good afternoon and welcome to real britain . this week with me, real britain. this week with me, martin daubney on tv, online and on digital radio. today we'll be discussing the latest offer on the table to end the seemingly endless strikes , the expansion endless strikes, the expansion of the ulez zone , london, and of the ulez zone, london, and what's happened at world economic forum shindig. but first is the news with karen armstrong . hi there. it is armstrong. hi there. it is a minute past . armstrong. hi there. it is a minute past. good armstrong. hi there. it is a minute past . good afternoon to minute past. good afternoon to you. i'm out of strolling the gb newsroom. the conservative party

chairman says he set odds the matter with hmrc and has paid what was due as part of a multi million pound tax settlement . million pound tax settlement. nadhim zahawi released a statement fresh questions over his finances. he says there was a disagreement over the allocation of shares that his father took when he set up the polling firm yougov. and it was a careless rather than a deliberate error. it comes, as labour have called the former chancellor to be sacked from his current role as conservative party chairman. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves , says chancellor, rachel reeves, says his position is untenable . his position is untenable. dominic raab, who's been investigated for bullying, is passing judgement on nadhim zahawi , who's just had a £1 zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying taxes on time and that pretty much epitomises this conservative cabinet . when the conservative cabinet. when the prime minister came into office, he said that he would run government that would have honest integrity and professionalism at its heart. none those three things are happening today. meanwhile the

prime minister has been described as a hapless by labour and faces renewed wave of criticism from mps after being fined for a second time by police. rishi sunak has apologised for failing to wear a seatbelt while a social media clip earlier this week. the prime minister was also fined for breaking lockdown rules in 2020 and he's been accused of showing the same disregard for rules as boris johnson shot a financial secretary, james murray says mr. sunak's lost control . just when you thought control. just when you thought the conservatives couldn't get any more rishi sunak shows that he can't even fasten his seat belts. and i think this speaks volumes . the fact that the prime volumes. the fact that the prime minister is not is not in control and can pay . keir control and can pay. keir starmer with rishi sunak keir starmer with rishi sunak keir starmer has been on the world economic forum this week to promote in the uk promoting a plan for economic growth in rishi complex design , a seat rishi complex design, a seat belt. i think people will make

their own judgement about who's going to lead the country. the deputy prime dominic raab who's defended nadhim zahawi today , defended nadhim zahawi today, has come to mr. sunak's defence well, suggesting he is merely a human being who made a mistake. the prime minister put his hand straight up was a mistake. his apology for he takes responsibility for it hasn't actually gone down that path of blaming else he's taken responsibility. it he'll pay the fine. he's a human. well, as a incredibly busy politician. the prime minister got a frantic schedule, but he's made clear there's no excuses . the former there's no excuses. the former health secretary, sajid javid, says charging patients for gp and a&e appointments is to the survival of the nhs . in an survival of the nhs. in an opinion piece for the times mr. javid wrote, it would help the nhs ration its finite supply more effectively. he also said the appreciation for the health service has become a religious and a battle to reform . the and a battle to reform. the co—founder of the bus firm

stagecoach, dame and glo has been charged in connection with a human trafficking invest . a human trafficking invest. police scotland say four individuals understood to be of her family were charged on thursday in connection with alleged human trafficking. an immigration offences. a statement issued on behalf says ms. globe denies , the malicious ms. globe denies, the malicious allegations made against her and her family an to ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says indecision over whether to send german made tanks to ukraine is costing lives. western allies agreed yesterday to send more nato weaponry to ukraine, but germany remains reluctant provide its leopard tanks or to authorise other countries to donate theirs , countries to donate theirs, despite increasing pressure to so. ukraine's urgently requested tanks to counter russia's planned spring offensive . the planned spring offensive. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning fog tomorrow, but says the worst of the cold spell is over. but says the worst of the cold spell is over . the

but says the worst of the cold spell is over. the warning will remain in place, though , until remain in place, though, until 11 am. on monday and it will cover the areas of south and east. it may cause disruption to flights with drivers also being warned of icy conditions. temperatures though, are expected to climb across the country next week and andy mayer impressive winning run at the australian open has come to an end.the australian open has come to an end. the three time grand slam champion knocked out in the third round by spain's roberto agut despite , a force at battle agut despite, a force at battle at murray, who's not 35 and plays with a metal hip, was taken to five sets in his opening two matches. he spent more 10 hours on the court in those two matches and finished at 4 am. local time yesterday morning . this is gb news. we morning. this is gb news. we will bring you more as it happens, but now it's back to real britain with dalby .

real britain with dalby. so to real britain. here's what's coming up on the show today. what's coming up on the show today . first train operators today. first train operators have made a 9% pay increase offer to the rmt workers union in a deal that would see the of on board guards a key red line if remember from. the deal is being described as the best and final offer. train operators are hopeful the latest offer will provide a breakthrough talks and avoid further strike action from rmt members after months . months rmt members after months. months of disruption. but how on earth have all these rail strikes lasted a year then the rishi sunak said that city can't properly reconsider its plan to expand london's ultralow emission zone ulez. the of london accused conservatives of the assembly of not caring about children's lungs in a heated spat in city hall. if this expansion is successful in the caphal expansion is successful in the capital. will we see a wider rollout across the country to a town near you .7 and later on, as town near you.7 and later on, as the world

town near you? and later on, as the world forum came to an end yesterday , we'll be debating yesterday, we'll be debating whether or not you think that wef truly is a unifying force for global prosperity. well, just another excuse for global elites of a four day jolly. so that's what it's all about today. for the next hour. i'd love to know what your thoughts are on today's topics. tweet me at gb news. or of course, get in touch by email gb views at gb news. watch is online news. you can watch is online too on our youtube. thank you very much . do you too on our youtube. thank you very much. do you in too on our youtube. thank you very much . do you in 2023 feel very much. do you in 2023 feel proud to be british? your first instinct like mind be to say, well, of course britain is the best country on earth, but let me put it to you in another way. do you today feel proud of the britain that you see around you , not the country of our forefathers who took up arms and defeated tyrants, but of the country we have become the country we have become the country of today , a place where, country of today, a place where, if you ask me , we are made to if you ask me, we are made to feel ashamed of our past, of our

flag, of our very existence. a britain where increasingly we feel like strangers , our own feel like strangers, our own land. in 2016, we voted to take back control of our country . back control of our country. finally, brexit gave us a voice, but they wouldn't listen. in 2019, after three years of brexit deadlock and the political elites trying to cancel brexit. i could take it. no more. i stood up. was as an mep and went to . i pressed that mep and went to. i pressed that button to leave the european union. but look around. do you really feel like we've taken back control ? we certainly back control? we certainly cannot control borders. more than 45,000 migrants crossed the channel the uk in 2022. it now costs us, the taxpayer . that's costs us, the taxpayer. that's you and i, every one of us. almos t £7 you and i, every one of us. almost £7 million, every single day to put them up in hotels . in day to put them up in hotels. in my opinion, we have become a land where cheats prosper and where taxpayers who play the rules pick up the tab . today,

rules pick up the tab. today, our famous british tolerance is at breaking point. most of us want to enjoy the simple, honourable things in life to work hard , to pay our taxes, work hard, to pay our taxes, raise healthy family, to drive a nice car, stay warm in the winter , enjoy a foreign holiday winter, enjoy a foreign holiday in the summer. to eat, drink and to be merry . all of the things to be merry. all of the things that make worth living. but as we forget, as we fret about our bills. if you ask me. our main political are addicted to the mantra of net zero. from my perspective , in the name of perspective, in the name of saving the planet , these zealots saving the planet, these zealots want us to be colder poorer, hungner, want us to be colder poorer, hungrier , and grateful for it. hungrier, and grateful for it. but that's not living. that's existing. small why so many people don't even know to who to vote for the next election. why would ordinary class voters choose sunak the out—of—touch whose tax is just a death ? i whose tax is just a death? i can't even remember to put a seatbelt on or sir keir starmer

, who in the past that the people's movement to cancel brexit and doesn't know what a woman is as we face our darkest hours once again where our winston churchill to lead us out of this new of discontent. wherever you are your country needs more than ever to help make us feel proud to be british once. because with as pride, we have nothing nothing . okay, so have nothing nothing. okay, so our top today rail workers have received a best and final offer from operators in an attempt to end the long running industrial dispute. the rail delivery group has offered a 9% pay increase to the rail and transport workers union. the rmt, with 5% backed data for 2022 and a 4% rise in 2023. a key condition for the rmt to accept driver only operation has also been dropped.

the rmt it was considering the offer and well next teachers are set to walk outs from february the first as part of a seven day walk out. is there any end to insights to the strikes that are blighting britain? well, joining me now is trade unionist and broadcaster paul embery, an excellent old leftie and macro economist. phil pilgrims, welcome to the show. paul let's start with you. so been a softening at least from the government. we seem the rail minister, hugh merriman , said minister, hugh merriman, said the strikes are now costing billion pounds so far. it will be cheaper to end the strikes a full and final offer on the table. do you think the rmt are going to accept and we can finally move on? paul a genuine we don't know. martin if they're going accept it. what i do know is that the renzi's democratic union, i'm sure they'll be discussing it with their members . and whatever the decision is , . and whatever the decision is, they'll make that decision. democrats italy, i mean, i'm really struck by and you touched on it there , the position of the

on it there, the position of the government , these strikes, the government, these strikes, the round strikes have cost a million. round strikes have cost a million . £1,000,000,000 already. million. £1,000,000,000 already. and it would have been even by hugh merriman , the minister's hugh merriman, the minister's own admission cheaper to have settled the strikes. now, that tells me one thing. that tells me that the strikes have become political , that it isn't just political, that it isn't just about the economics of the city situation . this is a political situation. this is a political strike which is about keeping the lid on pay and sending a message to the trade. don't get too big for your. don't demand too big for your. don't demand too much because we will kick back against. now, that's no way. i don't think to approach this situation is way to treat workers who i think in the middle of a cost of living crisis are simply trying to maintain their living standards and for the government to have made it political in this way, i think serves the public ill as well. i mean , are often accused well. i mean, are often accused of using public as pawns and disrupting the public. well, who's using who's using the pubuc who's using who's using the public as pawns at the moment,

terms of not settling the dispute . it means political . dispute. it means political. well, but there's another point on paul in today's telegraph. apparently, rail workers are crossing picket lines and increase in numbers at the start only % of rmt members picket only% of rmt members picket lines. now says high as 20. so the union members themselves are losing patience as well because of course they're losing pay every day. they're out, work . every day. they're out, work. well, look, i mean, i don't doubt it. it's always tough union members when they're losing money, taking strike action. i've been on strike a number of times. it's an agonising to take. it causes you financial hardship. that impacts on your family and so on. equally i'm used to these stories from from the press of, you know, unions strikes crumble in people flooding back to work crossing picket lines. the ibex variants that when i've been on strike more often than not actually it just true and i don't think there's any serious now to show that that the rail strike or the other strikes that have been taking place, a

weakening . i think that people weakening. i think that people are really angry. i think they're not to prepared accept another real terms cut . i another real terms pay cut. i think struggling pay think they're struggling to pay their , mortgages. their energy, their mortgages. and . and their energy, their mortgages. and .and i their energy, their mortgages. and . and i think that if the and so. and i think that if the government thinks that , you government thinks that, you know, these strikes are going to collapse, any soon, i think they're going to have a rude awakening. okay, paul we touched at the hour there. at the top of the hour there. next you are going walk next any you are going to walk out strikes, we'll talk to out strikes, but we'll talk to you fire strikes. you about fire strikes. of course, represent fire course, you represent the fire union. there's ballot coming union. there's a ballot coming up. you us any inside up. can you us any inside information? do you think that the unions will also walk the fire unions will also walk out soon? i think it's a distinct possibility . we see the distinct possibility. we see the fire brigades union is holding ballot action. ballot for strike action. firefighters have been offered only 5% wage increase of 5% this year , which is being year, which is being emphatically rejected . so the emphatically rejected. so the ballot of firefighters will finish on the 30th of january. i expect there'll be a pretty strong yes vote , i think there's strong yes vote, i think there's then a window of opportunity for then a window of opportunity for the employers and the government to get to table and to offer something better, something

that's commensurate the that's commensurate with the role brave job that firefighters do day in, day out. if they don't do that, then i'm pretty sure we'll be seeing picket forming outside fire stations. well. paul, don't away well. okay, paul, don't go away . come back to you . i want to come back to you soon and ask you about keir starmer brexit. but cross starmer and brexit. but i cross across philip in across to philip pilkington in the here a macroeconomist the studio here a macroeconomist . now one of the things mick lynch has talked about all along is the notion that the inflation pace to pay deals won't push inflation . but you're saying the inflation. but you're saying the opposite. you're saying that if we in to the unions like this, then inflation will go out of control. is that right? well, first of all, i want to say do feel great sympathy with the union members. they are facing a cost living crisis like cost of living crisis like everybody sector everybody else. public sector pay everybody else. public sector pay been below private pay has been below private sector pay, but the fact of the matter is that inflation is partly driven by wages . and the partly driven by wages. and the reason that the bank of england is currently raising rates is to try get private wages under try and get private wages under control. why growth control. that's why growth is slowing. why fear of

slowing. that's why fear of a recession so the issue is that if we see increasing continue pay if we see increasing continue pay increases from the public and the private sector , this and the private sector, this will just put more pressure on on markets , especially for food, on markets, especially for food, which are the prices of food are currently a huge driver behind inflation. and then your real wages will will be anyway. so i think i think really we should be all hands on deck at the moment trying to get inflation under control, trying to get the cost of living crisis under control. and i think that's that probably explains why, as paul said, the government sees this as a as a sort of said, the government sees this asaasasortofa said, the government sees this as a as a sort of a political issue. and they feel like they need to get the pay under control . so, throw it back control. so, paul, throw it back to that point. isn't to you on that point. isn't there a fair deal here that the taxpayers won't pick up the bill for inflation busting for all these inflation busting pay for all these inflation busting pay it's to pay rises? and it's going to make matters well, make matters worse? well, i mean, i would say is, look, mean, what i would say is, look, the inflation that we've got in the inflation that we've got in the system at the moment has not come as a result of come around as a result of unreasonable increases. unreasonable will pay increases. the that got at the inflation that we've got at the come as a result

the moment has come as a result of war in ukraine in the of the war in ukraine in the opening up the economy after opening up of the economy after pandemic so on. you know pandemic and so on. so, you know , what we don't have is, is a wage price spiral. we've got the other thing we've got essentially a wage spiral . but essentially a wage spiral. but the other point and philip touched on it, if we are about touched on it, if we are about to head into a long and potentially deep recession, and i think the worst thing we could be doing at the moment is reducing people's disposable income , because if you have income, because if you have a lack of demand in the economy, you'll see business is falling. you see unemployment going up. we'll get into that downward . we'll get into that downward. and that's the worst and i think that's the worst thing that we can have at the moment. so it's not just a question, actually, of and making sure that people get a wage that they deserve. it's also a question what's also a question of what's the best economy at best thing for the economy at moment and temporary blips in inflation, view, always inflation, in my view, always much and data much than longer. and data recessions . philip, how you recessions. philip, how do you respond that ? well, i think respond to that? well, i think paul about underlying paul is right about underlying causes this. underlying causes of this. the underlying causes of this. the underlying causes of this are definitely the energy shock, food shock the energy shock, the food shock that seen but the problem

that we've seen. but the problem is that when shocks an is that when shocks hit an economy, they'll away. when the shock goes away, when energy pnces shock goes away, when energy prices down, they'll prices come down, they'll go away mentioned , the away. but paul mentioned, the issue of a wage price spiral that workers start demanding try and keep their pay intact in the face, these shocks, and that's what causes inflation to get ingrained in the system and currently i don't think the uk is in a good place to have higher than average inflation rates, higher than the us inflation rate. i think it could really threaten the sterling? basically think that's the basically i think that's the problem. paul, i problem. okay, great. paul, as i have here now, i know your have you here now, i know your excellent despise . i excellent book despise. i recommend every time you come on. that's of my shows talks on. that's one of my shows talks how lefties like myself who how old lefties like myself who votes of brexit felt abandoned by the labour party. brexit isn't going away this week gave a hashtag to the european union, said he would like the prime minister to be keir starmer. all we seeing paul a softening a return to the european union all we at a labour government if they got into power that in name

only would rejoin the european union. well i actually martin, i suspect there was probably a bit a grown in keir starmer's office when he had those comments from the hofstadt because i think that look i mean we all know keir starmer is massively pro—eu pro eu a private level but i do think he if not much of his party then certainly he understands that you can't have brexit a running sore if labour is serious about getting back into power. you have to embrace it. you have to accept that is dumb because the truth is there is no path back to power for labour that does run through the red wall that does win back the votes. the hearts , the minds of votes. the hearts, the minds of those millions of people in those millions of people in those old traditional labour institu they voted for brexit percent of labour constituencies voted brexit. we always forget that many of those would right vote constituency. so look i have no doubt that many leaders in the eu prefer a starmer government to a tory. but if i were if had a direct line to

keir starmer, i would be saying don't cry about this. i hope that story and those comments disappear as soon as possible . disappear as soon as possible. paul embery voice of common sense ever thank you, and sense as ever thank you, and also phil parkinson here in studio. thanks for your inputs on okay. plenty more on that. okay. plenty more to come afternoon real come this afternoon on real britain after break. rishi britain after the break. rishi sunak's should sunak's say sadiq khan should probably reconsider his plan to expand london's zone. the mayor of london , conservatives in the of london, conservatives in the assembly of not caring about children's lungs . a heated spat children's lungs. a heated spat in city hall . this expansion is in city hall. this expansion is successful in the capital. watch out, it could be coming to a town near you soon. but first, let's take a look at the weather. hello there . i am weather. hello there. i am jonathan bawtry from the office here with the latest weather . here with the latest weather. this weekend is all the north—west, south—east and it's due to where we've got high set across england and wales keeping the cold air in tact here. but further towards the west we've got milder air pushing in association with these frontal systems, but milder air is going to be wrapped up with a fair

amounts of outbreaks of rain and drizzle and a persistent breeze, particularly the hebrides and up towards the northern isles tonight. where tonight. meanwhile, where we've got clearest across got the clearest air is across particularly areas of england and wales, frost and eastern wales, the frost we'll returning down to as we'll be returning down to as low minus degrees in low as minus seven degrees in some prone spots. we will see some prone spots. we will see some freezing fog patches as well, perhaps particularly bedfordshire, hertfordshire so could a bit of a murky start could be a bit of a murky start to sunday morning through here wise once those do eventually clear afternoon, we clear off into the afternoon, we will see brighter spells develop holding onto that colder air still further to the northwest, then it's going to be another fairly drab day. the winds will ease but that's going to ease out, but that's going to help cloud a bit. so help lower the cloud a bit. so certainly hill fog in certainly some hill fog in places rather murky , further places and rather murky, further persistent areas of rain climbing to highs of ten degrees, though, but with the cloud not necessarily going to feel that, particularly into sunday evening. we retain that split. then it's going to remain mild across the north and west where we hold onto that cloud. but now the cloud pushing its way northern of england,

way into northern of england, western wales. western areas of wales. so a slightly reduced risk of frost. but hold onto those but where we hold onto those clearer skies again, central, eastern areas of england, temperatures will be promising once minus three, minus once again, minus three, minus four. in towns and cities , it's four. in towns and cities, it's the start of the new working week. whilst we do still have split on the whole, the cloud gradually wants to push its way into . the south—east and these into. the south—east and these frontal systems eventually frontal systems will eventually make further towards make their way further towards the south, but it will generally be towards middle of be more towards the middle of the before . see that mild the week before. see that mild air eventually sweep its way across all areas of england? that's for now. enjoy the rest of your day here on gb news live . be keeping you in the picture , finding out what's happening across country and finding across the country and finding out why it matters to you . we'll out why it matters to you. we'll have fast with have the facts fast with our team reporters specialist team reporters and specialist correspondents . wherever it's correspondents. wherever it's happening, we'll there in 12 happening, we'll be there in 12 noon on tv, radio and online gb news people's channel, britain's news .

channel welcome back. it's 2:25. this is real britain on gb news on tv , real britain on gb news on tv, onune real britain on gb news on tv, online and on your digital radio. to our next story now , radio. to our next story now, sunak. this week urged sadiq khan to properly reconsider his plan to expand london's ultra low emission zone ulez. the zone was introduced in 2019 and expanded in 2021 and is set to expanded in 2021 and is set to expand yet again in august to include all of greater london with the aim of air pollution . with the aim of air pollution. this is not just a london centric , though. other cities centric, though. other cities across the uk have introduced their own create their versions of the clean air zone cities such as birmingham, leeds and portsmouth and manchester. should clean air zones be rolled out across uk cities, or are they simply yet another stealth tax on motorists ? well, joining

tax on motorists? well, joining me now is sebastian milbank, who is executive editor , the critic is executive editor, the critic magazine. hello sebastian. so these are these things are very popular with politicians because they raise an awful lot of money. this expansion alone going to raise £300 million in its first year, the last expansion road raised £96 million. this isn't about saving the planet. it's just about taxing, isn't it . all this taxing, isn't it. all this certainly an element of that . i certainly an element of that. i mean i mean, there's a structural problem in the uk that councils do not have enough means of raising taxes independently. so anyone who's had to park in a city will know how badly organised those systems are . they're designed to systems are. they're designed to inflict fines on motorists as a form of stealth taxation. so thatis form of stealth taxation. so that is a problem . but again, i that is a problem. but again, i think with so many issues in the uk it is a problem of the basic approach juncture in terms of pubuc approach juncture in terms of public transport isn't good enough. and i know in principle

opposed to things like low emission zones, i think they have to go hand—in—hand with affordable alternatives. otherwise you are just taxing those who can least afford it. so i think it's i think that both central government and sadiq khan need to find a way to work together to get fewer cars on the road whilst giving people affordable alternatives . otis affordable alternatives. otis sebastian if these schemes even that effective a study from imperial college london last year showed that that only been a 3% decrease in nitrous oxide and that insignificant ozone and particulates decrease anyhow. a lot of that, of course , due to lot of that, of course, due to the fact that more efficient cars coming onto the road in the first place. so i'll put it to you as well. that's not that's not it about taxation and not salvation and they're don't salvation and also they're don't really that effective. are they i mean, when it comes to how effective they are , part of the effective they are, part of the issue is , i mean, you consider issue is, i mean, you consider someone like london is already congested. the number of vehicles on the because they

probably have to be so i mean people who rely on vehicles for jobs vehicles that are taking suppues jobs vehicles that are taking supplies where they need to get . i don't think there's been nearly enough joined up thinking about this so that you need to find ways to give people the resources to a low polluting cars in the first place and they simply and i think your point about it being taxation is a reason that councils are so desperate with taxation so they don't have powers to raise taxes. they need to say if this is bringing more revenue into , is bringing more revenue into, local government, a good local government, that's a good thing. don't see that as thing. i'm i don't see that as a problem . i think the issue is problem. i think the issue is that the force to concentrate it purely in this area. well, i think you find a problem if you're one of the poorest motorway s with diesel call motorway s with a diesel call example afford to example who can't afford to upgrade to a electric upgrade especially to a electric vehicle 60 5070 grand y van man you know the poorest are affected and yet expanding the ulez into council and then will affect some 300,000 and cars that happen to drive in and out. but what about going the whole

hog? sebastian is banning cars altogether ? well, i certainly altogether? well, i certainly think there's a case for actually pedestrianisation in central london. i mean, it's slightly insane. think some of the most successful shopping areas are main tourist attractions. you having to dodge cars. mean slightly cars. i mean it's slightly ridiculous mean, no ridiculous. i mean, there's no real i mean, other than, you know, emergency vehicles and, you know , bringing goods into you know, bringing goods into shops don't really see the point of people driving for essential i mean and you know it's also maps that central london doesn't have an operating tram network in the and we've got the current bus network is not adequate we haven't got a 24 hour tube service . i mean there are so service. i mean there are so many things on the list of or the fact that london, i mean, the fact that london, i mean, the real issue of this low emission zone is that the alternatives aren't good enough. the if people have good, very good quality public, there'll be a it motivating people a case for it motivating people to get on it. but when you've got an public transport, you've got an public transport, you've got people to their got people to take their children sports finances, you've got people who need to go to the

shops. got people who need to go to the shops . you know, you do end up shops. you know, you do end up taxing individual without giving another way of doing things . and another way of doing things. and also there's a political to this harrow council, which is of the outer london donors , as they outer london donors, as they call it, is refusing . they're call it, is refusing. they're saying this week they're refusing to even install ulez cameras . so they're going to war cameras. so they're going to war with city con. they say they won't even put the cameras up . won't even put the cameras up. yeah. and this the problem that it's very political. so you've got, you know, labour councils, the one with resources and of course it's worth mentioning that austerity which lasted for some time , predominantly on some time, predominantly on council, some councils 50% cuts in their budget . so it's no in their budget. so it's no surprise that they're trying to raise money way they can. and you've got a government that is refusing to invest in infrastructure. this infrastructure. and is this fusing to give local government power to raise tax and to invest in other areas ? so mean people in other areas? so mean people have been caught in the middle so i think again, it's a rather

than saying, you know, who this sort of evil environmentalist that's here to tax motorists or saying, you know, blessed be finally, our air will be clean, we to talk about the structural failures in the way that we fund government in the way the end in the failure of central government to invest properly infrastructure. we're way behind all of competitors. that's one of the reasons that our economy stalled in the first place. okay. millbank, okay. sebastian millbank, executive editor of the critique, much critique, thank very much for your time now being your time today. now being a balanced and also because balanced show and also because make a good friends make sure to keep a good friends at happy we have to read at ofcom happy we have to read as a spokes for the man city concept. the following the mayor has been clear that the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone london wide was not easy. but it's necessary to reduce toxic pollution , tackle the toxic air pollution, tackle the climate emergency and cut congestion in our city around 4000 londoners die prematurely each year due to the toxic air now city with the greatest number of deaths attributable to air pollution in london's outer boroughs , the mayor is committed

boroughs, the mayor is committed to doing all he can to build a greener, safer london . everyone greener, safer london. everyone he's listened to londoners throughout this process, which is why he's announced the biggest scrappage scheme yet. okay okay. so you with gb news on tv and dab radio after the break as . the world economic break as. the world economic forum came to an end yesterday. you will be debating whether or not you the wef two days of unifying force for global or just excuse for the global just an excuse for the global elite to have a full day jolly. but now it's time for a check on the news headlines with aaron armstrong . hi there it is. 233 armstrong. hi there it is. 233 i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom, the former chancellor, naseem zaharie has soared to address questions over his tax affairs after reports he a penalty as part of a multi—million pound tax settlement in. a statement the conservative party chairman said hmrc accept it. he'd made a careless , not deliberate error careless, not deliberate error in relation to the sale of

shares in yougov. the polling company founded mr. zaharie has facing claims. he tried to avoid paying facing claims. he tried to avoid paying tax and the shadow chancellor rachel reeves said his position is untenable . his position is untenable. dominic raab, who's being investigated for bullying , investigated for bullying, passing judgement on the team . passing judgement on the team. zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time and that much epitomises this conservative cabinet. when the prime minister came office he said that he would run a government that would run a government that would have honest integrity and professionalism at its heart none. professionalism at its heart none . those three things are none. those three things are happening today. prime minister has been described as a hapless liability by labour and he faces a renewed wave of criticism from employees being fined for a second time by police . rishi second time by police. rishi sunak's apologised for failing . sunak's apologised for failing. wear a seatbelt while filming a social clip earlier this week . social clip earlier this week. now the pm was also fined for breaking lockdown rules in 2020 and he's been accused of showing

the same disregard for the rules as boris , one of the uk's as boris, one of the uk's richest women, has been charged in connection with a human investigation, the co—founder of the bus firm stagecoach , steam the bus firm stagecoach, steam and glug and three members of her family were charged thursday in connection with alleged immigration offences. a spokeswoman for de—man says she strongly denies the allegations and intends to vigorously defend . and andy murray in press of winning run at the australian open has come to an end . the open has come to an end. the three time grand slam was knocked out in the third round by spain's roberto bautista agut , following a four set battle on.the , following a four set battle on. the margaret court arena tv onune on. the margaret court arena tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news. i don't go anywhere though. martin will be back in just a moment.

welcome back. it's 237. this is real britain on gb news on tv online and on your digital radio . well, sir keir starmer has called for closer economic ties with . the european union once with. the european union once again in move that has been met with approval by european officials. the leader of the opposition has ruled out, however rejoining the european union, but has signalled at the world economic forum in davos that forging a closer relationship with europe would an aim his if he were to the an aim of his if he were to the premier . in an aim of his if he were to the premier. in addition, sir keir said that he davos to westminster , which he described westminster, which he described as a tribal shouting place. i think we can agree on. so is sir keir right? i know what i think . should we be forging close economic ties , the european economic ties, the european union or not? well, now, joining me in the studio to discuss this is denis macshane, the former mp and the minister for europe, wearing a badge there , which is wearing a badge there, which is sending me like a bit like

garlic to a vampire. the eu flag on his lapel. so let's start this is a source of endless of course because we never really knew what labour's position dunng knew what labour's position during the last position . jeremy during the last position. jeremy corbyn had more positions on brexit than the kamasutra and do know that keir starmer was leading the people's vote . so leading the people's vote. so red wall voters in areas i campaigned and where i was elected still very, very suspicious of starmer of a right to be suspicious i think much less suspicious if that's the right word. i mean i, ijust find reliving 2016 getting rid really boring . the decision was really boring. the decision was taken. it was confirmed the general election 2017. it was confirmed the general election, 2019. let's on now the question then is talk to business, talk to universities, talk sides, talk to medicine , talk to the talk to medicine, talk to the fact that in germany and italy, the 70% more dentists head of

population than we have talked about people who eitherjust about people who either just can't get dental treatment. but those the issues you've got to bnng those the issues you've got to bring into play , talking about bring into play, talking about rejoining the world as well. hang on, because this week gave a hofstadt, guy that i call a hofstadt, a guy that i call the darth vader of the european union. i was there. he said this week front page of the newspaper . he welcome keir starmer . he would welcome keir starmer to be the prime minister of britain because let's face why would why would give a shout want somebody who campaigned to cancel to be our prime minister. come on, there is smoke and there could be fire gave a hot start the darth vader god, he'll be so pleased . enjoyed it. he be so pleased. enjoyed it. he did it. he said he would love that he in effect really is what's what's comedian at the moment the most popular comedian he's been out of power for either ten or 15 years. he pops up down then he doesn't speak for anybody except himself whenever he jumps on, regardless if he's the most important person on earth it really is, you know, a bit silly time to

have a few in britain who actually know who's important in europe and who isn't. i'm not important for how short is important for how short is important . important for how short is important. sir keir starmer is a possible future prime minister, but i would say that for granted and europe made very clear they're not interested in talking about rejoining . oh, talking about rejoining. oh, well, then about that, we're joined now by lin mei. thanks for popping in. we're talking about the spectre of rejoining verhofstadt said he would welcome starmer as prime minister don't forget, starmer of course led the people's vote movement to cancel brexit for three years. that's what drove me to become an mep. should we be suspicious? does late oh labour rejoin is in disguise ? labour rejoin is in disguise? well, keir starmer has stated we need to respect what the decision was and he hopes that he can make it work. but you never know with backbenchers, but also think know. if we look at the reasons people are now saying we should rejoin inflation. but if we look across europe it's not we're not alone in this . if you look across the

in this. if you look across the world, what's happening now, lots people are facing lots . lots of people are facing lots. countries economic countries are facing economic hardship. and now this is a reason to rejoin. and i just don't agree with that. and i wonder if economic case to rejoin is even i mean, you know, the whole european is suffering and when we look when we look at the reaction to the ukraine war, which you mentioned, germany's increased its coal dependency by 26. but given that later on in the show. so actually being a nafion the show. so actually being a nation state and individual nation, this was able to be nimble and tend to move as we did with the vaccines. surely brexit's been a great success. what other european move faster than us on vaccines ? germany you than us on vaccines? germany you just cited going to coal proves you could be the eu and still be a strong nation . we all see a strong nation. we all see i think the ed where we will discuss that in a moment is the sort of low 30 year rule of davos. so ultra liberalisation of breaking down all barriers for the better off of the very rich people like our beloved mr.

sunak , the prime minister, and sunak, the prime minister, and now getting a little bit of pushback from ordinary people. but the fascinating thing what amazes me is we were told in 2016 boris johnson was the wembley stadium stage chief say of policy everybody there will listen to us. millions are going to have a voice tomorrow when we vote to leave the european union actually europe's got stronger rightly or wrongly. martin i'm going to get into that you've putin's united all agree septic tanks the ukraine germany won't agree with bonds i mean why all of europe setting lot of big issues i can rattle all as we are jeremy refuses to say refusing to said a particular tag because germany is genuinely nervous of becoming again i colleagues that's a war nation . colleagues that's a war nation. germany 1945 said no kind mercury ignoble war ever for reasons it's a good point you might actually vaguely understand and it's not the left

or the right. it's not shows this they all daddy's old this i think they should be stronger but they're giving the green light to all the european countries support naftogaz because they that . yeah, because they buy that. yeah, actually are borrowed. actually they are borrowed. rusty say if rusty old challenges to say if you want to send them to ukraine. we will just turn a blind eye. i'll bring you back in. i've noticed something about case law , i will admit is very case law, i will admit is very clever . he's case law, i will admit is very clever. he's wearing the clothes of being a patriot is draped in union he talks about controlling immigration he's making all the right noises he he won't rejoin . but he did say this week there was no excuse to rejoin. but economically he's been blatant. he's been nakedly ambitious. he would like closer economic ties with the eu and that really is shorthand rejoining the single market isn't it . yeah. and i market isn't it. yeah. and i think maybe he's he's doing this now because initially he was saying , you know, we should try saying, you know, we should try and make brexit work. but if you look why he's possibly saying that it's because wants the massive support of the red wall

who were in huge of leaving and isn't that what your old boss tony blair used to do so. well, he went into that senator graham a little bit of the right a little bit the left that's what storm is doing isn't it yeah but sorry sorry he's something is concerning didn't even say concerning he he didn't even say that he would be more in support of westminster he davos of westminster he said davos said willing to support said if there willing to support davos over westminster then then possibly he would want to join the eu as opposed he asked , the eu as opposed he asked, being able to find ourselves said don't over , read this. he said don't over, read this. he is said what he means by that that he is just saying is that the bear pit the shouting matches of westminster labour shouted out rosie duffield tories shouting at each other down isn't very edifying and actually big up. i was with davos lots of tory ps two weeks ago . well labour joined it. i'm ago. well labourjoined it. i'm not in westminster be more than westman still that's all he's saying . i mean i have a degree

saying. i mean i have a degree of that you you say shouting but at the end of the day some of those mp and extremely passionate because , they are passionate because, they are talking on behalf of their constituents and if they need to speak the house in, the house speak in the house in, the house of commons, it's essential of commons, then it's essential that their points that they get their points across. be across. what would he rather be in where is unelected it? in davos. where is unelected it? where one can say anything where no one can say anything and to follow schwab. is and we all to follow schwab. is that like to see? that what you would like to see? well, will if to live for well, what will if i to live for 15 years and switch to the more referendums to the elections that and i have had, did as that you and i have had, did as a you say, a piece there a what do you say, a piece there shouting on behalf that can i get you to horrible whisper? well, that's secret. well you on behalf of themselves, this guys. but we can chat about brexit the end of time isa and they can. but before we move davos it's been emails. well been quarter of emails. well read of those out they've read a few of those out they've been coming in about what we're discussing on my monologue and that proud to be that was do you feel proud to be british? poll says british? the poll says absolutely hate modern britain and future is unequivocally bleak . i and future is unequivocally bleak. i would have and future is unequivocally bleak . i would have left and future is unequivocally bleak. i would have left many years ago . stay provide years ago. i'll stay to provide full time cast my mama bless you

.then full time cast my mama bless you . then i'll be on the first flight out of here. diane our tolerance is indeed at breaking point. i don't recognise my country any more on ulez city cars plan to expand it to encompass all of london. david sighs. i wonder if sadiq would be so keen to extend ulez if the proceeds went to central government . i think we know the government. i think we know the answer to that and jean says full frame expansion a few layers will cause the closure . layers will cause the closure. more high street shops . i shop more high street shops. i shop onune more high street shops. i shop online for everything because it is already too expensive to park or get a cab. well thank you , or get a cab. well thank you, all of you for sending in your views. next topic , the world views. the next topic, the world economic forum conference , economic forum conference, davos, which was attended by politicians and millionaires and billionaires from across the world, ended on friday. topics of discussion this year include net zero, of course, environment social and corporate governance, or esg , the economy and of or esg, the economy and of course, ukraine but the conference has received criticism , including from criticism, including from environmental group greenpeace, who accused some attendees of

ecological hypocrisy for speaking about climate change, travelling there by private jet. so is the work of the wef a force good or i'll always preferred policies misguide it. back to you, paul . you're a fan back to you, paul. you're a fan paul so people . paul every great paul so people. paul every great quy- paul so people. paul every great guy. yeah, he's tough we all he's about paul everybody. i go back you you're a fan of the wef. in fact, you've met klaus schwab. have you ? yes. schwab. have you? yes. i genuinely got a problem with 85, a bit like pope benedict, but he's got to decide , do i give it he's got to decide, do i give it up ? do i? who he's got to decide, do i give it up? do i? who do i had it he's got to decide, do i give it up ? do i? who do i had it onto? up? do i? who do i had it onto? he produced something that was remarkable institution , but has remarkable institution, but has it served its purpose? it came in at the end of communism. the law , what you might call law, what you might call globalisation and yeah, ultraliberal. the ritual getting fichen ultraliberal. the ritual getting richer, public funds being squeezed for public services . squeezed for public services. you can have an argument whether that be the right course to take the last 30 years. i've got a

lot of doubts and i just think i thought was very weak this year there are no big leaders there. it used to have press guidance and big prime minister was i don't really suit i can't go there partly because he doesn't what i asked about his wife's loss. dobbs status so the papers report i didn't know about that really. you know he was going around sort of dodgy where you keir was a little exchange with g verhofstadt so this is probably keir well much and i follow it closely french german pressing they obviously have to engush pressing they obviously have to english press not a lot happened there this week and i just wonder i don't know how you say to these outfits you've had your time in the sun debate your contribution time to wrap it all up what would you like to see happen let's say for people that are only hearing this now, you're in support of it. why are you. well, i was i would churchillian is better than world war i think international conference international get togethers was skiing at davos

two weeks ago. tory mps swiss mp is very icy out of for putin in private jet you take a private jet. i took a delayed british airways and then second class swiss roads but i do swiss railways god wish we could have a bit of those here now. i would put mr. putin mr. zelenskyy at the top of one of the very high icy slopes i was on without skis. then put them in the sort of big cut of banana boat. skis. then put them in the sort of big cut of banana boat . you of big cut of banana boat. you talk of a drought, say , off you talk of a drought, say, off you go talk of a drought, say, off you 9° ' talk of a drought, say, off you go , you get out. once you , come go, you get out. once you, come to some sensible agreement on ukraine. okay, well, let's let's let's get back to wef, because a lot of are very suspicious about they do there that that they're corporatists that global less an elected during lockdown especially they famously put out how are quietly imposed moving cities which was so badly received they had to retract that statement isn't it hypocritical of them to say we

must all turn our boilers down, we must all use less energy when these the emissions quadrupled get in there and private jets 350,000 cars worth of pollution and belched down by these lovers who were telling us that we need to be colder and poorer and, eat less food. yeah, well, initially when i started at the wef, i don't like to take this out in the post. like many that they call conspiracy . but as we've call conspiracy. but as we've seen in 2016, they released their eight points of how the world would look 2030. and many people were like know this is just a conspiracy theory but we actually see in real time how this is being played out. so the consumption of meat all time low, you know, nothing we're seeing my generation not be able to get on the housing reset they it exactly so people have a right be concerned about this and people say oh you know that was just predictions is it prediction or are they pulling the strings? they're massively backed by banks and courts? so

why is it that we are heading their predictions real time then says you chortling away in says that you chortling away in the corner that react to that please. well, india said the idea there's a magic bad in idea that there's a magic bad in davos called schwab who's 85 who stopping our country building the houses and flats we need it is tory mp he's a lib politicians are doing that so just stop blaming everything . just stop blaming everything. we're not saying we're not saying it's wall but a lot when a lot of our politicians our leaders that we elected democratically are signed up to the wef and we don't know what happens behind closed doors and why is that big push for all of those eight points now that wef released that would happen our world will look like in 2030. why is it looking like that? that's quite a similarity between between you and class that and i see what might be a bit of a bit of a doppelganger. oh thank you very very. just because i am not wearing a wig like you, most of the discourse.

but you know, if i say all my life i've written i remember i wrote a book about ten points of labour foreign policy 40 years ago and a very clever was said to be yes tells you you want to read two years time so all outfits think tag swifts all of the book produced template plans 8.56.0. you think it's all bad? i don't think it's all bad. i think it's very good that intellectuals come together and have viewpoints on how the world could be and globalised asian has good for us in terms has been good for us in terms internationally, connecting us. thing is, like you said, there unelected how much influence do they have? very well. well, he's sitting on you say that. but one of the one of the kind of mantras that was repeated at him for an item was this build better? you know, we heard that from from trudeau. we that we heard that from all the and we heard that from all the and we heard all over it was boris heard it all over it was boris johnson's what saying. no it johnson's what i'm saying. no it was building is very clever was used building is very clever word but i said no no so people are saying this this is a joined up kind of nationalist thought

pattern but not necessarily saying it's insidious that blofeld and double—o seven. but what is your your own again you look like you're of make tony he someone for example he would love all of us to have vaccine passports to be a human ball so to have a digital i.d. passports to be a human ball so to have a digital id. and that's a global idea. and that's something that f1 and that's a lot of people don't like this but what do you think about social credit? they've been talking it again, social talking about it again, social credit. this 1920s sort of sort of boring old swedish idea. it happens all the time . i got very happens all the time. i got very happyin happens all the time. i got very happy in social credit. i know in europe is somebody is just a it's a political idea of a lie credit to buy flats , houses and credit to buy flats, houses and live a slightly better life. no one of that points on this. all right. and so it is that there will be no more privacy everything will be digital as digital. what why does that digital. what why why does that have be? if i if i want to have to be? if i if i want to have to be? if i if i want to have a if i want to get the vaccine or don't want to get the vaccine, does to be

vaccine, why does it have to be something that everyone will see it? i mean, for heaven's sake, i mean, where for mean, switzerland where for space is with slogan. space self is with the slogan. there it's not, it's there is if it's not, it's compulsory, but they forbid many more things they require you to do the switch swiss could take privacy in new mostly seriously. i mean they certainly take money their offshore their accounts . their offshore their accounts. they just want the rest of us to have. let's get back to what stole said about preferring davos to westminster. i think that's quite in as far as well it's such a shouting match she has my share but but doesn't that give us them? i guess the slips? yes. starmer a globalist he would like to work with wef more. they would like to work with the tory party and doesn't that mean does not mean that britain is ostensibly to become more of a globalist country? if starmer gets in opposed to a nationalist country and protecting our own interests. well, many, many of friends, i do think i do think it is heading way. but i'm not heading that way. but i'm not going to be one of these people

that we need that says it's all bad. we need to face reality of what britain has become, which is largely based financial sector. based on the financial sector. and on big business to and we rely on big business to come invest . we're no longer come and invest. we're no longer this great country of industrialisation and manufacturing as well as agriculture . so i understand why agriculture. so i understand why world such as keir starmer would need have an interest in davos to say we want these people to invest in us but at the same time like we said they unelected need him to realise that westminster , where we have westminster, where we have elected our leaders and the most important thanks for your time today lyn may and also dennis. thank and next time i bring that big big fluffy cat , big flight that big fluffy cat, no strugglers we got on. okay, thank you for that this is real britain on gb news on tv online and digital radio. plenty and your digital radio. plenty will today's show. will come up on today's show. but your latest but first, here's your latest weather forecast . hello there. weather forecast. hello there. i'm watt tree from the met office here with the latest weather updates. this weekend is all about the north—west south—east split blitz and it's

due to where we've got how precious that across england and wales keeping the cold air in tact here but further towards the north—west we've got air pushing up and associate with these frontal systems but milder air is going to be wrapped up with a fair amounts of cloud outbreaks , rain and drizzle and outbreaks, rain and drizzle and a persistent breeze, particularly the hebrides particularly across the hebrides and the northern and up towards the northern isles meanwhile we've isles tonight. meanwhile we've got the clearest air is across, particularly areas england particularly areas of england and wales frost we'll be and eastern wales frost we'll be returning down to as as minus seven degrees in some rural prone we will see some prone spots. we will see some freezing fog patches as well , freezing fog patches as well, particularly bedfordshire, hertfordshire so could be a bit of a murky start to sunday morning through here. why eyes wants those eventually clear wants those to eventually clear into we will see into the afternoon. we will see brighter develop, but brighter spells develop, but holding onto that colder air still further to the northwest, then going to be another fairly drab day. the winds will ease out, but that's just to out, but that's just going to help lower cloud a bit. so help lower the cloud a bit. so certainly fog in certainly some hill fog in places and rather murky with further persistent areas of . further persistent areas of. rain climbing to highs of ten degrees, though, but with the

cloud necessarily going to cloud not necessarily going to feel particularly pleasant feel that particularly pleasant into sunday evening, we retain that split then so it's going to remain mild across the north and west we hold onto that west where we hold onto that cloud. but now the cloud pushing its northern areas of its way, northern areas of england, areas of wales. england, western areas of wales. so slightly risk of so a slightly reduced risk of frost where hold frost here. but where we hold onto skies again, onto clearer skies again, central areas central eastern areas of england, temperatures will promising again minus three promising once again minus three minus towns and cities minus four. in towns and cities it's the start of the new week. whilst we do still have that split on the whole, the cloud just gradually want to push its way into the southeast and these frontal systems eventually make their further towards the their way further towards the south, but it will generally be more the middle of the more towards the middle of the week see mild air week. we see that mild air eventually sweep its way across all areas of , eventually sweep its way across all areas of, england. that's it for now enjoy the rest of your day .

good good afternoon at 3:00. welcome to real britain me martin daubney on tv online and on digital radio. plenty more coming up this hour. but first is the news with aaron armstrong . good afternoon. this minute past three. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom former chancellor nadine zahavi sought to address questions over tax affairs following reports he paid a penalty as part of a multi—million tax settlement. in a statement , conservative party a statement, conservative party chairman said had accepted made a careless but not error in relation to the sale of shares in yougov . the polling company in yougov. the polling company he founded . mr. zahawi has been he founded. mr. zahawi has been under pressure following claims he tried to avoid paying . labour he tried to avoid paying. labour have said his position is

untenable . dominic raab, who's untenable. dominic raab, who's being investigated for bullying, is passing judgement on nadhim zahawi , who's just had a £1 zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time . that pretty much taxes on time. that pretty much epitomises this conservative cabinet . when the prime minister cabinet. when the prime minister into office he said that he would run a government that would run a government that would have honesty, integrity and at its heart. none of those three things are happening today . meanwhile, the prime minister has been described by labour as a hapless liability . he faces a hapless liability. he faces a renewed wave of criticism from mps after being fined for a second time by police. rishi sunak has apologised for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip earlier this week . the prime a social media clip earlier this week. the prime minister was also fined year for breaking lockdown restrictions and has been accused showing the same disregard for the rules as boris johnson shot a financial secretary james murray says mr. sunak lost control . just when sunak lost control. just when you thought the conservatives

couldn't get any more ridiculous as rishi sunak shows that he can't even fasten his own seatbelt. and i think this speaks this big volumes about the fact that the prime minister is not in control. keir starmer was rishi sunak. is not in control. keir starmer was rishi sunak . keir starmer was rishi sunak. keir starmer has been at the world economic forum this week promoting the uk, promoting plan for economic growth in rishi sunak complex design set out and i think people will make their own judgement about who's going to lead the country. well the deputy minister dominic raab who earlier was defending nadhim zahawi , says mr. sunak is a zahawi, says mr. sunak is a human being who's made a mistake . the prime minister put his hand straight up. it was a. he's apologised . it he takes apologised. it he takes responsibility for it. he hasn't actually gone down that path of blaming anyone else. he's taken responsibility for it. he'll pay the fine. he's human as well as a incredibly busy politician. the prime minister got a frantic hectic schedule, but he's made

clear there's no excuses . the clear there's no excuses. the former health secretary sajid javid says, charging for their gp and a&e appointments is crucial to the survival of the nhs . writing in the times, mr. nhs. writing in the times, mr. javid said it would help the nhs ration its finite supply more effectively. mr. javid also said the appreciation for health service has become a fervour and a barrier to reform . the a barrier to reform. the co—founder , the bus firm co—founder, the bus firm stagecoach dame and globe has been charged in connection with a human trafficking investigation. police say three other people understood to be members . her other people understood to be members. her family were also charged on thursday in connection with alleged human trafficking and offences. a statement on her behalf says ms. globe denies the malicious allegation made against her and her family and an adviser to ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says in decision over whether to send german tanks to

ukraine is costing lives. western allies agreed yesterday to send more military aid to ukraine, but germany remains reluctant to its leopard tanks or allow other countries to donate theirs . despite coming donate theirs. despite coming under increasing pressure to do so, ukraine has requested tanks to counter russia's planned spnng to counter russia's planned spring offensive . the met office spring offensive. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog tomorrow . says warning for fog tomorrow. says the worst of the cold spell is coming to an end. the warning will be in place until 11 am. on monday and will cover areas the south and east of england and may cause disruption to flights. drivers are also being warned of icy conditions . warned of icy conditions. temperatures, though, expected to climb next week across the country . and andy murray is country. and andy murray is winning run at the australian open has come to an end. the three time grand slam champion was knocked out in the third round by spain's bautista agut after a force at battle . murray, after a force at battle. murray, now 35 years old and playing

with a metal hip was taken to five sets in his opening two rounds, he spent more than 10 hours on court in those two matches. finishing at 4 am. local time yesterday morning back on the court today, 39 hours later with his gb news bnng hours later with his gb news bring you more as it happens . bring you more as it happens. but now it's back to real britain . britain. welcome back to real britain . welcome back to real britain. here's what's coming up on the show later on today. the scottish parliament gender recognition reform bill was passed by hollyrood in december , but the uk government has now blocked it from becoming law. while some westminster is holding trans, others say sturgeon is simply the rule to trigger a constitution crisis. whose side are you on then? as the duke and duchess of sussex's recent series becomes the second highest ranked documentary ever

, netflix and harry's memoir , , netflix and harry's memoir, spare, has become the fastest selling non—fiction book of all time . both prince harry and time. both prince harry and meghan have seen their popularity plummet in the latest polling from red and wilson. will there ever be an end to the harry and meghan drama and later on analysis from the green alliance think tank sees new coal mine in whitehaven . it's coal mine in whitehaven. it's likely to prevent the from meeting its internationally agreed commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. but with energy bills high, is it time to ditch net zero targets and dig for britain? that's what we're talking about for the next houn pd we're talking about for the next hour. i'd love to know your thoughts. today's topics. tweet me at gb news or of course you can email me at gb views. that's gb news. you can watch it online, too. on our youtube channel. thank you very much . channel. thank you very much. well, labour leader, sir keir starmer has sided with nicolas

sturgeon and the disputes over the scottish government's gender recognition reform bill. starmer, who opposes westminster's to veto the bill, does not single sex spaces or at risk, but making it easier anyone to unilaterally declare and change their sex. rishi sunak's government says it vetoing the bill because it adversely equality laws across the uk and then gb news people's this week. a vast majority of you said that 16 year olds are too young to change their genden too young to change their gender. 41% completely agree that it's way too young while just 8% said they thought it was acceptable . 22% of the public acceptable. 22% of the public strongly support . the strongly support. the government's blocking of the controversial reform bill. to give better insights on this topic, michelle ballantyne, former leader , the reform party, former leader, the reform party, uk and former snp glasgow city councillor austin . sheridan councillor austin. sheridan austin, i'd like to start with you . i could. let's look at the you. i could. let's look at the numbers . if you. i could. let's look at the numbers. if you look at you. i could. let's look at the numbers . if you look at the numbers. if you look at the latest census , which says that latest census, which says that only 0.5% of people say their

genderis only 0.5% of people say their gender is different to the sex assigned at birth. you look at scotland's population of point 5 million that are just 26,000 trans people in scotland. badenoch fill a football stadium. what you impose their rights on to 2.8 million women and sacrifice their rights . and sacrifice their rights. women's rights aren't sacrificed for trans rights , even if it was for trans rights, even if it was only one trans person. and did they be entitled to the rights st and us both? unfortunately dunng st and us both? unfortunately during this debate there's been a lot of misconceptions about what the bill would touch until about what the bill would actually change and. unfortunately, that's been fuelled by elected politicians who really frankly know better. i was listening to debate in the house of commons and some of the speechesi had house of commons and some of the speeches i had some the tories and even labour mps who i felt would create , was transphobic would create, was transphobic and the fact that sir keir

starmer said let him off the fence to back that cost options position, well that's a development . it's good that they development. it's good that they may have shown bit of a backbone just like and margaret for the welsh foreign minister who has been supportive of scotland's not only scotland's right to legislate , but he actually legislate, but he actually believes that we should introduce someone. well, legislate in support supported westminster out of step with the rest the united kingdom. michelle, let's turn to you as a woman , i may assume you're woman, i may assume you're a woman. i mean, who knows days i don't want to miss gender. you get in this debate you are a woman that's a good start. i want to put it to you as. a woman we hear all the time about being transphobic. but what women's rights? what about putting safety as putting your safety at risk as a woman feel that all of this woman you feel that all of this is very misogynistic . yeah, is very misogynistic. yeah, i think there's two things to say here. the first is that a lot of people have tried to turn this into a sort of being anti—trans because we're concerned the bill because we're concerned the bill because it's been blocked by a

section 35. but this a matter of law and it matters both trans people and it matters women. and in 2022, women , scotland in 2022, women, scotland actually had a court versus the scottish minister and lady. how they found that if you have a gender recognition certificate issued it legally changes your sex so that means you legally become a woman for example and that you the absolute right a woman regardless of the fact that you're a biological male regard to the fact that under the new gender recognition reform bill that they've tried to put through and that you have literally just decided that you want to become a woman and three months later you become a woman without medical diagnosis, nothing . and what that then does nothing. and what that then does is it gives you the legal right to enter women only spaces. it gives a boy who's become a woman

with a gender recognition certificate at the age of 16 onwards, the right to go to an all girls school and it is that right that is actually being challenged because under the equalities law you would have those rights and yet south of the border legally you wouldn't have those rights under the equalities act and it disrupts the law across the uk this is a matter of law . it's not about matter of law. it's not about being transphobic , it's not being transphobic, it's not about saying trans people don't have rights and they shouldn't be cared for properly the system and they shouldn't be given the ability to change their sex. it is about ensuring that there are checks and balances and about ensuring not only the safety of women in their own spaces and in their own worlds, but of trans people, particularly children who show you and we know that they've been sort of sent the line of being trans where in fact , may have other issues fact, may have other issues going , particularly if they're going, particularly if they're autistic kind of things. yeah

michelle, you alluded to a situation there that earlier this week where an miriam cates spoke very passionately about how she found a gentleman behind her in a toilet and she said she felt scared and labour mp lloyd russell—moyle was screaming at her and calling her disgusting . her and calling her disgusting. and he's since apologised for his tone. but i want to come back to, to you austin. there's been an uproar this in the times newspaper said he got hold of figures showed that the figures which showed that the charities and organisations that backed snp and gave you the backed the snp and gave you the data for 20% to prove or to push this law through are receiving millions of pounds from the snp directly . in fact, the charities directly. in fact, the charities who for this bill to go ahead are funded by you this is cooking the books isn't it. that is members of the scottish parliament for these changes to go ahead and no charges and voted on these findings and they may well for them and if they simply choose to support campaigns to the city and towns

and you know , of what michelle and you know, of what michelle was just said , you know, you was just said, you know, you know, frankly the children suffer. i mean, i saw this in kind of language that perhaps in days by against against gay people, i mean, that stuff doesn't out when it comes to things like changing rooms and, toilets. so you know what people can do that at this moment in time anyway. don't need a certificate to of these places so that what i'm talking about you know it comes the misconceptions of what this bill actually entails that's the law to masquerade as a gender that you're not. and if someone tried to obtain gender recognition certificate under false pretences not dividend before law breaking the law , trans law breaking the law, trans people should not should not be the face of it's unfair and to suggest that they should. and when it does to women's only speeches and that's already covered under the equalities and it's old and it's already up to them it's up discretion. you

know who they choose to and into those facilities and that's the way it should be and that's the way it should be and that's the way that i as i'm also fundamentally that the change doesn't actually and doesn't change what people do once they have a change of certificate right now under the current legislation . so i think that legislation. so i think that michelle should explain as someone obtains a gender recognition certificate, right those concerns that you said that access women's almost spaces. why is that not? i can say right now . okay michelle you say right now. okay michelle you . yeah i'm happy to answer that . now if you want to gender recognition certificate you have to go through a process , a to go through a process, a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and a period of two years of ensuring that you are genuinely wanting go down that route . now, i don't doubt and route. now, i don't doubt and i'm happy to accept there are things in that process that may

need improving, but the point here. and you said it's breaking law to wrongly that you are under your new there is no way of taking somebody to court with meaningful back up to say they have broken the law because there's medical diagnosis you know they just declare it three months later they're it . how do months later they're it. how do you prove they can say, well, i've now my mind i realised that i've now my mind i realised that i was right you know it would be almost impossible to enforce a law somebody who was law against somebody who was misusing that change. and as for challenging people the toilets, challenging people, the toilets, if into to a ladies if a man walked into to a ladies toilet now regardless of what he's wearing, a lot of women would challenge them. i would say . i'm sorry. would challenge them. i would say. i'm sorry. this is this the latest toilet? you've got the wrong door and happens all wrong door. and that happens all the . okay, guys, i'm on the time. okay, guys, i'm on you. bill it would be very difficult to do that because a lot of men could walk. a biological man could walk in that. and then they would say, actually i a gender actually i have a gender recognition certificate and you

are the law being are breaking the law being transphobic. puts women in a transphobic. it puts women in a really difficult position . okay, really difficult position. okay, i'm sorry, you wrong on the law. completely wrong . okay. michelle completely wrong. okay. michelle and i was wrong as well when i said the same people cooking the books cause that there's a turn of phrase. you're not doing anything course. anything dodgy. of course. that's want make that's my bet. i want to make this point well. is this this point as well. is this actually trans rights? actually about trans rights? let's the bigger let's talk about the bigger issue devolution of power issue of the devolution of power and that this is being and the fact that this is being as a power grab by nicholas sturgeon to change laws north of the border to , impose it on the the border to, impose it on the rest of the country, and forcing constitutional loggerheads, which may play out well . i'm which may play out well. i'm steve austin. first, is this just a part of uncoupling from westminster ? scotland stands on westminster? scotland stands on its own rights and also fuelling the appetite . a second the appetite. a second referendum in scotland ? referendum in scotland? absolutely not. i mean, this legislation has been considered by the scottish parliament for the past six years. it's a consultation that's bill was introduced order to improve and appoint transits and then the

next part of that is going to be looking at banning conversion therapy . we have suggested therapy. we have suggested government support of lgb teaching. when i was the debate in the house of commons , the mp, in the house of commons, the mp, that will and that issue the most of the constitutional board actually the conservative knows those will be mp that will do enough.the those will be mp that will do enough. the tory mp was trying to create a culture war to create division and a last gasp attempt to try and win votes at the next election because the government is dying of that. a government is dying of that. a government that not looking to get into office. the sooner the final question . do you think final question. do you think right for westminster to this and should they against this this new . and should they against this this new. bill are you asking me or . yes, i'm this new. bill are you asking me or. yes, i'm asking you. michelle westminster. right to fight scotland on this and dig

there. absolutely right. and think that last stance just that they are trying to make this a and cultural point because they if they understand the law, if they had the time to look at the law properly , they will know law properly, they will know that gender recognition crosses both devolved and reserved matters , and that in reserved matters, and that in reserved matters, and that in reserved matters they are not allowed to make law that in any way interferes with reserved matters. and in this case it does interfere with the act. so either they are incompetent as . either they are incompetent as. as ministers, the scottish government didn't bother to look at the law and without a doubt the evidence that was taken dunng the evidence that was taken during this six year inquiry was heavily weighted to influence people to pass this bill and they didn't take evidence from. people who actually wanted came to the parliament. people like , to the parliament. people like, sharon davis, to look elite sports, for example . they would sports, for example. they would they were told no . and they took

they were told no. and they took evidence from people are in favour of the changes. okay michelle michelle if i suggest then it has to be a deliberate act to try and cause constitutional difficulties. okay, final to you, austin. people are saying time for sturgeon to give up on this. it's too expensive. are you going to fight on or just call it a day we will never give up in standing up for trans community and that lgbt community and that lgbt community as a whole and progressing rights we won't that as far as we can move old faithful and we will go ahead this year and we we've open convention fair debate and despite of opposition for the tories it's up top with disgust and then i can't wait for the big vote today office. okay ballantine, formerly of reform uk scotland. we have to take you there. i'm afraid, michelle? i'm sorry. and former snp glasgow city councillor austin sherrin, thank you for joining city councillor austin sherrin, thank you forjoining us city councillor austin sherrin, thank you for joining us today. in heated debate where i in a very heated debate where i also lost mind slightly to apologise for that well many more this afternoon more to come this afternoon on real britain break. real britain after the break. now, and duchess of now, the duke and duchess of sussex's series

sussex's recent netflix series becomes highest becomes the second highest ranked documentary ever on netflix. and harry's i'll spare has become the fastest non—fiction book of all time . non—fiction book of all time. both prince harry and meghan . both prince harry and meghan. i've seen their popularity plummet and the latest polling from redfield and wilson. will there ever be an to the harry and meghan drama? but first, let's have a look . but you're let's have a look. but you're better . hello there. i'm better. hello there. i'm jonathan vaught from the met office, who is related . weather office, who is related. weather update this weekend is all about the north—west, south split and it's due to where got high pressure set across england and wales keeping cold air in tact here. but further towards the northwest, we've got milder pushing up in association these frontal systems. but air is going to be wrapped up with fair amount of cloud outbreaks , rain amount of cloud outbreaks, rain and drizzle and a persistent breeze , particularly across the breeze, particularly across the hebndes breeze, particularly across the hebrides and up towards the northern tonight. meanwhile, where we've got the clearest air is across, particularly areas of england and wales frost england and eastern wales frost we'll returning down to as we'll be returning down to as low as minus seven degrees . some low as minus seven degrees. some

rural spots . we will see rural prone spots. we will see some freezing fog patches as perhaps particularly bedfordshire. so could be a bit of murky to sunday for of a murky to sunday morning for you here wise once those do eventually clear off into the afternoon, we will see some brighter spells develop holding onto colder air still onto that colder air still further to the northwest, then it's going to be another fairly drab day . the winds will ease drab day. the winds will ease out, but just going to out, but that's just going to lower the cloud a bit more. so certainly some hill fog in places rather murky with further persistent rain persistent areas of rain climbing to highs of ten degrees, though, but with the cloud, necessarily to feel cloud, not necessarily to feel that particularly pleasant into sunday evening, we retain that split then, so it's going to remain mild. the north and west where we hold onto cloud. where we hold onto that cloud. but cloud pushing its but now the cloud pushing its way, northern areas of england, western areas , wales. so western areas, wales. so a slightly of frost slightly reduced risk of frost here. we hold onto here. but where we hold onto clearer again central clearer skies again central eastern areas of england, temperatures be promising temperatures will be promising once three minus once again, minus three minus four. towns and cities it's four. in towns and cities it's the start . the new working week the start. the new working week whilst we do have that split on

the whole the cloud will just gradually want to push its way into the southeast and these frontal eventually frontal systems will eventually make their way forward towards the it will generally the south. but it will generally be more towards the middle of the before we see that mild the week before we see that mild eventually sweep way across eventually sweep its way across all areas of england . that's it all areas of england. that's it for now. enjoy the rest of your day .

welcome back . is 326? this is welcome back. is 326? this is real britain on gb news on tv onune real britain on gb news on tv online and on your digital radio . well, according to an opinion poll by redfield and wilton, the american public is turning against the duke and duchess of sussex following. the release of harry's memoir , spare. what took harry's memoir, spare. what took them so long? prince harry now has an approval rating. negative seven compared to plus 38 in early december. and meghan markle's popularity has plunged

to —13 from plus 26 in the same penod. to —13 from plus 26 in the same period . meanwhile, it is also period. meanwhile, it is also being reported that prince andrew is trying to get his hrh title back and it was taken away from him last year whilst acknowledging he was ever returned to royal duties. all have his restored. it is said he will begin using hrh again in a low key way to test the waters, but only if he gets the consent of king. well a lot to take in that royal commentator . michael that royal commentator. michael cole joins me now to . give us cole joins me now to. give us his views. first of all, let's about harry and meghan . seems about harry and meghan. seems the states are catching up they didn't like either. hi good afternoon . well if opinion are afternoon. well if opinion are a weather vane of public sentiment , it seems as if a storm gathering and heading towards sussex is by the sea. well, of they're beside the pacific ocean

these days . it is quite these days. it is quite fascinating . i'm sure they're fascinating. i'm sure they're hugging themselves with glee . hugging themselves with glee. the record sales of these books bear and the high ratings for the six part series the whinge on which we had called meghan and harry. harry and meghan. whatever it was it was starring those two. we see on the screen now. so what is happening in america? well americans at are a family. people and they also have a high regard for fair play and justice and. i don't think that many of them like the fact that many of them like the fact that there this unrelenting attack harry's family particularly as they declined to answer back . and i think most answer back. and i think most people and most right thinking people and most right thinking people would say that the best way to sort out family problems is not to have a in the street, which is more or less what harry has been promoting with his recent utterance , his and recent utterance, his and ratings . it's

recent utterance, his and ratings. it's a recent utterance, his and ratings . it's a should be ratings. it's a should be a warning sign to them, as you say negative values on. all these opinion polls and even in i mean the princess of wales, kate middleton, is far more than meghan, as is camilla . she was meghan, as is camilla. she was certainly not popular when was the third person in charles and princess diana's marriage? you know, michael, this will come as something of a blow to meghan's master plan, won't it? because only 5 minutes ago, i think she saw as the next oprah or saw itself as the next oprah or even the next michelle obama. she had her sights on high she she had her sights on high office. know, this office. but, you know, this comes to something, i think comes down to something, i think quite wonderful and that this quite wonderful and that is this the love the royal family in. america has superseded their love celebrity . well, i don't love celebrity. well, i don't think that could be with. i think that could be with. i think they see things very, very clearly , some things that clearly, some things that they're missing for. but think they're missing for. but think they get that immediately . and i they get that immediately. and i think you've got it right. i mean i think she had arrived

piers, meghan had her ideas perhaps perhaps like reagan. she was going to start as governor of california and then move on to the white house. who can say she certainly hasn't been shy in her her political opinions now, if she was just an actress who starred in a series called suits, which was well written and i watched it and i thought it was quite good. nobody really would be interested in, she said. they're interested in, she says, and what she writes because she is a semi—detached of the british royal family. that's beginning and the end of it. if that didn't exist, she wouldn't exist or she would exist in her own little world. but no, it wouldn't be troubling. many people. okay, michael, let's on to this next point. i can't believe i'm saying andrew , being allowed saying it, andrew, being allowed back through the cat flap , that back through the cat flap, that would terrible for royal would be terrible for the royal family allowed . if family can't be allowed. if i can quote to martin what muhammad ali said in context, prince . prince andrew has more

prince. prince andrew has more has got to chances of getting his hrh back are slim and none. the fact of the matter is that he still has honorific title his royal highness, but he doesn't use it. that was the deal that he came to with his older brother when he quit public life . now, that's quite sensible to remove. it would require the issuing of letters. letters patent. and that hasn't happened . but it's unrealistic to the point of delusion for him to think that he can make a comeback. in fact, many of the charities, organisations and regiment of which he was titular head , don't want him back anyway head, don't want him back anyway . and i think there's absolute no chance. sanjay wasn't always the king's favourite brother and i'm sure he's not going to he's not going to move on this. i think, to be fair, i will always on this program, we should say

that he was never charged with anything. he never admitted anything. he never admitted anything. it a civil case to. settle that civil case. somebody in the royal family paid settle that civil case. somebody in the royal family pai d £12 in the royal family paid £12 million to make it go away. ahead of the queen's platinum jubilee. so he should be quiet. stay on the golf course. enjoys life, but forget about any return to royal or public life. indeed, like a former horse put out to pasture . commentator out to pasture. commentator michael cole, thank you very much for your time today. thank you very much. okay. you with gb news on tv and dab radio after the break. analysis from the green think tank says that the new mine in whitehaven, cumbria , likely to prevent the uk from meeting its internationally agreed commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. but with energy bills, sky, is it time to ditch net zero targets and start digging for? but before that, now it's time to check on news headlines with aaron armstrong . it's just after

aaron armstrong. it's just after 3:30. i'm out. i'm strolling the gb newsroom former chancellor zahawi says his teixeira found to be careless but not deliberate after labour called for him to be sacked. mr. zahawi has released a statement in response reports he paid a penalty as part of a multi—million pound tax settlement over the shares of a sale of shares in yougov polling company he founded . now the company he founded. now the conservative party chairman says hmrc have accepted his version of events, but shadow chancellor reeves believes his position untenable. dominic who's being investigated for , is passing investigated for, is passing judgement on. nadhim zahawi, who's just had a £1 million fine for not paying his taxes on time and that much epitomises this conservative cabinet. when the prime minister came into office he said that he would a government that would have honesty, integrity and professional at its heart . none

professional at its heart. none of those three things are happening today. the prime minister is being described as a total liability and faces a wave of criticism from labour police after being fined for a second time by police. rishi sunak apologised for failing to wear a seatbelt . filming a social media seatbelt. filming a social media clip week. he was also fined for breaking lockdown restrictions in 2020 and has been accused of showing the same disregard for rules as boris johnson , one of rules as boris johnson, one of the uk's richest women has been in connection with a human trafficking investigation. the co—founder , the bus firm co—founder, the bus firm stagecoach damon logue and three members of her family were charged on thursday in connection with alleged immigration offences. a spokeswoman for de—man says she strongly denies the allegations and intends to defend herself vigorously . andy murray has been vigorously. andy murray has been knocked out of australian open after finally running of steam in the third round. the three time grand slam champion lost in

four sets to spain's roberto agut. murray who's now 35 and has a metal hip, spent over 10 hours on court in his first two matches, both of which went to five sets. he is last player to fall the last british player, i should say in the singles tv, onune should say in the singles tv, online and dab, plus radio. this is .

gb news. welcome back . it's 337. this is welcome back. it's 337. this is real britain on gb news on tv, onune real britain on gb news on tv, online and your digital radio . online and your digital radio. well, analysis from an environmental think tank suggests that the new coal in whitehaven, cumbria , could whitehaven, cumbria, could prevent the uk from reaching its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the government said the mine will be carbon neutral, with up to 95% of the methane produced being or

eliminated . but green alliance's eliminated. but green alliance's analysis suggests that this claim is yet to be substantiated as capture rates for mines already above 50. now, i must admit i have a bias on this topic because my dad was a coal miner. here he is down the pit. great nottinghamshire in 1983. that's my dad . barbies. watch that's my dad. barbies. watch it. now. look at that. you're hero. but i will endeavour to be a neutral arbiter in this debate between two guests on whether benefits of opening coal mines. in terms of jobs and bringing industry back to our shores outweighs the drawbacks. now i'm joined by lee anderson , the tory joined by lee anderson, the tory mp for ashfield and former coal miner. i do in lee and also john grant is a senior lecturer in sustainable construction and climate change. let's start with you . do you support opening this you. do you support opening this mine and why ? yes of course. as mine and why? yes of course. as a part owner of this coal mine market and why i think, you know, over the last 20, 30, 40,

even 50 years, we've had a failed energy policy and a failed energy policy and a failed coal policy. now we know this coal from the congressman . this coal from the congressman. coking coal is much of metallurgical coal is going to be used for smelting steel. i'm making cement. but i've always said , you know, that we should, said, you know, that we should, you know , net zero and to you know, net zero and to i don't agree with the pace of it but i've always said that we can get to a situation on this planet where we not use fossil fuels then we can but whilst ever we are using fossil fuels on this planet and especially in this country, we should mine in the uk and i want to people's arguments together that you know, we're going to be exporting this coal. well i say so what you know the coal mine thatis so what you know the coal mine that is to be on the way in cumbria will produce it safely . cumbria will produce it safely. it will be it will be cheap and they will do it in a carbon way. so i've been told so i won't have to believe it . but the have to believe it. but the bigger picture here is mountain. we've been you know, we've been victim of been hostage to two

other countries in the world for our fuel, for our for our fossil fuels. when you under our fuels. when you said under our feet, like to say whilst feet, i'd like to say whilst ever we're using coal on planet the place mine it or get the best place mine it or get the best place mine it or get the gas out or get the oil out is in the uk where our standards are second to none. john grant, i want to come to you now. no doubt. is kryptonite to you this kind but let's just look at kind of but let's just look at some of facts. the has a 39% some of the facts. the has a 39% increase in coal imports. the third quarter of last year simply because we can't be reliant gas from the ukraine 1.7 million tonnes now shipped from the usa, australia, south africa , colombia rack on solar power station. their lead down the road there. is that a licence by two years? quite simply because renewables aren't reliable . so renewables aren't reliable. so the wind stops and it's not sunny enough when we need power. the most in the winter. sunny enough when we need power. the most in the winter . well, the most in the winter. well, it's . yes, that is all true . it's. yes, that is all true. obviously, i'm not going to argue with statistics and it implies just an awful running of

the energy policy. i have no i've you know, no . of the way i've you know, no. of the way this government is this. but the idea we shouldn't be moving from coalis idea we shouldn't be moving from coal is crazy . when you open a coal is crazy. when you open a new coal mine , you really think new coal mine, you really think that somewhere they're going to close a coal ? no, this extra is close a coal? no, this extra is once the investment is put into it's extraction, it's going to be burnt and we only have so much carbon we can emit into the atmosphere before tipping to something quite terrible . and something quite terrible. and you know and that idea that we should be investing in own countries obviously a really idea but we should be investing in energy efficiency. we should be investing in alternative technologies . sweden is making technologies. sweden is making steel using hydrogen and here we are pulling coking coal, steel using hydrogen and here we are pulling coking coal , 150 are pulling coking coal, 150 year old technology i'm sorry,

in sheffield here , my dad was in sheffield here, my dad was a steel worker. my uncle a coal miner. those were great jobs and i wouldn't it any other way. my hero to who is my dad but he's trying to move to a sustainable carbon future and we don't sort of accept the way it is. we need jobs , we need people . and the jobs, we need people. and the way to do that is to pursue this sustainable carbon future, not turn backwards and. and, you know , increase our carbon know, increase our carbon emissions. okay your uk. okay i want to come back to that because that's precisely point, isn't it, one of the tory government central targets is levelling up and surely the best way to level up any area is to give well—paid jobs to. locals well, this is i mean, it's incredible marching that the labour party in the opposed the opening of this new coal mine this is going to create or 600 jobs. miners earn in 60 to 70 grams per year. that's an

astronomical amount of wages going to ask to regenerate the old area. i look i don't know what john's talking as he probably doesn't know himself because if this coal mine doesn't open , then another coal doesn't open, then another coal mine will probably open somewhere world that somewhere else in the world that there's planet there's nothing for. the planet though turn the though if we could turn the lights off tomorrow, we could turn all 18 offshore to every factor wouldn't make factor down. it wouldn't make a blind of difference to the blind bit of difference to the emissions on that we live on. so like i've said, i sort of agree with john a little bit. you know, we need to phase fossil fuels, but while steadily using oil and coal , fuels, but while steadily using oil and coal, why should we import the stuff other countries when we can do safely and when we can do it safely and a much environmentally much more environmentally friendly absolutely bonkers friendly is absolutely bonkers and will not be dictated to . and will not be dictated to. neither will what constitutes what people , you know, people on what people, you know, people on six figure salaries to tell them that they should pay more in their life to gas bills, to subsidise green journey. subsidise this green journey. yes. mind the journey yes. don't mind the journey we're but don't my we're on. but don't make my residents money for it residents pay more money for it on gas and bills. and john on their gas and bills. and john isn't a key point about this is the ownership of all of these

offshore wind farms in the uk this is generating a huge amount of money but not for the british taxpayer. no tax . this taxpayer. no jobs, no tax. this is a simple case of ideology . is a simple case of ideology. reality, isn't it ? no, no, it's reality, isn't it? no, no, it's not we have more than a million jobs. the our bare for the taking was we convert to a low carbon . this idea of 500 jobs carbon. this idea of 500 jobs now is just a ridiculous argument . there are millions of argument. there are millions of jobs there's start with a million as we lower the costs to your constituents to everybody in the uk as we make ourselves more this is not about supplying more this is not about supplying more more fossil fuel based this is about meet the needs of all of our society and doing in a sustainable long term way the fact that this government just doesn't have the vision to invest in sustainable at sea in

low cost energy because the is much cheaper from renewables and the energy efficiency our homes. so those people struggle they're going to pay a lot less and pay a lot less forever because that thing about foreign investors , thing about foreign investors, all this extra money that we're giving to our people which i don't disagree with for their energy is going to foreign for the most part foreign businesses is pouring away. surely we need to do is to employ people in the uk to improve our and those people pay money overall it's just a short termism . i'm okay just a short termism. i'm okay john judge john grant i'm going to john grant thank for your time there. john, i know you're an impassioned before you go , an impassioned before you go, want to ask you one quick question . you would have a knock question. you would have a knock out boxing with mr. stock brexit, steve bray, a guy that's been shouting in my ear for a long time now. yours. is that serious and are you in training while i listen? i've started training already. it was. yeah, it is a prolific public

nuisance, as we know. you know, he's got his right to demonstrate and what we've done to try take the nastiness out of it, because he does hang around a challenged him to a lot is i've challenged him to a lot is i've challenged him to a charity match to raise money a male suicide charity . so a charity match to raise money a male suicide charity. so and a charity match to raise money a male suicide charity . so and the male suicide charity. so and the dealisifi male suicide charity. so and the deal is if i win he starts protesting . yep. if he wins , protesting. yep. if he wins, i'll go out and protest with him and campaign to go back in europe . i couldn't say further europe. i couldn't say further than that. and like i say, try and raise a few quid for some good charities . lee anderson good charities. lee anderson tory mp for ashfield and john grimes . you very much for your grimes. you very much for your time. and i tell you what, i've hands with both you and steve bray. you. going bray. money's on you. it's going to the uk versus the eu once to be the uk versus the eu once again going be a superb again going to be a superb knockout . thank for knockout match. thank you for that. well dublin has seen that. okay. well dublin has seen a huge shift in its adult population with over 70,000 immigrants in 2022 alone. over the last ten years, the country's has gone from 3.5 million to just over 5 million and processed in some areas , and processed in some areas, becoming a regular event. our

regular reporter has gone along to find out more. well, this is an old community, probably about 4000. it's a working class, which was many of the people would have walked the docks and the car. that's largely gone to access, you know because the containerisation would have to strange as company. but now we're surrounded by you know i'm just new hotel being built here just new hotel being built here just beside there's google just down the road and it's an ordinary working class people with a very wide mix of people andifs with a very wide mix of people and it's quite elderly population as well. malachy stainton speaking the community of east wall in dublin . and of east wall in dublin. and they're on the march protest about the amount of immigrants coming into that community where housing has already short. coming into that community where housing has already short . we housing has already short. we have a huge housing crisis. we have a huge housing crisis. we have a huge housing crisis. we have a population 5.5 million, which is increased over the past 15 to 20 years from three and a half million. these are people who are coming in by and large

from the uk, coming in, having spent many years there and haven't achieved asylum . there haven't achieved asylum. there are are afraid of the rwanda policy of coming in and they've been moved off to be processed in rwanda. so they're coming in here. these protests are being called right wing and the people here very keen to explain that that's not the case. we are ordinary people , ordinary ordinary people, ordinary workers in a working class community who have come out say not that we're opposed refugees, not that we're opposed refugees, not that we're opposed refugees, not that we're opposed to asylum seekers. but if somebody is coming in as an economic migrant .then coming in as an economic migrant . then during economic migrant, let come in through the ordinary visa process. that's all very well saying that. but irish used to be the economic migrants around the world. we and we went as a migrants, not as asylum seekers . and we went to america, seekers. and we went to america, canada and right throughout the world. and we worked on you went in if you went to america, you stayed with family members or you knew or somebody who knew somebody else and you got a job

and you worked. you didn't go in and you worked. you didn't go in and caught up in a hotel or and got caught up in a hotel or and got caught up in a hotel or an office block. and know today our having to our children are having to emigrate can't to emigrate because they can't to live it seems to me to live here. so it seems to me to be incredible that . our be incredible that. our government is forcing our young people emigrate and at the same time saying we an open door time saying we have an open door to everybody else that's coming in. there's fundamentally wrong with to tell us that with a society to tell us that it's the middle of russia and dubun it's the middle of russia and dublin and these protesters have managed to basically stop traffic people trying to get home. we'll have to wait a while while these protests go. i have feelings are running high and across a wide section of society . they're not refugees . rodrigo . they're not refugees. rodrigo gorman, the minister , is gorman, the minister, is encouraging them to come all over the world as a common, humble , no country left. there humble, no country left. there is racism in ireland, but it's against indigenous irish people. we can't be putting up with this. we have our own irish homeless people and they're not getting support need. getting the support they need. the in tents while the the living in tents while the

traffic to a standstill, traffic comes to a standstill, pro are gathering momentum and at some stage public representatives will have to address the situation . dougie address the situation. dougie beattie gb news dublin . gb news beattie gb news dublin. gb news reporter dougie beattie is in dubun reporter dougie beattie is in dublin for us now. dougie, what's feeling on the ground ? what's feeling on the ground? well, today, welcome to first of all, to o'connell street. right behind me is the gpo. it was where in 1916, the of the state was formed. you can actually still see the bullet holes in the walls. but now we have a very different ireland a very modern ireland, very very, modern ireland, a very very, very trendy ireland , very very trendy ireland, very economic ireland, where people want to and stay and. the want to come and stay and. the protesters here that are behind me say have been blocking the city all day. and they say that want their needs met first before refugees or immigrants come from anywhere else and that it is very, very divisive inside dublin. i mean, there's been protest and anti—protest on the

other side of the street. at one point it was quite heated and they stopped outside the lord mayor's residence, the mansion house in order to protest at some comments that she had for them but from me in dublin goodbye. them but from me in dublin goodbye . okay. thanks for that, goodbye. okay. thanks for that, dougie. thanks for that. so let's move on now to our next story. okay. so sunak this week suggests that only idiots who don't understand why he does not immediately cut taxes. he told an audience a levelling up trip to morecambe. you're not idiots. you know what's happened? referring to the pandemic and the war in ukraine. but sir john mp has responded by a growing number of colleagues, have spoken to him about the need for to taxes in the next budget . he to taxes in the next budget. he said the current situation is not sustainable. rishi got to accept the need for targeted tax cuts to boost investment in the march budget . so all tax cuts march budget. so all tax cuts the near future realistic. and could help the economy. well joining us now with business

commentator and the co—founder of the business regionally . of the business regionally. justin urquhart stewart , the justin urquhart stewart, the resplendent red brace wearer. how many pairs of those things we got. well, there were 40 at one stage. now, please say that down. so. trousers but prices are now down to ten i think. okay we are currently in highest tax economy since , world war ii. tax economy since, world war ii. it feels like we voted for boris, but we've got jeremy . a boris, but we've got jeremy. a lot of people would like to see a tax cut to help with the cost of in crisis . a tax cut to help with the cost of in crisis. but a tax cut to help with the cost of in crisis . but apparently of in crisis. but apparently they're all idiots. well the trouble is it's become a sort of a we must cut . actually, a total we must cut. actually, that's the wrong way . what you that's the wrong way. what you need do income , more need to do is income, more investment. and you do that necessary by cutting taxes, but increasing actually enterprise investment . so actually we've investment. so actually we've got something called the enterprise investments. it gives incentives to invest. so gift tax , rather, just tax cuts. tax, rather, just tax cuts. therefore will encourage more money for people invest and then more money outside britain to come to in and especially this is much more important to be

able to invest around the country because most ends up the southeast. you really want to do levelling up. it's not about opening museum in morecambe or opening a museum in morecambe or something and small something like that. and small local always good cause it would be a patronising, but be a bit patronising, but nonetheless do nonetheless what you want to do is local money to invest is release local money to invest in businesses. so you in local businesses. so you could actually create, say, a nonh could actually create, say, a north east investment and cut investment capital investment incentives . so you have a incentives. so you have a regional events investment scheme that would get more if the government doesn't lose money in fact, and the medium term government should get more coming out of it. and there are lots ideas like freeport lots of ideas like freeport areas where they their own areas where they enjoy their own tax microclimate . how about tax microclimate. how about cutting the rates on businesses on high streets? look at the state of there are lots of ideas out there why these ideas being thrown to one side and dismisses idiotic people out there really feeling pinch. it's feeling the pinch. it's an interesting mantra . you interesting it's a mantra. you know, must we've got much know, we must we've got too much tax. tax without actually tax. we cut tax without actually thinking broader. thinking of the broader. people aren't stupid . they are actually aren't stupid. they are actually they're trying to run their lives remember,

lives businesses. and remember, we more business. we set up more small business. we've more businesses we've set up more businesses than and germany than france and germany put together. we are incredibly entrepreneurial. to those entrepreneurial. talk to those entrepreneurs. and they'll sit there where are there and say hang on. where are there and say hang on. where are the incentives that we used to have entrepreneurs relief have on entrepreneurs relief that back in of the that got cut back in of the local business taxes? what we saw of the rates were fully out of date. yes, we need to reform the tax system . there's the tax system. there's something called polly's tax guide . accountants take to bed guide. accountants take to bed for some of enthusiasm and used to have about 10,000 pages. i think it's got about 18,000 pages now, but it's just doubled. we have incredibly complicated old fashioned tax system, simple if i that focus they're much more on tax for investment not tax just to give money back because you actually give money back to wealthier actually they don't know they spend it they'll just sit on it . one of things we cover today is the ulez scheme in london which sure is going to go nationwide. days begin in the capital and they go elsewhere. they stealth taxes on motorists on petrol. we haven't it come

down in line with with fuel costs, taxing motorists wherever they go people are getting dug left, right and centre only. and of course they can't upon the politicians. a few years back we had the labour government said you have diesel. five years you must have diesel. five years later can't have diesel. and of course that's way course ulez. that's the way round got an old round i found. i've got an old morris travel of 1963, which is because it's so old it doesn't have to do that. and the other car i've got is a saab and of course the swede is far on this. so even 25 year old saab so even my 25 year old saab qualifies for no, but again, qualifies for it. no, but again, they're mocking with silly rules like without looking at the like this without looking at the bigger picture, what you want to be to how do get be able to get. how do we get london, the centres to be london, the big centres to be able it with cleaner able to offer it with cleaner air more efficient. superb. air and more efficient. superb. great for your time. great just thanks for your time. we've watching britain we've been watching real britain with thank you with me most and be thank you very for your company. the very much for your company. the show every saturday at 2 show is on every saturday at 2 pm, but for now i'll leave you with the weather. goodbye hello there. i'm jonathan vaught from there. i'm jonathan vaught from the here is your the met office. here is your latest updates latest weather updates this weekend all about the north—west, south—east split and

it's due to weather we've got high pressure set across england and wales keeping the cold air in tact here. but further towards the northwest, we've got milder air pushing in milder air pushing up in association these frontal systems. but milder air is going to be wrapped up with a fair amounts of cloud. outbreaks of and drizzle and a persistent breeze, particularly across the hebndes breeze, particularly across the hebrides and up towards the northern isles tonight. meanwhile, the meanwhile, where we've the clearest air is across particularly of england's and eastern wales the frost will be returning down as low as minus seven degrees . some rural prone seven degrees. some rural prone spots we see some freezing fog patches as , well, perhaps patches as, well, perhaps particularly bedfordshire, hertfordshire a bit hertfordshire so could be a bit of murky start sunday morning of a murky start sunday morning for you here wise once those do eventually clear off the eventually clear off into the afternoon, we will see some brighter spells develop holding onto air still onto that colder air still further to the northwest, then it's going to be another fairly drab the will ease drab day. the winds will ease out, but that's just going to help cloud. a more help lower the cloud. a more so certainly hill fog places certainly some hill fog places and rather murky with further persistent areas of . rain persistent areas of. rain climbing to highs of ten

degrees, though, but with the cloud not necessarily going to feel particularly pleasant feel that particularly pleasant into sunday evening, we retain split then so it's going to remain mild . the north and west remain mild. the north and west where we onto that. but now where we hold onto that. but now the pushing way into the cloud pushing its way into northern areas of england, western areas, wales. so a slightly risk slightly reduced risk frost here. where hold onto here. but where we hold onto those again those clearer skies again central areas of england, temperatures will be promising once again, minus three minus four in towns and cities. it's the start of the new working week. whilst we do still have that split on the whole cloud will just gradually want to push its way the south—east and its way into the south—east and these frontal will eventually its way into the south—east and these theiral will eventually its way into the south—east and these their way ll eventually its way into the south—east and these their way further:ually its way into the south—east and these their way further towards make their way further towards the south. but it will be more towards the middle of the week before we see that mild air eventually sweep its way across areas of england . that's it for areas of england. that's it for now. enjoy the rest of your day. i'm mark gb news, homeland security editor. i covered those key issues that are so important to you , our authorities, our to you, our authorities, our communities , doing all they can communities, doing all they can to combat crime with the public

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