good evening . how are you? good evening. how are you.7 welcome good evening. how are you? welcome to mark dolan tonight my guests this hour former mep godfrey bloom will be discussing the crisis in the conservative party and the west . lancashire party and the west. lancashire by—election have . the tories by—election have. the tories reached the point no return of course , of famous ukip mep. he course, of famous ukip mep. he won't be pulling his punches. also the star of a touch of frost and, british acting legend john lyons joins me in the studio we'll discuss his career and the current state of british tv and film. plus, john cleese has speculated that he may bring

back fawlty towers. do remakes work ? does it risk tainting his work? does it risk tainting his and the queen of clean herself? kim woodburn will be joining me for another fiery and potentially saucy discussion. yes . 14th of february is violent yes. 14th of february is violent heine's day. it's next week. forget about that one, chaps. but is it now just a gimmick. we'll get to that shortly. but first, the headlines with bethany elsey . mark thank you. bethany elsey. mark thank you. good evening. here's your top stories from the gb newsroom. more than 23,700 people have been killed and 5 million are displaced after a major earthquake hit. southern turkey and northern syria on monday. several have been rescued from the rubble , including a ten day the rubble, including a ten day old baby and his mother. he survived days in a collapsed building . an appeal by the uk's building. an appeal by the uk's disaster emergency committee has raised more than

disaster emergency committee has raised more tha n £30 million in raised more than £30 million in its first 24 hours. meanwhile, syria's government has given permission for humanity and aid to be sent to rebel held areas. turkey's president erdogan says rescue efforts aren't going to be as fast as he'd hoped. the to military despite the fact that we've gathered perhaps one of the largest search and rescue teams to the region. with more than 141,000 members. unfortunately it's a fact that we've not been able to respond as fast as we'd hoped . we've not been able to respond as fast as we'd hoped. in we've not been able to respond as fast as we'd hoped . in the as fast as we'd hoped. in the last few minutes, president biden has ordered a high altitude object to be shot over alaska. a us fighter jet brought down object that was the size of a small car. the white house spokesperson john kirby says many details are currently unknown. this is course a developing story and we'll bring you more details as we get them. the rmt has rejected the latest offers from , both network rail offers from, both network rail and the train companies with the general secretary describing

them as dreadful. the pay deal was 9% over two years, but mick lynch says it doesn't meet expectations on jobs, security or working conditions. the rail delivery group described their offer is fair and said some members will be deeply dismayed at the rejection. but the rmt, former assistant general steve hadley, told gb news members want more money. pension. last year was 11 and a half % this year was 11 and a half% this year was 11 and a half% this year it's already ten and a half % that make one but make or don't. we don't know. but when inflation goes down, it doesn't mean prices come it just mean prices come down. it just means stop raising. so means they stop raising. so quickly. so quite rightly, the rmt membership that, you know, a 12% pay cut over two years is not acceptable in real terms . not acceptable in real terms. the latest figures show , the the latest figures show, the economy narrowly avoided falling recession in the final quarter of last year. data from the office for national shows the economy sold zero growth between october and december. but the overall annual gdp rate grew by

4.1. the chancellor jeremy hunt 4.1. the chancellorjeremy hunt welcomed the figures but warned there's still more to be done . there's still more to be done. we are not out of the woods . we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too that is causing pain for families up and down the country , which is and down the country, which is why we need to stick to plan to halve inflation. if we do that and play to our strengths in science and technology, we really can be one of the most prosperous countries in europe. you're up to on tv, online and dab , plus radio. this is tv dab, plus radio. this is tv news. now let's get back to . mark grey . great to have bethany grey. great to have bethany elsey back . she returns in an elsey back. she returns in an houn elsey back. she returns in an hour. welcome to mark dolan tonight. another three hour special. my guests in the first houn special. my guests in the first hour, former ukip mep godfrey bloom will be discussing the crisis in the conservative party

and the west lancashire by—election the tories reached the point of no return also is a reboot of fawlty towers in the offing. we'll be speaking to a star of a touch of frost british, acting legend john lyons . he was british, acting legend john lyons. he was in british, acting legend john lyons . he was in some great lyons. he was in some great sitcoms as well, man, about the house on the buses . can you house on the buses. can you recreate a classic hit like fawlty ? also the queen of clean fawlty? also the queen of clean herself, kim from channel four's how clean is your house will be joining me for another fiery and saucy discussion i hope mrs. dolan isn't watching . tuesday, dolan isn't watching. tuesday, of course, is the 14th of february. what is that? that's violent means day, but it's valentine's. now a commercial gimmick . we'll discuss that with gimmick. we'll discuss that with kim woodburn . and before nine. kim woodburn. and before nine. after nine. all of your favourite elements of the show. it's my big opinion. for example, following catastrophic tory byelection , a labour tory byelection, a labour government is coming . you have government is coming. you have been warned. be careful what you

wish for. that's my bigger opinion. at nine and it might take it ten. crazy new legislation could see bouncers listening into your conversation when you're down the pub in case you say something offensive. proof if you needed it that the world has gone mad reacting the big stories of the day. great panel. big stories of the day. great panel . tonight, linda jubilee, panel. tonight, linda jubilee, lisa mackenzie and adrian hayes and they'll be discussing the following topics has online retail killed the high street? do you still your high street? let me know . market gbnews.uk . let me know. market gbnews.uk. also, should you charge your friends for professional advice ? and we got tomorrow's front pages hot off the press at 1030. and you know , really important and you know, really important before 11. we're going to talk about slippers. do you still wear slippers? do you own slippers? do you believe in slippers? do you believe in slippers? we're going to discuss that because gwyneth paltrow has just a pair of slippers on sale for valentine's , 700 quid. so for valentine's, 700 quid. so we'll have a bit of a slipper

chat. i've got my tonight, but no pipe so lots to get through. it is friday night. the weekend starts here so put something cold fizzy in the fridge or cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up the kettle and let us have a night to remember. lots debates, lots of argument lots of opinion and plenty fun along the way. let's get started with clips of the week . it's time now clips of the week. it's time now for clips of the week. the highs and lows of seven days of jb news. now father kelvin robinson put fellow panellist rebecca reid in a rather awkward situation . dan wootton tonight situation. dan wootton tonight forgetting that he's a man of the cloth because i can spend my money on whatever i like. mark colvin friendly . i could give colvin friendly. i could give you ten pop and you could give me a surface in nicely . behave me a surface in nicely. behave yourself , behave yourself me a surface in nicely. behave yourself, behave yourself . what yourself, behave yourself. what outrageous comments offering the gorgeous rebecca reid only

pounds for her. i'd give a least 15 quid and an egg and chris sandwich. now, as you know, i like to ask the tough questions on my show and just occasionally they work. here i am posing a brainteaser republicans supporter dr. carol lieberman speaking to us live from the united states. and let's put it frankly , she's no fan of joe frankly, she's no fan of joe biden and an encroaching dementia. and it done nothing but encroach further . as time but encroach further. as time has gone by, how were you able to make that diagnose? was this not having examined joe? carol okay. good question . well okay. good question. well thanks, carol. i've been doing this for years . let's move on to this for years. let's move on to a fiery exchange of words on the patrick christys show the other day between two scottish national lists. take a listen. that when to be it is just too

angry. scottish men shouting at each other. now we've got to leave it. get them off. yes. thank you very much about time to grieve. neil humphrey there. get them off. i don't think nakedness would help the matter in any at all. well, it in any way at all. well, it looks like the independence campaign is going great, lads. do keep good work. now do keep up the good work. now here on the channels. sometimes presenters and their guests fall out yelling at each other violent disagree , but sometimes violent disagree, but sometimes it gets even worse than that . i it gets even worse than that. i don't see anybody afraid going to come over and give him a kiss. no know that absolutely does terrify me . don't kiss him does terrify me. don't kiss him , andrew. you don't know where he's been now. i was covering for the lawrence lawrence fox on wednesday . we had great, great wednesday. we had great, great fun . and there was at last fun. and there was at last finally some good news for once , economic think tank has forecast that britain will avoid a recession not only in the final three months of 2022, but throughout 2023. that's right. no recession this year. thank

god for that no recession for the uk. nick dixon covered the story on headliners he must have been just as ecstatic as i was not sure how. well, let's be comforted. i mean will avoid recession, but it'll still feel like one. it's like saying won't be sexually assaulted, but it'll feel like you have been any better. well, that's one way to describe it. nick now, i was handing over to the brilliant dan wootton last night and i'll be honest with you, he got a little excited. you are alive and you're sexy, too. let me tell you , i was totally by that. tell you, i was totally by that. i wanted to keep hearing about the story behind big dipper. dan loves the big dipper. let me tell you now. patrick christys is never scared of tackling the big topics. i just need to warn viewers this next clip is not for the faint hearted chris christie's. everybody there we go. that is me doing my impression of sam smith . chris impression of sam smith. chris christie's oink, oink. now we

all know about the world's great impressionists. rory alistair mcgowan, mike yarwood, but they've met their match . here is they've met their match. here is our very own nigel doing his best. donald trump impression. he's so . he's best. donald trump impression. he's so. he's the best is uncanny. he's so. he's the best is uncanny . and we finish once uncanny. and we finish once again with nigel who has delivered brexit shaking up the political scene and mastered broadcasting . there's really broadcasting. there's really only one thing missing from perfect career. nigel farage, the musical . take it away, boys. the musical. take it away, boys. i to say time the musical. take it away, boys. ito say time to the musical. take it away, boys. i to say time to get back of the musical. take it away, boys. ito say time to get back of our borders. nigel shall i kid you ? borders. nigel shall i kid you? not 19, says the office is a big fat. no, he's not right. i and those were your clips of . the if

those were your clips of. the if you see anything clip worthy over the next seven days whether you're watching on gb news or if you're watching on gb news or if you're listening on gb news radio on dab plus a drop me a line mark at gb news we'd love to run any clips might suggest i really really busy hour to come forget we're here till 11 with all of your favourite elements the big opinion monologue to take it the panel, the papers the big question are we fat shaming . we'll discuss that shaming. we'll discuss that after nine but this hour there's of a fawlty towers comeback would you watch it? plus is valentine's day a con? is it a little of a commercial market thing, exercise? is it really about love? will you be celebrating valentine means we'll discuss that with tv superstar kim woodburn . but superstar kim woodburn. but next, we're going to speak to one of my favourite former politicians , a former mep for politicians, a former mep for ukip bloom with a simple have

the tories reached the point of no return . see you .

in three tomorrow at 8 pm. tune in to a gb news investigates documentary as we the full story of the grooming gang scandal. my child it being stolen . we will expose it being stolen. we will expose the cover ups that have kept this nation or scandal under wraps for decades . not one wraps for decades. not one person is being held accountable. our investigation uncovers the true scale of this outrage. i want to see senior officials held legally to account on gb news and grooming gangs. britain's. account on gb news and grooming gangs. britain's . all we fat gangs. britain's. all we fat shaming kids. that's our big question. debate after nine plus after nine, i'll be dealing with the conservative party. and their rather disappointing . the

their rather disappointing. the west lancashire by—election yesterday. but let's on that right now. it was the worst defeat they've suffered in the history of that constitu causing many commentators to predict total wipe—out next year. so how can the tories stop the bleeding as ? the telegraph's christopher as? the telegraph's christopher choate puts in the paper today. let's get the view of a man who's never afraid to drop a truth bomb or to political commentator and, former member of the european parliament for yorkshire and the humber under ukip godfrey bloom. good evening, godfrey . good evening evening, godfrey. good evening to you . great to have you on the to you. great to have you on the show. how did the tories godfrey reached the point of no return . reached the point of no return. is it over for them? do they have any hope in 2024 ? well, have any hope in 2024? well, politics is a funny game, but of course they've really done this to themselves, haven't they? i mean the country voted conservative on two basis. first, that they thought they

got a conservative government which is associated with low taxation, low regulation and so on and so forth. historic play or certainly to that effect and to get brexit done . well, they to get brexit done. well, they seem to have failed on just about single count. seem to have failed on just about single count . yes, we about single count. yes, we withdrew our commissioners and we thought withdrawn mep but we didn't really have brexit, as we understand it, has no bonfire . understand it, has no bonfire. the eu regulations, we barely touched that. we're still paying them lots , lots of money. we them lots, lots of money. we paid the two and a half billion pounds. i think it was only, only last for a very obscure reason. we're now more highly taxed in the country's history . taxed in the country's history. the last 50 years history. so we're now suffering a very high tax burden. so everything that associated with a conservative government come to pass. we've also a limited open door immigrate , which is causing immigrate, which is causing great concern. and so how can they turn this in 18 months or

so? well i don't know. i think if i was leading the conservative party and was prime minister, i could probably it around. but these people really are conservatives. are they ? i are conservatives. are they? i mean, they're sort of newly but with on and everybody's now saying, i'm politically homeless , who do i vote for? this is these people are conservatives, these people are conservatives, the neo socialists. what are we going to do ? indeed. but on what going to do? indeed. but on what planets are labour? the answer ? planets are labour? the answer? well, i don't think anybody believes that labour of the answer. the report because labour are just saying give you more of the same . but people who more of the same. but people who might have otherwise voted conservative for a number of reasons to deliver. what i said we wanted was low regulation and low taxation, which coming. we've got a prime in sunak who we didn't elect the conservative party didn't didn't elect. we have a chance to the exchequer who are absolutely hopeless, who nobody elected. there own party,

don't even him. and he's failed at everything job he's ever had. haven't failed, have failing. now he's so . i don't think now he's so. i don't think people are rushing to the labor party. what they're doing is saying i'm not going to walk through the rain to vote for the conservative party. call it . do conservative party. call it. do you the eu will party or you think the eu will party or form a party under the leadership of neil hamilton? do you think that reform uk will have any kind of say in the outcome next year ? well, reform outcome next year? well, reform certainly not. and when i was on your program last march, i said that i thought were a bit flaky and they proved to be pretty flaky . they are not standing up flaky. they are not standing up against net zero and they seem be comfortable with the paris agreement and all these other things. they're sort of really not black and white. they're not really set with this. they also got they also godfrey got their knickers in a twist about vaccine mandates and the rollout

of emma rna jabs. didn't they ? of emma rna jabs. didn't they? they did indeed. they came in favour of big pharma . so they've favour of big pharma. so they've got they've come out in favour big pharma net zero and they still haven't actually said they're going to mobilise the royal navy actually tow these boats back . they've hinted at it boats back. they've hinted at it but it's not black and white. so now not they're not the alternative, are they not? they're not really a serious alternative. and i said when we spoke about it, mark, if you're going be a new party on the block, you have to be absolutely defence and you need a firm , a defence and you need a firm, a charismatic leader and you have to be talking the language of the old man on the clapham omnibus and then not doing that . however, godfrey , do i get so . however, godfrey, do i get so many emails from my viewers saying i'll never vote tory again , i'll never vote labour again, i'll never vote labour again, i'll never vote labour again . it is reform for me. it again. it is reform for me. it is richard tice well . i'm sure is richard tice well. i'm sure that they will have a useful

organise that gets that kind of message going. but from i'm talking up here in yorkshire, people were also saying about two months ago that they'd give reform a shot. they'd say , reform a shot. they'd say, let's, let's give reform a jobs or don't vote . but of course , i or don't vote. but of course, i shot himself in the foot when he came out with sticking up for big pharma stabbing andrew bridgen in the back over this very matter and. andrew bridgen was only really talking about, i don't think anybody could suggest the way things are at the moment. you shouldn't have an and then he's very an inquiry and then he's very comfortable. i said with net zero, which is actually crippling the country, it's going to cripple the country some to come . so i think some time to come. so i think when the election comes along and the reform members, spokesmen come on, they're going to be torn to shreds by chaps like you. however, concerns about net zero, an aspiration to have low taxation , low

have low taxation, low regulation, all is not a fringe interest . what godfrey do they interest. what godfrey do they matter to voters in the red who lent boris their support in 2019. yes they do these characters that we talk about in red bull are the real economy they're the real economy . their they're the real economy. their brick is their spark is, they're joiners. they cabdrivers . these joiners. they cabdrivers. these people get out of bed into a real job for a living, public small businesses probably sell just the house working for a small local company. this is economy. this is the economy this is 80% of the british economy. these people , they economy. these people, they matter deeply. and what they're saying is, for god's sake, stop torturing me to death. stop regulating me to death, stop mass immigration and stop this crazy net zero policy. i come the house. no, this is very easy. these open go here but somebody who could lead a party that comes out with some basic points like that and i'm not saying it at the moment saying i'm not interested in that this

conservative party into power with aspirations to reduce tax and reduce regulation and precious little of it. we've seen. do you think public irritation with so—called wokeism or political correctness could be a factor next year in the election yes think it is i mean everybody say i got several friends now who are homeschooling taking the children out of school, homeschooling the uncomfortable what children are being taught at school the most uncomfortable about that i think that's that's playing as well wokeism. yes people hate wokeism and i've said this before politics so the country divided i believe the country divided i believe the country to be divided into two bits. there are those people who work work in the wealth creating sector and those people who work in the wealth consuming sector. so if you're in the public sector with your indexing pension , your salary , when

pension, your salary, when you're is locked down your home on full pay , some of them are on full pay, some of them are still at home today. so you've got the people over here and. there are 6 million of the. there are 6 million of the. there are 6 million of them sucking at the public and everybody else is trying to make it alive in small businesses. and so proprietorships and this is the split in the country that we see now, it isn't age. it isn't race. it's none of these things. it's who creates wealth and. who consumes wealth and the people the moment do the public sector consuming wealth are doing very nicely. thank i think just about to who they vote for and i don't suspect your viewers know this. do you know that , know this. do you know that, since 2018, we've had 450,000 more civil servants in the just in the last four years, three or four years. this going like topsy. we've got 6 billion people supposed to the unemployed and yet there's people are desperate small business are desperate for people to come and work for

them. but then the government telling them what what we must pay telling them what what we must pay them, what holidays they they must have, what alzheimer's. but all these things, the people, if you speak to small business say i don't anybody employ anybody. anybody i don't employ anybody. i just can't face all these rules and regulations. we need to free up the country, need to make country entrepreneurial. it needs to go back to the conservative party of lord it quote lord salisbury it is the response , the role of parliament response, the role of parliament to free up the entrepreneurial of the british people. we regulate to we can't get out of a bed without some blasted regulation taxes rates going up t 0 £300 for very regulation taxes rates going up to £300 for very ordinary house you get to get your bins they've blown they've blown it no labour of course labour isn't the answer. no suggesting labour is the answer . what people are the answer. what people are actually saying is i can't be bothered to vote conservative again. we will follow me once . again. we will follow me once. fool me once. okay don't fool me twice. oh i shall be voting for.

it's funny that you should labour of course the polls would suggest and yesterday's ballot action result would suggest that many millions of brits have had enough of the tories they consider it to be 13 years of tory misrule . and it's their tory misrule. and it's their view that labour deserve a chance at power . but godfrey, chance at power. but godfrey, before you go whenever you're on the programme i get a flood of enthuse tastic and supportive emails . many people would like emails. many people would like you to be our next prime minister. now i know you've got a couple of hoops to jump through unless we turn britain a benevolent dictatorship with at the helm and me as your henchman and chief spokesman bob godfrey, would you a return to public life you consider running as a member of parliament example no, i would. if we change the political system if i could go into my constituency which how then holds hold golden prize if i could say i'm confident, vote for me. you know what i stand

for? i'd go back. but now it's all about you. wear a blue rosette or a red rosette and they stick them on dog turds. then nobody cares. you vote red blue. it's the same in north america . what we need is america. what we need is a political system where can't be a member of a party. you're not to be a member of public. you have to stand and say, this is what i believe in. and that's what i believe in. and that's what true democracy should be. if you think about it, people voting for somebody with whom they agree know complicated britain not really godfrey britain is not really godfrey always a treat to have you on the program. i look forward to our next on air and godfrey bloom who is a political commentator , former mep for commentator, former mep for ukip. what a guy, what a character. your response on email please. market gbnews.uk apologies to any viewers or listeners offended by some of godfrey's fruit or rather grown up language lots to come. would you watch a remake of fawlty towers? do these comebacks work

7 towers? do these comebacks work ? do you risk tainting a legacy class ? is class still a barrier class? is class still a barrier to into acting and appearing ? to into acting and appearing? screen very excited about next guest he is the star of a touch of frost so many movies so many tv shows on the bus is . john tv shows on the bus is. john lyons acting legend in the studio can't wait for that conversation also before nine is valentine's a commercial scam. is it a waste of money? is it a racket? will you be celebrating on tuesday we'll debate that with tv's kim woodburn from how clean is your house? i'm sure her house be very clean on tuesday the bedroom so lots to get through . see you .

in three lots to get through in the next two and a half hours. welcome to

mark. tonight at 9:00, we've got my big opinion. let me tell you that after the by—election result yesterday for the tories labour government is coming you have been warned be careful what you wish for. i'm not pulling punches also we're going to be talking about whether we are fat kids. there's a new scheme measures their waistline when they start primary school and when they leave and many are being called obese. when mum and dad say they're perfectly healthy. so we'll discuss that later in the show plus the papers plus the panel plus of course, my take at ten. but let's talk about comic genius and gb news starjohn cleese who and gb news star john cleese who has speculated that he may bring back fawlty . so do remakes work. back fawlty. so do remakes work. does this risk tainting his wonderful legacy and would the show be allowed to be funny in these politically correct times? that speak to a man who we've wanted to have on the show a long, long time. the legendary actor lyons, who you'll have seen alongside david jason as

the star of a touch of frost, as well, as countless other stage films and tv hits, including the sweeney, the bell, george , sweeney, the bell, george, mildred and on the buses . sweeney, the bell, george, mildred and on the buses. he's just told me off air 500 different shows he's done probably and counting. john lyons, welcome to mark dolan . so lyons, welcome to mark dolan. so this is your 501st appearance. well maybe 500 or something like that. your clothes? yes but you'll be playing yourself tonight? yes, indeed, indeed . tonight? yes, indeed, indeed. how do actors feel being themselves on? well, i'm comfortable. no i'm not. i'm not. but you're right. comfortable. no i'm not. i'm not. but you're right . a lot of not. but you're right. a lot of actors do now. i do pantomime every year , which is great, every year, which is great, great fun . a lot of actors won't great fun. a lot of actors won't do because when acting as you and i are now, you have the imaginary fourth wall in which we. so the audience are there, but there's imaginary friend you can hide. yes when you do panto, they that fourth wall and you've got to turn and you've got to face the audience and they come

back at you . so you're really back at you. so you're really playing yourself . a lot of playing yourself. a lot of actors can't do that. doesn't bother me, but a lot of and i understand it can't it? no. so there's different types out there. it's like comedians and i'm a comedian by trade as well as broadcaster and there are two types of comedians. there's the comedians with the funny bones who just walk on stage and people are laughing who are very as funny as themselves. i think at the moment. peter kay would qualify cooper back the qualify tommy cooper back in the day. there are the day. and then there are the others have craft others who just have the craft and create a kind of and they create a kind of material for themselves. and it's almost like acting, the two types, you know . well, let's types, you know. well, let's let's talk about comedy actually, because you've been in some the biggest comedy shows some of the biggest comedy shows that this country that we've seen in this country on which is out, on the buses, which is an out, out about the house out classic man about the house george and mildred, which was a of mine growing up. i love thy neighbour wonderfully un—pc . can neighbour wonderfully un—pc. can we talk about a possible fawlty towers ? would it work? well, off towers? would it work? well, off the top of my head, i would say

no. i would say it was a bad idea, but it's been tried before a few times. not that of other shows. yeah and it's never quite the same. and when you think about it, fawlty towers only did 1212 episode and they were wonderful . each and each single wonderful. each and each single one was wonderful . so to one was wonderful. so to recreate that be would be difficult. of course, you couldn't do it with the same cast. most of them. i'm fortunate here , so it probably fortunate here, so it probably would be difficult. although said that i do remember when we were doing touch of frost with, sir david jason. he to me one day they've asked me to do a little bit of only fools and again, what do you think? well i didn't have time to talk to him because we were called away, but i thought afterwards not a good idea. yeah, and quite a few people said no. it was so good. it would be a shame to go back. but they did. and they did they certainly did. one christmas special . and it was a great hit.

special. and it was a great hit. and was very funny. batman and robin, if you remember, the absolute classic wonderful. so, yes, i was wrong there. so i could be wrong with fawlty towers . yes. i mean, i think the towers. yes. i mean, i think the important thing is that you need the original writer on board, don't you? so, so sadly , don't you? so, so sadly, sullivan, who created and wrote fools and horses is gone. he's now he was he was around to write that episode. yes. you need the source material. i guess john cleese has his co—writer possibly due to ill health, which is connie now. so you really would want the original line up. you really would want the original line up . would you be original line up. would you be on the call would be. and what about comedy days? i mean, as i said, i've just gone through this litany of tv hits you've been part of what's happening to comedy. now, do you think that political correctness is creativity tv? well, yes, i'm sure . i'm creativity tv? well, yes, i'm sure. i'm sure it is. creativity tv? well, yes, i'm sure. i'm sure it is . certainly, sure. i'm sure it is. certainly, you wouldn't get away today with what we got away in the sixties and seventies . i mean, on the and seventies. i mean, on the busesin and seventies. i mean, on the buses in particular, you know, that was all about girls with

with breasts , miniskirts and with breasts, miniskirts and what you you wouldn't be able to get away with that now. so, yes, it i think it has. but then there's not too many situation comedies made these days. in fact , for actors, there's very fact, for actors, there's very little on tv. for actors such. well, i wonder where the writers afraid to write anything. well, i'm sure they are causing offence because if you make completely inoffensive i would humbly suggest it stops being . humbly suggest it stops being. yes yes, i see what you're saying. i mean, can i imagine if i showed you a politically correct sitcom? there wouldn't be many chuckles with there would be many laughs and people would be many laughs and people would off your right. would soon turn off your right. well, say with on the buses well, you say with on the buses and george mildred mean and george and mildred mean george mildred. was george and mildred. that was most she's postcard comedy could think and they were cruel to each other. yes terribly borderline abusive relationship. but it was hilarious . it was but it was hilarious. it was very, very funny. it was good. but you could know you couldn't make those anymore. so i think people would soon turn off

nowadays. interesting, as nowadays. it's interesting, as well, dominated tv well, watching how dominated tv and film dramas are by, oxbridge educated men know chaps have been to private school . you've been to private school. you've got your cumberbatch daughter. yes benedict cumberbatch. you've got to , you know, lots and lots got to, you know, lots and lots of these big stars and they're all very talented people. of course. of course they are. but it's class still a barrier into acting , do you think? well, no, acting, do you think? well, no, i don't think it is. it probably have been in the fifties when it got into the sixties and, i went to drama school in 61 and i left in four, which was a wonderful time to be going into this as an actor because a kitchen sink drama had already begun to, and they were working class actors like caine, alan bates , albert like caine, alan bates, albert finney, all to the fore. so that was a wonderful time to be in and those days were dramas about life in north and you know people having, you know, going through poverty and just

basically a gritty, hard life. yes. and it worked and. people loved it when maybe you got into the eighties and certainly into the eighties and certainly into the nineties, that changed then, yes, the more educated actor began to rise. then but i think with a bit of luck , it'll go with a bit of luck, it'll go back, it'll turn to late for me , but it will turn eventually. you'll very spoken. you sound like a sort of second cousin to king charles or something like that. borderline aristocracy . that. borderline aristocracy. but in fact, you. you were. you were born in the east of london to the ringing sounds of the bow . very much so. and but you you had that accent. you're cockney accent trained out of you. tell me more about that. i did. when well, i went to drama school, as i say in, 1961. and i had very strong cockney accent, very difficult understand. i was the only one in the school that did have that of accent, but one lovely teacher, an older actress, took me under her wing

and she she volunteered to come in morning at 9:00. the school started at ten to have a 1 to 1 on elocution because she knew that if you wanted to be an actor , yes, you could have actor, yes, you could have a cockney accent . of course you cockney accent. of course you could. but there wouldn't been a long career in that. know, i haven't said that. michael caine hasn't done too bad, but there wouldn't have been many, many parts . so you had to do parts. so you had to do something with it and she had very quickly i'll tell you she had upper sleeve and she had a little bone about three quarters of an inch high with a groove each end. she put it in in my mouth, my teeth like that. so i would think that way and not that way, that sort of more. i was that way. so did that. the second thing it did for me, which was wonderful it made this tongue, this in your throat , tongue, this in your throat, start to come forward and start to move and start to pronounce words . think to move and start to pronounce

words. think instead think. it's not some thought instead of so that did that. and the third thing it did for me, which was wonderful most companies that they're the voice up in the throat up here. oh yeah so you know so it took my voice hoskins on their mobile screens and all of that. it's up in the throat. but it took the voice down into my diaphragm, which was because we were taught then not for tv but for theatre to reach the back of the theatre. so you needed sort of voice and that's thank god i did that every day about five days a week for three years and it's worked. thank god it has worked because since then. i've played many parts not carnival and that's exactly right, a chameleon. and you were in the blues brothers 2000, which was a massive hit movie. you've done so many things, lots of different. you've worked with some big names as well, i think many my viewers will be very excited to just you utter the words sir david jason, david, jason, tell me about working

with this guy because i mean, he's got to be britain's best loved comedy yes. with loved comedy actor. yes. with more than one hits under his belt, not just only fools and horses, a of frost. yes, horses, a touch of frost. yes, darling , but horses, a touch of frost. yes, darling, but as paul clarke in all of this and then, of course, his early on porridge very much, you know, and some people out . you know, and some people out. that's right. yeah. so a litany hits tell me about working with someone like sir david jason . is someone like sir david jason. is he is he a big ego are you allowed to make eye contact with him? what's the story? oh, no, no, no, no. far from it. completely for me, the opposite round i found david. i was with him for 17 and a half years. yeah and i found him the most generous actor could ever work with. really? no, i don't mean, moneywise. but in giving he would give to you. he wanted everybody to be part of the show . it wasn't just him. he the star of the show, but he didn't want it just to be me. me me. he wanted us all have in fact quite a few occasions. he gave me

quite a few of his lines. however, your moustache is a lot more dashing than his. i'll say that you are devil. well you're overdoing it. no, i have you . overdoing it. no, i have you. have you ever played a kind of a card you know, it's a chance that the girls fall in love with and you break their. i cast you in that snow. i tell you what. yes, i did did crossroads all what i want to write what a great soap opera that was. and i was a villain in that. yeah oh, yes. handsome villain. yes, i turned up and i romance girl in the beauty parlour spare at the end of it family she disappeared with her jewels. oh well but with herjewels. oh well i but i'm all you took . i'm glad that's all you took. amazing. have got projects amazing. have you got projects in the pipeline? yes, i'm going on tour . i in the pipeline? yes, i'm going on tour. i have done it for the last three years, playing the part of brown. so there you are. how different is that from a for a cockney boy? deaf and father brown. i shall go off on tour again this year so. yes, i do mostly nowadays theatre . mostly nowadays theatre. brilliant. well long may that wonderful career prosper privileged have you the privileged to have you the studio lyons do out follow

studio john lyons do out follow the brown which is touring the united kingdom as we speak well up next tuesday is valentine's day but is it a gimmick it a commercial exercise will you be celebrating will you be writing a column will you be receiving a card? we'll get the views of tv star woodburn from how clean is your house. that's .

next well, coming up at nine, my big opinion, a labour government coming. you have been . be coming. you have been. be careful what you wish for. now it's that time of year, folks. tuesday will see panicking men. making a dash for the all night garage. buying dead flowers. an out of date boxes of milk tray . out of date boxes of milk tray. yep. the 14th of february is valentine's day . but is it now

valentine's day. but is it now just a gimmick commercialised transaction for whom? the only winners are ? card shops, winners are? card shops, florists and restaurants. let's get the view of the famously romantic and unendingly glamorous tv presenter kim woodburn. from how clean is your house and myriad other tv hits? kim you won't be able to open front door on tuesday for all the cards with you . i'm going to the cards with you. i'm going to say something i don't want to stop passion , dear. now, this stop passion, dear. now, this started on chores at times they had this to celebrate the start of spring and the spring bit later now. and my love and the love people and a bit of passion required to say what is wrong with ? it. it's gone on so long with? it. it's gone on so long you know, we've had three very rough years . it hasn't taught us rough years. it hasn't taught us that little things, you know these times when you buy a car or somebody or a little note on the fridge, i love you and all

that. wash with a steer. let's not kid are so devout times. and i'll tell you something else. this business, the shops will gain money so you don't have to spend. gain money so you don't have to spend . we're adults, dear. you spend. we're adults, dear. you spend what you can afford . you spend what you can afford. you know, it's not just valentine's day. the people that overspend can't pay their rent will do it. christmas day . they'll do it new christmas day. they'll do it new year's day . they'll do it. year's day. they'll do it. easter, august, bank holiday. look, spend what you can afford. do you know what my husband? no. automatic beast box he a note on the fridge front years ago. yeah. look, i got no gift and he wrote. didn't have time to get a card, but i love you very . my card, but i love you very. my valentine and still got it in cuffs . you don't need to spend cuffs. you don't need to spend lot, my love. come on. and if you do and you can afford it. who cares, dear ? all this who cares, dear? all this twaddle, dear. we've. we've who cares, dear? all this twaddle, dear . we've. we've got twaddle, dear. we've. we've got to stop that want . to stop to stop that want. to stop christmas, dear. they want to

stop all sort. we ever need to celebrate . says what we pigs do celebrate. says what we pigs do for three years. and i going to be to you to go through. don't be to you to go through. don't be silly. why is it who discussed this? i have you read in the papers. i haven't. you say i'm not. where have you seen this? well, look, it's already out there. go into the out there. you go into the supermarket you've got shops supermarket you've got the shops they're selling boxes , they're already selling boxes, chocolates, all the rest of it. i mean it is an industry. kim but would you say that it's import and to celebrate the 14th is it's an important for couples although i wouldn't be able to important to you do you celebrate it a lot of you don't celebrate it a lot of you don't celebrate christmas laugh and i do but a lot people don't bother with valentine's from the youngest to the oldest , some youngest to the oldest, some people always valentine day. it depends what. you want to do you know for a fact when i don't necessarily go out and celebrate easter you know. but some people do mine other they say do why not? why would you be passing

shops ? trade. oh don't be silly, shops? trade. oh don't be silly, my love . but if not, then my love. but if not, then nobody's asking . you people love nobody's asking. you people love you. valentine's don't spend the money you don't have . and if you money you don't have. and if you overspend it, you're no down salt that don't store. oh i had no you didn't to spend what you can and celebrate and have a wonderful dear. oh i'm going to london to not i'm sure you are i mean do you think nookie is an expectation on the 14th? is that something you've got to do ? you something you've got to do? you know, you do have a way with words nookie. don't you dare. you could have put a bit polite, a bit of the other, a bit of the other. no. well i think if whatever blows your skirt up, deanl whatever blows your skirt up, dear, i mean, if you want to make passionate your make passionate love to your husband. dare you won't husband. why not dare you won't normally. i mean, he caught the storm. the man, you know, the. and i'll tell you what now, mark, i'm going to say to you, i do find you extremely attractive to if i wasn't around very

woman. i know i'm a lot older than you but i think we can make together. yeah, i'm very flattered, but i know that i just have to get past. i'd have to get lost. mr. cruise. the would i? i mean, honestly i'd. all my christmases have come at oncei all my christmases have come at once i would have to deal with mr. woodburn . we'd have to fight mr. woodburn. we'd have to fight over your honour. kim, let me tell you. and if we were together, i'd be punching above my weight and i'll have lots of male wouldn't know i teach you do the masters teach your passion ? i'd show you what to do passion? i'd show you what to do with yourself and i do it to you . i'd be all right. no. side of the bed? yes i'm a good. i'm a good student . now, can i ask you good student. now, can i ask you , kim? lots of male viewers to this show, who will be nervous about tuesday, what's your advice ? what should they do for advice? what should they do for their lady to ? give them the their lady to? give them the perfect day or the perfect evening. what is advice? well think you must know your lady if

you loved her and not just you know, she might be a person who wants to be at home with you. a quiet evening and you know, your your lady, you do what you would please. and you don't number on please. and you don't number on please. there's no hope i mean some women to own they love going out for a meal he bought to send a cook for you know your woman and make sure you do the right thing she'll thank you for it later she ever have a wonderful tuesday i know it will be a very busy one for you and mixed up to do and the way would it be to write in my dreams. kim woodburn thrilled to have you . woodburn thrilled to have you. happy valentine's the gorgeous feast . if she's the only woman feast. if she's the only woman leaves me speechless. let me tell you that. and i've interviewed some very powerful people. if mrs. dolan is watching , it's off to the watching, it's off to the divorce courts. for me, the kim woodburn. i look forward to our on air chat and have a great time on tuesday. do let me know

what you think about valentine. is waste of money? is it is it a waste of money? is it commercialised? it a case of commercialised? is it a case of less is more suggested by, less is more as suggested by, lovely kim woodburn . now lots to lovely kim woodburn. now lots to get through in next 2 hours. all of your favourite elements from nine. the big opinion. of your favourite elements from nine. the big opinion . we've nine. the big opinion. we've also got mark meats very excited about mark meats tonight. it is the country he's leading ufo reporter this is a that's worked out whether there is alien life out whether there is alien life out there. is there a superior species coming down to take over planet earth . i'll be honest we planet earth. i'll be honest we could probably with that help. nick pope my mark meets guest at ten, a world famous ufo expert. fascinating conversation . we'll fascinating conversation. we'll get the truth. the definitive about whether they actually exist . also, quite interesting exist. also, quite interesting has online retail killed the highest rates? do you buy most of your shopping online now? do you use high street? do you still love your high street? let

me know about that. we'll discuss that with my panel. and in the big question, are we fat shaming kids? you've got a new nhs app which calling kids that many think of healthy calling fatties. so we'll discuss that with two top experts. plus the papers with two top experts. plus the paper's my all star panel. with two top experts. plus the paper's my all star panel . we paper's my all star panel. we got the take a ten and coming up in my big opinion a government is coming but be careful what you wish for in terms of the tories. is it a case of better the devil you know and in might take at ten at 10:00. this story the authorities are potential going to have bouncers listening your conversation when you're in the pub so you're having a pint you make rude joke and then bang you're going down. welcome to bonkers 2023. we'll be discussing that it might take a ten to lots to get through a big opinion. keep it gb news. and most importantly, keep it mark dolan tonight.

it's exactly 10:00 on mark dolan tonight . in it's exactly 10:00 on mark dolan tonight. in my big opinion, following a catastrophic tory by—election loss a labour government coming. you have been warned . be careful what you wish warned. be careful what you wish for. i'm not pulling my punches . my mar meets guest is journalist ufo investigator nick pope.is journalist ufo investigator nick pope. is there life this planet in the big question i'll ask whether kids are being fat shamed . and in the news agenda shamed. and in the news agenda with , my panel, we've got adrian with, my panel, we've got adrian hayes jubilee and lisa mackenzie . as amsterdam restricts marijuana use in certain should britain be taking a harder line on illegal drugs. lots to get

through but first the headlines with the ever sober bethany elsey . mark. thank you. good elsey. mark. thank you. good evening. i'm bethany elsey . your evening. i'm bethany elsey. your top stories from the gb newsroom. and we'll start with some breaking news. president joe biden has ordered a high altitude object the size of a small car to be shot down over alaska . the us air force downed alaska. the us air force downed the object that was flying at 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to civilian flight. the pentagon says it's not similar in size to the suspected chinese spy that was downed off the coast , south downed off the coast, south carolina, on saturday. white house spokesperson john kirby says a recovery operation is underway . we don't we don't know underway. we don't we don't know . as i said, state owned. we don't know if it's state and don't know if it's state and don't understand the full purpose , don't have any comment purpose, don't have any comment . we don't have any information that we've been subject. we do

expect to be able to recover the debns expect to be able to recover the debris since it fell not only within our territorial space, but on what we what we believe is it's frozen water. so the recovery effort will be made and we're hopeful that it will be successful and then we can learn a little bit more about it. more than 23,700 people have been killed and 5 million displaced after major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria on monday. southern turkey and northern syria on monday . several syria on monday. several children have been rescued from the rubble today, including a ten day old baby and his mother who survived four days in a collapsed building . an appeal by collapsed building. an appeal by the uk's disaster emergency committee has raised more than £30 million in its first 24 hours. meanwhile, syria's government has given permission for humanitarian aid to be sent to rebel held areas five days after after the disaster struck

. the latest figures show the uk economy narrowly avoided falling recession in the final quarter of last . data from the office of last. data from the office for statistics shows the economy saw zero growth between october and december, but the overall gdp rate grew by 4.1. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, welcomed the figures but warned there's still more be done. we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too high. that is causing pain . high. that is causing pain. families up and down the country . which is why we need to stick our plan to halve inflation. if we do that and play to our strengths in science and. we really can be one of the most prosperous countries in europe. and the rmt . has rejected the and the rmt. has rejected the latest office both network rail and the train companies with the general secretary describing them as . dreadful. the pay deal them as. dreadful. the pay deal was % over two years, but mick was% over two years, but mick lynch says it doesn't meet expectations on job security or

working conditions. the rail delivery group described their offer as fair and said some members will be deeply dismayed . the rejection . you're up to . the rejection. you're up to date on tv online and dab plus radio. this is gb news. now let's get back to . let's get back to. mark thanks, bethany . to mark dolan thanks, bethany. to mark dolan tonight in. my big opinion in just a moment i'll look ahead to what we can expect from a labour government and. explain why you should be careful what you wish for in the big. i'll ask should be careful what you wish for in the big . i'll ask whether for in the big. i'll ask whether kids as young as four are being fat shamed by a new nhs scheme . fat shamed by a new nhs scheme. my more meets guest is quite literally out of this world i'll be speaking to ufo investigator nick pope . is that life beyond nick pope. is that life beyond our planet's . i do hope so. we our planet's. i do hope so. we need their help and in the news agenda has online retail killed the high streets. should you

charge your friends for professional . and you'll love professional. and you'll love this for bit of fun. as gwyneth paltrow sells a pair on her for £700, all slippers . one of £700, all slippers. one of life's essentials . you have life's essentials. you have slippers. are you wearing now? reacting to those stories and many more. my fantasy panel of political commentator and podcast host linda jubilee , podcast host linda jubilee, academic and ethnographer , dr. academic and ethnographer, dr. lisa mackenzie and former gurkha officer . bestselling author officer. bestselling author adrian hayes. now i want to hear from you . the show market gb from you. the show market gb news dot uk. this program has a golden rule we don't do boring on my watch. i just won't it. so for the next 2 hours, big debates, big guests and always big opinions. debates, big guests and always big opinions . let's start with big opinions. let's start with this . one big opinions. let's start with this. one don't panic, captain mannering , following yesterday's

mannering, following yesterday's west lancashire by—election the tories have suffered there worst defeat there ever , ever, ever, defeat there ever, ever, ever, even defeat there ever, ever, ever, ever. o—m—g w tf lol oh, things are so shocking for the tories locally and, nationally that their plight is now a bit like an alcoholic that reaches rock bottom . there's really only one bottom. there's really only one direction they can go and that's up expectations. now must be for a labour government with a decent majority but it's a funny old world and with two years for the public to reflect on what that labour government may look like, they may think again . that labour government may look like, they may think again. i think you can probably out a tory majority in two years time, but a hung parliament with the tories coming through as the biggest party. well, if old sunak makes progress with five point plan i wouldn't put it past them. why well, because of

reality . yes, we have raging reality. yes, we have raging inflation strikes , a woke inflation strikes, a woke takeover of our institution . we takeover of our institution. we have the channel migrant crisis and we have an nhs life support. i'll grant this has all after 13 years of tory rule . but what the years of tory rule. but what the pubuc years of tory rule. but what the public will have to ask themselves is whether labour are themselves is whether labour are the answer . for example themselves is whether labour are the answer. for example , labour the answer. for example, labour the answer. for example, labour the answer. for example, labour the answer to striking when those same union barons bankroll the labour party is labour the answer to the channel migrant crisis ? they rejected the rwanda crisis? they rejected the rwanda plan and talk of a deal with france. good luck with on labour the answer to inflation when they will likely yield to striking workers and their inflation busting demands on laboun inflation busting demands on labour. the answer britain's current debt nightmare when it's quite clear that should they achieve power, the whole of the pubuc achieve power, the whole of the

public sector will expect them to splash the cash and if that doesn't happen my words there will be and all civil war within labour party making keir starmer's job almost from day one. that's the answer for britain is it? and it's my view that lockdown loving cervix free irredeemably woke starmer who will jump on any political bandwagon exhibit a right here . bandwagon exhibit a right here. i believe this is a man who preside over five years of strife ailing political correctness . further policing of correctness. further policing of our language , bonkers trans our language, bonkers trans ideology divisive identity politics and the rewriting our history in other words, with a labour government, i predict five years of woke . we're not in five years of woke. we're not in a good the tories are bad. absolutely but in my view labour are worse and the public don't

anticipate that of election day. they certainly will find out once labour in a labour government is coming. folks, you have been warned. all i'll say is be careful what you wish for . and now what is your view? do let me know. labour argue that the tories have been catastrophic and it's time for change. labour would point to a wrecked economy under the tories . up to 100,000 people entering the country illegally. every day an nhs in crisis spiral debt sleaze allegations of bullying by ministers and a cost of living crisis . labour would living crisis. labour would argue the tories have caused all of that. they would also call the woke stuff simply aiming for a more caring tolerant, inclusive society. labour would argue it's their turn. but what do you think? let me know your thoughts have labour got your vote this time round market

gbnews.uk they don't have mine, but let's get the view now of my fantastic panel. the political commentator linda , the academic commentator linda, the academic and lisa mackenzie and the former gurkha officer and bestselling author adrian hayes. he doesn't like being called a military hero, but a military hero . he absolutely is. let me hero. he absolutely is. let me start with you, linda. do blame a labour government is coming. be careful what you wish for. that's absolutely true. i don't, by the way, think it's a foregone conclusion. i think there are key people in the conservative party who are actually trying to estimate margin of defeat. so i think it's likely, but i think the real problem and i thought this when i was watching tv this week and we all saw president zelenskyy from ukraine in addressing all our politics in the great hall in in westminster and i wonder saying what has gone wrong with our political class where are all heroes like

president zelenskyy we can't all fight a war, but there are very, very many to be fought here in the uk and i simply don't see many polities sections of the right kind of. many polities sections of the right kind of . that's the real right kind of. that's the real problem . the real problem is problem. the real problem is i think we're caught a rock and a hard place and that is going to lead to a very tight framework in the next election. i think that the labour party is likely win, but it's not a foregone conclusion. but as i said , the conclusion. but as i said, the real upset for me is where are our iconically . indeed now? lisa our iconically. indeed now? lisa mackenzie i am a floating voter . i'm one of the millions that feels politically homeless every time there's an election . i go time there's an election. i go into the voting booth and i have a think about who to vote for i kind of make a decision on the day i have voted at least three times in my life, i'll honest not for a while . i would humbly not for a while. i would humbly suggest the tories in a couple of years time would be the lesser of two evils. what?

what's your. i mean, the last time vote was 1997, and i made a decision that i would only ever vote for a party or a political view that i believed in. and guess what? i'm not voting yes. so know i do my politics elsewhere. but regarding of the lesser of two evils, i think where we are is the tories not liked? they have got , you know, liked? they have got, you know, they've been blamed for a lot of things that. they're actually all responsible for, but they the labour party is not liked either . starmer is not liked the labour party is not liked either. starmer is not liked . either. starmer is not liked. you know, i live in the in nottingham in the red wall areas , the people that actually got rid of their labour politicians in 2019, there is no appetite out there for labour politicians . however they are sick of the tories . you know, i come from ,

tories. you know, i come from, which is where lee anderson is a the mp and despite and i'm not you know i am going to not sticking up for him because don't find his views compatible with mine but. he is a good constitu anc mp. so i think he's kind of it's not a foregone conclusion because i think people going to vote in the next election on the quality of the mp that's in their constituent set and i think that's really difficult for both parties . and difficult for both parties. and the tories have made a mess of the tories have made a mess of the last few years the country is undoubtedly on its knees , but is undoubtedly on its knees, but laboun is undoubtedly on its knees, but labour, the labour party is not don't they're not coming forward as the hero in the white house for that i. do honestly think that keir starmer . for that i. do honestly think that keir starmer. i don't think he's going to be giving into, you know, trade union barons, etc. think he will follow etc. i think he will follow a tory budget. i he will be that

they will be very little difference between leadership of keir starmer and a leadership of rishi sunak and i think that's the elected problem. i think that's probably your problem as let's let's get the view swashbuckling military hero adrian i'm adrian i wonder if we're being too harsh on labour. i wonder if i'm being too harsh on labour. have the tories run of steam just in a purely cyclical sense ? do labour cyclical sense? do labour deserve a at power ? yeah. well, deserve a at power? yeah. well, as you know, mark, i try and take a non—political party position on various things . i'm position on various things. i'm going to take linda's point first because i saying i heard a few weeks ago and i've heard a few weeks ago and i've heard a few years ago is good times create weak people. weak people create weak people. weak people create bad times, bad times create bad times, bad times create strong people. strong people create , good times. and people create, good times. and i've said for quite a few years we've never had so good over the last few decades . you can look

last few decades. you can look at society as another report that for the benefit , but the that for the benefit, but the weakness we've created . but you weakness we've created. but you look at leadership in institutions, not just politicians but in universities and the church and the place in in civil service and yes, politics, politicians, political class. and i think most people say we we've never seen such a weak political class all divides. i think that's one thing we can all agree on. so that's the first point. as for the conservatives they have run out of steam, sadly . and i think out of steam, sadly. and i think i think what's going to be fascinating with this next election because have always got a voice away with look if , you a voice away with look if, you vote x, you'll get labour, you'll vote yes. and i think now this election people will know labour are going to win the election. they will just vote election. so they will just vote with with their with their heart, with their feet, who want might be feet, who want for it might be very, very surprising, very interesting . a fascinating interesting. a fascinating conversation . what is your view? conversation. what is your view? i'll get to your emails shortly. mark gb news .uk is a labour government now the reality is

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trust the labour party to govern. they will raise taxes sky high. can't say what a woman is and they are threatening to rejoin the eu. this will be complete and utter disaster for britain an. interesting and very reflective from and good evening and how you. thanks for your email thanks for all of your emails . always the best bit of emails. always the best bit of the show and says mark no wonder quality of politicians has fallen the media make their lives so awful. who would want to be a politician these days and you get the first mike drop of the show . i completely agree of the show. i completely agree with you. i and it's controversial that politicians are . and think they are harassed are. and think they are harassed by the media think they're harassed by the public. they get at and. i think it's a miserable existence, which is why the people we get in parliament are so below average. i think we might debate that on a future occasion. and should employees get paid more money? i'm popular but you know me. i'm the king of unpopular opinions. i'll always

tell how i see it . it's time now tell how i see it. it's time now for this . too waffling there for this. too waffling there produce maria is happy. it's time now for the big question in which we tackle a major news story of the day. tonight, let's talk about fat shaming kids. parents have blasted the national child measurement program for wrongly labelling their slim children . the scheme their slim children. the scheme was established in state funded in england in 2006 as part of the war on childhood obesity city. it measures the height and weight of children when they start primary school and again at the end of their time at primary school year six. these two measurements are used to generate something called a body index, which is then compared to a national to determine whether that child is underweight very rare. normal increasingly rare,

overweight . obese. pretty overweight. obese. pretty common. but many parents argue their child is being shamed or called fat when they are simply not fat. some have suggested this could cause eating disorders and body image issues. so they being fat shamed or are they fat? is let's debate this with weight loss guru steve miller , who is the founder of miller, who is the founder of the fat gnosis , which helps the fat gnosis, which helps people lose weight and time. fry who is the chair of the obesity forum? steve, let start with you. all these children , fat, you. all these children, fat, shamed . i don't think so. shamed. i don't think so. i think whenever you talk about weight these days or obesity the first words to come out of people's is, oh, you're shaming. i don't agree with that. i think that we're actually lifesaving by actually raising the point by

people , the officials raising people, the officials raising the point that if a child is overweight and is or obese, and as long as it's with sensitivity, which it to be, these are children at the end of these are children at the end of the then, i think the parents should avoid being defensive and really guys, here's the stats that 10.1% of kids aged between four and five in 2021, 22 were obese and that increases the age of ten or 11 to 23.4% of those kids being sorry, being obese . kids being sorry, being obese. it's really worrying. and what we do know in the uk , of course, we do know in the uk, of course, is that we tiptoe around subject and i know people get offended with what they call the fat letter. but would people be offended if they got the skinny letter ? i don't think so. people letter? i don't think so. people would be saying. absolutely. that's abuse. well, actually, potentially overfeeding your child and your child becoming obese is equally abuse. so i

think it's a case of can just use a bit of common sense here and actually not get too defensive. i'm not pro nanny state, but what i am is pro saving a child's life . and what saving a child's life. and what we do know is that the results of being too fat are a potential diabetes heart disease stroke. since those kids get older into adulthood , all of that sort of adulthood, all of that sort of stuff. actually, i think we need to kind of just get a grip a little and stop kind of crying into our not every time we talk about obesity and people being too fat. but of course it has to be done censored civilly, especially with children and parents. it's a big wake up call for you. we have great parental role models there. we also have some dire parental role models out there who would prefer to sit in a fast food established ,

sit in a fast food established, stuffing their faces with burger and chips and giving their evidently obese child the just the saying, followed by an ice cream sundae. so actually , i cream sundae. so actually, i think sometimes you know we just have to accept the truth . tom have to accept the truth. tom frei , good to have you on the frei, good to have you on the program from the national obesity forum . all these kids obesity forum. all these kids being fat, shamed . certainly the being fat, shamed. certainly the research excuse me, certainly the research believes that they are . and i would have some are. and i would have some sympathy with the researchers . sympathy with the researchers. the problem here is that the children are being measured on the wrong and that should never have occurred in 2006, when the national child measurement program was instilled. the two measurements at school entry at school exit are basically statistical points to inform how many people are fat or how many people are thin. those two ages,

six years apart. now i happened to be on the committee, which looking into this whole deal and i became so unpopular that i was thrown off the committee. so having said that, i have some input. i absolved myself immediately. what was arguing for is that if you want to save children, you have to measure them more often than twice six years apart because that going to produce absolutely no benefit for the children . now in 2004, for the children. now in 2004, the health committee of the house of commons thought that the only that really should be put into place was to measure the manually , because if you the manually, because if you measure the manually and you plot the measurements against the graph or , the scale , you can the graph or, the scale, you can see within a year or a year and a half whether children are going in the wrong direction, whether they are growing too fat, or whether they're growing

too thin. there's both extremely important . and you can do that important. and you can do that within a year and a half. but if you measure the middle age for and you don't measure that again a, until the age of 11, you are not going to have any medical input. it is purely which inform about the state of the country at those precise points. and if i were anything to do with government, i would get rid of that in immediately and start to listen to the doctors who are saying annual measurements . the saying annual measurements. the only way in which you can identify these these and do something in their favour. identify these these and do something in their favour . okay. something in their favour. okay. i mean, tom frei , quite shocking i mean, tom frei, quite shocking that you you essentially were dispatched from this from this organisation scheme because. well i guess your message was an unpalatable one. you dropped some truths . the issue is some truths. the issue is childhood obesity . it's growing. childhood obesity. it's growing. isn't it time fry? although briefly , if you can, with the

briefly, if you can, with the clock against us, what would you say to parents who think, well, my little johnny is as fit as a fiddle? iran's yeah, he's got a solid . but, you know, he's solid. but, you know, he's seven, eight, nine years of age. it's puppy fat. he'll grow out of it . no, the it's puppy fat. he'll grow out of it. no, the puppy fad is long gone.the of it. no, the puppy fad is long gone. the pop fat there is fat, but it's usually pre—school . but it's usually pre—school. what that child has , the moment what that child has, the moment is fat, which doesn't have any place on his body at that time . place on his body at that time. what i would do to the parent i say to the parent, just take a moment, take them to the doctor . get him weighed and measured once a year. that's great problem. and then the doctor will be able to compare his weight against the child and then say, you're child is putting on a little too much fat. we can do something about it. this is what we will do on time. very briefly, because i want to give give steve the final, final word. it's important the kids get exercise, isn't it? that's great for their

health. but exercise is overstating it in relation to weight loss? if your kid is overweight , weight loss? if your kid is overweight, it's weight loss? if your kid is overweight , it's not weight loss? if your kid is overweight, it's not about running around the park all day. it's what they eat right . it's it's what they eat right. it's about what they eat. 20% of running around the park. it could even be 90 to 10. but it's not the question of what they eat . it's a question of how much eat. it's a question of how much they. eat. it's a question of how much they . and is it the food. and they. and is it the food. and thatis they. and is it the food. and that is which is never really properly given to families in this . the device come from the this. the device come from the gp or the dietician or the practise but there is nothing the system which at the moment allows that to happen . and allows that to happen. and that's got to be happened in the next few years because i have to unfortunately relate that obesity is growing at such a rate that are going to be a ginormous fat in ten, 15 years time and it's going to take years to sort out the problem . years to sort out the problem. if there is strong concerted

action from the government. well, tom, i'm an unapologetic supporter , the work you do. it supporter, the work you do. it is all about opinions of course, not everyone will agree with you. i agree you. i think your prescription , the country is prescription, the country is right. what i will say is that i'm not doctor. i don't think you are. so if anyone's not sure , they should consult their gp. but tom, great to have your thoughts on that. and steve, your pro. can you give me 20 seconds closing thoughts ? yeah. seconds closing thoughts? yeah. what i would say to parents is, listen, don't worry about fat shaming is not support. urging your child to understand what health and healthy eating is . health and healthy eating is. play with them, talk with . make play with them, talk with. make them feel great. don't afraid of saying being too fat or too thin are both not ideal. let's not hide children from reality. but make sure we talk to them. construct tively. there you go. for what it's worth, i would suggest give your kids food, fruit , meat, fish nuts, actual fruit, meat, fish nuts, actual single ingredients. that's what

i'd suggest. but hey , do i know? i'd suggest. but hey, do i know? my thanks to the brilliant steve miller, who's a weight loss coach. miller, who's a weight loss coach . of course, fat knows this coach. of course, fat knows this is his company. do check them out online. and tom frei, who is the chair of the national obesity forum coming up my mar meets guest is a ufo expert investigator nick pope. he used to investigate ufos for the mod no less . plus we've got the no less. plus we've got the papers at 1030 with full panel reaction. don't forget we also got my take at ten as well. but next as amsterdam marijuana use in districts should britain be taking a harder line ? illegal taking a harder line? illegal drugs. see you .

in three. all this talk about obesity. and my panellist , the wonderful lisa

my panellist, the wonderful lisa mackenzie is talking about months . months. she's mackenzie is talking about months. months. she's making me hungry. let me tell. lots to get through between now and 11. welcome back to , mark dolan welcome back to, mark dolan tonight. couple of emails so we do that. let's get your responses mark at gbnews.uk uk. so many hundreds of emails coming in and each one incredibly appreciated and valued . let's see what you've valued. let's see what you've got to say . the issue of obesity got to say. the issue of obesity , shall we? fat kids , great take , shall we? fat kids, great take on eating habits , mark, but on eating habits, mark, but unfortunately it assumes people have the money to shop healthy organically, which you know is not true. struggling dave, dave, thank you for that. and you're absolutely right, a lot of this is to do with household budgets and you are bang . what would and you are bang. what i would like to see more education at school teaching kids about real couple of boiled eggs for breakfast rather than crunching out cornflakes and let me tell that crunchy nut cornflakes and other products are available they're not cheap either. big box of crunchy? no i think i paid three quid for one of

those. the other day. daylight robbery. now with me reacting to the big stories of the day, my all political commentator, all star political commentator, linda jubilee, the and ethnographer and munch fan, lisa mackenzie. it's not true . you've mackenzie. it's not true. you've got a story about monster, but i'll let i'll let you do your monster munch rant and former gurkha officer bestselling motivational speaker around adrian hayes. lisa, quick word on monster match you got for us. i watched a documentary was about food and obviously they want to try travel a community in africa and they the packets of monster munch and went you know what do you think about monster and they never the tribal people they they couldn't understand that it was food that was just like vanishing. yeah and they touch taste it. and there was, like, what is this do you just. and it was just incredible. watch in a person . incredible. watch in a person. try and make something of pop monster. there's a very famous scene , captain. fantastic you

scene, captain. fantastic you know the story about the marvel . yeah. so one of the it's the it's the one about the guy that actually rescues his kids. they grow up in the wilderness and. he finally takes them home because the mother start and it's her and we go into it's her funeral. and we go into the supermarket and the girl comes round to that night comes round to tea that night and you know, were and she said, you know, we were out supermarket and. we out in the supermarket and. we met and were met these people and they were all round . is that a disease all round. is that a disease that's really common in this area ? and you think, oh, my area? and you think, oh, my goodness , if someone if an alien goodness, if someone if an alien from you , one of those ufos from you, one of those ufos dropped down earth and start looking at people , they might looking at people, they might wonder why they would that. well, you know the first thing they do they eat us wouldn't they. oh monster. yeah. because we'd be nice and juicy. well there you go. that debate will no doubt run and run look some tough news for the high street and of britain's best known high stores. t k max , of which i'm stores. t k max, of which i'm a huge fan. i knew look think they're great as well and homesense have all announced

they are closing stores. the stationery retailer paperchase went into administration earlier this month , failing to find a this month, failing to find a buyer.it this month, failing to find a buyer. it means the company's 106 high street stores face an uncertain future . this comes uncertain future. this comes after more than 17,000 shops on high streets in other locations closed for good last year. you heard me right. closed for good last year. you heard me right . 17,000 shops heard me right. 17,000 shops gone. heard me right. 17,000 shops gone . that's an increase of . gone. that's an increase of. almost 50% on 2021. so what do think about this? lisa is shopping, killing the high streets . i think it is actually streets. i think it is actually . i mean, i work with students are sort of 18 to 21 and an teach a class course of fashion and students when i talk to about going round shops and, you know, being a young person i'm looking a tribe, you know, in your community and they don't know what that is because everything that they do is online. you know, they go on to whether about influences , they

whether about influences, they go on their influencer they go click, click, click , and they click, click, click, and they can look like the influence , you can look like the influence, you know, by tomorrow . so, you know, know, by tomorrow. so, you know, i think there is a generational thing where younger people now look for things that they want onune look for things that they want online because it's usually cheap , it's online because it's usually cheap, it's easier, it's immediate yeah, it's cheaper, easier and an immediate. yeah adrian. well they are destroying high street now. there's a few reasons. look, i mean, let's be honest. big tech can't be short to leverage occasions when things happen like lockdowns. i mean, they were pushing , mean, they were pushing, pushing, pushing. cause in my best sense to but best sense to them. but government policy helped tax policy to big tech and tax policy to big tech and tax policy to big tech and tax policy to high . i think we policy to high. i think we should be giving the overhead for high street. well, compared to online is non comparable issue. so again it's use or lose it you know muscles high streets. so it's a bit of society change i agree with lisa is not one as well. you know

having said that linda, we would say linda lives in marlow. i live in lymington. i mean, they're packed, they're busy, they're packed, they're busy, they're quite up—market places. however, the that however, there is the shops that are busy, coffee shops , 25 in are busy, coffee shops, 25 in lymington not so much. lymington perhaps not so much. the clothes shops where people buy things. i'll tell you what though, what's really interesting is it's not just about up—market. it's about them being up—market. it's because marlow because when i was little marlow , of a poor , a little bit of a poor relation to henley. was relation to henley. it was a very quiet place and not much was going on there. i met a very wealthy person recently and gerard, very up—market, gerard, which is very up—market, has very expensive has really very, very expensive properties all the way around . properties all the way around. and he said, i wish we could have some of the fairy dust you have some of the fairy dust you have in marlow. and it's just that people marlow have made that people in marlow have made an to build commune an effort to build a commune city. so we've got a proper community marlow, we've got community in marlow, we've got a community in marlow, we've got a community very similar to the one they have in leamington because authority got because the local authority got behind this is we're not behind it. now this is we're not going to be able to hold back the tide of online retail . the tide of online retail. that's a little bit like king canute trying to hold the waves.

it's just not going happen. so we actually to create community spaces in our high street, and that can only happen when local authorities and local community groups get behind the place . and groups get behind the place. and so i think there's the other issue . well, because obviously issue. well, because obviously i'm from nottinghamshire and nottingham and we have that don't have that because we i come from a part of the country that's been devastated. it's been smashed to bits. so the that we have, we've got lots of nail bars , lots charity shops, nail bars, lots charity shops, lots of empty, empty properties . and it's really something i actually have mark starts to go because that's another it's another empty space in the high street and i think some places you know like more affluent places have got the little coffee shop, little bookshop , coffee shop, little bookshop, but then you've got other communities that will be left with nothing . i mean, one of the with nothing. i mean, one of the things we've got where i live is we've got no banks and the elderly we've got no bank. yeah,

the elderly have got , you know, the elderly have got, you know, the elderly have got, you know, the post office is disappearing offices on the banks have gone. the things that people need news chemists. yeah chemists. good. these places they're not just shops are they. they're yeah . a shops are they. they're yeah. a hub. yeah. yeah. and you call place. those are online. no but it's again it goes back there's a part of it is up to us up to people the pop village pub you know if you don't go there they'll shut down the rate as is being astronomic. yes and also dare i say, landlords are charging exorbitant rents local authorities business rates. i think that they all need to have a look at themselves. i my local city town there was a cafe went half way through lockdown . so half way through lockdown. so that's a year and a half two years. and it's lain empty. what does that do, anyone? it's nothing, you know , the landlord nothing, you know, the landlord can afford to have it shut. just wait for the highest bidder. that's well, look , that's right. yeah, well, look, fascinating debate. that will no doubt continue. coming up at ten it's my take it ten. you won't

believe this story . the new law believe this story. the new law makes it possible potentially for pubs to hire bouncers to listen in to your conversations in case you say something offensive. i'm not making this up. it could happen. and that's the topic of my take at ten will be dealing with that plus my mark mates guest is ufo nick pope. we'll get the definitive is there life beyond our planet . but next amsterdam is set to restrict its marijuana use in some areas so . it begs the some areas so. it begs the question should the uk be clamping down more on drug use? we'll speak to a top drug expert

next welcome back to amsterdam . welcome back to amsterdam. council is set to outlaw smoking cannabis in the streets of its

red light district as part a clampdown on the excessive habhs clampdown on the excessive habits of tourists in a bid to make life easier for locals locals. we're told, have been going through hell for years. around two and a half million brits visit amsterdam each . but brits visit amsterdam each. but what impact if will a ban on this popular tourist pastime have on the city? and should britain taking a harder line on illegal drugs in the way that the dutch are clearly beginning to do so? joining me from the netherlands is , the founder of netherlands is, the founder of the drug advisory foundation, auguste de la auguste, thank you so much forjoining . tell me so much forjoining. tell me your reaction to what's happening in amsterdam amsterdam . and that it's not only the arrests like in in the tourist area in the city centre , the area in the city centre, the

last 50 year because of the illegal situation , cannabis all illegal situation, cannabis all over the . world thousands and over the. world thousands and million people come to amsterdam and when they visit the coffee shops , it's the only city in the shops, it's the only city in the world where you can safely in the public surrounding in the coffee shop. you can and you can smoke cannabis. so it is in four square kilometres . amsterdam has square kilometres. amsterdam has to have to deal with a worldwide bench of cannabis and that's thatis bench of cannabis and that's that is an ambulance and so i understand that the people who live in area they are a day are they want to changed it . so they want to changed it. so there is only answer legalised all over the world. and then amsterdam is not the only city

anymore where you can smoke cannabis in the safe. sharon okay, so you would that amsterdam is suffering as a result of prohibition and elsewhere, including here in britain. can you me about some of the brits when they go to holland they go to amsterdam. do we badly . you're really welcome we badly. you're really welcome . i make a study the last year in office in terms of coffee shops all over the world in amsterdam and especially people who came from the uk . they say who came from the uk. they say when we want to a joint in our manchester in liverpool in london, we have to phone a mischief dealer. they offer other drugs , even heroin and other drugs, even heroin and there is no control of the quality of the cannabis.

there is no control of the quality of the cannabis . we have quality of the cannabis. we have to we have to smoke in the back yard . and a man's world where we yard. and a man's world where we to deal with especially the woman are smoking the cannabis in the coffee shops in amsterdam and here in amsterdam in the same surrounding we can ask for a cup of coffee that the quality of , the cannabis is good. it's of, the cannabis is good. it's far away from the hard drugs and that's the that's the big lie of all the stories of , all the all the stories of, all the people from all over the world who came to amsterdam when they created the coffee shop. it's our every time is the same story. i heard from the fish. as i say in the coffee shops from your country. however august marijuana is very bad for you, isn't it? can create psychos , it isn't it? can create psychos, it can cause depression , it can can cause depression, it can impact, motivate action. it's addict of a lot of marijuana ,

addict of a lot of marijuana, very chemical. now it's a chemical product. it's not like the 1970 is not like the 1960s. and the beatles and free love cannabis is dangerous. it should be banned everywhere everywhere . when you look at the list , . when you look at the list, dangerous . we started this dangerous. we started this alcohol . we started with heroin alcohol. we started with heroin . we started with cocaine base and then marijuana ends up 50 on the 60, 50 or 60 place every psychoactive substance who want to open people want to use it in a recreation in a way have his own denture . but that's not own denture. but that's not a reason to forbid. it's the point is, the last 50 years we, our society changed and that after alcohol cannabis became . second

alcohol cannabis became. second popular psychoactive substance in the world. we have to reckon that and legalise it instead of forbidden. it's because the more you forbid, the more the risk the drug will be central and the we prove it in amsterdam and for instance now the us. 50 years of war on drugs , they legalise of war on drugs, they legalise the cannabis and. what you can see, you can smoke in new york, you can smoke it in san francisco . it's controlled. the francisco. it's controlled. the quality controlled is first eight. when people are in problems come to the and those people they don't come to amsterdam anymore . so when the amsterdam anymore. so when the world to legalise cannabis we don't have the problem in the cities centre of amsterdam anymore . august when i go to anymore. august when i go to amsterdam i don't go for

prostitutes, i don't go for the drugs , i go for the bicycles. drugs, i go for the bicycles. that's true . absolute there is a that's true. absolute there is a lot more in amsterdam that at the moment for mayor exhibition in the wax museum . come to in the wax museum. come to amsterdam. it's lovely place. it's a cellar, it's a ghost city. and where you wonder i don't i don't shakes and also you want to smoke a joint it's a safe place the safest place in the world where you can smoke joint so legalise it also in the uk and don't have that problem in amsterdam anymore. when you said heysel , look, i thought you said heysel, look, i thought you were cleaning your throat but august. hello. thank you for joining us, amsterdam is a beautiful city. i'm very fond of the people of holland. thank you so much for sharing thoughts on this issue. august the law is from the drug advisory foundation. a fantastic and

interesting conversation. what's your reaction and do you agree with auguste on this one? mark at gb news is .uk. he says cannabis everywhere and then we won't descend on amsterdam . by won't descend on amsterdam. by the way, i do go there for the bicycles. lovely. you get your little bicycle, you cycle around, get a little baguettes, maybe a heineken . that's not bad maybe a heineken. that's not bad ehhen maybe a heineken. that's not bad either. one of the local beers, but each to own. now we've been asking you on twitter this evening with all people's poll what you think should britain taking a harder line on, illegal drugs? well 74% said yes. whilst 26% support august with no thanks to everyone for the helping us debate that conversation . i'll keep those conversation. i'll keep those emails coming . gb news. dr. uk emails coming. gb news. dr. uk very excited about the next hour folks.it very excited about the next hour folks. it might take it ten. an extraordinary story . a new law extraordinary story. a new law could create a scenario in which

you're having pint with your friends down the pub . you make friends down the pub. you make a slightly naughty or an outrageous remark, which , be outrageous remark, which, be honest, all for a few heineken's we and you could get your cola felt by a banter bouncer i'm not making this up. welcome to bonkers 2023. i'll be dealing with that in my take at ten at exactly 10:03. so we'll do that we'll get full panel reaction and also my mark means guest is ufo investigator. he worked for the ad. looking at ufos. we'll get the definitive answer . is get the definitive answer. is there life beyond our planet . there life beyond our planet. we'll speak to nick pope at 1015 plus tomorrow's papers at exactly 1030 sharp. absolutely bang on time you can set your watch to it. 1030, we've got tomorrow's papers again with full panel reaction. lots to get through but that take at ten is on its way .

welcome to it's just coming up to 10:00 in my take at ten and just to moment pub bouncer is set to keep check punters bunter has the world gone mad that's right you having a swift pint you say something a little outrageous you get your collar felt welcome bonkers 2023 might reaction in might take it ten my mark means guest is renowned ufo investigator nick pope and in the news agenda with my panel should you charge your friends for professional advice and i love this one as gwyneth paltrow sells a pair on her website for £700, i'll slippers. one of life's essentials . do you own life's essentials. do you own slippers? are you wearing now. well of a slipper later i'll provide a pipe plus tomorrow's papers at exactly 1030 sharp with full panel reaction. lots

to get through. but with me all evening from our news team, from the nerve centre here at gb news bethany elsey . mark, thank you . bethany elsey. mark, thank you. evening. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. more than 23,700 people have been killed and million displaced after major earthquakes hit southern and northern syria on monday. several children have been rescued from the rubble today , rescued from the rubble today, including a ten day old baby and his mother who survived for in a collapsed building . an appeal by collapsed building. an appeal by the uk's disaster as emergency committee has raised more than £30 million in its first 24 hours. meanwhile, syria's government has given permission for humanity and aid to be sent to rebel held areas . president to rebel held areas. president joe biden ordered a high altitude object the size of a small car to be shot down over .

small car to be shot down over. the us air force the object that was flying it 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to civilian . the pentagon says . civilian. the pentagon says. it's not similar in size to the suspect . a chinese spy balloon suspect. a chinese spy balloon that was downed off the coast of south carolina on saturday. white house spokesperson john kirby , a recovery operation is kirby, a recovery operation is underway. we don't know. as i said, state owned. we don't know if it's state owned and we don't understand the full purpose. we don't any comment. we don't have any information that we've been subject . we do expect to be able subject. we do expect to be able to recover the since it fell not only within our territorial space but on what we what we believe is frozen water. so it a recovery effort will be made and we're hopeful that it will be successful . then we can learn successful. then we can learn a little bit more about. the

latest show the uk economy narrowly avoided falling into recession the final quarter of last year . recession the final quarter of last year. data from the recession the final quarter of last year . data from the office last year. data from the office for national statistics shows the economy saw zero growth between october and december, but the overall annual gdp rate grew by 4.1. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, welcomed figures but warned there's still to be done. we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too high. that is causing pain for families up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. if we do that and play inflation. if we do that and play to our strengths in science and technology, we really be one of the most prosperous countries in europe . and the rmt has in europe. and the rmt has rejected the latest offers from both networks and the train operating companies with the general secretary them as dreadful . the pay deal was 9% dreadful. the pay deal was 9% over two years, but mick lynch says it doesn't meet expectations on jobs or working conditions . the rail delivery conditions. the rail delivery

group, however , their offer as group, however, their offer as fair and said some members will be deeply dismayed you're up to date on tv online and derby plus radio . this is tv news now radio. this is tv news now though it's back to. mark my thanks to bethany elsey who's back in an hour's time. welcome to mark dolan tonight. i've got my on. let's get to work. big big guests and always opinions in the news agenda with my panel in the news agenda with my panel. should you charge , your panel. should you charge, your friends for professional advice . and as gwyneth paltrow sells the pair on her website for £700. oh, slippers . one of £700. oh, slippers. one of life's essentials. do you own pair of slippers? do you know where they are? got slippers? i don't know where they are. are you wearing slippers right now? let me know. we'll have a bit of a slipper chat later and my not meets guest is acclaimed former

civil servant and ufo investigator nick pope. we'll get the definitive answer. is there alien beyond this planet ? there alien beyond this planet? a busy hour to come. lots to get through, including the papers at 30 sharp, you can set your watch to it. but first my take it. ten when . my brilliant colleagues when. my brilliant colleagues and i the show together every day when we go through stories i've introduced something that i call the pub test is this a topic that matters to you, my viewers and. is this something you care about? does it matter you? and is it something that you'll be talking about when you're down the pub that is the pub test. well we'd all better be careful , because what you be careful, because what you talk about down the could now get you in trouble. the sun newspaper report that pub fear they could have to hire banter

that's right banter bouncers to boozy chats under proposed laws rules to protect workers from being harassed may give the right to sue if jokes or comments hear offend them an update to the equalities act aims to stop people getting abused at work. now they would argue that workers no choice but to go to work and therefore they need and deserve protection from hateful conduct by patrons . this hateful conduct by patrons. this will pile extra onto bosses trying to watch everything that their customers say . ultimately, their customers say. ultimately, it will leave punters unable to shout at the telly or crack a joke without putting landlords at risk of being sued by upset staff . it sounds made up, staff. it sounds made up, doesn't it? but real now the government's overplayed their hand during the pandemic. micro

managing our lives and torching the economy for what was in my view a failed attempt stop a seasonal respiratory virus. now they want to micromanage what we and what we say. they want to micromanage what we and what we say . cancel culture and what we say. cancel culture has its nadir when you can't make an outrageous remark with mates over a pint down the pub without having your colour felt . the united kingdom, supposedly the of liberal democracy and free speech has completely lost its way with this new legislation and shame on the tories for drawing it up . the tories for drawing it up. the idea that this won't start to happen with people suing is naive at best. of course they will. there are scores of fragile snowflakes who will seize upon that right not to be offended. i know who will happily drag their employ is through the courts for a remark that they may have heard that they didn't like, which wasn't even aimed at them in the first

place. when is this madness going to end in scotland , a going to end in scotland, a country that, as we know, has completely lost the plot there , completely lost the plot there, hate crime legislation has opened the door to possible arrest for saying something offensive at home in the privacy offensive at home in the privacy of your own for wolves. well, in england and we now face same threat when we're down our local boozer. threat when we're down our local boozer . please, someone fetch me boozer. please, someone fetch me a large one. it's enough to make you want to drown your sorrows sorrows . i'm sorry, folks. that sorrows. i'm sorry, folks. that story is too for me. i need a stiff one. so what's your view? do you like the of banter bouncers ? do you like the idea bouncers? do you like the idea that you go to the pub or a cafe or even a football in our area stadium and there's some in a high vis listening to your chats. how dare they and how dare this country call itself, a free country, pathetic shtick.

oh, that's my view. what's yours? market gb news .uk. i'll get to your thoughts shortly, but reacting to my at ten all my fantastic of political commentator and podcast host linda jubilee academic and dr. lisa mackenzie and former gurkha officer and bestselling author adrian hayes. lisa officer and bestselling author adrian hayes . lisa mackenzie the adrian hayes. lisa mackenzie the band bounces would not go down well in nottinghamshire . think well in nottinghamshire. think well in nottinghamshire. think we you know if you know calibre of the dancers on the pops is not single i think that the most likely to be insulted and offended everybody . hello offended everybody. hello nottingham you know all of you but it's true and i cosy this work. i don't know where this is coming from a lot. i was thinking about this i do thing i'm going to be a social justice warrior but i think people while they're at work should respected and not but i don't i don't know

this has come from all how it could work not in a pub you know not in social situation happens and what is it that they listening for what what is the you know what the offensive stuff because know i think that's that's what we've got to determine is what is offensive is because at the moment everything offending everybody. yeah and you know i think we need to some boundaries around you know what is offensive is telling the truth you know if someone comes in and you go oh you know he had a rough night, you know he had a rough night, you know, you know , not looking you know, you know, not looking your best. you know his eyes you don't get turfed for that. yeah. i mean adrian hayes been in the military and some of the banter that you get behind enemy lines is pretty x—rated isn't it? absolutely it's a mortar point right now at this moment on my local running club , we had a pub local running club, we had a pub in the new forest totally running club. girls and boys. we go there. we take the piss out of each other. the banter , the

of each other. the banter, the rip taking . nobody gets rip taking. nobody gets offended. we have a good laugh with the bar staff and on the waiters and waitresses it's called humour. okay and you know, i just i just really want to get goes to australia we've tried this society of weak people and we've got gutless politicians who will not stand up . it's only people like lee up. it's only people like lee anderson and, a few others who are standing up to the woke onslaught. the offence. ron desantis in florida said he's going to declare war woke. where is it? because this become it's become a laugh it's become a some nonsense but now people i think are getting a bit angry that now because it's just pervading every part of society just leave us alone. indeed linda jubilee, this is a loophole , the law. it's to do loophole, the law. it's to do with people in the work place they would argue that they don't have a choice, you know, whether it's bar staff. if it's waiters or stewards at football game in a stadium know they're just paying a stadium know they're just

paying the bills . why should paying the bills. why should they be subjected to hateful remarks . well let me say that i remarks. well let me say that i started as a reporter. fleet street, when fleet street was physically fleet street, where every single newspaper had its had its own pub. so the male had the harrow, the mirror had the stab in back, the express had the pope and jay and what went on in those palace was no one's business and no cared and no one got hurt. now, i fully understand exactly what's going on here, but i think it's an adjustment to the equal opportunities actors like that. i don't really why it was necessary and why politicians spent so long the if indeed they did adjust eating these rules and regulations got far bigger fish to fry at the moment it seems to me because we've got the laws of slander we've got laws that that that prevent people inciting . we've got lots people inciting. we've got lots and lots of laws that we could use prevent this kind of activity if it gets that bad . so

activity if it gets that bad. so i don't really understand why this has been introduced . there this has been introduced. there are some very, very famous examples of people inciting racial hatred. john galliano , racial hatred. john galliano, renault, the famous couturier british, but worked in paris , british, but worked in paris, insulted the jewish community. his career was obliterated by those remark he was dropped as christie deals designer. so there's always when people do something truly, truly damaging this is just piffle. this is just doing something to secure a headune just doing something to secure a headline and to secure which is distracting us to the very important business of the day. treating us like children and course restricting our freedom of speech and of course creating victim culture in which you have the rights not to be offended. well, let me tell you that mark dolan tonight i am depriving you if you are right to be offended , because in my view, no human being has a right not to be

offended. that's how life works. up offended. that's how life works. up we've got the papers. at exactly 30 sharp, but very excited about mob meets guest you've got to meet this he used to work for the modi the ministry of defence one of the world's most renowned ufo investigators , nick pope. he's investigators, nick pope. he's anicon investigators, nick pope. he's an icon on the internet. and we'll get the definitive truth. is there life out there and if so, can they please help us? see you .

in three. what a busy show. i'm almost out of breath. it's time now for this . it's it of breath. it's time now for this. it's it is time for marc meets in which i speak to the biggest names in the world of politics, sport, showbiz and beyond. tonight is anybody out there all? ufo's observing us

there. alien life forms is a superior a species about to take over earth. let's be honest , we over earth. let's be honest, we could do with that help. let's speak to britain's foremost ufo investigator the world, nick pope , who worked at the ministry pope, who worked at the ministry of defence , where he was of defence, where he was responsible for invest litigating potential alien aircraft and extra terrestrial life. nick pope welcome to mark dolan tonight tonight. life. nick pope welcome to mark dolan tonight tonight . thanks, dolan tonight tonight. thanks, mark. great be on the show. great to have you on the show. nick, what is the definition? a ufo simple , simply something in ufo simple, simply something in the skies can't be identified. so obviously a lot of that is going to turn out to be misidentification of things. and as we're seeing literally today in the news . some of as we're seeing literally today in the news. some of this is going to be chinese spy balloons and perhaps other adversarial reconnaissance devices gathering espionage . but some seems to be

espionage. but some seems to be something else. and that's why nassau is doing a study into it. and pentagon to indeed i mean look in the sixties if in a farm in iowa, if you see something flashing in the sky. a story, isn't it? the problem we have now is , drone technology that now is, drone technology that must it harder to spot ufos . it must it harder to spot ufos. it does. but on the other hand , our does. but on the other hand, our technology is getting better and better. we have space tracking radar systems in parallel. better. we have space tracking radar systems in parallel . all radar systems in parallel. all the military and the air traffic control radars we have sat lights. and so and intelligence imagery analysts able to you know interpret what we're so we have some tools at our disposal as well to help us with all this. and you can help us. it's a very, very good timing . have a very, very good timing. have you on the show because we've got this breaking news story all news reader, bethany elsey was reporting this . the us has shot

reporting this. the us has shot down and i think just the last few an unknown object the size of a small car after it entered airspace near alaska. the incident took place just days after fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina , as you mentioned. do you know anything about this story? can you give us your analysis ? well, you give us your analysis? well, i just watched pentagon press conference about this, and they were they were being cagey, as you'd expect . one thing, though, you'd expect. one thing, though, clearly know more than they're letting on. and the reason we know that it's a fair assumption is that you don't use lethal force unless you have a pretty goodidea force unless you have a pretty good idea what it you're shooting at. so even if they don't know what it is yet, they certainly know what it isn't. i mean, it's not to be a manned craft of , any type terrestrial craft of, any type terrestrial or other. indeed what do we know

about this chinese balloon? can we say definitively that it was spying on the west ? yes, i think spying on the west? yes, i think we can . again, some of the we can. again, some of the details are classified, but it seems clear that what it was trying to do was to locate it and then intercept various us communications devices . now, communications devices. now, it's not yet clear whether that was mobile telephones or which i think is more likely military systems. and again, we won't get hear the full story on this because . a lot of it is highly because. a lot of it is highly classified, but none of this takes away from from the wider debate about there's life out there . i mean, even if some of there. i mean, even if some of these things do turn out to be chinese spy devices, you know, there many scientists who now believe that we're not alone. and that's why the new defence bill passed in the us there are multiple ufo related provisions that will example allow people

who've been involved in these sorts of programs to speak out to congress and to set aside their nondisclosure agreements and their secrecy oaths. so this is all exciting times . yes, is all exciting times. yes, these ufos are perhaps not as far fetched . they might seem . far fetched. they might seem. barack obama has spoken about ufo that were investigated whilst he was president and he absolutely was. crystal clear he did not rule out the existence . did not rule out the existence. ufos that's right . and president ufos that's right. and president trump, too. so this is not even a party political issue. various past presidents have spoken about this various former cia directors, a former director of national intelligence here in the us, where i now live . so the us, where i now live. so there's lots going on for sure. and lot of serious people saying, look, this this is not just all misidentification, hoax delusion. this is something real. it's been tracked on radar

. it's being filmed on forward . . it's being filmed on forward. infrared cameras mounted on some of our military jets for the first time ever. we've got the technology to get to the bottom of this mystery and we've now got the will, i think, to set the ridicule and to say whatever's going on, it's real andifs whatever's going on, it's real and it's a serious defence and national issue. now let's get to brass tacks . nick, do people who brass tacks. nick, do people who to see ufos see them because they want to see them because it's glamorous and their lives are rather dull ? i don't it's glamorous and their lives are rather dull? i don't think so, because lot of the people i've spoken to, both when i was doing this for the ministry of defence subsequently would rather they hadn't had these sorts of experiences often because it kind of takes worldview and it it flips it so, so i don't think so. and these people the way are from all walks of ufo witnesses. i've to include military personnel,

pilots , police officers , but pilots, police officers, but just ordinary men , women in the just ordinary men, women in the street, you know, just seeing something sometimes are thrilled. sometimes they're . thrilled. sometimes they're. most times they're just. and want some answers from the authorities . how much of ufo authorities. how much of ufo sighting is down to drunkenness , drug use ? a tiny , tiny , drug use? a tiny, tiny proportion to be, to be frank, because, you know, a lot of this isn't just visual. i mean, i mentioned earlier a lot of what's really exciting people now about this is that people pilots are seeing them while simultaneously tracking them on radar satellites to. though, again, that's a very highly classified area . we just had classified area. we just had another report by the way, on this from the office of the director of national intelligence here in the us. they didn't talk about the satellite data, but know it exists. and in britain , the exists. and in britain, the facility at raf filing details

in is certainly a place which can help get to the bottom of the ufo mystery . ufo mystery. the ufo mystery. ufo mystery. the, the space tracking radar systems there are integral to this. this is now a science problem. yeah sure. a couple of people coming out of the pub might occasionally see ufos. and that's fun. but there's a serious side . and if there is serious side. and if there is extra life, if there are all these , do they wish us harm? are these, do they wish us harm? are they smarter than us to get here? they are orders of magnitude smarter. i we're just taking little baby steps with our space program . true our space program. true interstellar travel is technology that at the moment for us is indistinct which from magic. so if they wanted to wipe us out they could which hopeful because it suggests if we are being visited they're coming here. a scientist sent and anthropologists to study humana to discover new life a new

civilisation as they say but to come here to look at us now with some of the things going on maybe that's not so good but i think we have our high points , think we have our high points, too. we have art and, literature and all sorts of human achievement. and i hope that would be of interest to technology the advanced civilisations out there in the cosmos. yeah. and we've got monster munch as well. and phil collins, you know so , we're collins, you know so, we're punching our weight. look, i've only got a couple of seconds left. we've spoken before. you don't necessarily believe in yourself, do you? so briefly, if yourself, do you? so briefly, if you can. what is your verdict? is there life out there ? life is there life out there? life out there? 100% visiting us? i don't know, but i sure hope so. life with aliens would be far more interesting . they love to more interesting. they love to have you on the show. do check out nick pope. nick, what's your what's your website detail? so people can find out more. nick pope dot net and twitter. nick pope dot net and twitter. nick pope modi brilliant stuff.

thanks for your time. a fascinating conversation . well, fascinating conversation. well, there you go. what do you think? honestly the alien turns up right . meet the alien. sit down. right. meet the alien. sit down. be reasonable . offer them the be reasonable. offer them the keys to number 10 and watch our fortunes transform as a country. next up, we got the papers with full panel. don't go anywhere .

and welcome back to mark dolan's tonight. it's exactly 1030 and we've got tomorrow's papers with full panel reaction and so let's do it . do it. can i apologise . half of my can i apologise. half of my production team appear to have gone to the pub. now let's have a look at tomorrow's hot off the

press. wetherspoons, by the way, keeping it real. the daily mail and why i fear ultra processed food is reducing our iq that by nutrition expert kimberly wilson and a story that very tragically remains unresolved . i'm remains unresolved. i'm convinced my nicola's not in the partner of nicola bulli tonight said . he was 100% convinced she said. he was 100% convinced she did not fall into the river on her last walk , paul and saul her last walk, paul and saul dismissed the police's theory that. dismissed the police's theory that . the dismissed the police's theory that. the missing dismissed the police's theory that . the missing mother of two that. the missing mother of two had drowned and said someone in the village knew something just the village knew something just the most awful story diving expert tells the mail family is frustrated with officers search now police will only say she may have gone into the water. we're going to get reaction from my panel on that awful story . going to get reaction from my panel on that awful story. same on front page of the daily express . and nikki would never express. and nikki would never give up on us, ever. something

happened that and the words of paul, happened that and the words of paul , the partner of the missing paul, the partner of the missing mother of two, nicola bully . mother of two, nicola bully. also daily express . tell us, also daily express. tell us, harry, are you coming to coronation? harry and meghan soon be invited to the coronation , but a quick decision coronation, but a quick decision is wanted on whether not they will attend the king is keen for his youngest son to be present at the historic event , his youngest son to be present at the historic event, hopes a reconciliation with himself and william can be agreed well in advance to avoid any unpleasantness but a detailed plan will ensure the couple do not overshadow the proceedings in any way . officials are in any way. officials are organising positions in westminster to avoid harry and william being pictured together. hashtag . also the daily hashtag. also the daily telegraph . i'm 100% convinced telegraph. i'm 100% convinced nicola isn't in the river again. paul ansel , the partner of paul ansel, the partner of missing mother of two. nicola bolly, has said he's going through unprecedented hell partygate inquiry stymied as

witnesses told names will be given to johnson the investigation into whether johnson knowingly misled misled mps over partygate is struggling to prove his as whistleblowers have been told they will not remain an honour miss are we still talking about partygate give me strength . also text give me strength. also text pension limit could be increased the amount of money that people can save tax into their pensions each year could be raised in an attempt to persuade the over fifties to get back into work . fifties to get back into work. okay, get to now the times newspaper, learn work skills or face benefits cuts, jobless told carrot and stick bid to tackle unemployment . the daily next. unemployment. the daily next. i'm certain nicola didn't fall in missing mum's partner demands .cops in missing mum's partner demands . cops widened search from the sun someone local knows something partner nicola speaks out i newspaper save our only 6%

will be healthy as uk's water firms pump more raw sewage is a shocking story this britain's rivers are in a terrible state and getting worse say the i as water companies increase the volume of untreated waste that they discharge the environmental agency forecasts 6% of english rivers will be in good ecological condition by 2027, without new interventions . the without new interventions. the independent cash for boris mp is attacked . bbc boss in scathing attacked. bbc boss in scathing chairman richard sharpe under new pressure to quit overall in a n £800,000 loan to our former an £800,000 loan to our former prime minister, the guardian tories plot childcare giveaway in budget proposals to free care come after labour signals transformation . final offer for transformation. final offer for parents the next election and last but not least, we could do

without this right now. say the daily star . without this right now. say the daily star. but the sun is falling bits boffins mystified chunk of solar plasma rips free. don't fret though as we will be living on mars in five years, a large chunk of sun has fallen off , according to baffled off, according to baffled eggheads. off, according to baffled eggheads . but since elon musk eggheads. but since elon musk says will be moving to mars by 2028, it probably doesn't matter. and those are your front pages. matter. and those are your front pages . let's get matter. and those are your front pages. let's get panel matter. and those are your front pages . let's get panel reaction pages. let's get panel reaction now . fantastic, fantastic panel. now. fantastic, fantastic panel. tonight, political linda jubilee , academic and ethnographer , dr. , academic and ethnographer, dr. lisa mackenzie and the former gurkha officer and author, motivational speaker adrian . now motivational speaker adrian. now you go. great to have all of you with me. and unfortunately it really is the dominant story of the day. the dominant story of the day. the dominant story of the week. and lisa mackenzie i'm convinced nicola's not in the river this is the devastated partner of nicola. it's a and he

spoke on national television earlier today with his theories . i don't know where you go with this story. i suppose any place we can go with it is hope that she's found hope that she's safe and she goes back to her family. that's a hope, i think. still sticks and probably experience will say that's not what's going to happen . but will say that's not what's going to happen. but i think for me without sort of think doing the conspiracy theories about happened to her is the way the british public has reacted this. i mean, you know if you look on twitter there is a thousand a month theories about what has happened and i think the way that some some of the public have behaved sort of going to the place where she was taking photograph if they spend influences blogging and blogging from their and i think is i don't know i think perhaps all we are escaping reality here . we are escaping reality here. well i think is really thoughtless. yes it is a total

loss. but also about people perhaps realising that this is not true crime podcast what. it's about finding some empathy . you know, at the end of the day this this family, these two children are missing their mother . meanwhile, children are missing their mother. meanwhile, people are playing kind of real life. cluedo yes . on social playing kind of real life. cluedo yes. on social media, it's a polling way to behave. it is indeed. you'll have reported on these terrible stories . the on these terrible stories. the years i have done i've done some really famous ones and i've been at press conferences where actually the person given the press conferences turned out to be perpetrator of the crime now. and they've turned on they've turned on the waterworks in the past. have they been convincing 7 past. have they been convincing ? yeah, you can be very, very convinced by it. i'm not by any stretch of the imagination saying that's what's happening here. but we are faced with an incredible at the end of the day you know the park benches empty the dog lead is there, the mobile is there. she's just finished using . she has finished using. she has completely disappeared . there is

completely disappeared. there is closed circuit tv camera fairly there . there was nothing of her there. there was nothing of her on film and she has come lately disappeared. we know an expert has gone in with really sophisticated ultrasound equipment. now there is no sign of her body . and she apparently of her body. and she apparently is an expert swimmer. right. and this this river, we had one of these diving experts on show a couple of days ago. this river is very still. yes, it's undercurrents. yeah, it's very slight current and it's not tidal in. yeah, i think. look, none of us are detectives or forensic scientists and it's very difficult to speculate i feel the family not just partners it must be going through hell and hearing people comment on what could happen here what could be as you say terrible doesn't really help at all. so thankfully, this happen much in this country is one thing we can be proud of . these thing we can be proud of. these are things we i just hope that she is found or she's you . this

she is found or she's you. this can be the i can't speak. i know. could could be a role for the military to help with this with this. well well, it could be. yes you've got to i think you've got to go look back at what happened leading to the case but there's nothing to suggest anything untoward . but suggest anything untoward. but it could be. but we've got to trust in our police that they can do that. they are good at this. a research. and do you think this is a case of the police messing up not the first props you know few that they them because i you know paul and so this poor woman's partner you seems frustrated by by the search the family you know quoting the diving expert who's told the mail that the family is frustrated with officers approach and i think because you know i've listened to experts that's been on here actually on gb news you know an apparently the first few hours absolutely of collecting disappearance.

yeah yeah yeah and the police so in the first few hours we think she's fell in the and you know ruling out all the things that could happened. i don't think they ruled anything out i think they ruled anything out i think they took the most likely scenario was that she'd fallen in the river and they constantly waited that. but they've done waited on that. but they've done minor searches the river minor searches of the river banks. minor searches of the river banks . they to all the banks. they talked to all the local people . they've the local people. they've that's the mystery story . they have mystery of this story. they have done everything the right way in the right order and. they've done a lot of you were very done a lot of it. you were very critical of how is being critical of how this is being treated i guess, you treated online. and i guess, you know, the modern era now know, this is the modern era now where will play out their where people will play out their theories on twitter. i elsewhere what's your appraisal of how the papers have handled this and broadcasters . i think the papers broadcasters. i think the papers have done what they normally do . i think the that did this interview did good job on dan walker on that. yeah yeah absolutely compassionate, very concerted and a journalist, a

great interview if you can use that terminology. i think the newspapers have handled it very well. but the problem with social media is there's no handbrake on it. you know, people like that trained as newspaper reporters where you do you law you do subediting you do feature reporting news reporting your copy leaves. you know, it used to be a type when i was very young . but it goes to the very young. but it goes to the subedhon very young. but it goes to the subeditor, it goes to the lawyer, you know, it goes into a whole process before anything , whole process before anything, goes out into the public arena , goes out into the public arena, which is one button away from severely traumatising people. yeah, it's crazy for to write . yeah, it's crazy for to write. can we have some light relief before the break? got great stories coming up after the break. sir, can we just thank prince harry for a bit of levity on this dark day , the daily on this dark day, the daily express tell harry, are you coming to the coronation of harry and meghan? we'll soon be ianed. harry and meghan? we'll soon be invited . the coronation, but a invited. the coronation, but a quick decision wanted on quick decision is wanted on whether not they will attend whether or not they will attend . well, what this? you fought . well, what is this? you fought queen and adrian should queen and country, adrian should be there. should harry and

meghan be the coronation? would youiane meghan be the coronation? would you invite them? if you, charles, there are no friends. i know who . any good thoughts know who. any good thoughts about either. is that ? is that about either. is that? is that all of the revelations ? that's all of the revelations? that's still the relevant revelation? yes i just went out there . yes i just went out there. please let me know. but no disgusting is the view. it's ones used. i mean, you know, we fought for queen, a country we serve a queen. the country you don't you don't rubbish your monarch. it's an it's more than a person more than his father, his great grandmother. it's an institution like a royal although that so no i personally don't think he should come will take away from his father's big day so if you will king charles, you withhold the invitation yeah he's in a win . you can't win he's in a win. you can't win either . that's the problem. it either. that's the problem. it is it's a tricky one. it's a dilemma for the king. well, it's not he's he's going to invite him and put the knife at the back of a knave that's what i say . i mean, it's extraordinary

say. i mean, it's extraordinary . but i think prince charles has been very considerate , very been very considerate, very compassionate. a king king charles. i keep doing that. i'm still doing. you mustn't demote him. you know, you get sent to the tower. i will be sent to the town. my head broke. but i think king charles has been very considerate about prince harry. when the queen first died, he made a very considered speech where he said , know, i love my where he said, know, i love my son and i love wife and i welcome them back into the fold is smooth all over. i admit it's really, really with this book. have you read the book. no, i haven't. i've read i'm not actually. i've read it and i've smoked it. yes. oh yeah. you mean he burnt it. smoked it. yes. oh yeah. you mean he burnt it . exactly. you mean he burnt it. exactly. you said it was a particularly cold january night. he thought i made an extra log on the fire. it's high tide of using as a as a doorstop . no. yes, i read it doorstop. no. yes, i read it for. for my sins and yeah, i just thought it was a rather tedious mona thorn. i it is a mona thorn. i found it. i think it was well written, actually.

he did a very writer do it for him and i thought it was readable. i read it very quickly and i found it really interesting for journalists like me, almost a on every me, almost a story on every page.i me, almost a story on every page. i you've covered the page. i mean, you've covered the royal beta fair. i was outside the hospital when was born. there so really there you go. so i'm really happy about the happy about that, about the book, because i read and book, because i read that and i thought, that's fine . and thought, that's fine. and i doesn't mean to say that i think that, you know , i'm against him that, you know, i'm against him . yeah. yeah. he's a very briefly if you can this can be briefly if you can this can be brief with me, you know, while you what i think about the wall, all of this is and circuses and he's a clown there you go right . the problem is he's got to invite he must them king charles invite he must them king charles in my opinion because otherwise he's them something else to moan about and it will be another bookin about and it will be another book in another podcast i think it's going to be another book and another podcast book that's going be going going to be on it's going nowhere. this is oh that's good that warm the house up next yeah that's another one that goes in the there you go.

the fire. listen there you go. it's about speech. good it's all about free speech. good luck think king luck to him. i think king charles invite him and. charles must invite him and. wouldn't it be nice if he changed his tune and showed bit wouldn't it be nice if he ch humility? tune and showed bit wouldn't it be nice if he ch humility? tunethere showed bit wouldn't it be nice if he ch humility? tunethere shovy go, bit of humility? but there you go, each to their own. fascinating coming up from the times. learn work or , face benefits, work skills or, face benefits, cut . we'll discuss that .

next join me, camilla tominey 930 on sunday morning when i'll be speaking to simon mayo , former speaking to simon mayo, former deputy chief of defence about president zelenskyy's demand for british fighter jets . i'll also british fighter jets. i'll also be asking tory mp tobias ellwood, chair of the defence select , whether the uk is select, whether the uk is spending enough on defence and pr guru joe tanner , former pr guru joe tanner, former adviser to boris johnson , be adviser to boris johnson, be taking me through the newspaper headunes. taking me through the newspaper headlines . all that and more at headlines. all that and more at 30 on .

30 on. sunday welcome back to the show. we've got the papers with full panel reaction. linda jubilee, lisa mackenzie and adrian hayes. lots of stories to get through. can we have a at the story in the times learn work skills or face benefits cut jobless hold adrian about time and the whole benefits me look i know one one side the political divide say need to help the needy and the poor and those who need help and of course it is but when the gap between benefits and working is so narrow, if not all that something's wrong. but again, we don't have the courage to sort of face it. so is this is this one thing? learn at schools one thing? learn more at schools or benefits possibly , or face the benefits possibly, but a whole re overhaul but it needs a whole re overhaul why? like so many things in our system, see coming system, i just don't see coming lisa it's got pay to work. lisa it's got to pay to work. well, this is about education this is about skills and education and that i'm all

behind so every person in this country should have a skills and education account that they can use whenever they need because technology changing and people changing at the age of 30 and 50, you probably will new skills to do another things change and this country does not along people to do that we have no there is no adult education budget it caught so therefore is no support for people you know need to change so yeah going people's benefits neither i know they're making people have got they're making people have got the correct skills and education and that they need absolutely not absolutely helping people get back to work money no object that's why we pay our taxes now whilst we are putting the show together today, one story caught our eye. in fact, my brilliant producer spotted this one. props to him. mcdonald's had promised to him. mcdonald's had promised to remove an advert outside a

crematorium, take a look at this. it's right next to a sign pointing out the crematorium , pointing out the crematorium, cornwall. and you got a advertising, a look, krispy burger look krispy next to the crematorium sign . yeah. one crematorium sign. yeah. one woman whose mother in law was cremated . the establishment last cremated. the establishment last year said . it was tasteless. year said. it was tasteless. these gags write themselves two more to squeeze in a mother on mumsnet is furious after a family friend asked her for payment for advice on buying a property . her payment for advice on buying a property. her hosting him and his family for free. just months earlier. so it begs question, should you charge your friends or family for professional advice? linda, let's imagine you no friend of yours is an architect like, oh, how do i how do i build that extension they give you a few ideas and then you get an invoice a week later this woman , the original woman , this woman, the original woman, stop whingeing about this. that's my view . okay, so the

that's my view. okay, so the architect has given her a day, right? he's given her a quote he's told he's going to charge . he's told he's going to charge. job done. yes says, why should i give money? you came and stayed at my lovely home or for a whole week last year. and i think we did most of the cooking. i am sorry , was it a, b and b? sorry, was it a, b and b? i don't think it sounds like it was. she's had them over. they say that had a nice time. you've got be professional about these things if she wanted to charge them she should have charged them she should have charged them . he has done the them. he has done the professional thing . he's done a professional thing. he's done a quote and he's handed in. and just because she chose not buy the house, because it turned out to be a ramshackle derelict building, she now doesn't want to pay his bill. ridiculous. yeah. what do you think adrian , yeah. what do you think adrian, you know, this one's pretty black and white to me, but there are other cases i can think where the fault is not having that open honest chat right at

the are you doing this a favour this mate is this big make it clear. yeah he did in this case. but i there's so many cases i've seen it. i've been there where you're not sure. is this person doing this for a favour? as a friend, you've got you've gone off the conversation. i'm trying, but we're so shy. we're so cautious to have about chat. i'm trying to think i could do for one charge, you know , what for one charge, you know, what could i do? i want what i maybe to tolerate . oh, do things like to tolerate. oh, do things like that. we even do this. my best mate does it highway as a favour or do you sort him know he's he's my best mate and i've got to say he's been doing my for hair free for 20 years. but you guy, l hair free for 20 years. but you guy, i am his best mate . well, guy, i am his best mate. well, i think i think it's payback time, i've got to say, especially for that gorgeous hair, yours. let's finish on this. a story close to my heart and it's all slippers. gwyneth has released her latest gift guide for valentine's day on her lifestyle website, goop . on her lifestyle website, goop. the businesswoman and actress is

offering slippers fo r £700 a 500 offering slippers for £700 a 500 quid blankets and a board game for 1500. so let's focus on those slippers are slippers. one of life's essential needs. would you pay of life's essential needs. would you pay that much for a pair? linda got strong views on sleep. i tell you what, i've to say that i've read all this and i felt i fell for the olivia van ostrich further trent slippers for £795. what a lovely gift. i'll never be able to afford them because haven't got that much change hanging around even my bank account left me on my back pocket. and actually i prefer that to the vagina scented candle. pardon . well, scented candle. oh pardon. well, i can i tell you, i've worn the slippers, the candle and they're both very i'm actually wearing the candle we speak. i've never felt better , so i'm actually felt better, so i'm actually going , oh felt better, so i'm actually going, oh dear , oh, i never wear going, oh dear, oh, i never wear , going, oh dear, oh, i never wear i , going, oh dear, oh, i never wear , i wear flip flops or do they also still call it thongs . yeah, also still call it thongs. yeah, i want a thong in my life

anyway, but i do a flip flops around the house to stop . get in around the house to stop. get in your heels. cranky horses . oh, your heels. cranky horses. oh, yeah. so flip flops is a compromise, but i feel that slippers are a very british, don't you say? oh, i suppose i've got a pair of socks i've got. i always wear slippers. now obviously i'm on a 299 but i think they do the job. but i was looking earlier and you know slippers are very dangerous and i see lots of people a year. how because you can slide out of the people, fall down the stairs. oh dean people, fall down the stairs. oh dear. they are dangerous . yeah. dear. they are dangerous. yeah. it's one of the long building and you need to go to minus other stalls are available. john and you get the proper slippers and you get the proper slippers a back on them. yeah. just like like a little bit stretching. actually used another brand up. it's tiny . the germans it's little tiny. the germans are very big this because the are very big on this because the germans, they call them house. sure which is house you sure which is house shoes, you know, very into hygiene know, they're very into hygiene in like stinky in germany unless like a stinky brits . and so, you know, the brits. and so, you know, the birkenstock , which is these birkenstock, which is these sandals, but slippers are a big tradition. and if you into a

house in shoes face eyebrows most of place i the middle east asia you take your shoes she's come off after i lived in forest shoes but my problem is i've got i must have three pairs of slippers. i don't where they are. where do they go? well, that's that's my question. see where my slippers, where the socks where are my socks gbnews.uk where are my slippers. but yeah, i think that it's a lovely what like about the slippers when they when they go that means you're in for go on that means you're in for the evening you tartan the evening are you also tartan as well . you got the time or no as well. you got the time or no have. i'm actually i've got my hobbies. oh yeah. which i like these the internet one's internet thing and they're woolly and they're very gorgeous. i'd love to know they are probably eaten moths are probably eaten by the moths . look can . brilliant stuff. look can i thank my amazing panel. really enjoyed company tonight thank you to and lisa and adrian we're back tomorrow from nine till 11 sunday nine till 11 as well we've got some cracking stories for you. some great debate as well. thanks to my team , but well. thanks to my team, but most importantly to you , your

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