a good afternoon , everybody. a good afternoon, everybody. you're with me, patrick christys right here on gb news. coming up . oh, it's finally here when jim jim, his new book is out, the artist formerly known as prince harry has got his book on the shelves. there we go. we were expecting huge round the block black friday scenes, people fighting , each other pushing fighting, each other pushing their own down into the to get into the book. but instead, there were just a few people

milling around a waterstones. but we i will be speaking to a man who queued up overnight, some would call it camping out. so he could be one of the first people in the uk to get his hands on the. i'm going to be talking live and exclusive to him very shortly. also hour strikes could well be a thing of the past. new laws are coming to block the never ending cycle of strike action by requiring service levels. so the big question here, the big question i'm going to ask you this is whether or not some people lose their right to strike based what job they do. so a nurse on a cancer ward, etc, etc. you get the gist today , ladies and the gist today, ladies and gentlemen, boris is back. that's right. the former prime minister will make a keynote speech later. where? a portrait of him not truly will be unveiled. i got loads of emails every single day from you wonderful people saying that you still love boris . in recent times though, it started to get to our leadership as i would let it go. it go. if you want to bring boris back, i

want to know why. tell me why you think that gb is on gbnews.uk. yes in touch. keep those emails coming in. i want to know two things from me today. what you would say to prince harry if you walk past him in the street and if you want boris back, why gbviews@gbnews.uk now is your right . good afternoon . it's right. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm tamsin in the gb newsroom rmt general secretary nicola has called the government's new strike bill an attack . human rights, the attack. human rights, the legislate which will go through parliament will require some members to work during strikes to ensure a minimum of public service . it comes amid a wave of service. it comes amid a wave of industrial across the public sector in dispute over pay. business secretary grant shapps says legislation is necessary to protect the public but to deny

and to vote against legislation that brings in minimum safety levels to help our constituents is to attack their security and their welfare and labour deputy leader angela rayner says the system was failing before the strikes began. my constituents been who waited over an hour for an ambulance who died waiting for an ambulance and that was not on the strike. so that is of the disastrous chaos we have in the disastrous chaos we have in the system under conservative government . meanwhile, teachers government. meanwhile, teachers in schools across scotland are on the first day of their two day strike after failing to reach an agreement to overpay the scottish government. the current offer would see most off in classrooms, receive a 5% pay rise. but unions demanding a 10% increase. primary school teachers have walked out today while staff at secondary schools will walk out tomorrow . labour

will walk out tomorrow. labour has promised a package of reforms under their leadership to help people return to work . to help people return to work. under the plan, the claimants will try paid work and if it doesn't work out. within a year they can go to the benefits they were on previously. the labour party also plans a further reform of employment support for the over 50. shadow work and pensions secretary jonathan claims the reforms help disabled people and on sickness benefits . what i'm proposing today are new measures, new reforms, new thinking to support people who say they want to return to work. now in this country. we've got a million people looking for work. you want a job and we've got hundreds of thousands of people who are currently designated as long term sick but say they would want to work, if given the right support. would want to work, if given the right support . the would want to work, if given the right support. the uk's first ever space launch has ended in failure after engineers . it failure after engineers. it suffered an anomaly . the virgin

suffered an anomaly. the virgin orbit jet took off from cornwall late last carrying a rocket with small satellites over the atlantic ocean. however the american company says the rocket failed to enter the orbit after , it was released. there'll be an investigation into exactly what happened over the coming days. what happened over the coming days . amazon says it plans to days. amazon says it plans to shut down three uk warehouses could impact more than a thousand jobs. the company launched consultations sites in hemel hempstead, doncaster and gourock. it's understood workers will be offered roles at other locations. the company's also revealed plans for two major centres in the west midlands and the north east, which will create and a half thousand jobs over the next three years . over the next three years. prince harry's memoir has finally hit bookshop shelves, but his version of some events has been thrown into doubt . and has been thrown into doubt. and the book the duke of sussex writes that he about the death

of his great grandma over the queen mother and a phone whilst at eton. she died in march 2002 but gb news has uncovered photographic evidence which shows the prince returning from a skiing trip to switzerland with his father and brother at. the time. representatives of the duke have been contacted . duke have been contacted. comment. a teacher in the us has been hailed a hero after evacuating pupils a classroom after being shot by a six year old boy . 25 year old abigail old boy. 25 year old abigail spooner was shot by one of her pupils at neck elementary school in virginia friday. police say boy fired one shot which hit her hand and chest. but the teacher still managed to escort her students to safety. she's in hospital in a condition . is gb hospital in a condition. is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens, of course. now it's back to .

back to. patrick rise. welcome back, everybody. let's crack on, shall now? what are you expecting? things of mayhem this morning as shoppers flooded the doors of bookshops to find that last copy of prince harry's memoir as it was officially released here in the uk. of course, the people of have been able to get that grub in as polls on it for however long. but now, now, it's the long. but now, now, now it's the british people's turn. some bookshops even opened at midnight controversial midnight as the controversial book the shelves. it was book hit the shelves. no, it was a rather subdued affair as were sparse. just one person was waiting outside waterstones. and i said, what? and i bet there were more people waiting outside. wetherspoons flagship branch in piccadilly, in central london, when it opened as i am, i say there will definitely have been more people waiting wetherspoons. anyway, it could be down to knowing almost every revelation through revelation and claim through leaks it could be that no

leaks all it could be that no one cares. a lot of you say you don't care what you do. the inboxis don't care what you do. the inbox is already off. i was asking you what you would say, harry, if you walked past in the street. your emails street. and i want your emails coming gbviews@gbnews.uk coming and gbviews@gbnews.uk kathy's on. i would tell kathy's been on. i would tell him no, sorry . call kathy's been on. i would tell him no, sorry. call me him to. oh, no, sorry. call me anyway. but wait, hold book for us because within the last hour prince harry's ability to accurately recall events has been thrown into serious doubt by our very own. it's the one and only. it's the wonderful role. reports that cameron walker and you've found some rather interesting info in this event you yes patch. hey good afternoon there is this seems to be an inconsistency with prince harry's of events following the death of his great grandmother , death of his great grandmother, the queen mother, back in march 2002. so i'm just going to read out a passage of what harry says in his new memoir he says at eton, whilst studying. i took the call. i i could remember his voice. it at the other end a courtiers i believe i recall that it was just before easter. the weather bright and warm

light slanting through my window, filled with vivid colours . and then the phone call colours. and then the phone call read your royal highness the queen mother died. now from you should use records, by the way. oh thank you very much that voice for it. thank oh allow prince harry to do is a big yes yes but from all the news reports at the time suggest that prince william and prince harry and the then prince charles were actually on a ski holiday in switzerland and now the queen died on the 30th of march 2002, which was easter saturday. so presumably scores closed for the easter holidays . i spoken to the easter holidays. i spoken to the former royal correspondent who was covering that ski trip and was covering that ski trip and was doing the photo with william harry and charles. they do the photocall. it's prearranged photocall. it's prearranged photocall. so is on the understanding that one sets either they the all fly back to the uk to leave the family alone

to have a private ski holiday. so that is what is happens when this royal correspondent landed back in the uk, that's when they got the phone call saying that the queen mother was gravely ill , which suggests again that they were skiing. they're on holiday skiing. well, definitely doesn't sound like it was a season that's sure. who knows? we don't know that. i'm just pointing out the inconsistency. an amazing he managed to get from skiing to eat and gb news has also uncovered photographic what appears show photographic evidence of prince william and harry until driving them back into the united kingdom that we figure is of course, prince charles prince william and prince harry. and that is, as we understand it. go on from. yeah. so this is them arriving back in the united kingdom from their skiing holiday in switzerland following the death of the queen mother. photograph taken mother. this photograph is taken on 31st, 2002. now there on march 31st, 2002. now there is absolutely no suggestion here

that prince harry delivered , he that prince harry delivered, he told any mistress the royal correspondent who i spoke to out to me that it could well, very be an honest mistake, a lapse of perhaps. yes the problem here is , it raises the question, if there's inconsistency on this , there's inconsistency on this, let's be frank, quite pedantic points where he was when he found out what the queen mother died. and if you're not sure, you know, it's bizarre. it raises question and concerns about all that any other inconsistencies in book. and then you're also making the that then you're also making the that the death of your great grandmother is a pretty big life which you would perhaps have more memory of . prince harry more memory of. prince harry does writes in here that he he struggled and have at school with lapses of memory due to the trauma that he faced following his mother's death. but i'm it's in black and whites. there is a inconsistency here i think consist, is there, as you've rightly said, that isn't indicating that perhaps just perhaps there could be inconsistencies in other areas as cameron, thank you very as well. cameron, thank you very much. we've

much. and well done. we've ferreted find out. i'm ferreted around to find out. i'm sure there'll be as you sure there'll be more as you work even more. how work your through even more. how far the book have you far through the book have you actually go? well, it's cover 100 pages but i've always had to do skim reading and summer reading. the summary. so i will get you'll that. you will get to you'll get that. you will get to you'll get that. you will get that. brilliant karen walker, very, very walker, thank you very, very much. will now go much. all report you will now go back do some reading back to do some reading i imagine anyway. right. let's speak to a national reporter ellie is outside ellie costello, who is outside one the biggest bookshop ups one of the biggest bookshop ups in ellie, obviously in london. yes, ellie, obviously this our christmas dinner this is our christmas dinner together. keeping together. i have you're keeping well and i can well what's going on? and i can just harry's just see prince harry's face looming . i we've seen a lot of looming. i we've seen a lot of that in the past week, haven't we, patrick? but is that to say there wasn't quite a stampede spare outside waterstones , spare outside waterstones, piccadilly today? as you say, one of the biggest bookshops in, the country. but that was in fact only one customer in the queue when . this shop opened at queue when. this shop opened at 8:00 this morning, but there must have been a 40 or 50 journalists gathered her. her name was caroline and i asked her how she felt about being the

only person in queue. i didn't expect to me to be on my own. i thought there'd be a long no , thought there'd be a long no, i'm quite surprised , to be i'm quite surprised, to be honest with you. i thought there'd be a lot more people. i'm saddened about that, to be honest. and what made you want to buy the books? there's been so been so so many leaks. hasn't been so much the press. well, no, much in the press. well, no, i just want i just want to read about. turned up here about. i've not turned up here to. be the first in the in the queue to be. i don't know i was there'd be a lot more people to share share my comments with share to share my comments with and there's no one to talk to about your first impression of the book. well, i like the picture too , to be honest. i've picture too, to be honest. i've got the pictures quite nice. it's well, well done. and i've i've read the interviews. i can't wait for the audiobook. i'm going to i've bought that already and i can't wait to read about his family. already and i can't wait to read about his family . that is about his family. that is absolute gold. a fantastic have they sold out now . that is it is they sold out now. that is it is it is it all gone. all the

copies in there where you all know still of copies to be had at waterstones in piccadilly certainly doesn't as though there's been a lot of at this shop today there could be plenty of reasons for that. be fair, the weather hasn't been it was lashing down with rain this morning. you would have had to be in certain type of person to get up the dark, the wind and rain and head to down bookshop. the second thing is the way that we're buying books has changed, hasn't it? lots of people now pre—order on sites like amazon and amazon have said that this has been in pre—ordered bestselling list this week and waterstones have said that this is the selling pre—order that they've had in a decade . it has they've had in a decade. it has certainly been selling online, if not physically in person. and the third thing, patrick, is leaking, of course, this was published in spain last week. we're quite sure whether that was a security blip or whether that was just fantastic pr. but

feel like they have already read the book and i just spoke to a woman here who came up and chatted to me and said, i just don't think people are buying it because they've already read it in the newspapers. but does seem, at least from this store , seem, at least from this store, is only book in the window is the only book in the window every listing on the radio. the only thing you can see is the face of prince harry, the only book they've to put book that they've decided to put display. it is, display. and there it is, patrick, memoir that patrick, the memoir that everybody talking about, everybody is talking about, that's put that that's what they put on that poster for good or poster talking about for good or for bad. but it is going to continue dominate the headlines. that's sure. ali, thank you very, very much. reports that ellie costello is outside a waterstones. well, you can still copies. i mean, i'll tell you why it . was a real shame, wasn't why it. was a real shame, wasn't it, that people like me decided to relentlessly out every single little snippet that we could possibly find from the almost makes it feel like you've read it, doesn't it. almost makes you feel like you don't need go feel like you don't need to go out there his pockets out there and line his pockets by it anyway. somebody by buying it anyway. somebody who didn't drink the particular

kool one and decided kool aid on this one and decided he's getting the way of he's no getting in the way of him prince harry's offering. he's no getting in the way of hiwas prince harry's offering. he's no getting in the way of hiwas professorharry's offering. he's no getting in the way of hiwas professor chris s offering. he's no getting in the way of hiwas professor chris imafidon. it was professor chris imafidon who was the first in line. yes he was the first in line outside a dismissive victoria station . i a dismissive victoria station. i love doing these kind of these stories . this is the great one. stories. this is the great one. the money was the first in line. i the smiths in victoria i telling the smiths in victoria station to harry's book at station to buy harry's book at midnight girls , how are you? midnight girls, how are you? first and foremost ? very, very first and foremost? very, very sorry . i have sat down speed sorry. i have sat down speed read the entire book. i this is not the harry i know. oh it was really ghost written by a ghost written by him . oh bless you . oh written by him. oh bless you. oh this i thought you have fun of him. look at the look at what i wrote on my title. i say you are not despair fair, harry. love you. oh okay. and so, so you you obviously do have a lot of love for harry. and having read what you've read now is that change,

it seems seem to think there may he's a bit different that this not the content of the young man i knew he was very inspirational when he came to inner city and spoke to students and said they can make it. he has as of overcoming overcome mine own safety that was who i knew the person that i saw at grenfell trying to inspire people have been through the fire is who wrote this it have been written by a ghost or really a ghost. then there is no contents page by the way i went through it. no contents. page no. read it. do you ? how much is given to you? how much is given to charity that is the harry i know he needs and he keeps on. he gives. he needs to know that we love him unconditionally. no matter what he does, we still love him. we loved as a young man in 18 that torn his life around . we not not the young man

around. we not not the young man that went to saw the war and felt for the poor . we love that went to saw the war and felt for the poor. we love him as diana's son. he must come to the town on sunday. we knew the young man went to war home, bought himself connected with the country. well his life, his country . so you must be bitten country. so you must be bitten by a ghost. so as he damaged his reputation . in your opinion, do reputation. in your opinion, do you think his damage reputation ? if you write a book like , this ? if you write a book like, this is it that you were really really i know you know sometimes i tell my colleagues they don't send email i'm very annoyed . send email i'm very annoyed. yes, you are. you are you are raging with anger. please don't send that email. wait another day. we read the email. correct it and they send it. day. we read the email. correct it and they send it . that's what it and they send it. that's what i would have done if i was edhon i would have done if i was editor. so please don't hit. send the one you sent to me but you say yeah, but he sends it like that. look, we've all been there. i may not send emails. i

strongly regretted as well, so i can exactly what you mean. but the problem is, harry has had recent months doesn't seem to figure this out. even went back for the platinum. know, for the platinum. you know, there been the queen's there has been the queen's funeral you would funeral as well. you would thought he would have had thought that he would have had enough senses, enough time to come. his senses, though, quickly, very though, very quickly, very finally on this one, what was it like q what time did like for. q what what time did you. q last night into the you. q last night and into the early this morning, i stumbled down about 930, and i said , oh, down about 930, and i said, oh, don't worry, if you grab your coffee here will will be at exactly midnight . so i got my exactly midnight. so i got my coffee through the newspapers . i coffee through the newspapers. i love reading. i'm a speed reader . i can do up to love reading. i'm a speed reader .icando uptoa love reading. i'm a speed reader . i can do up to a thousand words a minute. so i was just reading when the time passed and they ask us, oh, now the shop is now open for us to buy the book. so i was excited. i went in there because i've a different of the book when i saw the american interview and the content is it was different from the itv interview standing game? so there were many versions. okay. which are the version of

harry that i nor will i believe? well we shouldn't have to ask this of people chris this is the they look i've obviously we've only met for the first time here now like a pretty now you seem like a pretty straight you seem like straight guy. you seem like a pretty normal guy. i don't reckon that people go. oh, which version i'm going to version of chris i'm going to get version do get today. which version do believe look, believe or whatever. but look, thank very much. great thank you very, very much. great to have you on the show. and hopefully our chances. it was fantastic talk to you and fantastic to talk to you and wheldon all work for wheldon for all my work for industry is we love you will love you no matter love you i love you no matter what do. oh, thank you what you do. oh, i thank you very much. i might get clips very much. i might get on clips and about to myself. i and then play about to myself. i say, chris, thank you very much. if i've been in that professor, unsure of an excellent education. . okay, education. good man, ry. okay, well, moving on from her, i know you are throwing things that you television screen. now, earlier today, outlined today, the government outlined a new maintain new bill which aims to maintain minimum levels in the minimum service levels in the pubuc minimum service levels in the public sector during walkouts if passed , it will force some trade passed, it will force some trade union members continue working passed, it will force some trade unistrikeembers continue working passed, it will force some trade unistrike days.; continue working passed, it will force some trade unistrike days. nowtinue working passed, it will force some trade unistrike days. now atje working passed, it will force some trade unistrike days. now at a working passed, it will force some trade unistrike days. now at a cabinet] on strike days. now at a cabinet meeting earlier , the business meeting earlier, the business secretary explained how he plans

to balance the ability to strike with the need to the public. it's called public after all, isn't it? it's a move that angered trade unions course. the rmt general secretary mick lynch is calling an attack on human rights and, civil liberties, which we the plans which the union plans to oppose in the courts are basically threatening to go to court parliament and indeed the workplace i am now joined by trade unionist gerry hags and political commentator david oldroyd balls both read thank you very much great to have you on. right gerry you are course a trade unionist. the idea of you being made to work even if you're members do vote to strike, good for the public, bad for you. well i think it's bad for you. well i think it's bad for you. well i think it's bad for everyone. frankly, it's not about protecting the public or minimum safety levels. nurses paramedics, firefighters, they do now anyway . it's and they are do now anyway. it's and they are members of the public, just not

university workers postal workers. they're members of the pubuc. workers. they're members of the public . what this is about, it's public. what this is about, it's anti—union legislation . it's anti—union legislation. it's about anti—people legislation . about anti—people legislation. when the there's a pattern here, when the tories run out of argument , they demonise and argument, they demonise and criminalise so whether that's extinction rebellion or whether it's scapegoating seekers, you just not just a large worker's criminalising workers. okay you got that right you do that jerry. but at the same time as well, i would expect that the government would say, well, hang on a minute. if train strikes alone are costing our hospitality sector, one and a half billion quid a month , what half billion quid a month, what extinction rebellion was costing , should maybe have a , should it not maybe have a duty down on i'll come duty to down on that. i'll come back you, gerry i'm going to back to you, gerry i'm going to go to political commentator david oldroyd, both right now. david oldroyd, both right now. david it comes to david views when it comes to this particular strong anti strike legislation , is it strike legislation, is it against human rights? no, of course it's not against human

rights. the point is rights. the key point here is that servants . that these are public servants. they people employed in they are not people employed in the sector where the private sector where they've struck bargain their struck a bargain with their employers the employer is employers which the employer is now reneging these are now reneging on. these are people who to go into the public sector because the extremely good package they get good benefits package they get not not including not including not including their salaries but their pensions and the amount of time off get . they holding off they get. they are holding the ransom at a time the country to ransom at a time when the country afford when the country cannot afford it. not that the country should ever be held to ransom, but at this particular, when this time in particular, when families over families struggled over christmas their other christmas to see their other family because family members because the railways been strike. railways have been on strike. and have these over and when you have these over barons of the unions, people like essential is like mick lynch essential is saying we are not going to saying that we are not going to work, going to hold you work, we are going to hold you to until give us what to ransom until you give us what we want. is and there is no we want. this is and there is no way the public should way the public servants should be allowed to do this if they want these sorts rights, they should the public service should leave the public service and work in the private and go and work in the private sector free to strike sector where they free to strike a that either as a bargain that they either as good okay, gerry, back good or ill. okay, gerry, back to that for me, please . well, i to that for me, please. well, i tell what's extortion that's

tell you what's extortion that's the energy . it's the soaring the energy. it's the soaring inflation in this high tech tax ation. it's wage stagnation . i ation. it's wage stagnation. i think the minimum we need becomes public spending like you wouldn't your colleague . i'd wouldn't your colleague. i'd like a minimum safety standard in our nhs or non striking days is right hours an ambulance you wait in the ambulance for hours you wait in a corridor for 4 hours for a doctor . they're not hours for a doctor. they're not going to legislate for that in fact they'll rip out their targets in the nhs. this government has form on this they demonise using criminalise when they're in trouble and they're in trouble on all. so they seek to take minds off the real issues that this present government is . is bolsonaro and government is. is bolsonaro and trump . into one. so what a great trump. into one. so what a great our age where you know, what a great dream was to do poor asylum seekers wonder not to fix the nhs , not to job go jerry cv

the nhs, not to job go jerry cv ferris i mean, you know, it's not, it's not a job she's the homes have digital allows them do your point. i think a lot of people might have been waiting for european legislation for this as european legislation sarkozy always that but yes sarkozy always said that but yes something such david i'll i'll go back to gerry. worry, go back to gerry. don't worry, david. i see you. you you david. i can see you. you you you were getting hungry. well, i'm i'm just bemused i'm not angry. i'm just bemused how people the unions how these people in the unions think that we're going to do anything the state of anything about the state of pubuc anything about the state of public when insist public finances when they insist on and higher and higher on higher and higher and higher wages benefits at a time wages and benefits at a time when can't afford when the country can't afford it. now let's start it. now let's not even start talking because it's talking nhs funding because it's a fish and that a whole kettle of fish and that is know, to mix is, as we know, to mix metaphors, the elephant in room of uk public finances. but the point that these people point remains that these people have extremely have to work in an extremely pubuc have to work in an extremely public sector. have to work in an extremely public sector . they have chosen public sector. they have chosen to do this because of the benefits accrue to it and because of the extremely flexible practises which because of the extremely flexib|of practises which because of the extremely flexib|of your practises which because of the extremely flexib|of your viewersises which because of the extremely flexib|of your viewers ins which because of the extremely flexib|of your viewers in private many of your viewers in private industry do not have. your views and the of who are and the members of this who are paying and the members of this who are paying this public service paying for this public service do to be held to do not deserve to be held to ransom these servants. and

ransom by these servants. and it's as simple as that , gerry, it's as simple as that, gerry, i suppose if the conditions are not bad , things are so awful why not bad, things are so awful why don't people just get another ? don't people just get another? well, you know, people are leaving their droves. they're leaving their droves. they're leaving their droves. they're leaving the health service in their droves to me , we may as their droves to me, we may as well have a phrase, meghan now making , well have a phrase, meghan now making, glenn great. again, you know, we're nonsense here in the pubuc know, we're nonsense here in the public sector year on year, year on, year of 13 years of tory government , there's been wage government, there's been wage cuts below , inflation, wage cuts below, inflation, wage rises or even no rises at all. it doesn't surprise me after all this time people have had enough again. got gerry i, i do . yeah again. got gerry i, i do. yeah i absolutely understand what you're saying . have the words you're saying. have the words echoing in my ear of who had children on cancer ward beds, for example , when nurses were

for example, when nurses were striking, or people whose , striking, or people whose, elderly relatives couldn't get a health care. when they were lying at bottom of the stairs and it is make people who go and see dying loved ones not to get the train to go and see them over the christmas etc. over the christmas period, etc. and have there words and i do have there words ringing in my ears and you know, i reckon probably do one minimum service basket service levels throw a basket for final for the for the for the final for the final word. david certainly when it comes to pay rises, has there been cuts and all of been a real pay cuts and all of this stuff? everybody the this stuff? everybody in the country a real terms pay country has a real terms pay cut because of inflation and because of austerity that was of the austerity that was necessary beginning of necessary at the beginning of the 13 of tory the 13 years of the tory government. is that government. but point is that the which the private sector which pays bills the sector, has bills for the public sector, has suffered worse. people in the private sector really suffering and. they being made to and. they are being made to suffer even by over suffer even more by these over mighty trade unionists . oh, mighty trade unionists. oh, look, of you, i we look, both of you, i think we could all agree we could carry this longer, but this on for a lot longer, but we're to have to make a we're going to have to make a move, chaps, i'm afraid. look, thank you very much. great to have on the show. good have you both on the show. good to a range of views, as is to have a range of views, as is trade hicks political trade unionist hicks political commentator david oldroyd about

just not just reacting to whether not essentially it's against human rights, whether it's completely justified minimum strike laws, minimum service requirements, which basically i think name think frankly puts the name pubuc think frankly puts the name public servant to exactly what it shouldn't it? this it should be, shouldn't it? this is really what the government wants can get the wants to do. i can get the people in unions it's people in unions think it's a bit, but the end of the day, bit, but at the end of the day, if people public servants, then maybe the government a to maybe the government a duty to make they serve the make sure they can serve the pubuc make sure they can serve the public patrick christys public right. patrick christys gb could boris gb news. coming up, could boris johnson on verge of johnson be on verge of a leadership comeback? that's right. isn't right. you heard. no, this isn't a from couple of a headline from a couple of months this isn't months ago. no this isn't a headune months ago. no this isn't a headline from for a few before that. this is a completely different headline about boris johnson same thing. different headline about boris johnformer same thing. different headline about boris johnformer prime same thing. different headline about boris johnformer prime minister|ing. a the former prime minister make a keynote later where keynote speech later where portrait will be portrait of himself will be unveiled . really not unveiled. really hope it's not the persona an artist. it the persona of an artist. it just like a horse. anyway just looks like a horse. anyway would you welcome his return? want know if want boris want to know if you want boris back? email gb views . back? email me gb views. gbnews.uk. why why do you want the big guy back attack .

hello. good afternoon . from the hello. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom. i'm tamsin roberts . it's 331 rmt. general secretary mick lynch has called the government's new anti strike an attack on human the legislation which will go through parliament today will require some union members to work during strikes to ensure a minimum level of public. work during strikes to ensure a minimum level of public . it minimum level of public. it comes amid a wave of industrial action across the public in a dispute over pay . business dispute over pay. business secretary grant says the legislation is to protect the pubuc legislation is to protect the public but to deny and to vote against legislation that brings in minimum safety levels to our constituents is to attack their security and, their welfare and

prince harry's memoir spare has finally hit bookshelves. but his of some events has been thrown doubt. in the book, the duke sussex writes that he heard about the death of his great grandmother, queen mother, in a phone call at eton. she died in march thousand and two, but gb news has uncovered photographic , which shows the prince from a skiing trip to switzerland with his father brother at the time . his father brother at the time. representatives of the have been contacted for comment . new contacted for comment. new figures show there was sharp rise in excess deaths across england and wales at the end of last year. the latest from the office for national statistics show the number of registered deaths was 20% higher than average in the final week of december. the baroness says the flu cold weather and reduced to emergency care likely contributed this gb views tv onune contributed this gb views tv online dab plus radio. back to .

patrick oke. welcome back, people now, despite stubbornly high uk retailers will rise in sales last month. that's up 6.9% on last month. that's up 6.9% on last december. so that's according to new figures from the british retail consortium. but as the cost of living crisis rumbles on, that signs of shoppers heading to a discount saved in markets over premium ones , looking to bank themselves ones, looking to bank themselves a bargain. joining me now is our economics and business editor. you wouldn't be seen dead in a little. it's liam halligan with all their . money waitrose i like all their. money waitrose i like all their. money waitrose i like a little bit of beans. you come out with a new service, so. sure . i' out with a new service, so. sure. i' yeah oh, i needed a temp. yeah, it sounds so true. right. what

is our all you got for us? interesting numbers, patrick. these aren't official office for national statistics numbers that you just cited. that from the british consortium. yes, it was very respected industry body . very respected industry body. and as you said. in very respected industry body. and as you said . in december and as you said. in december 2020 to uk retail are up 6.9% on 2021. in november they were up 4.2% on the same month in 2021. but the full year of 2022, they were up only 3.1% and bearing also that inflation . is 10.9. also that inflation. is10.9. why did i put inflation number on the end? the reason is patrick because that 6.9% rise in retail sales in december. while it sounds really great there's no recession the economy's buoyant retailers tills are full of cash everyone's doing really well consider the inflation is much than the rate of retail sales . than the rate of retail sales. what that means is that the goods that people are actually getting are lower than they were

is what inflation does it turns healthy looking numbers into ghastly realities on the ground. so the fact is retail sales are going up because of inflation and the value of what people are actually is going down the value to them because wages are being denuded by inflation. and as british retail consortium says , british retail consortium says, that means that retailers aren't actually very well, they're still in for a difficult few months. here's how hammer. still in for a difficult few months. here's how hammer . and months. here's how hammer. and we know from the war in ukraine the fact that it's had on the cost of food and on the cost of energy and that transcends the whole supply . so whether trying whole supply. so whether trying to get products into the country then transporting across land and into stores and then heating and into stores and then heating and chilling , providing chillers and chilling, providing chillers in stores , all of this adds to in stores, all of this adds to the cost of doing business and therefore , consumers are having therefore, consumers are having to pay a higher for their goods than they would have done

otherwise . okay. right now, liam otherwise. okay. right now, liam we were laughing and joking a bit before, but this account stores discount says all the increase that are suppose are going to the mall look the likes of tesco and sainsbury's is the mid—market giant of british food retailing they still have the lion's share of the market. but those discounters as little and already they coming up on the rails because people are looking to bag bargain and don't just take my word for it the magazine which is highly respected it put together a basket of 48 goods and looked at how much that basket of goods, typical household weekly shop costs stuff. yeah well, it's not so much a weekly shop that's more a supermarket trolley . that's just supermarket trolley. that's just a basket of goods. so all the £81, $0.63, the same 48 goods in in in little would be £83, $0.24, the same in tesco a bit more, $0.24, the same in tesco a bit more , £93, $0.42. and then

more, £93, $0.42. and then waitrose patrick was, as you will know, i will now cream fresh they can't do it now i know and that greek yoghurt of course the olive topping know and that greek yoghurt of course the olive toppin g £112 course the olive topping £112 six three. now in fairness the same which survey and which really know what they're doing they survey shoppers they've been doing it for decades is highly respected the same which survey showed if you go to the you know weekly a big supermarket trolley asda actually comes through the as being particularly good value but what a lot of the discounts is are doing and this is absolute standard practise is they will discount some of the real necessities that people need bread milk so on to get you through the door then the rest of the stuff that they sell so, you get a bargain on that and then the rest of the stuff that they sell you is where they make their money. so what we're seeing with this inflation, with this living squeeze and this cost of living squeeze and with households to make with households looking to make ends to stretch ends meet, having to stretch budgets, energy budgets, high energy bills, we're shape of we're seeing the shape of british chains. absolutely.

british food chains. absolutely. tesco sainsbury's still dominates as the two are very, very strong mid—market. yeah. the discounts says are on the march and that's good news for consumers there is snobbery out there wonder how i wonder whether or not waitrose as well whether or not waitrose as well whether i suspect or suspects it will reassuring expensive will be reassuring expensive that's what right shows are but the ones they're the mid—market ones they're going to be watching what's going to be watching what's going on they to watch going on they are to watch what's on. i actually this what's going on. i actually this is . well, in little is true. well, i was in little know didn't get lost i do know i didn't get lost i do occasional go coincidental i was in lidl for aldi were in lidl for aldi they were actually and as i was in there a woman was on phone to woman was on the phone to someone else saying that she was doing the shop in sainsbury's. yeah. there's snobbery of yeah. so there's snobbery of course. why people like course. that's why people like to have the sort posh supermarket bags life that they carry. yeah. yeah. well did that, put it in a waitrose but that, i put it in a waitrose but as get tighter, shoppers as budgets get tighter, shoppers are voting with their feet and good news for consumers . oh, good news for consumers. oh, okay. very much. i dropped my and this is no word of a i dropped my laundry off at the foot of a mason's back other

day. anyway that's enough about may man the papal patrick may man of the papal patrick christys dvd is christys right here on dvd is coming just over come boris coming up just over come boris bounce back. the former prime minister making a major minister is making a major tonight say could tonight which some say could signal the start of his leadership . i've been asking you leadership. i've been asking you and have fantastic and the emails have fantastic on this because so many of this so far because so many of you bring back boris. i want you go bring back boris. i want to why why do you want to bring back isit to why why do you want to bring back is it the guy? back what is it about the guy? why do i want the big guy back? vaiews@gbnews.uk in vaiews@gbnews.uk be back in a sec .

well, people all of the bring back boris brigade are out in force yet again. vaiews@gbnews.uk man amanda, i think we should bring him back. he's the we voted for. sally's just. yes, yes, yes, yes. not the time. not the only time a woman said that to boris is anyway, it looks as though the business actually grant shapps

may have been trying to erase the prime minister the former prime minister from memory as he tweeted a picture of visit to spaceport of his visit to spaceport cornwall photoshopping boris cornwall photoshopping out boris in case you're wondering why bofis in case you're wondering why boris be that smack bang in the middle of the picture so that we are grant photo shops are just getting out anyway. for those of you watching on tv and online, you watching on tv and online, you can see this original photograph former photograph with former prime minister front centre, but a simple photoshop look as though it'll be enough to suffer potentially to come back from . potentially to come back from. bofis potentially to come back from. boris johnson to make boris johnson set to make keynote speech this evening. the overwhelming in the inbox at the minute appears to be fact minute appears to be the fact that did for boris and that you did vote for boris and you haven't really had chance to vote for anyone else since. therefore why? a lot of people want but a range of want him back. but a range of views political ad it's views on political ad it's a darren mccaffrey as well as in views on political ad it's a daristudio.laffrey as well as in views on political ad it's a daristudio. have as well as in views on political ad it's a daristudio. have notwell as in views on political ad it's a daristudio. have not seen as in views on political ad it's a daristudio. have not seen you in the studio. have not seen you in the studio. have not seen you in the flesh for a long time. well, it's to a year. yeah. it's very good to a year. yeah. so can we still say happy new year? i'm going to today. year? i'm going to call today. yes it. well, draw a yes this is it. well, draw a line sand. that's it, line in the sand. that's it, anyway. boris, is coming anyway. boris, is he coming back? i think the honest

back? i'm no. i think the honest answer. he's going to make answer. and he's going to make the tonight, all the speech tonight, all conservative. the prime minister's the chance minister's get the chance to reveal of the carlton reveal a portrait of the carlton club, is a private club, which is a private member's in westminster in. member's club in westminster in. fact, been of fact, it's been the centre of two of biggest scandals of two of the biggest scandals of bofis two of the biggest scandals of boris johnson's own party's affair, chris pincher affair affair, the chris pincher affair that brought down. that ultimately brought down. but got there. he's but he's got to go there. he's got make a speech tonight. got to make a speech tonight. i'm reflect on i'm sure he's going reflect on his as prime minister. his time as prime minister. you lots he'll be among lots of jokes. he'll be among friends. i'm sure it'll be a very jolly occasion he'll very jolly occasion and he'll talk the issues talk about some of the issues that he still is very passionate about, whether that be brexit or the in ukraine and other the war in ukraine and other things. but the reason that this has slightly more interest has taken slightly more interest than normally get for than you would normally get for a minister unveiling, a prime minister unveiling, a portrait themselves is that portrait of themselves is that lots of you say the boris bngade lots of you say the boris brigade like nadine dorries and little crothers and others have been making very clear the weekend that they to see boris back. they reckon that the conservative party are going to be devastated in the next election if boris johnson is not the leader again . and there's the leader again. and there's been the thought process rishi sunak, who opinion polls have

not proved very much since . no, not proved very much since. no, no, no. if he does very in the local elections that boris might at a comeback. they're now the prime minister a former prime minister. sorry it's called very close to his chest. i'm sure he would love his old we speculating about whether he'll come back or not. my two little things that i would say make it way likely than likely or first of all, there is still this standard. and so whether we like to prioritise you next potentially embroiled in that well as because that well as say well because that one's mean well he broke the one's i mean well he broke the law like boris did. but law just like boris did. but this looking into whether this is looking into whether misled it misled parliament or whether it was and second thing is, was so. and the second thing is, i think would it would i just think would it would destroy the conservative parties and the party would be divided? because for all the people who love boris johnson, the conservative party, there are, there a of people who there are a lot of people who just like it. it's interesting though, it? is like though, isn't it? which is like cathy, been and cathy, for example, been on and this i think cathy a lot this is what i think cathy a lot of people of your mindset say which is boris brings you how he tends well labour goes tends to do well labour goes down well the north

down quite well in the north she, really has a plan she, says he really has a plan for britain. i think boris was very good at saying he had a plan britain. you know, she plan for britain. you know, she says vote him. he says she would vote for him. he seems a nice guy and this seems like a nice guy and this is one of the things down undeniably johnson could undeniably boris johnson could do anything and people just still love him. there is no doubt he was a massive electoral to the conservative party. there is no you know, he did very, very well from the biggest majority to the party since 1987. back in 2019. and there is no doubt, you know he made some good decisions in government . i good decisions in government. i think people would would even those even his critics would would say he got right on things like the vaccine programme and the war ukraine. but at the end of the day he did resign as prime minister only last july and he resigned. had lost and he resigned. he had lost this party. and that hasn't fundamentally changed exactly. and might be banking and i reckon he might be banking on that they go, what on the idea that they go, what right do you want, win the next general election or not? if general election or not? and if he question is, he answers that question is, yes, do want to win. and he

yes, i do want to win. and he appears to be maybe the only person can it. then i person who can win it. then i suppose noises would suppose the noises would get louder, but we'd have to wait and see thank you very much, daryn. political daryn. as ever, our political edhon daryn. as ever, our political editor, mccaffrey that editor, darren mccaffrey that now speak to alex now i can also speak to alex storey, who leader of the storey, who is the leader of the bnng storey, who is the leader of the bring boris campaign. alex, bring back boris campaign. alex, the coming thick and the emails coming in thick and fast. boris. however fast. it's mostly boris. however there's quite few people there's quite a few people saying, it would a return. saying, no, it would a return. he did he did absolutely nothing with announced funding 80 seat majority . with announced funding 80 seat majority. he's with announced funding 80 seat majority . he's got with announced funding 80 seat majority. he's got his green agenda he's not a committed conservative. good grief. what do you say to all of that ? well, do you say to all of that? well, i mean, quite a lot of it is true. i mean, the is a he is parties. he's he supports the green new deal, which an issue he's he hasn't done a huge amount since 2019 he had huge amounts of potential to do something a couple things that we need to say is that the pandemic hit he was on the right track initially when. he decided that would not lock down, but he then was scared into locking us

locking us down because the expert class , including people expert class, including people like neil ferguson , needs to be like neil ferguson, needs to be said. but the but the reason why people are pro is because one of the reasons why so people are for boris is because they voted for boris is because they voted for him. they the interesting thing with sunak is that nobody voted him at all. he has he has no mandate and no legitimacy and i think a lot of people want to the judges of how good or bad bofis the judges of how good or bad boris was . well they see this is boris was. well they see this is thing as well. it's interesting as well how we control the narrative on this or frankly is one of the things i think is a good excuse for us because he's not really controlling the narrative on this. it's just the way follows around. way that it follows him around. he's teflon, isn't he he's a bit teflon, isn't he clive the only who got clive say he is the only who got things and that is of course the line that boris johnson would like people to have realistically to be honest realistically likes to be honest with you part of me gets a fed up about continually talking about boris about the return of boris johnson in all us. do you think

he's going to it? very he's going to do it? and very quickly how actually , we're quickly how actually, we're trying to do with the bring books back campaign changed and morphed into something else called the conservative democratic organisation. we're trying to change the conservative party so that the leader of the party next time cannot be removed . a small group cannot be removed. a small group of meps . your guest earlier said of meps. your guest earlier said something not quite right. boris did not the house and he didn't lose and he didn't lose the party. it was a small number of people who got rid of him under a lot of pressure. the point the point is that boris is probably not going to be able to come back, but we want to try and make sure that the conservative party is reformed such that something the elected something like this, the elected leader britain party not leader of britain party not removed by small group of people . alex, thank you very much. i'll talk to you again soon. no doubt about a story that leader to the back boris campaign, bofis to the back boris campaign, boris johnson speech boris johnson giving a speech later of he portrays later today as of he portrays himself carlton sir i himself as carlton club sir i

for some and we're going to be reacting to that. you think reacting to that. do you think this be the start of boris this could be the start of boris back? have him back? back? would you have him back? i'm if there are a lot of i'm asking if there are a lot of the the hundreds, not the people, the hundreds, not thousands always thousands of people who always email in say, i will bring email in to say, i will bring bofis email in to say, i will bring boris back, know why? boris back, want to know why? okay, get them in. now, this afternoon labour has promised a package reforms , get package of welfare reforms, get people work people back into work and end what the is calling what the party is calling a monumental of human as no monumental waste of human as no way to talk about keir starmer is it anyway the shadow work and pensions secretary jonathan ashworth announced the plans include granting local areas more powers to get people into work longer term help for the unemployed . a particular focus unemployed. a particular focus on the over fifties back into now gb news political reporter olivia utley joins me now peter roberts is also in the studio well former editor of libellous olivia i'll with you give us this in a nutshell. well, actually the reforms actually put forward for young , ambitious put forward for young, ambitious in scope . there were some in scope. there were some interesting nuggets in there and it's clearly thought things through properly it would

involve rejigging site from your mind going to threads. peter will get your mind sorted. peter your hot take. well it's nice cold. it's a rarity 630,000 people approximate they left the workforce after the pandemic is just and lots of those are people in the second half of their career labour's trying to get them back into work why? first good for the first of all it's good for the economy we know economy's in economy we know the economy's in a bit of a rotten a been a bit of a rotten position the last few years. secondly you know there's a wide perception benefit perception that tory benefit measures decade measures for last decade have been thirdly labour's been cruel. and thirdly labour's lost elections in lost a lot of elections in couple of the reasons have been due to the deficit and welfare. so do about so trying do something about those for individuals those is good for individuals and the economy as we and the wider economy as do we have idea how we're have any real idea how we're going people like going to get people like the over back work because over 50 back into work because to honest i would to see to be honest i would want to see a tired scenario go back to a bit tired scenario go back to work unless you're just boarding watch nothing is no point is. well think wants to do well i think labour wants to do a of as said so a couple of things as said so called mid—life met that's called a mid—life met that's in government think government already. i think labour wants to make that better where people 40 and 50 upwards

and government departments where people 40 and 50 upwards and govwith|ent departments where people 40 and 50 upwards and govwith them epartments where people 40 and 50 upwards and govwith them epeensures where people 40 and 50 upwards and govwith them epeensure they engage with them to ensure they can health or can back that set health or skills availability and skills or an availability and childcare issue . of course childcare issue. and of course the is the work the other thing is the work capability assessment for people who got chronic health who have got chronic health problems can do some work problems but can do some work even 35 a week. so to even if 35 hours a week. so to make lighter or more make that lighter or more flexible. okay all right. i suppose. yeah your back pocket, right? okay well, pick up where you left off. but just following on from peter said there as well, how was labour costing all of this stuff? does need to be massively well, yes, it massively costed. well, yes, it does costed. and does need to be costed. and jonathan us were at pains jonathan asked us were at pains to that he wouldn't be to point out that he wouldn't be profligate with public funds. he said that seen the dangers said that we've seen the dangers of was keen to show that of that he was keen to show that labour capable seizing of that he was keen to show that labycentre capable seizing of that he was keen to show that labycentre ground. ble seizing of that he was keen to show that labycentre ground. when seizing of that he was keen to show that labycentre ground. when he zing of that he was keen to show that labycentre ground. when he was the centre ground. when he was asked about costing, i asked him, example , what he would him, for example, what he would do about the nhs waiting list, which is obviously one reason why are to go to why people are unable to go to work waiting for work they're waiting for treatment. that. treatment. he said that. labour's be labour's answer would be to recruit health care recruit more health care workers. so i asked him how he'd pay workers. so i asked him how he'd pay that and he with pay for that and he went with the old of we'd scrap the old line of we'd scrap non—dom status which we hear

non—dom status which we do hear over again on otherwise the over over again on otherwise the reforms pretty thin on the ground as we've heard there he was talking about adapting something that the conservatives have already bought in and for universal credit he would actually keep it in place even though it was a keir starmer election pledge to ditch it altogether. so that was quite for me the biggest thing was was the language of the speech , the the language of the speech, the language about seizing language was all about seizing the centre ground. it was about rights responsibly eighties the centre ground. it was about righ'the responsibly eighties the centre ground. it was about righ'the welfare nsibly eighties the centre ground. it was about righ'the welfare system, ghties the centre ground. it was about righ'the welfare system, not es the centre ground. it was about righ'the welfare system, not just and the welfare system, not just giving to anyone giving out benefits to anyone who i that was who wants can. i think that was interesting that nonsense. yeah i'll bring you in now for the speech just reading speech i'm just reading here again, term again, you know, longer term help unemployed lloyd. i help for the unemployed lloyd. i mean, could be taken two mean, that could be taken two ways. couldn't see either maybe more them more training food to help them get into or just benefits. get into work or just benefits. well, i think it should be the former one because public is in short supply, even more so after covid. and i think labour quite rightly has absorbed the message the public about why it's lost election so briefly. when i worked for shadow cabinet

minister in 2015, remember we're told is going to be even stevens going into election david cameron won fairly easily but several given several the reasons given deficit welfare and immigration. it's interesting you've alluded all of those and in just the last few minutes and it's together economic problems but also problems about perceptions of labour. i think we're now changing. well are you i'll sit with you on this one. all because it is a bit tricky to from where i'm sitting, labour can seem a bit wishy washy on things immigration for things like immigration for example. just this seems in example. i just this seems be in a cost of living crisis the idea british public like british public might like a government appears to want government that appears to want to money just after to spend public money just after the coronavirus crisis as i'm not sure that washes a lot of people. well, i don't think that's a fair critique about labour wanting to spend more money. i think that was certainly the case under jeremy corbyn, you had this kind certainly the case under jeremy cothing you had this kind certainly the case under jeremy cothing about you had this kind certainly the case under jeremy co thing about nationalising kind certainly the case under jeremy co thing about nationalising the of thing about nationalising the whole internet a few weeks for general election. i think we're in different place now. in a very different place now. and starmer and rachel and if keir starmer and rachel reeves be just like reeves the go will be just like in go into a general in 2015, you go into a general

election no spending election with no spending commitments everything commitments because everything is funded by growing the economy or a tax or elsewhere. so i mean, commitments. mean, no spending commitments. okay, that's interesting olivier. you that? do olivier. would you buy that? do you it labour are becoming you think it labour are becoming more or not? more economically sound or not? well, no spending well, yes, but no spending commitments essentially means promising things and not promising lots of things and not actually going actually saying how you're going cost how you do that by cost them or how you do that by sort of talking not saying sort of talking about not saying the details . so i'm not sure if the details. so i'm not sure if that's going work right to that's going to work right to the jonathan the election. but jonathan ashworth thought ashworth clearly has thought through what he would do through exactly what he would do broad lay and that was quite interesting to see. it feels as though we have entered election mode the of mode now for the whole of westminster olivier, you westminster. olivier, thank you very all of you rightly very much. all of you rightly our political reporter, peter buzz. have to get buzz. thank you. you have to get in. for popping yourself in. cheers for popping yourself into the studio as well. was into the studio as well. it was much right lets much peter was that right lets you be getting in touch. gb views uk. you all know that email back on to email address. now back on to bofis. email address. now back on to boris . she a lot of you were boris. she has a lot of you were saying back boris. okay so saying bring back boris. okay so i why i get emails i was asking why i get emails every single tape bring back bofis i every single tape bring back boris i rarely say why right boris but i rarely say why right ? this is what i'm asking. i

can't really stand any of them . can't really stand any of them. but he was the least rotten . a but he was the least rotten. a bag of mouldy tomatoes. but he was the least rotten. a bag of mouldy tomatoes . you bag of mouldy tomatoes. you might not be wrong . some would might not be wrong. some would argue that you are wrong about . argue that you are wrong about. i can see i will not be one of those people. but is that realistically a reason? bring somebody back. you know you the least bad isn't she anyway pete says i wish would switch to reform . i think they could win reform. i think they could win the next election him after the way to conservative treated him and that behaviour since i'll never vote conservative a wants anything you mentioned reform there supposedly are to some polls anyway overtaking the lib dems areas that would dems in certain areas that would make the third party not make them the third party not including of course . mark says including of course. mark says bofis including of course. mark says boris has many flaws , but he boris has many flaws, but he knows to keep our country for the future. he remove the globalist sunak. it's simple . globalist sunak. it's simple. i'd vote boris. okay so that was keeping britain together there. apparently and mike says, no, we do not want . to repeat of more do not want. to repeat of more of same, this tory of the same, this tory has ruined country and the ruined this country and the wealth is unfairly so. a range

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people are queuing up and breaking shop windows and all of this. in fact, i would argue that sale of the energy drink problem pretty bad to the prince harry's but but harry's book, but but this afternoon is very old on walker was ferreting away and he found some inconsistencies in some of the accounts by prince harry and it makes you wonder what else is inconsistent harry what else? i want to know when you read it, do you care? is harry generally terrible damage to the monarchy? get your views coming. also this houn get your views coming. also this hour, the executive of hour, the chief executive of london says no more than london service says no more than half of ambulance staff in london strike tomorrow london will on strike tomorrow as to ensure life and as they aim to ensure life and limb threatening. nine, nine limb threatening. no. nine, nine calls are answered daniel kelly's as the kelly's comments as the government has introduced a bill to maintain a minimum service , to maintain a minimum service, do you support them do you think that some people lose right to strike by virtue of what job they do and this, i suspect, is probably going to be the big one. this hour we've been holding this back a little bit for you, but i can now get this out, which is we're going

out, which is good. we're going be a lot in this hour be doing it a lot in this hour and a lot in the hour. the home office plans house up to 400 asylum seekers in former in asylum seekers in a former in a village of only 500 people in west northamptonshire . anyway, west northamptonshire. anyway, it's been slammed by local . we it's been slammed by local. we are going to go live ahead of a pansh are going to go live ahead of a parish council meeting to discuss the issue later . we will discuss the issue later. we will be on the scene. and we'll be picking this up throughout the course the show. getting such course of the show. getting such gbviews@gbnews.uk to gbviews@gbnews.uk. i want to know in light we're know from you in light we're heanng know from you in light we're hearing a man in hearing that if a man got in a hotel up in your town or your village, would you oppose it? gbviews@gbnews.uk now has guidelines . patrick you and good guidelines. patrick you and good afternoon to you . our top story afternoon to you. our top story today, the rmt general secretary mick lynch has called the government's new anti strike bill an attack . government's new anti strike bill an attack. human rights legislation and will require levels of service from . levels of service from. ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers during industrial action. it comes a

wave of industrial action across pubuc wave of industrial action across public sector in a dispute over pay- public sector in a dispute over pay. the business secretary shapps says the legislation is necessary to protect the public to deny to vote against legislation . that brings in legislation. that brings in minimum levels. legislation. that brings in minimum levels . to help our minimum levels. to help our constituents is to attack their security and their welfare and meanwhile, the labour deputy leader angela rayner says the system was failing before the strikes . is system was failing before the strikes. is my system was failing before the strikes . is my constituents who strikes. is my constituents who waited over an hour for an ambulance who died waiting for an ambulance? and that was not on the strike. and that is because of the disastrous chaos we have in the system under conservative government . well, conservative government. well, ambulance in england and wales are set to go strike tomorrow after talks with the government over pay, failed to a resolution. it's the industrial action within the health this year with nurses . england also year with nurses. england also set to walk later this month.

the health secretary has described the action as unhealthy , awful, but insisted unhealthy, awful, but insisted he is working with trade unions . steve barclay also saying the government isn't looking to backdate a pay increase for nhs workers . we don't think it be workers. we don't think it be appropriate to go back to last april to retrospectively go back all those months in terms of what has already happened this yeah what has already happened this year, we had a process that looked at the issues in the round, but that same time want to listen to the trade unions, want to engage with them constructively . we want to get constructively. we want to get the right evidence in to the pay review for the next year. and of course, they made further in terms this year terms of this year notwithstanding that were more three quarters of the way through the year. and it is right that we listen to those concerns. meanwhile, teachers in schools across scotland are on the first of their two day strike today after failing reach an agreement overpay with scottish government. the current offer would see most staff in classrooms a 5% pay rise. but

unions demanding a 10% increase. primary school teachers will walk out today, while staff at secondary schools will walk out tomorrow and. labour has promised a package of welfare under their leadership to people return to work . under the plan, return to work. under the plan, the claimants will try work and if it doesn't work out within a year they can go to the benefits they were previously on. labour party also plans a further reform of employment support for the over fifties. shadow work and pensions secretary jonathan ashworth claims the reforms will help disabled people or those on benefits find work . what i'm benefits find work. what i'm proposing today are new measures, new reforms, new thinking to support people who say want to return to work now , say want to return to work now, in this country, we've got a million people all looking for work. you want a job and we've got hundreds of thousands of people who are currently designated as long term but say they would want to work if given they would want to work if given the right support . now the

they would want to work if given the right support. now the uk's first ever space launch ended in failure last night after. engineers said the craft had suffered an anomaly. the virgin orbit jet off successfully from cornwall late last night, carrying a rocket with small satellites to launch over the atlantic ocean. however the american firm says the rocket to enter the orbit after it was released. there'll be an investigation into what happened over the coming days. i amazon uk says it plans to shut down three uk warehouses which could impact more than a thousand jobs. the company launched consultations sites in hemel hempstead doncaster and gourock. understood workers will be offered roles other amazon locations . the company has also locations. the company has also revealed plans for two major centres in the west midlands and the north—east which will create two and a half thousand jobs over the next three years. now, as you've been hearing, prince harry's memoir , spare has harry's memoir, spare has finally hit the bookshelf , but finally hit the bookshelf, but his version of some has been

thrown into doubt in the book, the duke of sussex writes that he heard about the death of his great grandmother, the queen mother , in a phone call whilst mother, in a phone call whilst he at eton. she died in he was at eton. she died in march 2002. gb news has uncovered photographic evidence which shows the prince returned from a skiing trip to switzerland with his father and brother. at the time, representatives of the duke have been contacted for comment . a been contacted for comment. a teacher in the united states has been hailed a hero after evacuating from their classroom. classroom rather after being shot by six year old boy. 25 year old abigail zwirner , shot year old abigail zwirner, shot by one of her pupils at rich neck elementary in virginia last week . police say the boy fired week. police say the boy fired one shot which hit her hand and chest but the teacher still managed to escort students to safety. she is in hospital in a stable condition . you up to date stable condition. you up to date on gb news. more news as it happens. now back to patrick .

patrick okay , welcome along long an okay, welcome along long an action packed hour a four year. we are very shortly going to be doing the latest on spire that's harry's book hit the shelves today expecting massive queues and sold out but and it's be sold out but actually apparently find actually apparently you can find canon waterstones or canon and waterstones or whatever bookshops are called earlier you wouldn't earlier on today you wouldn't have because the one of have any one because the one of many people it. but we're many people buying it. but we're moving quickly because moving on very quickly because something just drop for us. something can just drop for us. i not miss out on first i want to not miss out on first trade unions and ministers. they're for a fresh they're on course for a fresh clash the business clash after the business secretary announced secretary grant shapps announced a plan to introduce new laws , a plan to introduce new laws, which would require minimum levels of service for public sector workers. we know what this is the quote unquote anti law we did it bit last law stuff. we did it a bit last houn law stuff. we did it a bit last hour, we're moving it on now hour, but we're moving it on now because proposals condemned because the proposals condemned as illegal by the as unworkable illegal by the unions, warning that new legislation lead to even legislation would lead to even more walkouts. here's a bit of context anyway. what the

secretary said in the house of commons earlier to deny and to vote against legislation that bnngsin vote against legislation that brings in minimum safety levels to help our constituents. is to attack their security and welfare and. okay, so i'm joined now labour mp for birmingham, sally stephen cave. steve, thank you very . we're going to have you very. we're going to have you very. we're going to have you on a little bit later, but i understand you've got to go and vote. so we thought we would squeeze you in at top. oh, no, how dare you do your job? but there go anyway. so there we go anyway. right. so it's well and good for it's all very well and good for labour be these strike laws labour be anti these strike laws suppose. but as far as i can tell labour's policy is to not pay tell labour's policy is to not pay more but pay the workers any more but also not bring in anything to. stop the strike. we have a stop the strike. so we have a cycle of strikes the labour day way. wasn't the experience way. well wasn't the experience under the last labour government we went one of the lowest number of straight days in years during . that period of government. so i don't know where that suggests in comes from one of those who

just don't know let me let me just don't know let me let me just clarify that because it's just clarify that because it's just what keir starmer said last week when he did announcement, he was basically saying that we haven't massive chequebook, haven't got massive chequebook, which means we're not really going out these going to be giving out these whopping big public of pay whopping great big public of pay rises. but he is opposed to any anti strike legislation. well, from that from where i'm sitting, that just have. well, just means what we have. well, that's we are, isn't it? that's where we are, isn't it? well, no, because what we've. is that you have do enter that what you have do is enter into meaningful negotiations and try to create and long term conditions . and that's what we conditions. and that's what we would be seeking to do if we were in power now . and that's were in power now. and that's what we will seek to if we win the election . okay. alright the election. okay. alright would you. but you'd urge labour to not back any kind of anti strike laws. some people say that only furthers the notion that only furthers the notion that you're in the pockets of the unions . that you're in the pockets of the unions. no, i think the problem is this is just a respite the conservatives did divert attention from the

economic industrial mess that they've the country into . that's they've the country into. that's they've the country into. that's the problem and it's really sunak's throw a bit of red meat to his rob it right wingers who he can't control and who already trying to undermine organise to get rid of him. so i think this is nothing more than just a diversionary . i think it's not diversionary. i think it's not necessary because unions are already required under law to provide life and lending cover. i don't think it's at all. i'm not at all sure how it work. and it's interesting that the government talks about minimum standards, but would impose minimum standards for the number of nurses need to safely run well, if they're so concerned about minimum standards, why don't individual sub that that's interesting yes talk of standards i did read with interest earlier on about some

mps receiving donations including just stop oil turkey is just top oil donor apparently dale evans gave keir starmer's campaign dale evans gave keir starmer's campaig n £20,000 in 2020. has campaign £20,000 in 2020. has the last . campaign £20,000 in 2020. has the last. he's donated campaign £20,000 in 2020. has the last. he's donate d £360,000 the last. he's donated £360,000 to the party. these are just the latest figures. there's labour, not just in the pockets of the unions, but in pockets of the eco mob as well . well, i think eco mob as well. well, i think if you had kyoto the other week about just stop oil you'd say don't ever leave . no, i think it don't ever leave. no, i think it just that you can give to money labour party if you want, but you have little influence over way we develop always because develop policy through our own structure with our members . okay structure with our members. okay okay. fair enough. i thought we going to carry on a bit, but you stop, you stop rather abruptly. so. so people don't have to worry. keir starmer being being lobbied too hard by just a poll i mean i've got quote from the

dave ramsey gave your party a boatload of cash he says i did it to help them win that got them government so that they have the chance to deliver their agenda which my agenda social justice and a green economy i mean you know then the public have a right to be about the fact that you guys did receive money from those numbers. easy were glueing themselves to stuff and hanging off bridges know and hanging off bridges you know you turned it down you could have turned it down couldn't ? well, we could have couldn't it? well, we could have it down. no, it's perfectly it down. no, no, it's perfectly to i'm not going to argue with or not, but what i'm is that what we are committed to is a lawful green agenda that creates jobs and creates stability in the energy market. i'm health for energy prices. we're not interested in the antics of people from the oil and we could refuse that money just as the tory party could refuse and give back all the money. it's from the russian oligarchs , some of the russian oligarchs, some of which some of those sanctioned .

which some of those sanctioned. yeah. well deflects . there we yeah. well deflects. there we go. as labour mp for birmingham steve mackay. thank very much dave and enjoy the votes later . dave and enjoy the votes later. all right. okay, so we are going to get back now to harry's book. sir harry's book spare has finally hit the british bookshelves. dave of reliable source told me there was a big queue outside wetherspoons in waterstones or 8 am. when it actually broke. they would go some open at midnight some bookshops open at midnight some bookshops open at midnight so could get their hands so people could get their hands on the copy of the jules version of but queues were of events. but queues were reportedly sparse and not flurry that harry was hoping for. the duke of sussex gives readers an insight into his life, sharing intimate details and exposing the royals are elements of the royals anyway. but today he has said that he hopes his children still bond with his family , still bond with his family, despite bombshell despite the bombshell publication not a going on between the is that to save you having read all the 406 469 pages grief here's all royal reports so on walker with a quick rundown for you devil's

secret spell off the pages of the 416 page memoir from duke of sussex today . it's placed on sussex today. it's placed on british bookshelves for the first time. prince harry in own words, describing what it was like growing up in what he sees as prince william's shadow , the as prince william's shadow, the broadsides and claims paints the tragic story of a man who ultimately blames the press for what he sees as their part in the death of his mother, diana princess of wales. in a promo interview, he branded the queen consort . it's dangerous for consort. it's dangerous for forging connection with the british press to improve her image. in the book, harry even accused his own brother william heir of physically attacking him. buckingham palace and kensington palace have not commented on prince harry's allegations. friends prince william reportedly told the sunday times. he's keeping a dignified for the sake of the monarchy the prince of wales wants to keep the spotlight firmly on his charity and avoids distracting headlines wins. and the late queen's motto of never

complain, never explain appears be working for the firm . prince be working for the firm. prince harry's popularity has sunk a record low in the uk, according the latest yougov poll following his claims. that's the royal family briefs the press to make him and his wife meghan look like villains. him and his wife meghan look like villains . prince harry like villains. prince harry chose to include some deeply personal stories like how he lost his virginity but touched on more serious topics claiming he killed . five taliban fighters he killed. five taliban fighters dunng he killed. five taliban fighters during his second tour of afghanistan when he was serving as a british soldier. several former are worried prince harry's claim will make him his family and the british army. more of a target for terrorism . more of a target for terrorism. the prince also describes he turns to drink and drugs to cope with his mental health struggles and writes about a private conversation he once had with his father . conversation he once had with his father. now conversation he once had with his father . now the conversation he once had with his father. now the king conversation he once had with his father . now the king prince his father. now the king prince harry, says he wants to reconcile him with his brother and father, his coronation is just months away , but the rift just months away, but the rift runs deep in the of windsor and

it's understood both sides wants the other to accept some responsibility . cameron walker . responsibility. cameron walker. gb news it's a game of thrones war. game of thrones at this point, isn't it but our royal correspondent cameron walker has unveiled how the to act can't really recall events has been called in serious down so inconsistent is okay well you very nearly an inconsistency over how many pages in this book but cameron is now got book with him as assured me that it is around 416 pages but that's if you include the bits at the start and the bits at the end. yeah. it's about numbers mean. i mean amazon could play it says it's 416 i count 410 plus a few pages which don't even get that right. you know it can't get that right. and this is really setting now. but seriously, it has actually. well, of course recollections may vary over how he was told of the queen mother's death. and it calls into how true of the things are

exactly patrick. so there is inconsistency appears to be an inconsistency appears to be an inconsistency appears to be an inconsistency a harry's version of events following the death of the queen mother. so i'm just going to read what prince harry writes in his memoir, spare. so harry reid's at eton studying. i took the call . how are you took the call. how are you writing at eton ? studying? i writing at eton? studying? i took the call. i wish , i could took the call. i wish, i could remember whose voice was at the end. a courtiers, i believe . i end. a courtiers, i believe. i recall that it was just before easter. the weather bright and warm light, slanting through my window filled with vivid colours . your royal highness, the queen mother has died now from news reports at the time , suggests reports at the time, suggests that his father king but then prince charles, prince william and prince harry on holiday skiing in switzerland it was also easter saturday when the queen mother away. so presumably schools were on holiday and eton was perhaps shot. i also spoke to a former royal correspondent.

he was on the ski at the beginning of that ski trip. will william and charles because there was these this prearranged photo call for journalist to take pictures of the royal children and their father in exchange for then leaving the ski resorts. so charles, william and harry ski in private alone too enjoyed their holiday so the royal corresponded form a royal correspondent told me that had they as in the journalists had just landed back in england having left the royal party in switzerland when they received news that the mother was gravely ill and gb news has now uncovered a photograph which appears to show which to show taken on the 31st of march 2002. harry and charles and william having off the plane back in the uk and going into a car following the announcements. that's queen mother had died . so that's queen mother had died. so the two accounts or this information i've just given you

and what prince claims in his memoir that he was studying at his and when he took a call that seems be an inconsistency here now, there's no suggestion that at all that prince harry deliberately told a mistruth. in fact , the former royal fact, the former royal correspondent suggested to me that perhaps it an honest mistake, a lap lapse in memory, perhaps yes, but it just raised the question it potentially anyway, potentially forward as to what potential inconsistencies may there be in a book that is of 20th century remarks . but certainly the remarks. but certainly the accusation that certainly the argument , of course, we neither argument, of course, we neither of us so that when this was happening but it does or indeed switzerland but it does weaken the arguments and it does raise the arguments and it does raise the of what are the inconsistencies consistencies may or may not be in prince harry's memoir. well may or may not be in prince harry's memoir . well cameron. harry's memoir. well cameron. well well, fist well fished out. now we make headlines that you've heard i must just say that harry's spokesperson has been contacted for comment god. well, await that . we await.

well, we await that. we await. thank you very much. can i just say just for we move on, just on this this does sound like, you know, when you're you know, when you're trying to fill out a word counter days later counter university days later it's i wish i it's mostly i the call i wish i could remember whose voice it was and it was then it's like the weather price in warm light slanting moreover hither slanting through moreover hither to these are all words that could have been added to which the word well, the guy's a ghost writer . him the word well, the guy's a ghost writer. him right? yes. writer. him right? it's yes. j all hanging it. him thank all ringer hanging it. him thank you very much. ross we're you very much. ross okay, we're going now to gb news going to go now to gb news viewers leigh bristol. viewers leigh harris in bristol. we've got double harassed we've got with double harassed we've replace it. we've we've got to replace it. we've got harris than cher got susan harris gamal than cher bradley harris in bristol have you ever met. no, no . okay. you ever met. no, no. okay. well, there you go. what are the of this layoffs ? i'll start with of this layoffs? i'll start with you . go on that. of this layoffs? i'll start with you. go on that. i of this layoffs? i'll start with you . go on that. i mean, what you. go on that. i mean, what have you made of prince harry's book so far from? what you've heard about it? oh, what do you think? i think he's damaged the monarchy. i think damaging monarchy. i think he's damaging the monarchy. i mean, according to their latest been to their latest note has been

said, the said, but according to the latest poll, prince harry's popularity has sunk to a record low the uk and not low in the uk and i'm not surprised. before surprised. and that was before the book was released. so that no doubt it's going to get worse probably. watched the probably. i watched the interview and what me was interview and what got me was his extreme arrogance and hypocrisy he like absolutely no responsibility for anything. everything that was everyone else's foul and it was their responsibility . apologise to him responsibility. apologise to him you know by him saying the ball's in their in my opinion it was a master class in how to utterly destroy own reputation and he's just a hypocrite . yeah and he's just a hypocrite. yeah well. oh, susan throw i've seen see season in carmarthenshire when the dust on this and how he realises that he's put out there in his own words he's cherry which tv interviews he wants to do and people still hate him thatis do and people still hate him that is surely got himself to blame season . well of course he blame season. well of course he has but i like to congratulate bradley and itv for presenting a very version of the jeremy kyle

show . you know, all that was show. you know, all that was missing is the obligatory absurdity . harry missing is the obligatory absurdity. harry has missing is the obligatory absurdity . harry has written absurdity. harry has written this book called it spare if you rearrange the letters , it can rearrange the letters, it can make the words spare, which i think is thrown in. so he's firmly on table. he will regret it because there's only so much that he can write about . i don't that he can write about. i don't think for one minute to be allowed back. the family is trashed. his family is this country. he's made his family. a sitting target. he's made servicemen a target . and he sold servicemen a target. and he sold his soul to devil for 30 pieces of silver . and the day will come of silver. and the day will come when he can't make money that he's making no . no. and i think he's making no. no. and i think he'll be dumped susan hannibal

wanted to pick him up pocket there. and i'll go back to susan. i'll bring back in leigh. if prince harry past you in the street right now, what would you say ? oh, i'd tell him to. being say? oh, i'd tell him to. being such a big baby , he's just. just such a big baby, he's just. just think about what he's you know, he's he's an ultra privilege multimillionaire who's whingeing about his during a cost of living crisis. just have a bit of self awareness. that's the bit that i just don't understand. you know, again, back to hypocrisy . yeah. he back to hypocrisy. yeah. he accuses the press of invading his privacy, but he's happy to let the world's media into his own private life . and he's doing own private life. and he's doing the exact same to his own the exact same thing to his own by these private by leaking these private conversations, you know, he says he didn't say that his own family are racist, but he's just been on a two year campaign using full weight of using the full weight of the global left. the media to global woke left. the media to betray the family. the royal family is racist. i mean , must family is racist. i mean, must think all stupid. he's think we're all stupid. he's completely deluded susan, completely deluded. susan, you've 15 seconds. what you've got like 15 seconds. what would you to prince harry does what go take your money. take

lovely wife . take your lovely lovely wife. take your lovely two children. go back to mum sea so and kim as charlotte because we're all fed up here and everything you've got to say fantastic both not to which as well you know what us does more than enough we use you both have your own show the two harris's here on gb news leigh harris in bristol susan howard's in carmarthenshire wonderful stuff you wonderful . i'll see you soon you wonderful. i'll see you soon at right. you're with at that. right. you're with me. patrick on news patrick christys on gb news coming the coming up. been teasing the living heck. that's but with good reason. a belter of a good reason. it's a belter of a story we've got it and it's the to house hundreds of asylum seekers village just 500 seekers a village with just 500 residents far asylum seekers residents so far asylum seekers village has got 500 people at its mouth. this will be going live to that village very very say going to .

take right okay so control housing has emerged over a home office plan to house up to 400 asylum seekers and a former century country manor hotel in a small village . the village of creten village. the village of creten is only . home village. the village of creten is only. home to about 500 residents. look at that lovely blue if you are listening on radio now. well, it's a really lovely building promising the proposal christmas honours proposal to be christmas honours by cabinet member and local mp heaton—harris as well as west northamptonshire council. the plans were described as unacceptable, totally unsuitable . at a meeting last week . i am . at a meeting last week. i am very pleased to say that gb news is national. paul hawkins joins me now from the village. it creates an inn westport, sir. paul great. thank you very much. i know that you're going to be busy course of the next busy over the course of the next few hours because there's to be meetings and talking about it as well. feel our well. could you just feel our viewers, listeners in viewers, not listeners in on what state of is that what the state of play is that at the moment? right. so the state the moment is state play at the moment is where just outside the

where we're just outside the village of crete and population 500, nine miles north of 500, about nine miles north of northampton . jim. and this plan northampton. jim. and this plan first came to last month. first came to light last month. that's the home office wanted to use this place that's right behind me, right now, highgate house hotel or used to be a hotel. it's a manor home. it's closed for two years. they wanted to use it to house 400 asylum seekers. of course, there's a huge backlog, 140,000 asylum seekers waiting to have the application processed at the moment by the home office . and moment by the home office. and so it's taking so long to process those applications that . the asylum seekers , the uk . the asylum seekers, the uk have to be housed somewhere and heard that many of them are being housed in hotel accommodation in fact by the home office owed a admission home office is owed a admission £5.5 million a day is spent on housing asylum seekers in hotels. so the home office, the village has heard about this increase and they're saying that, look, there's any 500 people in our village putting another 400 people just stone's throw away from the village . by throw away from the village. by my reckoning, we've been down

there doesn't even appear to be a pub that there's just a village shop there simply put putting that of people in such a small village bordon right next to a small village is simply the village isn't set up to deal with that. and that why the local mp chris heats and harris is also the northern ireland secretary has said it's completely unsuitable. we've spoken to the home office and they've said the home office doesn't comment on operate arrangements for individual sites used for asylum accommodation. it does say, though we engage with local authorities as early as possible whenever sites are used for asylum, accommodation and work to ensure arrangements are safe for hotel residents and local people. we know that . chris people. we know that. chris heaton—harris the local mp, has set up a kind of through his website and, according to the chairman of the local parish who ispoke chairman of the local parish who i spoke to earlier , he said that i spoke to earlier, he said that he's had three at least 350 responses through his website , responses through his website, which he's passed to the home office. and so the home office are considering risks. but those

responses , consulting and the responses, consulting and the pansh responses, consulting and the parish themselves, they've written to the home office saying, look, we just want to know what kind of decision making process you went through before choosing this 17th century hotel behind us, which has 84 en suite bedrooms. century hotel behind us, which has 84 en suite bedrooms . and has 84 en suite bedrooms. and when you do the maths, putting 400 people in 84 bedrooms means there's going to be at least two or three people per bedroom. but that's the state of affairs at the moment. later on this evening, just after seven, there's another meeting where there's another meeting where the can their views the public can air their views at parish hall. and at the local parish hall. and we're there. it is we're going to there. yeah it is tough love, paul. thank you very, very much. and we're to be all over this. you're going to be over this and we will be be all over this and we will be talking you a little talking to you a little bit later on then i believe later on and then i believe later on and then i believe later evening as well. later this evening as well. thank much bringing thank you very much for bringing us because this will be us this, because this will be happening in towns and villages, right? the you know, right? the country, you know, a village a near village near you, a town near you, one here in you, like this one here in crete. where there's 500 crete. and where there's 500 people apparently in diarrhoea in village and hundreds, in that village and hundreds, the basically the population is basically going virtue of going be double by virtue of them a of to

them sending a load of people to this hotel, which this asylum seeker hotel, which just happened to be a 17th century manor house, which was formerly luxurious formerly anyway, a luxurious setting. you make. setting. what do you make. because big because the other big thing about just about that is not just overwhelmingly the demographics of the area in, the situation in the area, one these people the area, one of these people are do all day, paul are going to do all day, paul hawkins was saying that all there is like one local village shop probably good news the shop probably good news is the person the local person who owns the local village shop, the sale of sausage going go sausage rolls are going to go through or maybe not, through the roof, or maybe not, depending from, depending why they've come from, i where are they i suppose. but where are they actually going to do their business all day? what's actually we'll actually to happen anyway? we'll be throughout be talking about this throughout the the show. we will the course of the show. we will unpackit the course of the show. we will unpack it we will be getting unpack it and we will be getting reaction later from. reaction later on from. of course, that as well, course, that meeting as well, where residents will be where no doubt residents will be up, are to be up, arms are going to be speaking to of those these speaking to some of those these patrick gb news boris patrick christys gb news boris johnson deliver johnson is due to deliver a keynote tonight. could keynote speech tonight. could this beginning the this be the beginning of the planned first, planned leadership? but first, it's headlines . patrick, it's your headlines. patrick, thanks very much indeed. and the headunes thanks very much indeed. and the headlines this hour, the has

introduced new legislation requiring some unions to ensure a minimum service level during strikes and is confident it will be passed this year. the new anti strike bill, it's known, has received criticism . union has received criticism. union bosses with the rmt secretary mick lynch calling an attack on human rights and the tuc is planning to hold a national protect the right strike day on the 1st of february, the business secretary grant shapps says the legislation is necessary to protect the public to deny and vote against legislation that brings in minimum levels to help our constituents is to attack security and their welfare . and security and their welfare. and meanwhile ambulance workers in england, wales are set to go on strike tomorrow after with the government over pay failed. it's the first industrial action within health sector this year within health sector this year with nurses in england also set to walk out later this month. the health secretary has described the action as unhelpful but insisted he is

working . trade unions , as you've working. trade unions, as you've been hearing, prince harry's spare has finally hit, but his version of some events have been thrown doubt. in the book, the duke of sussex writes that he heard about the death of his great grandmother, the queen mother, in a phone call whilst at eton. she died march 2002. gb news has uncovered photographic evidence shows the prince returning from a skiing trip to switzerland with his father and brother at the time , brother at the time, representatives of the duke have been contacted for comment . been contacted for comment. those are your headlines you're up to date on tv, online and dab radio with gb news the people's channel. don't go anywhere. we're back in just a bit.

welcome back now, former prime

minister boris johnson due to deliver a keynote speech tonight at the conservative party's carlton club , which will be carlton club, which will be attended by most loyal supporters. the former party leader still intends stand as an mp at the next general and still hold support amongst numerous mps and party in one, describing tonight as an event where we will be keeping the flame alive, are keeping boris johnson's flame alive ? so could boris flame alive? so could boris stage a comeback ? with me now is stage a comeback? with me now is jerry hayes , criminal barrister jerry hayes, criminal barrister and former conservative mp and albie amankona as well, co—founder against racism for equality stuff. jerry, i'll start with will you be at the carlton club ? no, i won't. of carlton club? no, i won't. of course i won't be called club. i mean, ipswich and ipswich crown court, but look, boris hasn't been about for at least a week and for him. that is like katie not being on television for a yeah he not being on television for a year. he hasn't got chance of a

becoming leader again because he doesn't have support for the parliamentary party. what people need now is competence and honesty in. decency. next election , he's probably going to election, he's probably going to lose his seat. listening to somewhere else. and secondly, he's got privileges committee, which might hook out to the house of commons for a few months. it isn't going to months. so it isn't going to happen, but it's great talk . happen, but it's great to talk. okay all right. so you don't think that's going to happen, a.b. what do you reckon? i'm getting hundreds of emails in every i ask this question. every time i ask this question. would you boris back? would you have boris back? people overwhelmingly inbox people overwhelmingly my inbox say conservatives say yes. if the conservatives want general want to win the next general election, to have election, do they have to have bofis election, do they have to have boris back? i can very much understand the appeal of boris johnson. he is excellent at campaigning, excellent at winning but there are winning elections. but there are two problems which were two huge problems which were just . the first one just highlighted. the first one being his his current seat of uxbndge being his his current seat of uxbridge and south wisely. islip is a marginal london seat which might at the next general election. and course the privileges investigation into partygate yet to be concluded and. anyone who thinks now is the time rishi sunak's to step

down. that's been a leadership contest that boris johnson would win with those two unknowns still up in the air, quite frankly, a head in the clouds . frankly, a head in the clouds. okay, jerry , do you know if this okay, jerry, do you know if this story is a better story? patrick and i don't know whether you've noficed and i don't know whether you've noticed it on twitter. grant shapps the business and they are brushing boris johnson out of photographs of staff. it's a poll . yeah. grant photo shops is poll. yeah. grant photo shops is what we're calling it . poll. yeah. grant photo shops is what we're calling it. i mean, it is was. there's not just a hot rock . and we've got and hot rock. and we've got and we've got got the picture there as well, which think is absolutely hilarious. jerry, do you do you think that boris johnson is just a bit too toxic? you know, he did have his. and that time has gone will ever be return of boris. you could never say never in politics at, all people people who watch this programme will want him a lot of the tory grass roots will want

him. but if you want to get elected , you've got to get to elected, you've got to get to the centre ground . and they the centre ground. and they don't want him. if you want to win election, the best win an election, the best chances get to be very difficult. is the guy got at the moment which you like maybe moment which you say like maybe bonng moment which you say like maybe boring not toxic. he's boring but he's not toxic. he's on he's decent and he's on and he's decent and he's competent. i think that's what people want. the dole people want. albie is the dole men's that we've got at the moment and say we've rishi kiss donald we've got ed davey. i mean as anyone actually seen a david is he all right. i would love to see him on the side of milk cartons in the shop goodness sake is he is he around anyway. but i just want you to not have that pizzazz of that character, sir. first of all, on that, david, i don't think we should wait too much time speaking him because the speaking about him because the liberal pretty liberal democrats are pretty much nowadays. but the subject of rishi sunak's boringness. much nowadays. but the subject of rishi sunak's boringness . we of rishi sunak's boringness. we forgotten what happened year. i would quite like a year in politics. last year we had three prime ministers, five chancellors. god knows how many

health secretaries. it's time get back on track and actually get back on track and actually get back on track, delivering the priorities that the british people know internal fights within the conservative party and all of the exciting that we saw last year. it will be interesting there jerry won't it, to see who turns up at the carlton club quite a vivid sign of the people. i can tell you now i can just lift the stone and see who's crawling underneath it. you'll have jacob rees—mogg , man of the people, rees—mogg, man of the people, great intellect , all of . gosh, great intellect, all of. gosh, we've got to have him back. easy any person who can save his old. let's, let's get let's write down who you reckon will be pictured at the castle because you've jacob rees—mogg, right? nadine dorries really injuries of course if no be that conrad burns . conor burns right. okay burns. conor burns right. okay what we'll do is we'll do is nadine dorries right? what we'll do is we'll play we'll play bofis do is we'll play we'll play boris johnson bingo tomorrow.

okay when the pictures come out, we'll see . we'll see who was we'll see. we'll see who was there and wasn't below. thank you very much, both of you must say. but yeah, i'll i think i do agree as well what you saying, which is the you know, the idea of boris. nice thing. but i just think at this moment time the cages probably be a bit. cages will probably be a bit. jerry, criminal jerry, is that criminal barrister, conservative barrister, a former conservative mp amankona? well, mp and albie amankona? well, co—founder, guys co—founder, conservative guys for right now as for equality. good right now as you guys getting in touch with another top story for us today. we've been talking a bit about prince what i'm hoping prince harry. what i'm hoping this it now this is the end of it now because the book's out for goodness book out. goodness sake. the book is out. it's done. you can buy a copy. it's done. you can buy a copy. it in spain. we all it got leaked in spain. we all know what's in it i am sick know what's in it now. i am sick and tired of it. oh but anyway, lorraine says, i acknowledge that harry severe that harry suffered severe trauma died. trauma when his mother died. the memory does not leave, memory and pain does not leave, but learns to live it but one learns to live with it and make a life now. i am glad that you've this and lorraine thank you very much. i was having someone very having a chat with someone very close to the and it's close me to the day and it's a bit uncomfortable to isn't it. because it's desperately sad ,

because it's desperately sad, desperately sad and incredibly traumatic. undeniably traumatic happened to diana at point. do you have to try to get over it and it appear to have got over it does a little and is that shaping rest of his life because for all of this stuff which he keeps bringing up about he's a clairvoyant told him that diana said to her that living the life that she wanted what she really want him to be this miserable he doesn't look does the spark has gone from harry but anyway there we go alison says spare rearranged oh can spell rips. he reap what he sows. that's for sure at all costs even that bits of wordplay . philip says if of wordplay. philip says if prince harry passed in the street, i'd ask him if he managed to fix his necklace and. michael says, i'm sick and tired of all the for prince harry by the media. i'm not at anything he said that deserves to hate is spewing out the palace refusing to comment. i wonder why. yeah, isuppose to comment. i wonder why. yeah, i suppose they have to know.

nero don't complain, nero what is it? don't complain, never something never explain something prince harry that's bit harry himself said. that's a bit of well, moving on, of myth, right? well, moving on, people, goodness lot people, thank goodness for lot today labour's announced would seek repeat work seek to end repeat work capability assessments for those who are disabled or ill. earlier, the shadow work and pensions secretary charles ashworth unveiled his plans to get more people into work if they are fit to do so, he said. it's all part of a bid to make better use existing resources . better use existing resources. olivier he's an olivia utley of course. our political can you make interesting for me ? well make interesting for me? well yes, i'll give it a go. all thank you. he fell asleep . the thank you. he fell asleep. the capability assessments are just to get out of the way. what? the substance the policy plan is, is if your benefits and disabled benefits and then you go into work . if that job doesn't work work. if that job doesn't work out for any reason, you want to go back onto benefits. you have to complete a really long arduous form and essentially thinks that it is

disincentivizing people get a job because they worried that if it doesn't work, they won't be able to get their benefits back. so basically what ashworth wants to lots of little to do is tweak lots of little policies that to make them more workable as huge reform strategies go it seems pretty unambitious scope it saves on form filling saving . on form form filling saving. on form filling was one of the highlights another of the highlights another of the highlights was that he's not going to scrap universal credit, which obviously a tory which is obviously a tory policy. he'd just sort of the edges of it. so terms of substance, it really you say bonng substance, it really you say boring , say substance, it really you say boring, say perhaps a substance, it really you say boring , say perhaps a little boring, say perhaps a little unambitious in scope, but but in terms of language, it was quite interesting because he seemed determined every opportunity to show that labour what would be capable of sort of the centre ground on strikes he didn't weigh behind the unions which was quite interesting . he just was quite interesting. he just talked about the workability , talked about the workability, the conservatives anti strike legislation so it wouldn't work. but again, he didn't come down

on one side or the other, he kept talking economic kept talking about economic competency seemed determined to. yes take that badge away from the conservative i've got, isn't it now. because by virtue how long the conservatives have been in government, can be in government, everything can be pinned on that. realistically pretty much everything can be pinned on them. so there's all faux, you know, if we are looking a situation where looking at a situation where our pubuc in looking at a situation where our public in bit of a public services in a bit of a mess, the economy is in a bit of mess. yeah. okay. the tories will point to the pandemic, they'll point to ukraine. labour now go well, now can stand there and go well, it's mess. you're now, it's in a mess. you're now, trying fix your own mess, trying to fix your own mess, aren't you. which is, you know, not, a vote winner. i will not, not a vote winner. i will fix own mess people. exactly and that be labour's that seems to be labour's strategy so into the strategy so far heading into the next election . sit, sit tight next election. sit, sit tight and. watch the tories implode themselves because on the detail ashworth was actually pretty light seeing yet another. light we are seeing yet another. i'm a bit sick of this by the way. can i just have yet to get in politics? it's like. okay, the announcement is that there's not really an announced and it's

just i mean when we're talking the fact also forgive me if all the fact also forgive me if all the type of person disability or otherwise who be put off otherwise who might be put off getting a job because if you lose that job you might have to fill in a long form to get back on benefits forgive but i really don't you're the don't think you're maybe the kind of who's going to kind of person who's going to work anyway the work that hard anyway in the job. could be wrong, job. but i could be wrong, olivier. you very much of olivier. thank you very much of you that our political you rightly that our political who to that who did manage to make that interesting you go see form filling dum roy with me now is charity author is charity founder and author is nick buckley mba. nick you nick buckley mba. nick thank you very have you on very much. great to have you on the what do make as a the show. what do you make as a charity founder and of course, author about labour's author of note about labour's welfare plan ? it's . one wanted welfare plan? it's. one wanted to good points and not fantastic points, not changing the whole system points , but how all these system points, but how all these policies have some good points. so the rights in one way, as in if what's stopping you getting off your backside and getting a job is the fair that you'll lose all your benefits if it doesn't

work out and if that's stopping you i mean the government up the backbone to force to get a job. well that's the move that barrier and you may take a chance and you may get job which that improves your life . so i'm that improves your life. so i'm happy for the moving baby as well. what we never is the root cause of this and the root cause is our welfare system . instead is our welfare system. instead of being a safety net as become a hammock and it's become a destination choice, it was always meant to be a safety net. yeah and i think that's the problem and that is something that labour were criticised for under the last labour government. i do find it interesting labour keep harking back whenever you ask them back now whenever you ask them about go we about the strikes go well. we never had strikes, never really had any strikes, have many strikes and so have had many strikes and so that was absolutely ago. it was ages world has moved ages ago. the world has moved on. world has changed. it is on. the world has changed. it is not the same place now. so i don't think they can keep using that but when it that as an example but when it comes this, the last time comes to this, the last time labour were in government, they saying know, maybe the

saying well you know, maybe the benefits it lends to benefits system, it lends to people or on people scrounging, okay or on the take or that old idea of someone there with, you know, three kids a council chain three kids in a council chain smoking and drinking bread the whole time, it was probably a bit unfair, but that was one of the tropes that came out of labour looking move away from that this time. but your is they might be looking make might still be looking to make the system too the benefits system too generous. what you think? generous. what do you think? i think . government since the think. government since the second world war has made the benefits system too beneficial . benefits system too beneficial. absolutely. every one of them as a society if we keep them all poor choices and poor behaviour , then we shouldn't be surprised . when people conduct poor and make poor choices , and that's make poor choices, and that's what we keep doing the state seems to want to be our parents . they seem to want to step in and, say, no, we don't like. you doing that? you're making bad decisions , so therefore we can decisions, so therefore we can have a part around you and make us comfortable as possible as

humans. sometimes we need to fail and we need to feel the pain of failure so we can back on our feet and we can make better situation with . let me better situation with. let me give you a personal example . so give you a personal example. so i grew up on benefits i remember every monday morning queuing up the in school , the admin office the in school, the admin office waiting to be given my five free dinner tickets for the week and it'd be 50 of us queuing up in a line break on a monday morning. people would say that was humiliating because everybody knew who were the poor kids. was it my skill ? but knew who were the poor kids. was it my skill? but while i was stuck in that line, i didn't embarrassed because i knew my family and we were family had no money and we were grateful for the help we got. but while i was stuck in that line, i was saying to myself my child going be stood in child is going to be stood in this i'll tell you that this line. i'll tell you that for nothing. what we for nothing. but then what we did so many years later is we created system to give created a new system to give kids free meals at school without anybody . so a kid like without anybody. so a kid like me today isn't stood in that

going my won't be stood there . going my won't be stood there. yeah, i think that's a fantastic example because you're absolutely right. it could go one of two ways, couldn't it could become very self—pitying and it could become, oh, it was humiliating. and i always used to hate in that line. or it could go the way that it's going with you, which is i'm going to do best make sure that my do my best to make sure that my kid never particular kid is never this particular line. i'm going to put my shoulders and i would that shoulders and i would hope that the people are the vast majority of people are like you really but nick thank you much nick bartley that charity reacting charity founder author reacting to labour's welfare plan. anyway, on now . i'm anyway, we're moving on now. i'm going the inbox for emails going into the inbox for emails because we're going because we did and we're going to returning to this shortly to be returning to this shortly in the hour. and i am in the next hour. and i am actually for steyn actually covering for mark steyn this evening. so eight till nine and 8:00 we're going to be and about 8:00 we're going to be covering this story again because council parish because the town council parish council meeting will have just finished and so on that paul hawkins brought to you earlier on massive controversy, taking in town called is in in town called creten is in northamptonshire 500 people live in a actually not a town

in a village actually not a town a village. 500 people live in that village. and there plans to plonk 400 asylum seekers in that village. your views on this now that has emerged? we're going to be covering this as in what is a 17th century country manor hotel in a small village by way. have a look at that. if you're looking on tv, to be honest with you, it looks exactly how it sounds local. chris heaton—harris as as north west hampton shire council . they've hampton shire council. they've been up in arms about it. oh yeah. northampton just so i know, julie says , why not let it know, julie says, why not let it be used for our own people needing a respite between hospital home? it will help with nhs and we'll be able to help our own . the government our own. the government has already help out already said they will help out with those needing with funds for those needing help. shouldn't to help. it shouldn't to the migrants as views alliance says. i live newquay and we have a hotel full of migrants on the sea from which i totally disagree with. we've not only got homeless here in my town, but families that have no of their own because is no their own because there is no affordable. why are the local councils not meeting the needs of locals first? now i to just

pick up on something you've said because i completely get what you're saying but all too often and there's been cases like this up and down the country the home office will they think wording office will they think wording of what they say is normally quite quite tricky because what they that we at the they say is that we at the earliest opportunity, we local councils but all too often from what i see in various different areas, stories this before the earliest opportunity is after they've already struck a deal with a particular hotel chain or an individual hotel. everything's in place and sometimes the migrants are on the way. it's like they're in a coach pretty much. and then they tell the local area is why even conservative run councils, frankly, especially conservative run councils, are up arms . run councils, are up in arms. this have to find this because they have to find the money. the royal borough of windsor for windsor and maidenhead for example has had to fin windsor and maidenhead for example hasyear to fin windsor and maidenhead for example hasyearjustin windsor and maidenhead for example hasyear just for child million this year just for child migrants alone . that would migrants alone. that would equate to an average increase of one and a half% on your council tax every single year. and of course, the people don't get a vote on this. they get to

vote on this. they don't get to vote on this. they don't get to vote it, they? but they would vote it, do they? but they would go john's i would put migrants in village. in every posh tory village. so all campaigns it changes all the campaigns how it changes your town city beyond recognition with segregated groups people they'll get groups of people they'll get a taste of medicine and taste of their own medicine and maybe we'll do something maybe then we'll do something about immigrants about the illegal immigrants i actually would be to go the other john i don't disagree other way. john i don't disagree with sentiment i would with the sentiment that i would love well no love them all in well there's no point in putting them run point in putting them in run by lib dems only a few of lib dems because only a few of them isn't. but i would put them in seats where people have employees or so a of posh employees or so a lot of posh leafy london where there's leafy parts london where there's a these, know, a lot of these, you know, refugees welcome brigade i hope along to they along that just to see how they feel opening in the feel about the opening in the council and the changing to council tax and the changing to the i think what they the area etc. i think what they make that, going to be make of that, i'm going to be picking this up shortly. paul hawkins is it the same for as he's to be attending he's going to be attending a pansh he's going to be attending a parish be getting parish meeting? we'll be getting the from outside the the reaction from outside the pansh the reaction from outside the parish meeting, parish council meeting, hopefully speaking. some residents of. residents as well about all of. but you feel if but yeah, how would you feel if lived in a small village? 500 of you and there was by the home office at the taxpayers

office to plonk at the taxpayers expense of course 400 asylum seekers village with seekers in that village with nothing nothing to nothing to do all day nothing to do there's nothing just do day there's just nothing just fields. go away fields. anyway, don't go away because loads coming in because you got loads coming in the next hour i will be crossing that northamptonshire village, gb views gbnews.uk kyiv is coming in. got your weather. hello here with the latest weather . it's not as cold hello here with the latest weather. it's not as cold out there , but it's not a pleasant there, but it's not a pleasant day . dull and there, but it's not a pleasant day. dull and wet in many areas that rain heavy in some spots . that rain heavy in some spots. and we do have a number of met office yellow warnings in place. low pressure is responsible. these weather fronts drape across country. plenty across the country. plenty isomers on the chart as well it isomers on the chart as well it is blustery. it is cloudy. it is damp. and for some rain, especially heavy over south of scotland, north—east england and at times parts of wales say we do have a number of met office yellow rainfall in place, but it's now in the scottish mountains. that's not lasting too as . the warmer mountains. that's not lasting too as. the warmer air too long as. the warmer air pushes here. the rain easing pushes in here. the rain easing somewhat now over central eastern areas. but staying quite dry and damp, staying blustery , dry and damp, staying blustery, but it is mild. temperatures in double digits even into the

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channel is bang on 5:00. here with me, patrick christys on gb news coming up. and this hour, within the last few moments it's been revealed the duke of sussex's too all is the fastest selling non—fiction book ever recording figures of 400,000 copies so far across e—book and audio on its first day of publication. that that's according the publisher and but the lack of queues around block or black friday style suggest otherwise also . gb style suggest otherwise also. gb news has spotted some inaccuracies in accounts of certain of the shoot, recalls cameron walker , the royal

cameron walker, the royal correspondent, will reveal all about the book that is not somebody else's very show. also this hour, struggles could well be a thing of the past. new laws being proposed to block the never strike action by never cycle of strike action by requiring minimum service levels maintained in the public sector. the big question whether or not some people should lose their right to strike based on what job do. i'm inclined say job they do. i'm inclined say yes, think they should. for yes, i think they should. for example, if job involves example, if that job involves saving lives plus village saving lives plus the village with just 500 residents. but the government wants house 400 asylum seekers . you go figure. asylum seekers. you go figure. i do the math . people there are do the math. people there are not happy with the plan. i'm surprised we'll get the latest of a council meeting being held tonight . we're going to be tonight. we're going to be getting the reaction off the back meeting as well back of that meeting as well later on this evening. getting such gbviews@gbnews.uk, i want to firstly to know two things. firstly would you oppose a hotel that in your so if were in a your area? so if you were in a village of people, would you oppose for two oppose a hotel, say, for two asylum why would you asylum seekers? why would you oppose it? gb views a and not, what would you say if you walk past harry in the street is

booked out today. fastest selling non—fiction selling work of non—fiction even selling work of non—fiction ever. now though is your headune. ever. now though is your headline . patrick thank you. and headline. patrick thank you. and hello you. our top story today the rmt general secretary mick lynch has called the government's new anti bill an attack on human rights. the legislation would require levels of service from ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers dunng firefighters and railway workers during action. it comes amid a wave of industrial action across , the public sector in disputes over pay the business secretary grant shapps says the legislation is nasa's three to protect the public to deny and to vote against legislation . to vote against legislation. that brings in minimum levels to help our constituents is to attack their security and their welfare and labour's deputy angela rayner says the system failing before the strikes began is my constituents been who

waited at over an hour for an ambulance who died waiting for an ambulance and that was not the strike side. that is because of the disastrous chaos we in the system under this government is my constituents been who waited over an hour for an ambulance who died for an ambulance who died for an ambulance and that was not their strike. so that is because of disastrous chaos. we have in the system under this government . system under this government. our apologies are computer system five that clip twice . but system five that clip twice. but to carry on with that story, ambulance workers in england and wales are set to go on strike tomorrow after talks with the government failed reach a resolution. it's first industrial action the health sector this year with in england also set to walk later this month. the health has described the action as but insisted is working with trade unions . steve working with trade unions. steve barclay also said the government isn't looking to backdate a pay

increase for nhs workers . we increase for nhs workers. we don't think it would be a tribute to go back to last april to retrospectively go all those months terms of what has already happened this year we had a process looked at the issues in the round , but that same time we the round, but that same time we want to listen to the trade unions, want to engage with constructively. we want to get the right evidence in to the pay review body next year. and of course they made further representations in terms of this year notwithstanding were more than three quarters of the way through the and it's right that we listen to those concerns who needs more strike action now time in scotland where teachers in schools across the country are on the first of their two day strike after failing to reach an agreement over pay with the government. the current offer see most staff in classrooms a 5% pay rise but the unions demanding a 10% increase. primary school teachers will walk out today. staff a secondary schools are walking out tomorrow . meanwhile labour

out tomorrow. meanwhile labour has promised a package of welfare reforms under leadership bid to help people return to work . under the plan, the work. under the plan, the claimants will try paid . if that claimants will try paid. if that doesn't work out within year, they can go back on benefits . they can go back on benefits. the labour party also plans further reform of employment support for the over fifties. the shadow and pensions secretary jonathan dashwood claims the reforms will help people. all those on sickness benefits find work. what proposing today are new measures , new reforms, new thinking to support people who say they want to return to work. now in this country, we've got a million people looking for work who want a job and we've got of thousands of people who are currently designated as long term sick but say they would want to work given the right support . well, given the right support. well, in breaking news that you are heanng in breaking news that you are hearing at the top of this hour, prince harry's memoir spare has officially become the fastest selling non—fiction book ever,

with 400,000 copies sold on launch day alone . his version of launch day alone. his version of some events has been thrown into doubtin some events has been thrown into doubt in the book, though the duke of sussex writes he heard about the death of his great grandmother, the queen mother, in a phone call whilst he at eton. she died march thousand eton. she died in march thousand and but gb news has and two, but gb news has uncovered photographic evidence , which shows the prince returning from a trip to returning from a skiing trip to switzerland his father and switzerland with his father and brother. time , brother. at the time, representatives of the duke have contacted for comment . now contacted for comment. now amazon plans to shut down uk warehouses, which could impact more than a thousand jobs. the company launched consultations in sites at hemel hempstead, doncaster gourock. it's understood workers will be offered roles at other amazon locations . the company's also locations. the company's also revealed for two major centres in west midlands and the north—east which could create two and a half thousand jobs over next three years. in the united states, a teacher been hailed a hero after managing to get pupils out of a classroom

after being shot by a six year old boy. 25 year old abigail's furniture was shot by one of her pupils at rich neck elementary school in virginia last week. police say the boy fired one shot which hit her hand and, her chest, but the teacher still managed to get the kids out of the classroom. she is in hospital and stable condition . hospital and stable condition. you up to date on tv news. hospital and stable condition. you up to date on tv news . more you up to date on tv news. more news as it happens. now back to . news as it happens. now back to. pat okay i've got an action packed final hour for you here. breaking news to kick start the houn breaking news to kick start the hour, though. harry's memoir is landed on the bonfire, unfortunately. british bookshelf is. yes, that's where it is. after a week, leaks and speculation and get this, it's become the selling non book ever although i knew i was at i will

soon be recording figures of 4000 copies so far across hardback e—book and audio formats on its first publication. that's according to publishers . publication. that's according to publishers. some publication. that's according to publishers . some people even publishers. some people even queued up the guy that handed a copy at midnight last night and read all the revelations about the duke of sussex, his life and, subsequent escape where he found freedom, course, in found freedom, of course, in united states with just his trust fund to fall back on. and this afternoon all, royal correspondent karen walker has unveiled ability to unveiled harry's ability to accurately recall events as being called into serious doubt. so questions of credibility. hear from harry, a significant queen mother error in the book and cameron joins me now. cameron, take it away. yes mean, first of all, just let's go back to the point that the duke of sussex book has sold more than 400,000 copies so far hardback, e—book and audio formats quoting the publisher, pretty significant movement talking all day, haven't we, about the lack of keys coming from the bookshops but according to these

it is the fastest selling non—fiction book. and as far as the publisher knows, the only other books to have sold more in their first day of the three starring the other harry and he guess harry potter is going to be harry potter. yes. yes from the wonderful creative mind of j.k. rowling, of course. okay. all right. so it's been it has been flying off the shelves. i think e—book numbers, no doubt, though, will will have helped something on potentially as one audio book, only reads it. audio book, if only he reads it. disney keen to get the audio disney are keen to get the audio just to listen to him droning on a i've the audiobook on a bit. i've got the audiobook on my and listening all my phone and been listening all day. prince, day. patrick having, prince, harry ears. he said, do harry in my ears. he said, do you know what what strikes me? he's actually quite good he's actually quite a good voice because imitates few the because he imitates a few the quotes gives it quotes and he gives it conviction and he imitates an australian accent when he's talking about one of his australian friends who we spent time on his gap year with in the outback and is pretty good actually pretty skilled. oh there well it he there you go. well it maybe he can give voiceover work can give you the voiceover work did to tell meghan for did you try to tell meghan for it the hollywood rubbing

it must be the hollywood rubbing off exactly so have off off on him. exactly so have however what appears to be however found what appears to be an inconsistency and it calls into question the whole thing. yes well so it appears there is an inconsistency with prince harry's version of events when it comes to how he found out about his grandmother the queen mother's death kind of thing. you can remember which crystal clear vision the kind of thing you know you'd a relative you know you'd how a relative died how were told that you'd think something that would died how were told that you'd thi etched something that would died how were told that you'd thi etched into ething that would died how were told that you'd thi etched into yourg that would died how were told that you'd thi etched into your mental'ould be etched into your mental retina. you would think it's a pretty significant life events and right you many and you right you think many people would that you would remember but is what prince remember it but is what prince harry has written in his memoir. so he says at while studying, i took the i wish i could remember whose voice it was at the other end a quarter, as i believe i recalled that it was just before easter. the weather was bright, warm, light, slanting through my window, vivid window, filled with vivid colours . your highness, colours. your royal highness, the queen mother has died now from , looking at news reports from, looking at news reports from, looking at news reports from time, it would suggest that prince harry, along with his

brother father, were away skiing at the time in the queen mother. also died. the day before easter sunday. i think it's called holy saturday, which suggest that schools would be shut because course it's easter holidays. i also spoke to a former royal correspondent who was covering the official with william harry and charles, switzerland. agreements they have with the press, they would pose photographs. the press would then fly to england and they would be left to get on with a ski trip in private. so the royal correspondents who i to said the phone call came through her to the person . just that the her to the person. just that the queen mother was gravely ill when she landed in england. now, gb news has also uncovered a photograph from that time, which appears to show prince charles. prince william and prince harry having stepped off plane back in the uk to enter car immediately following ski trip. this photo

is dated 31st of march 2002, right . which would appear to right. which would appear to suggest it would to suggest that perhaps prince harry's recollection was, of course , recollection was, of course, mistaken. and i think the wider point there is. well, hang on a minute . what other recollections minute. what other recollections may ? well, not necessarily stand may? well, not necessarily stand to scrutiny. he's dished out rather a lot. recently dished out a lot of things about camilla, for example, you know, the uniform stuff . interesting the uniform stuff. interesting as well. he said , i read a quote as well. he said, i read a quote from he that he felt as though he had to talk about the 25 taliban fighters he's killed because he wanted to get it off his chest. but then a lot of people think. well, hang on a minute. well, that might be great. you that might also not put a target on your family, for example. yeah, he's done that. he's the people in he's done the people in interview people magazine in the united states. another interview interview people magazine in the unitbeen ates. another interview interview people magazine in the unitbeen ates. anothytoday rview interview people magazine in the unitbeen ates. anothytoday where has been announced today where he said he had put number he said he had to put a number on of he killed four on the number of he killed four for his own mental sake. however, the counterargument to

that from speaking to ex—service personnel and several politicians have also out and said that it does potentially cause a security risk puts a target on his back not only himself but his family. target on his back not only himself but his family . that's himself but his family. that's of the invictus games being held in dusseldorf in the autumn, which is prince harry's big veteran rehabilitation, olympic competition. so it is a real worry and concern for some people that prince harry has been quite so open in his book and somewhat branding distasteful. well, i agree completely . and the thing is completely. and the thing is that are enough lunatics that there are enough lunatics out radicalised, etc. out there now radicalised, etc. without someone who's now a member of the royal family. one helping, i would argue, maybe to feed into the narrative of this is for prince harry that kind of stuff and i just don't think we need at all. i think the public would be, well, frankly, up in arms. obvious if somebody ever did anything, citing what did do anything, citing what prince but hopefully prince harry said. but hopefully we to find. that's we never have to find. that's out. much. coming out. thank you very much. coming walk. bringing you walk. oh. reporter bringing you back up to date with prince harry's but speak now to

harry's but let's speak now to our reporter alex, our national reporter alex, sotelo, who's outside of of sotelo, who's outside of one of the in london the biggest bookshops in london now. that we've now. you are still that we've quite you the quite literally given you the long i what you long standing i have what you said it just said stunned. and it just looks like prince harry is just looming over you from behind and you've what we were saying, he was quiet, apparently was quite quiet, but apparently the work the fastest selling work of non—fiction in. yes, it's pretty incredible, isn't it? it felt like a bit of an anticlimax. this here before . 8:00, there this here before. 8:00, there were 40 or 50 journalists crowded outside waterstones in waiting for those long queues of people, desperate , get their people, desperate, get their hands on a copy. spare the autobiography by harry. there was only one customer in the queue. patrick it was all rather embarrassing for all of us journalists that turned up at that time. her was caroline lennon and asked her how she felt about being the only person in the queue outside of this bookshop today didn't expect me to be on my own. i thought there'd be a long queue. no i'm

quite surprised, to be honest with . i thought there'd be a lot with. i thought there'd be a lot more people. i'm i'm saddened about that, to be honest . and about that, to be honest. and what made you want to buy books? there's been so many leaks, hasn't so in hasn't there's been so much in the i just want the press. oh, no. i just want i just want to about him. just want to read about him. i've not turned up here to be the first in the in the queue to be. i've it now. i was open be a lot more people share to lot more people to share to share my comments with and there's no one to talk to. what's your first impression then of the book? well, i like then of the book? well, i like the picture, too , to be honest. the picture, too, to be honest. i thought the picture is quite nice well, well done. and nice it's well, well done. and i've i've read the interviews i can't wait for the audiobook . can't wait for the audiobook. i'm going to i've bought that already and i can't wait to read about his family. i just i absolutely that little interview the ali i mean so as it as it got busier at all tollway are the owners of the shop happy or a bit disappointed maybe i don't know what you think ? well, i know what do you think? well, i think it's safe . say that there think it's safe. say that there are plenty spare copies of spare

going. going on in this bookshop here. plenty more still on sale. so if you are close to the local area, this is the place to come. if you want a copy of 'spare' so to say that there hasn't been a huge amount of footfall in ward stones here in. but patrick i think that says more about the way that our shopping habits have changed more than the popularity we've popularity of this book. we've just penguin random just heard from penguin random house, the publishers of house, there's the publishers of prince harry's autobiography, spare they the fasting spare. they say it's the fasting the fastest selling non—fiction . boo the fastest selling non—fiction. boo that's across hardback, e—book and audio have been sold today. so the books are selling perhaps not in the traditional sense, though ? no, absolutely. there though? no, absolutely. there you . thank you very, very much. you. thank you very, very much. i think you obviously people buy these things online now. they really know bookstores as evidence. thank you very evidence. ali, thank you very much, costello. the much, ellie costello. the outside a war set stones just to reveal. yes well, just find the

father. that was bluster. just just one woman in a queue. there apparently is the fastest selling work of non—fiction of all time, which is nothing to be sniffed at anyway. after harry's claims chances of a family reunion may maybe even more unlikely as family fear that any conversations will be shared with the press. obviously, we on earth. would you invite earth. now, would you invite harry before, know, all harry and before, you know, all of sudden that private of a sudden that private conversation netflix conversation was on netflix always another book about always read another book about it, apparently advance it, apparently by the advance for penguin house was 17 million quid, which is obviously an extortionate amount money but to irreparably or otherwise irreparably or otherwise irreparably have you damage your relationship with your family and potentially turn up to turn entire nation against you. i think it's not how much money is it anyway? i want to know, has harry done irreparable damage? i'm royal broadcasters i'm joined by royal broadcasters having a and nicholas. having, a child and nicholas. i went discuss both of you. went to discuss both of you. thank you very, very much. ladies helena , we'll ladies first, helena, we'll start with you. has harry any way damaged the actual fabric of the monarchy by releasing this

book? do you think do you know , book? do you think do you know, patrick, this book i read the whole book. but you know , of the whole book. but you know, of the topics in it are complete , topics in it are complete, underwhelming, topics in it are complete, underwhelming , really. it's underwhelming, really. it's incredible that the royal family been through a lot over the years and i personally think although i can see , there's a although i can see, there's a little bit of damage , i think it little bit of damage, i think it will just move on. but obviously, as as reconciliation is, i just cannot see that happening easily. obviously, they'd have to be in india and it would be this nonsense about reconciliation behind the door. so with family it is nonsense . so with family it is nonsense. yeah and it's said without irony . well, i tell you what , i do . well, i tell you what, i do think personally it has damage. hopefully it will move on is he's i feel like he's been very disparaging camilla who obviously is very important to king charles i think it's not on

to i mean, it's the american side to things. you know, i do i do that now because you you know as well, you both know, i've not exactly particularly glowing about prince harry. the one thing i will say about the camilla thing is if it was my dad and i'd known he'd been having an affair with this woman that i'd potentially in some way , you know, not let some his demise but you know not exactly improve matters i think i'd be inclined to not particularly like the woman who's been an affair him. do you think ? affair with him. do you think? all it comes to the all right. when it comes to the camilla stuff, yes, i know exactly what you mean. and after all, it takes a lot less awful things to happen for first step children to have to adjust to somebody else coming into the family and not it. but here's the thing that i think is lacking all very well for harry to say oh you is that villainous think the word villain has been used somewhere refer to camilla

but he doesn't go on to say but in the end you know things worked out well i mean when i go through in this book what a tedious business it is having do that i don't sense that he's somehow not just come to terms with it but actually accepted what the rest of the population almost every single person has accepted is that the king has married the woman that he has loved those years and they are now jolly happy. and other things happened the past. how sad. but they in the past. let's get let's go forward . yes, get let's go forward. yes, indeed. well, talking of moving forward, how long do you think if you had to put money on it as any chance harry being at the coronation ? i feel not at this coronation? i feel not at this stage feel that the royal family obviously horrified, as am i and lots of people they would have to be. i think a lot more in place for that happen. there is damage and i just you know we want to celebrate we're looking forward to the coronation this is a really special at the accession and four months of the

coronation we really want this negativity it's madness isn't i think it's going to blow over. yeah well absolutely mean is desperate clutch for relevance nicholas i mean it's he's going to continue to try to do this . to continue to try to do this. apparently there's rumours of meghan having a book in the pipeline as well. nicholas, do you think if prince harry i've been asking people will go to the inbox shortly actually. but do you think he walked down do you think if he walked down the street in this country he would actually get booed a whole , which is hard to say. i don't know. it depends on the circumstances, rather, doesn't it going to walk it mean he's not going to walk down without being down the street without being accompanied , and accompanied by a little bit, and especially said especially after what he said about afghanistan, about he did in afghanistan, he's to have to be jolly well guarded. so there's always going to be people . a bit of that, i to be people. a bit of that, i agree with you. but but this is the best thing. let's let's let's look strands some let's look at the strands some positive this would be positive light on this would be for king for his father to for the king for his father to invite him to the coronation and harry to politely , i think harry to politely, i think everybody would feel a lot

happier. but the trouble is we're talking months away here. patrick i mean, we're talking about five months away. so goodness , there's more goodness, there's more appearances that harry is going to be the late show in america where it sounds to me they're going to take the mickey out of him big time. but that's not terribly good the monarchy, terribly good for the monarchy, actually. and actually. be honest. and he's also cover and also appearing on the cover and also appearing on the cover and a story and. people magazine a big story and. people magazine in america are all glossed stop. and so is just the stuff that ain't to go away. there's ain't going to go away. there's ain't going to go away. there's a lot still come . a lot still a lot still to come. a lot still to well yes, but i wonder to come. well yes, but i wonder whether or not it's going to backfire iran, because i was backfire on iran, because i was reading with interest and reading with some interest and reports people who to reports from people who claim to be former of harry and be former friends of harry and were well , amount of were saying, well, amount of stuff go away on stuff that we've made go away on him the amount of times we him or the amount of times we have revealed something that have not revealed something that we it be we could have and it would be very dangerous for harry, especially more formative especially in his more formative years. wonder they're years. i just wonder if they're going to go right. enough's now. i'm to tell them all about i'm going to tell them all about the ate anyway. right. the time they ate anyway. right. thank much, of you. thank very much, both of you. moving on moving having moving on and moving having a child well early , today

child and as well early, today the outlined new the government outlined a new bill maintain minimum bill aims to maintain minimum service levels . the public service levels. the public sector hours . if sector during work hours. if passed, it'll force some trade union members continue union members to continue working on strike days and a cabinet meeting at the. the business explained how business secretary explained how denial bill would be an denial of bill would be an attack on the public. yesterday health secretary barclay met with trade unions officials in a bid to broker the solution , bid to broker the solution, describing the talks as productive . we caught up with productive. we caught up with him in the last hour and this is what he had to say. we had a productive discussion with the trade unions yesterday. the key focus of the meeting was to look at pay review body and the at next pay review body and the evidence that we submit to that. we to constructively with we to work constructively with unions in terms of the evidence thatis unions in terms of the evidence that is submitted there and obviously building on what has come out from the overhaul and, what is affordable to the wider economy . but of course as what is affordable to the wider economy. but of course as part of that meeting we also listened to the trade unions in terms of their concern in respect of this . that's part of a wider discussion that is happening

across government , where other across government, where other departments of the secretaries of are meeting their trade of are meeting with their trade unions. and of course, i will take those messages back from the health unions in terms of my discussions with the chancellor . good stuff. right. well, . okay good stuff. right. well, here to pick the bones out is the wonderful political commentator joins commentator emma webb, who joins me great to have you me now. emma great to have you on the show. happy new year. if we're still saying that if we are, in the i've just are, but in the way i've just said you do america is said it, so do you do america is up based . do some people lose up based. do some people lose the right to strike based on what job they do do ? look what job they do do? look i think the way that this being portrayed as an anti strike bill is actually extremely misleading .shapps is actually extremely misleading . shapps has been very clear that this is about the minimum amount of service that you can have while still maintaining safety . so absolutely if you safety. so absolutely if you work in a sector where your ability to do your job is the difference between life or death, say if you're an ambulance driver, as one example, it shouldn't be the as

grant shapps pointed out that as we saw in the recent ambulance strikes that you end up with a postcode lottery so. if you live in an area where there are lots ambulance and ambulance workers, paramedics striking then if you have a heart attack or if you have a heart attack or if you have a heart attack or if you have a stroke, then you might not have anybody to come to your rescue. whereas if you live in an those workers aren't an area, those workers aren't striking , then then you would striking, then then you would have entirely different service. so this is about keeping people safe. and i think grant shapps has a very good point in has made a very good point in parliament, which is that the international labour which the tuc actually signed up to, tuc is actually signed up to, actually recognises that having this safety net is minimum service level is actually a proportionate to trying to balance workers rights to strike with the safety of the public . with the safety of the public. yeah, well this is the thing, isn't it? because there is a lot when it comes to free speech, when it comes to free speech, when it comes to free speech, when it comes to arguably human rights. rights, of course, but also at the same time, the clues in name is emma. it's public

in the name is emma. it's public service. services . and i service. public services. and i kind of feel as though the pubuc kind of feel as though the public have been taken granted by the very people are by the very people who are supposed them . yeah, if supposed serve them. yeah, if you go into a job as a nurse or as a doctor, a particularly as a doctor, you know, you sign up to the you make the hippocratic oath that , you will do no harm oath that, you will do no harm when you go into that career. if you choose take up a career you choose to take up a career where you're you're helping to save people's . then, of course, save people's. then, of course, you have a certain duty to the pubuc you have a certain duty to the public other don't have . and public the other don't have. and that's not to say that these people don't have the right to withdraw their labour. and this is a that grant shapps is a point that grant shapps emphasised is about emphasised this is about creating a proportionate response , which is similar to response, which is similar to what other european countries actually do to just that, there is a minimum level of service and the conservative party had discussed doing this in their 2019 manifesto. when it comes to critical like trains, the but all of the asli if we have a situation where the nurse is

they decided to strike they came to an agreement to make some level of service to try and the amount of harm done to patients as a result of that strike action. yeah we should have that as a standard across the board and that's all that this legislation to do. fair enough emma. thank very much as ever and above that political commentator. right. and above that political commentator . right. okay. commentator. right. okay. quickly, delving the quickly, just delving into the inbox tees up what inbox because this tees up what i'm talking about i'm going to be talking about next this for next massive story. this for you, course, because you're you, of course, because you're going town going to happening in a town village no doubt we've village near you. no doubt we've got 500 people who live in a village, the home wants to put 400 asylum seekers in a home. so in that village. alison's been on the illegal migrants situation angers me so much these hotels are not obliged house illegal immigrants . the house illegal immigrants. the residents this small village should show their anger at how upset in fact upset they are and in fact they're going to just that we're going it live. going to be covering it live. there's a parish council meeting. get meeting. we're going to get reaction shortly. i'm reaction it very shortly. i i'm going to this particular area now with paul hawkins . going to this particular area now with paul hawkins. he's our national reporter. at national reporter. he's at the scene to give a view of public

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our constituents is to attack security and their welfare and meanwhile ambulance workers in england are set to go out on strike after talks with the government overpay failed to reach resolution. it's the first industrial action this year with nurses also set to walk out this month in england . the health month in england. the health secretary has described the action as unhelpful but insisted he is with trade unions and teachers in scotland on the first of a two day strike today after failing to reach agreement over pay with the scottish government. the current offer on the table would see most staff in receive a 5% pay rise. but unions demanding a 10% increase. primary school teachers have walked off today and staff of secondary schools will out tomorrow . as you've been tomorrow. as you've been hearing, prince harry's memoir, spare has become the fastest selling non—fiction book ever, with 400,000 copies sold on launch alone. gb news has been

uncovering some inconsistencies in the book. however, the duke of writing that he heard about the death of his great grandmother, for example in a phone call was at eton. but photographic evidence shows the prince returning from a skiing trip to switch island with his father at the time . father at the time. representatives duke have representatives of the duke have been comment . that's it. been for comment. that's it. those are your headlines up to date on tv, online and dab radio. you all with gb news the people's channel. don't go anywhere . we're back in just anywhere. we're back in just a tick . tick. okay? yes to probably the most controversial story the day, which is emerged over the home office plan to house up to 400 asylum seekers in a hotel next to a west northamptonshire village. and the reason why is controversial from all of it, arguably is that there's only 500 people in that village. the high court hotel, a former 17th

century country manor , is being century country manor, is being suggested to provide hotel accommodation and for asylum seekers, which cost the uk taxpayer . seekers, which cost the uk taxpayer. depends seekers, which cost the uk taxpayer . depends who seekers, which cost the uk taxpayer. depends who you listen to on this, but around taxpayer. depends who you listen to on this, but aroun d £5.6 to on this, but around £56 million a day, some say as much as. you factor in food as. seven if you factor in food costs as such, a lot of costs as such, it's a lot of money coming . member and local money coming. member and local mp the area. chris mp for the area. chris heaton—harris described the choice of location quote dreadful . well we're going to be dreadful. well we're going to be sticking to this story like glue because our very own paula hawkins giving these initial reports and joins us now from the village of crete in west north schipol. great last time i spoke to you you were outside the hotel. i'm just thinking. you probably still are, are you? what's on where are ? yeah what's on where you are? yeah are still outside the hotel where a ten minute walk sounds drive from the tiny village of creta, which, as you only has, 500 people living. and it's about nine miles north of north hampton. and what they have learned, what they learned last month was the home office

intends to requisition this hotel, highgate house manor, which was a it closed a couple of years ago because the family run business was having with covid. run business was having with covm. they run business was having with covid. they were having trouble making money. so it's been sold to another group and as the pansh to another group and as the parish council understands . it parish council understands. it as west northamptonshire county council on stand it the hotel is to be requisitioned by the home office maybe by the end of this month, and they intend to put 400 asylum seekers into this 17th century manor house, which has 84 en suite bedrooms. it has a conference room . it's been a conference room. it's been used in the past, but for hotels, for conferences it's got six acres of land and a gym and simply the home office are requisitioning these types of accommodation because the waiting list, the backlog is now 140,000 asylum seekers waiting to have their applications processed. when you look at the figures in 2021, that was only 17 5000. if you go into 12, it was around 20,000. so the

numbers of those waiting to have their asylum application process has increased enormously and the waiting time to get their application process has increased from what , six months increased from what, six months increased from what, six months in 2014 to now? 15 months on average. it takes 15 months to get your application asylum processed. and of course, the numbers that are applying are increasing, of course, with those across the channel, those numbers have soared. well, so villages this like creighton are objecting to the to these volumes people being placed in the hotel simply saying look it's unsuitable as chris heaton—harris put it, the home office has said that it does comment on operational arrangements , individual sites arrangements, individual sites used for asylum, accommodation . used for asylum, accommodation. now they do engage with local as early as possible . whenever early as possible. whenever sites are used for asylum , sites are used for asylum, accommodation and work to. ensure arrangements are safe for hotel residents and local people . and we do know that, chris jason harris sets up a consultation on, his website and

we know from the parish council that at least 350 responses have been filed on that they were passed to the home office and the home office is now considering that response, simply put the parish council want to know look what kind of decision making process you undertake in choosing what we consider to be an unsuitable hotel, in an unsuitable . yeah. hotel, in an unsuitable. yeah. well, exactly that it could actually be very revelatory because just depending on the area, i mean just dealing with previous areas, for example , previous areas, for example, actually it was essentially just landed on them. it wasn't really anything to do anything at today with council . if they with our local council. if they got a saying, you know, you are going to be at this this evening, i'm hoping we might be able a quick with able to have a quick chat with you after. as well. i'm you after. that as well. i'm covering for mark steyn. are we expecting a high turnout, expecting quite a high turnout, this ? yeah, in fact, this meeting? yeah, in fact, there was a decent turnout last week and so the chair of the local parish council decided to put in another meeting to give more people time , have their more people time, have their say. so it's it is a scheduled

pansh say. so it's it is a scheduled parish and they will be talking about other things that going on in the local area. but top of the agenda will be this migrant hotel will be a public forum. there'll also be other representatives from the local authorities west northamptonshire county council also what representatives the local police as well from northamptonshire police as well . so there'll be representatives from the authorities there, there'll be members of the pubuc there'll be members of the public there and then get public there and then we'll get to see that meeting and then those response be those response is will be collated back to collated and then fed back to the office along with those the home office along with those other responses. chris heaton—harris his website lovely other responses. chris heatothank'is his website lovely other responses. chris heatothank you, s website lovely other responses. chris heatothank you, paul. site lovely other responses. chris heatothank you, paul. great vely stuff. thank you, paul. great and i'll talk a little bit and i'll talk to a little bit later on hawkins that just at the that particular the scene of that particular hotel, lots of hotel, understandably lots of you have been getting in touch over there. i think it's because a lot of you relate maybe this happening area. this is happening in your area. this is fascinating. because fascinating. now because a village of 500 people with a for 400 asylum seekers is going to be plonked it. there's nothing for them to do all day, nowhere for them to do all day, nowhere for them to go apart from this hotel doesn't to be many hotel doesn't appear to be many shops like that

shops around nothing like that whatsoever. point of whatsoever. what is the point of all this? will it irreversibly change the area? that area may well done, better off having a hotel that course may be more expensive for the hoteliers to run. clearly the why run. clearly the reason why they've accepted issue they they've accepted the issue they offer, should from offer, i should say from home office is because makes office here is because makes more financial sense for them . more financial sense for them. take offer. it will be take that offer. it will be a lot money. what about people lot money. but what about people who want staff weddings at a particular venue? all of this stuff anyway, says. what's stuff anyway, dunn says. what's a home office a disgrace with the home office trying to house 400 illegal migrants a village five migrants in a village of five and more? and two residents, more? anything what will anything else? this is what will get conservatives out get the conservatives kicked out of but frank of power. yeah, fine. but frank is. who else do you elect ? is. who else do you elect? actually, it's not gonna get any better under labour, some would say anyway, and says, what happens the nightingale happens to all the nightingale hospitals, happens to all the nightingale hos pandemic? couldn't they the pandemic? couldn't they altered house immigrants ? altered to house immigrants? there must be an alternative hotels. it would cost money to update buildings, but surely less the daily cost. well, you've got the daily cost also happen to know that whether or not the case for this not it's the case for this specific hotel. it's certainly the a lot of the other

the case for a lot of the other hotels. home has tried to hotels. home office has tried to requisition. offered requisition. they have offered a full refurb afterwards as . well, full refurb afterwards as. well, so when you're saying things like holiday britannia like holiday inns and britannia hotels , all of this stuff, hotels, all of this stuff, there's every chance taxpayer is not paying for the housing not just paying for the housing of people indefinitely . of these people indefinitely. and will be indefinite, won't and it will be indefinite, won't it? know. then the it? we all know. and then the taxpayer paying those people taxpayer is paying those people if they do leave the hotel and go into the local to the go into the local area to the social housing stock for at social housing stock for kids at school, mental health, for school, for mental health, for the for whatever local the nhs, for whatever the local taxpayers pay all of that. taxpayers pay for all of that. well top of that as well. well then top of that as well. you have the cost of a you also have the cost of a refurb which we will be paying for. so it's rather loss of money. one more quick one. irish says move shows that says this move really shows that the totally the government are totally negligent and not consider the feelings of the average man and woman streets. believe woman in the streets. i believe a little later on, we're a little bit later on, we're going to be talking nigel going to be talking to nigel farage about very issue, farage about this very issue, our farage. our very own nigel farage. roberts but roberts told him about that. but yes. before all of that, boris johnson, he's been laying low on the benches, but tonight the back benches, but tonight he's speech he's giving a speech to the members carlton we'll members only carlton club. we'll be whether this marks

be discussing whether this marks the of boris the the return of boris to the spotlight. plus, this is spotlight. plus, this area is nigel be here to nigel farage will be here to give response to that give his response to that migrant hotel in a village of 500 residents. 400 asylum seekers about to be landed . that seekers about to be landed. that i'll back in just moment.

okay welcome back. loves to rattle through between now and the end the show. so let's get a move on. boris johnson is making a keynote speech this evening at the carlton club. ahead unveiling his portrait. obviously as a prime obviously as a former prime minister, many are closely watching the former party leader with his diehard supporters allegedly already plotting a return . number ten this return to him. number ten this yeah return to him. number ten this year. boris make a year. so can boris make a comeback. me now outside comeback. with me now outside the carlton club, they would allow him in. they wouldn't let him no money is him for in love. no money is darren mccaffrey is darren mccaffrey gb news is political editor. darren, i hope

they do manage to let you in at some point. what we expect a little bit later on, they're finally done. that all was in patrick we're expecting boris johnson to sit up at some in the next couple of hours. so as you say, he's going to unveil that portrait to himself. it is a tradition that former conservative prime get to do at the carlton club and then he's got to make a speech in front of his friends and so at least all colleagues , if you like, colleagues, if you like, i suspect, will quite jovial. this is a place he's very familiar with, in fact, two of the events that may well have led to the end of his premiership happens in here in the last year or so. thatis in here in the last year or so. that is the patterson affair back in late 2001. and of course, the chris pincher affair. that ultimately the affair. and that ultimately the straw broke the camel's straw that broke the camel's back brought his back and brought on his premiership . but back and brought on his premiership. but in back and brought on his premiership . but in that speech, premiership. but in that speech, i think he's going to talk about time as prime minister. he's also going talk, if you like, also going to talk, if you like, about what wants to do, maybe about what he wants to do, maybe in the years to about the in the years to come, about the issues whether that issues he cares whether that is brexit indeed it is ,

brexit or indeed whether it is, to a large degree, the war in ukraine, which he's been campaigning on, expects to go to the united states, continue to pressurise us senators and congressmen and women there to keep up the support . congressmen and women there to keep up the support. i think in regards to this comeback idea that people have latched on to, not least of all ardent supporters like nadine dalton, the former culture secretary, and lord cruddas, who was in the house of lords. you know, they are starting this campaign because they feel, frankly , that because they feel, frankly, that the conservative party is not in a great position, that rishi sunak patrick to a sunak has not led patrick to a bounce in the opinion but bounce in the opinion polls. but the end this isn't likely to work will. they will argue it is necessary . they think the necessary. they think the conservative party will go to a pretty bad defeat in the next election if they don't replace him . all i would suggest is that him. all i would suggest is that the party very, very divided . i the party very, very divided. i think it's pretty unlikely at the moment anything's going to change. mean, another change, change. i mean, another change, conservative i'm not conservative leader, i'm not entirely convinced, but as for bofis entirely convinced, but as for boris himself, he will love that we're talking about his future

relations and also he's going to keep his i think , close to his keep his i think, close to his chest. so don't think when he got anything really significant tonight. but it is a reminder that boris johnson is not going away now. he's certainly not going away. darren thank you very much, darren mccaffrey that outside club waiting outside the carlton club waiting for boris with me now for boris johnson. with me now is michael fabricant, conservative for litchfield, conservative mp for litchfield, michael you much for michael, you very much for joining now you have in joining me. now you have been in the anyway very vocal of the past anyway a very vocal of bofis the past anyway a very vocal of boris is there not boris johnson. is there not a that he led you all down the garden path of the last time that there was some kind of election now and went out election now and you went out and and then actually and backed him and then actually he rode would you. would he rode on it. would you. would you up the again. you follow him up the again. well i think the time is right. and i don't think boris thinks the time right either. i mean , i the time right either. i mean, i do think he's a bit funny with the ukrainian war going on and all the rest of it. but we're all the rest of it. but we're all obsessed. the fact that bofisis all obsessed. the fact that boris is going to the carlton club place, wouldn't be seeing club place, i wouldn't be seeing dead merely to open dead any by the merely to open and veil a painting of himself.

would you would you would you not go to people? i mean, it's about time sort of made up portraits. you. i think i'm available some of the carlton club but no look do you think realistically boris johnson might be should be focusing more on own seat as on keeping his own seat as opposed whether or he runs in opposed to whether or he runs in the next general election or? i'm sorry, runs the leader i'm sorry, runs the tory leader again. i say. well he's again. i should say. well he's going have time in going to have a tough time in uxbridge. i mean it was always a very difficult seat. very good friend of mine called john randall, the mp for uxbridge and he had a great advert. randall, the mp for uxbridge and he had a great advert . well, he had a great advert. well, because he used to own family department store called randalls of uxbridge. in fact , i didn't of uxbridge. in fact, i didn't think you were going to ask me that question, but he gave me a present. oh, look at. back up, back up. michael the fridge truck anyway. but john randall saying it's very , very tough saying it's very, very tough there. and guess will find it hard going but. i think he's allowed to go to the carlton

club to unveil. yes of course you now rather disappointing gleeful i would imagine mps correct me if i'm wrong there hasn't really been a rishi sunak bounce has that right. is that's a concern for you looking at the next general election . well, next general election. well, undoubtedly you know that when bofis undoubtedly you know that when boris left, we were 10% down. and as john curtis said a little earlier on your channel gb, it went down to 20, maybe even a little bit more. but, you know we're going in the middle of strikes we're looking at all this and you ask somebody a question, which is you , know, if question, which is you, know, if there were a general election , there were a general election, how would you vote? so because everyone knows there isn't going to be a general election tomorrow, there's certainly no enthusiasm for keir starmer. nobody knows what stands for. when you look at also the question about know who could handle the economy better , it's

handle the economy better, it's still the conservatives. i despite everything i do wonder, i just just really do wonder whether not some people on your benches look around now and think i was so out of touch and so to have wanted to be boris . so to have wanted to be boris. but there we go. we'll have to wait and see. michael, thank you. not to do that. yeah, i think they were completely to do that a because, you know, he he people respect him . he had people respect him. he had a mandate because he had selected by the membership of the party and you know, people are very well yeah , exactly right. he was well yeah, exactly right. he was very very attractive guy to the electorate despite all his faults because he was a visionary. well yeah. and some would argue, gosh, he might be because of his flaws as well. but that's the conversation of the time. michael, thank you very much. michael fabricate, that conservative mp for lichfield plans to lichfield right, plans to house 400 former hotel 400 migrants in a former hotel have with outrage by have been met with outrage by residents a nearby village. residents of a nearby village. why? well, because, actually,

there's in the there's only 500 people in the village. you doubling the village. so you doubling the population of that increasing now . and by the way, it was now. and by the way, it was a 16th century manor house. the highgate is rather lovely . some highgate is rather lovely. some of the pictures of the ruins that you've been showing are fantastic. i mean, it's nicer than where i live as well, though. that is a low bar. joining me now, gb news presenter nigel farage. nigel, thank you very much . you all thank you very much. you all good stuff. we'll preview what you've coming up your you've got coming up on your show. this is just show. but i mean, this is just ridiculous. going be an ridiculous. it's going to be an entire village. the entire village. now, the demographics change demographics of it change irreversibly. imagine. irreversibly. one would imagine. and for these and there's nothing for these people do either. is people to do all day either. is that your view view ? well, you that your view view? well, you know , is the first really high know, is the first really high profile , lovely rural location profile, lovely rural location like this, we've seen . the like this, we've seen. the answer is very simple . there are answer is very simple. there are 140,000 people who've entered this country and are claiming asylum that haven't yet been processed . we have to house them processed. we have to house them somewhere , apparently, and somewhere, apparently, and they've run of inner city hotels

to put them in. they've tried former army camps. but those conditions there simply aren't good enough. know what was good enough for national servicemen or serving british soldiers. not enough for the young man crossing the english channel. and so here we are now it's arriving in the back yard of the conservative. we have sir graham brady at a hotel in hayle in his constituency today . it's constituency today. it's creighton with chris eaton harris. last week it was david davis, his constituency . and davis, his constituency. and given that the estimates are that somewhere 50 and 100,000 people will cross the english channel this year unless the pm has guts to act. one of these sites is to a hotel near. you very soon. so nigel could just ask you first of like devil's advocate here know if you're a villager somewhere in crete in rome , why should i care? this is rome, why should i care? this is a hotel. it looks relatively rural it looks like it's quite

isolated , you know. right. isolated, you know. right. there's only 500 of us in the village. we probably know quite well. it's all quaint and quite well. it's all quaint and quite well. what could possibly wrong with 400 asylum seekers being plonked onto my doorstep? nigel i tell you what, if hundred young males from any background , any background at all turned up on your doorstep, i suggest you would be concerned , you would be concerned, especially if it was somewhere without facilities and you know , what are people going to do all day long? were they going to loiter? are they going to loiter? are they going to loiter? and people begin to feel intimidate by it. plus, it will change. the whole nature of the village . but know what? village. but you know what? every single time one of these sites is proposed, the local mp always says this area is wholly unsuhed always says this area is wholly unsuited to build. we'll get used to it. vokes all the while we have a conservative government . this is our future . government. this is our future. not that i'm suggesting labour would make any difference. no no, they wouldn't. so, nigel ,

no, they wouldn't. so, nigel, thank you very much. you're going to be on a little bit on. obviously, you're already in the studio. what have you got coming up, preview for ? well, we're up, preview for? well, we're going to discuss clearly what's happening in crete because . happening in crete because. there was a big public meeting beginning at 7:00 tonight. so we'll go live to paul hawkins, our reporter who is there. we'll talk cottingham where some holes have residents at the hull university now are not going to be sold to one of the companies housing asylum seekers. and i'll be joined by david davis veteran conservative member of parliament. i'll ask him if we believe border controls, if we voted to take back control . why voted to take back control. why the hell should we for anyone like you ever again? thank you much is definitely, as always, going to be one to watch tonight's sat at nigel farage. right. look at 20 to go to your emails quickly. this is an issue. and again, we are going to be sticking with this throughout the course of the evening here on gb news. so this is this how it's how does use

hotel not for longer course hotel not for much longer course increase asylum increase in volunteer asylum seekers be plants seekers are going to be plants in villages in their villages only 500 people for all the nigel people in it for all the nigel outlined before, there's nothing for to do all day is going to completely change village. completely change the village. any their any resident that within their rights little bit rights to be a little bit miffed. think fair to say and miffed. i think fair to say and he's well every single he's right as well every single time the comes he goes time app as the mp comes he goes this area is wholly yeah fine but they've this is happening right the country isn't but they've this is happening rig bills the country isn't but they've this is happening rigbills hasthe country isn't but they've this is happening rig bills has clearly ntry isn't but they've this is happening rig bills has clearly government it. bills has clearly government of somewhere to of a magic monetary somewhere to all for margaret all the millions for margaret hotels they can't hotels but somehow they can't find the magic monetary for the nhs. the nhs being one of nhs. yet the nhs being one of the element. i i think the element. i mean i do think maybe already well maybe the nhs does already well there a budget wand the there is a budget wand of the nhs isn't it. it's just a question of where that money goes? martin it says it goes? but martin says it says it all politicians can new all when politicians can out new laws their own citizens laws to stop their own citizens from but can't from striking, but they can't make laws protect the uk. i know. i know i'm not and i'm not anti i just this is anti anti trials. i just this is absolute madness. you can make the case for us to not do this cost of living crisis, of cost of living crisis, lack of space, demographic change, pubuc space, demographic change, public safety, all of this stuff, all of this stuff is dead

easy to make the case against why we to do this now? why why we need to do this now? why we need to be changing little towns and villages irreversibly and spending millions of taxpayers money do it as well. they won't do it anyway. i'm going to go to michelle dewberry now. next is, now. dewbs& co. up next is, michelle she's in the studio michelle and she's in the studio with you got coming with me now. have you got coming up, michelle. hello, patrick yeah.i up, michelle. hello, patrick yeah. i want to look at the so—called anti strike laws, wondering supports wondering who supports them and who and also who does not. and i'm also pondenng who does not. and i'm also pondering tonight, anyone pondering tonight, is anyone actually about actually really serious about sorting out the social care sector . this country everyone sector. this country everyone talks about it. we have all these different white papers, reports, nothing reports, commissions, nothing really substantial ever happen , really substantial ever happen, will it? and if so who will be the man or woman for the job? and also the interesting want the age of criminality ? what the age of criminality? what should it be? england and wales northern ireland. it's ten. scotland, 12 votes. there are calls and, public consultations for it to be in creased should it be and how much money do you need to end to live comfortably ? that's what i'm asking tonight

. oh, so that's it. so that's was quite a few. absolutely talking points in the age criminals. yeah ten because the bolger killers with the youngest people ever sentenced i think they are. yes you are spot on they are. yes you are spot on they go. it's almost i occasionally read the news isn't it? but i know you can come on my panel if you want. so don't miss out . would love to. miss out. would love to. actually, i would. obviously to ravish. i will be coming way very, very shortly. thank you very, very shortly. thank you very much. lgbt with dewbs & co. very much. lgbt with dewbs& co. make sure you in now. i am make sure you tune in now. i am covering mark steyn as eight covering for mark steyn as eight till it's well worth a till nine and it's well worth a watch on that because we are going to be getting the reaction so immediately the parish so immediately after the parish council meeting , local residents so immediately after the parish cou going eeting , local residents so immediately after the parish cou going to :ing , local residents so immediately after the parish cou going to be , local residents so immediately after the parish cou going to be discussingidents so immediately after the parish cou going to be discussing their; are going to be discussing their opposition otherwise to this opposition or otherwise to this hotel. there's been problems in their hotel, their area. the margaret hotel, we going to be at the for we are going to be at the for that and frankly mirroring and holding mirror up to what is probably going be happening. i hate to say it, but in a town or a village very, very near you. so it'll be well worth a watch. let's the immediate there let's get the immediate there and happens. you

and see what happens. thank you very everybody has been very much. everybody has been tweeting and i'll see you a little bit later. one hand, little bit later. on one hand, you now finish you over now finish housekeeping. how mild housekeeping. how about mild spots? dull out there spots? fairly dull out there today and for many places it's damp. for some spots, the rain is quite heavy and could potentially cause some further disruption been disruption because it's been wet this quite mild because this year. it quite mild because we're a strong held by weather fronts and tucked in here some fairly mild air but. this weather front is swinging across the tonight and that will introduce cooler conditions for tomorrow well as further wet tomorrow as well as further wet and windy as it through. and windy weather as it through. we met office yellow we do have met office yellow warnings place for that rain warnings in place for that rain but it send dry air but it should send dry air across wales and south. a signal this evening. many places up overnight. the wind strength overnight. but the wind strength in scotland. have in northern scotland. so we have another yellow another metservice yellow warning with the winds warning here with the winds potentially causing problems, it will turning cooler through the night. but still most of us several degrees above freezing to start wednesday. we'll start brighter than today as well. the midlands and eastern england generally a fine and bright start to the day elsewhere.

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thoughts on that and social care. we go round these houses, don't we? all the time. so i'm pondenng don't we? all the time. so i'm pondering tonight. do you think any politicians honestly are taking social care seriously ? do taking social care seriously? do you ever feel it will be in a situation where we'll have an effective , affordable solution effective, affordable solution that works well in this country or not? i'm not sure if i'm totally honest and accommodate , totally honest and accommodate, and that's got many people talking for years, quite frankly . there's no question of what should the minimum criminal age be in this country. england,

wales and northern ireland . it's