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with me, the reverend calvin robinson on your tv, radio and onune. robinson on your tv, radio and online . this show is about online. this show is about championing common sense and today we will be discussing the death of the former pope benedict and the legacy he leaves the new year feast of mary, the holy mother of god and the anglican church, ukraine. that's recruiting a british clergy to kick start services amid the war. we'll also be analysing insanity of fighting over a bottle . a drink made by over a bottle. a drink made by youtube stars . the arrest of youtube stars. the arrest of andrew tate's and the effective ban of transgender athletes in british triathlons . first, as british triathlons. first, as the news headlines with bethany elsey . calvin, thank you. good elsey. calvin, thank you. good morning and a very happy new year to you. it's 10:01. i'm bethany year to you. it's10:01. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom the uk has ushered in 2023 with celebrations taking place across the nation and. a crowd of more than 100,000 gathering in central london to watch the new year firework display .

year firework display. london's mayor says the 12 minute display, which is the first since the start of the pandemic, is biggest in europe . pandemic, is biggest in europe. the sold out show featured a tribute to the late queen elizabeth highlighted the lionesses zero. his win and sent a message of support for despite the rain there similar scenes in edinburgh as revellers packed the streets to enjoy the first full hogmanay celebrations three years and in yorkshire scarborough council were to cancel last night's new year celebrations thanks to an earnings affected visit. an arctic walrus. it's thought to be the first time one has been spotted in the county since moved on in his travels. but experts say he was likely taking a break before a long north in his new year message to ukraine, president volodymyr zelenskyy says he hopes the war with

russia will end this year. he spoke as missiles rained down in and around the capital kyiv ukraine's armed forces says has launched more than 31 missiles and 12 strikes at targets across the country overnight curfews ranging from 7 pm. to midnight made celebrations for the start of 2023. in possible in public spaces , president zelenskyy spaces, president zelenskyy vowed to continue his country's fight until victory and said he would come late this year. be the year of return. the return of our people warriors , their of our people warriors, their families, captives to their homes, return of our lands. the temporarily occupied ones will become forever return to normal life. two happy moments without curfew to earthly joys without air return of what was stolen from us. the childhood of children, the peaceful age of our parents . the archbishop our parents. the archbishop canterbury is urging the

government to tackle what he calls the country's broken social care system . justin welby social care system. justin welby will use new year message to say care homes are struggling to cover energy bills and retain staff . he's called on everyone staff. he's called on everyone to rise to the challenge of repairing present system. the government says social care was made a priority last month's autumn budget pledging made a priority last month's autumn budget pledgin g £7.5 autumn budget pledging £7.5 billion in support over the next two years. two men have been charged with the murder of a non—league footballer. he was stabbed to death in birmingham on boxing day . 23 year old cody on boxing day. 23 year old cody fisher was attacked a nightclub in digbeth . 21 year old kami in digbeth. 21 year old kami carpenter and 22 year old remi gordon will appear before magistrates . on gordon will appear before magistrates. on and from gordon will appear before magistrates . on and from today. magistrates. on and from today. more than 4600 bus routes across england will have face capped at £2 for a single trip . more than £2 for a single trip. more than 130 operate is outside of have joined the scheme which lasts until the end of march . the cap until the end of march. the cap is being paid by a £60 million

fund from the government and more than 66,000 properties in scotland are empty. that's according to council figures with the vast majority being domestic . data also shows that domestic. data also shows that over thousand properties are unoccupied in edinburgh alone . unoccupied in edinburgh alone. you're up to date on tv news. we'll bring you more news as it. now let's get back to calvin . now let's get back to calvin. alive and welcome to the common sense crusade with . me, the sense crusade with. me, the reverend calvin robinson on this new year's day. here's what's up this morning. the uk has welcomed in the new year with a fireworks display in london that included a fitting tribute to the late queen. along with a few overtly political propaganda pieces, including the ukraine war, so—called climate and

war, the so—called climate and of the lgbt , eu plus, of course, the lgbt, eu plus, plus, plus, plus, plus plus lobby. nothing is from lobby. nothing is safe from political politicisation these days. it seems . internet days. it seems. internet phenomenon. andrew tate's questionable lifestyle is halted after his arrest in romania . after his arrest in romania. i'll speak to the man who thinks he's a spiritual desert and asks whether trial by social media is wrong no matter the target and all these godless scenes of shoppers in supermarkets over a dnnk shoppers in supermarkets over a drink made by youtube stars proof that we must do better in 2023. let me your thoughts about these topics and more by emailing gbviews@gbnews.uk or by tweeting me at gb news. daniel. happy eighth day of christmas and happy new year. and new year gives us an opportune itay to refresh, to look at things anew. and boy, does it feel we need it

right now. it feels to me like nothing has been the same . nothing has been the same. brexit, the political , in my brexit, the political, in my opinion, have torn this country apart in a way that in over half apart in a way that in over half a decade has still fully healed. my a decade has still fully healed. my is that the political elites continue to tear at the seams of society in their responses . society in their responses. covid destroying trust in experts and science, undermining democracy and stomping all over our civil liberties. then of course, there's the woke movement . i course, there's the woke movement. i think the virtue signalling hard has been using every tool , the marxist every tool, the marxist handbook, to undermine the western way of life. they seem to have tipped our values upside down. good is bad , right is down. good is bad, right is wrong. and men are women. everything feels topsy turvy. but there is always hope. there is nothing new under the sun. and this was foretold. scripture, the prophet isaiah said . woe unto them that call said. woe unto them that call evil good and good evil. the darkness for light and light. for darkness. the bitter sweet and sweet for better . i

for darkness. the bitter sweet and sweet for better. i don't think it will end well for those who want to convince us that lies true or that we own our own individual because there is an objective. for me, there is a universal jesus christ is the way the truth and the life. and in the month of january, we celebrate holy . so in 2023, celebrate his holy. so in 2023, ihope celebrate his holy. so in 2023, i hope you join me in continuing to fight the good fight . we do to fight the good fight. we do not need a great reset. an internal reset would not go amiss right now in 2023. let's aim to turn silent majority into aim to turn silent majority into a vocal and active majority. us drown out the tennis racket of the subversive transgressive hard left who i believe would undo all of our way of life . let undo all of our way of life. let us stand up for the things we believe in with a renewed gusto . after all, we know that good wins in the end . wins in the end. the uk has the new year with an

interesting fireworks display in london. the show comprised up to 12,000 fireworks, including a very fitting tribute to the late queen and unfortunately a number of highly issues ranging from climate change to lgbt issues . climate change to lgbt issues. our national reporter has been speaking to people what they thought of 2020 to and their hopes for the new year. celebrating the new year style thousands made their way into central london to catch a glimpse of this display , which glimpse of this display, which returned after two years off. they joined who'd made the trip from all of the uk and the world houday from all of the uk and the world holiday seasons often give families the chance to recoup raids and enjoy quality time like this. 2022 was a mixed bag for millions across the country. some found new opportunities and others went through challenging

times . you know , 2022 has been times. you know, 2022 has been tough for a lot of people and, you know, for me, i it was, you know, the same as everybody. but persevere and to be able to come this amazing city see the new year's eve fireworks tonight and the ability to travel again , see the ability to travel again, see the ability to travel again, see the world and meet new people and looking forward to more of that in 2023. as a country , that in 2023. as a country, we've celebrated together and we've celebrated together and we've also mourned as a nation with a new year. it creates an opportunity to take on new challenges. but to live a new chapter . challenges. but to live a new chapter. yeah. making more memories . yeah having a smile on memories. yeah having a smile on your face, i think . yeah, well, your face, i think. yeah, well, smile was happy just as a joke, so definitely , yeah. lots of so definitely, yeah. lots of happy, smiling . contagious. yeah happy, smiling. contagious. yeah i'm from canada. i used to happy, smiling. contagious. yeah i'm from canada . i used to live i'm from canada. i used to live in south africa and now i'm celebrating new year and christmas in in london and the new year. we're looking forward

to more love spread and the world and peace and travel and great landmarks . already some great landmarks. already some have started the year as they mean to go on, and for others it's a journey that begins in what could be an exciting year. theo chikomba . gb news. now i'm theo chikomba. gb news. now i'm by political commentator dominique samuels and author and writer and rebecca reid. thank you both very much forjoining you both very much for joining me on this new year's day. dominique, how did you celebrate ? i dominique, how did you celebrate .7 i was a grandma. really? yeah ? i was a grandma. really? yeah i was in bed very early, but i think for me , i sort of wanted think for me, i sort of wanted to come away from just people using it as a way to just get absolutely leathered . and i absolutely leathered. and i wrote down to my goals, things that i want to continue on with in 2023. and yeah , was very in 2023. and yeah, was very wholesome. it was very mature . wholesome. it was very mature. yeah. for a 24 year old it was very much so off. see if it if it continues. rebecca well you

the wild one. i i did get very drunk , but my skeleton now is drunk, but my skeleton now is because, i have a baby. i get very drunk in the hour that i know she'll be asleep so that i'm sober for when she starts waking up again. does that work? yes. it's fantastic parenting. but very sweet. but actually, it was very sweet. the woke her up, i the fireworks woke her up, so i went we as midnight went upstairs and we as midnight was i was in her bedroom was coming, i was in her bedroom without watching the fireworks which which about which she loved, which is about as can get. and you as good as you can get. and you have any resolutions. i'm have any resolutions. so i'm going do the scandinavian going try to do the scandinavian thing you try and an hour thing where you try and an hour with your child outside every because is because i think fresh air is very kids and also very good for kids and also that's good because it's kind of leaving house and also i'm going to to spend time on my to try to spend less time on my phone i like no phone because i feel like no goodis phone because i feel like no good is coming of me being on twitter, getting about twitter, getting angry about things, arguments, things, starting arguments, strangers. that strangers. i'm with you on that and resolutions. dominique i think recently think for me recently i'm starting more into like starting to get more into like spirituality. to spirituality. so i'm going to try meditate more change. so try and meditate more change. so my habits, i do want to be out nature a lot more as well, doing some grounding and things like that. so i think for me it's just about exploring so inward

in order to be able to do my job better. can we talk about the thing? what we you discover and what spirituality. alright well, i can't say i can't say too much about it. but you've been on a journey. ruby yeah, i've been on a journey in the netherlands and it involves some very interesting things which you guys will about. so i can't wait. i can't wait. i was so excited. rebecca i feel i mean, i mean that with teasing i don't mean that with teasing everybody but when you everybody with it, but when you find blow your find out it's going to blow your mind. make it to mass? mind. did you make it to mass? i to. chris dingle which i have found that giving a baby a lit candle the best and candle is the best idea. and i went to midnight mass. but where i mass happens 30 i live, midnight mass happens 30 because quite old. because i found quite old. midnight is quite late. i get well catholics across the uk will for former will pray for the former pope benedict mass after his benedict at mass today after his death 95 ailing health saw death aged 95 ailing health saw him become the first leader of the catholic church to stand down years. in 2013, down in 600 years. in 2013, after serving just under eight years at the vatican , king years at the vatican, king charles expressed his, quote , charles expressed his, quote, deep sadness benedict's

deep sadness at benedict's yesterday in a message to his successor, pope francis , as the successor, pope francis, as the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby also paid tribute . joining welby also paid tribute. joining me now is brendan alejandro thompson, ceo of catholic voices. thank you for joining thompson, ceo of catholic voices. thank you forjoining me voices. thank you for joining me today on new year's day. brendan, what legacy does the p0pe brendan, what legacy does the pope leave behind . though? pope pope leave behind. though? pope benedict xvi . born joseph and benedict xvi. born joseph and wishes he leaves a great spiritual a great theological , a spiritual a great theological, a great legacy as a teacher. so was a university professor as head of the congregation for the doctrine of faith, the teaching arm of the catholic church, and then as pope he's been one of then as pope he's been one of the principal leaders of the catholic church for the whole of my life , a generation for the my life, a generation for the century involved in many of the biggest politic and religious turns in the last century. so as an author of 66 books, speaker of eight languages, not only will he be missed as a titan

theological figure, but also as a as a simple christian, a man of great who knew what it took to live an ordinary christian life of love and teach others how to do it . life of love and teach others how to do it. he was a titan figure. he's also considered by many to be protector of tradition and conservative catholicism . do you think that catholicism. do you think that is at risk now that he has passed away ? yes, in many ways passed away? yes, in many ways different popes have different pastoral and spiritual priorities . i pastoral and spiritual priorities. i don't think pope benedict is going to be remembered as a great manager or as a great kind of media, but definitely as a as a teacher and writer . and pope francis was the writer. and pope francis was the in his wednesday audience last week invite prayers for his successor . week invite prayers for his successor. he's spoken of benedict as a grandfatherly figure and in a sense he'll be leading the world in prayers in asking everyone for what pope benedict needs. now on this part of his christian journey so i think in many ways that they were they were close but with

different spiritual priorities. absolutely. but what i'm getting to here is that the traditional side, the catholic faith, tends to feel like the incoming more liberal, more. and while pope benedict xvi was around, at least there was a claim to holding back tide . is the holding back the tide. is the tide going to be released now ? tide going to be released now? is going in is the church going in a different ? yeah, sure. different direction? yeah, sure. i've heard some analysis that now pope benedict has died . it's now pope benedict has died. it's likely that everything as if benedict was holding francis back somehow. i mean, he's been p0pe back somehow. i mean, he's been pope for four, seven or eight years. so there is a you know, there's clearly there's not the emphasis like the releasing of this of restrictions on the traditional latin mass. there's been changes that pope francis has done that maybe predecessor wouldn't have done. there's different spiritual things. but i think , to be honest, pope i think, to be honest, pope francis is getting older and he's in frail health as well. part of his theological vision as well is, you know , trying to as well is, you know, trying to build on from and he's often spoken about building on from what has so what benedict has done. so i don't see huge changes that don't see any huge changes that are to happen that

are going to happen now that haven't already . are going to happen now that haven't already. brendan are going to happen now that haven't already . brendan what haven't already. brendan what will they services and ceremonies like this will over the next week or so up until january fifth when the funeral takes place . we've been told by takes place. we've been told by the vatican tomorrow, on monday morning , pope benedict's body morning, pope benedict's body will be in saint. morning, pope benedict's body will be in saint . peter's ready will be in saint. peter's ready for people to go and visit to visit. many people have already booked flights and, made travel arrangements to go to rome . and arrangements to go to rome. and then his funeral, which will be held and led by pope francis at saint peter's basilica, will be happening on thursday. so the faithful universal are asked you know, all people of goodwill are asked to pray for the repose of his soul . and i really encourage his soul. and i really encourage you to pick up book of benedict's most people's are benedict's and most people's are change when they do that they go from an image of, you from having an image of, you know rottweiler know god's rottweiler to the german shepherd. that's certainly experience . people certainly the experience. people who came to the uk in who when he came to the uk in 2010, many saw, you know, a kind scary conservative, but they saw someone of deep intellectual

vigour and also great humility. there's nothing scary about conservatives, but i'm absolutely with you on reading his literature. i think jesus of nazareth, his book is fantasy. thank you very much for that analysis. brendan alejandro thomson, at catholic voices thomson, ceo at catholic voices . plenty more to come this morning . what's the best way to morning. what's the best way to start the new year? what are some of your to start the some of your tips to start the new off? let us know . new year off? let us know. vaiews@gbnews.uk or tweet us at gb news. some of you might be nursing sore heads this morning, but the best to cure but what's the best way to cure year's hangover? first, let's take a look the weather . take a look at the weather. looking ahead to today's weather and is looking cold with and the uk is looking cold with rain and hail, snow. the scotland showers and bright spells elsewhere. here are the details . it will be a spells elsewhere. here are the details. it will be a mild and rather cloudy start to new year's day. across southwest england. there'll be some bright spells some scattered spells, but also some scattered locally , heavy, gusty showers . locally, heavy, gusty showers. they'll be rather cloudy conditions across southeast england to start the new year. some brighter spells are likely with the odd shower to brighten

sunny spells will edge in from the west , sunny spells will edge in from the west, although sunny spells will edge in from the west , although still rather the west, although still rather cloudy in the east. locally heavy, blustery in the west. too it'll be a rather cloudy and windy start to the new year across the midlands . an isolated across the midlands. an isolated heavy shower is possible. the west. a mild day for all with limited sunshine . showery rain limited sunshine. showery rain will continue slowly clear from the north. drier further south, with some brighter, sunny spells at times. mild for the time of yean at times. mild for the time of year, but with brisk southwesterly breeze . patchy southwesterly breeze. patchy rain and. uphill snow will continue to gradually clear to the east. but it will remain mostly cloudy with hill fog unger mostly cloudy with hill fog linger in places. feeling chilly once again , it'll be a mostly once again, it'll be a mostly cloudy day to start the new year across northern ireland. there will also be some patchy , mostly will also be some patchy, mostly light rain at times. feeling chilly once again . showers chilly once again. showers wintry in the north with . bright wintry in the north with. bright or sunny spells for most. further cloud and rain in the southeast . and that's your southeast. and that's your weather today . on tuesday . i'm weather today. on tuesday. i'm committed so many join me on gb

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channel. and welcome back to the common sense crusade on gb news, on tv, online and on your. some of you might be nursing sore heads this morning, but what's the best way to cure a new year's hangover. our man in the west, geoff moody, has it on good authority that a fry up is the only remedy . geoff although lots of punters

stare huge their hands today. actually does not. he's quite quiet so . but i've managed to quiet so. but i've managed to water myself a few hangover cures here. i've got the following fish. or of course it could be the old stir fry or the full welsh breakfast or the full scottish breakfast. it's kind of the same thing . i mean, we all the same thing. i mean, we all know a good old fry up is the answer. a good cup of to coffee also a hair of the dog. now they wouldn't let me have a mary of licencing laws, so this is just tomato juice for effect, i'm afraid . hair tomato juice for effect, i'm afraid. hair of the tomato juice for effect, i'm afraid . hair of the dog too. but afraid. hair of the dog too. but none of these apparently work , none of these apparently work, according to the experts, none . according to the experts, none. these cure a hangover. what you need to do for a hangover. it is so boring. michael drink water. lots of water. and also complex carbohydrates . so a big plate of carbohydrates. so a big plate of pasta . that's the answer. a fry pasta. that's the answer. a fry up . so they say it does nothing up. so they say it does nothing but is one of these old wives tales does work . take a glass of

tales does work. take a glass of orange juice and into that glass of orange juice you need to crack an egg . okay, so you crack crack an egg. okay, so you crack a raw in that . give it a bit of a raw in that. give it a bit of a raw in that. give it a bit of a stir stir . and then you try it a stir stir. and then you try it . i don't actually have a hangover. i'll. i'll give it a go hangover. i'll. i'll give it a 9° 9° hangover. i'll. i'll give it a go go . actually so. right. go go. actually so. right. because i can't taste the egg . because i can't taste the egg. could just taste the orange juice. so yeah. go for that. that works. that's not as bad as i thought . happy to i thought. happy new year to you, michael . oh, i. oh, happy you, michael. oh, i. oh, happy to hear, geoff . thank you. to hear, geoff. thank you. dominique samuels , writer and, dominique samuels, writer and, journalist, rebecca reid are still with me this morning. what am i doing with my life? rebecca, would you to give me orange absolutely orange juice? absolutely not. like this is the only. the only

way to get past a real hangover. it's a very fulsome mcdonald's and a can . it it's a very fulsome mcdonald's and a can. it has to be a kind of extremely cold diet coke. thatis of extremely cold diet coke. that is the yeah, it's the that is the way. yeah, it's the diet. diet coke is a good when you a lack of hydration , you have a lack of hydration, you have a lack of hydration, you have a lack of hydration, you have do like electrolytes you have to do like electrolytes or something. rehydration or something. also a rehydration sachet boring . sachet if you're being boring. yeah, that. i use that. we yeah, i use that. i use that. we could just have water. no no, it won't with us all. apparently junior doctors just tap themselves a drip and that themselves up to a drip and that works the arteries . works out to the arteries. sparkling water for you, my producers is sparkling water. sparkling like coffee sparkling water. so like coffee and juice , it doesn't mix and orange juice, it doesn't mix well on a hangover and well with me on a hangover and not too much . but i do like not too much. but i do like a fire. but i'm not sure any of these old tales actually do. anything rice with soy sauce, apparently. very good apparently. also very good carbs and apparently sauce on if and salt. apparently sauce on if you with you drink crackers with cranberry, you're hydrating cranberry, then you're hydrating as you're getting drunk. so it's quite i think we quite yeah. oh yeah. i think we all know the everything that really works is to start drinking again. eventually drinking again. but eventually you and then an hour you have stop and then an hour of that just makes of the dog. if that just makes you sleep. yeah. you want to go to sleep. yeah. i mean, i love really booze now. yeah. oh, burn the. okay. yeah.

sorry none of it works. just dnnk sorry none of it works. just drink less and drink water. yeah. and hydration salts yeah. okay and hydration salts and diet coke. and i have a very big also. are you a wild drunk dominique? me? i'm yeah. well i'm like a wild and happy drunk . know how some people are like, get angry and aggressive, but just that's not that's not what happens. no, no. really happy. i exactly as you would imagine. i like either tv or sleep that no very very hyper like a child and also like to throw conversational grenades and just be like don't you feel sorry what basically like your tuesday panel what basically like your tuesday panel. yeah exactly. like tuesday . but panel. yeah exactly. like tuesday. but i'm panel. yeah exactly. like tuesday . but i'm not panel. yeah exactly. like tuesday. but i'm not him. it's not like haven't done that, haven't had a glass of wine. yeah. no, i'm badly behaved but really fun. charming yeah, i'll actually. it's nice though . what actually. it's nice though. what are you, like, up? yeah, i, i'm quite childish when i'm drunk. really old ish. would you be. yeah. because i'm quite, i like thing i'm quite sensible a moderated the real you when i'm drunk what a been

drunk just yeah what a been drunken tweet let us know what guys are like if you can be bothered to tweet gb news. you are tv, on are with gb news on tv, on radio. and up next, be discussing the chaos that unfolded at aldi supermarket . unfolded at aldi supermarket. shoppers went rampant but youtube added you drink prime and everywhere honestly and my .

welcome back the madness crowds of people has been a frequent of the last two years and this next bunch on exception supermodel kate shoppers were seen fighting over bottles. a new energy drink developed by youtube, ksi and logan as aldi briefly stocked it on their shelves this week. it's

called prime. it's promoted as a naturally flavoured drink with coconut water amino acids and electrolytes and barged each other out of the way and even swiped drinks from young kids. they scrambled to fill their boots . and frankly, an boots. and frankly, an embarrassing scene i'm joined now by social commentator laila ali doubting for her take of this lady . leilani, i cannot this lady. leilani, i cannot speak. this lady. leilani, i cannot speak . i'm this lady. leilani, i cannot speak. i'm not this lady. leilani, i cannot speak . i'm not even hungover. speak. i'm not even hungover. this is year's day. can you please tell us what the heck is going on here ? honestly, it's going on here? honestly, it's very , isn't it? it shows how very, isn't it? it shows how society can be manipulated to follow crowd. so these influence told young kids that they should go out and get this energy drink and show it on their instagrams and show it on their instagrams and their social media. so that's and to me, that's what happens. and to me, if there ever going to be if there was ever going to be a zombie apocalypse doesn't have to of dead people. to be a bunch of dead people. it's people literally it's these people who literally look mind controlled . so there's look mind controlled. so there's been a famine in there that's get a bag of rice. this is a 199 energy drink . sorry, a hydration

energy drink. sorry, a hydration drink. can you , you know, are drink. can you, you know, are all drinks meant to hydrate you? you know, what are falling for? and i think there's a wider consideration in here and that's, you know like us look at our leaders , our politicians , our leaders, our politicians, our leaders, our politicians, our policy makers. but young people are looking at poc , people are looking at poc, music, sport and social media. and that's they're seeing this influence . that's why they're influence. that's why they're seeing this social contagion that's going on in this consumerism hype . notice that consumerism hype. notice that they're under . and so it's very they're under. and so it's very scary to me that a young can be controlled in a manner. yeah we've heard over the last few years about the nudge units and behavioural scientists and government. i don't even think they're necessary , don't think they're necessary, don't think we proper scientists behind we need proper scientists behind this so simple. it this because it's so simple. it looks a, you know, looks to me like a, you know, mission. children, these aren't, these are adults, these are sheep. social trend sheep. following a social trend . up? do we break .what's up? how do we break free of this mentality ? well, free of this mentality? well, this is what's worrying. i don't

know how we do because i saying to myself, you know, people are going to wake up, they're going to see what's happening and then you this and you're like, you see this and you're like, okay, happened toilet okay, it happened with toilet roll. petrol . roll. it happened with petrol. were bags up were filling plastic bags up with when there was a bit of a shortage. and then you think people are going learn now people are going learn now people are going to learn that this is a lot of this is media. but now we're seeing it again through social media. and i think it's really important that we understand how big social contagion is through social media. and it can be anything these celebrities , musicians, these celebrities, musicians, all these sports people, influencers they can be influencing people to do whatever have an obsession with the next product or the next in sport or , you know, the next sport or, you know, the next surgery , lip filler or whatever surgery, lip filler or whatever it might be or and it is a very dangerous trend. and i don't know how we wake people up out

with it because, you know, you and i we sit there, we fight for people freedoms and then you think is true. we're fighting for that are going to go and push and shove in supermarkets because some social media influencer as told them to go and buy this drink so it's full of rubbish . i mean there's10% of rubbish. i mean there's 10% coconut water in it non—essential amino acids and a bunch of chemicals and they say natural flavourings . but if you natural flavourings. but if you look into what natural flavourings be, they're not the kind . gross really ? so it kind. gross really? so it doesn't matter what you is because of who doesn't . it's because of who doesn't. it's coming from it's from influencers . and i think you're influencers. and i think you're right. there is a mass psychosis on here, but it's spawned by influencers on social media. i was just saying to rebecca and dominic during the break, i think the best thing that elon musk do for society would be to, you purchasing you know, after purchasing twitter close it down. no, twitter, just close it down. no, no you you said well, you know, we have to talk. i think a lot

of these guys well huge on tech talk and that you know telling people encouraging them you know come and show us your drinks now we know like you know if we go down that rabbit of tik tok down that rabbit hole of tik tok being by china, the being owned by china, get the chinese aren't to use it chinese aren't allowed to use it but is going where we but what is going on where we holding these people to such high regard that they will do anything that they tell us to do. well you know not us but these these young people , these these these young people, these young adults sorts that they'll do lives would be any . but these do lives would be any. but these social media personalities tell them to do . and it's scary. it them to do. and it's scary. it really is. and you say and pieces it's like they're not controlled by their own minds the trolls you know by some programming and you it is like thatis programming and you it is like that is like a hypnosis really you're right and the scary thing about it is that these social these influencers rather are not their own merits. they're not they're because they're good at anything that they're because are famous for being famous. it's kardashians of it's like the kardashians of social anyway, social social media. anyway, a social commentator dowding, commentator, leilani dowding, thank your time

thank you so much for your time and wonderful young . i'm and your wonderful young. i'm still joined by political commentator dominique samuels and rebecca reid, who and writer rebecca reid, who i think has something to say. all theory that elon musk should just shut down twitter. no i think this is the thing. just shut down twitter. no i think this is the thing . people think this is the thing. people i think people are taking the negatives there are a lot of negatives and there are a lot of negatives, that being the information by massive corporations is being controlled and being censored and using that to paint social as bad social media. things like twitter , even just the internet twitter, even just the internet in general, without of the sort of big tech censorship it is the most free est and best way get independent informed that is in the behest of things like the most of the time spew government points in my view and what is the point of my no because of the point of my no because of the twitter files that for example , the whole hunter biden example, the whole hunter biden laptop was censored. we know that they they silenced conversations about coming conversations about covid coming from now know. from wuhan, which we now know. true, know that they

true, we know that they cancelled so it might be cancelled trump. so it might be that there more people on that there are more people on there more information there and more information available, that available, but they sense that one other. yeah but one side or the other. yeah but that the problem. we need to that is the problem. we need to tackle the actual censorship at not paint media a not paint social media as a wholly thing. and the reason wholly bad thing. and the reason why are being why people are being brainwashed, uncontrolled by social media influencers who you know, people like us are , they know, people like us are, they they do have a talent. they have a character about them that draws people to them and makes people to listen. and that's a good thing. but the problem is, is society at the moment we is that society at the moment we do not have sense of self. we are not sure with who we are chronically insecure . people are chronically insecure. people are actually looking for a sort of spiritual enlightenment in a way. that's why they look to people like cy. that's why they look to people like andrew tate example, and that's why they look for other people to create that of self, which is why that sense of self, which is why you uke that sense of self, which is why you like that. i it you see scenes like that. i it lights ends up turned lights up and it ends up turned inwards. about i inwards. it's about how do i present myself? how can i control the narrative around myself. there this the expression main characters

expression is main characters syndrome this. syndrome and there is this. we've been positioned as we've all been positioned as characters and we're all trying to create narratives and stories around ourselves. and was around ourselves. and that was probably it's probably twas ever thus was like thus, but before it was like writing letter to somebody and writing a letter to somebody and now for hundreds now it's posting it for hundreds of thousands people. only of thousands people. my only real on tackling this real suggestion on tackling this is the media studies as a is i know the media studies as a school subject a bit of a school subject is a bit of a joke subject at the moment, but i think honestly, media studies needs obligatory needs to be obligatory and people to people need to learn to interpret. like, instance, interpret. like, for instance, when an article when you look at an article onune when you look at an article online you see how many online, you can see how many times the top has been edited times at the top has been edited and when it was last edited, understanding that would and when it was last edited, undeihappened. that would and when it was last edited, undeihappened. there's would and when it was last edited, undeihappened. there's so uld and when it was last edited, undeihappened. there's so many have happened. there's so many small media, small aspects to media, particularly people particularly that if people understood they could better interpret reading interpret what they're reading like. you do when you do history level, the sources, level, you look at the sources, right? it's not just about right? but it's not just about the sources, the media. it's about other people. you don't think media brings think that social media brings out people? i mean, out the worst in people? i mean, i think social fundamentally i think social is fundamentally bad, once it's bad, but i also think once it's existed, can't exist. you existed, it can't exist. you can't you take the toy can't not you can't take the toy away the chip from the away from the chip from the child. it exists. but that's controlling. that's not

libertarian. i'm not libertarian. i'm not libertarian. you take libertarian. certainly you take away you take away the media. what you have. we're controlled by present and represented on the television screen . it was the television screen. it was women's magazines of news platforms and alternative journalists that's become intrusive . but also, i just intrusive. but also, i just don't believe in removing things because they're bad for you, because they're bad for you, because most of the things make life more fun or interesting or bad for you. very few are good for you and enjoyable. and you can say that gb news exists because social media, it's because of social media, it's seeing . but actually, seeing online. but actually, wait minute, are a lot wait a minute, there are a lot of that don't actually of people that don't actually follow narrative. so let's follow one narrative. so let's create a market for them and. there it is. this is perhaps competition to social media. outside gb news exists bbc channel 4 itv sky news or have one approved narrative and gb news to offer a different perspective. i agree, but why would the people going that would the people going that would watch gb news? for example, they're online. they follow people like me. you follow people like me. you follow like you. and then follow people like you. and then gb made after the fact. gb news was made after the fact. and people have

and finally people have somewhere to go that have, you know , like you are i on it so gb know, like you are i on it so gb news i think is a by—product of social media. i the main social media. i think the main issue, social media, is that it doesn't ones. i find doesn't reward new ones. i find that i tweet, that in that if i tweet, that isn't in line with what people believe in, responds to it, and then the algorithm learns you're not interesting and the algorithm punishes that. if punishes for that. whereas if i say something that i know is exactly in line what my exactly in line with what my people i will be rewarded people like, i will be rewarded for think that's thing for it. and i think that's thing us. i could stand do a lot us. i could stand to do a lot better like even just real time posting rather than algorithms would algorithms all would improve it? algorithms all work no yeah, work here? yeah. no yeah, i agree with that. you. agree with that. thank you. that's political. dominic samuels writer, back to read samuels and writer, back to read for much. for the moment. thank very much. now energy price now the new ofgem energy price cap come into effect cap levels come into effect today, rising to £4,279 per year . however, the government's energy price guarantee scheme means typical bills will at £2,500 per year on average until april 20, 23. but despite the scheme , research has shown that scheme, research has shown that more than three quarters of

households in the uk will pushed into fuel poverty this month. and riley has the report straight . kate johnson's and riley has the report straight. kate johnson's . an straight. kate johnson's. an average 0 f £10 a day on a average of £10 a day on a pre—pay fuel metre and she's one of the millions of people in, britain, living in fuel . the mom britain, living in fuel. the mom lives with her two children and partner in york. the family's income is from universal and they struggle to heat their home. it's no good medical conditions. i've got fibromyalgia , china for us , fibromyalgia, china for us, therefore have the spread of very painful, simple copper. we walk and the kids have got like additional needs and stuff. so the heating is something that we definitely do need it for found. it's really what it calls upon just over hundred pound for the week as it was too cold on june , despite government, week as it was too cold on june , despite government , kate , despite government, kate worried about rising costs of energy and fears price hikes. this made quite a few

contributions towards the bills. but so still a drop in the ocean . when you've got to have all every day medical reasons. so controlling the mould in the house so and so it should be done because then if it's going to keep increasing the know it'll get to the point where people have to choose to sit in the cold or to feed your family or pay rent the community foodbank down the road from , foodbank down the road from, kate provides a lifeline for family. it's run by john miguel, who feeds a people a day, seven days a week from the shed . his days a week from the shed. his house. and with the fuel bills rising , john could only see the rising, john could only see the numbers of people he helps increasing used to be food all are heating now it's rent a mortgage we've gone we've gone even further basically so rent down here has gone up an average

0 f £400 a down here has gone up an average of £400 a month . so that's from of £400 a month. so that's from £2 off the shop in bell heating everything the fuel for your to go to work. so do have a lot of people here who do, but they just don't earn enough money anymore. the catch my tail the time and a lot of people who have in them and the catching up when we get the wage or payment that know it's just a vicious circle with snow set to hit the uk this month the festivities of christmas feel long gone for people like kate who will be wrapping up warm and worrying about paying for the heating. anna riley gb news york . about paying for the heating. anna riley gb news york. is the most controversial figure of our times. apparently and last year was the most googled person on earth. but andrew takes rise to internet stardom was given a reality check after his arrest in romania. over six trafficking

and rape allegations week while the man is no doubt marmite the self—declared trillionaire playboy who alleges to teach men how to be masculine endured trial by social media since being nabbed by romanian cops . being nabbed by romanian cops. regardless of political social persuasion. is it ever right that the grand jury of twitter the iron fist of justice before all actual real life legal processes have taken place ? i am processes have taken place? i am joined once again by political commentator dominique samuels and writer rebecca. dominique this i mean , i won't get into my this i mean, i won't get into my thoughts on undertake just yet. okay. well, it's safe to say i'm not his biggest fan. however, i do not believe that we should judge people based on social media takes . i do not believe media takes. i do not believe guilty until proven innocent . guilty until proven innocent. what think? i don't what do you think? i don't really question. not really get the question. i'm not going because you can't going to lie because you can't stop people from an opinion on it. and people are going to make assumptions. they're going say things where. it goes wrong, i guessis things where. it goes wrong, i guess is that sort of trial by

social actually trickles down into the legal process and people are prejudiced by, you know, sort of the social media. but you can't stop people from having an opinion on his arrest. i don't think it's an opinion. i think that i think it's the stance that. we assume that they're guilty. from the get go. that's my own issue with is him he's guilty the of on the he's guilty on the of on the bafis he's guilty on the of on the basis of has said about basis of what he has said about himself. right. broadly speaking, for all the speaking, i am very trial by i am very against trial by twitter, least because twitter, not least because i think it can prejudice a trial . think it can prejudice a trial. the thing like if were the last thing like if i were under lawyer, be making under lawyer, i would be making the that it was impossible the case that it was impossible for a fair trial. for him to have a fair trial. that be main way of that would be my main way of defending. is the point. defending. that is the point. and concern is with the way and my concern is with the way he he might off he was talking, he might get off on a technicality. and that really because would love really me because i would love to him fight very very to see him fight very very people would see that people i would like to see that happen to honestly like lister's in the single figures but he is a deeply unpleasant, loathsome little and i think he could little man and i think he could do with some time to about do with some time to think about his actions. guess. i guess his actions. i guess. i guess what i would with people what i would agree with people on know, perhaps

on is that, you know, perhaps there is a bit of an inconsistency here . you know, inconsistency here. you know, he gets arrested , for example, gets arrested, for example, people on epstein's client list, they've not been arrested . we they've not been arrested. we still don't know who they are. we still don't have their names. the criminals andrew tate the criminals than andrew tate have done way worse things that are currently at large and not held account the same way he is, which then, you know, suggests that there does seem to be people the establishment likes and the establishment doesn't like. and he just happens to be one of people. do i think one of those people. do i think that he is the hero that people think he is? no. do i think he's simply playing a role in a bigger narrative as an internet character? yes i don't think people should be taken by it, especially the right. and a lot of people the right look at of people on the right look at him as this freedom fighter. i don't think he is. i don't know if we trusted you, then nothing. he's afraid of he's either. he's not afraid of fighting. all he is fighting. he is. all he is an emblem a crisis, of emblem of a crisis, of masculinity because there are no proper male role models occupying that space. you give advice and you act as a kind of

seed of the figure for people who need someone to look to without being utterly toxic. and it's so sad . women have it's so sad. women have traditionally had lots of female role models. there is much more of a sense of sisterhood and leading each learning from leading each and learning from each he is an example each other. and he is an example . happens you create . what happens when you create a vacuum that for men? i vacuum for that for men? yeah, i think it's idolatry, trudi. yes. incapable pitching incapable of pitching it as a left right but actually left a right issue, but actually especially the whole argument between tate and greta thunberg that on left support that people on left must support grant, people on the right grant, that people on the right must support. and it was quite funny though. thought it funny though. people thought it was bit i refer to was just a bit of is i refer to it sort of like a programming it as sort of like a programming exercise know they give you characters is your player. characters this is your player. yeah, your play. you must yeah, this your play. you must you must side this play, you must side with this play, you must side with this play, you this player to win you must want this player to win when of the day, i when at the end of the day, i agree with rebecca said. agree with what rebecca said. actually, there is a crisis and she might not agree with what, i'm say next. but we've i'm going to say next. but we've created you created this system where, you know, gay or being trans created this system where, you knobeing gay or being trans created this system where, you knobeing a gay or being trans created this system where, you knobeing a woman being trans created this system where, you knobeing a woman is ing trans created this system where, you knobeing a woman is looked1s created this system where, you knobeing a woman is looked at are being a woman is looked at as virtue by itself and being as a virtue by itself and being as a virtue by itself and being a man and masculinity is being

critiqued every turn. masculinity is reviled . so yeah, masculinity is reviled. so yeah, people looking for again, like i said, a of self and they're looking for in people like andrew take who promotes brand of egotism of narcissism. you don't fight ego with ego and thatis don't fight ego with ego and that is the issue and that's why i am no fan but also i think you there's two things that snake oil if you tell you can teach them how to be with women that will always get you some kind have an audience that goes back to the rules but in the same token we do have a society that reveals masculinity in a partially that is valid because masculinity done some really shady things but the problem is again you create a vacuum there's discussion about there's no discussion about masculinity which exists i suppose positive masculinity every i try to take a pram opposite steps every single time a man has stopped and said, can i help you with that is that thatis i help you with that is that that is somebody physically stronger than me doing , stronger than me doing, something kind in that day that's masculinity. it that's positive masculinity. it exists, not. celebrate exists, but it's not. celebrate it and it also often get dressed

up as being like a or , a silly up as being like a or, a silly boy . exactly. and that's and boy. exactly. and that's and thatis boy. exactly. and that's and that is really sad because we not celebrating the positives of being male and it's where the values come from that i take issue with. so when someone's saying you are poor, you are unemployed and men not fear unemployed and men do not fear you, you're a woman disagrees with , your life, your lives with you, your life, your lives are say. all right. well, some people are saying that's to me, that's not masculine. that's just crass, rude talking. whereas the bible say blessed are the poor, theirs the are the poor, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. i think it's about values about where your values come from, masculine you from, not just how masculine you are, how much a gentleman are, but how much of a gentleman you it's more and you you are. it's more and what you base values on. so success seems to be the whole. i have 33 calls, including the bugatti. that's not something to shout home about. but he's avaricious. he wants to . he wants quantity he wants to. he wants quantity and all things as many women as many calls money is money. that is not a happy man, and that is a reflection of an emptiness. you probably yes within it's really sun used and that is that

is just dangerous. so many people think that having more things makes them more of a man ikeep things makes them more of a man i keep i say that is the matrix. he talks about to make is it a attributing material things your value that is the matrix yeah andrew so oh well yeah so i'm not i think that's perfect. i listen let's have a look at some your emails that you've been sending in. liz says , happy new sending in. liz says, happy new yean sending in. liz says, happy new year, calvin. thank for all you do. wonderful first speech of good sense at the start of your programme. god bless all. thank you that kind of god you for that very kind of god bless beth, email these bless you all. beth, email these don't you haven't give me the ones that thanking me have that email calvin thank for email saying calvin thank for mentioning that that tradition is all traditional is at risk all traditional catholics wondering the catholics all wondering the same. is something i do same. that is something i do genuinely concerned about because liberal progressive views are dangerous to everything, including the church, as i'm quite excited church, or as i'm quite excited . would be happy if . think you would be happy if the church failed us? no way. i know i am. i genuinely , i'm know i am. i genuinely, i'm catholic. i feel very strongly about catholicism think about catholicism. just think that better bet that frankie's a better bet about frankie. oh i know. i'm

serious. i know, but it makes me cnnge serious. i know, but it makes me cringe and emailed to say the russians are shelling orthodox churches, which isn't belong to their own patriarch . in moscow, their own patriarch. in moscow, there are plenty of orthodox priests in the ukraine. they don't need heretics to come and proselytise . oh goodness. what's proselytise. oh goodness. what's on there isn't zelenskyy churches. well, yeah . so i think churches. well, yeah. so i think god would understand if he skipped a sunday? yeah. i'll be all right. i know. i don't really understand what that message. no, but i do find troubling that he has shut down the orthodox church. yeah under the orthodox church. yeah under the guise of. oh russia. yeah. so we're going do anything you say, right? yeah. we're going to ban tv stations. we're going to close down. yeah. opposition parties. we're going to close down churches , sort like what down churches, sort of like what they're in communist china they're doing in communist china because christian church is because the christian church is under attack in communist china . well, just think the, yes, . well, i just think the, yes, they're in a wall. i understand that using war an excuse to sort

of usher in authoritarianism has been the done thing in the past . so we should all be over here in the second world war, to be fair. so i think basically it's fine. if it's fine, it's no, it's not. and it's impossible to know which way it's going to go. i do sort i from spending with calvin on the show i've absorbed some that not great some message that it's not great one one country is under siege and then off everything and then right off everything negative it's ever done. and again, it's thing isn't it. again, it's the thing isn't it. pick good. pick the bad. pick the good. pick the bad. yeah russia bad. ukraine good. therefore needs to therefore nobody needs to investigate ukraine's national culture , history or anything. culture, history or anything. and that's not is the sort of white saviour , even though they white saviour, even though they are white. it's a sort of know that good reason we had to have idolatry worship. but idolatry hero worship. yeah but we were a very black and we all were a very black and white but just, white society. but i just, i think it's so important to say, you know what dominic opinion was just there was not pro—putin. it's just pro—putin. it's not it's just looking picture. looking at the whole picture. i got comments, i got so obliged. if you're completely if you're not completely anti—russia, i'm completely pro ukraine. must be ukraine. you must be pro—russian. not. not the pro—russian. yeah, not. not the case. i'm not mostly. this is

just living their lives. who have no strong feeling about either them. very either of them. that's very true. that's we should be true. that's what we should be do. should praying for the do. we should be praying for the individual, citizen in both individual, the citizen in both russia yeah. russia and ukraine. yeah. and i up in this post on a exactly. and i have so much sympathy them they hell they must be going through hell on either side and it just be happening. i feel very, very sad. people sad. the russian people obviously both that obviously with you both that was political dominique political commentator dominique samuels and, writer rebecca reed, very much . but reed, thank you very much. but we will be back after this. well looking ahead to today's weather and the uk is looking with rain and the uk is looking with rain and hail, snow , scotland showers and hail, snow, scotland showers and hail, snow, scotland showers and bright spells elsewhere. here are the details . it'll be here are the details. it'll be a mild and rather cloudy start to new year's day across southwest england. there'll be some bright spells, but also some scattered locally , gusty showers . there'll locally, gusty showers. there'll be rather cloudy conditions across southeast england to start the new year. some brighter are likely with the odd shower to brighten sunny spells will edge in from the west, although still rather cloudy in

the east. locally heavy, blustery in the west. too it'll be a rather cloudy and windy start to the new year across the midlands and isolated heavy showers is possible in the west. a mild day for all with limited sunshine , showery rain. we'll sunshine, showery rain. we'll continue to slowly clear from the north. drier further south with some or sunny spells at times. mild for the time of yean times. mild for the time of year, but with brisk southwesterly breeze . patchy southwesterly breeze. patchy rain and uphill snow will continue to gradually clear to the east. but it will remain mostly cloudy, with hill fog lingering , feeling chilly once lingering, feeling chilly once again. it'll be a mostly day to start the new year across northern ireland. there will also be some patchy mostly light rain times. feeling chilly once again. showers in the north with bright or sunny spells most. further cloud and rain the southeast and that's your weather today on tuesday . i'm weather today on tuesday. i'm michael portillo join me on gb news on a sunday morning for topical discussion debate , art,

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ukraine is looking for an engush ukraine is looking for an english priest to work in a war zone. english priest to work in a war zone . and what's today's energy zone. and what's today's energy price cap ? what does it mean for price cap? what does it mean for you and your bills. but first, here's the with bethany here's the news with bethany elsey . calvin. thank you. good elsey. calvin. thank you. good morning. and happy new year. it's 11:01. i'm morning. and happy new year. it's11:01. i'm bethany morning. and happy new year. it's 11:01. i'm bethany elsey morning. and happy new year. it's11:01. i'm bethany elsey . it's11:01. i'm bethany elsey. your top stories from the gb newsroom. celebrations to mark the of 2023 have taken place across . the nation including in across. the nation including in central where a crowd of more than 100,000 gathered to watch the new year fireworks display . the new year fireworks display. london's mayor says the 12 minute display, which is the first since the start of the pan , is the biggest in europe. first since the start of the pan , is the biggest in europe . the , is the biggest in europe. the sold out show featured a tribute to the late queen elizabeth. highlighted the lionesses euros and showed solidarity with

ukraine. despite the rain were similar scenes in edinburgh as revellers packed the streets to enjoy the first full hogmanay celebrations in three years. it was a much quieter affair in scarborough, thanks to thor , the scarborough, thanks to thor, the arctic walrus, the yorkshire county cancelled its new year fireworks display to avoid causing him any distress. he was spotted the town's harbour and it's thought to be the first ever one spotted in the county . ever one spotted in the county. he since moved on and experts say he was likely just taking a break before a long journey north in. his new year. message to ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy says hopes the war with russia will end this year. he spoke missiles rained down in and around the capital kyiv. ukraine's armed forces says russia has launched more than 31 missiles and 12 airstrikes set targets the country overnight . targets the country overnight. curfews ranging from 7 pm. to midnight made celebrations for the start of the new year. impossible in public spaces.

president zelenskyy vowed to continue his fight until victory in he would role come late this year. in he would role come late this year . be the in he would role come late this year. be the year of in he would role come late this year . be the year of return. the year. be the year of return. the return of our people. warriors to their families. captives to their homes . return of to their families. captives to their homes. return of our land . the temporarily occupied will become free forever . a return to become free forever. a return to normal , to happy moments without normal, to happy moments without to earthly joys without air raids. return of what was stolen from us . childhood of our from us. childhood of our children . the peaceful age of children. the peaceful age of our parents . the archbishop our parents. the archbishop canterbury is urging the government to tackle what he calls the country's broken social care system . justin welby social care system. justin welby will use his new year message to say care homes are struggling to cover energy bills , retain cover energy bills, retain staff. he's called on everyone to rise to the challenge of repairing the present system. the government says social care was made a priority in last month's autumn budget, pledging

£7.5 billion in support over the next two years. two men have been charged with the murder of a non—league footballer. stabbed to death in birmingham on. boxing day. 23 year old cody fisher attacked at a nightclub in digbeth with 21 year old cammy carpenter and 22 year old remi golden will appear before magistrates monday . from today, magistrates monday. from today, more than 4600 bus routes across will have fares capped at £2 for a single trip. will have fares capped at £2 for a single trip . more than 130 a single trip. more than 130 operators outside of london have joined the scheme , which will joined the scheme, which will last until the end of march . the last until the end of march. the cap is being paid with a £60 million government fund and more than 66,000 properties in scotland are empty . that's scotland are empty. that's according to council figures, with the vast majority being data. also that over 9000 properties are unoccupied . in properties are unoccupied. in edinburgh alone and pope francis

is addressing worshippers at the vatican morning, the day after the death of his predecessor. that's listening ealing already cambridge brain this shaped appendix including watching all account for questioning by deliberation questioning being you old languages. this is a commitment to take care of our lives . every one of us needs to lives. every one of us needs to take care of lives, take care of our time and of our souls . take our time and of our souls. take care of and the environment we live in. and even more to take care of. our neighbour is those whom the lord has placed alongside us , as well as our alongside us, as well as our brothers and sisters who are in need and who call for our attention and our compassion . attention and our compassion. looking at our. attention and our compassion. looking at our . with the child looking at our. with the child there. taking care of her child. let us how to take care of

others and even of ourselves taking of a healthy interior for our interior and our and charity . celebrating world day of peace today. . celebrating world day of peace today . let us regain awareness today. let us regain awareness of the responsible lady that has been entrusted to us to construct the future in face of the personal and crises we are living in, the face of the tragedy of the war. we are called to confront the challenges of our world in a spirit of responsible and compassion . and we can do this compassion. and we can do this if we take care of each other and if all of us together take care of our common home in a simpler , most holy. the mother simpler, most holy. the mother of so that in epic polluted by diffidence and indifference, she she might make us capable of

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to the 22 years santamaria amateur they all up all of his articles that's francis making his new year address to worshippers at the this morning the day after the death of his predecessor benedict xvi died within the vatican city at the age of 95 and his funeral will be on the 5th of january. you're up to date on. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now let's get back to calvin . let's get back to calvin. hello and welcome to the common sense crusade . with me, the sense crusade. with me, the reverend calvin robinson . here's reverend calvin robinson. here's what's coming up this morning. the uk has welcomed the new year with an interesting fireworks display in london that included a fitting tribute to the late queen along with a number of political propaganda pieces,

from change lgbt from climate change to lgbt theme, the trans athlete in women's sport debates continues as the british governing body for triathlon has moved to end rule today by launching its own transition to the category four competitors. how do you feel about this? let me know what gb views at gbnews.uk and the energy prize category rises today by a whopping 20, although households are covered by the government's support scheme, some will see a small increase and of course you can join in our conversation on discussions today by emailing gb news at gb news or by tweeting at gb news dassault . dassault. welcome back to the common sense on gb news on tv , online and on on gb news on tv, online and on your wireless . the trans your wireless. the trans athletes in women's sport debate continues to rage, but the governing body for triathlon has

moved to end the rule today by launching its own transgender category for competitors. the british federation has effectively biological men from competing in women's categories. instead will be a new open category for . quote, all category for. quote, all individuals, including male, transgender and those who are male sex at birth. transgender and those who are male sex at birth . it comes as male sex at birth. it comes as the boxing council also hinted it may follow suit this year by launching an open category for its own transgender. still with me now is politico.com commentator dominic samuels and writer reid. rebecca, i. are they conceding too much ground ? they conceding too much ground? there are only two sexes, male and female . and sport has been and female. and sport has been divided by the sexes for very sensible reasons because male males stronger , fitter, more males are stronger, fitter, more athletic , faster than women in athletic, faster than women in general . i mean, isn't that general. i mean, isn't that better? but yes, stronger, right? yes. bigger generally . right? yes. bigger generally. yes. yes. a man can punch two and a half times stronger than a woman. yeah. and i think, broadly speaking, men hitting is frowned upon. we regard as frowned upon. we regard that as a and we used to

a bad thing. and we used to anyway most people anyway. i think most people still say that and i think this opens such gracefully undermines the category a great thing the open category a great thing because means you want to because it means if you want to compete. yeah, no , it's a really compete. yeah, no, it's a really good thing. it means that if you're trans person who wants you're a trans person who wants to that they love, to do a sport that they love, you will still able do that you will still able to do that without. being in position without. being in a position where assigned where somebody he assigned at birth is punching. woman no, no, no, no, no. that's not say somebody side male somebody who is a side male about who was born when about someone who was born when i female. i'm also i was a fine female. i'm also a woman, but assigned it woman, but i was assigned it less her and the thing less aside. her and the thing they did, also assigned they did, they also assigned a name. they also assigned me a hair colour very that true. but they also were assigned that is that's thing that that's a true thing that happened. think this is happened. but i think this is i this is perfect answer to this is the perfect answer to this is the perfect answer to this problem. apart the this problem. apart from the fact like than half fact that like less than half a % in the uk are trans and % people in the uk are trans and don't what percentage of don't know what percentage of that percentage also do triathlons. but that's going to be three people. yeah. so be like three people. yeah. so that is who they that the issue is who are they going compete against always going to compete against always more into sport, more trans people into sport, but are men, but because they are as men, they their sport and they average of their sport and when go to women's when they go over to women's sport, they're superior

sport, they're actually superior . yeah, to be honest, that is true. saw with the true. we saw that with the transgender swimmer, leah thomas, participated in thomas, who participated in sport professionally as a man, didn't do very well. most the top they swimming against top when they swimming against women . hey let's not use the women. hey let's not use the i i'd made up i think it's i think it's polite to use the term it's not to be alone i would i would use the term anybody else. i think he hasn't asked you . i think he hasn't asked you. i know i have never met a trump. i think you've been a little bit antagonistic. no, i'm not. i'm sick of. she's refusing to use too much ground and acknowledge that this person who is a man who is a male, a grown adult, human male, is living life as a woman. fairplay live your life. how we see fit. but then to say the rest of us that we have to live in his delusion. do you use i'm. do you use the name? i don't know. his name, but would you use it was liam. it call him liam. but it's with women change that which is it that there because really comfortable because i'm really comfortable with the term like she with using the term like she because not a woman doesn't look

like one he essentially is just said that he is one so and i personally don't identify with that i think that yes i agree that i think that yes i agree that it that i think that yes i agree thatitis that i think that yes i agree that it is polite to use people's pronouns. so for example, when you've just met someone and they are transgender, i'm not a bad person . so i'm not going to be person. so i'm not going to be like, no , you're you're a man , a like, no, you're you're a man, a make everyone else feel uncomfortable . i think this. but uncomfortable. i think this. but at the same time if i don't want to use those pronouns, i won't use them . and i don't think use them. and i don't think anyone should be punished for that. but if you were with a group of people and there was a trans there, so a male person in that group and you were heading to the toilet with girlfriends, would you invite that trans woman along with you? we don't invite each other . you come woman along with you? we don't invite each other. you come on. thatis invite each other. you come on. that is very much has. come on, we're going to the loo . i think we're going to the loo. i think i'm going to be this anybody else to be like usually i else seem to be like usually i just i'm i'm grown up. i go to just i'm i'm a grown up. i go to the myself. okay the bathroom by myself. okay yeah, with that. you

yeah, i'm not with that. you know, when you're with know, when you're out with a group girls and not let's go group of girls and not let's go to the toilet together, like, for reason? i'm. go, why for what reason? i'm. i go, why happens seen it happen happens but i've seen it happen so to somebody so he's having to be somebody times after a bit i was with times and after a bit i was with this girl just kept doing it was like i'm busy but we just go use the toilet. the reason i ask is because can be considered because it can be considered polite one's pronouns polite to use one's pronouns or whatever give themselves whatever name to give themselves obstacle that is stepping the bar and saying, i'm bar and saying, actually, i'm going to go along. i think to be honest, depends on honest, it just depends on context, to the context, in regards to the actual we're talking, actual topic we're talking, which open category act. which is the open category act. yeah, sort of like yeah, you were sort of like ready to agree with that. but at the time these people is an agenda moment that, you agenda at the moment that, you know, be women, know, men can be women, women can people that do can be men these people that do have dysphoria and feel have gender dysphoria and feel that they were born the wrong body. not going anywhere body. they're not going anywhere anytime soon. i would rather they own category than be they their own category than be punching the head punching women in the head in a ring. but rebecca is still to happen trans happen because the trans open category mean that men are punching and women are going to get the that get hurt. but the in that scenario, everybody is competing has chosen that that is the category wish to compete in

category they wish to compete in women place that they can women have a place that they can compete in that's only for women and. i think it's two different things with contact sports and a safety issue with non—contact sport. it's a fairness issue . sport. it's a fairness issue. and it is it's very, very because i really don't believe anybody is transitioning because they want to win it's women. i don't think any why not like swimming i mean a competitive a men love to win but the against all the men no in general i just i just don't believe there was a man on this earth who loved swimming. so that he will take hormones and boobs you for your penis straight. it's not necessarily that he wanted necessarily just that he wanted to against women. it was the to win against women. it was the it was i think canada benefit too that you know i can live out my fantasy and i can also become a little bit better i suppose and i don't know , i'm not an and i don't know, i'm not an expert, but if you transition and you feel good about that and then also part of that experience, you do better in the sport that you love. that's a feedback loop that what you've doneis feedback loop that what you've

done is made your life better. so underpin the idea that transition has made you feel more yourself . in reality, it's more yourself. in reality, it's made it aspect of your life eafien made it aspect of your life easier, which has made you happy. yeah. yeah. so where i agree with rebecca is on safety and fairness. they're very important to me. the third and also important or also equally important issue or maybe so is truth. maybe even more so is truth. and i'm tired all the lies we i'm and tired of all the lies we have to have and the have to have truth and the transcendent was at the forefront. know, agree. forefront. you know, i agree. no, agree we have to no, i do agree that we have to have truth. but at the same time, i think with what we believe, we do have to concede. so reality reality is that so reality the reality is that some out our some things are out of our hands. this is out of hands. hands. this is out of our hands. and would an open and i would rather an open category. rather i mean, some people would even say this is too it's too far because too much, it's too far because there's not people there's not enough people transgender. they transgender. so why can't they in and women's in the men and women's categories, i would say that you made a choice . you're not made a choice. you're not entitled to women's spaces . so entitled to women's spaces. so therefore competing an open category is a difficult . also, category is a difficult. also, i'm not just about spaces because testosterone is rightly banned from a sport, because it's a performance enhancing

hormone. therefore, people , hormone. therefore, people, trans people are taking hormones. so they're going to have that boost. but it is difficult because different adults, different adult women have different testosterone levels so it's you don't levels. and so it's you don't want a situation where women who have higher natural testosterone are being told they can't compete. it's a really but but it's not just about the testosterone though it also runs to young muscles size of to young muscles the size of your heart size of your lungs. you've got you know men have more blood cells mean more red blood cells just mean just risperdal just naturally that risperdal i think some people that pretend that there are no differences between men, women, especially with sport, they oh no, with the sport, they say, oh no, it's just about testosterone. know there are women with with high just about high levels. it's not just about that. women are skeletal. that. men women are skeletal. they just fundamentally, it will be interesting 50 years be really interesting 50 years time who have been on time when who have been on gender reassignment treatments , gender reassignment treatments, childhood reach, adults age. it'll be interesting see how that changes the conversation because a lot of those advantages will be lost

unfortunate there will always be people whose bodies are damaged by having done that . and i think by having done that. and i think to wrap up a lot of this comes from a false understanding of equality. i think people have been for so long that been saying for so long now that men women exactly the same. men and women exactly the same. and we know there are differences between women differences between and women and bad and that good and bad differences. the way the differences. that's the way the world i don't don't world works. i don't i don't think feminism believes that. i think feminism believes that. i think is always think feminism is always acknowledged the difference, but plenty to this plenty more to come. this morning on my crusade next, we'll discussing new habits. we'll be discussing new habits. will you be sticking to your new year's is year's resolutions? that is coming right the coming up right after the weather. ahead weather. looking ahead to today's weather the uk is today's weather and the uk is looking cold with and hail, looking cold with rain and hail, snow showers and snow over scotland. showers and bright spells elsewhere. here are details . it'll be a mild are the details. it'll be a mild and cloudy start to new year's day across england. there'll be some bright , day across england. there'll be some bright, but also some scattered locally. heavy, gusty showers . they'll be rather showers. they'll be rather conditions across southeast england to start the new year. some brighter spells are likely with the odd shower to brighten sunny spells will in from the west, although still rather

cloudy in the east locally . cloudy in the east locally. blustery showers in the west too . it'll be a rather cloudy and windy start to the new year across midlands and isolated heavy shower is possible in the west. a mild day for all with limited sunshine showery will continue to slowly clear from the north drier further south with some brighter sunny spells at times mild for the time of year , with a brisk southwesterly year, with a brisk southwesterly breeze , patchy rain and hill breeze, patchy rain and hill snow will continue to gradually clear to the east, but it will remain mostly cloudy with hills. fog linger in places feeling chilly once it'll be a mostly cloudy day to start the new year . northern ireland. there will also be some patchy, mostly light rain at times feeling chilly again. showers wintry in the north with bright or sunny spells for most further cloud and rain in the southeast . and and rain in the southeast. and that's your weather today on year's day . that's your weather today on year's day. i'm committed to many join me on gb news on

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channel welcome back to the common crusade. with me, the reverend calvin new year is a time for goal setting and resolutions . goal setting and resolutions. only around a quarter of us will end up sticking to them, according to the latest research thatis according to the latest research that is getting fit and shedding the pounds is one of the most popular commitments made by brits. can you ensure brits. so how can you ensure that expensive gym membership does not go waste? here now , does not go to waste? here now, with tips and tricks to keep track with your new year's

resolutions is, personal trainer daniel daniel thank you daniel james. daniel thank you so much forjoining today on so much for joining us today on new why do people new year's day. why do people off bike and why do they not off the bike and why do they not stick their resolutions is stick to their resolutions is that i think to me and happy new year to alison as well. i think the biggest thing is that people are very, very unrealistic about what to actually expect . so for what to actually expect. so for me, people go off and i try and do too much, too soon. so let's say you try to go to the gym. you've not been to the gym for over a year and you set a target of i'm going to go to the gym seven days a week is completely unrealistic under the first hurdle where something happens and go to the gym. you and you can't go to the gym. you feel like failure and then feel like a failure and then just think about you just think about it and you stop. for me, i think the stop. so for me, i think the first is just first thing to do is just recognise what can you realistically actually do? so if you look at your diary, you schedule look and you schedule and you look and you think realistically commit think i can realistically commit to week, that's to two days a week, that's enough. the other things enough. because the other things you apart to the you can do apart going to the gym going to help you achieve gym is going to help you achieve your health and fitness goal for 2023. thing is

2023. but the main thing is don't expectations far don't set your expectations far too so from failure too high because so from failure . fair enough . and the gym . okay, fair enough. and the gym is obviously one of the main the popular new year's resolutions. i personally get into that mentality. you know, i've got people in my family who are mr. olympia all kinds of, you know, bodybuilders i just bodybuilders and stuff i just can't enjoy the gym. find it can't enjoy the gym. i find it dull. can you trick yourself dull. how can you trick yourself enjoying ? well, i don't. enjoying it? well, i don't. i say you say you have to trick yourself into enjoying it because again, if you're trying to force yourself to do something don't enjoy. something you don't enjoy. you're so you're not going to do it so straight getting straight if you're getting nervous. things about nervous. all these things about going into the gym, you're just simply do it because who simply not to do it because who wants do anything that they wants to do anything that they wants to do anything that they want that's a crucial want to do? that's a crucial sprouts. i you've to sprouts. i say you've got to play sprouts. i say you've got to play sprouts and you play brussel sprouts and you hate not going do hate them. you're not going do it. for it's a case of it. so for me, it's a case of looking out to be not right. do you enjoy swimming? cool. go a swim. do you enjoy walking? go for a walk. you enjoy for a walk. do you enjoy dancing? go zumba do you dancing? go to zumba do you enjoy go outside enjoy cycling? go outside and cycle. class. you cycle. go to a spin class. you don't sit there in don't have to sit there in a gym. yourself feel anxious gym. make yourself feel anxious and uncomfortable. get

and uncomfortable. try and get results . so it's looking at what results. so it's looking at what do enjoy? because exercise do you enjoy? because exercise comes different it comes in all different forms. it doesn't have to be sitting comes in all different forms. it dothet have to be sitting comes in all different forms. it dothe gym have to be sitting comes in all different forms. it dothe gym liftingto be sitting comes in all different forms. it dothe gym lifting weightsting comes in all different forms. it dothe gym lifting weights .ng in the gym lifting weights. yeah, points. yeah, that's fair points. i heard from psychologist yesterday that it helps you make your year's resolutions your new year's resolutions pubuc your new year's resolutions public if you let other public as well. if you let other people them so that people know about them so that they hold account. do they can hold you to account. do you in a bit of fat you believe in a bit of fat shaming about around the new year don't know what fat year time. i don't know what fat shaming at all. i think that's so i it's a terrible word known to be fat shaming because let's say is the goal. so say fat loss is the goal. so people have to lose. they people have a lot to lose. they they've got a fat to lose. they don't need to be felt shamed. so for me, if you work to your goals so can hold you goals so people can hold you accountable i personally accountable prevent i personally don't that like don't like to do that i like team i like to team goals private i like to work silence. so me it's work work in silence. so me it's work on yourself because you don't be fat shaming. so that's a horrible that because horrible thing that because that's say that's also what people say they've low they've got really low self—esteem. don't like self—esteem. they don't like themselves. you're going themselves. so if you're going to shaming as well, to be fat shaming them as well, that's going add to the problem. so start this new so you've got to start this new year from a place love and year from a place of love and compassion. where you are

compassion. accept where you are if it, that's if you don't like it, that's absolutely fine. can't do absolutely fine. you can't do the you can do is on the past. all you can do is on right now to become a better version you and holding that negative self—image or a negative self—image or a negative going into negative self—talk going into 2023 for 2023 is going to set you up for failure. so don't shame yourself. my friends. the shame yourself. my friends. the shame you strangers shame you don't allow strangers shame you don't allow strangers shame you again. it's just not a horrible thing. that's whole different topic talk i different topic to talk about. i don't. thank you very much. that's expert daniel that's fitness expert daniel james. i'm not sure i entirely i think there's nothing wrong with a little bit of fat shaming helps people track otherwise helps people on track otherwise people comfortable people get far too comfortable let's have another look at some of that you guys have of the emails that you guys have been jules emailed been sending in. jules emailed to say . if are free to do to say. if people are free to do what want and that if what they want and if that if that adds to by or if that is to buy a hyped hydration drink , buy a hyped hydration drink, then that is their right. of course it's their right their course it's their right is their right whatever they want, right to buy whatever they want, spend however they spend their money however they see be influenced see fit, but don't be influenced over by influencers over the top by influencers onune over the top by influencers online buying things that online and buying things that you don't want or need daily email to say. i agree with you, it's must formation psychosis . it's must formation psychosis. these same weak minded

these are the same weak minded people panic buy toilet people who panic buy toilet rolls and fuel. yeah, i mean, i don't like the idea of calling people weak minded, but surely the idea is looking inwards and thinking, am i being influenced, am being brainwashed? am i being brainwashed? am i sheep mp? and if so, how sheep or an mp? and if so, how do i free from this rubbish? that's what's the issue is a of us will waking up a little us will be waking up a little worse wear morning as worse for wear this morning as new went late into new year's party went late into the night. we've just had an insight into the gym. but what about had heavy night about those had a heavy night last night . joining is last night. joining us now is our new southwest reporter, jeff moody , who reckons a greasy fry moody, who reckons a greasy fry up could the remedy that saves the day . hello to you, calvin . the day. hello to you, calvin. first of all, i'd like to apologise profusely for calling you the wrong name. earlier on in my ear, your voice sounds much like michael portillo , so much like michael portillo, so i'm really sorry. i don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but you do sound a little bit like michael in little bit like michael puts in any of apologies for that. any sort of apologies for that. maybe got a hangover maybe i've just got a hangover this is actually the third fry up that i've been dealing with this morning. first

this morning. when i first arrived for gig this arrived for this gig this morning thought, is great morning i thought, this is great eating up camera. lovely. eating a fry up camera. lovely. after third one, so. i'm after the third one, not so. i'm apparently fry up. it's not apparently a fry up. it's not the thing should go for. for the thing you should go for. for a hangover. there's of people here tucking into a fire this morning it's going to morning thinking it's going to help, but apparently a fry up over coffee doesn't help nor i'm sad to say, does hair the dog i would have liked to but unfortunately because of licencing i was just tomato juice but apparently that help either what the expert say we love an expert don't we what the experts say is ditch the coffee ditch the full fat coke have water instead i'm not quite sure that will hit the spot and ditch the fry up and instead have a big plate of pasta that's what you need for hangover . big plate of pasta that's what you need for hangover. but big plate of pasta that's what you need for hangover . but there you need for hangover. but there is one other cure and maybe i got your name wrong because i've had two of these already this morning. i think. but the old wives tale cure does work, according to the experts, as a raw egg, what you need to do is

take the raw egg. take a glass of orange juice, a couple crack the raw egg into the orange juice like that and give it a bit of a you are ready to cut to see you can taste it and that and fat apparently according to the experts is the best cure for a hangover . let's see what that a hangover. let's see what that works in southeastern . think works in southeastern. think ahead. hello does anybody fancy ahead. hello does anybody fancy a raw egg and one fancy raw egg for the hangovers? no, no , no. for the hangovers? no, no, no. it's the best for a hangover. apparently right. and it wasn't making up in that film. oh, i'm not supposed to have any egg white in it it. oh, is it kind of. oh i can't take the egg white out now , so i'll just have white out now, so i'll just have to say happy here and hope this works. calvin thank you very much . daphne. i can't believe much. daphne. i can't believe i was sick and i'm still in the

studio. dominique samuels and rebecca reed. and we had an email in this from anthony that said, have a cheese based snack before and after drinking and. you wake up with no hangover. the fat covers, your cells. i learned that on my first year biology degree that sounds like a to me. that a good solution to me. that sounds i am to try sounds like i am willing to try eating cheese based snack eating a cheese based snack before drinking. before and after drinking. yeah, because brave woman. because i'm a very brave woman. do it for us and let us know how that works out. the team. nick says the way to cure says the best way to cure hangover not to so much hangover is not to drink so much in first place. to more in the first place. to more grown up to next fame. so lame. it's year's nick, so lose a nick. you can read on twitter at all sandrine. i'm sorry thank you much keep your qs coming in you much keep your qs coming in you with tv news on tv radio and onune you with tv news on tv radio and online and after the break i'll be joined by father mark north of saint thomas of canterbury church . now it's time for church. now it's time for a check of those news headlines. bethany elsey . calvin, thank

bethany elsey. calvin, thank you. good morning . it's 1131 bethany elsey. calvin, thank you. good morning . it's1131 in you. good morning. it's1131 in bethany elsey in the gb newsroom the uk has ushered in 2023 with celebrations taking place across , the nation and a crowd of more than 100,000 gathering in central london to . watch the new central london to. watch the new year firework display display . year firework display display. london's mayor says the 12 minute display, which is the first since the start of the pandemic , is the biggest in pandemic, is the biggest in europe. the sold show featured a tribute to late queen elizabeth, highlighting that the lionesses euro was winning and sent a message of support for ukraine despite rain, there were similar scenes in edinburgh as revellers packed the streets enjoy their first full hogmanay celebrations in three years . pope francis has in three years. pope francis has paid his to his predecessor whilst worshippers at the vatican this morning pope benedict xvi died within the

vatican city , the age of 95. vatican city, the age of 95. tomorrow morning, his body will be brought to st peter's basilica, where people will be able to pay their respects. he will lie state there for three days until his funeral on, the 5th of january. pope francis told worshippers to keep the former pontiff in their prayers and effectively cyril bongiorno troy bonanno . dear brothers and troy bonanno. dear brothers and sisters, good day . happy new sisters, good day. happy new year. sisters, good day. happy new year . trinity de novo. i know year. trinity de novo. i know the beginning . the new year is the beginning. the new year is entrusted to mary most holy, whom we celebrate today as mother god, you will at this time let us invoke her intercession, especially for pope emeritus benedict xvi, who this world yesterday morning morning martin . let us all join morning martin. let us all join together with one heart and one soulin together with one heart and one soul in thanking god for the gift of this faithful servant , gift of this faithful servant, the gospel and of the church

church . the archbishop of church. the archbishop of canterbury is urging the government to tackle . he calls government to tackle. he calls the country's broken care system. justin will use his new year message to say care homes are struggling to cover energy bills and retain . he's called on bills and retain. he's called on everyone rise to the challenge of repairing system. the government says care was made a priority in last autumn budget pledging point priority in last autumn budget pledging poin t £5 billion in pledging point £5 billion in support over the next two years from today , more than 4600 bus from today, more than 4600 bus routes across england will have fares capped at £2 for a single trip. more than 130 operators outside of london have joined the scheme, which will last until the end of march. the cap is being paid for by a £60 million government fund where on tv online and db plus radio this gb news don't go anywhere. kalvin be back in just a moment.

on the octave or the eighth day of christmas. we honour the solemnity of mary, the holy of god. eight days after his birth, the blessed mary had christ circumcised in accordance with the moses law . and when eight the moses law. and when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child , his circumcising of the child, his name was called jesus, which was named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. the entire month of january is dedicated to the holy name of jesus, whom we receive jesus, through whom we receive every grace and blessing. happy yeah every grace and blessing. happy year. joining me is father year. now joining me is father nonh year. now joining me is father north of saint thomas of canterbury church. thank you for joining today , especially on joining me today, especially on a sunday like. good to be with you. happy christmas. a story the times yesterday told how an anglican church in the uk is

seeking a, quote, courageous cfb priest to help rebuild the congregation. i meant the war. the church is just yards a military checkpoint and the presidential quarter, which has been the target of many russian attacks partly. is this a job you would take. i think it's a joke my wife would let me take on this. i think she would make a little bit worried that it might be a little bit risky her. but to i think it's a fascinating story actually i thought it was great to see the church talking things that are outside of our every comfort and our zone . but also i think our zone. but also i think that's a very important message that's a very important message that that and that is that faith is there for us, you know, every day it's every minute, every hour, day it's every minute, every hour , every day. it's not hour, every day. it's not something that we just pick up and then put down. it suits us. save for the people in in ukraine and then price is

something that they they need in their lives every day. they, you know they have in their lives every day. and therefore, that faith needs to be nurtured and grown through ministry of somebody who is willing to go out there and to take that step, that and that was already sort of underlying message that came out of that story. it's you know, faith is something that we live with all the time and not something we just put down and up moments either in the week or in our lives and father today in the old calendar, it was the celebration of circumcision of christ and people on social media have been commentating saying very , very saying that was very, very gross. why are you celebrating the brutalisation of a young child? can you please explain to viewers circumcision of viewers what the circumcision of christ and that's christ is and why that's important? calendar important? mark in the calendar 7 important? mark in the calendar ? yeah. so, i mean , it's a quick ? yeah. so, i mean, it's a quick reminder, of course , jesus was a reminder, of course, jesus was a jew , brought up and nurtured in jew, brought up and nurtured in a in a family of devout his mother, mary joseph, her spouse

. and it is a remind that too is that christianity emerges from that christianity emerges from that relationship that god had with his chosen people , a with his chosen people, a relationship that began with abraham father and faith and is the mark of abraham's covenant. he is his engagement with that covenant with god . he was covenant with god. he was circumcised and every jewish male from that time on that been circumcised as a sign of their entering into that covenant, that relationship with god. if we take jesus out of jewish history after that background, then his role as a saviour , role then his role as a saviour, role as the christ, the messiah is taken away from us because he has to emerge from that tradition , that understanding of tradition, that understanding of the need , a sacrificial offering the need, a sacrificial offering for sin, and therefore that takes jesus through his ministry to the cross , to the

to the cross, to the resurrection, on sunday morning . absolutely. and of course, in the new calendar is the solemnity of mary , holy mother solemnity of mary, holy mother of god, who in fiat showed us how to have faith in god. why is that important? why is mary important important ? because in important important? because in her in her time, just as mother of god , she makes sense of the of god, she makes sense of the birth of jesus. i mean, every birth of jesus. i mean, every birth of jesus. i mean, every birth of a child is a moment of celebration and rejoicing . but celebration and rejoicing. but the birth of jesus was not just any child . this was god entering any child. this was god entering into his creation . the baby into his creation. the baby jesus , my baby boy , and the word jesus, my baby boy, and the word of god made flesh. he is both the fragile and weak and small, but also the creator , the world but also the creator, the world and. that is what we are reminded that when we celebrate mary as mother of god, i think the other thing that's lovely about this feast today, of

course, is that we were talking a little while ago about making resolutions for the new year and mary always points us to jesus. you know , we celebrate her today you know, we celebrate her today , not for her glory, but to be reminded of the jesus is the jesus being god and man. reminded of the jesus is the jesus being god and man . and jesus being god and man. and when we think about how going to live out this next, maybe that's a really good resolution for us to take that instead of worrying about earthly things, let's be the people who point to jesus as points to him all the time . points to him all the time. absolute father. mark north, thank you very much for joining us on a sunday and on new year's day. god bless. i'm still joined in the studio by politico.com . in the studio by politico.com. later, dominic samuels and writer rebecca reid thoughts on the church in ukraine recruiting , a of priest in the middle of a war. i mean , i would argue that war. i mean, i would argue that you never faith more than in a war situation . and there is

war situation. and there is a grand tradition of people from the church of england and from the church of england and from the catholic church going into dangerous places to try and bnng dangerous places to try and bring the word of god . so bring the word of god. so i don't i think sort of it's sort of pleasing vintage about it. it feels like a to the time of missionaries all of the incredibly negative aspects of being a missionary. its going to crusade. i like to make . you crusade. i like to make. you know really there shouldn't be anything bad that i have to say about it. however however, again , it just feels like again , this , it just feels like again, this sort of like it's politicised and i feel like of the church of england and faith by sort , you england and faith by sort, you know , asking for a sea of know, asking for a sea of i don't know, it just feels like . don't know, it just feels like. but it is another piece of property and it's sort of what it feels like i think, however, and i have talked about this a bit before because i find it uncomfortable when people

suggest that the navy shouldn't be political because it's an inherently church is inherently the church is political, always its. political, it always has its. and i that you don't like and i know that you don't like the political direction necessarily i necessarily that taken, but i think does right natural think it does feel right natural that should be political. that it should be political. yeah. it yeah. my point is always it shouldn't be political, shouldn't be party political, shouldn't be denouncing conservative government policy. they should be political the way that shows how to live a that it shows you how to live a good life rooted in christ, i suppose. but if the conservative the in power, then the the party in power, then the decisions people's lives decisions impact people's lives . commentary feels natural and. when labour is in power, they should do the same thing . should do the same thing. there's a point to be made there, i just think is it there, but i just think is it appropriate? yeah. but the problem they are to problem is when they are to denounce, example, or denounce, say, for example, or rwanda they're not rwanda policy, but they're not equipped about the issue equipped to talk about the issue of abortion or or the lady that was for praying silently. and i heard the other day last week or the before. none of the the week before. no none of the bishops against that. bishops speak out against that. so they pick and choose politically. speak on issues politically. but speak on issues of i agree with of faith. when i agree with that. so the political that. so when the political revolve of course, revolve around faith, of course, speak again, it just speak up. but again, it just feels like it contributing to more of the noise and of the

decline of our society , which decline of our society, which i'm entirely sure is by i'm not entirely sure is by accident . we had an email from accident. we had an email from john who says something. he said, i was a catholic. i'm still a christian, but i can't come down a pope who promotes diversity and lgbt alphabet. people yet won't mention the genocide christians genocide of nigerian christians . the real pope died yesterday. i think a lot people share i think a lot of people share john's thoughts in you john's thoughts in that you have to up the faith at all to stand up for the faith at all times. you pick choose the times. you can't pick choose the nice ones that are aligned with the politics. otherwise, what's the politics. otherwise, what's the talk about the point? now let's talk about something energy the point? now let's talk about some capg energy the point? now let's talk about some cap has energy the point? now let's talk about some cap has been energy the point? now let's talk about some cap has been officiallyargy price cap has been officially today from price cap has been officially today fro year for today from £3,549 per year for an household to thousand an average household to thousand £279. joining me now to explain how this might affect your gas and electricity bills is the ceo , the energy and utilities alliance , mike foster. mike, not alliance, mike foster. mike, not mock . mike, what does this mean mock. mike, what does this mean in terms for everyday? bill pass . good morning . calvin and happy . good morning. calvin and happy new year. first. thankfully it impact at all at the moment on energy consumers . that is

energy consumers. that is because the government have put in place what's called the energy price guarantee and that guarantees the price up to march of this year of an average . bill of this year of an average. bill 0 f £2,500 rather than the of £2,500 rather than the £4,279. the ofgem have calculated would be used if there was no government scheme and it was only the ofgem's that was available . so you can see was available. so you can see the impact of the guarantee compared to the regulator's scheme. now that's great news for consumers. scheme. now that's great news for consumers . the other thing scheme. now that's great news for consumers. the other thing i think is important that all your viewers are aware of is that this isn't a cap on your total bill. this is cap on the unit price of your gas and your electricity. so you use more energy than they average consumer. then bill will be

higher than that. two and a half thousand pounds that the government have guaranteed . that government have guaranteed. that guarantee only applies to the average consumption because it is based on the unit price. so the less energy you use, you can bnng the less energy you use, you can bring your bill lower than and a half thousand pounds. there are consequent costs of doing that and, you know, everybody has to be very careful, particularly the experience of that cold penod the experience of that cold period we had just before christmas. but the ofgem price cap that the one that they in theory have running from today, thankfully has no impact upon us as consumers at this moment in time . thank you for that very time. thank you for that very sound analysis . mike foster, ceo sound analysis. mike foster, ceo of the and utilities alliance . of the and utilities alliance. and happy christmas to you, too . one cap you'll be happy to aboutis . one cap you'll be happy to about is a new bus fare pledge. the department for transport . the department for transport. millions of brits can snap up the department for transport. millions of brits can snap u p £2 millions of brits can snap up £2 fares across 4600 routes in a scheme that runs march. more

than 130 bus operators outside of london will charge no more than a couple of quid. and it all kicks off today . than a couple of quid. and it all kicks off today. i'm joined by political commentator samuels and writer reid price caps is going to affect you guys. yeah can you talk about your. going to affect you guys. yeah can you talk about your . oh, can you talk about your. oh, gosh.i can you talk about your. oh, gosh. i was wondering if anyone actually help me with this because i have a pay as you go metre. oh, you do too. let's start with. well, no, it's not by choice is that they would meet they there have any smart metres to install you get stuck with. mine is a pay as you metre and i don't know whether or not it's broken but my whole apartment is off electricity , apartment is off electricity, not gas. and i poor apartment is off electricity, not gas. and i poo r £99 cuts the not gas. and i poor £99 cuts the limit for british gas on my metre and it i could you know it lasted six days. no that is that's wrong. i think six days. i called them and said, you know , is anything going on here? and they were saying that nothing looks untoward, but i'm going to call them and ask them again, because there's no way is this for history? i mean , got all

for history? i mean, got all your set up and everything. to be honest. i do use a lot of electricity and i might not be . electricity and i might not be. and also like i'm used to just having the rage is on not having all the rage is on not one of those people that like turn light each time turn off a light each time i leave room. it's it feels leave room. it's just it feels really like ocd . but think really like ocd. but i think that's because it wasn't my money i was spending. yeah i think i'm going to have to definitely going after budget you've recently your own you've recently just your own place also you know this is very specific that you specific but you knew that you were entitled to 60 something were entitled to a 60 something pound three months pound voucher every three months from if you're pound voucher every three months fro the if you're pound voucher every three months fro the top if you're pound voucher every three months fro the top up if you're pound voucher every three months fro the top up one. if you're pound voucher every three months fro the top up one. really? u're pound voucher every three months fro the top up one. really? soz pound voucher every three months fro the top up one. really? so i on the top up one. really? so i bought recently. it's like bought house recently. it's like an 1950s council an old it's like 1950s council house. got a metre. they house. it's got a metre. they all do in the area. i also the way people you when you go way people treat you when you go into up, they like your into top up, they act like your like yeah. it's like i had like scum. yeah. it's like i had a pony growing up. okay boarding school. i as class as school. i as middle class as they for middle class. they call for middle class. thank very much . don't look thank you very much. don't look at me like i am some sort of, like, intervention, because i'm using not strictly using a metre, not strictly relevant, but yes, if you are on a metre it is important to know the government are putting the

equivalent a cap on for you and you should getting a you should be getting sent a voucher every months. so you voucher every two months. so you need to talk to british gas and they will sure. that mean, they will sure. that you i mean, they'll buy for you as well. they'll buy it for you as well. we have anybody we need to have anybody watching. missed your watching. if you've missed your vouchen watching. if you've missed your voucher, money. go get voucher, it's free money. go get it and tell me if nearly £100 in six days is normal because. i'm worried. because you're worried. it's because you're using one person it's using no on one person and it's an not like i've an apartment it's not like i've got three floors or got like three floors or something like this. bizarre. i don't know where to. well, let's have a look at a couple more emails you thank you emails from you guys. thank you for these in. simon said for sending these in. simon said two with two sexes. male born with a penis, form of the womb. penis, female form of the womb. all this trans non—binary is work madness got overboard nice and i'm with you on that and simple i'm with you on that does true to be fair, there does not true to be fair, there are are born without wombs are women are born without wombs so it's just because so just yes, it's just because there exceptions rule there are exceptions to rule does make intersex also does not make the intersex also exist and it's a tiny exist baby and it's a tiny minority. yeah, but they are all real. yes. people. why do do that though? because most people aren't intersex that though? because most people aren'tintersex suppose. aren't intersex i suppose. i just like if you are, it just feel like if you are, it must be really to hear must be really horrid to hear people there are only two

people saying there are only two sexes to be like, hi, i'm here. but there are few but there are very few definitions you have definitions where you won't have exemptions. then exemptions. yeah, like then that's yeah not that's an anomaly. yeah not to be but that's just it is. be mean, but that's just it is. it's a medical condition . i'm it's a medical condition. i'm not i'm not saying that i'm not one the people who's like one of the people who's like there's a kind of fish that can change sex or sex isn't real. i'm one of those like define i'm not one of those like define what i would say, what a woman i would say, broadly , a woman is broadly speaking, a woman is somebody with one somebody who was born with one of the poles . oh human, female of the poles. oh human, female no, no, i'll give you that. i don't think i'm human. female. i think it's just difficult. i it really bothers me. people say it's about a boom because lots of women have hysterectomy, for instance, and not not instance, and you're not not a woman you have a hysterectomy woman if you have a hysterectomy and thing that and that's a real thing that women experience. yeah, it's a good and i think it was all those penis and then those yeah you just that for you could just unpack that for us. dean emailed on a us. okay dean emailed on a similar a your guest similar topic just a your guest was said . just that was just said. i just said that transgender women find they transgender women who find they are sport against are winning a sport against women could never women that they could never succeed as a man not can you now feel good about yourselves . but

feel good about yourselves. but what about biological women ? who what about biological women? who will now feel deflated because will now feel deflated because will never be able to compete and win against? why are their feelings as they will not be able feel good about winning able to feel good about winning themselves sake of themselves just for the sake of pampering minority? i think pampering a minority? i think that you to, dominique. i that wants you to, dominique. i mean, so sorry. i think as i was saying that when you transition and then you start winning in sport, idea that sport, it underpin the idea that transitioning a good but i'm transitioning was a good but i'm not condoning and i feel very strongly that america strongly that in america scholarship culture how scholarship culture is how people into university that's a very real issue . it always comes very real issue. it always comes back transition, doesn't it ? back to transition, doesn't it? i'd like to end the show with something positive. let's say a prayer of mary, prayer the solemnity of mary, the of god god, who, the mother of god of god, who, by fruitful virginity , by the fruitful virginity, blessed has bestowed blessed virgin mary has bestowed upon mankind reward of upon mankind the reward of eternal salvation. grant, we beseech that we may know the help her intercession through whom have been accounted worthy , receive the author of our life .jesus , receive the author of our life . jesus christ, our son, our lord who liver and brain death with the and the unity of the holy spirit over. one god, a world without end. amen, and a

special message of happy birthday . anna robinson. my birthday. anna robinson. my sister is her birthday . oh, this sister is her birthday. oh, this is my present, so don't sister is her birthday. oh, this is my present , so don't expect is my present, so don't expect anything else . i'll be watching anything else. i'll be watching calvin's common crusade with me. the reverend calvin robinson. i'll be back with you next sunday at the new time . 3 pm. sunday at the new time. 3 pm. tonia buxton is up next. i'd like to also thank rebecca reid and dominic samuels for being with me and to ours on new year's day. and of course mark. and i would like to thank the production team for babysitting my for thank guys at my baby for thank you guys at home good night. home for watching. good night. good and looking good afternoon and bless looking ahead to today's weather and the uk is looking cold with rain and hills snow over scotland showers and bright spells elsewhere . and bright spells elsewhere. here are the details it'll a mild and rather cloudy start to year's day across southwest england . there'll be some bright england. there'll be some bright spells, but also some scattered locally, heavy, gusty showers . locally, heavy, gusty showers. they'll be rather cloudy conditions across southeast england. to start new year, some brighter spells likely with the odd shower to brighten sunny

spells will edge in from the west , although still rather west, although still rather cloudy in the east locally heavy, blustery showers in. the west too. it'll a rather cloudy and windy start to the new across the midlands and isolated heavy showers is possible in the west a mild day for all with limited sunshine . showery rain limited sunshine. showery rain will continue to clear from the north. drier south with some brighter sunny spells, at times mild the time of year, but with a brisk southwesterly breeze , a brisk southwesterly breeze, patchy rain and hill snow will continue to gradually clear to the east, but it will remain mostly cloudy with hill fog lingering places feeling chilly once it'll be a mostly cloudy day to start the new year across ireland. there will also be some mostly light rain at times. feeling chilly once again showers wintry in the north with bright or sunny spells for most. further cloud and rain in the southeast. and that's your weather today. on tuesday . join

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