ina in a general labour party in a general election and. it's not only that, it seems that people trust sir keir starmer more than they trust rishi sunak with the economy and. they've lost faith in the conservatives on big issues like levelling up , issues like levelling up, crucially controlling britain's . so throughout the show today , . so throughout the show today, i thought we should investigate investigate . what% not never investigate. what% not never happens on the show today i thought we should investigate some of the labour party's policies on key issues affecting you the viewer. yes that's, right. we'll look at starmer immigration and gender. so lock yourselves for in that. ladies and gentlemen, do you agree with the gb news poll all you convince by the labour party have lost faith in the tories . have lost faith in the tories. who would you vote for if .7 a who would you vote for if.7 a general election was held tomorrow. those are the big questions gb views gbnews.uk. also this hour , the scottish also this hour, the scottish first minister says a transgender woman convicted of raping women will not imprisoned in scotland's only all female

jail. remember that story yesterday? kick off will sturgeon's road back on it now she addressed the issue as the row continued over where i bryson should be in prison after being found guilty of two rapes carried out when they were a man and on this the conservative mp lee anderson and everybody's favourite gb news lee anderson is in calais with the home affairs committee today and he is accused one of the biggest asylum seeker charities of being asylum seeker charities of being as as the people smugglers themselves. he also called on more action on uk shores so what we do, it tells me it's got to be a deterrent to stop this because if can get that deterrent right then they won't need these people out there. well pleased to that the man well i'm pleased to that the man himself, lee anderson , due to himself, lee anderson, due to join us a little bit later on the show. so sure you stay the show. so make sure you stay tuned that. get touch. tuned for that. get in touch. email gb at gb news uk. email gb views at gb news uk. what do you make of the asylum seeker what want to seeker? that's what i want to know. they it's

know. before they like it's headunes. know. before they like it's headlines . good afternoon . 3:03 headlines. good afternoon. 3:03 i'm rhiannon jones the gb newsroom. ukraine has been hit by a series of missile strikes a day after us and germany pledged to supply the country with tanks. the kremlin's called the deliveries a direct involvement by the west . the conflict. one by the west. the conflict. one person died after the strikes hit the capsule kyiv where residents shelter on the ground. germany's defence minister says he expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive ukraine by the end of march . member of end of march. member of ukrainian parliament kerry riddick told gb news the alone aren't enough . a year into this aren't enough. a year into this , we are still in this david versus goliath situation. we russia has more people weapons, more military product , more more military product, more supplies. so we have to be different. we have to fight

harder. we have to have more sophisticated weapons and have to use different strategies . and to use different strategies. and having tanks is one of those strategies scholars , as first strategies scholars, as first minister has confirmed, a woman convicted of rape will not be sent to an all female prison. earlier this week, bryson was found of raping two women before she changed gender. at first minister's questions. nicholas sturgeon addressed the row over bryson and whether she should be held at court and veil prison. she also confirmed a risk assessments being carried out by the scottish prisons service . it the scottish prisons service. it would not be appropriate for me in respect of prisoner to give details where they are being incarcerated. but given the understandable public and parliament concern in this case i can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison and. i hope that provides assurance to public

presiding officer , not least to presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case. the boss of hm. revenue and customs has told employees are no penalties for innocent . are no penalties for innocent. as he was questioned , the former as he was questioned, the former chancellor's tax affairs . jim ha chancellor's tax affairs. jim ha appeared before the public accounts committee and was pressed on issues surrounding nadhim zahawi . the conservative nadhim zahawi. the conservative party chairman is facing to resign after it emerged he paid a penalty to hmrc. he was chancellor andrew bridgen has threatened sue, the former health secretary defamation after he hit out at the mp over comments he made about the covid jab. the former mp was stripped of the tory with earlier this month after allegations he likened the covid vaccine to the in a tweet. matt referred to britain's comments as anti—semitic in a statement he made in the house of commons. no doctors and nurses than ever. our working in the nhs. that's to the latest data from nhs

digital show nearly 5000 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses worked in the health service year compared with the previous yeah year compared with the previous year. it comes as the government plans to recruit 50,000 more nurses by next. the health secretary says the strong , secretary says the strong, healthier nhs needs the workforce to support it . royal workforce to support it. royal mail says recent strike action has the postal firm over £200 million. the dispute with the communication workers union led to 18 days of walkouts since august. meanwhile the group says the number of voluntary redundant will be significantly than the 10,000 originally suggested . thousands of nhs suggested. thousands of nhs physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join ongoing industrial action in the service. a 24 hour walkout involves physios and other support staff at 30 trusts. it's the first time members of the chartists society of physiotherapy have gone on in a dispute over pay. it claims no new offer has been put forward

despite the government saying it's open to dialogue . it's open to dialogue. meanwhile, health workers in northern ireland are also staging a 24 hour walkout today. members of different unions are striking in a dispute over pay and conditions. paramedics are among those involved. the union say contingency arrangements are in place to ensure emergency care continues despite . the care continues despite. the action and new figures show car production fell sharply last year to its lowest level since , year to its lowest level since, 1956. the society of motor manufacturers says the fall is due to supply chain disruption and a large number of factory. due to supply chain disruption and a large number of factory . a and a large number of factory. a total of 775,000 cars were built last year. that's down 9.8% on the previous year. meanwhile, record of electric vehicles were produced by the government, saying determined to ensure the country remains a top global location for car manufacturing . location for car manufacturing. this gb news. we'll bring you

more as it happens, though. it's over to patrick . kay. welcome along , people. kay. welcome along, people. let's get stuck straight in, shall are latest gb news people's poll been released and it doesn't make good reading for rishi sunak in the conservative party , 50% of people said that party, 50% of people said that they'd vote for labour in the next general election with just 21% backing the tories. they're also lagging behind on the economy with . just 16% of people economy with. just 16% of people saying a tory government will better manage the uk's finances , while more than 30% believe labour would do a better and well . things labour would do a better and well. things got labour would do a better and well . things got even worse . the well. things got even worse. the prime minister, as the poll suggests, that the majority of all voters have next to no confidence in the government's

to level up the country's left behind regions and as well tackle the migrant crisis . well, tackle the migrant crisis. well, i thought that it gave us the chance to put the labour in focus analyse . why half of focus analyse. why half of voters say they'd back them at the next general . and why do the next general. and why do they really stand on the big issues facing you is starmer a leader and will they continue you just sit on the fence on controversial like gender, which is really sad in the last couple of days . got you people at home, of days. got you people at home, people in your cars, wherever. joining me throughout the course of this show, our very viewers, we wanted to put all of these issues to you at the end of the day, you're the voters, aren't you? you're the people. but i'm joined in the studio right now by is political reporter by gb news is political reporter catherine force it's going to be more detail on some of these findings we findings and where shall we start? reading for start? not pretty. reading for sunak. really no good sunak. there's really no good news here for sunak or the news here for rishi sunak or the conservative party at all. so the have flatlining the tories have been flatlining on about 20% for months now and there's a 29% gap. so if there

was an election tomorrow. okay, we're maybe to two years away from one, but it'll be pretty much a wipe out and where she soon might have hoped have hope, no doubt for a little bit of a bounce an okay at the absolute worst point when liz truss his government was totally imploding , the markets were crashing , the , the markets were crashing, the conservatives went down to 14. so they've come a little way, but they just seem to be flatlining and. rishi sunak's, desperate to talk about his policies, but he's not really getting the chance he because as all of these scandals that are taking up so much time, so much attention , and meanwhile the attention, and meanwhile the economy , cost of living, economy, cost of living, everybody's worried about bills. they're worried about heating homes. they're worried about their pay that they're not getting or not. and on the economy maybe the conservatives not trusted either . of course, not trusted either. of course, clinton's adviser once said it's the economy, stupid. and traditionally the conservatives were always seen as being the

party to on the economy. but of course, they've been 13 years in power, productivity has fallen off a cliff has is terrible living standards haven't improved dramatically then we had chaos under liz truss . okay had chaos under liz truss. okay that's recovered but the economy is not in a good place and people will look at the party in charge and blame them. yeah indeedin charge and blame them. yeah indeed in a few other areas that you've mentioned economy that is clearly a massive issue for well everyone money in people's everyone the money in people's some the ones as well some of the ones as well levelling so obviously levelling. yeah so obviously this was boris johnson's a flagship when he came in 2019 rishi sunak he became prime minister that that was his mandate and they're keen level up their keen to be saying that they're giving this money we had they're giving this money we had the big announcements last of the big announcements last of the money that was sort of then by the fact he wasn't wearing a safety belt but it doesn't seem to be cutting through 60% of the people that answered said they

were not at all that the government would level up left regions before the next and in terms of the borders and the boats obviously rishi sunak's is one of his five priorities that he is aiming to stop those very strong language on that for 89% say that the british government have lost control of . the lost have lost control of. the lost control, i mean, even suella braverman said that herself. well, that's basically a ministerial statement, isn't it? pretty much. and think the vast majority of the public i'm surprised only 49% people surprised only 49% of people actually way i have actually think the way i have lost of our board is lost control of our board is just a little aside. i was away a week. i remember thinking, i'm going to just try and turn news off a bit. i'm going to try and just off. and had just switch off. and i had a little look on my folks going to help us out. i wonder where the news has to. and news agenda has got to. and i just saw absolute outrage of our prime minister not wearing a in the of and i thought the back of a car. and i thought he was going stay forever let he was going to stay forever let me it forever. there's no me say it forever. there's no need go back if this

need for me to go back if this really is proper headline, then the nation need me. the nation doesn't need me. but that's else? we got them? that's what else? we got them? because keir starmer be looking at and thinking, well, he's at this and thinking, well, he's sitting the minute sitting isn't he. at the minute he and in some ways labour he is. and in some ways labour have do that much. i mean he have to do that much. i mean he was often davos they're laying have to do that much. i mean he was offori davos they're laying have to do that much. i mean he was offori davothey y're laying have to do that much. i mean he was offori davothey y're lajdo; plans for what they would do saying it would all be fully costed they can't say how costed but they can't say how and at the moment all they really be the really to do is not be the concept. and ultimately that's not but they do not to be enough. but they do say parties, know, say that parties, you know, governments lose elections, don't they, rather than the win them. people are just very them. and people are just very very fed up of the tories. but on this away day at chequers isaac levido, they sort of guru of elections is telling the conservatives there is a very narrow, very narrow path victory, but only if they can stop fighting themselves and only if they can deliver on these five priorities. and at these five priorities. and at the moment it's not looking great because they're bedded in fighting and squabbling and scandal. well, exactly. well look, thank you very much for

digesting all of these facts and figures for us this catherine force that our political reporter and this is one of the areas where i wanted to focus in. like said, we're doing in. like i said, we're doing things a little bit differently today. and gentlemen, we're going hearing a lot from going to be hearing a lot from the viewer. people have been emailing gbviews@gbnews.uk kind enough to leave their details quite. gets a phone quite. a few those gets a phone call from one of our producers, wonderful and you end wonderful producers. and you end up telly basically you up on the telly basically you can the telly if can get yourself on the telly if you just that as your you do, just put that as your subject get yourself on subject line, get yourself on the vaiews@gbnews.uk but the telly. vaiews@gbnews.uk but before go to and i wanted before we go to you and i wanted to you about the results, to ask you about the results, these would you these polls basically, would you be labour at the next be voting labour at the next general election? where are general election? why? where are you in light of you at politically in light of those polling but those quite polling stats. but joining is brendan joining me before is brendan chilton. a labour chilton. he's a labour councillor the leader the councillor and the leader of the ashford labour group. ashford borough. labour group. brendan, great to have you on the thank you very, very the show. thank you very, very much us. much forjoining us. so realistically, have a poll at realistically, we have a poll at the moment that would show around 50% of people say they would vote labour there would vote for labour if there was election tomorrow. was a general election tomorrow. but i want to know, what do people actually really voting for? comes to things

for? so when it comes to things like, small like, for example, the small boats crisis, has labour boats crisis, how has labour actually going actually said they're going to sort afternoon , sort that out? good afternoon, patrick, and thanks for having me on the last report read of keir starmer on this issue, he he said the real issue here is that we're not tackling migrant crisis upstream it comes to prevalence in the uk media when . we see the boats crossing the channel but actually the root cause of this is further away. the people traffickers operating in europe to get some sort resolution on that. what really to happen is that the minister of the uk, the president of france, other european nations need coordinated response to deaung need coordinated response to dealing these traffickers. and if you remember about a year ago when we had the tragedy of the boat sinking in the channel, the very next day, around four gang leaders were arrested and locked up in france. so it can done it just needs political to do it. we have my concern with this

would be i think, frankly, what the tories are facing the minute which is what our strategy to rely on is the goodwill of other nations. and if we're now the final destination , a lot of final destination, a lot of these people who dare i it well france clearly don't want them in lot of them do they. in that a lot of them do they. and nations realistically and other nations realistically say are we going to end up say how are we going to end up stopping them? i want just stopping them? i want to just move because move on from that because levelling certainly we have a lot of viewers, listeners in the north and they i think rightly so lot the time that and so a lot the time open that and don't see much evidence of levelling up we hear a lot about strikes and nightmares the london underground. i mean good grief try travelling from hull to leeds somewhere like that. to leeds or somewhere like that. it's shocker. it's an absolute shocker. so what the party going what is the labour party going to help with to do? actually help with levelling well, the levelling up? well, the levelling up? well, the levelling up? well, the levelling up agenda really by the is going around the country with a chequebook just giving money to projects to level . what money to projects to level. what we need to do is get economy growing and the labour party have said that one of the things it will do in government first of all is to cut vat, to put

more money in the pockets of consumers and hauliers. it will reform business rates to make it more competitive for businesses in high streets and a massive devolution of power to the regions of england and now that's a loan will not just grow the economy one of the other things we need to do is start more in the united kingdom, because manufacturing is key to productivity gains . you get productivity gains. you get higher gains in that sector. rachel reeves has outlined a plan for reviving in this country. they make in britain agenda which new plants and machinery tax for investment in manufacturing that is key to levelling up not just splashing on pet projects. yeah i've that and i think some of the pet projects is symptomatic of a sticking government and it's i here's something big and shiny now and in some cases it doesn't even actually get off the ground it so it will be interesting to see we will and i think a lot of people will resonate with the

idea of bringing manufacturing back home. the coronavirus, pandemic highlights are lot of pandemic highlights are a lot of that reliant dare that being reliant on, dare i say all people china lot say all people china for a lot money think a bad but you money is i think a bad but you mentioned an agenda that can i talk to you quickly about gender please because keir starmer as it currently stands can't really tell me or you anyone what's a woman is in light of one of the harrowing cases that we covered yesterday about the double rapist sent to rapist potentially being sent to a women's jail i think it's a a women's jail. i think it's a problem. keir starmer missing out the women's vote. you out on the women's vote. as you note. well, i think obviously, patrick, this case is one of the most appalling, the fact that the person was even being considered to housed in a women's prison. i think the shadow home secretary today has said that she should not be and i labour supported i think labour supported the government the government using supporting the scottish secretary in preventing the agenda bill going through the agenda bill going through the scottish parliament. i think this is really quite simple. one, there are two genders, men and in 100 years time we're you and in 100 years time we're you and i are gone and they take us off. they say were two blokes.

and if i have you for based on your producers, you can say i can say everybody else seems to say it crucially science is kinsey as well. i just can't but wonder whether or not labour leader needs to do a little bit more on this, but we'll have to wait and see. brendan always our chats. thank you very much. spreading labour spreading jokes is a labour borough council leader of the ashford labour is ashford borough labour group is also brexiteer as for also a keen brexiteer as for what worth, it will what it's worth, it will be interesting . get back on and interesting. get back on and talk about next time brexit talk about that next time brexit rears its head. but gb news is the channel and this the people's channel and this show you at show is nothing without you at home here. wonderful people joining have news joining me live. we have gb news viewers carl fordham from cambridge , from bedford. we have cambridge, from bedford. we have lee webb . okay, fantastic . lee. lee webb. okay, fantastic. lee. okay, i'm going to go to you first. thank very much. great to have you both on the show, by the way. thank you lee, will you be voting labour the next general election? well, that is a problem. i don't know precisely at moment i could a problem. i don't know precand' at moment i could a problem. i don't know precand then moment i could a problem. i don't know precand then cannoment i could a problem. i don't know precand then can likeent i could day and then can like conservatives it depends what both rockets and so on but both

parties probably going to need to have me appeal them because i'm what you call swing voter so very is when i started you know voting margaret thatcher and retirements in the mid nineties when tony played and i think for labour so i think it's labour and conservative is not precisely the person that labour needs to appeal for me to appeal , to them. and the main thing i'd like to say is a little bit more on the economy, what they're going to do on that immigration's very important and health care. so they're health care. so what they're going improve the nhs or and going to improve the nhs or and to reform the nhs want to know exactly what they're going to the can't really find the moment. i can't really find any of those policies that are appearing to me but never do any of the conservative policies and this is kind of where we are lay i'll come back to you covered i'll come back to you covered i'll bring you in now same question to you are you planning on voting labour at the next general election as things stand? . why . not stand? definitely no. why. not because i've got the point, to

be honest, you the same as the tories. what is the difference between the two parties. it just to me that whoever is actually in government, the job the opposition has is just to basically dispute anything and everything that they stand for. so, i mean, as father has just said, what are the labour policies? i don't know. and to be honest, i wouldn't trust as far as i could throw him and sunakis far as i could throw him and sunak is just got no backbone . sunak is just got no backbone. and so for me is the reform party. i'm just praying that do actually have somebody in the ward here that i can vote for, have all my fingers and toes crossed because the reform party , the only ones that are thinking outside , out of the box thinking outside, out of the box and doing something differently and doing something differently and they an opportunity to and they need an opportunity to show us, you know, that they have got the balls to do what. they say, fair enough. i mean, let me just say i'll come back to you in inside. but carol, i'll just stick with you for now for a return to lee because i mean, a couple of those things

to you then. we just heard that from labour representative echoing policy, echoing labour's policy, for example, the example, when it comes to the channel crossing. so go after example, when it comes to the cha peopleyssing. so go after example, when it comes to the cha people traffickers, jo after the people traffickers, a coordinated response with other countries in order to stop it. rishi sunak has said similar stuff he wants to stop all of the boats. he wants to reduce our asylum backlog and get some flights taking off to other countries. you just not believe that the policy will do any of that the policy will do any of that. that the policy will do any of that . i think that the policy will do any of that. i think you have to look at the numbers. i can't i can't numbers to you, patrick. but they are going well. they've gone through the roof basically. haven't and that really is all under a tory leadership and i just don't feel confident this . just don't feel confident this. starmer has got the backbone . i starmer has got the backbone. i mean, i've never heard him say that he would turn the boats around. richard tice very clearly up and says that's what would do. and there's even a piece of legislation that goes back 1974 about safety of boats, etc. so we all legally entitled

to turn the boats around to whence i came. why are we not doing that? i will. i will, i will respectfully defer the knowledge of maritime law onto you on that one couple. i must say, i mean because you will be able to you will able to find something that may be better later. i'll be about way where we right now from both of we are right now from both of you sound pretty disillusioned and i be worn out maybe, dare i say the options that are available to now. some people would say you could resolve paper between the two main parties is a bigger question . parties is a bigger question. are you just quite fearful of where headed at the minute? it doesn't seem that we've got anyone particularly inspiring in running for office , the thing running for office, the thing was when i voted for margaret thatcher was she was amazing. she was an actual leader that got things done. and to be fair, no matter what you think, tony blair, he was pretty much the same. it was an age that got things done. and since then, there's not been leader of there's not been a leader of this country. that's done. boris johnson had a little bit of it,

but we found out that he but then we found out that he was a bit of a damp squib. well, and i mean, i'm personally in sdp supporter . it's and i mean, i'm personally in sdp supporter. it's i and i mean, i'm personally in sdp supporter . it's i know that sdp supporter. it's i know that they're not going to get in on they're not going to get in on the next election. they've got make the breakthrough yet however. you know it's really difficult to like you say put at risk i think this is fostered by i must say both of you and i really enjoyed this because i think this is now a little microcosm of kind of where britain's actually where. i don't think there's a huge amount huge amount of passion . amount huge amount of passion. what you could loosely call the ideology offered of both major political parties women and people looking for alternatives, whether it's reform, whether the sdp, whoever is . but of course, sdp, whoever is. but of course, then we're all scratching our heads and going, what realistically are any of them going to get anywhere near power? well, probably not in our voting i suspect voting system. and i suspect the next election, next general election, unfortunately, is going be a lot of people on that election night. instead of going out to the polling sit on the

the polling bay, they sit on the backsides the of horlicks backsides of the cup of horlicks or just decide, or whatever and just decide, watch come through watch the results come through some mug. invite at 3:00 some some mug. invite me at 3:00 in with a vat full in the morning with a vat full of coffee. you. we've got a hung parliament some day, both of you, thank you very, very much. i've it. i've thoroughly enjoyed it. and i'll talking to you again i'll be talking to you again very the best cheers very soon. all the best cheers for on. that's for for coming on. that's karl for matthew bridge. i'm from bedford. hardly well. bedford. we hardly web as well. look, the look, get yourselves on the telly gbviews@gbnews.uk real people. reacting to the people. they're reacting to the real data we've real polling data that we've got before of voters before you now, 50% of voters say would for the labour say they would for the labour party. why is do you think what do make of that? you're with do you make of that? you're with me patrick christys gb news. me patrick christys on gb news. and up, british car and coming up, british car production its production has plunged to its lowest level years. but lowest level in 70 years. but what's slump? and what's causing slump? and can the industry survive the uk motoring industry survive 7 the uk motoring industry survive ? got all that coming your way and an update. well, from calais. that's right. the other side of the channel. i'll be back a tick .

all right. welcome back. now car production in the uk has fallen to its lowest in some 66 years. the latest figures released by the society of motor manufacturers and traders are blamed on factory and disruption to the supply chain in electronics, semiconductors says following the covid. but it's not all doom and gloom with the report also showing levels of electric vehicles last year. we're going to get stuck into that one in a second because joining me right now, our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money honesty . on the money, right honesty. on the money, right that toying with us. that's toying with us. what's going on with that come up? so some say he's decisive . most he's decisive. most manufacturers and traders, they bnng manufacturers and traders, they bring they are the industry body they've brought out car production numbers for the whole of take a look at of 2022. let's take a look at them. so in 2019 , we can see them. so in 2019, we can see there was 1.3 million cars

produced in. the uk, that was the last sort of proper year before lockdown was upon us. thenin before lockdown was upon us. then in 2021 eight 860,000 and now 2022 775,000. that's the thick hand of 40% below the pre—pandemic level. patrick partly because there's still lots of semiconductor shortages and supply chain issues , partly and supply chain issues, partly because we saw the closure of that honda plants , swindon . so that honda plants, swindon. so these are not great numbers. but if you look at the production of electric vehicles, even though overall production is down, we can see that the production of electric vehicles is up. it's up by 4.5% to 234,000 on the previous year. and so electric car production and this is hybndsifs car production and this is hybrids it's plug ins is pure battery vehicles they are now 30% of all uk cars built up just 10% back in 2020. well, that's

interesting yes. because i was going to ask that as those figures actually include hybrids, etc. but i suppose one of the biggest things though is actually is this electric vehicle by 2030, you're vehicle push. by 2030, you're going think going to work. well, i think a lot people yet quite clocked lot of people yet quite clocked that there's a law coming down the right, that in 2030 the track. right, that in 2030 you cannot buy by law as it currently stands, a new petrol or diesel car. you will only be able buy a hybrid , a plug in able to buy a hybrid, a plug in or a battery car or whatever it is around then. and of course, if we're going to build these cars, if we're going to carry on building, you know , a million building, you know, a million cars, this country and cars, a year in this country and we that because they're great manufacturing jobs often in, you know, the country don't know, parts of the country don't have all respect you know have with all respect you know they're heavy industry parts of they're heavy industry parts of the country is what they do then we need to create those batteries as well we can batteries as well so we can create batteries near, the create the batteries near, the cars, because you can't transport batteries transport the batteries economically because they're very, we very, very heavy. so then we think about gigafactory up in the north eastern england i've been banging on about for a long time. britishvolt the company

behind it has now gone bust, so all building batteries all we building enough batteries are manufacturing the are we manufacturing the batteries that we to keep batteries that? we need to keep car production and car production going. and i don't we are. but don't think that we are. but there's also about there's also issues about electric vehicles because the batteries , they need lots of batteries, they need lots of rare earths and minerals that are increasingly rare often found in china. so i looked at some some prices . lithium these some some prices. lithium these are lithium batteries. you need are lithium batteries. you need a lot of lithium now there's a bit of lithium in cornwall and devon poldark and all that stuff you'll see young to remember. but lithium prices are now four times higher than they were in 2020, as more production of electric vehicles has happened . electric vehicles has happened. nickel sulphate another mineral that we need that's up 50% on 2020. the price cobalt is another one that we need. that's doubled since 2020. and china, by the way manufactures, 80% of all ev batteries at the moment we've got gigafactories in one

is already in the north—east owned by the chinese and the chinese are building another one in hungary and we can't another one off the ground, it seems and that's a big issue. it's a massive issue i want to believe you also have a little clip that you also have a little clip that you want to play as of sunday. yeah can we can hear from yeah we can we can hear from mike who is the head the mike hawes who is the head the society of much a manufacturing and is well you're and trade is well what you're seeing is an increasing number of made uk of the vehicles made in the uk are that's matching is are and that's matching is happening in the market people buying electric vehicles but we need the pace to accelerate both in terms of those that we sell and those that we make . to do and those that we make. to do that, we need a structure that encourages that transition in investment in manufacturing incentive to help purchasing and above all for the massive investment in the infrastructure. because what we're seeing is that is not keeping pace with the demand . so keeping pace with the demand. so we built 230,000 new electric vehicles last year. patrick but

we built 9000 more points to charge them. so number of electric vehicles per car per charging point is now double what it was just a couple of years ago. that means more, more what we call in the trade range anxiety . range anxiety got easy anxiety. range anxiety got easy going about a minute of that range involved as well. liam, thank you very much. they all good. that is business editor with all the money right. you're with all the money right. you're with me podcast chris on gb news. coming a news. now coming up, a transgender woman news. now coming up, a transgenderwoman raping news. now coming up, a transgender woman raping two transgender woman of raping two women a man will women when she was a man will not imprisoned in scotland is not be imprisoned in scotland is only female jail because only all female jail because nicola now road back nicola sturgeon's now road back on that decision and we've got all of that after the latest headunes. all of that after the latest headlines . good afternoon it's headlines. good afternoon it's 334 your top stories from the gb newsroom at 11 people have died and russian strikes in ukraine. a after the us and germany to supply the country with tanks . supply the country with tanks. more than ten people were wounded in the attacks which

covered 11 regions including the caphal covered 11 regions including the capital. germany's defence minister . he expects the first minister. he expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine by the end of march. the kremlin has called the deliveries a direct by the west in conflict. a member of the ukrainian care reject told gb news tanks alone aren't enough . news tanks alone aren't enough. a year into this we are still in this david versus goliath situation. we are russia has more people, more weapons , more more people, more weapons, more military production, more supplies. so we have to be different and we have to fight harder and we have to have more sophisticated and we have to use different strategies and. having tanksis different strategies and. having tanks is one of those strategy is . andrew bridgen has is. andrew bridgen has threatened to sue the former secretary for defamation following comments virgin made about the covid jab earlier this month was stripped of the tory with after likening the covid of

vaccine to the holocaust. in a tweet , matt hancock referred to tweet, matt hancock referred to britain's comments as anti—semitic tic in the house of commons a statement bridgen has refuted it and more doctors and nurses than ever our working in the nhs. according to new data figures from nhs show nearly 5000 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses have worked in the health service last year, compared 2021. it comes as the government plans to recruit 50,000 more nurses by next year. the health secretary says the stronger and healthier nhs needs the workforce to it . tv online the workforce to it. tv online under frustrated . this is gb under frustrated. this is gb news. don't go anywhere. patrick we're back in just a moment.

welcome back. when we bring in our developments of a story that got a lot you very, very angry indeed. yesterday is the story of two transgender convicted rapist now known as isla bryce , rapist now known as isla bryce, who be in a women's jail. who won't be in a women's jail. i mean, the fact that they were originally to be. boggles the mind, doesn't it? but first minister nicholas sturgeon earlier confirmed that bryson, formerly as adam graham, won't incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison in scotland . women's prison in scotland. joining us to shed some more light on this story is gb news is scotland tony maguire is there now. tony, thank you very much. yes. so an interesting development. this from sturgeon . yes, certainly this been going to be seen by. many is as rowing back on our previous stance and islay a liberation is inside and we'll just now we believe and i certainly the as you say it had a lot people quite angry where

do you haste. a prisoner who's been convicted of two rapes and 16 and 2019 in glasgow and who transitions to become a woman and she reached sorry she raped and she reached sorry she raped a as a man and then transitioned and before the she was incarcerated and say to a lot of people want to know and nicholas sturgeon today finally gave an answer. let's hear what she has to say. it would not be appropriate for me in respect of any prisoner to give details of where the are being . but given where the are being. but given understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case i can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison and hope that provides assurance to public presiding officer not to the victims in this particular i. okay. well, look, tony, thank you very much for bringing us that report. just from outside the prison in question. stephen

powis scott. reporter tony maguire bringing us the story that yes, like i said, got a lot of very hot under the collar in relation that particular well men really who transitioned into womanhood after being and charged with two rape subsequently found guilty of two race was going to be housed in a women's. joining us now is susan smith, co—director of for scotland. susan thank you very much. great to have you on the show has some of finally prevailed or is this just still a very worrying situation . well, a very worrying situation. well, sort of but it's still worrying because there's this ridiculous policy is still in place the scottish prison service policy was written really lobbyists and it is based on self and there is a bit of a presumption that that somebody is declared or preferred is the thing that prison officers should be

looking at. and it causes problems not only when male prisoners are moved into the women's estate and, there are male prisoners in the women's estate, including at least two murderers. but it causes problems for those male when these male prisoners have been held in the men's estate . i held in the men's estate. i think police? i think so some of the some of the practises have changed, but the policy actually said that if a male prisoner had self—declared themselves to be a woman, then they could that intimate searches were carried by female personnel since and that caused trouble in the case of one of the several. absolutely. i mean, it's another layer to it. and yesterday i was very focussed on the other inmates, the female inmates. clearly you've just raised an issue there about female members of staff, which i must say i hadnt of staff, which i must say i hadn't originally thought of. but night i thinking to but last night i was thinking to

myself story and myself about this story and i thought, you know, all yesterday i ask about the i didn't actually ask about the victims and an victims and that was an oversight. so how do you think that the female who were raped by this man must feeling, knowing that he essentially puts a wig on and bought a pink handbag and was very nearly sent in, has been sentenced but probably won't be staying there as a women's prison. probably won't be staying there as a women's prison . yeah. i as a women's prison. yeah. i mean, you we have brought up time and again this idea of if you are a traumatised victim and not do you have the indignity and the fear of going into a court and the questions you might be asked but you're listening to the court describing the person who raped you as a woman and talking about her penis . and capital of i her penis. and capital of i think in this case which was absolutely pure and the defence tried to spin this line this was

another vulnerable woman because and solely because he claimed he was transitioning so they were using this idea of transgender which is one that is pushed constantly by sturgeon and others that trans people are vulnerable and marginalised. so they picking up on that and saying, well call us, this is a trans person automatically. therefore he is vulnerable and marginally raised and therefore could not have committed this crime. and course, sturgeon and robertson stood up in parliament and said , nobody would do this. and said, nobody would do this. this never happen. well this has happened.so this never happen. well this has happened. so they either need to decide, is this a violent, predatory man who exploited delete pole within a self pity system, which is what have in the prison service ? yeah. or the prison service? yeah. or this is a genuine vulnerable trans person, but they can't have it both ways. no, they can't have it both ways. you hit on a really interesting point now, is if the trans

now, which is if the trans community keeps being bracketed as an incredibly vulnerable margin like community, and i would argue the tone of the way members of the trans community are often described when it comes to certain politicians puts them in the same class wrongly as . people with, say, a wrongly as. people with, say, a disability or other marginalised groups therefore means that they can go and stand in a court like you've just highlighted that season and to mask the fact that they are a double rapist and seek some by virtue of being part of a, quote, marginalised community, i would argue season that there was nothing particularly vulnerable. this man, when he was raping two women, nick and the testimony the victims gain obviously was that he was using his superior physical strength, which again, is something where we keep being told there's no difference. but obviously he used these advantages as a man to rape two

women and four people to be dancing around and talking about this person as though they're a woman is really sickening. and yes, you said must be absolutely devastating for the victims. i to ask when your campaign or having discussions like these up in scotland you're attending things like in hollyrood or wherever there's always a lot of demonstrations on either side do you feel though you're in the minority with your views . no. minority with your views. no. and not in scotland. i mean the latest poll showed that an overwhelming of people are against this bill and an overwhelming number of people he would support the snp are this bill so it's really interesting because it's probably the first time what is the first time that the uk government used section 35 and the reaction and has been

interesting from all quarters because you would not expect some of the people who law snp supporters to think this was westminster but in certainly in whelming has been thank goodness that this has been blocked because so awful. and i asked that question because i'm convinced that if you this along with quite a few other issues frankly facing this country to a pubuc frankly facing this country to a public vote there would be an overwhelming that what's happening is madness and i can't help but wonder if nicholas sturgeon has slipped a bit here , she's thought, , whether or not she's thought, well, hell want to well, this is a hell i want to die and well, frankly that die on, and well, frankly that hill is crumbling beneath it because like said, plenty of people vote as for people who might vote as mp for whatever actually want whatever actually don't want rapists in female prisons and i would argue it's an odd choice of her to decide that she's going into bat this particular issue. but susan, thank you very . talk to you all day. . i could talk to you all day. sorry. we're because it's sorry. we're going because it's your seasons with the your four seasons with the katara set of women for women scotland, i should say. thank you right. moving you very, very right. moving on, downing prime downing street says the prime minister confidence in

minister still has confidence in the the hard way. this the team's the hard way. this relation of this tax relation of to all of this tax affairs today boss of hm. revenue and customs even told employees that there's no penalties for innocent errors . penalties for innocent errors. answering questions on the tory policy chairman's tax affairs rishi, who is hosting in a way day with cabinet and colleagues chequers, barcelona, a an away day with the cabinet a lot. he was grilled by the labour leader, sir keir starmer on the matter yesterday . well, we can matter yesterday. well, we can now cross live westminster to speak to gb news his editor darren mccaffrey . thank you very darren mccaffrey. thank you very much so that is a hallway of questions still remain . no questions still remain. no penalties for innocent errors as the hmrc ball does imply. penalties for innocent errors as the hmrc ball does imply . well, the hmrc ball does imply. well, some guilt i suppose . yeah. some guilt i suppose. yeah. effectively the boss of hmrc was saying little earlier on today, patrick, is that if you've made an innocent error you don't get an innocent error you don't get a pardon, define which leads you to conclude though he wouldn't

talk specifically about the current conservatorship person . current conservatorship person. nadhim zahawi well has made a that they felt deserved penalty and a rather large one. it must be said that given the fact that we think in total it was one 5 million quid he paid back to hmrc last summer, including that apparently, and the tax he clearly didn't pay . so this clearly didn't pay. so this continues to be a massive political rival rishi sunak, as you say, taking the cabinet away to chequers today for a bit of a morale boost to and check on what they're all doing to meet those five commitments, he said. the the like the start of the year, like getting of tackling inflation the start of the year, like gett the of tackling inflation the start of the year, like gett the of tack boats 1flation the start of the year, like gett the of tack boats crisis n the start of the year, like gett the of tack boats crisis , also and the small boats crisis, also heanng and the small boats crisis, also hearing from pollsters before , hearing from pollsters before, you haven't got very good news from at all patrick suggesting that they've only got a very narrow path to the next general election. frankly, it doesn't look particularly likely the moment these polls to say moment unless these polls to say the party starts uniting as a group also has a strong single message. but according to the

poll, labour up to 50 points. there are almost pretty much at the highs that we saw during trust's premiership . all in all, trust's premiership. all in all, this continues , as i say, to be this continues, as i say, to be tncky this continues, as i say, to be tricky though for the prime minister because, it's just not going away. we get this report from the number 10 ethics adviser as early as next week. clearly, that will decide the team's fate in of this. team's always fate in of this. but between now and then it just seems that the government is getting battered by scandal after scandal also today you know further allegations against dominic raab the deputy prime minister about bullying something. he denies as i for the prime minister trying to focus big political focus on the big political issues, he's not able do issues, he's just not able to do that. well, conversations that. well, the conversations here about here at westminster all about the scandals. yeah, they're getting very bogged up there down as you've just down in as you've just highlighted there. thank you very i dynamic very much. as i have a dynamic for that. news is political for that. gb news is political edhon for that. gb news is political editor. throughout of editor. throughout the course of this going to be this show, i am going to be heanng this show, i am going to be hearing the wonderful hearing you, the wonderful people. and gentlemen, people. ladies and gentlemen, who show avidly who tune into this show avidly every which i am very every day, for which i am very grateful. lots you always emailing gb views gbnews.uk. i do best those

do my to best read those out, but nothing more than but i love nothing more than actually getting the as actually getting on the telly as well. you email and we've well. so you can email and we've put on the telly forward. who put me on the telly forward. who came up with that? i and we will endeavour you bell and endeavour to give you a bell and i the telly. we're going i put on the telly. we're going to be talking to a lot of you later in the show about that very which basically very issue, which basically whether you vote labour whether or not you vote labour because supposedly around 50% of people will, to people say they, will, i want to hear from all of that hear from you on all of that even hear from you on all of that ever. moving on, keeping ever. but moving on, keeping things though, things a bit political, though, the announce the chancellor to announce a massive eu laws as massive repeal of eu laws as part efforts to raise massive repeal of eu laws as part efforts to rais e £100 part efforts to raise £100 billion in investment. jeremy hunt is expected to scrap eu rules that investing insurance and pension funds into major products in hopes to boost private investment . with me now private investment. with me now to pick this apart is vicky pryce, chief economic adviser at the centre for economics and business. vicky, thank you very much . now i'm a little bit much. now i'm a little bit thick, which you know, just tell me what is happening here as jeremy hunt of found a load of money that we can now have because of brexit and he's going

to it. he doesn't look the to it. he doesn't look like the kind of guy he didn't even believe in brexit was going on. well got here is two well what we've got here is two things. of all, the things. first of all, the overall ambition to get of all those eu rules which supposedly are constraining us from doing what we like to do , which is what we like to do, which is interesting. robinson to see what when we do. indeed, i sort vote to get to abolish all those rules. therefore thousands of some of them are insignificant, but some are quite important. and then the second thing is can we pick the ones which might make a difference and one of those precisely one that has those is precisely one that has to do with investment by insurance companies pension insurance companies and pension . it's a rule which the eu and we accepted has put in place since 2016. and that rule is called solvency to replaced. would you believe it? solvency one which has been around for quite some time, is basically trying to tighten up the risks taken by precisely what we seem simply want to abolish the risk taking by insurance companies and pension funds, by sure that

this is properly calculated, that this is properly debated and also becomes quite transparent , and that the risks, transparent, and that the risks, therefore, of any money that we have put into companies and pension funds is by reducing doesn't mean they can't invest in the areas i would like them to invest in. but there are risks attached, which means that the capital requirements are quite they to quite significant they tend to do that. is what jeremy do that. that is what jeremy hunt a change. so people are hunt is a change. so people are obsessed and i can understand why people for brexit that why people voted for brexit that they want scrap any they want to scrap any unnecessary eu related rule. i'm rag and go our own way. jeremy hunt appears to have identified one is doing it and we might cash as a result. yes indeed. and what he hopes that as a result of perhaps reducing some of those capital requirements, because obviously it's very costly if they're going to be investing an projects that might be then they have be quite risky, then they have to lots of money now, to put lots of money aside. now, if that requirement, if you reduce that requirement, perhaps would be much perhaps they would be much more inclined those inclined to invest in those areas . but of course, at the inclined to invest in those areas. but of course, at the end of the day, it increases the

risk those funds. one risk for those funds. one assumes, and therefore it increases risks of all us increases the risks of all us who put money into that. so you imagine that that it would be some indemnity may be some sort of indemnity may be that given you to pull that is given you ask me to pull into part of it. how do you ensure that this long term infrastructure very often ensure that this long term inf overrcture very often ensure that this long term inf over budget, very often ensure that this long term inf over budget, of very often ensure that this long term inf over budget, of course,ften ensure that this long term inf over budget, of course, as1 ensure that this long term inf over budget, of course, as we go over budget, of course, as we know, are going to give the returns to those pension funds they have? it makes they like to have? it makes sense course. you sense because, of course. you know, pension funds, put know, our pension funds, we put the there for long the money in there for the long term, term long term term, long term fund, long term investments sense. but if there very risky then our own investment pensions become investment ah pensions become risky . exactly. well tell risky to. exactly. well i tell you all very . well, explain. you all very. well, explain. i even managed to moscow and even managed to go to moscow and not take some so. thank not take some doing so. thank you much. becky price, our you very much. becky price, our chief at chief economic adviser at the centre economics and centre for economics and business i'm just business right now i'm just going finish this hour with going to finish this hour with a little bit of you wonderful little bit of you, you wonderful people gbviews@gbnews.uk. it's in to this poll, of in relation to this poll, 50% of people vote people apparently going to vote for at the next general election. i'll believe when i say but jeremy says will say it. but jeremy says i will voting labour. the voting for labour. the conservatives broken this conservatives have broken this country time for change country it's time for change would interesting.

would have been interesting. jeremy you voted jeremy know which way you voted last but . you can always last time but. you can always email i'll go on to email back in and i'll go on to you then. phil says the conservatives levelling conservatives are levelling pledges water. pledges couldn't hold water. labour policy for the labour is the policy for the working and i think your poll reflects it is fascinating isn't it because essentially what our labour man that we had on earlier on brendon chilton said was tories are just was the tories are just doing sticking stuff. so sticking plaster stuff. so here's new thing. here's a big shiny new thing. look this it's in the north look at this it's in the north whereas what he's saying is labour will do a more cost labour will do a much more cost effective and i suppose planned and thought out elements of levelling interesting there's levelling up interesting there's nothing particularly specific so we of old flying in the we all kind of old flying in the dark aren't when it comes to dark aren't we when it comes to labour at the moment. one more quick one jonathan from wales says forget about those says you seem forget about those people that live in wales under laboun people that live in wales under labour. the may be hurting england but . labour. the may be hurting england but. labour is doing much the world and in. much worse in the world and in. that's a decent point actually john whenever i have john because whenever i do have a we a little look over there as we try do fairly regularly here try to do fairly regularly here on gb news. yes, of the on gb news. yes, some of the pubuc on gb news. yes, some of the public and indeed i public services and indeed i would sometimes some the would argue sometimes some the leadership in is

leadership there in wales is a little bit below par patrick christys gb news. loads more christys on gb news. loads more to come the next hour. more to come in the next hour. more or people's result as or not, people's poll result as well. of course we are to well. and of course we are to get lows the other side, get lows from the other side, the kayleigh, stay the channel. kayleigh, stay tuned. aidan tuned. hi. that it's aidan mcgivern latest mcgivern here with the latest forecast met office forecast from the met office sunny spells and mostly dry many of us today it is bit colder of us today but it is bit colder in the north whilst it's milder in the north whilst it's milder in even we've a in the south. even we've seen a cold front clear southward that's clear the very that's helped to clear the very cold conditions that have been stagnant across southern parts of over last few days of the uk over the last few days and mist and that we saw and the mist and that we saw fell extensively on wednesday , fell extensively on wednesday, although there were a few pockets of fog frost about first thing this morning. but they're lifting now and for most it's a dry and bright day. west the sunshine in the west, a bit more cloud and. the east, 1 to 2 showers for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. but temperatures have even themselves out, six or seven in themselves out, six or seven in the north. so not quite as mild , but eight or nine in the south means that it is touch warmer compared with the last days into

the evening . see the clear the evening. see the clear spells and light winds remain across parts of western scotland. northern ireland as well as western england and in these areas, such a frost and some fog patches, especially for northern ireland. but further east got more cloud cover. and so mostly frost free, although a touch of ground frost and 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 actually plenty of sunshine. and by the afternoon on friday, sunny spells more prevalent across england and wales suspect and for scotland to northern ireland mostly dry, but later in the day we'll see rain arrive into the northwest of scotland. the wind will pick up as well so damp , breezy into the day for damp, breezy into the day for the northwest highlands and the western isles. that band of rain pushing south on friday night. so with the cloud in the north, frost free nights on the whole

here but our coldest on saturday across and wales then a bright day many windier on sunday .

to welcome back is just on 4:00. you're with me patrick christys at gb news and i've got an action hour for you. ladies and gents, it looks as though pretty soon i got the conservative party. you've got a real battle on their hands. more than on their hands. as more than half people in our gb news half of people in our gb news people's poll is an exclusive poll. so that they'd vote for labour the next general election more 30% also said that more than 30% also said that they trust care more than risk , they trust care more than risk, seeing that with the economy and they've lost faith in the tories on big issues like levelling up

and crucially controlling britain's . what is britain's borders. what is interesting about that one, though, it doesn't though, is it doesn't necessarily prefer necessarily say that they prefer labour control labour when it comes control of the they just the borders. they just definitely think it's definitely don't think it's always going it. so always going to do it. so throughout the show i thought that analyse that we should and analyse some of policies, take of the party's policies, take a bit a deep what all they bit of a deep what all they frankly would be good place to start but we're also to start but we're also going to you the i want to get as you the viewers i want to get as of you the show today as of you on the show today as possible. get those emails possible. so get those emails coming in gb views and gbnews.uk, that you won't be gbnews.uk, so that you won't be able we'll do our able to tell him we'll do our best to you because best to get you out because i want to know where you're right. and we're to be and we're also going to be talking starmer's ideology talking about starmer's ideology when immigration and when it comes to immigration and gender can he say what gender as well. can he say what a woman is. yeah. do you agree with gb news people's poll with the gb news people's poll which manages anyway which manages to show anyway around% going vote around% of you are going to vote labour at the next election. also this hour that are we finally on finally seeing some sense on that because this that trans debate because this afternoon said afternoon sturgeon said a transgender rape transgender convicted of rape will serve her sentence in scotland , only all female prison scotland, only all female prison . there's a row over where i live, bryson should be

imprisoned after being found guilty of two rapes carried out when . they were a man and report when. they were a man and report this afternoon prince andrew has been told that he can no longer use his suite at buckingham palace with open now is this first sign of king charles distancing get into gallows gbviews@gbnews.uk . we're also gbviews@gbnews.uk. we're also going to be hearing a little bit later on from the man himself, lee anderson, who has in calais to have a look at the migrant crisis from the other side of the channel. now he had lost the channel. but now he had lost . patrick, thank you . good . patrick, thank you. good afternoon to you. our top story on gb news today, at least 11 people have died in russian strikes on ukraine day after the us and germany pledged to supply the country with tanks. more than ten people were wounded in the attacks which covered 11 regions, including capital. germany's defence says he

expects the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine the end of march. the kremlin has called the deliveries a direct by the west in the conflict . a by the west in the conflict. a member of the ukrainian , kira member of the ukrainian, kira ruddick, told gb news the tanks alone aren't enough . a year into alone aren't enough. a year into war, we are in this, david versus situation. we are russia has more people mobile funds, more military production supplies. so we have to be different have to fight harder have to have more sophisticated and we have to use different strategies and. having tanks is one of those strategies . one of those strategies. scotland's first minister has confirmed a transgender person of rape will not sent to an all female prison . earlier this female prison. earlier this week, isla bryson was found guilty of raping two women before choosing to change his gender to female . at first

gender to female. at first minister's questions, nicholas sturgeon addressed row over bryson whether or not they should be held at gordonvale prison . she also confirmed prison. she also confirmed a risk has been carried out by the scottish service. it would be appropriate for me , in respect appropriate for me, in respect of any prisoner , to give details of any prisoner, to give details of any prisoner, to give details of where they are being incarcerated . but given the incarcerated. but given the understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case, i can confirm to parliament that this prisoner not be incarcerated . cornton the not be incarcerated. cornton the women's prison , and i hope that women's prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public. presiding officer , not public. presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case, the boss hmrc has told mps there are no penalties for innocent errors as . he was questioned on the former chancellor's tax affairs. jim harra appeared before the pubuc jim harra appeared before the public accounts and was pressed on issues surrounding nadhim zahawi . the conservative party zahawi. the conservative party chairman is facing calls to resign after it emerged he paid

a penalty to hmrc whilst he was chancellor andrew bridgen has threatened to sue the former health secretary for defamation following comments bridgen made the covid following comments bridgen made the covm jab . following comments bridgen made the covid jab . earlier this the covid jab. earlier this month, a north—west leicestershire mp was stripped of the tory whip after , of the tory whip after, allegedly likening the covid vaccine to the holocaust . in vaccine to the holocaust. in a tweet, matt referred to bridgerton's comments antisemitic in the house of commons, a statement that britain refuted . more doctors , britain refuted. more doctors, nurses than ever have been found to be working in the nhs. figures from nhs show nearly 5000 more doctors , 10,000 more 5000 more doctors, 10,000 more nurses worked in the health service last year compared with the previous year. that comes as the previous year. that comes as the government plans to recruit 50,000 more nurses by next year . royal mail says recent strike action has cost the postal firm £200 million. dispute with the communication workers union led

to 18 days of walkouts since august. meanwhile, the group says the number of voluntary redundancies will significantly lower than the 10,000 originally suggest . thousands of lower than the 10,000 originally suggest. thousands of nhs physios therapists in england have become the latest to join the ongoing industrial action in the ongoing industrial action in the health service. a 24 hour walkout involves physios and their support staff at 30 trusts. it's first time members of the chartered of physiotherapy have gone on strike in a dispute over pay . it strike in a dispute over pay. it claims no new offer been put forward despite government saying it is open to dialogue . saying it is open to dialogue. meanwhile, health workers in northern ireland are staging a 24 hour walk out today. northern ireland are staging a 24 hour walk out today . members 24 hour walk out today. members of four different unions are striking in a over pay and conditions. paramedics are among those involved . unions say those involved. unions say contingency arrangements are in place to ensure emergency care continues despite the strike action and new figures , uk car

action and new figures, uk car production fell sharply last year to its lowest levels since 1956. the society of motor manufacturers says . the fall is manufacturers says. the fall is due to supply chain disruption and a large number of factory. due to supply chain disruption and a large number of factory . a and a large number of factory. a total of 775,000 cars were built last year . that's down 9.8% on last year. that's down 9.8% on the previous 12 months. meanwhile record levels of electric vehicles were produced. the government says it determined to ensure the country remains a top global location for car manufacturing . those are for car manufacturing. those are the latest news stories on gb news. more news as it happens. now back to . patrick welcome back. now the popularity

of the conservative party seems to be falling ever further . to be falling ever further. that's according to our latest gb news poll. so let's have a look at some of these findings, shall we? then we'll pick them apart. people said apart. so 50% of people said that vote labour that they'd vote for labour the next general which next general election, which just 21% backing the tories. tories are also lagging behind on the economy . we just 16% of on the economy. we just 16% of people saying a tory government will better manage the uk's finances while more than 30% believe labour would do a better job and to make things worse for the prime minister, the poll suggests the majority, all voters have to next no confidence in the government's plans to level. and of course, as well on the migrant crisis. so some key areas though somewhat i'll you the most key areas . and apparently according areas. and apparently according to the people that we surveyed here in our gb news people's poll, labour are scoring much than the tories on every single one of them. i thought it would be a good chance to give you the wonderful people at home, the chance what you chance to let know what you think. do you as well on

think. where do you as well on some of issues? where will some of these issues? where will be voting? but i wanted to be voting? but i also wanted to really drill down into what keir starmer thinks some of starmer really thinks on some of these issues gender, these issues. issues gender, because last time i heard because the last time i heard keir starmer, said he keir starmer, he said he wouldn't what woman wouldn't tell us what a woman was. particularly was. so that's not particularly a look i but joining a great look i it but joining now gb he's a political now is gb news he's a political reporter olivia utley olivia just. oh, not really. i mean, there's not pretty reading, is it, rishi at it, for rishi sunak at the moment. no. and the points which really and you really grabbed me and you mentioned are the mentioned them both are the despair between labour and the conservatives on economy and on the small boats crisis, the borders those are borders crisis. those are obvious issues where one would expect the conservative party to be winning hands down. but labouris be winning hands down. but labour is streets ahead . and if labour is streets ahead. and if you look at the one by one, i mean the economy . labour has mean the economy. labour has come up with in the last few weeks a slew of very reform coming big plans for. what they do if they want a genuine election on childcare , on the election on childcare, on the nhs, on reform, very ideas, lots

of them, but pretty much uncosted and they're pretty open about the fact that that lots of their plans haven't yet been added up properly. so the fact that they're still ahead the economy is very worrying for the conservative case. it probably comes back that first budget if jeremy hunt's where he laid out his plan for growth. but the plan for growth, it's all about of top down investment government investment not about in individuals to allow their companies to grow, enabling entrepreneurs to invest, etc. those are the sort of conservative plans that we would expect. so what we're seeing basically in this poll is that people don't see a reason to vote for the conservative party. it comes to the economy, nor do they? on the small boats crisis , said is that , all keir starmer said is that he to the problem he wants to tackle the problem upstream he'll deal upstream and that he'll deal with which is hardly with the french, which is hardly a on the migrant a coherent plan on the migrant crisis . but still it a coherent plan on the migrant crisis. but still it seems to be more in favour than what the conservatives. yeah. and not just can't help if we're going to of the vaccines,

to go to some of the vaccines, but i can't help feel like but i can't help but feel like the biggest losers. this, the biggest losers. all of this, frankly, the public. frankly, are the british public. you a couple of people you do have a couple of people in charge of the main parties who are the people completely don't with or don't trust to deal with or aren't really exactly what aren't really us exactly what they to any of they would do to sort any of them exactly. and we them out. no, exactly. and we see and i had of your see and i had some of your viewers very interesting viewers with very interesting what we seem to be across countries is sort apathy countries is sort of apathy towards of the main parties towards both of the main parties . and latest people's . and in our latest people's poll, got a pretty high poll, we've got a pretty high percentage people that percentage of people saying that they're to vote. they're not going to vote. i think is a big danger for think is quite a big danger for both the parties at moment both the parties at the moment keir starmer doing the better both the parties at the moment kei|oftarmer doing the better both the parties at the moment kei|of sorter doing the better both the parties at the moment kei|of sort of doing the better both the parties at the moment kei|of sort of coming the better both the parties at the moment kei|of sort of coming out better job of sort of coming out bringing his shadow ministers together and doing these big centre speeches trying to give reasons to vote for labour. what rishi sunak's policy seems to be is just to keep, not make news , is just to keep, not make news, keep quiet and hope. hope that no damage is done. but looking at these poll results he can't afford to rest on his laurels. this is a case of, you know, if the conservatives election to lose and as long as they keep

quiet and don't make any mistakes, it'll be fine. he has to show people should be to show why people should be voting maybe way to show why people should be votinwill maybe way to show why people should be votinwill help maybe way to show why people should be votinwill help with maybe way to show why people should be votinwill help with the ybe way to show why people should be votinwill help with the cabinet they will help with the cabinet scratching heads scratching their heads and brainstorming there's a way brainstorming but there's a way to yeah. 100. i mean, to go. yeah. 100. i mean, starmer's position, for example, on gender, ideology remains perhaps deliberately elusive, doesn't it as well? i think a lot of people will be wondering how on earth he's expecting win the female vote if he can't tell women what they are or hey, they're i think that will be a big problem coming up to the next election. and i've spoken to multiple women in the labour party, members of the labour party, members of the labour party who upset by party who are deeply upset by the way keir starmer has treated them on this issue and essentially his line that transwomen are women , which transwomen are women, which doesn't quite mean anything . he doesn't quite mean anything. he apparently, according to them he hasn't replied to letters they've written to him asking what what they what he thinks of abuse that's going on from the trans community said gender critical women in party. of course, the rosie duffield really brought this light. you have duffield , woman

have rosie duffield, a woman who has suffered domestic abuse herself, who stood up in 2019 in the house of commons, made a very moving speech it comparing it in the party to it being in the labour party to being an abusive relationship being in an abusive relationship because you've got mp shouting her talking her down when she's talking about gender critical about her gender critical beliefs. she that been beliefs. she that she's been frozen out by the labour party and if she and like her keep on making these sort of comments then say it'll be very then as you say it'll be very difficult for keir starmer continue simply just to sit on the fence on this issue he'll have down on side or the have to come down on side or the other way it's to other and either way it's to anger sections of. his party anger big sections of. his party yeah the i that but i just yeah i get the i that but i just think at the end of the day he's standing for a public vote and i do think that the vast majority of the british public want someone who can what a woman is and we but we'll also and then we got but we'll also have and see. olivia have to wait and see. olivia thank you much. olivia thank you very much. olivia utley it's called utley that often it's called reporter. well, just reporter. right. well, just on that actually that issue, actually labour mp rosie said she rosie duffield said that she feels from her own feels ostracised from her own party very issue, party on that very issue, prompting comments, sir keir, that must discuss with that labour must discuss with quote respect . but what does

quote respect. but what does this actually mean? when will sama come with his stance and what would you like to hear from him now? i'm joined now to discuss this particular issue is , of course, in light of the story that was doing the rounds yesterday has hit the headlines again today because there's been again today because there's been a development ed about the man who transitioned who raped women, transitioned into then went into womanhood and then went on to a lease initially anyway be housed in a women's prison albeit in nicholas sturgeon is said now that he will never have full access it as you can see on the screen there i am joined lgbt activists, director of the peter tatchell foundation . peter tatchell foundation. should peter tatchell shock horror. we are also hoping to get another guest on this as well. peter, thank you very well. but peter, thank you very much will with you . my much i will start with you. my understanding you feel understanding is that you feel as though this particular individ ual, the individual formerly areas aren't in great and should be housed a women's prison. but in segregation that right. well, first let me say what a person's sex or gender

identity rapist is a rapist and threat to a woman. no should be anywhere near a woman where they could potentially them. so it's absolutely that in a women's this person held in a segregation unit and is not allowed access to other women prisoners that would put those women potential danger and is not what the prison service should be doing . okay. but should be doing. okay. but peter, i earlier on that someone identifying a man with full genitalia. right identifying as a woman in a women's prison , a woman in a women's prison, demand to be strip searched by a woman and that, frankly puts the female prison officers in a rather difficult situation. none of this needs to happen if. rather difficult situation. none of this needs to happen if . a of this needs to happen if. a person with a fully functional penis and rest of it is put in a male prison . well, there are male prison. well, there are three options here. one is, of course, if someone has committed a crime as a which is what this

person did, then they could be put in a male prison that would be reasonable . another option be reasonable. another option would be for the prison service to establish plans or trans units within the prison where it would be for trans women and they would not be able mix or access other women in the prison . and the third option is segregation units to put them in segregation, which is the same thing. they do not access for a association to other women in the prison. all those options if women say and of course, women must protected against rapists . must protected against rapists. yeah. do you think the victims of the rapist formerly known as graham are being lost in all this? there appears to be a lot more talk about his human rights than the rapist. the people who were raped . well absolutely. you

were raped. well absolutely. you know, our first thoughts, sympathies and support must go to the victims and clearly this person is a monster and. you know, i'm all in favour. person is a monster and. you know, i'm all in favour . trans know, i'm all in favour. trans rights and i will defended on many times on this program. but there's absolutely no we can have any concessions or sympathy with someone who has committed these horrendous crimes. and yes , the victims must. i just want. yeah. do you just want to highlight as well 12 years because i know that this is a very sensitive issue people right across the demographic by the way, members of the lgbtq community course, women community and of course, women as were hoping as well. we were hoping originally of originally to have a bit of a back and forth. and so you're aware, peter, which joe barr society a female journalist society was a female journalist who's vocal this stuff. who's very vocal on this stuff. unfortunately of unfortunately little bit of a connection problem. is you connection problem. alas is you and men here, peter now and i, two men here, peter now talking this issue. but i think we can do it well because it is relevant in in that sense isn't it. but can i ask you, what do you define as a trans person? the just let me just say this,

that we must always remember that we must always remember that 99.9% of trans woman totally responsible be respectful if you have to do them any harm and have never done harm. so we must not demonise all trans women . no, demonise all trans women. no, we're not based on what we. i get that but but peter, i think the problem is though i don't think stuff like this is doing members of the trans community favours whatsoever because from where sitting there is a where i'm sitting there is a violent sex criminal and all they've done is put a wig on and buy a pink handbag and now they're that they're they're claiming that they're trans go a women's trans and they go to a women's prison can assure that prison and use i can assure that all trans i know and the feedback i got across the trans community they are horrified by this criminal right now i have no sympathy with the rapist whatsoever . but to go no sympathy with the rapist whatsoever. but to go back no sympathy with the rapist whatsoever . but to go back to whatsoever. but to go back to your question about what is the movement of two kinds of trans woman and a biologic one they're not the same . they're different.

not the same. they're different. but are equally valid . it's but are equally valid. it's valid to be abolish a woman. it's valid to . be a trans woman it's valid to. be a trans woman with , a trans identity. we all with, a trans identity. we all have a trans identity. we have a gender identity. you have a gender identity. you have a gender identity. you define yourself as a man. i define myself as a man . nothing there myself as a man. nothing there for. but that's the picture i do. but i do hesitate to say that as well . don't hesitate to that as well. don't hesitate to say. in fact, i will just say that. find myself as a man i personally don't think have the right to tell a woman what a woman is. whereas you, a man feel as though you do have the right to tell a woman what a woman don't you? well, a lot woman is. don't you? well, a lot woman is. don't you? well, a lot woman agree with what i said. i'm the view of many, many women. i'm not dictating to women. i'm not dictating to women. i'm not dictating to women. i'm just giving my personal opinion about the difference . and i think there difference. and i think there can be an acceptance and respect both biological women and trans women. they are equally valid,

deserving respect and dignity. and no one should be penalised because of scaremongering about what a handful of trans women have done. i say that women in with biological women would say they are being penalised. peter i would say i would say biological women feel as though they are being penalised . the they are being penalised. the fact that let's be honest me with a wig on and carrying a handbag could , go into a woman's handbag could, go into a woman's locker room that women are the only people with people suffering. there are all the women whom there is a lot more than you know, the people, the fraction of a percentage of people who identify trans. well, look, patrick, just think of this is a rapist, really going to dress up as a woman for three months to get gender recognition certificate and then? yeah, right. of course they're not rapists. have no respect , law or rapists. have no respect, law or boundanes. rapists. have no respect, law or boundaries . they do their crimes boundaries. they do their crimes . rapists are not the majority of rapists are biological males

, not trans. they commit crimes. we shouldn't be highlighting the small number of cases and use as excuse to demonise or there's no demonisation here. but the fact the fact is so the fact is peter , that people would dress up and do whatever for a period of time if they had some day arrived depraved. i should sexual urges and they thought that that would make it easy for them to go and carry those of course people who people planned murders for years people planned murders for years people planning crimes so they do so if there's a loophole do it. so if there's a loophole created that means that someone for few months can dress and for a few months can dress and i'm quoting now acts as a woman and change documentation and change some documentation and change some documentation and it makes it easier for them to go and sexually assault women. obviously would do women. they obviously would do it . well, put it this way. most it. well, put it this way. most rapists have violent fantasies about women . it is based on about women. it is based on

machismo and ultra masculinity . machismo and ultra masculinity. i don't think those kind of people are the kinds who would dress up as woman. but as i said , they don't need to dress up as a woman an excuse. i mean, i know, for example , a friend of know, for example, a friend of mine works in a women's centre in the north of england they have accepted trans in that centre for seven years with the agreement of both the and the woman uses. they have never ever a problem, but they vet assess every new woman who comes in to their centre. they check out their centre. they check out their criminal record, they make other tests and searches to ensure that they are not a threat there hasn't been a problem . so we need to be really problem. so we need to be really careful about going down this road of all trans people . okay? road of all trans people. okay? i don't think anyone demonising all trans people. i think it's more just a particular issue. but peter always, a pleasure. thank you very much. peter tatchell that was peter tatchell foundation. right, lots to get

involved with. as said, involved with. as i said, we were hoping have a chat but. were hoping to have a chat but. that's one well. there that's just one as well. there was a female journalist on so we can of a debate. can have a bit of a debate. sadly with the line. so we will try to return her later on the overrun bit. so going to battle through news is through this now, but gb news is the channel we will be the people channel we will be nothing without people. nothing without you the people. so a couple of on susan so i've got a couple of on susan harris from carmarthenshire and from county durham got from county durham we've got him will very much, will smith thank you very much, wildsmith. i don't know. i'll find i ask do most find out when i ask out. do most you? wildsmith yeah, got it. you? no wildsmith yeah, got it. right. second time round. okay. so question so the overarching question there 50% of voters now in there is a 50% of voters now in all people's say that they all people's poll say that they will for labour the next will vote for labour the next general election. you one of general election. are you one of them? not them, no. them? i'm not one of them, no. and possibly be. but think and possibly be. but i think i struggle at the moment determine and possibly be. but i think i strug labour he moment determine and possibly be. but i think i strug labour actuallyant determine and possibly be. but i think i strug labour actually standsermine and possibly be. but i think i strug labour actually stands forine what labour actually stands for on think on many issues. but i think a lot of people are looking at the labour party not so much because. they're inspired by what starmer says because what keir starmer says because they're very put off by the conservatives and seem like at the government is the moment the government is failing on host of failing on a whole host of issues on many of those issues and on many of those issues and on many of those issues don't seem to be any issues they don't seem to be any solutions is seen says

solutions which is seen says he'll boats, but he'll stop the small boats, but he exactly say how he'll he doesn't exactly say how he'll do . says half do that. he says he'll half inflation by the end of the yeah inflation by the end of the year. that's projected year. well, that's projected happen anyway. think more happen anyway. so i think more of failings in the government than support in than it is for support in laboun than it is for support in labour. yeah. i wonder whether not with this poll it's always hard the general hard because. the general election is a couple election conceivably is a couple of years away ish. so it's impossible really to get completely accurate gauge because say what would you because you say what would you do to vote tomorrow do if you had to vote tomorrow but put people that but you put people in that situation until actually situation until they're actually in booth and they've in the polling booth and they've got options of got the options in front of them. so you're becoming a regular this particular shout, i absolutely love susan harris from are you? from carmarthen. yeah. are you? i know the answer to. so i think i know the answer to. so are you one of those 50% you're going to vote labour. that's election enough no , it election absent enough to no, it fills me with horror . if we ever fills me with horror. if we ever got alive in government , got alive in government, especially now . i mean we don't especially now. i mean we don't know what this done the last few we've heard from david lammy who thinks that when the cleaners can go and do their by travelling on the tube and they

actually don't to allow . but actually don't to allow. but keir starmer he to me is finding out what people want to hear and he's paying lip service for years and years. we told that we are we are bigots because we were showing concerns the small boats now they've done a complete turn around and saying oh yes we must stop them and of quite rightly are blaming the government because blame the government because blame the government and i don't how we cannot stop a small boat coming across we stop the spanish armada and that was a lot more to deal with . but the other to deal with. but the other thing that concerns me is the way that the smooching up to the eu. yes. okay. and things like a cup with the crane last week mixing in booze, i must say i

must say i do find it all a bit odd , kind of looks a bit like a odd, kind of looks a bit like a bond villain's lad. doesn't davos. i've never been myself, but you know, it looks like it. and it's just of all the world's elite. and i don't want to know. i mean, if you were to draw up some kind of conspiracy theory, then you would probably draw that. but of course, we're not going into the. adam, going to delve into the. adam, i'm about you. what could i'm sorry about you. what could rishi soon do? what does he to do get this, roughly do to get this, roughly speaking, 21% poorer is to get him the him near keir starmer at the minute . well, as we've said minute. well, as we've said a lot of things needs to solve out the small boat crisis needs to it. and then of course as in every election, i think the economy is major issue and then i think if we look at recent polls, the support for the tories among young people is dwindling substantially the dwindling substantially it's the lowest decades. so lowest it's been for decades. so i think there needs to be i do think there needs to be some policies will attract some policies that will attract young centre for young people. the centre for policy studies didn't a brilliant week on brilliant study this week on housing shortages and we're actually the fewest actually building the fewest amount homes we've built in amount of homes we've built in the last 70 years or so. so i

think childcare housing, those are critical issues could are some critical issues could really attract support from young as well. yeah, no, young voters as well. yeah, no, that i'm going that fascinating. i'm just going to final words. susan, to give the final words. susan, susan, a of a down susan, just a bit of a down thing that . the tories need a thing that. the tories need a bit of time out of office to get their act together . their act together. unfortunately for you in your mind about presumably what made a labour government so well , a labour government so well, fortunately i'm kind of can't. whether i want the labour , i whether i want the labour, i don't want a labour government, but i don't really want tory government. so i are politically homeless . i do wish nigel thrush homeless. i do wish nigel thrush would step back in front line of a do with all those like ukip reform , wish they'd all come reform, wish they'd all come together , forget their egos and together, forget their egos and all that . i do think egos apply all that. i do think egos apply in a big, big party and all of that. i wish they would all amalgamate to fight the tories and labour are also terrifying

the moment. both of you, thank you very sorry i overrunning my previous section so i squeeze our two wonderful viewers but susan harris come out and she on county durham we had adam wiles at as well good stuff right okay look there's more to come here on gb news me patrick christys british car manufacturing on to its lowest level in 70 years. our economics and editor is going to be in the studio on why that matters and that is .

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. but the headlines we hope to have fixed our gremlins by the time we see you once again at 5:00. in the meantime, back . patrick yes, welcome back. now, car production in the uk slumped to a new lows last year, recording its lowest since 1956. that's according to data from the society of motor manufacturers traders, the imt battling with high energy bills , global high energy bills, global inflation and supply changes . inflation and supply changes. it's certainly been a tough few for the industry, but electric vehicle production isn't quite in the same line with the smmt reporting record numbers in 22. joining me now is our economics and business editor liam halligan with all the . money up

halligan with all the. money up to date. let's talk through the numbers then we can talk about the bigger picture here. in 2019, the last full year before the pandemic lockdown, which obviously impacted factories all over the world, the uk manufactured . 1.3 million cars manufactured. 1.3 million cars in that year , which is obviously in that year, which is obviously quite a lot by 21 after the worst of lockdown was down to 860,000. and then last year, the new figure that came out, it was 775 5000 cars. that's the lowest production, not ever, because we didn't make cars in the stone age, but it's i've been hearing so many people ever. yeah. yeah tell us tell that to mr. benz and mr. mercedes. but it's is the lowest since 1956. so as you say, they rightly even the car production is sharply down. i mean, it's almost 40% down on 2019 there because of lack of, you know semiconductors, supply chain issues around the world, manufacturing of electric

vehicles is actually up a quite sharply. we have look at those numbers now so we made this country 234,000 electric vehicles . that's up four and a vehicles. that's up four and a half % on 2021. and that's 30% of half% on 2021. and that's 30% of all uk car production is electric vehicles . and by that i electric vehicles. and by that i mean battery cars, hybrids . you mean battery cars, hybrids. you got your regular internal combustion charges, a battery that you can then use when the internal combustion engine goes off. and also you have the sort something halfway between what's called plug in hybrid, all those a captured under the phrase vehicle and 34,030% of all cars we now make. and that's up from 10% in 2020. so a really big ramping up of those electric vehicles . but everything is not vehicles. but everything is not necessarily as it seems when it comes these electric vehicles. everyone seems to or at least they did for a period of time, are the answer all of our are the answer to all of our environmental problems . so environmental problems. so i never we to do this

never said we have to do this for environment. i've seen for the environment. i've seen people in the foot of people praying in the foot of a prius, but talk to me about it because it's quite as it because it's not quite as it seems well. got this seems as well. we've got this ban in in 2030 with ban coming in in 2030 with banning the sale all new and banning the sale of all new and diesel cars by 2030. but two big things spring out. patrick as we've been discussing throughout throughout the afternoon. first thing is that the charging points for electric vehicles are being rolled out nearly the same pace. being rolled out nearly the same pace . if we created 234,000 new pace. if we created 234,000 new electric vehicles last year, which we did some those were exported. but it's still a big number. we only 9000 more charging points , right? yeah. so charging points, right? yeah. so we had six vehicles per charge point in 2020. right we now have 30 electric vehicles per charging point . so longer waits charging point. so longer waits range anxiety just as you do in a long trip with kids in the bucket job and you've got a full into service and you have to wait for two or three other calls in front of you,

particularly holiday periods. sadly or that's the first thing. the second thing here is i mean, i increasingly of the view well have for some time but i'm saying it more now that i don't think we're going to hit this 2030 target and the reason i don't is not only because the infrastructure it's also because i think headlong rush to electric vehicles , which the electric vehicles, which the whole global car industry is going, i think it's going to come into question i'm not saying we're going to stick with petrol and diesel. i think they're going to be other technologies emerging, not least hydrogen. and i say that because to build electric car you to build an electric car you need times more copper than need five times more copper than you to build a regular car. you need to build a regular car. and prices are going up a and copper prices are going up a huge amount . worse is the and huge amount. worse is the and the cobalt the so—called rare us. a lot of those in china in, africa we don't really have those since 2020. patrick i just looked up the numbers early this afternoon. lithium has gone up four times the price of lithium

has gone up four fold just in a couple years. the price of cobo has doubled right. it's yeah . in has doubled right. it's yeah. in the end. and also china and african countries aussies have some but these rare earths as we call them , are in really call them, are in really difficult parts of the world, aren't necessarily our allies. so it's just some kind of geopolitical end. well, yeah, i think we're going down. i certainly think he is. and not necessarily our allies, but also as well the in which some of these products are being taken out the ground. out of the ground. so particularly we particularly ethically. we should know, i'm should you know, what i'm expressing here is not the mainstream point of view. carmakers, will say that carmakers, they will say that they're on hitting the they're on for hitting the target. the government say target. the government would say that. should make that that. and we should make that clear. you know, i'm not clear. but, you know, i'm not pulling ideas out of the pulling these ideas out of the air, talking people in, the air, talking to people in, the industry. i'm talking to people industry. i'm talking to people in the mining industry. i'm talking to people even in the car who daniel put their head above the parapet on this point. they have. thank you. as ever , they have. thank you. as ever, our economics business our economics and business editor right now. coming up right here on and was a hawi

right here on and he was a hawi did not make quote an innocent error in his tax affairs that's the suggestion from the head of h.m. revenue and customs. we'll get an update on all of that very, very shortly and of course, reports this afternoon as well andrew been told as well the andrew has been told he can no longer use suite at buckingham sorry andy is this the first sign of king charles distancing himself? i'll be back in a sec .

okay down downing street has said the prime minister still has confidence in a hard way. it comes as today the boss, h.m. revenue and customs, told employees there's no penalties for innocent errors, which is pointed remark that if you really think about answering questions, all tory party chairman's attacks a farce.

let's go live now to and speak to these political editor darren mccaffrey daryn. well the head of the hmrc is well, in a roundabout way there a thing or two about all the . money yeah, two about all the. money yeah, well, he's not the i didn't specifically talk about that he was a hallway earlier on today, but what he did do is make it clear that effectively you've given a penalty for him by his majesty's revenue customs? you've done something wrong? it's simply you've made an it's not simply you've made an innocent mistake and that is why you face penalty if you've an you face a penalty if you've an enormous mistake, you wouldn't face a penalty first place, which impression, of which gives the impression, of course, what nadhim zahawi course, that what nadhim zahawi did careless in the legal did was careless in the legal sense, i.e. he did something wrong. and that's why he's had to this fine. and that just to pay this fine. and that just piles the chairman piles pressure on the chairman of conservative of the conservative party, doesn't is the rest doesn't it? who is with the rest of the cabinet in this afternoon where they've been lots and lots of about of meetings, talking about sunak's priorities. sunak's big five priorities. patrick, starts set out at patrick, he starts set out at the start this year like the start of this year like boosting growth and boosting economic growth and getting down

getting inflation down and tackling boats crisis. tackling the small boats crisis. they've also got a political where they've talked as conservatives about the next general election and be told that there's only really a narrow to victory the power narrow to victory in the power policy at unite. but look it those opinion polls so not to do more than unite i would suggest given the fact that labour are now 50 points those opinion now 50 points in those opinion polls, the conservatives in the low twenties, it's almost as bad as liz truss was in as was when liz truss was in number 10 and all this , as number 10 and all this, as i say, when you've just got this around that he was always not going , it's around that he was always not going, it's just not going away. we know that investigation happening the ten ethics happening but the ten ethics committee adviser so we think that's going to come as early as next week that will be the moments where the teams always feature will be decided . but feature will be decided. but between now and then, the questions continue. for rishi sunak's, he's about do an sunak's, he's about to do an interview with the broadcasters and they'll get played out relatively and this relatively shortly and this continued controversy around. dominic so much for rishi dominic raab so much for rishi sunak trying to talk about his big priorities when everyone

here is continuing talking about conservative again. yes indeed they're kind of mired in it. so they. thank you very, very much. down, down. after their political elite service, you see that, bless him is just really trying to paint a big, bold vision. five point plan, vision. his five point plan, which can easily which you can very easily condense three points, actually. but go, rishi and but there you go, rishi and meanwhile, everyone's going to look look dominic look in vain. look at dominic raab. can't move away raab. they just can't move away from they moment from it. can they at moment anyway it might tie into. why are people's poll exclusive revealed around 50% of the revealed that around 50% of the british are saying british public are saying that they're labour in they're going to vote labour in they're going to vote labour in the pve they're going to vote labour in the i've been the next election. i've been wanting hear on this wanting to hear from you on this day. keep those views day. we'll keep those views coming very shortly. but now coming in very shortly. but now i want to talk because king charles ordered prince to charles has ordered prince to stay buckingham stay away from buckingham palace. right. that's to palace. that's right. that's to the which claimed the king's the sun which claimed the king's younger possessions younger brother's possessions had also been moved out while the palace renovated won't the palace renovated and won't put back a source told the papen put back a source told the paper. the king has made it. the buckingham palace is no for prince andrew . let's now speak prince andrew. let's now speak to former royal at the sun, which had story. charles, ray

charles, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. so what's really prompted all this time ? frankly, king charles this time? frankly, king charles could have drew out any time he liked. now ? well, who knows? liked. why now? well, who knows? because it's all part of the £369 million over ten years reorganise zation of the palace. so obviously reached andrew's andrew's rooms and. the king has decided that , mate, you're out decided that, mate, you're out and that he's with you. he has five, five teddy bears on it, which was sun revealed this some months ago on his bed every night and it gets very, very finicky about the way that their out anyway he's told that you're out anyway he's told that you're out he lost his business his business suites a few weeks ago that's that's closed because he wasn't doing anything so he's only got royal lodge at windsor about something about 17 rooms. so sorry i was bit lost. i've forgotten that story about

prince , but it's easy to forget prince, but it's easy to forget because there to be fair, there are a few other stories about prince knocking about a while ago . i forget the where it ago. i forget the where it emerged he allegedly had five teddy bears on his bed every day . that is, of course , a fully . that is, of course, a fully grown man. there but how does this does this point to the fact that really prince andrew's for good? because there's talk of him raking up this virginia giuffre stuff again isn't there. he's not letting it lie. why is that he's not? well don't know that he's not? well i don't know i don't know who's advising him. obviously some people are saying now's time to you should go now's the time to you should go back try get this this back and try get this this judgement overturned . we are judgement overturned. we are heanng judgement overturned. we are hearing that virginia's giuffre is signed a deal for a memoir to which will is due to start production in february. facebook is the end of the year gagging order that was imposed on her dunng order that was imposed on her during the prince andrew payment to and i suspect he believes

that his friends are saying yes you can get this overturned. i don't know how he's going to get this overturned because , you this overturned because, you know, if he's relying on ghislaine maxwell's recent television interview , that's television interview, that's a convicted and in fact, could convicted and in fact, could convicted madam and also another girlfriend says . oh, yes, he's girlfriend says. oh, yes, he's innocent yeah. well, that's what he's been saying all along so i don't see what what got new i mean there's a report this morning in one of the gossip columns, i think the daily mail saying he's got some information thatis saying he's got some information that is going to release in about a month. he's got that information, yeah. let's hear andrew. yeah let's get it out there. i mean, it's about time, frankly, it as well? frankly, isn't it as well? fascinating read with interest about idea , this picture about the idea, this picture potentially fake. mean i'm potentially fake. i mean i'm just sure realistically way just not sure realistically way you dress the app there's too much redemption for prince andrew charles thank you very much thank you very much great to have you as always because to have you on as always because i they were trying to but i think they were trying to but were overrunning is always

were overrunning which is always my this former my fault on this show. former royal the sun, royal correspondent at the sun, charles ray you've been charles ray lots you've been getting in touch. your thoughts? i just wanted to dip back in with you guys quickly because our polls said our gb news people's polls said 50% of people would vote for labour the general labour in the next general election. well just 21% backing the linda says think the the tories. linda says think the poll is correct. a i definitely won't be voting for rishi sunak the conservatives. going to the conservatives. i'm going to stop that because stop with linda on that because i hit the nail on i think you've hit the nail on the head which is i suspect with this poll there's no 50% of the british public and while a bang is down the door please give us keir starmer country needs keir starmer this country needs care . think there's care but. i do think there's quite lot of people quite a lot of people traditional, conservative voters or voters are looking or those voters who are looking at rishi sunak and thinking, oh, not particularly impressed by you? be perfectly honest , you? to be perfectly honest, you. that leads you. i don't think that leads people or people towards labour or certainly some policies. certainly towards some policies. we some of our viewers on we have some of our viewers on earlier say one more thing. earlier on say one more thing. it steve one was reform. it was steve he one was reform. these fringe parties. if you want to call that i suspect could do quite well. i also think turnout low at the

think turnout will be low at the next general action. but i've got and a half, so to be got a year and a half, so to be proved on that, david, i'm proved wrong on that, david, i'm impressed putting impressed that you're putting labour as don't seem labour focus as they don't seem to themselves or not to know themselves or not letting was they stuck to letting on to was they stuck to it in this business is must explain facial explain stammers facial expressions is exactly expressions and this is exactly this what wanted to do this is what we wanted to do we're be doing again in we're going to be doing again in about 15 minutes time. about ten or 15 minutes time. people tuned because people so stay tuned because it's all very and good. 50% of people say want to vote for people say they want to vote for laboun people say they want to vote for labour. are voting labour. what are you voting for? we people , do you we also ask people, do you trust? do you more trust? who do you trust more will see you out when it comes to things like immigration and on on various bits on the economy, on various bits and stammers to win the and bobs and stammers to win the day on that. but if actually really look at what said really look at what he said today, he can't say a woman is at the moment he hasn't really introduced anything that's been costed what's costed when it comes to what's going channel far as going on in the channel far as we anyway, he's saying we can tell anyway, he's saying wants with wants greater cooperation with european friends and allies. what do they want to cooperate with us? how much do have to with us? how much do we have to give french to patrol give the french to not patrol beaches at calais particularly? well, earth well, for example, why on earth would get with as would we get bed with them, as it were? they get into bed

it were? will they get into bed with us, say? and he's with us, i should say? and he's also talking smashing also talking about smashing the human trafficking gangs. well, we've been trying to do that for a little while. when it comes a little while. so when it comes to polls, i would suspect to the polls, i would suspect that down into that when you really down into what that what labour want, that might change. have and change. we'll have to wait and see. keep your views in vaiews@gbnews.uk. i want to talk something that talk about something else that i know very, close to a know is very, very close to a lot your hearts in some lot of your hearts in some cases, all too cases, unfortunately, all too literally, about gp literally, that is about gp appointments and health care because is a crisis when because there is a crisis when it comes to appointments and, it comes to gp appointments and, it comes to gp appointments and, it to continue many it looks set to continue as many are struggling to are still struggling to see a gp. of you national show gp. many of you national show that proportion of consults that the proportion of consults consultations to consultations carrying face to face still below the 80% face is still way below the 80% level pre covid. so how are level seen pre covid. so how are gp's actually coping? with me now is dr. lawrence gurlitt's gp that same day doctor now before the pandemic. apparently there was something like 8100 gp practises in england and now there's about 6400. why is there a gp are leaving the health service ? the number of gp has

service? the number of gp has decreased tremendously , although decreased tremendously, although bearin decreased tremendously, although bear in mind hospital doctors are up 30% over the last ten years. but the number of gp has gone down. i think you know, before a very complex issue, but before a very complex issue, but before start playing the blame game and we can see there's a lot going here. the average patient used to consult gp three times a year. they average, it's about eight times a year. why do i why are people going to their doctors more? i don't know . an doctors more? i don't know. an ageing population, new illnesses . but the demand on gp has gone up dramatically . they say the up dramatically. they say the nhs gp say they're working harder than ever but they just cannot satisfy the demand that's there. i i do understand this however , however there was some however, however there was some detail , this report which i detail, this report which i thought maybe showed a bit light on it, which is also often gp's overin on it, which is also often gp's over in their fifties . and i over in their fifties. and i thought, okay, well fair enough. now that implies a few things to me doesn't it, which is that they can afford to retire in

their fifties. so when people are saying we're overworked and where too stressed out and where we're too stressed out and we need more money, what's the point of giving gp's more money because they'll just do one earlier. well they and also they're not full time and most gp's work part time where they do they could earn more money if theyif do they could earn more money if they if they put in a five or six day week as i do well gp's choose to work part time because they can earn enough money. look that's a valid point. and the pension situation not been pension situation has not been helpful. i expect any sympathy for people that got a of a seven figure pension pot, but it has been a disincentive to and gp doctors not to do more work . doctors not to do more work. it's you're absolutely right patrick there isn't much sympathy. look i'm slightly past my fifties and still work, partly because i enjoy it, partly because i enjoy it, partly because i enjoy it, partly because if i don't, if don't turn up for work, my family don't eat in a bear mind over the bank. holiday weekend had four days off and i was here

working every day when nhs practises were closed because they're not contracted to work weekends or by holiday. so i think some extent the gp's is can ican think some extent the gp's is can i can on a situation. yeah and by the way i am absolutely not against wealth creation. i think people be well paid for jobs that they do. i don't gp should be paid less than what they are far from . but my point they are far from. but my point would be well if people are retiring in their and they therefore have a shortage of gp's , situation gp's gp's, the situation for gp's shouldn't really be too bad. final question, dr. lawrence. we do hear about things junior do hear about things like junior doctors strikes, nurses strikes, the dear nhs, the plight of dear nhs, our beloved nhs said sometimes gp's come on, they say, oh yes, you know, isn't it horrible the government has done in this case gp's really cared about the nhs patient safety. should they work beyond the point at which they can afford to retire ? i think can afford to retire? i think yes they should and think doctors do moan a lot. i think they should solve the problem themselves . they should address themselves. they should address themselves. they should address the problem and deal it. and i

think that doctors who put on social media, they're dreading going back to work after four day break. i've got a very easy answer that don't take a four day break. you know, the demand was high. so i do think that they've got themselves into negative situation. now, having said think junior said that, i think junior doctors and nurses should be paid more i'm fully you know, i've got a colleague , a friend i've got a colleague, a friend who's a junior adult who earns £14 an hour. and he's got people lives in his hand. so it's not as straightforward. not all doctors rich . no. now done , doctors are rich. no. now done, as long as. thank you very much. we really appreciate that. you do doctors sorts of stuff same day docs now this is day docs but right now this is an interesting one. we're going to returning this very to be returning to this very topic actually the man topic actually with the man himself. crossed himself. fingers crossed connection that later connection oblige that later on in show and lee anderson in the show and lee anderson conservative mp anderson now conservative mp lee anderson now he's calais this week he's been in calais this week with the affairs committee with the home affairs committee . so he's been seeing the work that the french are doing to tackle the migrant and rather interesting he's always very outspoken lee anderson think a

lot of people give him a lot of credit and maybe a few credit for and maybe need a few more bit like him the more people bit like him in the house but he's been house of commons, but he's been highly critical of one particular asylum charity. take a look at this component shortages there in calais. you can see the port behind me. i'm still furious. i'm foaming at the mouth over this cash for kelly organisation , acting like kelly organisation, acting like a magnet for these young men to set up camp here . they're set up camp here. they're basically feeding them, clothe them , they're teaching them how them, they're teaching them how not speak english to eye not to speak english eye to eye to and write english to read and write english and then waiting them once to cross then waiting them once to cross the channel. they're waiting for them and volunteering hotels to them and volunteering hotels to them while they're there. this is absolutely scandalous. i think these are just as complicit in this trade as the people trade it and the cheek of it when we introduced new laws to send these people to rwanda , to send these people to rwanda, his camp in calais, this challenge, these decisions in court is raising millions of pounds and they are part of the problem. they're not the

solution . well, we went to court solution. well, we went to court for colourful comments . for colourful comments. ireland's catholic did not care to comment, so we haven't heard from them. but hopefully we'll do the end of the show do before the end of the show because stuff from because it's strong stuff from understand saying highlighting what people what i think a lot of people i already knew which is yes you have your actual human, your actual people smugglers, the people who these asylum seekers economic migrants you want to call them are actually giving the cold, hard cash to the tune of thousands of pounds to get physically across the channel where they're picked up by border force. but there are these camps on that and there's groups carrefour, calais groups like carrefour, calais and as well, who look and others as well, who look after these people they're after these people when they're there, make there, facilitate them, make their bit easier and their lives a bit easier and then according to lee then appear according to lee anderson their lives anderson way to make their lives a on the side a lot easier on the other side as well . they're pretty strong as well. they're pretty strong saying that he thinks they are on a par with the actual human traffickers carrefour calais one would imagine would deny this but we don't know. they won't go back us. so we're going to be back to us. so we're going to be talking lee anderson a little

talking to lee anderson a little bit later on. make sure you stay tuned for that. have a as i tuned for that. we have a as i said catholic calais comment said catholic calais for comment and said they didn't get and as i've said they didn't get to of been to comment lots of you've been getting touch with your getting in touch with your thoughts le parisien so thoughts on our le parisien so this is transgender who's this is the transgender who's expected to be moved out of the women's prison called some in scotland people as man scotland so to people as a man put bought a pink handbag put a on bought a pink handbag went spent went to court and got spent about in a woman's prison. about time in a woman's prison. dolly says dodi nicholas is converted in converted overnight by states in the will not serve the price and will not serve his such has sentence in such her has sentence in a woman's prison word that consent valley so it's to close in a new super duper prison will be opened up on site. yeah look a lot of issues here around this one final one now from brian who is in scotland. another typical mess sturgeon's mess generated by sturgeon's male brian isle of brian is male brian says isle of brian is a prime example of the gender reform and why it is not reform bill and why it is not credible. unbelievable credible. i think unbelievable stuff that really i mean, anyone half a brain should say the realistically someone who is a convicted male sex offender should be way near a women's prison and would question as well why on earth put him in

there? why do they want to transition? dare say because they don't want face to they don't want to face up to they don't want to face up to the consequence for their actions male and the actions in a male prison and the taxpayer should be a major funden taxpayer should be a major funder. coming shortly, lee funder. coming up shortly, lee anderson is going be anderson said he is going to be live someone at calais .

as is 5:00. you're with me. patrick christys gb news. i'm coming up in this action hour. it looks as though rishi sunak and the conservative party have and the conservative party have a real battle on their hands. it's more than half of people asked in a gb news people's poll who they'd vote for. general election said they'd vote for laboun election said they'd vote for labour. more than 30% also said that they trust keir starmer more than rishi soon out with the economy and they've lost faith the conservatives on faith in the conservatives on big like levelling up on

controlling britain's borders. so throughout show today i thought that should investigate analyse some of labour's policy policies actually on key issues affecting you the gb views well look at immigration and we'll look at immigration and we'll look gender as well. we're also going to hear from rishi soon. can he you to not lose faith in his party? gb views sir gbnews.uk. meanwhile talks to that immigration issue . senior that immigration issue. senior backbench tory mp is accused a charity of being as bad as the people smuggling gangs is a big one that he's saying there. assisting migrants to illegally enter the uk on small boats fastening stuff. many people thinking finally someone who's actually had the bottle to say what a lot of people are thinking. we'll hear what lee anderson to say that very, anderson to say on that very, very shortly. he's just also this hour on. we finally seeing some on the trans debate some sense on the trans debate this said this afternoon said a transgender sex offender convicted of rape will not serve his sentence . scotland's only his sentence. scotland's only old female . there's a row over

old female. there's a row over whether either prison should be in prison after being found guilty of two rapes carried out when he was a man and we're going to meet the uk's most tattooed man. that's right, people . not yesterday. he's an people. not yesterday. he's an uncle targets on our thanks to our production team now presumably all we got to get tattooed on our way we'll see what he looks like and find out what he looks like and find out what of his body, if any, what parts of his body, if any, isn't covered with ink shows, family in touch . what family show, get in touch. what do you make of the fact that lee anderson has said that some of these asylum seeker charity groups as bad as people groups are just as bad as people smugglers themselves? the smugglers themselves? how is the news . patrick thank you. good news. patrick thank you. good evening to you. at least 11 people have died in russian strikes in ukraine a day after the us and germany pledged to supply the country with tanks and fighting vehicles. supply the country with tanks and fighting vehicles . more than and fighting vehicles. more than ten people were wounded in the attacks, which covered 11 regions, including the capital of kyiv germany's defence says

he's expecting the first leopard 2 tanks to arrive in ukraine by the end of march. and we've been heanng the end of march. and we've been hearing the last few minutes that the uk's challenger 2 tanks will arrive , at about the same will arrive, at about the same time . well, russia has responded time. well, russia has responded with the kremlin calling the deliveries of hardware amounting to direct involvement in the conflict by the west. a member ukraine's parliament, kira ruddick, told gb news, sending tanks alone isn't enough . you're tanks alone isn't enough. you're into this war. we are still this david versus goliath , where david versus goliath, where russia has , more people, more russia has, more people, more weapons , more military weapons, more military production, more so we have to be different we have to fight harder . we be different we have to fight harder. we have to have more sophisticated and we have to use different strategies and. having tanksis different strategies and. having tanks is one of those strategies britain has threatened to sue. the former health secretary for following an online post he

retweeted about covid jab earlier this month. the north—west leicestershire mp was stripped of the tory whip after retweeting a post by a consultant cardiologist which it claimed the number of people suffering with heart problems after the covid vaccine was . the after the covid vaccine was. the biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust . matt since the holocaust. matt hancock referred to britain's comments as anti—semitic in the house of commons, a statement britain has refuted now more doctors and nurses than ever before working in the nhs figures from nhs digital show. nearly 5000 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses worked in the national health service last yean national health service last year, compared the previous yeah year, compared the previous year. that comes the government plans to recruit 50,000 more nurses by next year. plans to recruit 50,000 more nurses by next year . and in nurses by next year. and in other news today, 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 eight days of walkouts since . days of walkouts since. meanwhile, the group says the number of voluntary redundancies will be significantly lower than the 10,000 originally suggested it. thousands of nhs physiotherapists in england have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action , the ongoing industrial action, the ongoing industrial action, the health service. a 24 hour walk out involves 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 no new offer has been put forward despite the government saying it is open to dialogue and health workers in northern are also staging a 24 hour walk out today . members of four out today. members of four different unions are striking in a dispute over pay and conditions . paramedics are among conditions. paramedics are among those involved. the unions say contingency arrangements are in place to make sure care

continues despite the strike action . that's all the news for action. that's all the news for now. more news as it happens to patrick welcome back. now the picture doesn't look too rosy for you. see the conservatives according to this week's gb news poll, they've got a way to go to claw back some support. house labour surge . let's get a snapshot of surge. let's get a snapshot of some more of those findings before we digest them with 50% of people said that they would vote for labour in the next general election, with just 21% of people backing the tories , of people backing the tories, they're also this is the tories now lagging behind on the economy . so just 16% of people economy. so just 16% of people say tory government will better manage the uk's finances, while more than 30% believe that

labour would do a betterjob to make things be worse for the prime minister. the poll also the majority of all voters have next to no confidence in the government's to level up and course as well. this is a day we're going to be returning to this later on about the migrant crisis as well. shortly a little bit later on, ac 12, 50 minutes time, we're going to be hearing from lee anderson conservative backbench mp on the home affairs committee. been calais, committee. he's been to calais, just and accused some just come out and accused some of asylum seeker charities of the asylum seeker charities of the asylum seeker charities of as bad as the people of being as bad as the people smuggling gangs themselves. well got rising to that but got stuck rising to that but right he's gb news his right now he's gb news his political olivia olivia political reporter olivia olivia thank very, very much . it's thank you very, very much. it's very for the conservatives very bad for the conservatives currently it would seem that more have faith a labour more have faith in a labour leader to sort out illegal immigration than a conservative prime minister. yeah, i thought this was absolutely fascinating . illegal migration and the small boats crisis is something objectively that labour been very weak on and labour has been

very weak on and labour has been very strong on a number of other issues. we've had these reforming speeches from a lot of the shadow cabinet ministers over the last couple of weeks , over the last couple of weeks, but on the small boats issue that keir starmer said is that he will work with macron to tackle problem upstream . and if tackle problem upstream. and if that cooper shadow home secretary has said that labour would take a serious approach the migrant crisis. well that's pretty thin tackling the problem upstream to talking emmanuel macron about the issue of course , conservative government has tried to do that with very little effect. so it's hard to see how labour's plan would be any different if that group was also talked about a form of asylum processing whereby those who come from obviously safe countries would have their claims rejected immediately . claims rejected immediately. what rishi sunak's promise to do that to keir starmer is also talked about processing claims in this country. talked about processing claims in this country . well, obviously in this country. well, obviously the conservative government is to do that has has not succeeded

because it's too difficult , because it's too difficult, backlog is too big and has resorted to the rwanda policy which keir starmer obviously . so which keir starmer obviously. so if anything labour's approach to migration is basically tory lite , it's very worrying for the conservatives that even on that issue. keir starmer points to a bigger picture doesn't it, which is that i think people just are fed up potentially with this particular conservative government, maybe they frankly don't feel though it is particularly conservative anymore. and now as you've just expertly drilled down into labour's actual policy appears be in the channel they're even willing to vote for something thatis willing to vote for something that is even lighter than what we've already got, which isn't working . yeah. so the, i mean it working. yeah. so the, i mean it does feel like i think you were talking about this earlier with, some guests, but this feels like a very bad poll for the conservatives rather than a good poll for keir starmer because these are issues keir starmer hasn't really shown much strength on. and even there he's winning. so it'll be really interesting to get more polling on those issues where starmer

has said like where has said something like where the have flip the conservatives have flip flopped. liz truss proposed big reforms , which would it reforms, which would make it easier ordinary parents to easier for ordinary parents to go back to work, example, go back to work, for example, when rishi sunak's when they have. rishi sunak's road on that bridget road back on that and bridget phillipson the shadow education secretaries come with a big secretaries come up with a big reforming childcare. so reforming plan for childcare. so on issues we could see on these issues we could see really for labour. but if really good for labour. but if even on the economy and on the small boats the small boats crisis, the conservatives badly , conservatives are doing badly, then that narrow path to election victory which isaac levido election , mentioned levido the election, mentioned that cabinet away. they say that the cabinet away. they say well, it's looking very narrow indeed. looking very indeed. it is looking very narrow i hear a lot narrow indeed. and i hear a lot from that we got from people that we got wonderful and wonderful on this show and i love having people in the inbox all the time, people on twitter as well. more and more and more politically homeless, politically homeless, politically don't politically homeless. i don't like sunak's . i don't like like rishi sunak's. i don't like keir starmer. how do you think some of the smaller parties are going to reform uk, for example , or as well the sdp or ukip or any of those people? how you feel like they might do at the

election? yeah, it'll be really you can see i mean reform uk does seem to be a growing force in uk politics, but we expect the small parties to be doing well around now. we are still quite a long off from the election . when the election gets election. when the election gets closer, the main party is will be drilling into their supporters or would be supporters or would be supporters that voting for it for a small party is a waste of a vote and is essentially giving votes to the other side. we've already seen conservative mp saying a vote for reform is a vote for labour . so yes, we are vote for labour. so yes, we are seeing those smaller parties growing in popularity now , but i growing in popularity now, but i think we can expect to see a bit of a reverse that trend as we get closer to the election. the problem could be for the main parties turnout is just parties that turnout is just very because as seen, very low because as we've seen, it isn't enthusiasm. no on it isn't much enthusiasm. no on that enthusiasm, you that level of enthusiasm, do you think is a bad thing for think that is a bad thing for the british public that politics has become, as i keep saying now, it's the dull men's club. yes and i think that that is going to be an issue. we saw we

know that case sharma when he when rishi sunak came to office, was worried about the fact in personality terms there isn't much between him and much prime minister left with sunak's talk. sorry, i would ask you that. but yes, yeah. there's not a lot of personal going about that, at least with liz truss and boris johnson could claim to be the sort of competent person the grown in the rishi sunak. he grown up in the rishi sunak. he has its faults. he certainly grown up so that also to grown up so that also lead to that sense apathy that kind of sense of apathy which already in which we're already seeing in voters you know, on voters. exactly. you know, on your top three, there's your like top three, there's horrible questions people horrible questions where people go horrible questions where people 9° ' horrible questions where people go , right. which go like, okay, right. which three from history would three people from history would youiane three people from history would you invite round free dinner party? in the world has ever party? no in the world has ever said starmer, is said keir starmer, which is thank very much. olivia thank you very much. olivia great utley the gb great stuff. olivia utley the gb news political reporter let's just another about just take another look at about gb people's okay so gb news people's poll. okay so 49% of people say the government has lost control uk borders. has lost control of uk borders. let's get the of former labour special adviser around columnist paul richards and political commentator and author joe

nadler, both of whom join me now . good stuff. right on cue. so hello. so i'll go to you first, paul hello. so i'll go to you first, paul. why do you think 9% of people, all coming out now in this poll polling say that the government has lost control of uk borders. that number will be higher. i think you're a very perspicacious earlier when you said that people are fed up with the government and i think it is one of those what we call a vortex issue that sort of sucks in other discontent we have in all other discontent we have about bills and our job about our gas bills and our job security, the fact we can't get a bus to a passport or anything else and just it becomes a sort of proxy for that the sense that we're out of control and. nothing the government's nothing works. the government's terrible think your poll terrible and i think your poll shows that people are falling out of love with . the current out of love with. the current government would say that maybe this is going to be your next question. but i say that people haven't necessarily in with haven't necessarily in love with labour and great labour yet and labour's great paranoia is that people will sit on their hands or even back to

the conservatives because we haven't quite labour hasn't quite sealed . well that's quite sealed. well that's exactly it. it's almost like we've plotted this actually pauli we've plotted this actually paul, i can confirm to our viewers and listeners there's no planning goes any of planning that goes into any of this . i'll go over to you, this bus. i'll go over to you, joe on that because although paul made a good point now, which is something i've been trying to drill down see throughout actually, throughout this show actually, which actually which is, well, what do actually think stuff? it's very think about stuff? it's very well good saying that the well and good saying that the tories you don't them with tories you don't trust them with the but interestingly the economy but interestingly borders quite difficult the economy but interestingly bo nail; quite difficult the economy but interestingly bo nail labour quite difficult the economy but interestingly bo nail labour quiteon fficult the economy but interestingly bo nail labour quiteon things at to nail labour down on things at the as well as the moment as well as john. i think that's exactly right. i mean, your poll mean, unquestionably your poll shows lead for labour shows that the lead for labour is very wide, but it doesn't necessarily prove that it's particularly and i think particularly deep. and i think that result of the that that is as a result of the general public just feeling a sense of dismay with both the main parties essentially. i mean for very good reason. they have lost any enthuse as some for the conservative government not least because quite frankly there's been a continual sort of circus of changing people at the top, but also been a consistent

and enable in anything like explaining a sort of clear conservative agenda that means that people are turning to labour out of desperate action but we're not hearing particularly more clear . starmer particularly more clear. starmer and i think starmer is very is very because on the one hand he finds himself with this enormous poll lead that he could hardly have imagined a year ago that he would have . and on the other would have. and on the other hand, it's forcing him essentially to try to move away from that sort of the central core beliefs of his party, to try and assuage sort of a kind of amorphous centre ground. so in the same way as i am now, slightly, you using sort of non—specific words. that's exactly what the politicians well they're just not coming out with pledges that people can understand the doorstep. yeah. paul throw about your because actually i think what you're seeing out raised an interesting

point i know it is absolutely a matter of certainty that issue has to i think legally now mentioned jeremy corbyn at least wants prime minister's question time he is actually living rent free in his head, but he did make the point that his starmer carers to align himself carers managed to align himself with a variety of different in a variety of different topics for a period of time and then now also he doesn't really have cast iron views well even a woman is for example so is starmer in a bit of trouble when it comes to actually nailing down where he is on things how can people vote for a man like that. is on things how can people vote for a man like that . the for a man like that. the defining characteristic give keir starmer i would say in this phase is that he to win the election and he has to sort of contract both the sort of neil kinnock years and john smith years and that the new blair years and that the new blair years into two years as opposed to a decade and do all of the reforms and all of the outreach he has to do really and i think he's a man in a hurry he's not bogged down by ideology. is that a bad thing? jeremy corbyn

a bad thing? i'm jeremy corbyn had of ideology but didn't had lots of ideology but didn't do much on women. and so i think that just on the policy point, i mean, it is fair to say there is some fog , some areas, but there some fog, some areas, but there are some areas where there is a clear policy. but we're in the yeah clear policy. but we're in the year, maybe two years away from an no opposition, a an election and no opposition, a huge lead is going want to stop the individual because the tories are the niqab or trash them. so declare your hand. this movie . yeah, that's fine. movie. yeah, that's fine. i know. i'm going to get shouted just very, very, very, very quickly. joanne, can i ask who will you be voting for that selection? well, you can ask, but i can't actually tell you because . i am a conservative because. i am a conservative voter , but i will wait to see voter, but i will wait to see what the conservative manifesto is. and quite frankly at the moment, i think fingers crossed that they actually managed to put in that which is put in that manifesto, which is discernibly conservative. i think you echo views of a heck of a lot of people look both of you.thank of a lot of people look both of you. thank very much. you. thank you very much. i would loved to drag this on would have loved to drag this on a bit longer but apparently i've got go from rishi sunak's. so

got to go from rishi sunak's. so you've you've been knocked you've been you've been knocked off the prime off your perch by the prime minister. go was minister. you go it was a jo—anne nadler and paul jo—anne nadler the and paul riches. former labour riches. paul a former labour special adviser columnist special adviser and columnist you course political you and of course political commentator an author. commentator and an author. right. so we've lot about right. so we've been a lot about the party in show the labour party in the show today, whilst been on today, but whilst we've been on air, minister has been air, the prime minister has been answering questions. his government's priorities as well as the questions the as addressing the questions the teams of how his financial affairs. just dropped. affairs. this is just dropped. let's a look. another some let's have a look. another some prime today and prime minister by here today and obviously you're talking about your electoral chances as part this day the polls aren't looking good could be humiliating defeat. i looking good could be humiliating defeat . i know humiliating defeat. i know you're not someone to sugarcoat things can you just us a bit about the mood upstairs as were looking at this well earlier this year set out this government's priorities for the country priorities to halve country five priorities to halve inflation the economy inflation and grow the economy reduce debt, cut waiting list and stop boats. we all relentlessly focussed on delivering those because if we do that, we can provide of mind for people that immediate relief for people that immediate relief for families. but the fact that

they can look forward to a better future for their children and their grandkids and a future that's filled with hope, optimism pride in our optimism and pride in our country someone here country. someone who's here today is nadhim zahawi. do you have confidence ? him when it have confidence? him when it comes to nadhim zahawi anyone else? what believe in is due else? what i believe in is due process. that's why appointed process. that's why i appointed an independent adviser to look into the questions that have been raised , investigate the been raised, investigate the situation establish the situation fully establish the facts and provide advice to me on the day, and to always compliance with the ministerial code. i that's the right code. i think that's the right to to ensure that we have to do to ensure that we have integrity politics. but to do integrity in politics. but to do that professional way, that in a professional way, that's doing. okay, that's what we're doing. okay, so you want establish so you want to establish the facts said were facts yesterday said there were no raised . he was no issues raised. he was appointed. more information has come light since. can we just come to light since. can we just have exactly on that? have some. exactly 50 on that? when were aware that this when were you aware that this hmrc was reached? hmrc settlement was reached? well, i addressed this in parliament in detail this week it because new information came to light over past week. that's why asked the government's why i asked the government's independent analysis and that was why i said new information

came to light over the past week and that's i decided to ask the independent adviser to fully investigate this matter , investigate this matter, establish the facts and provide advice . me about nadhim zahawi advice. me about nadhim zahawi compliance with the ministerial code, but when i appointed him to halfway to his job, no issues were raised with me about that appointment . i understand that appointment. i understand that you didn't and advisers looking at this, but this obviously isn't just about nadhim zahawi. it's you , your judgement, it's about you, your judgement, and knew and so when and what you knew and so when you say new information, can you just exactly you just tell us exactly what you mean that's come light? and mean that's come to light? and then is that the then also is that the settlement? well i appointed nadhim zahawi to his current job. no issues were raised with me about that appointment. it's really important to say. but because nadhim zahawi himself put a statement into the public domain and there was other reporting, there are questions to answer and that's i asked the independent adviser conduct an investigation to fully establish the facts and provide advice me about nadhim zahawi compliance to the ministerial code. i

believe we should have integrity in politics and we should do that in a professional way where. have an independent where. we have an independent person facts, person look at all the facts, provide advice. that's the long established have and established that we have and that's i'm that's the process i'm following. of hmrc following. the boss of hmrc today are no today said there are no penalties innocent errors, penalties for innocent errors, so wasn't an innocent error involving of pounds? is that not enough to sack ? again, i'm not enough to sack? again, i'm not going to prejudge the outcome of the investigation , and it's the investigation, and it's important that the independent adviser is able to do his work. that's what he's currently doing . that's what i've asked him to do. await findings of do. and i'll await findings of that investigation. lot of that investigation. a lot of these stories have links to bofis these stories have links to boris johnson, these stories that you want to. right. but do you think that he has questions to answer? but what i'm focussed on delivering on the on is delivering on the priorities set for priorities that i set out for the country and the hall of inflation grow , the economy, inflation grow, the economy, reduce that, cut waiting list and stop the boats . i'm entirely and stop the boats. i'm entirely on doing that for this country. that's what my cabinet is united in delivering. that's what we're here discussing , because what we here discussing, because what we want to do is provide relief for

families up and down country. and we want to give the peace of mind that that and grandchildren can forward to a better can look forward to a better future. a future that's filled with hope, optimism and pride. that's what i'm set out to deliver . can i ask quickly about deliver. can i ask quickly about dominic raab? many complaints are reported . the deputy are being reported. the deputy prime , because reports prime minister, because reports today more than 24 complaints. well i appointed an independent investigator . have a look at investigator. have a look at that matter. i wait that independent investigator to complete their investigation and report back to me. but in the meantime, what i'm doing is focussed on delivering on the five that i out five priorities that i set out for country, and that is to for the country, and that is to halve inflation and grow the economy . that cut list economy. that cut waiting list and stop the boats. that's what the cabinet united in delivering what we're discussing today, we want to relief for families up and down the country, but also peace of mind that our children and can look and grandchildren can look forward a future. on forward to a better future. on sending tanks to ukraine, why is it taking so long germany? say for latest . there's no for the latest. there's no clarity the americans and.

clarity from the americans and. tanks need air cover. tanks will need air cover. there's no word on that. why is it taking so long and? is it too late? i think when it comes to the question of tanks, everyone should feel very proud of the leadership that we in the leadership role that we in the united have played one united kingdom have played one of nations to provide of the early nations to provide tanks as ever in this tanks to ukraine as ever in this conflict. we have tried to make sure we can provide as much sure that we can provide as much to as possible. we've to ukraine as possible. we've demonstrated again providing demonstrated again by providing our tanks before others . we are our tanks before others. we are now in dialogue , the ukrainians, now in dialogue, the ukrainians, about how best to provide , about how best to provide, trying to make sure that their troops , the training that they troops, the training that they need on them as well. those conversations are happening. everything's according everything's going according to plan . interesting, isn't it? the plan. interesting, isn't it? the thing you felt most comfortable talking about in detail was ukraine and it would mean patrick christys on gb news. coming up, are we finally some sense on the trans debate this afternoon? nicholas sturgeon is there transgender woman there a transgender woman convicted not serve his convicted of rape not serve his sentence similar ? service is sentence similar? service is scotland's only all female prison . and before 6:00, we will prison. and before 6:00, we will speak to the conservative mp lee

anderson, who's been extremely critical of one particular asylum seeker charity. this is dunng asylum seeker charity. this is during visit to calais. you're during a visit to calais. you're not going to want to miss that. he that they're bad as he said that they're as bad as people themselves. i'm people smuggling themselves. i'm back about .

well this year that we all care is our own health isn't it. and gp's are still struggling to cope with demand . the british cope with demand. the british public, with many waiting for face to face a appointment phone lines are reported to be flooded in the mornings as people attempt to book an appointment . attempt to book an appointment. and there are worries that remote consultation ins are becoming the norm for some of britain's gp's. becoming the norm for some of britain's gp's . there's a lot britain's gp's. there's a lot really when it comes this as well because did you know that before the pandemic, apparently anyway around 8100 gp anyway we had around 8100 gp practises in, england alone and

then now it's around 6400. a few reasons this. one of them being is that supposedly anyway have been retiring in their droves in their fifties , moving abroad, their fifties, moving abroad, not continuing to practise and that frankly as well just mean as fewer of them does as long as buckland joins me now, former chairman of bma gp committee dr. lawrence to have you back on the show . what's going on people are show. what's going on people are people are naming shaming gp practises now for a lack of face to face appointments . do you to face appointments. do you think that's morally right? i think that's morally right? i think it's what the daily mail does best. i think they're able to do that. they've crunched numbers and produced a book, a piece of information . what does piece of information. what does it mean? not sure . it means that it mean? not sure. it means that much . any headline that says how much. any headline that says how bad is your gp tells you what you're likely to find when you read it? so i think they're telling you is that there are gp practises up and down the country are struggling badly. well, they are, yeah. but are

they struggling badly ? not they struggling badly? not enough doctors , nurses and other enough doctors, nurses and other health care workers , both in health care workers, both in general practise and in the wider community and in hospital , is rather a lot of that. specifically when it comes to the gp, because they realise that they can earn enough to retire in their fifties and that's what they've been doing, most of them retire because they can't on at the pace of work they find that they're being forced to deliver younger. doctors look at the way people on me used to work and say, oh, not working like that . and the not working like that. and the reason they say that is because they can't cope with it physically. it's because they can't with it emotionally when they really is the actually seeing large number of people in a day homes patients because the doctor isn't as cute as they are at o'clock in the evening as they were 8:00 in the morning. and that's always true. but the standards of care are now such that unless you deliver to a high standard all the time,

you're not safe. i do get that. but the burden would be ease wouldn't there if we'd not lost something. one and a half thousand gp practises the last ten years . that's true. the ten years. that's true. the reason why retire some them retire early is because they can't go on working now. of course, if retire early they their pensions stops, they don't add more to their pension, they retire their pension is abated depending on how how they retire . and they've chosen to do that . quite a lot of that. but that's the point i and i will reiterate, certainly not against wealth creation. i certainly do think that there are some professions that should be incredibly well paid just incredibly well paid or just well . and the gp's is well paid. and the gp's is absolutely one of them. it's a highly skilled job with loads on the line, no dispute whatsoever . am saying when . but what i am saying is when we keep talking the nhs and we keep talking about pay for people, it's junior people, whether it's junior doctors, whatever, there is an argument say that argument that would say that what figure about the what this figure shows about the amount in amount of people retiring in their if you pay gp's

their fifties is if you pay gp's more then you lose a lot more then quicker. i you'd like to believe that and i'm sure that's one answer actually a number of gp stock because of a mental health they can't go on. the reason i know this is because i look them and they a picture of me by the way , the reason why me by the way, the reason why they can't go on is because they feel absolutely drained by the workload that they have and the pressure to work is harder , pressure to work is harder, harder. and that's a real shame but a number of gp's quite a surprisingly number crack and cannot on working so this idea that people are just to cash on their pension. i mean i wish it were true but i don't think it is okay fair enough. is your view also nice to see some aren't too cold hard evidence that review practises apparently i can assure that we did not

plan that it was only when you said that was a picture of you. you are now pool clip so congratulations we show you this royalty that but don't come after us. well all right. but is there an issue with younger there an issue with the younger generation? get. the generation? it's all i get. the stresses the pressures of stresses and the pressures of the job and with a rapidly growing population, it does tie hand hand . the idea that hand in hand. the idea that people have more and more pressures dealing more pressures dealing with more people. younger people people. but are younger people and they don't want to do this job. no they don't want to come into be general practise owners because they don't like the work pressure and they don't feel they to be part of the they want to be part of the business of running a practise all of us regarded completely all of us regarded as completely , i do that , they say why should i do that when i could do something else? like a hospital doctor, for like be a hospital doctor, for example although there example, where although there are pressures , there end are pressures, there is an end to it . and because you go home to it. and because you go home at end of the day, whereas at the end of the day, whereas general practise is in theory completely . that's why younger completely. that's why younger doctors look at the way dinosaurs like me work and say, oh, i don't do that oh, don't think you're a dinosaur. i've

happened personally think happened to personally think that come that maybe you come from a generation we learn generation that we could learn a lot more from it. i often think maybe i wish there are a few more people of that particular because can't help but because i just can't help but feel dr. laura's last question this at the health this when i look at the health service the round now, i am service in the round now, i am heanng service in the round now, i am hearing about the the hearing a lot about the and the pressures and sympathetic pressures and i'm sympathetic towards that and i am sympathetic towards pay rises in some i also some elements of it. i also can't but wonder whether or can't help but wonder whether or not lot of people not looking at a lot of people who a lot of pressure who had a lot of family pressure to into what they thought was to go into what they thought was a good, respectable actually a good, respectable and actually they've at it they've had a look at it and i think this is very, very hard work. it's a bit grim and i don't fancy it. and actually we're dealing with a lot of people regretting their career choice. leigh, i think choice. i'm sad, leigh, i think you're right. it you're quite right. and it should be so. and i've should not be so. and i've spoken an awful lot of younger doctors who say i don't want to doctors who say i don't want to do that kind job. it's not about the money. if you pay me more, i'll be just as tired these people don't want to be pays any more. and that's a tragedy for general practise, which thought was great career .

general practise, which thought was great career. i'm sure. was a great career. i'm sure. i'm sure it was all stars. laurence, always an absolute pleasure. i'm a good man. thank you very much. that's lois you very, very much. that's lois buckman, chairman of buckman, the former chairman of bma gp's committee called. so i'm proud that wasn't with i'm proud that wasn't there with me. christys gb news me. patrick christys on gb news up. we finally seeing some up. are we finally seeing some on debate this on the trams debate this afternoon. nicholas sturgeon said a transgender man convicted rape will not serve in their sentence and scotland's only all female prison. i'll get that right eventually. but today is not day. also, we're going to be to talking lee anderson conservative mp because he's in calais has said that one calais and he has said that one of seeker charities, of the asylum seeker charities, as the traffickers as bad as the people traffickers . that was headlines. . that was the headlines. patrick, thanks very much indeed.the patrick, thanks very much indeed. the top this hour. at least 11 people have died in russian missile strikes in ukraine a day after the us and germany pledged to supply the country with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. more than ten were wounded in the attacks, which covered 11 regions,

including capital kyiv. germany's minister says he expects the first leopard 2 tanks arrive in ukraine by the end of march. russia has responded with the kremlin, calling the deliveries of military hardware direct involvement in the conflict by the west. here h mrs. chief executive told mps there are no penalties for innocent errors as he was questioned on the former chancellor's tax affairs. jim harra before the public accounts and was pressed on issues surrounding nadhim zahawi , the surrounding nadhim zahawi, the conservative party chairman, is calls to resign after he has paid a penalty to hmrc whilst he was . the prime paid a penalty to hmrc whilst he was. the prime minister paid a penalty to hmrc whilst he was . the prime minister says was. the prime minister says issues were raised to him when he appoint mr. zahawi, to his current job because nadhim zahawi himself put a statement into the public domain . there into the public domain. there was other reporting. there questions to answer and that's why i asked the independent adviser to conduct an investigation to fully establish the facts , provide advice to me the facts, provide advice to me about nadhim zahawi compliance of the code . andrew bridgen

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gb news people lows of fame between now the end of the show. so let's get cracking. transgender convicted rapist now known as isla bryson won't be imprisoned in a women's jail anymore. the first minister, nicholas sturgeon earlier confirmed that bryson, formerly known as adam graham, won't incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison . cornton vale women's prison. joining me now is the pro—independence alba party mp, neil and he represents the

kirkcaldy and cowdenbeath area . kirkcaldy and cowdenbeath area. so i'm going to go to him shortly. okay enough, which is just as well because me right now is austin sheridan , who is now is austin sheridan, who is the former snp glasgow councillor austin. now we go . councillor austin. now we go. fantastic. that phrase better late than never be replaced with better earlier ever, i suppose. i want to know from asked him what you make of this how sense finally because i seem to remember you remember that maybe you were quite favour this the quite in favour of this the gender recognition. some people are saying, well, it makes stuff like this likely doesn't sit a male rapist can be put in a women's prison. now has said this individual out graham won't be in a prison if you don't just tiny cells and there . not tiny cells and not there. not all because this person didn't have a gender recognition certificate so that that was going through the scottish parliament had no impact on the process up until in terms of the decision has been made. i do welcome decision i had just the

scottish prison service that . it scottish prison service that. it would run the risk assessment and i have a great track record of carrying these out for who sees kind of offences and i believe that they've reached the correct decision as well . and in correct decision as well. and in a very moment . what i would say a very moment. what i would say and as obviously that's a of highs and has a lot of media attention i believe that that would be potentially appropriate to review and have him manage this kind of situation and move forward what has been well and appropriate is how some elected members and the westminster parliament and in the scottish parliament and in the scottish parliament have unfortunately used the situation to attack the trans community gender. trans people should not should not pay the crime and credit. i've got that i'm just to have to get you to be quite specific that because i understand what you're saying and it is a similar argument when they say a radical

islamist terror attack and people go , it's all muslims people go, it's all muslims assimilate and it's not okay, but have you cast iron examples , people using this to the trans community as a whole? yeah you can have a look at my page and that applies. ask them to see even and hopefully they will not not. it's not a scottish now go on. i he did say let's remember the scottish parliament. yeah how russell. i believe that russell families tweet and replied, but i called out on a call to a disgrace i said that he was using the secretary in order to attack trans and the wider community. and i believe that that is wrong . i believe that that is wrong. i believe that that is wrong. i believe that an elected member of parliament, whoever against the scottish parliament or legislators, should sent in to facts and to know tweets and misinformation that then thomson a hatred towards towards people and not to support. unfortunately i'm slightly over

the possible slightly shaky amen poll it's actually and i give my opinions and maybe i'm fair game to want to go on to talk but trans people are just some of the place and they should not be open to the kind of aggressively after receiving no one is saying that should be open. when that they should be open. when you we should be you just said that we should be sticking facts, would argue sticking to facts, i would argue that fact that this man his that the fact that this man his genhaua that the fact that this man his genitalia intact raped two women and was put in women's and then was put in a women's prison implies that there's something wrong something horrendously wrong going in scotland. that's a fact. the fact fact. well, what about the fact that other people should be able fact. well, what about the fact th.view.er people should be able fact. well, what about the fact th.view. there ple should be able fact. well, what about the fact th.view. there should uld be able fact. well, what about the fact th.view. there should definitely e to view. there should definitely be review how the situation be a review of how the situation handled. it's clear that this person as a are clear that person as a fed are clear that this person is safe. and to this person is not safe. and to be around women. we must utmost to defend women . but i also to defend women. but i also shouldn't mean that trans people , the vast majority, as you said, are law abiding citizens. they shouldn't pay the price of a disgusting trader. they shouldn't pay the price of a disgusting trader . okay. do a disgusting trader. okay. do you think they are simply choosing go with gender, act to

the extent that they've gone is an odd hell for nicholas sturgeon to want to die on when comes to say talking about westminster policy because oh for example, i suppose i'll just ask you, austin, you be confident putting that to a pubuc confident putting that to a public vote ? well all i was trip public vote? well all i was trip to the public vote was in political parties manifestos and then the and then the msps that were elected , you know, they are were elected, you know, they are going to beat up on that in terms of the snp handling of government . gentlemen the latest government. gentlemen the latest opinion polls put the snp on 53 westminster seats, up five from what they have currently . so at what they have currently. so at this moment in time over peel has not damaged support for the snp and people would judge political parties on the record generally speaking and obviously the vast majority of the public are sympathetic to transgender rights and the point they are the reason why i believe has happened during this story and what we have to you know ,

what we have to you know, understand is that this has really upset a lot of people and quite rightly so . a lot of women quite rightly so. a lot of women are extremely concerned and they have a right to be concerned what what people don't have the right to do is to displace transphobic . unfortunately, transphobic. unfortunately, a floodgate still not talking very much so that austin sheridan, the former snp glasgow city councillor . well moving on councillor. well moving on because i've been teasing this rather a lot and it's now happening, ladies and gentlemen that's right, strap yourselves in. lee anderson in. that can to mp lee anderson is in calais this week with the home affairs committee now he has saying work the has been saying the work the french work the french are doing to tackle the migrant crisis and has been highly critical of one particular asylum charity. let's have a look at this important member of parliament passionately . you saw there in passionately. you saw there in colour, you can see the pull behind me i'm still is some foaming at the mouth over this care kelly organisation care for kelly organisation they're acting like a magnet for these young men to up camp these young men to set up camp here basically feeding them

here that basically feeding them clothe them they teach to clothe them they teach them to how eye to eye, how speak english eye to eye, read and write in english and then waiting for them once they cross channel, they're waiting for them and volunteering in hotels to support them while they're there . this is they're there. this is absolutely scandalous. i think these are just as complicit in this trade as the people trade it and the cheek of it . when we it and the cheek of it. when we introduce new laws to send these people rwanda is catherine kelly this challenges these decisions in court these are raising millions of pounds and they are part of the problem not the solution . okay. strong words solution. okay. strong words from lee anderson gb news has made to get a comment back from care for calais. lee anderson basically saying they were quite similar to human traffickers . similar to human traffickers. smugglers care for calais have not yet cared to comment on this particular issue. so we cannot go to them and get their side of the story. this, but i can now speak to a man who is prepared to continue commenting and that

is lee anderson himself is in calais late very, very much your view would appear is that we actual human traffickers and we also have groups as saying a bit like half of calais who are doing quite a similar job. your doing quite a similarjob. your mind i hope you can make just a really bad signal is still graphically said . certainly graphically said. certainly don't care for the uk . i've seen don't care for the uk. i've seen over the past 24 hours. quite frankly, i'd be very well. i've seen this is another in the another link in the chain of this this evil. another link in the chain of this this evil . what i did say this this evil. what i did say was was that in account that speed taught english being taught skills have been encouraged to be that demand for the war that nothing wrong with that has got to be it. no stablemate told to go to the uk to find a comment. are they being held back to the uk do you think. because that's the that's

big thing isn't it. it's one thing looking for and making sure that it freeze to death, but it's another thing being helped. i'm saying is helped. yeah. what i'm saying is they being deterred from they not being deterred from going the and their going to the uk and their courage you to the shock is courage you know to the shock is as i say, the old lady's way golly are uk walking around holding hands with these young men. they think they're doing the thing. i don't think the right thing. i don't think that's right thing. that's the right thing. it is the the killer when they the killer. the killer when they get the uk and get their get to the uk and get their capital they have got hundreds volunteers working in the hotels, you know, get them ready for life in the uk. so this is just part of a journey. this is the final leg. they will see these young men coming into the uk. am i good to say? what's the great place that comes to got people say know i'm looking to what we've got there the same from the same organisation it's actually helping them i guess. well what we tried to get the what this came from the same organised forces in the courts . organised forces in the courts. so i'm speechless. so you're

painting a picture there which is people looking after individuals when they're in those camps , not doing anything those camps, not doing anything to deter them, crossing when they do cross looking after them as well certainly, i think painting a very vivid picture of, would argue , than of, some would argue, than a helping hand for britain's massive migrant crisis. that's place at the minute. lee, did you appear to suggest that the you appear to suggest that the you felt as though some of the people maybe working for calais were involved one way or another? romance it was these individuals that they said i mean i was i was shocked. i mean i don't know if you romantically involved, but i was because it was nearly all young ladies in the camp was full of young men young lady to hold it all young men, sons, whether the corporative these people, i don't know. but does look a don't know. but it does look a little bit inappropriate to make . and know, these are okay, . and you know, these are okay, i'll tell you this. . and you know, these are okay, i'll tell you this . the french i'll tell you this. the french the french people i spoke to very upset don't think this organisation like gallic are very helpful like you said in the clip earlier, which she

showed they are not the solution. they are part of the problem. i goodness. ijust it appears to me they're encouraging people to do you can i will say this what i spoke to one of the representatives of colour yesterday and she said to me that they believe in open borders and should have a world wide possible where we can all roam free or the countries and every single asylum . who wants every single asylum. who wants to to the uk be allowed it. to come to the uk be allowed it. i mean, that's just ridiculous . i mean, that's just ridiculous. yeah. look, thank very, very much for that. it's enlightening stuff i would like to say again that we did reach out for cash for calais. we've offered them the chance to on this show the chance to come on this show of the chance to us a statement. and they've absolutely decided to to do any of the darling to want to do any of the darling anderson conservative for ashfield . he's calais, ashfield. he's been to calais, as you hear , spoken to as you could hear, spoken to representatives from cap of calais he to people who calais he spoke to people who wanted to cross channel. and wanted to cross the channel. and in nutshell what he is saying in a nutshell what he is saying there that you've got group there is that you've got a group which feeding water and which is feeding water and looking after clothing, whatever some these people appear to some of these people appear to insinuate with potentially some

kind romance and kind of possible romance and involvement well between involvement as well between members there asylum members there and the asylum seekers or illegal immigrants, depending whatever anyone wishes to call them . and then of to call them. and then of course, a full blown service because arrive in the because once they arrive in the hotels, people looking hotels, they've people looking after for calais. after them from care for calais. there potential legal there are potential legal advisers wanting to stay in the uk group lee anderson uk from a group lee anderson says is pretty open the says is pretty open about the idea it doesn't believe in idea that it doesn't believe in any and everyone any board and thinks everyone should would have should be to stay. we would have loved have a comment that from kafr would have been kafr calais would have been ideal kafr calais would have been ideal. they could have put that site across. now moving site across. alas, now moving amani one to this is very much a shift people amani one to one's extreme tattooing and body alterations complained that alterations just complained that he can't find a job or be served in multiple restaurants. his experience has sparked debates over how is too much when over how much is too much when comes to body modification and tattoos good grief. with me now , king of england say what he did . most tattooed aged man did. uk's most tattooed aged man yes gets fantastic thank you very much i so tell me about your plight this so you want to

know i mean some people some people are so tattooed that they are refused entry at restaurants do you get stigmatised ? well, do you get stigmatised? well, i've got a couple of issues . do you get stigmatised? well, i've got a couple of issues. i'd say, unfortunately, fort chin, for myself, i've only had happen a couple of times once in baltimore at a at a pub , i was baltimore at a at a pub, i was doing an event down there, another major event. and i actually ordered a beer in there it. and someone someone came from behind the bar and said, get out. so i got my money back and put money in the tail of the wetherspoon there are other good pubsin wetherspoon there are other good pubs in baltimore i'm sure, but my money went in a wetherspoons pub about 5 minutes afterwards and then when i was in australia as well? i was told by security guards that actually who i was and said may you see in the media that they couldn't me in because there's a gang tattoo facial policy in australia despite their neighbours being you my ribs and stuff . so you my ribs and stuff. so i contacted the concierge and the management said no , that's fine,

management said no, that's fine, we can say you're not gang related. they just looked on a google search. i'll mate gave me complimentary drinks and food. let me into a very nice area not far from the opera house in sydney. so i really had mixed circumstances . it, unlike the circumstances. it, unlike the guy in france . yeah, well, okay guy in france. yeah, well, okay , what's the most painful to i don't know a world record in 2016 where 36 tattooists worked on me all at one time so my body which was quite painful and do you quite like the pain is that what it is or what is it. i mean my body's a blank canvas. yeah. my my first tattoo was almost my last tattoo because everything that could go wrong and my friends , people at work slapping friends, people at work slapping it and silly stuff . there was it and silly stuff. there was about a year break before my second time, and then it became a lifestyle rather than an addiction because i think types of addiction, it can be addictive, but it become lifestyle for me i changed my

name if anything my name been 11 words has caused more words in has caused more problems my parents. okay problems than my parents. okay now i've got to be very quick with this one. i'm sorry and sweet, but we've overrun. i'm afraid if you're being honest. doesit afraid if you're being honest. does it work quite in does it does it work quite in the scene it makes you the dating scene it makes you you know, mom , right? you know, i'm like mom, right? yeah. but i least you at least you've you've got a demographic you've you've got a demographic you've got a demographic. i appreciate it. look thank you very, very much. we'll have to get you back on. i'm sorry. it was bit short and sweet, but was a bit short and sweet, but everything thank you everything is work. thank you so. of learned that the so. king of learned that the uk's right. oh uk's most tattooed man right. oh next dewbs & co michels in the next is dewbs& co michels in the studio me. what coming studio with me. what you coming up michelle the wait is up we show michelle the wait is in about 60. the contemplating for brief second there patrick what i have more luck with the ladies in the tattoo full full facial tattoos. yeah yeah and a from me i've got to be honest anyway it middle age voters they seem to be turning off the tories why and if they're turning off what hope does remain for the tory race. i want

to talk about low traffic neighbourhoods. still have one there you they're an absolute nightmare popping up everywhere one councillor has ambitions to make 75% of its roads. these low traffic neighbourhoods i.e. make 75% of its roads. these low traffic neighbourhoods he no cars. what is this war on cars and mp is that are accuse of sexual misconduct . they be sexual misconduct. they be banned from parliament. notice my word accused innocent until proven guilty and all that and the french are blaming british charities for hindering their efforts to stop the channel crossing is our charities. efforts to stop the channel crossing is our charities . let's crossing is our charities. let's just say it not helping in the way that they might be intending to. yeah, absolutely, michel . to. yeah, absolutely, michel. yes. another firecracker that's going to be magnificent stuff. and thank you very for handing over and teasing the viewers . he over and teasing the viewers. he wants come and also saying wants to come and also saying that would not that you definitely would not let me find a face full of tattoos. it confirms something. i think we all knew. but i appreciate the michelle dewberry, though, because you like that for the next hour . like that for the next hour. well, look, i very much enjoyed today's show. much.

today's show. thank very much. everybody part . i'll everybody has taken part. i'll be tomorrow from p m it be back on tomorrow from p m it is michelle dewberry . we're is michelle dewberry. we're coming away with dewbs& co in just of moments, but just a matter of moments, but right it's your weather. hi right now it's your weather. hi there. aidan mcgivern here there. it's aidan mcgivern here with forecast from with the latest forecast from the met office. sunny spells and mostly dry many of 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. whilst it's milder in the south, even though, we've seen a cold front clear southward. that's clear very that's helped to clear the very cold conditions that have been stagnant southern parts stagnant across southern parts of over last few. and of the uk over the last few. and the mist and folk 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 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 touch warmer compared with the last few days

into the evening we'll see the clear spells and light remain across parts of western scotland, northern ireland as well as , western england and well as, western england and wales. and in these areas a touch of frost and fog patches, especially for northern ireland, but further east we've got some 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 night and into the first part of the day on friday but otherwise actually plenty of sunshine by the afternoon on friday sunny spells more prevalent across england and wales i suspect. and for scotland northern ireland mostly dry, but later in the day we'll rain arrive into the north—west 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. so with the cloud in the north frost free nights on

the north frost free nights on the whole here but our coldest on saturday across england and wales then a bright for many windier on .

6:00 and this is troops in 6:00 and this is troops in cairo. the show. we'll get into cairo. the show. we'll get into the things that have got you the things that have got you talking today. now, a middle talking today. now, a middle aged and what age even is middle aged and what age even is middle aged and what age even is middle age these days anyway? i'm aged and what age even is middle age these days anyway? i'm fascinated by that box. fascinated by that box. apparently the middle aged and apparently the middle aged and not voting conservative any not voting conservative any longer. why? i just because of longer. why? i just because of the things like the mess up the things like the mess up around the whole mortgage, the around the whole mortgage, the interest things like interest things like interest rates and things like that. is popping up. interest rates and things like that. is popping up. that. child care is popping up. that. child care is popping up. are of these people? are of these people? are you one of these people? would the tories your vote are you one of these people? would the tories your vote would the tories get your vote next time and them, then would the tories get your vote next time and them, then