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i'm good evening it's 11:00 here with good evening it's11:00 here with gb news. in a moment headliners but first, let's bnng headliners but first, let's bring you the latest news headlines. and the prime minister has been addressing the house of commons saying the new brexit trade for northern ireland means business and people can now chart new way forward. rishi sunak said the windsor framework , as it's windsor framework, as it's known, will deliver smooth flowing free trade across the uk whilst protecting northern ireland sovereignty . this ireland sovereignty. this includes the northern ireland assembly being able to stop some eu laws affecting the flow of goods which he call the stormont. right. so keir starmer has welcomed the new deal. the red and green line proposed is a
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good one and as labour's support well the prime said the deal was a decisive breakthrough . and mr. a decisive breakthrough. and mr. speaken a decisive breakthrough. and mr. speaker, it what many said could not be done removing thousands of pages , eu laws and making of pages, eu laws and making legally binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made . the breakthrough we have made. those are the changes we will deliver and now the time to move forward as one united kingdom . forward as one united kingdom. democratic unionist party member ian paisley says he hopes the deal can meet his party's expectations . i think it's expectations. i think it's important that we do look at the legal issues which come forward, but i think it falls some way short and satisfying those tasks . that's my gut instinct and i want to be positive about i want to try and find somewhere would allow us to see change. well in
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other today the energy regulator reduced the cap on how much suppliers can charge customers . suppliers can charge customers. but bills are still expected to rise. ofgem announced the cap on the amount households pay for gas and electricity will drop by almos t £1,000 from the 1st of almost £1,000 from the 1st of april. however, customers are likely to pay 20% more on their annual bills as the government's additional support only partially protects them . it partially protects them. it means the average household most likely pay means the average household most likely pa y £500 more a year than likely pay £500 more a year than . they did last year. now the northern lights that were seen across the uk on sunday have been appearing this evening . been appearing this evening. members of the public captured the lights . scotland, north the lights. scotland, north wales, cambridge and shropshire. but there was also a rare sighting in southern england as the borealis reached as south as essex kent. and we're told even cornwall on tv online and dab
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plus radio. this is gb news. time for headlines. good evening . welcome to good evening. welcome to headune good evening. welcome to headline as i'm your host simon joining me tonight to take you through tuesday day's top stories, we have two comedians often outnumbered but never outgunned. frances foster and nick dixon . how are you both.7 nick dixon. how are you both.7 all right. delighted to be here. excellent. bit of a clash on the dress codes . looking like the dress codes. looking like the hoodlum in his brief chosen comfort cause. it's very high. i've chosen, you know. look and presentable, presentable . that presentable, presentable. that mean you want to be the presenter? well, i didn't want to say . well, dress for the job to say. well, dress for the job after . that's what they say. after. that's what they say. take a look at tuesday. front pages will start with daily mail . has rishi done impossible ?
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. has rishi done impossible? picture of prince charles? in fact, shaking hands with ursula von the lion. but rishi has done the important negotiating telegraph has sunak my deal is a new way for and there is directing the lady in question accordingly the paper sunak six does break breakthrough on brexit as ten chins lose the guardian pm hails new chapter in relations with the eu northern ireland deal. the have gone off with evils and serial killers. ashes were scattered beauty spot , says niece a bizarre choice metro . you can put the oven on metro. you can put the oven on thatis metro. you can put the oven on that is a reference to the oven ready deal i think. and finally daily star it's all happening in the world right now. mexico president believes , they have president believes, they have caught an actual . so those were
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caught an actual. so those were your front pages . so as you your front pages. so as you will have noticed gentlemen one story predominated. let's a look at the daily mail's front for their take on it. yes they've got has really done the impossible and they're saying so many thought it couldn't be done. but as pm hails historic goals to deal with the eu, the threat of tory rebellion appears to melt away. so mail is very bullish on so the mail is very bullish on this the of this they think the threat of the rebellion it really the rebellion is gone. it really smashed. of course don't smashed. of course they don't mention dup now. they mention the dup now. they mention the dup now. they mention it within the piece. that's question. what are that's big question. what are the to make it? the dup going to make of it? because they did feel they were left of negotiation. and left out of the negotiation. and from gather just from what i gather and just the viewer, don't know all viewer, if you don't know all the of this, basically the details of this, basically there three areas. there are three main areas. there's the free of trade where they're to have these they're going to have these green lanes that, the green lanes for that, for the products sold products will be sold domestically in northern ireland and the ones that we and lanes for the ones that we moved on of ireland.
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moved to on republic of ireland. yeah, going be data yeah, there's going to be data sharing and eu to sharing between uk and eu to stop there's single stop smuggling. there's a single market the northern market issue where the northern line the regulations, line under the eu regulations, state duty and vat, state aid, alcohol duty and vat, the that. then the deal fixes that. and then there's the issue. the fact they'll be under the jurisdiction of the ec] which is sort controversial because, sort of controversial because, you the eu says if you know the eu says well if you part have to be part the market you have to be part the market you have to be part of the ec]. so there was talk of them having a sort of norway. gives a sort of norway. this gives a sort of norway. this gives a sort of norway deal heard norway style deal we've heard about that for about norway's now for that for ireland. so anyway we don't want to all to to get complicated. we all to become the north become experts on the north across well those are the across quite well those are the basics but the problem is what are do think the do you are the do you think the do you think that's the big question we i is we still we still on i saw is we still we still on what their sentiments likely what are their sentiments likely to you think. well, they've to fade you think. well, they've been very sceptical. they've been very sceptical. they've been we've not been been saying need we've not been involved process involved in negotiation process soon for soon it seems to have gone for like good deal then like get this good deal then we'll show it to them, they'll just be happy because we'll be so that so good. we're all that involved. the criticism was why didn't least them, didn't he at least tell them, even to be even though they have to be quite negotiations, why didn't you give them and indication of what to be. yeah
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what it was going to be. yeah and boris too is keeping his powder well, powder dry? francis well, absolute. dup have absolute. and the dup have actually were quite on actually said they were quite on the the start of the standing at the start of negotiations. take the standing at the start of ne�*long:ions. take the standing at the start of ne�*long as|s. take the standing at the start of ne�*long as it takes. take the standing at the start of ne�*long as it takes. the take the standing at the start of ne�*long as it takes. the most as long as it takes. the most important thing is that we get a good deal and a good deal for northern ireland. and the worry is dup don't the is that if the dup don't the deal of argument deal if not inside of argument isn't on board could very well scupper the deal. and in the worst case scenario, could scupper the deal. and in the wor�*tensions:enario, could scupper the deal. and in the wor�*tensions between could scupper the deal. and in the wor�*tensions between , could scupper the deal. and in the wor�*tensions between , catholics see tensions between, catholics and protestants being inflamed again, particularly when it comes to the border. i know a lot of people remember in wales on twitter where people were saying been saying that there had been a cavalier amongst the westminster elite towards brexit which actually that wasn't true because westminster didn't want it to happen. the brexit vote had, you know , thrown the peace had, you know, thrown the peace process under the bus in order to separate from in reality, it's actually, i know there's been a flare recently, but there's been an extraordinarily there's been an extraordinarily the extraordinary degree of and patience, really, i think, in terms of sectarian violence over the last six years. well, i think what both sides realise
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that this needs to be done properly . and it's really, properly. and it's really, really that they get it right because if they don't get it right, then what is to happen is that this is going to cause a rupture within relations that is going to cause flare ups and tensions. so it's important for every that you know, that every side that you know, that they're but they content they're happy, but they content with hope that the dup don't with the hope that the dup don't decide , put a spanner in the decide, put a spanner in the works just principle. we have the daily star francis with an important story about . mythical important story about. mythical mexican beings . well, you always mexican beings. well, you always give me the intellectual give me the more intellectual one, so i'm very happy about that. but mexico's president and the day manuel lopez obrador stops to begin to exert control, venezuelan . exactly. and venezuelan. exactly. and i because i know the language anyway, he a photo that he says shows alex a forest creature which is like an elf or a leprechaun and he said the words everything is mystical. so there we go. that's yes, exactly . i we go. that's yes, exactly. i look. so he's got an x at the end. bit like latinx. yes. when
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he says everything is mystical, not everything like the northern ireland protocol mystical ireland protocol isn't mystical is when says everything to is when he says everything to go. yeah. how many people go. yeah yeah. how many people genuinely the genuinely understand the northern ireland protocol? it's just me, it's expression. if of myth and allegory. as you may know, it doesn't really exist. well, what did he mean, do you think? to be honest with me, no one knows he made one really knows what he made up. have that he up. it could have been that he genuinely meant this. this creature was alive. turn punitively. he might have been the only, you know, on the open source, the on the old tequila had had a few swigs and then posted because we know some some tequila hallucinogenic properties seen in alex but there is i mean with the camera itself has taken the picture of this. alex yeah, i've been feeling the effects peyote or various muscles . i'll think various muscles. i'll think that's the one would say that's the one isn't it. they get going, they of into the woods and everyone paints himself and they all vomit. you know there's a lot of powerful there is an actual photograph the alex actual photograph of the alex who in tree. to me
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who is hiding in a tree. to me it more like a grimm, not it looks more like a grimm, not a gremlin, a sort of like a cow, like a, i don't know, like something almost like a like a little tiny saint or something. i think it's someone waiting to try and cross over the us border . i think it's this tree. i don't. yeah, i to tell you the fun out of it, but it looks possible too. incidentally, there's another story on the page. it says covid is off the hook and what it actually looks like when you look at it is exactly the same picture. but upside may be has this alex upside they may be has this alex been tested for covid? that's the question. then finally, because most of papers have covered the same northern ireland protocol story, the daily has veered off into the ditch with a really quite honest sorcery, meaning this story about the final resting place of the ashes of the yorkshire ripper. yeah. i want to analyse it evil's end so soot ashes have beenin it evil's end so soot ashes have been in on site in cumbria obviously my home county and i don't recall being asked if this
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was okay. there was no meeting of the sort of local, you know , of the sort of local, you know, my mom was like president the local y. i don't think she was consulted on this. do we really want these ashes in cumbria? apparently that's where they are. his niece. are. according to his niece. i think the ashes don't. i mean, this ground. i know this is private ground. i know arsenal ground so arsenal football ground and so on. requests thousands and on. get requests thousands and they to knock them back they do have to knock them back because otherwise it'll be played on rubble. but they have hard just on the set spot hard core just on the set spot but i think the national parks are allowed just go there and are allowed to just go there and to people ever you in there to people ever you want in there only i would like to have been consulted. simon do you you consulted. simon do you do you think as like evil? great think of it as like evil? great yeah. they are evil yeah. suppose they are evil ashes. if there's such a thing . ashes. if there's such a thing. yeah.i ashes. if there's such a thing. yeah. i don't know. i do believe it. but having said that, it is a bit of a shame to think that, you know, you wander out there and then you go, oh, is that bloke who all those bloke who killed all those prostitutes with hammer? prostitutes with a hammer? well, i live wearing i don't live. i live wearing a cross. but you what? there's a lot of ladies like watching that sort content. netflix sort of content. netflix similarly back to. i've similarly coming back to. i've been date. walked past
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been on a date. we walked past dennis house and dennis nilsson's house and that's a point of interest for many do think that's many women. do you think that's not idea . yeah, yeah. not a good idea. yeah, yeah. well saw the list of the best dates recently we going to the cinema and the where is nilsson's house my tour of north london serial killer yeah . a london serial killer yeah. a quick mention for betty boothroyd has died at the age of 93. a good innings. i don't know how we feel about it. obviously, she was a trailblazer for women's elevation to senior office in the house but she was also very pro . what do you also very pro. what do you think? well i think, you know, a lot politicians, let's be honest, are very pro eu. yes. you know , was she she was a real you know, was she she was a real trailblazer, like you said. she somebody who really made her mark when we when people talked about the speaker, i think she served from 92 to 2000. yeah. people actually imagined betty boothroyd they didn't think of a man she was iconic figure within parliament and not like the queen wasn't she . yes. she was queen wasn't she. yes. she was there like oh, she was obviously
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political, but she made it feel more like it was an emblematic stage i wasn't following as close to. but as i recall, she was far less overtly partial than bercow. yes, yes, absolutely. yeah. she certainly towered above him in all regards . probably does, despite . . probably still does, despite. so there we have it . unless you so there we have it. unless you want to talk about £10 of it. so i'm i think we've done the front pages. that's those done. join us the break for online radicalisation teenage brides and drunk frenchmen and. a few stories as well. we'll see you in a minutes .
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welcome back to headline is with me evans and my panel of comedians . i don't know if two comedians. i don't know if two people is a panel this is what needs to be three really. but anyway they can only be described as mixed ability. francis foster and, nick dixon. and they're just during the
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break whether fascism was really right wing it isn't so a story now about one of their own and rees—mogg has challenged the king's decision fortunately gb news stuff the monarchy. francis yes , indeed. so this is in the yes, indeed. so this is in the eye and the tensions of across decision for king to me von dylan as northern ireland do you see. so he met with the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. yeah just 90 minutes of the rishi agreed a brexit and a lot of people are quite upset about and in my opinion quite rightly so , because the monarchy rightly so, because the monarchy should always be apolitical and king charles going out to meet von dylan. he's become a political figure and the reality the re the reason why queen elizabeth ii was so beloved in this country is because she away from politics. yes you didn't know what her political opinions were, unifying were, therefore unifying country. i think charles is in a
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bit dodgy ground here. you might be projecting a little bit of meaning into the meetings. he didn't come out and go. i think it's a terrific day. the it's a terrific day. unless the dup don't snap this out. they're mugs, is. i mean, would mugs, that is. i mean, would have our knowledge. have been not to our knowledge. the is whose fault. it the thing is whose fault. is it because vichy is basically saying the king to saying it's down to the king to decide has suggested decide? the palace has suggested it government advice, so it was on government advice, so they're passing buck ? they're both passing the buck? yes. ideally, he shouldn't be doing of things. doing these kind of things. i agree. so funny i mean, agree. it's so funny i mean, chris chris brian has chris even chris brian has condemned, you know, stopped clocking is right. yes chris. brian is right. yes i love the probably yeah rees—mogg's quote is brilliant. he said it was constitutionally unwise to involve the king in a matter of immediate political controversy, always phrased so , controversy, always phrased so, so elegant, so perfectly, so elegant, constitutionally . i agree with constitutionally. i agree with that. and anything that i is people say, well, he the on the land like he has to me you know an of leaders an array of world leaders necessarily i mean my necessarily mean i mean my argument is well my idea is she really like a proper leaders? i don't really recognise as well. so you would have enough you know i him. no, you have to know i hate him. no, you have to recognise you do have to
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recognise that you do have to work a leader. well only in work as a leader. well only in because i mean, otherwise the isn't matter because isn't it doesn't matter because if not a leader then it's if she's not a leader then it's fine. a good point is fine. but it a good point is that was person with that she was the person with whom soon that was negotiating. yeah in that regard was yeah in that regard she was clearly an executive authority. yeah. what saying yeah. well i'm what i'm saying is not on the level is to me it's not on the level of you meet someone like of if you meet someone like biden, of course you to biden, of course you have to meet president. united meet the president. united states. he probably didn't, in my to meet. my opinion, have to meet. i mean, it would be ideal if he was to just meet the sort of nelson mandela of his day, wouldn't it, you know, the sort of whoever those are any of whoever those are at any given moment, those who are sort of and above the of above and beyond above the partisan. reality is partisan. but the reality is the, spent most of, the, charles has spent most of, you know, visible career, you know, a long visible career, unlike in a row you know, unlike in a in a row you know, in a kind of room demonstrating , a good deal more political partisan on everything from the environment to architecture. i mean this is what we've been waiting for, isn't it, to see whether he's going to start getting involved. and i think he will getting involved will start getting involved because expressed because he's always expressed
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political, always stepped political, he's always stepped into the fray. so if he's been doing that throughout his entire aduu doing that throughout his entire adult life, why he going to adult life, why is he going to stop now that. he's now stop now that. king he's now that's point. i just it's that's the point. i just it's good to be. king so here in hell and we have a problem with and do we have a problem with onune and do we have a problem with online radicalisation? and that depends on blog i suppose. depends on your blog i suppose. who that ? yeah, this is who wrote that? yeah, this is priti patel calls for shake of uk counter—terror laws . so we uk counter—terror laws. so we obviously had the shawcross review basically review into which basically found they weren't being found that they weren't being strict enough on islamic terrorism, were calling terrorism, but they were calling far—right terrorism, including rees—mogg and the works of william . so completely absurd , william. so completely absurd, who owned a copy of george orwell's 1984. someone wrote to say you disgusting nonsense . and say you disgusting nonsense. and so she's basically obviously coming off the back of that and she's that we need do she's saying that we need to do more she's sort of more and. she's she's sort of saying that the definition terrorism is wrong. we to we need to really clamp down on what and figure is it what it and figure out is it it's basically different ways of saying doing about saying what we doing about terrorism but terrorism and absolute mess but particular she did draw attention i interested to attention i was interested to sort culture in schools. yeah
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sort of culture in schools. yeah yeah. and clearly she meant the koran thing i would suggest the other day where in the koran was then said for almost suspended, she she deeply she said she was deeply concerned and concerned about certain and cultural values dominant within schools and then elsewhere. she basically just tries to sort of talk multiculturalism, of course, as wage says , do think course, as wage says, do think we wider problems around we have wider problems around integration alarmed . integration? i'm quite alarmed. integration has become a dirty word. it's deeply, deeply concerning. i think it's a very precarious situation. yeah, precarious situation. so yeah, yeah, no, her yeah, she's to say no, her language is pretty strong, wasn't it, to the is i think we can all agree priti patel was a useless home secretary she was she was useless. she didn't sort out things like illegal immigration she didn't sort the boats coming over she talked a good game ultimately achieved nothing and here she is popping up it's like a football manager who's been the manager of a team they've been rubbish they've been fired and all of a sudden they go well here's my opinion. who cares what your opinion is. yeah, sort of. ralph well, this
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is, this is what all politicians do now. they have no control over know. so over anything, you know. so suella fitz, patel, suella braverman, fitz, patel, whoever is politicians, foreign policy, they'll but policy, they'll pop, but they, they their own they don't control their own department they're department because they're controlled army. she controlled by the army. she totally without portfolio the totally without portfolio at the moment. she has no response no minister government. minister to the government. no, i she's in the i don't think she's in the government oh, okay. i was government none. oh, okay. i was under the impression still had some job. i mean, i understand what and what you're saying and certainly, know, it's been certainly, you know, it's been a disappointing for disappointing few years for tories controlling tories in terms of controlling immigration, in terms tories in terms of controlling imminimising in terms tories in terms of controlling imminimising. in terms tories in terms of controlling imminimising . the in terms tories in terms of controlling imminimising . the threat,erms tories in terms of controlling imminimising . the threat, the of minimising. the threat, the growing threat comes from islamic terrorism itself . but i islamic terrorism itself. but i don't think i would necessarily want to not hear from former secretaries just because they hadnt secretaries just because they hadn't previously managed to achieve their aims in a way that's point at which they get quite interesting when they can come and say , reason we come out and say, reason we couldn't anything because couldn't do anything is because the civil service is this sort of, know, amorphous blob of, you know, amorphous blob that just absorbs any attempt make to change it necessarily . make to change it necessarily. but the problem is with that is then you go, well, all you're doing then is giving yourself an
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excuse. mean , thatcher, she excuse. i mean, thatcher, she into this country when we were known as the sick man of europe, they could have been quite a million reasons for her to go. i make it work because of x, y and. but she didn't do that . we and. but she didn't do that. we need politicians of that calibre on both left and right to and me priti patel isn't it. and not particularly interested in what she has to and i see some as the only time they get to tell the truth the soviet javid truth like when the soviet javid just he's standing in just said he's not standing in the doesn't work. yeah she the nhs doesn't work. yeah she 9°, the nhs doesn't work. yeah she go, the guardian next the go, yeah the guardian next the story about shamima begum and you say you want you can say what you want shamima onlyfans is every shamima better onlyfans is every penny fake fagan's bake off that's what i want to see, isn't it? come on, then you go potential. is there hope for edging out the camera ? hey, you edging out the camera? hey, you go you can cancel yourself my. no. so is this a terrorism adviser ? jonathan who? kings adviser? jonathan who? kings council said that shamima begum should be allowed back into the uk ? he's a top government uk? he's a top government terrorism adviser . and he. he's
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terrorism adviser. and he. he's making the point which . i agree making the point which. i agree with she needs to be brought back into this country and then she needs to face charges and she needs to face charges and she needs to face charges and she needs to face justice. yes. the firing squad justice for her for crimes and anything i do. i mean, i kind of agree you although my main feeling is i cannot believe we are still wasting much time and effort talking about her at all. mean the of pieces news the number of pieces slow news day when i got i'm day simon yeah when i got i'm going to disagree with francis but i first want to say yeah the discourse around some would discourse around some i would beg i mean beg him is ridiculous. i mean yeah. all these liberal commentators saw so that commentators i saw so that i name because appear on name them because they appear on this but they is this channel, but they is described as flawed and described her as flawed and flawed. raab is flawed. i mean, dominic raab is flawed. i mean, dominic raab is flawed he allegedly flawed because he allegedly threw a tomato when he was first. you know, flawed first. you know, that's flawed so beg was evil things so i beg was did evil things that evil things that she showed no evil things at a pretty early age and i know it of 5050. one of it is kind of 5050. i'm one of those people who says, yes, shamima begum should be allowed to 15 and no to make mistakes. and 15 and no we shouldn't be. greta we shouldn't be. to greta thunberg, same , you thunberg, who is the same, you
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know, exactly the same . but know, for exactly the same. but i think you can i don't i don't think you can i don't think you can hold somebody responsible for the rest of their life for making mistake if she's committed crime, which on statute says you can't, you'll no longer a citizen. but that isn't the case. well my thoughts on that one is people say, on that one thing is people say, oh, it's racist, but we revoked jack. is citizenship. so jack. let's is citizenship. so there is precedent. the other is so racist . the other so it's not racist. the other thing is this. this. yeah hitchens even we need to we hitchens even said we need to we need to, you know, bring her into and so did into the country and try. so did lord i understand lord sumption. so i understand my on that, although and my thought on that, although and rashly that should happen in a functioning system. we functioning system. but what we have a country where everything so broken , people are almost so broken, people are almost just like one just glad that like one non—liberal thing has happened . non—liberal thing has happened. they almost you understand they almost like, you understand . i genuinely, i mean . and i also genuinely, i mean to , reverse everything said in to, reverse everything i said in the have the introduction. i have a terrible that will end terrible fear that she will end up back here and she will get her own series on, channel 4. that's it. bbc doll's house. yes. i mean, onto the yes. i mean, anyway, onto the daily the legal age daily mirror now the legal age for has been raised to for marriage has been raised to 18. this is seems be quite
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18. this is seems to be quite significant but significant news, actually, but perhaps point of view, perhaps from your point of view, especially does that . especially, what does that. probably libellous he doesn't work for the bbc simon on yeah that's shocking for the for the time he has made that up no there's like secret story about baseless to avoid predators i'm not suggesting genuinely are but this is the idea is to avoid in court so it's a void it's not 16 year olds marrying each other. now this is about the age of consent for marriage. it was you can married at 16 or 17 with parents consent. now it's just going to 18 . it's shocking going to be 18. it's shocking that need this law but apparently we now do in our country so and it's a good country so and so it's a good law. i mean the funny thing is people aren't even rational till they're 25. their brains also develop. so we should be up to 25. but is this is this been put in place to protect girls from specific cultures where the parents might be attempting to impose an arranged marriage on them because traditionally the age of consent the age of
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marriage was the point at which the children could defy their parents. but this sounds as if it's other way around. this is like law , the parents like the law, the parents forcing , the child to get forcing, the child to get married. one imagines that is why it's come in, which is pretty shocking in itself, isn't it? when seen it? in the week when we've seen blasphemy in blasphemy laws reintroduced in schools. you want to schools. so what do you want to say? well, was going to say? well, i was just going to say? well, i was just going to say this actually looks like a very law. and i think the thing that's actually most interesting about this is the british about this story is the british people have to talk about it. yeah. and the reasons it was brought in and like a lot of the things that happen in this country, we do not feel able to talk comfortably . these issues, talk comfortably. these issues, particularly if we've culture's a different from our own my friend sam ashworth he's who currently appears on this put out a tweet today to the effect that he said people just don't how to talk about this stuff without sounding prejudice and they saying it's they end up always saying it's an open goal for the for the for the far right. this just creates talking far right
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talking point for the far right because people are afraid of themselves right saying themselves far right for saying no this is wrong. you shouldn't we shouldn't we shouldn't be tolerating cultures to do this kind of thing. you know well, some people sound and look more far right out of this. you know, i if it me, you know it was i if it was me, you know it was just i ease might sleep just i think ease might sleep fine anyway that's it for part two. join us after the for. break children's books, cute squirrels and hardcore. we'll see you in a couple of minutes .
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welcome back to headline as . we welcome back to headline as. we get straight back into it with tuesday's guardian and the zoom and violence to women, of course not just the kind that women like it , turns out, but nick like it, turns out, but nick then also mp cracked down to tackle violence against women . tackle violence against women. and the claim is that watching
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will lead to actual violence. i'm never certain because it's in the garden . but it maybe it in the garden. but it maybe it does.i in the garden. but it maybe it does. i don't know . they claim does. i don't know. they claim there's evidence for it, but i don't really see it in the article. it's yeah, it's article. but it's yeah, it's always, tricky, it? always, always tricky, isn't it? obviously involving obviously anything involving food disgusting. food is absolutely disgusting. and those people should be punished way we can. punished in whatever way we can. but. this point? should but. but is this point? should be banned or, you as be banned or, you know, as a libertarian type person, you think, it's ridiculous to think, oh, it's ridiculous to try for the try and control, but for the good society , obviously good of society, obviously not a good of society, obviously not a good h? good of society, obviously not a good it? and men to good thing, is it? and men to their shame, it said pornhub was by 50 uk adults in just by 50 million uk adults in just september. 50% of men, 16% women. so this throws some interesting stats. i mean, i know and i don't want to expose too much sort of awareness of what's been going on. i do know for a fact that pornhub have sort cleaned their act sort of cleaned up their act quite bit and they it is still quite a bit and they it is still hardcore by any standards, but it have taken it has they have taken some fairly serious measures , i fairly serious measures, i believe, the last years believe, over the last few years to limit the amount of content that remotely looks like it's happening. for instance, you don't i mean like it like
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there's a you know what i mean? like candid camera type stuff or whatever it feels very much small time now , but it's still small time now, but it's still way off from . i mean, you know, way off from. i mean, you know, it's a thousand old tatty doggy stand up comedy about in my day used to come in a carrier bag. you know , a ditch, you know, and you know, a ditch, you know, and you get to peel pages apart, you know , and used to, like, write know, and used to, like, write like . i used know, and used to, like, write like. i used to know, and used to, like, write like . i used to write for myself like. i used to write for myself as . well, yeah, it's pretty as. well, yeah, it's pretty full. well, it was letters. it wasn't sort of, you know, i wasn't sort of, you know, i wasn't like heavily involved the industry when you the to 50 shades of grey i guess i was and if i'd seen which way the wind was blowing i could have felt it was blowing i could have felt it was on the way out but but yeah i mean so yeah like kids young people can see extraordinarily graphic acts now an age where perhaps you know it be but it's also responsibility it also the responsibility when it to giving children a smartphone so the is no child so. the reality is no child under the age of 16 should have a smartphone. there is no need for shouldn't . on for them. they shouldn't. on social media. i don't think wives should have them either.
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no. you it no. completely agree you it shouldn't just to the servants one year. exactly would it like simon i've always like to. the only other concern is they're going to use it to beef up the onune going to use it to beef up the online bill. the online safety bill terrifies me because says, is it the online censorship bill saying i'm going to far too much involvement. it's all very questionable. not questionable. so obviously, not a great thing for society, but also clamping down on the internet too much. also not good. i mean, it's a good. it is. i mean, it's a great thing for an individual to restrict their access to it if they can. and do believe that. they can. and i do believe that. but yeah, you're absolutely right. an right. it's to be an extraordinarily blunt instrument used redress few used to redress of a few problematic telegraph problematic cases. the telegraph next and there's a nasty stereotype that fringe politicians are all and sleaze bags fortunately we have a story here confirms that nasty trope let's have a look. yes indeed a fringe mp sprays alcohol ban off the heavy boozing disrupt parliamentary sessions . so we parliamentary sessions. so we all know the french don't like working and it turns out that
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they get into parliament they like nothing better. the parliamentarians and having a few beers or a few cognacs and then actually just indulging in a bit of fisticuffs . and what a bit of fisticuffs. and what happened they were having a debate pension reforms. yeah and you know these things get pretty feisty . you know any red blooded feisty. you know any red blooded frenchman thinking about pension reforms ? exactly. just try and reforms? exactly. just try and stop them. simon hey. yeah. and descended into a brawl and this isn't only an isolated incident right so this has been quite a few times in the french parliament. and if anything, it makes politics so more exciting. so i don't know what the problem is you've got to be careful of any with these things. it all sounds quite fun and games. we know was a punch up in the know there was a punch up in the house commons that basically house of commons that basically changed the course of history don't his name was don't we? what was his name was eric black, remember? was eric black, remember? what was it? was it? no, that's george. that was eric. know was in his eric. you know that was in his name. was a fellow he was name. there was a fellow he was scottish mp or at least an mp in scotland, had a punch up in the
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bar. was it was selected as bar. he was it was selected as a result they to buy election result they had to buy election for they changed rules for him. they changed the rules that they ended with that that is how they ended with corbyn, which how ended up corbyn, which is how we ended up with oh, i thought you with brexit. oh, i thought you were talking about the partygate stuff, but it was okay. you know, check, know, these obviously check, they're trying this. so they're trying to ban this. so very french people very hard to stop french people drinking at any what i drinking at any time. what i like is that they blame night drinking at any time. what i like isthey they blame night drinking at any time. what i like isthey say, blame night drinking at any time. what i like isthey say, well,|e night drinking at any time. what i like isthey say, well, the ght drinking at any time. what i like isthey say, well, the only work. they say, well, the only problem work. what we problem is work. what are we supposed work at night, supposed to do? i work at night, three nights a week, two more nights, other and that's nights, my other job. and that's why a heroin addict. of why i'm a heroin addict. of course escalating course it's escalating user extraordinarily severe about that of thing as well, that sort of thing as well, aren't they? i know that they, you any attempt to just you know the any attempt to just transfer to the and transfer whisky to the mug and he tried out the hard. he tried to find out the hard. cameras . yeah but cameras everywhere. yeah but there was a little brief period simon where were off because simon where you were off because of incident when it was the of the incident when it was the wild west , you well, wild west, you know. well, things down. know we things settled down. we know we are now the guardian. now parents are spending less books for children. thank for their children. thank heavens for drag queens, i guess . yeah. cost of living, crisis in five parents spend less on books. in five parents spend less on books . their children. just
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books. their children. it's just another . books. their children. it's just another. this is the thing it's another. this is the thing it's a vicious cycle that a vicious cycle and that we're into now because we have into now because now we have cost living. now you cost of living. now you can't afford books for your kids. they're going worse education then worse. and then they do worse. life and lockdowns another of lockdowns are another part of that. it's a terrible that. and yeah, it's a terrible thing. i mean, people care thing. i mean, people don't care about about this about this i'll think about this but 20% of and carers but 20% of parents and carers say spending books say they're spending on books for children and this for their children and this increase 36% for those who increase of 36% for those who are struggling financially, 10% to read, to to stress, to even read, to child. and the only good news is that sensitivity readers have written anyway. yeah. so written books anyway. yeah. so kids probably shouldn't read the new my wife extraordinary new my wife an extraordinary amount on books when our kids were young and my daughter read them my son them all avidly and my son i still don't think has finished the book and he's not been required to specifically school. it i'm sure you can it doesn't i'm not sure you can force down. that's mean force it down. that's going mean i there's of sense i think there's a kind of sense if you if you furnish the if you if you if you furnish the book with the house books, then the child grows up to . be this the child grows up to. be this incredible, know, actually, incredible, you know, actually, children into children if they're into reading, they'll out . reading, they'll root them out. they'll somewhere, they'll find them somewhere, they'll school they'll exchange them at school like and like football stamps. and if they're it doesn't
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they're not into, it it doesn't make any sense. yeah, i completely with you. and think completely with you. and i think for me this just shows the importance of library services. yeah. there spate of a few yeah. there was a spate of a few years where a lot of years back where a lot of libraries were being closed down. people saying, what's libraries were being closed dov1point>ple saying, what's libraries were being closed dov1 point in e saying, what's libraries were being closed dov1point in libraries?ying, what's libraries were being closed dov1point in libraries?yinghaveit's the point in libraries? we have the point in libraries? we have the need books. but the internet. we need books. but actually for children's actually for a children's education, their reading, education, for their reading, comprehend and for their focus, where they constantly station reading so important, reading is so important, particularly for their imagination. i will say i think one of the best things you can do as a parent, especially parents do want to be engaged with their kids. both and they know what actually know what to say. actually reading bedtime is quite reading them at bedtime is quite nice and it creates great nice and it creates a great rhythm. we read that. rhythm. we used to we read that. we read hobbit it was we read the hobbit it was i think you've taken an extraordinary faire extraordinary laissez faire attitude towards this. so you're basically be basically saying let a kid be feral they want. feral if that's what they want. all i'm saying is i think there's class anxiety. there's a middle class anxiety. oh, have we got enough? you don't that many books. once don't need that many books. once you ball rolling, you get the ball rolling, children you children will them. but you write good. but also, write libraries. good. but also, i say bookshop and i will say oxfam bookshop and other bookshops. now other second hand bookshops. now loads of children's books for a couple okay maybe you
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couple of quick okay maybe you know is really know you if money is really tight can't afford that but tight you can't afford that but a quid a book will a couple of quid a book will last for a couple of weeks. last you for a couple of weeks. yeah i think most of us, if you're honest you can budget and work that. but you work around that. but what you have then is like sends have to then do is like sends back forth and keep them back and forth and keep them circulating, it does circulating, you know, it does to lot of evidence. to be a lot of evidence. remember, malcolm remember, one of malcolm gladwell's books about education, know, education, which, you know, some people holes in what people would pick holes in what he says. but anyway, his point was it's actually the was it's actually during the holidays, up between holidays, gaps open up between middle households middle class households and working households. working class households. because when children are in school, they're they're all under pressure all the under pressure to read all the time and engage. but it's time and to engage. but it's part a middle kind of part of a middle class kind of anxieties they incur. so anxieties that they incur. so i'm contradicting myself. but there a yeah, there is some there is a yeah, there is some sort of evidence suggest that, you know, it's quite good idea to least have a few lying to at least have a few lying around. kids can read around. the kids can read if they want. well, there's actually a lot evidence actually a lot of evidence educationally and that is why the were devasted the lockdowns were so devasted and shutting schools were so devasted and particularly for working kids because of working class kids because of friends mine still friends of mine who are still the teaching profession. so that
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when they came back the gulf between the working class kids and the middle class kids was enormous . well, there we go they enormous. well, there we go they sclavos point that's onto sclavos point that's now onto the daily francis elon musk is calling a colour—blind society is fine i suppose if you're trying to sell cars. of course. yes absolutely. he says that the media racist to whites and asians and he wants a colour—blind society and it comes after scott adams created a popular dilbert comic. basically, you had a meltdown onune basically, you had a meltdown online where he said black people were a hate group and you watch it. yes, i did indeed . and watch it. yes, i did indeed. and you personally characterise it genuinely as a meltdown because he looked pretty cool to me. no, no. he always plans everything scott himself. definitely wasn't a meltdown, but carried but so to when i saw it well the to me when i saw it well the reason called it a meltdown is reason i called it a meltdown is i couldn't see why he did it. i couldn't see what he was storing. got it. maybe he just
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wanted to go out in a blaze of glory. he's like strawberry followed him on twitter since 2015. he was the first person to call it for trump long before anyone made it even make it to the candidate. and he's written some interesting books about, you know , how different people you know, how different people see same news events through see the same news events through different so on. he's different prisms and so on. he's idiot. referring, of idiot. he was referring, of course a poll. be aware of course, a poll. be aware of this. rasmussen poll in which 50% of the black population either didn't agree with the with the phrase it's okay to be or weren't shouldn't say what they thought about it. yeah so i don't think it's very complicated , almost too much for complicated, almost too much for this little segment. but scott says he's done a lot following a and i've been watching all of it. and he says he's always been very liberal. he's always actually we should actually pro, even he we should have reparations taxation. have reparations to taxation. he's liberal and he's been very, very liberal and he reason if black he that the reason if black people do struggle in america it's because of systemic. so he actually has a lot of very left wing. and was saying, wing. and what he was saying, though, it's very complicated though, is it's very complicated what justified what he's saying. he's justified it and he pointed out one thing. it was interesting that the
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people him are all white liberals who live in separate neighbourhoods, who don't live in he in the inner city. and he basically he it basically he's he claims it wasn't any way racist and it wasn't in any way racist and it would seem strange for someone that liberal to suddenly make a state what not coming state what is what is not coming out of anywhere. of course this is preference. know is review preference. you know the reality is the signalling the reality is that middle white that the middle class white population america are population in america are forever trying to set up gated away from ethnically mixed neighbourhoods. i mean, all he's doneis neighbourhoods. i mean, all he's done is really something that millions people have spent their entire lives doing well . but he entire lives doing well. but he also things stay hell also said things like stay hell away from them. for instance he was well, he was strongly put to the hate group phrase. he admitted hyperbole. what admitted was hyperbole. what he said two he said said was he two things he said he using race as proxy for he was using race as a proxy for class he was saying it was class as he was saying it was just as a sort of if just doing it as a sort of if certain neighbourhood struggle, then logical to then wouldn't it be logical to get away from. and he said he was as a proxy and was using race as a proxy and the other thing i'm about the other thing is he is justification a so justification for is a bit so complicated i can't really think he said but he's saying you say if there if there is a group
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if there is if there is a group of people whom half said of people of whom half have said that are sure if it's that they are not sure if it's not okay to hate you on the strength of your skin colour that makes that group a hate group. don't think group. yeah. they don't think feminist the media feminist he was saying the media has attitude has encouraged that attitude must the headline must point which is the headline of which we should of course which we should acknowledge must is simply saying the pendulum swung saying that the pendulum swung too way. well that too far the other way. well that we can. we can we can all. yes, we can. we can absolutely agree with and absolutely agree with that. and which mosque the which mosque is showing the problem an overcorrection in problem is an overcorrection in attitudes when it comes race attitudes when it comes to race swinging the pendulum swinging to the other way is inevitably there will be a backlash and there will be a backlash and there will be a backlash and there will be a reaction to this fine. i don't understand why people are trying to push these types of narratives. great finally, nick, we'll have to get this one done quickly before the break. the element, the grey squirrels are in the crosshairs grey squirrels, presumably some sort of youth group something sort of youth group or something . don't know. yeah, it's a dog whistle. it's a squirrel because. yeah, they're being to kill grey squirrels . it because. yeah, they're being to kill grey squirrels. it is part of the post brexit revamp of subsidies because i don't have
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to on things like to spend money on things like the agricultural policy. the common agricultural policy. so there always so actually there was always this that the grey this sort of joke that the grey squirrels sort of some sort squirrels are sort of some sort of proxy immigrants. but now it turns all about turns out. it is all about brexit. take back control our brexit. take back control of our schools, out eu and schools, get out of the eu and bnng schools, get out of the eu and bring the red school by bring back the red school by killing all the grey ones. i remember i was, what, 14, remember when i was, what, 14, 15? school. there was 15? i was at school. there was a there called andy lewis, who is definitely and he definitely got that. the police would give you £1.50 for a squirrel tail and we out with catapults into the woods . so out with catapults into the woods. so this out with catapults into the woods . so this is newcastle. woods. so this is newcastle. it's a systemic 1976, 1977 then the squirrel body had a bounty on its head even then. yeah so, so enid blyton's. i don't know that we ever got one. we used to have those slingshots with this sort of the wrist brace, you know, that kind of powerful. but they're also they're worried about because mink, about minks because mink, the mink water vole and mink attacked the water vole and who was going to ever speak up for waterfowl. and that now, for the waterfowl. and that now, then, to i'm of then, now need to i'm so fond of that woodland animals like that their vole mink
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their names the vole in the mink weasel women the vicious . oh weasel women the vicious. oh i don't care what they're like really i just have a simple. but he's saying take out the mink to save the wool of all. i just want them all to live in peace. but you're right if you find that it was naive. simon sylvania and jim for this after break in the final section we'll sex pest of course evil robots and sam smith surprisingly those are all separate stories for you in a couple of minutes.
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welcome back headline sorry you missed the interval chatter whether the beach boys are better than the beatles this time around they go for two sixties pop in a heartbeat so we'll jump back into it with tuesday's now and our creepy men gyms for women . well don't ask gyms for women. well don't ask me my gym doesn't even women in
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when i say gym it's more of a really but anyway so yes thank you for giving this to me to produce so six person leave gyms i'm for women is the headline and apparently is the stories a lot of women are no longer feeling safe at the gym because of on the uninvited approaches we just say from an and there has been a rash of videos on social media there's been a rash yes a rash is name produced in it as evidence. exactly a rash of videos on social media which is allegedly showing men behaving in creepy and sinister fashion. some of them do. some them don't. and there's one particular influencer who's called natalie bonnet, who says the answer and the solution to this is to set up female only segregation. couldn't agree more. i have say i remember not that long ago in my lifetime there were male only gyms and then women demanded that they be allowed male only allowed to come into male only gyms . and then women started gyms. and then women started dressing up sexualised gym ,
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dressing up sexualised gym, whereas blokes go in wearing a pair of shorts and a filthy vest. women have lycra that would look on a dance floor, let alone in a workout space, and then get surprised when they attract one or two thing to them to lighten around the exercise equipment . you know, i've got to equipment. you know, i've got to catch a toe. i'm absolutely appalled . the hypocrisy of these appalled. the hypocrisy of these with they are absolutely disgraceful . most blokes would disgraceful. most blokes would still do this would most of them rather go to a sex face to, work out? they know they don't look at their best. most of them. they'd rather talk other blokes about working out and about weight tips may be could you spot me? they don't want be spot me? they don't want to be aware that they like grunting and like, well, there's and groaning like, well, there's this women walking around drinking from water bottles. i'm thinking sick of it. i thought if this son, an employer, was like, i'm imagining the replies to this tweet when it comes out . like all three men talk about women. i've been waiting so long
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and about simon. that was a simon evans monologue. fine us, but i agree. i mean it's funny that we've come full circle. we've been with women requesting separate spaces and is separate spaces and this is probably where we're going to go. at gentleman's club go. i was at a gentleman's club the women allowed the other day. no women allowed simpler marijuana, cigars simpler times. marijuana, cigars talking about the empire . it's talking about the empire. it's just quieter as well . you can just quieter as well. you can get more done and you can work out. you can work in and out of a machine. if you've got like a series you know, you have the actual you got your free weights and go to aerobics. but and you go to aerobics. but you've also got this is for people, obviously, you guys know, because your experience but gyms, but if you don't go to gyms, there lot of machines there are a lot of machines which have weight and which have a weight stack and they're by cables. so they're connected by cables. so on to leave on you're supposed to leave at least seconds, sometimes least 90 seconds, sometimes 3 minutes between sets, right? so that can oxygenate. that your muscles can oxygenate. and so you're working and so and if you're working in a is busy, quite handy a gym is busy, it's quite handy to be able to work in with somebody . so, you know, i do my somebody. so, you know, i do my set, then i send up and you can quickly pull your programme out, stick whatever and stick it in a low whatever and do your set back and out. no do your set back in and out. no bloke wants to that with
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bloke wants to do that with women because you can't walk out to mind. work in with to them. go mind. i work in with you because it's creeping you here because it's creeping into sector. yeah, yeah, into the sector. yeah, yeah, exactly can do it with exactly but you can do it with other blokes. so if you've got 100 blokes in a gym, they can actually all with one actually all work with one another. 50 blokes and 50 women. the simon the place is jammed. simon i just to say that take told just want to say that take told you saw i think was it you that you saw i think was it disgusting. hey hey you're making me drop my sandwich . i i making me drop my sandwich. i i don't have it works anyway on this now i'm going to become such a social media star way or another telegraph. now this nando's employee has taken cheeky to another level. yep this is a nando's cleaner who demanded 20 k after he saw a staff member drop a burger on the foil is martin coming 20 grand it's been working that nine days i know is incredible griff this is. nine days i know is incredible griff this is . this country is griff this is. this country is failing i'm afraid nine days p started recording people's conversations. yeah it is incredible the extensive the judge said but they were clearly
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is making itself a nuisance to negotiate a pay off. absolutely shocking. although to be fair to him , he did admit he might have him, he did admit he might have asked for too. a bit of asked for too. so a bit of humility there at the end, but it adds to the afternoon it just adds to the afternoon off. that would have been all right, 20 grand. he was also described by female colleague described by a female colleague as slithery . so, yeah , i as still a slithery. so, yeah, i know the case for separating jim . i want to know if he nudged burger onto the floor to begin with, whether it was a genuine incident. he was waiting for the daily star next and a story about canines. i've got to say, i don't see the point of robot dogs. they can't look of pain that better any better than the originals, know? they originals, can they know? they can, truly can, but this is truly terrifying and as i'm terrifying. and as far as i'm concerned this is a sign that we're of days, we're at the end of days, soldiers use headsets to control robot with minds in robot dogs with their minds in black style video . so black mirror style video. so this is the australian military there developed a headset that can convert a soldier's brain into commands for robot dogs and we've seen the robot dog try. these are the boston dog. yes
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they sort of like this area. yeah. someone what if we could control them with our mind? you guys ' control them with our mind? you guys , if i say no to all of it guys, if i say no to all of it but my little boy, because he carries . i looked at a video. i carries. i looked at a video. i think they would just move in their heads, left and right to control. i'm not. you think we think you would the australian military say wouldn't you do this is propaganda. yeah. can this is propaganda. oh yeah. can control in our minds control robot dogs in our minds like have you just like can you or have you just mocked this is the guy mocked here. this is the guy with a remote clip for military. this does exist because this is auen this does exist because this is alien people alien again the system people who've it live or something who've had it live or something they can make the replacement limb work with their brain. yeah does sound something joe from the inbetweeners would say see what mean. i can control robot what i mean. i can control robot dogs my mind. yeah, yeah. dogs with my mind. yeah, yeah. see we how do we know if see if we how do we know if there's one more in just before on to the metro snake. and if sam smith isn't there to, make friends. sounds like mission friends. it sounds like mission accomplished. yeah. this is noel gallagher. smith labels gallagher. mr. this smith labels them idiot and you just them an f ing idiot and you just make only mr. did me that was that the least of it but you
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just basically said look at him saying that he's being an idiot andifs saying that he's being an idiot and it's quite funny because smith himself talks about saying it's who i've always been. doesn't mean who? we've doesn't he mean who? we've always confusing always been? it's very confusing . the show is nearly . oh, well, the show is nearly oven . oh, well, the show is nearly over. another quick look over. so take another quick look at tuesday's front pages before we go either to bed or we let you go either to bed or to begin your day the daily mail has rishi done the impossible ? has rishi done the impossible? the telegraph sunak deal is a new way forward. the paper has sunak secures breakthrough on brexit as tensions loom . the brexit as tensions loom. the guardian pm new chapter in with eu after northern ireland deal. the mirror has even and serial killers ashes were scattered at beauty spot, says niece. that is peter sutcliffe the yorkshire ripper fouling up some of the most beautiful countryside in britain. the metro you can put the oven on those were your front pages . thank you so much front pages. thank you so much for joining for us show. thanks to my wonderful guest francis
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and nick dixon . to my wonderful guest francis and nick dixon. i to my wonderful guest francis and nick dixon . i have been and nick dixon. i have been simon evans . and nick dixon. i have been simon evans. i am now going to go and see where reputation lies on social media, as is back tomorrow at with me in the driver's seat. no, not not sure who it is. just how. and roger monkhouse, they will be on the panel monkhouse, they will be on the panel. and if you're watching the am, repeat for reason. the 5 am, repeat for reason. good morning. stick around for the next .
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time favourite. good evening. it's called the windsor framework and prime minister sunak has just delivered his speech to the house of commons. interestingly after praising his predecessors , he spent most of his speech telling us how absolutely awful the northern ireland had been in terms of the economic life of those living in northern ireland
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and businesses here on the mainland trying to trade with them. so what's he come up with? well, he tells us that the border in the irish sea has now gone. border in the irish sea has now gone . there'll be a green lane gone. there'll be a green lane for goods that move back and forth between . the mainland and forth between. the mainland and northern. though he did concede there's still would be checks on up to 5% of those goods . but up to 5% of those goods. but that, i guess in a way is progress from a situation that was truly, truly awful. also the european union will allow us to set own rates of excise duty and vat, but of course, they can concede that happily , knowing concede that happily, knowing that this is a government that doesn't cut taxes, it's one that puts them up and they're expecting labour, of course, to be in office in 18 months time. the absolute nub of this agreement, whether it passes the fit and proper test is around the of sovereignty. clearly if a court in strasbourg if the european union's own court in
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