hello and. welcome. this is calvin's common crusade. with me, the reverend calvin robinson. on your tv , online and robinson. on your tv, online and on your wireless . we've got a on your wireless. we've got a packed show for you today. first, our political panel will just discuss and debate rishi sunak imminent new brexit deal and whether parliament should be allowed to vote on it. and the telegraph reports james bond books will be edited to remove racist references. is this a sensible approach .7 is it an sensible approach? is it an attempt to rewrite history ? and attempt to rewrite history? and yesterday i attended protest against drug story performances for children in a local london

pub. we'll talk about whether these performances happen at all and will end with an interview with former chaplain the reverend dr. randall, who just this lost his unfair dismissal case after he defended the right to question lgbt ideology schools. so is this a blow for freedom of speech and or . but freedom of speech and or. but first, here's the news bethany elsey . good afternoon . it's elsey. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. rishi sunak says he's giving everything to achieve a new deal over the northern ireland protocol. but has insisted it's not yet. speaking to sunday times, the prime minister said he's hopeful of a positive outcome . the european positive outcome. the european union describing it as unfinished business, though , unfinished business, though, said it's vital to ensure a return to power sharing in the province . the dup has refused

province. the dup has refused form an executive at stormont protest over the current brexit deal and mp sammy wilson says the party hasn't even seen proposal yet. what do know is that there doesn't appear to have been any deal on the central which affects northern and that is the imposition eu law, all of the that we face with able to get goods from gb checks on goods coming from gp and disruption to our economy stems from the fact that we are under a different set of laws the rest of the united kingdom and. therefore, checks are required to make sure we are complying not with british law but with brussels law . while the but with brussels law. while the former trade secretary , liam former trade secretary, liam fox, said he would support the new post—brexit deal if an improvement and expects fellow tory mps and the dup to do the same thing. the dup will also be willing to see restrictions again in the hope that . over again in the hope that. over time some of them might disappear . i time some of them might disappear. i think the hope that

the european union would give up entirely on european law applying to some elements of northern ireland is unlikely given what the british government conceded in the protocol. but we can make progress on that and i think the both sides will want to see the northern assembly up and running because the best guarantee to stability and a reduction in violence . authorities in italy violence. authorities in italy say eight people have died after a ship got into difficulty . the a ship got into difficulty. the country's south coast . it's country's south coast. it's reported the boat left turkey and was carrying from somalia, pakistan and afghanistan. 27 bodies were found on a beach in the southern region of, calabria, and more were found in the water after the boat crashed against. rocks during rough sea weather . 81 people have survived weather. 81 people have survived and 22 of them are in hospital . and 22 of them are in hospital. police in northern ireland have arrested a sixth person in connection the attempted murder of an off duty officer in omagh

. detective chief inspector caldwell was at the sports centre where he's a volunteer with his son on wednesday when he was shot. he remains ill in hospital . labour he was shot. he remains ill in hospital. labour is he was shot. he remains ill in hospital . labour is calling he was shot. he remains ill in hospital. labour is calling for ministers to label the vulgar and group as a terror organisation . the shadow foreign organisation. the shadow foreign and home are accusing the russian group of committing appalling atrocities. the move would make it a criminal offence to belong to the private military company. attend its meetings or incur support. members have been fighting alongside the russian forces in eastern ukraine. social housing managers will be required to for qualifications to dry up standards following the of a two year old boy awaab ishak died in december 2020 from a respiratory condition which was caused by mould at home in rochdale. the housing secretary, michael gove , announced the response after acknowledging that, social

housing residents were being inexcusably let down. housing expert richard blanco says the move should protect vulnerable , move should protect vulnerable, but said there's still more to be done. what are my concerns is this know i. i want this to trickle down to front line housing officers because they're often the ones that's going out and doing visits and indeed like to see more visits because what we've found since covid is that a lot of the work has been done remotely and housing offices not been going out enough to actually meet tenants and see with their own eyes. what's going on. and a popular beach in norfolk could be closed for decades, according to local after erosion of the cliffs has made the area unsafe . the beach made the area unsafe. the beach at hemsby, near great yarmouth, has lost more than ten feet of land in just two days, and the local crew have had to close the over safety grounds . local over safety grounds. local businesses warn they'll be significantly impacted as the beach is their main source

income during the summer. their on government to help . otherwise on government to help. otherwise they could. they say it could be closed for 20 years. you're up to date on tv news or , breaking to date on tv news or, breaking news. as it happens now, though , let's get back to calvin . , let's get back to calvin. yesterday attended an event in south london against drag queen story time. i find it shocking how commonplace a drag queen storytime is becoming. don't get me wrong. adults reading stories to children is a wonderful thing. it truly is. and having been a schoolteacher, i can tell you, i wish more parents would read to and with their children. however, why does the lgbtq+ lobby insist on conflating adult entertainer with storytime?

baffles me. drag queens are, after all, adult entertainment men dressed as women , often men dressed as women, often scantily. so in a sexualised manner performing a strip club routine, usually for cash. it's not my cup tea, but in a liberal society . appreciate that. it is society. appreciate that. it is how some people to spend their time. over 18. that is , in my time. over 18. that is, in my opinion, for to be exposed to such behaviour is surely not age appropriate . as a former appropriate. as a former safeguarding , i can tell you safeguarding, i can tell you until recently it most certainly have been a safeguarding concern . so what has changed? i've seen too many videos surfacing of drag queens performing in front of young children with adults watching on in amusement, including allegedly in the local . i was protesting at yesterday . whatever happened to protecting the innocence of children ? turning points uk children? turning points uk organised the protest this weekend and invited me to speak, which i was happy to do. what i was not expecting , though, was was not expecting, though, was the busload of rent a mob hard

left lgbtq+ activists to turn up . they yelled expletives , they . they yelled expletives, they threw eggs and they held up some really horrendous signs. most of which i cannot repeat on air. but there was one particular suspect sign read queer joy is for all ages, which seems to expose their motives . they're expose their motives. they're saying the quiet part out loud, the left and the msm will label the left and the msm will label the protests as far right . but the protests as far right. but since when has protecting children been an issue reserved to the far right once again in a liberal, adults can live their lives , however they see fit. for lives, however they see fit. for the most part, what goes on between two people behind closed doors, between adults is between them and that god . however, it's them and that god. however, it's when they attempt to bring children into it that i feel as a society we should stand up and say no. so i leave with the question asked not why your children need to spend with drag queens. ask why drag queens are so keen to spend with your

children ? is it age appropriate children? is it age appropriate . how though? and welcome to the common sense crusade . me? calvin common sense crusade. me? calvin robinson. here is what's coming up this afternoon . first, our up this afternoon. first, our political will debate rishi sunak's imminent new brexit deal and whether parliament should be allowed to vote on it. be joined by spectator deputy editor freddie grey and former labour mp steven pound . and yesterday i mp steven pound. and yesterday i attended a protest against drag story performance . as for story performance. as for children in a london pub . we children in a london pub. we will debate whether these performances should happen. we'll be joined by dr. jay bhattacharya, a professor at the stanford school of medicine about why he thinks there should be an american covid truth commission , which examines commission, which examines whether lockdowns and other covid policies were the right choice in the usa. covid policies were the right choice in the usa . and we'll end choice in the usa. and we'll end with an interview with former chaplain of a school, with an interview with former chaplain of a school , the chaplain of a school, the reverend dr. bernard randall,

who this week lost his unfair dismissal case after he defended the to question lgbti ideology. so is this a blow ? freedom of so is this a blow? freedom of speech and freedom , religion? speech and freedom, religion? and of course, you can join in any of our discussions by emailing gb views at gbnews.uk or by tweeting at gb news. desperate . desperate. to make prime minister rishi sunakis to make prime minister rishi sunak is to reportedly scrap northern ireland protocol bill as part of a new brexit deal. the bill, which was introduced by, boris johnson, gives the government the power to unilaterally ditch parts the protocol. but the prime minister , his imminent new deal with the eu will make it unnecessary. , his imminent new deal with the eu will make it unnecessary . the eu will make it unnecessary. the dealis eu will make it unnecessary. the deal is expected be announced as early as monday , but it is early as monday, but it is uncertain whether there will be a parliamentary vote on it. so rishi sunak scrap the protocol bill as part of his new deal

with brussels. and should parliament a say on this deal? to debate this, i am joined by deputy editor of the spectator freddie grey and former labour mp steven pound. thank you both joining me this sunday. freddie, we'll start with you. if a new deal with the eu imminent, surely it makes sense to scrap the northern ireland protocol bill, especially it restores good between two sides. i good faith between two sides. i think . i good faith between two sides. i think. i think so. i think that's probably right. kelvin we don't know the details of this bill, which is the is the key thing . and so a lot of the fuss thing. and so a lot of the fuss in the papers is really, really sort of storm and fury about not a lot . and i think rishi sunak a lot. and i think rishi sunak sees saving the or leaving the union in best conditions ever being when he stops prime minister as his overwhelming or one of his overriding goals at the moment he's had a minor success with scotland and. i think this week. his team believes , they could be on the believes, they could be on the cusp of another big success. there will, of course be lots of

difficulties, lots of bumps before we get there. but i think the brexiteers who are desperate to attack this , are upset with to attack this, are upset with sunak about a lot of other things. i think that's creeping this debate. they feel they've been frozen out. perhaps they're right on that on that front. but until extent to until we know the extent to which this bill public the chief concern is the democratic and it due to courts still have sovereignty in northern ireland until we the details that issue it's really hard to say whether this is something that rishi sunakis this is something that rishi sunak is going to win on or not and he's right or not. okay and i'll get back to some of the people being frozen out in a minute, but i want to come to you. until is actually you. until a deal is actually signed and unionists in northern ireland backing ireland give it their backing should keep should government keep the northern protocol bill northern ireland protocol bill a bargaining chip ? well, it's bargaining chip? well, it's a pretty useless a pretty hollow bargaining chip because never been a piece of legislation has

been a piece of legislation has been more widely trailed and less likely to succeed. you know, we were going to involve the king in this. he was going to be the windsor castle agreement. it was all set up. but i have to say, rishi sunak is managerial is he's a good is a managerial is he's a good manager. he's a good hedge fund manager. he's a good hedge fund manager. manager. manager. he's a good manager. he's not underst the he's simply does not underst the undercurrents the talks , undercurrents of the talks, undercurrents of the talks, undercurrents that flow through northern ireland. the fact that he didn't speak the degree of pay he didn't speak the degree of pay before presented the fact pay before he presented the fact that is actually not their that he is actually not their seven issues and the fact that hard man raab is now saying that there a vote on it there may even be a vote on it shows there's ear involved shows there's a tin ear involved yet . look, the reality is the yet. look, the reality is the european court has absolute unbounded right to legislate on european trade issues . and this european trade issues. and this is a european trade issue. this is a european trade issue. this is about a border , a 306 mile is about a border, a 306 mile long border , you know, with the long border, you know, with the european union, which is not just goods and services, cross—border. don't forget, people cross borders , too. so people cross borders, too. so the european union and covic the you know, the appropriate minister has every right to be involved. but what profoundly

worries me about this that worries me about this is that there is obvious solution there is no obvious solution ehhen there is no obvious solution either. have a border in the either. you have a border in the city or you have a border on the island of ireland. the minute you have a hard border on the island of ireland, then you are plunged back into decades of bloodshed. that's not being pessimistic . that's maybe pessimistic. that's maybe utterly realistic . and if you utterly realistic. and if you have the border in the sea, then you are separating six of the nine counties of northern ireland from ulster, from the rest of the united kingdom, which is absolute and to the which is an absolute and to the dup. so it's a lose lose lose to macs as far as i can see, unless , unless ritchie can show some subtle statements and sensitivity and not make these grandstanding about involving the king and all this nonsense , the king and all this nonsense, but actually what needs to be but actually do what needs to be done talk quietly and, sensibly, and realistically to the people who matter in northern ireland, just the dup, not just simply but the farmers union, the traders, the people there who make the place . yeah, it does make the place. yeah, it does seem silly me to be trying to drag the king into this. i'll give you that, stephen, but mr.

pound there about the dup being unhappy with this and we've had, you know, conservative mark francois no on francois has said that no on northern ireland can work unless the support . we've also got the dup support. we've also got steve baker and the lg saying that they're not happy about being frozen out. it seems that rishi is trying to do this all on own. is appropriate? on his own. is that appropriate? it's entirely appropriate. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. anyone sorry. i'm sorry. if anyone might . well, i mean, i'm sure i might. well, i mean, i'm sure i think in of involving the dup and brexiteers. yes. i suspect they've handled it badly politically so far. i think on the side of the sort hard brexiteer side, i think there's a lot desire among the anti—brexit press to make splits , which although there are split, there are divisions to make those kind of catastrophic . i'm not quite . and again, . i'm not quite. and again, we'll have to wait and see what happens this week. i'm not sure the divisions are quite as bad as a lot of the people who really fundamentally think brexit is. so bad that it has to

be undone . brexit is. so bad that it has to be undone. i'm brexit is. so bad that it has to be undone . i'm not sure there is be undone. i'm not sure there is as much division as those people want to make out . well, this is want to make out. well, this is of the problem, isn't it? stephen, we'll come to you on this. whether they like it or not. the dup in a strong position here because they can. the formation of a northern ireland executive. so if they don't like that, they're stormont permanently stormont could be permanently collapsed can just say collapsed. sorry. can i just say they're not in a strong position, extremely weak here because stormont hasn't over a yeah because stormont hasn't over a year. we've got director, we've had director for years years had director for years and years and in many ways the do you love the idea of direct rule because it gives two great it gives them two great advantages. they do not advantages. one is they do not have with michelle have to sit with michelle o'neill fein as the o'neill of sinn fein as the first minister and believe you me that it was visser with great many of the debate the fact that that jeffrey donaldson or whoever deputy to a whoever would be the deputy to a sinn michelle o'neill that really really hurts. the other thing is karl marx got virtually everything wrong in my opinion, but one he did get right but one thing he did get right was when he talked about human behaviour being explicable in

terms economic imperatives. terms of economic imperatives. what's to happen ? a what's going to happen? a backlash in northern ireland the moment from the i've spoken to the ulster farmers union, i spoke to many of traders spoke to many of the traders groups. you they are groups. you know, they are absolutely with the fact absolutely livid with the fact that can't export that you can't export a cookstown sausage the cookstown sausage across the border. cannot border. fact that you cannot trade, know , properly with trade, you know, properly with the rest of europe and you have f coming east west then f goods coming east west then have through all these have to go through all these checks. want is checks. what they want is business trade. at the business and trade. at the moment it be making themselves almost irrelevance . i don't almost an irrelevance. i don't think anyone is happy with the deal it freddy do you deal as it but freddy do you believe really gained believe that has really gained any the is that any concessions the eu. is that even possible this stage? i even possible at this stage? i think part of this think another part of this discussion is overlooked and is being overlooked a bit today . being overlooked a bit today. the upcoming fight over immigration, which is something europe's very involved in, which is something biden also just got in the good friday stuff. it's very about it . that is the very about it. that is the extent to which britain is going to be willing to breach international sort of and

standards as they portrayed on migrants . and i think in my migrants. and i think in my understanding of the negotiations that that has been a bargaining tool. so does he get more on the protocol because he's going to back down on the issue of stuff that does into this question, everything that . this question, everything that. thank you. that's accurate. we're out of time on this one, but thank you, freddie grey. deputy editor of the spectator and stephen pound, former labour mp fleming's, james mp sir ian fleming's, james bond's novels are the latest to be edited by sensitivity readers following review commissioned by ian fleming productions ltd . ian fleming productions ltd. several racial references to black have been either reworked or altogether, and the new will be accompanied by a disclaimer warning readers that the books were written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by readers, were commonplace . but readers, were commonplace. but in a week where puffin uk u—turned and announced it would continue to publish an on edited versions of roald dahl's books, is it right to edit classical

works of literature? i'm still joined by deputy editor of the spectator, freddie grey and, former labour mp steven pound discuss this. stephen, we'll start with you this time. what do you think? what do you make of all this absolute insight? ludicrous, ridiculous nonsense ? ludicrous, ridiculous nonsense? is there going to be anything or are libraries going to be stripped and ripped out? are we going to have piles of books burning our town town centres? are we going to be going through like borders wife in like like mr. borders wife in 1807, picking out the dodgy bits from shakespeare? i'm there's some pretty dodgy stuff in the to be honest as well. but look, the idea is somebody decides that they know more you do than i do and that the people do someone somewhere has decided that it is. we are to childish, to puro to infantile to actually justify these british these books for ourselves to actually filter ourselves. now, look, i think there is actually a for , think there is actually a for, case some censorship. my father never really never really recovered from the fact that

dunng recovered from the fact that during the moors murders . recovered from the fact that during the moors murders. he went into the flat with myra hindley and ian brady, one of the books that they had on the wall was the market aside, the 101 days and. he was horrified by the fact that this book may have influenced what brady and indeedit have influenced what brady and indeed it the reality is that you know there are certain books which are beyond the pale the james bond books which we read for years and yet for heaven's they have a fairly misogynistic attitude towards with the bit of sort of mild sadism many of sort of mild sadism in many of them. and these attitudes were pretty shocking . it's possible pretty shocking. it's possible to me that we cannot wish them away . no, you know what to away. no, you know what to expect with a james book. you know the theme. but isn't this the problem, freddie. and i've looked some of the changes looked at some of the changes they're to be fair they're making. and to be fair to the there is quite to them the risk, there is quite a of racism there. there are a bit of racism there. there are quite few understandable quite a few understandable compared stories, compared to the puffin stories, which absolute nonsense. do which were absolute nonsense. do you there ever a case, you think there is ever a case, freddie, this kind freddie, for this kind alteration censorship ? i alteration or censorship? i think there can be a place for it. i think trouble is now you've got this sort of dynamic

where it's a story and quite often the publishers take part in it in, an almost conniving way . i mean, if you look at the way. i mean, if you look at the roald dahl but sort of sold masses this week, i suspect james bond books will do well from this. i remember zoot in america that was that had a cancellation story and then rocketed to the top of the charts for several weeks. so there is a little bit of is a little bit of pr, just about and actually it doesn't really make much difference at all. i have read the changes on the james bond dates. i think of them bond dates. i think some of them that can say that dropping the that i can say that dropping the n—word, that was done n—word, i think that was done already . and you know, already. and you know, publishers the right to do that as long as the author agrees and. fleming didn't agree. but once again , a certain point it once again, a certain point it becomes the publisher's prerogative. i don't think some of the other changes were necessary . i think there was one necessary. i think there was one where they just were trying to make a scene sound more delicate . they took out this idea that people, two people in the same

black that they took out this idea they were making idea that they were and making noises just because that would seem to be racist. so when you go down this cultural sensitivity, you get yourself in terrible trouble. but let's remember that a lot of it is peele's making mirrors that which more books. indeed, which are more books. indeed, they're going to sell a lot more books because of this, i'm books because of this, but i'm hoping they'll the hoping they'll keep the originals as the of originals as well as the of versions. think that's versions. i think that's probably i think probably the best, but i think the originals hotcakes the originals also like hotcakes what issues of what exactly are the issues of the classic edition, aren't they 7 the classic edition, aren't they ? edition, ? and the classic edition, they've done with they've already done it with roald you and see roald dahl. you wait and see i think father robinson sermons course should be in the classical edition oh, thank you classical edition. oh, thank you . grey of the spectator , steve . grey of the spectator, steve forbes , labour mp, ian for forbes, labour mp, ian for publications limited said we at ian fleming's publications reviewed the text , the original reviewed the text, the original bond books and decided our best course of action was to follow ian's lead. we have made changes to live and let die and that he himself authorised following ian's approach , we looked at the

ian's approach, we looked at the instances of several race, racial terms across the books and removed a number of individual words or else swapped them for terms that are more accepted today . but in keeping accepted today. but in keeping with the period in which books were written, we encourage people to read the books for themselves. when the new paperbacks are published in april. indeed, plenty more come this afternoon on my comments as crusade . coming up next, 25 tory crusade. coming up next, 25 tory mps, including four former cabinet ministers signed a letter to the chancellor calling for a more profound family tax system. but first, let's take a look at the weather .

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crusade. with me, calvin, on your tv online and your wireless. a group of 25 conservative mp is led by the president of the catholic union of great britain, sir edward lee have called on chancellor jeremy hunt to reform the tax system to make it fairer for families . in make it fairer for families. in a letter that was also signed by, former home secretary priti patel and chair of the 1922 committee, sir graham brady, the mp is asked chancellor to create a commission on family taxation that helps make britain the greatest place the world to start a family. greatest place the world to start a family . this was start a family. this was a commitment in the conservatives last election manifesto . to tell last election manifesto. to tell us more about this is the deputy director of the catholic union of great britain, james sum of what make it. well, i hope i pronounce your name right. michael almost, yes. always live on a chance. tell us a bit about this. why? why you want to import influence should see in conservative. well kevin is great to be on the show this morning and thank you for picking up on this story which we're excited . i mean, we we're really excited. i mean, we think there's never been a better to make that

better moment to make that families keep more of the money they earn. yeah. which is at the heart of this proposal. yeah you the war in ukraine has seen energy bills skyrocket inflation saw putting a real squeeze on household budgets. so what we're calling for was a commission that can inform the chancellor's next steps in terms of easing the tax burden on families looking at some things that we think would be easy wins so getting rid of the two child cap on universal credit and working tax credits , but also broader tax credits, but also broader reforms moving to a situation where, personal tax and benefits are calculated . overall are calculated. overall household earnings and needs rather than the individual. as if we've got 25 employees backing this letter from all sections of the conservative party , they'll have different party, they'll have different ideas as exactly what reforms be taken forward. but this commission get the ball rolling and make sure that reducing taxes on families is the

priority of the rest of this parliament. well break that down a bit because what we're looking at here really is looking at the number mouths to feed in the number of mouths to feed in the household, what year. but rather than at taxation than looking at the taxation system individual, system based on each individual, we're as a family. we're looking it as a family. it's as right. yes. so we it's right as right. yes. so we had a situation in the 1980s where nigel laws and introduce individual tax ation and a lot of that was needed. but we've always gone one extreme to the other . so having always gone one extreme to the other. so having a always gone one extreme to the other . so having a situation other. so having a situation where the tax system, penal laws you for going into work particularly if you're a woman in our penalised you for staying at home if you want to care for children or elderly relatives. so we're calling a sort of middle ground approach really one where people choose so . in one where people choose so. in germany, for example, people can decide how that personal allowance is taken. they can take it as individual all across household. so it's giving people freedom , choose. so we are freedom, choose. so we are seeing the research that a lot more people want to stay and

care for their families or for the elderly relatives, but it's difficult for them to do that. so the example you used there would example, if would be that, for example, if one of parents stayed at one of the parents stayed at home, could their tax home, they could give their tax allowance to the other partner is there for the entire is working there for the entire family benefits, does the family benefits, but so does the gdp. exactly right. so at the moment there is a £12,500 person allowance, you can only transfer allowance, you can only transfer a 10% of that. so it's practically so we have a situation where in a household whether two couples if each of them are earnin g £20,000, they them are earning £20,000, they will actually be paying less tax proportionately than a household where one earner is on £40,000. it just doesn't make . and it just doesn't make. and similarly, in a household where one person is on £40,000, the unmarried, they have no children . but a household where there's one earner supporting a partner and three children. again the same level of taxation. it doesn't make we need to look at it. i suppose it's about as a society deciding what's important us right. and if

family the cornerstone of family is the cornerstone of a modern surely that modern society, surely that should beneficial rather than should be beneficial rather than penalised. at like penalised. if we look at like hungary four hungary mothers who have four children totally exempt from children are totally exempt from tax for the rest of their lives. thanks a positive outlook thanks a good positive outlook isn't be looking isn't should we be looking abroad absolutely. so we abroad for. absolutely. so we definitely look to europe. i mentioned earlier on and france as well as places where they've got systems that work very well. we're not calling on the chance to reinvent the wheel here. we just need to look across the channel to where a more family friendly approach to tax and benefits is working well. but two points about you . what two points about you. what should underpin all this is absolute support for family life because as a family breakdown for example costs the exchequer £50 billion a year. we know that strong families are really potent for bringing up children . they play their part in terms reducing pressure on the nhs . so reducing pressure on the nhs. so it's vital both from a virtue point of view, but from a

financial point of view that we put family at the heart of our taxation system about people who would say, well, i'm a single parent and this is going to penalise me. not penalise me. so we're not talking about losing out as a consequence of this. it's about making system fairer and recognising that actually if you take time away from the workplace to care for children or elderly relatives that the state should recognise that as it does in germany, france and elsewhere. absolutely with you on that, thank you very much. bnng on that, thank you very much. bring that forward to keep the good fight. so thanks, gavin. that was deputy director of the catholic union, great britain, james michael you're james somerville, michael you're with on radio and with gb news on tv radio and online. we'll be joined by online. next, we'll be joined by dr. bhattacharya about how dr. rey bhattacharya about how he's for commission to he's calling for a commission to examine whether lockdown and other covid were right other covid policies were right for usa . should the uk covid for the usa. should the uk covid inquiry asks questions. inquiry asks similar questions. now time for a check on the now it's time for a check on the news headlines with . alison 332 news headlines with. alison 332 here's the latest from the gb

newsroom. rishi sunak says he's it everything to achieve a new deal over the northern ireland protocol but insists it's not done yet. speaking to the sunday times , the prime minister said times, the prime minister said he's hopeful of a positive outcome with the european union describing it as unfinished business. he said it's vital to ensure a return to power sharing the province. dpi has refused to form an executive at stormont in over the current brexit deal. mp sammy wilson says the party hasn't seen any proposal yet. what we do is that there doesn't appear to have been any deal. the central issue which affects northern ireland, that is the imposition of law. all of the problems that we face with not able to get goods from gb checks on goods from gp and disruption to our economy stems from the that we are under a different of laws than the rest of united kingdom and therefore checks required to make sure we are

complying not with british law but with brussels law . 58 people but with brussels law. 58 people have died after ship got into difficulties off italy's south coast. 27 bodies were found on a beach in the southern region of calabria and more have been found in the water. it's reported that the boat left from turkey and was carrying from somalia pakistan and afghanistan when it crashed rocks during rough sea weather . there are 81 rough sea weather. there are 81 survivors with 22 in hospital . survivors with 22 in hospital. social housing managers will be required to study for qualification options to drive up standards . the death of a two up standards. the death of a two year old boy awaab ishak in december 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould at his home in rochdale. housing secretary . michael gove secretary. michael gove announced the plan after that social housing residents are being inexcusably let down. we're on tv online , on dab+ we're on tv online, on dab+ radio. this is father calvin. we'll be back in just a minute.

welcome back to the commonsense crusade with me, calvin robinson , on your tv, online and on wireless. yesterday attended a protest outside the honour pub in lewisham. after it announced it was organising several drugs events which would expose children to drug performance . children to drug performance. however, all protest met with a counter—protest organised by lgbtq+ lobbyists who support the positive decision. one sign was held up with a set of queerjoy held up with a set of queer joy is for all ages. held up with a set of queer joy is for all ages . so how is for all ages. so how appropriate is that? children are exposed to drug performance to offer their in this particular matter . our political particular matter. our political commentator connor and broadcaster and lawyer andrew ivan connor . those in favour of

ivan connor. those in favour of drug might argue that it's a positive for kids to be exposed to , this kind of thing, so they to, this kind of thing, so they can learn more about allergy beat people and celebrate diversity . what's wrong with diversity. what's wrong with that? well what i think is wrong with it comes from the mouth of the person set drag queen the person who set drag queen story themselves . a drag story with us themselves. a drag queen the name of little miss queen by the name of little miss hot, can believe it. they hot, if you can believe it. they a book called the hips on the drag queen with swish, drag queen swish with swish, which reading which is now mandatory reading for some school boards in new york , ages and up. they york, ages three and up. they wrote education journal wrote in the education journal taylor article which taylor in under an article which everyone can read called drag pedagogy everyone can read called drag pedagogy the drag queen story is only family friendly in the that family means a code to identify other queers on the street which is a direct quote from them and. they said it is a way of disrupting nuclear family and allowing to be adopted into a drug family . the final line of drug family. the final line of that paper in which the paper says is a way to introduce queer ways of knowing and being into

early childhood education, is we are going to leave a trail of glitter that will never come out of the carpet. so it is not just to be family. it's not just to be of fun. people putting be a bit of fun. people putting this on clearly see it as a political tool to the minds of children when they are very young and impressionable. towards don't trust towards the end. i don't trust it. i am baffled. so i'm not going to even give my opinion. i'm going to come over to andrew. i love him because, as you know, i always like play you know, i always like to play devil's advocate. i'd like devil's advocate. but i'd like to play devil's advocate with informed. so found honour informed. so i found the honour oak spoke to eddie oak park. i spoke to eddie rothert who he that sunday rothert who he was that sunday lunch and i him about the event and me all about content and for me all about content because you write it is it's not talking about the sort of information you've been information that you've been peddung information that you've been peddling wrong it peddling that would be wrong it that wrong inappropriate content not was saying is not right. what he was saying is they about normal they talk about four normal stories in same you would they talk about four normal storiepantomime ne you would they talk about four normal storiepantomime and)u would they talk about four normal storiepantomime and il would they talk about four normal storiepantomime and i went.d they talk about four normal storiepantomime and i went at have pantomime and i went at christmas time to see mother goose with ian mckellen in his element loving himself more than ever.i element loving himself more than ever . i you go element loving himself more than ever. i you go all the element loving himself more than ever . i you go all the way back ever. i you go all the way back

to shakespeare's time drag the very word came from dressed as girl because in those days it was only men and boys could tread the boards. so they walked on that sort of basis to relevant artist was not peddling the information that you talked about. just doing four about. they were just doing four glorious stories, encouraging creativity and imagination and accepting people with different opinions. why does it need to be wondrous? it doesn't need be manifest, but it basically. but you turn that sort of basis. you turn on that sort of basis. it's about pantomime. it's all about pantomime. so would also if you would you would you also if you would you also then pantomimes? i think it's weird. i wouldn't my kids to i enjoy it growing to it i didn't enjoy it growing apart you know in the very apart but you know in the very goodi apart but you know in the very good i mean in the lgbt rubric thatis good i mean in the lgbt rubric that is a political and pantomimes do not identify as lgbtq inclusive but also i would specify the pantomime is child friendly a drag queen i would is aduu friendly a drag queen i would is adult entertainment quite specifically so as it is it's a stripper wearing scantily clad clothing . and we see a lot of clothing. and we see a lot of them having, you know, receiving cash emoji strings. and if that were true, i would absolutely be

with you. so for me, it's all about so the reason i phoned up because i think so few people did. and i also asked, well, what's he said, what's happened? so he said, it's on for a year. it's been going on for a year. the reason it suddenly got the attention is tate britain, when she about last time did she about last time she did a similar of i always say similar sort of i always say p.t. want to draw p.t. barnum, if you want to draw a crowd a fight. so they were they had 600 people from lewisham came out in support of sure you can have this inclusivity about 30 people 29 plus you were and i think that was the interesting but you're right i think what we need to do is to say, look, what's the content? because we're also totally on the same page. if it's in appropriate content that is wrong, if it's talking about his entertainment, that's his entertainment, then that's fine. good fine. oh, andrew makes a good point and we were in the minority. there were 30 minority. there were 20 to 30 people who against this idea people who are against this idea . probably ten times . there were probably ten times that it, but the that who were for it, but the minority necessarily minority doesn't necessarily mean you're you're wrong or right. doesn't know, especially considering it was the trend towards i mean, towards up to racism. i mean, i'd to know exactly

i'd love to know exactly what racism and a dress racism and a man and a dress reading two kids have do with reading two kids have to do with each also, pre—printed each other. also, pre—printed placards. it's interrupt you, placards. so it's interrupt you, but also standard crowd but also the standard for crowd were white middle class were entirely white middle class and side in the minority and on our side in the minority we ethnic minority we were mostly ethnic minority trying to speak and they were shouting i want to shouting us down. so i want to ask question who's the ask the question who's the fascist? that's just the fascist? well, that's just the concept repressive tolerance fascist? well, that's just the cof:ept repressive tolerance fascist? well, that's just the cof course,epressive tolerance fascist? well, that's just the cof course, you're ve tolerance fascist? well, that's just the cof course, you're expectingce . of course, you're expecting double standards from people that. school that. don't have a school consistency. they just want to wield to go back to the wield power to go back to the point about content that point about the content that matters. really you matters. i'm really glad you brought title. yes adhd, brought up the title. yes adhd, the the tate event the drag queen at the tate event fundraised funeral for fundraised for the funeral for a drag queen who has recently died in cardiff under suspicious. all the best for justice in cardiff under suspicious. all the best forjustice as in cardiff under suspicious. all the best for justice as to why that drag queen was convicted of the of a 14 year old boy the rape of a 14 year old boy and said rest in adhd and he said rest in power adhd also on the drag queen story our account tweeted love has no age. also a placard that recent event so even if the content of the story is absolutely not nefarious should parents trust people activists who may have unfair designs going near their

children ? no, i would personally children? no, i would personally not. so those individuals aren't there to defend that are here to defend themselves. we won't talk about that. but i think you're right that need to right in that parents need to take parents take responsibility. parents need the right questions. take responsibility. parents ne

have called for the creation of a science minded covid 19 truth commission in the united states to ensure lessons can be learned from the country's response to the pandemic. the argue not only that the us government's policy of enforcing lockdowns, school closures , vaccines and mask closures, vaccines and mask mandates failed to sufficiently stop the spread of coronavirus, but also that it wrought serious long term collateral damage, including disrupting education. so should there be a covid commission in the us and should the should the uk's covid 19 inquiry take place along similar lines? and dr. jay bhattacharya joins me now. actually so, father, make his case for covid truth commission. dr. bhattacharya, i love what you're doing. i think we should be doing. i think we should be doing the same thing in the uk, but can you tell us why you're calling for this? covid truth, please. think what has please. i think that what has happened during the covid pandemic , an honest pandemic requires, an honest i mean the word, and i think you are reckoning. but what i really

mean an investigation on an honesty valuation because what's is that the apollo courses have damaged the life of children the poor the working class especially the lockdowns the school closures in. the united states were much longer than they were in the uk, much more draconian. the imposition , draconian. the imposition, vaccine mandates and passports that discriminate against people who are making reasonable decisions for their own own health. mean i think it was one of these things where you know i actually favour the vaccines but forced people to make these decisions . trust in forced people to make these decisions. trust in public policy collapsed based on, you know noble lies and whatnot is really was wrong . i think what really was wrong. i think what needs to happen an honest evaluation of these policies what went into and then once we have that we can get reforms so that these sorts of decisions don't get made again significant check by by by people who don't have a vested interest inside the outcomes. i mean it all

makes sense to me but if there was another pandemic tomorrow, do you think governments around the world would think twice about doing the exact same thing they just did by the time they? definitely wouldn't. what would happen is the exact same playbook? de playbook we playbook? the de playbook we have is lockdown. the have now is lockdown. the pandemic playbook has been thrown out the window if there was another pandemic of similar features, we would absolutely go back to the same kinds ideas. the difference might be that would be much more a little more organised resistance, but the same fear mongering, the same recourse to civil rights violations, the same kinds of power are in place now . and power are in place now. and unless there is a de detailed look at these powers at, the consequences of during the pandemic their failure to protect old, older people the harm done to children . it will harm done to children. it will absolutely happen again. it's the de facto playbook of pandemic response now. but dr. bhattacharya , is it really in bhattacharya, is it really in their best interests to implement a truth commission ? implement a truth commission? will they not fear the conclusions it would bring ? but

conclusions it would bring? but i mean, of course you're right. they would. i mean, that's why we haven't one. but i the people deserve one of the leaders that have that were decided these policies. i'm not interested in prosecuting them what i really want is an honest evaluation of the decisions were made after at a dies there's often a conference held called morbidity and mortality conference where. the caregivers come together and honestly say okay what were the what were the mistakes. the point isn't to like blame anybody but so to reform so we do better. next on that is the spirit in which i want this evaluation to be done. i'm not interested . nuremberg 2.0. i am interested. nuremberg 2.0. i am interested. nuremberg 2.0. i am interested in a honest evaluation of what happened so that that so that can take reforms undertake reforms that it never happens again. that's a noble . thank you very much that noble. thank you very much that was j sharia professor at was dr. j by sharia professor at the stanford of medicine. to the stanford of medicine. and to react that i'm now joined by nhs , gp, dr. david lloyd . dr. , gp, dr. david lloyd. dr. lloyd, what are your thoughts on

what just heard from dr. bhattacharya what we are i at truth commission. i think is a very american phrase is we're having an independ the inquiry into the covid in the uk and i hope that some of the things that the british are have told us but will be examined in gross detail. but i think we do need place there. there is some data out there already which shows that we were really very good in either the usa , the uk in either the usa, the uk in getting it absolutely right and if you compare our death rates to say new zealand and australia where they had very, very much stricter and much quicker lockdowns, it is staggering . 1 lockdowns, it is staggering. 1 million, 119,000 people have died so far covid in the united states, 219 thousands have died in this country. states, 219 thousands have died in this country . and yet only in this country. and yet only 2516 died in new zealand. and 19,000 in australia. so we that whatever they did was the right

thing to do and they have come out of the pandemic both physically healthier and better. i that's quite a significant that's quite a statement to we know that what they did was the right thing to do especially when the evidence still hasn't been looked into. that's all just just never enough of an inquiry, isn't it? so what you said are you saying that you would you would mandate further lockdowns , face masks all of lockdowns, face masks and all of that if we another that stuff if we had another pandemic today ? so if you were pandemic today? so if you were face are i think you asked exactly the right question at the beginning your interview the beginning of your interview with fitzgerald. if another with dr. fitzgerald. if another pandemic comes along it will pandemic comes along and it will and we don't know what the death rate is and we don't know how lethal and we don't know lethal it is and we don't know how how spreads and how if how how it spreads and how if how how it spreads and how quickly . i think you'd have how quickly. i think you'd have to think about having a lockdown again because the data is that already made an enormous difference . well, i'm out of difference. well, i'm out of time, but that's terrifying to hear you. thank you very hear from you. thank you very much. gp david lloyd, much. nhs gp dr. david lloyd, thank for your time today.

thank you for your time today. a school chaplain was school chaplain who was dismissed pupils it dismissed for telling pupils it was to disagree lgbt was okay to disagree with lgbt ideology has lost his unfair dismissal . ideology has lost his unfair dismissal. trent ideology has lost his unfair dismissal . trent college in dismissal. trent college in nottingham dismissed the reverend dr. bernard randall after it judged his sermon to be to pupils and reported him to the anti—terrorism prevent programme. however, despite of support from parents and former pupils and members of the public , dr. randall lost his unfair dismissal , a , dr. randall lost his unfair dismissal, a decision he has described as a blow for free speech and. christian freedoms. the reverend bernard randall joins me now . if you can joins me now. if you can summarise for us, because know you talked about this before, but what actually did you say that caused so much offence? what i said was that when it comes to ideologies when it comes to ideologies when it comes ideas, should make comes to ideas, you should make up your own mind. and i used example of brexit. make your example of brexit. you make your own you're for or own mind whether you're for or against. i said , there are against. and i said, there are some areas of disagreement between traditional christian and lgbt ideologies. and on those, you make up your own mind. but you may in the

traditional christian understanding of marriage, you may believe biological sex can't be changed. you may look at the language of gender and think it doesn't make. it's incoherent . doesn't make. it's incoherent. and therefore it can't be more than partly. but i emphasise repeatedly the importance of respecting people. we with respecting people. we with respect to sin. sincerity of their beliefs, even you disagree. so where we've disagreed in the past is that i suggested we should say the lgbt ideology is wrong. but you just said you have right to question it, just as you have a right to question the christian values. so you didn't even go as far as i would suggest, we go. but that has that has been deemed as has been that has been deemed as offensive. on the opposite offensive. and on the opposite offensive. and on the opposite of the spectrum, the people who your school brought were chanting hetero chanting smash hetero normativity and getting staff to this. and this was found. okay this was found appropriate. the judge in the case didn't seem to have any problem with the idea of smash hetero normativity. i'm not she fully understood not sure she fully understood what it . and i explained it

what it. and i explained it means. but i'm not sure that she was really very interested in to the evidence i gave. so at the start of the ruling she says, we found all the evidence of the witnesses honest and credible . i witnesses honest and credible. i feel as if she didn't listen to what i was saying at all. it's not there in the judgement at least. and that's disappointing to say the least. i find it absolutely shocking. but the worst thing about this is the judge butler noted , that the judge butler noted, that the church of england cites. emc this company as a this is the company as a recognised . so it recognised resource. so is it the church's fault that they recognise lobbies recognise these lgbt lobbies resources for schools to be using ? you could that using? you could argue that actually church of england doesn't it's recognised doesn't say it's recognised resource in an old version of a document. it lists it as a resource to look at and specifically says it is not recommended. right. but judge butler didn't read that bit apparently. it seems judge butler needs to do the homework . where do you go from here? we're going to appeal the ruling . my lawyers say that there are all sorts of legal problems with the way the ruling has been put

forward . i'm the way the ruling has been put forward. i'm reminded of the way the ruling has been put forward . i'm reminded of the forward. i'm reminded of the case air force starter, whose case air force starter, whose case gender critical beliefs was was thrown out by the judge. the first time. and then the appeal tribunal said that judge had the law completely wrong. so it does happen. and i think what's happenedin happen. and i think what's happened in this case so we look forward to an appeal, hopefully by the end of this year. but you just never know with these things. of course, the judge isn't here to defend themselves. what has the toll been on you? it's really hard. i mean, it's been really hard. i mean, it is well over three and a half years since i gave sermon years since i gave that sermon and my life just exploded around . and if it only affected me, i probably would have my head down and gone with it. but actually, are issues of freedom of speech freedom of religion which affect everyone in society. and i'm convinced it matters so much that i'm willing to go through the turmoil and, the heartache of fighting . difficult case. of fighting. difficult case. thank you for doing that . that thank you for doing that. that was the reverend dr. bernard rundle. please do look him up

onune rundle. please do look him up online and give him support. you can.thank online and give him support. you can. thank you for sharing your story with us. broadcast lawyer andrew andrew, what andrew joined us. andrew, what you make of this? it is interesting what about interesting what i love about your show, calvin . we always your show, calvin. we always try and the and less. and shine the light and less. and think that's really and i think that's really important and it's a great opportunity. i had great opportunity. i had a great opportunity. i had a great opportunity the opportunity to speak in the green rather tragic green about this rather tragic case on both sides, because i think the judge, victoria butler, was pretty harsh in terms of her con of the evidence that was given. but you then have look at this in perspective and you have to say, why was she condemning on this sort of basis? if you walk on that sort of principle, that's what you need to do. look at what the judgement said and work out an appropriate thing which would come appeal. thank come out in the appeal. thank you for that, andrew. we reached out college nottingham, out to college in nottingham, the england, diocese the church of england, diocese of bishop lane, of dalby and, bishop libby lane, but have not yet responded but they have not yet responded to us with comment prior to the tribunal starting diocese tribunal starting the diocese of derby september . mr. derby said in september. mr. randall been an randall has never been an employee dioceses and the employee of the dioceses and the licence held was a result of

licence he held was a result of his employment by trent college. the of derby saddened the bishop of derby is saddened that bringing that mr. rundle is bringing these grievances has tried these grievances and has tried to ensure pastoral care for him . following the hearing at east employment tribunal, judge victoria butler said the claimant takes an extreme view of ian c bears no resemblance to the reality of purpose and implementation, which was simply at creating an inclusive environment . all we saw and environment. all we saw and heard no evidence came anywhere close supporting the close to supporting the claimants view. that agency would indoctrinate pupils in any such way . each week on the show such way. each week on the show like to end with our closing prayer. it's the collect for the first sunday in lent. oh prayer. it's the collect for the first sunday in lent . oh lord first sunday in lent. oh lord have for your sake . it is fast. have for your sake. it is fast. 40 days and 40 nights. give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and true holiness to thy honour and glory, who and reign us with the father and of the holy spirit, one god wild without, and amen . you have been washing

and amen. you have been washing calvin's common sense crusade with me. calvin robinson . i'll with me. calvin robinson. i'll be back with you next sunday at 3 pm. nana. a kweer up next. god bless. have good week. dassault hello there. greg, you host welcome to your latest forecast from, the met office. looking ahead much of the week it's going to be dry and settled. there will be a few showers at times though pushing in from the north sea and. the reason for this is high pressure is in charge. it remains over uk right through the week , keeping right through the week, keeping it largely dry though with no breeze. few showers feed in, particularly across eastern areas through the rest of sunday we'll see clearing skies across much of central southern england and wales, allowing a patchy frost to form england into northern ireland. southern will see a bit more cloud here as we move into the early hours. the risk of a few showers. scotland also seeing those clear skies. temperatures falling to minus seven. minus eight across the glen of scotland under the. three or four degrees and then apache frost also under the

clear skies in the southwest quite across eastern areas will push its way, soften westwards quite quickly monday morning, turning the skies quite grey. the risk one or two light showers less . the sunshine showers less. the sunshine holding across the north holding on across the north parts scotland. there will parts of scotland. there will be a glimmers bright or a few glimmers of bright or sunny elsewhere, but sunny spells elsewhere, but rather a cloudy afternoon to come. temperatures similar 7 to 9 celsius. so generally around average perhaps if we get any sunshine in the south creeping towards ten into the evening and overnight monday into tuesday morning see variable amounts of cloud probably cloud compared to recent nights across england and wales, meaning less risk of a widespread frost here, perhaps under any clear spells of patchy frost forming staying quite cloudy for northern ireland, clear skies across scotland where temperatures once again falling below freezing. towns and cities holding up a little bit higher compared to recent nights for the vast majority of us. so it does mean tuesday be a cloudier start to the day. of showers moving in from the north perhaps more organised band of rain some hail snow moving

rain and some hail snow moving into southeast england. one area to over the next days but to watch over the next days but largely staying dry temperatures generally around average . see generally around average. see you again .

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