and no setup fee! with average download speeds of 54 megabits per second, start going superfast now. hello welcome. i'm emily carver and for the next 2 hours i'll be keeping you company on tv and radio with the stories that matter you from across the country. and what's a sunday lunchtime without law and lunchtime without bit of law and order . this lunchtime without bit of law and order. this week, keir starmer set out his rather ambitious, arguably ambitious plans to cut crime . this morning, rishi sunak crime. this morning, rishi sunak is fighting the sunday papers are awash with reports he's going to clamp down on anti—social behaviour and petty crime . it looks like this is crime. it looks like this is going to be a key theme of the next election. so i want to know

from you who do you trust when comes to crime? sir keir ? or comes to crime? sir keir? or rishi sunak? then later the show i'll be talking to a barrister stroke climate activist on why he thinks it's okay or desirable even for lawyers to refuse to prosecute eco activists and also refuse to act on behalf of clients involved in oil gas. are you worried perhaps that the legal profession is becoming a little bit too political ? little bit too political? tomorrow, the new snp leader will be announced. i'll be getting the very latest on what's been a rather dramatic contest. but first, let's get the news headlines with bethany elsey . emily, thank you. good elsey. emily, thank you. good afternoon . it's 1:01. i'm afternoon. it's 1:01. i'm bethany afternoon. it's1:01. i'm bethany elsey your top stories from the gb newsroom offenders who commit anti—social behaviour will be forced to clean up their communities as part of the prime minister's new immediate scheme. under the plans to be announced tomorrow, local authorities will be given fresh powers quickly

and visibly punish criminals. those spray graffiti or commit other will have to make good the within 48 hours of being given the order . the penalties include the order. the penalties include picking up litter, washing police cars , doing unpaid work police cars, doing unpaid work in shops . well as part of the in shops. well as part of the crackdown, the government is announced a ban on the sale of laughing gas. the levelling secretary, michael gove told broadcasters this morning that nitrous oxide canisters are helping fuel anti—social behaviour. turning public spaces into drug taking arenas . labour into drug taking arenas. labour is establishing a review of the bbc's operations to look the future of the broadcaster . it future of the broadcaster. it follows the controversy over lineker suspension for match of the day and richard helping bofis the day and richard helping boris johnson to secure a loan. the party says the independent bbc review will assess how best to ensure the future sustainability of the publicly

funded broad. a shadow culture secretary . lucy powell says the secretary. lucy powell says the organisation consistently finds itself at the centre of culture wars and that continuing the status quo is not an option . status quo is not an option. scottish is warning the incoming snp leader to clear out the rot within their party. deputy leader baillie is calling on the future minister to be more open and transparent. it's tough to figures revealed the snp lost 30,000 members in just one year, which it had previously denied. leadership candidates humza yousaf, kate forbes and regan will find out tomorrow . he will will find out tomorrow. he will become scotland's next leader. president vladimir putin says he struck a deal to store tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring which borders ukraine. speaking on state tv night, he insisted it wasn't unusual. comparing it with the united states stationing nuclear weapons on the territory of european allies

. but a top security adviser to ukraine president says the plans destabilise belarus , claiming destabilise belarus, claiming russia has effectively taken the country hostage . us president country hostage. us president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in mississippi after a tornado killed at least 26 people. the twister through the state and into alabama , a the state and into alabama, a path of destruction, 170 miles long. dozens have been injured and around 11,000 people are still without power. drone footage shows entire town in mississippi flattened. president joe biden described the images as heartbreaking and has offered federal support for the recovery . residents say there was safe place to hide . this is the worst place to hide. this is the worst day of ever. this is devils stadium. i have so many members, friends , memories that has been friends, memories that has been destroyed . it's like a freight

destroyed. it's like a freight that comes through . they thought that comes through. they thought it lasted 30 minutes. it was seconds. one of the homeowners said they finally woke up and they looked up and they thought they looked up and they thought they were dead . in the face of they were dead. in the face of arrest, donald trump held a defiant rally in texas yesterday to kick off his 2024 republican nomination campaign . it was the nomination campaign. it was the former president's public appearance since last week that he could soon be arrested over hush money payments to the adult film star stormy daniels. lashed out against the investigation . out against the investigation. he's the most innocent man in the history of the us prosecutorial . misconduct is prosecutorial. misconduct is their new tool and they are willing to use it at levels never seen before . the stakes of never seen before. the stakes of this election could not be more clear either. we surrender to the demonic forces abolishing and demolishing and doing so , or

and demolishing and doing so, or we defeat them in landslide on november 5th, 2024. matt hancock and kwasi kwarteng have been caught up in a sting operation, quoting thousands of pounds to consult for a non—existent company. the two former cabinet ministers were by a fake south korean set up by campaign group led by donkeys. mr. hancock told them his daily would be £10,000 last. mr. kwarteng said he would expect to be paid a similar every month. mps are allowed to seek employment outside of parliament and there's no accusation of any wrongdoing . accusation of any wrongdoing. you're up to date on gb news now though. it's back to . though. it's back to. emily so washing police cars, picking up litter in jumpsuits and

unpaid shop work. these are just some of the prime minister's latest plans. crack down on anti—social . the pilot scheme anti—social. the pilot scheme will be rolled across ten areas in england and wales. it will see offenders clean up their crimes within 48 hours of being handed. punishments rishi sunak says it will make justice immediate. joining me now to discuss that and much more is our political correspondent catherine foster. may i just ask you quickly before we get onto the crime, which is very much the crime, which is very much the topic of the day on this show about this led by campaign , it seems, a bit of a stitch up , quite something to see the video of former of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng , former health kwasi kwarteng, former health secretary, currently doesn't have the conservative whip. matt and sir graham , chair of the 19 and sir graham, chair of the 19 to 22 committee. all video talking to this non—existent consultancy firm in south korea, which was set by led by donkeys about potentially charging

themselves out at around £10,000 per day for consultancy services. now, of course , services. now, of course, there's no laws being here. it's perfectly the rules for members of parliament to have second jobs and many of do. but of course in the middle of a cost of living crisis, when public sector workers are on strike saying they're not got enough money, are having to go to food banks. it's not the best. no, it's very much it very much opens up that the petrol debate. it seems about second to second job. should mps have them should ? they be paid x, y and z. but this a sort of consultancy which again is a murky area, again is a very murky area, isn't it , for politicians? but isn't it, for politicians? but i mean, matt hancock, kwasi kwarteng , not the most popular kwarteng, not the most popular politician at the moment, but sir graham brady isn't a good look for him. no, it's not. and quite surprising to see him on there . and also gavin williamson there. and also gavin williamson , former education secretary was

approached and a bit of a chat and then decided was not for him. so whether he's smelt a rat or not but apart from the potential conflicts of interests and the rights and wrongs , and the rights and wrongs, employees having second jobs and is 82,000 to be an mp sufficient recompense? there's also sort of national security implications. where was the due diligence? this was not a real. this was set up by led by donkeys and it appears that these employees were more than happy to chat with them at some length to companies that didn't exist. so you do wonder about you certainly do wonder also if you haven't at home, if you haven't seen this video , it is it is toe seen this video, it is it is toe curling . i couldn't even watch curling. i couldn't even watch it all because was that cringe worthy thinking, oh, god, how awful ? but anyway, let's move on awful? but anyway, let's move on to law and order crime and punishment. keir starmer in

stoke on trent, was he not, earlier this week talking about how he was going to cut crime . how he was going to cut crime. massively very ambitious plans. where rishi sunak all over the sunday papers saying similar yes so keir starmer it's one of labour's five missions to make britain's streets safe rishi sunak also of course at the beginning of the year came out with his five priorities. crime wasn't mentioned amongst them , wasn't mentioned amongst them, but clearly the government know that safety of people , the that safety of people, the streets, trust in the police , streets, trust in the police, anti—social behaviour , a huge anti—social behaviour, a huge issue that people really care very passionately about and feel that recently police not present on the streets. crimes are not solved and people are being let, let . so the government very keen let. so the government very keen to push this is going be formally announced tomorrow. but we know this ten trial areas in, england and wales. then the plan is to roll it out next year and cracking down on anti—social

behaviour vandalism, graffiti , behaviour vandalism, graffiti, etc. the idea is , as they say, etc. the idea is, as they say, immediate justice. so at the at which the punishments are handed down, the theory goes the will then be sent to work within two days in eivor's jacket or jumpsuits or whatever. cleaning up jumpsuits or whatever. cleaning up if it's already been sorted , up if it's already been sorted, they'll be doing other sorts of community work. they'll be doing other sorts of community work . now, of course, community work. now, of course, it's going to be popular, but is it's going to be popular, but is it really going to happen? yes i mean, money going to come from. yes. i mean, it sounds sounds brilliant because anti—social behaviour really is a blight on many , many areas of the country. many, many areas of the country. i mean , i it first hand all i mean, i see it first hand all the i'm most of our the time. i'm sure most of our viewers too . but without the viewers do too. but without the police officers on the street to do this , it will very do this, it will be very difficult indeed . just another difficult indeed. just another slogan another political promise that happen. but who knows? perhaps will, you know, give us the action we're asking for, but we shall see. and in terms of keir starmer, he was up in of

course he was. he was actually quoting margaret thatcher, which was rather bizarre. did you see that? he said the rule of law is the foundation for everything. margaret thatcher called it called it the first duty of government. and she was right. i mean, is this going to be what appeals the wall? appeals to the red wall? clearly, labour but no doubt that the red wall is going to be critical in the next election. they also suspect that rishi sunak doesn't have the appeal of bofis sunak doesn't have the appeal of boris johnson in the red wall. but does keir starmer have that appeal ? and but does keir starmer have that appeal? and of but does keir starmer have that appeal ? and of course, appeal? and of course, traditionally the have seen to be the party of law and order but there's been huge cuts, haven't they? the financial crisis, austerity police numbers dropped signal inefficiently. now. okay the conservatives say they're recruiting 20,000 officers. they say that funding police has gone up 45% since 2020. but people don't feel that it's getting better. they don't see that difference. they don't

see that difference. they don't see crimes being sold very often now you're burgled. you don't expel. now you're burgled. you don't expel . oh, yes, there will be a expel. oh, yes, there will be a conviction i know it. yes, it's very hard to get a police officer interested in a burglary, which is not minor crime, in my view . thank you crime, in my view. thank you very much. we're going to talk about the snp, please. political correspondent catherine forster, they're running through some of they're running through some of the top political stories. so keir starmer has , as we were keir starmer has, as we were saying, been rather ambitious in his promises to clamp down on crime if he gets into power paths as he has pledged to halve half levels violence against women and girls within decade women and girls within a decade or halve serious violent or so to halve serious violent crime and bring public confidence . the police and confidence. the police and criminal system to its criminal justice system to its highest ever level , the labour highest ever level, the labour leader claims. rishi sunak's are out touch and too detached . out of touch and too detached. the reality of life in some of the country's most deprived communities . but rishi sunak has communities. but rishi sunak has come swinging today with his new scheme to anti—social behaviour. that's all over today's sunday papers . i that's all over today's sunday papers. i want to that's all over today's sunday papers . i want to know from you. papers. i want to know from you. please do get in touch. who do

you trust crime? labour you trust to solve crime? labour or conservatives ? joining me or the conservatives? joining me first to discuss this is matthew mckinnon, political consultant and of transmit and director of transmit digital. and we've got labour political commentator james matthews and thank you very much indeed , both of you forjoining indeed, both of you for joining me this afternoon . so, matthew, me this afternoon. so, matthew, i'll start with you. we've heard there from catherine rishi sunak setting out all these different ways in which going to combat anti social. why should the pubuc anti social. why should the public believe that this time it's different ? well, absolutely it's different? well, absolutely i think the rishi sunak needs to come out fighting, really put across a number of policies to really gain back public's credibility when it comes to crime. but is no silver bullet when it comes to crime. and that's why people need to remember that crime is such a complex issue. it's taught in criminology courses. there been countless and papers countless reports and papers published in over decades on the topic . try and see what can be topic. try and see what can be done. but it's not. it's not a simple, simple thing to resolve. but the conservative government

, the home secretary, seem very, very keen really on with very keen to really get on with crime make a big issue out crime and make a big issue out of the general election next and tackle it intensely . i tackle it tackle it intensely. i think lot of the public think a lot of the public wearing thin of promises and then what's actually being seen delivered on the streets. so, for example, a lot of you're seeing the government and the police force as in this country having a two tier system saying the government say one thing about cracking down on certain areas, you know, really taking big as big risk seriously. and as you've just mentioned, and i think i see the police focusing on hate crimes over over burglaries , you know, the home burglaries, you know, the home secretary then going onto twitter and saying that they need focus on burglaries, need to focus on burglaries, but at same they're not at the same time, they're not they're really. so think they're not really. so i think they're not really. so i think the force aren't the police force aren't listening as listening to the government as much as it should be. and i think that's a really big concern for the government going forward. keir starmer forward. days. keir starmer clearly to steal crime from the conservatives, the conservatives have been known as the party law and order but clearly the crime

is high in large parts of our country . was keir starmer going country. was keir starmer going to do it differently do you reckon. i mean we say about the conservatives being the party law and order, but i mean, that's been the case for a long time at all. i mean, since we've had those cuts to neighbourhood police officers , the austerity police officers, the austerity cuts through the early 20 tens, we've seen absolute the new evidence from conservatives about being the party of law and order. and i think it's time for the labour party to step up and these radical solutions . and these radical solutions. and what we've seen from rishi sunak and compare keir starmer's plans in my opinion is, is you know, sticking plaster politics. it's very, very tokenistic this idea of, you know, you'll, you'll out, you'll put your high bizarre and you'll you'll scrub some graffiti the walls. and so it just seems to be very tokenistic. it's kind of like the modern equivalent of the eye of dickens . a little bit of of the dickens. a little bit of a stocks , you know, like you'll a stocks, you know, like you'll do you take bath an and then you're out and you know

obviously people will see the and they'll see it in place and we'll see it but whether it actually makes difference actually makes a difference or not changes you not and changes anything, you know, really it. know, really, really done it. but some people but james james, some people aren't sure whether they can trust keir starmer to say the least. he's talking tough on crime . erm but of course he did crime. erm but of course he did campaign to stop the deportation foreign criminals who then went on to re—offend. there's also some confusion over his attitudes towards drugs. of course, many people the labour party would like to see drugs decriminalised or even legalised eased if possible . keir starmer eased if possible. keir starmer seems to think they're absolute blight on humanity, he said. cannabis ruins lives so it's hard to sort of see exactly where labour are going on. yeah, and i think it's, it's a fine that we tried. i mean for me the important thing is as a labour party member and i'm, you know, i'm not keir starmer biggest champion or biggest fan, but i

think he's got the leadership that to the that it takes to run the country, especially the country, especially to the shower we've at shower that we've got at present. really do think present. and i really do think when look you know, the when look at the you know, the wider picture of this focus on you know, which party will focus on the bigger picture of crime. as matthew said rightly, you know, crimes are issue. know, crimes are very issue. you know, crimes are very issue. you know, got the societal know, we've got the societal issues at the heart of it the community issues that connect to it. and this a bigger, bigger issue about, you know , sending issue about, you know, sending those community assets that have been taken away over the years that have contributed to the higher rates of poverty and therefore higher levels of crime. so i think only party that's proposing anything radical know, and radical and you know, and actually so power is actually doing so in power is what saw that. cooper what we saw that. cooper referenced mcguinness referenced and kim mcguinness i'm quite to live in i'm quite lucky to live in beautiful northumberland up here. we've got kim , our here. and we've got kim, our police crime commissioner police and crime commissioner and she's doing radical stuff. it to domestic it comes to domestic violence and crime against women. so seeing those policies taken from being in practise by police and crime commissioner and transferred to the government,

you know, it gives you hope that you know, it gives you hope that you can actually tackle some of these the longer than these in the longer rather than just oh yeah. do just tokenistic. oh yeah. do your time in the highways and you'll be fine week. you know you're going get to the source of the of issue i think. yeah i think i think you're right certainly extent matthew certainly to some extent matthew some the things that they're considering the government are considering the government are considering on on the considering that is on on the spot fines for those caught fly tipping will more than double littering spraying graffiti could be hit with fines of £500 plans for suspects to be tested for drugs as part of a hotspot policing strategy. also to cut the sale and possession of nitrous oxide, a.k.a. laughing gas . all of this depends on gas. all of this depends on police officers being on the streets and witnessing these crimes. now, i don't know about you, but i was walking around area of london the other weekend and there was clearly crime

going on the streets. no police officers noticed. they just got away with it . absolutely. and away with it. absolutely. and you know, i think we all it every day. you just pop out for a walk outside my apartment in cardiff. more on the there's fresh graffiti on the walls quite is nitrous oxide quite regularly is nitrous oxide canisters you know just in plain sight on the weekends i've been dumped there by my use. i think there is there is a public perception that the police that have been down by the police have been let down by the police in years, i think police in years, i think the police raid. you to step up their raid. you mean to step up their level of basic community support, take support, you know, really take it level because the public it up a level because the public really expect the police to it up a level because the public realthe expect the police to it up a level because the public realthe basicsct the police to it up a level because the public realthe basics right. police to it up a level because the public realthe basics right. and:e to get the basics right. and when they the you know that they see the tv, you know that they see the tv, you know that the police really are dealing issues such as? such as online hate crimes. and they're not deaung hate crimes. and they're not dealing with the day to day bread issues that bread and butter issues that they mean, they really should be. i mean, they really should be. i mean, they they go on they think they can go on facebook and twitter and see them. but matthew, it is that is that the fault of the that more the fault of the government is the government than it is the police, because it is the government have created it government that have created it this extremely complex legislation , it seems to me

legislation, it seems to me sometimes the police don't know exactly what they're supposed be doing. they think they're supposed be policing twitter. supposed to be policing twitter. they they're supposed to they think they're supposed to policing streets and. all of policing the streets and. all of this legislation is just making pretty them . well, pretty difficult for them. well, the home secretary has openly said on a few cases, such as the young boy , that such a few times young boy, that such a few times young boy, that such a few times you them in in yorkshire where she's out and said, you know, you're not applying the law correctly to the police. i think there's does need to there's actually does need to bnng there's actually does need to bring the police in. but remember a of crime has remember a lot of crime has changed recent years. changed in recent years. we've now a system of now gone onto a system of society. a lot of things are done online. we're in a much done now online. we're in a much more the more globalised world and the police are trying react to that. and so politicians and there's obviously issues obviously going to be issues that when are caught in that when people are caught in the crossfire of trying the in the crossfire of trying to those because, to resolve those issues because, you there are serious you know there are serious issues are death issues when there are death threats and sort of threats online and that sort of thing. people tweeting thing. but people tweeting out political online should never use being use the contemplate being arrested. i mean, james, that is arrested. i mean, james, that is a point mean people see keir starmer that he's starmer they see that he's photographed taking the knee

which was then something that police officers also did at black lives matter protest . so black lives matter protest. so i believe we also saw the police being quite weak when it came to extinction rebellion people do perceive the labour party being in support of these kind of groups wrongly or rightly does seem like keir starmer is happy along to happy to go along the sort of latest trends political activism etc, etc. do you think that people might look keir starmer and the labour party and think now you're not going to be tough on crime you won't basically . to tough on crime you won't basically. to i'd be tough on crime you won't basically . to i'd be hesitant to basically. to i'd be hesitant to call a trend , be honest. but call a trend, be honest. but taking the knee. that's not what i said. taking the knee take taking the beating . not a trend. taking the beating. not a trend. it's a it's a something that people have the right to do in a free society. the sound of what they believe in. the police should take the knee. james for what you do. i think police officers have the right to do what they wish to do to show

with communities. i mean, if you think about the issues between race and the police in this country and the mistrust in communities , you know , that have communities, you know, that have faced police violence , it's you faced police violence, it's you know, it's the same here where i'm from in the north—east. you know, we've had decades of mistrust , the police, because mistrust, the police, because of, you know , right back to the of, you know, right back to the miners strike. so you know, the violence used against communities here in policing, it's leaves a long long effect and scars last for many, many decades. so you've got to try and get around that. and i don't envy the police in that task. i really do nothing, as matthew says rightly. you know, it's about the tools having, the right tools to deal with the job. but think we look at job. but i do think we look at it, you know, we're talking about, online hate and about, you know, online hate and all rest. we shouldn't play all the rest. we shouldn't play down crime as being less important and the police with i think you've got to prioritise you've certainly to prioritise what saying is we're getting too used to the fact that the police have got a very limited amount

of budget to deal with and that should that should be increased so that everybody can have the support feel safe. i tell support of feel safe. but i tell you concerns me more and you what concerns me more and what i'm really with to what i'm really pleased with to see starmer the see from keir starmer is the fact, as he said, 300 fact, you know, as he said, 300 women a day in this country are raped of them see raped and three of them will see prosecution from that. it's absolutely and i don't think i would and would stand by it so see the plan to tackle that and to make that a priority is vitally important. oh i definitely think that's spot on. don't matthew. i mean crime against and girls often goes unreported begin with then when it's reported it's not with and then the criminal justice system fails to prosecute . absolutely fails to prosecute. absolutely and then you know that should be one of the main areas focus for the police. you know, instead going to the pride marches and dancing alongside and all this sort of thing, which people get very frustrated at when see very frustrated at when they see resources wasted, that resources wasted, wasted in that way. there's this real way. i think there's this real areas of concern in this country with certain crimes that are

being dealt with seriously. you know, covered burglaries being dealt with seriously. you know, coveredd burglaries being dealt with seriously. you know, covered rape glaries being dealt with seriously. you know, covered rape asiries being dealt with seriously. you know, covered rape as well. we've now covered rape as well. and ready to take it and these areas ready to take it seriously. everyone everyone seriously. but everyone everyone knows labour aren't serious knows that labour aren't serious on all of these issues . everyone on all of these issues. everyone knows that. no. the labour frontbencher weak when frontbencher are very weak when it on crime. they don't it comes on crime. they don't want resolve of the want to resolve a lot of the a lot of the issues they to legalise decriminalise legalise and decriminalise drugs, be honest drugs, but at least be honest about so public, that's your about it. so public, that's your opinion. stand opinion. that's where you stand . don't out. conservative . don't try it out. conservative the conservatives or law and order just order because it just simply going work . order because it just simply going work. it does order because it just simply going work . it does feel going to work. it does feel a little bit a little bit that way anyway. that is all we've got time for. thank you so much to maddie mckinnon, conservative politicalof transmit digital and director of transmit digital and the commentator james the labour commentator james motty and some difference of opinion there. let me know what you think. do you trust labour or the tories when it comes law and or perhaps trust and order? or perhaps you trust neither? like crime neither? it does seem like crime is getting worse is always getting worse depending on where you live. of course , watching and course you'll, watching and listening to sunday with emily carver. coming on carver. lots more coming on today's we will be today's show. we will be sticking with law and order for a bit though over 30,000 inmates

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further south, there'll be some patchy cloud around, but this still be a patchy frost start monday. maybe just the odd shower too, but away from this skies will clear to start the new week, allowing for plenty of sunshine and fine and dry weather and. be feeling pleasant in that sunshine, but will not be much higher than what would have seen today . with highs of have seen today. with highs of around 11 degrees as we go into afternoon and evening we do cling onto those bright, clearest skies across the north and the east as we go through to monday night. but further west, we see cloud and rain moving in from the atlantic. is that next pressure system moves in. so a cloudier, milder night here. but across the northern and areas, we could just see a patchy still to start tuesday morning. but it will be a short frost as that cloud and rain will quickly move in from the west. three cheese a morning we could just a little bit of snow over high ground of

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hello there. welcome and good afternoon. it'sjust hello there. welcome and good afternoon. it's just gone 1:30. i'm bethany elsey in the gb newsroom offenders who commit to anti—social behaviour will be forced to clean up their community days as part of the prime minister's new immediate justice scheme . under the plans justice scheme. under the plans set to be announced tomorrow, local authorities will be fresh powers to quickly and visibly punish criminals. those who spray graffiti or commit other vandalism will have to good the

damage within 48 hours of being given the order . the penalties given the order. the penalties include , picking up litter, include, picking up litter, washing police or doing unpaid work in shops as part of the crackdown , government has also crackdown, government has also announced a ban on the sale of laughing gas, the levelling up secretary michael gove told broadcast this morning that nitrous oxide canisters are helping fuel anti—social behaviour , turning public spaces behaviour, turning public spaces , so—called drug taking arenas . , so—called drug taking arenas. the us president biden has declared a state of in mississippi after a tornado killed 26 people. the twister swept through the state and into alabama . a path of destruction alabama. a path of destruction 170 miles long, dozens have been injured and around 11,000 residents are still without power. joe biden has described the images coming out of mississippi as heartbreaking and has offered federal support for the recovery . matt hancock and the recovery. matt hancock and

kwasi kwarteng have been caught up in a sting quoting thousands of pounds to consult for non—existent company. the former cabinet ministers were approached by a fake south korean firm's set up by campaign group led by donkeys. mr. hancock told them his daily rate would be £10,000. whilst mr. said he would expect to be paid a similar amount every. said he would expect to be paid a similar amount every . there's a similar amount every. there's no accusation any wrongdoing . on no accusation any wrongdoing. on tv online debate , radio and on tv online debate, radio and on cheating. this is now it's back to . to. emily hello. now you've been getting in touch about whether you've the conservatives or labour with law and order. but first, over 30,000 inmates were released from prisons across england and wales and, 2022, according to

the latest ministry of justice figures. many ex—offenders struggle to find work. employers be hesitant to take them on. the inside out project, though, gives ex—offenders a second chance, while also helping to reduce the economic and social costs of re—offending. our national reporter theo chikomba has been to meet them after weeks of preparation . the inside weeks of preparation. the inside out store is open . ex—offenders out store is open. ex—offenders like taeko who was remanded in custody for a case involving drugs , have been receiving drugs, have been receiving training from industry professionals to design and launch their own range as well as expand their cvs. launch their own range as well as expand their cvs . we went to as expand their cvs. we went to linkedin and had a experience there, so i was learning business skills. i was learning how to market myself, i was learning how to be creative and due to that whole experience , it due to that whole experience, it led me to start my own business. so i'm a life coach. i'm an inspirational speaker. i do modelling on side as well, but it was kind of the bbc that took with inside out that allowed me

to then just go full you know full steam ahead . research from full steam ahead. research from the prison reform trust shows that over 80% of prison leavers fail to find permanent work year after leaving prison . most half after leaving prison. most half re—offend within a year, which why projects like this for people like chris, who was in prison for five years, is a great to meet so many people that can help you are willing to help you like it's been great for me personally . so i network for me personally. so i network and build my network of people outside the pursuit of dreams. i have to do and it is going to be a big influence and helping me do that, my was a hoodie that i'm wearing it's a like you're still able whether you've got a disability in prison as long as you've got your mind so it was just a personal meaning to me to have that on the set. so yeah, and that's why i designed that is prison leavers face a number of barriers that make it challenging to rebuild their

lives from economic hardship to finding opportunities inside and to change the narrative to them, you know, trying get a job when they have criminal and just being given a second chance is nigh impossible because the employer always wants to know what they've done, and rightly so . but they've their time so. but they've spent their time in jail, they've done their sentences , served their sentences, served their punishment . sentences, served their punishment. so as a sentences, served their punishment . so as a society, punishment. so as a society, what do we do? do we throw away the key and say , well, they're the key and say, well, they're bad, stay away. but given the right opportunity , like the right opportunity, like the inside out project, these guys are thriving. the hope is see a change in these guys and lift their aspirations and that opportunities like . this can opportunities like. this can help them and others in similar situations their full potential theo chikomba gb news well . good theo chikomba gb news well. good thing to do that now you've getting in touch with me about big topic of the day law and d has said . i big topic of the day law and d has said. i don't big topic of the day law and d has said . i don't trust either has said. i don't trust either sunak or starmer on most things,

let alone crime . all the parties let alone crime. all the parties within parliament have made a complete complete hash of everything . i will be voting for everything. i will be voting for reform next time the others have had their chance and failed. i think reform should be given a try. they certainly couldn't be any worse. well, a pretty assessment of the two main parties. the says trust c knuckle starmer to fix crime. i wouldn't trust of them not to mess up a glass of water. well, there you go. not much trust more a sunak or starmer , it more a sunak or starmer, it seems. tricia says this should have been done years ago. those who offend should be made to work in the to community up their mess or help to improve their mess or help to improve the local area . there's been the local area. there's been quite a lot of talk about . quite a lot of talk about. people who victims of crime people who are victims of crime choosing or having say in what choosing or having a say in what the perpetrator has to do by of punishment, could be quite interesting. but i think, you know, graffiti someone should clean the graffiti off wall i think that's pretty basic this we never look at the causes of crime which are often societal just lock up or punish culprits.

well yes as our previous commentator was saying, poverty often leads to criminal activity. although a lot of people who don't have much means would, i'm sure, dispute that. rob says neither sunak or starmer are worth trusting to deliver a crime reduction. both weak and pathetic. police are not up to the job either. you paint a picture of anarchy rob. yes think morale in the police and also their priorities on the question of sometimes helen says i think that it's ludicrous that someone should receive a sentence and only serve half time. i agree the justice service needs an overhaul and there be more police on the beat. yes, the government keeps promising police officers on the beat out the streets, but it never seems to happen . i never seems to happen. i certainly don't see police officers when we need them. as i say in london, sometimes it can feel a little bit lawless, particularly in the evenings. please do keep your views coming in. we've got them coming in thick and fast, actually on this

one and do subscribe to our youtube channel while you're at it. we're at gb news we all watching and listening to gb news someday with emily news someday with me emily carver. plenty more to carver. we've got plenty more to come afternoon this week. come this afternoon this week. the education regulator ofsted made decision not to pause made the decision not to pause school inspections in the wake of a headteachers death . we'll of a headteachers death. we'll be school inspections be discussing school inspections and that decision, whether they're a good thing. these ofsted inspect actions next. but first, let's have a at the weather . good afternoon. my weather. good afternoon. my name's as and welcome to our latest weather update from the met office so looking ahead to the start of next week and after a cold night , the start of next week and after a cold night, we'll see some dner a cold night, we'll see some drier and more settled weather becoming established across the uk. and this is all due . a uk. and this is all due. a change of bigger weather . so change of bigger weather. so this morning's low across the southeast will move and this will allow some northerly winds to set up bringing some colder across the whole of the uk to start monday but back to this evening and we'll see some showers persist across northern and eastern and these could just

be wintry for time but skies will clear allowing for a widespread harsh frost across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. tonight, we could see dropping as low as minus 6 to —8. now further , minus 6 to —8. now further, there'll be some patchy cloud around , but this could still be around, but this could still be around, but this could still be a patchy frost start monday. maybe just odd shower too, but away from this skies will clear to start the new week, allowing for plenty of sunshine and dry weather and be feeling pleasant in that sunshine . but in that sunshine. but temperatures will not be much higher tomorrow than what would have seen today with highs of around 11 degrees as we go into monday afternoon and evening we do cling onto those bright, clearest across the north and east as we go through to monday night. but further west, we see cloud and rain in from the atlantic. is that next low pressure system moves in so a cloud yet mild a night here but across the northern eastern areas we could just see a patchy

still to start cheesed a morning but it will be a short lived frost as that cloud and rain will quickly move in from the west. three cheese a morning we could just a little bit of snow over high ground of scotland and northern on the leading edge of that and that sets up the weather for much next week will be remaining unset with some showers all rain but temperatures will be on the up clearly from midweek .

welcome back . watching and welcome back. watching and listening to gb news sunday. welcome back. watching and listening to gb news sunday . me listening to gb news sunday. me emily carver now ofsted. i've decided not to post school inspections in. the wake of a headteachers death that's been met with some disappointment from teachers across the country. ruth perry took her own life while waiting for a critical ofsted report . but the critical ofsted report. but the chief inspector, amanda spielman , said preventing inspections

would be against best interests . what do you think should ofsted pause inspections in the light of this headteachers death or do you think these inspections are, well, essential joining me now to discuss this is dr. tony breslin, author of bubble schools and the long from lockdown. thank you very much indeed for joining lockdown. thank you very much indeed forjoining us, dr. tony breslin. can you start by setting out why teachers find ofsted so tough tough . well, ofsted so tough tough. well, look, it's a public judgement on how well your school is doing . how well your school is doing. and the real problem is that it's a public judgement summed up in a single word. schools are far more complex actions than that. so we you know the call really is to recognise the complexity of schools but also we talking about a profession phonics needs. after after lockdown and after the recovery from lockdown , school leaders in

from lockdown, school leaders in particular are exhausted. and so we need in this ofsted framework ofsted do put the wellbeing of the head teacher and the staff front and central . i the head teacher and the staff front and central. i think the head teacher and the staff front and central . i think they front and central. i think they need to be seen to practise that in the way that inspections are going about too. tony is the is the issue with high stakes assessment . do you agree? do you assessment. do you agree? do you believe that there shouldn't be such a sort of one off assessment that it's too focussed on that particular day? is that the issue ? oh, i'm not is that the issue? oh, i'm not convinced. i don't think the profession is running away from from judgement or inspection . we from judgement or inspection. we can recognise that these things can recognise that these things can have a positive impact. but the idea that you can sum up everything about a school in one word is incredibly. so we need , word is incredibly. so we need, you know, there are four judgements in individual areas that we you know that schools

could be in. and the interesting thing about the rick perry tragedy is that the issue was about safeguarding and it was about safeguarding and it was about some of the detail of the school site mechanisms, the schools educational practise was excellent. so actually, we need to reflect that it does strike me that , yes, safeguarding is me that, yes, safeguarding is absolutely vital. but i really want if that is to be done in different way by an aged c that's a specialist in field . so that's a specialist in field. so i think that in outside , judging i think that in outside, judging from the framework , might be one from the framework, might be one thing, but let's come away from one word judgements not fair on teachers. not fair on schools . teachers. not fair on schools. and not fair on parents. because they seem to sue gray a alone. tony think most people are pretty minded when it comes to. well possibly your recommendations that you've just given there but also to the whole idea of how schools should

be regulated by. my mother was 80 teacher and she said that these assessments cause great anxiety . there'd be such an anxiety. there'd be such an attention on well on appearing as if everything is perfect that day when the inspectors in so much anxiety , much stress much anxiety, much stress surrounding that , when actually surrounding that, when actually it's much like you teach students just to revise for a particular you sort of forget everything else that goes into being in a test or having a functioning . but one of the big functioning. but one of the big issues and i'm not sure how ofsted if they assess in one way or another i'm sure they do. but one of the issues that keeps coming back when you talk to teachers is problem of behaviour . how do we deal that? because you can be the best teacher in the world. you can have the nicest school in the world. but if the students running riot and disrupting . it's all a bit disrupting. it's all a bit hopeless . well, it would be hopeless. well, it would be emily. but there are very, very, very few schools where that is the case. and you know, often

the case. and you know, often the source of . of poor behaviour the source of. of poor behaviour is poor curriculum and so forth. so schools that the teacher well that engage their pupils, you know, they tend to have fewer issues with behaviour . of course issues with behaviour. of course we don't know what's going on in children's wider lives and so forth. and sometimes that comes into the classroom and indeed the behaviour of parents can do. but i wouldn't want to paint a picture of our schools where they were all going to hell in a type of behaviour. they in fact simply are not. if i look at when i came into the profession, 35 or so years ago, i it's longer but i won't check it, you know , behaviour has improved know, behaviour has improved enormously. teaching have improved enormously . enormously. teaching have improved enormously. i don't doubt that inspection may have played a part in that, but the of anxiety and i speak as somebody who i'm governors at a school federation and one of our

schools acted a couple of weeks ago. it's a no we're in the so—called window. we're waiting for the phone call. the on the other school . and it's other school. and it's enormously stressful . doesn't enormously stressful. doesn't mean it doesn't bring the very best in people at times. but really, i think the single word judgement needs to be looked at and we need to ask the question of ofsted the best people to look at safeguarding. what about separating out safeguarding and have a nice short annual visit specifically about that from i don't know it could be the health and safety executive for a body but not. this looks like a body but not. this looks like a judgement that seems to be questioned . of course we don't questioned. of course we don't know but seems be questionable in that particular area. it's brought the whole school down with that single word also for the work of a very school leader over years and years and years ,

over years and years and years, we have to move away that and it to me that we now need to have that debate paris legacy might that debate paris legacy might that we end with a better more nuanced inspection framework. and one other thing and i've called for this in the book. i think we need to rethink ofsted, not just as an inspection body, but as office for school development so that actually, you know, we've got a lot of the finest brains in education working in ofsted , just working in ofsted, just measuring and assessing and inspecting. i'm not saying they shouldn't do that. but let's their expertise to make our schools better , not just to schools better, not just to measure where they are. that sounds thoroughly sensible , sounds thoroughly sensible, tony, because it seems to me that you'll have a school in one corner of the street and it has a big flag or whatever you'd. call it a banner saying i'll stand . obviously school down the stand. obviously school down the road. who's got i don't know

what the assessments are and needs improvement or or you're not going to fly that out but also these things can change quite quickly. can they not? so having having kind of regulator, having having kind of regulator, having a kind of inspector that helps with the of the school and to improve it is can only be a good thing. i would say. but it's interesting that you said behaviour has got better i've often heard that teachers are being asked to do more and more and in terms of even social care type things. with family issues very difficult sometimes the parents aren't on the teacher's side when it comes discipline etc. etc. those are all real problems . you can't pass away problems. you can't pass away the issue of disruption. no i'm not emily and i'm not saying the behaviour, the issue of behaviour, the issue of behaviour hasn't become more challenging. i'm saying profession has risen magnificent to that challenge. and certainly , i mean, one of the things that we've learned through lockdown

is that a lot of parents i think with the challenge of homeschooling or what have became more empathetic about the job but lost in a sense you know have become more intransigent become difficult. and i this in various spots and sometimes particular families might use up an incredible amount of school time. you know that's, not their children's fault. yes. and of course we what's best for the children. yes. and tony, of course, we've seen the numbers of children who have seemed to have disappeared entirely from. the education system since lockdown. that really is a travesty. tens of thousands is what is what i've seen children the ghost children, they call them. thank you very much indeed. dr. tony breslin, the author of bubble schools the long road from lockdown, giving us his perspective on ofsted and how it could be for changed better. now a spokesperson at the department of education has said in statement inspections

are hugely important as they hold schools to account for their educational standards . and their educational standards. and parents greatly rely on the ratings to give them confidence in choosing the right school for their child. we offer our deep condolences to the family and friends perry following friends of rick perry following her tragic death and our continuing provide support to caversham primary school at this difficult time . let me know what difficult time. let me know what you think about ofsted . do you you think about ofsted. do you think it is working? you think about ofsted. do you think it is working ? it should. think it is working? it should. do you think these one words answers one word reports are are fair, outstanding, bad needs improvement. i can imagine how anxiety inducing it can be. do let me know . now moving on, anxiety inducing it can be. do let me know. now moving on, one of the biggest stories of the week has been the ongoing riots in france and it's turned into one of the biggest royal story to as a result of the protests, king charles iii state visit to the country has been postponed was after a court, after a request by president emmanuel macron. the trip to paris and bordeaux had been due to begin

today actually . security today actually. security threats, including graffiti reading death to the and charles iii do you know the guillotine convinced macron to postpone or postpone the visit understandably . joining me now understandably. joining me now is royal commentator and historian rafe heydel—mankoo q rafe, i clearly this was a sensible move . macron yeah, sensible move. macron yeah, absolutely. i mean, as you say , absolutely. i mean, as you say, in light of those of those terrible protests we've seen, not just for the pension age, but also as well for the general cost of living crisis, i don't think there was any other decision could be made. i mean, you can just imagine the pr for the have two palaces they live lives a palace and buckingham palace. had ahead palace. if this had gone ahead because you know just just the scene alone of the king and the president surrounded by the extravagance of a state visit. nothing is more in a state visit, especially , you know, the visit, especially, you know, the glittering white tie tiaras, all would be held as the state state dinner, i should say, at the palace of versailles, would

immediately draw, of course. but they equated with the extravagance of . louis xvi, extravagance of. louis xvi, dunng extravagance of. louis xvi, during that other cost of living crisis in 1789, which of course, we all culminated in that french revolution . the timing is a revolution. the timing is a shame. as you said, they were going to go to bordeaux about the border town hall was actually set alight. one of the key factors that would eventually spur macron's decision to buy the timing is a shame because as we know, after years of tense relationship ups, there seems to be a bit of a new cordiale between britain and france. with rishi sunak. yes petite macron enjoying something of a bromance would have the first occasion when the king have addressed the first time a british monarch actually would have addressed the senate. but this will go ahead at some point in the future. so all those plans will just be put on to the backburner and the state visit that we're expecting to germany go the king will go ahead. where the king will become the first british

diplomat to address the bundestag you just bundestag race. did you just call the prime minister a macron i was very very, very diplomatic of very nice in french term. you know, the french term, of course. yes, of course. so how king charles, how will he be taking i imagine he was probably very much looking forward to it. his first international state visit . it not going to be well, visit. it not going to be well, of course, as we know with the election of a president for the very first countries you visit on a state visit takes a lot of time and consideration and careful planning and great emphasis . careful planning and great emphasis. there's great importance behind subtlety. and, of course , know how important of course, know how important the monarchy is as a soft power weapon . the british diplomatic weapon. the british diplomatic arsenal so by the british government were actually the key force behind visit the king was very supportive of it as well and he will naturally be very disheartened . it couldn't go disheartened. it couldn't go ahead, but of course , his ahead, but of course, his majesty has had more than its

fair share of knocks acceding to the throne extremely unwise in light of everything else that's happenedin light of everything else that's happened in recent months to do this particular rally where we are literally almost just a month away from the coronation itself . yes, i'm sure he'll get itself. yes, i'm sure he'll get overit itself. yes, i'm sure he'll get over it and hopefully it will be rescheduled rather than later. but depends on what goes on in france, i suppose more , than france, i suppose more, than anything. i want to ask you about something else. prince andrew is back. apparently, he wants reveal all in some tell all biography . yes look, as if all biography. yes look, as if one spare wasn't enough. prince harry, we've now got the original spare prince andrew contemplating , original spare prince andrew contemplating, his original spare prince andrew contemplating , his own tell all contemplating, his own tell all memoir, spare 2.0, as i think some are calling it the motivation, we're told that andrew wants to be able to give his side of the story about his relationship with jacob epstein believing that no one else will do it if he and if reports are true. i would just remind . true. i would just remind. prince andrew what happened the

last time he tried to put the record straight, which resulted in that cat just perfect newsnight interview with everything with emily maitlis . everything with emily maitlis. i'd also remind him, actually, that although prince harry's book made , a lot of money, it book made, a lot of money, it was an unmitigated pr disaster for both him and for meghan. it was upon the publication of that book that that rating plummeted to new lows , whereby in america to new lows, whereby in america there actually have a lower approval rating. now that prince andrew himself and of course , andrew himself and of course, they made themselves great figures ridicule by everyone figures of ridicule by everyone from south park to chris rock and american host, because and my american host, because andrew really wanted to expose himself to that sort of ridicule . i think it seems actually that it's financial . that's actually it's financial. that's actually the driving force . we know that the driving force. we know that he's fallen on relative hard times financially and he's a man who enjoys expensive comforts . who enjoys expensive comforts. he didn't get an inheritance from the and the king is dead set to slash royal funding which means that prince andrew may not be able afford to live at royal lodge and he's dead set against

moving to the downsizing that will cut it. but i just wonder actually whether if i can end on by saying i think maybe this is all just a bit of a ruse by prince andrew perhaps to make this have the story. now, just before the coronation, this might the only form of might be the only form of leverage he. well, yes . kitchen leverage he. well, yes. kitchen table. well there's a there's a question for all of you is home would you read you buy prince andrew's autobiography the original spare perhaps. thank you very much indeed . rafe you very much indeed. rafe heydel—mankoo royal commentator historian bring us up to date on the royal news. you are watching and listening gb news sunday with me. emily carver. we have a lot more coming up on the this afternoon, including activist lawyers are refusing to lawyers who are refusing to prosecute activist s. is prosecute climate activist s. is the profession becoming the legal profession becoming a little too political . but little bit too political. but first, let's go to a break.

break yes, good afternoon. welcome. i'm emily carver. i'll be keeping you company on tv radio with the stories that matter to you from across the country . you from across the country. plenty more coming up this afternoon 120 top lawyers went against the ball this week and announced that they will refuse their services in. prosecuting climate activists be asking, should lawyers be political activists? all of that to come. but first, it's the news headunes but first, it's the news headlines with bethany elsey . headlines with bethany elsey. emily, thank you . afternoon. emily, thank you. afternoon. it's 2:01 on bethany elsey with your top stories. the gb newsroom offenders who commit to anti—social behaviour be forced to clean up their as part of the prime minister's new immediate justice scheme . under the plan justice scheme. under the plan set to be announced tomorrow, local authorities will be given fresh powers to quickly and

visibly punish . those who spray visibly punish. those who spray graffiti or commit other vandalism will have to fix the damage within 48 hours of being given the order . the penalties given the order. the penalties include picking up, washing police calls or unpaid work in shops. police calls or unpaid work in shops . as part of the crackdown, shops. as part of the crackdown, the government has also announced ban on the sale of laughing gas levelling up. secretary michael told broadcasters that night oxide canisters are to fuel anti—social behaviour by turning pubuc anti—social behaviour by turning public spaces into so—called taking arenas . labour is taking arenas. labour is establishing a review of the bbc operations to look at the future of the broadcaster. it follows the controversy over gary lineker's suspension from match of the day and richard sharpe helping boris johnson to secure an £800,000 loan. the party, the independent, bbc review panel, will assess how to ensure the future sustainability of the publicly funded broadcast .

publicly funded broadcast. shadow culture secretary lucy powell says the organisation consistently finds itself at the centre of culture wars and that continuing the status is not an opfion continuing the status is not an option . scottish is warning the option. scottish is warning the incoming snp leader to clear out the rot within their party. deputy leader jackie the rot within their party. deputy leaderjackie baillie is calling on the future first minister to be more open and transparent. it's after figures revealed the snp had lost 30,000 members in just over a year, which the party had previously denied. leadership candidate humza yousaf kate forbes and. ashley regan will find out tomorrow who will become scotland's next leader. russia's president vladimir putin. he's struck a deal to stall nuclear weapons in neighbouring belarus, which borders ukraine. speaking on state tv last night, he insisted it wasn't unusual comparing it with the united states stationing nuclear weapons on the territory

european allies. but a top security adviser to ukraine president says the plans would destabilise belarus claiming russia has effectively taken the country hostage . us president country hostage. us president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in mississippi after a tornado killed least 26 people . cctv video shows the people. cctv video shows the storm ripping through the roof of a school, throwing debris down corridors . the twister down corridors. the twister swept through state and into alabama, cutting a path of destruction. 170 miles long, around thousand residents there are still without power. president joe biden has described the images being shared as heartbreaking and has offered federal support the recovery. residents say . there recovery. residents say. there was no safe place to hide . this was no safe place to hide. this is the worst i've ever. this is

devastating. i so many family members, friends memories that been destroyed . it's like a been destroyed. it's like a freight that comes through . they freight that comes through. they thought it lasted 30 minutes. it was 20 seconds. one of the homeowners said they finally woke up and they looked up and they thought they were dead . in they thought they were dead. in they thought they were dead. in the face, potential arrest. donald trump held a defiant rally in texas yesterday to kick off his 2024 republican nomination campaign . it was the nomination campaign. it was the former president's first public appearance since speculating week that he could soon be arrested over hush money payments to the adult film star stormy . he lashed out against stormy. he lashed out against investigation, claiming the most innocent man in the history of the us prosecute tural misconduct. is there a new tool and they are willing to use it at levels never before. the stakes . this election could not stakes. this election could not be more . either we surrender to

be more. either we surrender to the demonic forces and demolish and happily doing so , or we and happily doing so, or we defeat them in a landslide. or november . fifth 2024 . matt november. fifth 2024. matt hancock and kwasi kwarteng have been caught up in a sting operation and quoting thousands of pounds to consult for a non—existent . the two former non—existent. the two former cabinet ministers were approached by a fake south korean firm's up by campaign group led donkeys. mr. hancock told them his daily rate would be £10,000. while mr. kwarteng said he would expect to be paid a similar amount every month and pays all allowed to see employment outside of parliament on. there's no accusation of any wrongdoing . europe to date on gb wrongdoing. europe to date on gb news. now it's back to. emily

yes , you've been getting in yes, you've been getting in touch with me . all big topics touch with me. all big topics today on the discussion on ofsted. daniel has to say get rid of ofsted , but keep rid of ofsted, but keep inspectors like before . system inspectors like before. system worked fine when inspectors just turned ofsted was invented for school tables so parents could go to a common information centre to decide what school to send their child to. in the days exam results of schools were published every year because , published every year because, the results were key to their performance. we teachers performance. we didn't teachers ignonng performance. we didn't teachers ignoring brightest of our ignoring the brightest of our children just pass grade. children for just a pass grade. well, there you go. you sound like have been like you might have been a teacher. says is an teacher. robert says is an invaluable . the process invaluable service. the process of validating the effective mis of validating the effective mis of educational practise must mean we maintain . well, there mean we maintain. well, there you go, robert. in favour of ofsted inspections there, christine . while some schools christine. while some schools are okay , believe it is the are okay, believe it is the trustees of trust schools who put the pressure on schools to do more and more whilst not passing enough onto the schools to enable these requirements. i

know that school trusts , just know that school trusts, just like only about like hospital trusts only about saving money and do respect the heads, views and trust. put pressure and pressure on the heads. this is from personal experience i have had from schools heads and staffs. it does like there is a huge amount of pressure on headteachers across the country. peter says a lot of pressure was applied . lot of pressure was applied. ofsted removed the possibility of saying that a school is okay there is now nothing between good and requires improvement being adequate not a bad thing. it literally good enough. i didn't know that actually that there's a gap between good and requires improvement. there's a gap between good and requires improvement . that does requires improvement. that does seem a bit a bit harsh because requires improvement does rather bad i would say as a as a layman. keep your views coming in. please do subscribe to our youtube channel while you're at it. we are at the news now. catherine forster is back in the studio with me. going to be talking about the. we're going to hear who the new leader is tomorrow. tomorrow at 2:00 in

edinburgh, murrayfield home of scottish rugby . we will love scottish rugby. we will love link, which of the three is going to be the news? now remind us of the three. so humza yousaf is the current health secretary. he's the odds on favourite. he's seen as the continuity candidate. he was allegedly tipped off before nicola sturgeon stood down. so he is the old leadership of the snp . the old leadership of the snp. choice. but of course it's not up to nicola sturgeon. it's up to the 72,000 members. the next. and so that is true. they 72,000 members. yeah and up until very recently, we heard that they had 100,000 didn't we. which did you. why. resigned very abruptly. chief executive of course, and nicola sturgeon's husband last week. anyway, the other likely person who succeed nicola sturgeon is kate forbes . nicola sturgeon is kate forbes. she's 32. she's the finance minister . a she's 32. she's the finance minister. a lot of people felt that she'd blown her campaign up

at the very beginning because she's socially very conservative and she wasn't afraid to say so. however many people like humza yousaf hasn't got the best record and a of people respect kate forbes being upfront and being honest about her opinions. then ash regan, who has been trailing well behind, she resigned last year over nicola sturgeon's gender bill. she's not going to get it. humza is the favourite . it may well the favourite. it may well dependif the favourite. it may well depend if nobody gets over 50% of the first preference votes. second and third preference will be taken into consideration. so it's perfectly that it could be. forbes so we will find out. that would be a vote tomorrow. very interesting. very interesting indeed. interesting. very interesting indeed . because nicola sturgeon indeed. because nicola sturgeon present to the party as being quite radical in its progressive social justice and those kind of issues, particularly on the on the gender which led to her

downfall , one could argue that downfall, one could argue that kate forbes demonstrates perhaps that the snp are actually more socially conservative than they were letting on under the leadership of sturgeon. it would certainly a big change and i think emphasises that beyond the fact that the scottish national party the clues in the name is about independence scotland. what else does stand for. and there's a huge . clearly within there's a huge. clearly within it and kate was on maternity leave when nicola sturgeon pushed that bill through , the pushed that bill through, the gender recognition bill that was so that was then blocked by rishi sunak's government . two rishi sunak's government. two thirds of people in scotland apparently didn't not support it. so it will be fascinating to see what happens now. but the snp really is in a state of complete disarray in this based space of a few weeks. you know , space of a few weeks. you know, we've gone from nicola sturgeon . whatever people think about

her was , a very effective for her was, a very effective for many years and held the snp together to a party that's publicly fighting all these accusations flying around. i mean, today there's reports in the times that nicola , one of the times that nicola, one of her aides, tried to get cake forbes to pull out of the campaign at the very beginning. so all this washing of laundry is happening, and it's not a great look them. no, it's not a great look them. no, it's not a great look them. no, it's not a great look at and that may be why the membership is dwindling depending on what figures you see. thank you very much indeed , catherine. we're going to be speaking to someone else, i believe from the snp later on in the show to get the scottish perspective on that leadership race. but has been quite race. but it has been quite dramatic. now moving on to something rather different, leading lawyers been leading lawyers have been accused undermine accused this week of undermine or at attempting to or at least attempting to undermine legal system by declaring that will not prosecute climate activists. think groups like extinction

rebellion more than 120 lawyers who are part of a group called who are part of a group called who call themselves lawyers are responsible all are set to sign a declaration of conscience vowing refuse their services in prosecuting protesters from eco groups such as just stop oil and extinction rebellion the group will also refuse to act on of clients involved in and gas on the grounds that they are destroying the environment . so destroying the environment. so joining me to discuss this from both angles is paul paulsen and barrister , climate activist and barrister, climate activist and former editor of the sun newspaper . kelvin mackenzie. newspaper. kelvin mackenzie. i think we might have two very different views here indeed. i will start with you, paul. now, paul will start with you, paul. now, paul, are you have you signed this declaration and are you one of these barristers are pledging that to take strong stance ? i that to take strong stance? i have, yes , you have. why . have, yes, you have. why. because i believe that in the week that the ipcc report was given its final warning to humanity , we as lawyers need to

humanity, we as lawyers need to act on our principles and ensure that we are not supporting those particularly fossil fuel companies who are leading us to breach the 1.5 degree limit. and putting our civilisation in peril , as putting our civilisation in peril, as well as causing the deaths of millions of people in the global south . well, there the global south. well, there you go. kelvin mackenzie . this you go. kelvin mackenzie. this is just the right thing to do, considering all planet may considering all our planet may be up in flames soon. well, it does me laugh that boris's on the one hand a complaining that they are going broke with the with the small amounts of money that they give them by the government but at the same time they're prepared to turn down turn down, work the government when they think that they're that they don't agree with the with with the attitude or the charge. the there is an old fashioned idea works in the in the legal circles where it's is a cab off the rank. so if somebody comes to you and says whether you represent me in this

case it would be the government's and they regardless of their own personal views they do represent them. after all, they are the same . who would all they are the same. who would all turn out for a thousand a day, ten grand a day or whatever the begum them or something. most people care or something like it doesn't matter how shocking somebody is. these are the same barristers who say everybody's entitled to a defence and now they're saying the actually the way the motorist who gets caught up on the m25 or gets caught having some shocking thing on the off a tunnel with some dreadful kind of people are we're not entitled to be because . in essence, the government are acting on our behalf against, these people. so i seriously hopei these people. so i seriously hope i don't know whether the barristers in the cases ever drive cars ever go round the m25. perhaps they should try it and see what they make of being

delayed for 6 hours by people who an argument against oil . who an argument against oil. well paul makes a few good to respond to that but what did you say it caused a lot to respond to that. it's a lot to respond to. but i will ask you the first question. i think some viewers be a tad confused as to why lawyers would to prosecute or refuse to defend based on political views. surely that disrupts your basic well rule of law ? well, in effect, the of law law? well, in effect, the of law is already disrupted by the fact that the oil industry through its huge wealth is able to employ vastly more lawyers than are available to people. there are available to people. there are at the moment thousands of lawyers in the uk being paid millions tens of millions of pounds to advance the interests of the oil industry and that gives them a huge problem with any industry . paul. paul that's any industry. paul. paul that's the same any big industry . the same with any big industry. yeah, but the, any other industry is not committing the

great that the fossil fuel industry committing. we know scientifically that if we continue to expand the oil and gas industry , it will lead to gas industry, it will lead to millions of deaths . therefore millions of deaths. therefore they are committing a great crime . i, on they are committing a great crime. i, on my they are committing a great crime . i, on my conscience will crime. i, on my conscience will not facilitate them to continue committing that crime. and actually it goes back to kelvin's about, you know, would you defend i think would defend a rapist, would you defend show me the begum. i would actually in court a fossil fuel executive who a charge of murder or who was on a charge of murder or or whatever it i would or whatever it is but i would not continue to allow them to so i would not continue to facilitate them to commit that crime . and that's the key crime. and that's the key difference because it's the difference because it's the difference between defending someone in a murder trial and advising them how continue committing murder. that's key difference here. kelvin, do you do see that difference ? well, i, do see that difference? well, i, l, do see that difference? well, i, i, i admire him as a barrister i admire him for making making that difference. the reality is, the point that your speaker makes is actually a political

point and the answer to what he wants to achieve is not to make a bit of a kerfuffle. i even say, by the way, a couple of cases are joining in as well, including by men as well. you know, i didn't even know it was alive as be able to make but i so if he wants to change all this he is not carrying regardless look the science may well be there i've been hearing a lot about the science over the last few years, you know, so i'm not sure what the science is always as accurate people would like. if you want to change, we have to change our and my sense is that the people are not with your argument right look none of us want 1.5 or anything. i by all of our but you'd to change the politics of our country. we would literally need a green green party involved. and my question is, is that ultimate

aim? it's a political game. it's not really a legal legally . is not really a legal legally. is that right, paul ? you should go that right, paul? you should go through politics rather than to essentially i think what you're doing is simply virtue signalling mean. a lot of the lawyers who signed this declaration would never be in the position to defend and gas companies because that's not the type that they do they type law that they do or they really there to prosecute really be there to prosecute extinction rebellion protests that get out of hand . so it's a that get out of hand. so it's a bit of pr , isn't it? i i think bit of pr, isn't it? i i think the system is already politically gained by the oil industry as an example, do civil injunctions and what's happened recently is oil companies including shell have given a tonne of money to lawyers in the city of london. and those lawyers have gone to the high to get injunctions that give a greater punishment for protesting forecourts protesting on show forecourts than than you would get than you than you would get normally just ordinary order normally for just ordinary order offences. that is the oil offences. what that is the oil industry buying own criminal law and using lawyers to do that. so

oil industry is already gaming the system as are many as are many wealthy . it's interesting many wealthy. it's interesting to know that the judge. sorry, go . paul, i just. to know that the judge. sorry, go. paul, i just. i to know that the judge. sorry, go . paul, i just. i just want to go. paul, i just. i just want to know. you think ecocide should be a crime ? do you think that be a crime? do you think that any person who works in oil and gas industry is a criminal in some way? because the way you talk about an industry that has changed the lives of people around the world for decades for centuries even, it has transformed our way of life . transformed our way of life. countries like china, india etc, is still pumping out masses of fossil fuels. carbon etc, etc. in order for a country, in order our country to become the country it is now, we've needed oil and gas . country it is now, we've needed oil and gas. don't like this demonisation . people that have demonisation. people that have filled all their existence existence . i think the existence. i think the demonisation must go towards expansion of the fossil fuel industry and what our declaration says. it doesn't say won't add fossil fuel companies at all. it's about expansion

and. obviously, we need to have oil and gas to make the transition across to a renewable society . so we're not saying society. so we're not saying don't stop using them straight away. it's about we cannot afford to have any further expansion . and i think it's that expansion. and i think it's that expansion. and i think it's that expansion is the criminal act. it is take doing act that we know is going to lead to mass death and destruction and potentially the collapse of our own civilisation. you know, the energy agency said back in 2021, we cannot any further expansion of the oil and gas industry if want to remain within1.5. of course, i don't , i don't like course, i don't, i don't like other demonising we've done thus far and i don't demonise them for making the oil and gas that we need transition. what i we need for transition. what i demonise for is knowingly demonise them for is knowingly continuing when . we continuing to expand when. we know consequences of that . know the consequences of that. well you quite well that makes you quite a liberal in the in the sort liberal in the in, in the sort of eco activism world, it seems like a lot of these activists would like see anyone who would like to see anyone who ever oil and gas be, ever worked in oil and gas be, you know, hung, drawn and quartered. kelvin, do worry. well, it's hard to know where to

go with this. really. there's so things i mean just on the climate stuff we've heard we've heard for so long that, you know, this is the end of the world. if we change now, you know, the world is going to be, well, no more . it's hard to know well, no more. it's hard to know to what believe. well . i i well, no more. it's hard to know to what believe. well. i i must say that the expression, the collapse of civilisation, which was just used just now, i really i don't buy that. but look , i'm i don't buy that. but look, i'm a good bit older than you. what of that fall? if it does collapse , then i've had a very collapse, then i've had a very good run out of. out of petrol . good run out of. out of petrol. but if it if doesn't collapse, which i suspect is , is the case which i suspect is, is the case then, then a lot of this is really a politicisation of the law, which is fine because it represents a very small amount and other aspect is if i'm a barrister on the other side, i'm thinking to myself happy days, the government are coming to me.

i'm the only person that can is prepared to represent them against the against a group of people who are damaging the lives of ordinary folk going about their business. we're not talking about big oil and gas companies. i'm talking about a plumber and the bricklayer making their way around the m25 and getting caught up at the dartford tunnel because they halfwit sitting on the bridge there. now that is what want to see stopped if he could guarantee you that his system, i would be delighted so i could carry on rocketing round 25 without having to worry about whether i'm going to run over some hippies for. well he'd a compromise is to be had perhaps paul but just paul just very lastly i just want to ask you whether you think it is concerted you think our society is well—served by lawyers becoming activists mean take away the issue climate change just in general i think lawyers already activists it's a question of what who they're activists for and we already

thousands of lawyers who are activists for the fossil fuel companies because those companies because those companies pay them a lot of money, far more than i earn, probably ten times, if not more than what i earn. doing the work that i'm doing. already that i'm doing. they already activism, advancing their and to corbyn would if you don't corbyn i would say if you don't like protesters is doing like those protesters is doing that kind of that of protest what kind of protest you in the face where protest do you in the face where i think you committed earlier that some is necessary in order to stop breaching the 1.5 to stop is breaching the 1.5 degree what do degree target. what do you recommend kelvin think recommend kelvin do you think that i recommend that you do? i'd recommend that you get westminster square and you walk round and you do what most people do, which is whether they're complaining their pay or they're complaining their pay or they complain about climate change. you know as well as i do, the politicians have to take on a bulk of a bulk of protest. and the reality with your is that, unfortunately, many clever people like yourself do have this view . the public do not buy this view. the public do not buy it and enjoy filling up their cars or enjoy it, enjoy the fact

when they can when they can afford it. by the way, having a heated a heated house with gas . heated a heated house with gas. so the reality is, unfortunately you are a minority. i'm not saying that in 20 years time you won't be a majority. when you are a majority , then of course are a majority, then of course you will see change you're not seeing at the moment because . seeing at the moment because. the ordinary man and woman in the street doesn't the 1.5. that's the reality . your pr is that's the reality. your pr is not good enough. the science may not good enough. the science may not be good enough, but any white people don't want it. they are not going be forced into are not going to be forced into it. i just thought i would it. may i just thought i would like to also see activist youth camps against the chinese communist party. they keep building coal plants, don't they? and the same in india same in most of the developing world are just not that. thank you very much indeed. barrister and climate activist paul, you climate activist paul, thank you for and former of the for your time and former of the sun, mackenzie , we know sun, kelvin mackenzie, we know you've been getting in touch on this subject. should we this very subject. should we well, should we prosecute climate activists? helen says , climate activists? helen says, let them sign the declaration, but then bar them from

practising it's disgraceful practising law. it's disgraceful the making a fortune the lawyers are making a fortune and against what what and fighting against what what the public want the british public want activists prosecuted and, economic migrants deported . they economic migrants deported. they have become too big for boots. i do think a lot of people would agree with you there, steve says i would not one of these barristers defend me. but i wonder if you are an eco protest or in the oil and gas industry. sue says if these bosses are so gullible to believe what un says about the urgency of saving planet, i would not want them to defend, but i would be happy for them to try prosecute. well, there go . keep your views there you go. keep your views coming into me. gb views at gbnews.uk you are watching and listening to give you sun with me. emily carver we've got lots more coming up on today's show. england takes on ukraine later today in the qualifying match for the euros our reporter for the euros 2024. our reporter paul hawkins will be outside stadium ahead of the kick off before we speak to him let's get the weather with rachel is good afternoon my name is rachel as

i'm welcome to you are latest weather update from the met office. so looking ahead to the start of next week and after a cold night, we'll see some drier and more settle. old weather becoming established across . the becoming established across. the uk. is all due to a uk. and this is all due to a change in our big weather. so this morning's low pressure across the southeast will move away and this will allow some northerly winds to set up, bringing colder across the bringing some colder across the whole of the uk to start monday. but back to evening and we'll see some showers persist staying across and eastern across northern and eastern coasts and these could just be wintry for a time. but skies will allowing for a widespread harsh frost across northern scotland and northern tonight where we could see temperatures as low as minus six to minus eight. now further south, there'll be some patchy cloud around, but this could still be around, but this could still be a patchy frost to start monday . a patchy frost to start monday. maybe just the odd shower to but away from this skies clear to start the new week allowing plenty of sunshine and fine and dry weather and be feeling

pleasant in that sunshine . but pleasant in that sunshine. but temperatures will not be much higher than what would have seen today with highs of around 11 degrees. as we go into monday afternoon and evening, we do cling onto bright, clearer skies across the north and the east as . we go through to monday night , but further west we see cloud and rain moving from the atlantic. is that next low pressure system moves in. so a cloudy, yet milder night here. but across the northern and eastern, we could just see a patchy frost to start tuesday morning. but it will be a short frost as that cloud and will quickly move in from the west. three cheese a morning we could just see a little bit of snow over high ground of scotland and northern on the leading edge of that. and that sets up the weather for much of next week will be remaining unsettled . will be remaining unsettled. some showers, all rain , some showers, all rain, temperatures will be on the up, particularly from midweek. you seen politicians interviewed a thousand times but we do it

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it's back to. emily wright, england, facebook . today wright, england, facebook. today in the european qualifiers with manager gareth southgate warning , his players there is no room for sentiment . once they get for sentiment. once they get onto the pitch , the three lions onto the pitch, the three lions will face for ukraine the first time since the horrific invasion of their country and will be looking to to victory looking to add to their victory against italy midweek. joining me live from wembley stadium is on national report . paul on national report. paul hawkins. paul are you with the ukrainian fans there? yeah . 4000 ukrainian fans there? yeah. 4000 expected it. wembley for a 95,000 capacity. in fact, the fia have given 1000 free tickets to english families that have hosted ukrainian refugees and course the refugees themselves frankly, there are going to be 4000 fans amongst a crowd of 85,000. right now. it feels i'm in the minority if i'm honest . in the minority if i'm honest. guys, how are you feeling about the game ? oh, yeah, just

the game? oh, yeah, just excited. and of course , excited. excited. and of course, excited. and we're hope, valerie and of it is there opportunity for us? think very much for this free to be in support of gross of a team and we hope we have in. yeah because this is this is this is more than just football match isn't it. yeah. well i hope we will win but honestly i don't mind if we don't you don't use the money if don't. yeah, yeah. how, how are you feeling about watching ukraine. so i'm actually very excited because i haven't been any of games so think i hope we're all to win. yeah. because it's really important this era for us. yeah. so basically yeah. and many of you have come over from ukraine because of the war. yeah yeah, yes. where where are you from in ukraine. go. yeah. okay. and just tell us about what the situation like back home at the moment . oh, we, we in in our moment. oh, we, we in in our week we in, in our a victory in

the when russia attacked ukraine you know about it and we believe in the slava ukraine yeah yeah yeahi in the slava ukraine yeah yeah yeah ican in the slava ukraine yeah yeah yeah i can i sit outside of a guy saying it's love of ukraine because i yeah yeah no crying about ukraine yeah yeah just tell us about the relationship between the two countries between the two countries between england and ukraine now i think it is amazing what the people have done for us of cover image. we can just say from bottom of a car for british british. so for these big support which we can't survive bizarre dutch. yeah and going to win i did all i hope the best team but i can be a little bit cheeky so of course ukraine yeah yeah and how are you how are you guys feeling about the game then. so i'm pretty excited for

this . and it was like . i'm this. and it was like. i'm interest it was football . so interest it was football. so yeah , i believe we're going to yeah, i believe we're going to win and i believe we're going to win and i believe we're going to win the war. yeah. and we're going to come back home. yeah, yeah, yeah. it's more than just a football match, isn't it? this is. it's more than just a football. there's obviously big on the cards game from the england perspective. there's going be a of some going to be a kind of some recognition for harry kane as well. england's top well. he's now england's top goalscorer two goalscorer following that two one on one win against italy on thursday for ukraine, thursday. for ukraine, yeah. it's emotional occasion it's very emotional occasion hanging ukraine today. and hanging on ukraine today. and then later then of course, there's later in then of course, there's later in the when england are the year when england are hosting on behalf of ukraine hosting it on behalf of ukraine and of and liverpool so lots of england, ukraine connections and uk connections up uk ukraine connections up throughout the summer. but looks like the england team going to be going lightly . ukraine be going lightly. ukraine nonetheless . no one would have nonetheless. no one would have thought not, but you never know, look, when england played italy thursday, the first off, they were fantastic . the second half,

were fantastic. the second half, they were very mediocre and okay. they saw at the last 10 minutes to ten men. they did very well. but if england play lives the second half and lives in the second half and ukraine on their and ukraine are on their and remember ukraine are coming into this they haven't this pretty fresh they haven't had to practise. had much time to practise. they've brentford they've been playing brentford behind , but they'd behind closed doors, but they'd behind closed doors, but they'd be faster than england be much faster than the england players have an off day in players than have an off day in ukraine got players ukraine on the end. got players like who plays for like zinchenko who plays for arsenal. yeah they can cause arsenal. so yeah they can cause england problems . and england england problems. and england certainly won't underestimate . certainly won't underestimate. well, go. an exciting well, there you go. an exciting and important for many and important match for many reasons. thank you very much indeed , paul hawkins, our indeed, paul hawkins, our reporter there outside wembley ahead tonight's game, england ahead of tonight's game, england versus ukraine. before move versus ukraine. now, before move on today, you have been getting in touch a lot actually on our big topics the day on big topics of the day on policing bob to say the policing bob has to say the tories have been in government for 13 years and all sorts of crime are still here crime and issues are still here plus a secretary obsessed with culture wars and asylum seeker rhetoric isn't . doing anyone rhetoric isn't. doing anyone favours that. sir bob's response

to my question of whether we should be trusting tories or labour when it comes crime, they've all been giving out their telling us their plans to crack down on various forms of crime. so who you trust. now, on the barristers refusing to prosecute a climate activist , prosecute a climate activist, dave says these barristers are being and jury. they have no right to do this them and right to do this for them and disbar so they cannot work in the profession again. then the legal profession again. then let police prosecute as they let the police prosecute as they used . yes. it's worth noting used. yes. it's worth noting that some people , the legal that some people, the legal profession, have come very profession, have come out very much this. they don't . much against this. they don't. it serves the legal profession well at all. craig says . surely well at all. craig says. surely barristers who say they are conscientious objectors are showing legal bias. so therefore wood would said barristers be able ever to offer legal representation in any matter due to possible prejudice. that's a very good point . and barbara has very good point. and barbara has to say i always thought that lawyers were intelligent people, but if they won't prosecute these people, them in the these people, hit them in the pocket huge fines, breaking pocket with huge fines, breaking the law, and let ordinary carry on their lives . stuff on with their lives. stuff there, do keep your views

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welcome back. you are watching and listening to gb news sunday with me now the government is expected to make an announcement in the coming weeks on how it plans to stop migrants in hotels . suella braverman has signalled it wants to end the practise, which she says costs around £6 million a day. the daily telegraph has reported that disused ferries are being

considered house people, but this has not been yet confirmed . director of the centre for migration economic prosperity stephen wolf joins me now. stephen, lovely speak to you again . i feel like i talk to you again. i feel like i talk to you quite a lot actually. that's because you're so excellent. this topic, tell me what what's the latest ? it comes to the the latest? it comes to the illegal immigration bill. i've seen that there are various amendments that are going to be put forward . well, flattery put forward. well, flattery always works and keep me coming on, emily. i really that. i think what you're seeing now is following a briefing that several of us who are very interested in proposals of the government's immigration by those in the home office . they those in the home office. they are now following through with some of those points that they indicated would come after the bill was presented to parliament and start to go through its process. the first of those was that they would be looking at how they would how those illegal who arrive here and then they decide 28 days they need to be

placed somewhere else. so the fact that they're considering offshore centres which are very in this case or indeed used royal navy bases is an indication of what they told us would happen. i think what you'll see now through parliament is there's going to be some more amendment cards which will indicate how they're going to be transport it to them, what the costs are, the redux scenes in the use of hotels , although i can't see how hotels, although i can't see how that will work very quickly and i also suspect they're going to start looking at how they could respond to some of the potential legal challenges that will come because of our membership of the echr . i because of our membership of the echr. i mean, the use of ferries . it sounds a little bit far fetched, i imagine a lot of people would think that's not particularly nice place to house migrants . not particularly migrants. not particularly appropriate . how far is being appropriate. how far is being used in other countries? is this something that's normal . well

something that's normal. well i think one first takes ourselves back the principles of the european the un convention , european the un convention, refugees, which give opportunities and powers for governments of how they deal with the applications for asylum in that country and how they house. and if you look across many the african countries or indeed of the places where the biggest amounts of people are held, like pakistan, you will see large tented communities sometimes in very hot conditions . and i'm sure you've seen the pictures of the tented communities where asylum applicants and the are placed . applicants and the are placed. so in principle, there isn't anything that says that they have to be placed in a hotel or in accommodation. and i think the government has done tremendously fact that tremendously with the fact that we've got nearly 400 hotels being used and they do have to think how else we can house people when . i think at the people when. i think at the moment we're looking at maybe 150, 2000 people in hotels and

we've got more to come. an estimate of 80,000 this year. yes. i mean, this hotel situation is becoming more absurd by the day. i think a lot of people would agree with that. now, there's another amendment from some tory moderates. i've about that is about unaccompanied children and giving them a different status so that they wouldn't be deported . rwanda for example in deported. rwanda for example in the same is that right. yes, there is. i mean, this is one of there is. i mean, this is one of the big question marks that came out and was quite surprising when i was at it is that there is a potential that when somebody is deemed to be a us c, which is another company, it's a child that is someone under the age of 18. and in the proposals they would be permitted to remain in the united kingdom. but once they reached 18, there would be this particular opportunity for the government then to remove them to rwanda. so think what you've got is a to

change a balance between those of the conservatives who have genuine concerns about how we deal with unaccompanied children, how our in the world is and, whether it is fair and right to have a proposal that removes these children, once they turn . i think we've got to they turn. i think we've got to look very carefully at this . i look very carefully at this. i do think that this is going be a part that's going to be challenged very heavily, not only in parliament, but also at the house of lords. we do have a greater responsibility , greater responsibility, children. there isn't a large number since 2000. there's only been about 18000 to 90000, what's called unaccompanied children come to the uk and many of them have latterly been found to older than 18. so it is an important point and it will be challenged. yes will be interesting to see how this bill up being chopped and changed. i imagine it will go back and forth quite a bit to get it to get it right or acceptable to.

parliament, thank you very much indeed. director of centre for migration and economic prosperity prosperity, the stephen. well, now back to the snp the new leader and scotland's new first minister will be announced . the scottish will be announced. the scottish pubuc will be announced. the scottish public are more favourable towards kate forbes than towards him as a use of apparently, although none of the three candidates for first minister receives a positive approval rating not good. so how will tomorrow pan out? political commentator and former snp member lieutenant colonel stuart crawford joins me now. stuart, your form a member of the snp? i assume you're not particularly impressed by the offering currently . good afternoon emma. currently. good afternoon emma. yes i would say as we say up here that the three candidates don't quite set the heather on fire. but you're quite right in your introduction that kate has the widest appeal the electorate, whereas humza yousaf is the snp hierarchy

establishment favourite candidate unseen is the continuity . i'm i candidate unseen is the continuity. i'm i think candidate unseen is the continuity . i'm i think that continuity. i'm i think that there snp is making the classic mistake the political parties make when they're electing a new they elect an individual who is most attractive to them as party members rather than looking outside at the wider electorate and saying who is most likely to be voted into power into power by the general public . and i by the general public. and i think that mistake is made in terms of favouring humza , but terms of favouring humza, but it's too close to call , as it's too close to call, as i have previously said, that i think kate forbes might just win it by a whisker and we'll wait to see tomorrow . it's very to see tomorrow. it's very interesting actually as a spectator all this to see that kate forbes , a christian kate forbes, a christian relatively socially conservative, is doing so well in comparison to humza of he's also the you could say they're neck and neck but he was going to be the continuity candidate

nicola sturgeon presented herself very much as a progressive yet the membership seem to be quite on board with kate forbes is offering. would you put that to . down well, you put that to. down well, i think that there's nothing like a new broom to sweep clean after . nicola sturgeon stood down after eight years of, i think in terms of her tenure out of the position of first minister. we can probably use the old chinese proverb that there was loud thunder but few range , much thunder but few range, much bluster and bluff and bluster about independence, but really the position or the scottish parliament's position on scottish independence hasn't shifted at all since the last referendum in 2014. so i think we scots are actually naturally with a small c perhaps . yes, with a small c perhaps. yes, i mean i am i am half scottish myself and i would concur with that, i think from my experience

anyway , stuart, you said that anyway, stuart, you said that the polls haven't changed too much in terms of independence. i've been seeing polls. i must be looking at different polls because i've seen that actually support for scottish independence is much down. well, it is at the moment. if you take of the overalls average since 2014 and extract the don't knows from all the polls. i think you'll find that those in favour of independence are about 47% of those polled and those against are 53% and for the union and that hasn't changed over the past eight years. so really nicola sturgeon who has been a fantastically successful politician as an individual has not able to deliver what our party and she presumably stands for and there is no place for the scottish independence to go at moment. and lastly , what do at moment. and lastly, what do you make of all the high profile resignations ? it does look to

resignations? it does look to the public if the snp is well falling . well, yes. i mean , i falling. well, yes. i mean, i think we could say that the snp is in some turmoil and. i don't know why nicola sturgeon had to resign precipitously. no doubt that will come out in the wash. but those of us who are sort of observing fairly closely could see this coming several months ago. i'm despite all the denials she did. look tired and it was as she'd had enough of that particular job. as she'd had enough of that particularjob. but as she'd had enough of that particular job. but why her husband then resigned the then john swinney resigned as deputy minister , first minister and minister, first minister and then moray food scientist. i had two predictions for the snp in the scottish parliament and of course the scotland's chief constable has resigned. it was two years to two to go and his contract and i don't know what's going on here but certainly we're all interested in the of the police investigation the so—called missing £600,000 in

the snp party's accounts . now the snp party's accounts. now just very lastly before you go, do you think it's fair to say that nicola sturgeon and perhaps should have spent more of her time and prioritised domestic policy rather than just the independence campaign? do you think that's something that kate forbes the use of if they get the leadership will be more focussed on health education, crime, etc, etc. rather than constantly pushing the independence narrative ? yes, independence narrative? yes, i think so. if it's all really predicated on how these individuals independence being delivered, if there is the gradual sort of course i try to persuade those who are not yet independence supporters by proving competence and governing under the devolved settlement . under the devolved settlement. but sadly the snp in administration has proved to be completely inept and don't need me to go through all the disasters that have befallen us. education down the pan the

ferries fiasco and so on and so i think very much the focus will return under kate forbes certainly to the domestic agenda to try and persuade that the persuade the scottish voting pubuc persuade the scottish voting public that they're worthy of government before they actually do any more on the independence thing . well, we shall see. thank thing. well, we shall see. thank you very much indeed. lieutenant colonel stuart crawford, the political commentator and former snp member. now, don't anywhere because coming up on news is nana akua and. she's with me in the studio right now. simply in turmoil. you have see it it was a bit of a mess. it really is no surprise there. i mean, what a ridiculous this whole gender reform thing. it was obviously going collapse and it's going to collapse and it's the party. we won't be talking party. but we won't be talking about that. we've done it so well they are in similar colours though great on a bit though i must great on a bit emotional we're going to be i'm going to kick it off with martin daubney and also james you used to with jeremy corbyn and to work with jeremy corbyn and we're to be putting stuff i know

it's quite exciting actually on breakfast, which he shouldn't have done, just thought i wasn't going joined. but we'll be going to be joined. but we'll be discussing the topics discussing all the topics we'll be obviously be talking about. obviously the whole brexit, it's whole thing with brexit, it's we'll looking at nick we'll we're looking at nick zuber planning to bring that zuber the planning to bring that down by years to 2014 down by ten years to 2014 through 2050, goodness which through 2050, goodness me. which is ridiculous and we'll is just ridiculous and we'll also be looking at the full story with regard to the french, because, you know, the french have been quite in the fact that the pension should be rising. what you think about that ? what do you think about that? well, this is frankly, well, i mean, this is frankly, i working, so bothered working, so i'm not bothered about i would hope that about it. see i would hope that i on my life because i could work on my life because i could work on my life because i love my job. so i believe i work a day in my life. so i think that's the secret to it. but yeah, i'd be pretty, pretty annoyed if our sort of approaching the then approaching the age and then they to go so yeah yes they pushed me to go so yeah yes that's true i got a bit of grief yesterday for suggesting that they should down and accept they should calm down and accept that have a little that they have to work a little longer. apparently that's not the anyway. even the popular opinion anyway. even watching me. watching gb news sunday with me. that we've got time that is all we've got time for today. show be back today. the show will be back next weekend on saturday. will

next weekend on saturday. i will leave you with the weather first. afternoon. my first. it good afternoon. my rachels and welcome to our latest weather update from the met office so looking ahead to the start of next week and after a cold night we'll see some dner a cold night we'll see some drier and more settled becoming established the uk and established across the uk and this is all due to a change in our bigger weather picture so this morning's low pressure across the will move away and this will allow some northerly winds to up bringing some colder air across the whole of the uk to start monday. but back to this evening and we'll see some showers persisting across northern and eastern coast and these could just be wintry for a time, but skies will clear allowing a widespread harsh across northern ireland and northern england we could see temperatures dropping as low as minus six to minus. now further south, maybe some patchy cloud around. but this still be a patchy frost start monday. maybe just the odd shower too, but away from this skies will to

start the new week, allowing for of sunshine and fine and dry weather and be feeling pleasant in that sunshine. but temps patches will not be much higher tomorrow than what would have seen today with . highs of around seen today with. highs of around 11 degrees as we go into monday afternoon and evening we do cling onto those bright, clearer skies across the north and the east as we go through to monday . but further west, we see cloud and rain moving in from the atlantic. is that next pressure system moves in. so a cloudier, milder night. but across the northern and eastern areas, we could just see a patchy frost. still to start tuesday morning , still to start tuesday morning, but it will be a short lived frost . that cloud and but it will be a short lived frost. that cloud and rain will quickly move in from the west. three cheese a morning . we could three cheese a morning. we could just see a little bit of snow over the high ground of scotland and northern england on the leading edge of that and that sets up the weather for much of next week will be remaining on settled some showers all settled with some showers all rain will on rain but temperatures will be on the particularly midweek

the up particularly from midweek

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