channel hello. welcome, wonderful people to my first show of 2023. 2022 was an absolute triumph for. this show, thanks to you guys, our viewers and listener figures, have been nothing short of amazing. so thank you very, very much is much appreciate it. but new resolution but my new year's resolution well keep doing the news well it's to keep doing the news a differently high tempo, a bit differently high tempo, full holds barred. full throttle no holds barred. with mind, let's it with that in mind, let's have it . sadly dying because . people are sadly dying because they can't get a gp appointment. there are massive waits in a&e and critical are being declared. nhs trusts across the country .

nhs trusts across the country. gb news can exclusively reveal the first migrants to 2023 have been picked up, making the channel crossings. that's despite british border officials now on french beaches that as of today , 2022 was a record year in today, 2022 was a record year in the channel numbers of people in taxpayer funded hotels . hundreds taxpayer funded hotels. hundreds of millions of pounds spent. some would say, how do we crack the migrant crisis in 2023 and new polling shows millions of voters are undecided about who to vote for in the next general election. i'll have mps, expert, academic and ordinary members of the public just you. between now and 6 pm. get in touch. get yourself on the telly. gb views gbnews.uk to top for you today to get in touch on. do you think there will be more or fewer channel crossings in 2023 seconds topic is what rishi have to do to get your vote. gb views on gb news dot uk. get yourself on gb news dot uk. get yourself on the telly. but before that it's the latest headlines .

it's the latest headlines. patrick thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:01. this is the latest , the gb newsroom and the latest, the gb newsroom and news can exclusively reveal the first channel migrants of this year have arrived at dover harbour. dozens of mainly young men were picked up a small boat around nine miles off the kent coast. it's understood there were more than 40 people on board the inflatable boat. it's as and french authorities started patrolling beaches together the first time in a bid together the first time in a bid to stop migrants crossing the channel. to stop migrants crossing the channel . while three people and channel. while three people and a dog died at the scene of a fire that broke out at a hotel in perth police scotland confirmed 11 people were also treated minor injuries. imagine the sea services were called to the new county in county place around 5:00 this morning. scottish fire and rescue say 60 firefighter as were at the scene with nine fire engines. in a

statement they called it a very complex incident . health bosses complex incident. health bosses are calling for the government to declare a major incident within the nhs over mounting pressure on the. the society for acute medicine has called the current situation urgent. whilst nhs providers says the service is under the same levels of pressure as during the early stages of the covid pandemic. it follows the royal of emergency medicine, saying as many as 500 people could be dying each week because of delays to critical care. more than a dozen trusts and ambulance services has declared critical incidents over festive period. the government's said it recognised the pressures faced by the nhs and some are resorting to diy medicine when they can't see a gp to face. a recent survey commissioned by the lib dems more than one in four adults have not been able to get an in—person appointment in past 12 months. 16% of those

who can't see a have resorted to homemade medicine or asking someone not qualified to help. the department of health and social care says . it recognises social care says. it recognises the pressures gp's are under and are working to increase access patients to mental. with the murder of 23 year old cody fisher in birmingham have been remanded in custody. 21 year old cammy carpenter , 22 year old cammy carpenter, 22 year old remi gordon were , also charged remi gordon were, also charged with affray which they both pleaded not guilty to the non—league footballer . cody non—league footballer. cody fisher was killed on the dancefloor at the crane nightclub on boxing day. the defendants will appear birmingham crown court on wednesday . birmingham crown court on wednesday. ukrainian birmingham crown court on wednesday . ukrainian authorities wednesday. ukrainian authorities are claiming around 40 russian soldiers have been after a missile strike in the donetsk region. officials in russia have, however, disputed figure saying around 60 died in the attack. neither claim has been verified . it follows president verified. it follows president volodymyr zelenskyy saying his

country's forces down 45. iranian made drones fired by russia last night. iranian made drones fired by russia last night . actor renner russia last night. actor renner is being treated serious injuries after a snow accident. a publicist for the 51 year old says he's an in critical condition but considered stable. the details of the accident are unclear . the two the details of the accident are unclear. the two time the details of the accident are unclear . the two time oscar unclear. the two time oscar nominee is best known for his performances in hurt locker, the town and for playing hawkeye in the marvel , the wake for the marvel, the wake for brazilian footballing legend pele has started at the santos football stadium, where played. fans started to gather last night near the urbano caldeira stadium that's pele's hometown club for the massive 24 our pubuc club for the massive 24 our public wake. the three time world cup winner died on thursday at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer just over a year . battling colon cancer just over a year. prince harry says he wants his and brother back. in

an interview be televised days before his memoir is released. itv say the interview with the duke of sussex go into unprecedented depth and detail about his life in and outside the royal family a preview clip shows the princess never needed to be this way. shows the princess never needed to be this way . meanwhile, shows the princess never needed to be this way. meanwhile, in a separate interview , cbs news he separate interview, cbs news he criticises buckingham palace over an alleged failure to defend him and his wife meghan markle . this is gb news. bring markle. this is gb news. bring you more news as it happens. now back to . back to. patrick yes welcome back, everybody. this is patrick christys right here on gb news. let's get stuck straight in because any departments across the country are in a quoting complete states of crisis start time of year again. so say the royal college of emergency medicine. the

situation being driven by rising demands care due to an increase in cases of both flu and covid a number of hospitals have declared critical, meaning they cannot function as usual due to extraordinary pressures . the extraordinary pressures. the boss of the royal college of emergency care says reports of a 500 people a week dying due to delays in emergency care , while delays in emergency care, while not confirmed, are more than a guesstimate. so let's just assume realistically , around 500 assume realistically, around 500 people a week are dying as a result of delays in emergency care. we're going to take that pretty much as standard throughout the course of this show. with that in mind, let's cross to theo chikomba is actually at the stoke mandeville hospital in aylesbury now. this is of the hospitals that is one of the hospitals that declared critical declared across of critical incidents isn't it fair what's going that yeah you're right going on that yeah you're right you've mentioned it that the hospitals across the country are facing a challenging situation and this hospital here in buckinghamshire is one of those to declare a critical incident. now were talking about some of

their challenges and worries leading up to this bank holiday weekend , saying, you know, we weekend, saying, you know, we don't have the staff to deal with what's happening at the moment but lack of moment, but also lack of investment from the government. and the government say in and the government will say in their last statement, they invested their last statement, they investe d £3.3 extra into invested £3.3 billion extra into the nhs to last over the next few years. but course, we've heard from health bosses today who saying this simply isn't who are saying this simply isn't particularly to deal with happening the moment it's happening at the moment it's been described similar what been described similar to what they during the beginning of they saw during the beginning of they saw during the beginning of the pandemic just a couple of years ago. so those are the pressures that they are under at the moment. and they're saying they want be able to care to they want to be able to care to patients the way. but patients in the right way. but of that needs manpower of course, that needs manpower and course, investment. well and of course, investment. well thank you very, very much to theo chikomba. that is outside stoke mandeville hospital, for instance. give little bit instance. give you a little bit of from the ground in of a view from the ground in this crisis emergency this crisis in emergency medicine part of the medicine is just one part of the nhs that's tipping point. so we want pick these apart want to pick these apart throughout the course of the show. sure like you you

show. i'm sure like you you i woke the headlines this woke up the headlines this morning know, morning anyway about, you know, a&e around 500 a&e delays causing around 500 deaths i've got record deaths a week. i've got record numbers of people are desperately go private desperately trying to go private because happy with because they're not happy with care. looking at the fact care. we're looking at the fact that hospitals are overflowing, supposedly people waiting, elderly, a long time elderly, especially a long time in a&e we've got these strikes we all know about the strike. so i wanted to do a bit of a deep dive today and see what's really going nhs. i'm sick of going on in the nhs. i'm sick of heanng going on in the nhs. i'm sick of hearing these. hearing about these. i'm desperate hear solutions desperate to hear some solutions and solution just be and that solution cannot just be more cannot be more money. it cannot be a bottomless pit. new research reveals people are reportedly resorting to self—medicating because they get an appointment with that gp. and i suspect that a lot of this stems with lack of ability to get support from a gp every day. there seems to be reports of gp practises closing , patients unable to register gp's having the profession leaving the profession in droves. if you can't get an appointment with a gp, then of course what happens when.7 you go to a&e, don't you, and you add

the crisis. well, to shed some light on, i'm joined by nhs, gp david lloyd . david, thank you david lloyd. david, thank you very, very much. i'm reading reports here . around 500 people reports here. around 500 people a week dying due to a&e delays is any of that in your view caused by an inability to get a gp's appointment .7 i'm afraid gp's appointment? i'm afraid i think it is . i think the a&e think it is. i think the a&e department is rather like the thermometer that the temperature of the nhs and when any start to fall over it means that there are lots of things going wrong with the rest of the system. so the hospitals in, the a&e more the hospitals in, the a&e more the more likely that other parts are failing in. general practise is one part that. okay, all is one part of that. okay, all so what's gone wrong there then and how do we fix it? there's not enough gp's that leaving so we need more. is it as simple as that and we have to pay a more. well thought, i thought i've well i thought, i thought i've been you go along. been to you as you go along. i thought you went, didn't want people talking about people to start talking about money and everything else and look what it's got down to look at what it's got down to you because there's got to be

another solution doesn't is another solution doesn't mean is it pay. well think it's it simply pay. well i think it's about morale and i think about pay and morale and i think it's about a plan basically . i it's about a plan basically. i think we all need to that this government or the people of this country feel that the nhs is worth saving. if it is, then then we'll be very pleased and we'll work with everybody to try and make it better. i think, you know, i whether that's the truth, what do you think? well, was it not jfk ? i think not what was it not jfk? i think not what your country can do for you, what can do your country what you can do for your country if people are already in our health care system, should they not ones to try help not be the ones to try to help sort it out, not throw the hands up how do you mean? up and do one. how do you mean? well, we've got people leaving in complaining in droves. people complaining a lot the time people go lot of. the time people go resample. should it not be those people are ones actually people who are the ones actually fix their shoulders fix this and put their shoulders the did voluntarily go the way you did voluntarily go into yes. no, into medicine? yes. no, absolutely medicine. absolutely went into medicine. and for all and i've loved medicine for all 40 and doing it. yes 40 years and doing it. yes you're right. think we should you're right. i think we should be to the government be suggesting to the government the forward can give the ways forward and i can give you ideas if you'd like

you some ideas if you'd like them please but i do think we need to and i somebody at need to and i need somebody at the me to say the nhs is the top me to say the nhs is important nhs, for ltd important for nhs, for gb ltd because a functioning health service , a functioning country . service, a functioning country. okay, great. right. so please, please. i get by the way david, i do get and i'll be listening to a lot of gp's a medical professionals this time and again and let's be honest, professionals this time and again and let's be honest , they again and let's be honest, they can't wrong and seems can't all be wrong and it seems completely reasonable. i get that people have been trying to pitch that pitch solutions and i get that they really necessarily been listened and that fault listened to and that is a fault of do of our politicians. i do understand that. okay do it again alright, so come on. again now. alright, so come on. it's me pitch some solutions. at least i'm listening. it's me pitch some solutions. at least i'm listening . okay. all least i'm listening. okay. all right . well, i think we need to right. well, i think we need to understand that we're in a competitive in the world. we can't go on relying , taking in can't go on relying, taking in doctors and nurses , poorer doctors and nurses, poorer countries, which has been an absolute plan ever since the nhs started. we've had doctors coming in from from poorer and nurses and they've done fact, they're doing a fantastic job.

but those countries now need those doctors themselves and they need those nurses. so we need to have more doctors and nurses and that means more medical schools , more nursing medical schools, more nursing schools and a greater emphasis on training people up to be the doctors and nurses. the future. what about that one. yeah, i think the only counsel i would have that in a time of crisis should we be more selfish? should we be looking to brain drain the best of the medical talent from around the world, as opposed taking this time to train ourselves? we need gp's now that we nurses. bring now that we need nurses. bring your world. well, i see your own world. well, i see i that's think that sometime that's why i think that sometime we've got to draw a line, we've got say no we are not going got to say no we are not going to the of the world to drain the rest of the world to drain the rest of the world to save nhs. we can't let countries that have got far more problems than us send out, send us doctors because we pay them more money. we need to make a decision about growing more doctors nurses in. the uk, doctors and nurses in. the uk, we've got the medical schools already up running, but they already up and running, but they see that they can't take in uk doctors at the moment because

the government won't let them. so they charge enormous quantities money train quantities of money to train doctors for other countries. here we, go. so this is a key point. so why won't the government let them just throw their doors open? i mean, let's be honest, country be honest, this country certainly numerous certainly stalls out in numerous other can't we other departments. why can't we throw open to british throw our doors open to british citizens? to citizens? they want to train to be health care systems be gp's health care systems etc. thank you say that thank you. could you say that frequent often? that would frequent and often? that would be look down the be great. look at my down the road. where where i where i work. we've got brunel university. they have new university. they have a new medical and they're not training uk the why why they just haven't got the money from the government and so they're having to survive , they're having to to survive, they're having to charge foreign paid foreign medical students coming to this country and getting our fantastic training is a situation medical professionals in this country at the moment getting trained in this country and going abroad . that's always and going abroad. that's always going be the case. they're always going to be doctors in

and out of the country and just i mean, you're going to hate this one, but that's another one. we've always we've always had a steady flow. european doctors, nurses coming through, getting their training as doctors, providing a valuable service to the nhs , then going service to the nhs, then going back to their country again. they rotate and likewise rotate through. you're used to rotate through. you're used to rotate through european countries . through. you're used to rotate through european countries. but i'm afraid because of that b—word that has stopped working, we have nurses now who will not come and work in this country because they're training is not recognised their home country. you my son is a doctor. his his partner is a spanish nurse. she has had her training taken away from her in spain and so cannot return spain, but not yeah, but that just an absolute nonsense and an example of a deliberate attempt by a european friends to try to do britain down because realistically there's no shame or no reason whatsoever why they would not have to recognise the qualifications that a nurse gets in country to say or doctor

in this country to say or doctor the qualifications that the same qualifications that they've getting they've been getting before. that attempt by that is an attempt by all european, close european, quite some close friends palestine whatever friends go to palestine whatever is argue, is is which, i would argue, is maybe good reason we maybe another good reason why we actually show that it's our actually to show that it's our friends and not ourselves. well yes, because they're the ones doing so we're still doing it so they we're still recognised. they're not the ones doing refusing to doing it, it's us refusing to let european doctors and nurses come and in our country. but why are we refusing to let them work in country of brexit in our country because of brexit patrick. now what exactly this is the thing because people often throw their hands and go because of brexit, this, that and other. what actually and the other. what actually is it ? there is there is now a it? there is there is now a barrier to doctors and nurses from europe to work in the uk and barrier is this government. okay, so this government needs to what it needs to do, exactly what we're trying to look for today. i'm, i'm asking you to break down the barriers and become fully fledged member of become a fully fledged member of the european union again. but least recognise you want to least recognise if you want to because you know we could say you, know lot better me you, you know a lot better me this is your field of expertise

. i voted for brexit. i voted for a very different version of brexit, the one we've got now, |, brexit, the one we've got now, i, i am not necessarily absolutely across every single minor of the impacts. of minor detail of the impacts. of course, every industry course, every single industry that brexit had. so you're that brexit has had. so you're telling particular telling me in this particular case we have simultaneously refused not creating the conditions to train enough of our own gp's and similar creating a barrier for foreign gp's . that's clearly a massive gp's. that's clearly a massive problem. is there anything to be said dr. david as well for the gp's that we already have in this country may be wanting to do things going down to do things like going down to a four day week working 9 to 5. i remember towards the back end of pandemic seemed very, very pandemic it seemed very, very tncky pandemic it seemed very, very tricky to try to get gp's to do face to face appointments . face to face appointments. absolutely. and i totally agree with that. the video consultations system was fantastic during . covid but fantastic during. covid but we're sick to death it now. it's a complicated system and we need to see more patients face to face, we are seeing more patients face to face. the data from the people that collect

this, say that we're seeing more patients face to face we've ever done before. in general practise but an enormous enorme but there is an enormous enorme us demand. you mentioned about the patients taking the health their own hands. i saw a person with a lump last week. they tried to take off themselves and. it was a horrible mess and i'm going to enjoy taking it off tomorrow afternoon he comes to see me, but that's what people are doing because they're so desperate to see a doctor now. now i'm, just going to keep you on the line, if that's all right. just want to have a quick chat with lisa king, who sadly was widowed when she, her husband, not to get husband, was not able to get a face face gp appointment. and this back in 2020. and i this was back in 2020. and i believe lisa joins me now. lisa thank you very, very much. plus, you taking the time to come on this show and a quick chat with me. would you mind if it's okay ? just in light of the news stories , the horror headlines stories, the horror headlines that reading today about that we're reading today about patients as a result patients suffering as a result not being able to see gp's example and therefore waiting a

long time and a search would you mind just explaining your experience? 12 years? no. listeners, please . okay. thank listeners, please. okay. thank you . if it's all right for you you. if it's all right for you to do so you don't have to know, it's fine. fine i'm going back. july 2020 now. my husband had pains in his stomach . so i pains in his stomach. so i emailed the gp as i'd always done to get an appointment for him. face to face. so i outlined where the pain was . i outlined where the pain was. i outlined how serious it and how much pain he was in. i said he needed to be seen face to face and. i got an email saying no , you have to an email saying no, you have to fill out an online form. however this occasion the gp will call the gp did call. my husband told him how much pain he was in. he he couldn't describe how much

pain he was in. so the decided after a chat that he acid reflux and he prescribed him tablets to that after five days the pain was still there in fact it was worse it was scream in pain. he was violently sick. i called an ambulance and they him to hospital and he had a trapped in his bile duct. i hospital and he had a trapped in his bile duct . i couldn't his bile duct. i couldn't operate on him because had peritonitis from the delay of not the gp and being sent to hospital to with very weeks. he was on very strong antibiotics to remove . the infection that he to remove. the infection that he had . he back to the hospital

had. he back to the hospital that and they said that because of his underlying health condition he had a condition called genetic hemochromatosis which had been missed by the gp for six years prior to this episode he was told that he would have is gallbladder removed in october the latest beginning of november november. at the beginning of october had the pain in his stomach . called the pain in his stomach. called an ambulance and they came within 20 minutes. he was right around mouth. you nose . and the around mouth. you nose. and the ambulance arrived . he was ambulance arrived. he was speaking to them . he was telling speaking to them. he was telling them about his underlying health condition . he was telling them

condition. he was telling them about what would happen with his gold platter before and then he just collapsed . just collapsed . just collapsed. just collapsed. he okay . the ambulance crew, the he okay. the ambulance crew, the crew called back up, so he called ambulance and yelled . 14 called ambulance and yelled. 14 shocks , 14 shots. they gave him. shocks, 14 shots. they gave him. and i couldn't i think he had a heart attack at lisa. all right. okay well, incredibly, incredibly sorry to hear that . incredibly sorry to hear that. and just say what an incredibly brave lady you are to come on and talk about this on national television . and i'm sure every television. and i'm sure every single person watching this now and listening to it will be feeling incredibly, incredibly . feeling incredibly, incredibly. this particular year. but that is the reality of the situation, isn't it? and can i just ask

you, if you if you. alright just just one more quick question lisa. which what do you done in response to this? because sadly, lisa will be well up to 500 people a week. it would appear at the moment in a desperately similar situation . you and it's similar situation. you and it's not just the patients who are the victims here, it's family members, isn't it, lisa needs to be done. is to they need to going forward they need to, you know , how many times are we told know, how many times are we told there's a shortage gp's they're suffering burnout very because of the pension plans that were put in place for them . they got put in place for them. they got to see patients. when you get a from . a relative a loved one from. a relative a loved one that sign my husband my son my daughter needs to be seen to face you've got to see them . a face you've got to see them. a gp has to see them. they are the

primary carers . they are the primary carers. they are the gatekeepers to the nhs without them being first by a gp. there will be more . which is why we will be more. which is why we now seeing 500 people a week dying in nhs because they were denied the treatment and appointments that needed what my died from is a very is very treatable. he did not need to die. he should never have died. and for every one of those 500 a week that are dying , there is week that are dying, there is a family behind him. there is a husband or wife, a partner, a son, a daughter and. those children of those people that have died. it doesn't matter what age they. i shouldn't be following coffins to crematoriums . it should just crematoriums. it should just should not be happening in 21st

century britain . lisa, thank you century britain. lisa, thank you very , very much. just just stay very, very much. just just stay there . me, lisa, i just want to there. me, lisa, i just want to bnngin there. me, lisa, i just want to bring in david lloyd, who is an nhs gp. david, look, i'm sure like everybody else, you would have incredibly moved by that. now was very, very eloquent, wasn't she i mean, this is the reality, david, isn't it, of the situation as a gp? how does that make you feel this suddenly in, this particular case, the lack of a face to face appointment, for example, the lack of ability get an appointment clearly lisa, the situation that lisa and her family find themselves in a very, very well put argument and no one in their right mind can say that face to face appointments are hugely important when it comes to diagnosing things like abdominal pain. so absolutely 100% agree with it. with lisa . the other with it. with lisa. the other figure that comes out that we've known for some time that one quarter of cancers are not diagnosed in the emergency

department. and by the time people get with that cancer, they're very often very often at a stage where you can't cure them. so there are fundamental weaknesses in the nhs which would be great to get right. and that's that lisey's story is absolutely a tragic one, which should be widely . the donkey should be widely. the donkey very much. you're on screen now, so i'll thank you first nhs gp david lord david can just say as well i do really appreciate coming on now that you and i have a bit of back and forth about a variety of different issues, but i do, i do enjoy the little jousting that we do have. and think it's important that and i think it's important that to that note, to finish on on that note, because lloyd, that did because david lloyd, that did come and at least actually come on and at least actually propose a couple of solutions. if is true. it true that if is true. if it is true that we in a situation right now we are in a situation right now where we get enough where we cannot get enough funding home grown funding to have home grown doctors time, we doctors and at the same time, we have situation where doctors, doctors and at the same time, we havexample, ion where doctors, doctors and at the same time, we havexample, comingre doctors, doctors and at the same time, we havexample, coming from :tors, doctors and at the same time, we havexample, coming from the ., for example, coming from the european, our blogs, whereas yes, as people in my inbox, gbp as a gbnews.uk have already been

making the comparison. don't making the comparison. we don't seem pick about who else we seem to pick about who else we are. the lesson from various different european countries to me like maybe we've me does seem like maybe we've hit on one key points of solution already so far, and that's our first topic of the day, just want to say you very much again to lisa kane, the very brave lady who that giving a harrowing testimony of her husband's passing husband's sad passing gbviews@gbnews.uk is that email address? you are with me. patrick christys coming up. we're only just into 2023 and already the first migrants have crossed the channel. can . crossed the channel. we can. what can the government do to stop being another record year for the migrants? before that, let's have a at the weather . let's have a at the weather. looking to this evening's weather and the uk is looking mostly dry and settled but with a few showers in the far northwest . here are the details. northwest. here are the details. it will be a fine start to the evening across the south—west of england wind will be light and the skies will be mostly clear,

allowing temperatures to fairly quickly. the south east of england will experience similar with generally dry weather , no with generally dry weather, no more than a gentle breeze and. plenty of clear periods . the odd plenty of clear periods. the odd patch of cloud is possible to the south coast of wales , but it the south coast of wales, but it will be a dry early evening elsewhere with clear periods . a elsewhere with clear periods. a ridge of high pressure will be toppling across the midlands. from the west to give light winds and quiet early evening . winds and quiet early evening. it will be turning chilly though unden it will be turning chilly though under. the long cloud breaks chilly too for the north—east of england where skies will generally be clear . a bit more generally be clear. a bit more breeze is likely. then further , breeze is likely. then further, but will still but temperatures will still begin . fall away one or two begin. fall away one or two areas of low cloud will drift across southern scotland from the west, but it will stay dry with some clear spells. northern western scotland might catch a shower the breeze gradually start to pick up across northern ireland heading into the evening , although at this point it will be dry and there will be some clear breaks . it will turn clear breaks. it will turn frosty this evening, especially

in the east. however wet and windy conditions will reach many areas from the west. later and thatis areas from the west. later and that is how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning here . gb news tomorrow morning here. gb news live. we'll be keeping in the picture, finding out what's across the country and finding why it matters to you. we'll have the fast with our team of reporters , specialist reporters, specialist correspondents, wherever it's happening, we'll be there in 12 noon on tv radio and online. gb news is the people's channel. britain's .

channel yes. welcome back . and yes. welcome back. and gentlemen, this is patrick christys on gb news just before the break. and by way, if you missed out, i would you to go back.look missed out, i would you to go back. look rewind or find way of

rewinding. if you're recording it, only tell whatever you're doing and just have a little listen to. the wonderful lisa the very bravely three very the very bravely three k very harrowing testimony her harrowing testimony of her husband's passing i don't want to the hands of our nhs, to say at the hands of our nhs, but certainly it was not helped by the care that the husband or lack of care that a husband got the nhs. certainly when it came to that old chestnut of face to face gp appointments and hundreds of you have been emailing in off the back of this and i wanted to before move on to exclusive pictures the way of the very first channel migrants of the year which is another hot topic another issue that a lot you got deeply about. i just want to read a couple of these emails out gives out gb news dot uk debbie says i'd be interested to the figures for and sick to see the figures for and sick leave during this crisis. soldiers had to cancel their leave to cover for the strikers. this in relation of course to nhs ralph says you stop nhs drives, ralph says you stop lines call on lines that health bosses call on the government to declare a major incident within the nhs

surely this is the wrong way around be calling around the government be calling on health bosses do their job on health bosses to do theirjob and, sort out the nhs rather than the blame . now it's than the blame. now it's interesting point that, isn't it, ralph because there is a lot of blaming going on here at the moment and i wonder whether or not, it's a little bit of 61 and a half a dozen of the other, only, by the way, can absolutely believe narrative believe the narrative that people have been to the people have been going to the government the nhs the government at in the nhs for the last and been saying last 12 years and been saying look, here are some solutions to some of the problems people. think nhs and they think about the nhs and they just it's no one just think and it's no it's one of the largest employers in europe, the largest, europe, if not the largest, it's one of largest employers in one of the largest employers in the you looked at it a the uk. you looked at it a little a business which little bit like a business which is to but you is unfashionable to say, but you did an absolute behemoth did it is an absolute behemoth of a thing therefore you of a thing and therefore you have a multiple different layers of, issues. and of, structural issues. and i can't that people can't believe that these people have ignored. at the have been ignored. but at the same can't help but feel same time i can't help but feel like it's entirely self—defeating to throw your hands moment and to hands up at the moment and to basically out on what is basically walk out on what is yet another crisis and also as

well what terrible pr the talk about recruitment. don't let me talk about retention. anyone been watching the news for the last month? you realistically going to tell your son or daughter to go into the nhs? no because look because they've made it look like hellhole, like an absolute hellhole, margaret worth margaret says it's worth pointing scottish nhs is pointing out the scottish nhs is in bad state as the in just as bad a state as the nhs in england. i waited 10 hours ambulance and then hours in an ambulance and then a 8 hours in hospital to be admitted with breathing difficulties. i think difficulties. one more, i think sarah. on earth are sarah. why on earth are the highly paid managers? what highly paid nhs managers? what on paid nhs on earth are highly paid nhs managers are managers doing? surely they are there for solutions . the there to look for solutions. the current there is far current situation there is far too much waste in our service now. sarah, i am keen to get solutions not just problems today. one of the solutions obviously would be pay. okay, just because anyone would want to be paid more, it makes more inclined to be a medic or any profession. pay is clearly a solution. i'm not convinced necessarily the solution though. we have an issue that was identified by our doctor, dr. david lloyd. now yeah, right. okay. bit of a ramona . right. okay. bit of a ramona. right. but at the same time he did

identify a critical point, which is if we are not able to is that if we are not able to have enough doctors produced here through our own universities. universities say they can't afford to do that. okay i would question it, given the kind of cash system and universities i remember universities and i remember fine. then we should able to fine. then we should be able to people the european people coming from the european union neighbours union there are near neighbours that people that we've that the people that we've traded with and lived with etc. more closely than any other part of the world. well, apparent now it essentially easier to get in a dinghy , come across the a dinghy, come across the channel and enter the united kingdom than is if you want kingdom than it is if you want to doctor in our nhs and to be a doctor in our nhs and that obviously is a massive problem. the other thing just to wrap this particular nhs, wrap up this particular nhs, i will say is that when i look at junior salaries starting from around 29,000, working their way up throughout the 60 mark, i at nurses salaries, i look paramedic salaries, i look at all those people and i look at directors lived experience on 100 150 grand a year diversity , 100 150 grand a year diversity, officers on 100, 150 grand a yeah officers on 100, 150 grand a year. and i think how can people

within the nhs, management within the nhs, management within the nhs justify , why that within the nhs justify, why that those people's jobs is three times more valuable than the bloke who's just stuck a on someone is just cruel of a car crash and died on the side of the road. i don't really see how those two things can marry up anyway, we're moving on people to another that's going to to another story that's going to get going, no doubt, because get you going, no doubt, because he's started. we are just two days 2023 news can days into 2023 and gb news can exclusively reveal that already dozens channel have dozens of channel migrants have arrived dover after making arrived in dover after making that crossing last that dangerous crossing last yeah that dangerous crossing last year. a record number of year. so a record number of migrants making that crossing almost east, 46,000, the highest number in year ever. it was bizarrely seen as a bit of a victory that we didn't the 50 k mark, wasn't it? which is bonkers anyway. that means that the number of migrants illegally crossing the channel in small boats has increased 150 fold over the last four years. la sankin over the last four years. la sank in last month. rishi sunak unveiled a series of measures aimed at kerbing the crossings and tackling the backlog of asylum , including legislation

asylum, including legislation make it unambiguously clear that if you enter the uk illegally you should not be able to remain here. but is all of this just how come we heard all of this before the? former director general of border force has told gb news that the government needs to get a grip. sony smith says the government must introduce detention and fast track removal process to break the people smugglers business model. also heard rwanda, model. we've also heard rwanda, that's that's not unlawful there are even rumblings of disused cruise ships being used for these famous words offshore processing the channel. so people might not actually set foot into the uk . something like foot into the uk. something like fast—track deportation with albania as well a revision of the modern slavery human trafficking laws is it all starting to come together? i'm not sure the proof will be in the pudding. border force are now in france as well. there's another new one patrolling with the french authorities to try and stop the crossing. so as of today, how the today, you can imagine how the french this. as of

french feel about this. as of today, there are uk border force officers, same ones officers, not the same ones who were strike. your airports were on strike. your airports now these are different border force, are on french force, right? they are on french beaches border force. so beaches with border force. so they're equivalent and apparently as well, they're in little rooms where they can monitor them coming across . little rooms where they can monitor them coming across. but are just there in kind are they just there in some kind of advisory? it actually do of advisory? does it actually do anything? of anything? is it kind of chocolate fireground approach to anything going on in the channel but security because it but as home security because it is smart what reports authorities planning the authorities are planning for the possibility that twice the number that arrived last year could arrive this year. number that arrived last year could arrive this year . just could arrive this year. just take a look at this. we've got some exclusive pictures. this is well, first time see a heading dover harbour, the border force defender carrying dozens of mainly young men pulled from the first small boat of poor weather in the channel prevented several other small boats from making it into waters as around 40 people were taken away for processing by border force officials.

sources have told they are prepared for year of record high arrivals . it's prompted tony arrivals. it's prompted tony smith, the former director general of border force , to call general of border force, to call for a far tougher approach to deaung for a far tougher approach to dealing with the crisis . we've dealing with the crisis. we've got to get in to detain people when they arrive here who are manifestly unfounded . the system manifestly unfounded. the system detaining them for a limited penod detaining them for a limited period for sure is period. and there's no one wants to lock people up for months and months but get all the legal barriers, all those dealt with quickly all of those dealt with quickly under a detained process and start seeing removal done it before we did it in the uk. when i was there we had a detained fast tracked process and we did deliver removals and that's the best way of getting control of this, the most obvious candidates for fast track remove all of the 13,000 albanians who arrived on small last year. all of the 13,000 albanians who arrived on small last year . the arrived on small last year. the government has agreed a new rapid return policy with the

government in tirana , but so far government in tirana, but so far only handful of albanian nationals who arrived across the channel have been sent back . channel have been sent back. another key agreement in the government's plans to tackle the small boats crisis is the rwanda deal. small boats crisis is the rwanda deal . although the high court deal. although the high court has now ruled the plans to process asylum seekers in that country are lawful , with the country are lawful, with the possibility of further court appeals, no flights have so far taken off bound for kigali, each taking 450 days for that to be decided . white collar is claimed decided. white collar is claimed claims, but decided within 28 days. can seven of mp james daley , who sits on the home daley, who sits on the home affairs and justice committees, believes despite any obvious momentum in the year ahead , momentum in the year ahead, rishi sunak's government has the right plans in place to tackle the channel migrant this is the moment where we can do something about the question which people will judges on is should we have

done that three years ago ? and done that three years ago? and where are now we knew this where we are now we knew this was coming, we knew these numbers were going. and it's not acceptable. but i could only be acceptable. but i could only be a politician now stood in front of who says, i want to look of you who says, i want to look forward. we've got right to, forward. we've got the right to, the ministers place. the ministers in place. we're going in my view, going to deliver, in my view, having talks various having had talks with various ministers. that's i ministers. and that's why i think a good place at think we're in a good place at moment to deal with it. another one of rishi sunak's plans will see creation a new home see the creation of a new home office unit, bringing office led unit, bringing together a border force, the military and the national crime agency to focus more effectively on tackling the channel migrant , the establishment of a dedicated small boats command will see the arrival of hundreds more here in dover , but will it more here in dover, but will it lead to a reduction in crossings? well, critics suggest all it'll really do is ensure that small are intercepted and, migrants are processed more . and migrants are processed more. and for the year ahead, authorities

are already quietly planning for up double the number of last arrivals . for rishi sunak's arrivals. for rishi sunak's government , it's never been more government, it's never been more important that the various pieces of his to tackle this problem come together. a record of crossings this year would be politically cut . a strategic politically cut. a strategic marker gb news on the kent coast . right. okay. so that's what's taking literally right now in the channel, by the way, those pictures just dropped the first channel migrants of 2023, supposedly. but stuart carroll joins me now. and stuart carroll is , conservative councillor for is, conservative councillor for the royal borough of windsor and maidenhead. raised the maidenhead. he's raised the issue of migrants being in hotels his borough before . hotels in his borough before. all but actually it's the sheer of it stuart isn't it. and this is what want to drill down with you in now, which is people talk about cash strapped we as about cash strapped we are as a nafion about cash strapped we are as a nation seeing the videos nation we're seeing the videos coming there. how much coming through there. how much is this costing you your area is this costing you in your area and sustainable. happy new and it's sustainable. happy new

yean and it's sustainable. happy new year, patrick. happy new year to you. it's your right. this is not sustainable. this is a international and national catastrophe and it's also a local , as we've talked local, as we've talked previously, the impact on local government from the normal . we government from the normal. we put this on for unaccompanied asylum seekers plus people under the age say in our area allow them to be taken over 31. that's cost of ove r £1,000,000. that's cost of over £1,000,000. that's a the equivalent of a 1.25% of council tax which we now have been slow to factor in this year's budget. it isn't just the direct costs which gives us some money for is that that cost it's school places school principal health this is social care and aboutin health this is social care and about in the formula and that's why we've been calling for the

radical political but also for the government to frankly the government needs to adopt a new year's issue a lot sooner. stuart thank you very much i'm afraid unfortunately connection was a bit dodgy there stuart. so i'm very sorry. i'm going to have to drop it there, but i will talk to you again very soon on this, i'm afraid, stuart carroll, that it was councillor for the royal borough of windsor and maidenhead. so saw just and maidenhead. so we saw just around across the around 46,000 people across the channel the united channel and arrive the united kingdom . all right. none of kingdom last. all right. none of them were sent to rwanda. very questionable. assange's only how many of them were deported we're seeing boroughs the royal seeing local boroughs the royal borough of windsor and maidenhead that saying maidenhead that just saying categorically well it's categorically we are well it's just unsustainable that we can have our main hotel was continually used by this the money that the home office is giving us in order to look after these people is not enough because doesn't just come

because it doesn't just come down hotel costs and costs down to hotel costs and costs for them to eat. is that obviously it comes down to social a lot of these people saying that their children which means they go through means that they can go through the services again the child services is again more money all of that. and money on top of all of that. and realistically something realistically this is something i drill down on, which i want to drill down on, which is on effects. i want is knock on effects. and i want your views this gbviews@gbnews.uk today we've seen the first british border force officers on the beaches, france start 2023 start as you mean to go on border force officers on beaches in france we came know the french feel came to know the french feel about way we've got about that by the way we've got border force officers supposedly to airport trying to stop to tirana airport trying to stop some chaps coming over some albanian chaps coming over here and getting involved with the we've got the wrong crowd. we've got supposedly flights about take off question marks off to rwanda, question marks over will take place. over when that will take place. we're force in we're looking at a task force in the we're looking at the channel. we're looking at offshore cruise ships out offshore with cruise ships out of that, from u. gbviews@gbnews.uk d0 of that, from u. gbviews@gbnews.uk do you think the number of people arriving via boats across the via small boats across the engush via small boats across the english channel will go up or down on last year's last year? 46 k what's your prediction for this coming year. gbv is

gbnews.uk over may patrick christys still to come conservative or labour or you just don't know last year's shenanigans have left voters feeling politically homeless. could the red wall turn again or become completely different colour stay us .

okay. welcome back, everybody. i'm going to have to rattle through it now to the end of the houn through it now to the end of the hour. lots you've been getting in touch. your thoughts on the migrant crisis. it's time for just email at minute. just one email at the minute. the leigh hazel says the unfortunate leigh hazel says why border why can't the border force do immigration board the immigration checks on board the boats and anybody with no proof of will returned of idea will be returned immediately to france? well, i suppose, although it's suppose, hazel, although it's not sometimes the

not a bad shout. sometimes the boats are sinking and also no one would have id on them really what they. they all go back one would have id on them really wifrance. they all go back one would have id on them really wifrance. heythey all go back one would have id on them really wifrance. hey you all go back one would have id on them really wifrance. hey you know. back one would have id on them really wifrance. hey you know. well, to france. hey you know. well, plenty people will be banning plenty of people will be banning favour of that hazel bus. i think practical terms, border force want to initiate force wouldn't want to initiate the crossed. so is the fingers crossed. so today is the fingers crossed. so today is the we've got british on the day we've now got british on the day we've now got british on the beaches of france, not for the beaches of france, not for the first time. there's joke the first time. there's a joke in somewhere. won't make in there somewhere. i won't make it. than that. okay, it. i'm better than that. okay, we've boots we've got british boots on, french beaches, supposedly french beaches, and supposedly now keeping an eye now going to be keeping an eye on in stemming the flow. on things in stemming the flow. 46,000 i've been 46,000 last year. i've been asking you. you think asking you. do you think we'll have more this year? i suspect probably will. anyway, think back the election. back to the election. the conservatives, they won big in traditional voting traditional labour voting constituencies, creating the so—called the so—called red wall, beating the so—called red wall, beating the so—called now the so—called red wall. but now the red could crumble for the red wall could crumble for the tories seats may tories. although the seats may not back to labour, a new not go back to labour, a new poll suggests undecided minded voters could the next voters could swing the next general election, many general election, with many saying wavering on saying that they're wavering on which way to vote. the of britain campaign group that commissioned poll says this commissioned the poll says this since 2022, conservative since spring 2022, conservative leaning voters have been becoming wavering voters rather than switching to labour wave .

than switching to labour wave. voters are overwhelmingly intending to vote, so it's still all up to grabs. don't believe everything you see in the opinion polls that it's contested, feverish, because actually people still undecided. so you do? the so what do you do? the conservatives stand a chance at the next general election or if you vote labour, but you you won't vote labour, but you won't to the tories. who won't go back to the tories. who do for? let's now talk do you vote for? let's now talk to political commentator benedict spence about this. benedict, to on benedict, great to have you on the show. year, we are a the show. new year, we are a good festive period. you good festive period. do you think actually that red think that actually that red wall still vote or not? i wall could still vote or not? i think there's every opportunity that it could vote. tory, i have never been sort of entirely set the idea that it's all doom and gloom for the tories and the evidence for that is simply to look to what tories were look to what the tories were polling at two years ago. and you can see that johnson was still high amongst the still riding high amongst the general no general public. there's no reason if can collapse reason that if it can collapse that quickly, it can't be regained. as quickly regained. perhaps as quickly as it collapsed. can still it collapsed. but it can still be i think that lot be regained. i think that a lot of like to believe of people would like to believe in conservative. i think in the conservative. i think a lot of people are still have not

quite forgiven labour, especially in these traditional labour don't think labour heartlands. i don't think that they've forgiven them for decade and decade rates of decline and mismanagement just mismanagement and promises just because been a sort of a subsequent period of decline and mismanagement and promises from the tories i don't think means that have completely been that people have completely been won by keir starmer . think won over by keir starmer. think there's lot of residual memory there's a lot of residual memory around jeremy corbyn. i think that they can still see certain who were quite prominent during the corbyn years, at the the corbyn years, still at the front centre of party front and centre of party politics also keir politics ultimately also keir stoma isn't actually offering anything , particularly anything, particularly barnstorming eu. he's barnstorming the eu. he's offering this sort of quiet continuity business as usual, but little more sensible. but a little bit more sensible. i'm sure that that's the i'm not sure that that's the bold vision that people voted for. for boris johnson in 2019. and i don't think it's necessarily enough for them to sway away from the tories, especially rishi sunak in especially of rishi sunak in next two years he can come up with some ideas. no, think with some ideas. no, i think you're right. country you're absolutely right. country does vision because. does need a bold vision because. there different there are numerous different cnses there are numerous different crises as it were, crises on the boil, as it were, and do need someone who's not and we do need someone who's not just continuity candidate.

just a continuity candidate. benedict because benedict that because i'm going to in william atkinson, to bring in william atkinson, assistant editor, conservative home thought home now. now william, i thought it that lee it was fascinating that lee anderson was pick it was fascinating that lee an(the)n was pick it was fascinating that lee an(the conservative was pick it was fascinating that lee an(the conservative voters pick it was fascinating that lee an(the conservative voters whenk for the conservative voters when it came to their mp of the backbench mp v the lee anderson a very straight talking shop. it wants to so i was going on the channel he is no nonsense and that to screams is what that to me screams is what people actually and is people actually want and that is not offer at the minute. not on offer at the minute. when it to washy, rishi it comes to wishy washy, rishi and keir starmer comes in hindsight, it i would disagree i think and what we did with that poll was allow people who are part of our members panel actually nominate an mp of, their own choice rather than provide them a select as or prefix selection. and that we would have chosen and out of that many candidates emerged as people as mp the people in particular to the previous year and lianne is not to take the most votes out of those but it was a relatively wide, wide field. and i think also, as you were saying earlier, when you were saying earlier, when you were touching upon the crisis in channel and rishi sunak has already outlined a of

already outlined a series of policies try deal with policies to try and deal with crisis, i think more are going come the next few weeks and come in the next few weeks and we could a big speech we could probably a big speech highlighting at some point highlighting some at some point but the difference between say a backbencher lee anderson is that you can lots of very good you can make lots of very good headunes you can make lots of very good headlines we know that many headlines and we know that many of our panel members by talking headlines and we know that many of otalkanel members by talking headlines and we know that many of otalk from nembers by talking headlines and we know that many of otalk from his1bers by talking headlines and we know that many of otalk from his inzrs by talking headlines and we know that many of otalk from his in government] the talk from his in government you actually have to walk the walk. and i think that is the thing rishi sunak is struggling with moment, but think with at the moment, but i think from personal perspective he's from a personal perspective he's got better chance got a much better chance of doing than. either doing so than. either boris johnson trusted. okay, johnson all is trusted. okay, now with both will bring back now with both will bring it back on. with , both of you, we on. now with, both of you, we spoke in a bit about a more bombastic slightly bolder bombastic with a slightly bolder vision understand that you vision and i understand that you know personality know the politics of personality is but got what is a big thing but got what we've got and realistically benedict realistically is going to starmer versus at to be starmer versus sunak at the election . something the next election. something absolutely unbelievable happens . so. let's just assume . suppose so. let's just assume that's are does rishi that's where are what does rishi sunak to do to win back all those in the middle of the minute you say , well, not minute you say, well, i'm not really anymore , i don't really a tory anymore, i don't want to vote labour. what other

policies he needs to put in action. think you need to sort action. i think you need to sort of to basics. i mean, of get back to basics. i mean, the border crisis, you know, the border crisis, the you know, the border crisis, the you know, the channel crisis certainly the channel crisis is certainly one the inability of one of them. the inability of the with an ageing the nhs cope with an ageing population and also i think the criminal justice system is another thing that needs to be taken into account. and the final probably growth that final is probably growth that you factor energy into that if you factor energy into that if you you know. these are you like, you know. these are the big ticket the sort of the big ticket items, health, security and money. think they've money. and i think that they've been gradual and been sort of gradual and dripping away a very long dripping away for a very long time. what think every time. and what i think every sunak himself and say sunak has to say himself and say to his party is, look, we've been saying for weeks and months now not question of if now it's, not a question of if we lose the next election, it's by will it be starting by how many will it be starting from base? why not from such a low base? why not be? not throw hail mary be? why not throw a hail mary show and try and get some of the things that people have been asking for 12 years? asking us to do for 12 years? why use our odd seat why don't use our 60 odd seat majority about five? why majority now about five? why don't that majority don't you use that majority to get some things done so that we're as a laughing stock? we're not as a laughing stock? yeah, the word yeah, exactly. that and the word timid to mind and done timid comes to mind and done frankly since theresa really

frankly since theresa may really actually. shocking. actually. and that is shocking. there little of there was a little window of bofis there was a little window of boris bombastic back we boris bombastic and then back we go i think that's go again. but i think that's great thank very much great stuff. thank you very much benedict spencer that benedict the spencer that political commentator william i think for think we've got time for one more with quickly. what more with you quickly. what about there assistant of about kids in there assistant of conservative farmers. night conservative farmers. last night we him. fair enough. we lost him. okay fair enough. no because come fourth no worries, because come fourth step we've got step into the fray, we've got viewers and this is our time from durham, i believe. yes there we go. which one of the key red wall seats which turn conservative for the first time everin conservative for the first time ever in 2019. great to have you on the show. i'm good, man. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. where are politically at the are you at politically at the moment? because seeing moment? because i'm seeing poll and of people, and it shows loads of people, millions people are undecided. you know, i'm a conservative member been member at the moment, have been for years. i for about seven years. i am. i think it's unlikely that labour are going to win the sort of 500 seats poll projected seats that this poll projected the. but if you look at the undecided, it's likely it's going slim majority. but going to be a slim majority. but what's interesting is when you look the undecided voters, look at the undecided voters, the undecideds the biggest group of undecideds are 65. and what we

are the over 65. and what we know about over 65 is that they're most likely to vote. they're the most likely to vote. and when they do vote, the most likely to vote, conservative so i think will i think it's i think will difficult the moment to write difficult at the moment to write off red wall and off the in the red wall and would be interesting to see would also be interesting to see if party came forward if a third party came forward reform perhaps was reform uk perhaps if that was led by nigel farage that election, would they be able to claw many from labour claw as many votes from labour as did last time around, as they did last time around, which to win which allowed the tories to win in of these? mean. the in many of these? i mean. the depressing is that seem depressing thing is that we seem to know seems needs to kind know what it seems needs to kind know what it seems needs to do, which is, you know, obviously see what the economy is health care and to do is do with health care and to do with very quickly with channel. just very quickly at a very quickly not got long now why not vote labour. i don't think labour at the moment is clear what it believes. i clear on what it believes. i think the thing keir think the only thing keir starmer offer at the moment starmer can offer at the moment is that he's not boris johnson, he's not british, you know, he's not conservatives. and not the conservatives. and i struggle with anybody struggle to speak with anybody who define labour's who can actually define labour's platform think very platform and i think it's very easy what the easy to see what the conservatives doing and conservatives are doing and what they're well, think they're doing. well, i think everyone's to everyone's struggling to determine policies determine what labour's policies and what will they do to address

all crises that we're all these crises that we're talking other fascinating talking about. other fascinating isn't so obsessed isn't it for a party so obsessed with politics they with identity politics they don't with identity politics they dont one with identity politics they don't one their don't seem to have one of their own. i don't thank you very very much that the north—east much up that the north—east that's going one watch that's going to be one to watch patrick news patrick christys on gb news plenty more coming up on this program, is the death program, including is the death of the high street imminent? stay .

you're with me, patrick christys on gb news. coming up, this hours. we tried to get 20, 23 off to a flyer gb news can exclusively reveal the first migrants to 2023 have been picked up making the channel crossings. how can we stop them from coming and is it the death of the high street? almost 50 shops closed down every single day last year due to the cost of

living impacts of lockdown and soaring high inflation rates. but is there a light at the end of the tunnel the humble of the tunnel for the humble high has a long history high street has a long history going and much more going on. all that and much more including we're drilling down into the nhs crisis. i want solutions, problems and keep solutions, not problems and keep your views coming in. gb's gbnews.uk do you think the number of people crossing the channelis number of people crossing the channel is going to be higher this year or last year and can rishi do to win vote now he's had lots . like thatcher had lots. like thatcher afternoon. it's 4:01 i'm rhiannon jones and the gb newsroom and can reveal the first channel migrants of the new year have at dover harbour . new year have at dover harbour. dozens of mainly young men were picked out from a small boat around nine miles off the coast . it's understood as there were more than 40 people on board the inflatable boat that as you can french start patrolling beaches together for the first time in a bid to stop from crossing the

engush bid to stop from crossing the english channel three people have died at the scene of a fire that broke out at a hotel. perth police scotland have confirmed 11 people have been treated for minor injuries. emergency were called to the new county hotel in county place at around 5:00 this morning. scottish fire rescue say 65 fighters were at the scene in a statement. they called it a very complex incident . health bosses calling incident. health bosses calling for the government to declare a major incident within , the nhs major incident within, the nhs over mounting pressure , the over mounting pressure, the service, the society for acute medicine has called the current situation urgent . the situation urgent. the organisation nhs provide meanwhile says the service is under same levels of pressure as dunng under same levels of pressure as during the early stages of the covid. the royal college of emergency medicine claims as many as 500 people could be dying week because of delays to critical care. the government says recognises the pressure the

faces. lisa king told gb news her husband would have survived if he'd treated in time . 500 if he'd treated in time. 500 people a week in nhs because they were denied the treatment and appointments that they needed. what my died from is a vet was very treatable. he did not need to die. he should never have died. and for every one of those 500 a week that are dying , there is a family behind . , there is a family behind. there is a husband, a wife, a partner, a son, a daughter. well, meanwhile, it's been revealed people are resorting to diy medicine when they can't see a gp face to face. serious a survey commissioned by the lib dems shows more than one in four adults haven't been able to get an in—person appointment in the past 12 months. 16% of those who can't see a doctor have resorted homemade medicine or asked not

qualified to help them. the department health and social care says it recognises the pressure gp's are under and is working to increase access for patients . elsewhere, ukrainian patients. elsewhere, ukrainian authorities claim around 400 russian soldiers have been killed . a missile strike in the killed. a missile strike in the occupied donetsk region. officials russia dispute the figure, saying 60 died in the attack. neither claim has been verified. it follows president volodymyr zelenskyy saying his country's forces down 45. iranian made drones fired by russia last night. iranian made drones fired by russia last night . actor jeremy russia last night. actor jeremy is being treated for injuries after an accident with a snowplough. a publicist for the 51 year old says he's in a critical condition but considered stable . the details considered stable. the details of the accident are still unclear. the two time oscar nominee is best for his performances in the hurt locker, the town and for playing hawkeye

in. the marvel movies , the wake in. the marvel movies, the wake of the wake for brazilian legend pele has started the stadium of his former club , santos. fans his former club, santos. fans started to gather last night near the uruguayan caldera stadium , pele's hometown club stadium, pele's hometown club for mass. 24 hour public wake. these are live images. if you're watching us on television , the watching us on television, the three time world cup winner died thursday at the age of 82 after battling colon for just over a year. battling colon for just over a year . prince battling colon for just over a year. prince harry battling colon for just over a year . prince harry says he wants year. prince harry says he wants his father and brother back in an interview to be televised days before his memoirs released , itv says the interview with the duke of sussex will go into unprecedented depth and detail about his life in and outside the royal family a preview clip shows the prince saying it never needed to be this way . and needed to be this way. and

former star martina navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the former world number one previously underwent treatment for early stage breast cancer back in 2010. the 66 year old says the diagnosis is a double whammy and serious, but still fixable. her representatives described the prognosis as good and we wish her all the. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens now though it's to . patrick pretty simple itinerary for this hour how the margaret crosses the high street. let's start with house is a crisis and a&e departments across the country. that's what the royal college of emergency medicine is set. rising cases of both flu and covid putting added pressure covid are putting added pressure on the and the boss of the

on the nhs and the boss of the royal college emergency care royal college of emergency care says 500 people a week says reports 500 people a week dying to delays in emergency care are more than a guesstimate . a new research as well shows one in four people have bought medicine online or as a pharmacy to treat their illness themselves after failing to see a gp. we spoke to a gp earlier on. he was basically saying that there are a few issues at play that money for gp's. there are a few issues at play that money for gp's . part of the that money for gp's. part of the issue is as well that we are apparently allowing many of apparently not allowing many of our european gp fees to actually come in. at the same time as not training enough of own. i can believe all of i find it absolutely stunning that we had absolutely stunning that we had a record year in the channel when we can allow all of those people in. but when it comes to, oh, i don't a french oh, i don't know, a french doctor, apparently that's a lot more with that. more difficult with that. we that's who's that's also matthew lash, who's the public policy at the the head of public policy at the institute economic. matthew, institute for economic. matthew, great happy new. great to see you. happy new. merry happy new year. merry christmas. happy new year. yeah, there go. okay yeah, there you go. right. okay towards how do we fix this towards me. how do we fix this particular i'm sick

particular in the nhs? i'm sick of you? i want of problems. you? i want solutions. talk solutions. you're my man. talk me. well james patrick. if there was easy solutions , the nhs, i was easy solutions, the nhs, i think they would have long since been we're been saying. well, what we're saying nhs is quite saying germany's nhs is quite depressing. it's. it's people waiting days to be admitted. people lying in corridors, people screaming including children screaming in emergency rooms. it's confronting, it's worrying . but sadly, absolutely worrying. but sadly, absolutely nothing new. every winter there isn't an nhs winter crisis. this isn't an nhs winter crisis. this is normal. this is not universal, not every country manages to have a health care system that struggles under strong every single strong pressure. every single winter and. it speaks to a broader issue. the nhs, which is we put more and more money into the system, a record amount of funding, more doctors and nurses than than a decade ago, something funding something like 40% extra funding since terms , after since 2010. in real terms, after considering and. yet considering inflation and. yet right now the nhs is struggling in what is effectively efficiency, is it's not efficiency, which is it's not doing many operations, it's doing as many operations, it's not as many patients, it's not treating people for what's wrong with this seem to with that. now this does seem to speak a fundamental we get it speak to a fundamental we get it is a highly monopolistic, highly

chaotic fits all system chaotic one size fits all system that's inevitably struggling under increased pressures and needs. under increased pressures and needs . structural reform now , needs. structural reform now, matthew, whenever i get a junior doctor or a nurse or someone on, i always ask them what they're paid and i'll say to them, do you know what? a director of live taxpayer is paid or a diversity manager or one of the squishy middle ground of people who lesbian is he usually on between 100 and 150 grand a year? and i'll say to them, do think they're really worth three or four or five times the amount, your salary and am staggered by the fact that they always refuse to answer that question? it's almost like they don't want to go their own don't want to go after their own because also work in the because they also work in the nhs . but actually those nhs. but actually are those people not people the problem? not necessarily the government ? necessarily the government? yeah, i think there are fundamental managerial problems at the heart of the nhs. obviously there's people being hired for what many consider fake jobs, not necessarily a substantial value in the nhs. at the same time though, you have a

lot of doctors and nurses who complain that in fact we've underspent on middle management that they have to spend a lot of their time out paperwork rather than patients. their time out paperwork rather théone patients. their time out paperwork rather théone issues patients. their time out paperwork rather théone issues is, atients. their time out paperwork rather théone issues is, ofents. so one of the issues is, of course, is the government's position. says we're putting position. he says we're putting more money the line. we're more money into the line. we're going cut management. going to cut back management. the actually the nhs proportion actually relatively compared relatively few managers compared private or private sector organisations or the so the health care systems and so therefore ended up leaving doctors and nurses doing nonsense than treating nonsense rather than treating patients. i think that's one of a gazillion issues in the nhs andifs a gazillion issues in the nhs and it's structural, fundamental, it's hard to fix these efficiency problems when you have such top down system you have such a top down system . government will jump . the government will jump around going get around which we're going to get another plans, the another one of the plans, the nhs , and i'm sure it's nhs shortly, and i'm sure it's going about as much going to have about as much success governments because success as governments because it's not actually reforming the underlying that have underlying structures that have led to have worse led the uk to have a worse health care system than germany or france or many other western european it european countries. i find it amazing that country we amazing that this country we locked protect nhs locked down to protect the nhs people jobs, protect people, their jobs, to protect the people developed the nhs, people developed catastrophic health catastrophic mental health problems and, actually became more themselves to protect

problems and, actually became mornhs. :hemselves to protect problems and, actually became mornhs. and selves to protect problems and, actually became mornhs. and now�*s to protect problems and, actually became mornhs. and now got protect problems and, actually became mornhs. and now got a rotect problems and, actually became mornhs. and now got a loadt problems and, actually became mornhs. and now got a load of the nhs. and now got a load of this. this is some chap in wales is telling us to not go for a long run because if you go a longer run it will the chances of you up meeting an ambulance supposedly very much depends on where you're running, how you're running. but there are serious questions now about whether or not public have a to not the british public have a to take extra precautions with their day to day life so as to not overburden the nhs. now obviously i don't go base jumping as a matter of regular ac. i don't do accelerate both fights and things. i didn't do exceptionally things, but at the same time i might like go for a long run when i'm to think about our nhs. and i'm just wondering is time, matthew, that had is it time, matthew, that we had a conversation as a country about or not want to about whether or not want to dedicate the majority our dedicate the majority of our pubuc dedicate the majority of our public expenditure into a health service? is that what we need to have? because we have to have a choice now, don't we? we either do that or we don't. yeah. look, patrick, someone who went for a bit of an extended run this

morning, i should be feeling absolutely shocking i'll carry out how dare i indeed try to take care of my own health. quite, quite. i mean i find it quite disturbing i think in the same way that you're suggesting, which is a health care system exists us, we don't exists to serve us, we don't exists to serve us, we don't exist to serve health care system. understand system. and i understand people's sacrifice, perhaps rightfully , in terms social rightfully, in terms of social contact during covid. not so potentially give the disease to elderly people or to put not necessarily put the same bet on the system at the same time, put so much money into this health care system. i think think getting to the central point, i there's no issue with a wealthy society as . society as it's ageing as. there's more burdens and more in fact more technology behind health that system can health care that the system can purchase put money into purchase to put money into health think that's health care. i think that's that's of a good social that's a kind of a good social outcome that we born. there's no wish necessarily with funding care. the question is about how we fund it. uk is pretty unique in the fact that it's basically all taxpayer money goes to all it's taxpayer money goes to the nhs rather than having any kind choice. patient

kind of patient choice. patient of you know, we have of that money. you know, we have relatively nhs relatively choice within the nhs about how we spend it. we discourage effectively getting private because not private health care because not only have to pay for the nhs. we have to also have to pay amounts for that private care. so the way system is structured is way the system is structured is completely terms of completely wrong in terms of encouraging take encouraging people to take responsibility choice responsibility or patient choice within it's within the system because it's so . that's just so monolithic. that's it. just sorry. got to go sorry. i know you've got to go just quickly because you've just very quickly because you've hit on a key right at the end, which taking which is about people taking responsibility. now, at the moment, is it too easy for people who work in our nhs management level, i'm talking about here who underperform or who are rubbish at their job to who are rubbish at theirjob to blame it on the government because if that's the case would privatising it actually them nowhere hide . yeah i mean nowhere to hide. yeah i mean this is this is a pretty behaviour in public sector organisations which is it's very hard to fire anyone very hard to deal with people who aren't performing up to their abilities and aren't necessarily delivering for the system and inevitably that, that will encourage a culture of laziness

. inefficiencies. i mean everyone maligns perfect but profit is the outcome of getting as efficiently delivering something to people it's the profit you receive on getting off that fruit and vegetables at the supermarket at a low cost. you know that that is efficiency and that's what the nhs is lacking. a price lacking. doesn't have a price mechanism, doesn't have the mechanism, it doesn't have the normal incentives for good outcomes, we say in the outcomes, which we say in the private sector. matthew, thank you very much. as ever, matthew left public policy left that head of public policy at for economic at the institute for economic affairs. cross over now affairs. let's cross over now theo chikomba, at stoke theo chikomba, who's at stoke mandeville in aylesbury, the mandeville in aylesbury, by the way, thank you very much everyone is getting in touch on vaiews@gbnews.uk got a mixture of nhs stories and of nhs horror stories and solutions your own, which i solutions of your own, which i will to. what's the situation will go to. what's the situation there an increasingly dark there is an increasingly dark stoke mandeville hospital in aylesbury . yes. so the number aylesbury. yes. so the number you quoted few minutes ago, around 500 people potentially dying every week is a figure that paints a stark picture of where the is at the moment. this hospital here has taken

banville's, one of around a dozen , which have declared a dozen, which have declared a critical incident in the last few weeks during this festive period. and they're concerned leading up to today, particularly is around the long bank weekend with how many are going to be coming into hospital. now, we've heard from the in the last few weeks, particularly talking about double digit pay rises say they're not in a position do that. and the prime minister has been by saying they're not going been by saying they're not going be offering that. and but they do understand the struggles that the nhs going through at the moment in terms of where do we go next, it's difficult to see what happens next. we know the strikes are coming up in the next few weeks , but of course next few weeks, but of course the challenges that remain here, as they're saying, they need more finances at the moment. they also struggling with staff as but also long term investment to ensure that we don't find again having winter pressures and to see the nhs bosses out and to see the nhs bosses out and say they need more support . and say they need more support. thank you very much to come to

that reporting to us from mandeville hospital in aylesbury, or at least a roundabout near it. now, lots of you have been getting in touch. your thoughts on the nhs crisis, glenis the non important management jobs. the nhs should be encouraged. this is a key point. i will keep banging on about this. i'll keep asking it to everyone who works in the nhs. comes on this show which nhs. it comes on this show which is why can you how how is why i why can you how how i should say, can you justify people on 150 grand year to people on 150 grand a year to monitor whether or they monitor whether or not they need to a rainbow roundabout to put a rainbow roundabout outside or rainbow coloured anything? in the nhs, anything? frankly in the nhs, whether not the nhs is whether or not the nhs is ethnically diverse enough or whether not they have whether or not they can have nice educational nice little educational days about tolerance , inclusivity on about tolerance, inclusivity on 150 grand a year, when you've got a nurse there on 25 grand, if that desperately saving people's lives, how can they justify that? is this not actually the management's fault anyway , gladys goes to say an anyway, gladys goes on to say an independent should go independent auditing should go into investigate into hospitals and investigate their finances. into hospitals and investigate theirfinances. i have no doubt their finances. i have no doubt they would that incompetent they would show that incompetent management blame the management to blame for the financial mess nhs is in.

financial mess the nhs is in. what hard disagree with what is hard to disagree with diana because if we are diana says because if we are pumping into it and pumping more money into it and the makes people who pumping more money into it and the on makes people who pumping more money into it and the on lines makes people who pumping more money into it and the on lines very akes people who pumping more money into it and the on lines very uncomfortable |o are on lines very uncomfortable is terms funding is that in real terms funding for nhs gone up 39% since for the nhs gone up 39% since 2010. n0 for the nhs gone up 39% since 2010. no right. wages have an okay and i do understand, i am sympathetic towards that. but quality of output has not been good either. as if you were a business, which let's be honest, we might as well the nhs we might as well call the nhs a business because in way it is business because in a way it is then actually you would be then actually you would not be happy the results that you happy with the results that you would from nhs therefore would see from the nhs therefore it needs fundamental change. but unfortunately appears be unfortunately it appears to be a bit of political issue bit too much of political issue to actually do anything about that. i help but wonder a. that. i can't help but wonder a. couple totally couple of things. totally self—defeating. this. why self—defeating. all of this. why i about nhs the i wonder about the nhs and the people it. every people who work in it. every single at this time , every single year at this time, every single year at this time, every single year. the nhs is in crisis, the nhs is overflow people have got colds, people have got flu. now of course they've got a little bit of covid. every flipping and covid. well every flipping and these are overflowing . we've got these are overflowing. we've got a crisis with ambulances. so look, forgive me for not being

massively sympathetic about this particular because you particular crisis because you know what? i've got deja vu but the nhs staff , as know what? i've got deja vu but the nhs staff, as bad the idea that nhs staff, as bad as may be for some of them, as it may be for some of them, keep up and it's keep popping up and go, it's terrible. this is shocking. i'm quitting because going to have some of epic some kind of epic health catastrophe well, a catastrophe. well, hang on a minute. you doing anything minute. were you doing anything to it? i to entice people into it? i don't think particularly don't think it's particularly good karen says we good pr, is it? karen says we need gp's see patients . need get gp's to see patients. this would save us going to a&e and pick on issues before and pick up on issues before they become gp's need they become acute gp's also need to paid patient treated. to be paid patient treated. nope. i had registered that surgery. i don't claim surgery. well, i don't claim current to be bang across. exactly the minutia of the details of how gbs paid, whether or not it's paid patient or or not it's paid per patient or part the surgery, whatever it part of the surgery, whatever it actually is. so i'm not going to delve that, but what i will delve into that, but what i will talk you about that we talk to you about is that we need patients. i am sick need to see patients. i am sick and tired people. we had lisa and tired of people. we had lisa on on and it was on earlier on and it was a deeply emotional interview. i would urge everyone to go back and little look at that. and have a little look at that. lisa, her husband, sadly lisa, bless her husband, sadly passed. classic , passed. it's the old classic, wasn't misdiagnosed wasn't it? getting misdiagnosed off of a phone or

off one of these of a phone or off one of these of a phone or of a laptop and relentlessly. and turned the end, of and it turned out in the end, of course. got desperately course. and he got desperately and collapsed. he died. and he collapsed. he died. right. and we're hearing about poor or delays to poor care or delays to treatment. i would call it poor care, care, non care, care, known care, net non care, really. so catastrophic care delays to treatment costing around 500 people that lives every single week. that's an estimate. but that's just hundred people who die . what hundred people who die. what about the people who don't die, who don't get good enough care? what about the people who are the loved ones of those people who away, their lives are who passed away, their lives are probably never the same again ehhen probably never the same again either. it a catalogue of either. it is a catalogue of people, are shattered people, lives are shattered and a that starts with an a lot of that starts with an inability get a face to face inability to get a face to face gp's appointment. i'm sorry, but i don't think there's too much excuse it now these days. gp excuse for it now these days. gp is it? used to be an incredibly attractive career. we all know why. because of the money why. okay because of the money and of the fund, etc. and because of the fund, etc. and because of the fund, etc. and the ability to go private that can't all have changed so recently kind of gbviews@gbnews.uk up the first margaret in 2023 have arrived gb

news exclusively reveal what's on the back of a record number of migrants crossing the channel this year. what can the government stop becoming government to stop it becoming yet another record. yeah but before that it's the weather . before that it's the weather. looking ahead to this evening's weather and the uk is looking mostly dry and settled but with a few showers in the far northwest. here are the details it will be a fine start to the evening. across the southwest of england the wind will be light and skies will be mostly clear, allowing temperatures to dip fairly quickly . the south—east fairly quickly. the south—east of england will experience similar conditions with generally weather no more than a gentle and plenty of clear penods. gentle and plenty of clear periods . the gentle and plenty of clear periods. the odd gentle and plenty of clear periods . the odd patch of cloud periods. the odd patch of cloud is possible near to the south coast of wales , but it will be coast of wales, but it will be a dry early evening elsewhere with clear periods . a ridge of high clear periods. a ridge of high pressure will be toppling across the midlands from the west, helping to give light winds and a quiet early evening . it will a quiet early evening. it will be turning chilly, though, under the long cloud breaks chilly, too, for the north—east of england where skies will

generally be clear . a bit more generally be clear. a bit more breezes likely then further , but breezes likely then further, but temperatures will still begin to fall . one or two areas of fall away. one or two areas of low cloud will drift across southern scotland from the west, but it will stay dry with some clear spells. northern western scotland might catch a shower, the breeze will gradually start to pick up across northern ireland heading into the evening , although at this point it will be dry and there be some be dry and there will be some clear breaks it turn clear breaks. it will turn frosty this evening, especially in the east. however wet and windy conditions will reach areas from the west later and thatis areas from the west later and that is how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning here on gb news live will be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening across the country, finding out why it matters to you. we'll have the facts fast. our team of reporters and specialist correspondents, wherever happening we'll be wherever it's happening we'll be there in 12 noon on tv, radio and online. gb news the peoples channel. britain's news.

channel welcome back. wonderful people. now we're just two days into 2023. already dozens of migrants have been picked up trying to cross the english channel. that's despite border force now patrolling the french beaches. so good start could start the small boats just keep on coming now a record of people crossed the english channel in 2022. it was just shy of 46,000. it's the largest number ever in a year. this means that the number of migrants illegal crossing the channelin migrants illegal crossing the channel in small boats increased. and this is the stand out figure 150 fold over the last years. last month, rishi unveiled a series of measures aimed at kerbing the crossings and tackling the backlog of asylum claims. these include the largest nations to make it

unambiguously clear that if you enter illegally, you enter the uk illegally, you should able to remain should not be able to remain here. not able to is here. should not be able to is different to . isn't there. different to. isn't it there. but we've heard it all before from the former director of border force has news border force has told itv news that the government needs to get a yeah tony smith says the a grip. yeah tony smith says the government must introduce a detention fast track removal detention and fast track removal process people process to break the people smugglers model. but as smugglers business model. but as our security mark our home security mark wonderfully reports , authorities wonderfully reports, authorities are planning for the possibility that twice the number could arrive in the year ahead. just quickly. i want to know from you do you think will have more do you think we will have more of you at crossings the year of you at crossings in the year to gbv a gbnews.uk so to come. gbv is a gbnews.uk so exclusive pictures here of the first migrant arrivals of 2023 ticket out heading into dover harbour the border force vessel carrying dozens of mainly young men pulled from the first small boat of 2023. poor weather . the boat of 2023. poor weather. the channel prevented several small boats from making it into uk

waters as around 40 people were taken away for processing by border force officials. sources have told us they are prepared for another year of record high arrivals. it's prompted tony smith, the former general of border force , to call for a far border force, to call for a far tougher to dealing with the crisis . we've got to get in to crisis. we've got to get in to detain people when they arrive who are manifestly unfounded abusing the system, detaining them for a limited period, for short period. and there's no one wants to lock people up for months and months for it, but get all the legal barriers, all of those dealt with quickly under detained fast track under a detained fast track process, and start seeing if we'd before. we did it we'd done it before. we did it in uk i was there we in the uk when i was there we had to detain fast track process and we did significant removals and we did significant removals and that's best way of getting control of this. the most obvious candidates for fast track removal of the 13,000 albanians who arrive on small boats last year.

albanians who arrive on small boats last year . the uk boats last year. the uk government has agreed a new rapid return policy with the government in tirana but so far only a handful of albanian nationals who arrived across the channel have been sent back . channel have been sent back. another key in the government's plans to tackle the small boats crisis is the rwanda deal. although the high court has now ruled the plans to process asylum seekers in that country are lawful. with the possibility of further court , no flights so of further court, no flights so far taken off, bound for kigali, each taking 450 days for that to be decided on those claims, but decided within 28 days can seven of mp james daley , who sits on of mp james daley, who sits on the home affairs and justice committees, believes any obvious momentum in the year ahead . momentum in the year ahead. rishi sunak's government has the right plans in place to tackle the channel migrant crisis. this

is moment where we can do something about it. the question which people attridge is on is should we have done that three years ago? and as to where we are now, we this was coming. we knew these numbers were going. and it's acceptable. but i could only be a politician now stood in front of you who say , i want in front of you who say, i want to look forward. we've got the right ministers in place. right to ministers in place. we're deliver. in my we're going to deliver. in my view, with view, having had talks with various that's various ministers, and that's why think we're a good why i think we're in a good place moment, deal with place at the moment, deal with it. another one rishi sunak's it. another one of rishi sunak's plans the creation of plans will see the creation of a new home office led unit bringing together border force , bringing together border force, the military and the national crime agency to focus more effectively on tackling the channel migrant crisis . the channel migrant crisis. the establishment of . a dedicated establishment of. a dedicated small boats command will see the arrival of hundreds more here in dover. arrival of hundreds more here in dover . but will it arrival of hundreds more here in dover. but will it lead to a reduction in crossings? well, critics suggest all it'll really do is ensure that small boats intercepted and migrants are

processed more efficiently . and processed more efficiently. and for the year ahead , the for the year ahead, the authorities are already quietly planning for up to double number of last year's arrivals . for of last year's arrivals. for rishi sunak's , it's never been rishi sunak's, it's never been more important that the various pieces his plan to tackle this come together . a record number come together. a record number of crossings this year would be politically catastrophic . mark politically catastrophic. mark white gb news on kent . coast not white gb news on kent. coast not why they're right. well, joining me now, henry bolton, international security and control expert. henry, thank you very very much. got to ask very very much. i've got to ask you straight out, the traps. you think will be more channel think there will be more channel crossings this year than there were year? i'd say that were last year? oh, i'd say that going be at least as many. going to be at least as many. most probably more. yes. and the reason i say most probably more is because seeing an is because we're seeing an increase in the number of migrants that are preparing to cross the mediterranean and come in southeastern europe. so

in from southeastern europe. so you know, a proportion of those are going to be heading our way. yes. so the pressure is going to build. absolutely patrick. yes. okay. alright and again, this is despite your view, despite the fact that we've now border force officers on french beaches, british boots on french beaches, as you were. we've got people supposedly in some kind of task force who might have offshore processing with a cruise ship off the coast , processing with a cruise ship off the coast, might have people go into rwanda despite of that. you think we're going to have more, which implies to me that we need to cut the head of the snake go after people snake and go after people smuggling we need smuggling gangs. do we? we need to these people to hunt down these people smuggling gangs across along the entire route, not just on the french coast, not just our border. we need to interdict at every conceivable an opportunist point along all of those routes . that's a big effort. we have the planning capability to do it . but the home office doesn't want to know . tony smith so you want to know. tony smith so you referred to earlier former dg of border force . he and i have been

border force. he and i have been discussing this absolutely. he's 100% right. we to reinstate the detention and the returns in practise but we had years ago the governments and successive governments . in fact, tony blair governments. in fact, tony blair started the process , dismantled started the process, dismantled what we had in place both the upstream disruption and the actual returns, detention and returns processing that we had at the time . we need to bring at the time. we need to bring those back and patrick, tony smith is a unique man in that he he came all the way through the ranks of the immigration service from bottom all the way to very top to become general. i've helped 14 different countries at cabinet level out these sort of problems. it's time the home office started listening . and if office started listening. and if they do not know how to do it suella braverman or refuse , suella braverman or refuse, doesn't know how to do it. tony and i are standing by and we keep telling them this. we will come in. they have to listen or they don't have to agree. they

don't have to follow our advice. but there are two. there are two people that who know how to do it. we've before. they it. we've done it before. they have if they want have not. if they want to succeed on it's a matter succeed on this, it's a matter of will, determination and knowledge. they don't the will. they don't have the determination. they certainly don't seem to have the knowledge . i mean, do you obviously . okay i mean, do you obviously have put forward your case for this now? and it is a combination of different and one of the main ones there is increasing detention. therefore, deportation as well. do you think the office has gone woke? not necessarily at all. but the people behind . and that's why people behind. and that's why we're not getting to grips with this. there no, i think that's that's largely the case . i that's largely the case. i think, patrick, it's very i'm very sad to say. i think they do not believe that this is the right thing to do. but, you know , ask them this question . you , ask them this question. you know, when we've got the world's popular nation plus of 8 billion now we've got the popular sin of africa increasing. okay do they really expect us have open

borders? you not even the european union is doing . they're european union is doing. they're accepting about 2% of applications from albanians. we're accepting what we accept in terms of accepting the applications . just about 100% of applications. just about 100% of them, we're accepting close to 60% in terms granting them. this is a this a country that nobody nobody accepts asylum applications from. it's madness . but i think you're right, patrick. we've got a civil service now. home which, quite frankly does not get in on our team. patrick. they're not our team. patrick. they're not our team. they want open borders, but their job is to manage , but their job is to manage, secure our borders according to what politicians demand of them not to do their own thing . i'm not to do their own thing. i'm going to leave you that, harry. thank you very so. as have how many boats is also security and border control expert have had conversation with a couple of him obviously this side is actually period i've actually the festive period i've been absolutely terrified by what appears priorities are what it appears priorities are

there appears to be a lot of woke stuff a lot of the gender ideology, lot closed ideology, not a lot closed borders. so you would me patrick christys on gb news after break is death of high street is the death of the high street a thing? almost 50 shops a real thing? almost 50 shops closed every lack of grief closed down every lack of grief due to cost of living, impacts of lockdown and soaring inflation rates. so what will the high street look like in 2023? what is your street like country used to go back to as it got worse, but first it's like . got worse, but first it's like. seven good afternoon. it's 434. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the channel migrants of the new year have arrived to dover harbour . of the new year have arrived to dover harbour. gb news can reveal the dozens mainly young men were picked up from a small boat around nine miles off the coast . it's understood there coast. it's understood there were more than 40 people on board. the inflatable have comes as uk and french authorities patrolling beaches together for the first time in a bid to stop

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welcome back, everybody. now the high street once was a thriving , prosperous district in your local area . what does it look local area. what does it look like now, though? because almost shops closed down every single last year as retailers struggle with soaring energy costs, critical inflation rates and onune critical inflation rates and online shopping figure is almost 50% higher than 2021. and marks the highest number of closures

in the last five years. all gb news. yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley in hull for us now. i don't know what you got . good afternoon, patrick. got. good afternoon, patrick. well, it's not so much of a happy year for the high street, is it, with those figures ? the is it, with those figures? the centre for retail has found that 17,145 shops closed england in 2020 to that impacted thousand. sorry 100,000. more than 100,000 retail jobs. and this was an increase of 45,000 from last yeah increase of 45,000 from last year. and here in hull, it's the most empty shops in britain . and most empty shops in britain. and that was a survey by property inspectors. they found that has 26 empty shops per a hundred thousand people compared to the average of six. and i'm here on right forget it was once a bustling part of hole in the old town. but now on this like you can see the shopping find me the closed half shops on the street

are shot and i went out speaking to shoppers about what they have to shoppers about what they have to say my wife has a cafe on the in the arcade just around the corner and she's been there for 30 years and the rents have tripled, quadruple rupaul and. i got no help with anybody they get no help with parking or anything else. i'm actually old fashioned. i prefer to go to shop and actually see a products buy. whereas my son he'll do a line of drops did pick up again in december . line of drops did pick up again in december. but then what's it going to be like in january? i mean, i've just walked through there's lots not just like forget all over town. so it's like, wow , staying now nice. the like, wow, staying now nice. the good people of whole that i love thank you very, very much. thank you for bringing us that. i'm standing outside the high standing outside in the high street, well. i'm street, the cold as well. i'm delighted our yorkshire and delighted that our yorkshire and humber joining on humber reports joining me now on this isn't quite as death this quite isn't quite as death of the high street stuff anyway it's finance and

it's personal finance expert and founder magpie founder of money magpie .com it's birtles jasmine it's jasmine birtles jasmine thank concerned the high thank you i'm concerned the high streets just going to end up like big clown towns, to like big clown towns, going to have of shops on have the same row of shops on every single street. you're going to have your greggs your own you live in own business. if you live in a posh part, a waitrose. posh part, you have a waitrose. if everybody just i know if not everybody just i know lidl or something, it's all going to look the same every single it's been single town. but then it's been like a while. let's be like that for a while. let's be honest. know, could go into honest. know, you could go into pretty any town britain pretty much any town in britain and known the kind of and you would known the kind of shops you would see. it's just that now see about half of. and what bothers frankly is the what bothers me, frankly is the posh . so for example posh areas. so for example central london is really sad if you go to oxford street , half you go to oxford street, half the shops are empty . they've got the shops are empty. they've got those sort of, you know, really tacky touristy shops, which is kind of the same as being at my view. you go to knightsbridge even, you know , these, but that even, you know, these, but that i think is a sign of a really worrying sign . okay. but is worrying sign. okay. but is there any incidence now for people to open up these little i

mean, the only boutiques i can imagine have opened recently is it kind of footballers, wives, jobs that you see popping up around golden triangle in around the golden triangle in cheshire i mean, what's cheshire area. i mean, what's incentive for people at the moment? business rates are going up. you know, rent up. you've got, you know, rent up. you've got, you know, rent up. is there any point taking a punt on your own business? well, very as say and as very little. and as say and as one of the interview said , the one of the interview said, the rents have absolutely skyrocketed . business rates are skyrocketed. business rates are a nightmare. and also parking . i a nightmare. and also parking. i mean, i know one or two people who are running own shops and parking is a big thing as well. it's their business. right. clearly and, you know, government after government is not dealing with the business rates issue. and then you've got local , local councils rates issue. and then you've got local, local councils making it very difficult for people with cars. so there's very little time possibility. and what i think is really worrying. and we've seen this particularly the last three years is essential . a last three years is essential. a shift of money from small. i wouldn't necessarily poor people

but small struggling small businesses lower middle class if like middle class it's the middle and the working money being taken for them and being given to big corporations. amazon's doing phenomenally well in this. you know. thank you very much. i it really i find it really really upsetting actually that likes of your market is better i'm not knocking suppose if i think about when i'm let's so actually we're not knocking marks and spencers but yeah they're they're everywhere and they're they're everywhere and they well because they can up they do well because they can up these properties as well these bigger properties as well , rent those bigger properties on high street. but there on the high street. but there appears to to be still lack appears to me to be a still lack of imagination both big of imagination from both big government government, government and local government, which we which the. well, okay, we apparently have to turn everywhere into crippling way everywhere into a crippling way system absolutely no charge system and absolutely no charge people to high heaven. if you want to park for an hour as a traffic warden on every single corner, we are about unemployment is definitely no unemployment is definitely no unemployment traffic unemployment with traffic wardens amount of wardens. is it the amount of tickets collecting tickets i'm collecting them pokemon minute

pokemon cards the minute shopping just to stop even a red light waves won't just slap a ticket. my car. and then you got that. and then also they go, all right, well, this building's empty. let's housing. empty. now let's put housing. and all for town and it now i'm all for town centre housing, it's a centre housing, but it's not a town if it's just houses now is it just seems like there's no imagination up and it is problem. i think long term for property and the general wealth of that area for example i went to bournemouth a few months ago with a couple of friends of mine who are property developers and there's a lot about bournemouth. it's great you're on the sea, there's lovely and there's some lovely houses and everything , but we went into the everything, but we went into the town centre and it's just completely hollowed out, barely anything, barely any shops, a few restaurants. it's really sad , literally sad. it makes you to look at it to and wander around it. now i think that's partly there's probably some out of town , big shed. you know, again town, big shed. you know, again that's a real problem. i think these these big out of town places which hollows out the

main towns. so it meant they thought nah not going to bother not going to buy here no go somewhere else. and this is going to be all around the country going well, it's nice but you know, where do you go if you have your and where are they ? are the shops where are the nice shops? nice to go? and they're not they're i think, jasmine, it points to a wider issue, which is the fundamental death of community we've seen it especially areas now especially in rural areas now second i'm second home ownership. i'm not knocking wants to knocking anyone who wants to have home, by the way. have a second home, by the way. i way the mark. but i i'm way off the mark. but goodness gracious me, the second i can afford to, i was somewhere in lake district. be in the lake district. i'll be bangla. know you've seen bangla. but you know you've seen the of now because the death of it now because people out so the locals people out there so the locals shops it's it's nice shops go and it's just it's nice to have the opportunity go out to have the opportunity go out to a local shop to know the person the shop. i don't just me. just lost best of me. maybe we just lost best of britain it feels like it britain it well it feels like it i do agree. i mean i think we lost things like, you know, the local church, the local church used to be the heart things plus of course, the pub . so you go to

of course, the pub. so you go to the church, then you go to the pub pubs are having a problem church again. talk about hollowing out know there is a big problem there and then that tells you, i mean, this sounds like conspiracy . it feels like like conspiracy. it feels like there's been an attack on the family the concept, the whole business. yeah, it doesn't feel like it absolutely has . the like it absolutely has. the death of the nuclear family will lead to more problems in this country that, arguably. anything else? mark my words, that's not exaggeration, does. exaggeration, because it does. i'm sorry. and if people aren't a labour mp on the other day who told? me? you genuinely look me in the eye and told me that the idea of fatherless homes was not a bad thing. okay. a particularly bad thing. okay. right. it's preferable is it right. so it's preferable is it to a single knock to have a single back knock knocking single knocking people who are single parent like that. parent or anything like that. i'm it's obviously i'm just saying it's obviously preferable you got paris. preferable if you got to paris. i'm just not to have to go. sorry about this. jasmine birtles magpie become birtles of money magpie become the expert . the personal finance expert. yes, debt of the high street yes, the debt of the high street people. to people. i think, points to a much issue . is the much wider issue. is the death of community step a lot a very british thing? i think it's very

british. to drive down british. is it to drive down into a rural area and you just see you an amateur and a greggs and whatever problem we want a bit anyway bit of independent shops anyway but would be getting in but who would be getting in touch your thoughts. the touch with your thoughts. the warnings crossings warnings that migrant crossings could this year john says could double this year john says the law is the problem they want 46,000 individual court cases just on if they should stay or go. what's the check. well, i suppose a lot, john. do you get your overarching point that john but i think the issue is it's 46,000 individuals isn't it. neil says unless leaves the genre it illegal to enter genre makes it illegal to enter britain channel yeah britain across the channel yeah you phone we will you have phone then we will continue to see increased numbers crossing the channel we should 100% clear. should make it 100% clear. anyone the channel will anyone crossing the channel will not allowed to stay not be allowed to stay regardless of circumstances. one more one, jean says the more quick one, jean says the worst part is that are worst part is that we are actually facilitating these crossings by making the our ally and border force service and border force a taxi service that's is a national scandal. and border force a taxi service that's is a national scandal . a that's is a national scandal. a lot to this national scandal, not least the amount of money that having to pay every single

day. i am sick and tired of reporting about how overstretched we are. by the way , not even allowed to say that legal immigration is a bit too high in this country at the moment. a hearing the nhs, a pubuc moment. a hearing the nhs, a public services, everything left front is under too front and centre is under too much all this stuff much housing. all of this stuff . allowed to link . no one is allowed to link that. how people that we that. say, how people that we allow into this country, every single because apparently single year because apparently that's fact that's wrong. despite the fact that's wrong. despite the fact that literally that that is literally driving a lot of crises that we face lot of the crises that we face ourselves anyway. ourselves with not now anyway. tomorrow should be the first day. back to work the day. back to work after the christmas will christmas break, but many will opt at home as once opt to work at home as once again the rail network brought to a standstill by strikes of the union network. rail and the rmt union network. rail and 14 train operators will stage 248 hour walkout from tuesday and friday, while train drivers in aslef the union that will strike on thursday so the town of barnstable in north devon is expected to be cut entirely by this strike. good grief , expected to be cut entirely by this strike. good grief, bad day for barnstable . south west for barnstable. south west reporter geoff moody is that geoff i'm concerned that you won't be able to leave . i'm

won't be able to leave. i'm alright because i've got my car and actually to be honest barnstable is a pretty is a four by four place so not a lot of people use the train but there is going to be no service here at all and over whole of the country were affected is the you know we're all back to work tomorrow but if you're going by train to 48 hour strikes one tomorrow and one on friday there from the rmt but right in the middle of that slap bang in the middle of that slap bang in the middle is a strike by the train drivers union. that's on thursday. so no of getting a train really throughout this week there will be a 20% service, we're told in running from 730 in the morning till 30 in the evening. but that's only in the evening. but that's only in places. a lot of people been speaking to today have been saying , you know what, i'm going saying, you know what, i'm going to stay home for another, i'm going to extend my christmas break, which great, but it's break, which is great, but it's not going to help industry very much, is it? it's not going to help the economy we're all help the economy if we're all just at home because we

just sat at home because we can't to work well, what are the major in this dispute saying today? well, the rail delivery group says no one wants to see the strikes ahead and we can only apologise passengers. great aslef. they've reached the comment they've said we don't want to go on strike. but the company have pushed us into this place . mick lynch has said he place. mick lynch has said he really wants to talk. he really wants to arrange a deal, but he needs to get a deal on the table. the government need to come up with an offer for him to then put to his members and until do that, he says, there's nothing and finally, nothing he can do. and finally, we're also told from the department for transport , department for transport, they're saying passengers have rightly had enough of rail strikes and want the disruption to end . well, speaking to people to end. well, speaking to people here , there's still a broad here, there's still a broad support for the rmt, but there is sense that that support is starting wane and people really do the disruption to end . jeff, do the disruption to end. jeff, thank you very, very much. jeff

moody , who's been reporting from moody, who's been reporting from barnstable is our southwest reporter. right. well, let's go to my next guest who's on this very topic now is political commentator susan evans. susan, thank very much. i'm just thank you very much. i'm just going to read you a couple of bits and bobs i've got here in front me. we're hearing about front of me. we're hearing about a cycle of train a never ending cycle of train strikes. did with some strikes. i did read with some interest that interest over the weekend that now some of the unions are concerned basically that members are the are going to go skint and the unions might go skint and therefore they want some of therefore they want some kind of general strike try to have general strike to try to have one hammer, blow the rails one big hammer, blow the rails cost economy the hospitality cost our economy the hospitality sector half sector alone. one and a half billion december alone, billion pounds december alone, which think is kind of like which i think is kind of like economic really. and then i read this headline train staff pocketed this headline train staff pockete d £154 million in bonuses pocketed £154 million in bonuses in a decade on top of generous salaries when all 27,000 of network rail signal and truck maintenance staff were introduced, some of whom will be striking. by the way, introduced, some of whom will be striking. by the way , £207 striking. by the way, £207 million was paid out. it's obviously remarkable. this, isn't it? should they be banned

from striking? i think what we have here is the problem that a lot of the media doesn't report. those kind of figures, patrick, that just out. so that you've just read out. so people, the public not people, the general public not aware this. they're not aware aware of this. they're not aware of of of the huge amounts of subsidies. for instance that went railway system went into the railway system dunng went into the railway system during covid lockdowns , a 42 during covid lockdowns, a 42 billion taxpayer is a shelled out now where even in normal times looking to be shelling out 11 billion in the 2223 year. so massive of public money goes into the railways and i don't quite know whether unions think additional money is going to be coming from. and think it does tie in to public sympathy. how much more is the public going to put up with this for to be honest, particularly those working class people that haven't got to cars and haven't got access to cars and who the most affected by who are the most affected by these strikes are not going these strikes and are not going to saying anything, the kind to be saying anything, the kind of rises that the rail of pay rises that the rail workers are demanding . and then workers are demanding. and then you talk about the hospitality industry. yeah, i think uk hospitality is saying they think that sector is going to lose 200

million just this week because of the five days of strikes that are going on. it's bad for workers. it's bad for the economy. it's bad for britain . economy. it's bad for britain. and i want to seize on when it comes down to this question, when you see the numbers involved that we're in, a cost of living crisis, everyone's at the we're through the minute we're paying through the minute we're paying through the channel? the nose. what's on the channel? we have an open cheque we seem to have an open cheque book goodness. book for ukraine for goodness. i wonder whether or not when it comes to banning strikes, something morally opposed to normally circumstances. normally normal circumstances. i think strike think people's right to strike is important if was is important. but if it was phrased as a different question, which is should people have the right cost economy of right to cost our economy of pounds day? i the public pounds a day? i the public sympathy for these striking would diminish quite rapidly . would diminish quite rapidly. yeah, i think you're probably right. and i there's also a point where the rail workers need to think how self—defeating it going to be for me to carry on not going to work. it going to be for me to carry on not going to work . you know, on not going to work. you know, already seeing an increase already we're seeing an increase in from home. we've had in work from home. we've had that the pandemic people that during the pandemic people are from home. are still working from home. it's people away from

it's driving people away from the railways and you know , i the railways and you know, i think it's self—defeating know that rishi sunak is looking at banning strikes or at putting severe restrictions on, strikes in essential public . and this is in essential public. and this is only going to fuel that impetus in parliament. i mean, we're heanng in parliament. i mean, we're hearing now that potentially going to bring in legislation month . all right. going to bring in legislation month . all right . look, thank month. all right. look, thank you very much, suzanne . starting you very much, suzanne. starting to think i've just got time for one more very quickly. sorry. just very, very quickly, what would your message be to aslef? because i understand it, they're more control of the train more in control of the train drivers also as i understand drivers and also as i understand it, can on around 60 odd it, they can be on around 60 odd grand a year. and the rest. do you that should be you think that they should be striking? no, i don't think they should be. and i think i said it's also self—defeating, particularly for them, because one of the other things, of course, that the networks course, that the rail networks want do bringing an want to do is bringing an increase trains or driver increase in trains or driver only effectively more only trains effectively more work them . so i think the work for them. so i think the longer they this , actually,

longer they push this, actually, the more likely they are to themselves job. yeah themselves out of a job. yeah and just very quickly, actually, sorry, just very, sorry, this is i'm just very, very quickly, you think very quickly, do you think the government's it government's just wait it out because reports because we are hearing reports actually realistically, these actually realistically, if these people because people going on strike because they in the middle they are sitting in the middle of a cost of living crisis with respect, they're not going to have to stay on have that much money to stay on strike, they? i don't think strike, are they? i don't think i government's got i doing the government's got any choice. drawn a line in the choice. it's drawn a line in the sand. we have a stalemate. we've had the department transport had the department of transport today statement saying today issuing a statement saying that it, it's going that we can't do it, it's going to going to fuel to increase, it's going to fuel inflation to cost inflation and going to cost taxpayers extra pounds each. taxpayers an extra pounds each. if we give in to their demands. if we give in to their demands. i think the government laid a line in the sand and i don't think going to be prepared think it's going to be prepared to step opposite down. thank you very fiscal commentator, very much. fiscal commentator, the that the susan evans. that interesting of all of this interesting point of all of this for or to your for everybody at home or to your radio, in touch tv, visit gb radio, get in touch tv, visit gb news or you might be in news uk or you might be in favour of strikes, you might be in of workers in, all in favour of the workers in, all of stuff. are you favour of that stuff. are you in favour of that stuff. are you in favour of anyone being allowed to cost our even just one sector of our economy billions of pounds a

economy billions of pounds in a month? favour of month? are you in favour of because me it all seems a because to me it all seems a little bit, the fact that little bit, given the fact that we're supposed in this we're all supposed to be in this together, i'm not sure that's on the the workers is. it the side of the workers is. it everyone the hospitality sector suffered. hear me, patrick christys. coming christys. plenty more coming up very, shortly, including very, very shortly, including the the harry and meghan the latest, the harry and meghan scandal, off looking scandal, the gloves off looking ahead to this evening's and the uk is looking dry and settled but with a few showers in the far northwest. here are the details . it will be a fine start details. it will be a fine start to the across the south—west of england . the wind will be light england. the wind will be light and the skies will be mostly clear, allowing temperatures to dip fairly quickly. the east of england will experience similar conditions with generally dry weather no more than a gentle breeze and. plenty of clear penods. breeze and. plenty of clear periods . the breeze and. plenty of clear periods. the odd breeze and. plenty of clear periods . the odd patch of cloud periods. the odd patch of cloud is possible near to the south coast of wales , but it will be coast of wales, but it will be a dry early evening with clear penods. dry early evening with clear periods . a ridge of high periods. a ridge of high pressure be toppling across the midlands from the helping to give light winds and a quiet early evening . it will be early evening. it will be

turning chilly though under the long cloud breaks chilly too for the north—east england where skies will generally be clear a bit more breeze is likely. then further , but temperatures will further, but temperatures will still begin fall away one or two areas of low cloud will drift across southern scotland , the across southern scotland, the west, but it will stay dry with some clear spells. northern western scotland might catch a shower the breeze will gradually start to pick up across northern ireland heading into the evening although at this point it will be dry and there will be some clear breaks . it will turn clear breaks. it will turn frosty this especially in the east. however and windy conditions will reach many areas from the west later . and that conditions will reach many areas from the west later. and that is how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning morning here on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture finding out what's across the country and finding why it matters to you. we'll have the facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents . it's happening. correspondents. it's happening. we'll be there 12 noon on tv, radio and online. gb news

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welcome back, everybody is patrick christys on gb news and it's o'clock. lots coming up in today's programme. the first migrants of 2023 have crossed the channel. will this be another record breaking year. always so despite all of this that we hearing from this government and will you be reading harry's book spare. i'm not sure it'll make cracking firewood is a nice draw it he started his publicity with two bombshell interviews. but is there anything new in what he has to say but all of that coming way. also big deep coming your way. also a big deep dive the broken nhs. want

dive into the broken nhs. i want to hear from you vaiews@gbnews.uk. i want you to tell or not you think tell me whether or not you think there'll be more or fewer channel this coming year gbviews@gbnews.uk. now as gbviews@gbnews.uk. but now as you had eyes . thank you, you had eyes. thank you, patrick. afternoon. it's one minute past . patrick. afternoon. it's one minute past. i'm rhiannon jones in the gp newsroom. the first channel migrants of the new year have arrived at dover harbour . have arrived at dover harbour. gb news can reveal that dozens of mainly young men were picked from a small boat around nine miles off the coast. it's understood there were more than 40 people on board the inflatable boat. it comes as uk and french authorities start patrolling beaches for the very first time in a bid to stop migrants from making the treacherous crossing . three treacherous crossing. three people have died at the scene . a people have died at the scene. a fire that broke out at a hotel in perth police scotland's 11 people have been treated for minor injuries emergency

services were called to the new county hotel in county place at around five this morning. scottish fire and rescue says nine fire engines and up to 60 firefighters were at the scene . firefighters were at the scene. health bosses are calling for the government to declare a major within the nhs . mounting major within the nhs. mounting pressure on the service . the pressure on the service. the society for acute called the current situation . the current situation. the government says it recognise . government says it recognise. this is the pressure faced by the nhs. but the royal college of emergency medicine claims as many as 500 people could be dying each week because of delays to critical care. lisa king told gb news her husband would have survived if he'd been treated time. 500 people a week in nhs hospitals because they were denied the treatment and appointments that they needed. what my died from is a vet very treatable. he did not to die. he

should never have died. and every one of those 500 a week that are dying, every one of those 500 a week that are dying , there is that are dying, there is a family behind them. there is a husband , a wife, a partner, husband, a wife, a partner, a son, daughter. meanwhile people are resorting to diy medicine when they can't see a gp face to face. a recent survey commissioned by the lib dems shows that more than one in four adults hasn't been able to get an person appointments in the past 12 months. 16% of those who can't see doctor have resorted to home remedies. can't see doctor have resorted to home remedies . ask someone to home remedies. ask someone who isn't to help them. the department for health and social care says recognises the pressure is under and is working to increase access for patient use . actor jeremy renner is use. actor jeremy renner is treated for serious injuries after a snow ploughing accident . a publicist for the 51 year old says he's in a critical

condition but considered stable . details of the accident are still unclear . the two time still unclear. the two time oscar nominee is , best known for oscar nominee is, best known for his performances in the hurt locker, the town for and hawkeye in the marvel , thousands of in the marvel, thousands of mourners are gathering to pay their respects to football legend pele , who's lying in legend pele, who's lying in state at the grounds of former club santos . fans started club santos. fans started gathering for the public last night at the latest in sao paulo. the three time world cup winner died thursday at the age of 82. he'd been undergoing treatment for colon cancer. tomorrow, they'll be a procession through the streets of santos , followed by a private of santos, followed by a private family . prince harry says , he family. prince harry says, he wants his father and brother back.in wants his father and brother back in an wants his father and brother back. in an interview to be televised just days before his memoirs released. itv says , the memoirs released. itv says, the duke of sussex, goes into depth and about his life, both and

outside the royal family a preview clip shows the prince it never needed to be this way . and never needed to be this way. and former tennis star martina navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. the former world number one previously underwent treatment for early stage breast cancer back in 2010. the 66 year old says the new diagnosed dcis is a double whammy and serious, but still fixable . this is gb news still fixable. this is gb news bnng still fixable. this is gb news bring you more as it happens now though, back to . though, back to. patrick welcome back , everybody. patrick welcome back, everybody. patrick christys here on news notes. action packed at the top of this . okay, we are squeezing in and a nhs and the latest from the people smuggling gangs and what's going on in the including

a french voice because actually we have british boots on the we have got british boots on the ground the beaches of ground this on the beaches of calais. so departments across calais. so i departments across the are in complete the country are in complete state of crisis . it's that time state of crisis. it's that time of year again jesuit so of year again let's jesuit so the of emergency medicine the head of emergency medicine rising of flu and yep rising cases of both flu and yep you it covid making the situation a number of hospitals have declared critical incidents meaning they cannot function usual extraordinary usual due to extraordinary pressure . so all this is pressure. so all of this is coming . reports that 500 people coming. reports that 500 people a week are dying to delays in emergency care to lend us his expertise on this topic is oncologist and favourite sarah gb news, dr. carl sikora. dr. carl why on earth are reportedly 500 people a week dying as a result of not getting good enough carried ? nhs was going enough carried? nhs was going out. sir patrick there's no the excess deaths probably around 500. the exact cause is . not 500. the exact cause is. not clear whether it's clogging in the emergency room, whether not being able to get an ambulance whether more likely it's huge. a whole load of things that the

you know causing nhs to go into freefall at the it is you know i've been a consultant 5040 years now i've been qualified 50 years now i've been qualified 50 years and there's doubt i've never seen it quite so things have to be done . you know, i have to be done. you know, i read in the papers about the government should declare an emergency . what's that going to emergency. what's that going to do to everyone can declare what they like to do something, not declare it. dr. curry, you've hit the nail on the head. there's two big things. i'm sick and. tired of hearing more money. okay and let's just do a climate emergency. well, the money doesn't appear to go anywhere. bottomless pit. it's anywhere. a bottomless pit. it's been 39% increase in real terms in funding since 2010. we've got absolutely to show for absolutely nothing to show for it, apart from apparently loads of excess deaths. and then when it to as well declaring it comes to as well declaring emergency i mean all right okay so emergency that's all so state of emergency that's all panic practical doctor panic i want practical doctor carol them to me please fix carol give them to me please fix the . i can give you a ten the nhs. i can give you a ten point plan. the trouble is no would like it and that's the whole problem of the

politicians. they know anything that to touch nhs which has that do to touch nhs which has been frayed a whole generation of people and completely free, including that you say really don't have to be done within the nhs you should perhaps have to pay nhs you should perhaps have to pay for this is all free people abuseit pay for this is all free people abuse it and this the problem we've got now it needs complete radical rethink all solutions that come are unpopular whether it's charging for appointments, whether it's actually fining people for not pitching up when they cancel, cancelling an appointment whether it's calling for an ambulance when they're really not all ill abusing the system . it's all happening every system. it's all happening every day. more money as , you rightly day. more money as, you rightly say, would make no difference . say, would make no difference. there's about 200 billion every year going into our health. get it? put another 10 billion. it sounds great. political vote winner. but what are you going to do with it? just the broken system to change it. if it just quietly don't do carol all in a

situation all our nhs is so bad that people who could afford to have a duty go private they are and they're doing it because they can't get in the system. i mean, there are three drivers for the whole thing and it's in the world ageing population your health care costs about five times less than someone my age so you can see you get older, you become more health, more older patients . we've got older patients. we've got problems. the second problem we've got that the technology is fantastic it gets expensive though it's my business cancer, you know the cost of treating a cancer has gone from about £15,000 for a way back 20 is ago to abou t £50,000. so that's to about £50,000. so that's another demand. and then of course consume , tourism. people course consume, tourism. people use things they go on to google, they see things want and they use it. and that's another problem . yeah, it does look . problem. yeah, it does look. thank you very, very much. sorry. it's short and sweet. our

viewers and listeners will find out why in second, because we've got a rip through remainder of this oncologist dr. carlos this show. oncologist dr. carlos desperately our desperately trying to fix our beloved nhs that go right . beloved nhs that we go right. okay. i think a lot of people be disappointed though realistically right now what you be do is pay your be expected to do is pay your taxes until the day you die and you to pay into service . you have to pay into a service. frankly will serve you in frankly will not serve you in your need. moving your hour need. but we're moving on. are moving because on. people are moving because we're into 2023 already. we're hardly into 2023 already. gb can exclude silly reveal gb news can exclude silly reveal that dozens of migrants have been picked up attempting to cross english channel. 2022 cross the english channel. 2022 was record breaking for was a record breaking for migrant almost 46,000 migrant crossings almost 46,000 people made it in 2022. this means the number of migrants illegally crossing . the channel illegally crossing. the channel is small but has increased . what is small but has increased. what a figure this is. people hundred and 50 fold over the last four years. british border force officers are now patrolling french beaches for the first time. that's right. but will it change anything. we thought let's go straight to the source and we only and pulled it off because with us now is a french

journalist and. anne—elisabeth moutet, thank you very , very moutet, thank you very, very much. and may i just say very, very as well. very glamorous as well. fantastic have to say tells me about whether not it's going to make a difference having british boots on french beaches. firstly, how did the french about it ? the french don't mind about it? the french don't mind . i don't think it's created any kind of sort of strange reaction to honest. there's a disconnect between whatever policies are taken in france and the majority of the french who do not like the sort of in control migrations into france. i think last we had something like 180,000 migrants without papers, without visas allowed into the country . and if you think that's country. and if you think that's popular, i should say two thirds of the country aren't happy with it. no polls to so to some extent they understand the presence of british police doesn't bother people so much . doesn't bother people so much. you know that i control to go into britain any way you have

border control forces already so that if you take say the train a job to britain you pass both french and british passport . and french and british passport. and that way when you get there, there isn't a flag up when you leave the train. and that's something that's been completely the situation in calais . one the situation in calais. one thing that you hear from the french, from to time is to say, look, why did the british make things attract to migrants in things so attract to migrants in terms benefits and help and terms of benefits and help and legal provisions that make britain attractive ? that's britain attractive? that's fascinating. talk to me about that then. so even french border force officers are perplexed as to why britain makes itself so attractive for people coming across channel i speak for the policemen, although i've spoken to some policemen about the general and what they do say is that not only all those poor people sort of brought there by people sort of brought there by people traffickers and then go

there, but then they are being held by ngos who are called the new border and who have a political agenda. if you speak off the record to cops who do not want to not show neutrality , they are deeply bitter about . , they are deeply bitter about. the fact that the ngos, whether as boat in the boats in the mediterranean picking those dinghies or whether it in places like calais , there is there is like calais, there is there is a help is basically a driven by an ideology that says that there should not be any borders between between countries but the police themselves and the french in general say why is it so attractive and you've got to take a few things into account for if these people come from countries they speak english. it makes perfect sense that they stay in france and sometimes and often the relatives and people , often the relatives and people, the communities already in britain and they know that they will find something. the second thing is something that is awful more than yours, which is that the unemployment britain is the unemployment in britain is half what it is in france. and

so they know they will find so they know that they will find jobs so the fact that in britain people are not to carry papers on them , but other , you know, on them, but other, you know, having taken all this into account some of the things we realise that unemployment is , realise that unemployment is, the rest is . housing help the rest is. housing help saying. well they say well you know we understand why they go we don't like it know and i'm very glad hear you say that because it's about time someone came out and just said i have beeni came out and just said i have been ican came out and just said i have been i can understand the french essentially not necessarily don't feel as though they control of exactly the amount of people who are coming into their country. i can also understand why they might feel as though they're in control of they're more in control of people leaving their country, he crossing the channel, and i.e. crossing the channel, and why cases are quite i.e. crossing the channel, and why to cases are quite i.e. crossing the channel, and why to waveases are quite i.e. crossing the channel, and why to wave thanare quite i.e. crossing the channel, and why to wave than through. and happy to wave than through. and i fascinating to find i think it's fascinating to find out mouth out straight the horse's mouth for better phrase and for want of a better phrase and course that actually they're not surprising ngos are surprising to see the ngos are making so delightful for them making it so delightful for them impressive rolling the impressive is rolling out the red i'm going to have red carpet and i'm going to have

leave thank you leave it there but thank you very much french anne—elisabeth moutet saying we moutet de just saying what we were all thinking and i'm joined now former brexit party mep now by former brexit party mep habib immigration lawyer. habib on uk immigration lawyer. hello much hello bongo. thank very much ben. it there , the, ben. you heard it there, the, even french. now got even the french. now we've got british on french beaches. even the are scratching has the french are scratching has going why do british going why why do the british make for these make so attractive for these illegal ? you know, illegal immigrants? you know, she about obviously, you she didn't about obviously, you know the benefits that they get in terms of health re dentistry, cash in their pocket four star hotels and the rest of it and the other thing she didn't touch on is our entire approach . on is our entire approach. border control is delivered through the prism of deterrence , through deportation . and of , through deportation. and of course, to deport someone, you effectively have to let them in the first place, a deportation as our policy responses , as our policy responses, response to failure in the first place and you know, you look at the deal that we've got with the french, which puts up british boots on on their shores and another 100 french coastguard

another 100 french coastguard another 100 french policemen. so they increased the police force from 250 to 350 in return for which given them 63 billion quid, which is an increase of £13 billion from last year, but that's not where the problem is. the problem is these dinghies trying to get into british territorial waters . the deal we territorial waters. the deal we needed to do with the french, if we're going to give them such an extraordinary amount of money, was allow border force, was to allow border force, british navy , rnli, who seem british navy, rnli, who seem intent to get involved in this. they're actually pick up the migrants and deliver them back french ports. if the french in good faith, why will they not let british boats take french. well, they don't want the migrants back, but they don't they don't want to do they better. and i think that's exactly what you say. right. i'm in agreement with. you but realistically, if you realistically, i mean, if you were was french, i have to were if i was french, i have to try to put in that in their shoes. i might not be in control of you. well, who's coming in? who's my country? who's coming into my country? but control of his but i am in control of his leaving he does the leaving and he does the deal

about him. i thought that by but partly i thought for second partly i thought for a second i was to go over to ireland. was going to go over to ireland. john, you very much. john, thank you very much. i'm just to your take just going to get your take quickly and then elaborate quickly up and then elaborate however you think however you want. do you think we're more or fewer we're going to see more or fewer channel crossings in this coming year? i'm why there's plenty of talk this talk talk of patrick this and we talk often it. but no often about it. but no mentioning fact that crude mentioning the fact that crude profiting gangs profiting from this the gangs who puts these people on dinghies gangs who supplies dinghies the gangs who supplies the gangs whose the dinghies the gangs whose benefit coming across benefit is a boat coming across its boat is left, its whatever boat is left, £250,000 to the gangs . there's £250,000 to the gangs. there's four boats in the ocean. that's £1,000,000. now they care whether people die or not. they don't care about the british border force. they don't care about the french navy. what we've got to do is stop the gangs. all of this and we're putting into one paying the french. why can't we just do a deal with the french? i'll say let our elite units on there. let us catch the gangs. well, let's do a joint operation and catch the gangs. these gangs operating the same place, calais , and sending people to the same place coast camp for the past

place to coast camp for the past 20, 25 years. and are we trying to say the same people to say that the same people using , the same route, sending using, the same route, sending the same group of people over and don't know who they are, and we don't know who they are, despite intelligence we despite all the intelligence we have and everyone have interpol, m15 and everyone that we have, we catch these guys to stop drug dealing. so the drug dealers, you want to stop people trafficking truck buying up the people traffickers ? yeah, i agree. harge, i've done q now time for one more very quick one chance to pass the time here ben how trump's hit head. you hit the nail on the head. you spoke about deterrent that's a failure surely success of it all is before this window dressing and after these guns and actually go after these guns these know these magnets that we don't know who and why they are. who they are and why they are. well, i that's absolutely right. go after the gangs. but that also cooperation. and also requires cooperation. and as french, have as you say, the french, have a vested in actually vested interest in actually exporting problem to the exporting the problem to the kingdom, what we've got do is kingdom, what we've got to do is unilateral british action in the absence of cooperation that isn't working. we've got to stop these boats at the point about territorial and we've got to push them back into french waters and they not be allowed

to land. certainly border force should not be acting as a free taxi service for illegal migrants entering the united kingdom . a very tough, hard . kingdom. a very tough, hard. just one more with you now . and just one more with you now. and to be fair, i'm just going to ask a bit of a similar once upon ask a bit of a similar once upon a time before is we've got 46,000 in the last year people were annoyed that the rwanda flights didn't take off and your legal esteemed view? yes, i get that. it's not much deterrent. so i don't know, sir. do you see there flight far as you there any flight as far as you take off? do think the law will hold again? there might be hold up again? there might be a token off, sends token one that goes off, sends about or 15 people out about ten or 15 people out there. it's spaces. it's there. it's not 200 spaces. it's not going to 50,000 people crossing a year. we're going crossing a year. we're not going to these going until the to see these going until the gangs stopped. that is the gangs are stopped. that is the end end of it. that's the end game, the gangs. i mean, game, not the gangs. i mean, this is look thank you very, this is it. look thank you very, very thoroughly enjoyed very much. thoroughly enjoyed that mep brexit that brexit party mep for brexit party people have uk party many people have on uk immigration hard job bungle immigration law hard job bungle that reacting well latest. it that reacting to well latest. it was a record year last year for migrant crisis in the channel i

suspect is going to be another record this year although suspect is going to be another re there this year although suspect is going to be another re there mights year although suspect is going to be another rethere might be ear although suspect is going to be another rethere might be consequences it there might be consequences now rishi sunak now because actually rishi sunak has so much of his political has put so much of his political clout on sorting this out as has of course, the other problem and if they don't do it, then what next, frankly, is a capitulation, isn't it? we've got british boots on the ground in france right now. we're going to british boats, of to have british boats, of course, the water as of course, in the water as part of a task more sudden. there a task force, more sudden. there they have see they are. we'll have to see whether or not anything actually takes place. we exclusively revealed people takes place. we exclusively revea made people takes place. we exclusively revea made the people takes place. we exclusively revea made the journey people takes place. we exclusively revea made the journey soeople takes place. we exclusively revea made the journey so fare have made the journey so far this with me. this year. you're with me. patrick on gb news. patrick christys on gb news. still come, conservative still to come, conservative or labour or just don't know. last year's political shenanigans have politically? have left feeling politically? i know of feel know a lot of you feel politically keep politically homeless. you keep telling every day. telling me about it every day. could the red wall turn blue again or become complete again or become a complete different colour? i want to find out what would take to get out what it would take to get your vote. what would our politicians do to you politicians have to do to you to vote for i will find after vote for them? i will find after this . break looking ahead this short. break looking ahead to this evening's on the uk is looking dry and settled , but

looking dry and settled, but with a few showers in the far north—west. here are the details . it will be a fine start the evening across the south—west of england, the wind will be light and. skies will be mostly clear, allowing temperatures to dip fairly quickly . the south—east fairly quickly. the south—east of england will experience similar conditions with generally weather no more than a gentle and plenty of clear penods. gentle and plenty of clear periods . the gentle and plenty of clear periods. the odd gentle and plenty of clear periods . the odd patch of cloud periods. the odd patch of cloud is possible to the south coast of wales , but it will be a dry of wales, but it will be a dry early evening elsewhere with clear periods , a ridge of high clear periods, a ridge of high pressure will be toppling across the midlands from , the west the midlands from, the west helping to give light winds and a early evening . it will a quiet early evening. it will be turning chilly, though . the be turning chilly, though. the long cloud breaks chilly, too, for the north—east of england where skies will generally be clear . a bit where skies will generally be clear. a bit more breezes likely then further , but temperatures then further, but temperatures will begin . fall away one will still begin. fall away one or two areas of low cloud drift across southern scotland from , across southern scotland from, the west. but it will stay dry . the west. but it will stay dry. some clear spells northern western scotland might catch a shower, the breeze will

gradually start to pick up across northern heading into the evening, although at this point it will be dry and there will be some clear breaks . it will turn some clear breaks. it will turn frosty this evening, especially in the east. however, wet and windy will reach many areas the west later and is how the weather is shaping up overnight into tomorrow morning .

hey, welcome back to the first show of 2023. for me, i hope it's a wonderful year for all of you and a lovely festive period and lots of you have been getting in touch. i can tell there's more bums on seats today because inbox has popped right off gbviews@gbnews.uk says off gbviews@gbnews.uk and says i'm about where we are i'm concerned about where we are going to put all of these. he's talking crossing talking about people crossing the channel soon there won't be

any space left in britain any hotel space left in britain now. he's reacting to now. and he's reacting to a story we've covering here story we've been covering here on news throughout the course on gb news throughout the course of exclusive of this show are exclusive footage fact that first footage of the fact that first group channel migrants group of channel migrants crossed from 2023. we've got british on the ground in france, british on the ground in france, british border force are accompanying french border or onto our homes or whatever they are on the beaches of calais. it remains be seen what difference they make. it's interesting, though, enter 23 in though, that now we enter 23 in a slightly different space. then we enter 2022 when it comes to channel crossings. okay so we enter with. yes a record year enter it with. yes a record year behind us. but with a would appear anyway and the to get the florence on the take off however many of those remains to be seen . the talk of an offshore process being sent to only a cruise ship in the channel okay, find a task force the channel now. not the only the border force, some kind of other task force, some kind of other task force in the channel. british boots on the ground on french beaches and as well anyway , beaches and as well anyway, british people in the old french border force viewing offices .

border force viewing offices. right. so that's where we are at the minute. pretty much full taxpayers second side of it to fork out millions of pounds every single day to look after this talk of disused this long talk of disused student accommodation holiday student accommodation, holiday comes, used . so we comes, etc. being used. so we now crucially have prime minister who said he's going to clear backlog by clear the asylum backlog by well. now this time next year. so now this time next year i so by now this time next year i should be sitting saying rishi sunak has achieved his goal and he actually cleared the he is actually cleared the asylum backlog. if asylum seeker backlog. if i wonder whether or not he has to go on, i suspect we're going to hear sob stories. so hear some sob stories. so i couldn't do it. and that we are. but this is what i want. your prediction do you think, ladies and gentlemen, that have and gentlemen, that we have another record the channel? another record in the channel? because that, there's because if we do that, there's only solution town. for only one solution in town. for me, window dressing me, we cannot window dressing with things. with all these things. i've spoken hotels offshore spoken about the hotels offshore processing. now we've got to send to get these send the assassin to get these human traffickers slotted. and i really sunak's new message was designed cheer us all up and make us all as though it's all under control. apparently some of say that he's zen

of his aides say that he's zen like, that's nice, rishi. like, well, that's nice, rishi. cheers. mean, the country's cheers. i mean, the country's fire. long your zen fire. but as long as your zen like did it work, was it a start to make inroads into the labour in the polls? but a new survey suggests and this interesting suggests and this is interesting on could swing on undecided voters could swing next general election with many they're wavering on which way to vote many of those in the red vote. many of those in the red wall appear be reluctant to return keir party. return to sir keir labour party. i'm surprised . but does i'm not surprised. but does rishi sunak have what it takes to win over those red wall voters ? i think there's a lot of voters? i think there's a lot of people who are in the don't know category. with me now, a son, a therapist, lucy berries for lucy. thank you very much. he's here to explain how can rishi win over red wall voters what would rishi sunak's have to do? as we see, the polls suggest that millions people are undecided. it's all to play for. what does he have to do ? what he what does he have to do? what he has do is he has to remember how. people come to choose to vote in a particular way . and vote in a particular way. and what they really do is they tell a narrative their life, do i

feel better off? do i feel fitter? do feel happier? they tell themselves those stories about their own lives, but also about their own lives, but also about their own lives, but also about the lives of their loved ones and of their immediate circle . so if there are people circle. so if there are people in that circle who are not feeling safer or healthier or , feeling safer or healthier or, feeling safer or healthier or, feel like they've got enough money in their pocket then people are going to start to feel bad about themselves and they're going to for somebody to who is responsible for that . so who is responsible for that. so when rishi sunak and even the as well when they're thinking about what policies to put out there and what narratives to put out there, it's about trying to present a vision that will make people feel better about their in the future and that's a really complicated message put across. it's not very clear because you're really trying to project into the future and human beings are famously quite bad about thinking about the future . they are. but what's future. they are. but what's interesting , and jane summed it interesting, and jane summed it up, james emailed and says the guy asked people what they

wanted to do, what rishi could do to win their vote goes properly, exploit the opportunities the opportunities of brexit. so the channel out and the nhs. channel crosses out and the nhs. suddenly, though i'm not sure that either party will do any of those things and i think lucy sums it right up. i think people just do not believe that politicians are going to do anything . they've been lied to anything. they've been lied to time and time again and they've not seen action. and that just breeds apathy. how on earth does rishi sunak convince voters that this time? this time, i promise you, it's different. it's very difficult message when you are part of the government that has around for a long time because it's harder to say going to do something different . because something different. because then that begs the question , then that begs the question, come, you haven't done anything different before now clarity of message is very important. so as your caller identified , those your caller identified, those three things are probably very which is why politicians get seduced into thinking that it's a good idea to put it on a pledge or to put it on a stone that actually they think the

want that clarity , actually what want that clarity, actually what voters really want is a sense of vision. they want to feel how do i feel right now and is there going to be the possibility that i will feel better? and that's one of the things that boris johnson was able to do in 2019. a lot of people didn't trust him. a lot of people didn't trust message the content of trust the message the content of it. but what they fell for was the deliver what they wanted. it was up to me, some people don't want the doomsayers and the gloom. still, as he put it, they want to be sold a vision. you know what? it will be one of my eternal unanswered questions of what could have happened with bofis what could have happened with boris if we hadn't have had covid. and of you will never know the answer to that. but i think a lot people will be wondering about that. lucy, quick one final one. what it take for people to actually put a big cross in that polling booth next to a policy they never voted before, he a new policy or like reform, for example people will have to

break the voting habit of a lifetime. it takes a bitcoin to do that. they don't traditionally do it, do they? they don't but we did see an awfully in pattern of awfully big in that pattern of behaviour in 2019. so for a lot of people they will already have held their nerve and made a difference, made it a different tactical vote perhaps , or tactical vote perhaps, or a different vote to the one that their family had deployed in the past. so it can be done. it's very much the vision. what vision i selling the electorate and that's why it's not really about the personal it is so much people talk a lot about whether people talk a lot about whether people like rishi or they like keir starmer do they think wishy washy but actually what they want to know is i to feel better than i do now is it all about lucy i've really enjoyed that's insightful stuff actually. thank you very, very much because can't say of visions where you are now looks absolutely wonderful. watch emma says even to what looks like a son sun lounger in the background. i'm very, very i'm locked here in

politics you very politics but thank you very lizzie barras that is of lizzie barras for that who is of course a who is that's we explain how she could possibly win the red wall that is in relation the fact ladies and gentlemen, a new survey has shown that millions of people are in that squishy undecided bracket to swing bracket enough people to swing the next general election. so forget you're seeing in forget what you're seeing in a lot of the polls about where labour labour ahead, no doubt about realistically, about that. but realistically, when shove when push comes to shove election gun to head, election day gun to your head, who vote for? a lot of who do you vote for? a lot of people fundamentally people are fundamentally undecided. whether or undecided. i wonder whether or not, of you just not not, a lot of you are just not going to vote. and i wouldn't blame people and blame you. i know people and died the right to vote, but died for the right to vote, but i wouldn't blame you because at the minute i would do a serious questions about what the heck you're for anyway. are you're voting for anyway. are you're voting for anyway. are you patrick christys you with me? patrick christys on gb new gb news the break. it's a new yeah gb news the break. it's a new year. same old strike so rail passengers will face travel disruption this week. what disruption this week. but what is disruption actually is this disruption actually costing, think costing, our economy, i think it's almost economic it's almost like economic terrorism. hospitality terrorism. the hospitality sector lost £1.2 billion sector alone lost £1.2 billion in this number. but get a load of this, though. it turns out they've been they've record

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okay, people, we should all be going back work tomorrow. instead, many of us will decide to work at home or take a few more days after our. the ongoing strikes by railway workers continue this week members the rmt union and 14 train operators will stage 240 hour walkouts tomorrow and friday this week. wow train and i think we're really sticking the cruel because they don't want a wedge in aslef union will strike on thursday on gb news report geoff moody has spent today impassable nonh moody has spent today impassable north devon where these fresh sets of strikes are expected to cut the station off completely . cut the station off completely. good grief. what? it's all to

work tomorrow after the christmas break. unless, of course, you take a train in which case it's going to be very difficult this week. we've got to strikes from the rmt 48 hour strikes, one tomorrow and then one on friday and then sandwich right in the middle of that. we've got one from the train drivers , aslef as well. that's drivers, aslef as well. that's on thursday. so massive disruptions . the train on thursday. so massive disruptions. the train this on thursday. so massive disruptions . the train this week disruptions. the train this week there be some services available . there'll be services tomorrow from 730 in the morning till 630 in the evening . from 730 in the morning till 630 in the evening. but from 730 in the morning till 630 in the evening . but that's only in the evening. but that's only about 20% of normal services . about 20% of normal services. and then on the one on thursday, the aslef strike even less the messages coming out stay home if you possibly can. don't use the railways and to talking people here in barnstable today that's what they're saying they're doing they're saying they're going to extend the christmas break another week try and do a little home but little bit of from home but certainly attempt get certainly not attempt get into the obviously is going to

the office obviously is going to have a huge knock on effects to an already beleaguered economy. well what have the experts have to say about this today the people responsible the rail delivery group says . no one delivery group says. no one wants to see these strikes. go ahead. wants to see these strikes. go ahead . and we can only apologise ahead. and we can only apologise to passengers as the aslef said, we don't want to go on strike . we don't want to go on strike. but the companies have pushed into this place . mick lynch has into this place. mick lynch has been commenting . he has said he been commenting. he has said he really wants to a deal. he wants to put proposal a pay deal to his so they can vote on it. but until the government gives him one, the government gives him some options. there's nothing further that he can do. and the department transport has said, well, look, passing orders have rightly had enough of rail strikes. they want that to end . strikes. they want that to end. talking to people here in barnstable today , still a barnstable today, still a certain level of support for the strikes. there's still a lot of good grace when it comes to the rmt in particular. but could grace that support does seem to

be waning slightly as we go into the new year . okay, good stuff, the new year. okay, good stuff, geoff, but i to drill down into what on earth strikes are actually costing our economy the moment and our retail sector i think is tantamount to economic terrorism frankly, as it comes amid the findings that almost 50 shops closed down daily in 2022 but also people it's not all doom and gloom here because are going to have a little bit of good economic news for you, justin urquhart stewart and fabulous prices join me right now of regional now and co—founder of regional lee is with me now. first and foremost, what are these lot of striking workers these trots us on a daily basis. well the impact that you're having is actually relatively minor. i noficed actually relatively minor. i noticed also an extra headline. the issue is, of course we just spent a couple of years on on lockdown and things like that. we've got used to working from home. to buying home. we've got used to buying online. the you've online. so also the fact you've actually all the other actually got all the other delivery working. so actually a lot of these funds, 1.5 billion in december alone for the hospitality that and hospitality so for that and that's that's news really for

them but that was going to be happening because happening anyway because that was cost of fuel was going see the cost of fuel going quite so much. it was going up quite so much. it was going up quite so much. it was going to be incredibly so. it's going to be incredibly so. it's going to be incredibly so. it's going to painful. start with going to be painful. start with next year, you start next year, but you will start seeing a turnaround right about the why because what the summer. why because what we're used to at moment is we're used to at the moment is double inflation. remember, that's done month, month by month. goes month. so every month that goes by, those inflationary by, one of those inflationary figures off. then when you figures drops off. then when you start around start seeing the network around of rises, be higher of wage rises, they'll be higher than so a little bit than inflation. so a little bit more positive attitude through. and what you have and so that's what you have a few months people start to few months that people start to feel better off, not feel little bit better off, not hugely . there's one other item hugely. there's one other item as which really annoys me as well which really annoys me when people say that's a recession, it's recession, recession, it's a recession, it's disaster. it's it's not a disaster. it's a slowdown in the economy. it'll be probably around about 1 to 2. if you back to 2008. and that if you go back to 2008. and that wasn't recession we had it of 2000 and before that is what double digit was one stage 20% fall gdp . now 2% is almost fall in gdp. now 2% is almost tied up, barely measurable. and so actually puts it into context is not as bad as people love to make out okay but if i was a

striking rail worker say or somebody else now would be my point maximum opportunity to point of maximum opportunity to try get a deal would it not try to get a deal would it not because if the economy is to get better and actually frankly the government need give government doesn't need to give them forward, what them a deal going forward, what you've is this time you've got now is this at time to deal? trump put pressure to do a deal? trump put pressure them. actually them. but actually it's a position where people say, well, i don't need to go into the office. we've already been trained i know i can do trained to work. i know i can do everything home. it's everything else at home. it's fairly plus the fact fairly pointless. plus the fact you're to reform you're going to have to reform the there's the railways anyway there's going significant. so going to be significant. so would it be an expensive mistake for the government now and for the government right now and a the taxpayer a mistake that the taxpayer would of if would have to bear brunt of if the government caved in the government caved to in demands? moment time? demands? at this moment in time? it's what you should it's a mistake. what you should do you take my head of the do is you take my head of the wage rises going up at a steady level. yeah, you may. nothing reasonable say that. reasonable to actually say that. actually be paid actually an increment to be paid for spike with for an inflationary spike with a few hundred that's few hundred pounds. but that's about whatever happens to for about whatever happens to be for those affected. you those people affected. you separate you. separate it out from pay you. don't pay into the pay system don't pay it into the pay system that inflationary money. that is your inflationary money. and pay just carrying on and then as pay just carrying on like that, you take that and

most people say that's fair. yeah actually the unions say yeah but actually the unions say that they're the of that they're on the side of the workers actually workers but actually the imitates the side imitates government on the side of because there are of the workers because there are more this country more workers in this country than in the unions than the people in the unions that going on strike. and that were going on strike. and it's people that have to pay for the wage increases. the the wage increases. so the government, well, government, by virtue of well, i was to say not negotiating was going to say not negotiating square it comes to square root of when it comes to negotiating at the minute is doing right by your average normal street and normal worker on street and what they doing is getting they need to be doing is getting that far stronger across they need to be doing is getting th.them far stronger across they need to be doing is getting th.them actually stronger across they need to be doing is getting th.them actually sayingar across they need to be doing is getting th.them actually saying look'oss to them actually saying look this benefit you will be this is the benefit you will be having we end up paying them having if we end up paying them more pay rise, not the government money. it's your money a taxpayer going money as a taxpayer that's going that indeed. so they that way. yes, indeed. so they need shouts to need to be louder and shouts to the how long it the rooftops. how long is it before caved in? before the unions caved in? i can. it'll take about three or four months because after that they're running out of money so they're running out of money so they provide they can't provide all the strike for those sort of strike for all of those sort of things, plus the fact actually people want to start going people want you to start going back again and actually back to work again and actually the also to the economy will start also to start out of its start moving out of its recession, albeit a low. okay, right. so it's you and i now

we're at the start of 2023 is the show of done of the the first show of done of the and give us a little and you're to give us a little bit of economic time bit of economic optimism time next be sitting here next year, i'll be sitting here with and wonderful with you and your wonderful pnces with you and your wonderful prices and we'll be looking at a much economic picture for much better economic picture for britain we will and britain will way yes we will and you could see that because inflation growth inflation will be lower growth will unemployment low will be back unemployment low and investment and you'll have more investment coming to growth areas. coming in to those growth areas. the the high tech the uk, which are the high tech centres, southeast centres, not in the southeast but throughout united, but throughout the united, they're already there. don't them capital from them extra capital from the government know given the tax breaks attract more breaks to attract more investment the medium term investment the medium long term investing very investing good thank you very much. an absolute much. as always. an absolute pleasure. justin pleasure. my gut, my justin urquhart economist urquhart stewart there economist and co—founder regionally and co—founder of regionally painting a slightly rosy economic painting a slightly rosy econ(people things only get tight people things only get better so much write a song about that lots of have been about that lots of you have been getting with your getting in touch with your thoughts so you're getting in touch with your th0|going. so you're getting in touch with your th0|going. the so you're getting in touch with your th0|going. the conservatives. not going. the conservatives. why? well, because i asked you, but said, well, but mainly because i said, well, there's millions and there's millions, millions and millions of out there, millions of people out there, according survey that according to latest survey that show as to who show the undecided as to who to vote next general vote for the next general election. we look at the election. so we look at the opinion it labour opinion polls. it puts labour way ahead, yet labour are ahead.

i think if there was a general election tomorrow, labour election tomorrow, no labour would it would win. think it be relatively labour relatively close but labour would the next election would win. but the next election is speaking, years is roughly speaking, two years away, away and lot away, 18 months away and a lot can change there's a lot up can change and. there's a lot up for and asked, what for grabs. and i asked, what would rishi sunak have to do to get your vote? sue says it's unlikely will vote unlikely i will vote conservative general conservative in the next general election is election because rishi sunak is basically hell basically ghost. where the hell is he ? well, he has these is he? well, he has these important i mean, i think a lot of people would maybe like to see him a little more see him a little bit more visible. tough times overall. rishi on multiple rishi is fighting on multiple different johnny get different forums. johnny to get my rishi sunak needs to my vote. rishi sunak needs to stop the boats and illegals in their thousands. stop the boats and illegals in their thousands . so the nhs fix their thousands. so the nhs fix their thousands. so the nhs fix the cost of living and get tougher on crime. so i'm going tougher on crime. so i'm going to manage is what you're and to manage is what you're me and this shocking stuff is it you this is shocking stuff is it you would quite like your conservative prime minister to be enough what do be a conservative enough what do you you'd quite like him be be a conservative enough what do yottoughi quite like him be be a conservative enough what do yottough withe like him be be a conservative enough what do yottough with bordersim be be a conservative enough what do yottough with borders and be; be tough with borders and be tough on law and order and so are the nhs, but also fix the cost of living crisis. so stop us to high heaven. no way , us to high heaven. no way, johnny. no you're a mad

johnny. no way. you're a mad woman glenys the woman. and glenys says the existing political parties will not get my votes again . they've not get my votes again. they've blown a shambles. blown it. what a shambles. i'll be reform uk at the next general and i'm a red wall. and this, and i'm in a red wall. and this, i think is fantastic in england is actually bang on trend. and one thing that i want you to know from people, which is that all you just sick and tired the two main parties my only concern dennis and i'm not calling you weak for a single second is i hear this a lot for a lot of people. oh, never get a vote. sorry, ken, i'm never going to vote labour again. i'm to vote for this third or fourth party, whatever it, whatever you want to call it, a new party. and then it never really materialised. just really materialised. it's just it never really happens . i it it never really happens. i think people get into that polling something polling booth and something happens. go happens. they just say, oh go with i know. i'll go with with what i know. i'll go with what i know. but i wonder now when you around at the this when you look around at the this country multiple country is in a multiple different this different forms. i love this country i absolutely love this country, but i cannot feel sad. i feel sound at the state of it and i just want to hear about tipping point has been reached.

so along with of so maybe you along with of people whose votes are up for grabs go actually enough's enough. am going to vote enough. now i am going to vote for cynthia says for different party cynthia says is there any point voting at all? let's it when we do they take out the what the people voted it and put in what they to have impact. oh i see what you mean okay all right. yes, i get what you're saying, cynthia. so basically saying basically what you're saying is that, they'll they that, yeah, they'll do what they want anyway. understand that want anyway. i understand that your first first point your first your first point there there any point in there is there any point in voting at all. it could go that way, could go way, cynthia, and it could go that way ladies and gentlemen, i wouldn't surprised if the wouldn't be surprised if the turnout the next general election was shockingly low voter political voter apathy. political homelessness in this country. absolutely let's move on. in an interview , harry was speaking to interview, harry was speaking to itv. this is harry off of harry and meghan, right. saying meghan . yes, harry was speaking to itv talking about his fallout with the royal family, saying it didn't have to be this way needed to be this way. the leaking and planting. i want a family not an institution. they

feel as though it's better to keep us somehow the villains they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile . i willingness to reconcile. i would like to get my father back . i would like to have my brother back . okay prince harry brother back. okay prince harry says that his family had shown no willingness to reconcile . i'm no willingness to reconcile. i'm not opposed to willingness to reconcile. go on, oprah. you write a book that, by all accounts, slams your family . you accounts, slams your family. you do a netflix documentary series , by all accounts, slums, your family, grandma life family, your grandma was life miserable their years. miserable in their last years. you life you met your granddad's life miserable years . you miserable his last years. you took your brother off left, right centre. you did you right and centre. you did you turn on your country turn your back on your country and racist. i mean, and call us all racist. i mean, i'm being harry, but is it i'm not being harry, but is it any wonder why? don't want to have your back on particular? they effort to they made no effort to reconcile. yeah they're glad to see anyway. see the buckingham anyway. right this comes this sorry. so came this comes he fresh insights we've he launches fresh insights we've always better as always autobiographies better as on the 10th of january. with me now to restore some sanity to proceedings rafe heydel—mankoo royal pro—castro commentator. i forgot myself tells me about this. harry with favourite

journalist it would appear anyway saying that is he wants his family back. does well i mean you've taken the wind out of my own read i was just going with that wonderful diatribe of yours i mean absolute glee i mean he says he wants to have father and his brother back . i father and his brother back. i don't know what charm school he's to, but i think if he he's been to, but i think if he did to one, how to win did go to one, how to win friends of influence. people wasn't on his reading list. given list you've just given that list that you've just described, that his memoirs, the netflix documentary . i mean, the netflix documentary. i mean, the reality is the royal family have been trying reconcile. we saw the king delivered wonderfully warm speech in which he namechecked and meghan building their lives . we saw his brother their lives. we saw his brother prince william, prince william, the prince of wales the princess of wales extend , an olive branch of wales extend, an olive branch after the queen died , inviting after the queen died, inviting them to join them as the fab four once again to view the flowers laid at windsor castle for their grandma . and what was for their grandma. and what was their response to these two olive branches. there was a hope

that there might be a perfect chance. reconciliation. the death of. family member death of. a family member bringing closer. the bringing people closer. the accession king setting accession of the king setting their minds to something more important that. california important than that. california grievances . no. instead, they grievances. no. instead, they launched nuclear strike on launched a nuclear strike on honour royal family with the netflix documentary . and it netflix documentary. and it seems now as if we're going to have another nuclear strike have yet another nuclear strike , albeit this one targeted more specifically on prince william and kate and perhaps on camilla to the. so, yes, i think any reconciliation is now kicked far into the long grass . yeah. into the long grass. yeah. reports that prince harry is going go into my you 2 minutes by minute detail of an epic row that you have with his brother. look, we all have rules. we family members brothers fall out all the time. siblings out all the why he the the time. why does he feel the need tell about all of need to tell us about all of this i think this is exactly the point we're talking about all families are the same all had emotional fights with our family i'm sure in the last few days over christmas many of people around the country. what can

sympathise with those sorts of fights and we all say things we regret and things we're just lucky. are . no cameras lucky. there are. no cameras recording what happens in the heat moment and someone heat of the moment and someone to then go blab that the to then go and blab that the press the media in press and the media in such a pubuc press and the media in such a public way as i just, i think, completely unacceptable and really goes i think to the heart of the problem here which is that the sussexes depend upon the royal family for everything that they have, of the money that they have, all of the money that they have, all of the money that they have, all of the money that they is generated by that they now is generated by this institution that they claim to loathe and. i'm just glad the queen isn't here to see this to see her grandson destroy the reputation of the of the family that she did so much to uphold and her legacy and produce to use the and that's given them everything . talking of families everything. talking of families over christmas i was speaking mine a little right after mine a little bit right after christmas and inevitably the meghan mainly meghan and harry stuff up mainly because in the because i'm actually in the documentary that was going to buy right time was going about it. people. bring it up. it. i hate people. bring it up. i was the in the meghan and harry thing inside rather than on the fame. anyway but but the

over the overbearing sense that i've had from family and friends on this is they feel a bit sorry for harry and me out they think he's a bit screwed up you think he's a bit screwed up you think he is ? i think so too. i mean, he is? i think so too. i mean, what i got from the netflix documentary and other utterances over past few months is that increase really we have clear that harry is merely mouthpiece for meghan he's never been the brightest bulb the christmas tree, but she's a very savvy manipulator. i think you can really see that the puppet master or dare i even the ventriloquist here and yes, clearly prince harry has been severely damaged by the sad events of 1997 with the death of his mother . events of 1997 with the death of his mother. it's been a dark cloud. he's married this woman. he's projected very his mother's sentiment into wife and is trying to create a sort of parallel, diana, with her and unfortunately he's been taking advantage of . that's true i mean advantage of. that's true i mean i'm not being funny.

advantage of. that's true i mean i'm not being funny . freud would i'm not being funny. freud would have an absolute fail day with harry wouldn't be the way that he's treating meghan and what mummy to say least. thank mummy to say the least. thank you much ralph. to you very much ralph. great to have show as ever. my have you on the show as ever. my good happy year to you. good man. happy new year to you. i“lappy good man. happy new year to you. happy year course as well. happy new year course as well. rafe that rafe heydel—mankoo that broadcaster commentator. i broadcaster and commentator. i think reacting the think he's just reacting to the news. going be treated news. we're going to be treated a interview, aren't we? a harry interview, aren't we? a particular chap itv , particular chap from itv, favourite chosen journalists, followed the of his followed by the release of his book spare in a couple of weeks time, doubt provide me time, no doubt provide for me and you as well. that gets us all very irate doesn't but lots of been in touch of you've been getting in touch your thoughts on the warnings that channel crossings channel migrant could double migrant numbers could double this year barbara says migrants have moved into my local it's gorgeous weddings and christmas parties all cancelled christmas they had full central food and christmas lights while i struggle to decide how low to have my thermostat and barbara i'm desperately sorry to hear about your personal situation and think you've hit the nail on the head is all askew , isn't it? the head is all askew, isn't it? barbara is all complete . the

barbara is all complete. the skew f at the moment topsy turvy , you name it. that's what it is. john says i will vote conservative. they stop these illegal channel crossing sorts out. the northern ireland protocol , the fishermen, the uk protocol, the fishermen, the uk back in that sorry, the fishermen in the uk their fishing waters and start fracking in other words do what they they were going to do. and you know what is depressingly simple in that regard, isn't it. yes. despite fact, there are massive complications with , all massive complications with, all of different elements. so of those different elements. so when i was going the channel, when i was going on the channel, all that stuff. yeah, fine. all of that stuff. yeah, fine. but just said but actually what you just said there what said they there is do what they said they going yeah oh no it going to do. yeah oh no it really shouldn't be that we are years on from them saying they going and alas, here going to do that and alas, here we are different party, different prime ministers actually. goodness who actually. and goodness knows who else one else george says, time for one more one i throw more quick one before i throw you wonderful michelle you to the wonderful michelle dewberry glee. no dewberry is absolute glee. no use france help use expecting france to help with migrant when with our migrant problem when they migrant problem they have a far migrant problem of own . what our our of their own. what our our border force people on the border force people doing on the french beaches that we got right. thank you very much.

everybody has been in so everybody has been getting in so cbp i love hear from cbp is a i love to hear from you, but someone else i'd love to from is the wonderful to hear from is the wonderful michelle dewberry who's you with? co michel. what's with? dewbs& co michel. what's on? new year to you and on? happy new year to you and speak the way, you speak with you. by the way, you just you love to hear from just said you love to hear from me. you ruined the end of my 20, 22 patrick because i listened. your everywhere went your show everywhere went and i emailed you and i was waiting emailed you in and i was waiting i desperately excited i was really desperately excited my be read out and you my emails to be read out and you didn't read to. oh, sorry, michel. because michel. it's because i get millions. curse of millions. it's the curse of popularity, michel. i feel anyone's the emails and anyone's the emails that and don't it right now not don't get it right now it not happy headed my yeah i happy was headed to my yeah i can you anyway very briefly can tell you anyway very briefly coming up on my show patrick i've got one question for my viewers. yeah let's face it, the uk is in a bit of a mess how are we fix it? i want the we going to fix it? i want the viewers five answers i want you top . where should our top priorities. where should our focus be? not just politics beyond how are we going to fix this country? we'll up with a little plan and rishi sunak have it free. oh i tell you what, it for free. oh i tell you what, michel, you start with a bang. thank you very much michelle

dewberry would with you dewberry that would be with you for co for the next hour. for dewbs& co for the next hour. one that's going be. one hour. that's going to be. thank you very everybody thank you very much. everybody who's and who's been watching and listening i've been patrick christys. this is indeed gb news i'll back covering mark i'll be back covering for mark steyn p.m. i'll see you steyn i so 9 pm. i'll see you in couple of hours hours in a couple of hours hours looking ahead to this evening's weather uk is looking weather and the uk is looking mostly and settled but with mostly dry and settled but with a few showers in the far . mostly dry and settled but with a few showers in the far. here are details . it will be are the details. it will be a fine to the evening across the south—west england, the wind will be light and skies will be mostly clear, allowing temperatures to dip fairly quickly. the south—east of england will experience similar conditions with generally dry weather no more than a gentle breeze and plenty of clear penods. breeze and plenty of clear periods . the breeze and plenty of clear periods. the odd breeze and plenty of clear periods . the odd patch of cloud periods. the odd patch of cloud is possible near to the south coast of wales, but it will be a dry early evening elsewhere with penods dry early evening elsewhere with periods a ridge of high pressure will be toppling across midlands in the west, helping to give light winds and a quiet early evening it will be turning chilly though under the long cloud breaks. chilly too, for

the north—east of england where skies will generally be clear. a bit more breeze is then further south, but temperatures still begin to fall away . one or two begin to fall away. one or two areas of low cloud will drift across southern scotland from the west, but it will stay dry . the west, but it will stay dry. some clear spells northern western scotland might catch a shower the breeze will gradually start to pick up across ireland heading into the evening, although at this point it will be dry and there will be some clear breaks . it will turn clear breaks. it will turn frosty this evening, especially in the east. however wet and windy conditions will reach areas from the west later and thatis areas from the west later and that is how the weather is shaping overnight into tomorrow morning .

well, hello there . it's 6:00 well, hello there. it's 6:00 michelle dewberry and this is dewbs& co. the show where we get into the things that have got you talking. and guess what? it is a brand new year. how has that happened? 2023 life flies by, doesn't it ? so tonight i've by, doesn't it? so tonight i've got one thing on my mind and