very good morning. welcome to best tennis day on gb news tv and dab radio. so despite the west coming together to heap further military pressure on russian forces in ukraine, zelenskyy has said that he's not interested in sitting down and engaging in peace talks with

putin, but doesn't have an obugafion putin, but doesn't have an obligation to do so if he's taking all taxpayers money to fund the war we're going to be discussing, that's at a gb views exclusive . police are going exclusive. police are now going undercover to patrol kent beaches stop illegal beaches and stop illegal immigrants as increasing numbers are escaping onto your british streets. but is it working? mark white will be here to explain. met police top man has warned you to brace for a steady stream of shocking cases to emerge from london's police force. why? i'll talk to an experienced former police officer to find out what's going wrong. but i'll try to give you reasons to be cheerful to this morning, as itv announces a new middle aged love island. well my panel guest historian, david starkey and broadcast johnny gould be up for that. that's all coming up after a look at the latest news . good a look at the latest news. good morning. it's 10:01 i'm rhiannon morning. it's10:01 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. ukraine's president says the quick delivery of western tanks is urgently needed and it's

fighting russia. volodymyr zelenskyy comments come after germany agreed to send 14 leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and the us announced they'd send 31 abrams to add to the uk's 14 challenger tanks. the kremlin has called the deliveries a direct involvement by the west in the conflict . in his nightly in the conflict. in his nightly address, president zelenskyy urged the west to also send long—range missiles and fighter jets. the more defence support our heroes at the front receive from the world, the sooner russia's aggression will end and the more reliable the security guarantees for ukraine and all our partners will be after the war. the terrorist state must lose. people's right to life must be protected . and so it must be protected. and so it will be . over 100 charities are will be. over 100 charities are calling on the prime minister to open an independent inquiry after 200 charles rea refugees were found to be missing from home office hotel . they're home office hotel. they're warning children are at a risk

of exploitation . describing the of exploitation. describing the situation as a scandal, the charities are calling on the government to place the children with specialist local authority teams not in hotels. the immigration minister told npr 30 out of those 200 children who remain missing are under 16. matter says donald trump will be allowed back on facebook and instagram in the coming weeks. the former us president's social media accounts were suspended for two years following the capitol riot in 2021. the company says its foot new guard rails in place to deter repeat offences . well marshall says offences. well marshall says recent strike action has cost the postal firm over recent strike action has cost the postal firm ove r £200 the postal firm over £200 million. the dispute with the communication workers union has led to 18 days of walkouts since august. meanwhile, the group says the number of voluntary redundant bosses will be significantly lower than the 10,000 originally suggested . 10,000 originally suggested. thousands of nhs

physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action in the ongoing industrial action in the health service. 24 hour walk out involves physios and their support staff at 30 trusts. it's the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy have gone on strike in a dispute over pay. it claims despite the government saying it's open to dialogue , no saying it's open to dialogue, no new offer has been put forward . new offer has been put forward. meanwhile, health workers in northern ireland are also staging a 24 hour walkout today. members of four different unions are striking in a dispute over pay are striking in a dispute over pay and conditions. paramedics are among those involved. the union says contingency arrangements are in place to ensure emergency care continues despite the action . the despite the action. the superintend tendent of a school in the us state of virginia has been replaced after a six year old student shot a teacher earlier this month. the school board confirmed they voted 5 to 1 to remove

board confirmed they voted 5 to 1to remove george board confirmed they voted 5 to 1 to remove george parker from his post without cause . 25 year his post without cause. 25 year old abigail's juana was released from hospital last week after being shot in the hand and chest in her classroom. her lawyer says the shooting was entirely preventable after administrators ignored warnings, the student posed a threat . but can you posed a threat. but can you figures show uk car production fell sharply last year to its lowest level since 1956. the society of motor manufacturers says the falls due to supply chain disruption and a large number of factory closures . a number of factory closures. a total of 775,000 cars were built last year. that's down 9.8% on the previous 12 months. meanwhile, record levels of electric vehicles were produced. the government says it's determined to ensure the country remains a top global location for car manufacturing . a record for car manufacturing. a record number of people switched their custom to a different bank in the final three months of last

yeah the final three months of last year. cash incentives are being cited as the main driver behind the moves as people look for help with the cost of living crisis. the current accounts, which service processed over 376,000 changes between october and december, the highest since and december, the highest since a seven day switching service beganin a seven day switching service began in 2013. and one in four university students are less likely to finish their degree due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. a survey by sutton trust found 63% of students are spending less on food and essentials . over food and essentials. over a quarter say they've skipped meals to save on costs . quarter say they've skipped meals to save on costs. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to this .

back to this. very good morning. welcome back . tenants day on tv news. here's what's coming up on the show this morning. president zelenskyy says that he won't sit down with putin to discuss a plan for peace. western countries united behind him last night with germany and the us agreeing to send dozens more tanks to ukraine in a late night address, ukrainian president zelenskyy called it an historic day. but i for one, think there might be some serious questions to be asked about taxpayers money being endlessly poured into this war. do you agree? i'll have a russian expert here to but let me know your to explain, but let me know your thoughts the met police thoughts and the met police commissioner, mark rowley, commissioner, sir mark rowley, has all three. met has said that to all three. met officers a week will face court whilst they try to get through to the problem within the force . this as one national . this comes as one national newspaper speculates that we will never regain trust in our police force . i'm going to be police force. i'm going to be talking in just a moment to a former met detective to find out where this is all gone wrong . where this is all gone wrong. broadcaster brexiteer jonny gold and historian david starkey will

join me on the panel. we're going to delve into claims that our damaged police will never recover. trust of brexit. recover. public trust of brexit. voters feeling less confident in leaving the eu due to the cost of and the romance of living crisis and the romance retreat. the middle aged version of love island will soon be of love island that will soon be on our screens. and of course, this show is nothing without you and don't forget to and your views. don't forget to vote twitter this vote in the twitter poll this morning. asking you, has morning. i am asking you, has your with your police your experience with your police force positive or negative force been positive or negative 7 force been positive or negative ? let me know if you've had any experiences putting the comments as well. what happens and how you were treated. did crime you were treated. did the crime that were the victim of that you were the victim of get solved ? at the moment, about 45% solved? at the moment, about 45% of have had a positive of you have had a positive experience. email views experience. email me, gb views at gbnews.uk tweet me at gb at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news to have your say . the first news to have your say. the first gb news khan exclusive lee revealed that plainclothes members of the military have been patrolling some of kent speed chase on the lookout for any small migrant boats that managed to make it past border

force and royal naval patrols in the channel. it comes as almost 500 migrants were taken to dover on wednesday. just yesterday after taking advantage of a break in the weather to make the crossing. hundreds more attempt to but failed to make to get across but failed to make it to uk waters. it just seems to be getting worse and worse, doesn't it? i'm a security editor mark white this editor at mark white has this report just before far. sleights the border force vessel volunteer slipped into dover harbour on board around one people taken off to small migrant boats during weeks of winter storms. there have been few in the way of weather windows where conditions are common enough to allow small boats to cross . but the criminal boats to cross. but the criminal gangs are patient and after operating for the past four years, they are now expert rated reading the wind and the tides . reading the wind and the tides. so on the few occasions the weather allows, the people smuggler ers launch their small boats en masse . by mid—morning,

boats en masse. by mid—morning, around three channel migrants have been taken to kent after they were picked up from half a dozen inflatables . the prime dozen inflatables. the prime minister has failed to make tackling the small boats crisis a top priority . the bad weather a top priority. the bad weather of late, meaning relatively low numbers arriving here has certainly eased. the pressure on the government. but as this latest surge shows , the moment latest surge shows, the moment weather conditions improve the boats are back. as we filmed military personnel left over harbour in rigid inflatables to patrol some of kent speeches looking for any small boats that might have made it past the border force and navy vessels out in the channel. gb news has been told that other members of the military are now routinely patrolling some beaches on foot as well into the afternoon. the boats kept coming just before the weather window closed again

, with windy conditions now, expect waited until the weekend in just a matter of days. border force will once again take control of channel migrant operations from the military who have been coordinating these patrols since last april . but patrols since last april. but the pressure on the government is unlikely to ease just because the authorities are better at spotting an intercept in small boats , stopping the trade in boats, stopping the trade in channel migrants is the ultimate goal channel migrants is the ultimate goal. but even the government admits that won't be a quick or simple job. so mark white joins us now live from dover . good us now live from dover. good morning, mark. good to see you. tell us about these military patrols. what have you been finding out ? yes. sources finding out? yes. sources telling us that they are now routinely out there, plainclothes patrols, not in uniform, very discreet on a number of the beaches in kent,

where we've seen a very worrying instances really in recent months of some small boats that have managed to get past the border force and the royal navy. naval patrols out in the channel and land on the beaches. people running off into local communities, some even more worrying reports that came through in recent months of people going into the houses of local residents demanding transport or location or use of a mobile phone to make contact with those they want to arrange to pick them up. so clearly some concern over that . rishi sunak concern over that. rishi sunak has said that tackling the small boats crisis is his one of his government's top priorities. and as such, they are in a matter of days changing the structure in which the small boats channel operations are controlled. it will be the border force taking over those operation ins again

under a small boat operational command that will, we're told , command that will, we're told, more effectively bring together the military border force, the national crime agency. but, of course, being more efficient and effective in identifying the boats coming across and picking people up doesn't do anything of course, to reduce the strain on the asylum system. with almost 46,000 people making it here to the uk last year and entering that asylum system, it needs to be a concerted effort on the continent in france , in germany, continent in france, in germany, belgium, the netherlands, wherever these criminal gangs are operating to try to dismantle them both . okay. thank dismantle them both. okay. thank you, mark. we'll be coming to you, mark. we'll be coming to you, i think, in the next hour as well. mark white there in doven as well. mark white there in dover. let me let me. tell me what you think, gb views gbnews.uk . what you think, gb views gbnews.uk. it is incredibly frustrating, isn't it? that they

don't just seem to keep coming more and more, more every day now . met police commissioner now. met police commissioner smart rowley says that the pubuc smart rowley says that the public should prepare for more painful as the force painful stories as the force confronts the issues that it faces. two or three met police officers per week are expected to appear in court on criminal charges in the coming weeks and months. so former met police detective peter blakesley joins me in the studio. good morning . me in the studio. good morning. good morning, peter. first of all, before we talk about that, just ask you just to just can i ask you just to reflect bit on what you reflect a little bit on what you saw mark then as a former saw for mark then as a former police officer? what do police officer? what what do you what your when you what are your concerns when you see that despite see pictures like that despite this responsibility shifting from border force the from the border force to the military talk of patrols on military and talk of patrols on beaches there is not one element of deterrent or repelling these boats that we're hearing about. so consequently , it's still the so consequently, it's still the same old same old. thousands will come here . many will will come here. many will disappear off into the black economy and criminality. and if anybody wants to doubt me on that, just get your computer out and go into your search engine

and go into your search engine and type, for example , albanians and type, for example, albanians convicted . yeah. type those convicted. yeah. type those words in and see where throughout the length and breadth of the country , people breadth of the country, people who have come in illegally, who have disappeared into criminality are being captured and are responsible for a whole rape of purely unacceptable crime. yet you must despair. and i imagine current serving police officers despair as well. that's what you really hate to talk about. what did you make of this warning for mark rowley to say? just basically said, brace yourselves, britain, you're going tonnes coppers going to see tonnes of coppers in appalling. the in the dock. it's appalling. the metropolitan police is quite rightly much under the rightly very much under the spotlight members of its spotlight because members of its ranks have murdered, raped and much , much more. utterly honest much, much more. utterly honest , sceptical. but you know , this , sceptical. but you know, this malaise spreads further than the met again. anybody who wants to search police officer convicted, for example, will find that officers in recent times from other forces have been convicted of rape, sexual assault , another of rape, sexual assault, another very serious an appalling

crimes. so there is, of course , crimes. so there is, of course, an enormous problem within the met, but there is a bigger problem throughout policing policy. so what do you think has happened ? why is it that there happened? why is it that there were always lots of wrong ends in the police? it does. it attracts a certain type of character, maybe that's a controversial question. i know, because let's just make it clear, the vast majority of police officers are brilliant, well—intentioned , good people well—intentioned, good people keeping us safe . okay. we need keeping us safe. okay. we need to point this out, but do you think there's something about the power that you get in your in your uniform and the reason why it is so important that policing gets it right for policing gets it right is for the sake not only of the public, but the good officers. yeah, there's which there's that phrase, which is very , very true. hates very, very true. nobody hates a bad cop more than a good cop. so they have to get it right to support and encourage good cops to do their thing and good people to join policing, because that's what it needs. but the style of policing as it is , has style of policing as it is, has been deteriorate for some time.

yes. to answer your question. back in the day of the seventies, eighties and nineties , when i was a cop, there was corruption . and that was corruption. and that was predominantly more for personal gain , where coppers were taking gain, where coppers were taking brown envelopes full of cash from villains and the like. yeah. and of course there were dreadful problems with regards to race and that of course led to race and that of course led to the brixton riots of 1981 and to the brixton riots of 1981 and to an extent the police have done much to address that . but done much to address that. but there's more work to do . but there's more work to do. but what really lies at the heart, i think , of so much that is wrong think, of so much that is wrong about modern day policing is that in recent times we've seen the college of policing and we've seen the national police chiefs councils become self—serving quangos in their ivory towers . they have their ivory towers. they have their swanky website that spouts endlessly about standards and ethics, and yet really they are full of senior officers who have

clambered over the frontline troops to get where they've got they've done very little frontline policing . in fact, the frontline policing. in fact, the rough and tumble wasn't for them. they wanted to climb the greasy pole and they've got into these senior positions . they've these senior positions. they've been more about self—service than public service. and they've just uttered words whilst letting down the frontline. one police officer said to me the other day, it seems that promotion in now is only given to those who can be the most sensitive, that there's an idea that it's much more important that it's much more important that you're your you know, you're about things that you're worried about things that didn't in didn't used to matter in the police. course, they do police. and, of course, they do matter. we said, treating matter. like we said, treating women police women properly in the police matters, treating ethnic minorities matters get minorities matters that you get it right. feels somehow it right. but it feels somehow that balance as tipped that the balance is as tipped into that the priority . is it into that the priority. is it just wrong for the police officers who are still there and all of that can be done looking after minorities if what ever description and of course , women description and of course, women and girls that can all be done by the front line cops if

they're dedicated , but they need they're dedicated, but they need supervising . and so many supervising. and so many officers who are determined to get to the senior ranks see the frontline troops as something beneath them . they almost have beneath them. they almost have scorn for them and they don't supervise them properly. they feel like they're a different workforce from the ambitious ones. they don't put an arm around them, they don't look after them , and they got rid of after them, and they got rid of all of their canteens, you know, leadership. and then the camaraderie that you used to have. just one quick question. we're running out of time, but should people be worried by the fact police are going fact that more police are going to court charged with mr. to be in court charged with mr. manos, or were they always there? but we weren't catching them is there a positive them before? is there a positive angle to this story now? this sexual offending worse angle to this story now? this sexl kind fending worse angle to this story now? this sekaind of|ding worse angle to this story now? this sexl kind of older, worse angle to this story now? this sekaind of older, is worse angle to this story now? this sexl kind of older, is on worse was kind of older, is on unprecedented in modern british policing and i'm afraid it's just going to have to be an unavoidable double facts that we're going to see many cops in court if the evidence is there. i hope they are i sincerely hope they are convict and i wish mark rowley well. but of course he has

inherited the most appalling end of jealousies piece . leslie, of jealousies piece. leslie, thank you so much . okay, let me thank you so much. okay, let me know what you think. we've got a twitter poll running this morning. i want to know about your personal experience with the police. has it been on the whole positive or negative? cast your vote now . let me know in your vote now. let me know in the comments what happened, as always. send me an email always. also, send me an email at gbviews@gbnews.uk tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. so after the break, if you voted for brexit, apparently lots of you are less confident in the decision given economic fears and a cost of living crisis. i was the remainer . living crisis. i was the remainer. now i'm glad we're out. what what about you? my panel are going to get stuck into that in just a moment. but after this quick break, see you

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makers here today. i'm going off to work very hard to keep them under control. johnny gold is with me and auctioneer . i with me and auctioneer. i describe yourself, johnny. auctioneer raconteur, man of the people , brexiteer people know people, brexiteer people know predominately bev turner for auctioneer charity. auctioneer yeah, but the world's most successful charity. auctioneer that until there's no proof of that i get to very quickly today we can do that and david starkey historian david stock, you've got crossed that me last time because forgot describe you because i forgot to describe you as occasionally as a historian occasionally forget myself . okay you've been forget myself. okay you've been getting in touch as well . getting in touch as well. vaiews@gbnews.uk i'm going to go into debt. you know what? forget that. we're going to go straight stories. what straight to the stories. what were you thinking, johnny? have you heard? the you heard? what was the conversation i was having then with about the with the black slate about the police? a twitter poll police? it's all a twitter poll this morning asking people's experience it feels experience of them. it feels like confidence has never been so police officers . well, so low in police officers. well, interesting saying interesting what he was saying interesting what he was saying in terms what the police are in terms of what the police are doing in terms of internally , in doing in terms of internally, in creating camaraderie, etc, and a

sense of pride in wearing the uniform, the job that they do and 100% back all of that. i have to put my hand up and tell you my grandfather was you that my grandfather was chief police south london. chief of police in south london. so have always been so my instincts have always been very and respectful of very positive and respectful of the difficulty of the police and the difficulty of the police and the difficulty of the they do. the job that they do. but i think the overriding part of the malaise is a this obsession malaise is, is a this obsession with the digital world that we now live in, that we could just simply put everything on computers and simplify. and my personal , live in personal experience, i live in the west country. we had a police station in corsham where i that's i was living initially. that's no police station in no longer the police station in bath i live . the city bath where i now live. the city of no longer there is not a of bath no longer there is not a police station, not a poll of bath. know the nearest bath. do you know the nearest police station? there was one in bristol and there was one in chippenham, one in chippenham, and the one in chippenham, and the one in chippenham now gone. and chippenham is now gone. and this, lack of this, this, this lack of connection with the people that you see coppers on the you don't see coppers on the beat. you've got find beat. to me, you've got to find the the digital the balance between the digital world obviously simplifying world and obviously simplifying the process through computerisation. also computerisation. but also maintain contact maintain that personal contact with police officers . men and with police officers. men and

women have a relationship . and i women have a relationship. and i think some of the points that have been made about uniform and sort of their haircut, etc. i know it's old school, but why do we have school uniform? we have a school uniform? because want to take pride because you want to take pride in school you're part in the school that you're part of. the what you represent of. and the what you represent and officers in and police officers should, in the have pride in the same way, have pride in being officers . and being police officers. and that's the first thing that will start reclaim the people start to reclaim with the people of in the of britain. you're out in the street, know, people by street, you know, people by their first name. so we've got to balance. we've gone to find a balance. we've gone far far the other way. far too far the other way. there's this plea, this piece in there's this plea, this piece in the express today by former the express today by a former police officer, place, police officer, stephen place, and he raises that point and he he raises that point about know, about the fact that, you know, tattoos were frowned upon, whereas now there's police officers and officers with neck tattoos and face do we sound face tattooed. do we sound terribly old fashioned? david starkey that kind starkey does it matter that kind of you know what of thing? do you know what i think being old fashioned nowadays is quite a good thing because happened with because what's happened is with the police and i thought peter blakeslee was absolutely brilliant and he put his fingers on the central point he should have begun the really with the macpherson report . this is the

macpherson report. this is the thing that charged is the police in the wake of the lawrence affair with institutional racism. now this is mere sociological guff. the way you respond to sociological guff is with more sociological guff. it is no accident he was talking about the problem with with the kind of people that's replaced your grandfather. i know one of them, the former commissioner of them, the former commissioner of the metropolitan police, cressida dick . now, you could cressida dick. now, you could not invent the dick in a novel. you people would laugh and say, this is preposterous. hey, look , a lesbian police officer called cressida dick, right? she was, of course, cambridge criminal . was, of course, cambridge criminal. she is the most catastrophic commissioner in the history of the met. she was systematically incompetent from the word go . she was appointed the word go. she was appointed women . but the word go. she was appointed women. but this is the woman in charge of london policing. she was appointed after having presided over the death of the

unfortunate brazilian . there is unfortunate brazilian. there is a recording of her as gold commander in which she is screaming with incompetent and sort of, you know, rage. you put a person like that in charge. why? because she she ticks boxes . she is a woman. she is a lesbian. she's got two criminologist. she degree no, seriously , why else would you. seriously, why else would you. but she this is the most important. this is the person who is the most in i know some women who would be amazing commissioners of the police. i'm not sure whether it matters that she's a lesbian does this i know what you mean. no, but what you asking about tattoos? because we've deci did the police now take part in pride? the police now perform in leather . the now perform in leather. the police now dance in american dances whilst embracing each other. in other words, what we've decided is that we don't really know what the police are for. but all of that pro lgb duty, etc. is meant to be the

fact that they therefore don't have that that traditional a reputation of being a wall of straight men to whom other people who might be female, gay, ethnic minority can relate to. if we want to not types into your community. but sorry, but if we want to catch a criminal, i want a fit strong young man. sorry i do not want either a fat waddling man, a waddling woman. and when you look at the typical policeman in the police, woman in the streets now that is what they are. the police , as we know they are. the police, as we know of, turned themselves into a branch of the pcc social service. they've a abundance, vulgar things like burglary. they've a effectively abandoned keeping order in town centres. they've abandoned traffic, policing , i think for some of policing, i think for some of the some of the best police officers i know, a female, it doesn't mean that they can never know newcastle. someone to the ground in the way that only ground in the way that not only what do think. well the idea

what do you think. well the idea that you can't be an effective police officer unless you are a fit male. i don't accept i don't adhere to at all. why is. oh, come on. why now? why are you what isn't your job to be right ? you're dealing with fit tough intended to get me cold criminals let me explain why because my son as a holiday job he works on the doors it's now legal obligation for the security team on nightclub doors to always have at least one single female. and the result behind this and this is completely appropriate to the police force is whether or not there are women that are not able to physically do the job in terms of the aggressive side of the job. i suggest there the job. and i suggest there are, according to son, this are, according to my son, this there certainly are what women bnng there certainly are what women bring at times in what is a bring is at times in what is a highly potential violent and volatile situation is a certain balance, is a certain calmness that sometimes men where aggression and that sort of you will good you are good at reciting commonplace aren't you . i'm beginning to see why you're such a brilliant charity,

but certainly a lot of that is , but certainly a lot of that is, you know, it's not a police officer is to communicate. and sometimes and so willing to sometimes and i'm so willing to do it, communicate at the do it, women communicate at the level. i am simply inviting you to look at where we are. we are having this discussion now after the police have listened to people like you. they've absorbed all the pieties. they recite them back at us. they have they are now disgraced systematically that disgraced systematically that disgraced systematically by the crimes statistics, the disgrace system , particularly by the behaviour of the police , the women and in of the police, the women and in every the reason we're talking about this is because there's going to be two police officers week in court with. yes most some of which is charged with sexual offences of course, which would suggest that an all male burly force isn't the burly police force isn't the solution. perhaps that solution. well, perhaps that what we should be doing is looking at the traditional ways in which male violence was kept under control and the traditional ways in which male violence kept under control violence was kept under control is what is being is exactly what is being described in the express

article, which provides the bafis article, which provides the basis for the discussion. it's by an intense , disciplined by an intense, disciplined environment, not one that is lovely of a caring sharing and all the rest of it . the police, all the rest of it. the police, i'm afraid, are a force and are correctly there . criminals are correctly there. criminals are violent , they are intelligent, violent, they are intelligent, they are organised, they are determined . they are confronted determined. they are confronted at the moment by candyfloss dressed in the uniform. and i accept that there has to be better balance between the two. i do not want to suggest that some of the points that david just made about discipline is important. i think it is 100, and i do think the police have gone far. one way. but gone far too far. one way. but you've find a balance. you've got to find a balance. this to be a modern police this has to be a modern police force that is relevant to a modern world. yeah, we're asking you well this morning about you as well this morning about your of the police. your experience of the police. do on twitter at gb do have a look on twitter at gb news me know whether you news and let me know whether you you experience the police. actually, what we're asking is whether negative or whether it has been negative or whether it has been negative or whether has been positive. whether it has been positive. right. now, right. great start, guys. now, are tired of seeing are you sick and tired of seeing

young, people on tv? young, beautiful people on tv? probably not. well, a middle aged version of love island will be launching soon. want to be launching soon. i want to know if these two would be up for taking part. all that and more after your morning news. good morning. it's 1032 more after your morning news. good morning. it's1032 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. germany's defence minister says he expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine by the end of march . in ukraine by the end of march. germany has agreed to send 14 leopard 2 to ukraine and the us announced they'd send 31 abrams nancy, to add to the uk's 14 challenge tanks. in his nightly address, president zelenskyy also urged the west to send long—range missiles and fighter jets . the more defence support jets. the more defence support our heroes at the front receive from the world, the sooner russia's aggression will end and the more reliable the security guarantees for ukraine and all our partners will be after the war. the terrorist state must

lose people's right to life, must be protected. and so it will be . over 100 charities are will be. over 100 charities are calling on the prime minister to open an independent inquiry. it's after 200 child refugees were found to be missing from home office hotels. they've described the situation as a scandal , saying the children are scandal, saying the children are at risk of exploit tation. the charities are calling on the government to place them with specialist local authority teams rather than in hotels . royal rather than in hotels. royal mail says recent strike action has cost the postal firm over £200 million. the dispute with the communication workers union has led to 18 days of walkouts since august. meanwhile, the group says the number of voluntary redundancies will be significantly lower than the 10,000 originally suggested . and 10,000 originally suggested. and matter says donald trump will be allowed back on facebook and instagram in the coming weeks. the former us president social media accounts were suspended for two years following the

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never ending delivery of arms, of tanks, of anti aircraft missiles that he seems to want to tap into from the west . now, to tap into from the west. now, this that isn't to say that i don't agree. the west should be funding ukraine, be sending arms over to them. it just seems to be that, especially in the west as well, with people like james cleverly saying that this sends a message to vladimir putin sending over . joe biden, sending tanks over. joe biden, the us president, sending tanks over. joe biden, the us president , eventually the us president, eventually sent 31 abrams tanks over. that was a full battalion. but of course , it hasn't been enough. course, it hasn't been enough. it hasn't matched up to zelenskyy's wishes and zelenskyy's wishes and zelenskyy's needs . and of course zelenskyy's needs. and of course it's going to send is going to take weeks and weeks and if not months to train soldiers to use this this type of weaponry. so we're coming up to a year, aren't we? 20, 30, february 24th, february 20. thoughtful thought. that will be a year now when we went into this . when when we went into this. when i say we, i mean the west. i mean uk when we gave started to drip feed the money i think one 2.5 billion. so far. i think if we committed another 2.5 billion.

yeah. well the uk has pledged another 2.3 billion to match what they gave in 2022. now think people especially people in the us this this goes for doubly so kind of getting to the stage where they're wanting to see a return on that investment and they're wondering what they get and what they get is perhaps a weakening of the russian army and weakening of perhaps the russian government and putin's popularity in the country . and popularity in the country. and if uk , having pledged 2.3 if the uk, having pledged 2.3 billion last year and 2.3 billion last year and 2.3 billion this year, people in a cost of living crisis, people in the nhs are striking. there's a homelessness. people are wondering if that money can be spent better at home. now the nhs commissioning budget is nhs is commissioning budget is 153 billion. now if we added that money to the commissioning budget, it would be hundred and 55 billion. so it doesn't really mean of a difference, mean too much of a difference, but is a that that but there is a lot that that money could do. here's the thing right zelenskyy right before this war, zelenskyy and has his government were and that has his government were roundly recognised as the most corrupt government in europe.

that wasn't a secret, right ? that wasn't a secret, right? there's all sorts of shenanigans were going on. and obviously this not dispute that this is not a dispute that happened overnight, was going on from 22,008, from about 22,008, within between russia ukraine. why between russia and ukraine. why are now meant to believe that are we now meant to believe that suddenly invaded by suddenly they get invaded by russia the region? they're russia in the region? they're all and all of all way to the wire and all of this money spent on this money is being spent on buying missiles to protect their people. i have some serious questions about that . i think questions about that. i think quite few people have quite a quite a few people have quite a few questions that before few questions about that before the zelenskyy was seen as the war, zelenskyy was seen as a perhaps following his perhaps following on from his predecessor's , poroshenko and predecessor's, poroshenko and yanukovych , of doing nothing yanukovych, of doing nothing about government corruption and about government corruption and about cracking down on state media. sorry, cracking down on independent media and having the state media as his one and only narrative. there is also the accusations of corruption that are creeping through, especially with boris johnson's visit to kyiv. of course, it was a surprise , a surprise for anybody surprise, a surprise for anybody who wasn't really following the events that led to it. he was events that led up to it. he was in davos where got the in davos where he got the honorary citizenship of kyiv for vitaly klitschko, the mayor of kyiv although he said he didn't

have any plans to go over to kyiv at that time. on saturday, his finances are exposed on sunday, he suddenly turns up in kyiv. now this is can be kind of perceived as one hand washing the other. ukraine gets a cheerleader , the biggest name in cheerleader, the biggest name in british politics to go out there and don't basically drum up support for ukraine. and as we're seeing , ukraine and russia we're seeing, ukraine and russia are kind of falling from public consciousness . so it's very consciousness. so it's very important that ukraine has those type of people to go out there and kind of cheerlead and get the whip round going as it were, amongst world leaders. i don't want sound completely cold want to sound completely cold hearted because of course we are all concerned about a ukrainian citizens being safe . how citizens being safe. how dangerous is it now for people who who are left in ukraine, presumably the particularly areas have been evacuated ? well, areas have been evacuated? well, yeah.i areas have been evacuated? well, yeah. i mean, people that i speak to on the ground are still living a very hand—to—mouth life . they have only certain areas that they where they can use

internet and running water, for instance , i can't get in touch instance, i can't get in touch with a lot of them to actually ask how they are, which is kind of a marker how bad it's got of a marker of how bad it's got over there in terms of being safe. i heard stories of people having misses, going to having near misses, of going to rent and then rent an apartment and then reneging on the deal. and then a couple later, that couple of days later, that apartment bombed . what we apartment gets bombed. what we need see is a commitment to need to see is a commitment to those people to keep them safe. but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't towards shouldn't be working towards a kind of a deal of maybe a negotiated this this thing that this point i made about zelenskyy saying has no zelenskyy saying he has no appetite down with putin appetite to sit down with putin and about he should and talk about peace. he should . he should. what else is there otherwise , we just keep giving otherwise, we just keep giving them right and then them endless right and then blank knows which ? blank checks. who knows which? is going to protect ukrainian citizens. it how you not citizens. how can it how you not even even pretend he wants to sit down with him. the arrogance that. well, that's precisely the point if we look at russia point of if we look at russia and russian state media how and russian state media and how it's been kind of reported over there, this this aid from there, this this this aid from there, this this this aid from the west that invalidates the

pretext that vladimir putin, the kremlin, out, that are kremlin, put out, that we are fighting the west. this fighting against the west. this is western attack is to prevent a western attack on ideals and everything on russian ideals and everything we dear russians in the we hold dear as russians in the russian federation . now, for russian federation. now, for negotiations to take place is not going to happen without russia . these hard line kind of russia. these hard line kind of hard little hard line kind of rhetoric from the west . it rhetoric from the west. it hasn't ever led to any situation that's been favourable to either side that vladimir putin only understands force . we're going understands force. we're going to send the message to vladimir putin if our politicians are that hard, then the ukraine. well, so ukraine would be already be a nato member state, which hasn't, of course, happened because we have to respect those red lines. the russia and build those those boundanes russia and build those those boundaries that the west can't cross. and you know what the problem is as well, i think because zelenskyy is now being deified, in the eyes of deified, it seems in the eyes of the western media, is on the front of magazine, man front page of time magazine, man of and everyone's just of the year, and everyone's just forgotten that he wasn't a popular president before the war. seems that this

war. and now it seems that this story getting reported only story is getting reported only in one way, particularly in this country, nobody feels that country, and nobody feels that they there they can say, actually, there might big break down might be a big break down armstrong. always. armstrong. pleasure, as always. you there you so much. right there are growing for government growing calls for the government to do more to support leaseholders who own property but the is but not the land the property is built laws came into built on. new laws came into force year banning force last year banning ground rents in a win rents for new builds. in a win for millions of home buyers, but existing leaseholders are struggling up payments struggling to keep up payments on their old ground. rents anna riley has the story . growing riley has the story. growing numbers of people like lou are being forced to sell their leasehold homes after. increases in ground rent as well as service charges have made their properties unaffordable . lou properties unaffordable. lou bought a flat in yorkshire to rent out as his pension pots but is now subsidising saying his tenant to live there . the tenant to live there. the property price has dropped so some buy it . property price has dropped so some buy it. hundred and 53,000. i'd be lucky to sell it for 105 now. i don't really want to sell, but you know the challenge is now all the costs and they're

going through the roof and i'm retired. it started off at £250. it's now up at nearly £400 a year where we thought we were buying something we would own. first thing is, we'd never, never owning a. the other implication is if the ground rent outside london is implication is if the ground rent outside london i s £250 a rent outside london is £250 a yean rent outside london is £250 a year, it is effectively treated like a rental assured shorthold tenancy agreement . we are tenancy agreement. we are tenants . you know, we're tenants tenants. you know, we're tenants and we you know, we have the same rights as tenants, but effectively fewer rights because we're actually owning or think we're actually owning or think we're own the property. just down the road leaseholder keith has taken on the upkeep for the communal garden in a bid to keep down mounting fines, costs and regrets buying his flats due to the excess charges. we could have bought , say, a bungalow for have bought, say, a bungalow for the foster . we paid for health the foster. we paid for health that a freehold bungalow. so i think with all the section we will get it turn down that

estate. leasehold law i think is a is something of antiquity . i a is something of antiquity. i don't think there's a actually in my personal opinion although for that i think if you bought something you should own it. the leasehold knowledge partnership is secretariat of the old party parliamentary group on leasehold reform and the charity want the system to be abolished rather than keep on trying to reform this flawed form of tenure . why this flawed form of tenure. why don't we just stop making more of it? other jurisdictions which are based on english law, have taken one. look at this bit of game playing nonsense, which has perpetuated power and money in the hands of landowner members and dumped it. the hands of landowner members and dumped it . we need to do the and dumped it. we need to do the same. scotland doesn't have this nonsense. only england and wales. there's 4.5 million leasehold properties in england and many of the owners, like lou , for this form of property ownership to be made sustainable on a really gb news. york thank

you, anna. okay, i'm back here with my guests. this morning. historian and broadcaster david starkey is with me and broadcaster and charity auctioneer johnny broadcaster and charity auctioneerjohnny gold. right. i can't have you here, david starkey, without talking about prince harry a little bit. yeah i know this your own . your own. i know this your own. your own. although johnny's met him a few times. we're going to find out about that in a moment. but this is about impact this book is about the impact this book has in australia. and has had in australia. and apparently feeling apparently there is more feeling now becoming now towards than becoming a republic. that a surprise for republic. is that a surprise for you ? no, but it's march and you? no, but it's march and you're talking of what is it, 5% shift? no more. well, if it's 5% this year, 5% next year, five if they carry on like this. yes. but, you know, it's a matter for the australians. and when i say that, i'm just repeating what the queen's said. so it must. the late queen. so it must be right . australia is an offshoot right. australia is an offshoot of britain, as was once upon a time . america. america took it time. america. america took it as decision rather dramatically to get rid of the monarchy.

canada australia, new zealand took the of the decision to keep it and to retain this. this sort of all was a kind of what is it, an umbilical cord relationship with britain. but is weakening inevitable ? yeah. and well, inevitable? yeah. and well, inevitably, at the hands of harry and meghan causing trouble or just well , harry and meghan causing trouble orjust well , i think i think it orjust well, i think i think it will weaken it and it should weaken. right and i think that the queen's obsession and i would actually say that with the commonwealth in many ways turned out into a mistake. and certainly what charles should be doing is focusing much more back home are crises is here in england was in britain with with the way our government is working . but to return to the working. but to return to the brief moment to harry. i mean, what harry and meghan do is represent exactly what we were talking about in our first segment, or at least what i was talking about in the first segment. they represent the world of me . they represent the

world of me. they represent the world of me. they represent the world of me. they represent the world of this wonderful fashion of diversity, inclusion and equality, otherwise known as die . it kills every single thing it touches. they are the worst of that modern narcissus aesthetic mindset, isn't it? of a rather pampered western, rather pampered western, rather pampered generation have never known real hardship .john, is known real hardship. john, is that a bit harsh ? harry you that a bit harsh? harry you know. harry a little bit. i've met him about three times through my charity work , not not through my charity work, not not for a few years. this is ten, five years ago. and he was lovely. he was an absolute delightful young man, very approachable, very down to earth . i'm just hugely saddened by it because clearly he has issues that, you know, that go very deep, that perhaps none of us would really, truly aware of. and his out in a way that i know in my heart i feel he's going to regret. but, you know, trashing your family in a public forum. but to her is aren't there but the to her is aren't there there are to harry's. there's there are to harry's. there's the harry you knew the harry that's been taken over by meghan

. mean, is a convert to . i mean, harry is a convert to the new religion of woke . the the new religion of woke. the person who converted him is meghan. you always need a priest or a priestess. if you convert somebody . and she's converted somebody. and she's converted him. and the poor lad, of course, is too stupid to be converted. i mean, he's basically stupid. he's but basically stupid. he's nice, but stupid , as we all know. and stupid, as we all know. and which is why the army was the thing which we should. why i never do anything else. which is why the was so good from why the army was so good from the army takes, you know, young. young basically , decent young basically, decent disposition, but not very bright boys of every class . many of the boys of every class. many of the offers of class and it puts them into that that fruitful discipline that we were saying. the police now . but to go back the police now. but to go back to australia thinking we can blame meghan, we can't blame meghan entirely. if you see him doing his interviews for spare. she wasn't there pulling the strings. that was the old straight him, you know, straight from him, you know, it was listen, we got to was all. but listen, we got to move because i'm desperate to move on because i'm desperate to know you were going move on because i'm desperate to kn go you were going move on because i'm desperate to kn go on you were going move on because i'm desperate to kn go on middle»u were going move on because i'm desperate to kn go on middle aged were going move on because i'm desperate to kn go on middle aged lovee going to go on middle aged love island. right, johnny, go. don't

shake head like little bit. shake your head like little bit. i shaking head because my i was shaking my head because my son me love island son made me watch love island and became completely obsessed and i became completely obsessed with well, with it. he did? oh, well, what's watching what's the appeal of watching all in bikinis? all those women in bikinis? johnny girls, what did you like about that? the social about that? i like the social interaction watching those interaction and watching those relationships. it's called. relationships. what it's called. yes. the social yes. where did the social interaction you? go on. oh, interaction hit you? go on. oh, the know, the well, i you know, i got tommy. i tommy fury . and tommy. i love tommy fury. and that that when think that was so that when you think about fury, tommy fury was about tommy fury, tommy fury was on a couple of seasons back. it was fantastic. and his relationship, survives relationship, which survives to this a guy is and this day. i'm a guy and is and his is pregnant. so his girlfriend is pregnant. so it's relationship that's it's a relationship that's developed so developed beyond the show. so there's be found. there's proof love can be found. but you had a reality, if you but if you had a reality, if you haven't seen love island, just to it's to explain what it is, it's a very, very popular itv show. it's predominantly targeted at the millennial is even though it's got a few oh oh oh plus watching it. i you know, oh, johnny, go. none of us are old. no, and yet now no, it's relative. and yet now itv are going do want, which itv are going to do want, which is a single pair and she's is got a single pair and she's off to vegas, is that right? yes. yes. what they stand yes. yes. what do they stand for? not sure. he says it for? i'm not sure. he says it all. it's single

all. x rated. it's single parents going in to the island to possibly find that to possibly find love that nominated be there by that by nominated to be there by that by the by the just the the by the kids. just by the kids. think quiet, kids. do you think this quiet, nice idea, isn't it, nice romantic idea, isn't it, david? it's pure david? you think it's pure poison. you're going to say? i mean, i think the if we actually look like we can treat this in two different ways. we can just laugh at it. yes, i. i have never seen island, so i shouldn't really be talking about it at i look at about it at all. i look at i look at the photographs in the daily mail website because they're mildly . and i quite they're mildly. and i quite enjoy a little bit of male . and enjoy a little bit of male. and the thing that strikes me, of course, is fundamentally the men and women all look same. they're all coffee coloured . they've all coffee coloured. they've either got enormous amounts of hair or no hair at all. and both sexes. if the two sexes and i've got this enormous pectoral development. but but but but but but but say but i think city is setting those points aside. the idea that we offer this as a model of forming relationship and we worry about the state of

our family, we worry about how young people approach parent relationships . and we offer this relationships. and we offer this in our means stream television. i'm sorry . in our means stream television. i'm sorry. i do think there is a connection . yes, i think i to be connection. yes, i think i to be honest, i think that the demise of western society started with the reality tv shows. but these is a very is what it does. of course, it turns everybody into a celebrity. that is to say, you turn inside out. the why being a celebrity is so utterly destructive is the private becomes public . yeah, but it's becomes public. yeah, but it's also about the fact that what it tells a generation of youngsters is that can be famous and rich by doing nothing often just look goodin by doing nothing often just look good in a bikini or just sit on good in a bikini orjust sit on a beach. but is he missing a bit? because i think the bits of love that i have watched, love island that i have watched, johnny, i did see what i thought. it was a fascinating insight the of these insight into the minds of these youngsters how they view youngsters and how they view mind. the person. no, mind. mind the person. no, into the of them. i the psychologies of them. i mean, it's important to point

out, this is this is just meant to be a tv show and it's not meant to appeal to everybody. and much doubt, david, and i very much doubt, david, that you are target audience. well, know. it'sjust well, i don't know. it's just sort revelation, means well, i don't know. it's just sort of revelation, means well, i don't know. it's just sort of itvelation, means well, i don't know. it's just sort of it mayion, means well, i don't know. it's just sort of it may appeal means well, i don't know. it's just sort of it may appeal to means well, i don't know. it's just sort of it may appeal to me.|ns well, i don't know. it's just sort of it may appeal to me. but part of it may appeal to me. but anyway, whatever you might want. my anyway, whatever you might want. my you go back the my point is, if you go back the beginnings reality tv would beginnings of reality tv would always say that the big brother, the series brother, the first series of big brother, and absolutely and i remember being absolutely captivated in terms of the captivated by it in terms of the social interaction and but i agree with david that what's happened since is that you now it is just a pathway to celebrity. and as you say, you're being famous for being on tv for nothing else. you know what amuses ? you're not a great what amuses? you're not a great actor. you don't actually adding anything to the show , the anything to the show, the cultural but the sadness cultural mix. but the sadness for me is it is now bought into this whole narcissistic arrogance . and as you quite arrogance. and as you quite rightly said, that ultimate it is all about the way you look, which shouldn't be what life is. but also, there's another aspect which is really important. the there is nothing less real than reality tv . in other words, the

reality tv. in other words, the storylines are not real. these reality tv. i have. i have indeed. reality tv. i have. i have indeed . jamie oliver. jamie indeed. jamie oliver. jamie oliver. jamie oliver. dream school. and it was a lie from start to finish. in other words , the people the people , whether , the people the people, whether your sister was involved or not, the children involved were deliberately chosen to have as many problems possible and to be as on teach as possible. and then, of course, what you do, you shoot enormous amounts of footage and then you edit and you invent a story. footage and then you edit and you invent a story . and this is you invent a story. and this is one of the great problems. again we see the same with harry's book. harry's stuff was stream of consciousness, which is then refracted through a brilliant ghost—writer and many populated. and what you're hearing when you hear harry talk is harry, who isn't talking like himself. he's talking like himself, refracted through this process. the exactly the same way what goes on with love island. to my initial question then would you

go on love island if you were single and looking for a hot wife and even more good looking than he is? yes if the former is exactly the same as the young diversion. not in a million years. what about you, david? oh, god, no , billy, you surprise oh, god, no, billy, you surprise me after what we've learned, okay? that is the end of the first hour. a man was charged with assaulting former health secretary matt hancock on the london underground on tuesday. i'm bring you up to i'm going to bring you up to speed what happened. us speed on what happened. tell us about this short about that after this short break. hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here with latest mcgivern here with the latest forecast office forecast from the met office sunny mostly dry for sunny spells and mostly dry for many of us today, but it is bit colder in the north whilst it's milder in the south. even though we've seen a cold front clear southwards that's to southwards that's helped to clear the very cold conditions that have been stagnant across southern uk the southern parts of the uk the last few days and the mist and folk that we saw fairly extensively on wednesday , extensively on wednesday, although there were a few pockets of fog and frost about first thing this morning, but they're lifting now and for most

it's a dry and bright day. west of the sunshine in the west, a bit more cloud into the east, 1 to 2 showers for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. but temperatures have even themselves out, six or seven in the north. so not quite as mild , but eight or nine in as mild, but eight or nine in the south means that it is a touch warmer compared with the last few days into the evening, we'll see the clear spells and light winds remain across parts of western scotland , northern of western scotland, northern ireland western ireland as well as western england and wales. in these england and wales. and in these areas, such frost some fog areas, such a frost and some fog patches, especially for northern ireland, but further east we've got more cloud cover and so mostly frost free, although a touch of ground frost and perhaps some frost on cars is still possible . showers still possible. showers continuing and those showers will spread into parts of the pennines through the night and into the first part of the day on friday. but otherwise, actually plenty of sunshine . and actually plenty of sunshine. and by the afternoon on friday, sunny spells more prevalent across england and wales , i across england and wales, i suspect. and for scotland ,

suspect. and for scotland, northern ireland mostly dry, but later in the day we'll see rain arrive into the north—west of scotland. the wind will pick up as well. so damp and breezy into the day for the north—west highlands and the western isles . that band of rain pushing south on friday night. so with the cloud in the north, the frost free night on the whole here . but our colder starts on here. but our colder starts on saturday across england and wales . then a bright day for wales. then a bright day for many windier on .

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here in the studio with me to bnng here in the studio with me to bring us the latest on the biggest political stories of the day, including our role in the russian war and what that looks like for weapons this morning. russian war and what that looks like fo gb aapons this morning. russian war and what that looks like fo gb news; this morning. russian war and what that looks like fo gb news exclusive.1ing. russian war and what that looks like fo gb news exclusive. the and a gb news exclusive. the military undercover to military now going undercover to patrol kent's beaches and stop illegal immigrants as increasing numbers are escaping onto your british streets. but is it working? mark white will be here to explain details of all of that off the news . morning. it's that off the news. morning. it's 11:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. germany's defence minister says he expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine by the end of march. it follows yesterday's to send 14 to help in the fight against russia . the us announced their russia. the us announced their sending 31 abrams that's to add the uk's 14 challenge attacks . the uk's 14 challenge attacks. president volodymyr zelenskyy has urged the west to send long—range missiles and fighter

jets. the more defence support our heroes at the front receive from the world, the sooner russia's aggression will end and the more reliable the security guarantees for ukraine and all our partners will be after the war. the terrorist state must lose . people's right to life lose. people's right to life must be protected. and so it will be a member of ukrainian parliament, kira riddick told gb news. the tanks alone aren't enough. a year into this war, we still in this, david versus goliath situation where russia has more people , more weapons, has more people, more weapons, more military production, more suppues. more military production, more supplies . so more military production, more supplies. so we have to be different. we have to fight harder. we have have more sophisticated weapons and we have to use different strategies. and having tanks is one of those strategies . a six one of those strategies. a six year old, a 61 year old man has been charged with assaulting the

former health secretary matt hancock mp was allegedly harassed on london underground earlier this week . british earlier this week. british transport police says sky's tijani will appear in court next month , charged with common month, charged with common assault on two public order offences . mr. hancock was offences. mr. hancock was reportedly unharmed in the incident over 100 charities are calling on the prime minister to open an independent inquiry. it's after 200 child refugees were found to be missing from home office hotels. they've described the situation as a scandal, saying the children are at risk of exploitation . the at risk of exploitation. the charities are calling on the government to place them with specialist local authority rather than in hotels . the rather than in hotels. the immigration minister says 13 of the 200 children still missing are under 16 . matter says donald are under 16. matter says donald trump will be allowed back on facebook and instagram in the coming weeks. the former us president's social media accounts were suspended for two

years following the capitol hill riot in 2021. the company says it's put new guardrails in place to deter repeat offences as royal mail says recent strike action has cost the postal firm over hundred million pounds. the dispute with the communication workers union has led to 18 days of walkouts since october. meanwhile, the group says the number of voluntary redundancies will be significantly lower than the 10,000 originally suggested . thousands nhs physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action in the health service . a 24 hour walkout service. a 24 hour walkout involves physios and their support staff at 30 trusts. it's the first time members of the charter society of physiotherapy have gone on strike in a dispute over pay. it claims no new offer has been put forward. that's despite the government saying it's open to dialogue. physiotherapists helen armitage

says the sector is struggling to provide patient care . safe provide patient care. safe patient care. pressures are increasing year on year to see more people more poorly , people more people more poorly, people to do more in less time. where unfortunately staff are getting out , people unfortunately staff are getting out, people are on even making the retirement days now because, you know, it's just got harder and harder to do the role . and harder to do the role. unfortunately, we are losing some staff to two of the other professions , to the private professions, to the private practise meanwhile health workers in northern ireland are also staging a 24 hour walkout today. members of four different unions are striking in a dispute over pay and conditions. paramedics are among those involved . the union say involved. the union say contingency arrangement are in place to ensure emergency care continues despite action and new figures show uk car production fell sharply last year to its lowest level since 1956. the society of motor manufacturers

says the falls due to supply chain disruption and a large of factory closures . a total of factory closures. a total of 775,000 cars were built last yeah 775,000 cars were built last year. that's down 9.8% on the previous 12 months. meanwhile levels of electric vehicles were produced. the government says it's determined to ensure the country remains a top global location for car manufacturing . location for car manufacturing. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to beth . it's back to beth. good morning. welcome back. i'm checking to tell them how you're watching tv news with bev turner. i'm so happy that tom harwood is here. he's not here in the studio for a while. we had a lot to catch up on right

now. what are we talking about? when talking about western allies? the uk's night allies? the uk's lead last night is germany and the united states pledged of tanks pledged to send dozens of tanks to ukraine. meanwhile, back home, sunak his cabinet are home, sunak and his cabinet are heading an away day that's heading for an away day that's been hideaway day been dubbed as a hideaway day amidst the hallways affairs. amidst the hallways tax affairs. tom is to be telling us all about in a moment. gb news about that in a moment. gb news can exclusively reveal also this morning that plainclothes members military members of the military are patrolling to coast patrolling the kent to coast stop illegal immigrants from escaping streets. our home escaping your streets. our home security editor is in dover for us and broadcaster johnny gold us and broadcasterjohnny gold and historian david starkey will be back with me for another hour of top debate with the day's top news stories and of course, your views , please, as well, because views, please, as well, because with running , views, please, as well, because with running, i views, please, as well, because with running , i want to with the poll running, i want to know about your experience with the police. been talking the police. we've been talking about a lot. as mark rowley about this a lot. as mark rowley has there will has announced, that there will be officers in court be more police officers in court on criminal charges . so on the criminal charges. so we have brace ourselves have to brace ourselves for those the 40% of you those at the moment. 40% of you say that you've had positive say that you've had a positive experience recently with the police, mean that 60% police, which does mean that 60% of you haven't. of you say that you haven't. a tweet me at gb news have your

tweet me at gb news to have your say . so now. president zelenskyy say. so now. president zelenskyy has said that it is a historic day following weeks of intense international pressure on berlin to commit to committing tanks and a lot of the rest of western europe committing tanks to ukraine. last night, a call with the leaders of germany, france, us and, italy, rishi sunak urge western countries to give more support to ukraine and push to an end of the war. so at is with me now . hello, tom. nice to see me now. hello, tom. nice to see you. good to see you guys to be in this timeslot because normally i'm scurrying down to westminster at this time. today they were in paddington. i'm so glad you're here with glad that you're here with me, tom. have lot to catch up tom. we have a lot to catch up on. tell me about this away day. where our politicians gone? where of our politicians gone? well, the full cabinet well, this is the full cabinet of sunak. of of rishi sunak. instead of meeting on a tuesday morning. they the they normally do. that's the normal that be around 9 normal time that be around 9 am. on a tuesday morning that cabinet meet this week .

cabinet would meet this week. they're doing it all through today thursday they have scuttled off to chequers the prime minister's official country residence , and this is country residence, and this is for a cabinet away. they some people reading a lot into this thinking that there are some big problems with the conservative party. perhaps they need an away day. perhaps they need team some of these awful exercises that sometimes big corporations go and do whether it's you know falling down and catching people or beanbags i don't or throwing beanbags. i don't think cabinets doing think the cabinets are doing that today. i asked the prime minister's spokesman about this yesterday away yesterday and he was eating away from this is really from that saying this is really about main meetings. about two main meetings. firstly, what's as firstly, what's known as a political cabinet meeting where they discuss sort of more of the party matters , the politics, and party matters, the politics, and then in the afternoon they'll be a full cabinet meeting where they discuss the policy . perhaps they discuss the policy. perhaps they discuss the policy. perhaps the most interesting part is , the most interesting part is, this political cabinet at the first part of the day, they'll be addressed by a man called isaac levido. now, he's not particularly well known , but particularly well known, but he's mastermind, basically

he's the mastermind, basically behind the 2019 general election. he ran in the general election. he ran in the general election campaign for, the conservative party in 19 delivered that big victory . he delivered that big victory. he was the guy behind the message discipline of get brexit done of 20,000 new police officers and all the rest of it, really making sure that boris johnson then stayed on the straight and narrow and stayed on message. well, be talking to the well, he'll be talking to the cabinet about what on earth could they do in just around two years time? but less than that when the next election has to be. i think he's going to suggest bring back boris. i think that's highly unlikely given meeting given that this is a meeting called rishi sunak. and called by rishi sunak. and so really what that what the brief will is what is the path to will be is what is the path to victory and. it's expected that they will be saying there's a very narrow path to victory and it can't be done without party unity with the infighting needs to stop. and really the key point of politics that we've seen for a very long time now, message discipline needs to be restored now to you and me. that

seem pretty dull because . it seem pretty dull because. it means politicians not staying, not going off script, saying the same sorts of things to try and really ram home in the minds of voters what they're about. and i'm sure we'll hear a lot about rishi sunak's five top prior ities in the weeks and months ahead. well, one of the things they will no doubt be talking aboutis they will no doubt be talking about is the situation in ukraine and russia and our commitment to more tanks commitment to send more tanks and money. do we know and more money. do we know whether government are still whether the government are still entirely that as an entirely committed to that as an ambition? they have to be now. they have to be. it does they do have to be. and it does seem actually the united seem that actually the united kingdom in lead on this kingdom was in the lead on this issue . it was week that the issue. it was last week that the united kingdom committed send united kingdom committed to send all challenger tanks to ukraine. and the reason why isn't because 14 tanks as we're sending is a particular large number. it's more the diplomacy of this. it's about all of the tanks are held by countries potentially eastern europe. but that export licences are controlled by germany. now,

why is that important? because berlin was saying that countries like poland weren't allowed to send their leopard tanks across to ukraine, even though they're owned by poland. the export licences were controlled by germany and germany is very, very nervous . sending more very nervous. sending more materials to ukraine. so the step was that the united kingdom would send those tanks and that was supposed to sort of dislodge germany and get them to along. in the end, it didn't actually very quickly dislodge germany. it took the americans to commit to sending tanks as well to finally get germany to allow their export licencing. but we have got to that stage and it ended up with a phone call last night between the president of the united states, the prime minister of the united, the chancellor of germany , the chancellor of germany, the president along with the president of along with the prime minister of italy as well, that sort of five group of leaders there. they had a phone call last . and it seems as call last. and it seems as though the prime minister had to interrupt a burns night

celebration to go and take that cool. there's one report that suggests he had to tell bagpipes at ten to stop playing that bagpipes so he could hear the president , the united states. president, the united states. that's not but it is a lovely of cover this story last night this gentleman who was confronts is matt hancock on the tube and filmed the whole encounter it's about 15 minutes was arrested. what's the latest we've heard today ? well, we've heard that today? well, we've heard that the man has been charged. there is this video that is available onune is this video that is available online of a love of this man following matt hancock and sort of grilling him , i suppose of grilling him, i suppose grilling it can look and using bad language, using language, it can look to some aggressive of i think there is a debate as to whether it could be seen as an assault. there is a moment where matt hancock was pushed . it matt hancock was pushed. it could well be seen as harassment that might be a more accurate description of it. but it did like it was an encounter for

matt hancock , a man who was who matt hancock, a man who was who was sort of following him, was then sort of followed himself by a member of the tfl staff. matt hancock has released a statement following the incident saying that he thanks the tfl staff for their help and emphasising this was not a particularly common occurrence and saying that it was an uncomfortable encounter. it was definitely was okay , you, it was definitely was okay, you, tom, now gibney's can exclusively reveal the plainclothes members of the military have been patrolling some of kent's beaches on, the lookout for small migrant boats that managed to make it past border and royal border force and royal navy patrols the channel. joining patrols in the channel. joining me now is gb views home affairs, home affairs and security editor mark morning , home affairs and security editor mark morning, mark. mark white. good morning, mark. for anybody who's just tuning in who didn't hear you talking about this in the first hour. what latest that you've what is the latest that you've been ? well, we've been uncovering? well, we've been uncovering? well, we've been told that there are these small discreet plainclothes patrols and they're not on all

of cairns beaches , but some of of cairns beaches, but some of the beaches . in recent months, the beaches. in recent months, we've seen small boats full of migrants that have actually managed to make it to the shore. and, of course, these very worrying reports of some migrants heading off into local communities and getting into people's houses , demanding that people's houses, demanding that homeowners transport them to locations where they can be picked or to give them the use of their mobile phones. the prime minister has signalled that his government is determined to down on the channel problem and as part of that in a few days time border force will again take over command of operations in the channel command of operations in the channel, a small boat operational that will, according the government, more effectively bnng the government, more effectively bring together the border force , national crime agency and of course, still the military . and course, still the military. and they will be assisted, of course, by these. we were filming yesterday. small boats

were being intercepted out in the channel we saw some of these military rigid inflatables as well, zipping in and out of dover harbour, up and down the coast as part of these extended patrols that are taking place. but of course , it's one thing but of course, it's one thing better ident find the boats that are coming across and taking the people into border force care. they then enter the asylum system that nothing at all to actually the numbers who are coming across. actually the numbers who are coming across . that actually the numbers who are coming across. that has to be a more concerted effort on other side of the channel and to that end, the labour party have been saying this morning, bev, that they would give an additional 100 officers to the national crime agency task force that is going after the people smugglers with a view to trying to dismantle those operations . but dismantle those operations. but they're highly lucrative . 800,

they're highly lucrative. 800, £183 million of the criminal gangs made last year. and they know that for all this sort of criminal gangs and the criminals that they dismantle and take into custody , it won't be long into custody, it won't be long before others are willing to take their pleas for what is a very lucrative trade in people smuggling. okay. thank you mark mark white there. down dover. you've been getting in touch about this. georgia said border force vessels should be picking them up and taking them back to france, not to dover . pamela france, not to dover. pamela says this government is putting us all in danger by allowing migrants into our migrants to come into our country . we don't know who they country. we don't know who they are where they it is are or where they are. it is a dereliction of duty by the government. alan sidcup government. and alan in sidcup said, no said, these people have no intention processed in intention of being processed in france they were refused france and if they were refused a visa, they would be back on the beach the next morning . i've the beach the next morning. i've been you about this my been asking you about this on my twitter post. actually, no, i haven't the haven't been asked about the police morning. twitter. haven't been asked about the poli

braced for the fact that there were going be plenty of police officers in themselves. we asking with your experience with your been your local police force has been positive negative almost % of positive or negative almost% of you have had a negative experience with the police. that's incredibly disheartening, isn't it? i think the majority of them wants to do a good job. some gbviews@gbnews.uk some emails gbviews@gbnews.uk uk. so after the break we're discussing it. time to put a ban on filming strange shows in public. my panellists will be here to debate that just after the .

break very good morning. welcome back to bev turner today my guests are still here with me. thank goodness, they haven't left the building. historian and broadcaster starkey . you broadcaster david starkey. you wouldn't would you, wouldn't leave me, would you, david? never. oh, good. i mean, even your dress. yes. you a

handkerchief? much is my jacket today. that's beautifully organised. johnny gold. you're looking a bit scruffy today. i'm not matching your jacket at all, but it's is like, you know, it is. and you're right. i was wearing tie an event i did last night and something really i wear a morning tv. wear black tie on a morning tv. you could go on more casual. i'll get your suit profusely. you have worn black tie, you could have worn black tie, but would wonderfully but next time would wonderfully dissolute wouldn't could dissolute wouldn't it. you could have with sort of have arrived with a sort of rather champagne flute as rather droopy champagne flute as well, and you both tie around your neck right ? of brexit. your neck right? of brexit. johnny gold. you were a brexiteer . according to lots of brexiteer. according to lots of reports in the papers. brexit voters are getting nervous. they are panicking, and they are slowly wanting to go back into the eu . it's symbolic for my the eu. it's symbolic for my money of the fact that, like any political vote in the end it's always decided by the floating voter who by definition they are the floating factor. they don't have strong point have a particularly strong point of could impacted of view that could be impacted by reality that you by whatever the reality that you can. put down can. you can put down the economic issues that now economic issues that we're now facing on the back of one covid

to ukraine. three energy crises , etcetera, etcetera, etcetera . , etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. there's no way anybody can sense really decide whether we have a bright economic future as a result of brexit right now until . and the reality is even when we make the vote i'm not a businessman . my view was always businessman. my view was always ultimately this isn't actually about economy . i know there's about economy. i know there's going to be an economic downturn know in the short term there is going to be pain. i totally believe in the long term there will be benefits that we will reap that will voting reap and that will worth voting for. so i'm changing my mind and neither are my panicking reports that are that a lot of leave voters are now sort of wavering towards wanting to be back in the eu. and there dialogue and there isn't a dialogue either between of either between leaders of parties moment. this parties at the moment. this becoming in political becoming an issue in a political election. therefore, what's election. so therefore, what's the relevance? yeah, mean the relevance? yeah, i mean keir starmer quite to say he starmer has been quite to say he has intentions back has no intentions of going back to that's what he says. do we believe when he says something like obviously not. like that? obviously not. but let's, actually let's, let's, let's actually address where we've got so far

the debate is at the actual campaigns about the referendum what two fascinating campaigns because they walk straight past each other the remain campaign was entirely about the economy the leave campaign was wholly aboutidea the leave campaign was wholly about idea of self—government , about idea of self—government, parliamentary sovereignty taking by principle, taking back control. now, the problem is that, of course, the has been, let's admit it, i was a brexiteer to the implementation has been catastrophic. yeah that we've reaped none of the benefits that we should have done from taking back control . done from taking back control. i'd also like to make another point and again you're going to hear words you've never heard before . i was wrong not to be before. i was wrong not to be a brexiteer , but to think that brexiteer, but to think that that was the key issue. the thing that powered the brexit vote wasn't simply the floating vote. it's this powerful sense of disenchantment with the political process as we have into the moment that was

particularly in the areas excluded from prosperity , the excluded from prosperity, the areas kind of areas that i was born in, in the north of england . the trouble is we were the wrong thing . the reason that wrong thing. the reason that things have gone wrong, the reason that isn't working, the that our political processes failed is not the you we were attacking the wrong target. the target is here. it's at home. it's the fight. the parliament no longer decides very much , but no longer decides very much, but it wasn't the eu that was doing that. it's the fact that we are run by specialist professional committees, interest are decided by the monetary policy committee of the bank of england, not the of the bank of england, not the of the bank of england, not the of the exchequer. the climate change. the key issue shouldn't be, but it is not decided by the government you have this extraordinary collection of fanatics presided over by you remember john selwyn gummer who force fed his daughter hamburgers. he's now called the

lord tipton and he is the most important person in the country because he runs the climate change committee. and finally , change committee. and finally, we will govern through covid not by the prime minister , not by by the prime minister, not by bofis by the prime minister, not by boris johnson, but by the unelected committee of madmen and. full statisticians called sage. no, until we recognise they will to be dictated to by they will to be dictated to by the world health organisation , the world health organisation, by these other governmental i mean we all other non—governmental governments, in other words, in other words, it is a glut. it is a global disease and it's a global disease, of course. and i'm not a conspiracy theorist, but he's what davos all about. it is this nofion what davos all about. it is this notion that fundamentally democracy is a very bad idea because you can't trust these stupid people to vote in the right direction is what this channelis right direction is what this channel is trying to fight, is what the ads which are now going out. the people's channel is trying to say. but unfortunately

you know what, we were tiny little fringe waving like a fringe , you know, were waving on fringe, you know, were waving on the edge of big long dress of these sophisticated, powerful professional groups. well, i still believe in us as a country, jonny gold and i think we i think you're right, we haven't seen the benefits of what should have from leaving brexit and right. we're moving on. this is a piece in the guardian today. it's a comment piece. jason auken die has written raises an written it, but it raises an interesting issue about the freedom to film individuals in. yeah it's a it is a thorny issue because to move so quickly we all have mobile phones before we knew it we'd actually worked out the rules. now if there's a social, the written and unwritten rules around it, i mean, because now if an accident, a car accident, it feels that people are more quickly to reach for their phones than they are to film it than call 999. do we need to than to call 999. do we need to have a public conversation about the rights and wrongs this ? the rights and wrongs of this? how you've been to how many times you've been to a concert where you've seen, i

guess be furious guess have to be furious because everybody's filming it rather than in and living it than engage in it and living it and actually witnessing it firsthand rather than a piece of technical equipment . and i do technical equipment. and i do think it's malaise of the think it's a malaise of the modern world and 100% agree there odd exception to there is the odd exception to there is the odd exception to the if you're filming , for the rule. if you're filming, for instance, , then instance, police abuse, then perhaps that provides evidence that that confirms that there was a police abuse in the first place. so there are the altercation but the reality is, you know, asking person's permission and we always talk about contacts and the importance of context. and this is relevant in my is particularly relevant in my world something can world where something can be said, out of context and said, taken out of context and totally changes the meaning. we have idea what the context of have no idea what the context of what's being filmed is. have no idea what the context of what's being filmed is . we what's being filmed is. we don't know the individuals we know who the individuals are. we know who the individuals are. we know what happened before and you draw conclusions you taught. you draw conclusions purely on what you see. and at the end of the day, i do think it's an invasion of people's privacy and their right to privacy and their right to privacy . i'm totally against privacy. so i'm totally against it. do think, it. and i do think, unfortunately, it is a part of the big malaise that is social media because there is extrude

naturally. legal naturally. it is entirely legal to someone public. to film someone in public. i know that's not legal. there's no issue and also other no legal issue and also other people's children, film people's children, you can film them public. there them in public. you know, there might be rules within a particular setting or particular school setting or environment but but particular school setting or envit01ment but but particular school setting or envito heart but but particular school setting or envito hear that but but particular school setting or envito hear that because it but particular school setting or envito hear that because i but particular school setting or envito hear that because i dot i'm to hear that because i do remember of live tv , remember the days of live tv, the channel that brought the weather norwegian a on a weather in norwegian had a on a trampoline , topless dolls, right trampoline, topless dolls, right of your feet. david starkey my was number two. i did a greyhound show called dog night live. was excited live. number two, i was excited when i heard it was number two until i discovered that number one topless dog. got one was topless dog. you got story used to send story but live tv used to send the to stand outside the the crew to stand outside the school them the question school to ask them the question of day to all school kids. of the day to all school kids. the and then book the the questions and then book the live on tv. what's the most embarrassing thing mum and dad have then have done? and then they broadcast there was total broadcast it, so there was total anonymity, they were allowed anonymity, but they were allowed to allowed to do to do it and not allowed to do that and yet you're now that anymore. and yet you're now telling is. well, if telling me there is. well, if you you are allowed to you have, you are allowed to film people's in public, film other people's in public, you unless in you know, unless unless it's in control a swimming control will see a swimming pools rules or a school's rules. but this is one of those things,

david, where modern has moved on. haven't had don't on. but we haven't had i don't think, sufficient conversations on. but we haven't had i don't think, swhatent conversations on. but we haven't had i don't think, swhat the conversations on. but we haven't had i don't think, swhat the conve|should be. around what the rules should be. i what we've done we've i think what we've done we've we've without thinking we've abandoned without thinking about it the distinction public and private all decency finally and private all decency finally and i use that word deliberately all depends on the boundary between the public and the private . and we have we have private. and we have we have simply it without thinking about it without debating it. the it was again the point that we were making about love island, the fact that you virtually people having sex and consensually it might but that they are they are conniving the breakdown of this barrier , as indeed does every barrier, as indeed does every celebrity , they do exactly the celebrity, they do exactly the same . but the trouble is, it's same. but the trouble is, it's like a virus and the virus spreads and it spreads uncontrollably again , is all uncontrollably again, is all this is very closely related to sixteen the thing that is destroying the lives of so many

young girls and boys. the notion that how do i communicate with a girl when i send them photograph of my oh is a cultural man. if you went to see equus, then you would be seeing that in the theatres of what would be seen. i would be seeing it. i would be seeing it in the theatre for a highly specific for highly specific to see it. this is not the nudity is not the issue. the issue is that you actually was once upon a time you might have said i fancy you instead send them a photograph of an erection . now, if you can't see the difference between , those two difference between, those two things in equus, i can't you but but the point is you could choose to watch love island because no one's in any doubt what it's about. and you could choose not to because you don't particularly support that concept the breakdown of concept and the breakdown of what just reference what you've just reference to the private. saying i so the private. i'm saying i so what trying to explain what i'm trying to explain think is virus that if you is that it's a virus that if you actually deliver the break that barrier break it not simply once

in love island but deliberately and repeatedly the whole way again the whole harry meghan's thing. what does he do he he puts deliberately into the pubuc puts deliberately into the public view what should be the most private relationship a family now faith is that he's a man but his a monstrous betrayal of trust i guess this this article in the guardian . sorry article in the guardian. sorry to cut you off, but we're short on time. but this article is basically saying, do need to basically saying, do we need to start looking these things start looking at these things and conversation, as and saying the conversation, as you we've neglected to you say, that we've neglected to have putting in law? have and perhaps putting in law? i'm amazed that they don't have the because i was head the because when i was head coach my son's rugby team, we coach of my son's rugby team, we had the permission of had to seek the permission of the in the ball. the parents to fill in the ball. please please law. please not the please not law. the last we want. have you the last thing we want. have you noficed the last thing we want. have you noticed ever since the government had propriety government had a propriety and ethics that ethics committee that commissioner got commissioner behaviours got worse the more you formalise this the worse we behave because it just becomes a tick box exercise. business and economics editor liam halligan will be back after . the news to tell us back after. the news to tell us what's going on and everything you need to know the money

you need to know about the money in pocket. see in a bit. in your pocket. see in a bit. good morning. it's 1133. in your pocket. see in a bit. good morning. it's1133. i'm rand and jones in the gb newsroom. germany's defence minister says he expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine the end of march. it follows yesterday's agreement to send 14 to help in the fight against russia. the us announced they're sending 31 abrams. that's to add to the uk's 14 challenge attacks . president challenge attacks. president volodymyr zelenskyy has also urged the west to send long—range missiles and fighter jets . the more defence support jets. the more defence support our heroes at the front receive from the world, the sooner russia's aggression will end and the more reliable the security guarantees for ukraine and all our partners will be after the war. the terrorist state must lose people's right to life must protected. and so it will be over 100 charities are calling

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welcome back to bev turner. today on gb news it's 1137. today on gb news it's1137. i was asking you earlier about your your thoughts the channel crossings we had at mark white bringing us a special report , an bringing us a special report, an exclusive down there this morning, particularly undercover officers working on the beaches. chris, is that the simple to stop? this is as follows. 80 person on our shores person arriving on our shores without documents will immediately to immediately be returned to france the country of france or the country of departure . and john says, what's departure. and john says, what's the they go into the point if they go into escort them offshore ? and bernard them to offshore? and bernard says, much giving the says, so much for giving the french and french more millions and officers it seems this

officers to help. it seems this is not working right. liam halligan has just hot it into my studio . good morning. did you studio. good morning. did you have something more important to do? we get an extra coffee. do? no. we get an extra coffee. if you could hear this. the squeaking chair in the background writes uk production fell to its lowest ever level. am i right ? what? fell to its lowest ever level. am i right? what? yeah. fell to its lowest ever level. am i right ? what? yeah. well, am i right? what? yeah. well, not lowest ever, because we didn't make cars in the stone age , do we? well, you know. all age, do we? well, you know. all right, so lowest car. yeah no, let me go through the numbers. i've got some numbers here. so if we can at the graphic in 2019, the pre the pandemic uk car . was 1.3 million quite car. was 1.3 million quite chunky after the pandemic cars we came out of lockdown 2021 that was heavily . down 860,000 that was heavily. down 860,000 roughly and now it's down again. these numbers have just come from the society of motor manufacturing and traders, 775,000. so that's a good 40% down on the pre—pandemic , really down on the pre—pandemic, really car making in the uk and that

indeed bev drum roll the lowest since 1956 so 70 year low in terms car production why this happening bev this is happening in part because factory have still not fully rebooted . having still not fully rebooted. having been shuttered during part of lockdown is happening because in china and parts of where they make semiconductors is and we have many, many semiconductors cars these days, lots of electronics there there's semiconductor factories still haven't been fully rebooted it's because of issues ongoing with shipping off the back of the pandemic getting hold of sheet rolled steel and so on. freight costs are very , very high. these costs are very, very high. these are all the reasons why car making in the uk has suffered in recent years. and here's mike hawes, who's executive of the smmt who produced these figures . well, obviously the figures are really depressing. you know , the worst year since 1956. and that reflects a lot of the volatility in the global

industry. but some structural changes in the uk. industry. but some structural changes in the uk . we've seen changes in the uk. we've seen the closure of the swindon plant , changes of ellesmere port from electric, from passenger cars to commercial vehicles. electric, from passenger cars to commercial vehicles . we need to commercial vehicles. we need to get back. we need to get in as you move towards electric electrified future , does this electrified future, does this mean we're making lots of electric cars, though? because it's not what's happened now. we are. we're making a lot fewer cars overall . but the share of cars overall. but the share of electric cars is going up. i got the on that as well. and viewers and listeners can look at on the smmt website and get more detail if they want. so last year in 2022 on these new numbers, we made children 34,000, either pure battery or hybrid, where you got a battery and a internal combustion engine or plug in hybnds. combustion engine or plug in hybrids . so combustion engine or plug in hybrids. so combinations of 234,000 electric vehicles by definition , in 2022, that was up definition, in 2022, that was up four and a half or 5% on 2021. so that some progress there but

electric vehicles and here's the of headline number they now account for over 30% 30.2% of all uk coal production is now electric vehicles and bev that takes us back to a topic you and ihave takes us back to a topic you and i have been discussing a fair bit over recent days that british vote gigafactory up blythe up in north just north of newcastle near the deepwater port in the small town of camas. you've got this incredible site for a gigafactory making the batteries for those electric vehicles. you want to make the batteries. so then you can make the vehicles nearby secure ring car making in the north—east. of course nissan's up there. other specialised carmakers are up there, but they want that giga factory to be precisely because of the growing market for evs , of the growing market for evs, as the government moves in 2030 to ban. remember ban all new petrol and diesel cars his might cause again . well what you're

cause again. well what you're seeing is an increasing number of the vehicles made in the uk are electrified and that's matching what is happening in the market people. increasingly buying electric vehicles. but we need the pace accelerate both in terms of those that we sell and those that we make. to do that, we need a structure that encourages that transition and investment in manufacturing incentives to help purchasing and all for the driver. incentives to help purchasing and all for the driver . massive and all for the driver. massive investment in the infrastructure at check because what we're seeing is that is keeping pace with the demand demand . we're with the demand demand. we're almost out of time. liam, but will electric vehicles work like is this going to is a long term plan we're not ready in terms of the charging yet i think we're ready. i don't think there are nearly enough battery factories front bench of ten by 2030 to meet the demand for car making we we can't even to we have. we can't even get to that britishvolt one up in blythe would have been the second also there figures second and also there figures out today which our report later on how few charging points there

are now per cars because the number cars is number of electric cars is growing faster than the of growing much faster than the of charging points. can we just put you in charge of it all there you in charge of it all there you you please just just go you you just please just just go and just with them just sort out these people have enough to make me for now, busy me an offer. but for now, busy here. don't go anywhere. need here. don't go anywhere. we need to halligan right. to gb news liam halligan right. okay. moving on. met police commissioner smart road. says commissioner smart road. he says that for more that the public should for more painful stories, the force confronts that confronts the issues that it faces two or met officers faces two or three met officers per week are expected appear per week are expected to appear in court on criminal charges in the weeks and months. the coming weeks and months. earlier i spoke to former met detective peter blakeslee . detective peter blakeslee. here's what he had to say about this. appalling. the this. it's appalling. the metropolitan is rightly metropolitan is quite rightly very much under the spotlight because members of its ranks have murdered, raped and much, much more utterly unacceptable. but you know, this malaise spreads further than the met. again anybody who wants to search a police officer convicted for will find the officers in recent times from other forces have been convicted

of rape sexual assault. another very serious, an appalling crimes. so there is , of course, crimes. so there is, of course, an enormous problem within the met. but there is a bigger problem throughout policing policy and reason why it is so important that policing gets it right is for the sake not only of the public , but the good of the public, but the good officers. yeah there's that phrase, which is very, very true . nobody has a bad cop more a good cop. so they have to get it right to support and encourage good cops to do their thing and good cops to do their thing and good people to join policing. that's what it needs . but the that's what it needs. but the state of policing as it is , has state of policing as it is, has been deteriorating for some time. yes. to answer question. back in the day of, time. yes. to answer question. back in the day of , the back in the day of, the seventies, eighties and nineties, when was a cop? there was corruption that was predominantly more for personal gain , where coppers were taking gain, where coppers were taking brown envelopes full of cash from villains and the like. yeah and of course there were

dreadful problems with regards to race and that of course led the brixham riots of 1981 and two, an extent the police have done much to address that . but done much to address that. but there's more. okay, i am back here with historian broadcaster david starkey and broadcaster and charity auctioneer jonny . and charity auctioneer jonny. right. straight back to the stories , the papers this stories, the papers this morning, fellas. stories, the papers this morning, fellas . civil rights morning, fellas. civil rights groups voice anger at unethical decision to bring trump back to social media. jonny gold when i hear civil rights groups voice angenl hear civil rights groups voice anger, i tend to think i'm going to like this story. anger, i tend to think i'm going to like this story . yeah, i mean to like this story. yeah, i mean , it comes back to the issue of freedom of speech and ultimately he's been punished and the attitude now that as long as he doesn't incite people to violence as he was claimed to have done before, and no question that he did then he should the right to voice his opinion and. we should debate accordingly and i am a full agree to this. i'm horrified by that we have universities in this that are banning speakers

because they don't like their message that just a road to message that that just a road to ruin as far as i'm the only way to deal with an opinion you dislike and disagree with is to address it and address it in a civilised manner through debate and ultimately this is what this is about. if yet again he inches is about. if yet again he incites violence, no question, then he's for life. i'm not sure that did incite, to be that he did incite, to be completely honest. i think that is open interpretation. when is open to interpretation. when you at the actual tweet you look at the actual tweet that got him taken but that got him taken off. but if we david we live in a democracy, david starkey have to allow starkey then we have to allow our politicians , the wannabe our politicians, all the wannabe presidents , to have a public presidents, to have a public voice, do we not? yes and clearly, twitter and whatever facebook have become prime instances , public voice. but i instances, public voice. but i mean, just listen, i mean, i thought your opening was brilliant. i mean, listen to them these groups. why because what he said was illegitimate . what he said was illegitimate. so they set themselves up simply as censors . and it again, there as censors. and it again, there is there is a sense now you're

the debate. debate implies there are two sides to a question. but of course, for the rights groups. it's all two sides to a question. there's only one. there is this terror religious self—righteousness . and can self—righteousness. and can i not say all i really wanted to say after you'd finished was amen. what you said was absolutely right. but the big problem, as i said , is that the problem, as i said, is that the left now claim a monopoly of properly polity x is a debate about ends and means. it's not a debate about virtue. and we've turned that into a debate of virtue and one side claims to be wonderfully good and denounces the other side as wonderfully bad. and until stop this and turn it back into a debate about ends and means, we're lost. well, matt is president of global affairs, of course is nick clegg a world leader of the

liberal democrats finishing, isn't it? isn't it how these people do , clegg that extra people do, clegg that extra ordinary deputy prime minister the metoo of the cameron government, the man who sat there while cameron perjured the nafion there while cameron perjured the nation and half sold it now emerges as the arbiter of world morals. yeah, i mean , if you morals. yeah, i mean, if you want you want if you wanted to write satire, you couldn't. you couldn't invent. no, you couldn't invent. no, you couldn't . you have to matter. couldn't. you have to matter. initially they outsourced this decision to a group appointed academics , former politicians, academics, former politicians, and therefore intellectuals deemed to be independent. yeah, right. the irony course. well well. oh, yes, absolutely . idea well. oh, yes, absolutely. idea for the author the idea of an independent intellectual world. but i mean that concept is a good one. i know it's individuals that are not necessarily associated with therefore shouldn't have a political allegiance , a little political allegiance, a little political allegiance, a little political allegiance, a little

political allegiance, obviously. but what makes me laugh is that the group ruled in may 2021 that trump's penalty should not be indeterminate. the indeterminate. but take the final ruling so final ruling back to. so ultimately they didn't make a decision. it was momentous decision. it was momentous decision. not sure agree decision. i'm not sure i agree with trump was with you that what trump was actually kicked off the platform for in the first place wasn't instigated violence. i personally was. but personally think it was. but again, just view, i guess again, just my view, i guess there are many people are there are so many people are instigating a instigating violence on a regular basis on twitter that it is very he got he launched a sweet comic saying that idea nigel farage have battery nigel nigel farage have battery acid . that's right because acid flown. that's right because of course she's virtue because virtuous on the left. that's perfectly all right, though. i mean , but again, sorry, i'm mean, but again, sorry, i'm going. i'm to take you off on this. i don't think that matter should be setting up some kind of right guard kinds of public virtue, some of committee of census. virtue, some of committee of census . it shouldn't be census. it shouldn't be censoring at all, in other words, a publisher should pubushis words, a publisher should publish is and it's become okay reflective of the message even

if the is a totally violent no . if the is a totally violent no. no, no no no but the law deals with that so the law deals with that or the law should deal right that one of the problems is that we the internet and the internet happened in the same way we were talking about using the mobile phone to photograph it. it's happened without anybody thinking about it . anybody thinking about it. again, the whole premise wonderful of tim berners—lee, the whole premise of the internet was this more marvellous, free, free, utterly unrestricted world in which anything could happen. there was no central authority . so what no central authority. so what you need , there was no central you need, there was no central authority . and i say it's an authority. and i say it's an example of the need for law. it's the example of the need for rules . in other words , there was rules. in other words, there was a sort of naive idea a lesson about the whole thing. the initial of the internet was we're all fond and click good.

well there's the online safety bill which has been above the budget. the worst way of doing thatis budget. the worst way of doing that is the worst way of doing it, because it creates an artificial regime. and it's also not the problem of i mean, fundamentally, all you need to do with the internet is what you all you should do with it is to leave the ordinary processes of to deal with it. we have laws governing child protection . we governing child protection. we have laws governing incitement , have laws governing incitement, violence. all you need to do is let that happen and we fear that the laws will be applied. well, they're all, david. but, but, but, but again , this is the but, but again, this is the problem. we're going back to our first discussion about the police that we that we stopped taking these things seriously. okay, moving on, guys. hot off the press. this story is the headune the press. this story is the headline uk students skipping meals because of the cost of living crisis is the trust the sudden trust have done some and they found that nearly a quarter of 1000 uk students interviewed that they were less likely to be

able to complete their degree because of cost pressures, while one in three from working class families said that they were cutting down on food to save money. what do you make of this? ihave money. what do you make of this? i have a son at university as we speak. cost of living crisis has not impacted on him at all. he's reached no, he's been having day one. he's had actually no impact . so but i totally understand that from families on low income if they've got one of their kids at university that the maintenance grant doesn't cover their needs particularly their food needs. but i but my reaction this is you know, we have pampered our kids. i've spoilt my son. and at the end of the day, they want a jobs out there. they're going work part time. and the idea that a student cannot fulfil his academic studies at university and have part time job. i'm and have a part time job. i'm sorry, i nonsense. it is a nonsense . do you agree, david? nonsense. do you agree, david? i bet you do . i want to actually bet you do. i want to actually to try and tease out what's gone

wrong. the trouble is , we wrong. the trouble is, we created our universities all 120 of them, whatever ridiculous numbers on the oxbridge model thatis numbers on the oxbridge model that is that you go away you have a good time , you are have a good time, you are separate from your family. all of those things. if you look in europe that is not the model. the model is everybody goes to a local university and you stay at home when you go there. if you look don't inflict that upon me. no, no , no, no. but i am trying no, no, no, no. but i am trying to explain why you can have a mass university system as you do in france, without the thing toppling over financially in america, of course, everybody virtually every student works their way through university. and you have structures in which employment on campus i mean there was a period of time when i had what i call my deckchair chair of history at a rich american university. i nailed it in the summer quarter and then the whole way in which things

like survey in the campus reflect , this and whatever reflect, this and whatever virtually everybody a student doing it so you were working you were helping the universe by providing canteen staff the wonderful joke at caltech was you if the waitress spilled soup in your lap she was to be a nobel prize winner because they all were. and so we've we as usualin all were. and so we've we as usual in britain, we've actually started off with a bigger ambition to give everybody the oxbridge experience. you cannot give 50% of the popular the oxford experience. we need local universities, we need the idea of working through university. we need far, far fewer people to go to university, full. i agree. and i think in terms of these these youngsters at uni saying that they can't make ends meet. the problem is as well gould is that we've developed this credit mentality . yeah. so i was mentality. yeah. so i was brought up if you can't afford it, don't have it right now these kids because of the tuition fees, ironically ,

tuition fees, ironically, talking of nick clegg appropriately because of tuition , they already know they're going to come out of university with tonnes of debt. they go, well, what's the what's the point? i might as well just have more debt i come out, see, more debt when i come out, see, when myself going to when i myself was going to university, i kept asking, what have you about have you done about your accommodation. yeah, and grant? and he said, no, no, no. i've decided i don't want take decided i don't want to take that level of that shoulder, that level of debt okay, so how you debt when. okay, so how are you going to pay for it? and they just you all this it just live with you all this it had discussion. me it was one had no discussion. me it was one of biggest falling of the biggest falling outs we've ever had because i looked at and just said, look, at him and just said, look, i understand having level debt understand having level of debt is frightening, but the is pretty frightening, but the reality actually the reality is that actually the repayment greatest repayment loan is the greatest loan in world, even loan facility in the world, even affluent encourage their affluent parents encourage their kids out for that kids to take it out for that very reason. and i think it is unfortunate. i think it's unfortunate. i think it's unfortunate that compared to when you when i went to university, you got you did not got a grant which you did not have to owe you, go about your time, did something. we've got we've a labour shortage we've got a labour shortage should be leaving university because to pay because they can't afford to pay for even though it is for it anymore even though it is expensive right listen, on

expensive right now. listen, on twitter, been asking twitter, i've been asking you about experience about your experience of the local police force, whether it's been positive or negative. we just to test the mood of just want to test the mood of the 59% of you the nation on this. 59% of you say experience with say that your experience with the been a negative the police has been a negative one, 41% of you saying that it is a positive experience. we come to the end of the show. i could have talked to you all day, guys, but next up, i a thank you to johnny gould and david but up is gb news david starkey but up is gb news live with mark longhurst. i'm bev turner. i'll see on bev turner. i'll see you on monday. great weekend. hi monday. have a great weekend. hi there. aidan mcgivern there. it's aidan mcgivern here with latest forecast from with the latest forecast from the sunny spells and the met office sunny spells and mostly many us today. mostly dry for many of us today. but is a bit colder in the but it is a bit colder in the north it's milder in north whilst it's milder in the south. even we've seen a cold front clear southward that's helped to clear the very conditions that have been stagnant across southern parts of the uk over last few of the uk over the last few days. the mist and folk that days. and the mist and folk that we saw fairly extensively on wednesday , there were a few wednesday, there were a few pockets of fog and frost about first thing this morning, but they're lifting now and for most it's a dry and bright day. west

of the sunshine in the west, a bit more cloud into. the east, 1 to 2 showers for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. but temperatures have even themselves six or seven in the north. so not quite as mild , but eight or nine in the south means that it is a touch warmer compared with the last days. into the evening we'll see the clear spells and light winds remain across parts of western scotland , northern ireland as scotland, northern ireland as well as western and wales. and in these areas a touch of frost and some fog patches, especially for northern ireland. but further we've got more cloud cover and so mostly frost free, although a touch of ground frost and perhaps some frost on cars is still possible. showers and those showers will spread into parts of the pennines through the night and into the first part of the day on friday. but otherwise, actually plenty of sunshine . and by the afternoon sunshine. and by the afternoon on friday, sunny spells more prevalent across england and wales , i suspect. and for wales, i suspect. and for

scotland , northern ireland scotland, northern ireland mostly dry, but later in the day we'll rain arrive into the north—west of scotland. the wind will pick up as well. so damp and breezy into the day for the north west highlands and the western isles . that band of north west highlands and the western isles. that band of rain pushing south on friday night. so with the cloud in the north, frost free night on the whole here. but our colder starts on saturday across england and wales . then a bright day for wales. then a bright day for many windier on .

sunday it's 12 noon. very good afternoon to go with gb news live with me. mark longhurst i'm coming up to this hour. an away day for the government or is it as opposition claim hideaway day