where you can't question the science behind climate change and effectiveness policies and the effectiveness policies that taking to that are supposedly taking to net zero. it's been a blast. thank you very much. my wonderful panellists. thank you so much you home forjoining so much to you home for joining and let's do it all over again in 2023. i'll you . that's in 2023. i'll see you. that's next year. we have it . in photo. next year. we have it. in photo. doug doug .