the numbers we'll have a look at the numbers tonight. nine out of ten civil servants working for the welsh office are still working from home. what does that mean for the taxpayer .7 and joining me, the taxpayer? and joining me, i'm talking pints alex reid, he's been an actor. he's been a martial arts fighter. he was married to katie price . he won married to katie price. he won celebrity big brother. there's an awful talk about. but an awful lot to talk about. but before all of that let's get ben is with round and . james thank is with round and. james thank you nigel your top stories from the gb newsroom. the first channel migrants of the new year arrived at dover harbour today . arrived at dover harbour today. gb news can reveal the dozens of mainly young men were picked out from a small boat around nine miles off the kent coast . it's miles off the kent coast. it's understood there were more than 40 people on board. it comes as and french authorities start patrolling beaches together for the very first time in a bid to stop migrants from making the crossing . three people have died

crossing. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel in perth. police scotland has confirmed 11 others were treated for minor injuries. emergency services were called to the new county hotel in county place at five this morning. the cause of the fire is still unknown . health bosses is still unknown. health bosses are calling for the government to declare a major insult ant within the nhs over mounting pressure on the service. the royal college of emergency medicine claims as many as 500 people could be dying each week because of delays to critical care. the government says it recognises the pressure faced by the nhs. lisa king told gb news her husband would have if he'd been treated in time. 500 people a week dying in nhs hospitals because they were denied the treatment and appointments that they needed. what my husband 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 week that are dying, there is a family behind them. there is a husband, a wife, a partner , a husband, a wife, a partner, a son or daughter. thousands of mourners are paying their respects . pele at the grounds of respects. pele at the grounds of his former club, santos. the brazilian football legend died last thursday . he was undergoing last thursday. he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer. the three time world cup winner was 82.the three time world cup winner was 82. the procession will continue through the streets of his hometown tomorrow followed by a private family burial burial . private family burial burial. 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 is serious but still fixable . tv online and

still fixable. tv online and plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to flourish . it's back to flourish. well, good evening and a very happy new year to all of you . i happy new year to all of you. i just wish i could sit here right and say it's 20, 23. it's going to be great. it's going to be so good. and yet i'm going to be honest with you, i didn't see a whole lot to be optimistic about. yes, of course, we face problems . and these problems of problems. and these problems of inflation and strikes and health issues, they come to haunt us every two or three decades. that's life. but do i have confidence ? we have a government confidence? we have a government that actually can deal with all of these problems ? well, sadly, of these problems? well, sadly, the country is being run or should i say, run into the ground by the oxbridge set a group of people. oh they're

highly educated, they've got jolly good degrees. it's just that in terms of life experience , very few of them have ever actually done anything. and i fear the problems within the nhs, the problems of cross—channel migration , all the cross—channel migration, all the problems frankly of people becoming overtaxed to the extent that so many of our young, bright entrepreneurs are leaving for portugal , bright entrepreneurs are leaving for portugal, italy, america, australia . i just don't have the australia. i just don't have the confidence and the belief this government will deal with any of them. but i don't want to sit here every night just whingeing about what's going wrong . i want about what's going wrong. i want to try and find over the course of the next few weeks and months simply give solutions to the problem . let's begin . problem. well, let's begin. first show a 2023 with a very, very sobering. perhaps some of you need this , a very sobering you need this, a very sobering statistic . every tuesday morning statistic. every tuesday morning , the office of national statistics put out some figures. now. yes, i know all stats need to be queried , looked into and to be queried, looked into and thought about . but these thought about. but these figures, i think , are accurate

figures, i think, are accurate because they actually you the number of people who officially died in the last week and some it remarkable has been going for on the best part of a year now. over the course of the last six months, some more on average, every single week , a thousand every single week, a thousand people more are dying than statistically we would expect for the age and health of our population. something is happening out there now . this is happening out there now. this is not a subject that many people want to touch upon , and i've want to touch upon, and i've been looking at it and scratching my head and asking myself a whole load of questions about this, but the extraordinary statement that came yesterday from the president , the royal college of president, the royal college of emergency medicine, dr. adrian boyle , who told times radio that boyle, who told times radio that he thinks between 305 hundred people a week are dying as a result of delays and problems with urgent and emergency care . with urgent and emergency care. and above all, what he's talking

aboutis and above all, what he's talking about is accident and emergency . see, the number of absolute horror stories are now beyond belief . that's of an ambulance belief. that's of an ambulance even gets to you in time. but people going in people in the nineties being made to wait 1820 hours on trolleys , sitting on hours on trolleys, sitting on chairs, probably in many cases not even offered a glass of water . it is not even offered a glass of water. it is part and i was telling you this before christmas of what i'm now calling broken britain, we have to be frank about just how bad our problems are. so i thought to myself , well, maybe if dr. to myself, well, maybe if dr. adrian boyle is right, if 3 to 500 people a week are dying unnecessarily because a&e doesn't work anymore, maybe that helps begin to explain these excess of a thousand every week. but i am not a statistician, but james wells is and james, you worked at the un as you held senior positions there . you were senior positions there. you were a member of the european parliament on the brexit polls for a period time. but let's

talk statistics six 1000 access deaths a week . yeah, i mean , deaths a week. yeah, i mean, it's quite sobering, isn't it, nigel ? i it's quite sobering, isn't it, nigel? i think what we the way i would describe the establishment and that sort of trying to explain these figures , it's explain these figures, it's a little bit like a sick, demented christmas pantomime where they're pointing everywhere and there's plenty of us saying it's over there . and, you know, these over there. and, you know, these access deaths have been going on since may. like you said, it averages about about a thousand averages about about a thousand a week as i look at these figures every week, i try to ignore it to begin with. but you can't now, can you? after eight months? well, the thing is, i think the reason we can't ignore it is because it's across all age groups and particularly in the young. and we're seeing 10 to deaths in the age to 15% excess deaths in the age group between 24 and 59. when you take down into the data, it's actually heart attacks , it's actually heart attacks, heart conditions that are causing these deaths. and as i said, you know, when you listen

to what the establishment is saying, it's all muddled. so i think let's just deal with the numbers. yeah right. so just repeat that figure because this is yeah inarguable is not. yeah inarguable statistic young men up the age of 59 increase in heart deaths. yeah young men and women, by the way, although think i think it's slightly higher for men. but yeah between the age i mean that's the most worrying because i think, you know, it spans all just a yeah so just just give us a yeah so basically we've got excess deaths and an average of around a thousand a week. it comes out around 10, give or take a few percentage . and this is percentage. and this is consistent week on week since may. so it's been going for on a long time now. there's something going on there that poses a question. this isn't just an anomaly . question. this isn't just an anomaly. this question. this isn't just an anomaly . this is question. this isn't just an anomaly. this is something that's happening . and we have that's happening. and we have the british heart foundation before christmas . first of all, before christmas. first of all, they said they were putting it down. delays in ambulance times . well, i mean, that's all very well. but explain why well. but doesn't explain why people that group people are at that age group who, know, haven't seen who, you know, we haven't seen this having heart

this before, are having heart attacks place. so attacks in the first place. so that's one. then we had , that's number one. then we had, chris whitty, about a week ago . chris whitty, about a week ago. yeah, it was he's now he said the reason for this was that because of covid people weren't getting diagnosed. actually getting diagnosed. well actually it was a bit more detail than that. so he suggested that people who had missed their gp regular health check—ups whatever that is. mean who has whatever that is. i mean who has especially young men and young women the age group between women in the age group between 24 50, how many them have 24 and 50, how many of them have regular check—ups with regular health check—ups with their but anyway, he said their gp? but anyway, he said because they've missed their health check—ups conditions are being and. they may be being missed and. they may be not on statins or blood pressure . you know, you can explain . now, you know, you can explain maybe little bit of a movement maybe a little bit of a movement on the dial, but you can't a thousand a week from from that . thousand a week from from that. it's ridiculous, to be honest with you , an insult to our with you, an insult to our intelligence just and there's no evidence to it up. the same evidence to back it up. the same with british with the british heart foundation. that's foundation. that's why that's the thing . they just the important thing. they just making and there's making speculations and there's no evidence to back up . now, no evidence to back it up. now, you're suggesting , james, that a you're suggesting, james, that a contributory factor to this

death of young men and women through heart conditions are side effects from the vaccine ? side effects from the vaccine? i'm or not i'm i'm posing the question. i'm posing the question. i'm posing the question that there is a question that there is a question mark here that the government and they need to look we need an inquiry into this this has been going on since may now these are young healthy people that are dying. and at the moment it seems the government they're doing is government all they're doing is scrapping like said, scrapping around and like said, just sort of saying, well, it might or might be that. might this or it might be that. ithis is might this or it might be that. i this is serious enough. now that they need some kind of in—depth and public inquiry because , you know, if you back because, you know, if you back out from all of there is data emerging the world now which is showing a link between the vaccines , particularly the more vaccines, particularly the more ready vaccines and heart issues . and, you know, i've got no trust in the government because when you look at what with the astrazeneca vaccine that was quietly withdrawn back in 2021, now european countries withdrew in march . our government dragged

in march. our government dragged its feet and it quietly took it off the market in about june, july, there was no announcement. there's been no investigation in terms of but i mean let let let's face a fact. you know, whether it's tuberculosis sex or, you know , diphtheria or or, you know, diphtheria or whatever it is, you know , we whatever it is, you know, we know that all vaccines , know that all vaccines, unfortunately, have side effects for a very small percentage of people. we all know that. and live and we've lived with that for many many generations. is there a counter argument that mr. witty could put that says, look at china that has an ineffective vaccine, people are dying in large numbers? yes some people have suffered , you know, people have suffered, you know, heart problems, but maybe the vaccine saved a huge number of lives . okay. well, for that to lives. okay. well, for that to answer that question, we need to go gold standard go to the gold standard of evidence, actually evidence, which is actually random controlled and if random controlled trials. and if you look back at the pfizer data , i mean, it's crazy that more people don't know this when you actually they they've reanalysed the and actually the pfizer data and it actually shows data is the gold

shows in their data is the gold standard that the vaccines do more harm than they do protect people that steph is these that is that for young people that's there for all age . but it gets there for all age. but it gets more significant as you get younger but but it's certainly true of people in their you know, in their seventies as well saying that the latest statistic which analysed from data which they've analysed from data is , whether they're is the adverse, whether they're straight after the vaccine or we're seeing heart issues developing months afterwards is one in 800. okay okay. now a week you know excess deaths nationally a thousand a week on target will figure does perhaps this accident an emergency statement we have had in the last 24 hours of maybe 3 to 500 a week? is that part of the explanation? i yeah, well, of course it is. i mean, the nhs has been on its knees for what, ten, 15 years. we, we've got a crisis year when people are beginning beds and we're running out of oxygen of course that is contribute to excess deaths at the moment but that doesn't

explain like . i said the problem explain like. i said the problem is with all of this we've got these two things and i think people are trying to muddy the waters in between that i get your point i get your point that a government that has pushed the vaccine as it is, vaccine as hard as it is, doesn't want to admit any harm at all, even statistics only. at all, even if statistics only. it's tiny number of people , it's a tiny number of people, still significant number of still a significant number of people james, called for people. james, you've called for the for a public inquiry. people. james, you've called for the for a public inquiry . what the for a public inquiry. what form would that take? needs to be an independent one? i think definitely because pharma has an awful lot of influence, far too much influence over our regulators or the mhra. i think they could have i think it's around 70 might even be as high as 80% of their funding comes from pharma . yeah, we know that from pharma. yeah, we know that universities are funded and politicians are influenced in lobbies by big pharma. so needs to be independent. number one, there is another question as well actually from my old employer the office for national statistics . up until they statistics. up until july, they were publishing all cause mortality statistics by vaccination status . they

vaccination status. they suddenly stopped doing that in july. they didn't they haven't explained why they've been asked publicly . and that dates her, publicly. and that dates her, believe it or not, because they can link that to things like statins, to things like heart conditions that give us an awful lot more information . so why lot more information. so why have stopped publishing have they stopped publishing that they've not come out that data? they've not come out with an explanation? it's a fair question. yeah, it's a fair question. yeah, it's a fair question . james, thank you. and question. james, thank you. and folks home i don't know folks at home i don't know whether james right or wrong, but is right to ask questions but he is right to ask questions about this. i would suggest about this. and i would suggest to now this been to you that now this has been going on consistently for the last to months, 1000 extra last 8 to 9 months, 1000 extra people dying every week is something i would have thought well worthy of an investigation and we'll find out, well worthy of an investigation and we'll find out , hopefully and we'll find out, hopefully how much of it is of failures of ambulances , of a&e, of ambulances, of a&e, of misdiagnoses , and how many young misdiagnoses, and how many young men and women who have suffered heart attacks as a by—product of the vaccine. i don't know the answers to any this. i would suggest what you've heard just

now. statistically lee demands an investigation . give me your an investigation. give me your thoughts. farage gb news dot uk in a moment we'll have a look and we'll ask the question , why and we'll ask the question, why are we, the taxpayer , funding are we, the taxpayer, funding the welsh . for nine out of ten the welsh. for nine out of ten of their employees to work from home? they've still got very expensive buildings . what the expensive buildings. what the hell is going on in wales.

so your thoughts on those access figures and whether we need some kind inquiry? gareth says tory is closing and. he cites may have had a bearing it not enough nurses gareth the one thing we can say is that the conservatives have consistently put more and more and more money

into the nhs than anyone tell you they haven't, although of the so—called 40 new hospitals that boris johnson kept proclaiming . so far, work has proclaiming. so far, work has commenced on seven. arthur says 12 years of tory government, which farage helped to. oh i fought against them tooth and nail in the 2010 election, the 2015 election, i didn't support them in 2017 election and in 2019. well, at the end i gave them a bye. yes because i really felt at that moment in time, if i got on, if i'd gone around the country rubbishing deal, a lot of lot of liberal democrats win seats probably had a second referendum, although arthur i have to say i do at times have to ask myself a question whether i should ever that party as it's currently constructed. richard says vaccine injuries and broken

immune systems. says vaccine injuries and broken immune systems . richard this immune systems. richard this broken immune system's point, i think a very strong one. you know, clearly this big, big well, we've got flu and we've got covm well, we've got flu and we've got covid at the moment. so we've got this twin demick going on putting the nhs under huge, huge pressure . and i have to huge pressure. and i have to say, you the fact that people are being locked up for a couple of years in their houses and when they start to mingle they don't the immunity they had before that is a fact. alex well, i ask about excess deaths because you and your brexit help thsha. because you and your brexit help trisha . oh dear. alex some of trisha. oh dear. alex some of you never , ever can change the you never, ever can change the record, can you? you've got to blame brexit for absolutely everything. and finally, dawn throwing more and more money into the black hole of a broken system needs a total overhaul . system needs a total overhaul. dawn, you are 100% right. we keep putting in more and more money and we keep a worse and worse result. but that's okay with all state houses . say well

with all state houses. say well done, the nhs and not to do that means you hate the doctors nurses. that's the level of craziness. our debate about the nhs has sunk to. i remember going back a decade or more and being on question time with dimbleby and saying that let's have a look at europe that it got a laugh, but let's have a look at let's have a look at how the french and the germans get more bang for their buck by running a different kind of system . but that always meant system. but that always meant that wanted a privatised is that i wanted a privatised is the and therefore i was the the nhs and therefore i was the demon. need fundamental demon. we need fundamental reform . but do think rishi reform. but do i think rishi sunak's government is it? sunak's government is to do it? do how now? talking of rotten do i? how now? talking of rotten governments, the one in wales i think surpasses westminster in terms of what i believe to be absolute stupidity . you may well absolute stupidity. you may well think working from home makes people more productive. well don't, because the dogs ill. the postman rings . but you know, you postman rings. but you know, you make a cup of coffee and spit on

the papers or whatever it may. or maybe you know what? actually, the sun shining . i actually, the sun shining. i might spend an hour or two in the garden. i might go, you know, prune roses do whatever know, prune roses or do whatever i've do. i don't believe i've got to do. i don't believe in from home, but it is in working from home, but it is absolutely a star flashing the telegraph have revealed that in the welsh office nine out of ten. i'm not joking. the welsh office nine out of ten. i'm not joking . nine out of ten. i'm not joking. nine out of ten. i'm not joking. nine out of ten people, the welsh office working for a body, but yet they've still got expensive buildings to run. what does this mean for taxpayers? i mean, that's the thing that really gets me . and i just i can't gets me. and i just i can't believe now i'm out of ten, eliot keck investigations campaign for the taxpayers alliance . this can't be true, alliance. this can't be true, can it ? when i alliance. this can't be true, can it? when i opened up the story instead of off this morning, i was initially going to mark drakeford a little bit too slack because this is a problem that we see across the country. you know, is councils and civil service departments , and civil service departments, quangos. is something that

quangos. this is something that we're seeing across the uk. it's not specific to wales, but when you read into the story a bit more wales is by far and away. the most egregious one in ten is a don't see a figure that we don't see across the civil service, which is now star thing to take. finally, about 60. and where finally, about 50 60. and where uk maybe they're not uk ministers maybe they're not trying hard get civil trying hard enough to get civil service in the office service back in the office depending your but they depending your view, but they are trying and drag for shows absolutely inclination absolutely no inclination decide. first decide. so the welsh first minister drakeford mean decide. so the welsh first m he ter drakeford mean decide. so the welsh first m he happy drakeford mean decide. so the welsh first m he happy with akeford mean decide. so the welsh first m he happy with this>rd mean decide. so the welsh first m he happy with this is mean decide. so the welsh first m he happy with this is happy.| is he happy with this is happy. he said in his quote said that working from home brings benefits to businesses, benefits to local businesses, individual employees, families , individual employees, families, etc. how on earth welsh civil servants on very good pay, working from home. nine days out of ten brings benefits to local businesses is absolutely not at home. working down the and so it bnngs home. working down the and so it brings benefits to them but to local businesses it's extraordinary. and i'll tell you it doesn't benefits to and that's the taxpayer that fits the bill for these very expensive offices . yeah. let's expensive offices. yeah. let's talk that. so we've got

talk about that. so we've got government offices as owned by government offices as owned by government rented or a bit of government or rented or a bit of both? yeah, both a of both . both? yeah, both a bit of both. normally with public offices, of course, the lights are on all night . maybe there's been night. maybe there's been a little bit of a cutback in that . how whose responsibility is this? is it draped funds? is it westminster tower? it's the welsh office, presumably this is a devolved responsibility . yeah. a devolved responsibility. yeah. so it's civil servants in wales. so it's civil servants in wales. so it's, it's completely responsibility . he so it's, it's completely responsibility. he and his, his ministers to, to ensure that people get back to the office. i mean there's an opposition in is nuanced we say that you know working from home is not necessarily a bad thing. opinions differ on this and i think there's a very good case that it's causing staff to suffer. but our position is absolutely clear . either you're absolutely clear. either you're in office you don't get in the office or you don't get the you don't have the office. you don't have it both mean, my argument's both ways. i mean, my argument's always that there are always been that there are certain people, you know, maybe a computer programmer might actually work at home actually do more work at home than office open than he would the office open plan environment. i get that .

plan environment. i get that. but i've always believed that across the board productivity would be lower with people working from home. do we have any stats on that? well, certainly what we saw in 2019 is that for the first time in quite a few years, public sector productivity to ticked down a bit. that's the latest release. the next release is coming out within the next couple of months. think, know, months. but i think, you know, the that companies are the fact that companies are starting to ask people to go back to the office more when dunng back to the office more when during was during the pandemic there was four working home does show four working from home does show that companies that you know companies themselves recognise the so the private sector. private private sector. yeah the private sector who basically bust. sector who basically go bust. yeah unless they yeah you know unless they can turn profit getting turn a profit they're getting that they're pushing hard get that they're pushing hard to get back yeah the public back to work. yeah the public sector was showing great reluctance . well certainly reluctance. well certainly in wales know in the uk wales i said you know in the uk things little bit better. things are a little bit better. i uk government ministers i think uk government ministers are being too slow are perhaps being a bit too slow on you know, they need to on this. you know, they need to say to civil servants, say to the civil servants, either back the office either you get back the office or we're going to be selling this office space. but wales is

particularly one particularly egregious. one in ten absolutely astounding ten is an absolutely astounding figure it to say figure and to drive it to say that he's with is, you that he's happy with is, you know, labour politics given know, the labour politics given but is concern for the but where is the concern for the party i mean, i know party on this? i mean, i know people like jacob rees—mogg, you know, when was minister know, when he was the minister responsible, spoke out on these things don't seem things generally. i don't seem to anything from government to hear anything from government on well, know, to be on this. well, you know, to be fair, government this up fair, the government this is up to to the welsh to drake and up to the welsh government. the government government. if the government fair enough. but we've had similar problems whitehall similar problems of whitehall departments. yeah, absolutely. they staffed 30, 35% or they have staffed 30, 35% or whatever it may be . we don't whatever it may be. we don't hear much from the government on this. mean, certainly when this. no, i mean, certainly when jacob was place, he jacob rees—mogg was in place, he was about it much. was talking about it much. i mean, listen, ministers have mean, listen, ministers do have a to tread, a difficult line to tread, obviously. know, there some obviously. you know, there some benefits home, benefits to working from home, some let say, working from home. i that's difficult to i think that's difficult to square with the problem with saying but saying with services. but i mean, ultimately, listen, you know, seeing civil know, we are seeing civil servants returning to servants start returning back to the in november, the office. i think in november, it about 60, isn't too it was about 60, which isn't too bad, but we still need to either settle down. i think it's terrible well, yeah. i terrible. well, yeah, yeah. i mean , looks better than it was, mean, looks better than it was,

but where there's office space, it isn't being used . you either it isn't being used. you either need to get civil servants back. well, i got to. i think the taxpayer ripped off. taxpayer has been ripped off. yeah, the private sector yeah, i think the private sector has borne the entirety of the burden pandemic. has borne the entirety of the burden pandemic . and burden for the pandemic. and everything happened since . everything has happened since. and sector, frankly , and the public sector, frankly, a free pass through it all while you're here , i've been talking you're here, i've been talking over the last couple of months about the number of young very bright harbour entrepreneurial types that i've met that have beenin types that i've met that have been in touch with me who have either left for portugal or italy or who are considering doing so is any evidence that i'm right about this new brain drain ? well, i think the drain? well, i think the situation for young people is not very good in this country. and one of the big reasons is the marginal tax rates that i face. and if he runs a university now, you're paying a marginal tax rates of sorts of 40, 45. and if you did a postgraduate, that's taking up 50. that that just

50. so i think that that just speaks to the need for government to look at how to ease the burden young people. ease the burden on young people. well, i've well, it's not happening. i've got to tell you. it's not happening. thank you forjoining happening. thank you for joining me. what you think, me. i don't know what you think, but mean, if i just think this but i mean, if i just think this is absolutely scandalous upon taxpayers asked to taxpayers who are being asked to dip their pockets more and, dip into their pockets more and, more more, we need better more and more, we need better value for money and leadership from government . in a value for money and leadership from government. in a moment, we'll talk about the migrant crisis. yes, the first boats arrived in dover today. what's going to happen in 2023? and tony smith, the former boss of border force, offers a term solution .

well, overnight, the endless cease, there was a bit of a window in the weather. and guess

what that means? yes, of course. you know what it means? it means the first migrant boats began crossing the english channel. mark white of home affairs editor was in the port of dover today heading into dover harbour . border force vessel defender carrying dozens of , . border force vessel defender carrying dozens of, mainly young men pulled from the first small boat of 2023. poor weather in the channel prevented several other small boats from making it into uk waters . as around , into uk waters. as around, 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 smith, the former director of border force, to call for a far tougher approach to dealing with the crisis . to dealing with the crisis. we've got to get into detaining when they arrive here who are manifestly unfounded abusing system detaining them only for a

limited period for a short penod. limited period for a short period . there's no one wants to period. there's no one wants to lock people up for months and months for it but but get all the legal barriers all of those deau the legal barriers all of those dealt really quickly under dealt with really quickly under a detained fast track process and start seeing removal. we've done before. did in the done it before. we did in the uk. i was there, we had uk. when i was there, we had a detained, fast tracked process and we did deliver significant removals best way removals and that's the best way of getting control of this. the most obvious candidates for fast track removal are the 13,000 albanians who arrived on small boats last year. albanians who arrived on small boats last year . the government boats last year. the government has agreed new rapid return policy with the government in tirana , but so far only one and tirana, but so far only one and full of albanians who arrived across channel have been sent back. across channel have been sent back . another key agreement in back. another key agreement in the government's plans to tackle the government's plans to tackle the small boats crisis is the rwanda deal. although the high court now ruled the plans to process asylum seekers in that country are lawful with the of

further court appeals . country are lawful with the of further court appeals. no flights have so far taken off bound for kigali . each taking bound for kigali. each taking about 450 days for that to be decided won't count those claims, but decided within 28 days can seven of james daley , days can seven of james daley, who sits on the home affairs and justice committees, believes, despite any obvious momentum in the year ahead, races sunak's government has the right plans in place to tackle the china migrant crisis. in place to tackle the china migrant crisis . this is the migrant crisis. this is the 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 where we are now? we knew 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 you who say, i want to look forward. we've got the right sort of ministers in place. we're going to deliver, in my view, had talks, various view, having had talks, various ministers. and that's why i think we're place to deal think we're a good place to deal with another one of rishi with it. another one of rishi sunak's plans will see the

creation a new home office creation of a new home office led unit bringing together border force, the military and the national crime agency to focus more effectively on tackling the channel migrant . tackling the channel migrant. the established of a dedicated, small boats operational command will see the arrival of hundreds more personnel here in dover. but will it lead to a reduction in crossings? well, critics all it'll really do is ensure that small boats intercepted and migrants are processed more efficiently . and for the year efficiently. and for the year ahead , authorities are already ahead, authorities are already quietly planning for up to double the number of last year's arrivals . for rishi sunak's arrivals. for rishi sunak's government, it's never been important that the various pieces of his plan to tackle this problem come together . a this problem come together. a record number of crossings this year would be politically catastrophic. mark white gb news

on the kent coast. well as i have a great report there from white and some relatively strong words that from tony smith, the former boss of border force . but former boss of border force. but believe you me, this government haven't got the guts . even in haven't got the guts. even in tony blair's time, we used to deport people thousands every year. deport people thousands every year . they haven't got the guts year. they haven't got the guts . they want to stay part of the european convention on human rights . and after all, it was rights. and after all, it was that to stop the plane, if you remember to rwanda. we've got the ludicrous theresa may legislation from 2015 where people from albania claim , people from albania claim, they've been trafficked here, even though when they arrive they walk up the gangplank at doven they walk up the gangplank at dover, making this gang symbol and appear to be very, very happy. no, they haven't got the guts. they'll do nothing. now a sign of the times. kiwi, the shoe polish manufacturer, has been selling its product in this country since . oh six. it's been country since. oh six. it's been the dominant brand of shoe poushin the dominant brand of shoe polish in our nation. but now,

well , clean polish in our nation. but now, well, clean polish polish in our nation. but now, well , clean polish shoes polish in our nation. but now, well, clean polish shoes aren't as fashionable as they are. and i guess in places like wales, where nine out of ten of your civil servants working from home, that shouldn't necessarily be a. well i don't know about you, whether you she cleaning is outdated and old fashioned but i'm going to go on polishing my shoesifi i'm going to go on polishing my shoes if i can't buy kiwi. well i'll buy the other brand of british brand cherry blossom. that's what i'll do. now, in a moment it's going to be time for talking points . our first guest talking points. our first guest of the year is alex reid. he's been a kickboxing cage fighting champion. he's been in soap operas. he's won big brother. he was married to katie price. so much to talk about in such a short space of time. talking points in just a sec . join me on points in just a sec. join me on gb news on sunday mornings for a politic show with personality on tv, radio and gb news. the people's channel britain's news.

channel is talking by the first one of the year. i'm joined by alex rate alex, which is the programme . they're not happy programme. they're not happy about this is no shamrock guinness it's not the best pub in the world either but we all good we give it a go, we give a go. you know, i never used to dnnk go. you know, i never used to drink and listen until it. the paris grill met in inside that room and drink guinness. well, we'll talk about that because alex so many aspects your life but of is alexander but part of alex is alexander darling i'm a thespian now is the toughie the macho man the parachute which you mentioned and volunteered yourself a moment ago . and, you know, moment ago. and, you know, fighting cage fighting, all this

stuff , which he fighting cage fighting, all this stuff, which he did to a very, very high level, you know , we very high level, you know, we hear about boxers suffering all sorts of injuries and stuff later in life, the kind of fighting you were doing was pretty intense. yes i wasn't really worried brain damage because , you know . i wasn't because, you know. i wasn't really getting hurt like that. i mean, i consider my mixed martial arts a lot safer in pugilism because you're not the same damage to the head . i think same damage to the head. i think about a ten ounce club in boxing and you're putting so you could sustain more damage to the brain over a longer period, which akuma later, which is not good. now if i you have a bit i hit you have back fist or with a four ounce glove that's a smaller surface area your brain just can't take it. so it is more likely of a likelihood of a knockout, less brain damage. and also we have a weapons i, i

weirdly, it's not an aggressive bonein weirdly, it's not an aggressive bone in my body. i got into martial arts because i was bullied into defending the weak someone very dear to me when she was young , i was sexually abused was young, i was sexually abused . i know it to be a tough guy. want to beat all the bad guys and got into my slots and i ultimately don't want to hurt i just want to take you and nullify the situation in my i can okay that is fair enough but you do have this have you have a fight. no, i will have seen. i was younger but not but not not martial. no. in the puzzle something i got out so i do . do something i got out so i do. do you get road rage? not recently . not recently. do you know what i? don't let anything upset me that much i had a big plane crash 12 years ago, which i guessi crash 12 years ago, which i guess i shouldn't survived. and the problem that while the only problem is that while we're good at breaking we're all good at breaking promises we make to ourselves what alex's little what i've kept alex's little things upset you anymore. and i don't don't. i'm really don't. i don't. i'm. i'm really treat. and i have to apologise and i'm ashamed of myself because . when i first came on

because. when i first came on the scene to my radar, i didn't like very much from what i read in the press . like very much from what i read in the press. of like very much from what i read in the press . of course, i don't in the press. of course, i don't like and i'm sorry shame because people said that's not the true him look into i research you you're kind you compassionate and i. i agree with almost everything you say interesting. i love my i've had the same thing happen to me . i've been thing happen to me. i've been destroyed by the press . and it's destroyed by the press. and it's at a point where he's not even i mean, look, you know, alex had some great ups in, you know, i mean, very with you fighting your acting career . yes. know your acting career. yes. know hollyoaks i got to ask hollyoaks but i've got to ask you about you know, being the body double inside that private. oh my god this i was a celebrity event with my missus . we struggled with my missus. we struggled with my missus. we struggled with life. yes we just had a gorgeous little girl. and she promotes all us with babies where it's a celebrity event for babies. and we're the in the breakfast all because we stayed

in this posh hotel. alex well, i it's conor mcgregor. if you don't know who. conor mcgregor. he's quite a big notorious fighter is it. it's not. call him. mcgregor. oh no, no, it's rooney actually googled is white and always wayne rooney and all of a sudden got all shy and can't a picture with her. and i was like but i went over all right you know how england team i don't know i don't follow football i know you're a big football i know you're a big football fan, although i did play football fan, although i did play for . football fan, although i did play for. manchester in 2000 to 2003 and i went said, that's it, guys. i'm sorry, sir. we put all the england team and wayne , i'm the england team and wayne, i'm fit again. i'm ready to . play fit again. i'm ready to. play now. look at me now. as i said. well, i did play hollyoaks. i'm sitting and waiting. wayne said to me , you were in saving to me, you were in saving private ryan . yeah. wow, that private ryan. yeah. wow, that was weird . private ryan. yeah. wow, that was weird. i'm going over dead nervous and he was remembering what an incredible film. amazing

amazing, incredible film. we had . actually, last year. we had a two year old sitting in that chair to be on that beach on that day. wow he was an amazing witness. how was his body, his mind ? phenomenal absolutely mind? phenomenal absolutely phenomenal. well monday obviously talked about that day, but it was an amazing. but you've done that. you've done the fighting big . you won big the fighting big. you won big brother. what what does that do to your brain being the big brother house? i talk about that a lot about like you can't comprehend it. all of a sudden i was up in the entertainment street for many years. i've done lots of films. i was in hollyoaks and yeah, ten, 20 years ago. yeah but then all of a sudden, suddenly i'm stratospheric everywhere because of my relationship with a certain person. come to that and that brings similar i'm everywhere and it's like, it's wonderful because at the time i was hated . i thought hated was hated. i thought hated because all of the bad press that followed with her followed

me . and i remember saying me. and i remember saying i never wanted to be famous for being famous. and i had like a mind coach help me for my well, this was a fight for the media for myself. yeah. i mean they said you go in, you've got to show the real. i mean, you know, this very, very high profile last wedding to katie price and yeah, you know, you're suddenly anna to swept away i didn't know what planet was on i was like the land to the slaughter and you've been through i mean , the you've been through i mean, the marriage didn't last that long. no and you've been going through for what i can see of it, eight or nine years of legal of name calling back and forth with . and calling back and forth with. and yeah, i i've had lots of things i can't talk because of course reporting restrictions but i'm a staunch defender from foundation to help families go through the family courts because it's this is something this is what i'm interested in what you're doing the evidence would suggest from

what i've seen and the family. so i look after a lot corruption complicit at every level from the child maintenance service at a company called cafcass services and all the family courts, even government people and parents dying. there's a there's over a thousand. so since there's a thousand deaths related to the family courts in child maintenance every day, every year, a pretty free day to make it a tough time of this. is there a presumption in favour of there a presumption in favour of the woman, in your view ? 100. the woman, in your view? 100. 100. and it's to not say i'm not. i'm not a misogynist. and you probably know who we're talking about there. well, the table was, of course. yeah. who famously , of course. from the. famously, of course. from the. yes, the fighting . it's funny, i yes, the fighting. it's funny, i was offered to fight him at one point. i wasn't crazy when he's a bit than me, but of they're going, what's with what's going on with then the accusations against him are very serious are

andifs against him are very serious are and it's not for me to decide and it's not for me to decide and i listened as i said i go into fighting in my slots because someone very dear to me was sexually abused. so if that is true , i'm the first one to go is true, i'm the first one to go back. yeah, but i pray because i know there is . well, i see know there is. well, i see there. but again, you see but again you say it's the legal system and it's people looking from the outside not going the truth. and the same is the same as that with you and katie price, who's to know what the truth yeah, judge jury truth is. yeah, i'm judge jury did even got in the did executed even got in the building and that's the only thing like that's the only thing i see him and i'm not i can see with him and i'm not siding with him. i'm just siding with him. no, i'm just saying, the media saying, why would the media there when they did the bust , i there when they did the bust, i mean. yeah, it's just that same happened with cliff. richard didn't , you know that the police didn't, you know that the police the police tip the media, hey, we're here to make any judgement happen . appropriate. happen to me. i was appropriate. somebody would have. and our response turned up. and when i was released the following day

had no charges because in my own house and all that well the new case press would a you must you must listen you've had all the bad time i've been through some horrible stuff with the press as well but you've you've had great successes in life. you've had very tough few years . you know, very tough few years. you know, you've had a tough time misery of going through all this. the press , the intrusion , the autism press, the intrusion, the autism diagnosis. you've had a very, very tough time. well, you're autism diagnosis was actually a relief, was it? it wasn't . oh, relief, was it? it wasn't. oh, poor me . i mean, i've never felt poor me. i mean, i've never felt different i mean, it it puts some pieces together. oh, that was why i feel a bit different. and i had different, although it didn't feel different. but it's juxtapose woman are two different women. i want fit in but i don't fit in. it made sense so it was helpful out as alex reid man of many parts so many different lives how does how does bounce back from here .

how does bounce back from here. the reason why i formed this foundation after my father's to help parents was because when you tell . an and especially you tell. an and especially soldiers we have . 15,000 soldiers we have. 15,000 soldiers we have. 15,000 soldiers veterans on streets, 13,000 , sorry, 13,000. and i'm 13,000, sorry, 13,000. and i'm not illegal immigrants being hired. i'm glad to see that when you're in the plane , what you do you're in the plane, what you do with the oxygen , it's good and with the oxygen, it's good and you put it on yourself. we put it on the children. so i we need to help our own , our own, our to help our own, our own, our soldiers who've supported us. now . with these soldiers . what now. with these soldiers. what was your question? i was based . was your question? i was based. so how does alex reid , who's had so how does alex reid, who's had some great successes in life but been through a tough time over the last year? how do you bounce back and you talk about the positivity of doing the

foundation, talking about soldiers as a soldier, you do to be strong. you don't want get be strong. you don't want to get help. fight a battle. help. yeah you fight a battle. guess what? got support guess what? got a whole support unit. you've all different unit. you've got all different people you, so you don't people helping you, so you don't fight yourself when fight battle by yourself when you've mental help yourself, you've got mental help yourself, you've got mental help yourself, you need support. thank you . you need support. so thank you. go and get support i and got support and now i'm supporting other people good and we just need to be a bit more compassionate you know about the japanese scientists who studied water go figure out the water and rice. well the people's water in rice , salt water have water in rice, salt water have an emotional intelligence . first an emotional intelligence. first was the first bowl of water. i love you go to second war hate you horrible football to completely completely ignored over a period of a month first both fermenting gorgeous beautiful second term black, third rotted the we're made of water we're made of a more i don't know what your spiritual belief pattern is. i believe in so there's a lot more to us but

if you're saying bad things to someone all the time, they're going to take on. and just if you're going to talk a fiscal level science with the water that's going in us. so we just all need to be a little more compassionate. it's scary compassionate. it's a scary world that is, but you're world that it is, but you're going to fight back and get back on top. yeah oh, i'm not going to. good. i've got a good to. i am good. i've got a good a speaking tool helping people talk about mental health. come and watch me, alex great guest. thank you for coming . can't keep thank you for coming. can't keep this guy down. no question about that. thank you . thank you, sir. that. thank you. thank you, sir. okay it's barrage. the barrage. sofia any new year's resolutions 7 sofia any new year's resolutions ? our nigel. what i thought about it, sophie. i thought about it, sophie. i thought about it. do i give up drinking or driving and driving? lost? no. i've got new year's resolutions . they're a waste of resolutions. they're a waste of time. everyone breaks them. but,

alex, what you and he needs resolutions to read more and just three pages a day. that's a good bump to more what his books are that reader get. i like that that's good. that's three pages. well, i might borrow yours. i think that's a very good idea. next one. ryan asks, do you think there could be a snap election this october ? no. do election this october? no. do you know why ? because the tories you know why? because the tories have a whopping great big majority . the situation for majority. the situation for them? will it may get marginally better than it is, though i'm not sure that it will. and in october very few turkeys would vote for christmas. believe you me, it ain't going to happen . me, it ain't going to happen. and finally, robert asks dear nigel , are and finally, robert asks dear nigel, are the political elite who try to prevent brexit are now building up the notion we all want to rejoin? how can that poison be? stop, robert the globalists never give up . globalists never give up. they'll blame brexit for there is very little chance of us having a referendum on this issue. again, what we need is a government taking the opportunities of brexit and

doing something about it rather than this useless oxbridge who don't know how the world works . don't know how the world works. never mind. i'm back tomorrow at seven. right now you're going to patrick. well, thank you very much, nigella. fantastic show, as always . yes, i'm filling in as always. yes, i'm filling in for the wonderful mr. mark steyn. i will be for the rest of the week. i've got loads coming your way. charlie peters is back with us. we've got another shocking in the grooming gangs scandal. apparently if you stifle the investigation, you can join in in the public sector. who would have thought you do not want to miss these revelations ? looking ahead to revelations? looking ahead to this weather on the uk is looking mostly dry and settled , looking mostly 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 the evening across the south—west of england , the wind south—west of england, the wind will be light and the skies will be mostly clear. allowing temperatures dip fairly quickly . the south—east of england will experience similar conditions with generally dry weather no more than a gentle breeze and

plenty 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 clear periods , a elsewhere with clear periods, a ridge of high pressure be toppling across the midlands. from the west , toppling across the midlands. from the west, helping to give light winds and. a quiet early evening . it will be turning evening. it will be turning chilly, though, under the long cloud . chilly, too, for cloud breaks. chilly, too, for the north—east of england . skies the north—east of england. skies will be clear . a bit will generally be clear. a bit more breezes likely then further , temperatures still , but temperatures will still begin . away one or two begin. fall away one or two areas of low cloud will drift across southern scotland from , across southern scotland from, the west, but it will stay dry with some clear spells. northern and western scotland might catch and western scotland might catch a 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 evening, 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 tomorrow morning .

a happy new year, wonderful people and welcome along to monday's sparkling edition of the mark steyn and show we have a stellar line—up of stories and guests for you today , so you guests for you today, so you will want miss a single will not want to miss a single second. we have another rotherham grooming gang scandal ex collusive for this ex collusive for you this evening when this anywhere else gb can reveal another gb news can reveal another councillor from the former cabinet is stifle progressive has been given a senior at diversity and inclusion row within the nhs . you could have within the nhs. you could have made this up. we'll be digging into this with our very own peters, who has the story the uk is now seeing 800 more people