good afternoon . it's just gone good afternoon. it's just gone 12:00 time round and jones in gb newsroom we start with the gb newsroom we start with some breaking news just a senior taliban leader has told prince harry that the militants he killed an were not chess pieces. they were humans . and as haqqani they were humans. and as haqqani has respond to revelations in

harry's memoir , spare that he harry's memoir, spare that he killed 25 taliban fighters, he's to twitter saying the ones you killed were not chess pieces , killed were not chess pieces, but they were humans. they had families who were waiting for their among the killers of afghans. not many have your decency to reveal their conscience and confess to their war crimes. the duke hasn't responded to the taliban's so far. his choices are machine gun revelations shins and accusations . and it is accusations. and it is a staggering that he's come out with all this stuff i mean it to a point of being discussed in with some of the revelations. i don't believe that heart is ever going to be forgiven for doing what he's done with this book. i mean, the documentaries and the oprah winfrey were bad enough, but this book is way out there really is that was former royal correspondent charles ray speaking to us here at gb news. earlier, the prime minister's

ianed earlier, the prime minister's invited union leaders representing striking workers to meet with him on monday, rishi sunak says he hopes for a grown up about what's affordable . it up about what's affordable. it comes as passengers experience . comes as passengers experience. the fourth consecutive day of train strikes overjobs the fourth consecutive day of train strikes over jobs , the fourth consecutive day of train strikes overjobs , pay and train strikes overjobs, pay and conditions only 20% of services are operating as normal. mr. sunak says the government could legislate to ensure some services continue during strike action . we're going to bring action. we're going to bring forward new laws in common with countries like france, italy, spain and that ensure that we have levels of safety in critical areas like fire like ambulance, so that even when strikes going on, you know that your health will be protected. i think that's entirely reasonable and that's what our new laws will do . well, rmt general, will do. well, rmt general, secretary or secretary—general mick lynch, i should say. meanwhile he doesn't think potential new laws will work. they've also lost the argument on the existing nanny trade union laws because every union is defeating them by having mass

ballots. they want to make the action that comes out of those ballots virtually illegal. i don't think is going work. i don't think is going to work. i don't think is going to work. i don't they understand what don't think they understand what they're they they keep they're doing. they they keep quoting what goes in france quoting what goes on in france and spain and all the of and spain and all the rest of the world. these these laws have never enforced in those never been enforced in those countries and they're not enacted way that enacted in the same way that grant trying to bring grant shapps is trying to bring in the average price in the uk fell for a fourth consecutive month in december and last month's prices dropped by 1.5, compared november, which means the average house price is now at just ove r £281,000. halifax at just over £281,000. halifax also says uncertainty over the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates are slowing . interest rates are slowing. housing market's health secretary signing an agreement today that he says could speed up research into cancer treatments. steve says the deal with foreign tech means cancer patients in england will get early access to experimental

trials, including cancer vaccine . in total, 10,000 doses of personalised therapies could be delivered to by 2030. shell will pay delivered to by 2030. shell will pay around delivered to by 2030. shell will pay aroun d £1.7 billion in uk pay around £1.7 billion in uk and eu windfall taxes for the final quarter of last year. and eu windfall taxes for the final quarter of last year . the final quarter of last year. the oil giant says it'll face a hit to earnings because of the increased uk energy profits levy . additional eu taxes. in october, bosses had at the firm that they hadn't any uk windfall taxes because of heavy investment in the north sea . investment in the north sea. tech bosses should be held legally responsible for harmful onune legally responsible for harmful online content. that's according to a new poll. the nspcc says 66% of adults want managers to be prosecuted for failing that result in serious harm to children. it's urging the government strengthen the online safety when it returns to parliament later this month. the children's charity , more than

children's charity, more than 21,000 online child sexual offences will have been recorded by since the legislation was delayed last summer summer. and some sad news for former chelsea striker and manager gianluca vialli has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 58. first diagnosed in 2017, he was given the all clear a year later, only for the illness to return . fiala for the illness to return. fiala earned 59 caps for italy and won the champions slick with juventus before joining in 1996. he was the first italian to manage a premier league side , manage a premier league side, becoming its manager. the manager for the blues. in 1998. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, let me hand over to christopher hope.

hello, i'm christopher hope, standing in for andrew pearce today here on gb news with you still to pm. here's what's coming up. it's been a big week for prime minister and keir starmer outlining their vision for the country . we'll be for the country. we'll be analysing both of their speeches and what promises to be a busy year as ever in westminster politics is another day of strike action . we'll be getting strike action. we'll be getting the latest from the picket lines today as mick lynch the rmt goes issue the government with an ultimatum , yet another one to ultimatum, yet another one to get negotiation is up and get the negotiation is up and running or face more strike action in the coming months . our action in the coming months. our prince harry, he's back with even more claims in leaked extracts from his autobiography spare from cocaine to face his brother, william . we'll be brother, william. we'll be analysing all of the details throughout the programme . throughout the programme. joining me for the show will be

broadcaster and former editor and mate of mine, the daily star , former days editor dawn neesom and new home office . important and new home office. important to this show. we really are. emma meet gb views to gb news duke and i'll be putting point to those i speak to here's what's coming up this hour near the new leaders the prime minister rishi sunak and labour leader sir keir starmer gave their first speeches of the year this week setting out their stall for 2023. rishi sunak's made five key pledges to halve inflation grow the economy, reduce the national debt, cut nhs waiting lists and stop small illegally crossing the channel . illegally crossing the channel. 24 hours later and a few yards apart, keir starmer dismissed sunak's plan as weak and low ambition instead of what he called a sticking plaster politics, he insisted this issue will hit labour , will set out

will hit labour, will set out the case for change and pledge a decade of national renewal . with decade of national renewal. with me now, i'm joined today by giles cunningham, former head of press and spokesman for number ten downing street. also with me is strategist and the is political strategist and the former councillor , kevin former labour councillor, kevin craig . and joining us at the craig. and joining us at the show is broadcaster and former editor of the daily star, dawn neesom dawn, what are your views on this about that .7 don't move on this about that? don't move about what you wanted take on that what he had he had it land we've got these two competing views suddenly of how to run the country keir starmer. you country from keir starmer. you know, so it's very interesting . know, so it's very interesting. the labour sound more like the conservatives these days . conservatives these days. conservatives a bit more conservatives sound a bit more like , i don't know what party like, i don't know what party they're to imitate the they're trying to imitate at the moment. like labour. moment. a bit more like labour. and thought was and i thought was very interesting. last sorry interesting. bbc news last sorry to mention that you should watch this instead. i know i'm. sorry, this instead. i know i'm. sorry, this is much better, but the bbc news last night relegated to ah keir starmer's speech to fifth on the list. it was underneath

the web and i think that's how much people are paying attention obviously with all the royal stuff going on completely sort of way the news agenda in any case . but i just think keir just case. but i just think keirjust sounded like boris johnson and i'm not entirely sure that's a goodi i'm not entirely sure that's a good i mean, he did it without the bouncy puppy bad hair thing and.he the bouncy puppy bad hair thing and. he was just saying, oh, you know, build back better take back control. it's all the stuff. borisjust back control. it's all the stuff. boris just said already. i mean, it was the always the shapeshifter. keir starmer yeah, but it was very much a defensive play. it's about decontamination the problems we heard about what they want. we're the party they want. we're not the party of government. we're not of big government. we're not privatisation. the way, of big government. we're not privwantion. the way, of big government. we're not privwant loi. the way, of big government. we're not privwant loi. the the way, of big government. we're not priv want to i. the vote nay, of big government. we're not privwant loi. the vote leave i'm want to nick the vote leave slogan . i'm i'm want to nick the vote leave slogan. i'm going to i'm want to nick the vote leave slogan . i'm going to talk about slogan. i'm going to talk about devolving power that's what devolving power to. that's what the really. what he's the tories do. really. what he's doing basically saying , doing is he's basically saying, i'm above, i'm going i'm none of the above, i'm going to down. i just to keep my head down. i just hope tories scrub no hope the tories scrub no solution for strikes. you solution for the strikes. you know, we hear what he's against. we don't really hear what his properly think very properly fought. i think very vague, yeah, vague, anodyne, sound. yeah, he's, appropriating that he's, he's appropriating that language craig is the of language kevin craig is the of

taking back control i thought that's quite interesting he it differently brexiteers differently to the brexiteers he's controlling local he's about controlling local services. does and i've i've services. he does and i've i've spent quite a bit of time with kate over recent months and it's fascinating seeing that both to people. i think a lot of in terms of dawn and giles, they're talking to the subjects about these two speeches and we're talking about keir starmer. we're talking about the prime minister. you've got to go to it's the start of a long process he's talked about this year. there's going to be many more speeches he didn't in his speech bofis speeches he didn't in his speech boris johnson would not have pulled apart the record of the government in the way that keir did and he's talked of. you know , he i thought he was energetic empathy tech talking, you know, this prime minister had his phone call . this prime minister had his phone call. he this prime minister had his phone call . he knows what phone call. he knows what millions of people going through on strikes . it's not his job on the strikes. it's not his job to have solutions . i mean, on the strikes. it's not his job to have solutions. i mean, this this labour leader, this labour leader gave a freudian slip. yeah there is a long way to go. but listen, you know, the people

in this country just in the last couple of days, their number priority, 75% was nhs. the percentage case in 36% crime. and i you know, he can't have all the answers. he's not in charge yet. what about rishi and a speech ? no. heralding or i'm a speech? no. heralding or i'm proud of 13 years of. it's not all the time speech. i was coming in because it wasn't really brief at all in the sunday papers, the briefing night before was about maths, not the nhs or not about strikes or the nhs or about even vision. they about even this vision. they came up with with the speech the following they pushed some following they pushed out some strike news , and key . strike news, try and bury key. keir starmer. as dawn said earlier , do you think as earlier, do you think as a communicator has made any difference at all? i think this was them trying to set out their stall about is rishi sunak. what defines vision. he defines him, what vision. he didn't have that big moment where have the party where you have the party faithful. we can set out what you stand for to some extent, both them would do. and i think what is what you've seen from that is clear tories fight clear is the tories will fight the next election on the economy. they will double down on because think about on that because think about the

three he's talked three things he's talked about halving inflation, reducing debt, the to debt, getting the economy to grow. labour grow. the reason why labour still really badly still poll really badly on the economy. note liam economy. that note that liam night that spent all the money still up focus groups but still comes up focus groups but dawn mention of cuts. dawn neesom no mention of cuts. i we are in the most i mean we are now in the most tax have ever been 70 tax we have ever been in 70 years of tax cuts was there and i think he was he was given the sound bites that will get him elected. that's what politicians it's about elected it's all about getting elected isn't to get isn't is given the to get himself no mention of himself elected no mention of what was could do what he was really could do about immigration and about the immigration and problem we have and people are worried whereas worried about that now whereas a tax so it mention he tax cut so it mention that he was talking workers but was talking about workers but he's labour that's what he wants to and the reason by the way i didn't mention there rishi sunak's speech because i fell sunak's speech is because i fell asleep it. yes five asleep during it. yes five promises. it took two tones, right? craig it's the year right? kevin craig it's the year of i mean last election of boredom. i mean last election we boris johnson against jeremy corbyn that was exciting. we've got basically is jeremy buzzkill ism the 50 easy. yes all ism in the 50 easy. yes all right but let's see there's no difference. well, there is there is there are big differences and i think let's be let's fair

neither of these two speeches are going to feature in the you know, the best speeches of the century. okay that's that's that's fair . century. okay that's that's that's fair. but i think that the fascinating to me, i must go to rishi speaking style now. you know giles has been inside number 10. you know the speaking style is really interesting . i style is really interesting. i mean, i have not seen the prime minister like that in a long time. i find it quite strange and i think it's something he's going to have to work on because he sounded like the teacher sort of year six. he's not very keen on don't it just sounded like a c d these presenter read. yeah yeah. story which is what he has, he has to worry about saving jobs. he's a bit, a bit kind of, you know, you've seen a lot. it definitely has almost stiffened more since he became prime minister during pandemic. and very good at and i thought he's very good at coming reasonable one of coming as reasonable as one of the communicators . to the best communicators. but to some i you're right some extent i think you're right he to relax more, but he does need to relax more, but i still think. starmer it's a harder proposition because

before a very clear before you had a very clear contrast, had political rock contrast, you had political rock star, straight clown versus serious politician serious sort of adult politician . serious labour, . now you've got serious labour, but serious but no politician versus serious laboun but no politician versus serious labour. the other labour. politician the other thing, which i think is interesting is in a interesting is that in a different political cycle , this different political cycle, this is the perfect time for a third party to come through and really electrify the electorate in a pubuc electrify the electorate in a public quite public who are quite disillusioned. where the lib disillusioned. but where the lib dems are absolutely for the reform reform reform party or the reform party or party. well just can or any party. okay well just can name craig something both. name kevin craig something both. joining us this week gb news joining us this week on gb news great see you. you. great to see you. thank you. joining douglas ross joining us now, douglas ross accused labour of accused scottish labour of playing team sturgeon after a miserable year for his own party. the scottish conservatives leader used a speech in edinburgh today to claim anas sarwar has formed a code consensus with the snp hollyrood. the scottish tories enjoyed a miserable 2022. we saw support for the party dwindle, putting them in third place behind scottish labour. douglas ross joins me now. douglas hello . yeah, hello chris, very happy new year to you too. what's your

problem with scottish labour? isn't the point . need to get isn't the point. need to get together to try and overturn the nationalist league each into their enormous lead in. the polls . well, you know that is polls. well, you know that is the ultimate aim is to get rid of this nationalist government. but what i was explaining today the labour party don't provide an alternative . just before an alternative. just before christmas we had one of the most controversial of legislation ever passed in the scottish parliament. the gender recognition reform bill, labour day, msps strong objections from msps from at labour are women, former labour leaders and labour voters it to support nicholas sturgeon to pass a dangerous bill. and that's just one example where they side with the rather than it with the public . rather than it with the public. in scotland it is not broadly clever politics. so ross in the sense that they have to try and into that enormous lead because you have got the basically 40 to 40% of scots baked in to wanting and wanting some of more and wanting some kind of more independence, even full independence, even full independence in scotland, there's absolutely nothing

clever in voting for that bill that diminishes women's rights say. we put forward amendments to try and stop sexual predators able to use this to bill gain access to women spaces that was defeated the government and then labour supported the bill that's. just one example, we had a 150 amendments to try and improve this bill, very few of them got through. it was shoddy legislation . it's now in the legislation. it's now in the hands of the uk government, yet labour helped enact it, you know, they did the same with the hate crime bill in the last parliament a bill that tries to suppress free speech in scotland passed on the back of labour votes. and that's not an opposition that's simply working with sturgeon and her nationalist colleagues to not dangerous legislation but these are all quite narrow areas only douglas ross i mean , john, i douglas ross i mean, john, i want go off to a more want to go off to a more important light taxation like like the environment, like the oil gas in north sea, oil and gas in the north sea, these which should really these areas which should really matter to the tory voters . two matter to the tory voters. two more scotland . you

more votes in scotland. you mentioned all of them as well. you know, i mentioned the that on north sea oil gas at sea possession as the snp on taxation here in scotland the labour plan is to tax even more and through more money public services. you cannot hear between labour and the snp in scotland any more. and that is betrayal of the voters who backed down this summer and his party at the last scottish election. he said he would stand up to the snp and then within days he was making a big open offer to work with nicholas sturgeon i thought that the tory party south of england, party in the south of england, are helpful you are they actually helpful to you up mean the way up north. i mean the way the labour adopted thistle, labour adopted this thistle, haven't they rather the rose to try become more scottish. do try and become more scottish. do you away from your you want to break away from your the party get more the southern party and get more of for yourself. no, of an identity for yourself. no, i mean we are a separate party up i mean we are a separate party up in scotland. i'm the leader of the scottish conservative and unionist party . we have a unionist party. we have a separate constitution , separate separate constitution, separate manifestos, etc. but we are, as i've been to the only party

north of border that's willing to challenge this cosy consensus that we now have at holyrood , that we now have at holyrood, laboun that we now have at holyrood, labour, the snp, the greens , the labour, the snp, the greens, the liberal democrats who on one side very rarely challenge the nationalist government, that we've got . on the other side we've got. on the other side you've got only the scottish conservatives that are quite often a lone voice of dissent and trying to, to scrutinise and improve what's happening in scotland . you and i found out scotland. you and i found out bofis scotland. you and i found out boris johnson was no secret about that. are you happier that you've rishi sunak as you've got rishi sunak now as prime minister? think prime minister? well, i think what we've seen from the prime minister is a more stability within the government. we've heard his five point plan to deliver for the country. he wants to be assessed against that. and i think people will see as we go into 2023, a greater emphasis on that stability through a government we already can see the support going to help families and businesses across the country and. that's what people want to see from their politicians. a focus on the real issues that to

them i mentioned today, we've got teacher strikes coming up in scotland and we haven't heard from secretary. from our education secretary. we've any on its knees here we've got any on its knees here in scotland and we've heard not a word from the first minister. where has nicholas sturgeon, beaten couple of beaten for the last couple of weeks has been silence weeks there, has been silence from her and her government on the issues . yet she's the important issues. yet she's preparing a special in preparing to have a special in march try and hold another march to try and hold another independence referendum totally the wrong priorities for the people of scotland . do you do people of scotland. do you do you fear that, douglas, do you fear another vote on scottish independence ? i just don't want independence? i just don't want that division all over again. you know, i remember what it's been like since two thousand and seven when the nationalists came to power the referendum in 2014, we were both sides would respect the come of that referendum . and the come of that referendum. and of course, one side it has never done so. we don't need that to be . we've lost that. douglas be. we've lost that. douglas ross well look, it was is back as we lost douglas ross there.

but coming up another day, yet more strike action than douglas. your back. hello can you hear me now ? and . we have improved, but now? and. we have improved, but internet access between scotland and england now coming up, you have another strike action. we'll get the latest from the picket at union station before. but let's take a short break here on live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening across the country and finding out why matters to you. we'll have the facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents wherever happening. we'll be there in 12 noon on tv , radio and online, noon on tv, radio and online, giving news. the people's channel giving news. the people's channel, britain's news .

channel now passengers are facing another of travel disruption as . rail workers in the rmt union begin their second 48 hour strike this week . it's latest strike this week. it's latest action in lower dispute over jobs pay and conditions and 20% of services operating as normal. and i know i got one of them this morning to the studio. the government has brought forward the new strike laws to maintain a basic function and deliver minimum service levels the minimum service levels in the pubuc minimum service levels in the public sector during industrial action . now a national reporter action. now a national reporter paul hawkins joins us now from euston station . paul, how is it euston station. paul, how is it busy life ? it's been quite busy, busy life? it's been quite busy, yeah. busy life? it's been quite busy, yeah . this morning there's been yeah. this morning there's been a turnout on the picket line today, which is impressive given there's been strike action every day this pretty much well certainly since the working week

started on tuesday when we had the first of the 248 hour walkouts by rmt. and then yesterday we had a little bit of a road rage going on behind behind just behind our camera position. but yeah, yesterday we had a strike by aslef with the train drivers and then today it's the start of the second 48 hour walkout. but the difference this time is that walkout this time is that this walkout is the backdrop of is set against the backdrop of the government this strike the government, this anti strike legislation , whereby they're not legislation, whereby they're not banning strikes and the business secretary grant shapps has been quite clear about that. in fact, he said he respects the rights of workers to withdraw their their labour if they want to make want to make their heard when it comes to pay and conditions. he's banning conditions. he's not banning strikes, want to strikes, but he does want to introduce this minimum service level fire, rail and level for fire, rail and ambulance and then a voluntary agreement for public sectors such as health and education. now, the unions say it's illegal they're considering taking legal action. labour have said, look , action. labour have said, look, just need to get round the

negotiations have don't need to legislate against this and indeed we heard from sir keir starmer they starmer yesterday saying they would repeal legislation that was in place but the aren't happy as if say it's not going to make any difference to their strike action in future. and this is what the have had to tell us this morning. well, we feel outrage , everyone else. feel outrage, everyone else. it's been a piece this week. it's been a set piece this week. this this government could have got some talks on week, but got some talks on this week, but instead wanted frame instead they wanted to frame their in the their announcement in the context some railway context of some railway strikes. so than talking to us so rather than talking to us from december they've from december the 15th, they've decided to wait till next monday so that they could make announcement. course, announcement. and of course, what is, is an attack on what this is, is an attack on human rights and civil most human rights and civil is most important in a society that important in a free society that we free trade unions. and we have free trade unions. and now they've lost the now that they've lost the argument the issues about argument about the issues about how services are funded , how public services are funded, how public services are funded, how public services are funded, how public sector workers are treated they, and they've also lost the argument . the existing lost the argument. the existing nanny union laws, because nanny trade union laws, because every union defeating them by every union is defeating them by having ballots, they want having mass ballots, they want to action that comes out of to make action that comes out of those ballots, virtually illegal

. i don't . two of the things to . i don't. two of the things to note , the wording of that note, the wording of that primary legislation that the government introduces will be key . and what will be the key. and what will be the definition of ? minimum level definition of? minimum level service provision. now the government's going to on that, but the wording will be key it won't have an impact on the industrial that's taking industrial action that's taking place week. and by the way, place this week. and by the way, tomorrow is last of the tomorrow is the last of the announced rmt so far. it announced rmt so far. but it certainly make those negotiations between , the negotiations between, the government and the unions, the next week to make those negotiations just a little bit more edgy . paul, thank you. now, more edgy. paul, thank you. now, joining me for the show is broadcaster and former editor of the daily star dawn neesom. dawn what are your views on the strike action? look, i my dad was a labour member. he was a folk of a print union. so i spent lot of my childhood in the seventies on lines i'm not quite sure did my dad's not much good, to be honest with you. i in the

long run, i just remember being poor on a look. i support the right to strike. i really do. and that the laws are coming make me slightly nervous i mean as poles just said what does a minimum of service minimum level of service actually mean. yeah you know i can sort of understand it when you're talking about rail strikes, but what does it actually mean for nhs strikes that what chris for that was one thing that worried me so support the right to strike. however where i'm getting a bit twitchy with the strikes that are going on is it about the workers and what's right for the workers or is it a concerted effort from all the unions just destabilise , not be a general strike? wouldn't it generally strike? and i get the impression from a lot of things that mick lynch in particular has said that that is what this is about. it's more about politics now unless of course strikes always about politics better and more about destabilising the government they hate less about what the workers want. because i know sam was less supportive for our of strikes amongst rmt but didn't

really give them time to actually have a say on what the government were saying . and the government were saying. and the one thing i think a lot of people are saying is all the time, a lot of people are confused is how much are they actually talking to one another. the the the government, the rail companies all talk and companies say we all talk and the unions say they're not i mean, they can't both be true. but measure announced by by but this measure announced by by shapps rishi today, it in shapps and rishi today, it in the manifesto. so he can't be by the manifesto. so he can't be by the house of lords. it must they have got majority force in the house of will it fall foul of human rights laws that you have a right to strike, a right to freedom of expression. all those measures might come in, but if it's then that must it's a law then that must overrule any kind attempt to overrule any kind of attempt to challenge the courts. yes no, challenge in the courts. yes no, absolutely. would hope absolutely. and you would hope that the case, because that would be the case, because we carry on we are we can't carry on where we are at the moment. we start very interesting. going back to keir starmer's speech that we will strike these strike back. he vows, bend these laws of course. laws if they come of course. now, of course he will. because how much our labour funded by the unions mean they their the unions i mean they their

paymasters would we be in paymasters so would we be in this situation. you know nurses should be paid the same, but would be in this situation if labour in power, would mick labour were in power, would mick lynch working lynch and people are working round action mean round the strike action mean lucky work home lucky people can work from home like can and you can yesterday, the first day when the strike was because the drivers was solid because the drivers went out when the drivers out, it the network stopped it appears the network stopped working. are out working. when the rmt are out are now are typically are two trains now are typically on some lines on some on some future lines certainly south england. so you know, i think, you know, can know, i think, you know, you can work around and i the work around it. and i think the problem maybe a good problem is maybe it's a good thing you're saying, we're thing like you're saying, we're it's pay round it's about the next pay round not this one but the in the line that's on me. that's what they have said. and i think that sort of makes sense. otherwise it just into a slanging match just gets into a slanging match just gets into a slanging match just where we're at just now that is where we're at with i think, as far as with that and i think, as far as the strike is concerned, the aslef strike is concerned, which is just the drivers, i think they a lot of less think they have a lot of less sympathy country because sympathy in the country because they a lot more they are earning a lot more money than ordinary people that are this today, are watching this today, listening to us today who are struggling get work. you struggling to get work. you know, they don't know, a lot of them, they don't get work. they don't get

get to work. they don't get paid. the small businesses, businesses in businesses that are operating in city stations, city centres around stations, they're already they're losing money already know need know hospitality they need people going to their places to survive. these this is not helping. is your argument understood by inflation if understood on by inflation if you these double digit pay you give these double digit pay rises of people rises to large groups of people will drive up cost of will just drive up the cost of living of us. well, as i living for all of us. well, as i said earlier on, i'm not old enough to remember the seventies, and that's what triggered winter of triggered the winter of discontent. busting triggered the winter of disc rise nt. busting triggered the winter of disc rise is. busting triggered the winter of disc rise is just busting triggered the winter of disc rise is just not busting triggered the winter of disc rise is just not physically pay rise is just not physically possible . we can't do it as much possible. we can't do it as much as we all support nhs staff. i mean, sort of like know who are very poorly paid and working hard on that frontline . but then hard on that frontline. but then you have to look at the nhs. i just why you got manages £100,000 paul £100,000 do you think paul johnson may folded by now. johnson may have folded by now. i still the nurses i think i mean still the nurses i think he's so an emotional leader. i think the sunak deserves some credit. holding the line credit. i think holding the line against be easy against what might be an easy thing spend money, it's thing to do, spend money, it's harder it back and save harder to keep it back and save it the future. money coming it for the future. money coming from pouring . i from where this is pouring. i mean, which as you mean, borrowing, which as you say, leads to inflation, more tax . we're already paying 70,

tax. we're already paying 70, the highest in 70 years. what is the highest in 70 years. what is the end game ? this we have to the end game? this we have to have i think we have to have a leader whether that's on the left or the right , who leader whether that's on the left or the right, who stands firm, because i do now very dubious about how much of this about the workers and how much it's about overthrowing government. dawn neesom thank you. will be more with you. come up here the of the news now coming up in a series of extraordinary claims he made an extracts from this new biography by prince harry called his by by prince harry called his taxes and misery taking cocaine and openly spoken about killing 25 people while serving in afghanistan with the british army. we'll be breaking down all of those when we return. but first is your news update . good first is your news update. good afternoon. it's 1231. first is your news update. good afternoon. it's1231. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. a senior taliban leader has told prince harry the militants killed in afghanistan

weren't chess pieces. they were humans . and as haqqani has humans. and as haqqani has responded to claims in harry's memoir, spare that he killed 25 taliban fighters . memoir, spare that he killed 25 taliban fighters. he's taken to twitter saying the ones you killed had families who are waiting for their return among the killers of afghans. he continues. not many have decency to confess their war crimes. among other revelations from prince harry's burka, allegations his brother prince william physically attacked him while former royal correspondent charles rea told us this could . charles rea told us this could. see the end of harry's relationship with the royal family these are machine gun revelations and accusations and it is staggering that he's come out all this stuff. i mean, it the point of being disgusting, some of the revelations, i don't believe harry is ever going to believe harry is ever going to be forgiven for doing what he's with this book. i mean , the with this book. i mean, the documentaries and the oprah winfrey were bad enough, but this book is way there really is . th

this book is way there really is. th union leaders representing striking workers to meet with him on monday. rishi sunak says he hopes for a grown up conversation about what's affordable . it comes as affordable. it comes as passengers experi . it's the passengers experi. it's the fourth consecutive day train strikes over jobs pay conditions. only 20% of services are operating normal . the are operating normal. the average house price in the uk fell for a fourth consecutive month in december last month's. pfices month in december last month's. prices dropped by point 5, compared november, which means the average price is now at just over the average price is now at just ove r £281,000. halifax also over £281,000. halifax also uncertainty over the cost of living crisis and rising rates are slowing . the housing market. are slowing. the housing market. and former chelsea and manager gianluca vialli died from pancreatic at the age of 58. the a&e and nine caps for italy and

won the champions league with juventus joining chelsea in 1996. he was the first italian to manage a premier league side, becoming the blues . to manage a premier league side, becoming the blues. in to manage a premier league side, becoming the blues . in 1998. tv becoming the blues. in 1998. tv online and dab+ radio this gb news don't go anywhere. christopher hope. we'll be back in just a moment.

no stream of sensational and accusations from prince harry's autobiography, spare have been leaked in spanish . look it up. leaked in spanish. look it up. papers in english. the book outlines deep grievances and bitterness in the royal family, such as a claim that he and prince william urged their father not to marry camilla. now, the queen consort, one of the most striking claims from

harry, first reported by the guardian newspaper , was that he guardian newspaper, was that he was physically attacked by his brother , william. kensington brother, william. kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment . have both said they will not comment. here's a teaser clip from harry's itv , which was from harry's itv, which was broadcast this weekend . what was broadcast this weekend. what was different was this level of frustration and you i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years, and i saw this red mist in him . he wanted me to hit mist in him. he wanted me to hit back, but i chose not to. there's a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic, mushrooms . i marijuana, magic, mushrooms. i mean, that's going to surprise people, but important to acknowledge. i want reconciliation. but first, it needs to be some accountability . the truth supposedly at the moment has been there's only one side to this story. right. but two sides to every story . why two sides to every story. why now? joining me is royal biographer of in your you're different a lot of commentators you spent a lot of time with

prince harry didn't you with your biography of him. yes. are your biography of him. yes. are you surprised by this? well damage individual you're seeing in interviews. it's in these interviews. well, it's a individual at a very different individual at the time, i served about 15 months with him and i wrote his biography. and you can see there was a sort of negative part. but then of us got negative then lots of us got negative sized. it but now he's become nasty , spiteful and resentful . i nasty, spiteful and resentful. i mean, one of the problems was that there was nobody really looking after him . prince looking after him. prince charles was doing duty, had to go off everywhere . they had go off everywhere. they had a nanny. but his brother, william, of course was there. william looked after him , but he was looked after him, but he was smoking and drinking from the age of . and he took loads of age of. and he took loads of drugs at eton . he would go to drugs at eton. he would go to a pub and. they used to have to throw him out because you get so overdose and drink and having so much alcohol but the protection

officer who are looking after him but of telling prince charles because they said it wasn't their duty they weren't parer and so they'd get the sack because would deny he was doing that. because would deny he was doing that . so it was because would deny he was doing that. so it was a very because would deny he was doing that . so it was a very difficult that. so it was a very difficult and it was took a long time until prince charles realised that his son was taking all sorts of drugs . i don't blame sorts of drugs. i don't blame him because he was very and trying to do loads of different things but a lot of the seeds were there and then of course losing his mother and he's never he said me that he did feel that he said me that he did feel that he was taking it better now and that he kept it all inside . and that he kept it all inside. and in the end, it burst . it was in the end, it burst. it was thanks to william who persuaded him to go and see someone. he said , usually you don't listen said, usually you don't listen to your elder brother. why shouldn't you ? quite right. he shouldn't you? quite right. he said. but this time i realised i had to do that. so now for him,

turn on him in such vile way with . no proof actually. and with. no proof actually. and i don't know any brothers who don't know any brothers who don't have a bit of a fight now and then is very cruel. he's tried to be very cruel and in he's self denying himself, isn't he? he's just actually cutting himself off and changed since he got married. do you think that got married. do you think that got worse? yes, absolutely entirely. i mean, he used to catherine was the love of his you know, is just his sister. his sister wanted . and he was his sister wanted. and he was very close to william he said to me that every year we get closer and, that we always hug each other when we meet, when we haven't for a while. but i just think that meghan has an attitude which is very negative towards anything that has stood in her way and that harry is his whole thing is to please meghan. welcome once meghan gets his frightened offer, it's quite obvious where she pulls him

around everywhere in the middle of a conversation she wants to move on. yes, i can be that can maybe helpful to him. maybe i mean. i don't think that's helpful at all. i think it destroys his own individuality. and to dawn neesom, you're a former editor. the former tabloid editor. the stories laid out for that, chris, laid out across the desk here are extraordinary. yes did you know much about this when you know much about this when you were the daily star? always. oh did what? i'm just saying that i knew very little. but if i'm not reading my papers, i will. i mean, angela is brilliant, i think that the brilliant, but i think that the shocking line that he was doing drugs age of eight, he's drugs from age of eight, he's spoken now, doing spoken very openly now, doing cocaine, he was you cocaine, weed when he was a, you know , he was a posh, privileged know, he was a posh, privileged kid in london. i mean, you know, takes cocaine. i mean, that's not shocking in itself. but the fact he's doing it so young. fact he he's doing it so young. so we aware it. so yes. yes. we were aware it. and was i think it's , a and there was i think it's, a picture used on the front picture that's used on the front of the where he actually of the sun where he actually lost his temper coming out of a nightclub and went punch a photographer. so the fact that he's making himself out to he's now making himself out to be of like my

be some sort of like my brother's a hotheaded of brother's a hotheaded sort of like attacked and. i, i like he attacked me and. i, i was good. i didn't hit him. was so good. i didn't hit him. and like, well, we all know and it's like, well, we all know what you're in the past. what he said when went to school was said when he went to school was that told that he didn't that he told me that he didn't feel at eton. feel comfortable at eton. he just a and just scraped in both a and charles agreed on where he should go, but he really wasn't up to and said to me, i up to and he said to me, i decided to just be with the bad boys. it absolutely doing boys. so it was absolutely doing all things because all the wrong things because he's a prince. the officers can't tell him what to do and neither could anybody . are you neither could anybody. are you in touch now since you came out? you have a number of you texted him? no you don't happy with me now because criticised him and i've criticised his company. now because criticised him and i've criticised his company . the i've criticised his company. the thing is with the criticism of harry, i mean, i think the most shocking revelations come of shocking revelations come out of this book , the interviews is the this book, the interviews is the thing he said about i killed 25 taliban. and i think if you really want to your wife and your children a huge risk i think that is the most shocking thing he possibly and we've heard how they the reason heard today how they the reason for that is i mean it's not a

nice reason but i think he's so fed up with this country not giving him. round the clock protection that if he says he knows who gets to sources intangible. i mean because i've heard this that a lot of people are saying sort of like he's only said this so he can get royal back. and but do you i mean, because that's a huge risk, not just his wife and children, but also to the rest of royal family and more importantly , to his former importantly, to his former colleagues serving colleagues who are still serving in various , you know, theatres in various, you know, theatres of the world. but i of war around the world. but i think he's a way that is just think he's on a way that is just totally destructive . you can see totally destructive. you can see it in his face. i mean, he just wouldn't recognise them. he looks so as if he's no life in that. yeah. and i think he's decided that it tells you his private parts and yeah. you know that he was you know so many things that he says that he shouldn't say personally about people. i agree with you though about the 25 taliban is completely and he knows very well that people from the army don't do that . the other thing

don't do that. the other thing that i think is absolutely shocking is straight after prince philip's death, he and charles and william went to talk and prince charles said to him, please don't spoil the rest of my years. now, that is a very private for him to make when was at his most unhappy the blow of you leaving guess losing his father and i think that one on the emotional side you can go through and you can find horrific things every different level whilst living and thanks for joining us. level whilst living and thanks for joining us . this is going to forjoining us. this is going to run and run and you'll be back on gb news, no doubt very soon. your reaction to the interview is on and the weekend . now, is on and on the weekend. now, so far, 27 employees, including 14 conservatives, have said they will be selling down at the next general election. this number will, i can assure you , but what will, i can assure you, but what to do next is ? never easy, but to do next is? never easy, but but a good lesson comes today from . brooks newmark, the former

from. brooks newmark, the former conservative mp for braintree . conservative mp for braintree. he quit politics in 2015 and has since reinvented himself as a business investor and a humanitarian . since russia humanitarian. since russia invaded ukraine last year he has percio organised bus a 15,000 women, children and old men from the conflict zones to the west of the country costing him personall y £160,000. i'm of the country costing him personally £160,000. i'm joined by that mp for the former mp, brooks newmark. brooks, welcome to gb news. hi, how are you? what extraordinary story. i mean, it's true. and you've had no help here, the government. you've gone off your own back. yeah. yeah. i mean, i. i saw , yeah. yeah. i mean, i. i saw, you know, the beginning of the war. i just sort of had this huge urge to do something and i'm actually and academic at the moment doing a doctorate . and i, moment doing a doctorate. and i, i just finished my research and i just finished my research and i thought , you know , i have time i thought, you know, i have time why don't i go out and help a

friend of mine who was out there? latvian friend of mine. so i sort of went out to the poush so i sort of went out to the polish border. and as with just because i'm a compulsive person, you know, there's always a problem to and so i went problem to fix. and so i went out initially for four days. that became two weeks and ultimately has ended being a ten month journey for me in a country really didn't know at all. well. and you've and you've you've you've put you've all got the buses to bring across how many thousand now ? so i've many thousand now? so i've moved, i've evacuate ated about 21,000, 1000 women and children mainly away from the war zones in the east and the south. and i keep them in the country most don't want to actually leave country. i think at the beginning the war, there were a lot of people who could go to europe to go to europe, but the majority of people actually want to stay in there. how do you get them to trust? the big issue in eastern certainly is russia and that's trying to take ukrainians back. was a big issue. back. it was it was a big issue. so i had sort of this problem

with trust. so i ended up doing two things. first of all, i did a promotional video with a local mayor saying you know what? the brits are here. we're here to and you know, he was there he didn't interview local government the people did interviews and they interviewed some a soldier , his family and some a soldier, his family and said this a, you know, this is a good thing to. second thing i did was i charged and charged the equipment of 10 pm. because if you only charge something, they then the russians weren't taking them just looking pictures now on screen of you actually in ukraine there. were you worried about your safety at all? i mean, i, i was that with any government support or help? well, know, as you well, you know, known as you see, really wearing see, i wasn't really wearing a flak jacket. and i'm looking overweight because all the overweight because of all the borscht been feeding their. no, i sort of iconic i think you sort of iconic splaining. but you just sort of get in a very focussed mindset where you don't you know, you hear bombs dropping around you , hear bombs dropping around you, but it sort of becomes like

white noise after while and you just stay very focussed on what you're doing. and i as said, it's amazing to think that by the end of the year i'd evacuated 21,000 women. your inspiration for this. i mean, you're jewish. yeah so, you know, probably your listeners won't know, but one out of every four jews that died in the holocaust were ukrainian. right. and you know, my family from eastern europe, they were lithuanian , polish, many of them lithuanian, polish, many of them died during the war. and but there were people like sir nicholas winton, a people like oskar schindler , who stuck their oskar schindler, who stuck their neck out for jewish people in their time of need . and i felt, their time of need. and i felt, you know, now is a time for as a jew we should be reciprocating while don't . brooks yeah i just while don't. brooks yeah i just want to ask i mean there is a lot of unfortunately all of ukraine going on the uk at the moment because we're coming up to anniversary of and to the anniversary of year and obviously we've all got things to worry about this country to worry about in this country as you've been there, as well. so you've been there, you've experienced especially with women children,

with the women and children, what people what would you to people watching now about watching and listening now about how ukraine is, how important ukraine still is, especially the more vulnerable members of the population? yeah, i mean , i don't think, you know, i mean, i don't think, you know, unless you're there, you can't quite i want you to imagine that you particularly in the east in the south, you know, you have no electricity. you have food. more importantly now, it's been ten months imagining not having any income, but ten months. so it's, you know, scratch a life is very difficult now that putin is bombing infrastructure hugely, there is no heating and heating temperatures go down to sometimes minus is very challenging which is why i'm sort of itching to get back out there. yeah. so i can get out and work with local government people in the south and in the east to have my buses moving people to where they can get food and shelter and safety . food and shelter and safety. brooks how do you read this, this overnight offer from putin for a ceasefire to mark? i would reciprocate to putin in the same

way he did to the ukrainians christmas he bombed the ukrainians and on new year's he bombed the ukrainians. i think the ukrainians should reciprocate back. yeah this guy is a is narcissistic sociopath and i don't think people quite you know how bad he is they local politicians in ukraine will do well outside of that you know i have i think to do what i do need to work with local politicians that may be, you know not i haven't that's that's above my pay grade but i have worked with local governors, local and i've met the local mp odesa, who's been very helpful so, you know , i think working so, you know, i think working with local government has been critical to my success without them pointing as to where i can help has i think has made a huge think what you're doing is inspiration honestly i mean we have we just said earlier how there's 27 members leaving politics that number will go up what's advice to and because you

are really found a new role for yourself having outside politics which is highly rewarding maybe more rewarding than being for brent. yeah you know and the thing know until thing is, you don't know until you do you know when one door closes, another door opens . and closes, another door opens. and as mp hopefully there'll be as an mp hopefully there'll be a number of doors that will open for people. and you know , need for people. and you know, need to think very carefully now, you know , is going to make you know, is going to make you happy, you know, for me, i'm i'm old. i'm 65 this year , you know, old. i'm 65 this year, you know, so i'm a pensioner i guess so . so i'm a pensioner i guess so. you know, what do you what is the next chapter in your life? and you know, for me, i i'm doing a degree so you can go back into academia , you can do back into academia, you can do charitable work. you can do business. there's nothing wrong with mps doing business. don't sort of take these non—executive directorships where, people think that they can use . so you think that they can use. so you can do things, try and do something every day is going to make you happy. yeah, every day that you wake up, you want to

get out of bed and think, you know, i am excite it by this day because you just had on your program a little earlier that the the chelsea manager the day, the chelsea manager died you know, i'm 64. died at 58. you know, i'm 64. you know, you just don't when life going to end for you. so life is going to end for you. so you've to make sure, you've got to make sure, certainly time life that certainly my time a life that every i get up is i'm doing something i want is invaluable being an ex is that i have value in well is this me i was i had already been in private equity so i it was unusual that i'd made my money before i went into politics. so now i'm using my to money back small businesses to do charitable work. you know , i do charitable work. you know, i think that's so important, isn't it? make every count. and if you say can do something to genuinely other people rather than doing for yourself, i think such an important message for everybody not just politicians. yeah. especially at this time of yeah yeah. especially at this time of year. yeah, i mean it's it is a, you know i get it's hard for me to get out of bed in the morning sometimes when i'm here and dark and i think gosh what now you

know i think it's really important to think carefully now, you know , what is it that now, you know, what is it that you want to do that's going to make you happy? and you're doing all this finally, but you're doing all this on your own back, aren't you? mean. yes, yes aren't you? i mean. yes, yes i mean i haven't got an organised i've got i mean it was i've got i mean literally it was all my turn. $1,000 you've all from my turn. $1,000 you've raised. well i've in raised. well because i've put in you in about hundred $50,000 you put in about hundred $50,000 myself and i've raised about another $500,000. so that has enabled me to move the 500,000 enabled me to move the 500,000 enabled me to move the 500,000 enabled me to move about 21,000 people, but i've got my costs down. so i think 250,000 i'm putting in and i'm trying to get match funding from friends of mine i can move maybe between another 25 or 50,000. and you're launching charity i think. yeah. so a of charity so i've got a lot of charity called for ukraine or called angels for ukraine or ukraine angels .org and you know every ukraine angels .org and you know ever y £10 donation helps me move every £10 donation helps me move person so think of it that sort yeah and that's online for us to dig it out. yeah well actually mark it actually appears meet

you and really best of luck i think you say great and thank you for having thank you you for having on thank you thank you neighbour amy been e—mailing in some of your views of the pm and keir starmer and of the pm and keir starmer and of course prince harry firstly on the king's speech yesterday richard says it was pretentious patronising speech littered with sticking plasters and mind numbing waffle down to the public, to not public. mr. westminster, a was a touch bubble, but turning rishi sunak's speech. frank says he's window dressing like johnson no reduction in taxes and just glib promises . reduction in taxes and just glib promises. bring back reduction in taxes and just glib promises . bring back mr. fuss a promises. bring back mr. fuss a tory, he says onto harry's book leaks . peter says, i'm afraid leaks. peter says, i'm afraid that harry has a severe psychological and needs urgent treatment before he disappears down the abyss of complete rich madness . and shaun says, harry's madness. and shaun says, harry's on a dangerous downward slide. his egotistical mouth bigger than his brain. now he's involved in the taliban , she

involved in the taliban, she asks. so stupid and dangerous now . you're watching gb news now. you're watching gb news with me. christopher stanley is my old pal pierce. plenty more still to come the next hour of the programmes don't go anywhere before that the weather alex deakin here with your latest weather updates today is . a fine weather updates today is. a fine day for most parts of the uk. there are a few showers around, but generally dry and bright with lighter winds compared to yesterday. there is more windy and to come courtesy and wet weather to come courtesy this area of low pressure. this one brought heavy rain overnight , still affecting northern scotland . but for most of us, scotland. but for most of us, we're between weather systems, hence it's most fine. there hence why it's most fine. there are some showers across wales . are some showers across wales. we'll see a few more of those because north north—west because north wales, north—west england afternoon , the england this afternoon, the heavy and the gusty heavy showers and the gusty winds in the northern winds continue in the northern isles. most the places the isles. but most the places the winds easing , there's a fair winds are easing, there's a fair bit of around , but some bit of cloud around, but some places seeing some sunny spells . then the showers return to . but then the showers return to the south—west it's the south—west later. rob. it's

still as warm as still pretty marginal as warm as yesterday, but temperatures still couple of degrees still mostly a couple of degrees above the wet in the above the wet weather in the south spreads across wales and then look at this. this is that weather system we saw earlier. it's going bring a wet it's going to bring a wet evening northern ireland . evening to northern ireland. that rain will fairly rapid spread before midnight across much of western england. wales scotland continue to drift into the midlands later in the night heavy rain for south wales and south—west england could cause a few issues , particularly the wet few issues, particularly the wet conditions over the hills. it will be a very mild night so it's not a cold start the weekend, but a soggy start for many may start dry across parts of eastern england, but that won't last. many western areas will up through will brighten up through the morning spells , morning with some sunny spells, but then showers will get but then the showers will get going and we'll see some heavy, blustery showers for places blustery showers for most places dunng blustery showers for most places during afternoon during the afternoon temperatures. well, ten, 11 degrees, maybe dropping a little bit actually through the afternoon, but still generally a touch above average , not feeling touch above average, not feeling all that mild with the gusty winds and the showers will continue through the evening in

most places. and not just that , most places. and not just that, they'll continue during sunday as well. you can see the swirl here. that's the area of low pressure dominating our weather sunday. some places mostly dry and of and bright across parts of the east, otherwise, some east, but otherwise, yes, some sunny spells, expect plenty sunny spells, but expect plenty of showers on sunday. i'm michael portillo. join me on gb news on a sunday morning for topical discussion debate arts and culture and sometimes even ethical dilemmas . i don't always ethical dilemmas. i don't always agree with you, mike . michael agree with you, mike. michael portillo sundays on gb news the people's channel britain's news

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news the people's channel britain's news. channel hello. it's coming to 1:00 and i'm christopher. start for andrew pearce . here's what's andrew pearce. here's what's coming up for the next hour. more and more claims from the duke of sussex autobiography spare including the harry william begged not to marry camilla after the death of diana, princess of wales. and there's harry himself, killed 25 people while serving as an apache helicopter pilot in afghanistan . we'll be going afghanistan. we'll be going through all of this and more and hear from a former military officer with an interesting on prince harry's candour also the latest gb news people's poll is

57% of the people polled say they not confidence in the government's ability to solve the small boats crisis on the south coast of . england, while south coast of. england, while only 4% are completely or even fairly confident in the government ability to solve the problem and to deal with a with the polling toy polling at historic lows, what's the future hold for sunak? we'll be analysing this and kevin mccarthy, the leader of the house of representatives, has again failed in his latest bid to become speaker in the house of representatives hard members of representatives hard members of his party of detail derailed an 11th attempt to elect on the third day of voting. i'll be speaking with a republican spokesperson on this and joining me the show for the next hour. we'll be broadcaster and legend and former of the daily star newspaper dawn neesom and you at home are such an important part of the show, the most important part. email gb views. jb news. duke i'll put your points of view to those i speak to. that's what's coming up in the next

houn what's coming up in the next hour. but first, the latest news here now with rhiannon . here now with rhiannon. christopher. thank you. good afternoon . it's 1:02. your christopher. thank you. good afternoon . it's1:02. your top afternoon. it's1:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom. prince harry's revealed he found out his grandmother, queen elizabeth had died via a news website and not from family. it's among a number revelations from his memoir spare, including allegations his brother prince william allegedly physically attacked him. the duke of sussex also claims he killed 25 taliban fighters in afghanistan on the admission is being condemned by admission is being condemned by a senior taliban leader who's taken to twitter saying they weren't chess pieces. they were humans, former royal cars . humans, former royal cars. charles rea told us the book could be the end of harry's relationship . chip with the relationship. chip with the royal family is. relationship. chip with the royal family is . our machine gun royal family is. our machine gun revelations and accusations and it is a staggering he's come out

with all this stuff i mean it to a point of being disgusted with some of the revelations . i don't some of the revelations. i don't believe that harry's ever going to be for doing what he's done with this book . mean the with this book. mean the documentaries and the oprah winfrey were bad enough, but this book is way out there really is . the prime minister's really is. the prime minister's ianed really is. the prime minister's invited union leaders representing striking workers meet with him on monday rishi says he hopes for a grown up conversation about what's affordable. it comes as passengers experience the fourth consecutive day of train strikes over jobs, pay and conditions overjobs, pay and conditions only 20% of services are operating as normal. mr. sunak says the could legislate to ensure services continue during strikes . we're going to bring strikes. we're going to bring forward new laws in common with countries like france, spain and others that . ensure that we have others that. ensure that we have minimum levels of in critical areas like fire, like ambulance

that even when strikes are going on, you know that your health will be protected. i think that's entirely reasonable. that's what our new laws will do . rmt general secretary mick lynch, meanwhile, says he doesn't think potential new laws will work . they've also lost the will work. they've also lost the argument . the existing nanny argument. the existing nanny trade union laws, because every union is defeating them by having ballots. they want having mass ballots. they want to make the action that comes of those ballots virtually illegal . i don't think it's going to work. i don't understand what work. i don't to understand what they're they quoting they're doing. they they quoting what france and spain what goes on in france and spain and the rest the world. and all the rest of the world. these laws have never been these these laws have never been enforced countries and enforced in those countries and they're enacted in the same they're not enacted in the same way that grant shapps is trying to bring in. meanwhile, few cases in england's hospitals are continuing to rise as ambulance handover delays hit a new high . handover delays hit a new high. an average of just over 5000 patients with flu were general hospital beds last week . that's hospital beds last week. that's up 47% on the previous week. it amid a wave of strikes across

the health sector with the royal college nursing saying that would now consider a 10% pay rise instead of the originally demanded 19. health secretary barclay says focusing on the next pay review is key . it's next pay review is key. it's important we work to ensure that the evidence goes to the independent pay review body for the coming year, reflects the pressure that the nhs is on, but also what is affordable to the wider economy . average house wider economy. average house price in the uk fell for a fourth consecutive month december. last month's prices dropped by 1.5% compared to november means the average house price is now at just ove r £281, price is now at just over £281, some pounds . price is now at just over £281, some pounds. halifax price is now at just over £281, some pounds . halifax also says some pounds. halifax also says uncertainty over the cost of living crisis , rising interest living crisis, rising interest rates are slowing. the housing . rates are slowing. the housing. market. the health secretary is signing an agreement today that he says could up research into cancer treatments. steve barclay

says the deal with biontech means cancer patients in england will get early access to experimental trials, including cancer vaccines. in total 10,000 doses of personalised therapies could be delivered to patients by 2030. shell will pay around £1.7 billion and uk and eu windfall taxes for the final quarter last year. the oil giant says it will face a hit to earnings because of the increased uk energy profits levy and additional taxes. in october , the bosses at the firm had said hadn't paid any uk when full taxes because of heavy in the north sea . tech bosses the north sea. tech bosses should be held legally responsible for harmful online content , and responsible for harmful online content, and that's according to a new poll . the nspcc says 66% a new poll. the nspcc says 66% of adults want managers to prosecuted for failures that result in serious harm to . it's result in serious harm to. it's urging the government strengthen

the online safety bill when it returns to parliament later month. the children's charity estimates more than 21,000 onune estimates more than 21,000 online child sexual offences have been recorded by police since the legislation was delayed last summer. and former chelsea striker and manager gianluca vialli has died cancer at the age of 58. vitaly and 59 caps for italy and one the champion league with us. us before before joining chelsea in 1996. he was the first italian to manage premier league side becoming the blues manager in 1998 . this is gb news bring you 1998. this is gb news bring you more as it happens now though, it's back to christopher hope .

it's back to christopher hope. welcome back. i'm christopher hope for andrew pearce having william begg, charles says not to marry camilla off the death of diana. princess of wales. that's just one of the latest claims linked from the duke of sussex. his book, spare they're out next week in a further revelation, the prince of wales , he killed 25 people while serving as an apache helicopter pilot in. afghanistan now all gb news his people's poll found that nearly 40% of voters say their opinion of the duke has worsened over the past year. their opinion of the duke has worsened over the past year . the worsened over the past year. the camilla and afghanistan claims are just two of numerous damaging revelations about the royal family leaked ahead of the publication of harry's new book, spare . he's also given tv spare. he's also given tv interviews in the uk and us to be shown on a sunday evening . be shown on a sunday evening. let's have a look at the latest trailer . let's have a look at the latest trailer. what was different here was this level of frustration

and you know, i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years . and i saw this red mist years. and i saw this red mist in him. he wanted meet up to hit him back , but i chose not to. him back, but i chose not to. there's a amount of drugs, marijuana , magic, mushrooms, marijuana, magic, mushrooms, cocaine mean that's going to surprise people but important to acknowledge i want reconciliation . but first there reconciliation. but first there needs to be some accountability . the truth supposedly at the moment has been there's only one side to this story. right. but there's two sides to every story . well, i'm joined here in the studio by gb news royal reporter cameron walker and. of course, my studio guests throughout the show, my pal dawn neesom . show, my pal dawn neesom. cameron, to you first. this revelation about how many people he killed in afghanistan, i think is the most damaging revelation to emerged so far. it seems to have angered a lot of people. i spoke to the former army major just an hour ago and army majorjust an hour ago and he said he has betrayed the army this is this is a major chris

hunter he said prince harry has betrayed the army . it's betrayed the army. it's incredibly distasteful . and then incredibly distasteful. and then even the taliban a senior taliban spokesperson has also come out and accused prince harry of committing war crimes. that's a quote he said and they were not chess pieces. prince harry referred to the people he killed as chess pieces on a and the taliban spokesperson has said that are not chess pieces they were human so prince harry seems to be getting a lot of flack on that particular use of the word betrayal by another veteran. what does that mean ? veteran. what does that mean? this is a kind of code that you don't talk about this stuff outside of veteran circles. exactly i think is a massive taboo that you talk about exactly how many people you on the battlefield not a military expert by any stretch of the imagination but from what i gather due to the modern technologies that they have in afghanistan with , helicopters, afghanistan with, helicopters, laptops, computers , etc, it is laptops, computers, etc, it is possible to pinpoint and know exactly how many you killed on any given mission . but you would

any given mission. but you would talk about this in private. you wouldn't necessarily then talk about how many people you killed in the public domain. prince harry's book is going has gone around the world is being in 16 different languages. so almost boasting to people i've spoken about how many people he has killed at dawn. as i said i keep coming out of all the revelations you know that the fact that he didn't get with his brother, his dad, etc. i think the one i keep coming back to. i mean, i worked in bosnia when the conflict was going on that i spent a lot of time with the armed forces, do an incredible job, amazing job and support brave men women at the front brave men and women at the front line. frontline at line. any front frontline at risk this is i find risk in the this is i find shocking really and it was shocking really do and it was interesting former royal marine ben mcbean who harry as you know often called a hero has come out today and just said just shut up , please. you do not talk about this sort of thing. and the fact that the use phrase chess pieces i know that cameron i think

that's appalling. and modern way the this is now you the army do this is now you treat enemy as people they treat the enemy as people they are people that have families , are people that have families, have ones. you don't treat have loved ones. you don't treat them chess pieces. cameron is them as chess pieces. cameron is what's happening here. he's treated book which treated this book, which is probably book. signed off probably his book. he signed off on a kind of some kind on it like a kind of some kind of chat with a therapist. this stuff you know, should be said, should be talked about, but not published. well, perhaps has published. well, perhaps he has in at length that was in the book at length that was in the book at length that was in contact with the therapist in fact, he said the first person he contacted following alleged scuffle with prince william, where prince william allegedly pushed him to the floor and he fell onto a dog bowl and injured his back. the first person he told was, his therapist rather than his wife, meghan . but than his wife, meghan. but coming back to the afghanistan , coming back to the afghanistan, i think the biggest concern for lot of people is prince. will prince harry has made himself much more a target for islamist extremists or anyone who would to do the royal family harm done.i to do the royal family harm done. i mean. that's right, isn't it ? i mean, he's now isn't it? i mean, he's now pushing for more security when

he comes back to britain. it's hard to deny. and given what you said in this book, the how in was it a cunning plan to get that all along? but i can't believe the he would people believe the he would put people at in way he by saying at risk in way he has by saying that just to get more that just just to get more more royal protection. i just find i think he's gone mad. i mean, if this is an advert for therapy, he's not very good at this. and going back to that therapy very quickly, as you said, cameron, quite the first person quite rightly, the first person who after that who was his therapist after that altercation , his brother, at altercation, his brother, but at the same time he was also and meghan's protesters were on the oprah winfrey couldn't oprah winfrey that they couldn't get mental health help for her. he had a therapy list on speed dial he couldn't get help dial and. he couldn't get help for there's this for suicidal wife there's this is right well and cameron's more to come isn't a next with to come isn't a next week with the book's is a much left to the book's out is a much left to reveal do think i mean reveal do you think i mean there's much today's there's so much in today's papers. well weekend it was happening haven't even started yet lot i think yet there's a lot i think what going be interesting is going to be interesting is prince on some prince being challenged on some of points made in this of points he's made in this memoir because are expecting now for television interviews to

promote this book spare one with itv airing on on sunday but also three in the united states. so we've got snippets of what we played a clip earlier of what he perhaps is going to there's interviews but i think that's going the latest lines. going to be the latest lines. but think is interesting is but i think is interesting is the fact that prince harry and his pr team chosen to do his pr team have chosen to do only one interview with a british broadcaster and three with american , two of which are with american, two of which are cbs who happens to be the same network, which oprah winfrey interview aired on in 2021. but why is that? because of their future is in california and all to see to not i'm not in britain in windsor well perhaps we can only speculate to what the motivation was perhaps prince harry do interview harry wanted to do the interview with friendly with so—called friendly journalists also he he knows journalists but also he he knows he has to appeal to the us markets because he longer receives from the royal receives money from the royal family and has to make a family and he has to make a living somehow the moment living somehow and at the moment is capitalising on his royal connections as form working connections as a form working member the royal family and

member of the royal family and america to be the best america seems to be the best place who will pay him money to do that? what kind of walker you buy? but you your phone back buy? but you get your phone back on find out more and more on and find out more and more revelations as this develops for the weekend. it's the biggest all for long time. all around for a long time. let's now to bushra let's speak now to bushra sheikh, political sheikh, the political commentator and anti—racism campaigner. welcome by. campaigner. bushra welcome by. hi there. how are you ? these hi there. how are you? these revelations from prince harry, what was your take on them ? what was your take on them? honestly they are making it really difficult for the british pubuc really difficult for the british public to like them i want to have empathy for the situation, what's going on right now. they are making it difficult because they are thousands and millions of people are across the world questioning what their motive is, what is the end game. what does harry and meghan want from this ? a part of me really has to this? a part of me really has to the pr campaign. this? a part of me really has to the pr campaign . no, the people the pr campaign. no, the people behind them . why are they taking behind them. why are they taking them through direction? because clearly there is a cultural difference. let's say, within the media and the pr between ,

the media and the pr between, the media and the pr between, the british and the american . i the british and the american. i feel like they've been very american right now, which is of like it's something that's not going to fare well for the bush . the end game is that he wants his back. he wants his father back. as he said in that clip that we saw broadcast, that'll be more of that probably in sunday night's tv interview. do you think he's is he having second thoughts? because those interviews were filmed after book went to press possibly mean we obviously won't know this until we get a chance to actually speak to him because right now the steps that he's taking is actually further away from his family. he's bringing kate and william this. now, kate and william into this. now, william is going to be potentially our next king we see so doctrine to the monarchy and it's troublesome because right now i genuinely do not believe that he's stepping in the right way as he should he's talking about his family. he's talking about his family. he's talking about his family. he's talking about his brother . about his family. he's talking about his brother. he's talking about his brother. he's talking about the very people are there to support his and the start of it. you know, we had racism. we

had about the way that she was treated. and now he's bringing situations in. but honestly, as a revealed family, you do not publicise . is a revealed family, you do not publicise. is this a smear campaign ? because that's what campaign? because that's what it's feeding like now and bush or do you think that despite the concern in britain about the damage to the royal family they're actually winning the overin they're actually winning the over in america . you know what over in america. you know what that's questionable . look, that's questionable. look, people are obviously going to take things on face value and they might be exciting for them to now to leave this story. and he may get coverage for his book, but ultimately what could he lose out? he could lose out on probably the greatest finding that he's ever is he going to be protected on children, going to be protected . he's not thinking. be protected. he's not thinking. he's not thinking about what could happen to him , the future, could happen to him, the future, because this is something really, really serious. and you know what? the american and we're so different to them and today he'll be your friend and tomorrow won't. and tomorrow they won't. and ultimately realise that

ultimately needs to realise that he's british and he's a prince. so it doesn't how long stays so it doesn't how long he stays in america . archie's allies are in america. archie's allies are us . well, bush, i think that us. well, bush, i think that joining us today on gb news, let's talk more specifically about the claim that harry from harry, he killed 25 people while serving as apache pilot in afghanistan . let's speak now to afghanistan. let's speak now to phillip ingram , a former senior phillip ingram, a former senior military intelligence officer. mr. ingram, welcome to gb news. nice to be on. what's your take when you first saw this conversation, this admittance in this book here from prince harry that he has killed people in afghanistan and consider them to be chess pieces ? well, it's the be chess pieces? well, it's the sort of thing that, you know, as numerous commentators have said, you don't talk about publicly. you know, those that have been in operations. you know, those that have been in operations . you don't go into in operations. you don't go into the detail of what you've seen. however, i taking what he's putting out and the whole story that's there. different to many of your other commentators because i'm seeing it as a

massive cry for help. yes. he's got a therapist, but i think there's an awful lot of deep seated issues that are there relating to post—traumatic stress disorder probably. and i'm only saying that from having been a myself and it taking a very long time for me to go through treatment to come out the other end. and i'm seeing an awful lot of behaviours that he's putting out and often tells in the way he's carrying himself, the way he's talking and everything else that come back to the way i was . and back to the way i was. and whenever i went public after i got through my treatment issues that i've picked up from to talking hundreds of other people about , their experiences of about, their experiences of suffering. and i think this a massive cry for help . and massive cry for help. and philip, i know that ptsd can take maybe a couple of years to develop , to manifest itself . and develop, to manifest itself. and of course, that's about how far we are from his time afghanistan

. yeah, it's not just under the number of years as all the different symptoms, you're one of the symptoms that is very rarely talked about. it's very difficult to put specifics on is self—destructive behaviour . know self—destructive behaviour. know i went through a long period of self—destructive behaviour and when i look back and reflect on what i did, it wasn't me , it what i did, it wasn't me, it wasn't the real me. and i describe having come out the other end courtesy of the nhs , other end courtesy of the nhs, not anything to do with what the minister did. they made it worse . not anything to do with military charities. what they did. they made it worse . but did. they made it worse. but it's the nhs did and. it's what the nhs did and. picked me up and on, sorted me out. that i've got out. i described that i've got proper back again and that proper me back again and that proper me back again and that proper me back again and that proper me actually a better, a nicer than there was before i suffered and the self—destructive behaviours can manifest in so many different ways. and if we look at what he's doing at the moment in attacking family and coming out with claims he knows are not of the of things that you would only talk about closed doors you wouldn't bring up that is self

destructive behaviour and the last person to know that they're doing that is actually the sufferer. so the more people tell him that he's doing it wrong, the more he'll he'll not believe them. he'll not them at all. and this feeding frenzy going on at the moment in the global media, i can understand where coming from, but all where it's coming from, but all that's is it's reinforcing that's doing is it's reinforcing to mind what doing to his mind what he's doing right . if prince harry were right. if prince harry were watching this now, what would you say directly to him as a as a former sufferer of ptsd ? what a former sufferer of ptsd? what would be your personal message to prince harry? i'd say, what he needs to do is , look and he needs to do is, look and actually ask , if what he is actually ask, if what he is doing and the perception of this the there is really him. sit down and really think about that . and if it's not really him , he . and if it's not really him, he needs to go and seek more professional help to look at the issues that are there and reach and talk to people . he could and talk to people. he could reach out to me. i'm not a therapist. i'm not trained, but he levels confidence that he can

reach out to and do things. but i think the comment the royal marine, ben made earlier about, harry, just telling him just to shut up. i think is 100% right. but i also believe that what buckingham palace , kensington buckingham palace, kensington palace are doing is comment palace are doing is not comment ing is just right, because we've got a feeding frenzy at the moment an lot of people moment of an awful lot of people who taking snippets out of who are taking snippets out of a book that hasn't actually been published in english yet. there's of there's an awful lot of commentators are commentators coming in who are appalled things that. they appalled at things that. they have come on say that are pulled out in 2 minutes when, you know, it's just feeding the feeding frenzy. and i think we've an individual who's very vulnerable , making a complete mess , who is making a complete mess of himself and, his family and everything else. and it's sad to watch. and it's dangerous and i would hate to see what the potential outcome of this is . potential outcome of this is. well, philip joining us , a well, philip joining us, a really human attempt that explained what was driving prince harry's anger. really important to hear. now you're with me. you would news with with me. you would gb news with me i hope up we'll

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channel and we're back now the results of the latest gb news people's poll. i also again reveal a valuable insight into the state of the nation and how it's thinking about politics. the small boats crisis remains a real area of concern . 57% of real area of concern. 57% of people polled say they are not confident in the while, only 4% are completely or fairly in the government ability to solve that particular problem. meanwhile, the latest polls have the conservatives still at a historic 22 point low, while labour sits at a high of 46 points. joining us now is gb news polling expert david cowling . david, welcome to the cowling. david, welcome to the program. what's your takeaway? i mean, it's not great reading in the week that richard sunak and try to relaunch his government they're still way behind labour . they are. and those polls don't seem to be shifting and haven't been shifting for a

while, which, as you rightly say can be encouraging . but i can hardly be encouraging. but i mean, the very small boats crisis, i suppose, is symptomatic of part of the public's mood. i mean, we've known from polls, we've conducted the majority . people conducted the majority. people think the country isn't working . but in a way, this is a very obvious yes and very public example of how it is that maybe explains messaging from keir starmer about taking back control of your local public services. yes. and why he was adopting that brexit from 2016 into a modern day , you know, in into a modern day, you know, in the 2020s. what it means now. yes and take back control rather than have control, because almost that brexit is a dirty word, because you're watching badly the tory government can the southern border, 45,000 people came across in small boats of half a million came across to other means and the net net increase. i mean, these are not that's not controlling anything anywhere near control migration, is it? no, it isn't. and as we, the americans are discovering in other countries around you cannot around the world, if you cannot your you a

your borders, are you a functioning nation state? no, that's question i think is just gnawing away at the moment. and the need crack the conservatives need to crack it there's chance of it if there's any chance of recovery. found that how recovery. and you found that how the labour party is 23 points ahead the you can ask you ahead of the you can ask you would not knows in your poll now what the tories tell me is they are hopeful the number of don't know can be brought back to the tory party and that be an tory party and that can be an area they if they can area they can if they can develop the will try do develop the will try and do a fightback. the issue of as fightback. well the issue of as you know in the opinion polls, you know in the opinion polls, you ask and then in the end you you ask and then in the end you you them, you press you torment them, you press answer the questions on the question and those that don't , question and those that don't, then finally exclude and then you reap percentage. so how many of those 15, 15, 20, depending on the poll. so do you think, though, because the tories do think this their salvation lies in these don't knows are sitting on their hands at the moment can come across the tory party it's possible but the test in our family is whether you bet the mortgage on it and i certainly i mean don't know it's been there

for a very time. often they encompass people who aren't going and going to vote any way and i think to believe that that is just group people who just a group people who are sitting there to vote sitting there waiting to vote for as long as you give them for you as long as you give them a lollipop really is isn't sensible before come the door sensible before come to the door and would just. on keir and i would just. on keir starmer you found out the view of him is still negative. yes. you showing the kind you know, is he showing the kind of and the excitement of vision and the excitement that showed in the that tony blair showed in the mid—nineties, or is it more like neil kinnock in the early nineties where what you put nineties where he's what you put him in of being him in terms of being a leader? i think he's either in the i don't think he's either in the sense neil kinnock. sense that likes neil kinnock. for criticism him was for all the criticism of him was a person who could he went a person who could when he went into you knew he was into a room you knew he was there and he would dominate the room. you might just his politics he was a clear politics but he was a clear personality. i think keir starmer more in sense starmer are more in the sense that d'arcy word normalcy where taking people away from the if you like of boris johnson you know playing on jeremy corbyn actually and corbyn, the thing to frighten the horses. so he's doing all of that too. but he isn't making an impact upon they

they respect him, but they necessarily get enthused by him at all. i was just going to say, when we to do polls on the newspaper, you would ask people, you know, a quite straightforward question and they'd always give you the answer that they thought you wanted hear . answer that they thought you wanted hear. and at the wanted to hear. and at the moment, it's a like saying, moment, it's a bit like saying, well, going to vote the well, i'm going to vote for the tories. bit like saying tories. it's a bit like saying you're to go and kick you're going to go and kick a poppy- l you're going to go and kick a poppy. i mean it's, it's, it's just. do that a lot just. do you find that a lot when you're doing the polls the well either virtue signalling in their to a degree. their answers. yes, to a degree. but a time in but then there is a time in politics and it's happened, both political parties, where if the prime minister changed water into condemned for into wine, he'd be condemned for getting wrong you getting the wrong vintage. you know, when you've lost it with the difficult. this goes the it's difficult. this goes back you that back to this. you think that that was moment because the that was a moment because the pound's where was pound's back to where it was when removed from when johnson was removed from office in july last year. when johnson was removed from office in july last year . the office in july last year. the inflation might be half what it is now the end of the year. liz truss moments cause irreparable damage to the tory party. sorry,

of course it didn't help, but i think it's i think we've fooling ourselves if we think it's just her the conservatives are. boris did not leave office because he was fantastically . he left was fantastically. he left office because . his poll figures office because. his poll figures were tanking. yeah now it may be that he recovers, but it's a longer lasting problem for the conservatives than just if it was just great. she's moved on. we can move on. but as can see from the polls, she's moved . but from the polls, she's moved. but the polls have moved with a view of mentioning the b—word, the brexit word before we so sorry too much to be made of what what? keir starmer might do if he wins power and. he's saying he wins power and. he's saying he won't go anywhere near the swiss model and other areas of being close to the eu. how brexit playing out in your polling . well public when polling. well the public when nowadays will say more of them that it was a bad decision not to have gone and if they had the chance again they would differently. however that gives a lot of and a lot of people remain that it retrenched.

however i the question do you think there be another referendum the majority against it because many even though they think it was the wrong decision , many people who it was the right decision believe the decision taken and that you live with it. and you don't have you know like the scots, you know a second once in a generation win you a referendum and then the one until you get it right. well, david callan, time coming again. we'll see more of your polling future weeks. thanks again. we'll see more of your poljoining. uture weeks. thanks again. we'll see more of your poljoining. thank/eeks. thanks again. we'll see more of your poljoining. thank yous. thanks again. we'll see more of your poljoining. thank you . thanks again. we'll see more of your poljoining. thank you . now, ks forjoining. thank you. now, lots more to come here on gb news with me, christopher pope, including to my including an issue very to my heart he photography heart and he photography exhibition the horrors exhibition depicting the horrors of collisions and of road collisions and it features own daughter pollyanna who lost leg in a terrible terrible bus crash back in 2011. the photographer paul william clark will be here joining me in the studio after news . rhiannon . chr the studio after news. rhiannon. chr afternoon. it's 133. your top

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welcome back. i'm christopher hopein welcome back. i'm christopher hope in for andrew pierce. now, every single day on the uk's

roads, five people are killed and many hundreds are injured on average. yet despite these figures, the public is largely unaware so many people are affected by these collisions, and many don't believe that they or their loved ones will be involved in a crash until it happens. involved in a crash until it happens . now involved in a crash until it happens. now i speak from some in this because in 27 of us collided with my wife, her mother, elizabeth , our daughter mother, elizabeth, our daughter pollyanna . elizabeth died. pollyanna. elizabeth died. sorry, my wife was very badly injured. and my daughter, pollyanna, lost her leg below knee.she pollyanna, lost her leg below knee. she was. then 17. now, now she's a dancer and appears in when lives collide, a powerful depicting the real life horror of road collisions as described those involved and organised by the brilliant charity road peace. the photographs in exhibition, the oxo tower of i pull when i'm joins me now. paul welcome gb news. it's been a very moving experience for you, i'm sure to meet all sorts of people affected collisions. yes.

yes, it has . i people affected collisions. yes. yes, it has. i mean, this exhibition is actually a part two because 20 years ago i did the original lives collide exhibition . and then this year exhibition. and then this year is the 30th anniversary of road peace . and they asked me whether peace. and they asked me whether i would do a do another exhibition for them. and so it's become when lives 2023. and so i've done the same . i've gone i've done the same. i've gone and interviewed people that have been directly affected it. if people that have been either or seriously injured . but it's seriously injured. but it's interesting because, you know , interesting because, you know, your story is different . it interesting because, you know, your story is different. it is actually a positive story . it actually a positive story. it comes out with where pollyanna , comes out with where pollyanna, you know, it's like rises like a phoenix from the ashes. really. and which which is incredible when did that picture that you just showed that which is her dancing at a bus stop? yeah because it was a bus, you know it was on public transport and it's at a bus stop where although she was there on the pavement and it was a not a not dissimilar to the bus stop. you're saying yeah. that's you're saying that. yeah. that's and we went went into this and so we went we went into this shoot on a london street and i

had assistants who were holding lighting. like on the lighting. and i was like on the floor taking picture . it's floor taking the picture. it's sort style. so we sort of guerrilla style. so we just with it and we just sort got on with it and we had members of the public walk in the picture in through the picture and things. that really , things. but that was a really, you know, it was a real pleasure to photograph because she is such yeah, she such a character. yeah, she really is. but i can speak for experience of her and you of other in other people too, in an exhibition. didn't you. yes. right. and some very right. and some some of it very upset. capturing the upset. and you are capturing the emotion they're going emotion of what they're going through and day to day. i through and the day to day. i mean, i haven't experienced a tragedy in different tragedy and deals in different ways. i mean i'm ways. yeah. yeah i mean i'm a professor of photography the arts university bournemouth and of my role is to do research projects and so it's ideal fit for to work with a charity like road peace. and so with with the photography i did was i set up a studio setting and then travelled all around the country on the different road peace members to that set up and then the each of them told us their story and i photographed them as were telling the stories have got all the emotions like

outside crying their eyes out to people, like choking tears back thinking about the loved one that they've lost . and it's sort that they've lost. and it's sort of for me, what, what? yeah. what i like about it is all the power of looking at photograph there woman crying, there of, of woman crying, explaining what's happening there. so, so beth is there. yeah. so, so beth is still talking. talking her husband and what i've done is i've set up like high resolution studio lit studio up and each of these pictures are like capturing split seconds as this person sort of goes through the emotions of telling their story . so it's a it's a strange situation . normally in situation. normally in photography, we don't take pictures crying. and pictures of adults crying. and so these pictures are very, very much, you know, they're really in your face quite intrusive. i mean, it just does it just perfect top of mind that photographing and you giving them i'm sorry them veto and saying i'm sorry that's yeah that's right. that's a yeah that's right. i mean there's ethical sort mean there's lot of ethical sort of to go through with of approvals to go through with all this kind of thing. and so all this kind of thing. and so all the people knew exactly what they and, what they were there for and, what was to and then

was going to happen, and then they to look pictures they get to look at the pictures afterwards that you're afterwards and like that you're looking at now, that's mark on screen yeah. and he he screen now. yeah. and he he he lost in a motorbike and lost his son in a motorbike and he actually talked about how he had emotions like had these emotions were like pent queen's pent up until the queen's funeral and somehow listening to the released all the all the various released all his emotions and pictures in the gallery are displayed two of each faces like two foot high. so sort of seeing these raw emotions and if you look into the pictures it's you know it's really hard not to be affected by him and that's what i'm trying achieve with the photography and each person's story is with that picture . well story is with that picture. well done.i story is with that picture. well done. i just, story is with that picture. well done. ijust, i story is with that picture. well done. i just, i was just going to say, i mean, amazing photos and amazing work that you do and think the thing is with this story for the grace of story there but for the grace of god go any of us, we could step outside the front door tomorrow and horrific could and something horrific could happen someone we love. happen to us or someone we love. i just to ask both of you i just wanted to ask both of you really i mean, you saw you really i mean, when you saw you know, extinction rebellion know, the extinction rebellion blockading roads, you know on motorways and things like that,

i mean, you lot must from cold the potential for what could in that situation paul. well yeah i think it does but at the same time i think one of the things i've learned over the time of doing this project is that we really do to question our really do need to question our relationship cars. we've been relationship to cars. we've been a besotted with a kind of totally besotted with . we're in love with cars and you think of all the things that we've suffered a result of it all the all global the all the all the global the pollution all deaths there's pollution all the deaths there's like 85,000 deaths in the last 30 years in britain. yeah and is it time now with electric cars and autonomous cars that we just stop that and move ? because i stop that and move? because i think i think it. do you think we tolerate death on the roads so we tolerate five die dying every week or that figure was i mean am experience was it you know tragedy comes of a clear blue skies and you're facing your life falling apart. you have to reconstruct. and it's not easy. but we have tolerate we allow just accept it. and we should . yeah, no, not at all. i

should. yeah, no, not at all. i mean, i think one of the things i felt with these two projects that i've done is that, say, 50 years time, people will look at this era and be amazed that we were prepared to accept all these deaths annually because at these deaths annually because at the moment it's five a day. and when i at the original, when lives called, was ten a day. lives called, it was ten a day. so it's halved period of so it's halved that period of time. there's still a huge of people it's like ongoing war. people it's like an ongoing war. and ripples caused those and the ripples caused by those deaths , huge as you've deaths, huge as you've experienced. want to experienced. and i just want to say, mean, pollyanna was say, i mean, pollyanna was a great example, that out great example, though, that out of come inspiration of tragedy can come inspiration stories. and i think that's something to take away from your amazing photos on what ropes actually do that you know no matter what you feel like you're going through how hellish it actually is there always a way through this there is something you to get you know to aim for to get yourself out of this. yeah. and then mean the brave then members that mean the brave pieces got like two sides to it really as kind of campaigning really as a kind of campaigning charity really for charity that's really pushed for change succeeded that. change and has succeeded that. and it's support, you and then also it's support, you know, as a support network. so as new members come in, all the

people that have experienced something similar from years before and really before helped them. and i really that photographing that when i was photographing the they're all the members and they're all sitting you know, they sitting to one, you know, they were room were sitting in another room talking was i would take one person at a time and it's such a valuable that they valuable service that they provide and they they provide and they don't they don't get government don't get any government support. people get in support. how do people get in touch they it touch with very pace how they it is very easy if you just google them and find them the on the them and find them on the on the website they've got website and they've got a helpline a website and helpline and a website and everything. will everything. and how long will your pictures display? yeah your pictures on display? yeah the oxo tower, the galleria oxo until the last day is the 15th of january. good. well this is paul what i'm clerking for. great to have you on here. and terrific photographs, particularly of my daughter, pollyanna. thank you. pollyanna. thank thank you. forgive it. forgive me for that. saying it. right. sending us right. well, sending to us congress there with congress is chaos there with with kevin mccarthy, the republican leader of the house of representatives has again failed in his latest bid to become speaker. it's failed in his latest bid to become speaker . it's getting become speaker. it's getting a bit passing, isn't it? hardline members of his party of derailed 11th attempt, 11th attempt to elect him on third day of

voting, the chaos marks, a paralysis in the uk given not seen since the previous war era . well, that's now spooked. a spokeswoman for republicans overseas, uk says elliott sarah welcome to the program thank you. hello. are you embarrassed by your party. no, not no i don't think this is a democracy out. and in fact, i think having the obstruction there they should be divided into two camps, by the way , for the camps, by the way, for the viewers to understand . and viewers to understand. and there's some who just complete leigh, just like mccarthy , never leigh, just like mccarthy, never vote for him whatsoever. but a group of principled who are compromising with him and getting some very good deals out of it if he wants to be speaker of it if he wants to be speaker of the house, such as you need 72 hours to review a bill and bills can cover a single issue . bills can cover a single issue. so you can't do these omnibus

spend doing, you know , horrible spend doing, you know, horrible big bills and also you can challenge amendments . there are challenge amendments. there are some good things that are coming out of this negotiation and this electoral process is i mean, democracy , action, rewrite the democracy, action, rewrite the party's rewriting the rules of the house of representatives , the house of representatives, bringing in new checks and balances and new new vetting. so kind of helps it's going to happening is developing in its own way to help perhaps gun laws . yes exactly and i particular really like this new one where 3/5 of the super majority of the house has to agree with the tax . i think that's quite sensible. and then also have the cut rule where if you want to increase spending by so much, you also have to cut it as well but these will only go into if we can get mccarthy over the line . he needs mccarthy over the line. he needs 218 votes is hovering around 200

and again as said they've been 11 votes on this man and nobody seems to budge. and so is really the right man for the job to pass legislation in the house if he can even get people to vote for him as speaker. so who's pulling the strings? is it trump for mar—a—lago? what's happening is he behind all this now? well, donald has actually said vote for mccarthy, get them over the line . matt gaetz, who's a big line. matt gaetz, who's a big trump supporter, actually said, we love you, trump, but i'm not listening to you this time. but he's actually a signal that maybe trump isn't carrying the influence he once did . yeah, and influence he once did. yeah, and this comes, of course, the timing of all of those capitol hill riots , doesn't it? it's hill riots, doesn't it? it's difficult time for the republicans now. i don't think it's a difficult time for republicans. i think it's a regrouping and it's a it's a refocus . but we will see through refocus. but we will see through and again at the end of the day,

we will not allow a democrat to be speaker of the house. and thatis be speaker of the house. and that is what is important will be this guy will somebody else stepping in to try to take the crown well, i think the republicans have to be asking themselves that right now, because you've had 11 votes over several days and nothing's changing . so who would be an changing. so who would be an alternative but there is there isn't a consensus. alternative but there is there isn't a consensus . there isn't isn't a consensus. there isn't anybody else who actually isn't much like .joe mccarthy and his much like. joe mccarthy and his voting patterns and support his deputy steve scalise has been named. but he's very like mccarthy esque . so would it be mccarthy esque. so would it be any different ? would it be just any different? would it be just as difficult to get seats elected ? you know, is there elected? you know, is there a more neutral party to come out of the blue? but i think the end of the blue? but i think the end of the blue? but i think the end of the day, we are something will happen. i don't it will be too revolutionary. we have a non sitting house member for instance, come in, but it come

down to where everybody votes present , which then lowers the present, which then lowers the number required to be elected speaken number required to be elected speaker, which may end up helping mccarthy . he also has to helping mccarthy. he also has to decide he wants to do something over this . several of his caucus over this. several of his caucus members and supporters have family issues. they have to attend to this weekend so they wouldn't actually be present to vote for him. so you know, what does he do? it's all about timing. have to be in the chamber to vote. we can't swear in our new elected representatives from november without a speaker. so the pressure will get to people, the timing and if nobody else throws up the name that wants to and can get the votes, then you just have to. then you have to come to a consensus and go the default candidate. well i said, how long can this go on for? i mean? is it a hard deadline? after which they have to have a

speaker or there's another election? or is there kind of, as you say, a new person from outside the house is brought to sort it all out ? well, now, this sort it all out? well, now, this is unprecedented it hasn't happenedin is unprecedented it hasn't happened in 100 years. and i would as you know, we do have to pass budgets. so there will be that time pressure. we do need to get our new elected representatives in. so i would say in the couple of weeks or in the next week is really when it needs to get done. but again, there's terribly hard set deadune there's terribly hard set deadline on this because this is been an issue before . but this been an issue before. but this just goes to show why elections matter and majorities matter and getting a real sizeable majority that so you can get the person and get business done but i will say that that the outcome of this negotiation hasn't been bad so far especially conservatives where you're getting actually some good new procedural management rules and regular onesin management rules and regular ones in place that will help

congress be more accountable to the people. yeah, so crisis cnses the people. yeah, so crisis crises , what crisis? so solid. crises, what crisis? so solid. spokesman for republican overseas uk thank for joining us today on good news changed my studio guest dawn neesom . we've studio guest dawn neesom. we've been here for 2 hours. thanks for being there and it'll be well what's your what do you make of all this? i mean is this empire in america? well, you know what? i everybody goes on about in this country, about politics in this country, christopher. i mean, you are a political correspondent i mean, you are brilliant at it. but everyone politics. everyone goes about politics. and, know, we accused of and, you know, we are accused of being a laughing stock and everyone's, the bbc everyone's, you know, the bbc having about it. yeah having a talk about it. yeah everyone's laughing at what state where and in this country the politics brexit, the b word and all that and. you look and all that and. then you look at going on in america at what's going on in america and just america, other and not just america, other countries france countries around europe. france is exactly covering . and gloria is exactly covering. and gloria knows it ? but it's knows canada. is it? but it's like you look at what's going on. other countries, you think, actually, not so bad. actually, we're not so bad. yeah, it's a of yeah, yeah. it's a bit of a mess. i mean, it's like we're not laughing. so we are so not laughing. so know we are so

quick do the. thing i do quick to do the. one thing i do like about the americans is i never themselves down. no, they took think took themselves up. and i think in country the moment we in this country at the moment we have got into the habit of talking down. yeah talking ourselves down. yeah it's know, we it's like you know, we can't call great britain call ourselves great britain anymore we're not great anymore because we're not great britain. and actually britain. and it's like actually sometimes can't just take a sometimes can't we just take a step and think something step back and think something positive country, positive about this country, rather consider doing rather than consider doing ourselves? finding ourselves? and so it was finding positivity. saying positivity. they're saying that they better, they can there's better, more now the powers taxes now on the powers raise taxes kind of thing and it's well kind of thing and it's like well this happened 100 this hasn't happened in 100 years, this is years, but hey, this is positive, isn't it? we'll get more democracy, she said, more is democracy, she said, which what brexit which is arguably what brexit done. mentioned it, done. oh, you mentioned it, you know, god. after so much know, my god. and after so much about your beautiful daughter who her mum, by way, who after her mum, by the way, i just my very, very clearly. just want my very, very clearly. but like can we but no mean it's like can we just stop doing written down never going to get out mess never going to get out any mess unless we a little bit of unless we have a little bit of positivity this and positivity of doing this and thank much i'm going to thank you so much i'm going to quit you send some emails and lots of be getting in touch on the events of this week. the big events of this week. firstly harry's firstly on harry's book revelations, if revelations, audrey says if harry to tell his harry is happy he's to tell his his face he's an adult who has

brought great wish his family by his declarations and meghan is the catalyst to his destruction . and on a similar note, caro says hearing even more about harry revelations, in particular his comments killing men in the war years for his own sake and his family, saying he needs section ling now be quite , i section ling now be quite, i think no soldier ever dream of saying such a thing . if it was saying such a thing. if it was in his right mind. saying such a thing. if it was in his right mind . and graham in his right mind. and graham says, when is harrigan to reveal a truth about meghan ? it's all a truth about meghan? it's all got so left so surely come the is long and finally on the conservative party the party is now drinking of a last chance saloon says anthony unless they totally overhaul the immigration system , our population is system, our population is increasing exponentially is all too obvious to everyone that our pubuc too obvious to everyone that our public services continue to be to cope with the current demands and deliver an acceptable level of service . well, you've been of service. well, you've been watching me because hope here on tv news starting to get in for

my mate andrew pearce. thank joining us with my best friend dawn neesom. have you enjoyed it? dawn thanks watching. it? dawn thanks for watching. peter anywhere because up peter to go anywhere because up next is , a briefing with arlene next is, a briefing with arlene foster that here comes . the alex foster that here comes. the alex deakin here with your latest updates today is a fine day for most parts the uk there are a few showers around, but generally dry and bright with lighter winds compared to yesterday. there is more windy and to come courtesy and wet weather to come courtesy of area of low pressure . of this area of low pressure. one brought the heavy rain overnight still affecting northern scotland . but for most northern scotland. but for most of us, we're between weather systems, hence why it's mostly fine. there are some showers across wales and see a few across wales and we'll see a few more those because north and more of those because north and north—west england this afternoon, the heavy and afternoon, the heavy showers and the continue in the the gusty winds continue in the northern isles. but most of the places the winds are easing down. there's fair bit of cloud around, but places seeing around, but some places seeing sunny spells. but then the showers to southwest showers return to the southwest later. it's still pretty later. rob it's still pretty mild, not as warm as yesterday, but temperatures still mostly a couple above average

couple of degrees above average . wet in the . the wet weather in the southwest spreads across wales. and look at this . this is and then look at this. this is that system saw that weather system we saw earlier. bring earlier. it's going to bring a wet evening to northern ireland and rain fairly rapidly and that rain fairly rapidly spread midnight across much of western england, wales and, scotland and continue to drift into the midlands later in the night . heavy rain for south night. heavy rain for south wales and south listing that could cause a few issues, particularly the wet conditions over the hills. it will be a very mild night. it's not a cold start to the weekend, but a soggy start for many may start dry of eastern england. dry across of eastern england. but that won't last . dry across of eastern england. but that won't last. many western areas will brighten up through the morning with some sunny the sunny spells, but then the showers get and we'll see showers will get and we'll see some heavy bluster showers for most places during the temperatures , ten, 11 degrees, temperatures, ten, 11 degrees, maybe dropping off a little bit actually through the afternoon. still generally a touch above average, obviously not feeling all that mild with the gusty winds and the showers which will continue through the evening most places. and not just that , most places. and not just that, they'll continue during sunday

as you can see, the swirl here, that's the area pressure that's the area low pressure dominating through dominating our weather through sunday. places mostly dry sunday. some places mostly dry and bright across parts of the east, otherwise, some east, but otherwise, yes, some sunny expect plenty sunny spells, but expect plenty of on sunday here on gb of showers on sunday here on gb news. we'll be keeping you in the picture finding out what's happening across the country and finding out why it matters to you have facts fast with you. have the facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspond to this. wherever it's happening, we'll be 12 noon on tv radio be there in 12 noon on tv radio and online. gb news is the people's channel. britain's channel. i'm michael portillo. join me on gb news on a sunday morning for topical discussion. debate eight arts and culture and sometimes even ethical dilemmas . i and sometimes even ethical dilemmas. i don't always agree with you, mike , but michael with you, mike, but michael portillo sundays on gb news the people's channel, britain's news. ch . join me on gb news on sunday mornings for a politics with

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channel hello. welcome back to the briefing in 2023. your afternoon of all the latest political news to be it and analysis. i'm martin foster and here's what's coming up over next hour. prince harry is back with even more claims and has leaked extracts from his autobiography spare from his autobiography spare from cocaine to fights with william much against my better we will be analysing all the juicy details throughout the programme . it's another day of programme. it's another day of strike action . we will be strike action. we will be getting the latest from the