soon it's 9:00 and this is mark dolan tonight . in it's 9:00 and this is mark dolan tonight. in my big opinion, following budget, you can debate tax cuts all you like. the elephant in the room is that britain lives beyond its means . britain lives beyond its means. the economy needs some tough love. and for those who don't like , it tough luck. it's a big like, it tough luck. it's a big question in sunday's special with one of the stars of mark on tonight's ann widdecombe live in the studio. plus mark mates guest is lord charlie faulkner, who served as lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice under tony blair. don't forget, he was also tony blair's flatmate. he'll be spilling

beans on our ex—prime minister and it is mothering . so i want and it is mothering. so i want your pictures of your mum. that's right. send me. photos of your mum.7 maybe please. god, she's with us. perhaps she's no longer with us. but either way , longer with us. but either way, why don't you send in a photo of your mum more at gbnews.uk. a busy 2 hours to come. first up, tatiana has the headlines. mark, thank you and good evening. this is the from the gb newsroom the home secretary says rwanda is ready to receive migrants and she hopes to start deportation by the summer. so a brave man has continued her visit , rwanda, has continued her visit, rwanda, where earlier today she met with students from a non—profit university where at least 25% of students are refugee . ms. students are refugee. ms. braverman also attended a street fair which was organised celebrate commonwealth day. the uk and rwanda are vowing step up

efforts to tackle migration. the agreement between the two countries has been expanded to include all illegal migrants and not just asylum seekers . while not just asylum seekers. while the deal with rwanda has cost £140 million, which shadow levelling secretary lisa nandy says have been better spent .7 we says have been better spent? we think you should take that money. put it into the national agency, create a cross—border so that disrupts the criminal gangs and send the clearest possible message to those criminal gangs that their behaviour be tolerated and that will bring them to account should they persist . but them to account should they persist. but instead them to account should they persist . but instead we've them to account should they persist. but instead we've had more and more of the tough talk from this government and last year the boat crossings a year the boat crossings hit a record of 45,000 is not working andifs record of 45,000 is not working and it's about time the government recognised that . government recognised that. russian president vladimir putin has said that. russia is open to a diplomat resolution to the ukraine crisis but says he rejects ultimate items. writing on the official kremlin website,

he also welcomed china's involvement to solve the crisis and that the two nations are fighting common threats. he's due to meet jinping tomorrow. the comments come following a surprise visit to the ukrainian city of mariupol by putin. well, on friday, the international criminal court issued him arrest warrant on charges of crimes . warrant on charges of crimes. switzerland's biggest bank ubs will take over rival credit suisse in a government backed deal suisse in a government backed deal. credit suisse shares fell by 24% on wednesday to a record low . fears of a by 24% on wednesday to a record low. fears of a wider european banking . the swiss president has banking. the swiss president has praised the move, saying it's the solution to provide confidence in the financial market. the deal includes 100 billion chf in liquidity assistance for both banks. the bank of england has also welcomed the deal . bank of england has also welcomed the deal. uk banks remain safe and sound and the

king paid tribute to the late queen on the first mother's day since the queen's death. the royal family tweeted picture of king as a baby standing on the queen's lap. a picture of the queen's lap. a picture of the queen consort with her mother also posted. the prince and princess of wales shared a photograph of their children with kate with a message saying happy mother's day from all to yours . tv online and tv plus yours. tv online and tv plus radio. this is gb news. now is back to mark dolan tonight. welcome to marc dolan's tonight in my big opinion following wednesday's budget you can debate tax cuts all you like. the elephant in the room is that britain lives beyond its means. the economy needs tough love. and for those who don't , it and for those who don't, it tough luck. it's big question.

sunday's special with one of the stars of mark dolan tonight ann widdecombe live in the studio be asking is suella braverman to stand her ground on the rwanda policy. that's also the topic of our text poll . so do get voting our text poll. so do get voting at gb news on twitter. my heart means guest is lord charlie faulkner, who served as lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice under tony blair. and he was tony blair's as well. we've got tomorrow morning's monday front pages as . well. lots to come. plus if he's vindicated next week when facing a house of commons in, is there a way to public life for bofis there a way to public life for boris ? could old houdini bojo do boris? could old houdini bojo do it again ? former conservative it again? former conservative government minister edwina currie gives her view . and with currie gives her view. and with me throughout show, reacting to the big stories the day three of the big stories the day three of the top political commentators in the country . the top political commentators in the country. i want to hear from you throughout the show at

gbnews.uk. and it's mother's day. happy mothering sunday. send me pictures of your mom right now. mark at gb news dot uk and we'll play them after every ad break. this show has a golden rule . we don't do you golden rule. we don't do you boring. not on my watch . i just boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it. so for the next hours. big debates. big guests and always big opinions . let's and always big opinions. let's start with this . one following start with this. one following wednesday's budget , you can talk wednesday's budget, you can talk about inflation, interest rates and tax cuts all you like . but and tax cuts all you like. but the elephant in the room is that pubuc the elephant in the room is that public spending and the size the state is a real problem . state is a real problem. businesses sweat over their spreadsheets looking staffing costs, tax liabilities and overheads, and how tally with income . capitalism is income. capitalism is wonderfully efficient and unforgiving . if you run unforgiving. if you run a business, you allergic to waste profligacy and waste all kryptonite to a private in the

sector. not so much the doctors and who work in our nhs are brilliant. but why do boast that the nhs , the biggest employer in the nhs, the biggest employer in europe? that's not a good news story. that's a bad news . story. that's a bad news. demonstrating nhs is wild, inefficient . see, particularly inefficient. see, particularly given that we lag in almost every league table of comparable countries when it comes to illnesses like cancer with the health service asleep the wheel for decades as the population gets fatter more diabetic and more medicated . we've got more medicated. we've got problems given the hysterical cost of the nhs , public health cost of the nhs, public health is a disaster. it's enough to make you sick . meanwhile, many make you sick. meanwhile, many of our state do an excellent job and there are of good teachers out there who give a lot. but the cost per pupil in england a educating a child is approaching thousand pounds a year per

child. all those kids really getting bang their buck, especially when look at the world league tables of academic achievement. chris mcgovern from the campaign for real education , a former headteacher himself told me on this programme, just a few months ago that britain spends among the most in the world on education but lags behind relatively poor like vietnam , whose children achieve vietnam, whose children achieve higher attainment in subjects like maths at a fraction . the like maths at a fraction. the cost . and why would that be? cost. and why would that be? well because of traditional teaching methods discipline and a culture of hard work and accountability . the classroom. accountability. the classroom. and last time i checked, none of those things cost a penny. as proved by former social mobility tsar catherine burbidge singh, whose free school wembley mikayla community school has transformed the fortunes of some of the poorest kids in the borough, getting them to oxford

and cambridge in some cases not by spending money but by ditching woke progress of teaching methods in the classroom . waste in the public classroom. waste in the public sector is everywhere . but sector is everywhere. but because it is public money. no one cares. suppliers the public sector. overcharge for goods. contractors overcharge for services . and what about nhs services. and what about nhs managers on six figure salaries 7 managers on six figure salaries ? three and a half thousand and growing all police forces visit paying growing all police forces visit paying people for rude tweets and spending thousands painting cars in the colour of the rainbow and using police time , rainbow and using police time, telling us not to miss gender convicted male . who wants to be convicted male. who wants to be a lady? and what do the councils do with the billions that we pump in their given the fact that they can barely collect the bins every week . so—called bins every week. so—called austerity in the 20 tens was anything but. it barely scratched the. you. the taxpayer are not getting value for . and

are not getting value for. and now that things are so tight , now that things are so tight, departments or budgets inevitably shrinking. we face the perfect storm of costs and worse public services . things worse public services. things were bad before the pandemic, but the current government has sunk us with lockdowns , so we've sunk us with lockdowns, so we've now got to go for a economic model , one now got to go for a economic model, one which is low tax and state to generate for all. this is not trickle down. it's up. a growing economy helps everyone provides the national income with to support the neediest our society. we cannot carry on living like we are surviving on the crack cocaine of credits with anaemic growth and ever increasing tax . post—covid now increasing tax. post—covid now have a bloated state that wants to do everything for including wipe your well, it's a race to bottom. the problem is clear. we are living beyond means and have

done decades. and we're ignoring shocking amounts of waste inefficiency in the public with some commentators now talking about a universe or basic income people to sit at home watching , people to sit at home watching, loose women and countdown . loose women and countdown. expectations are now far too high about what the government can do in our lives especially one running a colossal deficit. the state should shrink and the economy should grow the moment. it's the other way round. no one wants to talk about it or , wants to talk about it or, acknowledge it. but out control pubuc acknowledge it. but out control public spending is . the elephant public spending is. the elephant in the room. tusk. tusk . your in the room. tusk. tusk. your reaction, please. mark at gbnews.uk. i'll get to your ever important emails shortly. also, don't forget to email your mother's day snaps, it is

sunday, so please send pictures of your mum . hopefully she's of your mum. hopefully she's with us. she's still with us. perhaps if it's a lost and much loved mum , then also send me a loved mum, then also send me a photo to bring back happy memories. so day snaps mark at gbnews.uk reacting to my big opinion and. the big stories of the day , the finest political the day, the finest political commentary in the business. former party mep i see arthur rees—mogg , britain's longest rees—mogg, britain's longest serving political editor nigel nelson and journalist, broadcaster and podcast host linda jubilee . linda, let me linda jubilee. linda, let me start with you . the elephant in start with you. the elephant in the room is the status is too big and the government spends much money. yes, i think that's probably too true. i do think the state has to row back and i think that that's because people need to take responsibility for some of the things they do . and some of the things they do. and i work largely now in women's empowerment. i advise on some of the women who are evacuated from

afghanistan and fear of death and the taliban . and what i've and the taliban. and what i've learnt over the last year and a half is no one hands you power. you have to empower yourself . you have to empower yourself. and that is what has to happen this country. we can talk about tax cuts. we can talk about immigration. tax cuts. we can talk about immigration . we can talk about immigration. we can talk about all sorts of things . but at the all sorts of things. but at the end of the day, i this end of the day, i think this does boil down to a mindset that to encouraged where people to be encouraged where people think master or think that they are master or mistress of their own destiny. now i don't think that they're just going do that their just going to do that on their own. we to try own. i do think we have to try help and deliver the help people and deliver the tools that they need to do that. but i think empowerment is a very important issue here, and we simply have to get on top of turning people's mindsets around . nigel nelson currently there are 7 million working age brits who are not active in the economy , not sustainable. the economy, not sustainable. the state too big. it's time for austerity. 2.0. no, no . the one austerity. 2.0. no, no. the one thing the budget did was

actually address that issue to try and get those economically economically inactive , people economically inactive, people back into work . so. so economically inactive, people back into work. so. so things like sorting out pensions , which like sorting out pensions, which discourages people from from carrying on working with the near retirement age to the extent the extra childcare that's going to help. i mean, that's going to help. i mean, that kind of economy that i'd like to see a high growth economy like you with high wages and if you get the if you get high wages rather than low wages, the tories want, you'll get a much better tax take. and on the basis of tax cuts can then follow. and of course there's waste around you trying to eliminate the waste, but the dangeris to eliminate the waste, but the danger is you cut public services and then you decide where do you cut . do we cut nhs? where do you cut. do we cut nhs? do we cut schools and so on. that's right. every single government department. nigel because we are essentially running the country on an overdraft at the moment we have

a budget deficit which means that day to day spending is higher than national income. it's got to stop. yeah, but the reason for running a budget is momentum is because the problems we've had with the pandemic , we've had with the pandemic, which we're still recovering from . so we still have the from. so we still have the highest borrowing for 50 years. eventually that will sort itself out . but i eventually that will sort itself out. but i don't think public service cuts are then the answer . okay. well, i don't see to all rees—mogg. i don't think either the opposition or the conservative party are being honest with the public . this honest with the public. this country lives its means and that doesn't end well. it does. and it has been for quite time. it can't all be blamed . the can't all be blamed. the pandemic, if you look to before that our deficit was running far too high. you go back to george osborne's version of austerity, which wasn't actually steer, it didn't cut . the money to the didn't cut. the money to the level which we could afford it .

level which we could afford it. we carried on borrowing more and it has to be paid back at some point. the answer is constantly higher taxes , which kill higher taxes, which kill innovation hurt companies, prevent more employment by the private sector and reduce the wellbeing of financially of everyone in the country. we need to get growth going to get ourselves out of this generation . no mess indeed , the balance . no mess indeed, the balance sheet is not healthy a non—starter. rees—mogg do you think that we will see any politicians any time soon being straight with the british people about our economic situation ? i about our economic situation? i don't know . there's an appetite don't know. there's an appetite for it at the but i think there needs to be need to be realistic. we need to live in a way that can secure the future for our children. we're talking about mother's day . this is about mother's day. this is about mother's day. this is about the children and, them having a world where they are not just paying back the debt , not just paying back the debt, have burdened on them , but they have burdened on them, but they can benefit from the growth that

we need to start now. well, we only hope that will be the case. what's your view? market gb news is .uk. does britain live beyond its means. get your thoughts oven its means. get your thoughts over. i'll get to your emails just after the break. my mark means guest is one of the most prominent figures of the labour movement. he is, of course, the former justice of new labour formerjustice of new labour under tony blair. charlie faulkner . under tony blair. charlie faulkner. he's under tony blair. charlie faulkner . he's live under tony blair. charlie faulkner. he's live in under tony blair. charlie faulkner . he's live in the faulkner. he's live in the studio and. of course, he used to live with tony blair as well. he'll be spilling the beans on our next prime minister and keir starmer be all next incumbent at number 10. charlie faulkner , number 10. charlie faulkner, 10:00. but next in the big question is suella braverman right to stand her ground over. the rwanda policy. i'll be asking ann widdecombe live in the studio studio .

welcome back to mark dolan tonight. we're asking your mother's day selfies of your mum. do send them in, mark@gbnews.uk now a very big reaction . my big opinion and reaction. my big opinion and i believe that the country living beyond its means and the politicians are not being honest with you about the state of the country's finances. this from david. well said, mark. if we all run our household like our government, have , we would be government, have, we would be declared bankrupt . businesses declared bankrupt. businesses have to make commercial to survive. so should uk plc stop spending on unnecessary everything's? obviously politicians do not have the will to say we can't spend taxpayers on x, y and z. let common sense prevail . david here's hoping so. prevail. david here's hoping so. it is mothering sunday and therefore we're featuring your mums on the show. so let's have a look. we have debbie and her daughter lovely , gorgeous mum

daughter lovely, gorgeous mum that she . hello, debbie and that she. hello, debbie and danielle danielle and stephen with . phyllis. gorgeous lovely. with. phyllis. gorgeous lovely. phyllis. some lovely mums. yummy let me say . so there you go. let me say. so there you go. more of your mother's day photos, please. market gb news dot uk. it's time now for this. yes, it's time for the big question in which we tackle a major news story of the day on a well publicised trip to rwanda, the home secretary's suella braverman has confirmed plans to deport migrants to the african nafion deport migrants to the african nation in the next months. a home office has said we are certainly working towards getting the flights over to rwanda before the summer , adding rwanda before the summer, adding that the home secretary , it was that the home secretary, it was dependent on pending legal battles. it comes as brahim then expanded the agreement with rwanda to incorporate all those illegally entering the uk as

opposed to solely asylum seekers. so is the home secretary right to stand her ground in relation to the rwanda policy in the face of significant political and legal opposition to this? i'm delighted to welcome live in the studio former home office minister, bestselling author and personality and welcome and great to have you in the studio . lovely to be here. yeah. what do you think? suella do you think? is suella braverman to stand her ground on this policy? oh yes. i just wish they'd get with . you know, they'd get on with. you know, we've now over a we've been hearing now over a year , nearly two years. in fact, year, nearly two years. in fact, we're going to do rwanda is going to happen in. we're going to face down the legal challenge. it will definitely be happening next month, month happening next month, a month after after . never after the month after. never happens. happens. so happens. it never happens. so i'll say suella. yes, you're quite right to be doing it, but i'll believe it when you've done it. indeed. but is rwanda window dressing? is it politics than policy? no, i think it actually is policy because it will have a very, very major effect. and

thatis very, very major effect. and that is what we need . i've said that is what we need. i've said on this program many that the only way to tackle the issue of illegal immigration is to deter people from wanting to come. and at the moment, people from wanting to come. and at the moment , the message is at the moment, the message is come to britain and you're very unlikely to be removed . we've unlikely to be removed. we've got to reverse that message and indeed reverse it in such a way that not only you be that says not only will you be removed, going end removed, you're going to end up in and. what's your in rwanda and. what's your appraisal of how the home secretary has been characterised the course of pursuing the rwanda . steve bray, who will be rwanda. steve bray, who will be known to you he's of course the anti—brexit campaigner, posted anti—brexit campaigner, posted an image on social media. this weekend and i'm just going warn our viewers this could be deeply offensive to some so away offensive to some so look away if you might be offended by this andifs if you might be offended by this and it's an image, a photoshopped image, a at the gates of auschwitz and that is terrible . i remember something terrible. i remember something very similar when i announced an immigration policy a shadow home secretary and there was a cartoon in one of the major national newspapers of auschwitz

. and it's a completely false comparator and there is no question of genocide. there is no question of promoting suffering. there is a question of deterring people from coming here and having them processed and in a far off country and that seems to me a very good policy indeed. and i hasten to add this particular tweet has been deleted, but gives you a flavour of the discourse around , this subject at the moment. well, it's more emotion than it is common sense. and we need to debate coolly and logically not with gary lineker . take with gary lineker. take comparisons. now the politics professor, the university of kent. professor matthew goodwin, has said that the stop the boats policy is far more popular in the country than than any sense you'd have if you just looked at twitter. do you think there is a divide between political and media who are not impacted media elite who are not impacted by illegal and the great british public? that is a massive divide. this is something cameron government didn't

understand . they didn't think understand. they didn't think that anybody thought other than that anybody thought other than that they thought in metropolitan elite bubble . and metropolitan elite bubble. and therefore what a nasty shock when the result of the referendum came . and yet referendum came. and yet governments after that have just gone on, assuming that people think like the liberal elite do and they don't , and they feel, and they don't, and they feel, you know, an ordinary bloggs on the and you're living in an area in which there's a lot of illegal immigration and people are being put up close to you. you care. i mean, you really care about it. you care about the pressure on health services and places and local services. you actually do care. it's real. and serious to you. it's not theory. and yes, i think there is a very big indeed between the government and the government. now, the government's and the prime rishi sunak has outlined a of policies. it's clear that not one individual policy is the silver bullet. but as you mentioned , the messaging of mentioned, the messaging of rwanda the messaging of that

deal with france it's clear that he wants to stop the boats. it won't happen overnight. he wants to stop the boats. it won't happen overnight . you've won't happen overnight. you've beenin won't happen overnight. you've been in the home office. what success look like for the prime in the next 12 months? because that's all that matters. because that's all that matters. because that's when we're going to have an . it certainly can't an election. it certainly can't be by tuesday afternoon. let me say away , you know, the say right away, you know, the policy is policy with france is a nonsense. we're giving them more money know, it money again. you know, done it twice them more twice before giving them more money, to open some money, asking them to open some detention centre by 2026. and we're seriously expecting anything that that detention centre will cost the french more than it will cost us. and it's on french soil, which many argued a win for the pm. argued was a win for the pm. well it's again you know it looks, it looks and it sounds impressive . the fact is nothing impressive. the fact is nothing is going to happen for several years and there is a very interesting article in the mail on sunday today by an albania young man who came over here, got here successfully and then couldn't wait to , go back couldn't wait to, go back because everything went wrong .

because everything went wrong. and that is the sort message we've got to get over this. the streets of london are not paved with gold , you know, this is not with gold, you know, this is not somewhere where you come and automatically going automatically you're going to get money and, be well get a lot of money and, be well looked after. and that message does actually need to get out. it really does . however, would it really does. however, would you say that the gary lineker for rory has helped the government because it's got us talking about this policy and it's katie drawing attention, attention to the fact that the conservatives appear willing to tackle this than labour . i conservatives appear willing to tackle this than labour. i think the conservatives are all more willing to tackle it than laboun willing to tackle it than labour. , have not labour. i mean, have not announced single policy as far as i can out that would as i can make out that would actually reduce the numbers coming in, at least the conservative doves are trying, but they have not achieved anything. you haven't got a policy. a potential no policy. we've got a potential no end to policy. and that's different. and you ask you , know different. and you ask you, know what could make a real impact and swing people behind the government . the first serious government. the first serious plane load of people go back to rwanda now , labour have argued rwanda now, labour have argued

frontbenchers have been the sunday morning political programmes saying that they are engaged france they'll have a better relationship with macron than we do because because of brexit i suppose. and also they're talking about smashing they're talking about smashing the business model of these traffickers . right, because they traffickers. right, because they tell how they're going to tell us how they're going to smash the business model of traffickers. track traffickers. we can't even track down the traffickers and how they are operating abroad. they're not operating here. they're not operating here. they're not operating here. they're not they're not operating in france. they're operating in france. they're operating from other places . and operating from other places. and they're very, very difficult to run on the ground. now, let labour put some flesh on its bones unit . everybody can talk. bones unit. everybody can talk. and that's the conservatives do enough talking. i to see some enough talking. ito see some action. labour would argue couldn't do a worse job than the tories currently all well that may well be true, but doesn't may well be true, but it doesn't follow do it better. follow that they do it better. well, think that's a well, indeed, i think that's a fair point and what about the next election when do you think it might be and what could the outcome think it will be outcome be? i think it will be in the autumn of next year because if you think you're

going to lose, you always hang on you go on till the last minute. you go after four years if you think you're to win, then you've you're going to win, then you've got i got yourself another five. i don't that's going to happen. i think it's going to the think it's going to be the autumn 24. what's going to autumn of 24. what's going to happen ? that depends entirely? happen? that depends entirely? everybody thinks they know, but they don't. that depends entirely on how the government handled between now and then. if we have got massive reduction in illegal immigration , if we have illegal immigration, if we have got serious falls in, if we have got serious falls in, if we have got a calm and function winning nhs, then i think that the government has got a serious challenge but is having any of those things. finally it's mothering sunday. yes, i know you were very close to your mother. yeah your memories of your mum on this day. i still find mothering actually quite difficult. i mean , after all difficult. i mean, after all these years . and i remember the these years. and i remember the first mother's day off after she died, you never really had an impact . yeah, but i remember her

impact. yeah, but i remember her in all manner of ways. i remember when i was at school and would go out and buy this enormous miss card, really huge card centre. and she said it wouldn't fit through the letterbox the postman ring while you a chip off the old block do you a chip off the old block do you take after your mother. no my mother was a very very kind and soft and know kind , soft and and soft and know kind, soft and lovely , non—confrontational. lovely, non—confrontational. i was going on to say. so, you know. but you posted that your mother was i think my mother always used to say that i took after her looks and after my father disposition sounds not the right thing true. sounds like the right combo. let me tell you that your appearances on mark dolan tonight every sunday are always the highlight of the viewers love of the show. the viewers love it, the listeners and can't it, the listeners it and i can't wait week already will wait for next week already will be widdecombe be the brilliant ann widdecombe , government minister, , former government minister, bestselling your bestselling author, tv your reaction what ann has had to reaction to what ann has had to say and keep those selfies of your in photographs your mum coming in photographs of your mothering sunday. of your mum on mothering sunday. mark at gb dot uk. lots

mark at gb news dot uk. lots more to come, including a big debate . my panel across a range debate. my panel across a range of big topics by the way at 10:00 i'm going to be dealing with nicola sturgeon and the collapse of snp . snp all ip collapse of the snp. snp all ip that's coming up. don't go anywhere .

now. there you go. do you like the special effects ? i'm all the special effects? i'm all over the studio. welcome back to market ireland. tonight's lost to come charlie faulkner is my mark means guest he of course was tony blair's right hand man under new labour. he was justice secretary. they were friends, flatmates in the day and he'll be spilling the beans on what our former prime minister was actually like. and i'll be asking him whether he thinks keir can be our next keir starmer can be our next prime minister. now, results prime minister. now, the results in from our twitter is suella braverman right to her ground

over rwanda policy . well, over the rwanda policy. well, 77% said yes, 23% said no. so a resounding majority for bravo men to keep fighting the fights . i've got one email on the rwanda story is from the right to stand her ground. adrian says mark. send a few hundred to rwanda. the message will get back to france and they won't come. it's a deterrent to stop them arriving here. sewell must send these to rwanda now . well, send these to rwanda now. well, that was very much the message of ann widdecombe as well . of ann widdecombe as well. however, robert has emailed, saying think the rwanda plan is illegal and, cruel. there you go. it's all about opinions . the go. it's all about opinions. the coming market gbnews.uk. it's mothering sunday. this is mum jean with her great grandchild . jean with her great grandchild. lovely jean. she doesn't look like a grandma at all and we've got to angela . gary has sent a got to angela. gary has sent a lovely photo of his mum who sadly passed away with dementia

last year. and this is a very tough day, but condole nancy's and what a beauty was lovely angela. thank you for that. gary nortje and mum edna para babes , nortje and mum edna para babes, if you ask me by the way, which ones the mama are they sisters ? ones the mama are they sisters? and finally, last but not least for now, russell and his mummy . for now, russell and his mummy. margaret's there go gorgeous . we margaret's there go gorgeous. we love margaret . lovely, maggie. love margaret. lovely, maggie. there you go . thanks for those. there you go. thanks for those. keep them coming. mark at gb news dot uk. and by the way , news dot uk. and by the way, mother's day is a like christmas. it's bittersweet for lots of people. for many, it's a celebration of the day mum, that you've got many be mourning the passing can we to come of the mum that's no longer and it can be a really tough day so if you're your mum you're really missing your mum or grandma, heart goes or, your grandma, my heart goes out you and also there are who would love to have babies love to a mother, can't. and to be a mother, can't. and that's a challenge that's why it's also a challenge for them too. but let's all let's give each other a virtual hug everything hug and the day for everything it represents . now, reaction to

it represents. now, reaction to the of day. my the big stories of day. my fantastic of political fantastic team of political commentators, former brexit party mep and on sea alter rees—mogg , the political editor rees—mogg, the political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people. nigel and broadcaster and journalist and also the host of a podcast linda jubilee . now let's move to three jubilee. now let's move to three quickfire news agenda stories starting with the met police . starting with the met police. this week, a report by baroness casey blackstock brought in to investigate the met after the rape and murder of sarah everard in, march 20, 21. the report is expected to highlight levels of misogyny , racism and homophobia misogyny, racism and homophobia in the uk's biggest force , as in the uk's biggest force, as well as a series of structural . well as a series of structural. three female police chiefs have about the impact the independent review will have on policing . so review will have on policing. so will women ever be able to trust the police again ? lynda i think the police again? lynda i think this is such an incredibly worrying . what i will say is

worrying. what i will say is i work directly with one former metropolitan police officer in some of the work i do and i trust man with my knife. i work alongside two other very, very senior police officers and they are highly commendable . the are highly commendable. the problem is that i think casey will have left no stone unturned. she's a formidable woman and this report will. there's no question about that. mark casey has already said as much . the head of the much. the head of the metropolitan police, anyway. so i think he'll make very, very upsetting reading . we heard lucy upsetting reading. we heard lucy who is the head of the british police say it will take a generation . well, why does it generation. well, why does it have to take, you know, to make amends here? that's effectively what she's saying, that the bad the toxic a matter this whole process will last generation but it can't last a generation. that's but i'll tell you one thing that really interests me is a couple of weeks ago i heard about a serious case of harassment at a fire service outside of london. now first covered sexual harassment at the

soho fire when i was a 24 year old reporter on the daily. and nothing has changed in that generation, literally a generation. so we do have to do something here. we have get on top of this situation last night. i was with my daughter, my lovely young daughter, who over early for mother's day today. over early for mother's day today . and i know that she and today. and i know that she and her friends and friends of friends, all girls the same age, are really worried not it's not really just about trusting the police. i mean, they will have problems trusting , the police. problems trusting, the police. it's the level of in it's about the level of in general that young women in particular have to face in in society today. and often that's to down social media and too much. i mean, it just objectifies women if takes away proper emotional develops . and proper emotional develops. and we've seen what's to young men now. indeed the messaging within is deeply insidious. i don't see after a tragedy that so many

women don't feel they can trust . a police officer, someone who's given role is to protect them . i absolutely agree it is them. i absolutely agree it is a tragedy and i think that probably sadly does go beyond the met police that a lot of these cases have been directly associated with police force. and i but my experience with the lincolnshire police is that they are exceptionally dedicated , are exceptionally dedicated, trustworthy individuals. but you know what, i think all of us trust the police a lot , a lot trust the police a lot, a lot more. if we felt they were policing, if we saw in our communities and on our streets and that they turned up when we had a burglary or a harassment case or any other kind of issue that required police , if they that required police, if they came, if they were there if they were being what we consider a policeman. i think they would build lot of trust. i couldn't agree . amen to that. now, the agree. amen to that. now, the bbc has urged its staff to delete the chinese owned social media app, tiktok from corporate

mobile phones . the move comes mobile phones. the move comes after the uk government banned the app on government phones amid fears sensitive data being accessed by the chinese government owing to its ownership by the chinese government itself and the internet company bytedance owns. so how about this for a policy decision? why did we ban tiktok from the uk altogether? after all? annunziata rees—mogg many likened the tiktok to be like spyware in. other words, when it's on your phone , it's got it's on your phone, it's got access to everything that's on there . all that data in the there. all that data in the hands of chinese communist party because . we're not the chinese because. we're not the chinese communist party is the very same simple answer that we believe freedom. we believe in a global world we believe in our citizens having choice in what they do and what they do not do. i cannot support banning it. i do think there are really big question marks about having our infrastructure picture being made as equally sensitive to foreign powers, whether that be

china or actually anywhere else. but it's going to take until 2027 to remove highways, technology from our 5g infrastructure . if this is such infrastructure. if this is such an urgent worry , surely that an urgent worry, surely that should be moved forward rather than banning lure abiding british citizens from using app they enjoy . nigel do you worry they enjoy. nigel do you worry about tiktok the uk? no i think it's absolutely right. the government it that you've got sensitive data on on government phones. sensitive data on on government phones . it's sensitive data on on government phones. it's right for sensitive data on on government phones . it's right for the sensitive data on on government phones. it's right for the bbc to ban it because they also have sensitive there and any company which feels it doesn't want the chinese reading it state should ban it for their employees. on private phones. it be your choice. okay well let's move on now. it's been revealed that content creators , the popular content creators, the popular aduh content creators, the popular adult subscription site only fans can claim tax relief on breast and surgeries. now, that's right there. boob jobs, basically, which apparently are

a business expense . m revenue, a business expense. m revenue, customs, hmrc allows self—employed performers or entertainers to claim concessions for cosmetic surgeries. should they be able to show that it was needed solely for professional purposes. the average cost of a breast enhancement surgery is between three and a half thousand and £8,000, according to the nhs . so should plastic to the nhs. so should plastic surgery be tax deductible ? now surgery be tax deductible? now we look at a man with the perfect body. michael nelson . perfect body. michael nelson. you don't need a net poorer tucked . well, thank you very tucked. well, thank you very much . but is this a boob by the much. but is this a boob by the hmrc? i think that is absolutely right, that if you can hmrc, that that a boob job is legitimate business expense and if you happened to be a star, it probably is in the same that plumbers can can get their tools on function praise to actually use an operation for that kind . use an operation for that kind. those a tax deductible. so this

should be your haircut, mark tax deductible and they would would pay deductible and they would would pay for that because you appear appear on television and it comes under the hmrc rather unfortunately if a grooming. but you can actually charge tax for charge against tax for going to the barbers . well there you go. the barbers. well there you go. and is a business expense. you'd make a lovely accountant . let me make a lovely accountant. let me tell you. linda, what do you think this? i this think about this? i this haircut. i can claim grooming expenses, but he can't claim for that jacket . and i'm trying to that jacket. and i'm trying to roll with the punches here. but i think barry's could am embarrassed and marley me when the dressing down fought a case to get her jacket. oh, yes. as tax deductible in court and black is the only colour they're allowed to wear. and she didn't get it through. so i can't understand . why? if a barrister understand. why? if a barrister can't get through, why would she put breast enlargements? you have to wonder. i mean, it's an interesting one. non—starter . interesting one. a non—starter. is it slightly in is it slightly imbalanced in terms what's tax deductible and

what is ? oh, i think this is what is? oh, i think this is a brilliant example of why we should simplify our tax system , should simplify our tax system, that when you're getting down to these kind of quite minor these kind of really quite minor arguments about what should be tax deductible , make it simpler, tax deductible, make it simpler, make it understandable , make it make it understandable, make it clear. if tax were properly clear. and if tax were properly low, you wouldn't need all these expenses deductions, would expenses and deductions, would you exactly. go. see you? exactly. there you go. see the voice of common sense. i've listened . look, lots more to listened. look, lots more to come. please your emails in come. please get your emails in market. my mop meets market. gbnews.uk my mop meets guest is one of the most powerful figures. new labour. he was tony flatmate. he was justice secretary charlie faulkner in the house of lords. he is my mop meets guest. faulkner in the house of lords. he is my mop meets guest . but he is my mop meets guest. but next up is boris johnson vindicates himself week in front of a house of commons inquiry. is there a way back to public life for old bojo. we'll be asking government minister edwina currie. she's.

next welcome back to mark dolan tonight. it's mothering sunday and this is the well. can we get it back, please? it was angelica's mum, alison. okay well, there she was. it was blink and you'll miss. how about phil's mum, brenda today? lovely brenda happy mothering sunday. hope phil spoilt you and deborah with her mum . pauline gorgeous. with her mum. pauline gorgeous. all these lovely viewers . what all these lovely viewers. what an attractive bunch. and thomas and mum. linda. who unable to meet today as they both have the covid. get well soon, you two andisnt covid. get well soon, you two and isn't mum gorgeous ? well. and isn't mum gorgeous? well. you look like you're somewhere and sunny there. take and a speedy recovery. as i. brilliant stuff . happy mothering sunday. stuff. happy mothering sunday. let's talk now a bit of politics. boris remember him? well, he's finally his legal defence as he prepares to face an inquiry this week

investigating claims that he deliberately misled mps about illegal lockdown parties in downing . the appearance in front downing. the appearance in front of the house of commons privileges committee on wednesday could be a big moment . his political career . the . his political career. the cross—party committee of mps will grill him over claim in parliament that no rules have been broken so partygate gatherings in downing street dunng gatherings in downing street during the pandemic. however, johnson's legal team all to reveal sensational text messages sent to the then pm from colleagues that will reportedly he was quoting official advice when he denied in the commons that parties had taken place . so that parties had taken place. so will houdini johnson do again if he's cleared of misleading parliament? is there a way to pubuc parliament? is there a way to public life for boris ? let's public life for boris? let's speak to a former politician who has never been a stranger to controversy . s conservative controversy. s conservative government minister and radio and television broadcaster . and television broadcaster. edwina currie. edwina boris has

surprised us the past. can he do it again ? did you actually say it again? did you actually say eggs ? yes, minister never eggs? yes, minister never pleaded with them . well done. pleaded with them. well done. calm boris. do it again. he's got an awful lot of hurdles to jump got an awful lot of hurdles to jump over in this particular little obstacle race, hasn't he? i mean, he's got to get through the inquiry itself. i suspect a number of the members of it, including some of the tory members, have made up their minds already. if they members, have made up their minds already . if they suspend minds already. if they suspend him or they to suspend him from the house of commons for, say, ten days, that's going to go to the commons itself . and then the commons itself. and then rishi has to decide whether he whips everybody into line to support the former prime minister or whether it gives a free vote on the may well give a free vote on the may well give a free vote on the may well give a free vote in which case boris could well find himself outside. you've got an awful lot of hurdles there , bearing this in hurdles there, bearing this in mind . two things. one is that 60 mind. two things. one is that 60

of his ministers from last summer resigned from government in what was clearly a coordinated in order to get him and then very unlikely i would think to give him and athletic support in next two weeks. and the other thing is it strikes me that boris and his multiple households need , the best part households need, the best part of half a million quid a year before tax in order to keep everybody going . they can't everybody going. they can't afford to do that. if he was prime minister. and if he can't afford do it if he's government minister either because he won't be able to do all the things that kind of money have i that that kind of money have i made myself clear . if he that that kind of money have i made myself clear. if he is cleared, there will obviously be another boris bounce. won't there ? how we how might he there? how we how might he deploy that fresh , fresh bank deploy that fresh, fresh bank balance of political capital? do you think that boris johnson could play a role in helping rishi sunak fight the next election? oh, absolutely. i mean, i hope he does that

anyway. whatever happens and whatever approach to the next general election himself may not. i think send and he may find it a little difficult a more difficult, shall we find it a little difficult a more difficult , shall we say, to more difficult, shall we say, to win , certainly on the policies win, certainly on the policies stand at the moment. he wouldn't hold uxbridge . so none of these hold uxbridge. so none of these things are absolutely within control. but boris his best bet this year is brilliant to attack the labour party and demonstrate just what a load of platitudinous they really are and how hope the south in producing policies that make any kind of sense and to give his vocal on intelligence support to the prime minister when the prime minister's doing the right thing and that's very, very helpful. i mean rishi sunak i think is a good prime minister he's not brilliant at pr whereas bofis he's not brilliant at pr whereas boris was brilliant at pr and perhaps a somewhat erratic prime minister . perhaps a somewhat erratic prime minister. so, you perhaps a somewhat erratic prime minister . so, you know, the two minister. so, you know, the two of them working in tandem could actually be extremely effective,

might actually ensure that we win the next election instead of handing it over to the labour. bofis handing it over to the labour. boris on battle bus a force to be with. labour would of course argue that they are streets aheadin argue that they are streets ahead in the which is clear pubuc ahead in the which is clear public proof that it's time a new administration. but before you go edwina let's talk about the current situation where are politically. the windsor framework which some see a brexit breakthrough to end the deadlock in northern ireland, the economy has likely avoided recession. inflation is coming pay recession. inflation is coming pay deals with striking , recession. inflation is coming pay deals with striking, unions are in the offing. stop boats has made a splash. does rishi sunak now have momentum ? yes, sunak now have momentum? yes, i think that's a very good way of putting it. we've made tremendous progress in the last three months, bearing in mind that liz truss absolutely trashed downing street , set off trashed downing street, set off the people who were there replacing those very senior staff, has taken several months. you know, you have to go through

the process of interviewing people and so on. so it was a very slow start . but once i got very slow start. but once i got cracking on, i'm very impressed at the of what is happening and it's lovely to see that we get news from time to time , i beg news from time to time, i beg you, especially the most intelligent person on the whole of british television down, please be upbeat about all things. you do not have to be depressed . you do not have to depressed. you do not have to feel that the world falling into catastrophe with this country leaving that's not what's leaving it. that's not what's happening. we are heading for a much successful and prosperous future . we tories ought to be future. we tories ought to be saying so fear. not edwina. my glass is half and i'm delighted to say yours is over flowing. really enjoy. enjoy having on the show. we'll catch up soon. edwina former politician , ex edwina former politician, ex government minister and indeed bestselling tv and radio broadcaster. they called me the cleverest guy on telly. i'll be quoting her on that . next up, quoting her on that. next up, i'll be demolishing the snp that

. toxic legacy is collapsing like a house of cards. that's .

next it's 10:00 next it's10:00 and this is marked ireland tonight in my take at ten with the scottish national party marred by scandal after scandal with nicola sturgeon's husband now sensationally resigning it's time the snp to accept it's game over. what does this mean for in—depth tense? my view next. my mark means guest is lord charlie faulkner, a key member of , is lord charlie faulkner, a key member of, tony blair's government and his old flatmates. plus, we've got mondays front pages . two lots to mondays front pages. two lots to get through it is mothering sunday. so we've got your mother photographs as well. do keep them coming. market gbnews.uk . them coming. market gbnews.uk. lots to get through. i'll be

demolishing nicola sturgeon straight after this . mark thank straight after this. mark thank you and good evening. i'm tatiana sanchez with your news headunes tatiana sanchez with your news headlines from the gb newsroom. the home secretary says rwanda is ready to receive migrants and she hopes to start flights by the summer . she hopes to start flights by the summer. suella braverman has continued visit to rwanda, where earlier today she met with students from a non—profit university program where at least 25% of his students are refugees . ms. braverman also refugees. ms. braverman also attended a street fair which was to organised celebrate commonwealth day. the uk and rwanda are vowing to step up efforts to tackle migration. the agreement between the two countries has been expanded to include all illegal migrants and not just asylum seekers . while not just asylum seekers. while the deal with rwanda has cost £240 million, which shadow levelling secretary lisa nandy

says could have been better spent ? we think you should take spent? we think you should take that money, put it into national crime agency, create a cross border so that disrupts the criminal gangs and send the clearest possible to those criminal gangs that their behaviour won't be tolerated and that will bring them to account should they persist. instead, we've had more and more of the tough talk from this government . and last year the boat crossings a record high of 45,000, is not working . and it's 45,000, is not working. and it's about time the government recognised that . russian recognised that. russian president vladimir has said that russia is open to a diplomatic resolution to the ukraine crisis , but he said he rejects ultimatum in an article written a chinese newspaper. he also welcomed china's involvement solving the crisis and that the two nations are fighting threats. he's due meet president xi tomorrow for peace talks. the comments come following a surprise visit to the city of

mariupol on friday. the international criminal court issued president putin an arrest warrant on charges of war crimes. switzerland's bank ubs will take over its rival credit suisse in a government backed deal. suisse in a government backed deal . credit suisse shares fell deal. credit suisse shares fell by 4% on wednesday to a record low amid fears of a wider european banking crisis. the swiss president has praised the saying it's the best solution to provide confidence in them in the market. the deal includes 100 billion chf in liquidity assistance for both banks and the bank of england has also welcomed the deal, saying uk banks remain safe and sound and the king paid tribute to the late queen on the first mother's day since her death . the royal day since her death. the royal family tweeted . a picture of family tweeted. a picture of king charles as a baby standing on the queen's a picture of the queen with her mother was also

posted. the prince princess of wales shared a picture of their children with kate with a message saying happy , mother's message saying happy, mother's day from our family , yours , tv, day from our family, yours, tv, onune day from our family, yours, tv, online and dab+ radio. this is gb news. that was back to mark dolan tonight. my dolan tonight. my thanks to tassie on a sanchez who returns to and welcome to mark dowland's . big stories, big mark dowland's. big stories, big guests and always big opinions. my guests and always big opinions. my mark meets guest is lord charlie faulkner , a key member charlie faulkner, a key member of tony blair's government and his former flatmate . plus, his former flatmate. plus, tomorrow's papers, a very busy , tomorrow's papers, a very busy, lively hour to come. we've saved best till last. so it's sunday night. grab something cold of the fridge or fire up the kettle and let's get to work. we kick off with my take it . ten parting

off with my take it. ten parting is such sweet sorrow pint sized populist nicholas is no more and with her collapses, the toxic legacy of the snp like a house of cards , scotland's governing of cards, scotland's governing nationalist party this weekend after snp chief peter murrell was forced to quit just weeks after his wife nicola sturgeon announced her shock as first minister. the downfall of scotland's foremost political power followed revelations in the mail sunday that the snp lied about its true membership numbers ahead of the leadership . critics feared the bogus numbers were being used by the party machine to inflate support for. humza yousaf seen the establishment's preferred

candidate to take over as first minister. in other words , nicola minister. in other words, nicola sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf , a sturgeon 2.0 humza yousaf, a terrifyingly illiberal autocrat who drives around no car insurance, asks a group of ukrainian women where, all the men have gone and conveniently turn up for parliamentary votes on same sex marriage and whose hate crime legislate passion wanted to make it illegal go to say something naughty your own home with the threat of a police visit if you'd said something untoward within your own four walls that was a real policy arrested for something you say in your own home. welcome to welcome to the snp. they're being concerns about the snp's financial arrangements as well, including a police investigation into how £600,000 worth of supporters donations raised for independence fighting fund were

spent and widens. fears that the current leadership campaign which is turning than a staff feedback meeting with dominic raab could be rigged rigged elections folks proof if you needed it, that the snp risk turning the great nation of scotland . a banana republic scotland. a banana republic having failed to achieve their dream of independence. it's my view the snp has been left with no tangible legacy other than infuriating more than half the population with controversial trans policies including the new self id bill, which allows a bloke call himself a woman after . about 10 minutes of thinking about it . now . about 10 minutes of thinking about it. now i . about 10 minutes of thinking about it . now i exaggerate, but about it. now i exaggerate, but you get my point. this policy allows a biological fully intact male to identify as a woman and to enjoy unfettered access to women's based rights after. to enjoy unfettered access to women's based rights after . just women's based rights after. just three months and with no need for a professional medical

diagnosis, leaving women biological exposed to men in female, changing rooms, in female, changing rooms, in female toilets rape crisis centres , domestic abuse shelters centres, domestic abuse shelters , name it . centres, domestic abuse shelters , name it. this policy ultimately led to a male rapist going by, a female name being accommodate it in wait for it a women's . this was the trigger women's. this was the trigger that ended it for all in the way that ended it for all in the way that the us authorities took down famous al capone with a dodgy tax return by cancelling women. nicolas sturgeon cancelled herself , but now she's cancelled herself, but now she's out with the snp mortally wounded and with scots waking to the wild incompetence of this regime. i watering levels of drug deaths are the highest in europe . a shocking attainment europe. a shocking attainment gap in education as well in other public sectors and a scottish nhs which has a financial debt equivalent to 12%

of scotland's gdp public health in scotland is and it's not deep fried . mars ball is to blame. fried. mars ball is to blame. it's the snp who with any luck , it's the snp who with any luck, will be deep fried by scottish at the next election . nicola at the next election. nicola sturgeon is compared to wee jemmy cranky, but i beg to differ because sturgeon's rule has been no laughing matter. she's gone and with her goes the snp's magical hold on the great country of scotland . such is the country of scotland. such is the state of scottish labour and the scottish tories . it will take scottish tories. it will take a while for the political map to be redrawn . but you're be redrawn. but you're witnessing the slow of the snp as a political force in scotland and with it the case for independence r.i.p. snp snp . independence r.i.p. snp snp. what's your view particularly ?

what's your view particularly? you're living north of the border . you're living north of the border. supporters would argue . border. supporters would argue. they've done a very good job with . the economy, public with. the economy, public services and the pursuit of independence . otherwise, why did independence. otherwise, why did they keep being re—elected on a landslide . their argument would landslide. their argument would be that scotland was not held back by snp policies but by westminster working the scottish national interest. that's not my view. but what's yours at gbnews.uk ? it's time now for gbnews.uk? it's time now for this . it's gbnews.uk? it's time now for this. it's time now for mock meeting, which i speak to the biggest names in the world of politics, sport, showbiz and beyond. tonight, charlie faulkner, baron faulkner of 30 in a labour peer and barrister who served as lord chancellor and, secretary of state for justice under the prime minister, tony. blair, from justice under the prime minister, tony . blair, from 2003 minister, tony. blair, from 2003 to two thousand and seven. the right honourable. the lord falconer of britain , casey. falconer of britain, casey. welcome to mark dolan tonight. thank you for having me. good to

have you, by the way. i ask you about the snp is it snp all repeat , do you think? about the snp is it snp all repeat, do you think? i think it's very problematic for them. i think they've managed avoid any focus on failures in relation to public service , relation to public service, justice, health, education because they've managed to keep the focus on independence when they've got no leader that can make people focus independent and the focus moves away from this great constitutes an issue too. what's it like in our schools? what's it like in our health service, which is very bad. what's it like? it released a new report . this in your a new report. this in your introduction. drug deaths. then they will go way of all political parties. they come down after they've been up . and down after they've been up. and that's what's happening. so i'll just leave the scottish labour need to raise game don't need to raise their game don't they. well sarwar has been they. well anas sarwar has been very, very leader and very, very good leader and you've the scottish labour party go you've the scottish labour party 9° up you've the scottish labour party go up and up and up the people who are the most charismatic and the people whom the scottish pubuc the people whom the scottish public may well be attracted by.

anas, i think is in the lead at the moment. well, let's talk about what's happening at the moment current politics. moment in our current politics. in 1997, the music in the run up to that election is that a labour government is coming. are we in same place now? well, i think have really turned against the conservative government. i think people feel that the pubuc think people feel that the public service has wrecked not just by an immediate financial crisis but by 13 years of neglect , by a crisis but by 13 years of neglect, by a very poor government. i think the time has come for the tories to go. i think people are hoping that there will be a labour government, but labour has got to lay out as they are doing what they intend to do when they become a government. i think the time come for sensible , grown up time come for sensible, grown up government with a party that the people will trust more than the party that is currently in power. but that sounds like a negative proposition , not a negative proposition, not a ringing endorsement. the tories are rubbish . why we need labour? are rubbish. why we need labour?

well, we this huge event in 2019 where the country decided that they would stick with brexit having voted for the tories big time in 2019, a more natural sequence of events politically would have been that government would have been that government would have been that government would have had one term, maybe two terms in which they could , two terms in which they could, as it were, give effect to brexit. they'd done absolutely nothing . part of the problems of nothing. part of the problems of keeping the pandemic , which they keeping the pandemic, which they cannot be blamed, but they've nothing. and so the political world has been turned upside down. the time has come for a change. i think most people would want a change at the moment . and that isn't in the moment. and that isn't in the natural run of things. the momentum is not comparable with 97, is it? why not. it feels completely different from 1997, i think , for two or three i think, for two or three reasons. first of all, the people's of politicians has changed. it's been the politicians there's been the expenses scandal or there's been the social media change in the way that people look at the lot of them . there's a feeling about

of them. there's a feeling about can't stand the lack of them because i can't stand government. that's why basically . so you feel i mean, in build up to 1997, people really thought change was coming . thought change was coming. people really really thought that the labour government was coming that would make change and my goodness it didn't make change and whole range of ways it transformed the constitution . it invested vast amounts of money than previously in, for example , the health service. it example, the health service. it really improved education 13 years after we lost power in 2010. it feels terrible again. but now don't have that sort of politicians that they used to. so it's different. well we'll be having a close look at new labour's legacy the good, the bad and the ugly. so do stay tuned for that. is a labour government coming ? let me know government coming? let me know what you think about that . i'll what you think about that. i'll put your points to charlie faulkner. who knows? tony blair? well, they were flatmates and of

course charlie served tony blair in a new labour government as justice secretary. is a labour government coming . and is it government coming. and is it keir starmer tony 2.0. we'll discuss all that .

next welcome back to , mark dolan welcome back to, mark dolan tonight. it's mothering sunday. we've asked for your photos of your so. let's have a look. we've got oh this is daniel. mum, carol. lovely and what a fine, what a fine , what a fine. fine, what a fine, what a fine. young lad you have sired . carol young lad you have sired. carol well done . we've also got mark well done. we've also got mark today with mum, amanda and sister leah. gorgeous alexandra and, her mum, janet's lovely. a pair of babes again, i mean, honestly, just gorgeous . and

honestly, just gorgeous. and catherine , her mum, barbara. catherine, her mum, barbara. hello ladies. out for cocktails . i can join you if you like. i'll be there in an hour. and caroline's mum, mary. lovely married. gorgeous look, i love these mum pictures. married. gorgeous look, i love these mum pictures . we've got so these mum pictures. we've got so many coming in. well done to grace, the producer for organising them. they're coming in thick and fast we'll get to more of them shortly. market gbnews.uk with me in the studio for mark meets is lord charlie faulkner , justice secretary faulkner, justice secretary under tony blair, tony blair's former flatmate, of course, as well . you cohabiting with tony? well. you cohabiting with tony? it's the most. you probably tired that. not at all. i mean, no, we don't see you in every interview. i would have every one. not every interview. people have thought of that, have sort of thought of that, but me. well, you've also but not me. well, you've also had own career top had your own career top barrister, top cabinet well, barrister, top cabinet as well, and of the phenomenon that and part of the phenomenon that was new labour three election landslide victories and a transformed country the better or worse. we'll discuss that in a moment . you pursued a career

a moment. you pursued a career in politics when you cohabitate with sorry, you pursued a career in law . when you lived with tony in law. when you lived with tony blair. tony blair went into politics. why didn't you follow tony blair into politics? i liked his courage . i mean, he we liked his courage. i mean, he we both lawyers , i was obviously both lawyers, i was obviously worried about what was going to happen. so i thought i should pursue a career in the law. tony was always is absolutely convinced wanted to be in convinced that wanted to be in politics. we were both the same sort of law appearing in court advocates, barristers . but he advocates, barristers. but he was prepared to take weeks, weeks, months, months out to, do political things eventually political things and eventually in 1983, he became mp and i just sort of plodded on in the law. basically. he was brave and bold . you wanted steady, gainfully . . you wanted steady, gainfully. well, i think he wanted gainful employment and found it. but i thought you were going to get steadier and more necessary . steadier and more necessary. more gainful employment. but employment by being a lawyer while , you were very, very while, you were very, very successful as a lawyer and. you made it into politics. in the end clear the time

end. was it clear at the time when cohabit said with tony when you cohabit said with tony blair destined for blair that he was destined for great did this guy great things? did this guy something about him that this guy most certainly did have something about him? i never for one moment thought that he would be the prime minister i never thought for a moment he'd be an mp because this this is the early eighties. the labour party was completely the riven with factional discord . the more left factional discord. the more left you were, the more you had a chance of getting into a parliamentary seat . tony was parliamentary seat. tony was left of centre , but not as far left of centre, but not as far left of centre, but not as far left . the labour party was left. the labour party was michael foot , the leader at the michael foot, the leader at the time. michael was at the time, and you'll recall he becomes an mp, tony blair in 1983 when we have what general described as the longest suicide note in history politically . so he he he history politically. so he he he really to get there and he was really to get there and he was really brave in getting there because he was basically joining up didn't adventure that using your language mark was not

leading to gainful employment unless regarded gainful employment being permanently in opposition . indeed. and of opposition. indeed. and of course it was it was a staggered approach from labour . it was approach from labour. it was episodic, wasn't it, because it was kinnock who made important reforms to labour and dragged them into centre ground. then them into centre ground. then the late great john and then tony blair. exactly i mean, he achieved big things, blair. but the way he was paid for him to a degree. exactly. and well, neil kinnock was an incredibly brave , inspirational leader. john smith was somebody whom everybody trusted tony blair, was building on their shoulders , moving the labour party to a position that was progressive, i.e. left of centre, but perhaps loosely connected with the problems of the country at the time margaret thatcher got labour voters to vote. tory yeah, and tony blair got tory voters to vote labour. exactly how did he it? he did it by convincing people that they could trust not to take away their existing prosperity. and

for those not with prosperity, they could aspire to achieve under labour. and at the same time, those who were most dispossessed would be properly and fairly treated. so tony blair. and then chancellor gordon brown didn't frighten the horses it's more that they didn't frighten horses. they didn't frighten horses. they didn't frighten horses. they didn't frighten the horses . but didn't frighten the horses. but they also offered change the country did. i mean you were a member this as a student of politics the country did want change desperately in 1990 stories were mired in sleaze . stories were mired in sleaze. yeah.i stories were mired in sleaze. yeah. i mean they were mired in sceptics were undermining the then prime ministerjohn major. exactly look at it now. i mean, the have literally collapsed in front of our very eyes. they are so and it's more than just the sort of trust explosion. it is sense that they have completely ignored. look at authorities and

local life. so they promised to level up and done absolutely . level up and done absolutely. and look at the health service . and look at the health service. look at education. look at the justice system, which i know a lot about. it's really going absolutely nosedives and it does seem to have been a of austerity in the 20 tens. i think cuts to justice department under kenneth clarke a 40. we're probably paying clarke a 40. we're probably paying price for that now. we certainly are paying pressures that and in your earlier that now. and in your earlier conversation earlier this evening , you were talking about evening, you were talking about the , for example, crimes the fact, for example, crimes against women are not really prosecuted the moment because nobody has the money to do it because these are quite complex prosecutions . why is that? prosecutions. why is that? because of that . that was don't because of that. that was don't know if you remember in 2017 when the tories lost but not quite badly enough. so mrs. may remained in power. what did she do to stay in power? she bunged the irish parties £1,000,000,000 in order to keep them onside. so

much for austerity. the whole thing was a sort of osborne ian con thought in order to make people that you couldn't dare have labour. now you've criticised the government . they criticised the government. they have to answer. well, have a case to answer. well, i think lockdowns, think that the lockdowns, for example , one of the reasons why example, one of the reasons why the countries in such a dire state got to rampant state you've got to rampant inflation because we printed money rest of it shut money all the rest of it shut the down borrowed cash the economy down borrowed cash but all went how many how but we all went how many how many many governments many how many governments wouldn't i mean wouldn't have done that? i mean i mean analysis from the i mean your analysis from the leader of the opposition be welcome over there. but you're being smugly hindsight about all because the world has spoken against lockdowns since mark ii apologised. you aren't, but wrong. but i thought it seemed and i thought . i thought you and i thought. i thought you were saying it now. but if you've been all along then i completely withdraw. any person. do you not think that a note of scepticism might been needed from in course from keir starmer in the course of i that as of the pandemic? i think that as country faced the worst health crisis it had faced since the

influence , sir in 1918, i think influence, sir in 1918, i think it was perfectly reasonable and right for the opposition to keep the government support at that particular point because the view and it might have been wrong, it might have been wrong. i think it was actually right was to stop the disease was we have to stop the disease spreading don't stop the spreading if we don't stop the disease there will be disease spreading there will be millions deaths than there were and talking to people who worked in the health service the time i think it was a lot worse in hospitals than we could ever have imagined. now, charlie , have imagined. now, charlie, i've got 2 minutes, but you , a i've got 2 minutes, but you, a succinct man . i'm sorry. was it succinct man. i'm sorry. was it brevity is the thing we. want to. i'll get about. let's get to two aspects of labour's legacy new labour. i've out the electoral success you've mentioned investment in public service is and i suppose the just the talents of tony blair as as somebody was pretty charismatic and talented communicator but but two things

has the iraq war destroyed the legacy of new labour and also tony blair loosened immigration rules whilst in office allowing citizens of eight countries or about to join the eu immediate right to work in britain . this right to work in britain. this decision alone resulted in one of the largest migration flows in britain's peacetime history was . this a in britain's peacetime history was. this a mistake. so the influx of immigration in the labour years the iraq war two blocks on the copybook i do as far as the iraq war is concerned it is hugely the reputation labour during that period and had a as an effect not just on the reputation of labour but also on the international rules that governed the world. so i think that was a huge mistake both in terms and in terms the world in relation to immigration, the mass influx of immigration, the mass influx of immigration during that period may well have contributed to

brexit and because i think the there's obviously a majority in there's obviously a majority in the country who voted in 16 who wanted a different economic because of each, because the government have to be so generous with regard to. well, you're right. you're right. all we could have could have we could have we could have phased in immigration over a penod phased in immigration over a period of time . instead, we did period of time. instead, we did not that we've heard that tony blair to rub the tories nose dropped diversity in their faces. no, that is not why he it why he did it was because he thought his party economy concerned. the more that you could you could you use immigrant to help the uk economy that would boost the economy and he was right about the fact it boosted the economy. the problem it undermined support for the european union. and if, like me, as you would expect , european union. and if, like me, as you would expect, mark, you were in favour of remaining the european union then the consequence that politically may have been that it was leaving the european, which is now i

don't know what you think, but it hasn't been that much of a success. well, that's a conversation for another day. i love balanced answers because as i to you love balanced answers because as ito you during the break, my favourite interviewees are politicians because you've got no skin in the game, nothing to fear off the record and it's all very compelling. actually very compelling. it's actually on record because i on the record because we are i think we most certainly are but you don't have to worry for your political career by saying the wrong we to get wrong thing look, we have to get to i will ask you to to the papers. i will ask you to questions your friend and former colleague tony blair said in an interview with the guardian year that keir starmer ditch the woke stuff is . he writes, what and stuff is. he writes, what and what i mean if by woke political correctness not being able to define what woman is in a tv interview and i can tell you it's a biological female. starmer to ditch the woke stuff. well, he should be like he should be able to communicate the public properly. basically, i don't think that necessarily means supporting causes that may not be popular when they start,

but become more popular as time goes on. okay. and data the next election and the result. charlie what do you think? no idea. no ideas. the answer is that lawyers on side no. an honest answer. who knows what the answer. who knows what the answer will be. loved our chat. do see us again? do you come and see us again? say having me. say thank you for having me. lord a lord charlie faulkner, a busy man. interesting conversation. your market gbnews.uk. your reaction market gbnews.uk. the are next .

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repeated. the daily mail. next kate's picture perfect family tree for mother's day. that's the princess of and her three lovely offspring dangle precariously on tree also euro judge is set to back down on rwanda flights strasbourg judges on the brink of backing down over the blocking orders that stopped rwanda removal flights suella braverman the home secretary revealed tonight that she'd been encouraged by discussions . the european court discussions. the european court of human rights raising hopes of reviving the policy, sources said . the talks could remove said. the talks could remove a key barrier , getting flights off key barrier, getting flights off the ground and. finally see boat migrants sent to the east african nation . in iraq. 20 african nation. in iraq. 20 years on from dodgy dossier to shock and awe. how independent the independent newspaper reported the to war defiant putin visits ukraine for first time since the invasion and bofis time since the invasion and boris braces for gate showdown on wednesday the guardian held

that union members in push to reject nhs pay deal. of course they are members of britain's biggest health union are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreements being recommended by union bosses in england in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between the government and nhs staff . the union group called staff. the union group called nhs workers say no has sent out thousands of leaflets held calls and started whatsapp networks in and started whatsapp networks in an effort to persuade members to vote against the 5% increase hammered out during months of talks . the i newspaper sunak key talks. the i newspaper sunak key policies as johnson takes centre stage. the prime minister forced to postpone announcements on crime, energy and pensions as bofis crime, energy and pensions as boris johnson's partygate defence dossier is to be published tomorrow with his appearance in the house commons on wednesday, which will be box office viewing daily express rwanda plan is euro backing down and our tremendous mum

metro.co.uk trekking to the everest graveyard reality , tv's everest graveyard reality, tv's spencer matthews tells of sad search for his missing brother's body and boris's deadly dossier. johnson says a 50 page file will kill off any bid to boot him out parliament and last but not least, daily star springs on folks polar scare as spring will seem a long way off as a 700 mile polar plunge sends britain back into a minus degree freeze this week minus nine folks snow is also forecast to dig out those wellies and find that bubble hats the winter wardrobe is about to return . let's get is about to return. let's get reaction to all of those stories . my brilliant political commentators , former brexit commentators, former brexit party mep and don't see all rees—mogg nigel nelson, political editor , the sunday political editor, the sunday mirror and the people and journalist and broadcaster and podcast host linda . right. let's

podcast host linda. right. let's have look at some of these stories and plenty to get our teeth into a possible breakthrough in relation to the rwanda . the home secretary, rwanda. the home secretary, linda euro euro judge is set to back down on rwanda flights . ann back down on rwanda flights. ann widdecombe earlier in the studio was quite positive about the rwanda plan. now i spoke to neil hamilton on friday and he said it's bogus. it's not workable andifs it's bogus. it's not workable and it's not worth the paper it's printed on when it comes. giving it her backing . and it giving it her backing. and it could be that euro judges feel the same way. i think would. i think it will. go ahead but i'm not sure how practicality because it's going to cost such an enormous amount of money to actually this. i don't know whether it makes any financial sense, but apart from the morality , isn't it isn't it like morality, isn't it isn't it like a like of those supermarket loss leaders that it's all about sending a message to, those who would seek to enter the country that there's a chance you'll up in rwanda. and it's a huge . so in rwanda. and it's a huge. so

it's basically almost a pr stunt. yeah, but you know what? i think that's part the problem in this country at the moment. there's too many pr stunts. there's too many pr stunts. there's too many pr stunts. there's too much grandstanding, far , many cut and paste far, many cut and paste soundees far, many cut and paste soundbites and not enough real policy . we want to make sure policy. we want to make sure that this if it does go ahead. we want to sure that it we want to make sure that it works. they actually does get a clear result. and i'm not completely convinced of it. and that's apart from the morality of i mean the right of the. yeah. i mean the right the right are split on on the migrant aren't nigel. it's migrant plan, aren't nigel. it's not only labour who are concerned about it. there are plenty of tory backbenchers that think unworkable , but think it's unworkable, but others support it others who support it wholeheartedly . yeah. i mean the wholeheartedly. yeah. i mean the ones on the on the right they're talking about leaving the european court of human. human on the basis of it to make rwanda work. i mean i find some the things suella braverman has been saying completely contradictory in the express. she's talking about what a blessing would be for blessing it would be for migrants go to rwanda, migrants to go to rwanda, because it's such a lovely country . in which then why

country. in which case, then why is it a deterrent wanting to do it the channel and get it across the channel and get a free over there? so i free flight over there? so i can't quite understand can't quite, quite understand where she's coming from. and the that the european court is backing down they seem to be backing down they seem to be backing down they seem to be backing down on the blocking mechanism, which was attempt brave thing to do. they haven't actually pronounced on whether the planet itself breaches human rights and even if we get through that there's a supreme court here. there's also refugee convention and made it very clear that that the un. has made it very clear that this would be in breach of that . as would be in breach of that. as far as i can see, there are so many internal laws along the way that we are in danger of breaking. plus the airlines, because of the reputational damage it will do to them, won't fly there anyway. so the idea of getting them there by the summer that suella braverman keeps talking about, it seems to be overly optimistic . the rwanda overly optimistic. the rwanda plan a non—starter. overly optimistic. the rwanda plan a non—starter . will it work

plan a non—starter. will it work as an answer to our problems? no, i can't see that we will get close to the same number of people going rwanda, who's come here so that if your concern as many people in this country is that thousands of people are coming country and not coming to this country and not going back to their own country or anywhere else again, it is not going to solve it. however, it is a very strong message. i suspect the european court is having pressure from some of the other european members . italy other european members. italy has very serious problems with this. denmark has looked a very similar policy. this. denmark has looked a very similar policy . this is a global similar policy. this is a global . i think what we really to do is work with all international friends , colleagues, allies to friends, colleagues, allies to come up with an answer that , come up with an answer that, works for the people who are so desperate to leave their countries. but also countries like us that cannot continue to have unfettered immigration and of people who just think we've got a better lifestyle in rwanda

might be useful, but it doesn't have our benefits system . yeah. have our benefits system. yeah. and nigel, i wonder whether it's academic as to whether the rwanda plan works. i wonder whether that's a sideshow in end, the messaging to, the most important audience the electorate that the tories are trying to do something . yeah trying to do something. yeah thatis trying to do something. yeah that is absolutely that it even the lineker debacle the drama plays into rishi sunak hands. it's a political stunt and the only way of actually really deterring people from crossing channelis deterring people from crossing channel is to change the asylum system. so they don't have to apply system. so they don't have to apply for asylum in this country . now that's a bit of a long term operation. even labour aren't talking about that yet. it's a term goal. it would need internal agreement, but if you were able to take as an american. do take refugees from refugee camps and then resettle them . it doesn't mean we get we them. it doesn't mean we get we let everybody in. they just means you would process people

in refugee camps rather than , at in refugee camps rather than, at doven in refugee camps rather than, at dover, which is what's happening. nigel for right or wrong . the tories are owning wrong. the tories are owning this story, aren't they, as opposed to labour. yes. i mean, i don't think labour coming up with anything terribly good ehhen with anything terribly good either. they're talking about beefing up the national crime agency , see to have a go at the agency, see to have a go at the smuggling gangs they're talking about getting returns agreements with european countries that we lost through brexit all those things will help but until you actually change the basic system , people will still try cross the channel to get here. so i think you're right that it's rwanda and, the whole kind of stop the boats policy is a political thing a bit of a propaganda thing. it like they're doing something . that's they're doing something. that's exactly right. i the conservative party knows that they have to consent on this issue in. the forthcoming election. it's the economy and immigration. and it will focus those two issues and it will have come up. and it's partly

coming up with a plan, whatever you think of it is a plan in case darma and yvette cooper want to talk about catching catching the people that trade in it . catching the people that trade in it. unfortunate catching the people that trade in it . unfortunate asylum in it. unfortunate asylum seekers . you know, that's not seekers. you know, that's not a plan . that's a fool . it's plan. that's a fool. it's a vague thought there was no planning behind what have been saying about to how how to catch these criminals in europe. they can't do it. they can't catch criminals in europe. and they're to catch them here. let's about the guardian, linda, health members in push to reject nhs pay deal . just when we thought pay deal. just when we thought a deal was in the offing ,% plus deal was in the offing,% plus the sort of covid recovery one off payments as well to nhs workers. we had a deal. now militant group are trying to it. i think that will play very badly in the country. i think that will play very badly in the country . yeah. and badly in the country. yeah. and it kind of it was bubbling away it kind of it was bubbling away it towards the end of last week that, this kind of scenario was going to pan out. i mean, we were so optimistic the end of last that some sort

last week that some sort resolution had been found. and the health unions are urging their members to vote for this . their members to vote for this. it's extraordinary , really. it's it's extraordinary, really. it's very unexpected . i would have very unexpected. i would have thought by now we got this over the line. indeed well, there you go. that's a little bit of a grey cloud on the horizon. but let's see whether that particular militant group do not prevail . lots more papers to prevail. lots more papers to come in, including the times and more of your day pictures as well. be debating well. we'll be debating mothering sunday. do mothers always know best? all of that is

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these. it's putting me in a very good mood because we love our mums. me in a moment panel reacting to the big stories of the day. but let's have two more front pages . we'll start with front pages. we'll start with the times and they with . okay, the times and they with. okay, we'll just have a little look. can we just our ducks in a row we can't have too many mommies let me tell you we got the times we got to tell you see the telegraph now because got we've got the still chuck up on the screen that cut price credit suisse sail to stave off meltdown this is of course something of a an bank banking collapse city. jobs are under threat as . bank merged with threat as. bank merged with rival ubs in a scramble to avert a financial crisis amp is accused of moving gold over partygate brafman judges are coming round rwanda plan and putin returns like a murderer to the scene of the crime and the royal family the princess of wales her three children on mothering . sunday we don't have

mothering. sunday we don't have the still the photograph of times but let me just give you headune times but let me just give you headline toxic police face is being broken up and credit suisse rescued emergency £2 billion deal. hopefully staving off another credit crunch because the last thing we need also lockdown parties. the inquiry unlawful and biased , inquiry unlawful and biased, says boris johnson. well, that will be fascinating viewing on wednesday. lots more to get through. reacting to the big stories the day my elite group of political commentators is former brexit party mep and see after rees—mogg nigel nelson, who is the political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people and journalist and broadcaster and the common sense podcast do you believe i got that right common sense and you make a lot of common sense on that show with loss. your co—star you always a great listen . let's talk, shall we, listen. let's talk, shall we,

about the family because labour mp clive lewis has said the prince should break with royal tradition by sending prince george to a state school. prince himself went to eton, where fees are almost £50,000 a year. so should royal children be going to state school ? what do you to state school? what do you think, nigel? not necessarily . think, nigel? not necessarily. in other words, that is up to the parents and it applies to any and any parent to decide where their child will be happiest . where their child will be happiest. i'm not against the of prince george going to eton i know it's an elite school, but i guess heir to the throne is a pretty elite kind position to have. pretty elite kind position to have . the one thing that mustn't have. the one thing that mustn't happenis have. the one thing that mustn't happen is happened to the king where he was sent to and was absolutely miserable through his entire time there. so whatever they do i'd like to see the best interests of the kids, not for any political. if they find a state school suits them. that's great. if not eton is fine, too.

paul mccartney , first paul mccartney, first billionaire, sent his kids to state school and i wondered whether the messaging of that was very positive i don't see after to see these very people committing the state sector . after to see these very people committing the state sector. i completely agree with nigel. children should they make a habit of it it. children should they make a habit of it it . children habit of it it. children shouldn't be used as a message . shouldn't be used as a message. you should do whatever is in their best interests. and it's got to be in the interests of our country that is huge security for example, around the future heir to the throne. i we are so fed up of people to be things they're not. you do not get any posher than being the future king. he should go wherever it happens. however george went to a state comprehensive. it would give him life experience . and when he life experience. and when he became our monarch , he would be became our monarch, he would be the people's king. i don't think anyone meets more people than the royal family. they spend day in, day out, going round meeting people, going to refuges, going to charity and experiencing what

it life is like on ground of this country and the world. i think that a valuable lesson. let's leave our children to be children i don't know they can put security guards on the gates it's totally unreal stick can you imagine putting the security you'd need into the local comprehensive it wouldn't be fair on the other. never mind anything i don't really understand . who's the mp? who is understand. who's the mp? who is clive ? he's just come up with clive? he's just come up with this idea that suddenly we might consider education. i mean, tony blair's kids went to state schools. david cameron , at schools. david cameron, at least. well, hang on a minute . least. well, hang on a minute. tony blair's, i believe they went to the london oratory. now thatis went to the london oratory. now that is a very hard school to get into. might be a state school, but it's by no means an selective you know, it says a few few politicians who have sent their kids to state schools, including politicians and prime ministers yet current

prime ministers perhaps not. no, no, no . i think the security no, no. i think the security involved around the royal family at a state school, i just think it could be the royal family all politicians. and if you're doing that, that a consort of virtue signalling as a politician, it doesn't mean the royal family's got to do the thing at all. got to do the same thing at all. it shouldn't. it's impractical. okay, well, look, let's move on now topic, because now to our next topic, because according survey , most according to a survey, most people until age people don't realise until age of 26 that they're mother was right all along. yes, indeed so many of us look back and we warned about that girlfriend or boyfriend not being right. and of course she had it's she had it as it was and she dropped a few truth bombs. so is mother always right, linda. my mother's right . most of the time i have right. most of the time i have to say she particularly the subject of centre partings whenever i'm on whenever i'm on these programme i go home. she's goodness you want a basket and linda you know that's in default

and doesn't suit you to totally pay and doesn't suit you to totally pay attention to her sartorial. well i think any parting would suit you but i don't want to risk disagreeing your mother about this. why why are mothers so annunciated ? you've got so wise annunciated? you've got quite a few kids, haven't you? i've it happens . i i've three. as it happens. i sent this exact article to my mother and both my sisters when it came out saying we should have learnt younger to listen to our wisdom. and she is. and then wise and sensible and, loving woman. and i think there is a lot to learn from people been there and done it and now i'm going to send it to my daughters . i going to send it to my daughters .i hope going to send it to my daughters . i hope you're watching. you must . i said, . i hope you're watching. you must. i said, are you . i hope you're watching. you must . i said, are you always must. i said, are you always right. a non—starter. of course i'm not. being a mother doesn't one. right. but think passing on good experi ins and good life lessons is very valuable and anyone can do that too, right? well look, there you go. we've really enjoyed the mothering special. i couldn't the show go by without thinking my. mother,

who is obviously the best mum in world, but lots of love. all the mums out there and the mums that sadly are no longer with us. i think we've. got a couple more photos . viewer mums. so here we photos. viewer mums. so here we go. we've got hayley's mum lynne with granddaughter eve. i do love all generations and they're both absolutely gorgeous. linda's lovely mum, jean, who is sadly longer with us. jean bless her. and what a fine ladies clearly was. what a lovely smile , gorgeous woman. and god bless linda for the loss of your mother. david's favourite photo with his mum back 1982 almost risking lower back there nice one. david's pips lovely mum margaret's on her 90th birthday 90 years young brilliant stuff . 90 years young brilliant stuff. love all the pictures. love your company . we'll do it all again company. we'll do it all again on friday eight. headline is next. thanks for watching , next. thanks for watching, listening and i'll see you in a few days time .