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pierce. breaking news this morning say from disaster hsc. spc has stepped in to save the british arm of the us bank. sbp is protected potentially tens of thousands of british businesses and they think it's all over. but is gary lineker could be back on air on saturday as bbc bosses raced to end the mutiny at match of day. but should the presenter be allowed to say what he thinks this morning? mps and mp staff have their say right here. we could get a decision imminently imminently and putting lives at risk today. junior doctors walking out in an historic three day strike. they demanded a whopping 35% pay rise, which the government says and is understandably unaffordable. but there's pressure on the chancellor as a week of walkouts begin, just two days before budget and he has cheers and an emotional support donkey, an historic night at the oscars in la. everywhere all sweeps the board . brendan fraser sweeps the board. brendan fraser makes his hollywood return .

makes his hollywood return. we've got all the latest from the biggest night in la la land . and can we ask you , is your . and can we ask you, is your child a mixed gender fluid muffin? we didn't think it's the latest completely inappropriate sex education leave leaflet targeted at ,7. for heaven's sake . so britain's kids being sake. so britain's kids being forced a gender ideology . let us forced a gender ideology. let us know your thoughts on all points this morning. gb know your thoughts on all points this morning . gb views at gb this morning. gb views at gb views dot uk law to come. we're going to look into all of that first here's your morning stays with have been . better thanks with have been. better thanks very much good morning from the gb newsroom it's 933 the chancellor and the bank of england have secured sale of the collapsed silicon valley bank uk to hsbc see the uk branch of silicon valley bank was put to in last night after california

based parent company had its assets seized by us on friday. jeremy hunt says the government had worked to look after the tech sector, confirming all customer deposits would be protect it with no taxpayer support . the prime minister has support. the prime minister has pledged £5 billion over two years to the armed forces , years to the armed forces, insisting the uk has the it needsin insisting the uk has the it needs in a more volatile world. rishi sunak has met his australian counterparts . anthony australian counterparts. anthony albanese in san diego ahead of unveiling a major orca's defence pact between the uk, us and australia, plans to be announced with the us president joe biden , supplying nuclear powered submarines to australia . by submarines to australia. by junior doctors are mounting picket lines outside hospitals . picket lines outside hospitals. today began a three days of industrial action . british industrial action. british medical association says junior doctors in england have suffered a 26% real terms cut to their

since 2008, the union says newly qualified medics earn just over £14 an hour, which is less than a barista in a coffee shop . gary a barista in a coffee shop. gary ireland is reportedly set to return to presenting match of the day this weekend amid ongoing talks . the bbc football ongoing talks. the bbc football coverage was disrupted over the weekend as pundits and commentators walked out in solidarity with lineker after he criticised the government's new asylum policy . the telegraph asylum policy. the telegraph says the bbc is expected to announce its new social media guidelines following the controversy . tv online and dab+ controversy. tv online and dab+ radio . this is gb news move from radio. this is gb news move from shortening . although it's back shortening. although it's back to 700 . to 700. very good morning. i had great weekend. today is the first commonwealth day since her

majesty's passing and the first presided over by his king charles iii as king head of. presided over by his king charles iii as king head of . the charles iii as king head of. the commonwealth will be discussing that in just a moment. but guess what we're talking about? first, of course, gary lineker. and i think always bit is it think it's always a bit is it the bbc is about to roll we think to say to gary lineker, come back, all is forgiven. you can on match of the day can come on match of the day even we know figures were even though we know figures were up without still up 500,000 without the still conversed tones of lineker. conversed tones of gary lineker. so agreement between the so an agreement between the corporation, its highest paid still could as early as today still could be as early as today . it's predicted to include a review of the corporation's social media policy. well tv news presenter and former cabinet minister and illustrious tory mp rees—mogg is in the studio with us. jacob, tell me the bbc are about to retreat . the bbc are about to retreat. cow surprise you ? yes. you cow surprise you? yes. you shouldn't be surprised by that . shouldn't be surprised by that. and i think the issue is about the bbc rather than about gary lineker's view. he's entitled to have any that he wants. yeah we are all in favour of freedom of speech and people being allowed

to say things that we don't agree with or we may even find offensive . that's obviously offensive. that's obviously fine. he can say what he likes. the issue is that the bbc is the state broadcaster and that it's funded by a tax on televisions. if it then we wouldn't need to about its impartiality . and about its impartiality. and actually if we changed the funding mechanism of the bbc , we funding mechanism of the bbc, we could have a much freer media as they do in the united states , they do in the united states, where people are allowed to say what they think and think. that would better run this would be much better run this pretence that the bbc is impartial , pretence that the bbc is impartial, which isn't, and impartial, which it isn't, and then about then having rules about particular procedure saying get rid the licence which we rid of the licence fee which we all pay if we watch tv, all have to pay if we watch tv, even 75 now i have long even over 75 now i have long that the licence fee is a constraint on the bbc that it stops. it earning revenues by subscriptions , the iplayer or by subscriptions, the iplayer or by taking advertising and it leads to a heavily regulate it media based around what the bbc needs and what is needed for a state

funded channel. and so yes i'm saying the licence fee has passed its sell by date it needs go. would you recommend that cancel their licence fees? no, because people must obey the law. i'm not in favour of the cancel the licence fee and not what the bbc. yeah there are so many different ways of watching recorded programmes now that you don't invariably need a licence fee . i certainly wouldn't pay fee. i certainly wouldn't pay a licence fee if you don't need and you don't know if you've got and you don't know if you've got a television , you have to have a television, you have to have it. you have to pay the licence fee. no, no, how can you fee. no, no, no. how can you prove your neighbour watching, the bbc? you don't to the the bbc? you don't have to the onus proof is always the onus of proof is always on the prosecution. you're innocent or guilty. you watch live television on a television. if i understand it correctly, and you can't use an iplayer that's right without a licence . but i right without a licence. but i think if you watch, you tube right and watch programmes that have been pre—recorded did on bbc one's , you don't need bbc one's, you don't need a licence and you can watch gb news. yeah. without a licence fee of course. i had several friends who cancelled that and i

think people will do that . do think people will do that. do you watch the bbc on conventional television ? conventional television? sometimes, yes, right . and just sometimes, yes, right. and just infuriate, but not as much as i did when i was a child . when you did when i was a child. when you only had four channels, actually, when i was a little child, you allowed three channels. and it's so i might watch it much less, but i still watch it much less, but i still watch things , like newsnight watch things, like newsnight saying i can't. i'm definitely going needle whistling where they write suspend lineker or not. i mean, i think lineker is a distraction. yeah. the overall picture of the licence fee , i picture of the licence fee, i think those of us broadly on the right have to be very, very careful about attacking people for freedom of speech. so i'm not fussed about what he says. i'm not fussed about his contract i'm fussed about the fact that the bbc is not an impartial broadcaster but is funded by all of us. and that's the fundamental issue. do think he was suspended on saturday as opposed to saying that he didn't want to turn up? i think they said you can't do you can't do your unless you make some form

of apology or commitment not to make such outlandish statements but then i say, why do we care? yes don't you dare. it's not as it were, a test match special. it if jonathan agnew was suspended now that would be. yes because you've lost a great man like , a brilliant. he tweeted like, a brilliant. he tweeted last week, if he had said those things that lineker said, he would have been suspended on the spot he's not the spot because he's not the household name . well, he should household name. well, he should be. in the crux of be. well, he's in the crux of the so the question, the issue. so the question, like, do we i think he's really pertinent , not just about pertinent, not just about whether cricket is more interesting, the football. but i mean, do people care in that at the moment people are struggling to pay their what do regardless of how you feel about illegal immigration, you can take a stand on what this story has become , this axis around which become, this axis around which all different issues can oscillate effectively. those people who want to safer routes for those who are seeking asylum. now see gary lineker as

the hero of their cause because he is , he said, i want to give he is, he said, i want to give a voice to the voiceless. but those people who do not want to see more safe routes for immigrants are saying that he is the devil and that he shouldn't be allowed to say so. everybody's projecting onto this story. yeah. oh that they feel strongly about . well, i see. strongly about. well, i see. i mean i don't think somebody as high profile as that should be allowed to use his profile in that way when he's paid £1.3 million, is the embodiment of million, he is the embodiment of the if he i mean, people the bbc. if he i mean, people think gary lineker, they think bbc, bbc impartiality that i think is absolutely true. and although a very fine although he had a very fine reputation when he was playing football , most of reputation football, most of his reputation now is through the bbc. i think that's absolutely he's that's absolutely fine. he's been match of the day been presenting match of the day for 30 years. i think in the whole of that years i've never watched, you know, me and that may not surprise both. so i may not surprise you both. so i think you're right his think you're right that his reputation is, a bbc reputation reputation is, a bbc reputation reputation , but i didn't reputation, but i didn't understand some way doesn't stand for parliament. i said exactly that last week. he was highly articulate that had

highly articulate that he had struggled with the pay. i imagine £84,000 here as opposed to 1.3 million. we bet taxpayers pay to 1.3 million. we bet taxpayers pay him and that's that all the other stuff as discovered other stuff as i've discovered you're allowed be a presenter other stuff as i've discovered you'a allowed be a presenter other stuff as i've discovered you'a member be a presenter other stuff as i've discovered you'a member of be a presenter other stuff as i've discovered you'a member of parliament.ter other stuff as i've discovered you'a member of parliament. so and a member of parliament. so he yes. do you . well, he carry on? yes. do you. well, i think he sleep at night, actually , because you actually, because i think, you know. even if the bbc wants know. oh, even if the bbc wants current news and game, give him some political documents, let him voice if that's he him have voice if that's what he wants send him over to wants to do, send him over to calais. do something this if calais. do something on this if you to keep him and you want to keep him onside and give that voice . i don't give him that voice. but i don't know. i don't know whether it's football. i don't believe that he's a loss to world of he's a loss to the world of football significantly in football significantly in football i don't football broadcasting. i don't know what think. know let us know what you think. gbviews@gbnews.uk some it's gbviews@gbnews.uk in some it's regarding tim davie , the regarding tim davie, the director general. this is going to look whichever way this is played, it looks like he's mishandled it because he has to people. i feel sorry for in this world. the director of the bbc and the archbishop of canterbury task, both of them have completely possible jobs running

organisations that do not want to be run and i think both of them do as good a job as anybody necessarily can. so always reluctant to have a go at either of them because would you take their job? well, tim davie of them because would you take theirjob? well, tim davie is an interesting character, isn't it? i mean, you might note you might know him a bit. i know him a bit. and he was from a corporate background and he was quite an unusual to the bbc, although he did as a conservative mp did stand as a conservative mp councillor. councillor many as conservative , but conservative councillor, but he's edgy. he doesn't like he's quite edgy. he doesn't like being pushed around, he doesn't like being what to do and like being told what to do and also he want to feel that also he won't want to feel that he's person gary he's the person telling gary lineker and can't lineker what he can and can't say i do think even say because i do think even though by no means though the bbc is by no means impartial, i think tim davis a believer in free speech, know. yes, i think he is. i think yes, i think he is. and i think he's been trying very hard to make bbc impartial, make the bbc more impartial, which because . the which is difficult because. the bbc party political. it just has a range of views . there's a sort a range of views. there's a sort of polite dinner party views that aren't held by most of the country outside islington and

talking of that, stop the boat, spill the boat is tonight at 10:00. prime minister is way in in california all timing to be away for such an important piece of legislation. it got huge tory majority labour vote against it. are you supporting it? and of course, yes, actually coming here taxi driver who brought me asked me if i was supporting here taxi driver who brought me asprobablyf i was supporting here taxi driver who brought me asprobably turnas supporting here taxi driver who brought me asprobably turn you |pporting here taxi driver who brought me asprobably turn you out rting here taxi driver who brought me asprobably turn you out if ng here taxi driver who brought me asprobably turn you out if you it probably turn you out if you say no. i said i said i was supporting it. and he went on to say, you couldn't understand. why? this fuss why? there was all this fuss about lineker's because about mr. lineker's view because everyone supporting everyone he knew was supporting the bill. and yes, it's essential that. finally did essential that. we finally did something promising something we'd been promising for time, but of course, for a long time, but of course, couldn't whilst we were couldn't do whilst we were inside. what european inside. and what if the european judges and say, can judges take us on and say, can we say we'll deal with we still say we'll deal with that but we're going to enforce this rule and fight the this this rule and fight the judges afterwards yes, can. judges afterwards? yes, we can. this really straightforward this is really straightforward it's what we did over it's exactly what we did over prisoner right that prisoner voting. right is that the judges against us in the judges found against us in strasbourg, but not, course strasbourg, but not, of course our domestic judges and our own domestic judges and strasbourg judgements do not have direct effect. it's not the european court of justice. when

we were in the eu the parliament then has to follow what those judges say if we refuse to do so . there is discussion between us and the court and the council of europe as to what is possible within the agreements that we have and with prisoner voting rights ultimately . they really rights ultimately. they really accepted that we could continue doing what we've done. yeah. do you think suella braverman is quite happy have this quite happy to have this attention on gary lineker opposed to the detail of the bill and whether it has got any chance of being passed ? it will chance of being passed? it will be passed. i mean, it will be passed through the house of commons, the passed a law to the house lords will get upset, house of lords will get upset, but ultimately people , the peers but ultimately people, the peers is not a great look when one of the major parties is threatening reform of the house of lords, the house of lords will back down in the end. if not, there's the parliament act. yeah, and that will bring it in before then. this was a manifesto commitment commitment commitment to the commitment that they hate brexit that the lords they hate brexit and they vote against anything

to with brexit. got a lot of lawyers in the house of lords don't like anything that tramples on fiefdom but ultimately the democratic house has to win. all right. that's jacob rees—mogg. what are you doing on your show tonight? what am i doing on my show tonight? it's too early to say. well, just follow. follow the lead of earlier all right? earlier programmes. all right? that's jacob rock now, that's jacob rock smoke. now, moving let's discuss the moving on. let's discuss the government's illegal government's new illegal migration face migration, which will face scrutiny people are scrutiny from. and people are going to be a vote tonight. gb news deputy political tom news deputy political editor tom harwood from college harwood joins us from college green westminster. it's green in westminster. tom it's going crushing big win going to be a crushing big win for in the lobbies for the tories in the lobbies tonight . for the tories in the lobbies tonight. undoubtedly it will be the conservatives after all. still a large majority in the house of commons, although it doesn't always feel like it's especially over the last few years. sometimes it's felt like it's more of a hung parliament, but no, clearly this this this first vote on this bill will pass tonight. however perhaps there will be more interest in

not the numbers by which it passes, but the interview rituals he vote against is already. we know that caroline nokes the, former immigration minister and now chair of the women and equalities committee, conservative mp, seemed to be on the left of the party. she has said that she will be voting against this bill. i have learnt over the weekend that we can expect an from theresa may on this piece of legislation as well making one of her not two commons speeches in the house of commons speeches in the house of commons chamber. that will be something to look out for. of course, has a big interest in modern slavery legislation, which is to some extent picked apart by this bill. so potentially what will be most interesting tonight is not whether not this first vote on this bill passes . it almost this bill passes. it almost certainly will, but more so what the voices of dissent sound like within the conservative. thank you so much, tom. tom down there

at college. great. now today is the first commonwealth day since majesty's passing and the first presided over by his majesty king charles. the third as king and head of the commonwealth both are going to be discussing that in just moment. and the that in just a moment. and the children of prince and children of prince harry and meghan they've not meghan markle, now, they've not been coronation, been invited to the coronation, according to reports. so the invitation sent to the duke and duchess of sussex not duchess of sussex did not mention . three year old archie mention. three year old archie or one year old lilibet , which or one year old lilibet, which is a bit awkward. gb news royal reporter cameron walker joins us now . cameron, what do we know now. cameron, what do we know more about this? i mean, perhaps one of those events where children like sometimes people have weddings, children just aren't invited . well, exactly. aren't invited. well, exactly. but you have to remember that prince, archie and lilibet are both the age of five. and we haven't really seen the wales's children under the age of five. a big official , formal events. a big official, formal events. and the prince louise at the jubilee pageant last summer is

anything to go by. perhaps they thought that they didn't appropriate for young appropriate for such young children at such a children to be at such a historic occasion of the of the coronation. but another event was obviously happening at westminster abbey today is the commonwealth service . as you commonwealth day service. as you said, it's the first time that the has head the the king has head the commonwealth is going and as monarch going to be in monarch is going to be in attendance, it was decided at the commonwealth heads of government meeting to and that he succeed his mother, the he would succeed his mother, the late queen elizabeth ii as head of the commonwealth, and he will deliver his from the deliver his message from the great pulpit of westminster abbey. now, this year's theme is forging a sustainable and common future . and of course, as we are future. and of course, as we are discussing than andrew, this is off the back and around the same time that, let's be frank with some frosty relationships between the king, buckingham palace and across the other of the atlantic, with his youngest son, the duke of sussex and of course, it's three years since the duke and duchess of sussex

is fine all parents as working of the royal family because it was the commonwealth day service in westminster in 2020 just behind me that there was a few frosty looks between senior members of the royal family. but the other big focus today is sustainability , and particularly sustainability, and particularly led action, because 60% of commonwealth citizens under the age of 30 and those 56 commonwealth nation . and so commonwealth nation. and so i would expect king charles speech to go on about climate change sustainability. are these senior members of the royal family who will be here today, the queen consort's the prince and princess the new duke princess of wales, the new duke and the duke duchess and duchess the duke and duchess of edinburgh , prince edward. of edinburgh, prince edward. of course, given that title and sophie by the king on his 59th birthday on friday, the princess royal and her husband vice—admiral sir tim lawrence will also be in attendance and they'll procession with the commonwealth flag for peace. there'll be musical performances by saxophone garlands of brown, the couple of western stars as

well 2000 strong congregation , well 2000 strong congregation, including athletes from england, scotland and northern islands who competed in the birmingham, the commonwealth games this yeah the commonwealth games this year. and of course senior politicians as well. we are expecting to be in attendance. but yes, again , seven on three but yes, again, seven on three we are expecting for the third time some anti monarchy time running some anti monarchy protests outside the abbey this afternoon organised by anti—monarchy group republic. so we'll have to wait and see if they are again completely outnumbered by prime monarchy supporters outside the abbey here this afternoon. but of course there's only a couple of months until the coronation it so i think this is one of the last time. so we'll see the king and queen consort in the abbey of the coronation. however to reports of reports the ballroom of buckingham palace, the largest room in the palace, and is massive , i can you, and massive, i can assure you, and has transformed into a mock has been transformed into a mock up westminster abbey . they can up westminster abbey. they can rehearse private ahead of the rehearse in private ahead of the big day in a couple of months time. right. that's cameron time. all right. that's cameron walker of walker, royal reporter, of course , the king is head of the

course, the king is head of the commonwealth. one reason, one reason was the queen's wish . reason it was the queen's wish. she at that commonwealth she did it at that commonwealth wmmw she did it at that commonwealth summit. what she wanted summit. she got what she wanted . also sorted out that committee who going be queen consort who was going be queen consort the commonwealth was hugely important today the important to her. and today the king making a speech it king is making a speech about it at abbey, whereas at westminster abbey, whereas before did recorded before she always did a recorded message. oh okay. and look, get some pictures, i imagine events and everyone looking very smart . so let's get the thoughts of david miller, the former chief secretary to the treasury, on the ongoing and gary lineker saga good morning, david. you saga. good morning, david. you have a fit in both camps sue you are a lifelong football fan and also of course your political expert area. and so what's your general take on this sorry tale 7 general take on this sorry tale ? yes. and i also used to present one of the programmes at the bbc had to scrap on saturday. so yes, i'm in it up to my neck. look i think the problem with gary lineker is that he has the opinions of a very left wing labour mp and. he

doesn't feel at all inhibited in express in them. and that's because the bbc have just given him the indulgence to do so and i think there are an awful lot of people now who feel that the bbc is congenitally hostile to the conservatives and are not prepared to tolerate this any . prepared to tolerate this any. however, they don't to have chosen the ground on to fight in a very, very cleverly . but i a very, very cleverly. but i think that the problem for lineker first of all and by the way i like him and in years gone by you see quite a lot of him and certainly when i was doing bbc stuff . so i'm nothing bbc stuff. so i'm nothing against gary the media, but he's intelligent and he has his opinions. but the problem for gary lineker is that become, as a lot of people , arrogant and a lot of people, arrogant and thinks, he's bigger than the game i mean, what i thought was utterly disgrace was the analogy with germany in the 1930s by bizarre currency . and i was

bizarre currency. and i was talking to a friend of mine was congratulating me on my birthday yesterday which you're fully entitled to do yourself and his . grandfather was one of the first victims of the before the war was declared in a concentration camp. and i thought i'd ask barry what he thought i'd ask barry what he thought of all this. and i thought, how can i really ask a man whose grandfather that he never knew? because he died in a concentration camp, what he thought of some ex—football as rubbishing nonsense comments about people who arrive uninvited from a safe country onto our beaches. i would have felt embarrassed and lineker should feel embarrassed because this was a lazy man's comment. obviously he's got his 50 billion support followers on on social. you can say what he likes . well, the bbc have got to likes. well, the bbc have got to show him that he can't say what he likes. but david, you were the first ever cabinet minister

for culture, media and sport. this would have been in your in—tray. if you were in the cabinet , would you saying cabinet now, would you be saying to today, the director to tim davie today, the director general, not back on general, do not let him back on air on saturday, which is what we expect to happen now. we widely expect to happen now. i wouldn't think that would be my role. but what i think look the bbc are playing the high stakes know i was once a brave man i'm not so brave now and i once took on mrs. thatcher when i was minister of broadcasting on four separate occasions, 20805 on four separate occasions, 2080s and early 90 use. and i took her on the subject of the bbc licence fee, which i thought was crucial for air quality broadcasting in this country. i don't feel that anymore because the circumstances have changed. there's really virtually nothing you can get on the bbc, you can't get somewhere else. so what tim davie has to worry aboutis what tim davie has to worry about is whether the bbc will be allowed to retain its licence fee if it appears to be congenitally biased against the

conservatives . jacob rees—mogg conservatives. jacob rees—mogg so i bet. jacob rees—mogg was saying to us just earlier, david, if you heard him, it's got to go to fee. well yes, i also heard him by the way, the only politician i have heard about for myself about 20 years ago, who knows what the european court of human rights is all about the court of human rights does not make decisions . it does not make decisions. it makes decisions that it's possible for the government to ignore and personally , i thought ignore and personally, i thought it was a valuable service that he he did to explain this when a lot of other assume that if the european court of human rights says things we have to buy the knee but we don't. so by you know i hope that what we're going to get now is a better informed conversation about all of this. what is absolutely certain is that lineker cannot talk government statements about

who wind up on our beaches having come from perfectly safe places, often exported by countries . albania, you know, we countries. albania, you know, we all have our exports. albania have got their exports, which is criminals drug in bulk with the trafficking of drugs and the idea that a government doing its duty, which by the way, has huge support from the british public to try and stop this export of all of these people via these landing craft . it really isn't landing craft. it really isn't possible , i think, for a bbc possible, i think, for a bbc presenter who is famous for his association with the bbc to say that's like the way the treated the jews. that just won't do and he's got to be stopped from doing that. and if the bbc can't stop him, i think the bbc is unworthy of the licence fee that

matters what i think anymore . matters what i think anymore. but i would certainly, if asked, say the licence fee should go because bbc do not understand the obligations they have . the obligations they have. discipline well—known presenters from making absurd comments. okay. i think we have to move on.the okay. i think we have to move on. the time is against us. david mellor. happy birthday for yesterday so the bbc and gary lineker talks are apparently moving in the right direction. should they think it's all over? is get stuck into that is it going get stuck into that in a moment. got

break very good morning. welcome to the point with me, bev turner and andrew pierce . well, let's and andrew pierce. well, let's get stuck into . breaking news get stuck into. breaking news this morning, save from disaster star. hsbc has stepped in to buy that british arm of the little known us bank. sbp sbp. this is going to be thousands of british jobs and even more businesses from going . they thought it was from going. they thought it was all over, but is it? gary lineker could be back on this saturday as bbc bosses race to end the mutiny at match of the day. but should the presenter be allowed to say what he thinks this morning? employees and tv stars have their right here. stars have their say right here. we get a resolution from we could get a resolution from the any minute now , and it the bbc any minute now, and it would be a u—turn, of course, putting lives at risk today. junior doctors have walked out. it's an historic three day strike. they've demanded a whopping, whopping 35% pay rise. guess what? the government says it's unaffordable . but this adds it's unaffordable. but this adds to the pressure on the

chancellor in days in just two days before his budget and tears cheers and an emotion support donkey and historic nights at the oscars in la everywhere are all swept the boards as brendan fraser made his return. we've got all the latest in the biggest night in la la land. good morning. should gary lineker be to present match of the day this week? because he's going to be. let me know what you think, gbviews@gbnews.uk is . the email, as always, lost to pat quinn. but first of all, here's your news with . tamsin here's your news with. tamsin bevan. here's your news with. tamsin bevan . q good morning. from the bevan. q good morning. from the gb newsroom, it's 10:03. gary gb newsroom, it's10:03. gary lineker is set to return to presenting match of the day this weekend amid ongoing talks with the bbc football was disrupted over the last two days as

punst over the last two days as pundits and commentators walked out in solidarity with the presenter after he the government's new asylum policy. in a statement, the bbc also announced it's launching an independent review into its social media guidelines with a particular focus on freelancers outside news and current affairs like former bbc executive and presenter roger bolton , gary presenter roger bolton, gary lineker should be trying to compromise . i want to watch compromise. i want to watch matches with gary lineker, 62. carry on, gary, please . yes, carry on, gary, please. yes, i do. i actually share a lot of his political views . but as he his political views. but as he goes involved in this, to in a he's got to say what is best for the bbc is best for the country, not just what is best for again and again. it's a very offer, but expect today a fudge and good for a fudge that necessary sometimes the chancellor and the bank of have secured the sale of the collapsed valley bank uk to the collapsed valley bank uk to the uk branch of silicon valley bank was put into insolvency

last night after the california based parent company had its assets seized by. us regulators on friday. jeremy hunt says the government worked urgently to look . the tech sector confirm look. the tech sector confirm all customer deposits would protected with no taxpayer support involved. more than 200 tech companies face cash flow risk with around two and a half billion pounds capital locked in the lender . jeremy hunt the lender. jeremy hunt confirmed all customer deposits would be protected . all those would be protected. all those really important companies that had deposit outs with silicon valley bank , uk can access their valley bank, uk can access their deposits can access banking services as of this morning? it's a very important outcome. no taxpayer's money has been used and i think as a result of a lot of hard work. but i also think it shows that the uk has great resilience in its financial system that we able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in situation like this

and protect a very important sector . shadow work and pensions sector. shadow work and pensions secretary jonathan ashworth told gb news the sale has benefited the whole country. it's important that we've seen this this arrangement this morning i mean a lot of our tech sector our sciences sector would have been severely impacted. i've actually had constituents get in touch with me who would have an impacted as well. so look, obviously , everybody will want obviously, everybody will want to the details carefully to look at the details carefully today , but this does seem like today, but this does seem like it has been an important intervention for would have been something have had serious economic consequences . many jobs economic consequences. many jobs and businesses in the uk . the and businesses in the uk. the prime minister has pledged £5 billion over two years to the armed forces. rishi sunak met with his australian counterpart , arts anthony albanese, in san ahead of unveiling a major new orca's defence pact between the uk , us and australia. plans to uk, us and australia. plans to be announced with the us president biden include supplying nuclear powered submarines to australia . it was

submarines to australia. it was signed by the three nations in 2021 to boost defences and counter threat to the indo—pacific . junior doctors are indo—pacific. junior doctors are mounting picket outside hospitals today , beginning three hospitals today, beginning three days of industrial action. the british medical says junior doctors in england have suffered . a 26% real terms cut to their pay . a 26% real terms cut to their pay since 2008. the union newly qualified medics , earn just over qualified medics, earn just over £14 an hour, which they say is less than a barista . a coffee less than a barista. a coffee shop.the less than a barista. a coffee shop. the health secretary, steve barclay, has called it incredibly disappointing. the union has declined to discuss pay union has declined to discuss pay on the condition strikes opposed . voting gets underway opposed. voting gets underway for nicola sturgeon and replacement as scotland's first minister later today. tens of thousands of snp members have two weeks to vote for their next party leader. three candidates are in the running with . kate are in the running with. kate forbes humza yousaf ash regan

all standing . ms. sturgeon quit all standing. ms. sturgeon quit last month after more than eight years in the role . police will years in the role. police will prioritise freedom of speech and non crime. hate incidents. it means police will only record so—called non crime hate incidents when it's absolutely necessary and not simply because someone is offended. the home secretary says draft guidelines will go before later . secretary says draft guidelines will go before later. everything everywhere, all at once swept the board at the 95th oscars awards ceremony last night. it won best film, best director , won best film, best director, best original screenplay , its best original screenplay, its leading lady, michelle yeoh , leading lady, michelle yeoh, took home the award for best. brendan fraser won best actor for. the whale . this is gb news for. the whale. this is gb news move for me shortly. now though, it's back to bev and andrew .

it's back to bev and andrew. well, breaking news as we thought that gary lineker is back this . the bbc have caved in back this. the bbc have caved in complete glee he'll be back on air after just weekend off offered the director tim davie says he's a value part of the bbc. we know how much the bbc to gary i look forward to in presenting our coverage this coming weekend. the fig leaf to cover their embarrassment . cover their embarrassment. launching review launching an independent review . social media with a particular emphasis on freelancers like charlie. how much the bbc means to gary lineker it means 1.35 million quid a year. that's what the bbc masego lineker i have to say though i think it's a triumph for free speech. i know that's a controversial thing to, say, in this building, but i don't want to live in a world where presenters are we here at gb news have a quite a liberal social policy to some social media policy to some degree not do to but degree but we not do to but we're not funded taxpayer we're not funded by the taxpayer to of £84 billion to the tune of £84 billion a yeah to the tune of £84 billion a year. if you've got a tv, pretty much you have to pay for the

licence fee used to. if you're over you get it free not over 75, you can get it free not a 75. but i would be very offended by what guy lineker said. if it is if said. but if it's if it is if this is the thing, what a joke we've got. we got to guess had of think we've got we've got of i think we've got we've got a guest here charlie beckett is joining now. professor joining us now. professor media and the london school and comms at the london school of good morning, of economics. good morning, charlie. good to charlie. good morning to you. good morning. have all good morning. so we have all this have all of this this so we have all of this noise. it's all the front page of the papers for days. and then the say he can come back on the bbc say he can come back on after missing one saturday and they're at their they're going to look at their social is this the right social media. is this the right outcome this ? i think it is, outcome for this? i think it is, actually. i mean , was predicting actually. i mean, was predicting this throughout the controversy, actually. but i thought was extraordinary that the bbc had stumbled into this controversy . stumbled into this controversy. and i think the good news for everybody really is, as you mentioned, that lineker is able to say what he feels . and the to say what he feels. and the bbc learned a valuable lesson, which is don't overreact when

you know right wing newspapers and right wing tory mps get cross about something that a freelancer has said and andrew's right about the fig leaf of this impartiality review or inquiry , impartiality review or inquiry, but it's also quite necessary because the rules just make sense, or at least the way that tim davie interpreted the rules just didn't make sense that, you know, somehow. gary lineker was going to be censored . i mean, going to be censored. i mean, he's a sports presenter talking about a general news issue on his social media. and yet other people have said other controversial things and didn't get silent is very important that people, the bbc, journalists , actually, that journalists, actually, that political journalists are seen to be impartial because that's what's different between them and gb news wonderful . he and gb news wonderful. he famously is very party zan and you know, as andrew we don't pay a licence fee . gb news so that's

a licence fee. gb news so that's all fair enough. but the bbc stands out from all the other stuff because it tries at least to represent all the views of all the people that pay that licence fee. you mentioned the licence fee. you mentioned the licence fee. you mentioned the licence fee . we had jacob licence fee. we had jacob rees—mogg on just a moment ago saying in his view, the licence fee has to go. this whole confirms why? because if the bbc's nothing isn't about impartiality, do see the days are numbered for the licence and should they be in session means the opposite. and i think andrew, quoting rees—mogg on the bbc is hilarious. he's probably the least impartial person i can think of, but he got to talking about journalism in general, let alone the bbc and i think it actually proves the opposite that however incompetent this episode has been , i think it episode has been, i think it shows that their intent organs aren't good, that they trying to be relatively objective in a in a very wicked world, where there are lots of partisan , lots of are lots of partisan, lots of conspiracy theories . i've

conspiracy theories. i've mentioned lots of misinformation out there. and the bbc at least trying . and if you go anywhere trying. and if you go anywhere else in the world you will be heanng else in the world you will be hearing people saying how much they wish that they had a kind of boring but broadcaster like bbc . i'm sort of boring but broadcaster like bbc. i'm sort of fascinated when we're talking about this issue and how the political left and the political right melds together in this particular conversation. because you've got the chair of the bbc, richard sharpe , who is a conservative, sharpe, who is a conservative, you've got the director—general of the bbc who literally stood as a conservative councillor. we've got gary lineker accused of being left wing and too not sporting suella braverman , but sporting suella braverman, but we've got the most left wing conservative government in living memory with a highest tax bill of 70. yes i can't see a true conservative amongst . a lot true conservative amongst. a lot of them, charlie. so is the left right distinction even relevant? doesit right distinction even relevant? does it help this conversation ? does it help this conversation? i think you're spot on and i think that's one of the problems

with this idea of impartial allotey, the old fashioned idea of impartiality was, look, i go drew on a part of to my get somebody from the left on the programme and then it was all sorted. but i don't think it works that anymore. works like that anymore. issues even uke works like that anymore. issues even like asylum and even an issue like asylum and refugees doesn't fall neatly into a left, right or even a conservative labour or party political spectrum, does it ? political spectrum, does it? it's much more confusing and therefore when we talk about impartiality , it's much harder impartiality, it's much harder impartiality, it's much harder impartiality never meant that you had to be balanced , neutral, you had to be balanced, neutral, all the time. it just meant that you had to try at least to reflect different views. so i'm not bothered that there's a tory who's the chairperson of the bbc we've had labour , but it's , it's we've had labour, but it's, it's how they act and i think what's compromised is the particular scandal around shop and him not entirely transparent about his mate boris and how he helped him get a loan that didn't.

mate boris and how he helped him get a loan that didn't . but the get a loan that didn't. but the fact that their political doesn't matter. i worked for the bbc for ten years and i was a member of a party. i'm sure you can guess which party. yes, i think again , i think you can think again, i think you can argue. yeah, but it didn't affect if it pushed me the other way. i strove all the time to counter my own biases, partly because it's much more interesting and it also makes for much more interesting journalism, much more libel journalism, much more libel journalism . and journalism, much more libel journalism .and i journalism, much more libel journalism . and i think people journalism. and i think people at the bbc at least try to do that. at the bbc at least try to do that . can i at the bbc at least try to do that. can i ask as well about gary lineker? i mean, in a sense, we shouldn't make about the individual, but he is such a big figure in a sense now this will make him almost on touchable . i don't think so . i touchable. i don't think so. i think that i think gary ashley i don't know but my sense he's a thoughtful person and i think he he realises that as spider—man would say, with great power comes great responsibility. i mean, bev mentioned how much he earns there , but he could earns there, but he could actually hand a lot more money

if he went to commercial channels. so i think he used the bbc and the authority that gives him actually, you know, and i think he realises he's got to balance that with a little bit more thoughtfulness about what he's says. well, he hasn't done that before . has he tell you that before. has he tell you there's been quite a lot there's been quite a lot of these texts and tweets in last or six and tweets in last five or six years. time he seems to years. and each time he seems to have been emboldened. i think this make him emboldened even more. say i doubt it more. well, let's say i doubt it to . be honest. i more. well, let's say i doubt it to. be honest. i think this one particular leak i mean i don't to get too much into the sort of godwin's law problem around you germany in the 1930s and comparisons with governments now i don't think it is particularly a good tactic , but what actually a good tactic, but what actually tweeted wasn't entirely wrong . i tweeted wasn't entirely wrong. i just think he has to ask himself was that the best way to express his sympathy with asylum seekers and it probably wasn't. no. okay charlie, thank you. professor charlie, thank you. professor charlie beckett there from the

london school of economic works. you know, it's interesting with with gary lineker being on that £1.35 million bbc salary , he £1.35 million bbc salary, he also probably makes that and more from his commercial deals. yeah, very good role in being a bbc character who is still allowed. yeah. and i just and alastair campbell who course was all over the media weekend alex but tony blair's former spin doctor about what an outrage it was he does a podcast and he produces that podcast gary lineker he's got a finger in so many pies. he's also a commentator, i think on bt sport. so why the bbc paying so much money that is beyond me. thatis much money that is beyond me. that is the most pertinent question. agreed. both. kevin, i know nothing football will do know nothing. football will do it for a 10 to 15. i will be terrible. okay. we also be terrible. okay. we could also be joined now by a former leeds united director, david hay, who can on his on this from can give us on his on this from a football side . good morning, a football side. good morning, david. thank you so much for joining us so what's your assessment of the situation ? assessment of the situation? gary lineker tweets something which people was which some people was inappropriate. thought he inappropriate. others thought he was speaking they wanted

was speaking what they wanted hear he has a week of football is on weekend of the bbc. is on this weekend of the bbc. they're to look social they're going to look social media policy. what else do we from it. i think. good morning britain. firstly i mess britain. firstly i what a mess i mean when i look this developing story from the human story from it from the human rights perspective first of all i agree with of what i do agree with some of what andrew some of what gary lineker said . but know, the question said. but you know, the question i had was why was it being played into an issue of human rights, freedom speech and left versus the right? it really, really me, certainly isn't really to me, certainly isn't that i leeds, we had that when i was at leeds, we had a very clear social media policy and that's nearly a ten, ten years now. and that policy years ago now. and that policy covered of people saying, covered issues of people saying, including players saying things social media do not appropriate. i there's one young, i remember there's one young, young was sitting on young player who was sitting on the a while, wasn't the bench for a while, wasn't very went onto his twitter very happy went onto his twitter and not being played, and said, i'm not being played, but i'm being paid. and but at least i'm being paid. and his you know, eventually his future, you know, eventually he left club. why was he left the club. so why was that something that was not properly place if indeed it properly in place if indeed it wasn't at time to prevent wasn't at the time to prevent this being blown up and? i

this from being blown up and? i think it's very concerning that if that in place you saw if that wasn't in place you saw an avalanche presenters an avalanche of presenters obviously gary obviously backing gary effectively holding the bbc hostage. so i mean i think you from the football perspective and from should have simply been and from should have simply been a of an employee or a a matter of an employee or a contractor performing . their contractor performing. their obugafions contractor performing. their obligations accordance with obligations in accordance with the not being the contract and it's not being flown this tape. you're flown into this tape. you're absolutely i the absolutely right. i mean, the bbc's say they're to bbc's say they're going to launch independent review launch an independent review into media into their social media guidelines . why did take this guidelines. why did it take this to do when gary has been to do when gary lineker has been breaching what tim davie clearly thinks this ? guidelines for thinks this? guidelines for years went back, we were years i went back, we were finding controversies involving india in 2016. this is i said at the beginning of the programme, it's just a fig leaf to cover the fact the bbc have the top the fact the bbc have at the top of hill like the grand old of the hill like the grand old duke york, they've marched duke of york, they've marched straight back down again. absolutely. i mean, absolutely. absolutely. i mean, why this dealt with why was this not dealt with before? sure there are before? i'm sure there are policies. we at the policies. we all work at the bbc. bbc on various bbc. i've with bbc on various programs panorama we programs like panorama we know about impartiality was about the impartiality why was this in the first place allowed to happen. why were other presenters and

presenters allowed to join and effectively a sports effectively hold a sports programme hostage? there's something that shouldn't shouldn't think happen shouldn't i don't think happen again it's is very, very again and it's is very, very worrying and it really isn't one about human rights. don't about human rights. i don't believe speech. it's the believe on free speech. it's the focus should football and focus should be on football and not the pundits . when you say not the pundits. when you say it's not about freedom of speech, how do you draw that conclusion ? david because what's conclusion? david because what's happenedis conclusion? david because what's happened is he was silent for saying that was saying something that was controversial and he's back. this is about freedom of speech. it almost doesn't, does it? what he said , like jacob rees—mogg at he said, like jacob rees—mogg at the start of the show, live in a world where we are free to express opinions even if people don't like it. well, i don't know. i mean, i wouldn't say i'm not there for the internal workings of the bbc, but i'm not sure that he's back there because they're defending values of he's back of freedom of speech. he's back there before or he calls it affectively and affectively walkout and a destruction of the sports programming. didn't programming. and they didn't know forward. so for know how to go forward. so for me, not know, it's not me, it's not you know, it's not an of free speech. an issue of free speech. nobody's to can't nobody's saying to him he can't say what he wants elsewhere. i think the problem that you've

got have with other got with as you have with other contractors that contractors is that on his twitter account, he's an twitter account, it say he's an employee the bbc or not or employee of the bbc or not or a contractor that little phrase that see, you know, that we all see, you know, opinions own i think that's opinions own and i think that's something bbc really did something the bbc really did fail because why is it fail on because why is it i think some of your presented said earlier on he's very much unked said earlier on he's very much linked with the bbc is rightly or wrongly in our minds and when you him something you you see him something it's you almost yourself that it's the bbc saying even though it isn't so that's probably all a mistake and that's of course david why his remarks get such a wide traction because he is the embodiment of the bbc been there so long he's part of fabric in the furniture . well, absolutely. the furniture. well, absolutely. i think the other thing one of the i think it was night at the weekend, mike made the comment about the consistency which the bbc to put in place their bbc needs to put in place their approach social media approach to social media activities presenters. activities by their presenters. if going to have approach if going to have this approach is have the is one, they need to have the same approach with same consistent approach with all otherwise that all the others. otherwise that then becomes unfair. you know, we've all presenters that we've all seen presenters that have positions in have lost their positions in various things various networks. the things said social media on

said in the social media or on air. now you've air. and obviously now you've got issue with got this issue with gary lineker, so there'll be lineker, so i'm sure there'll be some sitting at home somewhat feeling being very hard done by i'm amused by fact on match of the day match day audience this weekend, david was up half a million. was that just people cunous million. was that just people curious to see how good or bad it for that. lineker was it was for that. lineker was that people in thinking, that people tuned in thinking, good, going to do all good, we're not going to do all experts droning on and on. didn't michael say once didn't michael gove say once this secretary of state i'm fed up with experts are people fed up with experts are people fed up with experts ? well, i think i up with experts? well, i think i was of the ones that watched it and i had to watch it for a very look. there we are. we watch it to see how it go. and i think certainly from a football commentary flexes sometimes there that little bit too there is that little bit too much but it would have much so, but yeah, it would have been nice to some younger presenters opportunity presenters given the opportunity present, support of present, not with the support of gary perhaps to move those on that. that didn't happen. but i think more on the football less on the overpaid pundits think all we agree on that thank all right we agree on that thank you david. a former united leeds

united managing director david haye. united managing director david haye . we've got our national haye. we've got our national reporter ali costello outside broadcasting house this morning . hi, ali. so we've had this statement from the bbc just ago for people who are tuning in, what they say . yes lineker is what they say. yes lineker is set to our screens this weekend . it's after a deal has been made with the bbc after what has been a pretty bruising weekend for them. it must be said. been a pretty bruising weekend for them. it must be said . this for them. it must be said. this is a statement from director general davie who said gary , a general davie who said gary, a valued member of the bbc and i know how much the bbc means to gary i look forward to him presenting our coverage this coming weekend . he also coming weekend. he also announced that the bbc will be launching an in—depth review into its social media guidelines with a particular focus on freelancers, which is of course, what gary lineker is outside of news and current affairs. he continued to say, gary has

agreed to abide by this guidance whilst the independent review takes place. now gary lineker hasn't confirmed this himself . hasn't confirmed this himself. he has actually just been at tweeting in the past few, few minutes. he's been tweeting a thread on his personal twitter page. thread on his personal twitter page . i'm just going to share page. i'm just going to share that with you now. this is from gary lineker. in the last few minutes, he says after a surreal few that we have few days, i'm that we have navigated our way through this. he goes to on the support of bbc sport football team game . sport. football is a team game. their backing was overwhelming , their backing was overwhelming, he says. it presented sport on. the bbc for the past three decades and he's immeasurably proud to work for the bbc and he can't wait to get back the chair on match of the day on saturday. but he does continue to stand by his comments that he made last. he says a final thought however difficult the past few days have been. it simply doesn't compare to having to play your home from persecution or war, to seek

refuge in a land far away. it's heartwarming how warming to see the empathy towards that plight from so many . you remain from so many. you remain a country of predominantly tolerant, welcoming and generous people. thank so it does appear as though gary lineker , sticking as though gary lineker, sticking by his comments that he made last those comments. there is no snowball's into this over freedom of speech impartiality at the bbc as well but a deal has been made between the bbc and gary lineker and he will be returning to our screens this weekend. that sadly could start outside the bbc that he can't himself kind of he goes out and twitter. i well, i like it people me who support that stop the boats policy which will stop people dying in the channel stop people dying in the channel stop people fleeing to this country from country good france people from country good france people from albania. he's again that we're wicked racist that's i do think yes i think i do think you know he said in all honesty i

don't think he knows what he thinks about it. and the bottom line is his life is affected by it in any way, shape or file. we lived in a beautiful big house. he can take in these refugees and put me in the back where the chef will cook them a dinner. it doesn't really affect his life. i it is fascinating, i think it is fascinating, though, down though, that it's double down that. know that. he doesn't really know what about as they what he's talking about as they that's i to the that's what i said to the professor earlier. he is now untouchable. proved it untouchable. just proved it because say bbc, okay because he'll say to bbc, okay suspend again. just suspend me again. i've just repeated everything i've said. you i like i like a world you know, i like i like a world in which have a strong in which people have a strong opinions makes world opinions that makes the world a less vanilla. i say gloves less vanilla. so i say gloves off. you for the bbc, off. if you work for the bbc, tweet you like and we'll tweet what you like and we'll talk about it. and i'm talking of strong opinions, going be of strong opinions, going to be talking got talking to somebody who's got very about very strong opinion about commonwealth celebrations commonwealth day celebrations today. this today. there'll be protests this afternoon have one afternoon and we'll have one of the in the studio the organisers in the studio next.

well, if breaking the bbc, of course, have caved in and gary lineker will be back on match of

the day this weekend, he's still put out an email saying how pleased he's to be back at the bbc and he's doubled down by repeating all stuff that repeating all the stuff that caused all the offence about, the small boat in the the small boat spill in the first place. now to gary first place. for now to gary lineker we about lineker before, we talk about that that charles he's that limo that king charles he's going deliver his first going to deliver his first commonwealth day service as monarch. be protests monarch. there'll be protests against the amount of commonwealth countries that don't support same relationships. that's right. organisers are asking protesters gather at 1:30 pm. opposite western to abbey as 32 out of the 56 commonwealth member states crimson allies still criminalise same sex relations . criminalise same sex relations. what would you like to have with in—studio? the director of the peter tatchell foundation , peter peter tatchell foundation, peter tatchell conservative tatchell and conservative friends of the commonwealth, santosh to you, santosh sharma. peter to you, initially and i talked initially you and i talked about this many 34 what, 35 countries not allowing it criminalising homosexuality in barbados. you go to prison for if you're gay it's 32 out of 56 commonwealth member states criminalise same

sex relations seven have life imprisonment seven yeah right across the commonwealth there is mob violence , murder of lgbt mob violence, murder of lgbt people and it happens with virtually impunity . the virtually impunity. the commonwealth secretary—general , commonwealth secretary—general, baroness scotland has failed to speak , she's failed to defend speak, she's failed to defend the lgbt community and. i think she's unfit to hold that post, should resign. and in the maldives you can be subjected either to in prison banishment for a year or 30 lashes of the whip being gay. i'm a gay guy. you're a gay guy. pretty scary, isn't it? and it isn't just lgbt rights right across the board. the commonwealth among the worst countries in the world, not only worse, but among the worst countries in the world in terms of human rights violations, including suppression of the right to strike, peaceful protest, freedom of the press freedom of assembly, freedom of association. all these things are violated . a majority of are violated. a majority of commonwealth countries . so let commonwealth countries. so let me bring you in. is it your job me bring you in. is it yourjob to tell these commonwealth countries what they should and shouldn't do with their

legislation ? homosexuality? legislation? homosexuality? i don't is i completely don't think it is i completely agree with everything said agree with everything peter said in his comments and in terms of his comments and these countries be doing better. but i don't think is britain is place to sit there and decide for other countries on their domestic . for other countries on their domestic. but for other countries on their domestic . but what about where domestic. but what about where he's king? i still don't the sovereign countries all these 56 countries have chosen time passing for the king to be speaking today to, an organisation he's head of organisation where he's head of state. some of those state. in some of those countries can be banged in countries you can be banged in prison for being gay. look, i it's wrong that they shouldn't that the that shouldn't part of the legislation but i we have to go away the away off doing criticism of the commonwealth. about commonwealth. we talk about colonialism glorifying colonialism it's glorifying colonialism. i think colonialism it's glorifying colonialism. ithink a colonialism it's glorifying colonialism. i think a very colonialism. i think is a very colonialism. i think is a very colonial way of thinking to enforce our british values. these countries, i these these countries, i want these countries to the right countries to come to the right decision, believe in not decision, which i believe in not having these some of these ridiculous bills that seeing some of these violations in human rights. but they've got to do their own accord. if we do it on their own accord. if we go territory of we're go down this territory of we're not to be around not we don't want to be around countries are different to us then we have very few allies. peter, don't we have

peter, don't don't we have a son? i saying we don't son? i was saying we don't necessarily a right tell necessarily have a right to tell them and don't have them what to do and don't have more chance of change. these very outdated fashioned barbaric rules in these countries if they remain within the commonwealth. well, of course, absolutely right right to tell right. we have no right to tell them what to do. but we have got them what to do. but we have got the right to say is all these member states have signed up to the commonwealth charter, which guarantees equal and non—discrimination every citizen so their violating what they've signed what we're saying is honour your obligation . and in honour your obligation. and in countries like uganda , for countries like uganda, for example, the anti—gay laws there are against article 21 of the agenda's own constitution , which agenda's own constitution, which again prohibits discrimination . again prohibits discrimination. peter, you and i are old enough to remember robin cook in that first tony blair government. remember, they had something called an ethical foreign policy and very long. and it didn't last very long. but what about sending arms to countries? he he would countries? he said he would tackle commonwealth countries , tackle commonwealth countries, which refused to legalise same sex relationships . here we are sex relationships. here we are

30, nearly years later. absolutely and even more shocking in the six decades the commonwealth has existed. the biennial commonwealth heads of government meeting has refused every single to even discuss lgbt rights. said it's so disgusting and vile we're not going to even allow it on the agenda.so going to even allow it on the agenda. so this is extremely homophobic organisation. are some good members in it like there are? some commonwealth countries like botswana which have recently decriminalised homosexuality. and sri homosexuality. singapore and sri lanka . so there is lanka are about. so there is progress . but there's hardline progress. but there's hardline countries like ghana and uganda , which are now proposing to increase their anti—gay laws by outlawing gay equality that will become a crime punishable by ten years imprisonment, membership of an lgbt organisation, ten years in jail. and so on and so on and so on. it is getting worse in some countries and we don't be dictating what to do. we should be appealing to those countries to honour the commonwealth charter, which they've signed . sunil obviously

they've signed. sunil obviously as said, this is the first commonwealth day for king charles. maybe i'm being optimistic here. maybe he's just tax hinckley easing himself into this role and will then as we know, he doesn't like he doesn't mind away some mind shying away from some political issues. at some point he start to put more he will start to put more pressure on countries. i pressure on these countries. i think will. i think think he will. i think the reality for lot of these reality is for a lot of these commonwealth countries, they're going modernise going to have to modernise if they more included in they want to be more included in a inclusive world, a much more inclusive world, they're going to have to modernise their modernise and it's in their interests if want to have interests if they want to have longer with better longer ties with us, better relationships, trade, relationships, better trade, all these sort of things in their interest abide by some very interest to abide by some very bafic interest to abide by some very basic principles in this basic principles that we in this country believe in. don't country believe in. i just don't think to us to make think it's up to us to make these decisions . we have these decisions. we have to allow countries come to allow these countries to come to allow these countries to come to a their own right. a decision in their own right. and go down a very and i think we go down a very dangerous and start dangerous and we start protesting or face these countries in a very complicated world which already have in world which we already have in terms russia. have terms of russia. china will have very left. we go down very few allies left. we go down this really sad we got this really, really sad we got to it that santosh to leave it there that santosh osama the legend osama peter tatchell the legend thatis

osama peter tatchell the legend that is peter tatchell. still to come, the chance that jeremy hunt a serious hunt has warned of a serious risk top british risk to top british that was following shock following the shock therapy major government has major us bank. government has stepped bought it. stepped in. hsbc bought it. that's going to say thousands and of jobs . let's and thousands of jobs. let's find all about that after find out all about that after your with . tamsin beth, your news with. tamsin beth, thank you. are the headlines at 1036 tv presenter guaranteed go says he's delighted after securing an agreement with the bbc, which will his return to match of the day this weekend. it's after he was taken over a tweet on the government's migration bill. the bbc director general tim davie has apologised and says lineker will abide by the editorial guideline lines until a review of the corporation social media policy is complete . the chancellor and is complete. the chancellor and the bank england have secured the bank england have secured the sale of the collapsed silicon valley bank uk to hsbc. the uk branch was put into insolvency night after the

california based parent company had its assets seized by us regulators friday. jeremy hunt says the government worked urgently to look after the tech sector , confirming all customers sector, confirming all customers deposit would be protected and. no taxpayer support involved . no taxpayer support involved. the prime minister has pledged £5 billion over two years to the armed forces . rishi sunak met armed forces. rishi sunak met with his australian counterpart in san diego of unveiling a major new orca's defence pact between the uk us and australia. plans to be announced with the us president joe biden include supplying nuclear powered submarines to. it was signed by the three nations in 2021 to boost defences and counter china's threat in the indo—pacific region . junior indo—pacific region. junior doctors are mounting picket outside hospitals today , outside hospitals today, beginning three days of industrial action. the british medical association says junior in england have suffered a 26%

real terms cut to pay since 2008. the union says newly qualified medics earn just over £14 an hour, which is less than a barista in a coffee shop. the health secretary, steve barclay, has called it incredibly disappointing. the union declined to discuss pay on the condition. strikes are paused . condition. strikes are paused. tv online and dvd radio. this is gb news. now back to the andrew . we will get to your views on gary lineker. you've been in touch, so it's been such a busy show in. a few moments. we're also going to be speaking to the author of planet mitch firestone of news this of the breaking news this morning hsbc buying morning about how hsbc buying silicon uk. see you

in two. very good morning. it's 1041. very good morning. it's1041. this is the point on gb news, me, bev turner and andrew pierce

. well, silicon valley bank, uk has been sold to hsbc in a private. the chancellor jeremy hunt is all over the airwaves this morning. if that bank had gone under, it could have had very, very repercussions. more than 200 companies face cash flow issues with around two and a half billion pounds tied up that bank. so to go through of this major story, if weren't talking about gary lineker today, this is what will be discussing is the ultra planet ponzl discussing is the ultra planet ponzi. firestein morning ponzi. mitch firestein morning mitch. thank you so much for coming in. nobody in coming in. nobody this topic in more than you and can let more detail than you and can let british viewers know why this may be relevant to us. i think it was at least six months ago, you was here in the studio you and i was here in the studio and was going to and you said this was going to happen. well, absolutely. and thanks today. thanks for having me here today. and i hope i can shed a light on this. i think this is epic regulatory leadership failure because by because we were promised by janet yellen , who is the head of janet yellen, who is the head of the reserve and her the federal reserve and her reckless us to the point reckless got us to the point where have 20% inflation where we have 20% inflation globally with unlimited globally now with unlimited bailouts and money printing . and bailouts and money printing. and that's what i wrote my book

about that this eventually about that this would eventually happen and a crisis would eventually happen because we didn't really fix the systemic banking problems from banking issues and problems from the great financial crisis . the great financial crisis. silicon valley bank . we were a silicon valley bank. we were a depositor in, a joint investment that we had in silicon valley . that we had in silicon valley. and in 2008 i realised that was not a very good institution . and not a very good institution. and was it taxpayer investment or was it taxpayer investment or was it taxpayer investment or was it private money from private money? private money, private money? private money, private money. but all the silicon this is this is what i'm going to get at the silicon valley bank is the woke bank. so you either go and get you either go woke and get broke, which is what's happened or, you know, you play that little. so everybody with the law firms and the oligarchs of silicon valley who enjoy oh, by the way , censorship, if they the way, censorship, if they don't like if you're not in their inner circle like. i was shadow banned on twitter kicked off linkedin because have you know i tell the truth and that's not really allowed in today's set i think that we're seeing 180 degree turn. but to go back

to valley bank, the story the issue that i is that the people that were running the didn't understand issues , didn't understand issues, didn't understand issues, didn't understand risk and risk management which is one of the things i've done for my 40 plus years in international finance and banking and. i was concerned about that, that it would look like a train wreck because. the first thing that you should do is be able to manage risk. now what you're hearing in the in the public sector, they're saying, no, public funds saying, oh, no, public funds were if you notice, were used. but if you notice, those be weasel because those could be weasel because the didn't say, oh, the government didn't say, oh, well, we're not guaranteeing and backstop loans. backstop in the bad loans. you're not hearing that, are you? so i would question i want to every last i dotted and to see every last i dotted and t crossed because the devil is in the detail as it always is , the detail as it always is, we're still majority shareholder of natwest right now . now, well, of natwest right now. now, well, i argue in my book a ponzi is, you know, if you're too big to fail jail or bail, you're too big to exist. no moral hazard.

and all this was caused by janet yellen, who was head of the federal reserve that got promote it upwards to run the treasury . it upwards to run the treasury. and they came in with a bailout on sunday and they it's not going to be taxpayer funds, but i would strongly doubt that if there wasn't a bailout though, how would that have impacted companies operating in britain in the tech sector, which is one of great apparent british of the great apparent british success stories. yeah, but that's that's a parent that's that's right a parent success but is it success story. but is it a success story. but is it a success story. but is it a success story because have success story because we have jobs are zombie that jobs and these are zombie that make zero profits and never will make zero profits and never will make profit and silicon valley make a profit and silicon valley bank of the executives lent bank bank of the executives lent billions of dollars to these companies are not profitable so why we going to be on the hook if they don't make it great? we're going to be paying like the peep scandal for what, billions the train billions of dollars? the train to nowhere hs2 that now is delayed till 2050. and it's not going to happen but they have you know what we now in the world and it's a crazy place you know you've to be woke or know you've got to be woke or you get cancelled there's you get cancelled and there's

spending of spending inordinate amount of tax dollars on things we don't get any benefit from . so it's get any benefit from. so it's really not not good. and you know, this topic needs to be explored more than just ten or 12. okay, let's let's let's just watch this, mitch. this labour leader keir starmer talking a little earlier about the importance tech companies in a growing economy . what people growing economy. what people here would say what people across the country would say is we've pretty now for 13 we've been pretty now for 13 years, companies like this years, but companies like this have ambition. communities have real ambition. communities have real ambition. communities have real ambition. and that's we've said an incoming labour government would have the highest sustained growth in the g7 . that's highest sustained growth in the g7. that's real ambition and so our message today to the government for the budget is match the ambition of the british people back to the ambition of an incoming labour government. why is it relevant to british people now, mitch would be worried about funds in banks what happens that correct the is it's not up to the government to pick winners and losers . capitalism without losers. capitalism without bankruptcy is like catholicism

without hell so basically you know if on your own now the taxpayers going to end up picking up a tab. we have the worst cost of living crisis going on. and this is a big diversion like is a diversion away from what's going on to each person's can't afford its heat or eat , each person's can't afford its heat or eat, but they don't want to talk about that . they're to talk about that. so they're going up every type going to come up with every type of and divert, deflect of diversion and divert, deflect and d policies and and deceive the d policies and the politician does need to be held to account. we need leadership we need guidance. leadership up. we need guidance. we economy back we need to get our economy back on not supporting on track, not by supporting zombie companies that don't zombie tech companies that don't and never will make a profit. that's the government's role that's not the government's role or job. that's not the government's role orjob. so what is more , if you orjob. so what is more, if you were writing the budget then for wednesday, you to see wednesday, what would you to see in that message to help british people? i would like people? well, what i would like to is i would like to see to see is i would like to see the fiscal profligacy end and i would like to see things that will actually increase are the every the entire country's like levelling . i'd like to see some levelling. i'd like to see some of the promises kept were not kept in the 2019 agenda. i'm not

political . look, i don't care political. look, i don't care i mean i'm buy and sell things and i look to do is make things fairer for everyone. and i think that that's what everybody needs to do. all right. that's mitch first, how you pronounce that . first, how you pronounce that. firestar is a great name , author firestar is a great name, author of planet ponzi . thank you so of planet ponzi. thank you so much for joining of planet ponzi. thank you so much forjoining us. well, let's read texts and emails it. lineker of course, martin says he doesn't have to wait three weeks for doctors. employment doesn't two years doesn't have to wait two years to an operation. to have an operation. immigration doesn't affect the likes happy abuse likes of lineker. happy to abuse his position us we his position to tell us we should more people in. yeah, should let more people in. yeah, that's right. and deficit. can someone please why the bbc are someone please why the bbc are so get back when the so to get lineker back when the viewing figures went up by 500,000 on saturday night's match of the day without michael says let's just face lineker is laughing at us all because he's managed to hang on to his taxpayers completely humiliating by the director—general bbc. my view, mark says great news for our national security defence spending shame that it's 20 years too late. we're talking

about defence spending. the government says our security is a tie top priority. but if that was the case, why don't they stop the boats, invade our shores lineker is trending shores now lineker is trending on twitter, as you would expect , and his son george tweeted yesterday to say, i'm proud the old man, after a busy few days, it shouldn't need to apologise . it shouldn't need to apologise. being a good person and standing by his word. the reaction from the public has been overwhelming. thanks the support. well go straight to our papen support. well go straight to our paper. obviously we've got in studio nigel nelson doyenne of the sunday mirror patel, doyen of the daily my life and my best mate my is a bit high well i feel like i'm much taller everyone else. so be careful because to do that you're going to sink to the floor. learned that lesson. we talking last night at the phone lineker we didn't know if you'd be reinstated today. quick as that. what think? i'm just what do you think? i'm just amazed. that, first of amazed. the thing that, first of all, every single newspaper for all, every single newspaper for a now has had lineker on a week now has had lineker on the front page . yeah. and then the front page. yeah. and then today hear that even the new

today we hear that even the new york times , which of course, york times, which is, of course, we completely left we know completely left organisation, had it on organisation, they had it on their front page. the second splash. amazing saying that he is basically that he's humiliate it the bbc and frankly i agree with that i get though the left right play in this nigel because l, right play in this nigel because i, i don't see it through that prism and it's a much i mean the whole thing is that what has happened today would seem like we get the details is that finally sense does actually come into play if only the bbc had treated this way on friday rather than wreck the entire sports coverage of the of the it was not rick doing 500,000 on saturday night it was better without it was banter we watched it you know i watched it on night. i watched harry scored two goals. do you normally watch it or did you always do you tottenham phenomenon huge football fan . i was i watch football fan. i was i watch harry scores penalty and the goal and son scored goal which

kept us in top four and i loved that i felt like i was actually at the ground because i didn't have all these idiots in my ear and i could hear the crowd i could hear the sound that it was fabulous. why didn't they wait for another week, nigel, and see if the figures stayed the same? they could say the pay was with these entitled celebrities flouting the programme that was was the biggest controversy we've had in television for ages. so of course, people tune in to see how they're dealing with that . i mean, the idea that with that. i mean, the idea that you can actually do without any commentators was a terrible idea. i'm sorry. i thought you might. yeah so, i mean, what the bbc have done now, we seem to have got to an accommodation which they should have got on friday and let's hope this whole thing is over. i mean, when think about it, a 35 word tweet, which is dominated the news for the last six days is pretty silly well, it's deeply

offensive , especially to the offensive, especially to the jewish community and i think it was a very, very serious breach. what i find much more interesting now is the stories moving on is dog his rescue dog called ariel dog named after i it's named on the front page of i see that lovely dog it's a husky a husky. he i see that lovely dog it's a husky a husky . he rescued it i see that lovely dog it's a husky a husky. he rescued it in la . as he only would . but what l.a. as he only would. but what i don't get is why there's so much attention given to rescue dogs. okay, so what it's a dog that someone rescued . you've got that someone rescued. you've got to rescue cats. i've always had rescue cats. and nigel, i believe . you even got one of believe. you even got one of which just wandered in so i can rescue. i never mention, but that's as close as he'll ever to someone who's been rescued his his opinions on regard us of whether we agree with them or not. it doesn't affect his life in any way . what he did to take in any way. what he did to take it. but he's got quite a big

property and he's probably got about nine for all i know for my i think i think gary lineker absolutely rubbish. i think the amount of money he's paid you know as a sports fan for his contribution to my enjoyment of the game is bevan i iq offering to stand in for him is huge money was realised yesterday that i yeah i do but i do like the fact that we live in a world where you can say what you think even if it is on the taxpayer channel but what the fact in his statement today that he's twisted the knife i'm so to be spared a company by the can i just repeat it's what this government is doing to people trying to cross the channel. he's human and you any asylum seekers refugees is utterly humiliated. the bbc and proved them should be what they are. bunch spineless, weak willed, spineless lefties. but the point seems to have arrived at is it can save that. if you talk about policy being appalling. i mean what he actually described it as

was cruel, which hit vulnerable people. that strikes me as fair comment leave the bit that completely wrong was turning around and saying the language being used is like 1930s german exceptional. i mean not just germany but a master race about other races being inferior . so other races being inferior. so it had no comparison with that how do you stuck to the fair comment bet and that's what i'm guessing the bbc are coming up with with their new social media guidance that will be within the rules. there was this little story in the paper about other eu countries are looking potentially at present processing seekers offshore similar to british policy , isn't similar to british policy, isn't it? i know what we should be. i mean, we should be processing abroad. we shouldn't actually have a rule whereby asylum seekers have to be in this country to asylum because if you were able to do it elsewhere, that would the draw of crossing the channel. absolutely okay. moving on, junior doctors could earn more serving coffee at pret

, say, their union junior leaders have launched an advertising campaign of a strike over pay, saying that its staff could earn more money serving coffee at pret , which i doubt coffee at pret, which i doubt which i very much doubt. i don't know why they chose pret perhaps they pay more than any particular coffee chain. i don't know they chose that one, know why they chose that one, but asking for this but should they asking for this much a increase? amanda much of a pay increase? amanda jordan no, it's too much. i do think that doctors are, when you look at figures , they are look at the figures, they are pretty paid. but my new pretty poorly paid. but my new fan friend rob who actually works here and used to be what are they called as coffee maker people there is yeah . not to be people there is yeah. not to be confused with the rest. yeah okay that that's important . okay that that's important. okay. he says to very nice teas . he said that if you are lucky as a full time barista the poorest barista , you'd be taking poorest barista, you'd be taking home 20 k yeah. you need to start in about 32. k yeah, and i don't that's enough. it's a really ugly it's a bit like with the gary lineker story you should be very what you say

about that. you on the way here and i was aware of this story and i was aware of this story and i was aware of this story and i popped in on way in and said can you i ask any of you, do any of you earn 30 to £33000 a year? they looked at me, no, no, no. i don't want to say. yeah, are you mad? they wouldn't tell me what they are. but i think this union as usual, your mates unions exaggerate. mates in the unions exaggerate. well, done well, what they've done is they've the absolute they've taken the absolute lowest for a trainee for. lowest pay for a trainee for. for a trainee doctor. i mean junior doctors go all way up junior doctors go all the way up to consultant to consultants. i mean, registrar who'll be mean, a registrar who'll be earning, 58 year is earning, say, 58 grand a year is actually a junior doctor. the problem they've got here is that they make a claim that you can defend as but not realistic . you defend as but not realistic. you can't go round with a for 35% in the way that nurses couldn't have claimed 19% realistically which is a you have that situation where the salaries for the junior doctors does not include i'm i'm double bubble for working overtime i'm double double working weekends their

salaries are much higher than that and within a few years they usually on about 80 k and then they make the really big money and we pay training them for them to go and live in australia. yeah and i would, i would write into their contract that they have to stay, they have to stay for years at least after they've turned 18 years. oh they have repay some oh they have to repay some training and i'm training money. and i'm just really that is really worried that the nhs is in the final death throes of its existence, but i think it probably is mean that's that's the with needs the danger with the nhs needs urgent and root and branch if it's going to survive but not more money. no more money. the necessarily about money you know is about reforming the system. it's will come into it but it's not about more as a funding for me not it's the structure that was in place in 1948 cannot be the same now . we live in. oh the same now. we live in. oh yeah. okay. well thank you both. amanda, you're going to be back later the program and i'll think about it. we won't get back. everyone's be back. i'm coming back. always want back, back. i always want you back,

amanda. your child amanda. now is your child a mixed very gender fluid muffin mixed, very gender fluid muffin ? i didn't think so. mixed, very gender fluid muffin ? i didn't think so . you're ? i didn't think so. you're going to need to stay tuned to work out what that is all about. it's about gender, ideology. surprise, you in 2

very good morning. welcome back to the point with me, bafta and andrew . well, he's back. it andrew. well, he's back. it didn't last , andrew. well, he's back. it didn't last, did it? gary lineker back doing of the day on saturday. in my view , completely saturday. in my view, completely humiliation by climbdown by the bbc , which is going to review bbc, which is going to review what freelance sources like gary lineker can say , social media lineker can say, social media and tv stars will have their say right here and putting lives at risk today judy , a doctors risk today judy, a doctors walkout in an historic three day strike. they've demanded an enormous 35% pay rise. the government says it is completely unaffordable . but there's unaffordable. but there's pressure on the chancellor as a week. walkouts begin just days before the midweek budget .

before the midweek budget. cheers, cheers and even emotional support. don't care at big at the oscars in la. everywhere all have watched it to be honest sweeps board as brendan fraser makes his hollywood return we've got all gossip from the biggest night in la la land . and if you're just la la land. and if you're just tuning in where have you been? you've missed a lot of action. we've still got more to come, though, this morning. send us your views. gb views at gb news dot uk. but first of all, here is the latest news with tamsin roberts . beth, thank . good roberts. beth, thank. good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 11:02. tv presenter gary it's11:02. tv presenter gary lineker says he's delighted securing an agreement with the bbc's which will see him return to match of the day this weekend . it's after he was taken off over a tweet on the government's illegal migration bill. the bbc

director general, tim davie has apologised and says lineker will abide by the editorial guidelines until a review of the corporation's media policy is complete . earlier. labour leader complete. earlier. labour leader sir keir said the spotlight really to be on the bbc's chairman . i think richard chairman. i think richard sharp's position is increasingly untenable. obviously but a process going on. but think most people watching the complete mess of last few days would say how on earth is he still in position ? and gary lineker has position? and gary lineker has been taken off air. this is a mess of the bbc's own making . mess of the bbc's own making. the chancellor and the bank of england have secured the sale of collapsed silicon valley bank uk to hsbc. the branch was put into insolvency last night after the californian based parent company had its assets seized by us regulators . on friday, jeremy regulators. on friday, jeremy hunt says the government had worked urgently to look after the tech sector . more than 200

the tech sector. more than 200 companies were facing risks to cash flow before the. with around two and a half billion pounds capital locked in the lender all those really important companies that had deposits with silicon valley bank uk can access their deposit can access normal banking services. as of this morning . services. as of this morning. it's a very important outcome. no taxpayers money has been used and i think it's a result of a lot of hard. but i also think it that the uk has great resilience , its financial system that we're able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in a situation like this and protect a very important sector. shadow work and pensions secretary , work and pensions secretary, jonathan ashworth told gb news sale has helped the whole country . it's an important we've country. it's an important we've seen this this arrangement this morning i mean a lot of our tech sector our life sciences sector would have been severely impacted. i actually have constituent it's got in touch

with me. who would have impacted as no obviously as well so no obviously everybody will want to look at the very carefully today the details very carefully today but this does seem like it has been an important invention for what would have been so something which have had serious economic for many jobs and businesses in the uk . the prime businesses in the uk. the prime minister has pledged billion pounds over two years to the armed forces . rishi sunak met armed forces. rishi sunak met with his australian counterpart anthony albanese in san diego ahead of unveiling major new orca's defence pact between the uk us and australia. plans be announced with president joe biden include supplying nuclear powered submarines to australia . it was signed by the three nafionsin . it was signed by the three nations in 2021 to boost defences and counter china's threat in the indo pacific region . junior doctors are region. junior doctors are mounting picket lines outside hospitals , beginning three days hospitals, beginning three days of industrial action . the of industrial action. the british medical association's says junior doctors in england

have suffered a 26% real terms cut to their pay since . 2008, cut to their pay since. 2008, the union says newly qualified medics earn just over £14 an houn medics earn just over £14 an hour, which is less than a barista in a coffee shop. the health secretary, steve barclay , has called it incredibly disappointing . the union has disappointing. the union has declined to discuss pay on the condition are paused . voting condition are paused. voting underway for nicola sturgeon's replacement as scotland's first minister later today. replacement as scotland's first minister later today . tens of minister later today. tens of thousands of members have two weeks to vote for their next party leader. three candidates are in the running with kate forbes humza yousaf and ash regan all standing . ms. sturgeon regan all standing. ms. sturgeon quit last month , more than eight quit last month, more than eight years in the role . police will years in the role. police will prioritise freedom of speech and non crime hate incidents . it non crime hate incidents. it means they'll only record so—called non crime hate incidents when it's absolutely necessary and not simply because someone is offended. the home

secretary says the draft guidelines go before parliament later . britain set to be hit by later. britain set to be hit by further wintry blast today with . 51 flood alerts in place across the uk. the met office has issued a yellow for strong winds. also across parts of england and wales with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour forecast and travel disruption expected at lost in scotland yellow for snow and ice are in until tomorrow morning . but tomorrow morning. but temperatures have plunged to minus eighteen over the weekend weekend . everything everywhere, weekend. everything everywhere, all at once swept the board at the 95th oscars awards ceremony last night . the 95th oscars awards ceremony last night. it won best film, best director and best original screenplay. leading lady michelle yeoh took home the award for best actress . award for best actress. elsewhere, brendan fraser won best actor for the whale . this best actor for the whale. this is gb news. more for me shortly now though. it's back to back. and andrew .

and andrew. well guess what? big surprise . well guess what? big surprise. the bbc, they've rolled over . of the bbc, they've rolled over. of course they have. they've reinstated gary lineker. he'll be back air on matchday this can though on saturday viewing figures are up by half a million without the previous least pampered, overpaid presenter . without the previous least pampered, overpaid presenter. is this a triumph for free speech? let me gbviews@gbnews.uk. saturday's coverage was course heavily disrupted after presenters and commentators pulled out in with the host of the match day programme on saturday ran highlights but only 20 minutes. and he's tweeted of gary lineker saying how thrilled is to be back. and then , of is to be back. and then, of course, he's twisted the knife by saying by repeating all his old offence stuff about the government's very , in my view. government's very, in my view. stop the boats policy , he said. stop the boats policy, he said. i'd like to thank tim davie for his understanding during this difficult period. he has an

almost impossible job keeping . almost impossible job keeping. everybody happy, particularly in the area . impartiality. i am the area. impartiality. i am delighted that we will continue to fight the good fight together. yeah right. we see this interesting , isn't it? this interesting, isn't it? because what he is saying there is that statement about immigration , you know, all of immigration, you know, all of his allies, all of his team. it's always co—presenter. he basically said, oh, we stand by him. i just i'm not sure what that was standing up for. and i say probably know, but probably just told another, oh, just i know i told another, oh, you know what were they standing up was it free speech or up for? was it free speech or was immigration? they was it pro immigration? they probably don't know them. you. no, know. a fact is a lot no, i know. and a fact is a lot of people that in majority every poll we've seen has suggested the overwhelming support for the stop boats because he stop the boats boats because he cannot go on 45,000 a year people dying at coming here illegally coming albania coming from india . neither country are from india. neither country are places of conflict. they have to do something . yeah, absolutely. do something. yeah, absolutely. so on i suppose . ali costello is so on i suppose. ali costello is outside broadcasting house this

morning. ali we've just read out that tweet from , gary lineker. that tweet from, gary lineker. what is the latest from down there ? yes good morning to you there? yes good morning to you both. gary is set to return to our screens this weekend , our screens this weekend, presents match of the day . it's presents match of the day. it's after a pretty bruising weekend for the bbc sports coverage looking always unrecognisable really wasn't it. there was a poll over the from yougov a snap where 53% of people said the bbc had got this wrong shouldn't have taken gary lineker off air. so it does seem as though the bbc realised they couldn't allow this fallout continue and they worked very hard and very quickly to reinstate gary lineker . there has been lineker. there has been a statement in the past from the director general of the bbc, tim davie, who says that gary is a valued of the bbc. i know how the bbc means to gary and i look forward to him presenting our coverage this weekend. he also

went on to announce independent review into the bbc's social media with a particular focus on freelance presenters who do not present news and current affairs so is gary lineker, of course . so is gary lineker, of course. he does go on as well tracking denies that there are grey areas in that social media policy that need addressing so is something thatis need addressing so is something that is going to continue in next few days and weeks. he goes on to say that gary lineker going to abide by the current social media guidelines whilst independent review takes place. gary lineker hasn't confirmed that though, and he has been very busy tweeting in the past hour or so on his personal twitter page, and he starts by thanking his bbc sports colleagues for their show of solidarity . he goes there. he solidarity. he goes there. he goes on to say , football is a goes on to say, football is a team game and that backing has been over whelming, he says, i've been presenting sports on the bbc for almost three decades

and i'm immeasurably proud of working with the best and, fairest broadcast in the world. he can't wait to get back in the match of the day chair on saturday. but he goes on to say a final thought and that is, however difficult. the last few days have been it simply doesn't compare with having to flee your home from persecution or war, to seek in a land far away. seek refuge in a land far away. it's heartwarming have seen the empathy towards plight from so many of you and his fourth and final tweet we remain a country of predominantly welcoming and generous . of predominantly welcoming and generous. thank you , sir. gary generous. thank you, sir. gary lineker almost instantly takes the opportunity to double down on those comments that he made last that snowballs into this row about bbc impartiality and freedom of expression as well he stands firm by those comments thatis stands firm by those comments that is clear to see he does thank davie for what he calls his understanding during this difficult period. so it does

seem as though it's been a respect full agreement between gary and the bbc but there will be changes ahead looks like for bbc freelancer as and what they can and can't on social media but gary lineker will be appearing on our screens this weekend. by the looks of things at least far. he is going to continue to keep tweeting . okay, continue to keep tweeting. okay, thanks so sanctimonious . can't thanks so sanctimonious. can't stand the sanctimony this man and you can still want to have safe route . that's not the only safe route. that's not the only thing . nothing simple. what does thing. nothing simple. what does he know about it? i'm still support this. how many of these people? how many of them are economic migrants ? well, it economic migrants? well, it doesn't have much nuance. how many come from my opinion. and you, is not a country you, which is not a country which a of conflict. which is a place of conflict. they in a safe country called france. yeah, but france. get over it. yeah, but thing there's too much thing is, there's too much nuance over. but he's now nuance to get over. but he's now saying the bbc, what you saying to the bbc, what are you going to about it? that's going to do about it? that's what said. liam is in here to what he said. liam is in here to talk something. we're

talk about something. we're going about back. going to talk about valley back. but think about, oh, but when you think about, oh, we've got a package. sorry sorry. silicon valley bank has been hsbc. chancellor been sold to hsbc. chancellor announced morning. been sold to hsbc. chancellor annowjeremy morning. been sold to hsbc. chancellor annowjeremy hunt. morning. been sold to hsbc. chancellor annowjeremy hunt. it orning. been sold to hsbc. chancellor annowjeremy hunt. it ornirput that's jeremy hunt. it was put into the weekend into solvency over the weekend had its assets seized by us regulators on friday. more than 200 tech companies faced cash flow risk because of this with around two and a half billion pounds capital in the pounds in capital locked in the lender jeremy hunt confirmed that all customer deposits would be protected under . the deal. be protected under. the deal. here's what he said. although really important, companies that had deposits with valley bank uk can access their deposits , can can access their deposits, can access normal banking services . access normal banking services. as of this morning, it's a very important outcome. no taxpayer money has been used and think as a result of a lot of hard work. but i also think it shows that the uk has great resilience in its financial system that we're able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in, a situation like this and protect a very important sector , birmingham, important sector, birmingham, the liam halligan is with us. he

looks sort of rattled mean he never looks like the sort of the most the strongest man in the world does age doesn't appear to have much of a backbone in my opinion i'm sorry i don't like him i don't trust him as far as i can throw him. but he looked like rabbit in headlights even more than usual he probably hasn't because hasn't had much sleep because will all have been happening over the weekend is a negotiation between hsbc europe's biggest bank british bank of course or british origin brett bank and. the government and the credit scores of silicon valley financial markets have remained relatively calm in london this morning though in pre trading in new york. obviously stock exchange in new york has now opened yet. but in pre trading in new york , the pre trading in new york, the shares of silicon valley bank are down 60. so there's going to be a bloodbath terms new be a bloodbath both in terms new york markets. the question is this sort of contagion spread out and does it lead to

financial turmoil. will it under what the chancellor's trying to do in his budget on wednesday? i'll tell you what he will do on wednesday because he's very trying to present this as a safe pair hands. the treasury's pair hands. it's the treasury's budget rather than the politicians budget. you politicians budget. he'll you see to? because yes, see why i have to? because yes, you see why i can't freeze corporation tax you see why i can't spend more to get the economy going and. needs to be steady as she goes because this potential turmoil on financial makeover in 2008 in the banking collapse my mum a pensioner in floods of tears lives in a council house. all the money she owned, was in northern owned, the world was in northern rock queues of rock and they were queues of people was she going to people outside. was she going to lose that poor thing? people watching would be wondering watching this would be wondering how collapse of this how would the collapse of this bank, britain? no, bank, us here in britain? no, none like us have none of us like us would have a personal bank account there. but none of us like us would have a pilotynal bank account there. but none of us like us would have a pilot ofl bank account there. but none of us like us would have a pilot of tech k account there. but none of us like us would have a pilot of tech companies here. but none of us like us would have a pilot of tech companies were but a lot of tech companies were tied up it indeed. well, on tied up with it indeed. well, on breakfast this morning called breakfast this morning i called it of sliding doors it a kind of sliding doors moment. know, the cheesy moment. you know, the cheesy gwyneth movie we would moment. you know, the cheesy thalking movie we would moment. you know, the cheesy thalking about movie we would moment. you know, the cheesy thalking about nothing/e would moment. you know, the cheesy thalking about nothing else uld be talking about nothing else now, even with gary lineker if this would absolutely this would be absolutely dominating media and for the

dominating the media and for the next week, budget or no budget, if that bank had collapsed because you would have had people queuing outside banks people queuing up outside banks here in the uk panicked . and the here in the uk panicked. and the thing about banks is, once that genie is out, the people do panic. people do say, i want to own my money now and they won't trust you. i now say, don't panic. yeah, won't. panic. yeah, of course won't. and that cause the very and that will cause the very panic government is trying panic the government is trying to nip the bud. so i don't know what kind deal hsbc have. obviously headline figures obviously the headline figures that this that they bought this uk subsidiary us bank for subsidiary of this us bank for a dollar. but there's lots of debt. there's no government money. does that mean that the government somehow the government somehow supported the write we just write offs of debt? we just don't it will be don't know. and it will be commercial confidential commercial, confidential for a long time . it's one for long time. it's one for historians, but we have to say it's got to be on balance. good thing that they've come to agreement companieswith agreement so companies with their money in silicon valley bank the uk subsidiary they can carry on working they can carry paying carry on working they can carry paying their employee fees, they can carry on knowing their cash

that was in the bank on is still in the bank on monday albeit at a different bank that has to be given us a chance to persuade a bank like hsbc to take on this bank like hsbc to take on this bank with its. but we don't know the full horror of the balance sheet of silicon valley bank in the and extent to which the us and the extent to which it impinges on the uk. we're told the uk bank is in laws to separate but of course it's part of same legal entity. we of the same legal entity. we know bank has incurred know silicon bank has incurred huge losses because was quite huge losses because it was quite racy in the way it was investing its investing its deposits in bonds, the price of which fallen as interest rates have risen around world. the bank kind of bet on the idea that interest rates stay low forever and rates would stay low forever and central banks , the world will central banks, the world will keep printing money. whereas of course that was never going to happen. it has to be a good happen. but it has to be a good thing that . this bank in the uk thing that. this bank in the uk been solved. so we'll about some market turmoil today by tomorrow. it should be part of rather than the present day . and rather than the present day. and it's not going to be the first of many banks. liam we don't

really know. bev what we do know is the interest rates have now gone up and the whole era cheap money that we've never really to escape since that global financial crisis is now over. a lot of people will have bet that it would never be over because they didn't want to believe it was over , warren buffett said was over, warren buffett said the famous american investor is only when the tide goes out that you see swimming naked, right? and there will be financial institutions , the world that are institutions, the world that are have been naked taking too many risks. but what i would say is that the uk banking regulatory system is now significantly stronger than it was in 2008. it's all the more reason it doesn't get loose and maybe this will be a warning shot to those who financial vested interest is lobbying for looser regulation. all right. that's liam halligan on business and economics at it's still to come. we're going to be speaking to leading reform uk richard i've just uk richard tice. i've just bumped into outside he's going

to give his thoughts on the to give us his thoughts on the stop the boats bill and of course got view gary course he's got the view on gary lineker. see in a lineker. see you in a

welcome back. it's 1122. we're just giggling here with some of your responses on social media. we've been talking about gary lineker of in the bbc. gary lineker of in the bbc. gary lineker is going back on lineker is going to be back on air saturday and simon harris air on saturday and simon harris has tweeted gb news on impartiality like bernard matthews lecturing veganism, matthews lecturing on veganism, fabulous spas. you know what? you come here opinions, right? i don't like impartial policy. i like partiality . camille isn't like partiality. camille isn't exactly . that's the king's first exactly. that's the king's first come away. well, stay today as a monarch he's delivering the message in person making the ticket, marking the occasion from the great in westminster abbey. senior members of the royal family will gather the king church where he'll king in the church where he'll be crowned time. also be crowned two months time. also the big question can he keep the commonwealth together during his reign are joined now by reign so are joined now by former bbc correspondent michael

cole . michael, good morning. cole. michael, good morning. lovely to see you again. so some people will be saying the commonwealth is an outdated institute tution. why do we need devote a whole day to it? explains our viewers why this is . this is a heavyweight in the political royal calendar. good morning , beverley and good morning, beverley and good morning, beverley and good morning, andrea . right. it was morning, andrea. right. it was five years ago that the late queen said it was her sincere wish that prince charles would succeed as head of the commonwealth. it wasn't a given. but who was going to disagree with the queen and by acclamation he became of the commonwealth. it's a very important role because the commonwealth is an association of free associate of 54 independent nations . no old independent nations. no old former british colonies or mozambique was a portuguese colony , rwanda was german. and colony, rwanda was german. and then it belgium. any any country can apply to join if they

believe in freedom . the rule of believe in freedom. the rule of law and also the brotherhood and equality . and it does good in equality. and it does good in the world. it is not just a talking. it is a force for good and it is important in many ways that it stays a strong and unhed that it stays a strong and united and i'm sure the king will do his best to make that that continues. i'm afraid he hasn't started very well because his first overseas trips going to be to france and then on to germany. and that gone down well, those the queen of being the queen for five years before she went to france and 13 years before she made her first state visit to the then west germany , visit to the then west germany, as we remember. people as old as me. she spent the early years of her reign touring the commonwealth for months on end. we used to go to the cinema all day to go and see newsreels . day to go and see newsreels. newsreels, can you believe it of

her trips to australia , the her trips to australia, the canbbean her trips to australia, the caribbean or wherever happened to be and across canada and great films. they were two. so i think that's a tactical mistake but i'm sure his commitment will be as wholeheartedly as was . the be as wholeheartedly as was. the commonwealth was set mainly well , the king, king george the sixth was heavily involved in it, 1949. and the queen has made the centrepiece of her reign as she's presided over the end of empire , as the countries have empire, as the countries have become independent . in that way, become independent. in that way, she's kept all together, and i'm sure the king, king johnson said , will not want to preside over this dismemberment . michael, you this dismemberment. michael, you . michael, you know, his decision to go to france and germany will be made for him by government because they will advise him now to rest. he said it was said where he wants him to go. he wants to improve relations with european countries, particularly and all the rest of the stuff .

the rest of the stuff. absolutely. but the king act on the advice of the government of the advice of the government of the day always shall be. that's it is in a constitutional monarchy , which we are lucky monarchy, which we are lucky enough to have . there are other enough to have. there are other strains and, stresses, because those 54 countries, there are 15 realms. in other words , he is realms. in other words, he is king of 15 countries. and each one of those countries is the westminster model, i.e. the head of state is the monarch , and it of state is the monarch, and it has a prime minister. and most of those countries are pretty happy countries, but some of them with the death of the queen, are thinking about becoming republics. queen, are thinking about becoming republics . you know becoming republics. you know something? there's nothing more modern about a republic because when the republics became hopelessly corrupt in, ancient rome, they replaced them or what did they replace them with? they replaced them with the monarchy . michael, we can't have here this morning without asking you as a former bbc employee, what are your thoughts on the current gary lineker situation? you controversial on twitter ? the controversial on twitter? the bbc has caved in. it's one of

the worst days in its 100 year history . it is quite shameful. history. it is quite shameful. it's pusillanimous. behave on behalf of the corporation that i worked for a fifth of its existence . now let me just tell existence. now let me just tell you when , i was a bbc reporter. you when, i was a bbc reporter. i filed thousands , literally i filed thousands, literally thousands of stories . i never thousands of stories. i never expressed a personal opinion . i expressed a personal opinion. i never made a political point in my work. not me. my won two royal television society awards. and during that time the most i ever paid was £47,000 a year. and was shot at. i covered wars , was beaten up and put in hospital in northern ireland. i contracted hepatitis in guatemala . why did i do that for guatemala. why did i do that for that money? it's because i in pubuc that money? it's because i in public service broadcast sting, not my self—promotion . and i not my self—promotion. and i think this cover this this excuse that . he's a freelance

excuse that. he's a freelance and therefore can say what he's likes he is the face of the bbc and exactly the way richard dimbleby was in the 1970s and 1960s until he died. tragic lee long and david richard lived on 13 week contracts, but he the face of the bbc and he never made an outrageous comment of this kind but he knew his ability . just a second, ability. just a second, beverley. i'm only finished . the beverley. i'm only finished. the point is that he didn't need codes of conduct. he need guidelines . codes of conduct. he need guidelines. he was a man of integrity who what was right and what was wrong . but you see, what was wrong. but you see, it's not different because he worked in news . it's not different because he worked in news. gary lineker used to kick a bag of air around very well, i believe . and now very well, i believe. and now he's a sports presenter and surely he's allowed to express his opinion if we agree with it or not. yes we've seen the wagging the dog here. you see, the bbc is a cornerstone of our

imperfect liberal democracy . imperfect liberal democracy. it's important around the world. it's important around the world. it's integrity, it's impartial . it's integrity, it's impartial. it's integrity, it's impartial. it's taken a long long time to establish you build a reputation over decades and you can lose it in 5 minutes. and this is weakened the bbc's reputation for integrity . yes, i'm quite for integrity. yes, i'm quite that gary lineker. for integrity. yes, i'm quite that gary lineker . lineker has that gary lineker. lineker has got lots of contracts . i'm quite got lots of contracts. i'm quite sure he would not mind wearing the of the martyr in this matter and of the collection of all his very rich sports friends will gather round him. of course they will, because they don't want to be seen to be of step with the great gary lineker. be seen to be of step with the great gary lineker . but has great gary lineker. but has anybody come out with this with anybody come out with this with any credit ? this certainly the any credit? this certainly the bbc has not by bending the knee to and whether he's come out by showing well you you you find an epithet for it but certainly is that the way to behave in life .

that the way to behave in life. to actually say stamp your foot i'm right you're wrong the bbc is very important to all of us if it's not important all of us it should be disbanded . and the it should be disbanded. and the royal charter not be renewed . royal charter not be renewed. but why we have respect for it. i think you have to respect it. and there hasn't been respect. okay thank you, michael. always happy to hear from you, michael. colette, think pennies colette, i think the pennies dropping as to why feel dropping for me as to why i feel that i want to defend his right to speak out because i don't have opinion of the bbc. have a high opinion of the bbc. that's why. i don't. well but it's hugely popular with so many people who won't share that view. and i think michael was right. is it is the most right. that is it is the most extraordinary. i thought the u—turn have taken a u—turn would have taken a few more to say oh we're more days and to say oh we're taking review into what freelancers on social freelancers can say on social and lineker has been preaching those guidelines and those guidelines for years and years . it's a those guidelines for years and years. it's a fig leaf. it's pathetic, it's pitiful it is game set a match capitulates to lineker he calls shots. yep. right. we've got to go to the news. let us know what you

think. gbviews@gbnews.uk. still come? should children as young as seven be they might be as seven be told they might be mixed very fluid muffins? mixed and very fluid muffins? that's right . mixed and very fluid muffins? that's right. here's tamzin . that's right. here's tamzin. there. thank you . here are the there. thank you. here are the headunes there. thank you. here are the headlines from the gb newsroom at 32. tv presenter gary lineker says his delight heard after securing an agreement with the bbc , which will see him return bbc, which will see him return to match of the day this weekend . it's after he was taken off air over a tweet on the government's illegal migration bill. the bbc director—general, tim davie, has and says lineker will abide by the editorial guidelines until a review of corporation's social media policy is complete . the policy is complete. the chancellor at the of england have secured the sale . the have secured the sale. the collapsed silicon valley bank uk to hsbc . the uk branch was to hsbc. the uk branch was pushing to insolvency last night . the california based parent company had its assets seized by

us regulators on. jeremy hunt says. us regulators on. jeremy hunt says . the government worked says. the government worked urgently look after the tech sector . all customer deposits sector. all customer deposits would be protected with no cost to the taxpayer . the prime has to the taxpayer. the prime has pledged £5 billion over two years to the armed forces . rishi years to the armed forces. rishi sunak met with his counterpart out anthony albanese in, san diego, ahead of unveiling a major new orca's defence pact between the uk , us and between the uk, us and australia. plans be announced with the us president biden include supplying nuclear powered submarines to. it was signed by the three nations in 2021 to boost defences and counter china's threat in the indo—pacific region . junior dr. indo—pacific region. junior dr. is mounting picket lines outside hospitals today, beginning three days of industrial action . the days of industrial action. the british medical association says junior doctors in england have suffered a 26% real terms cut to

their since 2008. the says newly qualified medics earn just over £14 an hour, which it says is less than a barista in a coffee. the health secretary, steve barclay, has called it disappointing . the union has disappointing. the union has declined to discuss pay on the condition strikes are . tv online condition strikes are. tv online dab+ radio. this is now it's back 700 . so don't know whether back 700. so don't know whether you saw the oscars last night. did you watch any of it? no too late. me neither. but you didn't have to because we've got all the best bits for. you, including hugh grant and the grumpy first interview in hollywood. shortly

a very good morning. it is 1137. this is to with me bev turner and andrew and it's the stop

boats bill. it's going to be voted on in tonight. 10 pm. you know what it's all about? it's removing asylum who arrive on small across the channel. the changes expected to provoke a backlash in the commons. senior tories prepare to join opposition in challenging the legislation . well tonight say legislation. well tonight say joining us in studio is the of reform uk richard tice. richard tice. the tories think they're onto a vote here whether or not legislation works or not is another matter. do you think they aren't a vote winner here? no, not at all. because we've heard it all before this time last year tories were saying last year the tories were saying we've great we've got the great new nationality borders and nationality and borders bill and that's going stop the boats that's going to stop the boats sort the problem. heard sort out the problem. we heard all that waffling spin guess all that waffling spin and guess what? are coming what? more and more are coming oven what? more and more are coming over. we see is the over. and what we see is the more laws they put in, the more money they send to france. what happens? migrants come to happens? more migrants come to the will no the uk. this will make no difference whatsoever because a for people smugglers. for the vile people smugglers. and if it gets through the house the to, parliament which in itself is a big question the only way you stop the boats.

andrew is you have to pick them up safely and take them back to france, you can do under france, which you can do under existing law. i talked to you on this program last week saying just barnaby just that your colleague barnaby joyce germany has joyce said also germany has a relationship whereby they say nobody comes in from correct. we're still letting them into bay and then trying to kick them out. why we do everything in out. why do we do everything in reverse left there reverse when the left it's there already stop them. because already to stop them. because we've wet incompetent we've got woke wet incompetent home office caseworkers, which is why one of our key six point plan, is that you've got to have a whole new department of immigration staffed by people who believe in the cause of secure borders, knowing who's coming in and who's going. it's not rocket science , but it's not rocket science, but it's important for safety. a british citizen. oh, you frustrate it by all of this. focus on gary lineker's opinion on this story as opposed to holding policy to account . yeah. i mean gary's account. yeah. i mean gary's gary and it has sort blown up into a whole sort of broader picture about the bbc and all that good stuff. look, my view

on the lineker thing is that he clearly the corporate guidelines was in breach of the editorial guidelines. he was in breach of the social media guidelines and the. there's no question he also bought bbc into disrepute. i mean, it's an absolute that it gives the news not to be the news. all the other presenters brought the whole channel into disrepute and should be properly sanctioned. many will be happy they've reached an agreement but it's a it's an absolute turning point for the relationship of the bbc and the uk population. why should pay be forced pay a licence fee if ? it's no longer licence fee if? it's no longer going to be an impartial, trusted public service who'll complain that , richard? it complain that, richard? it hasn't been an impartial, trusted but that's what we've been told long. time. you're right. but we were told that it's supposed to be. and if it's not, and if we accept that the charter and that's what is true, if we accept that, then that's fine. i'm happy to pay , let's

fine. i'm happy to pay, let's say, a fee for bbc news to be impartial. but if they want all other stuff, i don't want to be forced to. and have you seen his tweet saying thrilled tweet today saying how thrilled he how grateful he is to he is and how grateful he is to tim davie, the director general. and by the way, my view on this bill he's effectively bill is, yeah, he's effectively cooked bbc is cooked as nick at the bbc is under he will say and do under now he will say and do what he and the point is, what he likes. and the point is, no one is indispensable . no one is indispensable. interesting viewership interesting that the viewership on all the parts of the evening went up a million. went up by half a million. i wasn't one of them, but nevertheless, i'm i they nevertheless, i'm i think they are. i they're overpaid. i think they're back to, like, prima donnas. it would have been a great actually, to great opportunity, actually, to . you know what? you can all disappear for six months. we'll bnng disappear for six months. we'll bring great new bring in some great young new blood. taxpayer load of blood. save the taxpayer load of cash. i suspect no would cash. and i suspect no would have they have been have cared. they have been presenters have no opinions presenters who have no opinions , aren't politically engaged to sit there every day. and talk about the, you know, the offside rule and who got a red card. i don't want to live in that word, which is what you do if you're a football babe. that's what you

go hear about. the go on to hear about. the football the football techniques, the tactics. fastest? who's tactics. who was fastest? who's fittest? an injury fittest? who's got an injury problem? that's what you want. well, about well, those are about immigration. well, those are about immigration . a life. well, i immigration. a life. well, i think people would be we'd be in serious would serious trouble. that that would be. doesn't look he be. it doesn't look like he does. does a line does. it does draw a line between this sports presenting and yeah, and his position. yeah, i guess where at that this has where we're at is that this has been been a seismic moment been it's been a seismic moment which will clarify how long this review takes. let's let's hope it's a couple weeks rather than a of. we just need stop a couple of. we just need stop it. what is the point of the review of what social media output freelance must have when guide the guide into chris breaching the guidelines to guidelines for the last 6 to 8 years haven't they already years why haven't they already got guidance in place? got the guidance in place? because they haven't. he's ignored, because ignored, correct. and because they're and because they're incompetent and because he's bigger than he's he thinks he's bigger than the yes. let's talk about the bbc. yes. let's talk about this issue about freelance, though is absolutely irrelevant . he's there representing the bbc. he's of the face of the bbc and he needs he needs to it's one of the most famous people to compete with the bbc, god and so you go richard tice, if he came out and did a tweet tomorrow

saying, i'm going to vote reform in the next election, you'd be a big of his saying that. wouldn't that? everything's that? absolutely. everything's okay. yeah you would be tough on that. okay. yeah you would be tough on that . it would a okay. yeah you would be tough on that. it would a tough one. that. it would be a tough one. but the is, if he had come but the truth is, if he had come out supporting policy, have out supporting policy, he'd have been instantly . the been fired instantly. the lefties bbc wanted lefties at the bbc wanted outrage by somebody , the tories. outrage by somebody, the tories. i would have been . they'd have i would have been. they'd have been going nuts. that included you notice of the people who point that out as. the cabinet was all over the bbc saying it's outrageous. outrageous. was all over the bbc saying it's outrageousgary outrageous. was all over the bbc saying it's outrageousgary and ageous. was all over the bbc saying it's outrageousgary and who us. was all over the bbc saying it's outrageousgary and who produces defending gary and who produces gary? alister campbell's very tedious podcast. gary lineker is company. of course it does. and the bbc don't declare an interest. richard i can't you here without asking about your isabel oakeshott responsible for the matt hancock whatsapp messages in the telegraph people who don't know how is she she's okay. thank you very much for asking. it's been an extraordinary two weeks without question . the response has question. the response has proved this in the public interest . she's had so many interest. she's had so many emotion , heart wrenching emotion, heart wrenching messages and emails from members

of the public. she is absolutely doubt at all it was the right thing to do. the way the industry has behaved , frankly, industry has behaved, frankly, has been nothing short , has been nothing short, disgusting, appalling many people who wouldn't know a scoop it slapped them in the face, need , i think, give themselves need, i think, give themselves a really long, hard look. and she got they've responded. she got how they've responded. she got how they've responded. she got book in this and she got a book in this and she a little culpa. well, i'm little cynical culpa. well, i'm here because it's been major major of world events . and major of world events. and tonight it has been a huge internal event. she's done media all over the world because what we seeing is that actually we are seeing is that actually we've seen how leaders abuse and absolute power leads to absolute corruption and we've seen that with these messages i think they're huge lessons to learn they're huge lessons to learn the most important which is we can't wait two decades for a £300 billion public inquiry. we need the answers this year. it'll be longer than that. sunday, 40 years. you know, i'll be having retirement parties. are they ? to change the are they? to change the parameters of the covid inquiry now? because of isabel's messages? i certainly hope so.

already the inquiry chair has said it won't take a decade will hold us accountable. what they need to do is they need to run everything in parallel rapidly. you know they've got over 60 barristers on the job. they've committed over 160 million quid on five year contracts. it's about salary . it's endless. it's about salary. it's endless. it's about salary. it's endless. it's a civil service, kick the can down the road and everyone's long gone. it's not good enough in our country. it is not good doing for years. iraq as well. how did that take? so it's a scandal absolute scandal. well, thank her for me i will be keeping the conversation alive now. lots of texts and emails coming in. lineker and says lineker stating, i'm spitting feathers. if i could afford to, fine, i would omit paying my licence john says. what are licence fee, john says. what are the doing? they the bbc doing? why aren't they disciplining other employees disciplining the other employees walked out solidarity with walked out in solidarity with gary. thing is and you can gary. the thing is and you can cancel and just not cancel licence fee and just not bbc services . i've got like i bbc services. i've got like i said, i've got many friends and family who've done that recently. you don't need your licence fee keep gb news on licence fee to keep gb news on day and night. john has said.

what are the bbc doing to discipline all the other? you just someone said just read that and someone said if was a to if ever there was a reason to stop taxpayer of this outdated institution, is it bbc institution, gary, is it bbc stop the money. yeah. and stop taking the money. yeah. and the is on. dumbfounded. the mouse is on. dumbfounded. this audacity to this man has the audacity to advocate limitless limitless refugee numbers. and in doing so the taxpayer with that would be responsible for the burden of doing well. lots of those doing so well. lots of those coming tim thank you. it coming in yeah tim thank you. it come andre gary won come on bevan andre gary has won arguments presenter's arguments and a presenter's wealth should be a factor. wealth should not be a factor. well, he hasn't convinced me. and just his . it's our and it's not just his. it's our taxpayer's that's why taxpayer's money. that's why relevant. i have no relevant. ordinarily, i have no problem with people earning plenty money. it's been a good versus a right wing bad where good has won hands down get over it yeah now the studio politico at the sunday mirror an all round political doyen nigel nelson. am i great friend man patel, jd mouth columnist we've got about these this got to talk about these this mixed berry fluid all. right. so this is in wales funnily enough i just wales just seems to lose its way every time i look at a

story like the type of person you happening, it's you remember happening, it's happening in wales. first minister drakeford minister mark drakeford determined gender determined to push gender ideology claimed ideology. critics have claimed after an agenda after the emergence of an agenda to amanda how 170 to pamphlet amanda how 170 pages, which is us that there's no such thing as biological sex even being male and female and that there are hundreds of genders. i think the more thing about this, which i really shocking actually is that they're not identifying it they're not identifying it they're doing this blue briefing . they're going to give children either muffins with blueberries in which identify masculinity and anything else you want to think about in that . and think about in that. and raspberry ones identify girls this . i raspberry ones identify girls this. i had raspberry ones identify girls this . i had a raspberry ones identify girls this. i had a whole pile of blueberries on my weetabix okay i not realise that i was actually eating male parts . i not realise that i was actually eating male parts. i did not realise that make me trans well because , i love trans well because, i love blueberries and i don't like raspberry . so you're not going raspberry. so you're not going to defend this nonsense. are you

going say hey, do we go this way? no, he is the voice of the way. karate. nigel nelson that this should be age appropriate and the idea that seven year olds are being taught about this doesn't sound like it is age appropriate but i wouldn't mind seeing the whole report to see how done what they're how it's done, what they're taught, talking taught, what they're talking about is the idea about about here is the idea about using the the blueberry using the blue the blueberry muffins is that you show that you're going to have one gender, which would be a blueberry muffin, that be male one muffin, that would be male one gender could be raspberry muffin and female then you have a mixed muffin, which you break open and say, why can't just be a boy or a girl? that's means what it means . i'm a a girl? that's means what it means. i'm a bloke. so it was so that means i must be identified. so if as a bloke, that's blueberries all the time. yeah, i think we leave your breakfast out of it about white faces. you're feeling sick already. you guys ? basically. does it guys? basically. but why does it teach? need this 870 pages to talk to? well, what they're trying to say is you can trying to say is that you can born biological sex male every born a biological sex male every

year but your gender identity no feeling you are or how feminine in you are is fluid and therefore we would all we all would say gender spectrum. but wouldn't you say something sexist about saying blues for boys very often ? pink for girls? boys very often? pink for girls? yes. i mean isn't sperm and does go on. it's very old fashioned, not which what are the balloons for the blue. just to show how we passed the for blueberry boy there is no gender fluid balloon and that's to show that you can't you can't pigeonhole people seven year old too young to talk about gender fluidity. yes if i think the way this conversation used to go was good, which is to say girls can be feminine , sometimes home be feminine, sometimes home boys, more traditional stereotypes of male and boys have to sometimes be a little bit more female and talk about their feelings and all this stuff that we've come to terms with. but they're turning the volume up on and pushing it so far way that i think confuses far in way that i think confuses kids. this was reviewed by kids. but this was reviewed by gone the government review

gone i'm the government review going on so every three years they actually review of they do actually review of relationship and sex education and it is now time for that review the one that a rishi sunak actually announced last week was already happening and that's probably and you've got then the head of ofsted, amanda spielman, and she's saying that one of the problems is there are minimum standards for teaching this but no maximum. and what they're looking at is whether more regulation needed, how decided there were 72 genders. i still to decide but i'm just just going back to beps. yeah. is that you know i don't know what you would like is it young girl. not a boy. i so i used to pass off as a boy the whole time i was about they used to call me and my brothers boobs and if i'd had my way i loved all boy things i didn't and if i'd been born today i imagine that that could have transformed into something else. you would have been introducing adam patel . oh, been introducing adam patel. oh, yeah, but this is the thing at

which point you're supposed to leap and look at you. patel oh, and mandeep patel oh, the, the other thing as well is a lot of this about gender is actually quite homophobic, as strange , as quite homophobic, as strange, as that sounds. it is, it is there are children who are young teens, whatever, who are thinking there may be they may be gay and attracted to the same sex, who are then saying, in that case, i be in the right biologically sex, i need to change my sex. just be who you are. we've be going to are. we've got to be going to the oscars because a big the oscars because was a big night the weekend. who here night at the weekend. who here has the film won has seen the film that won everything? what was it called? it's called everywhere. everything terrible everything the most terrible movie to see movie you're ever going to see in life. i lost it 40, in your life. and i lost it 40, about 45 minutes and thought, i cannot rented this. cannot believe i rented this. yeah about. it's about a yeah it about. it's about a woman who backwards like woman who goes backwards like this time and she's this all the time and she's trans and she's a world trans universe and she's a world again who runs? no, no, no trans universal . that's it is not universal. that's it is not trans. she's just motivated by that. and she's she exists in

two different parallel universes and goes all weird in and there refugees and it's supposed to be the most i just i thought it was absolute rubbish. it took one one what is it. 107 million in the box office last the movie i love, which we've watched together and drew about five times top gun maverick that talk i've got the notes here it's always you that talk 1.5 i've got one oscar and a technical what are they thinking? it's just work and it's completely out of touch. some people to watch home. don't watch it. nigel i thought all quiet on the western front as i saw. that's not that powerful. that was really good video. say about top gun maverick . great movie, gun maverick. great movie, fantastic movie. a bit fantastic action movie. a bit kind commercial. fantastic action movie. a bit kind commercial . well, sort of kind commercial. well, sort of is human endeavour and courage and fighting for your country , and fighting for your country, are those things cliched ? are those things cliched? honestly, nigel, where's patriotism, straightforward, sort of winning and also i seen

a more obvious shoe for the oscar than the guy who played elvis, and he didn't get it on abc, even though he came to the cup in that film that amanda said was hopeless, let's see one more story before we guys. i want to do this one about statues of old men like the duke of wellington, an admiral, lord nelson, you nigel. nelson, named after you nigel. it destroyed because it could be destroyed because they may be offensive to diverse pubuc they may be offensive to diverse public welsh can we go public welsh. welsh can we go again? and government make laboun again? and government make labour. then you have to. i'm against one. they've lost it. leave history alone. yeah. and whether these people are . whether these people are. whether heroes like the duke of wellington and lord nelson just stop making modern judgements about something that happened long time ago that night. we think white, middle class men and women who are making these decisions that they think these things will offend diversity . things will offend diversity. well, whoever whoever is making those decisions, i mean, simply the whole thing alone, that it

it's our history. so we may not approve nowadays of chopping off the heads of spouses , but we the heads of spouses, but we don't then go and burn the whole pictures of henry. yeah. no that's the point. we just leave as they are. and by all means, explain to people the background it. so if a kid need to learn about these things, they can look at a statue and say, hey, mummy , what's that man about? mummy, what's that man about? what did he do? and you get an explanation . it. this report, explanation. it. this report, amanda also said that there were few welsh people of black asian heritage commemorated across . heritage commemorated across. surely the way to help of black or asian heritage is to encourage them into positions rather than stress about the fact that there are no statues of them, look forward, not. but if all that may be true , i've if all that may be true, i've got say, and andrew will got to say, and andrew will understand this more than anyone, i still can't over anyone, i still can't get over the of this the thought of eating this blueberries. morning i'm just going to put you off . are the going to put you off. are the blueberries out tomorrow morning? you morning? what do you have instead on weet—bix ? no, i instead on your weet—bix? no, i won't blueberries . maybe if won't have blueberries. maybe if i mess them up on a no, that's

not good. it's a thing about diversity in wales. why not a statue to shirley bassey, one of the works, not why not the greatest works, not why not modern? do you still performing and why she fantastic and she's why she fantastic she's black . oh, you're right is she's black. oh, you're right is that she was born in tiger bay. i've met her once, twice. she's a great one. very proud of our heritage . she still lives in heritage. she still lives in cardiff. are you sure there's? not a statue there must maybe them, i'm sure of them, i'm sure. all i'm sure of is another one. yes let's have another one. it's actually. and make it pink. yeah so that it's nice. then what do about this welsh first minister knows he's just embarrassing, isn't he. mark drake that. well i, i don't agree with this particular one but i don't think on the, on our previous on the sex education he's actually out of order at the moment i'll pass the blue represents you come back oh sweet you i thought of my dear i think they might become a record of monday sparring partners in your dreams, baby in your dream that very nice. so it's that would be very nice. so it's goodbye amanda to nigel goodbye to amanda thank to nigel now you again i don't apply to

amanda we're going to see them next . we've got chef. it next week. we've got a chef. it has by our monday has flown by that's our monday done and dusted. tomorrow we're going to be joined by sir vince cable and rippon. coming up next, festivities lie with mark longhurst . the point with me, longhurst. the point with me, beth and andrew back tomorrow at 930. hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office some big variations across the country through the next few days. a wet and windy for england wales during today mild for most but in the north it's going to turn colder as this area of low pressure moves that's bringing some wet to scotland northern england northern ireland the moment but as it clears as northerly winds return turning the precipitation back to snow in fact we're already seeing some snowfall over the highlands and that will continue through the rest the day. otherwise, rain at lower levels . much of scotland showers levels. much of scotland showers into northern ireland. spells of wet weather for northern england and much of wales and some heavy downpours for southern parts. england a great to the

england not a great to the sunshine be some sunshine up. that will be some brighter interludes east brighter interludes for east anglia, midlands anglia, the east midlands and here reach 12 here temperatures could reach 12 to 15 celsius but colder is on the way coming down from the north and that'll turn the rain to snow across parts of scotland into northern ireland. northern england, mostly will be settling over hills, but at low levels. the risk of some icy as the showers drift south. and it's to be a chillier nights with . be a chillier nights with. temperatures dipping below, freezing across. scotland, northern ireland, northern england , but staying above england, but staying above freezing for southern parts of england and showers moving through thing across southern england . brighter skies follow england. brighter skies follow for much the uk but they'll be further showers for scotland. northern northern england and nonh northern northern england and north wales in these showers with falling as and snow at low levels generally not accumulating at low but accumulating at low but accumulating over hills of north wales, northern england and scotland through the day on tuesday and some icy patches expected to develop overnight

and into the start of wednesday . showers then drifting south once again on tuesday nights followed clear skies and the cold nights in some parts of northern scotland temperatures dipping into the minus digits, but much air is on the way for thursday and friday with some wet weather in the west .