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very nice and all, is it.7 i know i've done in broadcast, sadly, kelly i don't think it is. i'm actually before we get started , actually before we get started, let's get your latest news headunes. let's get your latest news headlines . good afternoon. it's headlines. good afternoon. it's for a one on addison in the gb newsroom. now gb news understands that downing street is planning an announcement as early as this evening on a new deal with the european union over the northern ireland protocol. it comes after the prime minister said he's hopeful of achieving a positive by the end of this weekend , describing end of this weekend, describing it unfinished , he said it's it as unfinished, he said it's vital to ensure a return to power sharing the province, the dup has refused to form an executive at in protest over the current deal. mp sammy wilson says the party hasn't any proposal yet . what we do know is proposal yet. what we do know is there doesn't appear to been any deal on the central issue which

affects northern ireland and thatis affects northern ireland and that is the imposition of eu law , all of the problems that we face not 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 than 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 as well. former trade secretary liam fox says he'll support new post—brexit deal if an improvement and he expects tory mps and the dup to do the same thing . the dup will also be thing. the dup will also be willing to see restrictions diminished again in the hope that over time some of them might disappear. i think the hope 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 make progress on, and i think the both sides

will want to see the northern ireland assembly up and running because that's the best guarantee to political stability and a reduction in violence authorities in italy, say 58 people have died after a ship got into difficulties off the country's south coast. it's reported that the boat left from turkey and was carrying migrants from somalia and afghanistan . 27 from somalia 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 seas. 81 people have survived . 22 of them people have survived. 22 of them are now in hospital . police in are now in hospital. police in northern ireland have arrested a sixth person in connection . the sixth person in connection. the attempted murder of an off police officer in omagh . police officer in omagh. detective chief inspector caldwell was at a sports event with his son on wednesday when . 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 whacking a group as a terror organisation.

shadow foreign and home secretaries are accusing the russian mercenary group of committing atrocities. the move would make it a criminal offence to the private military contract to the private military contract to attend meetings or encourage support. members have been fighting alongside the russian in eastern . ukraine well back in eastern. ukraine well back here. social housing managers will be required to study for qualification loans to drive up standards following death of a two year old boy out of shock. died in december 2020 from a respiratory caused by mould his home in rochdale. housing secretary michael gove announced . the response after acknowledging that social housing residents are in inexcusably let down. housing expert richard says the move should protect vulnerable tenants. but there's more still to be done. what are my concerns is this i want i want this to trickle down front line housing

officers because they're often the ones that's going out and doing the visits and indeed i'd like to see more visits because we've found since covid is a lot of the work has been done remotely and housing offices have not been going out enough to actually meet tenants and see with own eyes what's going on. and a beach in norfolk could closed for decades, according locals, after cliff erosion made the area unsafe. the beach at hemsby, near yarmouth, has lost more than ten feet of land in just two days. the local lifeboat have had to close the shore over safety concerns. local businesses warned they'll be significantly as the beach is their main source of income dunng their main source of income during the summer. they are calling on the government to step in and help . this is gb step in and help. this is gb news will you more as it happens. and let's get back to nana.

good afternoon. it's fast approaching 6 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news on tv, onune 4:00. this is gb news on tv, online and digital . 4:00. this is gb news on tv, online and digital. i'm nana akua live and leave alone . here akua live and leave alone. here we go again . cancelling things we go again. cancelling things were acceptable back in the day, but it's seen by some in a negative light. now, last it was roald dahl. this week it's ian fleming's turn . ian was the fleming's turn. ian was the creator , author of one of the creator, author of one of the greatest spies that ever lived. okay. know he wasn't real. but every man i know to be him. and nearly every woman i know would have been more than happy to be his love interest . always arch his love interest. always arch nemesis. it is, of course, the global sensation james bond , ian global sensation james bond, ian fleming publications, which is the that owns the rights commissioned to by sensitivity pictures . why you ask nobody is pictures. why you ask nobody is offended if they don't the book cause they can just read another one. some of the changes to ns books include a in the 1954 live

and let die bond called african . pretty law abiding chaps. i should have thought , except when should have thought, except when they drank too much . this is now they drank too much. this is now become pretty law abiding chaps . i should have thought . really . i should have thought. really a scene in a strip club has been changed from bond because the audience panting and grunting, pigs audience panting and grunting, pigs at the trough . he felt his pigs at the trough. he felt his own hands gripping , the own hands gripping, the tablecloth. his mouth was dry too on. could sense the electric tension in the room . really, the tension in the room. really, the point of a book is to be descriptive so readers can paint a picture in their minds with your words, with their . a picture in their minds with your words, with their. i'm a picture in their minds with your words, with their . i'm not your words, with their. i'm not even offended by the use of language as racist in the books because that is what was written by the author. and that was how society was at the time. a stark reminder as to how far we've come after all the books were written in the fifties . and once written in the fifties. and once you start on this path , it's you start on this path, it's easy to get carried away, which

is what i believe has happened here in many instances in the books have dropped books they have dropped references ethnicity . why references to ethnicity. why well, in my view the truth is this is about and the stark reality some of the language in the books would stop people from buying them. and i also think that they've seen the effect the so—called clean up had on roald dahps so—called clean up had on roald dahl's books, and they thought they'd even they'd have a as well, even though it has been disclosed that donald, who died in 1990 had 40 years previously wound , had 40 years previously wound, that he would not write another word publishers engaged word his publishers ever engaged . it changed his language and that would send enormous that he would send an enormous crocodile gobble them up crocodile to gobble them up if they did. is a like me and they did. which is a like me and my monologues. i mean, next thing you know, they'll be turning. character woke as turning. bond character woke as well. i why do they have well. i mean, why do they have to keep spoiling they to keep spoiling things? they won't doctor on the bbc. won't quit, doctor on the bbc. well, that was a disaster. people don't want an agenda pushed at them all the time . pushed at them all the time. james bond in my eyes is a worldwide phenomenon . that was worldwide phenomenon. that was not taken in the offensive

manner at the time, but it was now alleged to offend . why can't now alleged to offend. why can't they goldfinger off and just live and live alone . well, you live and live alone. well, you go right before we get stuck in the debate. what else is coming up today for the great debate this hour? i'm asking if she's preparing sell off our preparing to sell off our sovereignty. the prime minister is set to scrap boris's ireland protocol bill as of his new deal with brussels soon. it believes he has secured legal changes that render bill designed to give the government to rip up parts of the protocol . but in parts of the protocol. but in a sign of the rebellion, northern ireland minister baker is understood to have to be on resignation watch after being frozen out of the negotiations and a full 15th world view. it's been over a year since russia's invasion of ukraine. reports suggest that vladimir putin planning a spring offensive. it comes as many european countries and the us have agreed to send tanks to ukraine are expected to

arrive in the weeks. and in the former president donald trump visited the site of a train derailment criticising president joe biden's handling of the disaster that spewed toxic chemicals into east palestine ohio and rare snow has covered parts of california as a slow moving winter storm intensifies . that's coming up. and then at 5:00, it's this week's outside. now my mistress delivered a guest . is that a very guest. is that a very interesting career? she started out on my sex before becoming a television icon . she was last television icon. she was last been the presenter of a hit television series that when states signed. can anyone guess who might. well that's coming in the next hour. tell me what you think and everything we're discussing. email gbv at gbnews.uk or tweet me at . gb gbnews.uk or tweet me at. gb news. all right, let's get started . welcome again to my started. welcome again to my panel. started. welcome again to my panel . broadcaster and columnist panel. broadcaster and columnist . welcome. danny kelly. you

know, i'm not a columnist. . welcome. danny kelly. you know, i'm not a columnist . yes. know, i'm not a columnist. yes. has broad kind of broad veteran journalists. he's into international salesman extraordinaire. should have said he's the backbone of britain. he's a small business. self—employed entrepreneur employee, country going . and you employee, country going. and you can't get that right. small business your well and not my site . oh that's the earliest you site. oh that's the earliest you get an early hamilton oldsmobile . constance kelley. danny kelley broadcasting journalist the 17th. didn't you want to be him? when i was a kid and a toddler, i was a fat little, as you can imagine. my nickname was oddjob oddjob . the was the korean oddjob. the was the korean baddie in 1964. then go ? of baddie in 1964. then go? of course not. i was a baby and a toddler. oh, okay. thin hair, whatever. and yeah. so that was my. because i was fat. i must have looked and i don't know, but that was for the 1964 goldfinger thing. i think they should just leave it alone. and i really they should leave it alone. all of them words. they should stick with of should stick with them. all of the comments about ethnicity they should stick with them and

people should exposed to what people should be exposed to what the reality of 1950, the gritty reality of 1950, 1960. my father tells me when he was growing up as a kid in liverpool there was an african guy who came over , there was a guy who came over, there was a billboard and i'm not going to say it was, but nowadays that was advertising for too. so people would go and see his show. i'll tell you, when we were off. but that was the reality of 1940s, liverpool, the 19505 reality of 1940s, liverpool, the 1950s liverpool. so i didn't see the people keeping. i disagree abouti the people keeping. i disagree about i mean to me some words i think be excised like the n—word. i'm afraid i really do. but this whole what rewriting of books. it's like the victorians putting little skirts over piano legs because . they were thought legs because. they were thought to be too of sexy. it is to be too sort of sexy. it is what bond now needs is what roald dahl. because they are not accepting that all the roald dahl books are going to be published the original. and published in the original. and that's of double oh, queen camilla, who came to the camilla, who came riding to the rescue. what need is queen rescue. so what need is queen camilla to drop another? i think she's a of one of the she's a patron of one of the champions. well, she's into

books, isn't she? she's her charity is reading loving. charity is reading and loving. christine remove the n—word christine why remove the n—word 7 christine why remove the n—word ? why in particular? because that's how we wrote it. that's how it was. i fully accept that that you, you know, a purist , that you, you know, a purist, say leave the whole thing as it is i just personally do find word pretty offensive . that's word pretty offensive. that's your personal point of view about that particular word. okay but the whole well, that was . but the whole well, that was. well, i'm just saying i disagree about that particular word. well, i'll tell you what i think it and the fact that it was in that, you know, i never leave it in that that's what was written. that's how it was at the time. not offended by something was written a when that was written at a time when that was acceptable. what was acceptable. that's what was acceptable. that's what was acceptable. agree with acceptable. that's what was acce somebody agree with acceptable. that's what was acce somebody used gree with acceptable. that's what was acce somebody used itee with acceptable. that's what was acce somebody used itee aith now somebody used it in a current book. now i would be saying, why have you put that in? is foolish. but if in? that is foolish. but if a piece of script was written piece of script that was written years years ago describing, years and years ago describing, a and a way of behaving in a time and a way of behaving in a time and a way of behaving in a language, that's what was a language, that's what it was about. shakespeare would about. shakespeare how would you think them? think that trying protect them? because disagree with you. i because i disagree with you. i don't think it's about revenue. because i disagree with you. i ddon't�*nink it's about revenue. because i disagree with you. i

ddon't�*nink itit's bout revenue. because i disagree with you. i ddon't�*nink itit's aboutevenue. because i disagree with you. i ddon't�*nink itit's about i.anue. i don't think it's about i. think it is. it is. it by think it is. no, it is. it by suggesting the vulnerable working. well i think because i think maybe being persuaded by the woke up to remove that word so i don't think it's about revenue per say but i wonder what the motivation is for doing this. it to expunge that this. is it just to expunge that word history ? what is it word from history? what is it that example that you read out aboutin that example that you read out about in the stuff like that brilliant description of watching a very erotic and what is happening to and your own self, you know , the stirrings in self, you know, the stirrings in the loins and that and they just come to really ruined it ruined it you go , oh that was pretty it you go, oh that was pretty boring. and they have completely ruined it. i think you see a lot of the sort of replacing of the ethnic words as well. so you know , black person, a black know, black person, a black person, a black person or they've dropped the reference to what that what kind of ethnicity that person altogether which person was altogether, which i think we did it. i mean, why shouldn't say , oh, job was shouldn't say, oh, job was career, not job was career . you career, not job was career. you know, some people might find

that offensive reference that and do, apologise that and if you do, we apologise that but that's that's that's why they're because okay they're doing it because okay but an older book but but but that's an older book but but also write a book now also you could write a book now about a period story. none of you said if you write a book now, use that type of language. i'm paraphrase, but you will you say, what i think you can say, i know what i think you can do. you should be able to do it. if you want to a book with if you want to write a book with words unacceptable words that are unacceptable today , such are periods when today, such are the periods when it was acceptable. i think you should no, i'm just yes, should still. no, i'm just yes, you can do it. but i think it's foolish. and one of the reasons why. no, you wrote you want to achieve real. wrote achieve real. you wrote you weren't i say a weren't going can i just say a quick hello? because i think he might be okay. well, because a great mine. i hope great friend of mine. i hope you're watching henry is henry blofeld, is the villain blow blofeld, who is the villain blow valve. know father was valve. some know his father was at with fleming and. he at eton with fleming and. he chose his two villains, his big two villains, blofeld and uday was able to sell roman scaramella love that he was bonnie. bonnie scaramanga is a friend of mine, jane, as is her

husband is in her nineties now it's her husband who is at school. so i both the bond villains and scaramanga and i got them together once at a lunch at pinewood studios. how great was that? i love scaramouche . hello, henry and scaramouche. hello, henry and i had scaramouche, which was dr. no or that developed. so i come . remember, i'm not a bond expert. what is favourite james bond?|f expert. what is favourite james bond? if you could pick one? christine oh my goodness . i'm christine oh my goodness. i'm not an expert. sean connery you just think. but when i'm not near the bond love, i love the bond. i'm near the one i didn't think was, don't know, roger think was, i don't know, roger moore. like that moore. moore. i like that roger moore. but roger moore but then i love roger moore anyway. i sought to be anyway. yeah i sought to be a bit too sort of, you know, i love that about him. assessment i really like that. but i think you come my favourite you can about come my favourite one daniel craig one probably. daniel craig yeah . now. that's do is rewrite . what now. that's do is rewrite it to the of having a female bond bond is a man i can't i mean this isn't between i could be persuaded to walk out of a out of a see towards the beach in tiny little teeny and i well

not daniel craig well i hope so that daniel is my best you can see him with show connery was my favourite since you ask broderick. oh, you're kidding . broderick. oh, you're kidding. too excited. yeah. now. so it was sean connery? yeah. yeah well, you were a close second. i tell what i liked about them. i love them. they're ability just to be womanisers. i really did. i know it was all consensual . i know it was all consensual. you know, something was consensual. it was matter of exactly so. and i like that. but then there were some wicked, evil women villains. they were very strong . yeah, grace jones very strong. yeah, grace jones with grace who you look like with a grace who you look like one of the bambi it was bambi threshold woman, the incredibly beautiful, glamorous woman that walked around in a go round, struggling people. oh, christ, this plastic. i mean, you know, so that's a real compliment. no, no , actually, i think on her no, actually, i think on her island life cover, i'm going to replicate that one. i don't know whether he's seen it or not. she's got a microphone and she's

well, she's not quite naked but she's i'm going she's doing this pose. i'm going to twist it the moral way. you know, you you get ignored and you'll never it. but you could do it. so i want to be what you wanted to be. time is wanted to be. but this time is but smugglers and crazy but you smugglers and your crazy i'll andress in the i'll do ursula andress in the white yeah pile of wait the photoshop to make yourself what is your favourite bond as no visit gb news dot uk love to hear your thoughts on that one. well stay tuned . i mean well stay tuned. i mean publications said that we at afm, publications reviewed text of the original bond books and decided that our best course of action was to follow m's lead . action was to follow m's lead. we have made changes to live and let die and that he himself authorised following n's approach . we looked at the approach. we looked at the instances of several racial terms across the books and removed a number of individual or swapped them for terms are more accepted today, but in keeping with the period in which books were written, we encourage to read the books themselves .

to read the books themselves. when the new paperbacks are published in april . good advert. published in april. good advert. and i told you, well, you're with me. i'm okay. this is good. is on tv and on digital radio after . the break. it's time for after. the break. it's time for our great british debate this and i'm asking is rishi sunak preparing to sell off our sovereignty now? it comes as prime minister is set to scrap bofis prime minister is set to scrap boris johnson's ireland protocol bill as , part of this new deal bill as, part of this new deal with brussels. stay me will be back in a moment. hello there. great to host and welcome to your latest forecast from the met office. looking ahead for much of the week it's going to be dry settled. there will be dry and settled. there will be dry and settled. there will be a few showers times though be a few showers at times though pushing from the north. and pushing in from the north. and the reason for this is high pressure is in charge. it remains over the uk. right through the weekend, keeping largely dry, though, we have northeasterly breeze . few northeasterly breeze. a few showers feed in showers will feed in particularly across eastern areas through the rest of sunday. we'll clearing skies across much of central southern england and wales. across much of central southern england and wales . a patchy england and wales. a patchy frost to form northern england . frost to form northern england. northern ireland, southern

scotland will see bit more scotland will see a bit more cloud here as. we into the cloud here as. we move into the early hours. risk of a few. early hours. the risk of a few. scotland also seeing those clear skies. temperatures to minus seven. minus eight across the glens of scotland under the cloud. three or four degrees. and then patchy frost. also and then a patchy frost. also under the clear in the under the clear skies in the southwest cloud across eastern areas will push its way soften westwards? quite monday morning. turning the skies quite grey. the risk of one or two light showers. best of sunshine showers. best of the sunshine holding north western holding on across north western parts of scotland. there will be a glimmers of bright or a few glimmers of bright or sunny elsewhere , but sunny spells elsewhere, but rather afternoon to come rather cloudy afternoon to come temperatures similar 7 to 9 celsius activity around average, perhaps if we get any sunshine in the southeast creeping towards ten into the evening and overnight monday into tuesday we'll see variable amounts of cloud probably cloud compared to recent nights england and wales meaning less risk of a widespread frost here, perhaps under any clear spells of patchy frost staying quite cloudy for northern ireland. clear skies across scotland where

temperatures once again falling below freezing. towns and cities up a little bit higher compared to recent nights for the vast majority of us, that does mean tuesday be a cloudier start to the day . risk of showers moving the day. risk of showers moving in from the north sea, perhaps more organised band rain and some hail. snow moving into southeast england. one area to watch over the next few days, but largely staying dry . but largely staying dry. temperatures generally around average . see you again . soon average. see you again. soon you've probably seen politicians a thousand times, but we do it differently . we find out who differently. we find out who they really are. we shout, we chaps and hopefully we bring a bit of light , chaps and hopefully we bring a bit of light, not just heat. did you think it was apparently do you think it was apparently do you have a pair of jeans or. i'm so glad i did . what would i do so glad i did. what would i do with them? friends. why? oh, my guangxi doing now. join me sunday at six for gloria meets only on gb news the people's channel. britain's news .

channel good. approaching 24 minutes after 4:00. this is on tv online and on digital radio. we are the people's. you can also download the shows live. you can watch them on youtube or why not download a gb news app where you can watch the shows live? but i'm not a aware. now before the break i was discussing in fleming's books being edited a let's look at what you've been saying, oscar says double seven is a staple of british culture . is a staple of british culture. censoring books is denying censoring these books is denying history just same thing . history just the same thing. those books, i believe it's a moneymaking stunt. they can now sell the original set of the bond books as well as the new doctored set of books which says love banter nanna with love your banter nanna with danny and christine. it's great isn't it? completely agree when it comes bond what will it comes this the bond what will your thoughts coming because now it's great debate it's time for our great debate this hour. asking rishi

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also addresses tax and spend. and addresses democratic governance . you're confused . all governance. you're confused. all of that. don't be. because under the protocol northern ireland remains part of eu single market to avoid a border on the northern ireland. northern ireland of ireland. but a new with brussels could reaffirm the uk's obligation to comply with international. so if the great british debate this i'm asking is rishi sunak preparing to sell off their sovereignty. well joining me now is political commentator. remember him fellow for centre of brexit policy for the centre of brexit policy catherine mcbride . and with catherine mcbride. and with me in studio former editor in the studio is former editor the list, peter edwards. the labour list, peter edwards. peter, i'm going to start with you the studio. so, you since you're the studio. so, peter, you about peter, what do you think about this. rishi seems to this. rishi sunak seems to be edging closer to potentially ditching bill. is ditching the protocol bill. is he do that? well, it he wise to do that? well, it looks that's going to looks like that's going to happen. in the works for happen. it's in the works for a couple there's been couple of weeks. there's been very about it. but in very publicity about it. but in a of briefings over the a flurry of briefings over the last it seems to be a last 48 hours, it seems to be a mixture of good and bad. so a green line for goods from great britain into northern ireland

and power for northern courts deal have disputes in the first instance rather than going to europe. so one senses that a lot of then have of people. but then you have bofis of people. but then you have boris johnson sidelines boris johnson on sidelines criticising the deal before it's even been announced , first off even been announced, first off the record and then publicly , the record and then publicly, frankly, own frankly, putting his own political and his downing political career and his downing street before of northern street hopes before of northern ireland. and then very plan ireland. and then this very plan that put forward and dropped that was put forward and dropped to involve king in a in to involve the king in a in a press or an afternoon tea with the head of commission and the head of eu commission and downing street seems to suddenly drop that for the very obvious reason that it's politicising the king. what do you think listening to that? what's your view ? well, look, i think it's view? well, look, i think it's of northern ireland protocol what's not working . and, you what's not working. and, you know, these larger companies kind these compliance , they have kind these compliance, they have to sort of put forward a ream of custom paperwork in order for them to able to transport those goods over the border. so clearly do a lot of protocol isn't working clearly something isn't working clearly something is had to change. however if

we've still got a foreign call, the european of justice with jurisdiction over northern ireland which is you know part of the united kingdom of great britain, that is unacceptable. and i think that most people understand that actually we voted the european voted to leave the european union order to gain greater union in order to gain greater sovereignty . so if we have sovereignty. so if we have a european court a foreign court that still has over northern ireland for those european, that's unacceptable. clearly new law of protocol is working, but the vessel of change has to happen. well, yeah, we do need to something. but isn't the worry that we're actually going to that one part of to up losing that one part of it, which we which is the most strongest part of it that sort of keeps the eu in check. catherine, what do think? catherine, what do you think? well, that the thing was well, i think that the thing was instigated , you know, under a instigated, you know, under a false premise. they just isn't that much food that goes into ireland, the republic of ireland from northern ireland and right now. it can go directly liverpool to dublin without same set of checks that they're forcing onto, food that's going

into northern ireland. there was always a border . they have two always a border. they have two different currencies they have different currencies they have different vat rates. they have different vat rates. they have different excise duties . and the different excise duties. and the northern ireland and the repubuc northern ireland and the republic of ireland manage that border without checks for 25 years, the premise of the northern ireland protocol was false was a way of tying the uk , the eu regulation . besides the , the eu regulation. besides the list you have made very comprehensively , but you missed comprehensively, but you missed out vat . a lot of people may be out vat. a lot of people may be aware that there are in the uk that government reduced vat on, but northern ireland still 5% vat. and these are goods that are meant to be compulsory soon for people in so insulation and drop strips solar panels ground force ground sourced heating and air sourced heating units they

all have zero vat in the in gb but 5% in northern ireland. and this is because northern ireland is basically being annexed by the eu. i mean . the well what the eu. i mean. the well what you said seems perfectly sensible to me peter. what you're saying actually is that this is actually a false so false good. really we don't really need this, this sort of thing anyway because there's very trade between the two areas that this would affect . well, that this would affect. well, beware of saying very trade for as long as is trade between ireland, great britain, which we hope will be then we didn't show that as possible. and that is as easy as possible. and let's about minute from the let's about a minute from the legalities , northern ireland's legalities, northern ireland's has been somewhere in the context of great britain has. so in context united kingdom has been less of less affluent and has benefited funds coming from west westminster , just like the west westminster, just like the scottish government receives funds the barnett formula. funds under the barnett formula. so given there's been level of relative hardship in northern

ireland over the last 30 years, the idea of any more of the economic links seems to me madness because we should be doing everything we can to doing as we everything we can to stimulate growth in to northern ireland preserving the peace. we're clearly not quite there yet. well, are you comfortable with the european court overruling the court in northern ireland then? well, i mean i didn't vote for brexit in the first place, but we are where we are . but are you comfortable are. but are you comfortable with the notion a european court could overrule a british school? that's what's been happening and. it's what the conservative government are trying to extricate us from. but i, i've noidea extricate us from. but i, i've no idea if it's going to happen, but i would imagine the ecj will pull out eventually because it will be intolerable for a conservative prime minister to retain support of his backbenches there's backbenches if there's still a for the well, of an for the ecj. well, of the be an interesting juggling act for rishi think that rishi sunak. do you think that he's to be able to he's going to be able to actually manage that actually manage to achieve that 7 actually manage to achieve that ? think is sunak been ? well i think is sunak been relatively weak this issue. i mean the ecj has already as usb pointed out, has already had

jurisdiction over northern ireland, the european issues because that's that's why their jurisdiction is so long as northern ireland is still in the single market. they still do retain that jurisdiction. i think sunak i mean, i hope that he is as it's a true blue brexiteer and that he will sort of sort the situation out, but he needs to be strong. and at the moment, what we see, we're being told a new deal is going to be negotiated very, very soon, have been told that for the past on lucia when that's actually going to happen, hopefully by the end this year, we'll see. but think what's interesting about this is that if the ecj do still have jurisdiction over northern, i think that we will see this sort of clamorous. the conservative party . but of clamorous. the conservative party. but again, if this is a really real huge test for rishi sunakis really real huge test for rishi sunak is he strong enough to stand up to european union? well, i'm going to give captain the final word on this, catherine do you that catherine do you think that rishi will be to actually rishi sunak will be to actually keep that part of legislation safe can maintain our safe so that we can maintain our sovereignty ? well, he has to i

sovereignty? well, he has to i mean, it's shocking some of the rumours are flying around at the moment that he's going to use labour party to try and push this through parliament, even if his own mps . i this through parliament, even if his own mps. i think that's shocking , not democratic. i mean shocking, not democratic. i mean then everyone will be asking how this guy became prime minister anyhow. you know, he has to be wider than wide on this issue . wider than wide on this issue. he has to let people examine the detail of the of the agreement, whatever he's agreed. do not try and push it through parliament. people being able to look at it if it is really as easy as they claim and just about red lines and green lines and all of the paperwork is done online. then this can happen. on the border between ireland and the republic , if that's all it is, then is no need for it to happen in the irish sea. it can happen. is trucks are driving down the highway. so i really think he's going to have to explain this carefully if he wants to remain

leader of the party and think if he tries to ram it through laboun he tries to ram it through labour, is it going to that would just get rid of him in the same way that he got rid of boris? i mean let's be frank. thank you so much, catherine. we're running out of time. catherine bryant, i thank so much for your thoughts. she's fellow centre brexit fellow at the centre for brexit policy. also, ibrahim , thank you policy. also, ibrahim, thank you very much. political commentator and edwards, former and also peter edwards, a former editor labour less. editor of that labour less. thank you're with i'm thank you so you're with me? i'm not okay . this gb news on tv not okay. this is gb news on tv onune not okay. this is gb news on tv online and on digital radio. after the break, we'll continue with british debate with the great british debate this hour. i'm asking is rishi sunak off our sunak preparing to sell off our sovereignty . it a thought so? my sovereignty. it a thought so? my panel sovereignty. it a thought so? my panel, and broadcaster panel, author and broadcaster hamilton and hamilton so journalist and broadcaster then stay broadcaster kelly then stay tuned at 5:00 it's this week's outside . now my mystery outside. now my mystery celebrity guest has a very interesting she started interesting career she started out in my six or in 16 i say my six before becoming a tv star. and she was the presenter of a hit television. the went stateside even a clue. can

anyone guess who that might be. i'll give you another clue. the latest headlines . for 34 on latest headlines. for 34 on radisson in the gb news room. gb news understands downing street is planning an announcement as early as this evening on a new deal with the european union over the northern ireland protocol. it comes after . the protocol. it comes after. the prime minister said he's hopeful achieving a positive outcome by the end of this weekend described . it as unfinished described. it as unfinished business. he said it's vital to ensure a return to power sharing in the province . the dup has in the province. the dup has refused to form an executive at stormont in protest over the current brexit deal. mp sammy wilson . the party hasn't seen wilson. the party hasn't seen proposal yet . what we do know is proposal yet. what we do know is that there doesn't appear to have been any deal on the central issue which affects northern ireland and that is the imposition of eu law . all of the imposition of eu law. all of the problems that we face with not

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 than the rest of the united kingdom and therefore checks are required to make . we are complying not with make. we are complying not with british law but with brussels law to people died after a ship got 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 seas. afghanistan when it crashed rocks during rough seas . there rocks during rough seas. there are 81 survivors with 22 in hospital . social housing hospital. social housing managers will be required to study for qualifications to drive up standards following the death of a two year old boy. awaab ishak in december 20, 20 from a respiratory caused by mould at his in rochdale.

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protocol bill, which was introduced by. boris johnson gives government power gives the government the power unilaterally parts of the. unilaterally ditch parts of the. but what is it actually entail. well, it was introduced in parliament in last year, aiming to only fix parts of the protocol. but to restore stability and protect belfast. good friday agreement . so it good friday agreement. so it allows whitehall excuse me to address the practical problems that the protocol has created . that the protocol has created. northern ireland in four key areas. one of those areas is difficult. customs so it's sort of addresses those things. also, the inflexible regulations, taxing , spending, the taxing, spending, the discrepancies there . there's a discrepancies there. there's a democratic governance system, for example, that would involve the european court of justice. so we could evolve over of overrule them. now, under under the protocol, northern ireland remains, part of the eu single market to avoid a border on the island of ireland. a new deal brussels could reaffirm the uk's obugafion brussels could reaffirm the uk's obligation to comply with rulings. so for the great fresh debate this time i'm asking is rishi sunak preparing to sell

off our sovereignty? well, let's see what my panel make of that. i'm joined by author and broadcaster christine hamilton, also journalist and broadcaster danny christine. danny kelly. christine. and i'll start what's your start with you. what's your thought this? well, i don't thought on this? well, i don't know. and the problem . know. and that's the problem. nobody taken nobody knows. he hasn't taken anybody into his confidence. sounds from the report on this, the announcement of the deal is imminent. could even be tomorrow . he hasn't thought to discuss with the dup. he hasn't thought to discuss it with any of the leading e.g. mp. so nobody knows which is crazy and he might have even which is crazy and he might have ever. do we know that you haven't spoken to these people? i sense that the dup would have what? a party. there was a meeting between . remember meeting between. i remember which was, but of the which one it was, but of the senior in belfast. she was senior dup's in belfast. she was over there the other day. but they seem to aware of they don't seem to be aware of exactly in there. it be, exactly what's in there. it be, i think, that the eu is my take on it . two i think, that the eu is my take on it. two things. first of i think, that the eu is my take on it . two things. first of all, on it. two things. first of all, i think the eu will find it is finding easier to deal with rishi sunak they did to deal with boris because he doesn't come with boris it's sort of

blustery hinterland. so i think maybe they will be little more amenable. i may just be wishful thinking on that, but also more of a sort of globalist thought. well it's more into the their thinking. but the other thing which i which i sense is that because he's a globalist i don't think fully i mean, he's only beenin think fully i mean, he's only been in parliament a few years. does he fully understand the emotional attach that the dup and people who've think like them have to the status of northern ireland? i don't know that he fully appreciates why dup are so determined to dig their heels on this and to get what they want. i don't know with the time will tell. i think maybe you're under estimating him. he's he's he's not stupid. he's highly intelligent. yes. he would lived the latter part would have lived the latter part of the troubles. you know how old is 42. 43. so when he was 17, 18. the good friday agreement in. so i think he knows how toxic and potentially violent i don't think i don't think he is sort of saying

listen i'm sorry wearing prada shoes doesn't mean you don't have a grasp of history. well i don't think that's really what that intimates by my saying that is his disconnection with the actual on the ground people the real world that's just an example like if i could give you a proper example of where it didn't even know how use the didn't even know how to use the petrol pump where he had a petrol pump or where he had a reason his car he seemed reason his car which he seemed to showing was his car to try to be showing was his car to try and sort let up that he was and sort of let up that he was one one with us. but those are two give you more two examples. i'll give you more . yeah, but no matter how many examples about how examples you me about how wealthy detached from wealthy and detached he is from the man, doesn't the everyday man, but doesn't mean understand about mean he doesn't understand about his i'm not saying his role. then i'm not saying that. that christine that. i'm saying that christine should. doesn't know should. i think he doesn't know . i didn't how do you . i didn't know. how do you know? i did not say that because he was wealthy. he didn't know you, i didn't. you, didn't you? no, i didn't. and said because, look back and you said because, look back at tape. said, no, no, at the tape. i said, no, no, i don't need to i know what i said. said, because his said. i said, because his practises is reference to practises is that reference to prostitutes the information. prostitutes is the information. excuse me. it's not. it was intimating. yes, it is. wasn't intimating. yes, it is. i wasn't interested as well. i'm interested in it as well. i'm talking me. my

talking about me. you to my mouth. can you let me finish. oh you don't put words in mouth. mouth. can you let me finish. oh youfinish put words in mouth. mouth. can you let me finish. oh youfinish i'm words in mouth. mouth. can you let me finish. oh youfinish i'm talkingn mouth. mouth. can you let me finish. oh youfinish i'm talking aboutnouth. mouth. can you let me finish. oh youfinish i'm talking about what. me finish i'm talking about what i i said i was i said when i said i was intimating by using protesters reference that he's disconnected from the and the real from the people and the real world. not talking about world. i'm not talking about you. about when you. i'm talking about me. when i of where says i gave examples of where he says his of connection with what his lack of connection with what people the ground his lack of connection with what peogoing the ground his lack of connection with what peogoing through. the ground his lack of connection with what peogoing through. ihe ground his lack of connection with what peogoing through. i gaveound his lack of connection with what peogoing through. i gave an d are going through. i gave an example of the fact that he was unsure to how a petrol pump unsure to how use a petrol pump and he didn't really know and that he didn't really know he reasonably car he had a reasonably priced car that his trying that wasn't his but he's trying to he's connected with the to that he's connected with the people i'm making but people that i'm making okay but haven't shoes which haven't produced shoes which were your words doesn't mean that doesn't have that he doesn't have a connection the street connection with the street you can say well know can say well you know understanding my not understanding my but not prejudging case because prejudging the case because he's mentored that's not what i wanted you bring prosecutions them because it says alongside other things that i gave you an example of so he says disconnection with reality. can we from the ground we raise our from the ground with shoes and socks with the shoes shoes and socks and think it's because his and i think it's because of his his he's his you know, he's he's a goldman sachs globalist multinational. he has too much

sympathy with the eu position. that's my view. and it's the eu that are creating all these problems let's just be honest. i mean when eu citizens come to this country they just come in through passport control and that's fine. they're held in that's fine. they're held up in the way are when we to the way that we are when we to eu countries, are the ones eu countries, they are the ones who creating a world who are who are creating a world who are about the border. about goods crossing the border. we not mean why don't we just we not i mean why don't we just face down the eu and say, look, we will have no border control whatsoever . however, we will have no border control whatsoever. however, between we will have no border control whatsoever . however, between the whatsoever. however, between the eu and, the uk, the great britain and northern ireland, you want to erect a wall and guard post, you do that, but we are not going to. we should just tell them what boris johnson is alleged to have said about the americans. i think we wait until word. i can't say on what to do about it. know okay . think we about it. know okay. think we should wait till tomorrow until we find out. well, that's the detail that is done. so. so we're prematurely sort of second guessing or first guessing what's going to what's going to happenif what's going to what's going to

happen if you're right about the dupe, from my view, what's sacrosanct is peace in north. of course not just what is sacrosanct. i want to get the dup's back at stormont. okay for those listening on radio, it looks could lot of would looks could kill lot of would kill i want to the deal kill me. i want to get the deal i've got to button i've got to inject a button i think it's going to take away from what i want to do you stormont and not a brexit purist everyone i know thinks i voted for brexit, but is top secret. you did vote for brexit. no, you did not. there you go. this is the beauty of it. to tell you are remaining the way you defended rishi sunak his party is this stuff brexiteer as well? tell you one thing if well i've just got myself to do that i get it. even if rishi sunak cannot get this through the commons without the support of labour, then he is sunk. i mean that would be complicit suicide if he relies the labour vote to get this through. he's to come up with something that will attract the support of the and the boris

course. i always feel this hovering in the wings. boris wants to take his place. boris i would hope that boris put the interests of northern ireland and the union in the wings. he just needs to watch me. i just. just because i know we've got to move on. i disagree. think rishi sunak the tories are toast sunak knows the tories are toast to the next election. i think his he wants his legacy his legacy he wants his legacy to final deal for to be the final deal for northern ireland personally and i he gives about i don't think he gives a about the dodgy. i really do but that's fits fits my that's that fits fits my argument. but you if we if argument. but you see if we if we rely on labour then he's toast with toast anyway . well toast with toast anyway. well indeed certainly indeed but he certainly was amazing that happens. not amazing that happens. i'm not a tory. how they destroyed an tory. how how they destroyed an 80 majority it's just 80 seat majority it's just something has nothing without you and your views as of margaret thatcher's voice is your opportunity to be on the and tell us what you really think about the topics we're discussing. mean, obviously discussing. i mean, obviously you'd conservative you'd think the conservative party actually had an opposition. they've got themselves side. themselves right this side. let's what you go , durham. let's go to what you go, durham. let's go to what you go, durham. let's get it done. this our great british voice, adam

wildsmith . adam it's getting a wildsmith. adam it's getting a bit wild here. crikey. adam, what do you think of this? come on. is he going sell off our sovereignty ? well, i think every sovereignty? well, i think every major player in this place on the uk side is a brexiteer campaign for brexit. brexit. so i think to accuse them of showing a disregard for british interests of british sovereignty is disingenuous at best, because i haven't seen the prime minister's agreement, but it is expected that it will trade in checks across the irish sea with the two lane system and repatriated to westminster will be powers on vat, on tax on social aid. so i don't think this is an agreement most conservative entities want, but i think some tories will never back anything. the prime minister brings back from brussels because you know they care more about purity to the cause than they do about an agreement that actually works for the people of northern or because perhaps it's not in their political interest to back their political interest to back the agreement. but i think while some big development that we don't about now, think don't know about now, i think most back the

most tory is will back the agreement it comes out next agreement when it comes out next week. we'll see we'll week. well well we'll see we'll see the agreement is adam see what the agreement is adam thank you much. really good thank you so much. really good to you adam smith. is to talk to you adam smith. is there durham. well you're there in durham. wow well you're with me on this is gb views stay tuned. all right. we've got world view. we'll be getting the latest news from across globe, including russia, ukraine, the us. and then at five by mr. gas well she's been a regular on your tv screens most recently heading naxos alongside the heading to naxos alongside the likes of england talent and lizzie cundy for a program called shirley valentine . well, called shirley valentine. well, where they lived in a villa together hoping to find love who do you think she is she's also a at one time. well stay tuned you'll find out. but first a.

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people's channel and it's now time for world and it is now been over year since russia's invasion of ukraine. and there are reports that president is planning a spring offensive . planning a spring offensive. meanwhile, many european countries , the us are providing countries, the us are providing tanks to ukraine which are expected to arrive in the coming weeks. however, president zelenskyy urging countries to send fighter to help them defeat russian aggression . let's go to russian aggression. let's go to ukrainian member parliament, kira ruddick now and find out more. cara, thank you so much for joining me. so i want to ask forjoining me. so i want to ask you, what is the feeling now over kyiv? hello, nina. thank you so much for having . we are you so much for having. we are ready for this spring offensive. it seemed it started a week ago now, slowly pushing our forces in the. however, we getting ready from our side and we hope that the western in weapons that was were promised that they would arrive in time. we have

gone through the anniversary of the full invasion without the massive missile attacks. but we are still very concerned prepared to what may happen next. we have heard that putin's recent speech to his people and what is very concerning and what we warned the world as well is that he's pulling out of the nuclear deal and. basically, this is another of that he can do things that and get out of the deals and saying that he do it with peace deal saying well we changed our minds so all have to keep it in mind. however we know that the next couple of months would be critical for us because there would be massive at the east china has stepped in and made a few comments. at the east china has stepped in and made a few comments . well,

and made a few comments. well, what are your thoughts on? some of the things that china said, because they didn't they didn't really back , but they of really back, but they kind of they sort of seem to be paying almost a piecemeal type role. is that how you guys interpreted what is ? so there are what china is? so there are china playing it both ways, same as always. do so. on the one hand, they are sending the so—called peace plan, which is like not concrete , just saying like not concrete, just saying like not concrete, just saying like everything should be good and bad things should not, but doesn't have any particular say that russia need to pull off their forces. and on the other they are considering sending weapons to. and we know that these are negotiations are happening. so what we need to remember is that russia and china are looking closely at the actions our western allies and are looking at any signs weakness because they would use it as an opportunity like you see china was very hard for a

year looking who and who may be winning the war and what would be the chances them to get the best opportunities there. and this is why again we cannot actually . make an influence on actually. make an influence on on china's decisions . but what on china's decisions. but what we can do is make sure that we are strong and that our unity remains concrete and remains intact. remains concrete and remains intact . and this is what is the intact. and this is what is the most important right now. well, listen, kara , you so much for listen, kara, you so much for talking to us. that's kira rudik. she's a ukrainian mp while joining me now to talk about russia , political about russia, political commentator and russian expert daniel tani. and got about daniel tani. and we've got about a minute you need to be a minute you so you need to be brief here. at briefed on brief here. at being briefed on this. how has the war actually affected russian people ? well, affected russian people? well, yeah, of course. i mean , i'll yeah, of course. i mean, i'll always be brief for you, but you say it goes well. the how is being viewed in russia is well

two ways, really. this is being viewed as something of war on the culture, war as vladimir putin said in his address a few days ago, just on the anniversary of the first year since the invasion. vladimir putin said that these western ideals, these attacks on the institution of the family and its attacks on russian russian values, russian culture and history cannot the borders it being seen very much as the is nato's dismantle russia dismantling the soviet union as it were and some of those attacks that western ideology can't . russia can't afford for can't. russia can't afford for it to come onto their borders thatis it to come onto their borders that is directly linked to some of the aid that has been offered to ukraine. if those western powers, of course, it is paramount to ukraine's that spnng paramount to ukraine's that spring offensive as it is already happening. but if it does continue to go on, then it will validate that pretext that is being sold by the kremlin to

the russian people that they are at war with the west and nato the us and those ideals will take over culture or russian history, is the truth history, and that is the truth of matter. danny, of the matter. well, danny, thank forjoining thank you very much for joining us. armstrong , a russian us. study armstrong, a russian expert travelling to america now and going to speak to the and we're going to speak to the politics people pull politics people podcast pull that rich . very that that rich. very pleased that danny understood that he shouldn't surround . all nice to shouldn't surround. all nice to see you over covid. now i'm covid yeah, i'm looking beautiful. i think according my little camera here. yeah. thank you very for asking. yes, i'm. well, that's that's good. right. let's start with trump and he's is taking a visit as near to the east palestine region in ohio so yes he alone is the only politician anybody that's held any presidential kind of office to visit east palestine in ohio february the third they had a carrying very toxic going through east palestine 50 cars

derailed and this released noxious substances into the ground. the water in the air and people were evacuated and now trump waste related two weeks before he visited nobody from the federal government visiting no no prominent people from the federal government. so trump visited on the 22nd of february. it wasn't until then that pete buttigieg age, who spoke with the transport secretary actually bothered attending biden , has bothered attending biden, has confirmed he still has no plans to visit. now bearing in mind this is a area biden was too busy in kyiv to visit a disaster area in the united . ironically, area in the united. ironically, he was travelling by train there as well. so trump is getting in the neck for a mainstream media over here and sort of liberal voices like he's some sort of opportunist. he waited and waited and waited. it was three weeks, two or three weeks before he he attended until he

he even he attended and until he went nobody from administration actually visited . but trump has actually visited. but trump has bought water. he's brought food, still getting mocked and criticise for it but it's to do with the fact it's nothing to do with the fact it's nothing to do with the fact it's nothing to do with the that he's palestine as a 40% trump majority in the 2020 election is proof of edge guy what a name is that his name it's a case of people over hedge fund his name people put edge you have to whose edge edge they edge they released when they do press releases they do it phonetically put a judge he's the transport secretary he was actually one of the president candidates if you he sort of went out early in democratic race very briefly the snowstorms in california . yes exactly. in california. yes exactly. well, we having we're literally blizzard warnings for the first time since 1989. we're having blizzard warnings. and normally when you get blizzards of white powdery los angeles, it's usually substances , but usually illegal substances, but this actually snow and this time it's actually snow and hailstones . and we're literally

hailstones. and we're literally los angeles are experiencing that they're not used to. it's called weather and my house is made of wood and hulls, basically. so are living in pretty much a sponge what is thank you so much paul it's always good to talk to you that's paul coverage, host of the politics people podcast. stay tuned. this is a gb news knows more to come in the . next knows more to come in the. next it is o'clock welcome and paul if you just join me where have you been on not talking. yeah, this is gb news. where live? on tv? online and, on digital radio. and for the next hour, me and my panel, we're taking on some big topics hitting some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. i'll be joined in a moment by a very special mystery now she special mystery guest. now she is for , her cleaning is famed for, her cleaning skills and she also appeared on on ice. she her first job, i think she was a spy it was she coming off as one for the great

but just to make this i'm asking you take your child to a drag queen story now stay tuned. that's all for your latest news headunes. that's all for your latest news headlines . thanks, nana. it's headlines. thanks, nana. it's rapid the approaching one minute after five. i'm addison in gb newsroom and some breaking in the last few minutes. it's been that the president of the europe commission will visit the uk tomorrow to continue talks . the tomorrow to continue talks. the prime minister over the northern protocol. in a statement by number 10, it said rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen will continue attempts to find practical solutions to challenges resulting from the post—brexit trading arrangements comes after prime minister said he's hopeful achieving a positive outcome by the end of this weekend. dup has refused to form an executive at stormont in protest over current brexit deal and sammy wilson says the party hasn't seen any proposal . what

hasn't seen any proposal. what we do know is that there doesn't appear to have been any deal on the central issue which affects northern ireland and is the imposition of eu law. all of the problems that we face with not able get goods from gb checks on goods from gp and disruption . goods from gp and disruption. our economy stems from the fact that we are under a different set of laws than the rest of the united kingdom and therefore checks are required . make sure checks are required. make sure we are complying not with british law but with brussels law or . british law but with brussels law or. former british law but with brussels law or . former trade secretary law or. former trade secretary liam fox . he law or. former trade secretary liam fox. he will law or. former trade secretary liam fox . he will support the liam fox. he will support the new post deal if it's an improvement and he expects fellow tory and the dup to do the same think. the dup will also be willing to see restrictions diminished again in the hope that over time some of them might disappear. i think them might disappear. i think the hope the european union and it would give up entirely on european law applying to elements of northern ireland is unlikely given what the british

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announced it was organising several tracks storytelling events which would pose to expose children to drag performers. now concerns were raised over the potential adult content look children would be seeing at this. so what do you think? you do that. would you send your child to one of those? email or tweet at . gb news. i email or tweet at. gb news. i know . time for this week's know. time for this week's outside . now, my very special outside. now, my very special guest is a cleaning queen. she was one half of the de rosa presented, the hit tv show how is your house? have you got it? yeah, of course. you the house now out with her co—presenter claiming tensions were high in the final two seasons of the show. she's appeared on many other programs, including dancing on ice, celebrity masterchef and come down with me most recently , she escaped to most recently, she escaped to the greek island of naxos, a lovely under , where she and lovely under, where she and several other celebrities , several other celebrities, lizzie cundy and ingrid tarrant , lived under the same roof on

shirley valentine. summer here they discovered themselves themselves whilst looking for love. now, before she shot to fame, i work for mi6 , hoping to fame, i work for mi6, hoping to become the real life miss moneypenny. anyone? guess? of course have. i'm doing today in the studio . none other than the studio. none other than aggie mackenzie maggie. hello nice to see you. lived a long time . well, what you've done is time. well, what you've done is lived a full time because some people live a long time, do nothing you've done low? yes, that's right . nothing you've done low? yes, that's right. i'm always up for a new adventure. always isn't it? that's wonderful. so talk to me about. and were you born . me about. and so were you born. i mean, you're scottish, obviously. the of scotland to not be and i went to not be more and i went to college in aberdeen i did a bilingual course and from then i came to london to work and i thought was the foreign office was told on my first day actually this isn't this is am i six ethics or intelligence service god that seems to excite . and actually to begin with it wasn't really no you know it's just kind of like typing it in

voices and stuff like that . but voices and stuff like that. but then i got a little bit too exciting, not really allowed to talk about that. so i thought it's talk about that. so i thought wsfime talk about that. so i thought it's time for me to leave really. and you can't say anything the world. they're anything of the world. they're out there. even though it was that got letters from the that i got letters from the organisation saying , you stop organisation saying, you stop talking now . really? talking about this now. really? yes. well, we won't say any more . no, but you haven't said anything about fact. they sent you a letter telling not talk about. well, so for mi6, how did you suddenly find yourself the spotlight? because that seems like a move. yes, yes. that's so iended like a move. yes, yes. that's so i ended up and working in women's magazines and i went from one to the other and then finally , good housekeeping finally, good housekeeping magazine around the institute, the consumer department and the cookery department. and from there, i was asked to do a screen test for this weird new cleaning shoe . so i did came and cleaning shoe. so i did came and i did a screen test, whether it was sparks from day . really? yes

was sparks from day. really? yes but i think and anyway , so the but i think and anyway, so the screen test tech and then within a few weeks we were filming i think , i mean, with chalk and think, i mean, with chalk and cheese. so different from each other. but i think that was of the reasons why it worked because, of the friction it was between , between us. it created between, between us. it created this energy. and so we knew how to be in front of the camera i mean it was adlib we an idea of the storyline but we just of made it up as we went along. so when you said there were sparks from day one, what way? well okay. kim kingsley , not the most okay. kim kingsley, not the most straightforward person . i know. straightforward person. i know. somebody just likes to get on. and kim had a very difficult a difficult, difficult childhood . difficult, difficult childhood. and i think in her home growing , there was lots of conflict. many she spent a lot of her child unit in a children's home. and i think for her, it's kind of normal to have come . and i of normal to have come. and i think that and if things are calm and easy i think she that quite difficult that's where

that came from. that's interesting because i know a lot of people who actually like that and probably me included but there are some things where you're comfortable uncomfortable. know uncomfortable. yes. and you know i'm definitely somebody who's probably more comfortable being if too easy and sort if things are too easy and sort of like, oh , no, that's not me. of like, oh, no, that's not me. i easy, polite, easy. yeah so what was it like then with that relationship that you described doing it in the house and also that you adlib of it but realise no, lots of highs, lots of feeling goes. i mean, we made a i think there was like six series in this country and we did a couple in the states, we worked in new york and, la. and then we did the oprah winfrey show really she, like you, met her years . we were on the sofa her years. we were on the sofa next. oh, my. very kind of warm. i mean , it's funny, actually, i mean, it's funny, actually, because in the states, everyone's saying you're going on the oprah winfrey show . she's on the oprah winfrey show. she's like, you know, the goddess of everything there. and what. yeah. and you know it's nice we

were like, what to say and what to not say very carefully managed. yes. so we did behave ourselves , were you not to say ourselves, were you not to say and, you know what, such a long time ago, i can't remember. but we were it was very, very closely managed and oriented i think we weren't allowed to plug our books too much , and talk our books too much, and talk about this or that and very much kind of on train tracks. yeah. oh, yeah i'd love to me. well, i did want to be oprah until that disastrous interview with meghan markle. i lost interest there. so she didn't really challenge the moment i. thought she was really enough. thought she was really enough. i thought she was better than that. i was very disappointed. so how clean is your of and how did your house sort of and how did that end why did end and that end why did it end and i think it sort of came to a natural be done many years also our relationship it was it was kind of just becoming a bit difficult a bit too difficult actually i think we both needed you know, a change as well we did it for a while. it became

really i mean, it was very successful for six, six years. and that's a long time . what was and that's a long time. what was the biggest tip that you learned from there in terms of cleaning a house? get somebody else to do it has a lot i would say that was the best thing i saw other people doing and well how amazing vinegar is just you need to buy loads of products loads of chemicals. you don't need to spend lose of money. and for me and it was just, you know, from good housekeeping and all those things that vinegar could do and so and actually in the last few years i wrote a book about vinegar with my next colleague good housekeeping she did the recipes using vinegar and i did all the cleaning tips using vinegar and i'm in fact this thursday the book's coming out in paperback oh yes the miracle vinegar and miracle of vinegar. and it's just of just great tips and lovely recipes . and i can and lovely recipes. and i can highly recommend . oh, i thought highly recommend. oh, i thought vinegar was quite corrosive. so

thank you. if you using it, if you taking too much of it, it's not good for the bones and. well, i mean, actually, i every morning i had apple cider vinegar. i've been taking it for years. i have arthritis and have got no with it whatsoever got no pain with it whatsoever and think brilliant your and i think brilliant for your digestive system for hair skin i think it's fantastic when obviously there's any actual medical things that suggest that it's good or is it just that you think quite a lot of evidence and you know that thing of and. well i'm frightened to take it in case the pain starts case for her starts falling out or mosquitoes . you know what i mean mosquitoes. you know what i mean is it's i it's is it's i think it's interesting. apple cider vinegar . well, that's a tip on there are doctors to confirm that but as your own yes your experience and yours and mine. so from all of that how clean your house. you've written this book. talk to me about some of the other stuff that you've done. i mean, you've done of reality tv shows. you one with lovely you did one with a lovely friend, cundy she's friend, lizzie cundy yeah. she's had she's great had she's funny, she's great love. and also loved ingrid

tarrant as well we've gotten so well. it was it was really a special time and i think the producers were you know what telly's like maybe looking for a little bit of fun conflict between people and actually that didn't happen at all. we had such lovely time. i mean, he's not going to being in the sunshine and just go just house for a month . sunshine and just go just house for a month. i'm sunshine and just go just house for a month . i'm getting sunshine and just go just house for a month. i'm getting paid for a month. i'm getting paid for it. and the show was called and my shirley valentine summer . so the idea was that we were all women looking for love and actually oh the guys that they got for us they weren't knock they weren't that much up. and in fact they had to look in neighbouring islands like they were pulling in from mcinnes and centre . a really. yeah and centre. a really. yeah and remember a couple of times and it was her name went well i'm so sorry, i can't remember it. well actually went out with one time and she came back and she was yeah. didn't fancy but i think

maybe you might say okay i'll, i'll have to go of go fancy with guys up for it. and then we were like they of were but i think i think we were all kind of i don't know in a way too good these guys really that's often way i'm kind of just that but you know was maybe the way you know i mean yeah yeah unfortunately that's the way it is. so, you look around, but there some ones there are some good ones somewhere. yes, that's most definitely so. were you married at have you got children? at all? have you got children? was but was married and divorced, but get on very well with my ex husband. got two grown up boys. their third to two and 28 a year granny in the summer so excited and my sons are chefs and just amazing you know they're great and i actually feel quite cooking in front of them they're really. yeah. well good. yeah. so, so you've written book and everything and it's all about vinegar and. the top tip from vinegar. i'm going to try this cider vinegar. you've talked about it a lot myself. see if it

has an effect. yes because i also had i have arthritis. no, absolutely. just take a couple teaspoons every morning and i just think it's . well, that's just think it's. well, that's you obviously . that just think it's. well, that's you obviously. that is your just think it's. well, that's you obviously . that is your my. you obviously. that is your my. but i know you're also into yoga . yes, that's right. about and let's see, i started when i got to 50, i thought , oh, let's see, i started when i got to 50, i thought, oh, i let's see, i started when i got to 50, i thought , oh, i start to 50, i thought, oh, i start moving body into, you know , some moving body into, you know, some exercise . so i thought what all exercise. so i thought what all people do yoga. so i started doing it and you know , began got doing it and you know, began got hands. doing it and you know, began got hands . on board and then i got hands. on board and then i got to like it. and then i got to like it so much i thought, i want to train to, be a teacher. and it was really hard. it was like 18 months and a lot of rest writing . dissertation what if writing. dissertation what if anatomy physiology but am qualified and i've been teaching for about six years now actually and teach every day and is the best thing ever. i'm so pleased to have this in my life. i'm

fitter , flexible, stronger than fitter, flexible, stronger than i've been and most of the people i've been and most of the people i teach, they're sort of my age and a yeah and my age. and also iteach and a yeah and my age. and also i teach young people as well. i, i teach young people as well. i, i people say to me what's yoga? do you do? and i go , well it's do you do? and i go, well it's called mongrel yoga , you know called mongrel yoga, you know that thing dogs mixing it's a bit of a mixture. so i look to see who's in of me and i, if they're young, then want something a bit more dynamic. but maybe my age or a little build. one of my and build. actually one of my and student, she's two and she's amazing and i love teaching her and know take it a bit more slowly and but it's great so nice i do yoga all the time i try to heat yoga before put in the heat is very hard. it's very difficult but it's good do headstands do all of that i do press handstands and down face dog it is a crew with one leg in the air, one walk around and there's one leg crew. you get the. oh i know. sure there's no no it's in the shoulders on this in in wrists even more in it's in the wrists even more dense as well. you need to

wilson that people want to do you do any training can people you do any training can people you well and you absolutely have a little group and anyone's welcome and i do want to once and what they find well i get i .com wonderful i get and the book that's out and this is yeah it's in paperback on thursday on very quickly dancing on it started as a hobby and it's become an obsession yeah it's cyanotype printing what is that it's actually use using the sun and just objects and it's like so you want an absolute that's upside down and i just kind of find these little botanical objects and it's a really kind interesting process called cyanotype and. as i say, it started as a hobby and now it's an addiction. and i love it. well, listen, you can send me some of this and that'll be

lovely . have them. thank you lovely. have them. thank you again. what is this? been a pleasure talking to you. thank you much for your time. love you so much for your time. love is and i just to is torture. and i just want to mackenzie wow . of course that mackenzie wow. of course that was outside is a dvd is on tv and on digital radio coming up, the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour. i'm would you take your son to a drag queen story our now our protest took place outside on a pub lewisham yesterday after announcing it was organising several drag queens storytelling events which would expose children to a drag performers . now there were performers. now there were concerns raised over the potential adult content of the children attending would face. i'll joined in the studio by the ceo of turning point uk jack ross to discuss this. but first let's get your latest better . let's get your latest better. hello i'm craig snow and here is the latest forecast from the met office. so as we head into a new working week, it's set to remain settled for all of us, but it will still chilly out will still fairly chilly out there, especially in the east and the south. so as we finished the weekend and into the new working high pressure

working week, high pressure firmly the firmly in charge across the country things largely dry country, things largely dry a fair bit of cloud around across eastern scotland and northern this evening. but elsewhere .

good afternoon . it's time for good afternoon. it's time for the great british debate. the if you just tuned in i'm not aware this gb news on tv online and on digital radio. it's fast approaching 5 minutes after 5:00. now i'm asking you, take your child to a drag queen hour. now the lgbt plus children's education event drag queen story. our face protests turning points uk yesterday the protesters were critical of the event raising the concern of drag story our not being age appropriate stressing that young people should not be subjected to predominantly adult content . to predominantly adult content. there are other ways to children about diversity and standing up for what they believe in and interview with turning point uk deputy in the tory party lee anderson had this to say. i've been subject to drag queen story

hour, been subject to drag queen story hour , but there's a time and hour, but there's a time and a place for drag queens and that's firmly in the cabaret clubs in places like blackpool and the big cities in this country. i don't there's a place for it in schools or in training sessions companies. it should be in cabaret clubs, simple as that . cabaret clubs, simple as that. so what do you think it does? a drag race, a story , drag queen drag race, a story, drag queen story. i we've got drag race. i don't know what i was thinking. the drag queen story out belong in the curriculum of children is educating with predominantly aduu educating with predominantly adult orientated performers a bit much . others would argue in bit much. others would argue in favour of drag story and saying that it's positive kids to be exposed to this. so can learn about lgbt people and celebrate diversity. so what do you think . there's a great debate and so i'm asking would you take your child drag queen story our child to drag queen story our performance joined by performance i'm joined now by political commentator sam also ceo turning point uk and jack ceo of turning point uk and jack ross wow sam doyle he's now out in australia. he found better way. sam, what's going with you? you took to the common sit back i'm going to stop you know i'll

start with jack because ross was there. he's from turning uk. you were at this protest you create set up this process why talk to us so i think the key thing us it so i think the key thing to with this protest to understand with this protest is protest drag is we there to protest drag events for over 18 what we are is adult performers having events with children and children being exposed to these aduu children being exposed to these adult performers which in this case is drag queens, it's tricky because we did research on the on our pub where we had our demonstration and we found that every drag performer we looked into had age in appropriate content on their social media. wow. and also moonlights as aduu wow. and also moonlights as adult performers and. adult drag queen performers and. so what it boils down to is we think that these adult entertainers were role models for children . and so disagree for children. and so we disagree and that's and believe that's a safeguarding with them performing of kids. performing in front of kids. well, could you disagree well, how could you disagree with that? sounds pretty , with that? that sounds pretty, pretty thorough. they've looked on so or wherever pretty thorough. they've looked on social so or wherever pretty thorough. they've looked on social meet so or wherever pretty thorough. they've looked on social meet ofor wherever pretty thorough. they've looked on social meet of theseerever pretty thorough. they've looked on social meet of these people the social meet of these people there they've got a lot of there and they've got a lot of that i don't content on that it's to talking well obviously i

mean i've been to a drag race reality because i'm the content is not age inappropriate and would say what was inappropriate was be to have a bunch of scary shouting at women and children the street and having the police having to be there they were out to protest was outnumbered and as long by people who were supportive of the lgbt community of and of the pop and the parents out of the children , parents out of the children, none of them wanted you to be there. you been to a drag queen story hour. so don't know what the content was going to be. and it's really none of your business. and surely potentially gets we're all all gets you know we're all all about anti cancel culture about being anti cancel culture and what you and that's exactly what you tried something but tried to cancel something but you noidea tried to cancel something but you no idea what all you have no idea what it's all about ducki you have no idea what it's all about duck i mean he's i about or duck i mean he's as i mentioned when said we're not here cancel queens we here to cancel drag queens we are is to stop drag performing for children particularly drag aduu for children particularly drag adult performing for

adult performers performing for children . our intention children. our intention was never to directly outside the pub . you can check that with the pub. you can check that with the police. we always said we'd be on the other side of the road and we were slightly the road because of the counter—protesters we counter—protesters there. so we understood there was an a potential with us being potential problem with us being there kids and there and scaring kids and that's would that's not what we would actually. weren't there to actually. we weren't there to shut which shut down the event, which is was falsely advertised. were was falsely advertised. we were there raise awareness about an issue. were here to say to issue. so we were here to say to the you should the public, you should reconsider want have reconsider if you want to have performers we've seen they've drag brunch, is drag story brunch, which is meant to be an over 18 event. they let in. we saw a video showing their kids in these age inappropriate events. we're inappropriate events. so we're saying follow saying they should follow a strip example, letting strip club, for example, letting kids and, kids it would be shut down and, social services would be let in. so why are allowing kids to so why are they allowing kids to age inappropriate events while they are they iding people? if they are date wouldn't be that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't wouldn't be that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't see wouldn't be that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't see aouldn't be that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't see a need't be that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't see a need to )e that they iding people? if they are datwouldn't see a need to be hat we wouldn't see a need to be there. what we're is there. but what we're is safeguarding and safeguarding children and mentioned yes, some of the parents take kids that parents who take kids that disagree we had disagree with us but we had multiple parents from lewisham come our protests come up to us at our protests and thank for being here. and say thank for being here.

well for being here. too well done for being here. too scared with you because scared to stand with you because we're about leftist we're worried about the leftist mob attacking us. so mob coming in, attacking us. so trying throw bricks through trying to throw bricks through our windows and, what we say we aren't to stand with you, aren't going to stand with you, but thank you much for being but thank you so much for being there. of locals there. that some of the locals did there. what would did want us there. what would you to that, sam? mean, that you say to that, sam? mean, that is really this whole movement is one of literally fear. you're not that you don't not allowed say that you don't like as jack doing like something as jack was doing his own rights to, freedom of expression and protesting about drag story. i don't think i'd want my kids to go to those. i wouldn't . want my kids to go to those. i wouldn't. i'm going to be honest. yeah i that's absolutely right. because it is they your children and it's your decision. this that parents with that with their own children and it is their own children and it is their decision to take them and i had a lovely and i'm not really showing what is a turning to tell other people to how raise their children. i certainly that some if somebody told him or any or anyone else that what they could do with

their own children then they wouldn't like it and they and they would certainly get annoyed. i have to say annoyed. and also, i have to say like yeah, course you drag like yeah, of course you drag queensi like yeah, of course you drag queens i often in adult entertainment it's innuendo etc. but as you head of somebody who can say we just around for a very long time decades decades andifs very long time decades decades and it's all about innuendo and kids have going that for kids have been going that for such a time having such a long time and having a great time. i mean you have you have you taken your kids and interviewed fox interviewed laurence fox the other on this and he other day on this show? and he said he'd taken his kids said that he'd taken his kids about lovely time. so, about and had a lovely time. so, i about and had a lovely time. so, | , about and had a lovely time. so, i , you think was a waste i mean, you think was a waste a lot of police time and scared a lot. jones that was crazy . so lot. jones that was crazy. so i think there's a stark difference between and drag queen, the idea of pantomime is meant to be a joke. a man up in a dress and the almost a clown is not a direct interaction with children . whereas with the drag queen you have to have men in provocative outfits who are aduu provocative outfits who are adult performers having direct contact with children often as well. so we don't know that the

sessions are innocent . so yeah, sessions are innocent. so yeah, i think is quite disingenuous that to my understanding, the drag queen story. well obviously no . so i was just going to say no. so i was just going to say that obviously not suggesting that obviously not suggesting that any of these performers have done anything with the children. but what was interesting what jack is interesting and what jack is suggesting , that perhaps suggesting, that perhaps it's inappropriate to be inappropriate for them to be actually this thing is actually doing this thing is they but you've got they are adult, but you've got to it. so say you've to think about it. so say you've got mr. tumble on cbeebies if a kid googles mr. kid then goes and googles mr. tumble his private tik—tok, his instagram and his public videos age restricted of him, twerking and swearing what of role and swearing. what sort of role model for children? we model is that for children? we have respect for have a lot of respect for childhood child entertain is throughout britain because they're as role models for kids to encourage good behaviour. what we don't want is encourage children to pick up negative role models and negative behaviour from we don't behaviour from that. we don't want olds twerking, want five year olds twerking, don't want five year olds twerking, dont five want five year olds twerking, don't five year olds don't want five year olds swearing. and you mentioned as well parent should be able to well, a parent should be able to decide what kids get up to. but

we for reason. we have we have laws for reason. we have guidelines. you guidelines. read that you wouldn't comfortable an wouldn't be comfortable with an aduu wouldn't be comfortable with an adult child or, adult giving vodka a child or, you there's rules, customs you know, there's rules, customs for to protect children for a reason to protect children , protect children's innocence and develop into and to help them develop into good, human beings. fine. good, good human beings. fine. what she said. have you got about 30 seconds of course i get that. but i'm the parents and we've had a pub in the dragon den. what you do, you don't know what the end what the consent was. all it reading from was. it was all it reading from children's books to people. it is akin to being 2 to 2 pantomime and being around and the drag queen herself that so i mean obviously trying to insert yourself into a situation which of course is not illegal is not illegal otherwise . of course illegal otherwise. of course they would not be doing it. so we have laws in this country nobody wants that and you nobody wants to do that and you just till yourselves and just wait till yourselves and police want you wanted to say there's quite a few people glad they i appreciate your they were but i appreciate your thoughts sam downey. thank you so joining us. way so much forjoining us. the way from australia. you, sir. from australia. thank you, sir. i to stay on this holiday. i want to stay on this holiday. you do thank you came to do that. thank you very much. have a lovely

holiday. jack is the holiday. and also, jack is the ceo tanning uk. you so ceo of tanning uk. thank you so much coming in talking much for coming in and talking to about now in a to us about that. now in a statement, charlotte grant, the landlord the pub hosting the landlord of the pub hosting the event, said everyone had the honour to serve the honour oak is proud to serve the community hill. we are community of forest hill. we are here sure local pub here to make sure that local pub safe, and fun place safe, warm and fun place everyone to enjoy this has been running for over a year and is incredibly popular in lewisham. a magical storytelling event is entirely appropriate and allows families friends to come families and friends to come together listen to a reading together and listen to a reading , have fun . the , a storybook and have fun. the most important thing for us is that everyone is safe and happy when they are here and we have overwhelmed support overwhelmed by the support people shown locally people have shown us locally and nationally . we are proud to run nationally. we are proud to run the local pub . well, lots of the local pub. well, lots of you've been getting in touch your views as to whether you take your child to a drag queen story our girl says no, definitely not real. it's honest. it depends on what they're specifically teaching them . decide a case by them. i'll decide on a case by case basis , johnson says. i'm case basis, johnson says. i'm sceptical the drag queen story hours are for to me it doesn't

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digital radio. we are the people's channel and then a akua . now it's time for our great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, would you take your or a child to a drag queen story hour? now the lgbt plus children's education event drag queen story. how these protests from turning point uk . the from turning point uk. the protesters were of the event raising the concern of drag story hour not being age appropriate worrying young people should not be subjected to predominantly adult content and that they are other ways to educate children diversity and standing up for what they believe in. so does that drag queen story our belong in the curriculum of children or . queen story our belong in the curriculum of children or. is it educating predominantly adult orientated performers? bit much so for this the great british debate this i'm asking would you take child as a child to a drag queen story? let's see what my panel of joining me, panel make of that. joining me, of author and christine of course, author and christine hamilton , also broadcasting hamilton, also broadcasting journalist , hamilton, also broadcasting journalist, danny kenny. danny nicola, you laughed. well, i that look i found the radio

listeners. we saw an example of a drag queen. it's quite obviously a big butch bloke in a wig on, a skimpy outfit. i find that repellent . i'm sorry. that repellent. i'm sorry. i just find that so natural . and just find that so natural. and it doesn't make me think. it just makes me a normal bloke. i was listening drive was listening to calvin drive and down on the show before yours. not. and he was. he was at the protest. and he's right. he said that the papers will be full right conflation. full of far right conflation. what's to with far what's it got to do with far right politics? the fact that you have jet to a child of four or or six years of age, or five or six years of age, actually having to sit front actually having to sit in front of a with a wig on. of a bloke in a with a wig on. you should do that and forgive me, i may be buses in seedy parts of soap and in front of kids in school. but some people say that, i mean, and as and some said, it's a bit like pantomime. now, that's what sam said. well, some in view is wrong, because pantomime is full of hundreds of different characters, whereas there are lots of destructions and it's not just one character. i saw a bit the television on it's bit of the television on it's basically big bloke looks basically big butch bloke looks like doorman in a skimpy like a doorman in a skimpy outfit wig , with loads of

outfit with a wig, with loads of makeup, with his legs, legs apart. know it was with kids, apart. i know it was with kids, kids at that sort of height. i say tight . talking about. say tight. talking about. i don't know what he was to about. nothing like a pantomime ? no, nothing like a pantomime? no, nothing like. well fine. of course, in a pantomime. sam, it's to the extent that in a pantomime, you get men dressed as women and it's all part of the pantomime tradition. but the jokes in a pinch myself, i mean, i've done panto twice, absolutely it. but absolutely adore it. but the jokes are two levels. there's jokes are on two levels. there's the stuff that the kids get and then there is the sort of innuendos the parents get innuendos that the parents get it you cannot equate drag it is. you cannot equate drag queen and some of stuff queen acts and some of the stuff that i've seen on social media of these drag acts are depraved, to be honest. and that the way they are gyrating and displaying themselves in sexual gestures as twerking and stuff like that , i twerking and stuff like that, i gather is one of the words is absolutely repellent. and the idea that young should be made to watch that i mean is still out . now the story to watch that i mean is still out. now the story i to watch that i mean is still out . now the story i have out. now the story i have examined but it's a story that's

not happening. so not doing that. but the argument was that there they have on their social media content that is aged inappropriate and yet they are doing things going to these story hours with children which i think to me where it crosses the line. nobody cares i don't care if someone was drag queen or not if i want to go to a drag queen performance, i'd love to go queen performance, i'd love to 9° up queen performance, i'd love to go up into a few is. great. i love it, but i don't for personally think that that had been great something been my great into something that character should that sort of character should then used to promote to make then be used to promote to make now and it's always to only because perceived that because it's perceived that person themselves all person themselves has all adult content then going content and then they then going to couldn't if i go to do that. i couldn't if i go to do that. i couldn't if i go to schools, i have to, you know, i go and looked at schools if i was doing some sort of very sexualised stuff and then i was going to teach a teacher, going in to teach as a teacher, i think that might apply. i don't think that might apply. i don't think that might apply. i happy that at all. i would be happy that at all. what's also got do with what's it also got to do with the i've lost track of how the lg i've lost track of how many that's got to do with lgbt. q what's got to with q plus, what's it got to with homosexuality? why do they the

trans as well? it's also the trans as well? so it's also the collection different. collection of different. what annoys you if you annoys me is that if you if you object to your that's object to your far that's exactly you're you're a far right and you're a home which is completely untrue just trying to protect your just the childhood needs to be but they don't need to know about that. do you do you think, though, that you're looking at it as an adult looking at it as an adult looking over, having the understanding bigger of a understanding of the bigger of a drag and seeing what you drag queen and seeing what you see as an adult? it's a drag performance. was the children on a level. and they're a different level. and they're just who's like just seeing a guy who's like a woman dressed as a woman telling a story in a wonderfully sort of, you know, sort of manner, which is what children love. i mean. you know, they love that they see. layer that they won't see. the layer that you're saying, okay you're you're saying, okay i would question what's motivating what's background to this what's the background to this why they having a doorman in why are they having a doorman in a skimpy dress wearing a wig okay, why are you doing to you your this legs akimbo to us please hang on the are at the

height i've seen it stop it's awful if. you want to go and have a look at the picture you can go online or check out dominic did you believe that you can actually take a look at what's show stream live on youtube there are plenty youtube now there are plenty people capable telling an animated that will really animated story that will really get children attention. can get children attention. they can do can dress up except do all they can dress up except are they? why do you need a drag queen to do it? it's inappropriate . this is inappropriate. this is appropriate. i mean, look at us, they don't think it's appropriate all. but you'd be appropriate at all. but you'd be appropriate at all. but you'd be a for example, love a wonderful for example, i love telling stories . a wonderful for example, i love telling stories. i'm a wonderful for example, i love telling stories . i'm always telling stories. i'm always telling stories. i'm always telling stories. i'm always telling stories since it's such a fabulous. my son a fabulous. i tell my son stories the time. the back stories all the time. the back of my eyes i go, oh, then it happened. and he goes, oh, that's right . happened. and he goes, oh, that's right. his eyes like saucers. and they go big. and these and i love it when they're eyes go big. so love telling eyes go big. so i love telling stories i do i wants me stories and i do i want wants me to storytelling. i'm up for that. yeah you know, i just that. but yeah you know, i just for positive think there's for me positive think there's somebody something somebody who's doing something aduu somebody who's doing something adult whether adult on a website whether they're queen or whether they're drag queen or whether they're drag queen or whether they're in they're an adult performer in any should frozen any way, should then get frozen false approach. this is a trojan

horse. is this is horse. this is this is a complete acceptance of a ideology at young age. it's an indoctrination process. trojan horse, except because when you got older, that's going to be societal norms and demons. this is people like us who don't think it's de—man. of course, as far right, homophobic, etc. because there are some who think it's perfectly fine. i mean, i don't let them stand there. well, that's what doing well, that's what they're doing so kids to where drag so take your kids to where drag acts are performing. don't let drag acts into schools and drag acts come into schools and libraries. if you're libraries. perhaps if you're going take your drag going to take your kids to drag performance, you perhaps performance, you should perhaps go of googling the go and a bit of googling on the drag performer and see whether they're adult content they're doing some adult content and then because think and then decide, because i think that's important know. that's important to know. i think device checks, think whether the device checks, i but you know i presume they are but you know i presume they are but you know i just think that ultimately if they're going to doing that they need to have a device check to make sure that there's nothing untoward. have them untoward. i have to have them when into schools and when i go into schools and i also think parents should also think that parents should have a look on social media and see whether there is inappropriate those inappropriate content on those websites. are websites. too many parents are too to check out what

too busy to check out what their children one of the children are. that is one of the problems. i will make time for that. school dad would that. if my school dad would suggest well, well, is suggest it. well, well, this is nothing without you in your views. welcome our boys. views. welcome our great boys. on the you're opportunity on to the so you're opportunity to what you think about to tell us what you think about the topics discussing today the topics by discussing today i got all of them yeah let's start with both of these. there with david. both of these. there is david what you think is what david what do you think a story out on at the a drag queen story out on at the end, ? honestly, i end, christine? honestly, i would , but personally, i have no would, but personally, i have no problem with drag queens at an older age, but not at primary school . and that's what these school. and that's what these aren't. these stories aimed at my years and years ago, we would come out from all of them. my then eight year old son said to me, that was that man wearing wig that's falling off him. why is getting was like staying open he's very confused why obviously a man a trans man i don't think it's appropriate for anyone one who is trans or trying to indoctrinate children to what is the norm for their eyes. there's

nothing wrong with trans nothing wrong with lgbtq class, etc, but let's leave children across primary school to enjoy life and exploring normality . we say it exploring normality. we say it before they explore all other other types and their teens. we david let's say the child doesn't see that, but you so much for your thoughts let's get to the in joan tuesday in snowdonia gareth would you take your child to one of these things that are dear address that address over christmas is a drag and there was a lot of rugby players there's a lot of blokes that it was a fun town in south wales and a of people that have a lot of fun there was a great got that as i don't see problem in it but i feel a little bit worried that you know that they're going into schools to push this kind of scenario you know and i think you know it

does need to be looked at and it does need to be looked at and it does need to be, you know, done privately if people want to go and see it but i got to tell a story and they could play and go and see it. i wouldn't want to see it in schools and false promises and parents be really. watching for these kinds of things because . it shouldn't things because. it shouldn't happen. and i'm not homophobic or we had the best night ever dressed a i'll send you a picture of that. i know actually if you could listen at the time guys, but make sure you send that picture. it's gareth wyn jones that. well, let's have a chat with miranda richardson, the uber under it, but the one in northamptonshire, miranda, your about 30 your view you've got about 30 seconds very quickly . seconds up in very quickly. first thing, they're going first thing, if they're going into schools, they're not going to away the rule book, to throw away the rule book, which dbs check , do all the which is dbs check, do all the inappropriate they're not inappropriate things they're not going that's going going to you know that's going to be first and foremost child safety second is safety the second thing is called drag act . that's what called the drag act. that's what they're act and they're doing. it's an act and it be honest on on a straight

day storytelling or be in i don't only nightclub performing on the high end i think for the children they're going to see the pride they're to see the colours they're going to see the hair they're going to see the makeup. it's a character. that's what the kids are looking at as a you know and a character. you know and we could get tied down in certain legs that with rest legs that came by with all rest of you can have some of it. you can have some teachers on that point, not just drag acts. bear that in mind. i don't control that and lost it. it's going leave web is there in bedford lee would you take a charter to drag queen story you've got of them you've got five kids would you've taken kids wouldn't her kids there? no, i wouldn't her i wouldn't take my child to see a drag drag acts belonging drag act drag acts belonging welcome means clubs and cabaret clubs. now, the father of my clubs. now, i'm the father of my oldest son who happens to be homosexual and we knew that quite early on however it is up for parents to take them through that journey and it's up to qualified education is to take them through that journey not drag queens . they have that like

drag queens. they have that like i said they've got their place at workmen's clubs, etc. not teaching our kids that about sexuality, etc. so thank you so for your thoughts. lee now very interesting from the panel then david, thank you guys in snowdonia that's something that picture garth lee in bedford in northamptonshire thank you so lovely to talk to you . right. lovely to talk to you. right. moving on to another story that caught my eye today. crimes with no charges police have always been at catching thieves. been bad at catching thieves. but data suggests a charge but new data suggests a charge rates fallen dramatically rates have fallen dramatically among most common crimes in among the most common crimes in the unlikely to witness the public. unlikely to witness take , for example, take burglaries, for example, the 2022 stories total of the year 2022 stories total of 151,806 residential burglaries and that only 5000 to just over was solved for 3.7% of the offences. wow so what do you think then. let's see what my point is, is the police are any good. just a brief. yes. yes i do. warwickshire police i think are very good. i've never to call them for anything as far as burglary is a concern that the young have got it. right. it's a

home invasion. it's something that get over. and that some people get over. and for of burglaries to for the victims of burglaries to only have a 3% success rate must be heartbreaking. well we haven't time you, haven't got time to ask you, christine, but let's with something the sun. let's our supplements here's my supplements instead here's my panel of panel looking to discuss some of the that caught the top stories that caught their christine hamilton's their eye, christine hamilton's , broadcaster, , your verbal broadcaster, christine joining me. christine, kennedy joining me. christine, what you got. you've got what have you got. you've got about seconds, right? well is about 30 seconds, right? well is about 30 seconds, right? well is a must scrub a cleaners want it must scrub loos empty bins and diversity the demonstrate the must demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity. this is public sector jobs are asking cleaners builders electricians chefs to display a commitment to equality and diversity ridiculous. they just need to do their job. it's a moral madness. it's overtaken everything. this is madness . everything. this is madness. stephanie, what have you found? it's food. it's about price , it's food. it's about price, air, fryers. i haven't got one, but there's a massive worldwide recall of 2 million that fries a car. remember name of the manufacturer. so just. but all of my pals who have them. absolutely love them. the air

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strong case way into of wales and the midlands during the night. and as we go through the of monday quite a lot of england , ireland rather cloudy , northern ireland rather cloudy with maybe the odd spots of rain come in and go in from the north sea of sunshine up across sea of the sunshine up across western scotland and in the sunshine not feeling too bad. seven here elsewhere seven or eighteen here elsewhere around where they should be. but factor a fairly brisk wind. it will certainly feel a bit colder than tuesday, a very similar it's still got that brisk wind off the north sea, especially down towards east anglia in the southeast in parts of england. the showers here could turn wintry at times, which certainly not amounted to anything . the not amounted to anything. the surface really. and most again, temperatures around where should be for the time of year and very little changes as . we go into little changes as. we go into the middle part of the week high remains firmly in charge across the country. certainly moves its way a little bit further northwards as go towards thursday and friday but we will see very little change the weather plenty of dry weather to be the odd shower around

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