good evening and welcome to a special hogmanay edition of neil oliver live. i'm emily carver and i'm in the gb news studio in london . but more than 400 miles london. but more than 400 miles away in stirling is the great man himself. neil. hi neil. neil will be with us until 8:00 and if you're still stuck for a new year's resolution, he's on hand to provide a little bit of inspiration . coming up tonight, inspiration. coming up tonight, we'll meet an inspiring , we'll meet an inspiring, inspirational young campaigner who is challenging our panel and you at home to make a special act of kindness every day. you'll also get the least boring political review on the telly as we look back on a whirlwind year inside westminster. plus, neil and i will speak to a genuine expert on how to keep your new year's resolution . and i can't year's resolution. and i can't even remember what mine was last yean even remember what mine was last year, well, perhaps year, actually. well, perhaps i can remember the break. and can remember in the break. and what your new tipple.7 what is your new year's tipple.7 is it a classic malt like neil or something a bit more adventurous to round off the show? we'll have cocktail

show? we'll have a cocktail tasting looking tasting session. i'm looking forward live in the forward to that. live in the studio pick ultimate studio to pick the ultimate beverage for bringing in the bells. all that and more bells. all of that and more coming between now 8:00. coming up between now and 8:00. you'll to miss it. but you'll not want to miss it. but before from neil, let's before we hear from neil, let's get update on latest news get an update on the latest news headunes get an update on the latest news headlines madison . thanks headlines from madison. thanks emily. here's the latest from the gb newsroom. pope francis has spoken publicly for the first time since the death of former pope benedict who passed away this morning, aged 95. the pontiff said his predecessor was a noble, kind man who was a gift to the church . king charles has to the church. king charles has sent his condolences to pope francis, recalling pope benedict's constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill. pope benedict became head of the catholic church in 2005 when he stepped down due to ill health in 2013. he became the first p0pe in 2013. he became the first pope to do so in 600 years. former archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend dr. robin williams, spoke to us about pope

benedict's visit to the united kingdom for the first time as a p0pe kingdom for the first time as a pope had officially visited the united kingdom. certainly the first time that pope and archbishop had stood together at that shrine and for me, it was a moment of extraordinary depth to be alongside this very, very great, very substantial man and be able to pray together . and if be able to pray together. and if you'd like to discover our unity at the deepest level for lionesses who won the women's euros earlier this year are among those recognising 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 of beth mead and ellen white have all been given. mbes. gb news. his very own presenter. anne diamond has received an obe for services to public health and charity . and queen guitarist and charity. and queen guitarist and charity. and queen guitarist and animal welfare campaigner bnan and animal welfare campaigner brian may has received a knighthood . it's a it's a nice 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 rest of the population here. and the world as well, you know. but i take this response to responsibility quite seriously anyway . the government seriously anyway. 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 and northern ireland , but the northern ireland, but the government says it will work with devolved administrations to ensure measures are implemented. there too. it's amid concerns of surge in cases in china following an easing of restrictions. there france, spain and the us have also introduced similar rules. russia's defence ministry says 82 of their soldiers who were captured by ukraine have now been released in the latest prisoner exchange between the

two sides. local media put. ukraine is yet to comment on those claims. meanwhile, the mayor of ukraine's capital, kyiv, says ten explosions have been heard in the city. that's after air raids . silent sirens after air raids. silent sirens were sounded in every region of the country. at least one person was killed . and in yorkshire, was killed. and in yorkshire, scalp , the council have been scalp, the council have been forced to cancel tonight's new year's eve celebra tions. thanks 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 spotted in the county. the animal has drawn crowds to the harbour on new year's eve. wildlife experts saying he's likely taking a bit of a break before continuing his journey . before continuing his journey. nonh before continuing his journey. north we're on tv online and on the 80 plus radio. you're watching gb news. back now to .

emily new year and coming and still we're being beaten around the head with the same old stories . head with the same old stories. in a few hours, we welcome 2023. but as far as our leaders and the like are concerned , it might the like are concerned, it might as well be groundhog day . a look as well be groundhog day. a look at the headlines on this last day of 2022. and what do i see covered ukraine and climate change fork nuttier than anything found in a selection box. i'm talking about bringing back face masks. god help us everyone . let's remind everyone everyone. let's remind everyone for the umpteenth time that covid is no no more dangerous to most than the common cold, but still the talk is over. the pandemic . same old, same old. i pandemic. same old, same old. i speak to people every day and hear real stories about real struggles. at first when ask how are things most smile and see the fame . spend a few minutes in the fame. spend a few minutes in conversation do and the stories

come real fears about making ends meet, keeping jobs, keeping homes, businesses, the dreadful emotional toll on children . so emotional toll on children. so much of the suffering on account of our leaders prioritising everyone other than the people born and bred and living here today. born and bred and living here today . uncounted numbers of the today. uncounted numbers of the people of great britain are cold and hungry in their homes without access to gp and hospital appointments , while hospital appointments, while billions of pounds are sent out of the country, workers of all sorts are striking for better pay sorts are striking for better pay and being pilloried by the same media that just as enthusiast , stickler held them enthusiast, stickler held them up as saints . the very people we up as saints. the very people we were encouraged to regard as heroes. 5 minutes ago, nurses , heroes. 5 minutes ago, nurses, delivery drivers, postal workers , supermarket workers, and others who remained at the coalface of working life for millions were told to stay at home, and the pyjamas are now being maligned as virtual enemies of the state for having the temerity to ask for better pay the temerity to ask for better pay and conditions. all of it in the midst of a cost of lockdown crisis created and inflicted by

politicians more interested in the bankers. the markets and the corporations than the plight of the very people they are elected to serve. a blatant exercise in dividing the population yet further keeping us at each other's throats and too distracted to read our heads and see the travesty of leadership all around . if they can't split all around. if they can't split us up on the grounds of race or sex, then they seek to sow division among the working people. divide and rule . another people. divide and rule. another story so old. the pages are falling out of the book, but the real stories are largely ignored. uncounted numbers of the put upon people of great britain, young and old, fit and infirm, are dying of causes unrelated to covid, when deaths could be attributed to covid, the tool was counted daily. those numbers were the foundation of the fear. can co—opted by government nudge units . it was co—opted by government nudge units. it was a tool in bail of dare to keep us apart from one another while the economy was ruthlessly trashed , the wealth ruthlessly trashed, the wealth shovelled upwards into the pockets of the already rich .

pockets of the already rich. more recently, the inconvenient pubuc more recently, the inconvenient public have been dying of something else in greater numbers than during the pandemic . this is undeniable based on awareness figures of excess deaths , but hardly anyone in deaths, but hardly anyone in authority or in the media seems willing to mention it. far less to openly discuss what might be causing blood clots in veins and arteries , hearts abruptly arteries, hearts abruptly stopping , beating strokes all stopping, beating strokes all manner of young people face plummeting on the field of play or dying in their beds. schools of us have said all of this over and over again. ask the same questions until we're blue in the face and still no meaningful answers come far less acknowledgement of wrongdoing . acknowledgement of wrongdoing. the elephant has been in the room so long. no, if it's not cheerful, it might die soon. too presumably of blood clots or a swollen heart, or just the cold and hunger of people in the journal of medical ethics has found that bitter vaccine mandates are causing more harm than good for younger people and has called out for the halting of the rollout for and payment of the rollout for and payment of compensation to those who

have suffered serious consequences . the authors consequences. the authors describe a profound lack of transparency in scientific and regulatory policy , making the regulatory policy, making the suspension of the roll out and compensation for those injured or dead is needed, according to the authors, to begin what will be a long process of rebuilding trust in public health. trust in pubuc trust in public health. trust in public health. too many are looking at that notion as it shnnks looking at that notion as it shrinks to a dot in the rear—view mirror and yet, what do we see? only the continued push for more jobs , for covid, push for more jobs, for covid, for flu , and for god knows what for flu, and for god knows what next. imminently, anyone arriving from china must be tested for covid, presumably using those same pcr tests that don't actually find covid or else be fully vaccinated, even means these days. have we learned nothing? apparently not. as i see groundhog day and ukraine, the warmongers continue to make their killings on the field of battle in the streets and in relation to profits for

the military industrial complex , shares in giant defence contractors , lockheed martin, contractors, lockheed martin, boeing or northrop grumman. anyone and then there's the so—called climate crisis. as 2022 draws to a close, they're calling it the hottest year on record . these claims are made by record. these claims are made by the government soon researchers. the challenges from esteemed scientists disputing that orthodoxy fall on deaf ears are silenced and ridiculed along with all the other voices, the powers that be would prefer did not exist . studies estimate that not exist. studies estimate that 5 million people die every year on account of climate , 500,000 on account of climate, 500,000 from the heat and 4.5 million from the heat and 4.5 million from the heat and 4.5 million from the cold. are we to assume the so—called experts would prefer 2022 to have been the coldest year on record? i'm sick and tired of the whole thing but hope many of oldies. i only wish i could put the old news behind me and look ahead. and yet how can i hope? can any of us that are way too weak to the evil madness around us and i use the word evil, deliberate , early. word evil, deliberate, early. i've said before that we are in

an abusive relationship without government, goes on government, and so it goes on as far concerned. i honestly far as i'm concerned. i honestly feel the relentless push to keep us down with feet of pestilence, feet of war, fear of the ending of the world is the equivalent of the world is the equivalent of a sustained beating designed once and for all to knock the last of the out of us, last of the spirit out of us, so that finally shut up and do that finally we shut up and do as are told. but here's the as we are told. but here's the thing that spirit is not vanquished. instead and on the contrary, in the hearts and mange enough of us, that mange of enough of us, that spirit been it into spirit has been ignite it into flame . i often mentioned the flame. i often mentioned the letters i receive from all over the world, but only because every one them reminds me of every one of them reminds me of all those whose lives have been turned upside down, and yet still what means to still remember what it means to be and to have be free people and to have faith. alone , i faith. yesterday alone, i received 35 cards and letters from all over the world, from the state of victoria. in australia alone , i wrote. it's australia alone, i wrote. it's difficult to express my frustration that there's no political leader who has the fortitude or will to stand up fortitude or will to stand up for what is right and to free us from the shackles . i fear of

from the shackles. i fear of getting tighter on our lives . my getting tighter on our lives. my dear mum passed away four months ago and i'm glad she's no longer here to bear witness to what is happening in this once great country. i lost two years of mum's life before she passed away because she was locked up in nursing home. she bought in a nursing home. she bought seven children, was married 52 years too early. dear dad, i'll neven years too early. dear dad, i'll never, ever erase from my memory heanng never, ever erase from my memory hearing her cry on the phone, wondering why we went visiting her, her mental capacity declined rapidly due to her isolation. however my mum was an astute lady and could see marxism creeping into our schools 30 years ago. she saw this coming long ago. she instilled in us a deep faith in god.soi instilled in us a deep faith in god. so i pray that things will be put right in this world, to the world. she was but one. but to us , she was the world. i wish to us, she was the world. i wish you and your family a wonderful christmas that brings light and hope for the new year. light and hope. that's what the new year every new year should be about . every new year should be about. the more people each of us

speaks out to in the world, the better. the more we share the more reassurance we provide one another. the stronger we are. that's where the hope lies and the promise of brighter days. sooner or later. amanda from london wrote . here i am, another london wrote. here i am, another one writing to someone i've never met, but hope to one day we will win. of that, i feel quite sure . good always triumphs quite sure. good always triumphs over evil in the end. it's funny , i've never used the word evil in my 64 years, but find myself using it lately . over and over using it lately. over and over the letters echo one another. talk of sensing evil of light and dark and good and bad. one after another declares defiance over the years to jordan. from birmingham writes i really hope you get this letter, neal. we as a family took no notice of lockdown rules and remained close. nothing. and nobody was going to keep us from our children and grandchildren. it was so heartbreaking to watch other families follow the so—called science. we are winning. neil the light is flooding the earth. each day.

the truth will out. so many of us on this journey of waking up have described drifting apart from old acquaintances , but from old acquaintances, but making contact with a whole new tribe. the sims family from canada up sticks all together in search of freedom . finding a new search of freedom. finding a new home in the state of alberta. it's great leaving. living in a freedom loving province . the freedom loving province. the root. this is what gives me hope for the year ahead. because this whole bizarre experience has brought me into contact with people. i would otherwise never have met. i'm invited to share all manner of family in news and so reminded that while we might be separated by thousands of miles, are close in the ways miles, we are close in the ways that matter. we can go to restaurants and swimming pools and life is almost normal. see, the sims family emerge and that people in canada have had to leave one home in search of another so that they might feel free enough to go swimming . i free enough to go swimming. i can honestly say i never thought i'd such times. the i'd love to see such times. the sims also sent me a postcard with a quote from tolkien's the

lord of the rings. the books and movies have been dear to my family for years. we visited new zealand together several times back in the days when new zealand was a free country and saw locations used for the film. and our kids talk about them all the time. the quote is from the fellowship of the ring. the hobbit. frodo baggins feels all but overwhelmed by the enormity of the task ahead of him and tells the wizard gandalf, i wish that need not have happened in my time. so do i, replies gandalf. and so do all who lived to see such times. but it's not for them to decide. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. happy new year to all dear friends and fellow travellers . fellow travellers. very much indeed, neil. now we'd love to hear what you think at home about what neil's had to say. remember, you can tweet and email us . your email address is,

email us. your email address is, as always , gbviews@gbnews.uk . as always, gbviews@gbnews.uk. you can also tweet me as well at gb news and i'll try to get to some of your comments later in the show. now i will be introducing my wonderful panel. of course, neil will also be with throughout the show, but with us throughout the show, but keeping company the studio keeping me company in the studio this is the podcast tom this evening is the podcast tom buick. is . and the buick. there he is. and the lawyer broadcaster andrew lawyer and broadcaster andrew abel and now, tom, is there anything you'd like to pick up on in that monologue that neil just delivered? yeah, absolutely . start by saying to neil to you and your loved ones are and yours, your loved ones are very year i'm very happy new year and i'm delighted to have sat on the sofa many times over the course of 2022 and listen to dales monologues and actually listening that one. i think listening to that one. i think if haven't any of if you haven't heard any of neil's monologues , that neil's previous monologues, that to like the greatest to me felt like the greatest hits of all the monologues that he's delivered so far. so was he's delivered so far. so it was covid vaccines . it was, of covid vaccines. it was, of course , you know, the whole course, you know, the whole management of the pandemic. it's the socio economic conditions of this country. and actually, to

be fair to neil, this country. and actually, to be fairto neil, he's this country. and actually, to be fair to neil, he's often been at forefront of putting out at the forefront of putting out what might consider what some might consider unfashionable views , sometimes unfashionable views, sometimes conspiracy views , which have conspiracy views, which have actually gone mainstream . so to actually gone mainstream. so to that, neil, you've done a fantastic service to all those viewers and others who watch gb news. thank you. the one thing i do want to pick up on not only sort of offended me, but it's certainly jarred with me was the point about control and ukraine and a please correct me if i'm wrong on this, but was the suggestion that it's not really about democracy and freedom that when we sent those tank busters out in those c—17 things at president zelenskyy's request, when we agreed, of course, we've got 80,000 ukrainians in the country right now who were offering important refugee status, too. to me , that is a status, too. to me, that is a war to uphold freedom . you war to uphold freedom. you yourself have often talked about the dangers of authority . the dangers of authority. syrians. putin's an authority .

syrians. putin's an authority. syrian, isn't he ? i think syrian, isn't he? i think there's much more going on in ukraine than we are being ianed ukraine than we are being invited to consider in the in much of the mainstream press. i don't think it's the black and white issue that's being portrayed. tom and furthermore, i think it's so important, crucially important to remember all the time that well , the arms all the time that well, the arms are being moved around the vast sums of money are being exchanged , that people are exchanged, that people are profiting from war as as warmongers always do. the people of ukraine are living in a in a war zone. they have had their infrastructure destroyed. and all of the rest of it. no, it's all of the rest of it. no, it's all you know, the apportioning of blame can be can be left to another date. but the necessity for those people to get back to their ordinary lives, i think, is paramount. and the way in which war is just being sort which the war is just being sort to an ongoing war, to us as an ongoing war, potentially the endless war going on and at once, once upon a time it was weeks, then months. it will soon be years.

and to expect a civilian population to live like that in the 21st century in europe i think is unacceptable. and i think is unacceptable. and i think everything has to be done to bring it to a close so that those poor people can get back to a semblance of normality . but to a semblance of normality. but abovei to a semblance of normality. but above i go back again to them and i see that i do not think the story that we're being given about ukraine is adequate or complete. and i think there's much more going on. there are much more going on. there are much longer story and if people had been to consider all had been invited to consider all of background, of the of the background, all of the back that tragic and back story to that tragic and ugly story, then events might have unfolded differently . tom, have unfolded differently. tom, very quickly and then we'll get a word from andrew before we have to go break. there's have to go to the break. there's always back story, isn't always a back story, isn't there, a complicated there, in a more complicated story wars, we know story with all wars, we know that. story with all wars, we know that . but what people of that. but what the people of ukraine are facing right now is on their borders, a tyrannical leader that basically wants to annexe large parts of their country . surely as we go into country. surely as we go into 2023, whatever some of the border areas, motives and yes,

you can argue that back in 2014 when crimea was annexed and he was just allowed to do that, there should have been more of a better international response. but this weaponization of energy, which is not just affecting is affecting affecting ukraine, is affecting all surely that's what all of us. surely that's what we're up as we enter we're standing up to as we enter 2023. i do think someone that the nord stream pipeline was cut by was cut by russia and also it was important to remember the ugliness of what was happening to people in the donbas and in, you know, in in the eastern part of ukraine for years and years before the world turned its attention to it in the way that it's been invited to in the last in the last 12 months. there's a longer story. and if people were ianed longer story. and if people were invited to consider in its totality and it's full totality and it's the full picture , i think events might picture, i think events might have unfolded differently . have unfolded differently. andrew feel like it andrew do you feel like it sometimes feels like we're in groundhog day as we head into the new the year without to the new the new year without to doubt what i love about coming on with neil is that we question everything because we're drowning sea of drowning in a sea of information, most of which is

false . and there's a couple of false. and there's a couple of things neil mentioned in things that neil mentioned in his start to show his brilliant start to the show , that about the old , and that was about the old data, which nobody's really talking about, whether they're too scared to talk about it. but it's quite frightening. and the trouble is, with the current situation that we have, everybody expert everybody becomes an expert and a virologist. everybody becomes an expert and a virologist . everybody's a a virologist. everybody's a democratic expert on the constitution. and so on and so forth. what we need to do is separate facts from opinion. it's that news . let's give us it's that news. let's give us hard information so that we can make the relevant decisions. so the statistics and neil referenced is anything but 10 to 59 year olds. apparently january to the end of october, 2021, the access death was more really , access death was more really, shockingly more for those who'd been vaccinated than it was for those who hadn't. now, i'm not a virologist , and i don't want to virologist, and i don't want to scaremonger at all, but what we should be doing is asking that question. and my concern is why isn't that question being asked? we'll come back to all of this, but we must go to a break. but

after the break is the least bonng after the break is the least boring political review on the telly. we will be looking back on a whirlwind year inside westminster. so tuned .

yes welcome back to neil oliver live for new year's eve. with me, emily carver. now one year, two monarchs, three prime ministers and four chancellors as the uk will probably never see the like again, joining myself and neill for a special political review of the most bonkers year for the uk is the sun mirror's political editor nigel nelson and conservative councillor and former advisor clare pearsall, now we've got a lot to get stuck into here. who should i start with? neil i'll go to you first. who is your hero of the last year ? well, my hero of the last year? well, my hero of the last year? well, my hero really . when i was asked hero really. when i was asked the question, the name that came immediately to my mind because

of recent events is andrew bridgen . you know, for getting bridgen. you know, for getting up in the old empty house of commons and addressing the issue of the vaccine. and jordan and the vaccine story in its entirety alongside i would have to say, christopher to christchurch and his daughter mp has also for longer been been turning a much needed spotlight on all of that. so i would say that those, those two together immediately spring to mind as my heroes you know in a very obviously a very thin field. i do love political heroes share enough. yes. this is only politics are heroes but they were very much lone voices in in what they were saying that nigel who is your hero of the political hero ? well, i mean, political hero? well, i mean, andrew bridgen would be delighted that neil's nominated him, but i should be saying something like keir starmer, given he's ended the year given that he's ended the year with the latest gb news poll giving him a 26 point lead, which is extraordinary. that would mean that your only

looking at 46 tory mp being left if there was an election tomorrow. but by real hero of the year is larry. the cat in downing street largely because he's lost to longer than five prime ministers in the time, which is pretty good going . so which is pretty good going. so he has an official job. he's the he's a civil servant. he's chief mouser to the cabinet office. he's kept that job longer than for prime ministers before him and probably the fifth one, i think most of all viewers will probably prefer a sigh of relief when you said larry the cat rather than mr. keir starmer claire. he's your hero. i have going for the right honourable ben wallace mp defence secretary . i think he has done a superb job with the war in ukraine and being out there on the front line with the troops. he just took everything within his stride and it was quite interesting that a couple of days ago he was at the border at heathrow airport speaking to gb

news and gave the best interview i think i've seen from a politician, he answered every single question and he stayed there for probably about 10 minutes. looking at the footage. and he just took his time and he was very, very honest. so whether you agree with him or not, he has been so straightforward. and i really wish put his in the wish he'd put his hat in the ring be prime minister. but ring to be prime minister. but he is playing well with the party faithful, isn't he? seems to topping list of to always be topping the list of most conservative most popular conservative mp, although lee anderson although i saw lee anderson was the favourite. perhaps the backbench favourite. perhaps you him a run his you can give him a run for his money. okay so we're going to turn to our villains. neil, do you want tell who your you want to tell me who your political villain is? do you have list? as you're have a list? as long as you're all i'm going to keep it. i'm going to keep it as a short list and just see for me. all of the party leaders are equal worst, equal first place. well if you take your pick of the tory leaders of the last year sunak at the moment keir starmer the rest of them i wouldn't even bother to name checked them because i can't be all that

expending breath on under incompetence and they're not that utter pointlessness. i just feel speaking for me, feel generally speaking for me, the political class is a waste of skins and breath. and i believe that the political climate , the political climate, the political situation, the political world in britain at the moment is all but broken . and the sooner but broken. and the sooner there's something else to replace them with, the better. as far as i'm concerned . a as far as i'm concerned. a summary assessment of our political class there from neil and nigel. he's your villain. well, i think that the that the absolute disaster of the year had to be liz truss amazing that she actually made it to being prime minister at all. i mean, that came as a surprise to most of the tory mp as so the villains of the piece here are the tory party members who voted into office . so blaming the into office. so blaming the members of the party, i certainly have, yes. well, would you stand by that title of. i don't think that you can put the blame on all of the members of

the conservative party. no. so i take great exception that what? so if the conservative party members on your villain, who is your villain? my villain has to be matt hancock . i your villain? my villain has to be matt hancock. i think your villain? my villain has to be matt hancock . i think that he be matt hancock. i think that he took himself off into the jungle on a little piece of his own ego was meant to go out there and suggest that he was talking about dyslexia . yeah. and i about dyslexia. yeah. and i think he mentioned it twice and we were subjected to him eating things that we shouldn't really be seeing , seeing things that we shouldn't really be seeing, seeing him in things that we shouldn't really be seeing , seeing him in shorts be seeing, seeing him in shorts , which is never a good thing when he should have been serving the good people of south—west suffolk. so i think that he has to be my villain of the year, but he did play a bit of a bunden but he did play a bit of a blinder. it seems his pr attempts to well fix his reputation , save his reputation reputation, save his reputation seem what did he come seem to work. what did he come to? he can't believe he to? third, he can't believe he came in the jungle. very, came third in the jungle. very, very short lived because since he's back, i think he he's been back, i think he thought would be demand . thought he would be in demand. and his star has faded and i think his star has faded somewhat . yes, think there was somewhat. yes, i think there was a reporting, but he's a piece of reporting, but he's found so who

found a television agent, so who knows? see hosting knows? we'll see him hosting a show. don't think here show. i don't think here actually. call it. i can't see actually. i call it. i can't see that happening next year, that's for sure . neil. so we're going for sure. neil. so we're going to move to on funniest moments. what was the funniest moment of the year after keeping in a general theme? i have to go to comedy of the darkest sort, which is seeing sooner and hunt given the top jobs when nobody voted for them, nobody wanted for them. the joke's on us . i for them. the joke's on us. i just i looked on at that sequence of events in silhouette object despite . leaf. first of object despite. leaf. first of all, not when i had to watch the grim spectacle of jeremy hunt walking into downing street and into in there to, you know, to take on the role of chancellor. how that happened. i dread to think what dark arts were, what appued think what dark arts were, what applied there . and then to top applied there. and then to top it all, just to make it all complete. rishi sunak you had been discarded by the membership as as leader ? a no as unwanted as leader? a no sooner was poor. liz truss out

of the way and precious little time for liz truss either. but in came rishi sunak you know to take on mantle of leadership take on the mantle of leadership when the party such as we were ianed when the party such as we were invited to understand that customer said and yet there they are they are they are sitting atop the ziggurat as though they were born to it. and i'm appalled. but you must joke on us. the way you describe us. i mean, the way you describe that of i mean, that series of events, i mean, all do really is laugh all you could do really is laugh unless you to burst into unless you want to burst into tears on new year's eve, which we don't here at the studio anyway , nigel, who what was your anyway, nigel, who what was your funniest political moment? well, the funniest moment i think that the funniest moment i think that the it started with the economy describing liz truss's having a shelf life of a lettuce . the shelf life of a lettuce. the daily star took that that's one stage further by actually getting a real lettuce and seeing if the lettuce would survive longer than the prime minister and the lettuce did. and with that happened, that was absolutely hysterical. it enlightened what had been a really depressing , okay, short really depressing, okay, short few days, 44 days. but it was a

really depressing time and it certainly gladdened all our hearts when we saw she disappeared, we got someone competent . well, i actually want competent. well, i actually want to. i want a good bet, actually, on the fact that she'd be out before christmas . and i got a before christmas. and i got a very nice mail paid for me by a friend who, well, probably regrets assuming that she'd lost into into this year, certainly longer than letters . claire, longer than letters. claire, what was your funniest moment? right in the 18 years i've been in parliament, at no point did i ever think i would be discussing tractor , but here we all 2022 tractor, but here we all 2022 was the year of trying to and the very lovely neil parish who his unfortunate set of circumstances that led to him resigning and standing down from his seat due to viewing some information on his ipad or his mobile phone in the chamber that he really shouldn't be looking at. no, he shouldn't , although at. no, he shouldn't, although he does seem to still be showing his face. mean, after after his face. i mean, after after that kind of humiliation,

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channel yes. welcome back to nil oliver. live with me emily carver. i've moved to another desk in the but my guests are very much still here. now, it might be a cliche, but ni is evil. there they are. is a course is of course a time for reflection, for looking back on the good, the bad and the ugly. and because 2022 has been such a spinning such a head spinning rollercoaster, i've called in as

many stellar commentators as i can manage to give to give it can manage to give it to give it a full appraisal. so alongside neil and i, to give the highs and lows of the year, i'm delighted to be rejoined by my fantastic panel podcast , the tom fantastic panel podcast, the tom buick and the lawyer and broadcast avon. plus, we broadcast andrew avon. plus, we have sunday have still with us sunday mirror's political editor nigel nelson and conservative councillor and former adviser claire pearsall . i feel spoilt. claire pearsall. i feel spoilt. i'm sure you do at too. home so tom, i'll go to you first. let's start on a good note. please do tell me your high of 2022 without a doubt. it was watching without a doubt. it was watching with my young daughters, the lionesses bring back silverware after 56 years and beating germany to on in the euros. absolutely fantastic night. and it was one of those times i think when genuinely felt like the country just switched off from all sorts of things that they always talk about earlier in his monologue and there was a bit of light and hope at the end of that extra time that was my high that cracking moment high that was a cracking moment i for everyone everyone at i think for everyone everyone at least would have smiled when

they heard that we'd won the world cup. who's next? how world cup. now, who's next? how about me ? what did you say it about me? what did you say it was? the euros, not the world i love fake news that failed to bnng love fake news that failed to bring back the world cup. emily, you get it right. how embarrassing . anyway, neil, what embarrassing. anyway, neil, what was your high of 20, 22? emily, let now show you that is the kind of sporting mistake that i could so easily have made myself. so i share your pain . i myself. so i share your pain. i would say i was listening to nana akua in the programme preceding this one, and she and she said she talked about her gb news was written off even before it had launched and it was expected not to last more than a matter of months . so for me my matter of months. so for me my highlight has been this year seeing gb news, all my colleagues, the whole team really find their feet . it has, really find their feet. it has, you know, it felt for a long time used as a the old millwall fc idea. but everybody says we don't care . there is a very

don't care. there is a very strong sense of that. at the beginning and yet no, it has very much found its feet as a channel and it's all an account of the of the effort of the people behind the scenes that, you know, the people on screen and of course, and the wonderful people that i've become regular contributors, like tom contributors, people like tom who know, i've got to who have you know, i've got to know quite well over the over the and to broaden i think the real for me this year real highlight for me this year has people that i've has been the people that i've met partly on account of being with gb news, but who's orbits? i would never have entered his past. i would never have crossed, you know, i've lost acquaintances on account of stances, uptake , none of. and stances, uptake, none of. and i've seen people go but it's the place as i mentioned in my monologue by a whole different tribe of people . and it's been tribe of people. and it's been an absolute joy to me . the an absolute joy to me. the people met, the unexpected people i've met, the unexpected cast of characters. it's been such a revelation, such that a freshman of my life and it's been an absolute hand on heart, a pleasure . the people that i've a pleasure. the people that i've met in the last 12 months, you

have given me different things to think about, different perspectives . and we've and perspectives. and we've and we've stood together against something that collectively we see as a as an egregious wrong. so that with that , in short and so that with that, in short and long has been my highlight of the i've got a tear in my eye after that. i totally agree. gb news feels like some strange but wonderful family and i've got a lot of lot to be thankful for being able to be in this position, something that i've dreamed of for many years. that's come true because of gb news and the people who work here. tom oh, we've already gone to. tom let's go to andrew. andrew what was your highlights of one of my highlights was that you're claiming the world cup. i thought that was brilliant. fantastic. way, 1966 all fantastic. by the way, 1966 all over again. i have to echo what both you and neil said . and it both you and neil said. and it was it's like a quip sheet really, doubt coming really, without a doubt coming to gb news every week on different programmes has been brilliant. like a brilliant. it is like a wonderful family putting the fun into dysfunctional but also correcting people's

misunderstanding about the channel. stephen dixon did channel. and stephen dixon did a fantastic little article about gb news and how people dismissed it. first of all, saying, oh, it's all right wing and i don't listen to anybody else and people don't even watch it on that sort of basis what i would encourage people to do and what happens on every single show is you are lots of you encourage are lots of different. we said the top different. as we said at the top of show. and so what i want of the show. and so what i want to encourage people, to do, encourage people, question but let's question everything, but let's start the start with the facts, get the facts right, people can facts right, and then people can have opinion on that sort of basis. so for me, gb news has been brilliant a real, real been brilliant and a real, real highlight week is coming highlight of my week is coming on shows. on the different shows. the other would mention other thing that i would mention as well, because people don't mention it enough and there's too much other rotten stuff on mention it enough and there's too headline |er rotten stuff on mention it enough and there's too headline thantten stuff on mention it enough and there's too headline than the stuff on mention it enough and there's too headline than the front on the headline than the front pages. the great advances in pages. is the great advances in tech just in air and tech in just in air and entertainment and so on. and so forth, which we have had we found the complete sink was 100% the sequence of the genome and what that means is that in time we're going to be able to solve all sorts of diseases and it's

going to be brilliant in entertainment, as know, my entertainment, as you know, my background entertainment background as an entertainment lawyer looking at the developments that's happening there, you can create there, how you can create content, how are we getting massive on as massive advances on that as well? predict that what's well? i predict that what's going happen over next going to happen over the next few going to be few years is it's going to be revolutionising the way that we look and consume content, as well this well as getting all this tremendous in medicine. tremendous advance in medicine. so i had three on that sort of basis, but three worthwhile ones. love your enthusiasm. ones. i love your enthusiasm. andrew. were two little andrew. they were two little highlights when highlights of my year when i walked an estate agent that walked past an estate agent that had gb news on all of its televisions and when i was at bournemouth hospital in the a&e after a bad e—scooter accident, self—inflicted , i must say it self—inflicted, i must say it was also there in the waiting room, keeping guests entertained so that was a nice little highlight. claire what's been your highlight of the year ? your highlight of the year? well, i mean, how do you follow on from that? so, you know, and iecho on from that? so, you know, and i echo andrew's point about gb news and i'm grateful that you allow me on here to sprouts. and what do you all but i think for

this year it has to be the platinum jubilee her majesty the queen looking resplendent , queen looking resplendent, giving us a four day bank holiday. but the one thing that was so special is everybody came together . was so special is everybody came together. communities came together. communities came together , people started talking together, people started talking together, people started talking to each other, looking at what they were going to do, how they were going to celebrate, sharing picnic and food and days out . picnic and food and days out. and it was just such a nice moment in what has been a really, really turbulent year that everybody came to london. they came and had a look at buckingham palace. they learned a little bit about history and just joined together for that moment. so i think that has been one of the very special things that this year and we will never see that again. and the anti—monarchist, the republicans did quiet , anti—monarchist, the republicans did quiet, most of them did keep quiet, most of them anyway , for that moment. nigel anyway, for that moment. nigel last but not least, he for everything that's been said about gb news so far and i didn't think that the queen sketch with daniel craig at the

olympics could be beaten but she managed it this year by doing another sketch with paddington and in the year they were the two iconic british. i just interrupt you because i believe we have a clip of that just so goodness. we have a clip of that just so goodness . perhaps he would like goodness. perhaps he would like a marmalade sandwich . i always a marmalade sandwich. i always keep one for emergencies . so do keep one for emergencies. so do i. i keep mine in here all the party is about to stop your majesty . i party is about to stop your majesty. i paid you for the men and thank you for everything . and thank you for everything. that's very kind . well, there we that's very kind. well, there we go. nigel, what were you going to say? i just the. when the queen starts tapping out, we will rock you. that was some taking a while to learn, but you did it absolutely perfect day. now we're going have to rush now we're going to have to rush through lows. apparently,

through our lows. apparently, the producers are telling me that have too much that we don't have too much time. so tom, what was your low? well, i suspect there will be a common theme us. i mean, common theme amongst us. i mean, for it was 20, 22 for me, really, it was 20, 22 was the year when the british promise was finally broken. what i is you think i mean by that is you think about every single generation, really, post—war really, in the post—war period as usually you know, as usually kind of, you know, whichever party is in power has seen that this generation will be off , better access to be better off, better access to housing, health, homes, education. and that just hasn't happened this year. wages have stagnated. we've a lot on the nation's credit card. and as ian has said, as well, you know so ably, it hasn't really delivered very much for us. yeah, that is a bit a low, although i do hope that people come what may, whatever politicians are in power, whatever they do with a bit perseverance, all of us bit of perseverance, all of us can hopefully a better year can hopefully have a better year ahead. neil i would echo really what tom was saying there. i think it's been really for me, it's watching great britain taken apart systematically by

those who really are supposed to be in positions to take it forward and to champion britain as leaders that evident disdain and contempt for a once great country under the servitude to the markets, to transnational corporations , and standing by corporations, and standing by while our heritage, our culture of what it means to be british, all of that has been under mind, ridiculed, you know , held up as ridiculed, you know, held up as though it's been a great wrong committed against the world for the last several hundred years. and that brings me a great sadness. you know, somebody who loves britain always has, always will. and i feel it's in the care at the moment of people who are not fit for the jobs that we have taken on. andrew, very quickly. very quickly. well, the saddest thing for me is the number of people who've died, iconic people in our lives, both very close, not in the public eye, but the several. it's eye, but the several. and it's a devastating list from obviously her queen pope her majesty, the queen pope benedict died today.

her majesty, the queen pope benedict died today . barbara benedict died today. barbara walters also died today. we've had dame vivienne westwood yesterday. pele, the list goes on and on and on. tragic loss for all sorts of industries and just reminds us of our own vulnerable kitty clare, what's your low? i has been the most recent weather in recording temperatures of minus ten out in cairns , which was particularly cairns, which was particularly galling considering the cost of living crisis and people worrying about how to heat their homes. but i am really, really grateful in my village in particular for the farmers who came out with their tractors to keep our roads clear. so top job for that one. oh, that's nice. little positive spin there. and nigel to finish us all. yeah well, we had the best eurovision entry for years, paul ryder entry for years, and paul ryder ended up coming second because of time that if it hadn't been for the ukraine war, he'd have come first. but that was the low point. him not winning. come first. but that was the low point. him not winning . there point. him not winning. there you go. but overall, quite positive there from nigel to end that segment segment, thank you

very much for joining that segment segment, thank you very much forjoining us that segment segment, thank you very much for joining us to that segment segment, thank you very much forjoining us to give us your highs and also your notes from last year. now coming up, could you do a random act of kindness every day for , one kindness every day for, one year? our next guest is the charity founder, stevie hall, who has done just that. we speak to him after the break. stay tuned .

yes. welcome back to neil oliver live on this new year's eve. with me, emily carver. now of great britain this week, set himself the challenge of completing a random act of kindness every day. and for almost two years, he looked back.19 almost two years, he looked back. 19 year old stevie hall understands the difficulties faced by disabled people. and on top of putting smiles on faces day to day, his charity, the cb kindness foundation , has been kindness foundation, has been funding incredible projects for others with learning disabilities . so he makes a disabilities. so he makes a point of saying , disabilities. so he makes a point of saying, kindness is my superpower. that's very nice

and. i'm delighted that stevie and. i'm delighted that stevie and his mum ashley join me now. i must say, you look fabulous , i must say, you look fabulous, both of you. thank you very much for coming in to the studio . for coming in to the studio. now, tell me a bit about this new foundation . so cepi, what's new foundation. so cepi, what's this ? the foundation call. can this? the foundation call. can you tell emily the steps? so the whole kindness foundation . well whole kindness foundation. well done with cepi hall. kindness foundation and about three years ago, cepi wanted to do a random act of kindness for a friend to buy him a laptop because he didn't . he was isolated when the didn't. he was isolated when the when the schools closed. yet so cepi said he wanted buy him one obviously you can't just buy people things and so he said he wanted to do something to raise money for charity. so said he could be kind . could be kind. so could be kind. could be kind. so stevie did , 100 acts of stevie did, 100 acts of kindness, 100 acts of kindness. and how many days? every ten, ten days? ten days. and people in our village saw him doing

these random acts of kindness and within a week he'd raised £1,000. and then carrots one week and just one well done and bought his friend the laptop, his friends got disabilities and couldn't use mainstream equipment . couldn't use mainstream equipment. so it was an adapted laptop and since then said he loved it. so much that you've continued and how many years have you been doing a random act of kindness for cepi three, three, three? yes. yes. and how much money have you raised this year ? £45,000. and who are you year? £45,000. and who are you raising the money? forceps look, lonely kids . lonely raising the money? forceps look, lonely kids. lonely kids raising the money? forceps look, lonely kids . lonely kids who are lonely kids. lonely kids who are lonely kids. lonely kids who are lonely because of this are the societies which means they don't have so much money or say , a have so much money or say, a disabled . so disabled kids. so disabled. so disabled kids. so the organisations that service helped work on projects to prevent isolation in disadvantaged or disabled young people. so lovely because when

we talk about loneliness often we talk about loneliness often we talk about the elderly. it's usually confined to that. when we're talking about loneliness . we're talking about loneliness. but of course for young disabled children, disadvantaged children in general, it's obviously a massive issue and something that goes unseen . people don't always goes unseen. people don't always know someone's feeling lonely, do they know? and i think i think what lockdown, lift is it highlighted that this cohort of people are still actually in isolation in a lockdown. so know if you can't read or write, then you can't text . if you don't you can't text. if you don't have a smart device, you can't do it anyway. and so although everybody else back out everybody else got back out there said highlighted an area of were isolated so of people that were isolated so wanted to continue acts of kindness, which is what he's done for the last three years. well i was just saying in the break there how you've got a facebook which shows everything that you've been doing. and it really is. it really is very heartwarming to see all the activities you've been doing.

now, i want introduce neil now, i want to introduce neil oliver conversation , and oliver to this conversation, and i wants to speak to you i know he wants to speak to you very let's bring him in very much. so let's bring him in now is neil, it's lovely now that he is neil, it's lovely to see you again. lovely to to see you both again. lovely to see you, be remember you see you, sir. be i remember you very well as one of my great britain's from last year , i britain's from last year, i wonder i was thinking about the loneliness you were describing there. you know, you know, christmas is you know, can be christmas is a you know, can be it can be a wonderful time for a lot of people, but it can also be a difficult a lot of be a difficult time for a lot of people. and i wondered, what were the acts of kindness that you thought about during the christmas looking christmas period and looking ahead nice to ahead to new year? it's nice to see again. i think we lost see you again. i think we lost we came on a zoom, didn't we, with before, didn't we? with neil before, didn't we? what been doing over what have you been doing over christmas, people. well, christmas, making people. well, all warm, steve. he said he wanted to make cold people warm, so said he's been working with handing out warm blankets to homeless shelters. not so much homeless shelters. not so much homeless people because we were

told and we learned very quickly that homeless people he's been handing out some foil blankets to them because sort of fluffy blankets will get cold and what so shelters said he was there on christmas eve year working with crisis and also what else have you been doing at christmas at the theatre sub sets up a bursary which means for the next three years sophie's giving to the theatres to families to help them with some money to see the panto pantomimes because pantomime, don't you say ? so pantomime, don't you say? so this christmas had been about up theatre bursaries and working with co people, making co people warm and local round table organisation heard about savvy acts of kindness and donated the finances to go and buy 200 blankets so that they got involved as well. so it's lovely andifs involved as well. so it's lovely and it's almost like what act of kindness leads to another and

people hear about it and then continue. so this year it's been fabulous . the amount of people fabulous. the amount of people that said he's met who then feed on the kindness to somebody else. it's it is makes else. so it's it is makes everybody feel warm . i love everybody feel warm. i love i love the idea that it began as something that was just going to be for a short period of time. just just a just a fundraiser. but that you that you've found it almost impossible to stop and i wonder actually in a very i do wonder actually in a very positive sense, how long you'll keep going with this will will certainly be performing acts of kindness forever now. well i know is a is a perpetual art that will go on and on. are you going to keep going sappy. yeah why do you want to keep going? how do you want to make people feel up , up, inside, happy feel up, up, inside, happy inside. so each christmas over the last three years we thought, okay, well, we will you carry on.and okay, well, we will you carry on. and there was a time when cb was sort of saying, oh, if i don't do a random act to kind of somebody might be sad. so it was

a little bit of explaining that even if you just because you don't do that to it doesn't make people sad. what's happened people sad. and what's happened over the think the more cb over the i think the more cb does, the more people come out of the woodwork and start helping. and one thing leads to another. it happened with the ukraine and said we wanted to make all the children in the ukraine feel happy inside. and we said , you can't, but they we said, you can't, but they arrived in the uk and we met the 52 ukrainian orphans and cb gave them their cb and feel happy. i think that is the perfect new year's resolution for myself, i'm sure. neil as well and everyone at to home just be kind essentially that is something that everyone can do and no one really has an excuse not to do. so thank you very much indeed for coming the studio. stevie and his mum , ashley hall. thank and his mum, ashley hall. thank you very much indeed. we're going to have to go a break, going to have to go to a break, but lots more to come the but lots more to come in the second hour .

yes, welcome back. there's just 5 hours to go until 2023. and the best way to spend that time is, without a doubt by watching tv news. i'm emily carver and i'm in the gb news studio in london of course, but neil oliver is in scotland he's oliver is in scotland and he's going be with us all the way going to be with us all the way up to 8:00 in a few minutes , up to 8:00 in a few minutes, i'll be getting to speak to lesley hussell to discuss king charles iii first news honours list. i'll be asking all there any surprises in there? we'll also speak to gary jones, who ceo music , a british ceo of muddy music, a british tech company that's developed a technology that uses a.i. to select and prescribe music medicine to reduce pain and excitement for alzheimer's . excitement for alzheimer's. we'll also be joined by professor bass for plankton to discuss new year's resolutions

and how people can actually go about keeping them. and finally, we'll be joined by a cocktail aficionado , robyn navarro, who aficionado, robyn navarro, who will show us some amazing drinks that everyone can make at home to bring in the new year. all of that to come. you're watching tv with neil oliver and emily carver. quick look carver. let's take a quick look at headlines . carver. let's take a quick look at headlines. i'm radisson at the headlines. i'm radisson in the gb newsroom. pope francis has paid tribute to former pope benedict, passed away this morning, aged 95. the pontiff described his predecessor as a noble kind and a gift to the church. earlier king charles sent his condolences, recalling pope benedict's constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill . to promote peace and goodwill. pope benedict became head of the catholic church in 2005. in 2013, he became the first pope in 600 years to step down, citing ill health. former archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend dr. rowan williams , spoke to us about pope

benedict's visit to the uk for the first time as a pope had officially visited the united kingdom. certainly the first time that pope and archbishop had stood together at that shnne. had stood together at that shrine . and for me was a moment shrine. and for me was a moment of extraordinary depth to be alongside this very great, very substantial man and be able to pray together and if you'd like to, to discover our unity at the deepest level for lionesses who won the women's euros earlier this year 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 have been given mbes. gb news presenter anne diamond has received an obe for services to public health and charity and queen guitarist and animal welfare campaign that bnan animal welfare campaign that brian may has received a knighthood . the government has knighthood. the government has confirmed that anyone travelling directly from china to england

from the 5th of january must now show a negative test before they depart . there are no direct depart. there are no direct flights from china to scotland, wales and northern ireland , but wales and northern ireland, but the government says it will work with devolved administrations to ensure measures are implemented there to its amid concerns of surging cases in china. following an easing of restrictions there , france, restrictions there, france, spain and the us have also introduced similar 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 countries. the slow record of ukraine is yet to comment on that claim. meanwhile, the mayor of ukraine's capital, kyiv, says ten explosions have been heard in the city after air raid siren was sounded in every region of the country. at least one person was killed . and back here in was killed. and back here in yorkshire, scarborough council

have been forced to cancel tonight's new year's eve celebrations thanks to an annexe packed in visitor. an arctic walrus is thought to be the first time one has been spotted in the county . the first time one has been spotted in the county. the animal has drawn crowds to the harbour on new year's eve. wildlife experts say he's likely taking a short break before continuing his journey . north we're on tv journey. north we're on tv onune journey. north we're on tv online and on the b plus radio. you're watching gb news. back to emily and . emily and. neil thank you very much. i like that walrus story. it makes me chuckle . anyway, during the chuckle. anyway, during the break, stevie and his mum, ashley gave me a little gift here. there's one for me, but there's one also for patrick christie's , who is, of course,

christie's, who is, of course, on the channel every single day of the week, because he agreed to do five acts of kindness , i to do five acts of kindness, i believe. and i think he has done them. sure, he's done them. we'll have to check up. but anyway, this is one of the teddy bears that they used to fundraise for their charity. so just thought i'd show everyone that because was quite nice that because was quite a nice thing to receive and didn't thing to receive and we didn't get chance it before the get a chance to do it before the break. we're going be break. anyway we're going to be moving something quite moving on to something quite different, perhaps different, although perhaps related the new year's honours list the of king list and it's the first of king charles iii reign. and it's been revealed ever. there's plenty revealed as ever. there's plenty of names among the of household names among the individuals celebrated for individuals being celebrated for their service to the their incredible service to the nafion their incredible service to the nation including very own nation, including our very own anne diamond has received an obe for campaign to prevent cot death . now other notable names death. now other notable names in this year's list include lionesses , captain leah lionesses, captain leah williamson, who is among four of england's euro 2022, winning not the world cup winning side to be named in the list and joining us now to discuss the 2023 new year's honours list is awards and honours expert lesley

hussell. welcome, leslie now, leslie, if i wanted to get a gong, what would i have to do? what would you advise ? okay, what would you advise? okay, earlier , the first thing is earlier, the first thing is you're going to have to be absolutely outstanding. so you're going to be have to be a real lead, a top of your field , real lead, a top of your field, all your work, your world, cross roots level. but you're changing lives. you're making britain a better place . and if that sounds better place. and if that sounds like a really high bar, what it is, you know there are 1000 people on the list today and each one of them all of the ordinary people doing extraordinary things, or they're celebrities are famous names. each one of them has really outstanding achievements. so, yeah , there must be some people yeah, there must be some people who come to you for your advice who come to you for your advice who don't stand a hope in hell. of getting their hands on a gong. of receiving an obe or an mbe, b or whatever, whatever it is. what do you say to them ? we is. what do you say to them? we well them very politely that perhaps they're not quite there

yet. and that they've got some work to do. we say so maybe come back in five years. ten years when you really have made a difference. we did have . one difference. we did have. one person came along. he was 30. he said, i'm an entrepreneur. i've made my first 10 million. i think i deserve an honour. and we said, what have you and we said, okay, what have you and what you back? how we what have you given back? how we help you about help community tells you about your philanthropy. and he said , your philanthropy. and he said, open, making money. so open, too busy making money. so we said, look, okay, come back and back when you've actually done something on voluntary done something on a voluntary bafis done something on a voluntary basis to really make britain a better place . and it was better place. and it was intelligence that we're very happy to give people a free assessment completely honestly of what chances are. but all of what the chances are. but all about impact . neil, would you about impact. neil, would you like to ask a question ? like to ask a question? absolutely lesley. hello there. good to see . and this is a good to see. and this is a revelation to me that people self nominate for recognition . self nominate for recognition. in my naivety i thought it was people putting others forward

because they've become aware of a contribution made . but people a contribution made. but people come forward with their own ideas about themselves. you can't actually nominate yourself , but if you have a member of your family, some business you think you would like to put forward, say in the charity or the business world, you know, somebody absolutely has gone well above and beyond is really at the top of their game. what can do is go to the government website gov.uk and you can download a form and you fill in that form, explore and really what sets them apart , how what sets them apart, how they've changed things , how how they've changed things, how how influential they are, how inspiring they are to others , inspiring they are to others, which are just the kind of qualities that the cabinet office are looking for. it's about being it's about leadership, inspired leadership, about being inspired . when it off , it will . when you send it off, it will go to the cabinet office , then go to the cabinet office, then to one of nine special committees health business sport, and they will sift through and check how you match the criteria . and then if you're

the criteria. and then if you're successful, you go soon. then to downing street to be approved and finally to be rubber stamped at buckingham palace . so when it at buckingham palace. so when it comes to , obviously a lot of the comes to, obviously a lot of the attention every year focuses on on high people, celebrities and sportspeople who nominates them , you know, in all likelihood will have put forward brian may, for example, or or whoever . i for example, or or whoever. i think those are the people famous names who evidently come to the attention of the powers that be the cabinet office and the committee chairs are looking out and they all these famous people and they decide when the time is right to honour them . time is right to honour them. but that's why it's so important . people know, i think, that there is this open system that you actually can download a form because people think , well, how because people think, well, how am i ever going to come to the attention of the powers that be? and could ten years waiting and you could ten years waiting for that envelope, come through your drop on the your letterbox and drop on the doormat you open up . and doormat and you open it up. and there is. is the prime there it is. is the prime minister saying queen would

minister saying the queen would like you an honour, like to give you an honour, but maybe never happen . maybe that will never happen. and do know somebody and so if you do know somebody who you genuinely think who you really genuinely think meets those really criteria, then yeah, absolutely. go ahead and put them put them forward . and put them put them forward. and given that given that it's the king, the monarch, you know , unilaterally, her majesty . , unilaterally, her majesty. does the monarch ever nominee, is it likely that they would suggest someone themselves that they would like to see honoured ? or do they just leave it to the to the to this to the advisers and the wider system ? advisers and the wider system? it may be the king's honours list, but the king doesn't actually compile it himself. as we've said , the king could we've said, the king could suggest somebody , but that suggest somebody, but that person would have to go through the rigorous due diligence conducted by the cabinet office just like anybody else. it's not favours. it's not the king saying, you know, i have a friend. i think if he wanted to point out somebody example in the environmental campaigning world or diversity or young

people, it's very clear obviously they would probably have come to the attention of others . they're doing others. they're doing outstanding work . leslie, am outstanding work. leslie, am i right? and am i right in thinking that of the royal aides who worked for the sussexes and for kate and william was nominated was he nominated by the king? because, of course, he was the one who who raised concerns about meghan markle's bullying allegations. yes this is jason. bullying allegations. yes this isjason. now bullying allegations. yes this is jason. now it is a particular which is in the gift of the royal family and clearly there is room, i think, for people to be a little mischief making in saying if the royal family approved it it's a snub to meghan . however, he did also meghan. however, he did also work for william and kate when they were before they became prince , princess of wales in prince, princess of wales in communication and will very clearly very strongly. so i

think there probably is a legitimate reason there that isn't a royal snub. it's a genuine thank or an accolade, a recognition to somebody who worked very hard for many members of the royal family. i worry that some of it may not be fit for purpose insofar as there seem to be quite a lot of political nominations. various ministers and former ministers forming up , former cabinet forming up, former cabinet members, etc, etc. also people like nigel farage haven't received one. and you know , he's received one. and you know, he's not everyone's cup of tea . you not everyone's cup of tea. you would have thought after his tremendous political campaigning , whether you support his campaigns or not, that he would receive such an award. is there a sort of you know, they don't want to cause offence by any of their awards? i think that their politics awards, which are by the prime minister , the leader the prime minister, the leader of the opposition and people who have long service within parliament what will get that

nod , that separate from the nod, that separate from the pubuc nod, that separate from the public process . that's what public process. that's what makes the public process valuable, is that it's not politicians awarding , somebody politicians awarding, somebody who's been loyal for however many years . what i love is the many years. what i love is the range. the range of the honours list. we think about this a award today, a knighthood for a nuclear scientist . and there's a nuclear scientist. and there's a british empire medal. that's the entry level . a coastguard who's entry level. a coastguard who's done thousand rescues at sea. he's guy called martin whether he is retiring weekend at the age of 68 and he will be going next year to the palace or to windsor castle and the king will be pinning on his chest that medal , which be pinning on his chest that medal, which is going to be the absolute highlight his life. and it's that range people who get recognised, which i just think is , but i would agree is, but i would agree wholeheartedly that i think it's the, it's, it's all, it's fun to see the, the, the celebrities and other , you know, figures,

and other, you know, figures, highly high profile , you know, highly high profile, you know, being all of that's always interesting. but in i think the spirit of it comes doesn't it from the otherwise anonymous figures that the often late in life finally get recognition you know there is something uniquely satisfying about seeing honoured after 40 and 50 and 60 or however many decades of just quietly making a contribution . quietly making a contribution. yeah absolutely . and in the case yeah absolutely. and in the case for example of martin rayner, the coastguard officer, you've got to think of the people in the lifeboat station who actually said, you know, let's put let's nominate put him forward, let's nominate him. he's not famous name. he wouldn't have been recognised otherwise. i admit i had tipped when i was kind of thinking about on the list. about who might be on the list. i maybe it's for i thought, maybe it's time for keith richards. 60 years keith richards. after 60 years as guitar of the rolling stones. but no, not this time. as guitar of the rolling stones. but no, not this time . thank you but no, not this time. thank you very much. i really enjoyed that discussion. that was, of course, lesley hussle , awards and lesley hussle, awards and honours experts talk. it's

experts talking us through the new year's honours list and how people get those awards for recognition. now after the break, we're going to be looking at the positive that music is having on outside patients. we'll be joined by the ceo of medi music, gary jones. he first developed medi music to help his mum's friend deal with the condition. there is surely .

welcome back to neil oliver live with me, emily culver neale is joining us throughout the show. but i would like to reintroduce my wonderful panel. we have tom buick here in red now. we have 100 people in a lovely navy and a beautiful waistcoat for the occasion because it is new year's eve after all. and apparently has just gone new apparently it has just gone new year's just gone 20, 23 in mumbai , i believe, half an hour mumbai, i believe, half an hour ago. so think that's cause for celebration for any of our indian viewers ? and so i thought

indian viewers? and so i thought indian viewers? and so i thought l p0p indian viewers? and so i thought i pop champagne. so let's see how this goes . no, i did this how this goes. no, i did this i did this on christmas eve. if anyone was watching then. and it went perfectly well. so there we go again . now look at that. just go again. now look at that. just watch my now we are going to be having cocktails later. so don't have too much to. it's a five hour show, isn't it? today shall we all although i did do 4 hours on the gb news breakfast on boxing day, which was fantastic. i did the breakfast on christmas day. it was lovely. i love breakfast. there we go. have some champagne . and so we come some champagne. and so we come get you can top you up. you can pass this over. oh, no, you don't to off. i'll do don't have to get off. i'll do it. we got q and a toast it. yeah, we got q and a toast me a toast to the light and. me is a toast to the light and. hope that neil oliver talked about and he's so enlightened . about and he's so enlightened. may come from may the only craft come from your cheers your cornflakes and cheers to you. you very much for you. thank you very much for staying chewed . hmm. right now . staying chewed. hmm. right now. oh, with all the festivities, we're going to be talking about something which i think is. is quite happy, actually although it a bit of a gear change in

it is a bit of a gear change in tone. music a british tone. merry music is a british tech company developed tech company that's developed a technology prescribe music as technology to prescribe music as medicine to reduce pain and anxiety, and has created a playlist of relaxing songs for people with dementia. it's being piloted at the moment in a care home to help the 29 residents after nhs trials found it reduced the heart rate in. anxious dementia patients by 25. it's also being made available free of charge to all families care facilities to. joining us to discuss this further is the ceo of medi music , gary jones. ceo of medi music, gary jones. hi thank you very much for joining us this evening. me about medi music . so many music about medi music. so many music is designed, as you said, to reduce and dementia, but also reduce and dementia, but also reduce pain and. reduce anxiety generally . and how we do that is generally. and how we do that is we fingerprint using artificial intelligence machine learning. we fingerprint catalogue of music, the global catalogue of from the record labels and then dispense it. so that it mimics

human brains response dispenses a playlist over 25 minutes that's designed reduce heart rate increase heart rate variability promote the good hormones such as oxytocin send and dopamine, the happy hormone , and reduce cortisol stress hormone . neil, i believe you hormone. neil, i believe you want to come in and ask a question . hello, gary. good to question. hello, gary. good to see you . i find this absolutely . i'v see you. i find this absolutely. i'v years , you know, a film of see years, you know, a film of see a concert pianist who had a long career playing and is struck by alzheimer's . and while others alzheimer's. and while others other facilities go , even memory other facilities go, even memory placed in front of a piano , you placed in front of a piano, you know where they belong , you know where they belong, you might say they are. they are still able to play the music . still able to play the music. you know why? why is it what is it about us as animals that we have this such a profound and deep and long lasting connect to

music ? so a number of scientists music? so a number of scientists argue that music is a natural language . and if you look at how language. and if you look at how the brain responds to as a stimulus, the brain responds more parts of the brain involved in response to music than any other stimulus. in fact, it's the kind of middle brain, the limbic system and the hippocampus is the area of the brain you're referring to, brain that you're referring to, where music and memories are held and for whatever reason, we still know why they still don't quite know why they the last memories to go. in the case of dementia . and would like case of dementia. and would like a little bit more information about how how on earth you tailor a music to someone who presents with with alzheimer's. you know how on earth do you go about providing them . you know about providing them. you know what all such unique creatures . what all such unique creatures. it sounds like an unbelievably you know you know you know a needle in a haystack to find the right music that would have that that sedative that or that reassuring effect on any given

individual . yes. so that individual. yes. so that approach , how you how you deal approach, how you how you deal with someone with dementia different from how you would deal with someone without dementia. in latter dementia. and in the latter case, about their case, you'd ask about their musical tastes or we kind of connect with streaming music services and look at that play history that define what that kind of musical fabric of their life is. and then build the playlists out of that with dementia because that kind of choice and goes it's really unlocked in what's in the hippocampus and way we do that is also create that are tied to say charts to events events news events those kind of things that p0p events those kind of things that pop music meaning example and so on and so forth . that's what on and so forth. that's what kind of underlies everything we do. and that's been built out of a systematic review of many, many science scientific papers that look at how we consume music both as male and female, which are different over over our life . how music tastes our life. how music tastes change the type of consumer we are and use affects us. it's a

very complex mix of science , very complex mix of science, including sociology and psychology and so on. so is there any connection there of how often as well over the years that you when someone's coming to the very end of life, you know, and perhaps even, you know , on the death bed, as it were, the sense of hearing is the it can be the last sense to go, you know , that's why it continues to know, that's why it continues to be so important to keep talking to someone, even when even when all other signs of life seem to have departed. and i wonder , have departed. and i wonder, there is there is something else there is there is something else there about fundamental connection between people's souls almost unsound ? yeah, souls almost unsound? yeah, quite possibly. and certainly in terms of processing music , we terms of processing music, we all listen to music as a but the brain actually splits it. so it's generally lyrics to the music , the rise and then if you music, the rise and then if you take the auditory cortex, which is obviously what is it that's responsible for processing tone and harmonies and a whole wealth of other information with the piece of music. so the brain

actually splits it and separates it out last . week on a process it out last. week on a process known as take it on what is a whole long piece, but it's actually the brain is very clever in that way and as i said we still don't know a great deal about science, doesn't know a great deal about the brain. but we certainly know how it processes this stage processes music at this stage and can use music to and how we can use music to effect wellbeing and reduce anxiety and pain right now. gary apparently created a playlist for each of us , and the first for each of us, and the first one is for neil. this is a playlist designed to deal with pain, a really this the pain the song selected vanilla shipbuilding elvis costello on the attractions . let's take the attractions. let's take a listen . see coaching shoes for listen. see coaching shoes for wife and the bass you go on the bus . best wife and the bass you go on the bus. best guide is gary. why did you choose this song for neil ordinarily ? we would choose

ordinarily? we would choose songs , as i said, based on neil songs, as i said, based on neil declaring his preferences in his likes , us accessing any likes, us accessing any streaming service may have a look at his playing history. so it was a guess. it was a guess. taking his age and trying to understand a bit more about neil didn't research on that on the web. it a bit of a guess. web. it was a bit of a guess. it's in normal circumstances. as it's in normal circumstances. as | , it's in normal circumstances. as i , we would would create i said, we would we would create them automatically using declared . we had to declared preferences. we had to do a bit of digging around on the internet , then programme the the internet, then programme the service to basically create something for neil neil's you like that changed it strangely appropriate do like elvis costello and my wife through the years and years ago when we were teenagers made a mixed tape for me and on it was elvis costello. a good year for the roses and well long story short his voice and the sound of his has resonated through my life. and any time i hear that song in that voice on the radio, it takes me back to , you know, to

takes me back to, you know, to my youth and almost to my childhood, i suppose , i can childhood, i suppose, i can quite well imagine that if i was in, if i was in a stressful situation for reason. and if i was the hero, elvis costello singing good year for roses. i think it probably would lower my blood pressure. so it's a very apt choice. we were swaying him in to that it was lovely wasn't it. now the next playlist has been created for me and features the song let her go by passenger. this playlist , passenger. this playlist, designed to address cognitive impairment such as dementia and its detail , impairment such as dementia and its detail, and to accommodate a wider range of music . let's have wider range of music. let's have a listen. well, you only need the light managed burn in law. only mrs. sun, when it starts to snow only know your lover. when let her go . gary how funny. i let her go. gary how funny. i did once have that song on repeat on my spotify. do you really, really like that song? and it certainly very calming so i can imagine would be in a time of stress now we haven't

forgotten our panel rules. gary's made a playlist now for andrew and it features the song after the love has gone by earth wind and fire. how sad . have wind and fire. how sad. have a listen . while to love this whole listen. while to love this whole , we could do we were young and we knew it right . oh, beautiful we knew it right. oh, beautiful . well, i feel good already. i know . was very nice. gary, why know. was very nice. gary, why did you choose that one for andrew the same reason for nailing yourself . for it. it was nailing yourself. for it. it was based on kind of your gender, your sex and your age and kind of where you may have been in your life at that point. drawing on some of the research that we've used in building the algorithms that the paramount music was a lovely song to i've liked of these one song i thought i like she was going on as well . and last but not least, as well. and last but not least, of course, let's see what we've got for tone . i love the uk got for tone. i love the uk secret garden. secret garden by bruce springsteen scene. well, let's have a listen . she let you

let's have a listen. she let you have. let's have a listen. she let you have . the you come back later. have. the you come back later. as as very soporific very soporific the boss i've got to say though that doesn't make the playlist of my podcast the skills won't live radio show where there's a spotify shameless if you want to know actually music i play to actually what music i play to show i think boring the usa by springsteen's on there but not one but that's still i mean i'm a child the eighties well maybe you can add top you should at you can add it top you should at it have tina now it well it i'll have tina now it well thank you very much gary for joining us this evening and for creating for for creating those songs for us for suggesting those i think they were pretty good . i'm going to were pretty good. i'm going to listen to that song later. i think. thank very much think. thank you very much indeed. gary, of indeed. that was gary, of course, to about course, talking to us about medicine , music. you medicine, soul music. thank you very. the break, i very. so after the break, i believe we are going to be meeting professor bass for plankton who will talk about new year's resolution and

importantly, how we can all keep them. so do stay tuned for that .

i really enjoyed that last segment with the music and i did like that tune by passenger so definitely watch that back if you missed it but every january we're moving on to new year's resolutions many of us do decide decide begin the year with a fresh start making the resolution is the easy part but sticking to it is a bit of a different story for some anyway, mine this year is to try and read a book every week of the year. read a book every week of the year . so read a book every week of the year. so that's 52 read a book every week of the year . so that's 52 books. it year. so that's 52 books. it doesn't sound like that many, but i think might be a bit tricky. might have get tricky. i might have to get quite books to get some quite books at least to get some of weeks anyway . joining us of the weeks anyway. joining us with some insight as to how we can to our resolutions is can keep to our resolutions is professor bass for plankton, author of psychology of author of the psychology of habit professor of plankton . so habit professor of plankton. so if i want to read 52 books next

year , what is your suggest ? year, what is your suggest? what's your advice . well, the what's your advice. well, the bad news is too many resolutions go down the drain very quickly . go down the drain very quickly. so what can you do? well, they're basically three things that i would like to stress. first of all, there's the what exactly what ? so you can say, exactly what? so you can say, well , you know, if i want to well, you know, if i want to lose weight, that is not very exact. so it's much better to have three concrete plans . for have three concrete plans. for instance, count calories or eat smaller portions . so what smaller portions. so what exactly are you going to do ? exactly are you going to do? secondly, when exactly? okay you may want to start 1st of january, but hey , hang on. on january, but hey, hang on. on these 1st of january, you have maybe a party. so maybe 2nd of january is very difficult for people to think about when to start things we can also easily find excuses to postpone it a

little bit . and thirdly, where little bit. and thirdly, where what is what is the situation in which you are going to do it? so if you want to read your books, when exactly and where exactly are you going to do that? so if you specify the what when and where precisely, you have a better chance of sticking to your resolutions . yes. so if your resolutions. yes. so if i said i'm going to read them every on my commute and for 15 minutes before i go to bed, i'd stand a much better chance of keeping to it. neil, do you have any resolute ones lined up ? well any resolute ones lined up? well i always i always try to avoid making resolutions on that day. that's stipulated by tradition and i don't know if i was to what the professor was saying there. and it was changing with me that i feel you should you should make a decision to change on a on a date that makes sense to you you know, rather than waiting for 1st of january, waiting for the 1st of january, you , was to see

you know, i was going to see i was going to give alcohol and was going to give up alcohol and i going to lose weight, go i was going to lose weight, go to the i would try to do it to the gym. i would try to do it on a on date. that made sense to me rather than it dictated to me by an date the 1st of by an arbitrary date the 1st of january. don't whether january. i don't know whether that a better psychology that make me a better psychology or i'm not making it make to me , it makes a lot of sense as as you specify exactly when you start . so in essence , i was start. so in essence, i was i was wondering, you know , the was wondering, you know, the nofion was wondering, you know, the notion that a good tip would be if you if you specify a date or a moment do is when your life a little bit disruptive if it's disrupted for instance by houday disrupted for instance by holiday or for instance, by moving house or something like that. those are very good moments where old habits disrupted and new plans are more fruitful. probably and we did some research on that and that's actually a very tip to do to oh, i sometimes i sometimes wonder

if habits don't get a bit of a bad rap . know there's something bad rap. know there's something pejorative about , you know, pejorative about, you know, people talk about habits as though there's something to be broken. but isn't it fair to say that we develop habits because the they make our lives , i don't the they make our lives, i don't know, run more smoothly and the they stop us having to think everything every minute of the day. absolutely. habits are very useful . we need to. so, i mean, useful. we need to. so, i mean, imagine yourself in a completely new situation where it's never been before . you may easily feel been before. you may easily feel lost and confused. so we need our habits and well, that's for the good habits, so to speak. so we focus very often on the bad habits, but the things we want to do, to do we better turn them into habits . and that's a very into habits. and that's a very important focus . how how important focus. how how vulnerable are we, professor, to

a having habits made for us ? i'm a having habits made for us? i'm thinking particularly i mean, i'm actually at the corner of my eye at my phone and i'm so aware that my smartphone has a serious habit for me in terms of looking at social media, you know just reaching for it all the time . reaching for it all the time. you know, i wonder the extent to which those who are , you know, which those who are, you know, psychologists and able to not just are exploiting our tendency to habits in the way that they've developed and the kind of things that we use every day . of course, that's that's what's you know, that's what entrepreneurs would would like to see, is that that's the customers habitually bite off or do their stuff . and a lot a lot do their stuff. and a lot a lot of those environments is arranged like that . and yes, arranged like that. and yes, because habits serve us they they you have habits because you you like to do things and

there's a lot that's just promoted buzz is it better have a resolution that is positive so like mine i want to read 52 books or i want add vegetables to my diet. is that better than resolutions that seek to take something away, like stopping drinking or stopping spending money on x, y and z? well in general that that's true. is it better to have intentions to do something than to leave something? the person who is leaving thinks is that those kind of habits often come with other things like addiction or physical . that's that's very physical. that's that's very difficult to deal with. so, you know offers examples is looking to drink alcohol or smoking . to drink alcohol or smoking. well when you do that you know there's a there's a physical

element to it. so addicted elements so it it complicated is another thing that's that makes things complicated . and in things complicated. and in general this for lots of habits and is that we trust our will why were much and that holds also for the viability of new isn't doing as well resolutions . we think that we can do by wanting to do it but on the other hand what we need to do is to see how the mechanisms that trigger our habits are working. and that's particularly holds for the contexts where we do things, the context often triggers our behaviour , certain triggers our behaviour, certain certain cues . and if we, if we certain cues. and if we, if we trust our willpower , ignore the trust our willpower, ignore the power of context which are really , you know, the basis of really, you know, the basis of our habits . really, you know, the basis of our habits. on the. but would you say that it's a psychologically healthy c

behaviour to every year trying set these goals for ourselves . set these goals for ourselves. i'm listening to emily sing about trying to make them positive rather than than denying ourselves things. but i just wondered if you think from a, you know, from a cost benefit is a good thing to keep on trying to change ourself year in and year out or should just accept ourselves for who we. yes, with . i completely agree yes, with. i completely agree with you . you don't have to wait with you. you don't have to wait for the 1st of january . 40 years for the 1st of january. 40 years ago i stopped smoking in the beginning of december because i had to sort . beginning of december because i had to sort. maybe i should beginning of december because i had to sort . maybe i should stop had to sort. maybe i should stop the 1st of january and then i found that so silly. if you really want to stop do it right now . i really want to stop do it right now. i did really want to stop do it right now . i did is i really want to stop do it right now. i did is i never smoked again . so yes, it's good to do again. so yes, it's good to do these things. good to have resolution and to think about changing your life for the better and do that properly . better and do that properly. what? when with a quick motivate

behind and select the moment where which is good for you and that doesn't need to be . it's that doesn't need to be. it's pretty interesting you that it's very interesting you say that about smoking my dad many times over the years had had attempted to give up smoking and to no avail . you know even though he avail. you know even though he would always go back into an inn when he can remember him saying that he was going to stop when he was stopping. but when he finally give he didn't finally did give up, he didn't see going to do it . and see he was going to do it. and it was it was some little while before any of us in the family even noticed he wasn't even noticed that he wasn't smoking. know, when he smoking. you know, when he finally , he just we don't finally did, he just we don't know. we don't know to this exactly what motivated him to do it, but he just quit. didn't about it. and it was, you know . about it. and it was, you know. it was gone. interest in thing is that people who who who claim all the time that they're going to stop smoking instance when i'm 30 or when this or this they provide themselves an excuse to

keep smoking until that moment and may quite far away . so yes and may quite far away. so yes i think your your father exactly the right thing . yes. it does the right thing. yes. it does seem like a lot of people suddenly switch switch off and go cold turkey and that's how it is for the rest of their lives. ihave is for the rest of their lives. i have family members who did that, too. thank you very much for us, professor bass for planck and you know, this type of habit . thank you. i think of habit. thank you. i think i'll need to , but i'll need some i'll need to, but i'll need some accountability if going to read 52 books next year, perhaps post reviews or pictures at least of the book on the last page. we'll see how that goes anyway , after see how that goes anyway, after the break, we'll be joined by dnnks the break, we'll be joined by drinks expert, cocktail aficionado robyn navarro, who will talk to us, talk us through making some amazing cocktails to make in the new year. but first, let's take a quick look at. the weather you had to tomorrow's weather, the uk will be wet and wintry in the north, bright and mild in the south, able to see

showers . here are the details showers. here are the details starting across scotland. it will. a cloudy question for you here with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow and some patches, too. also i've got for much of juvenile and here too, there may be some sleet snow mostly confined to the hills . heavy confined to the hills. heavy showers watch out for across northwest england as these push through the brisk winds . you through the brisk winds. you could have some big very showers to watch out for across north—west england as these push through the brisk winds we could have some very strong gusts . have some very strong gusts. it's going to be a similar picture as we look across the island into wales overnight. clear skies will give sunny and also some squally showers . also some squally showers. weather for the east midlands. first they call me is day be dry and often sunny for most. and that's the story too across east anglia story as well across east anglia story as well across east anglia , positive moving with dry anglia, positive moving with dry and bright spots showers will push into your state with

temperatures rising in suitable things plenty of showery rain , things plenty of showery rain, more southern counties thing on sunday. strong winds will gradually ease through the day, though some of the showers will be heavy. the showery rain, sleet and snow will continue to move across drier and brighter. further sunny skies. and that's how the weather is shaping up dunng how the weather is shaping up during tomorrow

right moved for the third time in the show evening on neil oliver live as it's new year's eve. i know if you've you will be joining me and having a drink to begin the new year. maybe some of you will even be starting dry january tomorrow. so i think if you are, you should yourself should definitely enjoy yourself this not treat this evening and not treat yourself tonight and learn to make delicious cocktail with make a delicious cocktail with us to see 2022. it looks like us to see of 2022. it looks like we're about to do some kind of competition. doing competition. i we're not doing a competition. i we're not doing a competition . don't worry. we are competition. don't worry. we are going made cocktails by an

going to be made cocktails by an absolute expert, robyn navarro from the cocktail lab . he's from the cocktail lab. he's going to bring us to two of his favourite drinks to see in 2023. so robyn, what are you going to be making first? so first of be making us first? so first of all, oh, thank you very much for welcoming here. thank you for welcoming me here. thank you for coming so, yeah, i'm coming. thank you. so, yeah, i'm going making tonight's going to be making tonight's a british mojito based on the motto and the sparkle, which is our special new year dream box, which for you want me to start with the cocktail first? all i can maybe introduce the company really quickly. yes, please do tell us about the cocktail app. so yes, i'm robyn and i am the cocktail love. so we are a company based in london, but we work in all the london surroundings as well . we are surroundings as well. we are a premium mobile bar service . premium mobile bar service. okay, so we can hire you. if i was having a party hire you , was having a party hire you, come along, bring all your equipment. it can be co—operates can be private. we do weddings, birthday or you do the lot it

sounds good. bar mitzvah has a cocktail at a funeral i think when you celebrate, you have a wake. suddenly you celebrate what kind of input is anyway for birthdays and celebrations? yes, exactly so we have a few different packages. we're really flexible on this. if you guys need above for your events , you need above for your events, you don't have a bar, we can provide it, provide amazing stuff . we it, provide amazing stuff. we provide all the ingredients and everything. everything is really easy to earn to manage to make it up. and it's always with a smile . always excellent, right? smile. always excellent, right? we better crack on with the cocktail. all right , so the cocktail. all right, so the first one i'm going to make is the sparkle . it's the drink, the the sparkle. it's the drink, the lovely . oh, that is with gin. lovely. oh, that is with gin. based on sort of this , we have a based on sort of this, we have a little bit of simplistic, nice, healthy measures, they healthy measures . the fact it's like the measures. the fact it's like the masked singer , they're also the masked singer, they're also the brand, not brand. it is wonderful. they look really good. and can people find you on instagram? so we have facebook,

we have a page for the cocktail love. obviously and i got my personal page where i. a lot of bartending. yeah oh so like tricks. exactly. he's the 2022 finalists i know about this guy. he's really good. hey, chocolate everything your homework? i know i do my homework. like to research. what do you know about 7 research. what do you know about ? thicke. he hated bruce ? robin thicke. he hated bruce springsteen that's i'm springsteen. that's why i'm here. note, i do a few here. on the note, i do a few tncks here. on the note, i do a few tricks for you. yes, yes. go for very quickly. this very quickly. oh, look, this seems eat your heart out. it's not good, right i we go oh wow. fantastic of us . it's like one fantastic of us. it's like one eligible bachelor. hey, hey. available on ebay later i imagine he's taken a lot of i'll take that secret. oh no you he went and asked that on national telecom you . so what are you telecom you. so what are you doing now . so i'm just mixing doing now. so i'm just mixing the egg whites. egg whites , bit the egg whites. egg whites, bit of an egg white. so you we put this and just week some egg

whites and i make a nice foam on the top which is for the reborn though right. the top which is for the reborn though right . unbelievable. and though right. unbelievable. and i said, guys, come on on. i don't know . i said, guys, come on on. i don't know. i'm i said, guys, come on on. i don't know . i'm not i said, guys, come on on. i don't know. i'm not a big cocktail i love anything rum based. i do like the i think you'll like these you will look sensational. oh wow. it's going to be a new experience for me. this is a new experience. yeah well, i've been drinking cocktail since before i was supposed to . legally. yes so i supposed to. legally. yes so i am fan started off with the fruity ones like your sex on the beach. i moved on to the margaritas margarita is a good yeah that of tequila but a tequila and also i do like a champagne cocktail i love a champagne cocktail i love a champagne culture that's got a sugar cuban doesn't it. yeah. the champagne plus plus. yes or vodka. but here is what i saw is fantastic sales. you can just buy some sangria from the shop . buy some sangria from the shop. so something for every budget,

but they're all alcoholic. so what about debate on mocktails? because, like , i hear from because, like, i hear from people who do, like, cocktails. yeah very good. yeah they mocktails very good. oh you able to do oh would you be able to do a mocktail . yes, but those who are mocktail. yes, but those who are who don't drink. can you make these ? so of course there is a, these? so of course there is a, you know, a large of non—alcoholic gin . yes, you can non—alcoholic gin. yes, you can replace this with non—alcoholic gin. right you can do almost the same cocktail. you've just going to have some soda water, maybe in the long last season. but there is always, always and it's incredibly refreshing. it's not just different. got just different. we've only got one half minutes. i'll go one and a half minutes. i'll go love that stuff till the end of the show. oh, wow. so sparkle , the show. oh, wow. so sparkle, that's seconds. that that's the 30 seconds. that looks lovely . just the looks lovely. i just show the top so i start to make the most of as well. yes, yes. go for face. that's beautiful. oh. oh, we already got one unlucky. she should destroy. you told . i'm should destroy. you told. i'm going to have a taste. so i suggested this is like communion. i love it. tell me, how is it ? lovely. so such as how is it? lovely. so such as this. so i said i'm so. this

isn't very hygienic. this. so i said i'm so. this isn't very hygienic . 7 pm. it's isn't very hygienic. 7 pm. it's going to come back. oh. what did you get for christmas? i've got that. oh, light and refreshing. it is very refreshing. sort of taste like those links you up. it certainly wakes you up. if it certainly wakes you up. so if you can't it to midnight, you can't make it to midnight, usually a start. i feel invigorated already. well, it's got to be good. yes, in and retiring before. so tell us what you're we've the you're making now we've the mojito glorified lemon so you wanted to use some some one minute this. yeah going to be from the uk so the first one was with gin one is with scotch. with scotch. this is a british mojito . that right. oh, i love mojito. that right. oh, i love it what makes it british. why is it what makes it british. why is it british to another varietal? what's the difference using some scotch instead of the rum? oh, they got scotch in. mojito. good heavens, it's , it's a little bit heavens, it's, it's a little bit a mixed . a mojito. yeah and a mixed. a mojito. yeah and a mint julep . i will before the mint julep. i will before the lemon entry. my dear watson. this looks like a may. well may.

well, we only have 30 seconds, so let's just show you the camera. this. oh, a little beautiful. you're going to garnish. garnish 20 of those thatis garnish. garnish 20 of those that is absolutely. it's got full. like i say , set the world full. like i say, set the world record for downing a cocktail. how is it nice that packs a punch that does anyway is all from us both on neil oliver live. thank you very much robyn. and people can get in touch on cocktail lab. the cocktail lab for all your parties and private corporate events of course. now my thanks to as always , our my thanks to as always, our wonderful panel, joy and me too, of course, is neil baer. wonderful panel, joy and me too, of course, is neil baer . there of course, is neil baer. there he is. hello, everyone . i'm only he is. hello, everyone. i'm only a couple of you got going , which a couple of you got going, which was a christmas present to me from a steadfast friend here in sterling called graham. it's been lovely. i could only wish i could be with you in the studio. and just a very grateful to be looking forward to yet another new year with. with the gb news team . i can't believe we're team. i can't believe we're going into our third. that's all from as emily says. thanks to

tom. thanks to andrew and. thanks to robin navarro. next up, we look back at what has been an unprecedented year. the royal family gb news were together special to remember together a special to remember her majesty . wishing you a her late majesty. wishing you a wonderful new year. good night from all of us . and see you in from all of us. and see you in 2023 . it's .

good evening . good evening. i'm good evening . i'm rae anderson good evening. i'm rae anderson in the gb newsroom. pope francis has paid tribute to former pope benedict who passed away this morning aged 95. the described his predecessor as a noble kind and a gift to the church. earlier king sent his condolences. recalling pope benedict's constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill . pope promote peace and goodwill. pope benedict became of the catholic church in 2005. in 2013, he