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your latest news headlines. then.i your latest news headlines. then. i think it's 4:00. this is the latest , the gb newsroom, the the latest, the gb newsroom, the minister says he wants western allies to follow the uk's lead in training ukrainian pilots to fly advanced warplanes . fly advanced warplanes. addressing the munich security , addressing the munich security, rishi sunak urged world leaders to act now and double down on military support for the country . he said britain will be the first to provide advanced long—range weapons to ukraine. he also called for nato to offer ongoing assurances to fight russian aggression and for moscow to be held accountable . moscow to be held accountable. crimes against humanity. my message to everybody here is to join the uk in stepping up support to ukraine to double down on what we're doing because we're at a pivotal moment in this conflict where if we provide ukraine with the extra means that they need then they can turn the tide and liberate their country . the prime their country. the prime minister also said a deal with

the european union on fixing issues with the northern ireland protocol is by no done. rishi sunak was greeted by german chancellor at the summit . held chancellor at the summit. held talks with the european commission , ursula von der leyen commission, ursula von der leyen described as a positive discussion. the leaders said intense work was still needed at official and ministerial levels and they agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days. close contact over the coming days . i'm working very hard days. i'm working very hard together with my ministerial colleagues, foreign secretaries in the audience, secretary of state for northern ireland. we are working very closely together . we're are working very closely together. we're engaging in those conversations with the european next week potential all the time and we have been for a while. but what i'd say is there is still work do. i think there is still work do. i think there is work to do. there are still challenges work through. we have not resolved of these not resolved all of these issues. no, there is no there isn't a deal that has been done. the of former premier league footballer christian atsu has been recovered in turkey . his

been recovered in turkey. his agent confirmed the ghana who played for newcastle chelsea and everton was found the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the earthquakes . more than the earthquakes. more than 45,000 people have been killed in both turkey and syria. rescue continue this morning . child was continue this morning. child was among three people saved. 296 hours after the first quake hit . one of the uk's richest, said jim ratcliffe, has his company, ineos , joined the race to buy ineos, joined the race to buy manchester. he's competing sheikh to sin bin hamad al—thani , the chairman of one of qatar's biggest banks, to acquire the club from the glazer family. sir jim says he wants to make manchester united the number one club in the world. railway engineering workers are to hold 348 hours strikes next month. members of the rmt union at

balfour will walk out on the third, the 10th on the 17th of march in a dispute over pay . march in a dispute over pay. they rejected the company's offer a 5.5% increase in pay to be backdated to april last . be backdated to april last. meanwhile, unions representing , meanwhile, unions representing, thousands of university staff called off seven days of strike action over next two weeks, issuing joint statement. they said an agreement has been reached on pay and pension days with a final pay offer of between eight and 5% from august. however, the five planned strikes in mid—march over grading and 0 hours contracts will still go ahead ahead. contracts will still go ahead ahead . south korea has condemned ahead. south korea has condemned the north for firing a ballistic missile , describing the move as missile, describing the move as a clear breach un resolutions. pyongyang launched a missile into the off its east coast. this morning as the us and korea prepare for annual drills. north korea fired an unprecedented

number of missiles last year, including those with the ability to strike in the united states . to strike in the united states. almost 2000 homes in aberdeenshire are still without power after . storm otto. strong power after. storm otto. strong winds blackouts across both scotland and northern england yesterday . but most properties yesterday. but most properties have now been reconnected to the grid. scottish southern electricity networks say . it electricity networks say. it sent food vans to affected areas and it hopes all power will be restored by the end of the day . restored by the end of the day. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. that was backed into . was backed into. hello. good afternoon. it's fast approaching 6 minutes after 4:00. this is a gb news one tv onune 4:00. this is a gb news one tv online and on digital . we are online and on digital. we are the people's channel. i'm not a quitter . how the people's channel. i'm not a

quitter. how has it got so bad.7 this works sanitation and in so cases downright butchery . the cases downright butchery. the engush cases downright butchery. the english language has to stop . english language has to stop. take a listen to sam smith , a take a listen to sam smith, a big fan of fishing . i do love big fan of fishing. i do love it. yeah, yeah. i'd love to be a fish. fish of them. what do i have for life.7 i'd be if i'd be any type of fish to them. i think i would like to one day. i just like to, end my days fishing, like fish of them. he just made that up . and when did just made that up. and when did the majority agree this nonsense? i mean you can see he's actually laughing when he's saying, but the more i think about it , the less funny it about it, the less funny it becomes. because this actually a sinister edge to . this when also sinister edge to. this when also seen the world hold high regard and work in my view should and his work in my view should never be tampered with a being sanitised someone somewhere sanitised by someone somewhere to their work supposedly to make their work supposedly more palatable to the woke wallflower minority who rather than sidestepping books written perfectly normal words which they have demonised would rather

them on a global scale changing them on a global scale changing the author's words forever . and the author's words forever. and it seems nothing is sacred. let you do writers . roald dahl you do writers. roald dahl puffin the publishers of a move the word fat from his books say for example augustus gloop in charlie the chocolate factory. it's no longer fat it actually changed it now so that enormous. oh i don't know about you i i'd be more offended being called enormous and just fat tiny the description to the empress has been replaced with no higher than my name and small man has now become small people so they're not gender neutral . who they're not gender neutral. who decided these things were offensive? i mean, this simply do they even remove and white so no one's going to turn white with fear and the bfg escape is no longer black you offended? i'm not and instead of mrs. twits fearful ugliness . they've twits fearful ugliness. they've taken out the word fearful

leaving ugliness so fear isn't allowed . that being called ugly allowed. that being called ugly is perfectly fine. i mean, what the hell is going on? and because woke warriors appear to because woke warriors appear to be obsessed with health, they've also removed words crazy and mad . and these are only some of the examples. well, if roald dahl was alive today, he'd be turning in his grave. if you anything like me. well, one of my is even dare to change one word or even a comma in my opening monologue . they will hear the words and in a mistake i'll touch it and i will kill you. tone don't touch my monologue . many of these have my monologue. many of these have come across the thinking they can just have bits in willy nilly and dabble with my wording to make it more palatable in. their eyes. this gone too far. i mean it almost feels like an exercise in controlling thoughts, acting as judgement jewellery on what language is preferable . it's not even as preferable. it's not even as though they would swearing in many they're just many of the books, they're just altering, faceless altering, but some faceless bloke warriors decided that now these words offensive. it

nothing is sacred . these idle nothing is sacred. these idle ideologues extending narrative unnecessarily and often butchering the english language on their way , rather than just on their way, rather than just simply changing instead of into into what they want to hear. i mean, can't just do what the majority of us do. don't like it. exercise their freedom of choice, don't the book, don't read it . so before we get stuck read it. so before we get stuck into the debate, here's else is coming up today for the british debate this hour. i'm asking the snp's dream of independence dead following nicola resignation as leader of the snp and as first minister of scotland. the question of independence is once again on the forefront of british politics. sturgeon has planned to make the next general aide de facto independence referendum . but of course now referendum. but of course now she's deposed to self and now the idea is that do you think apparently according to the snp, some senior officials think that

it is so is still on the cards then a full 50 hours for round up time post lady victoria hervey and royal biographer levin will be joining me to give all the latest from behind the palace polls on the menu. cartoon comedy south park is taking aim harry and meghan taking aim at harry and meghan in hilarious episode where in a hilarious episode where couple continuously attempt to seek but end up blocking seek privacy but end up blocking roads, protesting and they even appear a canadian talk show appear on a canadian talk show with spies that we love that . with spies that we love that. and then this difficult conversation taught niccolo will be long live in the now taught his son christopher first took his son christopher first took his own life last year while still studying first he sees his son from online bullying after being encouraged to take on numerous challenges that have the potential to huge harm towards his wife, have now set up a charity to help families. a similar position. i'll be sharing their story later now that's on the way in the next hour ever tell me what you think and everything we're discussing.

email gb views. gb news. or tweet at gb news news . so tweet me at gb news news. so welcome back into panellist member there were there broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy and also political commentator sam dowler. well, i'm going to come straight to you, lizzie . oh, what do you you, lizzie. oh, what do you think about ? you, lizzie. oh, what do you think about? this butchering you, lizzie. oh, what do you think about ? this butchering the think about? this butchering the engush think about? this butchering the english language? you can't called fat. in fact, you're enormous . oh, that's so fine to enormous. oh, that's so fine to be called a mass effect will be in his grave. i mean , this woke in his grave. i mean, this woke brigade, if the thought offended, don't read books, but do not read or write them. they've got a focus , the they've got a focus, the permission to do this. i think it's perhaps outrageous . we need it's perhaps outrageous. we need to stop it because it's dangerous . to stop it because it's dangerous. but the thing is, obviously it's a puffin. so that they're publishers. these are they're publishers. these are the guys have the rights to the book. but i just take offence that actually changing that they are actually changing the language because supposedly these are offensive being these words are offensive being called fat isn't a great thing

being called enormous is a massive insult and the important things are now i think the gender neutral about lots more men. i mean, this is getting i mean, sam, you must agree the woke brigade have gone mad and need to put a stop to it, i tell you. well i mean, i don't know if it's to do with the work bngade if it's to do with the work brigade or or i mean, because i studied english literature at university. so you know it's very important me and very important to me and language extremely important language is extremely important and dahl's and i've loved roald dahl's books life. i do. but books my entire life. i do. but we do understand the nuances of language over time. like, for example, you would out, you know , racially insensitive things or at least you have caveat at the beginning to say beginning of a book to say something if it was, you something you if it was, you know, anti—semitic, you know, or anti—semitic, etc, you would say this but this is would say that this but this is but these kids books. but. but these are kids books. but. dr. semitism are big isms dr. semitism these are big isms and is in a book and they be and it is in a book and they be reading the book. you don't want to that book. but there are books all things like books about all the things like enid for example, had enid blyton, for example, had quite racist. i love enid quite few racist. i love enid blyton, but it's. but they

decided was racist. never decided it was racist. i never thought racist. i'm thought it was racist. i'm black. the characters, black. some of the characters, one particular my one in particular was my favourite. was really, really favourite. it was really, really clever. saying is clever. but all i'm saying is this this with roald todd, this with this with roald todd, i mean, kids will kids will find they need show kids they don't need to show kids insults for them to know how to use them because you have to have like sam telling the child, right, all of that i'm saying is that, you know, kids need to descriptions and so what saying is there's no point taking out the word fat because they're going see it somewhere else going to see it somewhere else if they want to cause them, they'll do it anyway. and is to say the is even an insult. say the fact is even an insult. i mean, like obviously it comes with other tropes as with certain other tropes as well know, need to well but you know, kids need to have the adjectives, all of have all the adjectives, all of the that as stories. the whole that as, as stories. so i don't they should take any idea what he's actually i don't think they should take anything else and i with you let's else and i agree with you let's feels like we all this feels like we all agree this book the whole you book the whole the whole you know, read book, the know, if you read the book, the chocolate factory, the whole moral outcome is the children and behaviour actually and their behaviour is actually about something yeah, about something good. yeah, right and some people, but i

think , i think i what some want think, i think i what some want me to get my sat nav. i will because you you'll lose some things like example ugly sisters like you know with with know the films and tv they have that it's ugly on the inside. for example so and with the witches the films if they you to if films if they you have to if you're disabled or you're ugly of that are like, of face that people are like, oh, which is how it was back then. but it's, it's more to do with being i think the see, with you being i think the see, the is that the policing force. i think at that point you're policing somebody's interpretation of a word and if i said ugly you might see something else. yeah because you can't control what somebody thinks about word . you use thinks about that word. you use the word because that's what it is piece where they've is there's a piece where they've got fearful and got the fearful ugliness and they've out the word they've taken out the word fearful. they've left ugly , i fearful. they've left ugly, i guess because they're saying that you're ugly that just because you're ugly doesn't fearful. but doesn't mean you're fearful. but the fearful and ugly, the courage is fearful and ugly, so not? there's no harm in so why not? there's no harm in saying something is okay. it is ugly. somebody's personality ugly. if somebody's personality is exactly is something is ugly. exactly can't start taking out what they left actually before they

left out actually before they took these. then i'll call them woke idiots . took these. then i'll call them woke idiots. i'm sorry to use that word, they that's that word, but they that's what they well, don't know. they are. well, i don't know. write own stories. leave write their own stories. leave the ones that are written on the classics. yeah, i agree with. what were you saying. yeah and wrote and wrote about all the fantastic author at least fantastic author and at least like mean they're just like i mean they're just removing books completely removing some books completely from, from the view this. but from, from the view of this. but you've got the lgbtq content and even the complete your burning them, don't think, i them, etc. so i don't think, i think take away think you should take books away from let them learn, let from at all. let them learn, let them make the right voice up. this is a slippery. exactly. so, sam smith, they're going fish. i mean, is that about i mean, what is that about i thought you could thought that was funny you could see thought it was funny see they thought it was funny you made that's the thing you made it but that's the thing too becoming joke. yeah, too it's becoming a joke. yeah, but a joke out of but he is making a joke out of it and that's. well, i mean he didn't it, didn't it didn't make it, he didn't it obvious was joking about it. obvious he was joking about it. you had interpret whether he was laughing it or my laughing at it or my interpretation i said interpretation of what i said was was actually was that he was actually laughing. then today laughing. but then today these people taking seriously . people are taking it seriously. so people of them will appear in the english language . i think

the english language. i think will that just getting permission this and surely permission to do this and surely you . a classic you have to you can't. a classic you have to have permission . they must have have permission. they must have they must have they must have permission. roald dahl's permission. from roald dahl's from the house of roald from the from the house of roald dahl from the from the house of roald dahl, whatever . you you dahl, whatever. you can't you can't change author's can't just change an author's like . but also, i don't like that. but also, i don't think there's any need to i think there's any need to i think this is overreach. and it's and it's people being offended by things on offensive like know you stop shakespeare offended by things on offensive liigoingn you stop shakespeare offended by things on offensive liigoing to 'ou stop shakespeare offended by things on offensive liigoing to upset�*p shakespeare offended by things on offensive liigoing to upset know kespeare offended by things on offensive liigoing to upset know notieare is going to upset know not saying it's like shakespeare dickens well no you're right but different book i mean to me it's like if that's not appropriate, don't change what they're right something is these people, whoever amending the words at puffin, perhaps should write their own book. i mean, not that they can't. they've found it. maybe not as talented roald dahl maybe not as talented roald dahl, even individually had the ability to write books that sound globally. yeah. so you feel that the book isn't quite appropriate for children, right ? people the ? writing a book give people the chance book. chance to buy the book. actually, form it is. put actually, in the form it is. put a warning on it if you're

worried. some words may have people say, but otherwise things really it doesn't make right. but my mum's what she said she was an english teacher for many years and i was talking her about this on the way and she was fuming she was she was like, you kind of it's because you can't take words away from children they have they children they have to they have to be use them and to to be able to use them and to use adjectives like like horsey for for example, for ms. trunchbull, for example, that out. but as that they've taken out. but as group of oh, well, boy, surely mean read and we've all read that we like something i think is ridiculous and how we is ridiculous and that's how we learn also there is the learn well also there is the opfion learn well also there is the option of freedom to choose something different than something different rather than amending its amending something is in its form that have chosen to form that people have chosen to read. by globally , who is read. and by globally, who is this or people who think this person or people who think they should be rewriting bits here write your own here and there? write your own series. to be a series. well don't want to be a transgender woman. let me goodness. where i mean anyone could write that otherwise always would be simply written for clickbait so that you would say so you would lower the lighter nonsense. it's not going to be no james bond is a well,

no. as as a macho character. yes. are you saying you come before me to be black? the exchange. a lot of people want to be are you going? oh, to be back. are you going? oh, so saying okay to, so you're saying it's okay to, be man because james but a lot be a man because james but a lot of people say it's irrelevant what colour he is. he's changed about a name, about he's a name, he is a brand. he is thing and he's a spy brand. he is thing and he's a spy and that. why are people so obsessed colour even obsessed with with colour even the word and why have been the word black and why have been taken of course doesn't taken know of course doesn't matter but that's what people are people saying like oh a black bond is woke up put black james bond is woke up put words in my mouth you say these words in my mouth you say these words say that, but saying people wanting james bond to be a woman that i did date a transgender woman. when is this going to stop? because have as a hero as a as a macho man that doesn't love doctor . and then doesn't love doctor. and then i saw what happened to that that sanctimonious soul who's an alien. yeah yeah, well, exactly. but it was a bit ridiculous because, you know, they kept changing the form of who

changing the form of doctor who they it needs to be they signed. it needs to be a woman. and then they had to because it was also very silly, because it was also very silly, because it was also very silly, because it done with the because it was done with the idea sort of woke. idea of being sort of woke. let's rewriting make the let's rewriting history make the right up they to right ones up if they want to but you want my but exactly if you want my myself see what aspects myself let's see what aspects person the roald story person for the roald dahl story company has actually previously said publishing said about this when publishing new of written new print runs of books written years not unusual to years ago, it's not unusual to review language used review the language used alongside updating other details, including book's cover and page layout guiding principles throughout been to maintain the storylines , maintain the storylines, characters and the irreverence . characters and the irreverence. sharp edged spirit of the original text. any changes might have been small and carefully considered . while you're with considered. while you're with me, i'm not. this is dvds on onune me, i'm not. this is dvds on online and a digital readership . after the break, it's time for our great british debate this out. and i'm asking, our great british debate this out. and i'm asking , is the out. and i'm asking, is the snp's dream of independence dead now? nicola sturgeon's resignation means that there will be new snp first in will be a new snp first in scotland for the first time since thousand and i4, scotland for the first time since thousand and 14, because in long. but what does it mean for scottish nationalists who

want to break from the united kingdom is ? all hope now lost to kingdom is? all hope now lost to scotland outside of the union as even scotland outside of the union as ever. some of your thoughts email or . email gbviews@gbnews.uk or. tweet me at gb news. tell me what you think on the topics we're there's a poll we're discussing there's a poll up now. asking you up right now. i'm asking you very question is the snp dream of independence dead cast vote now we'll be back after this .

it's 22 minutes after 4:00. if you tuned in. welcome on board. this is gb news where live on tv and on digital radio . forget as and on digital radio. forget as well. if you do miss a show you can up on the gb news app which is totally free. i'm done a now before the break were discussing rewriting classics . have a look rewriting classics. have a look at what you've been saying . gary at what you've been saying. gary says your monologue was spot on regarding roald dahl turning his

grave. absolutely. i would be. i'll do that now if anyone touches my jill says, stop this whole work not best tone whole work. it's not best tone says what nonsense to change words on classic books and paul says nana kids will find roald dahps says nana kids will find roald dahl's book offensive until a work week minded . adult points work week minded. adult points it out to them . yeah, you're it out to them. yeah, you're right. that's the thing, isn't it ? the children don't see it it? the children don't see it that way, but we would adult brain look over , change things brain look over, change things very foolish. keep your thoughts coming. now our coming. it is now time for our great debate this out great british debate this out i'm the snp's of i'm asking is the snp's dream of independence ? is it dead? well, independence? is it dead? well, following nicola resignation as the , the question of the leader, the question of independence is once again at the forefront of british politics. now, originally , politics. now, originally, nicola had planned to make the next general election a de facto one, despite not having approval from westminster. but that idea is now dead in the water. that is now dead in the water. that is according to senior snp officials. the national executive committee have decided hold a leadership contest in march. so any discussion , a march. so any discussion, a route forward regarding

independence has been delayed to allow the successor time to outline their vision for the party and a lot of people are suggesting that the entire movement be scuppered now that the highest profile person in the highest profile person in the fight it is now stepping the fight for it is now stepping down. others claimed down. but others have claimed that leader at the helm that a new leader at the helm could of paving could be a way of paving strategy, a new structure, a better one that could ultimately lead to the dissolution of the united kingdom . so the great united kingdom. so for the great british make now, i'm asking british to make now, i'm asking is the snp's dream of independence is dead? well, joining news joining me now, tv news presenter comedian kearse , presenter comedian leo kearse, former the scottish former member of the scottish parliament, and parliament, brian monteith and former businessman ben habib former mep businessman ben habib and former labour for europe and writer dennis mcshane, tennis star, straight with you because i know you've written a lot about. talk to me about this do you think that perhaps because she's now kind of gone that her is diminished somewhat? yes. is has diminished somewhat? yes. but has got a very good legacy. anyway, terms of running scotland, the health service disaster, the education system, the finest in europe has been

absolutely disintegrate to under the snp. why because they are nationalists identity party. when you choose identity over the interests of the country, you often founder. so in it's the idea of secession england. in england it's nationalist identity politics the secession from europe . that's not going from europe. that's not going very well at the moment but it's been laid. i mean it's been but you don't go in for it. still going very well. have you all before in the times, the telegraph, all papers. the tories are saying brexit isn't working best as it isn't working. the deal isn't working. dennis there's a big difference between the lousy deal that bofis between the lousy deal that boris johnson and brexit not working the deal is rubbish . we working the deal is rubbish. we need to fix the deal. you mentioned the threat to the united kingdom. the biggest threat that we face to the integrity of the countries in northern ireland as a result of the withdrawal agreement the northern protocol that

northern ireland protocol that comes of scotland, by comes way ahead of scotland, by the have northern the way, have to take northern ireland back in, in part to settle the scottish, because if we northern go the way it's we let northern go the way it's going at the moment as a result of this scotland going to of this deal, scotland going to take that take encouragement from that national and scotland will get on soapbox isn't buying on their soapbox isn't buying that and so got to we've that drum and so got to we've got to strong in the union got to be strong in the union and i'm sure dennis supports that sure he wants to get that i'm sure he wants to get rid protocol and bring rid of the protocol and bring northern firmly back in northern ireland firmly back in as equal member of the union, as an equal member of the union, great britain and northern ireland. well, let's get liam in leo kearse because you're scottish , surely you support scottish, surely you support nicola sturgeon. i born in nicola sturgeon. i was born in scotland. forget. yeah, scotland. don't forget. yeah, yep' scotland. don't forget. yeah, yep, even accent. yep, yeah, yep. even accent. i got to . well, you know, i'm not got to. well, you know, i'm not a supporter of nicola sturgeon. i mean i think and i think nicola sturgeon was for all of all her fault was the greatest asset the snp had. i mean she she was a great communicator and she was a great communicator and she could really sell this message . but there are single message. but there are single issue party. we've been in power for a long time two thousand and seven that the snp took power

and they've got same malaise and so they've got same malaise that's affecting the tory party they're just tired and haven't been able to sell this message. know the scottish people, i mean independence is a very it's a very very saleable message to the people who, you know, might not follow politics too closely or be too concerned about the minutiae of the technocrat ism running a country. but but it hasn't it hasn't delivered. but people are now to see you just need to drive around glasgow and you see the state of the city, the potholes everywhere. snp have completely failed on every aspect of government apart from banging on independence, the other thing that they big managed to do quite is it's a lever leverage money from they get it through the barnett formula they get an extra i think it's around formula they get an extra i think it's aroun d £16 billion think it's around £16 billion a year to basically paper over the cracks and the rotten feelings. but there's, you know, there's huge amounts. i mean, it looks looks like could be corruption

andifs looks like could be corruption and it's quite a small country. so the economy, corporations close to the government. nicola sturgeon, central government power through the police and also, you know, through all arms of the economy because the government spends so much money in scotland, it's very the government had all the it so there's money being funnelled know through the ferries through other things we don't any proof of that but i know it's let's not we don't have proof we not we don't have any proof we don't people people don't have any people but people have so . people have been saying it so. people are up to the fact that are waking up to the fact that independence is it's a bit of a dream and they'd rather be able to the kids die at age to feed the kids and die at age 35. by brian monteith . well the 35. by brian monteith. well the dream is not dead for because that's it is it's a dream. and for people probably all that you've gone here today it's a nightmare but nicola sturgeon was a very effective let's face

it she able to sell snake oil and people bought it. but the truth is she got the wrong concoct action the last time round with her gender recognition bill and that really was was a board it unpopular people were against her and her ratings have plummeted and snp ratings have plummeted and snp ratings plummeted. so what i think is likely to happen is that support for nationalism will decline but then with a new leader who might be able to figure this on the day job actually improve give some emphasis to health care actually build roads if the greens allow them then ha ha that was very good. them then ha ha that was very good . that's back because good. that's back because nationalism is a dream or a nightmare. it doesn't go away. and so the message that the unionist has to be you cannot afford be complacent you to sell

and sell over the beauty of british the beauty being in the united kingdom and all the advantages gives us and unless they do that and take it for granted that sturgeon's demise is job, then the snp will probably win the next election again. what is labour party are coming up a little bit but i mean the of the labour party is really one of the biggest reasons why the snp have managed to have such a stronghold. but you were laughing when you laughing in that way. well, i think brian never speaks anything other than at pure sense we just that again. sense and we just that again. but brian's quite right, you know you've got to have policies scotland if you're going to win debate for nationalism scotland's got to be seen to be doing well and what i thought was quite interesting recently we up in this country, we put taxes up in this country, scotland , instead of using the scotland, instead of using the opportunity actually undercut england and attract talent north of the border i actually set

that tax rate slightly further north of where so where all the you know, making the case for unionism because it could be us who be subsidising it'll be subsidising scotland and you know providing the funding to get over that hurdle. well some would argue that scotland have some great assets there that we sort of taking taking a lot of profits from, for example, that they have oil and things like that. and if nicola sturgeon had a way, you know, she'd cap all the oil fields, closed down all the oil fields, closed down all the facilities and turn the gas facilities and turn her back that resource. back on that natural resource. but gonna not involved but she's gonna not involved that gonna thank old men that she's gonna thank old men like nigel farage bless i don't see on tv news not going anywhere leo kearse . yeah i mean anywhere leo kearse. yeah i mean she's but the idea is she has live on and one of those ideas was was trying to make scotland different to the uk through this progress you know not just through not just through gender. the snp saw a terrible idea whether it's green policy ran

higher taxes , whatever was it, higher taxes, whatever was it, they saw it, they grab it, enforce it . also, you know, hate enforce it. also, you know, hate the hate crime bill. it was brought to by humza who apparently put his boots into ring. so they've shown an scotland could be like and it basically like like north korea with a with worse weather love my father so listen we're running out of time and so i'm going to ask you a yes or no, dennis, which i. and do you think that the dream of scottish independence is that yes or not, the dream never dies, but scotland will go independent and britain come britain will have to come to terms with brexit, nationalism, tory, brexit. it was a yes or no. don't brexit benefit yes or no. don't brexit benefit yes or no. don't brexit benefit yes or no. do think ? the dream is no. do you think? the dream is not dead, but reality will never manifest itself . brian. brian? manifest itself. brian. brian? yes, that lost a lot like yes, on that lost a lot like communism. the dream . dream will communism. the dream. dream will be maintained . communism. the dream. dream will be maintained. but communism. the dream. dream will be maintained . but let's be be maintained. but let's be clear about it . brexit actually clear about it. brexit actually makes harder. so clear about it. brexit actually makes harder . so brexit clear about it. brexit actually makes harder. so brexit is something dennis should support

if it wants to keep the united kingdom together . and let's talk kingdom together. and let's talk to very briefly, yes or no. is the dream of independence, in your view, dead in scotland ? your view, dead in scotland? it's not, but i think it's going to be curdled by ultra and ethno fascists , you know, reappearing fascists, you know, reappearing in the snp's ranks. fascists, you know, reappearing in the snp's ranks . what and in the snp's ranks. what and thank you so much, leo kearse yes. also, brian , ben, happy and yes. also, brian, ben, happy and also tennis specialist. thank you so much for your thoughts. well, this is dvds were live on tv online on digital, right. it's just coming up to 34 minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua excuse me after break. we'll continue with that great british debate and i'm asking, is the snp stream of independence dead? you'll hear the of my panel of broadcaster and columnist cundy, also and columnist lizzie cundy, also political commentator sam dowler and at five it's this and stay at five it's this week's difficult conversation session george and nicola will live in the studio and george's son christopher chris took his own life last year. how christopher's from online bullying after being encouraged to take on numerous that have

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good afternoon is coming up to 39 minutes after 4:00. this is good on tv online and digital radio. i'm not a quitter. it's now time for our great british debate. this i'm asking is the snp stream of independence dead now following nicola sturgeon's resignation as the leader? the question of independence is once again the forefront of british politics. and now nicola has plaid plan to . make the next plaid plan to. make the next general election a de facto one. with regard to the independence split, despite not having approval westminster she approval from westminster she was to go ahead with it was going to go ahead with it anyway. idea is now anyway. but that idea is now dead water that is dead. the water that is according senior snp according to senior snp officials. even officials. some have even suggested the entire movement will be scuppered. now and that the highest profile person in, the highest profile person in, the fine scottish independence, is down. but have claimed that a new leader at the helm could pave the way for better. that could ultimately to the dissolution of the united kingdom . so what do you think? kingdom. so what do you think? for great british debate this

houn for great british debate this hour, i'm asking the snp stream of independence dead. to discuss that. of independence dead. to discuss that . welcome again to my panel. that. welcome again to my panel. broadcaster and columnist cundy and broadcasting political commentator sandip dowler. and broadcasting political commentator sandip dowler . oh, commentator sandip dowler. oh, sorry about that . just checked sorry about that. just checked his platform . sam down the east his platform. sam down the east start first. i told you think nicola. she's gone. the wicked witch of the east. well, the wicked witch of north. sorry in the north. the thing is, obviously, there's the north dancing, which anyway. well i like that you can. i'm sure you can. look, i. i don't feel bad for nicola sturgeon and leaving. i've. you know i've not. i've not been afraid to say that, you know, i agree with the gender recognition bill and discussed that on the show. but what i disagree with her dogged obsession with independence and. you know, a number like obviously you said like the highest profile. obviously there's alex salmond as well , there's alex salmond as well, still, you know, banging that drum. but, you know he's fallen out favour for not favour out of favour for not favour with her britain's scottish people i don't think

people so i that i don't think the idea will die with her. i think that unless they get somebody else as as leader is who is so forth right they must make it happen because i of a lot of the time she was like like there was nothing she's nothing else that's all she ever told him that's all she ever wanted and then obviously to have the referendum in 2014 which is just be once in a generation then she was generation and then she was like, no, didn't. but one bit like, no, we didn't. but one bit like, no, we didn't. but one bit like brexit have exactly. like brexit you have exactly. although we only although it's not like we only had those, but but yeah, had one of those, but but yeah, i i think it's another i i think, i think it's another i think if it's not the end of independence certainly will push it back by good years it back by good five years i would say. well a because would say. well a lot because people they say that this people i mean they say that this is 5050. lot of people is about 5050. a lot of people actually want that independence . but wonder without her, as . but i wonder without her, as you suggest, that that that will actually be able to happen. what do you think lizzie? well, she was the clueless monster, wasn't she? not talking about the she? i'm not talking about the one ness. what? nicola one in loch ness. what? nicola sturgeon, a irritant. what sturgeon, what a irritant. what a toxic, dangerous woman . and a toxic, dangerous woman. and not just scotland's better off with that, the whole of the

with that, but the whole of the world better off without world is better off without people . we no one know, people dying. we no one know, but some people would argue that even though you might that even though you might see that she actually had an ability to garner support , get an audience, garner support, get an audience, and they get people behind her. i mean, look, that that is i mean, look, that is that is a in itself. look at the likes of rishi sunak. everybody's running away from it has got something now that went obsessive . it now that she went obsessive. it was she was bleating on and on and on about she just put people off it. what about the other problem? she about in scotland a huge drug problem the huge alcohol the huge crime problem that scotland have to show policing so many other issues she just didn't bother with. she just was on her own crazed obsession with independence. and that's been shut down for good reasons to her. i would say that. i know, of course . what that. i know, of course. what abouti that. i know, of course. what about i think actually, if look at the gender recognition reform bill, i ultimately that brought it down and even though she said that it wasn't that reason i think it was that was that she

showed inability listen . showed an inability to listen. and then when it was quite clear she had made a mistake and that it when misgendered the it was when she misgendered the then it was a she, then then she said it was a she, then they is what you're saying they this is what you're saying is she said the is a she then she said the person who's the then got herself into later and also made an absolute fool herself. an absolute fool of herself. does put so why. does that put you so why. i think was like the wizard of think it was like the wizard of oz curtain comes oz when the curtain comes i think it was a i think it was a couple of it was a catalogue of disasters. the gender recognition bill like it which you with i'll be here you agreed with and i'll be here then passed with then upon it passed with a majority after after like the most debating in most amount of debating in hollyrood since the hollyrood that's ever since the lights sort lights off because they was sort of tell until midnight but of i can tell until midnight but it just that combined with the fact people sure whether fact that people sure whether she whether really she really whether really was you trans you know fighting for trans people or she just people or whether she just wanted as a as a as tool wanted to use as a as a as tool to sort of, you know, to further her independence . but it was her independence. but it was what it always was was never there's always whatever she exactly. was always disguised exactly. it was always disguised then was break up the union, then it was break up the union, which is why my mother always said break the union because

that's did. she was that's all she ever did. she was the trans as a political , used the trans as a political, used them as pawns for her own obsession with this independ , obsession with this independ, but then all argue that she had an affinity towards the trans community and she was being understanding. i mean, look, i don't think so. i with don't think so. i agree with you, but people would see you, but some people would see it that way. you not see her it that way. did you not see her in that interview where goes in that interview where she goes getting mixed getting muddled up, mixed thinking about i think, you know, the you know, the oil and the. yes. graham yes. that's inara. i was obviously annoyed, but it's almost a nightmare his victims and you know, and i don't think he's trans woman at all i think that his ex wife said, you know, he's an opportunist and his patterns and i that she she talked i think that she she talked herself in because was she herself in knots because was she was she was trying to was trying to she was trying to stand trans community. stand by the trans community. but wasn't a transcript but this wasn't a transcript of what want say it was the what they want to say it was the transvestite and it just all transvestite and it was just all a old man. you even a big, big old man. but you even see her in a final press conference and she said, you know, i'm just going to take a few questions went on forever did me me, me and even did a 160 is me me, me and even the tired so i bring

the translator tired so i bring in another one she didn't think about do think then about sex though do think then with in that actually with that in mind that actually scotland has actually got tired of this constant you know in defence even those who probably support it and would like independence even though i know when you look at things like ukraine, you of think do you really want to go way of being such a you know we to stay together in view that's i together in my view that's i think glad we're within think i'm glad we're not within the eu but i'm quite happy you know scotland and we have our united. know scotland and we have our unhed. i know scotland and we have our united. i would prefer if united. well i would prefer if we were eu obviously i've we were in the eu obviously i've said that but, think said that before but, i think you this, this goes to you know this, this goes back to with tony blair, it said it was, you there you know, you know, there was you know, a above the border in scotland. there was a lot, you know, lot there was a lot, you know, a lot of dislike and hatred of british people, english people. people, of english people. right. know, right. rather say, you know, that changed years, that has changed over the years, you with their own with you know, with their own with their government. think, their own government. i think, you she's she's you know, i just she's she's pushed so many it pushed this bond so many and it hasn't worked her. and hasn't worked out her. and i don't i don't think it don't think i don't think it will happen when you say changed as in what way? attitudes. attitudes attitudes. which

attitudes have attitudes. which way? scottish attitudes to industry the industry has changed over the years because way because years because the way because the they warmer warmer the way they warmer or warmer was like before devolution. they were you know, they resented the fact that were that were fact that they were that were ruled westminster. but then ruled by westminster. but then obviously had obviously devolution, they had holyrood and they had someone like sturgeon. so like nicola sturgeon. so, so it's a different it's different, it's a different scenario and i think that is obviously for the better. and i think that we're a few think that we're a good few years away from , from years away from, from independence. i think it steadies a dodo. i mean in 2014 they gave the big thumbs down, didn't for this and she's stopped going on since then it's a problem and i'm afraid the dream is over she thinks the germans dare dream . but again, germans dare dream. but again, with all referendums think this. i don't think it should be down to 50, 51, 49. i think it should always with any reference. i think it be like at least like a 10% or no tearing about it. you can't just say, oh, well, if it's too , then it's just it's it's too, then it's just it's either either you've won or you haven't. and that's it finally has to be, because otherwise where do you draw the line? you

can't say oh two above the line. that's the line of them. it could on forever. who could just go on forever. who how many above the line? no i don't being honest don't think she's being honest for a reasons for going. i mean there are many. well you don't want that know, want to admit that you know, stupid any dick and stupid idea. not any dick and harry it, but she harry identifies it, but she would never defeat anyway would never admit defeat anyway . you want to say. i'm . you don't want to say. i'm going say that. was going to say that. it was a stupid idea when tom, and stupid idea when tom, dick and harry identify a woman harry can identify as a woman and to all swear the 600 and i want to all swear the 600 k race for the referendum is . k race for the referendum is. well, a lot of questions are still going on. yeah, that's under investigation. so we obviously but obviously discuss that. but it'll interesting out. it'll be interesting. find out. but if show is nothing but as if this show is nothing without you and your views, let's welcome great british voice, be on voice, your opportunity to be on the us what you think the show. tell us what you think about we're about the topics we're discussing. let's go to, bristol. let's have a chat with lee i want to hear he's lee harris. i want to hear he's very sensible your view on this what's it. lee nice what's your take on it. lee nice to you. to see, you know , i to see you. to see, you know, i read a brilliant tweet earlier which really might be laughs. i really want to say it and it said the clown gone. but unfortunately the circus and i

think that's perfectly so don't think that's perfectly so don't think it's terminally dead but in dependence movement has taken you know certainly take a painful beating which i imagine is going to last some time. you know, the facts are clear nicola sturgeon her time as first minister in abject failure. she hasn't got scotland closer to independence by provable measure , she's easily the most overrated politician in the uk. he was propped up by loved up remainer , left the msm , you remainer, left the msm, you know, just before she abandoned ship . lord ashcroft polling this ship. lord ashcroft polling this morning 40 years hence. apologies for repeating, but lord ashcroft's polling showed 56% of people in scotland vote no to independence and 44% would vote yes . that's 1% worse than vote yes. that's 1% worse than the result of the referendum in 2014. so she's she's gone backwards . there's going to be backwards. there's going to be no special to discuss independence . she's lost to the independence. she's lost to the supreme court to hold the independence referendum know there's simply no credible or

legal route to independence left for the snp. well she obviously she probably that she did it just under our debt and left with dignity. listen we've run out time. we've got to go. thank you very . that's lee harris you very. that's lee harris there in bristol. there's his thoughts. i see what you've been saying. says scotland had saying. gary says scotland had its chance. it chose to remain in the uk, bossed by in the uk, be bossed by westminster . in the uk, be bossed by westminster. bryan in the uk, be bossed by westminster . bryan says it was westminster. bryan says it was snp's dream and not people of scotland. interesting daryl said it is disturbing, scotland. interesting daryl said it is disturbing , it is an it is disturbing, it is an sturgeon now as unemployed i think she's been knocking about . well, there's a poll up on twitter throughout show and i've been asking you whether the snp's of independence is dead and currently 87% of you say yes, whilst only 30% say no. well with me on that, this is a where onto the online column digital radio after the break it is royal round up time and lady victoria herb will be joining me in studio a royal biographer , a in studio a royal biographer, a lover will be talking about the episode it is south park is

where the hit comedy series took aim at harry and meghan and where they caught by the same queen we've all heard of that i love it and then in five is this week's difficult conversation nicola will be live in the studio. his son christopher's took his own life last year after he suffered from online bullying . now, christopher was bullying. now, christopher was encouraged to take numerous challenges that had the potential to cause harm. george, his wife , set up a charity to his wife, set up a charity to help others. don't go anywhere . help others. don't go anywhere. we'll be back after this .

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. i'm not a square. if you've just come on board. this is gb news where live on tv, online and on digital, right on desktop as well. you also find out as well. you can also find out on youtube. now the sussexes have been ridiculed a new episode of the hit american cartoon south park. now cartoon series south park. now the episode doesn't name the specific that the character's birth family very very striking resemblance harry and meghan. according to reports that will be we'll be looking that in just a moment. now, according to reports, prince andrew has kept a close on meghan and harry's move stateside attempts to move stateside as he attempts to rehabilitate image . so on rehabilitate his image. so on saturday, to you saturday, i love to give you that rundown. and so who better to that than joining me? live to do that than joining me? live in studio is socialite and in the studio is socialite and tv personality lady victoria harvey victoria let's harvey now lady victoria let's start with a few things i'm talking about . you know, talking about. you know, obviously there's stuff we can't say, but let's talk to me about the date of this pizza express date, because remember, you said that things have happened. you couldn't have met her because she yeah, 10th of march. she out. yeah, 10th of march. well think know so i say,

well i think you know so i say, i mean, the story was i mean, because was a, you know, because it was such a, you know, like imagine and remembering going express , but it's going to pizza express, but it's like us remembering when we like for us remembering when we went to buckingham palace because one off thing that because was a one off thing that he'd and that he'd never done before and that was in that was like in the private diaries. so you obviously everything is logged . obviously everything is logged. every single thing that they do . so i don't know. i feel like the public just kind of saw that as a joke like, oh my god, he remembers. he was at pizza express. but of course, like it was something that was very unlike something that he'd done. and the duchess was away in america . what was happy? sarah america. what was happy? sarah ferguson . yes. okay. so you're ferguson. yes. okay. so you're saying sorry , folks, she was in saying sorry, folks, she was in america , hence she had the kids america, hence she had the kids for that week and they had a sort of agreement that they would never be away. at the same time. so if she was away , she time. so if she was away, she would be in england with the kids . so yeah, that was the kids. so yeah, that was the pizza express thing. what were the other questions? yes, i said

basically then. so what you're saying is that he was definitely at the pizzeria and things like that. so that's in view that is. yeah, i think those things to come up with any evidence to buy it way i don't know. it either way i don't know. but i feel the public, i just feel like the public, i don't know. i think because it was, like, oh my god, was, you know, like, oh my god, i was pizza express. how i was at pizza express. how i wouldn't remember i would wouldn't remember but i would remember. because like if remember. yeah, because like if i'm going to buckingham palace, it right it was different right now a little while was a lot of little while ago it was a lot of people were talking about a bathroom. there's a bathroom that i a frank that was inspired. i a frank talk about that because talk to me about that because that well an allegation of that was well an allegation of sex that happened in there so i think the thing the thing that she didn't write about right in her little memoir thing it that bathroom was mirrored like the whole thing was mirrored not my when i've been in the bathroom that the whole is completely mirrored something that was not put in that memoir but instead she said it was around bathtub in the middle of the room has never existed. well that's interesting i don't know this

has never because maybe they did something , you know, it's not something, you know, it's not ever existed. existed . ever existed. never existed. well, interesting enough, prince andrew is apparently something about when she said he was stayed at the ranch in new mexico, which then she admitted under oath that she made a mistake and which was something was out there. interesting what about parm sandhu? because apparently he's moving stateside. is that true that's highly unlikely unlikely. yeah, i think that it's making it up. no what? we'll find out what it all these different claims. lady victoria having with her insider socialite insider information insider . well, let's see let's insider. well, let's see let's have a chat with royal biographer angela levin now. she joins me to answer harry and meghan on south park. well, that was so funny. oh, what's on? it was so funny. oh, what's on? it was so funny. oh, what's on? it was so hilarious i couldn't stop laughing. i was on my own and i was just roaring with laughter. it's just incredibly funny. but it's also very revealing about

the failures , you know, the the failures, you know, the hypocrisy of, you know, telling us not to fly, but that they they kept these characters in they kept these characters in the cartoon and kept their plane outside their house and the way that they interview called them, described them. harry was well , described them. harry was well, the character, we have to say really was a royal prince world traveller , millionaire victim . traveller, millionaire victim. and camilla was surrogate actress victim. so sort of make them so ridiculous from the start . it was very funny. but start. it was very funny. but one of the really sad things was at the end when this character who's obviously like harry says, look, let's what we originally said we don't want to be a brand . we don't have to prove ourselves . it matters what's

ourselves. it matters what's inside . and he opens meghan's inside. and he opens meghan's mouth enormous mouth . and then mouth enormous mouth. and then there's an echo which is said , there's an echo which is said, oh, meghan this obviously nothing there. and that's really they're trying to tell us, which is very interesting think that sort of use those words now i suspect lady victoria about prince andrew having a move to the states is that that something you're hearing on your radar . yeah something you're hearing on your radar. yeah i'm hearing that it's just something he's thinking about. i don't think he'll that is watching harry and meghan the going the thing is he and charles just don't get on and charles just don't get on and whereas he his mother and he was his mother's favourite and she would always help him do what he wants william just won't they are friends and so feels he can get away is obviously been left a load of money from his mother and it can take with him

and start a new. he won't actually be a net flix. he'll want to do business and charitable work. so it's sad, but he won't go on. you can bet your bottom on that one. well, let's turn to we've got about 20 seconds on a very busy i want to ask you about harry and meghan markle dropped from queen's commonwealth trust website. is that a move? yeah to upset them . i'm sure they will be furious . they did very, very little. but harry was president. . they did very, very little. but harry was president . and but harry was president. and meghan was vice president. they could have done a great deal. they could have brought a whole freshness and young people together and help young people do very well. but they've they've been what, out of the website . and you can't expect if website. and you can't expect if do very little on the website you erased. well interesting raised many different levels and very it's a big echo of a raised raised and delivered thank you

so much always a pleasure to talk to and thank so much lady victoria harvey. right. victoria harvey. all right. well, statement by well, in a previous statement by virginia cafe on starting legal action against prince andrew on abuse in abuse allegations in a statement, mr. capri said, i am holding andrew accountable for he did to me the powerful and rich are not exempt from being held for their actions . rich are not exempt from being held for their actions. i rich are not exempt from being held for their actions . i hope held for their actions. i hope that other victims will see that it is possible to not in silence and fear, but can reclaim her life by speaking out and demanding justice. this is gb news went live on tv, online and on digital. read more to come on this . this. you just tuned welcome on board you just missed some spicy stuff it's just coming up to just after 5:00 actually i'm okay. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio . the next hour, on digital radio. the next hour, me and my panel, we'll be on some of the big topics that hitting the headlines right now.

now, coming up on the way next time we speak to a man who lost his child after being harmful content. stay tuned. find out. more about that and after that great bridge debate this , i'm great bridge debate this, i'm asking what could employers do to keep their workforce in the uk. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . good latest news headlines. good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm tatiana in the gb newsroom. the u.k. says it's ready to countries which can provide fighter jets to ukraine. countries which can provide fighterjets to ukraine. the prime minister made the commitment after addressing the munich security conference where he urged wealthy to act now and double down on military support . rishi sunak said the west's response to russia hasn't been strong enough and to win war, ukraine needs more artillery , ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence. i've done is say to all allies that we stand to support

them if they can . fighter jets them if they can. fighter jets to ukraine. and for our part, we're also leading world in training ukrainian pilots on nato standard aircraft. that's the right thing to do because this is about giving ukraine the means to defend themselves and win this war. that's about more air defence, it's about armoured vehicles, it's about long—range weapons . the is out in weapons. the u.k. is out in front all of these, and it's front in all of these, and it's important we continue to important that we continue to do so lead because we want to so and lead because we want to see ukraine succeed . the prime see ukraine succeed. the prime also said a deal with european union on fixing issues with the northern ireland protocol is by no means done . rishi sunak held no means done. rishi sunak held talks . the european no means done. rishi sunak held talks. the european commission president ursula von der leyen on the side lines of the summit, described as a positive discussion. the leaders said intense work still needed at official and ministerial levels and they agreed to remain in close contact over the coming days. close contact over the coming days . i'm working very hard days. i'm working very hard together . my days. i'm working very hard together. my ministerial colleagues, foreign secretaries in the audience, secretary of

state for northern ireland. we are working very closely together . we're are working very closely together. we're engaging in those conversations with the european union next week, potential the time and we have been for a while. but i'd say is there is still work do. i think there is still work do. i think there is still work do. i think there is still work to do. there are still challenges to work through. we have not resolved all of these. no, there is no there isn't a deal that has been done.the there isn't a deal that has been done. the death toll nearly two weeks after the turkey earthquakes has climbed more than 46,000. former league footballer christian atsu is among the lives lost. his agent confirming his body found under the rubble of his home. rescue efforts continuing just this . a efforts continuing just this. a child was among three people saved . 296 hours after the first saved. 296 hours after the first earthquake hit. one of saved. 296 hours after the first earthquake hit . one of the saved. 296 hours after the first earthquake hit. one of the uk's richest people sir jim earthquake hit. one of the uk's richest people sirjim ratcliffe richest people sir jim ratcliffe has confirmed his company. ineos has confirmed his company. ineos has joined the to buy manchester

united . he's competing with united. he's competing with sheikh jassim hamad al—thani, the chairman of one of qatar's biggest banks to acquire the club from the glazer family. sir jim says wants to make manchester united the number one club in the world again . railway club in the world again. railway engineering workers are to hold 348 hour strikes next month . 348 hour strikes next month. members of the rmt union at beatty will walk out on the third, the 10th on the 17th of march in a dispute over pay. they rejected the company's offer of a 5.5% increase in pay to be back dated to april last year. to be back dated to april last year . meanwhile, to be back dated to april last year. meanwhile, unions representing the thousands of university staff called off seven days of strike action the next two weeks, issuing a joint statement. they said an agreement has been reached on pay agreement has been reached on pay and pensions with a final pay pay and pensions with a final pay offer of between eight and 5% from august. however the five planned strikes in mid—march

over grading and 0 hours contracts will still go . south contracts will still go. south korea has condemned the north for firing a ballistic missile, describing move as a clear breach of un. pyongyang fired a long—range missile from its capital into the sea of japan this morning. it happened a day after it threatened to take a strong military measures against south korea and the us over theirjoint military south korea and the us over their joint military exercises. nonh their joint military exercises. north korea fired an unprecedented number of missiles last year, including those with the ability to strike anywhere in the united states . almost in the united states. almost 2000 homes in aberdeenshire are still without power after otto. strong winds caused blackouts across both scotland , northern across both scotland, northern england yesterday. but most properties have now reconnected to the grid . scottish and to the grid. scottish and southern electricity says it sent food fans to affected areas . it hopes all the power will be restored by the end the day .

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suffered online bullying after being encouraged to take on numerous challenges , the numerous challenges, the potential to cause harm george and his wife have now set up a charity to provide children , charity to provide children, teenagers, outdoor activities away from the digital world. and i'll be hearing their story in just a moment. and, of course , just a moment. and, of course, for the great british debate this hour, i'm what do employers need to in this country to keep their workforce ? now a winter of their workforce? now a winter of discontent has gripped the nafion discontent has gripped the nation over the last few months with border staff with border force staff currently strike over pay dispute and. australian official who was set to visit the uk at the end of february, will try to enfice the end of february, will try to entice brits with better wages, bigger houses, cheaper rent and of course far better weather. could they you to go. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet at . gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet at. gb news. right now it's time for this week's difficult. now following the death of archie

battersby . an inquest concluded battersby. an inquest concluded that he accidentally in a prank or an experiment that went wrong and that did not intended to harm. and so the coroner also stated that there was possibility that archie could have taken part in some sort of onune have taken part in some sort of online challenge, but there was no evidence of it. now, online safety for children and young adults has come to the forefront of the debate this past year because so , as nicolaou was just because so, as nicolaou was just years old when he took his life after becoming a victim of, harmful online material in his memory, his father, george set up the christopher cross charity , and their goals are to inspire and encourage children and young adults to engage in activities outside social media and the internet . now, the father and internet. now, the father and mother of christopher's, george and betty join me live in the studio now . george moretti, studio now. george moretti, thank you so much for joining studio now. george moretti, thank you so much forjoining me today. thank you so much forjoining me today . and i know your message today. and i know your message is very very important because a lot of parents don't know what their children are doing online.

so can sort of start me off by talking to me a little bit about your son what what kind of a what kind of a young man? we'll see. first of all, thank you for having us here and so sir christopher was the most well—mannered respectful kind , well—mannered respectful kind, uh, faithful his parents faithful to his loving and caring and very good , very good caring and very good, very good student, very student. and in fact, he's got an award at school that the children in his year every year they'll be winning his award. it's the cristal for us the christopher fir achievement award. so for the next ten years that will be one. so obviously, the school , one. so obviously, the school, um , is very saddened with , with

um, is very saddened with, with our loss and i'll be watching to see you stood us a great deal. look, i'm wolf we've we've got to do something about this . to do something about this. there's various forums that unfortunately get stuck into. so can i ask isn't were you aware that he was doing something online. do you do you know how he managed to access this sort of material ? look, christopher of material? look, christopher wilson was always very honest with us and, um , as an example with us and, um, as an example if he if he , if he wanted to and if he if he, if he wanted to and play if he if he, if he wanted to and play on his computer , come and play on his computer, come and ask us first. um during the week he'll be doing his homework and studies. so there was no usage of computers . he was more of computers. he was more interested in focusing his studies and doing the marks and in fact can tell you that a few days before before incident he

he actually said that he said, i'm i'm prepared, i'm ready to get the best grades in my year. you know he's a he was very adamant that he wanted to get the look. i mean it's not simple to understand but what actually happens the children get involved in these i couldn't webb's where they actually don't know they've entered this dark web and there's a particular forum which which a normal a normal where it's a gaming you know where you know children get involved but there is predators out there and the predators are out there and the predators are out there and the predators are out there to find children , to out there to find children, to do what they need do. and they

offer them challenge is, um , offer them challenge is, um, they offer them tasks , um, and they offer them tasks, um, and they've got 50 days to do it and they've got 50 days to do it and they know none of the wiser. they just think that , okay, this they just think that, okay, this guy managed challenges it's tasks , you know, nothing wrong tasks, you know, nothing wrong with that . and is that what with that. and is that what christopher's involved in? and that's one of these christmas got involved with he he had no idea . in fact got involved with he he had no idea. in fact , got involved with he he had no idea . in fact , they made him idea. in fact, they made him give the let him get our passports and they gave our details . um they tricked him in, details. um they tricked him in, um , they tricked him in um, they tricked him in a information from our passport that they need so they can activate these new game that he's supposed to be getting . and he's supposed to be getting. and . once he gave the passports , . once he gave the passports, they started the france . among they started the france. among they started the france. among the threats was if you don't

complete your challenges will, go for your family and are none the wiser. and this all like the last. the wiser. and this all like the last . 50 days, you know, it was last. 50 days, you know, it was just this much less yeah the council nervous he was doing like his foot into second and go back to his room and was asking what's going christopher what's wrong have any problem talk to us or no loitering . okay just us or no loitering. okay just game you know i'm just talking to my friends and he wouldn't say even to say anything to us because they they brought him to a situation where he he was frightened and, you know, he was led to believe that he was being watched wherever he was was being watched , you know, and being watched, you know, and however clever christopher was , however clever christopher was, i would say yes, because i still know he's around us all the time . and, um, but you know, again ,

. and, um, but you know, again, if, if, if our christopher are bright, happy, prosperous child and was able to get tricked in somebody like this, then we're actually very worried . we're actually very worried. we're very worried because . like we as very worried because. like we as never knew none the about these kind of things , um i'm actually kind of things, um i'm actually worried about other who know nothing about what their children doing upstairs you know this situation with go around to friends houses and will say you know where is your child ? oh, know where is your child? oh, he's upstairs playing games. always getting on with it, you know, and we say, well, don't you check on him and don't you just see what they're playing. how did you find out that that's what he was doing? they did. was it obvious then when you it quite obvious then when you looked computer? yeah we looked on his computer? yeah we found we found it all from found it. we found it all from computer. we found the chats we found the fritz. we found the

conversations . we found it all conversations. we found it all well enough to get us to, uh, go through this very long motion to set this charity. so that. and thank you, lord , we've managed thank you, lord, we've managed to get the charity registered of the commissioners , and that was the commissioners, and that was only last month. so we, if you would, tell you about what the charity about he's doing the charity about he's doing the charity school to see f well .org the charity is to give activities towards . games but activities towards. games but not computer games of course you know going to various trips and so forth and. all this is going to be paid our charity and we have raised and we even started yet we've raised over have raised and we even started

yet we've raised ove r £20,000 yet we've raised over £20,000 for the ccf world and ccf , which for the ccf world and ccf, which stands for the christopher's charity foundation . and you know charity foundation. and you know , we also want to bring awareness to . parents and on the awareness to. parents and on the website it's explains everything how parents could be made aware in more detail how to protect their own children because the most ages are . between 12 and most ages are. between 12 and 16, which is why i charity's covering however . we will be covering however. we will be speaking to the commissioners to ask if we can extend that from 10 to 16, because ten year olds, even ten year olds are getting involved in this in this very experience. and what should be looking out for, because obviously , after christopher obviously, after christopher first took his life, you then found it all on his computer. if

you had done such as like that earlier, would you you would have found that. and if so , was have found that. and if so, was that search that you did to find stuff ? do you know what i mean? stuff? do you know what i mean? this might sound crazy , you know this might sound crazy, you know . christopher went to heaven . we . christopher went to heaven. we will glided, so we were guided . will glided, so we were guided. this helped us a lot. i'll be honest to you. and my sense but is the truth. and we were able to open up his computer. i'm able to find these horrific conversations and pictures and horrific threats and photos that we're sending photos through to him of knife . and they will say him of knife. and they will say which one they would use to kill themselves. so that's how it all starts, you know, they make it sound like, you know, it's them that want to do it , sound like, you know, it's them that want to do it, you sound like, you know, it's them that want to do it , you know, that want to do it, you know, and christopher say, you know,

the competent these are that know we you know, we christians you can't be you can't make any yourself you know, you're going to hell. and this is all written down and unfortunately , you down and unfortunately, you know, after a while of involved in these challenges , you're now in these challenges, you're now in these challenges, you're now in this you're in this, this dark bubble . so if people want dark bubble. so if people want to find out about charity and presumably they're you sort of advise parents as well how they can avoid their children getting involved in this and what people need to look out for is a website or something . yes, of website or something. yes, of course there's a website and it's ccf world org. um and you know, we people to look at the charity we want people to sponsor us we want people to become volunteers because we're going to need volunteers . our going to need volunteers. our trips and just to give all the fun in the world. children obviously , they're not allowed obviously, they're not allowed to go on social media, but, you

know, they're going to have great fun. they're going to have fun outings , are going to have fun outings, are going to have trips. they're going to have, you know, and that's what we want to 100% of all the want to spend 100% of all the money we raise . and it's going money we raise. and it's going to be every week there'll be a new trick, there'll be a new activity every week and maybe three or four times a week. and we're trying grow it. we're trying to we're trying to grow it. and we're trying to make parents understand, aware and be aware of it, but really keep focus on what the children do. yeah. and of course, be you know, there'll be leaflets given out on each time so the kids can take home, you know, we want , take home, you know, we want, want to make it as successful as possible . and of course to possible. and of course to parents as well. listen george moretti, thank you very for coming to talk to us about. this is so important and. hopefully parents who are listening, watching grandparents who are listening and watching this will perhaps, take a look at

perhaps, maybe take a look at the what their children are doing online. thank you so much. it's so important. i'm sorry so sorry your loss. thank you sorry for your loss. thank you sorry for your loss. thank you so for having us. so thank you for having us. thank you stay thank thank you. stay tuned because up, it's time for because coming up, it's time for budget debate this i'm asking what can employees do to keep their workforce in the uk . an their workforce in the uk. an australian is set . australian official is set. visit the uk at the end of february and will try to convince brits to move down under better wages , better under better wages, better houses, cheaper rent. who resist a u—turn to stay tuned. that is on after .

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debate this hour. and i'm asking , what can employers do to keep workforce here in the uk ? am workforce here in the uk? am i asking? well we've had a winter of discontent which has gripped the nation over the last few months , with border force staff months, with border force staff currently strike for a four day penod currently strike for a four day period over disputes , working period over disputes, working conditions and pay . thousands of conditions and pay. thousands of nurses are expected to take part in a 48 hour walkout at the beginning next month, with nurses union accusing . the nurses union accusing. the government of failing to engage in negotiations . then all of in negotiations. then all of this comes the western australian state is attempting now to poach over 30,000 british workers to fill job in the pubuc workers to fill job in the public sector as britain experiences a cost living crisis. they're looking to recruit teachers, police officers as well as doctors and officials who was set to visit the at the end of february 14 times brits not much enticing needed to feel. it's just looking at the pictures you can check us out online as well to enfice check us out online as well to entice brits better wages, bigger houses, cheaper rent and of course, far better weather .

of course, far better weather. now, this begs the question, would you tempted? what do you think ? would what can think? would you go? what can this do to keep our workers here safe for the great british debate? that is the question i'm asking. now by asking. i'm joined now by commentator abraham for the australian high commissioner alexander downer, former snp glasgow city councillor austin shendan glasgow city councillor austin sheridan and media writer at the australian sophy elsworth. i'm going to start with reem. you wrote last call a while ago about nothing here for the young people. talk to me, about what it's like that exactly. it was following jeremy hunt's budget the end of last year. essentially called it intergenerational theft because . that's what it is. the government had promised the triple lock on pensions, had promised government spending and of this would, of course, be paid for by hard working young taxpayers like myself. and so i thought i thought that is incredibly unfair. we now have the highest tax burden in 70. i honestly do not. people, young people, especially if they think these will assess their

prospects and see, in the prospects and see, okay, in the united kingdom , there is nothing united kingdom, there is nothing for elsewhere. well for me. let's go elsewhere. well remove think. pay your remove you think. pay for your schooling then, my school schooling then, my school schooling with old people, schooling with the old people, of the taxpayers of course is free. the taxpayers going the highest tax in 17 going with the highest tax in 17 years. now, when you older , years. now, when you get older, it's your it's your turn it's your turn. it's your turn to for people. but to pay for other people. but we're more than they we're paying more than they ever were. what think were. that's what you think you're right? worse as much. you're in, right? worse as much. well, let's speak to the australian commissioner, alexander . thank you very alexander downer. thank you very much, alexander, for joining us. so your thoughts in so what's your thoughts in australia ? because want to go australia? because i want to go talk me about. yes, well, talk to me about. yes, well, i think advantage of think great advantage of australia is lifestyle, really. i mean of course, all these issues about in inflation and taxes and so on are all replicated in australia. australia has all of those problems. and is australia ever strikes? of course it does . so strikes? of course it does. so you want to have a mature judgement made about moving to another country and wages a real wages which including taking

into account difference in purchasing power a little bit higher in australia and the quality of life is front has ticked, there's no doubt about that on average the weather is better though it can be incredibly hot or incredibly cold. so it's not always good weather , but it's also a very weather, but it's also a very harmonious sort of party, australia. i mean, you know, there are usual party political debates that you get here and you've been here here on this program . but but but beyond it's program. but but but beyond it's a fairly harmonious sort of country and it works well and people's speaking and culturally it is very familiar to people who have come from the uk . so who have come from the uk. so there are many it is, but it's isolated . australia is a long isolated. australia is a long way from the uk and from other countries and some people be glad that they can get as far as

far away from poles as possible . let's go to our media writer at the australian, sophie elsworth . sophie. is it is elsworth. sophie. is it is amazing basically in australia. sounds great. but surely there are people, a lot of australians come to this country that are absolutely look the uk is incredibly to a lot of australians but for the british viewers who are not familiar australia as alexander said we have you know, some great beaches, some weather, but let me just point out that the west government that is trying to recruit these british workers western australia is on obviously western side of the country now in melbourne, perth , the capital in western australia. that's and a half thousand kilometres away. perth is like really regarded almost as country within australia . as country within australia. it's a long way away . it's quite it's a long way away. it's quite isolated but it is a magnificent place . western australia. i just

place. western australia. i just spent some time over christmas there. amazing beaches . you've there. amazing beaches. you've got , you've got the kimberleys got, you've got the kimberleys as well . you've got desert, as well. you've got desert, you've got all different terrain. australia is a great place to live. i feel like we really are collectively an extension of the uk, but we come our challenges as well. we're battling inflation at about 8. we've got unemployed at 3.8, we face cost of living challenges as well . so yes, it is a great as well. so yes, it is a great of life, but it is, it's not cheap to here at the moment. we are, we are coming under the same pressures that new guys in the uk coming on down. thank you austin. what do you what's your take this. yeah well, that is the thing. i mean, as pessimist sydney to show you as the focus ashes of course it faces challenges. you're saying people here get a face i think the problem rather and as people here showed it to and things get much worse i mean when you look

up projected economic seven of inflation and you know people are really feeling the punch i spoke about what can business is good at all businesses gulf coast 11 payments and all businesses are government people see unseasonal conditions but that's not that's sustainable and long term what we need as top for economic change the problem the tourism goal is that sense of trust trade sentiment economic change that market's been crazy and people trust authorities anymore and problem with keir starmer as he doesn't have any policies he's just waiting to see because the tories are doing so badly. that's not the way we do what we needis that's not the way we do what we need is a proper economic plan forward by the labour party and so that the markets can used to the idea so that when they do come a government that not when they shock the markets and we can actually start to turn the economy around the tories are going to be to do that because they don't trust them anymore. only listening to that does not. how you feel? because how do you feel? because basically has the same

basically australia has the same pressures this pressures that we have in this country. it's not a walk country. it's no it's not a walk in park of course and there in the park of course and there are these pressures are these exotic pressures globally. i mean the sort of issues with energy with russia, ukraine, are these events ukraine, these are these events are affecting oil prices across the country and across world. sorry. means that those sorry. and that means that those in everywhere. but in pakistan everywhere. but inflation 8. i mean , inflation 8. i mean, significantly lower than inflation in. the united kingdom and we've been seeing this happen across the past ten years. we like i said before, the highest taxes in 70 years in australia. they have significantly taxes. look, significantly taxes. and look, we about the political we can about the political situation, we talk about, situation, we can talk about, you all of the other you know, all of the other issues , but definitely a car in issues, but definitely a car in australia. but actually what we're is the difference we're seeing is the difference that clearly that australia is clearly assessing that there is a problem in the united kingdom, that a for that there is a demand for people leave. i'm going people to leave. well, i'm going to this with. alexandra, to finish this with. alexandra, do think then that really do you think then that really australia should be working more with the uk rather than because looking that looks like looking at that looks like they're poach they're sort of trying to poach a lot our workers seeing the a lot of our workers seeing the that we're in? well, i think it's a good thing if people move

both ways actually by the way it's a good thing if people move botitax|ys actually by the way it's a good thing if people move botitax burden ally by the way it's a good thing if people move botitax burden iny by the way it's a good thing if people move botitax burden in australia vay it's a good thing if people move botitax burden in australia is! the tax burden in australia is much lower than the tax burden in the uk . unemployment much lower than the tax burden in the uk. unemployment is much lower than the tax burden in the uk . unemployment is about in the uk. unemployment is about the same and the inflation rate is very similar. the same and the inflation rate is very similar . well so let's is very similar. well so let's aside party political points. although i'd say one thing for the snp , there's no political the snp, there's no political party, australia, which is trying to break country up all of the political parties believe in keeping country together. but look , australians come over here look, australians come over here . i'm a case in point because i love living here . it's love living here. it's a fantastic country . it does have fantastic country. it does have a very good standard of living. unemployment is of course at historically high levels in the uk, so it's not difficult australians to get jobs here . australians to get jobs here. the people on the whole are just friendly as they are in australia. you know , one of the australia. you know, one of the things i'd say about the uk people talk the country down and in australia people talk the country down. people talk the country down. people talk the country up . one cry i would make

country up. one cry i would make the british people is it's but god's sake, back in own country and painting it as though it's the worst place on the luke by way there are hundreds of thousands of australians live, 400,000 australians who live in the uk and who love living here . alison, thank you so much. former australian high commissioner alexander downer , commissioner alexander downer, former snp clerk , city former snp clerk, city councillor austin sheridan , councillor austin sheridan, media writer at australian sophie elsworth and also political commentator william abrahams . thank you very much abrahams. thank you very much for your thoughts . well, it's for your thoughts. well, it's just coming up to 34 minutes after 5:00. this is dvds on tv, onune after 5:00. this is dvds on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, we will continue that great british debate this hour. i'm asking what can employers do to workforce in the to keep their workforce in the uk? hear the thoughts of uk? you'll hear the thoughts of my panel, broadcaster and columnist also columnist lizzie cundy, also political commentator sam downer. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . good

your latest news headlines. good afternoon. it's 533. this is the latest , the gb newsroom. the uk latest, the gb newsroom. the uk says it's ready to support two countries which can provide fighter jets to ukraine. countries which can provide fighterjets to ukraine. the minister made the commitment after addressing the munich security where he urged world to act now and double down on military support. rishi sunak said the west responds to russia hasn't been strong enough and to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery vehicles and air defence. i've done is say to all allies that we stand ready to support them if they can provide fighter jets to ukraine support them if they can provide fighterjets to ukraine now and our part, we're also leading the world in training ukrainian pilots on nato's standard aircraft. that's the right thing to do because this is about giving ukraine the means to defend themselves and win this war. about more defence. war. that's about more defence. it's about armoured vehicles, it's about weapons . it's about long—range weapons. the uk is out in front in all of

these and it's important that we continue to do so and lead because we all want to see ukraine succeed. prime ukraine succeed. the prime minister also confirmed britain and the eu have an understanding on how to solve with the northern ireland protocol said no deal has been done . talks no deal has been done. talks between mr. sunak and the european commission to president described as positive. but the leaders intense work was still needed at official and ministerial levels and they agreed to remain close contacts over the coming days starting to the death toll two weeks after the death toll two weeks after the turkey earthquake has climbed to more than 46,000. former premier league footballer christian atsu is among the lives lost. his agent confirming . his body was found under rubble of his home. rescue efforts all contain interest this morning. a child was among three people saved hundred and 96 hours after the first quake hit . british billionaire sirjim

hit. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe and his company have joined the race to buy manchester united. the chairman of one of qatar's biggest banks , sheikh jassim bin hamad al—thani , has also tabled a bid. al—thani, has also tabled a bid. sir jim says he wants to make the club a beacon for a modern progressive , fan centred progressive, fan centred approach to ownership which is focussed on winning the champions league . tv online dab+ champions league. tv online dab+ radio. this is.

gb news insist on 39 minutes after 5:00. good afternoon . if you just good afternoon. if you just don't have your pay . this is gb don't have your pay. this is gb news. why live on tv, online and on digital radio? i'm not a quitter. it is now time for our great british debate this hour. and i'm asking what can employers do keep their

workforce in uk? now we've had a winter of discontent, which seems to this country in the last few months without border force staff strike strikes. it's not nice . we're currently going not nice. we're currently going on strike, although apparently the military did a betterjob than them . we've got loads of than them. we've got loads of other people strike. you've got thousands of nurses there expected part in a expected to take part in a number walk out the number 48 hour walk out the beginning next month the beginning of next month with the nurses union accusing the government of failing to engage in resolve the in negotiations to resolve the ever worsening disagreement . and ever worsening disagreement. and this all comes as western the western australian state is attempting to poach over thousand british workers to fill vacancies for teachers, police officers and doctors. now an official is set to visit the at the end of february and try to enfice the end of february and try to entice brits with better wages, bigger houses. cheap event and of course, better weather. so are you tempted by that offer? so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, can employers do this country to employers do in this country to keep their workforce? well, joining me now as my panel broadcast , star and

joining me now as my panel broadcast, star and columnist lizzie , podcast on lizzie cundy, podcast on political commentator sam downer . lizzie, what can they do to keep people i mean, look at that in better weather. that's everything . sun sounds good to, everything. sun sounds good to, doesn't it? but i think australia here have spotted an opportune city like the migrants coming over on the channel to anything out of the good old uk. let's, let's them all. i can't say that in some respects because the nhs is in the absolute shambles and. the nurses have not been right in my eyes for a long time for many governments , by the way. but you governments, by the way. but you know, i mean, you looking at the police at the moment, i'll be quite happy them to take some of our police force. we've got a thousand under investigation . thousand under investigation. look, we says all they do is whinge about their resources and they've got rainbow cars at the moment , you know, they've got rainbow cars at the moment, you know, and they've got rainbow cars at the moment , you know, and the moment, you know, and the lancashire police , i mean, you lancashire police, i mean, you know of this was, this was a

fair they could find australia on the map is another thing but you know i don't think is as i know that there are also issues in australia and i don't know whether people with their loved ones family so i don't know some people can't wait to get away from . what about you summed up . from. what about you summed up. well i'm actually going to australia next week for two weeks and say sorry, you might not come back. well be back but i'm going there for sydney. pride is going to be a fantastic celebration, but i'm lived celebration, but i'm i've lived in australia well for year. in australia as well for a year. my, sister in brisbane my, my sister lives in brisbane and moved there i think and she moved there like i think like the eighties. i think. so this is i mean what we're talking about here is western, so australia have so western australia have like a blue mining industry which has been, you know , up like tenfold been, you know, up like tenfold in the last like ten years. and so obviously they are trying to lure people over and you know, western australia obviously is perth mainly, which is perth and it's there's a non—self writes perth actually they've just started doing that, but

obviously it's very different to sydney, brisbane and melbourne. but but need the but they but they need the buffer, they the people buffer, they need the people because. there's there's because. there's so there's so much there much money in the mining there that they need more that they, they need more population, skilled population, especially skilled population, especially skilled population don't population which they don't going mines because how going down the mines because how much money. get my own jewellery down. that sounds good. i'll get myself some time the existing but that you can't stop people not being happy he's ritchie you know taxing the death out of know and taxing the death out of us all in every you think it's going up 5% you know if you live in croydon it's gone to 15. we're getting to , you know, the we're getting to, you know, the answers there. don't move to croydon. i'm but it's an it living it it's an attractive it's an attractive way of life of course it is and especially you know at the moment we're all whether terrible and you know we're going through strikes and you of living you know cost of living a government turmoil i mean government in turmoil i mean obviously was obviously you know australia was in are what in but what they are what they're saying it's you know this is this is you know you get more just like taxes it's more money just like taxes it's so from my family so far away from my family friends i that was the friends that i that was the problem for me. that one for

problem for me. that was one for me. about what bugs me. well what about what bugs with and bugs that kill with faces and bugs that kill you so it does it does have the top ten most poisonous creatures in the world. a spider with a body with a face on big spots with actual face that guys . with actual face that guys. i took in a bite you took the poisonous creatures . mick lynch poisonous creatures. mick lynch is probably one of the reasons that people do want to leave this country with the left the unions still random from going to work but it's true that the unions will they will not agree long of these strikes that they will forever. well this is that was known as question of what can the uk workforce. i mean obviously give them more money give them you know like lower their taxes help out help out their taxes help out to help out their taxes help out to help out the the nurses, all the the police, the nurses, all the people who trying to people who they are trying to do. they're trying to poach seems be ones that are, seems to be the ones that are, you striking or a problem. you know, striking or a problem. so, i mean , is western australia so, i mean, is western australia striking at the time to come and

like pinch someone? well, you know probably what know they're probably doing what we them and saying well we did to them and saying well you keep the people who you could keep the people who come channel now and come across the channel now and we will take your who but we will take your who have but we will take your who have but we workers we left with the workers obviously don't have that problem country first problem in their country first of it's pretty much of all because it's pretty much surrounded water surrounded by water and electricity can't electricity that you can't really easily . but yeah, really get it easily. but yeah, they it out with the they sorted it out with the botany boats. that's what botany boats. like that's what we hey hey, mean, i we should. hey hey, i mean, i don't know is the answer. don't know what is the answer. well, this is nothing without you and your says welcome some of british voices this of our great british voices this is opportunity be on the is your opportunity to be on the show you think show and tell us what you think about topics by discussing about the topics by discussing today. got four of them. today. i've got four of them. let's with miranda richardson from the from northamptonshire not the miranda it's miranda richardson you know it's miranda richardson you know it's miranda miranda what miranda richardson miranda what do think what we do to do you think what can we do to keep ? we just them keep people? we just let them go? know. well, go? well, you know. well, i think the problem we end up think the problem that we end up thinking is everybody, you thinking is that everybody, you know, we to keep them, we need to keep them here. need to keep them they to go, them said if they want to go, let apparently there's let go. apparently there's enough the country enough people in the country for the that we've got the of the jobs that we've got going it might free up a bit going so it might free up a bit spaces for the people that want

to know you know think if to in i know you know think if people want to try they want to move they better move they want to better themselves. they're going do themselves. they're going to do that where they're that no matter where they're from you from or where they are, you know. so them have the know. so let them have the opportunity. but i think the biggest thing is, australia, biggest thing is, is australia, is very far away. you know, is a very far away. you know, you're talking 4 hours on a plane . if you can start the plane. if you can start the journey, 24 hours on a plane, whether can alan mcneely is in grimsby. alan can we do anything to keep these people or do you think this country is worth staying after the dollar? i think the young people are motivated to have their first day here and see what's going on. it's a good opportunity for them. it's not going to be accompanied by means. what can we do to keep them? but we could do a to keep them like your guest who were on the earlier segment of your show put it very distinctly well no those two nobody's with me now the ones that were on before and i love yeah running the country died and telling everyone that it's so this is our great country a

great future you know all you hear from your politicians is the mainstream media, the unions . it's all going to hell on a handcart. i don't think it is fair. i think this country has got so much to offer people and there's such a bright future that we just shoot ourselves in by the us doing it for people want of a better word have to bnng want of a better word have to bring it down certainly what about you. she's there in milton keynes. about you. she's there in milton keynes . good afternoon , nana. keynes. good afternoon, nana. yes, i agree with alan. we do have such a great country to work in. and the boys do to do their best. otherwise going to have a economic and a brain drain. nana so things that they can do according harvard business, medicare business is that they can show them the employees respect. they can them with rewards and review. they and especially with strikes now the view those pays people are striking or you know providing the relaxation to ensure their

well—being and there's so much more they do. nana yeah , yeah, more they do. nana yeah, yeah, that's true. if they should actually do a lot more, i'd find it normal to . a responsibility . it normal to. a responsibility. do this. you know, i working on that, but do get into it putting in sort of how it's always asked me he's just gone in. in sort of how it's always asked me he's just gone in . the one to me he's just gone in. the one to go and do good ryan sorry brian we just we so i don't i agree i think that we to speak speak up about what we can do in this country all. we all we need is to import weather. if we can do that and bring over the sunshine, i think we'll be okay. but the lesson that we can if we can just foster a kind of culture that's that's more upbeat, more optimistic a learning culture embedded in our workforce , continuous workforce, continuous development and career . i workforce, continuous development and career. i think that's what people are looking for. i'm a little more money maybe. besides yeah, no more

money. thank you very not finding a lovely to talk to you. thank you so much. my voice is actually apologies. have actually apologies. but we have to on rant of richardson to be to on rant of richardson and old last got forgotten name now and our link will be well. moving on to another story that caught the legendary football club menu is up for sale according to reports, which billionaire ratcliffe billionaire sir jim ratcliffe has in as well as the has put it in as well as the chairman of qatar's chairman of one of qatar's biggest banks should manu biggest banks. should manu accept this offer? candy, quickly, seconds. absolutely. quickly, 30 seconds. absolutely. you'll be devastating for the premiership. devastating for the players devastating for pfa. players and devastating for pfa. and will be awful because we and it will be awful because we can't just say, oh, all this money and not look at all the horrific human laws that we could be aware . yeah, we're could be aware. yeah, we're sorry hypocrites. so what we saw quickly, know that quickly, we all know that football is rife with we should they should go for the deal that gives gives the people and the fans the most power right well that's right well think that we're hypocrites and we can't talk other people's human rights when if you go back really far

that we weren't that ourselves. well it's time for a very special quick pop quiz dedicated to favourite scottish . oh ms. to my favourite scottish. oh ms. sturgeon. joining me, broadcaster as you can deliver your buzzer, please. oh and also out of your browser, please question one which please tell on at home which comedian is nicola sturgeon often compared to 82 k. is it because date or c we do we can . to 82 k. is it because date or c we do we can. i'll give to 82 k. is it because date or c we do we can . i'll give you some we do we can. i'll give you some dollar wee jemmy cranky fergie . dollar wee jemmy cranky fergie. yes, the first minister has to be compared to egypt cranky. according to reports, sturgeon likes the character and realises people are just fun. that's good question too, because there's going to be a lot of it. nicola to what year did nicola sturgeon become first minister because his wins then . 2016 and his aunt wins and then. 2016 and then it was eight years ago which would make it 2015 as well. so, you know , both wrong. well. so, you know, both wrong. it's 2014 actually time the

closest answer so you win sometime i want to say lottery and i know you said nothing said 16 2014 but anyway it's nice that you though i think question before sturgeon became a police politician she autopsied she had a no so a lawyer b panel c investment tom dowler i'm going to say a lawyer you nick when she was a little i was going to say plumber. oh well there guys that i was a solicitor in gdansk before she was elected to the scottish parliament in 1999. right. question for true or false? nicola sturgeon shared one of her names with a football manager, sir alex ferguson , as manager, sir alex ferguson, as it continue through, it says of her names , fourth, i want it say her names, fourth, i want it say as they should know. it's true. nicola sturgeon middle name is actually ferguson . ferguson. actually ferguson. ferguson. ferguson nicola ferguson. sarah

ferguson nicola ferguson. sarah ferguson on the phone. very. i'm happy about that. oh my question. five your final question. five your final question. who did nicola sturgeon jokingly say that she would endorse for the next leader of the snp ? was it a, leader of the snp? was it a, lewis capaldi b, alex salmond or c, andy ? oh no , but he was nice c, andy? oh no, but he was nice to go. i think it has some down to go. i think it has some down to tie together. and did you buy animal anyway it wasn't acrimonious the post sort of what the schools are somebody out there will work is nicola sturgeon backed andy murray on twitter after he jokingly said that he was interested in getting into politics after tennis. now there is a vacancy . tennis. now there is a vacancy. do you think he'd make a good leader of the snp? i think you actually i have to look at these any career to look better than so it's going to be alex salmond if they after that history. well he's not going to come back as. you might know so as well so a fish if he does would it be. no it'd be nice. have a non fishy.

i'm a first minister. no interesting. i i'd do interesting. well i think i'd do the job. not scottish, sadly the job. i'm not scottish, sadly sadly , but no need. well, let's sadly, but no need. well, let's see what on with that one too. what's happening? who's going to take up the helm of leader of the won't a so we've been the snp? won't a so we've been asking is the snp dream of independence. did according to our twitter poll, 87. yeah he said yes. only 13% of you said no . huge. thank you to my no. huge. thank you to my fabulous panel. cundy thank you very much. dizzy thank lovely and some doubt that you're going away. you're going to be with us for few weeks, for for a few weeks, not for a couple of weeks, but after that i'll be back with a bang and a tan and maybe not going to stay in australia unless. offer in australia unless. they offer me much money. me like twice as much money. well, never know unless well, you never know unless be back next week or something. anything i know you do anything so i know you do something tomorrow something exciting tomorrow as well. julien macdonald something exciting tomorrow as well. fascistjlien macdonald something exciting tomorrow as well. fascist out| macdonald something exciting tomorrow as well. fascist out of.acdonald something exciting tomorrow as well. fascist out of london.d some fascist out of london fashion week. so so looking forward me forward to that. might bring me a so give a few little outfits. so give a ticket just a few cheers, mate. that's not. sorry about that, bruno is already gone. that was.

think so off. i didn't know somebody. you for that ticket . somebody. you for that ticket. think it wasn't me. it wasn't me. that's what they all say. i don't do fashion. well, we can say i have a lovely. we will miss you and city as well. send us a few on twitter. well, well, what you can do down the line. what? i'm there. do you want to tell you all about it? yeah. oh, yeah. would be good actually. down the line, down on the dash dad i'm testing. well dad that i'm testing. well listen you so much to my listen thank you so much to my panel broadcaster and, columnist, as you can see, and also forecast on commentator salvador anas sarwar. a huge thank you to you for your company. i'll be back at 4 pm. tomorrow to discuss the top stories. joining tomorrow stories. joining me tomorrow will broadcaster and author will be broadcaster and author christine i'll christine hamilton. i'll broadcaster and journalist danny kelly i'll leave you with the weather but don't forget as well you can download gp news you can download the gp news app' you can download the gp news app, can check out of app, you can check out all of the programs live , play, catch the programs live, play, catch up anything that you've up with anything that you've missed, stream missed, or you can also stream all the shows live on youtube where can check out and hopefully have a look. my

monologue we tweet everything plays. oh, i'm sounding desperate. i'll you tomorrow make you join me at four make sure you join me at four for another fun show sees and enjoy. hello craig now and here's your latest forecast from the met office. so as we go through next few days, it's set to remain across the north of the uk. further south, it's going to be fairly , but for most going to be fairly, but for most of it's to be turning a of us it's going to be turning a good deal to come in the good deal co to come in the middle week. here's the middle next week. so here's the situation moment. we've situation at the moment. we've got area low pressure across got an area low pressure across the north bringing in a spell of here. still some lingering across channel, but across the english channel, but the goes on. we will see the evening goes on. we will see that begin to clear away into the continent the across scotland and northern england moving away as we go into the small hours of sunday. that will briefly, i think a bit and cold of scotland. so a risk of some icy stretches here, cooler elsewhere compared to recent nights. we're still on the outside. most towns and cities not falling lower than seven or eighteen. so quite in the south on sunday. but rain already working its way into western

scotland and that will move its way eastwards as the morning goes on, bringing in a lot of cloud also for northern and northern england. could just see a spits and spots of rain a few spits and spots of rain here to, especially across the high but further high ground. but further south, here's we the lion's here's where we see the lion's share sunshine, share of. the sunshine, especially afternoon of especially come the afternoon of course. england, course. south western england, central, and central, southern and temperatures here reaching or 15 degrees, a mild a day compared to today across scotland. but that be tempered somewhat by a key wind which will reach gale force later on in evening as this rain continues to work its way south eastwards as the night goes on further south, fairly quiet but a bit more wind around . but that will help keep temperatures up seven or eighteen. so monday will see a bit of a north south split across the country. this area of rain will slowly its way a little bit further south with so quite a breezy, wet picture for much of scotland. northern ireland and eventually into northern further ireland and eventually into northe remaining further ireland and eventually into northeremaining dry, further ireland and eventually into northeremaining dry, some1er ireland and eventually into northeremaining dry, some spells south remaining dry, some spells and still mild here. and that

continues on into tuesday. but then a change on wednesday , all then a change on wednesday, all of us turning colder with a of some wintry showers in the .

good evening, fellow travellers will come along once more to neil oliver live on gb news tv and on radio . tonight on the and on radio. tonight on the show i'll be joined from america by colonel douglas macgregor , by colonel douglas macgregor, and he'll give us his view on the situation regarding the ongoing war in ukraine. also in america , a train carrying america, a train carrying potentially dangerous chemicals derailed in ohio . potentially dangerous chemicals derailed in ohio. i'll be joined by an expert to assess the implications. by an expert to assess the implications . we'll ask why the implications. we'll ask why the government has abandoned its investigation into the mass death of shellfish off the

northeast coast of england,