channel hello. channel heu0.good channel hello. good afternoon and welcome this gb news on tv onune welcome this gb news on tv online on digital radio i'm nana aware of . for the next 2 hours, aware of. for the next 2 hours, me and my panel will be taking some of the big topics, hitting the headlines right now. this show is all opinion. it's mine. it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we debating, discussing, and at times will disagree. and at times we will disagree. but one will be cancelled . so but no one will be cancelled. so joining me today is broadcaster

and author christine hamilton. i and author christine hamilton. i a broadcast journalist danni kelly , before we get started kelly, before we get started let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines headlines. nana, thank you. good afternoon . i'm tatiana you. good afternoon. i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom, investigations are continuing in california after at least ten people were killed in a shooting at a lunar new year festival , at a lunar new year festival, thousands of people had gathered monterey park near los angeles when a gunman opened fire. another ten people were taken to hospital with at least one in a critical condition . police are critical condition. police are looking for a male suspect who fled the scene . they say it's fled the scene. they say it's too early to his motive . the too early to his motive. the labouris too early to his motive. the labour is calling for an urgent investigate into claims. the chairman of bbc richard sharp , chairman of bbc richard sharp, helped save former prime minister boris arrange alone weeks before the then prime

minister. recommend did shop for the job. the times claims mr. sharp helped boris johnson secure a for a loan of up to £800,000 when he was in financial difficulty in late 2020, shop was announced . the 2020, shop was announced. the government's choice for the bbc position in january 2021. both say there was no conflict of . say there was no conflict of. labour and the snp have called for an independent . meanwhile, for an independent. meanwhile, a cabinet has told gb news nadhim zahawi has the prime minister's support following allegations about his tax affairs. the conservative party chairman has admitted he reached settlement with the hmrc he believed to be almost with the hmrc he believed to be almos t £5 with the hmrc he believed to be almost £5 million following an error over a multi—million pound in the polling company yougov. labour has called his position untenable , but foreign secretary untenable, but foreign secretary james cleverly he believes mr. zahawi has paid his taxes. i don't know any more details of

what he has already put the pubuc what he has already put the public domain. i don't think it would be right or proper for me to suspect or guess about any further details about his tax affairs. but he has been a successful entrepreneur building a company has paid tax, employing people who paid taxes, and he has himself paid tax and considered an amount because he's been successful . the he's been successful. the government says energy firms should stop forcing lower income households to switch to prepayment metres . the business prepayment metres. the business secretary grant shapps has threatened to name and shame suppliers who aren't enough to help vulnerable people to pay their bills. the energy companies have also been asked by mr. shapps to reveal the number warrant applications they've made to enter the properties . they've made to enter the properties. europe's ten countries are putting renewed pressure on germany to authorise the of its tanks to support ukraine. several countries to send their german made leopard

tanks but need germany give it a green light . latvia, estonia green light. latvia, estonia and, lithuania say germany are the leading european power. a special responsibility and. restoring peace on the content . restoring peace on the content. berlin insists . it's not berlin insists. it's not blocking deliveries and has to make a decision about supplying its tanks to . ukraine now at its tanks to. ukraine now at least 300 migrants have arrived in the on eight small boats overnight , in the on eight small boats overnight, making it the busiest day of channel crossings so far yeah day of channel crossings so far year. gb news understands a few other boats have also set off this morning, but haven't yet it into the uk . the boats were into the uk. the boats were monitored by french vessels which can only intervene if migrants get into . today's migrants get into. today's arrivals bring the total number of those crossing english channel this year to 450 . the channel this year to 450. the environment minister in scotland's says the use of dogs to hunt and, kill wild animals has no place in modern scotland.

mcmullen's comments come of next week's vote on the new hunting with dogs. bill since 2002 as being against the law to a wild animal with a dog . with the new animal with a dog. with the new bill expected to closely and current laws . and buckingham current laws. and buckingham palace has revealed queen consort will be crowned the king in a break with tradition at the coronation in may . the service coronation in may. the service will be conducted . the will be conducted. the archbishop of canterbury at westminster abbey, followed by a large scale ceremonial procession . a concert will also procession. a concert will also take place at windsor castle featuring global music icons . it featuring global music icons. it dispels any speculation king charles has been planning a low coronation . thousands of events coronation. thousands of events are expected to take place all over the uk with a bank holiday declared for monday, the eighth. this is gb news will bring you more news. it happens. now let's return to .

return to. good afternoon . it is fast good afternoon. it is fast approaching 6 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news on tv onune 4:00. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua . is it just me or are nana akua. is it just me or are you also thinking, hang on a minute. it seems to be a case of one rule for them and another for us. nadeem ex chancellor be given a slap on the wrist for maintaining ici and agreeing to pay maintaining ici and agreeing to pay an undisclosed amount which is possibly in the millions and tax which they say he is simply being careless not paying . being careless for. not paying. not so fast, buddy. you can't just brush that under the carpet and there is nothing to see here. could you imagine if it was you or me.7 one of us.7 i not. apparently the dame had some shares in u govt. a company he co—founded with his dad . the co—founded with his dad. the shares were moved to a firm registered in the tax haven of

gibraltar before being sold between 2006 and 2018 for around about between 2006 and 2018 for around abou t £27 million. by moving the about £27 million. by moving the shares before sale think tank tax policy associates suggest that the db may have avoided some that the db may have avoided som e £3.7 million in tax and some £3.7 million in tax and this new govt thing already sounds a bit like a conflict of interest. i mean, how can you be interest. i mean, how can you be in a government and have the company that ha that they hired to carry out the research. i mean what's that about .7 now mean what's that about? now there's no suggestion that laws have broken here , just have been broken here, just a case of tax avoidance and there is a big difference between that so perfectly legal tax avoidance measures, which believe are measures, which i believe are created for the rich and tax evasion, which often the promise of the uneducated . boris gave of the uneducated. boris gave the team the job as chancellor the team the job as chancellor the day before he was forced to resign as prime minister and apparently as reported in the observer. civil servants in the cabinet office. propriety and ethics team. and alerted johnson

of the hmrc that was open to team . he appointed him. but team. he appointed him. but bofis team. he appointed him. but boris ignored this then. and the team stabbed him in the back to say. let me read you yesterday i. i made clear to the prime minister, alongside my colleagues a number 10 that there was only one direction where this was going and that he should leave with dignity. out of respect and the hopes that would listen to an old friend of . 30 years i kept council private. i'm heartbroken that he hasn't and that he is now undermining the incredible achieved of this government this late hour. no will forget getting brexit done , keeping it getting brexit done, keeping it dangerous anti—semite out of number handling of covid in support of ukraine in its of need. support of ukraine in its of need . author nadine . he ends the need. author nadine. he ends the letter with but the country

deserves a government that is only stable but which acts with integrity. prime minister, you know in your heart what the right thing to do is and go now . yes, perhaps the dean should take his own advice . his take his own advice. his position is untenable . so we get position is untenable. so we get stuck into the debate. let's see. else is coming up today for the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, should we splash on a coronation splash out on a coronation dunng splash out on a coronation during a cost of living crisis? details about king songs, his coronation have been released, revealing a three day event filled with pomp, pageantry and even a coronation for the queen consort. now, that's despite wide it be scaled wide speculation. it be scaled back country in the grips back with country in the grips of a cost of living crisis. be really spending money on, a coronation. then at 450, it's time for world views . now at time for world views. now at least ten people have died in a mass shooting in los angeles, california, following a lunar celebration, one thousands of people came together to chinese

new now according to new year. now according to reports, the shooter was male and. he's currently on the run. thanks to the people's positive politics podcast. duddridge politics podcast. paul duddridge will from la. this will be live from la. this houn will be live from la. this hour. it's five. it's this hour. then it's five. it's this week's outside of the general secretary of the workers union of england, stephen morris will be live the studio talking us through the master have through the master that have gnpped through the master that have gripped nation. his union gripped the nation. his union also represented celebrities, including matt including reggae artist matt hoy.so including reggae artist matt hoy. so ever felt bullied in the workplace , neglected by your workplace, neglected by your bosses, but not. but don't know how to deal with it. have you been dismissed unfairly, stephen? we'll be able answer stephen? we'll be able to answer all questions on in all your burning questions on in the that's way the the show. that's on the way the next as ever, tell what next hour. as ever, tell me what you think everything we're you think of everything we're discussing. or discussing. gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at . gb news. right tweet me at. gb news. right let's get started. let's welcome again to my panel, broadcaster and author christine hamilton , and author christine hamilton, and author christine hamilton, and also broadcaster and journalist danny kelly. right. because they needed a big you sort of did a like a sort double

blink. there's a it's good to you, christine . i assure you i'm you, christine. i assure you i'm wide awake and fizzing to go. so don't panic. now, i've got a lot going to fall off my stool. well, i'm going come to you first, actually, with this whole thing nadhim and thing with nadhim zahawi. and he's i mean he's not the is he. i mean before that we had rishi sunak the seatbelt, then we had the non—dom there's been non—dom status. there's been other mean it. it just other stuff mean it. it just doesn't look good now at this point . none doesn't look good now at this point. none of us know doesn't look good now at this point . none of us know the full point. none of us know the full details because they haven't been revealed. what i suggest him nadeem does actually reveal the full details . so then we can the full details. so then we can all make a judgement based on the full knowledge. at the moment we are just being told to accept his word for it, that it was all perfectly aboveboard and paid let's see paid everything fine. let's see the let's see exactly the paperwork. let's see exactly what's at the very worst. it smells it may be okay, but it doesn't smell good. and as you say, got that. we've got rishi and his on one thing after another and it's just not a good look for the government. i clean

i know what it's like to in the studio and it doesn't smell good. yes we have to sit with top of your thoughts but it's not a reflection on you christine jolly well not now look i'm self—employed i have a very business and my accountant does all of my books for me. so when i sell a car at the every three months because of my turnover, i have to pay. okay? and then every 12 months i've got to pay tax for the year before. yeah. there is no way that an accountancy firm could get something. so wrong by the tune of nearly million pounds may well be more than all. yeah. so, so as far as presenting a note is concerned , that could note is concerned, that could ruin him. that could ruin because then he's going to have to claim liability . when i sign to claim liability. when i sign off my accounts, i know what the hell i'm signing for. my accountant says. so this is your turnover, is your profit. turnover, this is your profit. his, just you up his, you know, just sign you up so someone liable. but so that someone liable. but you're not chelmsford. he was told he was junk. go. but in

layman's terms , i'm trying to layman's terms, i'm trying to explain how accountancy works. but let me explain to you in layman's terms how the hmrc works. it matter if the accountant you feels the accountant with you feels the accountant with you feels the account wrong, know account went wrong, you'll know exactly so right exactly. but no, you're so right . you are so right. it stinks . . you are so right. it stinks. it smells of. don't forget, he was in charge of a government body that ensures everyone pays a tax . i mean, you couldn't make a tax. i mean, you couldn't make it . i must say what you've just it. i must say what you've just read out that from his read out that quote from his statement , read out that quote from his statement, boris. i mean, really talk about , statement, boris. i mean, really talk about, you statement, boris. i mean, really talk about , you know, what you talk about, you know, what you do and say comes back to haunt you. very telling was. you. that was very telling was. but i just want say but also i just want to say something shouldn't be controversial but i think is going to controversial . going to prove controversial. people less what's people who criticise less what's the biblical expression he without cast the first of lots of self—employed people who deal heavily in cash will be at the television. say you're a fraudster yet they don't declare everything. i promise you think we all know what? we don't know whether there's any and apparently it's a tax avoidance scheme, not tax evasion . so we

scheme, not tax evasion. so we have tax evasion when people refuse to deal electronically . refuse to deal electronically. you go to chinatown in london. last time i was in chinatown in london, they actually boast paying london, they actually boast paying cash gets you 10% discount. why do you think that is? that's they don't is? that's because they don't put through the books. put it through the books. there's boxes true there's little boxes is true not. would you come on be not. why would you come on be would be oh they might just prefer having cash i mean you know you a 10% know why would you a 10% discount an independent but discount on an independent but there are lots of cash businesses that you that businesses that you know that don't. well they're actually that's i'm saying they're don't. well they're actually th.it.; i'm saying they're don't. well they're actually th.it.; ofi'm saying they're don't. well they're actually th.it.; ofi'm sising they're don't. well they're actually th.it.; ofi'm sis irrelevant at it. but of that is irrelevant to nadhim as a whole he is was the of the exchequer he's a very very tory politician. he's now chairman of the party. what some little business in chinatown does frankly irrelevant. it's widespread across the country. that's not the point. you lie is because i said it's hypocrisy. so his critics will be hypocritical. yeah, that's what saying. yeah, you . it's a tiny saying. yeah, you. it's a tiny scale. i'm criccieth. yeah, but not self—employed. who deals in cash how do you know? well, i know christine . no, i'm not you know christine. no, i'm not you this in a better show. but you're right. it's not we're

talking about. but what i'm trying to do. just introduce and shine a light. people who are screaming. that's all screaming. got it. that's all they're trying to. do i agree with because hmrc will come with you? because hmrc will come for no. oh, for you and there's no. oh, well, know, i did that. well, you know, i just did that. i just as well there's i was just as well there's a fine that's it's not like you're going to go share it with hmrc and we don't know enough but and by we don't know enough but it sounds they're negotiating and by we don't know enough but it soundjustzy're negotiating and by we don't know enough but it soundjust thinking otiating and by we don't know enough but it soundjust thinking how ng and by we don't know enough but it soundjust thinking how can it and i'm just thinking how can it be you to do that and be okay for you to do that and i don't know he's on don't know whether he's on anything wrong we haven't anything that's wrong we haven't got the full details. if he hasn't, he should just all hasn't, he should just us all the because a the information because he's a pubuc the information because he's a public the public that is precisely the point we judge because we point we cannot judge because we don't he's done don't the facts if he's done absolutely nothing wrong always said you're innocent of said if you're innocent of something accused of said if you're innocent of soraffair,g accused of said if you're innocent of soraffair, whatever accused of said if you're innocent of soraffair, whatever it ccused of said if you're innocent of soraffair, whatever it is,|sed of said if you're innocent of soraffair, whatever it is, put of an affair, whatever it is, put everything there. be upfront everything out there. be upfront and see facts because and let us see the facts because the difference evasion the difference between evasion avoidance width of the avoidance is the width of the wall of pentonville jail evasion. how do you know if you've been of course , have you've been of course, have visited if it is a if it is evasion and then hmrc must explain they must continue to

they must know it's a clever if he could they must know it's a clever if he coul d £1,000,000 on tax then he could £1,000,000 on tax then it's one hell of a clever scheme or it's now. but what we would like the chancellor to be clever i wouldn't we but but within the law but what we know i mean so what we know is that basically he before sold the he moved before he sold the shares the company to shares he moved the company to the haven of gibraltar sort the tax haven of gibraltar sort of thing. so therefore any sort of thing. so therefore any sort of potential tax may been of potential tax may have been mitigated a minimised. and that's as much we know we that's as much as we know we don't the rest of it. but don't know the rest of it. but if did that and it sounds as if he did that and it sounds as though did that. but i don't though he did that. but i don't know. that's perfectly know. that's probably perfectly legal. i don't know what legal. i mean, i don't know what is it moral? the because they've been people amazon and been chasing people amazon and the ones saying yeah the other ones saying that yeah you're to pay it you're morally obliged to pay it , although, know, it's the , although, you know, it's the law lot of us are using law and a lot of us are using all different tax loopholes all the different tax loopholes to evade ourselves to evade it ourselves like a non—dom status stuff like non—dom status and stuff like that. that, mean, you that. well, that, i mean, you know, began start the know, that began to start the rot it. mrs, mrs. non—dom rot didn't it. mrs, mrs. non—dom status. i mean you elect to be non—dom. it isn't something that's forced you and she elected to be non anyway she's

she's put all that right and perhaps all this perhaps 90 can put all this right. yeah that is just we right. well yeah that is just we just want to be told that's yeah and they seem he should come and they seem to he should come out immediately. does out with that immediately. does he why of it was he he does the why of it was he come it today. we come out with it today. we should today it's a little should know today it's a little bit like when the prime minister was being questioned do was being questioned about do you have nhs doctor, you actually have an nhs doctor, are procrastinated the are these he procrastinated the delay stinks. just delay just stinks. it just stinks and then he said he's registered with an nhs thing but then said but he has then he said these. but he has independent health care which is he the picture he should have just the picture to a week earlier private to just a week earlier private health hallway he health care in the hallway he needs to just get this out in the open well that's what you it but is he thinks he but this is what he thinks he has i may just add one has i think may i just add one thing know he wrote nasty , thing you know he wrote nasty, threatening letters to threatening legal letters to journalists. actually journalists. oh, yes. actually i did actually see that in the today that there was a piece about someone he said in about someone where he said in a message of a warning, yeah. journalist yes, i did. i heard the interview with the journalist and was he was given legal warning, but he was just shut up about this defamatory.

well i mean. well i don't know. but i did go round myself. but i wasn't i don't think he's a very nice of work, let's just put it. well, i've never met him so it's based on more. oh, quite a lot. oh, my god . is defamatory. i oh, my god. is defamatory. i just said not very nice . she just said not very nice. she said he's not very nice. nice is about the most harmless word you can use. about the most harmless word you can use i about the most harmless word you can use. i chose it carefully. no, that's true. but what caused you to say okay, the two of you write? firstly well, i suppose your thoughts on smoking your thoughts on that smoking pot just joining us. pot if. you're just joining us. it's to minutes it's coming up to 19 minutes after 4:00. is gb news. after 4:00. this is gb news. now, of he released this now, the of how he released this statement 22 years statement yesterday 22 years ago. i a called yougov . ago. i a company called yougov. i'm incredibly proud of what we achieved when we set it up. i didn't have the money or the expertise to go it, so i asked my father to help process my father to help in the process he found a shares in the he took found a shares in the business in exchange for some capital his invaluable capital and his invaluable guidance following discussions with agreed that father with hmrc agreed that my father was entitled founder shares and yougov . they disagreed about yougov. they disagreed about exact allocation. they concluded

that this was a careless and not deliberate error. i chose to settle the matter , pay what they settle the matter, pay what they said was due . you know, with me. said was due. you know, with me. i'm nana akua one. live on onune i'm nana akua one. live on online and on digital radio. after the break. it's time for our great british this hour. i'm asking, should we splash out on asking, should we splash out on a coronation a cost of a coronation during a cost of living crisis? king jones is coronation is set to be a three day event filled with pomp and pageantry and even a coronation the queen but with the the queen consort but with the country in the midst of a cost living crisis, should the government really fork out millions such a lavish millions for such a lavish affair? some of your thoughts . affair? some of your thoughts. email gbviews@gbnews.uk . tell me email gbviews@gbnews.uk. tell me what you think. you can also out at gb news. i've got a pull up right now. i'm asking you that question. splash out question. should we splash out on coronation ? bring the cost on a coronation? bring the cost of living please cast of living crisis? please cast that now. but first, let's that vote now. but first, let's go for a vote about about .

good afternoon. you're with me. i'm a queer. this is gb news. i don't forget. you can also stream the show live on youtube right now before the break, i was discussing the dames the highway and his tax affairs. let's see what you've been saying. well said. could i mention that this is not the first time the dames of hawaii has made a mistake of this nature? don't forget the once is taxpayers money to pay, heat to pay to pay to heat a stable . pay to pay to heat a stable. really? i didn't know about that one. is that part? chris says how is this tax return in the news? i thought tax returns meant to be confidential. should they be looking for a leak . they be looking for a leak. well, no, but if you're in the government right, you're a pubuc government right, you're a public servant. so your tax affairs, we need to know because we where we don't know where you're getting your money from. obviously says is obviously edward says it is a total disgrace. that's how these tax are being discussed tax affairs are being discussed without being laid without all the facts being laid out media, his tax affairs out by media, his tax affairs should be private, confidential. well, not if you're the

chancellor of the exchequer, that's well. yours and ours that's very well. yours and ours will . but if you're the will be. but if you're the chancellor and you were the chancellor, you're in government, we need government, i'm afraid we need to . so it's time now. to know right. so it's time now. keep this thoughts time keep this thoughts coming. time for budget debate for the great budget debate this houn for the great budget debate this hour. reason we hour. and the only reason we haven't all facts haven't got all the facts is because haven't given them to because we haven't given them to us. time for the us. right. it's time for the great budget debate this hour on today. asking. should we today. i'm asking. should we splash during splash out a coronation during a cost living crisis? now it's cost of living crisis? now it's been that charles's been announced that charles's coronation will three day been announced that charles's coronefilled/ill three day been announced that charles's coronefilled/ill pomp,ee day event filled with pomp, pageantry a crowning pageantry and even a crowning ceremony for camilla, the queen consort. now, between may the sixth and the eighth, and britain a bank britain will enjoy a bank weekend parties , weekend of street parties, fly—past and a special concert of windsor castle headlined by world famous performers. which means i'll be on this. i'll be on the bill. now the, fans dispel speculation that the king's would be a no frills event , lacking the grandeur of event, lacking the grandeur of queen elizabeth's in 1953. however at a time when many people are still struggling to pay people are still struggling to pay their energy, the decision to spend taxpayers on the king's

coronation will cause controversy in some quarters. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm should we splash out on a coronation during a cost of living crisis ? well to cost of living crisis? well to talk about this i'm joined by aristocrat and socialite lady victoria harvey . former victoria harvey. former royal butler grant harold . former butler grant harold. former labour stephen pound and labour mp stephen pound and royal michael . royal commentator michael. right, michael. i'm going to start with you. so this is going to be a very glamorous coronation. is it worth spending the nation's money on such an event like this? yes because it's very, very rare . you have it's very, very rare. you have to remember that there have been more solar eclipses in the last 200 years than . there have been 200 years than. there have been coronations. the last one was 70 years ago. i was ten years old at the time . i remember vividly at the time. i remember vividly . and that was tremendous worldwide event and. this is going to be a tremendous event, too. it will command the attention of the world and we don't know how much going to cost. but if you shall we take

the london olympics of . the 2012 the london olympics of. the 2012 e9 the london olympics of. the 2012 £9 billion. but was it worthwhile? was it value for money? it certainly was , because money? it certainly was, because in terms of soft power , in terms of soft power, popularity, prestige , call it popularity, prestige, call it what you will. it was a tremendous to this country and, evenin tremendous to this country and, even in a normal year , a foil even in a normal year, a foil connection is calculated . bring connection is calculated. bring £4 billion into our economy . £4 billion into our economy. love this. they love to come here. they love to bathe in the history of the past and it's not a fanciful call for that to happen because it's rare, it's unique . the last king of egypt unique. the last king of egypt king farouk said before he was overthrown. that in 100 years there only five kings left. the kings of hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades . kings of hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades. i'm the king of england. and we are going to see the king of england charles iii crowned. and everybody , crowned. and everybody, including those who are living

through straitened times, will be that. and i think it is a time for celebration , john. and time for celebration, john. and we will all join and. okay. well, let's see what stephen pound has to say about that. i mean, should we be spending money, cost of living, crisis, people pretty you know, pretty strapped cash? look, we do things properly in this country. we don't do them all. and i think we actually have to do this to the way that we've always done. it's a very, very high standard. but what makes me what fills toe to what fills you toe curling to striding horror is striding but cringing horror is the proposal that this dignified solemn theological occasion is going to be imbued with choirs representing lgbt groups , sorts representing lgbt groups, sorts of other groups. look, the point being, if you're going to try to have a coronation that has every single community group, every single community group, every single nationality, every single , every single identify group in the country, that way lies madness. the point is that this should be a celebration for the country. we should all be actually pleased to support the

to show that this is a diverse lady victoria heavy . we don't lady victoria heavy. we don't need this . so what do i think need this. so what do i think about it? i it's right. you know, they they should be able to splash out like . this is a to splash out like. this is a once in a lifetime thing. this is not like something like you happens very often . yes. people happens very often. yes. people kind of feeling crunch right now. but is some people that are so against it give their now. but is some people that are so against it give thei r £2 each so against it give their £2 each or whatever it will cost in a if they're that against it. but i think it's definitely worth it. you know england, we are known for really putting on best for really putting on the best show and this is what we're known for and as far as bringing in tourism and the whole world will be watching. so what about those that woke aspect of it, the work aspect? i just, i think just completely ignore work just completely ignore the work . a coronation and . this is about a coronation and back then the last coronation work did not exist. so i think it should be the same. okay, grant. grant we're out. what do you think? is it worth it? you know, cost of living crisis. what about the people this.

what about the people who this. a it money that doesn't. a lot of it money that doesn't. i mean, the queen's coronation 71.57 million and today's money that's 46 million. but i think as everyone has said, this is a once in their lifetime, almost one point opportunity. it was within the queen's lifetime. so coronation, they don't just happen. coronation, they don't just happen . i always see a lot of happen. i always see a lot of planning organisation within them, so i think the best kind of event is money spent. there's other things i'm, sure, that money spent on the people about quite rightly, but with this kind of thing, with a coronation , we should do it right because that's what we're good. and the king dementia and king should quit dementia and known on succession . one known him on succession. one point not some . let's wait. point he's not some. let's wait. thatis point he's not some. let's wait. that is up to can assure you that every penny he will make sure that is accounted for. do you think. yeah but what is the argument that a lot of people are struggling right now and they that and think, they look on that and think, well, know, country's well, you know, if the country's got money, we should really got money, then we should really be general and be going to general public and into pockets. i mean, what into their pockets. i mean, what about argument, michael? into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said argument, michael? into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said it'srgument, michael? into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said it's aument, michael? into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said it's a big�*nt, michael? into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said it's a big event chael?

into their pockets. i mean, what ab0|said it's a big event ,hael? you said it's a big event, everything. about for everything. but what about for those really struggling at those who really struggling at the moment to a pomp the moment to see such a pomp and ceremony ? well, if go and ceremony? well, if you go back to the ordinary roman citizen, what did they enjoy ? citizen, what did they enjoy? bread and circuses. citizen, what did they enjoy? bread and circuses . there's bread and circuses. there's plenty circus going to be out surrounding this coronation . i surrounding this coronation. i don't disagree with . my dear don't disagree with. my dear friend steve, compound, fellow fulham supporter , we will have fulham supporter, we will have a cross to bear. this is essentially it is the heart of the monarchy . it is a spiritual the monarchy. it is a spiritual occasion that is the essence of it, the anointing of by the grace of god. king charles iii defender of the faith . and that defender of the faith. and that is very important. defender of the faith. and that is very important . and that is is very important. and that is central to it . but i don't is very important. and that is central to it. but i don't blame the king at all. in fact i commend him for trying to widen the thing out with this concert . it's not something that i would necessarily want to attend, but it is important to spread the happiness enjoy among

people and. i think that's a very sensible way of doing and making sure that every element the community is involved. we are an inclusive society . at the are an inclusive society. at the top of the agenda is inclusion and just below that is public appeal. and just below that is public appeal . and i think it is going appeal. and i think it is going to be a in many ways the people's coronation . that's the people's coronation. that's the way he would want to do . because way he would want to do. because what's the alternative to be exclusive to exclude people ? exclusive to exclude people? well, can i just instead he did something like it. do you think that harry and should get an invite do. oh, yes. oh oh, that is my name . i don't know. is is my name. i don't know. is a bit of a tricky one. maybe him her but i know. well he's he's the one that's done the spare. yeah. at the. i'm a little undecided about that. i mean really he should because i, he is still you know son of charles but i don't know about behaviour recently, especially after been

talking about, you know , his talking about, you know, his kill count and stuff like that. yeah i think, i think that's something to be decided like as we get to the date or what his behaviour is going to be like the next couple of months. grant do you think that perhaps are ianed do you think that perhaps are invited this. i think as lady vitoria said it is the son of the king and not that he should be there, but i am aware as they'll be aware that there's they'll be aware that there's the risk that you could even have burn at the coronation all of unhappy people there. the other . it's a it's of unhappy people there. the other. it's a it's a of unhappy people there. the other . it's a it's a difficult other. it's a it's a difficult one to weigh. i think he should be there. but then she is his wife and technically should be as well. but i'm aware that caused a lot of unhappiness and that's something they don't want to do. they will not that to overshadow the coronation because the thing is, you know , because the thing is, you know, he's going to be getting information if he does come , information if he does come, that will be in the next interview that he does. right. it will be like the behind the scenes coronation and scenes of the coronation and what kate did this what happened and kate did this and did this. and we and meghan did this. and we can't have any more respect . it

can't have any more respect. it is fair . three. well, you is fair. three. well, you stephen, what do you think? should they go into interestingly , 1953 which interestingly, 1953 which i remember fairly well the duke of windsor and wallis simpson, the young boys turned up for the royal wedding. but he neither of actually attended so the duke of actually attended so the duke of actually showed some dignity about that look i mean obviously the fact is that follow her at to leicester the saturday has to leicester on the saturday has some bearing on this particular but i think has the to but look i think he has the to actually very serious this actually be very serious this and this is not about trying and say this is not about trying appeal of gradually appeal to sort of gradually single tiny minded section society just to say this is something that brings us together. i think he talks together. i think if he talks about all these about having all these individual show special interest groups , he's actually groups, he's actually disaggregating, he's down the uniformity of society and making a terrible mistake. so do it by all means. do what we do best in this country. we do brilliant pageantry, but, you know, just do at level. stop do it at a lower level. stop trying to appease every single special group. get

special interest group. just get on and do it and there on with it and do it and there may well be i'm the same age as. prince charles, king charles. i'm not be down for much longer. so another so there could well, another coronation. obviously coronation. i mean, obviously not you know, but not involving me, you know, but in this moment, you know , steve, in this moment, you know, steve, steve, stephen, stephen, yes or no should and meghan come to the coronation ? absolutely coronation? absolutely cringeworthy. yeah. as i the cell phones will just be clicked all over the place. right lovely lady, victoria . thank you very lady, victoria. thank you very much . let's be . they are much. let's be. they are invited. so the question of whether they should they come back the queen, the king's place. that was the windsor. oh, he's played it terribly, cleverly he's made it clear that there is an open invitation to . there is an open invitation to. so that leaves it to them to pitch . they refuse and look very pitch. they refuse and look very very petty or to come onto it acknowledge that feeling comes first when it feels a first step

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debate this hour, i'm asking, should we splash out on a coronation during a cost of living crisis? let's see what my panel make of that. i'm joined by author and broadcaster christine hamilton, also broadcasting journalist danny kelly. now going to come to kelly. dan, now going to come to you first. is it's like the you first. what is it's like the united colours of benetton. they've got everything going on there, haven't they. yeah. there, haven't they. oh yeah. very diverse and inclusive and progressive. i think, progressive. and i think, i think one of the panellists may have this. the way have said this. that's the way that world is going. if they that the world is going. if they want to be accepted, then they to follow that, they to follow that, whether they like i think it's like it or not. i think it's begrudging, but they've got to do like to see. you do it. i would like to see. you think that's i think probably begrudgingly. do think? begrudgingly. do you think? i think sorry. what? who think so, yes sorry. what? who said be said why would they be begrudging. well just begrudging. well it's just opinion. kingly. opinion. begrudge kingly. i think monarchy now realise think the monarchy now realise that order to accepted for that in order to be accepted for the generation of citizens the next generation of citizens growing up, then they need to be, if you like, for want of a better word, woke the grudgingly . now that's just an opinion. i don't have any inside of what the one who's begrudgingly the older one who's begrudgingly accepting the palace

accepting. no i think the palace begrudgingly the palace have gone woke. that's just an opinion about. i can't back it up. i don't have it inside that of commonwealth. the of the commonwealth. but the heads commonwealth heads of the commonwealth and the a diverse. the commonwealth is a diverse. they the refugees and they took the refugees and things though . yeah but but that things though. yeah but but that but the commonwealth looking to the commonwealth. no that's true. but the commonwealth to make that. i'd like to make sure that. well i'd like to see king charles his hands in his own pocket. so it's a big controversy. the controversy. he's given the wooden, and. he's wooden, wooden farmers and. he's the proceeds that went last yeah the proceeds that went last year. him put his year. but i'd to see him put his hand into his regal hand deeper into his regal pocket what he's got pocket i really what he's got loads though so you think he loads though. so you think he should pay for i'm royal ist i think for 9 hours to see the bed queen. you think he should pay for own? i like the for his own? i like all the info. i reckon i reckon i'm like probably. it'd be probably. and i reckon it'd be forgotten. been . i'll forgotten. that's been. i'll just remind he should write a check. . twitter say check. i'm posted. twitter say is ten mil from myself. you know what i think the question should actually should the actually be should the king papers what do papers and coronation. what do you the you think? i think the coronation to an coronation is going to an incredibly important event is our link. it is living history i

mean that the first it goes back to william the conqueror was the first king to be crowned in westminster christmas day in westminster on christmas day in 1066. now, we do not want to break that amazing historical link. it links whole country with the great tradition. i mean, we're the only country , mean, we're the only country, the world that has this incredible , long lived monarchy incredible, long lived monarchy . the tourists will absolutely it. the monarchy brings in so much money. and it's a very i mean, i may well disagree with some of the details when we know what they are. but don't really know what they are now. but now i and i certainly don't think you should pay for it. i haven't said, you don't know. it's all his fault, but we don't get any more. we will get more back into terms the spin off, but we terms of the spin off, but we will get the spin off. if will still get the spin off. if he it.the will still get the spin off. if he it. the spin off not he pays for it. the spin off not going change should pay for going to change should pay for it. he should. it. i don't see why he should. he's the king of all of us. and whether people approve of the monarchy, etc, is the king of monarchy, etc, he is the king of everybody. i think is everybody. and i think that is something taxpayer something that the taxpayer should you know, should pay for. and you know, the maybe should throw ted

the queen maybe should throw ted miller, the queen's coronation. he's there's a terrible he's got to there's a terrible of crisis. and don't of living crisis. and i don't underestimate that for one second. impact having second. the impact it's having on of people. the on millions of people. the queen's was just queen's coronation was just after when we had after the war when we had had the appalling. mean, you the most appalling. i mean, you can the situation can imagine the situation then still was thought, right, still it was thought, right, that would not be that the country would not be cherished it's amazing. me cherished. it's amazing. let me ask question. we'll do the ask you a question. we'll do the same. you a question, same. let me ask you a question, beatrice. let me ask you a question for my next landmark birthday, i invite you. am i going ask bring your own going to ask you bring your own pudding bowls of of pudding from bowls of wine? of course proper. but i fondue. course not proper. but i fondue. you it. might . i you might do it. you might. i will i will pay for your will get it. i will pay for your birthday. is choice. he has no choice. he is our king and he's got to be crowned. the only kings. never been crowned kings. we've never been crowned . whether they were at . what? whether they were at edward, there's a lack of political right. not his right out of pudding a of out of the pudding it's a lot of analogies there . no, but he's analogies there. no, but he's got be crowned the only two got to be crowned the only two kings never been crowned kings have never been crowned with the eighth league. it was. was with the fourth prince in was it with the fourth prince in the was not crowned? the tower who was not crowned? otherwise, monarch the tower who was not crowned? oth

monarch. he is all king. and he deserves roaring is deserves his rip roaring is splendid courage for his bloated bank account . because us. bank account. because of us. because you , me. none of all because of you, me. none of all the fabulous gb news taxpayers. his bloated bank account is because of he should plough it bucket into listen, i'm with you. i'm with the kids on the street. well, it's an interesting choice of words, danny, but all i did is look at matilda. i disagree. i will be to pay my whatever it is. it'll be a very, very small amount per head of the population need to be fed. to be fair, whatever he puts in his pocket has from our pockets anyway. exactly. his money is our money anyway, so it doesn't make doesn't really make a difference. but with in difference. but with that in mind, he spending so mind, should he be spending so much it with the fact, much money on it with the fact, the sort of figure? mr. the way to sort of figure? mr. electoral but it's going to be a lot because going lavish it's not going to is it? it's not going to cheap is it? it's going to cheer country going to cheer the country up. they'll st there'll be this they'll be st there'll be this there'll there that. there'll be there will be that. it's about who pays for it. but all i think the country should pay all i think the country should pay you think the pay for it. you think the country should all country should pay with all we're paying even if it

we're paying for it, even if it comes out of his pocket as we put the money in there in the first place. if means it doesn't come president, the come from the president, the face it. in face it's got its face on it. in the it will have his face the end, it will have his face on need to pay. are on it. we all need to pay. are you listening, mr. zahawi? yes, exactly. but the coronation will be the right eyes. be a splash in. the right eyes. very quickly, very good point. very quickly, then and then in terms of harry and meghan, because think do you meghan, because we think do you think, should think, oh, they should just. i was choked no i do was choked on my tea. no i do not even going to wait for you to ask me. i do not know that the king forgive. of the king wants to forgive. of course he says course he does. he says some. but i it would be so disruptive for them to be there. they probably will be invited. he doesn't want to forgive them. harry christine, that harry has said, christine, that needs accountability needs to be accountability and contrition for contrition from the palace for all his statements now, i'm not so round but i'm so sure the round it but i'm sure the king would like an ideal world to be able to forgive his son. i guess he's a long way from now. yes, but i just think if they come the coronation, it's not their day. it's his day, but it's his son. have exactly, yeah, but have exactly, but. yeah, but look his son is treated. we look how his son is treated. we think most . we know think it's his most. we know it's come . on i mean,

it's his son. come. on i mean, this is the specifics, philip, is it? and he's the spit of people in the speech. i mean, i really think it's time that that was total of know put to bed but that's a bit like myself tired old joke but now i don't think they should invited well they should be invited well maybe but they maybe invite them but they shouldn't imagine that shouldn't and can imagine that woman woman too. i woman that that woman too. i think should invited. think they should be invited. whether there. whether invited just in there. oh, no . okay, that's good. oh, no, no. okay, that's good. that's not any threat of decency left. will do that. and left. they will not do that. and so that for god's sake, right, this shows nothing without your views. that's what my great voice is, their opportunity to be on tell us what they be on the and tell us what they think the we're think about the we're discussing. to go on for discussing. we have to go on for a while . so we're going to see a while. so we're going to see let's have a chat people regular alan. mcnealy good to talk to alan. mcnealy good to talk to alan. nice to see you on sunday. right. what do you think then ? i right. what do you think then? i mean, is it right that you spending so much money? because it a lot. it's going to it will be a lot. it's going to lavish on the coronation? yeah, absolutely . go for it. there's absolutely. go for it. there's no point in having it unless it's going to go full throttle .

it's going to go full throttle. but what about the fact that we're in a cost of living when some people are looking at that and it's all right and thinking it's all right for you ? well, the government money you? well, the government money hand over fist. now you know, so i don't think that the cost of the coronation is going to break the coronation is going to break the bank of england because it's already broke and it will be money well spent. not at the end the day. i just hope that they have a better organised and the queen just reason why they blocked off all the roads and put up boards so that could see it all that nonsense that it and all that nonsense that was real shambles . i think it was a real shambles. i think it should go through . so do harry should go through. so do harry and meghan to it. do you think all of the king's pretty highly. he's giving them an open invitation . he's already said invitation. he's already said they're welcome to come . i they're welcome to come. i believe that that is that is the birthday of harry summers , the birthday of harry summers, the set of my probably a good out clause housing. these are not coming he's giving them a good excuse to come so that they could see of a benefit. i would fear that if came that people

will jeer them. certainly if i going down to the coronation and i saw harry and meghan i would take a bag of tomatoes me now because i think the two of them are an absolute disgrace. you wouldn't do that. of course you wouldn't. not wouldn't. and he's not recommending does that recommending anyone does that all be thank so much. all and they be thank so much. lovely to talk to you. that is a mcneilly. he's great mcneilly. he's that great britain's there in britain's voice is there in grimsby. well, you're grimsby. right. well, you're with akua gb with me. i'm nana akua is gb news online and on digital news on tv online and on digital radio after the break. it is world view , host of the people's world view, host of the people's repubuc world view, host of the people's republic politics people's podcast . paul duddridge will be podcast. paul duddridge will be live from la. this hour . then live from la. this hour. then at ten, at least ten people have died in a mass shooting in lausanne, california, during a chinese new year celebration. and then at the general secretary of the work of english union, stephen morris will in the studio to answer all your employment from unfair dismissal to bullying . that's on the way to bullying. that's on the way after this .

good afternoon. is coming up to 9 minutes to family o'clock if you're just joining us welcome on board this is gb news. we are the people's i'm nana akua and it's the people's i'm nana akua and wsfime the people's i'm nana akua and it's time now for world view. now at least ten people have died in a mass shooting in los angeles, california, during a chinese new year's celebration. to discuss this, we're going live to california now to speak to the host of the politics people podcast , duddridge. paul people podcast, duddridge. paul what can you tell us about the chinese new year shooting . yeah, chinese new year shooting. yeah, this is the star ballroom in monterey park. and where i'm located. i often say that i'm in east la. this is just i mean, really the next neighbourhood. so we've had police helicopters circling really up until about 20 minutes ago. so there was a shooting . ten people confirm

shooting. ten people confirm dead, 12 injured, some critically have been taken to . critically have been taken to. local hospitals that that the injured number is still not absolutely determined, but 12 so far the suspect has so far not been captured. there is there's very scant descriptions we just know gunmen with long weapon. the initial reports that came out at 10:00 last night when this event took place time, 10:00 pacific, the first reports were of a machine gun and as opposed to just semiautomatic, but has now been updated to semi—auto matic still i don't know where that evidence is coming or where that whether that's confirmed but overnight the description of the weapon has actually changed. there's a there's a report of another incident at a nearby ballroom called the lily ballroom. this is a this is this of los

angeles, east la. monterey park is a 65% asian community. so chinese new year celebrations in monterey often bring it's a two day, three day event and they often bring a couple of hundred thousand people to the to the area. it's the low . so this is area. it's the low. so this is a very densely packed celebration last night . and apparently the last night. and apparently the shooting that took place was entirely random. but it's concerning that the gunman has so far not been apprehended. and no no real description . wow. no no real description. wow. very worrying. will, obviously will hopefully and keep us updated on that . now, what's the updated on that. now, what's the latest with joe biden and these documents in his garage ? well documents in his garage? well keep finding more. they just found another . there's a lot of found another. there's a lot of we broke this last week. okay. i'm going to take full credit for this because we were saying that basically the all the

criticism and all the pressure on this story is actually coming from within the democrat party. if you think that joe biden's had two years of a completely clear run , you know, the laptop clear run, you know, the laptop , the dealing with the ukraine money, the chinese, etc. all the kind of all the kind of scandals that could have broken , all that could have broken, all suppressed by the media. this story is being fed by democrats, not by the republican . i mean, not by the republican. i mean, the whole thing just stinks to high heaven. but we've now found the third tranche of documents weren't declared from biden's time as . vice president, and so time as. vice president, and so he didn't have authority to , he didn't have authority to, clear documents to clear classified documents. and obviously we've made the comparison between the fbi raid on trump's mar a lago, where the former president current, in my opinion but the former president and actually taken documents and cleared them . he had the cleared them. he had the authority to do so. biden for the very first time the media and the establishment,

the very first time the media and the establishment , for want and the establishment, for want of a better word, are actually joe biden , this is this is an joe biden, this is this is an attempt to replace him as candidate before the next election. so, yes , found more election. so, yes, found more documents and pressure is building on him from inside. thank you very much . paul davies thank you very much. paul davies and the politics people podcast. thank you very much right. let's move over to russia now and joining me in the studio to talk about russia's political commentator and russia expert, danny. commentator and russia expert, danny . and i think we know that danny. and i think we know that bofisis danny. and i think we know that boris is currently going to keep his. so what was he doing there ? yeah, well, johnson is currently in kyiv. it's a surprise visit. will if you weren't paying attention to chronology of what's been happening the past few days. on thursday, was on the, we thursday, he was on the, we addressed their leaders in davos cheerleading funding for cheerleading for funding for ukraine course. he said that we need to double down funding ukraine on saturday. of course, the big expose about his funding and this the big expose about his funding and thi s £800,000 alone that was and this £800,000 alone that was sorted out by bbc chief and on sunday, just a few hours that

breaking he's in kyiv he's meeting with the volodymyr zelenskyy fantastic pr opportunity for and takes some of heat off of his back that's been building for the last few days and of course zelenskyy we know he likes his is powerful political his famous political pals, his famous friends he says it's friends so yeah he says it's a great kind of pr opportunity both them it's great for both them and it's great for bofis both them and it's great for boris to remind that he boris to remind people that he was prime minister was the sitting prime minister when that reaction to when he had that reaction to ukraine. the funding the military , of course, the has military, of course, the has been one of the biggest military supporters and supporters of ukraine and he's basically that's what about early this week when zelenskyy sort of seemed to point to allude towards fact that putin is dead didn't he something about that and it was really i mean, what was that about ? and it was really i mean, what was that about? yeah. i mean, again, we can see the volodymyr zelenskyy unquestionably likes . zelenskyy unquestionably likes. to do these dresses to this was to the to be there at the world economic forum he's done a similar address to the golden the grammys again powerful

friends that he's got and he's famous friends and he said he doesn't think that vladimir the vladimir putin that we see on tv screens is actually the whish—wilson and he says that it could cgi it could be the green room. i mean he'll know a little bit about that to be honest. you know they're very good at that. well, yeah, very good well, yeah, they're very good also. in also. very, very good in ukraine. mean this is showed ukraine. i mean this is a showed himself be master of the himself to be a master of the green what it would say green room what it would say about boris johnson just going back to him is how it's been received will be received russia when went the last time. when he went the last time. sergei. sergei naryshkin, which is russia's top spy, said that some of the negotiations that were reached in istanbul between russia, ukraine, quickly became well, ukraine quickly reneged on some of the promises they made in those negotiations after bofis in those negotiations after boris johnson went to see the lot of insolence because they don't like it was boris guys that were told and as well yeah, i mean, the thing is that the way it's being received in russia the fact that they russia is the fact that they will they will think that one of

the biggest cheerleaders for funding for ukraine has kind of twisted zelenskyy arm. twisted volodymyr zelenskyy arm. and doesn't want to sit and now he doesn't want to sit down in negotiations because cash is coming the west cash is coming in from the west and justify a just will get and also justify a just will get it it also justifies the it and it also justifies the russian pretext all the war the russian pretext all the war the russia is fighting western backs and nato about ukraine the start of the war. i mean what did they expect started the war? but can i just can i just say so what's going on now? because there's just been a warning this big update a warning from update for a warning from vladimir saying vladimir putin that he's saying that use nuclear that he will have to use nuclear weapons. mean, what weapons. i mean, what that about? i at the moment about? well, i at the moment there's been course, in winter, as was expected as i've said to you on this show, quite a few times, that it would be a lull in action the battlefield. as in action on the battlefield. as i've the of i've always said, the threat of nuclear is much more to all nuclear war is much more to all sides in both and certainly to vladimir putin than actually using nuclear weapons. so i can't see that being on the table, actually using that. and so that's what he thought was

latest thing, a real update that came today. the it is always the threat of nuclear war that's much more beneficial to russia than actually using nuclear warheads . we actually looking warheads. we actually looking forward now to well, not looking forward now to well, not looking forward is this a terrible choice of words, but in of the war we're looking towards a spnng war we're looking towards a spring offensive. when russia regroups and is ready to launch an offensive on the battlefield. and very, very quickly, you got about 30 seconds with regard to these are blocking these tanks germany are blocking yes the yes people from sending the tanks. yes people from sending the tanks . well goes against tanks. well it goes against their germany's foreign to provide is what they provide lethal aid is what they didn't the right when the war broke out and this is what they were for these were criticised for these leopard summit leopard tanks there was summit in that was supposed to in ramstein that was supposed to about a decision to send these tanks. they reach one. so germany is being a crucified a little bit for this decision and a an action as it has a lack of an action as it has been since. the war began but it does against foreign does go against german foreign policy, given war two policy, of course, given war two and the history they and given the history that they can't fund the can't lethal aid to fund the war. so they're in a catch 22 situation really, really . all situation really, really. all right, tony armstrong, thank you

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at least ten people were killed in a shooting at a lunar new year festival , thousands of year festival, thousands of people had gathered the monterrey park near los angeles when a gunman opened fire. another ten people were taken to with at least one in a critical condition . the la. county condition. the la. county sheriff says , a male suspect, sheriff says, a male suspect, fled the scene and remains at large . a very preliminary large. a very preliminary description has been described lived as a male asian interviewing victims and witnesses. we've gotten different descriptions of one suspect. so when i say it's preliminary , please again, be preliminary, please again, be patient . us we are here to tell patient. us we are here to tell you that we are utilising every resource to apprehend this suspect suspect in what we believe to be one of the county's most heinous cases . county's most heinous cases. neighbours calling an urgent investigation into claims. the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp helped boris johnson arrange a. weeks before the then

prime recommended sharp for the job the sunday times claims mr. sharp helped boris secure a guarantor for a loan of up to £800,000 when he was in financial difficulty in late 2020. sharp was announced the government's choice for the bbc position in january 2021. both men say there was no conflict of interest . labour and the snp interest. labour and the snp have called for an independent inquiry . meanwhile, a cabinet inquiry. meanwhile, a cabinet minister has told gb news the name zahawi has the prime minister's support following allegations about his tax affairs . the conservative party affairs. the conservative party chairman has admitted he reached a settlement with hmrc believed to be almost a settlement with hmrc believed to be almost £5 million following an error over multi—million pound shareholding in the polling company yougov. labour has called his position but foreign secretary james cleverly says he believes mr. zahawi has paid his. i cleverly says he believes mr. zahawi has paid his . i know any zahawi has paid his. i know any more details than what he has

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need germany to give it a green light. latvia estonia and lithuania say germany as a leading european has a special response in restoring peace on the continent. berlin insists it's not blocking deliveries and has yet to make a decision about supplying tanks to the war torn country . at least 300 migrants country. at least 300 migrants have arrived in the uk on eight small boats overnight, making it the busiest day of channel crossings so far this year. gb news understands a few other boats have also set off this morning but haven't yet made it to the uk . the boats were to the uk. the boats were monitored by naval vessels, which can only intervene if the migrants get difficulties. today the arrivals bring the total number of crossing the channel this year to , 450 . and this year to, 450. and buckingham palace has revealed the queen consort will be alongside the king in a break with tradition at the coronation may. the service will be by the archbishop of canterbury at

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male employees on the labour side of the house. after speech about the scottish gender reform . think labour has . so do you think labour has a woman problem? remember keir starmer as well? does a woman have he couldn't answer have a penis? he couldn't answer that straight. i've only gb views that gbnews.uk. oh, tweet me . gb news. and now it is me at. gb news. and now it is time for week's outside. now stability workers conditions and wages and workers rights have come to the forefront over the last few months to the mass strikes that have gripped this country. is country. stephen morris is general secretary of the workers of england and their goal is to protect workers and ensure job stability or it's to do with unfairness . they promote unit unfairness. they promote unit and winning in the workplace . and winning in the workplace. stephen so has also worked with barghouti's matt hoy over his employment issues, job security , job satisfaction have become a big worry . many workers across big worry. many workers across this and things have changed, especially after the pandemic. so should the majority of the

nation's workforce be part of a union. what are the benefits? well, i'm pleased to say joining me to talk about this is the general secretary of the workers of england union, stephen. stephen, much stephen, thank you very much joining it's really joining me. yeah, it's really good you. now, first good to talk to you. now, first of want you about of all, i want to ask you about mass strikes. going mass strikes. everyone is going on. what why do you on. i mean, what why do you think that we've been gripped by? i know people are saying it's inflation, but it's because of inflation, but some those for some of those workers, for example aslef example some of the aslef workers, well workers, they're paid quite well anyway. so i'm just. well, to me , it's really a political issue at the minute . that's what at the minute. that's what ground to it. the main unions that are going on strike, obviously, who support that are going on strike, obv labour who support that are going on strike, obv labour party. who support that are going on strike, obv labour party. ando support that are going on strike, obv labour party. and so upport that are going on strike, obv labour party. and so they�*t the labour party. and so they can see that the conservatives party are really on the knees . party are really on the knees. they are likely to win next election and they're really trying to push the labour agenda across it . and like you say, across it. and like you say, some of them are really got money and they they're not looking because the unions that are specific to them industries, they're not looking at the country as a whole like we would as general union. we have to as a general union. we have to look you suddenly give all

look at if you suddenly give all the public sector all these massive rises that to do massive rises what's that to do to the cost of living that's going increase it for the private people who will private sector. people who will have the taxes, pay the have to pay the taxes, pay the bills strain on them, bills put extra strain on them, businesses and possible redundancies and other issues that develop . so they're not that develop. so they're not looking at the entire bigger picture. they're at picture. they're looking at a political agenda against with laboun political agenda against with labour. well, i mean, i know that that one of the things that the one of the sectors that the pcc was at. mark. what's. he's the one that said actually they want to bring down the government. with the strikes though those were words. it though those were his words. it was a and said that was in a paper and he said that and quhe was in a paper and he said that and quite comfortable and he was quite comfortable saying, what saying, so you know what you're saying, so you know what you're saying in some of saying in big terms in some of those unions , specially for the those unions, specially for the civil service union. it does seem be it is the one seem to be true. it is the one of the things when looked at of the things when you looked at the it a the initial strikes, it was a changed people changed train. drivers people looked money they looked at how much money they were god, that we were on for and god, that we will nowhere near that. that's good money. was a cost good money. yes, it was a cost of living. with household, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnotg. with household, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnot just with household, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnot just i'lowi household, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnot just how muchahold, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnot just how much you 1, good money. yes, it was a cost of lnot just how much you earn, it's not just how much you earn, it's not just how much you earn, it's much you spend it . it's not just how much you earn, it's much you spend it. but it's how much you spend it. but then to move it into

then they tended to move it into areas that they felt people would with them. would have sympathy with them. so then moved to the nhs so they then moved it to the nhs , they've moved to education, , they've moved it to education, they're at teachers. they're looking at the teachers. so moved into areas where they think they can get more. but again, to try and again, it's still to try and down government earlier than down the government earlier than than to. do you think than they want to. do you think that the pandemic got that the pandemic has got something to answer for with this? because lot of people, this? because a lot of people, you they got used you know, they got used to staying you know staying at home. and, you know being pretty well for doing being paid pretty well for doing not much furlough. people got this complacency about this sort of complacency about the living choices, the the cost of living choices, the cost lockdown that's it cost of lockdown that's what it is. the internal workings is. you the internal workings the country locked up . the country locked up. businesses weren't making money. people being paid. it said to stay at home. and so yes. so the pubuc stay at home. and so yes. so the public sector workers were working and some some would say some were furloughed. so some were being furloughed . we were were being furloughed. we were being paid for it. and some would say, well, actually, only paying would say, well, actually, only paying to the job that paying to do the job that they're paid to do, you know, but the of issues but the cost of lockdown issues have affected in our have affected everybody in our businesses. you know, you've businesses. a you know, you've seen the high streets. no, i

really still in going to a lot of places starting to look at whether they can continue working or not. so we've got to look at the bigger picture. and even if even if to give the pubuc even if even if to give the public sector all this pay rise , depending on who you speak to, it vary between 507 million per 1. that's going to increase cost of living because somebody's got to pay for it. well, the thing and actually what does really get me really annoyed is the fact that especially the train drivers , they were paid furlough drivers, they were paid furlough because there weren't any trains running. so they paid furlough for not doing anything. and now saying it's not fair and it's like, well, hold on a minute, some of us have to work, particularly the nurses who i believe should be paid more. i do think they paid do think they should be paid more, but think that they more, but i think that they have to realistic these to be realistic with these bigger these bigger conditions with nurses , one of the with the nurses, one of the things that noticed with things that we noticed with these is we didn't these strikes is we didn't really see work real. we really see a work to real. we didn't see the banning of overtimes or stopping of overtime. you've just go

overtime. you've just seem to go straight strike action. straight to the strike action. yeah. is usually the last yeah. which is usually the last resort. so we nobody's been mentioned about the overtime balance so it seems as have been happy to the overtime in happy to earn the overtime in preparation when they don't get paid on the strikes . these are paid on the strikes. these are all the arguments that we need to look but there is serious staffing issues. the public sector especially nurses these issues to do with beds . but also issues to do with beds. but also we've got to look at some issues are at the moment with beds in the nhs 40,000 care home workers got dismissed because they didn't want to take part in the clinical trials. so where were the unions on that? when you say clinical trials, i'm come back to yeah, which was on clinical trial that was the yellow card reporting phase . but the issue reporting phase. but the issue is there these care homes now got the facilities to take people from the hospital . that's people from the hospital. that's causing a bed block and then the ambulance services are saying well, we have an issue because well, we have an issue because we go to the ambulances. it all stems to the actions of the government lockdown

government during the lockdown and behave . the strikes and how they behave. the strikes really they just seem to have gone straight for strike action, not gone through the normal negotiating and for the when you look at the nurses, the got to remember that under the agenda for change contract if the nurses get the pay everybody gets the pay well that's the thing and that that some people don't know about that they know. they just think oh just they just think oh it's just nurses not everybody the nurses not everybody on the agenda contract will get the agenda for contract will get the pay agenda for contract will get the pay that increases pay rise and that increases massively. difficult massively. and that's difficult for taxpayer because for the taxpayer because obviously, public sector obviously, as public sector workers lot of them workers, that puts a lot of them in higher bracket, which in a higher tax bracket, which means get means that sometimes you get more money, you pay it, you get paid you take home more, paid more, you take home more, you higher tax you end up in a higher tax bracket. is a bit a catch bracket. it is a bit of a catch and. i think lot people and. i think a lot of people need at it's need to look at that. it's a it's a vicious circle. you know increase increase spending. you've got to pay somehow you've got to pay for it somehow . you're going pay for you've got to pay for it somehow .you're going pay for in .you're going to pay for it in courts. you to pay for courts. are you going to pay for it increases? that's it in tax increases? that's the only the only way. so it's up to the people to decide . and the proper people to decide. and the proper question put to them. yeah. do you the nurses should have

you think the nurses should have a 19% pay rise? do you ? so if a 19% pay rise? do you? so if you agree with that or are you happy pay you agree with that or are you happy pay this extra amount happy to pay this extra amount of or do you want the of tax and or do you want the services court yeah, and probably pay more tax, right? well they will want them in a cost of living crisis. they'll, they'll can't pay anymore they'll say can't pay anymore tax you . so talk to me about use tax you. so talk to me about use and you set up this workers of england union why you set it england union why did you set it up did you we started up when did you do. we started to form 2009. 2000 said one of the things was we were concerned that the trade unions had become too politicised. there weren't properly representing the members . so properly representing the members. so what we properly representing the members . so what we do, we don't members. so what we do, we don't fully say for a fairly if i can say to any political party and we don't use workplace reps and that's quite important because this is this comes to another one on costs because we keep our really low and that's one of the issues. the other unions have to report on the so the public sector services have to be put under a facility time the trade

unions the nhs normally deals with cost them just 0 f £29 with cost them just of £29 million facility time 2020 2021. that's money that the unions are getting subscription for but then pay the labour party donations but don't reimburse the nhs . right | donations but don't reimburse the nhs . right i see. and you've the nhs. right i see. and you've got the same in education and got the same in education and got the same in education and got the same in civil service. now to me if these trade unions in that the nhs should be properly funded and they wanted to support it they should say okay , our reps have cost the nhs okay, our reps have cost the nhs amount of money to sho w £29 amount of money to show £29 million. we'll give that money back. million. we'll give that money back . they're not going to do it back. they're not going to do it because they've got because they have offices all over the country . but they have to pay country. but they have to pay these for and we don't we these bills for and we don't we have one office wicket we've always been internet based reps were based all over the country but they operate from home and so see what's to so we'll see what's different to youn so we'll see what's different to your. join this your. so anyway can join this sort and anyone can sort of union and anyone can join because we a general and but don't put across

but we also don't put across a political view so as example if you came to us and said what's the union's view on this, we said we don't have one. we just say to you your issue. you tell , us what you issue is, and then we represent you see. that's interesting. interesting and i know different of know this there's different of cases because . before cases these days because. before we didn't have the internet . but we didn't have the internet. but what if i often wonder myself, what if i often wonder myself, what if i often wonder myself, what if somebody something ages ago because i know quite a few people have gone forjobs said something ages ago somebody found it on twitter and brought it back it you know can it back it you know what can have somebody that represents you. yeah somebody get fired because of something that you said ages ago you've rights these various rights and various legislations that already protect you the internet . the protect you on the internet. the only thing we tell people to do is really anything on there is really put anything on there about yeah, that's about who you work. yeah, that's the if you don't put the only one. if you don't put who you work for. then a lot of the legislations will protect you? know, european you? you know, european regulations on free speech regulations on free speech regulations we've got here on

free stupid act. so in your bit where you've got you know, gb news or whatever, where you say where you who you work for, don't put that there. yeah don't put who you work because put who you work for because then could be seen that the then it could be seen that the argument an employer would use is that you may be bringing the company disrepute and an employment law once that people need to be concerned about of claim about it's different to law and criminal they to have absolute proof that you've done this or in employment law they need a reasonable belief . it's need a reasonable belief. it's a very grey area. so if an employee says i reason to believe you the company to disrepute it. yeah they don't have to have proof. so if putting someone on social media we just say to people don't put your company on there and. finally, why should people unions? because a lot of people look at that say because i a lot of people are pressurised to go on strike when everyone gets a strike. should people strike. why should people actually should think actually join in? should think everyone join a union. everyone should join a union. i think everybody be a member a

think everybody be a member of a union. union union. yeah but you need a union that represents the that properly represents the member's interests and the union's interests towards the individual. that's the matter . individual. that's the matter. so you could have been mind that over the of the decades trade have really got proper workers . have really got proper workers. a lot of the rights we have now we may say we don't have a lot right . we do have a lot more right. we do have a lot more health and safety regulations so on.and health and safety regulations so on. and these have been brought in through trade unions at work in through trade unions at work in a lot as we saw in the late seventies. and as we see now, a lot of trade unions seem to have lost their way in role lost their way in what role actually there will is to actually is there will is to represent members at the represent the members at the best conditions, not bring best conditions, not to bring the not to bring the the government not to bring the government down, which what government down, which is what these to doing. these lots seem to be doing. yeah. everyone join yeah. so everyone should join a union. good union. listen it's really good to you . we're running to talk to you. we're running out of time. thank you. thank you stephen you very really. that's stephen morris. he's the general secretary of the workers of england union. well, coming up, it's england union. well, coming up, wsfime england union. well, coming up, it's time our great british it's time for our great british debate hour. i'm asking, it's time for our great british deba labourhour. i'm asking, it's time for our great british deba labour have i'm asking, it's time for our great british deba labour have an asking, it's time for our great british deba labour have a woman], does labour have a woman problem? labour rosie duffield has said her has

has said that her party has serious now this serious women problems. now this as conservative miriam cates as conservative mp miriam cates faced heckling and abuse from mostly male mp, the latest side of the house after a speech about scottish gender reform and now so does the party have labour problem that's coming up after the weather . hello there after the weather. hello there i'm jonathan autry here with your latest weather updates from the met office today and the next few days, the uk is a bit of a battleground between cold and high pressure over scandinavia , severe, but scandinavia, severe, but stretching its way down into south eastern areas of england is holding the cold air in tact here ? the frontal systems there here? the frontal systems there that trying push their that are trying to push their way into the north and west, they're also dredging some mild to air at this time of they're also dredging some mild to year, air at this time of they're also dredging some mild to year, though,t this time of they're also dredging some mild to year, though,t tiaccompanied the year, though, is accompanied by amount cloud. and by a fair amount of cloud. and we some patchy we will see some patchy outbreaks and drizzle outbreaks of rain and drizzle across and across southwest scotland and other irish sea coastal areas overnight where we hold on to the skies to the south the clear skies to the south and east, temperatures be off east, temperatures will be off quite to minus quite rapidly, down to minus minus celsius. in some minus four celsius. in some towns and cities this will be

accompanied by freezing fog overnight. could be quite in places. so do just take care you are heading out first thing on monday morning to linger through the morning across the likes of cambridgeshire but eventually clearing away allow some clearing away to allow some brighter cloud pushing way. brighter cloud pushing its way. kent and areas of east anglia meanwhile the cloud over and overin meanwhile the cloud over and over in western areas is going to persistent . it to remain fairly persistent. it could largely day could be another largely day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle going to stay in the north and west. though highs of 910 degrees celsius here and around four three degrees further to the south and east into monday evening . it's into monday evening. it's a relatively similar picture but because we've now got the cloud filtering its into the far southeast, the frost will just hold off a bit more hair and it'll of england it'll be that slice of england where temperatures will readily drop again as we move drop off once again as we move into rest of the week that into the rest of the week that cloud in the north—west is slowly going to push its way southwards frontal southwards with this frontal system . so we will eventually system. so we will eventually see some cloud yet and also milder across southern areas of as we move towards the middle of

the week. behind that cold front, though , we will see an front, though, we will see an increase of some slightly colder air. will fall air. so temperatures will fall off a bit for the likes of, edinburgh but not edinburgh and belfast, but not too cold. more around average for the time of year. by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. you later .

good afternoon. coming up to 24 minutes after 5:00, if you've just joined. welcome to the show . now you have insight. we've got about 35 minutes or so left. i'm not a square. this is gb news. we are people's channel now. it's time now for the great british debate. this hour. i'm asking, does labour have a woman problem now the labour mp for canterbury, rosie duffield , that canterbury, rosie duffield, that her party has got a serious her own party has got a serious problem and even the current labour party to abusive to her abusive relationship . her abusive relationship. her comments come after she several

other female employees including conservative mp miriam cates , conservative mp miriam cates, was subjected to heckling and abuse from mostly male employees on the labour side of the house after. they highlighted what they see as a need to protect vulnerable women in single sex spaces and had criticised scotland's gender reform bill. now the abuse culminated in labour mp lloyd russell—moyle calling miriam cates a bigot and moving to the tory side of the house to intimidate . and those house to intimidate. and those comments threaten , make life comments threaten, make life difficult for who's been criticised in past for his inability to define what a woman he doesn't even think it's to say that only women have a cervix . is it transphobic to say cervix. is it transphobic to say only women have cervix? well, it is something that's shouldn't be said . so for the great fudge said. so for the great fudge debate hour i'm asking does labour have a woman problem. i'm joined now by former labour mp and minister for that is mcshane

. dennis keir starmer hopes to be our next prime minister to say without dumbing is it that right now ? there seems to be right now? there seems to be some heckling being disrespectful to the women in the chamber. i mean, what is that. the chamber. i mean, what is that . very, very bad behaviour. that. very, very bad behaviour. my that. very, very bad behaviour. my view, i mean, i was shocked. i for rosie duffield in 2017 that in 2019 she got rid of a socialist , this time quite socialist, this time quite homophobic. tory mp . i think homophobic. tory mp. i think keir starmer is getting into the difficulty of personal politics here, as somebody says earlier, we would have a period, we would have a period saying let's examine looks seriously well well it but the question isn't put to rishi sunak or others it's just a vision. i answered it's just a vision. i answered it straightaway , said no. one, i it straightaway, said no. one, i think i think the difficulty also is there is a real problem. a real problem because there's so many women who fought the seventies eighties misogyny full gay rights. julie biddle joan smith i can really soberly dames rosie duffield also as well

they're now being told that they can't say that it's absolutely central as the trans issue becomes sensitive that women's are equally respect the other side you've people like nicholas sturgeon who's tried to stir it all up stir it all up in the day . scottish nationalists. yeah that's also wrong . so i think , that's also wrong. so i think, there's a real problem there for all parties and i hope labour just is a bit more sensitive about this. well do you think that could be their undoing though, because there's a lot women like me are looking at. oh, well, you because oh, well, you know, because i'm not much with the not seeing much happen with the conservative don't know conservative party. i don't know who vote don't who i would vote for. i don't none of are looking pretty none of them are looking pretty good to me at all. i'm not interested a that interested in a party that seemed to have this this seemed to have all this this awfulness on. themes awfulness going on. the themes are affairs and are with this tax affairs and the status and not the non—dom status and not wearing seatbelt . that. wearing a seatbelt. no, that. and on other side , and then on the other side, you've who are you've got a party who are unable define what woman is unable to define what a woman is or if a woman

or even say if a woman has a penis and backing nicola sturgeon's reform bill in sturgeon's gender reform bill in scottish house. i mean, you know, well even in scott island there's budget against that there's no budget against that and mp , labour mp support and labour mp, labour mp support all did speak out critically on it. i just think that it's like keir starmer the other was asked as it asked or fed, who would you rather go ? our school play you rather go? our school play with ? i mean, it sounds with? i mean, it sounds offensive. no, no, no .jeremy offensive. no, no, no. jeremy corbyn on piers morgan and without hesitation , said piers without hesitation, said piers morgan , i think every country. morgan, i think every country. well he can. i think asking any party leaders to simply yes, no questions but doesn't work that way. well it should work well in i'd be okay . all right. all i'd be okay. all right. all right. should labour to answer questions and that does irritate me. and they think that they're being they think that they're being they think that they're being by circumnavigating the answer and coming out and then changing the subject . and it's changing the subject. and it's like still haven't answered like you still haven't answered question we, the british

question and we, the british people are very intelligent, we're not stupid and we get so bored of this nonsense , bored of this nonsense, especially not even being able to answer whether a woman has a penis. how does he expect? well, i certainly answered i think other certainly answered it . yes, but it took him a few it. yes, but it took him a few votes a few months , till he votes a few months, till he realised his mistake and he's losing% i don't actually think the number of trans labour women affected by the scottish legislation i read. one analysis is in the low hundreds , if not is in the low hundreds, if not so young people . people don't so young people. people don't ask why? because legislation will affect all women. well, listen, i'm also joined by political commentator anna mcgovern do you feel that mcgovern. anna, do you feel that this the abuse received by the dup female employees dup is female employees will put a of women off entering a lot of women off entering politics voting labour? yes, absolutely . and i think this is absolutely. and i think this is such a widespread problem , such a widespread problem, especially, you know, entering politics as a woman. and i think many women, i don't think you should feel like you should be intimidated, have to apologise for wanting a woman's only space

because women, they are great dangen because women, they are great danger, especially they're sharing a space with someone who biologically a woman . and i biologically a woman. and i think for many young women who be watching, you know, their house, they've commented, seeing almost all protected spaces , a almost all protected spaces, a political debate . i could political debate. i could definitely see some women sort of being reluctant to enter politics because they don't care about the issues that matter us. what about the starmer's inability initially to define a woman is. i mean, that was ridiculous and pathetic and it's that that was when he was first asked. that's the way he behaved . yes. absolutely and i think when we went actually in reading history, me and a friend of mine rerecording for a youtube channel, we spoke to many of the residents , reggie, and we just residents, reggie, and we just asked them to define gender and elaborate that. and we asked one of them, one of the approached us. we just asked him to define what's a transgender woman. what

is a woman, which you think quite a simple question. but when asked, what is a woman , he when asked, what is a woman, he simply he could not answer the question whatsoever. and he said that a woman is a leader for trans women . and to lead the trans women. and to lead the sort of notion forward. and i so you sort of question that why can't answer a very simple question why people afraid to almost alter questions to be honest. well, let's bring in dennis mcshane on this. i i agree. i agree with . yeah, i agree. i agree with. yeah, i mean , i was very struck the mean, i was very struck the other day. go to picturehouse cinemas change in london it's very popular i like them at they removed all the men's loos simply simple cubic cubicles. well that's actually probably a good and respectful thing. it we'd have to wait the same length of time as we would have to wait to. go. no, we used to just go to a thing called a ufinal just go to a thing called a urinal, a wall. so you just keep this urine. don't want the details of all this that safe space issue out is absolutely

right. is causing great deal of anguish of doing it. it would generation gay women. right through the labour party who want that absolute respect for a woman. i'm not sure i crazy i never thought i sort of finish my life where leaders of labour parties were all conservative parties were all conservative parties were all conservative parties were asked who a penis who had a cervix, a baby just shows the direction of travel we're going in and a you know i absolutely just going to say i absolutely just going to say i absolutely agree what's been said and i think especially it's almost like we're focusing the wrong issues and i think it's very telling in schools as well. i think research shows that 80% of secondary school students there now identifying as lgbt and i think this is that's definitely influencing all schools is becoming a polarised and i think that this is something that's going to continue and become even you know, even widespread as the

society moves on. so in short then you think another labour a woman problem yes or not yes. and that it does labour have a woman from yes or no not quite . woman from yes or no not quite. yes or no. oh yes. no yeah so is this obviously labour party saying. oh, no, no. actually i think think this there is a problem . i don't know who's problem. i don't know who's advising sir keir on this, but he hasn't really . it's he hasn't really. it's a residence edition. got the government got the toad right but we're stuck now with . the but we're stuck now with. the cynical nationalist ideology of nicholas sturgeon sturgeon . nicholas sturgeon sturgeon. we're not supposed to do this. well we i think. what was it? well, get rid of a well if the labour party sort their act out, you'll be able get rid of nicholas sturgeon. thank you very to adam mcgovern, political commentator thaddeus commentator and also thaddeus mcshane. thank you so former labour for minister for labour mp for minister for europe . you're with me on nana europe. you're with me on nana akua. this is gb news tv online and on digital radio coming up.

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to 38 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and went my great british went back to my great british this hour asking does labour have a woman problem . labour mp have a woman problem. labour mp rosie duffield has said her party has got a serious woman problem and equated the current labour party to an abusive relationship . now comments come relationship. now comments come after and several other female mp , including conservative women mp, including conservative women , were subjected to heckling abuse from mostly male employees on the labour side of the house. that's after they highlighted that they see as the need to protect women single spaces . and protect women single spaces. and of course it's not a scottish scottish gender reform bill. now rosie's comments threaten to make life for starmer, who's beenin make life for starmer, who's been in the past with an ability define what a woman is . so for define what a woman is. so for the great budget debate this houn the great budget debate this hour, i'm asking does labour have a woman problem . well let's have a woman problem. well let's see my panel make that see what my panel make of that i'm joined now by christine hamilton and also done it kelly. let's christine. let's start with you, christine. what do you think do they have a

woman problem? well, mean, woman problem? well, i mean, don't me their own. don't take it from me their own. mp says she's got mp rosie duffield says she's got a big article somewhere. i read it , a big article somewhere. i read it, remember, it was a big article somewhere. i read it , remember, it was the a big article somewhere. i read it, remember, it was the man i think today saying yes, they do have woman and the mp have a woman problem and the mp you mentioned i you just mentioned lloyd moy. i think the way he marched across the chamber and went and sat down to miriam cates, the tory, and he she was facing the normal way and he just sat there sort of and stared very and described her as a bigot. well, i that sort of behaviour really should not take place in the house of commons and it does. young girl you were to , talking i mean it you were to, talking i mean it does people off when does make put people off when a put the one reason why i never became an was because i never wanted, which is what i did want to do when i first went to work that way back early that way back in the early seventies. i hate seventies. was because i hate nobody this, but i hate confrontation and. i really didn't like the sort of gladiator atmosphere in the. and of course, then it was much more difficult for women. but that is what put me off doing it. i mean, thank goodness it did, to

be , it did. so think be honest, it did. so i think women to be put off. women are going to be put off. and very telling and i think it's very telling when. however many when. one, however many frontbench got one frontbench women you've got one of own who had of your own who had a spectacular victory a julian brazier in canterbury . she's the brazier in canterbury. she's the only labour mp in the whole of a county . you know she's, she's county. you know she's, she's fighting a pretty battle down there and then if she says that labouris there and then if she says that labour is not welcoming to women, then i think you have to sit up and take. mr. starmer was first, sir keir starmer yeah, it's the bullying once again. it's the people who say that they are so liberally minded . they are so liberally minded. and my issue here is that they've tied themselves into knots complete knots about the status of the cervix. oh, not in the woman . i want you to answer the woman. i want you to answer . look, all i want you protect, okay? what they're trying to do is protect a minority, a vulnerable minority , i.e, trans, vulnerable minority, i.e, trans, and then before the trans issue, they protecting a vulnerable minority or equal equality, which were women's rights. but unfortunately now the smaller the minority , it's true, the

the minority, it's true, the smaller the minority trumps the larger the larger majority, the smaller the tail whack. so, of course now if we could find someone was more vulnerable than a trans, then that's true . and a trans, then that's true. and the labour mob would get, would go, would go after the to say you can't say that about him or her it's crazy. this is just liberal psychopathy it's crazy it's identity and it isn't it doesn't mean and i know everybody's seen the clip million times of keir starmer not to be able to say what a woman's right not to be able to say whether a woman has a penis or a cervix. i mean, it's a five year old kid could tell you that the thing is i think what worries me the most is that are afraid to say this now they're afraid to say this now they're afraid to say this now they're afraid to be honest about it so it's like the emperor no clothes. have to pretend that clothes. we have to pretend that you know. well okay, this is a woman. listen have every respect for what have you. i don't trans woman. woman. no, to whatever it's irrelevant me. but don't

it's irrelevant to me. but don't tell me that you're a woman woman like me when you a man who is a trans woman and the law itself. but that doesn't isn't. but most trans people don't particularly want to have that argument either because they accept that they are trans women and. i accept i'm a woman. for so politician to start to create this non—issue , start to be this non—issue, start to be confused about it when it's quite obvious what the reality is seems a bit ridiculous . i is seems a bit ridiculous. i object personally to being called a woman. i got this woman. i a woman, for goodness sake. i'm a woman and trans women trans women. why women are trans women. why i have be a subsection of have to be a subsection of womanhood . cis woman no i'm womanhood. cis woman i'm no i'm let ask two women a question let me ask two women a question that a bloke can never would you feel vulnerable in the changing room if for example these equality laws in scotland were to down to england. i to filter down to england. i mean how realistically how often would you be trying something on in the changing room or in a woman's toilet on woman's toilet. toilet on a bloke comes in. well, bloke in a dress comes in. well, actually, i into actually, one time i went into a shop and that did, but i was with the person was the trans

woman , and i went with to her woman, and i went with to her the changing room and she tried on some dresses and i didn't actually have any issue whatsoever. you knew whatsoever. because you knew that what another that. what about if another bloke in a dress came in? it's not going to happen very often. is it how would see exactly what exactly most women would would rightly or wrongly feel? rather uncomfortable. but it's not just it's not really. i think that's not the problem really . problem not the problem really. problem is by opening the i mean if we look at nicola sturgeon's gender bill, it's just the fact that it opens out to absolutely anybody too easy find themselves a woman without sort of real medical diagnosis or anything like that. and i think at that point that's when open abuse and when it's open to abuse and that's why women are concerned, but why we're concerned but that's why we're concerned with party was unable define but that's why we're concerned with a party was unable define but that's why we're concerned with a woman was unable define but that's why we're concerned with a woman is s unable define but that's why we're concerned with a woman is because define but that's why we're concerned with a woman is because iszfine what a woman is because is important that they can and not be afraid do that because it be afraid to do that because it means they won't my means that they won't fight my cornermarginalised . to which being marginalised. to which i mean to be perfectly honest on a very trivial note, possibly. i don't like these multi

don't really like these multi sex news . i hate them. i don't really like these multi sex news. i hate them. i hate them . you know, we've got them them. you know, we've got them here at gb news house, but it's a rented building and nothing to tell about it. yes. you're not going stranger. gb going to into a stranger. gb news no, but i still would much when i go through the door into a blue to know that it was a ladies loo and there weren't going be any men there going to be any men in there from else. always from anything else. they always leave and they don't leave the seat and they don't their i've seen some their hands. i've seen some things i won't well, things i won't say. well, i don't know that it is disgusting, it's not just disgusting, but it's not just that as well. for women, the toilets are a place exactly toilets are a place is exactly what i'm talking. like a palace. yes, exactly of that and that. so i'll take it away when you to do this sort of unisex thing. i think it's almost think women, it's almost a communal space that women feel safe in, they can go and be with other of close other women and sort of close the men. and we enjoy that. the door men. and we enjoy that. it's like your man said, it's a bit like your man said, probably yeah, very narrow toilet sometimes have to reverse and this is never tasting you hope giving away secrets of the reverse so do you think that the

labour party don't a woman yet because they can't they can't nail the colours to the mast and say that a bloke's got a penis in a got a cervix. keir starmer to be brave and just put with the trans barrage of and just get over with it and then he will get a lot more support. well, to be fair though, let's just be fair to that. it's not necessarily the trans bearers of a all. he's openly a beast at all. he's openly giving himself platform to giving himself this platform to i mean, initially nobody told him say that the does him to say that the woman does have penis. he could have have a penis. he could have easily we should was easily that we should sunak was able to say that. i don't think the trans people that the trans people will be that bothered. said so bothered. people said that no so i don't know angry mobs on twitter. angry not twitter. yeah but an angry not even trans even probably not even trans people the it could be people to the mob it could be just know can't just anyone you know you can't say that that's where does that come from. quite come from. it's quite frightening got frightening that he hadn't got the to just stand and say the con is to just stand and say what we all know to be. he probably that he's got probably tell you that he's got testicles very testicles. well, i very carefully to use carefully wasn't going to use the word all right. i want to get into trouble for the romans done decided to write the show

it's nothing about you and you're used let's welcome a great british is there opportunity to be on the show? tell us what they think about the topics we're discussing i go for them today start julie for them today let's start julie shaw judy shaw from bridlington judy julie, what do you think does labour have a woman problem? well, they definitely haven't. if he gets in, it's going to take us back for women's equality. it's going to take back decades. they've never had a female leader ever. yet back decades. they've never had a female leader ever . yet their a female leader ever. yet their manifesto declares labour will put women in the house without government realising . i don't government realising. i don't think so. do you an incident the gender pay gap was at its widest between 1998 and 2010 it was lead in isn't and the same party at davos believe that they've put women's interests first and it's just a narcissistic jump on any bandwagon could that and track votes from those who sees as under—represented i think the mentioned when new york kind of mentioned when new york kind of mentioned this i'll go for any

represented groups to because he's a narcissist he'll do anything to make to be fair and fashion attention to be fair he's not here to defend so we will sort of let go, you know, as if he was you could put it to him. yeah. probably defend himself and deny it. and let's get to brian doogan. he's there in solihull. the branding and i know i might have to defend keir starmer after july is intervention there but but i think it's troubling for keir starmer and for the labour that rosie duffield has and made these comments and i think that that shows that there is an issue within the labour party and they do need to address it . and they do need to address it. and, and certainly what judy says in terms of the gender pay gap ' says in terms of the gender pay gap , the fact that the tories gap, the fact that the tories have had two female leaders , have had two female leaders, while labour have yet to have a female leader and they have had very, very line, you can count necessarily . i know it's only 45 necessarily. i know it's only 45

days, but it's still three. the just have all this that's that's very true i figure got and that's a very good point and but but but but but i think you're right labour have a problem on the fact that someone within the party has made these comments it absolutely illuminates . well absolutely illuminates. well okay let's get to lee where i believe he's there in bedfordshire . yeah, i think i bedfordshire. yeah, i think i think i do have a problem with this, with what a woman is . and this, with what a woman is. and it's the same kind of problem that they with anti—semitism in the labour where they kind of denied that there was any anti—semitism and yet it was found that they did have sentences and i think it's such an easy thing to define what a woman is biologically. it's to do with crime, science and, of course, whether you have got a penis , not if you've got a penis, not if you've got a penis. you're a man. penis, not if you've got a penis. you're a man . you got penis. you're a man. you got everything else. you're a woman . and of course, second enzymes as well. but i think biologically it's easy to define what a woman is.

biologically it's easy to define what a woman is . and if you're a what a woman is. and if you're a woman, however , believe you're woman, however, believe you're a woman, however, believe you're a woman, that's surely a psychological issue. well we don't know about the help from the medical profession. some some would say it isn't. some would say that they were born that way. and it's not. but you know who to. i don't know anything that because i'm not a doctor's certainly doctor's doctor certainly moodley done she's moodley rensburg is done she's there keynes. so there in milton keynes. so labour have woman problem . labour have a woman problem. yes, and i do with danny and with christine and most of your panel today with julie brian and bee was saying yes it is concerning the incident with rosie duffield and her description of it of being domestic abuse being , having domestic abuse being, having threats after , trying to voice threats after, trying to voice her opinion and stand up for trans women and for vulnerable women. so it a concern. i think we probably need more representation of women in the laboun representation of women in the labour. i'm not going to even comment on keir starmer about the biological, comment on keir starmer about the biological , the gender, the the biological, the gender, the gendered here urinary tract and

organ because as labour's so i think it is a concern we do need more represent tation of women in labour and in other political parties as . well agreed, agreed. parties as. well agreed, agreed. thank you very much. that especially in milton keynes, lee in bedford, broad in solihull and judy in burlington. thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. lovely talk you very much for joining me thiyou.ernoon. lovely talk you very much for joining me thiyou. allyon. lovely talk you very much for joining me thiyou. all right.yvely talk you very much for joining me thiyou. all right. movingtalk you very much for joining me thiyou. all right. moving on: you very much for joining me thiyou. all right. moving on to to you. all right. moving on to another story that caught my eye today. immigration minister, today. the immigration minister, robert head new robert jenrick, is to head a new taskforce, will use every available ensure only available power to ensure only those can legally those in the uk can legally work, benefits and work, receive benefits and access services. the access public services. now the plans mark, a return to the so—called hostile environment that pulled following the that was pulled following the windrush what are windrush scandal. so what are your thoughts on this christine, windrush scandal. so what are your proactive on this christine, windrush scandal. so what are your proactive abouts christine, windrush scandal. so what are your proactive about about tine, windrush scandal. so what are your proactive about about time very proactive about about time to baton to . what about you, to baton to. what about you, danny? i've got a problem with a hostile environment. long as hostile environment. as long as it's physical, it's not physical, you need to make uncomfortable make life uncomfortable for people are here illegally. i don't problem. it's not don't see the problem. it's not fair the people are fair to the people who are legally get all the legally if they get all the benefits. mean i can't think benefits. i mean i can't think what state the government should know about ten years ago the government's they want to drive around saying like

around the east end saying like unless you're here legally , you unless you're here legally, you know to come and know never got to come and get you. they did that with the tv licences well government run licences as well government run the when i was detective and the tv. when i was detective and existed they they didn't they never just never because they said were doing everybody thought that was a myth but they knew the detective is different that they know that the tv. yeah and that's why you don't pay your licence now . did you know your licence now. did you know he used to work for the bbc right. well listen now time for softer than sunday with my problem tonight discuss some of the new stories that caught i'm joined by author and broadcast christine also christine hamilton. also broadcaster and journalist danny carey. start with carey. right. let's start with danny is about danny supplement, which is about broadcast facing age talking broadcast facing age is talking about the baby i got in before you went for the bbc. if i was told six weeks before they bid me off. but the presenting line was too old and too wise. the audience were too old. and should they say those exact words? yes, yes. with words? yes, yes, yes, yes. with male well no? not to male as well or no? not to mention these lesser believe.

i've said it so many times. they would have sent me a letter saying cease and desist. so saying cease and desist. it's so provable, loss . provable, demonstrable loss. employees this now , employees will know this now, they got rid of steve right . they got rid of steve right. yeah. okay, ken. bruce who does midmorning, apparently they've got rid of him now , but we don't got rid of him now, but we don't know because he might have chosen to go correct. but when i was off the bus. me how you was off the b bus. me how you want to write your press release like oh, i want to spend time with family want to with the family or i want to concentrate my car business. i said, tell my said, i want you to tell my listeners the truth will no listeners the truth you will no longer debate what will about the okay? basically the story. okay? so basically don't just get to the don't want to just get to the note care about note the bbc do not care about you you're over 50. that was you if you're over 50. that was not come on. must care not true. come on. must care about they want the about something. they want the generation licence fee payers generation of licence fee payers into self—sustainability . they into self—sustainability. they want young people that will show who into self—sustainability. exactly the big band. for me . i exactly the big band. for me. i mean ken bruce, 71, radio two. he's on which is apparently your big radio station. i didn't know that. big radio station. i didn't know that . and if he's on it quite

that. and if he's on it quite happily and are still listening and what i mean what's with being listening. i wish i was only seven. well, listen, listen. well, they got the ones that missed on that day, that missed out on that one day, because very because if lost some very talented christine talented people, christine what's about? well, what's your one about? oh, well, my to the party, my one. i'm late to the party, but neil i recently but neil and i have recently started happy and we started watching happy and we are hooked . we adore it and we are hooked. we adore it and we have finally caught up with is it. oh, it's cop drama. oh you missed that nut. can't it. oh, it's cop drama. oh you missed that nut . can't believe missed that nut. can't believe it is the cop drama on bbc two starring sarah lancashire as this amazing sergeant catherine castlewood . anyway, there was a castlewood. anyway, there was a wonderful clip. she stands up , wonderful clip. she stands up, she's on the drama. she tells officers that the bonkers edict come in the wake of increased ufo reports. so she says that the home office deemed it necessary to appoint in each division one constable as a dedicate it alien life form officer. oh god . anyway, she's officer. oh god. anyway, she's asked if she's serious and she repeats it and then she says, do i look like a comedian? just to be clear, i think they're taking that. but when we're so short ,

that. but when we're so short, who am i to question the wisdom 7 who am i to question the wisdom ? the home secretary. but the point is this is the author of happy which is an happy valley, which is an incredibly taking the incredibly successful taking the mic and making a the west midlands police hiring work position 73. so she's made up that i used to work in the west. did you get emails police spending a million a year on 23 diversity roles. yeah so alien officer thing was a joke joking with no this is not no joke. well listen let's finally get to my story myself and then i've been looking forward to this been looking forward to this been a surge in the amount of civil of these people that need to rescued. firefighters now to be rescued. firefighters now the of the national the chairman of the national obesity forum has warned that figures continue to rise . figures will continue to rise. so, yes, so this is really basically an incident in general which involves as as 29 firefighters. and it took the 4 hours basically to get to somebody trapped in their house. so that's why it comes to me first. well, when you think of that after the revelation i got to get you out i have to reverse into the toilets. that's right.

that that was a joke. that was a joke that was a joke. he did say that, of course, a joke. listen, if you get to that size, the difference, size, then the difference, obviously, i'm three stone overweight not i will. she thinks it's five, not four. you know if you so you need a know if you got so you need a cherry picker to come round and lift you out of your 30 floor bed bedsit , then you are in real bed bedsit, then you are in real trouble . christine absolutely. trouble. christine absolutely. you've got about 20 seconds and well, as it's all very well to say that it's nobody's fault that get to that weight. that they get to that weight. but you know, there but i mean, is, you know, there were no people in belsen, for example, you if you eat less example, if you if you eat less , you will lose weight more, eat less. it is utterly i don't believe they have no response . believe they have no response. well that's why they were thin belsen. well listen on today's show we've been asking should be splashed out on a coronation day and the cost of living crisis. according to our poll, 64% of you said yes, 36% of you said no . well, thank you so much to my wonderful panel. author, author, author , costa, western author, costa, western broadcaster hamilton. thank you very much, christine . and also very much, christine. and also journalist danny kelly . thank

journalist danny kelly. thank you, danny. and a huge thank you to forjoining me at home. to you forjoining me at home. thank much. i'll see you thank you so much. i'll see you next friday. next week at 4:00 on friday. i'll leave you with the weather. enjoy hello there. i'm jonathan autry here with your latest weather updates from the met office today and over the next few days, the uk is a bit of a battleground between cold and milder high pressure over scandinavia. but its way down into southeastern areas of england is holding the cold air in tact here. the frontal that are trying to push their way into . the north west are into. the north and west are also dredging some to also dredging up some to moderate air at this of the year though is accompanied by fair though is accompanied by a fair amount cloud will see amount of cloud and we will see patchy of rain and patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle south drizzle across the south for scotland . other irish sea scotland. other irish sea coastal areas overnight right where we hold on to the clear skies curves to south and skies curves to the south and east, will be east, temperatures will be dropping down to dropping quite rapidly down to minus , minus celsius. minus five, minus four celsius. in towns and cities this in some towns and cities this will be accompanied by freezing fog developing overnight . it fog developing overnight. it could be quite dense in places . could be quite dense in places. do care where you are do just take care where you are heading out first thing on

monday morning. likely linger through the morning across the likes cambridgeshire but likes of cambridgeshire but eventually allow eventually clearing to allow some spells cloud some brighter spells cloud pushing its way into and areas of east anglia. meanwhile the cloud over northern and western areas going remain areas is going remain fairly persistent could be persistent and it could be another largely great day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle going to stay mild in the north and west though highs of 910 degrees here and around degrees celsius here and around four three degrees further to the south and east into monday evening . it's a relatively evening. it's a relatively similar picture, but we've now got the cloud filtering its way into the far southeast. the frost will off a bit frost will just hold off a bit more it'll be that more here and it'll be that slice of england where temperatures readily drop off once as move into the once again as we move into the rest of the week that cloud in the north and west slowly the north and west is slowly going its way southwards going to push its way southwards with system . so we with this frontal system. so we will eventually see cloud yet and also milder across southern areas of england as we move towards the middle of the week. that cold front, though, we will see an increase of some slightly colder temperatures will colder air. so temperatures will fall off a bit for the likes of

edinburgh and belfast but not too more around average for the time of year by the time we get to and. see you later to wednesday and. see you later

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