gb news, it's 930 on thursday. >> the thursday the 13th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce, bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. bbc presenter joining us. so bbc presenter huw edwards, tell you how edwards, i can't tell you how goodit edwards, i can't tell you how good it is to say those words out loud. he faces fresh claims of behaviour of inappropri aet behaviour after of after days of allegations of sexual misconduct , the bbc has sexual misconduct, the bbc has now resumed its inquiry after the met police confirmed that they wouldn't take any further action. an we're going to be discussing it. >> are. and it's >> we certainly are. and it's the longest strike action in nhs history junior doctors history. junior doctors taking to lines today as to the picket lines today as they their pay put up by they want their pay put up by 35. they asking for too much 35. are they asking for too much or is it fully deserved? and we'll be telling you what the union advised them they could do when the picket when they're not on the picket line. won't pleased. line. you won't be pleased. >> of comes, of course, >> all of this comes, of course, as prime minister, rishi as the prime minister, rishi sunak, expected back pay sunak, is expected to back pay rises 6% for public rises of about 6% for public sector workers, with decision sector workers, with a decision to early as to be announced as early as today. bring you that when today. we'll bring you that when we hear. >> and the illegal migration bill has been voted down in the house of lords for the eighth

time, it returns the commons time, it returns to the commons where consider the where mps will consider the changes and hopefully chuck them out. ones made by the out. the ones made by the unelected we unelected peers. but can we trust finally trust this government to finally get with . get to grips with. illegal migration? >> call it political ping pong. ping pong now it goes backwards and forwards backwards, but ultimately the commons will have the say because it's the elected chamber and if necessary, they can called the can enforce something called the parliament sure this parliament act to make sure this goes through. >> to get it done. >> they've got to get it done. and don't forget, we're also talking tennis. you really talking tennis. do you really want a russian or a belarusian to win the wimbledon final this weekend? position to win the wimbledon final this weekend?the position to win the wimbledon final this weekend?the princess position to win the wimbledon final this weekend?the princess of)sition to win the wimbledon final this weekend?the princess of wales that puts the princess of wales in who's out the prizes. in who's handing out the prizes. terrible should be banned. terrible they should be banned. >> as >> email gbviews@gbnews.com. as always . first all, here's always. but first of all, here's your with rhiannon jones. s your news with rhiannon jones. s . good morning. >> it's 933. your top stories from the newsroom. junior

doctors in england are striking for five days from today in what's being described as the longest walkout in the history of the nhs. young medics at the british medical association are taking to the picket line as they argue for a pay rise of around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate in a bid to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consultation opfions operations and consultation options as junior doctors begin their strike. the government is considering a decision on public sector pay, a pay rise of around 6% has reportedly been recommended by independent review bodies . it's understood review bodies. it's understood rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have held talks over the approving over proving the recommendations. the chancellor has suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing . the sun rather than borrowing. the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against hugh edwards , but it has no plans to publish

them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the newspaper's conduct , as raised regarding the newspaper's conduct, as well as the bbc's response following reports last week. the star presenter had paid a young person for sexually explicit pictures . former editor explicit pictures. former editor of the sun david yelland, has said in a social media post that this is no longer a bbc crisis. it is a crisis for the paper. the met police says it's found no evidence of criminality. the bbc has resumed its investigation and a major housebuilding company is warning of a drop in the number of new homes being built . barratt homes being built. barratt developments is forecasting its bill's completions to tumble by as much as 23. the company says demand dropped following last year's mini—budget and the cost of living crisis and rising mortgage rates impacted household budgets . and you can household budgets. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. but now it's back over to andrew and .

over to andrew and. bev >> very good morning. i hope you enjoyed the coverage with arlene foster yesterday. while me and andrew had a day off and we are some somewhat relieved we're not taking pleasure out of this. we're relieved be able to say we're relieved to be able to say the hugh elle edwards the words hugh elle edwards because last week, because of course last week, earlier this week , earlier this earlier this week, earlier this week, couldn't . the police week, we couldn't. the police have now confirmed they're not pursuing action against the pursuing any action against the bbc. presenter either. >> so this all came out in the end. statement by his wife, end. a statement by his wife, vicky finn, who is a radio producer in her own right. she named him as the suspended presenter and revealed he's in hospital with severe and serious, according to her mental issues. and it was timed, of course, her statement to come out with a police statement which said no further action. so that's when all for they that's when all for once they got it all coordinated with the bbc who've hopeless , in my view. >> and it took the woman yet again, it took the strong wife and mother the background to

and mother in the background to do right thing and do the do the right thing and do the decent bbc decent thing. the bbc investigation has uncovered new allegations with claims that hugh edwards sent inappropriate messages to staff members at the corporation that left them feeling uncomfy . feeling uncomfy. >> able. yeah, but. >> able. yeah, but. >> but the big issue is, did he break the law? and it appears from what the police are not pursuing any further that he didn't the so didn't break the law. so inappropriate but inappropriate behaviour, but not necessarily behaviour. necessarily illegal behaviour. joining managing joining us now is the managing director britain and director at britain and time solicitors, britton. paul, solicitors, paul britton. paul, good . this where do we good morning. this where do we start with this is my first question to you would be why isn't it extraordinary that the bbc were made aware of these allegations against hugh edwards? we can say the name hugh edwards seven weeks ago. firstly, there was a phone call from the young person's mother of half an hour. then a member of half an hour. then a member of the family went into the bbc for an hour. but but hugh edwards was only told about these allegations two days before they were printed in the sun. >> well, i think in the bbc's

latest statement, they are saying they became aware on the 6th of july and then three days later they then suspended hugh edwards. but but it's quite telling that the police say that there is no criminality here because one of the allegations is that there were inappropriate photos of a child and an english law. a child is someone who hasn't reached their 18th birthday yet. so and this individual in the first allegation, because i think there's about four now, the individual in the first allegation has said it's absolute nonsense, but it does raise questions , as the family raise questions, as the family has said , they have evidence has said, they have evidence that there was a transfer of money from mr edwards to their son in this case of £35,000. so it'll be interesting to find what the police actually say about all this later on. i think we're just scratching the surface at the moment. i think i do want to also just point out,

paul do want to also just point out, paul, that i think at the moment we don't have absolute clarification whether the young people, the hugh edwards was communicating with were male or female or a combination of both. >> i still think we have to be a little bit careful around that. actually but i'm interested from a legal point of view as paul coyte. sorry go. go ahead . coyte. sorry go. go ahead. >> i think you were saying. fair point . point. >> yeah. yeah. i'm from a legal point of view, i'm also interested where this leaves the sun newspaper , because if hugh sun newspaper, because if hugh edwards is found to have done nothing illegal, but maybe just unethical , nothing illegal, but maybe just unethical, are the sun newspaper in trouble for having made this such a front page story . such a front page story. >> well, this this moves us into into privacy law . and one of the into privacy law. and one of the first stages in the tests on whether something is private or the information is private is to establish whether hugh edwards had a reasonable expectation of the information being private to him. i think de facto, the

facets of this case are going to be private to him. but if he can't establish that and it is in the public interest, we move on to the second stage of that test, which is do the public have a right to know and if they do , should should it have been do, should should it have been in the press in the first place? does the sun have a problem at the moment? i don't think so right now. i'm sure they would have had various meetings with their lawyers, their representation in to advise on what they were doing and the direction that they've decided to go in. if there is a criminal offence, then privacy law goes out of the window because it's in the public interest that people report crimes and that we do clamp down on these things. watching and listening, paul will say, look, if you if hugh edwards didn't break the law and we've only got the police's word for we know how much for it, we don't know how much depth they've looked this. depth they've looked into this. >> is public interest? >> what is the public interest? but other people will equally argue hugh edwards handed argue if hugh edwards handed over £35,000 for indecent images

of young people , very young of young people, very young people, some of them teenagers, some potentially even at school, the money that he's handing over is public money in the sense his salary is paid for by everybody watching and listening to the bbc through the licence fee. so in a sense , is there not in a sense, is there not a pubuc in a sense, is there not a public interest in that respect i >> -- >> andrew i mean, that's the salient point, isn't it? this is the bbc. it's funded by, by the public. andrew hugh edwards is salaries, is reported . to be salaries, is reported. to be £435,000. that's that's more than a member of parliament. that's more than a minister. that's more than a minister. that's more than the prime minister himself. it's a lot of money. and i think the public are right to want answers. but this this goes on to that privacy law. the second point i was mentioning the interests of other parties and one of the other parties and one of the other parties and one of the

other parties in this case is the public. and do we have a right to know where our pounds are going? and i think, you know, the answer is yes, we do. >> we've been discussing this morning this idea at what point mental health can be brought in in terms of where bad behaviour ends and mental health begins. i'm interested for people who work in law is that becoming a tncky work in law is that becoming a tricky line to navigate that it appears to be a get out of jail free card if you just say sorry, your honour , it was my mental your honour, it was my mental health. what made me do it. but i'm all i know. >> some offences do have or do benefit from having a defence of diminished responsibility . diminished responsibility. >> kwasi and mental health can play >> kwasi and mental health can play a part of that, but the offences that we're looking at in edwards case, they don't attract that, that sort of defence. it's not going to be a defence. it's not going to be a defence to have received if there are images of a minor of a of a child, someone under the age of 18, then the defences are

very narrow. actually there's two under the act. can i'm putting the volume health is not going to be a defence. however, if he's found guilty of something, it would be a mitigating factor when it comes to sentence in yes . to sentence in yes. >> thank you, paul. >> thank you, paul. >> paul britton, who's mad at britain and times. >> this is very interesting. you may have heard an extraneous voice in that conversation. not quite that we've quite sure who that was. we've got hill from conservative got henry hill from conservative home here. when i hear paul britton very eloquently britton talking very eloquently about i get about the privacy law, i get quite angry about henry quite angry about it. henry because ever because parliament never, ever delivered a privacy law. there was debate about it. was never a debate about it. it's flowed from the tony it's all flowed from the tony blair's human rights blair's wretched human rights act 1998, and judges have act in 1998, and judges have made this privacy law tighter and tighter and tighter. made this privacy law tighter and tighter and tighter . and and tighter and tighter. and finally, with the cliff, richard interpretation of the law that he had, he was the bbc had no right to fly a helicopter over his home when the police were raiding it. i'd rather agreed with that. i don't know whether it go law. it was it needed to go to law. it was just a very bad editorial

decision. but here we are again, privacy used privacy law being used potentially hugh potentially to protect hugh edwards parliament never, edwards when parliament never, ever having a privacy ever said we're having a privacy law. ever said we're having a privacy lawand i think whatever you >> and i think whatever you think the specifics of think about the specifics of this this is something this case, this is something that should probably this case, this is something that on. should probably this case, this is something that on. and hould probably this case, this is something that on. and it's.d probably this case, this is something that on. and it's a probably this case, this is something that on. and it's a sign ably this case, this is something that on. and it's a sign ofy legislate on. and it's a sign of how the human rights act is kind of bringing in an american style judge law because, judge made law making because, again, versus again, you know, roe versus wade, whatever think about wade, whatever you think about that issue, that that particular issue, that was the basically inventing the judges basically inventing a right was right to privacy that was implied that implied by another right that wasn't the wasn't actually in the constitution. the abortion law in states. and it's in the united states. and it's important that we have a parliament that can theoretically do whatever it wants therefore, we wants and therefore, that we have debates and we have can have debates and we have we can hold account for the hold mps to account for the legislation vote for. hold mps to account for the legirthey n vote for. hold mps to account for the legirthey need vote for. hold mps to account for the legirthey need to vote for. hold mps to account for the legirthey need to rate for. hold mps to account for the legirthey need to ia gripr. hold mps to account for the legirthey need to ia grip on and they need to get a grip on stuff like this because judge made you or i don't like made law, if you or i don't like judge made law, who do we hold to account for that? who do we vote against? well, quite one. >> yeah. and so much. it's a&e up in court, isn't it? i mean, even the government's flagship stop policy. so the stop the boats policy. so the courts to decide this courts are going to decide this in end, even though there's in the end, even though there's a parliament for it. >> yeah. i mean, it.— >> yeah. i mean, in

it. >> yeah. i mean, in this in this case, recent government case, the recent government defeat court appeal defeat in the court of appeal over rwanda was one slightly surprising. appeal surprising. the court of appeal basically that the high basically held that the high court had got the basic court had got the very basic law of function which of its function wrong, which i think was surprising. but also it's important to stress that actually accepted actually it has accepted the overall legality of it overall legality of rwanda. it did. so it's kind of did. it did. so it's kind of this grinding trench this kind of grinding trench warfare, like, over warfare, if you like, over the technicalities. yes, technicalities. but yes, ultimately, we're now in a position it's getting position where it's getting harder harder for government harder and harder for government to act and to quickly to act and to act quickly because so many grounds because you have so many grounds for challenge that mean like environmental law, for example , environmental law, for example, we're signed up to some random little international declaration, which caps costs for people who mount challenges to developments. so that means that everyone it the that everyone does it all the time. and so we that's why there's no house bill. so we have contributes to the housing crisis. really needs crisis. parliament really needs to grip this. yeah. to get a grip on this. yeah. >> what do you think an >> yeah. what do you think as an ordinary here, should the ordinary person here, should the pubuc ordinary person here, should the public been entitled to public have been entitled to know than because were know sooner than because we were talking bev and i were talking about this endlessly treading on eggshells, literally we eggshells, literally in case we said because of his

said the name, because of his privacy under a privacy law that was invented by judges. >> so i personally , i do do take >> so i personally, i do do take quite a strong pro privacy stance on things like this, because ultimately, if it turns out and we don't know exactly what's going on here yet, and if the facts emerge and it turns out that, you know, he hadn't done anything. he hadn't done anything illegal, then anything illegal, illegal, then you somebody's anything illegal, illegal, then you with somebody's anything illegal, illegal, then you with stuffebody's anything illegal, illegal, then you with stuff like y's anything illegal, illegal, then you with stuff like this. anything illegal, illegal, then you ultimately, stuff like this. anything illegal, illegal, then you ultimately, that like this. anything illegal, illegal, then you ultimately, that like tieven and ultimately, that sticks even if don't know . so and ultimately, that sticks even if don't know. so am in if you don't know. so i am in favour of sort of keeping the media out of it until the police have had a chance to investigate. >> don't you destroy your reputation if you are a household bbc presenter household name? bbc presenter who was the person who brought to news of the to the world the news of the queen by paying young queen had died by paying young people teenagers for indecent images? what i'm saying is that the destruction of the reputation and he has, but he did it right and i think if you've done it, there is time for that to emerge. >> that fact isn't going anywhere that sort anywhere but building that sort of and delay the of time and delay into the system you haven't system means that if you haven't done then there's for done it, then there's time for that established. whereas that to be established. whereas if could go straight out and

if we could go straight out and make all claims in public, make all these claims in public, then i worry people who then often i worry people who hadnt then often i worry people who hadn't actually done anything wrong having their wrong would end up having their names through mud. names dragged through the mud. >> the >> henry let's talk about the immigration bill as well. ping pong. house lords. house pong. house of lords. house of commons. house of lords. house of commons. long is this of commons. how long is this going drag for? going to drag on for? >> well, government's >> well, the government's ambition sure they've ambition is to make sure they've got flights time got some flights out by the time of the election. ultimately of the next election. ultimately the no, we cannot the currently no, we cannot get them out this year. currently, them out this year. currently, the government been saved in the government has been saved in a because fact that they a way because the fact that they now need to go to the supreme court for appeal means that court for this appeal means that there's this there's no point rushing this legislation. right. so they're going to be back and forth going to be going back and forth for few weeks. will depend for a few weeks. it will depend also the government also on whether the government can votes because can win some key votes because they've made some concessions, but the line on but they're holding the line on some as modern some things, such as the modern slavery exemption, which slavery exemption, an which is going a rebellion. going to face a rebellion. >> explain that is, >> just explain what that is, because this the flag ship because this is the flag ship piece legislation that piece of legislation that theresa brought as home theresa may brought in as home secretary. saw her secretary. and it saw her actually against actually voting against the government for i government this week for only i think, second time. think, the second time. >> so the theresa may brought >> so the so theresa may brought in slavery which in the modern slavery act which is of legal protections

is a series of legal protections for who have been for people who have been trafficked. and it's generally a very good piece of legislation. trafficked. and it's generally a veryproblemece of legislation. trafficked. and it's generally a veryproblem in of legislation. trafficked. and it's generally a veryproblem in this egislation. trafficked. and it's generally a veryproblem in thisegisl'ison. trafficked. and it's generally a veryproblem in this egisl'is that the problem in this case is that anybody makes an allegation anybody who makes an allegation that are they've that they are or they've been trafficked a victim of trafficked and are a victim of on is immediately on slavery is immediately exempted yeah. on slavery is immediately exenthere's yeah. on slavery is immediately exenthere's no yeah. on slavery is immediately exenthere's no limits yeah. on slavery is immediately exenthere's no limits on yeah. on slavery is immediately exenthere's no limits on youreah. and there's no limits on your ability to do that. so it's being abused years to investigate. so the basically investigate. so the so basically there's incentive there's a massive incentive if you're representing you're the lawyer representing somebody through somebody who's getting through it you just it and get deported, you just 90, it and get deported, you just go, i've been i'm go, oh, no, i've been i'm a victim of on slavery. >> what these >> and that's what these albanians been doing, albanians have been doing, because a country with because it's a country with no strife, conflict. really, strife, no conflict. so really, aslef now being deported aslef are now being deported because conflict. because there's no conflict. live they're saying, live at five they're saying, no, i've been i've been i've been brought under the modern brought here under the modern slavery act and then they can stay then a home. stay and then a home. >> the home office has >> and then the home office has to that thoroughly, to investigate that thoroughly, which two years. so, which takes up to two years. so, you know, theresa may, you know, if theresa may, i think the architect of the think as the architect of the legislation, she should be going to government. let's find a to the government. let's find a way prejudge. and in way to prejudge. and because in a way, you are a group of a way, if you are a group of vietnamese women being trafficked in a trafficked to go and work in a nail bar in, you know, in berkshire somewhere and you don't know, we do need

don't want you know, we do need to young girls. to protect those young girls. i think is this what's so think this is this is what's so frustrating, think about the frustrating, i think about the way that the rebels are handling this that should be, this is that there should be, i think, a way of having it so that you can triage and pre—screen applications. pre—screen these applications. right. okay, right. so you can say, okay, we've at facts of we've looked at the facts of this case and we're going to wish you a provisional stay. but if everybody to it, if you allow everybody to do it, it's to undermine it's just going to undermine then not only the process, but then not only the process, but the slavery. the standing of modern slavery. >> so stubborn. she just >> she's so stubborn. she just won't ever did won't accept she ever did anything will she, when anything wrong, will she, when she secretary, she was home secretary, in her record secretary she was home secretary, in her record has secretary she was home secretary, in her record has se(out ry she was home secretary, in her record has se(out to be a frankly, has turned out to be a disaster. she got rid of 20,000 police disaster. she got rid of 20,000 pol i e disaster. she got rid of 20,000 poli mean, it's a sign actually, >> i mean, it's a sign actually, of the way british of the way that british politicians getting things politicians keep getting things wrong, called the wrong, which is it's called the everything approach. everything bagel approach. right. you just right. which is that you just heap more and more requirements onto this is one of them. anything. this is one of them. and then when the actual process of to halt, of government grinds to a halt, you're well, at you're at least like, well, at least i did had an least that thing i did had an impact. and we need to strike a better balance. all right. >> henry. >> thank you, henry. >> thank you, henry. >> talk to you. >> great to talk to you. >> great to talk to you. >> paul coyte in the >> right, paul coyte is in the studio this is treat, studio with us. this is a treat, paul studio with us. this is a treat, paul, sport. paul, from sport. >> lovely to now. >> oh, lovely to be here now. >> oh, lovely to be here now. >> and you know what? he's in

shock was idea shock because it was my idea that we do a no. >> normally, if somebody says do that we do a no. >.sports1ally, if somebody says do that we do a no. >.sports story if somebody says do that we do a no. >.sports story andrew oody says do that we do a no. >.sports story andrewoody �*oh; do a sports story andrew goes oh really? does sort of really? must he does he sort of withering but not today. withering face but not today. >> day whittle down >> every day i whittle him down just a little bit more. talk a little more sport, take a little more sport. >> you doing here? >> are you doing here? there's no today, there is. no sport today, but there is. and fascinated by this and i'm fascinated by this because wimbledon, because last year, wimbledon, like the australian open. no, wimbledon banned russian and belarusian players from taking part invasion part because of the invasion of ukraine. later, nothing's ukraine. a year later, nothing's changed ukrainian changed for the ukrainian people. changed for the ukrainian peopl> it really does. i mean, as far wimbledon are concerned, >> it really does. i mean, as far i wimbledon are concerned, >> it really does. i mean, as far i was1bledon are concerned, >> it really does. i mean, as far i was 100%»n are concerned, >> it really does. i mean, as far i was 100% behind oncerned, >> it really does. i mean, as far i was 100% behind them,ed, >> it really does. i mean, as far i was 100% behind them, what and i was 100% behind them, what they year and they were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon year and they were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon their year and they were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon their own, and they were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon their own, you they were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon their own, you think were and i was 100% behind them, what thejon their own, you think the; out on their own, you think the all england club were out on their own on the atp and the wta, two players wta, which are the two players organisations ? they were the organisations? they were the ones came up afterwards and ones that came up afterwards and said this is an absolute disgrace. you do this disgrace. how could you do this to these poor athletes ? they're

to these poor athletes? they're just trying to earn? and it's like, well, million. isn't like, well, a few million. isn't there bigger picture here? there a bigger picture here? isn't very good thing isn't this a very good thing that wimbledon are doing? but they wouldn't have any it. so they wouldn't have any of it. so they wouldn't have any of it. so they well, we're going to they said, well, we're going to strip now, actual strip wimbledon now, the actual tournament all ranking tournament of all ranking points. it will then affect points. so it will then affect the players going on and also then affects wimbledon and how important it is in the future. so pretty much wimbledon, the all club were backed all england club were backed into corner. and although into a corner. and although i still they wanted to still believe they wanted to stay that original stay with that original decision, they've to decision, they've had to actually u—turn say, actually do a u—turn and say, okay, we'll let them in. but they have to. they didn't have to. >> chose to. >> they chose to. >> they chose to. >> is your compassion, >> where is your compassion, gentlemen? these hard gentlemen? an look at these hard working been working women. they've been hitting tennis balls since before could they're before they could walk. they're not bombs on people. not dropping bombs on people. >> well, that's that is elina svhouna >> well, that's that is elina svitolina there . svitolina that we saw there. she's is the she's the ukrainian. she is the ukrainian now, svitolina. and the possibility she is that she could play arina sabalenka in the final belarus who is belarusian who also support the invasion. >> the point is we imagine the propaganda gift for vladimir

putin if a russian wins wimbledon, hence the reason. >> hence the reason that they were banned in the first place. it wasn't about whether it's supporting players or countries. it's how it would then look and how it would it would affect the country, should they win the future . future. >> queen greek handling a prize over to a russian winner. well yeah, belarussian winner. >> i mean, we've seen . all right >> i mean, we've seen. all right with well, have you seen with that. well, have you seen the situation, though, the handshake?i the situation, though, the handshake? i where do you handshake? i mean, where do you stand the handshake? because stand on the handshake? because svhouna stand on the handshake? because svitolina hands svitolina refused to shake hands as this was with victoria. victoria azarenka in the fourth round, , a russian. she round, azarenka, a russian. she is a russian as well. right. right. happened is that right. so what happened is that and feel for azarenka and i do feel for azarenka slightly because under the situation she knew that there would be no handshake from svitolina. after games svitolina. so after the games svhouna svitolina. so after the games svitolina wins azarenka walks to the net and just sort of puts her hand up as if to say, you know, and she knew very well. but then the crowd weren't aware of what was going on. and they then azarenka, then then blamed azarenka, and then they started booing. whereas the situation the french open was

situation in the french open was slightly different because it was svitolina. are you was svitolina. how are you doing, way? are still doing, by the way? are you still with this? so so as with me on this? yeah. so so as far as svitolina was concerned, names these household name players who's the players, svitolina, who's the ukrainian? she refused to shake hands , whereas the crowd the hands, whereas the crowd at the french open booths talina french open booths for talina for being unsportsmanlike, whereas we would agree with her. so all of this, we could end so of all of this, we could end up with actually a tunisia against another country that would actually would be the czech republic. so we could actually kind of avoid all this. >> what we really want is a ukrainian to win. >> of course we do. that would be the whole of be terrific. the whole of wimbledon the best player wimbledon would the best player to win, because i think it shouldn't be political. >> is. yes, but >> i listen, sport is. yes, but remember, married remember, i was married to a double gold medallist. remember, i was married to a doubrother gold medallist. remember, i was married to a dou brother swam old medallist. remember, i was married to a doubrother swam ini medallist. remember, i was married to a doubrother swam ini meolympics. my brother swam in the olympics. i as a as i was raised as a as a sportswoman. children sportswoman. my children have done idea that done sport. the idea that a despotic leader might stop them from their of from having their moment of glory they've trained and glory when they've trained and trained trained, glory when they've trained and trai don't trained, glory when they've trained and traidon't know trained, glory when they've trained and traidon't know how trained, glory when they've trained and traidon't know how theytrained, we don't know how they feel about be against. >> but if they're both exactly the same, they're both a

fantastic tennis players. both deserve you deserve to win. are you just going mind. going to go? i don't mind. or would go? what? would you go? you know what? wouldn't it be nice if svitolina. i don't mind. >> and know, i would like to >> and you know, i would like to see it. see her win it. >> and is there much talk is there about why there much talk about why wimbledon caved in? >> i said, it was >> well, like i said, it was because of and the wta, because of the atp and the wta, because of the atp and the wta, because was there because there was there was a lot pressure that on lot of pressure that was on them. that was and yes, they them. and that was and yes, they did a choice. really it did have a choice. but really it was very, was getting very, very difficult. had to difficult. and they had to think, going to think, right, we're going to have them as neutral have to have them as neutral athletes. we'll do as much as we possibly had possibly can, but they've had to let them in. >> know the it'll be >> we know in the men's it'll be that bloke djokovic a that boring bloke djokovic a win anyway he win. anyway because he always win. >> oh, he's my hero. >> oh, he's my hero. >> he's my hero. >> he's my hero. >> always wins or alcaraz. that >> he's my hero. >> lbe ays wins or alcaraz. that >> he's my hero. >> lbe the wins or alcaraz. that >> he's my hero. >> lbe the final. r alcaraz. that will be the final. >> pretty sure. >> i'm pretty sure. >> i'm pretty sure. >> interesting. and >> that's interesting. and what's prediction what's your and your prediction for the women's. >> i'm going with >> i'm going to go with svitolina. i think everybody's >> i'm going to go with svitolir her. think everybody's >> i'm going to go with svitolir her. who'severybody's >> i'm going to go with svitolir her. who'sever) ukrainian? behind her. who's the ukrainian? i be fantastic. behind her. who's the ukrainian? i love be fantastic. behind her. who's the ukrainian? i love to be fantastic. behind her. who's the ukrainian? i love to see be fantastic. behind her. who's the ukrainian? i love to see her fantastic. behind her. who's the ukrainian? i love to see her fantiyeah i'd love to see her win. yeah >> that would be >> yeah. well, that would be lovely. it's a great lovely. purely. it's a great tennis player. >> the best to win. >> the best player to win. >> the best player to win. >> you will the princess >> but you will see the princess of bought pro she of wales bought a pro she is. because the had because look, the queen had to share up the mao with share a carriage up the mao with

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newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce >> well, we can finally say his name can't we? it's huw edwards. and he's facing fresh claims of inappropriate behaviour after days of allegations of sexual misconduct. the bbc is now looking at doing its own inquiry after the met police confirmed they're not any further they're not taking any further action against the married president xi married man with five kids. so >> so it's the longest strike action in nhs history. junior doctors take to the picket lines as they argue for their pay to be raised by around a whopping 35. d0 be raised by around a whopping 35. do you think they're asking too much or do you think that they deserve it? let us know . they deserve it? let us know. and the prime minister is expected to back pay rises of about 6% for public sector workers. >> this is from the independent pay >> this is from the independent pay review bodies. a decision could come as early as today. >> and the illegal migration bill has been voted down in the house of lords for the eighth time and returns to the commons, where mps will again consider the changes made by the peers.

can we really trust this government to tackle illegal migration now . migration now. we're going to have liam halligan in the studio as well in the next hour because there are some big economic stories out today, not least the fact that the economy control acted in the last month . first of all, in the last month. first of all, though, here is your latest news with . with rhiannon jones. >> thank you, beth . good >> thank you, beth. good morning. it's 10:01. >> thank you, beth. good morning. it's10:01. your >> thank you, beth. good morning. it's 10:01. your top stories from the newsroom . stories from the newsroom. junior doctors in england are striking for five days from today. and what's being described as the longest walkout in the history of the nhs. described as the longest walkout in the history of the nhs . young in the history of the nhs. young medics at the british medical association are taking to the picket line as they argue for their pay to be raised by around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate in a bid to resolve the row , which has

to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consultations. speaking to gb news doctor bhasha mukherjee says the money is there to pay staff as a result of this strike action. >> they're having to pay £200 an hour to the consultants to cover our shifts effectively . and our shifts effectively. and you're telling me that they can't pay us a 35% rise, which is for me is just going to be £25 an hour, which is a massive drop from £200 an hour, which they're taking just to cover the consultant fees to do by not consultants job. >> a junior, a junior doctor. >> a junior, a junior doctor. >> well, as junior doctors begin their strike, the government's is considering a decision on pubuc is considering a decision on public sector pay. a pay rise of around 6% has reportedly been recommended by independent review bodies. it's understood rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have held talks over approving the recommendations. ministers are due to give updates on the nhs , due to give updates on the nhs, police, teachers and the justice system. the sectors at the heart

of the disputes . the chancellor of the disputes. the chancellor suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing . the sun says it than borrowing. the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to publish them . it no plans to publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the newspaper's conduct, as well as the bbc's response before the allegations were made public. former editor of the sun, david yelland, says that this is no longer a bbc crisis. it is a crisis for the papen crisis. it is a crisis for the paper. the met police found no evidence of criminality . former evidence of criminality. former bbc executive roger bolton told gb news the corporation is obuged gb news the corporation is obliged to scrutinise the allegations. >> you've got to be very careful about this, of course, because huw edwards can't reply to this. and when it comes to sort of how can i put this sexual politics, there's a vast difference between ageing older people like me, example , whatever, me, for example, whatever, and young in particular say in young women in particular say in their 20s have very different

views about what constitutes uncomfortable things. but i just think that in this instance, give the information to the bbc, let them report now, let us scrutinise. the bbc has absolute obugafion scrutinise. the bbc has absolute obligation to come public on all of this, but it doesn't have to do it now . do it now. >> a major housebuilding company is warning of a drop in the number of new homes being built. barratt developments is forecasting its build completions to tumble by as much as 23. the company says demand dropped following last year's mini—budget as the cost of living crisis and rising mortgage rates impacted household budgets. first home buyers have been hit hardest, plunging 49% after the help to buy scheme came to an end . the buy scheme came to an end. the uk economy shrank in may in part because of the extra bank houday because of the extra bank holiday for the king's coronation figures from the office for national statistics fix found gdp declined by 0.1% for the month. it followed growth of 0.2 in april. the

manufacturing and construction sectors were among those affected , with some industries affected, with some industries hit by one less working day . the hit by one less working day. the economy had been boosted in april as people spent more in pubs, bars and shops. chancellor jeremy hunt says the best way to get growth going again is to bnng get growth going again is to bring inflation down as quickly as possible . the uk sent nearly as possible. the uk sent nearly £50 million worth of aid to china last year. that's according to a watchdog . the according to a watchdog. the independent commission for aid impact found it amounted to around 48,000,000in 2021 to 22, around 48,000,000in 2021 to 22, a fall of over 80,000,000 in 2019. one. the watchdog says there's insofar isn't transparency in how money is spent. the governments in the process of re—evaluating diplomacy with china amid increasingly frosty relations , increasingly frosty relations, us and the illegal migration bill has been rejected in the house of lords for an eighth time. the archbishop of canterbury again pressed for his demand for ministers to draw up

a ten year strategy. erg for collaborate ing internationally on refugees and human trafficking are the changes include limits to the detention of children, modern slavery protections and the provision of safe and legal routes to the uk. the bill now returns to the commons, where mps will again consider the changes . commons, where mps will again consider the changes. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to beth and . over to beth and. andrew lots of news coming in and lots of people very cross about legal migration. >> i love this from steve. i wish i'd thought of this, steve. there's more chance of lord lucan being spotted in the royal box at wimbledon than this government anything about government doing anything about illegal migration. i fear you might be right. >> i know. well, michael says, might be right. >> ihave/. well, michael says, might be right. >> ihave awell, michael says, might be right. >> ihave a governmental says, might be right. >> ihave a government that's, might be right. >> ihave a government that makes why have a government that makes policy can be policy on migration that can be stopped by the courts or the house of lords, who is really in

charge of the uk? >> and john says immigration has now unaffordable now become an unaffordable crisis government should crisis and the government should treat it as such. well, are treat it as such. well, they are trying stop the trying to get this stop the boats policy through. it's back in commons today and they in the commons today and they will put their down. will put their foot down. >> you've also been >> i hope you've also been getting touch about our getting in touch about our wimbledon . this wimbledon debate. this is the fact a russian might win fact that a russian might win wimbledon. diana has said, wimbledon. and diana has said, i couldn't agree more with andrew pierce. it's disgraceful, disgraceful that we're allowing russian to russian tennis players to compete who decided compete at wimbledon who decided that the case. that this should be the case. but julie is on my side with this. and she says, i don't think the nationality of a tennis player is relevant. the best player should pick up the trophy. shouldn't be trophy. sports shouldn't be mixed as is. mixed up with politics as it is. >> yeah, the point. it >> yeah, that's the point. it is. has been a very long is. it has been for a very long time and the sporting ban in south africa was very damaging and a great against and a great fight against apartheid, and a great fight against apayes, d, and a great fight against apayes, this is true. and then >> yes, this is true. and then huw edwards, of course, glenn says was huw edwards mentally stable was doing what he stable when he was doing what he was of, or did he was accused of, or did he relapse when he got relapse mentally when he got found relapse mentally when he got fou phillip schofield about >> phillip schofield talk about his when got his mental health when he got into over an

into difficulties over an inappropriate the inappropriate relationship, the go to the go to message, doesn't it? >> when you want to get yourself off a very sticky hook wasn't much around when off a very sticky hook wasn't nwas around when off a very sticky hook wasn't nwas kid. around when i was a kid. >> or perhaps you just didn't know it. or when i was know about it. or when i was working as a young journalist. >> yeah. and i think we have to. we to be it's difficult. we we have to be it's difficult. we have compassionate to have to be compassionate to people. you are taking people. but when you are taking nearly million of nearly half £1 million of taxpayers presenting taxpayers money and presenting an yourself, the an image of to yourself, to the nafion an image of to yourself, to the nation as the safest pair of hands, and yet your values don't reflect that privately, i've got a problem with a lack of integrity, actually. and the effect his children. let's effect on his children. let's talk to michael cole, bbc presenter, michael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof michael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof it michael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof it as michael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof it as this michael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof it as this storyichael talk to michael cole, bbc presentof it as this story has el makes of it as this story has evolved over the weekend. good morning, michael. >> good morning, andrew. the bbc top management has got to take a very serious look at itself this morning . uh, huw edwards has morning. uh, huw edwards has been giving interviews and making quite public the fact that he's had issues migraines, depression , insomnia. now if depression, insomnia. now if british airways had a pilot who

was publicly saying those sort of things or great western railway's had a driver who was talking in that manner, do you think british airways would have allowed that pilot to fly 200 people to malaga or that train driver to take a thousand people on the 320 express to penzance ? on the 320 express to penzance? they of course they wouldn't. and if they did, they'd be hugely criticised . and yet huw hugely criticised. and yet huw edwards has been in charge of starship bbc as its main lead presenter here, and only less than a week before the first complaint was registered by the mother of this very troubled young man who had contact with huw edwards as he was the main commentator at the coronation. and of course , even days before and of course, even days before , minutes, almost before these allegations were were put to him, he was up in edinburgh with the ceremonies there in connection with the coronation

and the king's recognition of the scottish crown jewels. so really, how has this been allowed to happen? that's what the inquiry should be looking at very, very closely on that, michael. >> and i hear what you're saying and i think they should have at the moment the complaints came in. they should have they should have about it. have challenged him about it. but about the suggestion but what about the suggestion so many in about many complaints come in about household presenters, which household name presenters, which are false , malicious, made up are false, malicious, made up that perhaps the bbc thought, oh well, just another one and didn't take it seriously, which would in hindsight was a very serious error of judgement. >> absolutely a very serious error of judgement . listen, you error of judgement. listen, you know, i said on this program with you the other day when the editor in chief is the director general and the editor in chief is in charge of every single word and syllable that goes out on radio and television, on bbc, he has to know it's the job of the editor in chief to know everything . he doesn't publish everything. he doesn't publish

everything. he doesn't publish everything . he doesn't broadcast everything. he doesn't broadcast everything. he doesn't broadcast everything. but he has to know. and when an allegation that that is attached to your star man on the face of the bbc, the public face of the bbc, mr trusted mr huw edwards, the safe pair of hands for every great occasion . hands for every great occasion. thenif hands for every great occasion. then if you're not going to look into that, what on earth are you doing as you walk in in your white carrying your a cup white shoes carrying your a cup of coffee? are you coming of coffee? why are you coming there if you're not going to deal with crisis and make deal with the crisis and make sure doesn't blow away half sure it doesn't blow away half the operation? yeah. >> you, michael . always >> thank you, michael. always lovely you. former lovely to see you. former bbc correspondent michael cole there. got sam dowler in there. we've got sam dowler in there. we've got sam dowler in the studio with us to discuss there. we've got sam dowler in the at dio with us to discuss there. we've got sam dowler in the at ao with us to discuss there. we've got sam dowler in the at a little| us to discuss there. we've got sam dowler in the at a little more» discuss there. we've got sam dowler in the at a little more length.; this at a little more length. i do want to clarify that we do not have absolute confirmation that young person huw that the young person that huw edwards communication that the young person that huw edwewere communication that the young person that huw edwewere either:ommunication that the young person that huw edwewere either malejnication that the young person that huw edwewere either male orcation that the young person that huw edwewere either male or female with were either male or female or a combination of both. so we're saying people, i we're saying young people, i want to just make that really clear. there five children clear. there are five children of now. of his. they're adults now. they're grown teens at least. they're grown up teens at least. and just we need to be and i just think we need to be really careful with that.

>> absolutely. has >> sam absolutely. and this has been from the word go, been salacious from the word go, hasn't it ? been salacious from the word go, hasn't it? you been salacious from the word go, hasn't it ? you know, we've we've hasn't it? you know, we've we've got we've got the sun. obviously, it's another i don't want to say witch hunt because i hate it when people say that about others. but it's know, about others. but it's you know, by naming the person and by by not naming the person and by using incendiary language like my child , for example, which is my child, for example, which is the mother and, you know, there seems to be who is 20 dodi. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. who was who was 20. so allegedly 17 when it began, in which the law he is he which case in the law he is he or she is a child. is a child then at the but also this then at the time but also this this young person come this young person has come forward that nothing forward and said that nothing illegal police illegal happened. the police have said they are not have said that they are not they're going be pressing they're not going to be pressing charges anything on charges or doing anything on that so are that front. so what are we looking at really, we're looking at here? really, we're just we're looking at just looking at we're looking at a man who is who has clearly got depression, who clearly depression, who is clearly talked past. talked about it in the past. >> you know, what gives you depression and making poor decisions. >> know what gives you >> do you know what gives you depression? >> double life that >> leading a double life that gives depression? sam gives you depression? sam well, 100. that he was 100. so the fact that he was able to do these documentaries,

talking and talking about his depression and how me, i'm really sad. how woe is me, i'm really sad. there's a reason why you were depressed because you doing depressed because you were doing things wife and your things that your wife and your children be so children were going to be so harmed the courage? harmed by. where's the courage? where's the moral integrity? where's the moral integrity? where's the honesty in the world? it's all gone well, as as we as we know, we don't know whether male young whether this was a male young person or a female young person. >> doesn't matter. it >> doesn't matter. no, but it well, matter. well, it does matter. >> doesn't matter to his mrs. >> it doesn't matter to his mrs. >> it doesn't matter to his mrs. >> it doesn't matter to his mrs. >> it does. it does really. because he's not if it was, if these, if these young people were then this were male. yeah then this is, this has lived this is somebody who has lived a double life like you say, lived in the closet, lived with, lived with something that people, people people you know, people have, people you know, there's a there's a high amount of for older men of suicide rate for older men who living this life, who are living this double life, who are living this double life, who at a time being who grew up at a time when being gay was not was not acceptable. so therefore , therefore have so therefore, therefore have kept themselves hidden, have kept themselves hidden, have kept themselves hidden, have kept themselves closet. kept themselves in the closet. and that drives him to and that and that drives him to make foolish decisions. as i said, we know whether this said, we don't know whether this is or female, but if that's is male or female, but if that's the case, then we have we have to think this is this isn't like with phillip schofield 2023

three. >> it's 2023. the gentleman to my called my right has been called a gentleman. that's particular journey. we don't journey. and as we say, we don't know that's what is. but know that's what this is. but we're discussing it as hypothetically. >> huw edwards easy >> and huw edwards is an easy decision. year younger decision. he's a year younger than so i made a than me. and so i made a decision 40 years ago. it's easy to yourself and if that was to be yourself and if that was going to hold me back in my career in newspaper, then so be it. didn't want to lie. it. i didn't want to lie. i didn't want lie to my family. didn't want to lie to my family. i didn't want lie to my i didn't want to lie to my friends. and it was a shock for my parents when i came out. but it's been lot easier. and when it's been a lot easier. and when phillip out, phillip schofield came out, i remember writing piece saying remember writing a piece saying long you'll be lot long overdue, you'll be a lot happier. make you've got happier. make sure you've got everything out while you're there. and and if this is there. and if and if this is huge issue, we don't know . bev's huge issue, we don't know. bev's right. this would have been weighing him years and years. >> i commend i commend you on your bravery. absolutely do. your bravery. i absolutely do. and i've done and and i and i've and i've done and especially in the 80s and i and i've done a lot of research into into married men who use these dating apps and they are prolific. you only need to go on a dating app and they and

they're like, i did it in my home town at the time i was writing a piece for the mail on sunday, i believe it was. and everywhere from all walks of life, from all ages . well, life, from all ages. well, actually, no, from about 40 to about 70. and you know, people who who obviously who obviously are struggling and this is the only way that this is the only outlet they have these apps outlet they have with these apps in not crazy. in order to not go crazy. >> and these have made it >> and these apps have made it easier for people who are leading double lives to. yes, coui'se. >> course. >> so easy make, whether >> so easy they make, whether it's easy for it's they make it easy for people dip in and dip out and people to dip in and dip out and pretend it didn't happen. yeah >> yeah. just want to focus for a minute his children. hugh a minute on his children. hugh edward's when i was edward's children. when i was leaving know, my husband leaving my, you know, my husband got brain injury got this awful brain injury in 2010. a different person. 2010. he was a different person. and him for eight and it stayed with him for eight years. largely a big part of years. and largely a big part of that was in order have that was in order to not have the affected by it. the children affected by it. then when we eventually divorced, knowing that we were both the public both slightly in the public eye not funeral, not hosting the queen's funeral, admittedly, a public admittedly, but we had a public profile. papers profile. the papers were interested decision interested every single decision that with the that we made was with the children at the centre of it.

and if i was doing anything that was scurrilous as paying was as scurrilous as paying money young all to do money to young people, all to do my to satisfy sexual my to satisfy my sexual proclivities, would have had a proclivities, i would have had a voice in head at all times voice in my head at all times saying the children , the saying the children, the children, the children. and it feels like whether it's phillip schofield or huw edwards doesn't seem matter . seem to matter. >> the thing is, with this >> but the thing is, with this story, don't don't know story, we don't we don't know the ins and outs. we don't know this person. we don't know the ins and outs. we don't know this much person. we don't know the ins and outs. we don't know this much theyon. we don't know the ins and outs. we don't know this much they were e don't know the ins and outs. we don't know this much they were paid.'t know the ins and outs. we don't know this much they were paid. weiow how much they were paid. we don't why. we don't know don't know why. we don't know why paid several why they were paid that several complainants we also to complainants now. and we also to five. yes, but i know but but obviously the sun have obviously and the sun have already that they're already said that they're not going to carry printing going to carry on printing stories about because as going to carry on printing stor both )out because as going to carry on printing stor both just because as going to carry on printing stor both just said,»ecause as going to carry on printing stor both just said,»ecalknow, as you both just said, you know, people people stories about people people have stories about celebrities the board. celebrities across the board. and, you know, and some of them stand them don't stand up. some of them don't stand up. some of them don't stand you know, 99% of them stand up. you know, 99% of them don't. however with this one, i mean, and say, oh, mean, like to go on and say, oh, he broke lockdown rules. >> i mean, oh, i couldn't care less about that. >> couldn't about >> i couldn't care less about that. now i mean, personally, i think everybody everybody who got money got fined should get their money back but however, back now. i think. but however, you this these these these

you know, this these these these are things you know, are silly things like, you know, i like some some text i saw like some some text messages shared with messages that he shared with somebody it looked somebody else where it looked like the other person sort like the other person was sort of them, that of threatening them, saying that they were going to go public. and he then he sent and then he and then he sent menacing i mean, these menacing texts. i mean, these are this is minutia compared to what people have done. what other people have done. >> another thing >> isn't there another thing here, bbc doesn't be here, the bbc doesn't have to be treated differently to other broadcasters sense is broadcasters in the sense it is the state broadcaster, the pubuc the state broadcaster, the public own it because we pay for it so therefore the public it and so therefore the public have they a skin in this have they have a skin in this fight the because every fight in the sense because every penny that huw edwards penny arguably that huw edwards handed for inappropriate handed over to for inappropriate sexual images came from the pubuc sexual images came from the public a sense. and i public purse in a sense. and i think some would be think some people would be thinking what my thinking that's not what my licence for. be licence fee should for. be >> well, i know. i mean, look, the fee obviously the licence fee obviously generates £440,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's:es £440,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's a; £440,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's a lot £440,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's a lot of £440,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's a lot of money. 0,000. the licence fee obviously gerit's a lot of money. yes.0. >> it's a lot of money. yes. >> but also that's what he was being paid a lot of money. but again, we don't know what other what projects has on what other projects he has on the doesn't we don't know the go. he doesn't we don't know whether the. whether that's that's the. >> that's his basic. >> yeah. that's his basic. >> yeah. that's his basic. >> yeah. that's his basic. >> yeah but yeah yeah exactly. and we also again like said we and we also again like i said we don't don't know what

don't we don't know what this money for. don't we money was for. we don't we haven't you know, we don't haven't even, you know, we don't know whether he was being blackmailed by people know that. >> i think also when people watch a programme regularly, he presented build watch a programme regularly, he preaented build watch a programme regularly, he prea sense build watch a programme regularly, he prea sense of build watch a programme regularly, he prea sense of trust build watch a programme regularly, he prea sense of trust with build watch a programme regularly, he prea sense of trust with the ld up a sense of trust with the broadcaster. well, this is this is a terrible breach of trust here breach of faith with here and a breach of faith with the viewers. >> i was saying a safe >> well, i was saying a safe pair i mean, i've pair of hands. i mean, i've known about this last known about this since last week. and i my mom, who known about this since last week.you, i my mom, who known about this since last week.you, and my mom, who known about this since last week.you, and shey mom, who known about this since last week.you, and she was, m, who known about this since last week.you, and she was, like, ho loves you, and she was, like, devastated. but however, the story has changed and developed since and it is. and since then, and it is. and now we're in a kind of a grey, we're again in a kind of a grey, blurry area , which, you know, blurry area, which, you know, it's pretty simple to me, but thank you, sam. >> good to see you. sam dowler there. and just another there. and also just another word wife who did the word to his wife who did the decent thing she did good. this is who it is. let's all get a grip of the situation. right. still come, why did uk still to come, why did the uk economy shrink in may? we're going be joined by liam going to be joined by liam halligan just moment to halligan in just a moment to explain of that. this explain all of that. this is britain's newsroom news. britain's newsroom on gb news. is that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of

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to gbnews.com on tv, radio and onune to gbnews.com on tv, radio and online gb news. britain's news. channel welcome back to britain's newsroom with bev and andrew. >> now, according to official figures from the office of national statistics, the economy contracted in may following the king's coronation >> and that was me thinking the coronation was meant put add coronation was meant to put add pounds , shillings and pence to pounds, shillings and pence to the economy. gdp declined by the economy. the gdp declined by 0.1% for the quarter. after an increase in april due to the extra bank holiday weekend. >> so liam halligan is here with us. i can't get my us. liam, i just can't get my head this. we had adam head around this. we had adam brooks pub landlord, a guest of gb friendly gb news on the gb news friendly gb news on the show saying this show that day saying this weekend going great for weekend is going to be great for business. packed out. business. we're packed out. we've got tables booked. what happened? >> hospitality great >> well, hospitality has a great day a holiday. day on a bank holiday.

hospitality titans hospitality even with titans like adam brooks involved and his pub empire down there in essex. nice , too. it's only essex. very nice, too. it's only a 10th of the economy. so if everyone work, then everyone else is off work, then the economy suffers. it's been a bit weird what's happening? look, a lot of the world's going into recession. the eurozone is into recession. the eurozone is in course, germany in recession. of course, germany , powerhouse , , europe's economic powerhouse, has contracted for two successive quarters now , that successive quarters now, that hasn't happened yet in the uk , hasn't happened yet in the uk, though, we're pretty close. let's look at some let's have a look at some numbers the scores the numbers here. the scores on the doors, you like. these are doors, if you like. these are official ons office official ons, the office for national statistics in national statistics numbers. in march by quite a lot, march, gdp fell by quite a lot, 0.3% in april. then we had some growth, 0.2. and then in may we powered back with a contraction of 0.1, a lot of economists thought the drop in may would be bigger, precisely because of that bank holiday. so overall, the ons says there's no sign of growth over the last three months, but we're not in recession yet. we're not in recession. recession is when you get two successive quarters to

successive three month periods of economic contraction. we've just had a flat quarter. so we're no, we're not in recession . having said that, though, andrew, i am concerned if the bank of england keeps raising interest rates at the pace that it is, i think now they should stop raising rates. stop raising interest rates. they've enough. interest they've done enough. 13 interest rate if they keep raising rate rises if they keep raising interest rates. i think they will drive the uk into recession and that will really play on the minds of people who run businesses. will they want to invest? will they want to take more people on? >> hunt effectively, >> jeremy hunt effectively, almost say a recession is the price. >> it's a solution to kill inflation? >> well, i think people in government those kind of government say those kind of things because there's a balancing act going on. they want to convince financial markets about markets they're serious about squeezing inflation. an they're not going to stand in the way of the bank england. they're not the bank of england. they're not going criticise the going to unduly criticise the bank england, though of bank of england, though of course, people are course, a lot of people are criticising of england. criticising the bank of england. a the shadows, if you a lot in the shadows, if you like. it is it is a balancing like. so it is it is a balancing act. no politician wants say act. no politician wants to say outright, oh, we need a

recession to solve inflation because that sounds really heartless, recession is heartless, because recession is 1000 tragedies behind 1000 human tragedies behind every minor economic statistic, right ? families breaking up right? families breaking up businesses. the economists who make these decisions don't think about human costs. of course about the human costs. of course they don't. >> thinking purely >> thinking as a purely academic, kill inflation. >> they're calculating machines as maynard keynes, once as john maynard keynes, once described look, they described us. but look, they they do look like terrible numbers. but they're not nearly as bad they could have been. as bad as they could have been. i want to sort of over i don't want to sort of over overegg this isn't a sign overegg this this isn't a sign of sunlit are just of the sunlit uplands are just emerging . i tell you what is emerging. i tell you what is interesting, though, the fact that we are stagnating, we have got flat growth. makes liz got flat growth. it makes liz truss pretty good because truss look pretty good because of she of course, yesterday she launched did growth commission. >> how did go? >> and how did that go? >> and how did that go? >> well, she asked me as a journalist who a lot journalist who writes a lot about stuff obviously about this stuff and obviously broadcast to chair the press conference yesterday and what the growth commission is. it's a team of a dozen or so international economists and pretty as a former pretty serious ones as a former head of the cbi economic unit there, former senior treasury there, a former senior treasury official, she's got economists

from the states, india, japan , from the states, india, japan, in latin america. it's quite a high powered economic group . and high powered economic group. and what they're going to do is they are going to challenge the sort of forecast kwarteng consensus, the conventional wisdom that we have on economic forecasting from the likes of the treasury , from the likes of the treasury, from the likes of the treasury, from of the office for from the likes of the office for budget responsibility , because budget responsibility, because many economists think that they've been too gloomy, that there anti tax cuts that they're anti growth , that they just want anti growth, that they just want the state to get bigger. so they always come up with gloomy predictions. as for where our fiscal policy might be going and i think in that sense, liz truss is onto something. she has to tread carefully because a lot of people are saying as pip asked me yesterday why should me yesterday here, why should we listen she crashed the economy. >> didn't definitely is the >> she didn't definitely is the narrative, of narrative, though a lot of economists would it wasn't economists would say it wasn't entirely her fault. >> and borrowing costs are >> and borrowing costs now are higher. >> and borrowing costs now are high> and borrowing costs now are highethink her vision was right. >> i think her vision was right. unfortunately, she doesn't have a great manner it, even a great manner about it, even though grown ups are in charge. >> politics is about the art of

the possible. it is very much a human and i think she human science, and i think she has suffered, by her own admission the presentational admission on the presentational skills. to see, skills. be interesting to see, though this growth though, if this growth commission actually does anything serious or if it's just anything serious or if it's just a if you're involved, you're involved. >> liam i have every faith that it will be. >> i'm reporting an >> i'm reporting it an influential organisation, right? >> it's the >> still to come, it's the longest in history in longest walkout in history in the the as junior the history of the nhs as junior doctors strike over pay. what's the history of the nhs as junior doc'government'er pay. what's the history of the nhs as junior doc'government going. what's the history of the nhs as junior doc'government going to that's the history of the nhs as junior doc'government going to do? s the government going to do? we'll find out after your morning's news with rhiannon jones. >> thank you, bev. good morning. it's coming up to 1030. your top stories from the gp newsroom . stories from the gp newsroom. junior doctors in england have started their five day strike in what's being described as the longest walkout in the history of the nhs . young medics at the of the nhs. young medics at the british medical association are taking to the picket line as they argue for a 35% pay rise. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate rate in a bid to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of

cancelled operations and consultation , as well as junior consultation, as well as junior doctors begin their strike, the government's considering a decision on public sector pay, a pay decision on public sector pay, a pay rise of around 6, as reports been recommended by independent review bodies. it's understood rishi sunak and jeremy hunt held talks over approving the recommendations. the chancellor suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing . the sun says it than borrowing. the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the newspaper's conduct, as well as the bbc's response since before the allegations were made public. former editor of the sun, david yelland, says that this is no longer a bbc crisis. yelland, says that this is no longer a bbc crisis . this it's a longer a bbc crisis. this it's a crisis for the paper met police has found no evidence of criminality and a major housebuilder company is warning of a drop in the number of new

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gb news radio . gb news radio. >> it's 1035 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner and we've got junior doctors in england going on strike. the longest single period of industrial action in nhs history. >> day strike been >> the five day strike has been initiated by bma, the initiated by the bma, the british association, british medical association, after the government refused their for a 35% pay rise. their calls for a 35% pay rise. >> so we're going to go to the

queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham, reporter birmingham, where our reporter jack waiting for us. jack carson is waiting for us. jack >> yeah, good morning. well as of about half an hour ago, there was a picket line here at the queen elizabeth hospital. but with these junior doctors strikes, they are only going to be a physical picket be on a on a physical picket line from atm till 10 am. today and tomorrow . they're not going and tomorrow. they're not going to picket line over the to be on a picket line over the weekend or on monday either. but of course, the day of course, this is the first day of course, this is the first day of day walkout. it is the of a five day walkout. it is the longest walkout that the junior doctors in history. doctors have done in history. and around 47,500 medics and it's around 47,500 medics below that rank of consultant that are going to be that have refused over the next five days to give and give care and treat people in wards such as a&e wards and cancer wards as well. now the british medical association, who are the union involved in this , have been in involved in this, have been in negotiations with the government, with the nhs over the past few months. they're demanding a 35% pay increase that would take pay levels for junior doctors back to their

levels of around 2008. but stephen barclay has said that this five day action collapsed. those talks and that they're not going to engage with the negotiations while the strike action takes place. i spoke a little bit earlier on to a junior doctor who was on the picket line here, dr. siobhan sharma, who says that the issue of pay is meaning that doctors are leaving the nhs trusts as well, that pay has been cut 31.7% in real terms. >> and we argue we're not worth 31.7% less. we're not seeing 31% less patients. in fact, our works only gotten harder. and that's why so many of my friends who have studied with and worked with are now leaving the profession and moving to australia who recruiting doctors intentionally . and we're seeing intentionally. and we're seeing a mass exodus of doctors, which is causing real strain on the nhs . we need to value the nhs. we need to value the talented doctors we have here. if we're going to cut down the nhs waiting list. 35% sounds like a lot, but it's also a lot of money to lose. so again,

we're asking to be paid exactly the same amount. we're not asking for any more money now. >> steve barclays says that that 35% pay rise is just unreasonable and would lead and fuel inflation by making everyone poorer. but the nhs has urged both the unions and the government to come back to the table because over the last eight months of industrial eight months of this industrial action 650,000 appointments have had to be reschedule , which is had to be reschedule, which is adding to those already massive nhs waiting times. all right, thank you, jack. >> jack carson there at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. >> we've got karen maloney in the studio with us, as usual. and matt sterling, let's talk about straight away. about the strike straight away. carol, thought was odd carol, i thought it was very odd when the junior were when the junior doctors were not asking money. are asking for more money. they are they're asking 35, 35, which they're asking for 35, 35, which is line, deserted. is picket line, deserted. perhaps they're following their union's the bma, union's advice. well, the bma, the just a joke. the bma, this is just a joke. >> you know, the whole thing is a they've actually told a joke. they've actually told them only the them there should only be the picket on rallies picket lines. and on rallies between 10 and between 8 and 10 am. and they've them rest of

they've told them the rest of they've told them the rest of the time they must go for picnics and little outings and they and watch the they must rest and watch the telly and the sofa. so telly and be on the sofa. so while doing all that, while they're doing all that, all people have been all the people who have been waiting operations, who are waiting for operations, who are sick pain and every one sick and in pain and every one of the 7.4 million people on the nhs in pain of nhs waiting lists are in pain of some description. while some description. so while they're on the sofa and they're sitting on the sofa and having their picnics the having their picnics in the local people local park, these people are suffering. i can listen. i look at that bloke there i at that bloke there and i. i fear for, for nhs future fear for, for the nhs future just listening to him because he's talking about patience. he's not talking about patience. he's and he's talking about himself and how much money he wants to get. 35% is a stupid amount of money. and you know what? he should be talking about is what is happening the patients while happening to the patients while he's people off. he he i he's his people are off. he he i just want to say on that as well, 35, that's that would be the highest pay increase ever awarded in the nhs . i don't know awarded in the nhs. i don't know what entitles people to think that have inflation that they should have inflation busting pay rise. not busting pay rise. so not everyone is entitled to an inflation payment. it's inflation busting payment. it's just possible. just not possible. >> inflation busting pay >> an inflation busting pay rises. the problem of rises. just add the problem of inflation, matt but they're just

being said. being selfish as carol said. >> mean, are in a pickle, >> i mean, we are in a pickle, aren't we, as a country? because we really afford it. it we can't really afford it. it seems junior seems to pay people. junior doctors work incredibly hard and we need junior doctors because if we don't have junior doctors, if we don't have junior doctors, if people don't sign up to become doctors, then we all lose, don't we, because we don't get the nhs, it seems to get treated the nhs, it seems to me, you'll correct me me, i'm sure you'll correct me if wrong, is on its knees. if i'm wrong, is on its knees. you know the waiting list we found months ago over seven. >> well, and that's partly because of covid, of course. >> indeed. partly because >> huge indeed. partly because of partly because of of covid, partly because of underinvestment. argue underinvestment. i would argue by 13 years tories in number 10. >> not can i just say, can i just interrupt you is no, no, no, you can't say that, carol. >> it is the truth. >> it is the truth. >> it is the truth. >> it is. you can't say stuff that but it is true. that isn't true, but it is true. nhs is the sixth fund nhs is the sixth best fund health system in the 36 health care system in the 36 oecd countries . oecd countries. >> it does not mean it's underfunded. there are countries that bigger ours. that are bigger than ours. >> the nhs does work better than oui's. >> ours. >> it doesn't work, aren't on our money. okay the nhs doesn't work moment. it is partly work at the moment. it is partly because it needs more money.

it's just to bad it's very easy just to say bad management. know management. i don't know where your experience bad your experience of this bad management is. i have had experience nhs experience of the nhs not working well. i'm one of working very well. i'm one of those who doesn't think those people who doesn't think it's cow. yes, it's a sacred cow. yes, i believe it should free at the believe it should be free at the point delivery. but where point of delivery. but where they mess things up, where they get wrong, they should get things wrong, they should absolutely account. absolutely be held to account. the guys, if these the problem is, guys, if these junior strongly junior doctors feel as strongly as do, and they obviously as they do, and they obviously do, we are in mess because we do, we are in a mess because we cannot them. cannot live without them. >> point i want to take >> but one point i want to take up with you with the junior doctor said, and of course, a lot are taking jobs in lot of us are taking jobs in australia that should banned. australia that should be banned. yes. trained in yes. if you've been trained in the for seven years at vast the nhs for seven years at vast pubuc the nhs for seven years at vast public expense, you should be not allowed go abroad for a not allowed to go abroad for a certain years. so you certain number of years. so you can some of that back into can pay some of that back into the system. it should not be allowed. >> i'm interested hear you, >> i'm interested to hear you, andrew, as someone i would traditionally see as a conservative and say he believes in market forces talking about banning people, i would them. >> i would ban do you know >> i would ban it. do you know one think don't you one thing that i think don't you agree? i don't think they agree? no i don't think they should but i think should be banned, but i think it's a major problem.

>> i just get back to this >> can i just get back to this original point? this inflation issue? if we raise wages, whether junior doctors, whether it's junior doctors, whoever, argument the whoever, the argument is by the government, to government, this is just to going fuel further inflation. it is if there is truth in is now, if there is truth in that i'm not an economist, that and i'm not an economist, but say for argument's but let's say for argument's sake, in that, sake, there is truth in that, then i go back to my original point. we are in a real pickle because people, because these people, these doctors, they give their lives to help people. promise to help people. i can promise you, you , i you, i can promise you, i promise you this. they don't get paid their lives today, picnicking and what i'm picnicking today. and what i'm saying is they wouldn't be striking , one hopes, they striking, one hopes, unless they really felt that their pay packet was not sustainable. and if we cannot afford to pay people properly, we have to have a big root and branch of how we run our other junior doctors. otherwise, have you have people on trolleys? >> read the other >> have you read the other stories from junior doctors who say well enough say that they are well enough paid because what happens when you're you're a you're a doctor, you're a junior, earn a certain amount andifs junior, earn a certain amount and it's a decent amount, and as you more experience, you you get more experience, you earn more up 128 earn much, much more up to 128 grand the nhs and double

grand a on the nhs and double that private. so stop that if you do private. so stop talking about these people like they're on bones of their they're on the bones of their backside. are not. what backside. they are not. but what they is putting they are doing is putting people's lives danger. people's lives in danger. >> were a junior doctor, >> if i were a junior doctor, which i'm not, because i've chosen career and chosen a different career and i haven't dedicated to haven't dedicated myself to keeping as keeping people alive, as these people i i would not people have, i hope i would not have i hope i would not have gone strike. okay that's my gone on strike. okay that's my personal but i find it personal view. but i find it very difficult to condemn them, even it means that people even though it means that people are going to suffer on these waiting lists even more. i find it difficult to condemn them because they clearly think that their unsustainable i >> -- >> you might condemn them if it affected a member of your family. >> well, and that's why find >> well, and that's why i find it difficult all honesty to it difficult in all honesty to pick a side. i've in pick a side. i've been in hospital in the last 2 3 hospital in the last 2 or 3 weeks with people who are weeks with two people who are very close to me, and i have seen nhs working very well seen the nhs working very well and seen nhs not and i have seen the nhs not working very well and why working very well and that's why i not a sacred cow. we i say it's not a sacred cow. we cannot go on in this bubble of thinking. the nhs can never be criticised. i'm broadly speaking on on the centre

on the left, i'm on the centre left. i think left. i've already said i think the nhs should always be free at the nhs should always be free at the point of delivery, but it doesn't that we shouldn't doesn't mean that we shouldn't hold under the hold them, hold it under the microscope. treat it, we microscope. we treat it, we treat it like sacred cow and treat it like a sacred cow and we always done. treat it like a sacred cow and we we've. done. treat it like a sacred cow and we we've alwaysione. treat it like a sacred cow and we we've always had people who >> we've always had people who say, the nhs saved my say, you know, the nhs saved my life. i say, course it did. life. i say, of course it did. that's its job. what it's that's its job. that's what it's supposed it's not doing supposed to do. it's not doing it as a favour. >> and that's, i think that's partly this is partly the problem the post pandemic as problem of the post pandemic as well, that literally well, is that we literally called their job, called people doing theirjob, superheroes, therefore now superheroes, and therefore now they're well, hang they're like, well, hang on a minute. used be minute. i used to be a superhero, now i'm worth 35% superhero, so now i'm worth 35% more used to be. and i do more than i used to be. and i do think there a bit of a think there is a bit of a reaction to how we treat it. >> the other thing i will just say that i think we're going say is that i think we're going to senior doctor to have a senior doctor consultant strike at some point coming up now. makes coming up just now. that makes my those my blood boil because those people positions of people are in positions of massive we need them massive influence. we need them in service to keep people in the service to keep people alive keep standards alive to and keep standards high. do paid well. high. they do get paid well. 128,000 minimum argument to that is an argument to suggest that they should be paid more. but i

think it is a dereliction of duty. i have to say, for them to strike just a final point, because carol is rather trashed i >> k- k— >> these junior doctors, i haven't them at all. i haven't trashed them at all. i said they shouldn't be abandoned. just abandoned. yeah you're just talking you're not talking all the time. you're not listening. carol. >> hang hang on, hang on. >> hang on, hang on, hang on. let's have a discussion. us. >> yes. you're that these >> yes. you're saying that these junior thinking junior doctors are thinking about they what about themselves. they are. what i'm saying is they clearly i'm saying is they are clearly highly not paid highly underpaid or not paid very at junior and very well at junior level. and we this is an we cannot and this is an important because it comes important point because it comes back patients and our back to us, the patients and our families, the people we love, cleaners are underpaid. i understand. dustbin men off, underpaid, junior underpaid, of course, junior doctors the fact is doctors are not. but the fact is we live in a capitalist society where you don't have to become a doctor. people are put doctor. and if people are put off, become doctors off, going to become doctors because to because they cannot afford to pay because they cannot afford to pay their bills. and nearly 11 million us in country million of us in this country are struggling pay our bills, are struggling to pay our bills, then don't get doctors. and then we don't get doctors. and if don't get doctors, we die. right? >> do you want to respond, carol? well, you you carol? well, you trashed you trashed doctors. trashed the junior doctors. >> well, he just says >> i said no. well, he just says that. didn't trust that. i mean, i didn't trust him. what i said was this should not be abandoning the who

not be abandoning the people who need what need help. because what this what these days of what this these next days of strikes are going to do, they're going 7.4 million going to make that 7.4 million waiting list even bigger, of course. and more course. and that means more people means more people in pain. that means more distress. people. do you really want that? is that you want? >> the one thing if we don't have do you know what? have doctors do you know what? >> we die, do you know what >> when we die, do you know what i think we find one thing i think we should find one thing to on this topic, to agree on on this topic, because i think it's brilliant, this debate. but the this health debate. but the amount pharmaceutical amount we pay to pharmaceutical companies drugs and they see companies for drugs and they see the stick another the nhs and they stick another zero end it to zero on the end of it to american companies. what i want to is every time an mp to see is every time an mp stands talk about the nhs, stands up to talk about the nhs, i want them to raise that issue. the amounts that we are paying on procurement drugs, on the procurement of drugs, some these are £1 some of these drugs are £1 million for person badly million for one person so badly run procurement of the run that procurement side of the nhs hospitals are nhs because some hospitals are paying nhs because some hospitals are paying for toilet roll. paying £2.50 for toilet roll. that's right. ridiculous. that's right. it's ridiculous. exactly. it? exactly. why are we buying it? >> there why isn't >> why isn't there why isn't there centralised, centralised there a centralised, centralised system? were paying? system? we were paying? >> were paying proper prices system? we were paying? >> those are paying proper prices system? we were paying? >> those are paoflg proper prices system? we were paying? >> those are paof drugs.er prices system? we were paying? >> those are paof drugs. and ices for those sorts of drugs. and i say everything loo roll say everything from the loo roll to the to the chemo treatment, that's more money

that's we would have more money left spend on doctors we left to spend on doctors if we had it. >> i make one final point, and this is about the sacred cow thing, because i this is a thing, because i think this is a healthy conversation to have when hospital in the when i was in hospital in the last or so with someone last week or so with someone close to a suspected close to me with a suspected heart attack, it wasn't a heart attack. i with them attack. i was with them overnight. and i think junior doctor looking doctor who was looking after this person and thought that this person and thought that this person's indicators for this person's as indicators for a were were quite a heart attack were were quite high therefore he might have high and therefore he might have had attack when the had a heart attack when the senior doctor came in the morning, he explained this morning, he explained that this doctor had completely misinterpreted because they misinterpreted it because they had indicators at had different indicators at different for a heart attack. >> wow. >> wow. >> now that strikes me as absolutely extraordinary . and i absolutely extraordinary. and i use this as an example. all the doctors who treated us were incredibly and they work incredibly kind and they work hard. but it struck me as extraordinary that that mistake was capable of being made. and that's why i want them to get more money. that's why i say that's why i say one of the reasons, by the way, that mistakes can happen is if people are overstretched. but that is why say we cannot treat it as

why i say we cannot treat it as a sacred cow. we have to hold it to and realistic debates to a and have realistic debates and conversations. >> because it was lawson >> because it was nigel lawson who said it's the who famously said it's the closest got to a state closest we've got to a state national religion. and is national religion. and that is the and all politicians the point. and all politicians are reforming are scared to death of reforming the don't want you to hear >> i don't want you to hear without getting your opinions on other edwards other topics. huw edwards carole malone we malone two words that we couldn't the beginning of couldn't say at the beginning of this and boy, we're this week. and boy, we're relieved to be able to say them and get in trouble the and not get in trouble on the telly. now do you make of telly. now what do you make of it but, you know, i'm kind it all? but, you know, i'm kind of surprised today at the direction this appears to direction this story appears to be in, because we're be heading in, because we're heanng be heading in, because we're hearing people, people hearing lots of people, people like was one of like john sopel, who was one of edward's friends, edward's best friends, castigating people, faux pas criticise castigating people, faux pas crit we're castigating people, faux pas critwe're hearing castigating people, faux pas crit we're hearing that castigating people, faux pas critwe're hearing that how castigating people, faux pas crit we're hearing that how we >> we're hearing that how we must consider his family, if anyone has put his family in, you know, has you know, if anyone has embarrassed family, has hurt embarrassed his family, has hurt his is hugh edward's his family, it is hugh edward's who it's not who has done this. it's not anybody else. it's not the sun. it's not and i just find it it's not any. and i just find it astonishing. you we astonishing. now, you know, we have richard bacon have we had richard bacon yesterday vine yesterday attacking jeremy vine for saying that that get the name out. yeah. to get the name out there we had jon sopel

telling him to shut the you know what up telling vine to do that . they weren't the people who were being accused of being these predators as jeremy vine was. was graham norton was was. rylan was graham norton was all these people . and nicky all these people. and nicky campbell i think said on the news a couple of days ago he had the worst weekend of life the worst weekend of his life because people on twitter thought it him. so i just thought it was him. so i just find and, find it astonishing that and, you if i had £1 million to you know, if i had £1 million to bet, would i would know that bet, i would i would know that the mental issue argument the mental health issue argument would brought into would have been brought into close argument . close this argument. >> hang sorry. no, no, no, >> hang on. sorry. no, no, no, no. >> let em- em— & finish. no, you want >> let me finish. no, you want your to your point? let your to finish your point? let me mine. yes the man has me finish mine. yes the man has had depression issues, but depression make you depression does not make you a predator. make you predator. it does not make you go people. it does not go after people. it does not make you betray wife and make you betray your wife and betray your family. it doesn't make you if this has proved to be true, what he has done with all because we know now there are five people that are involved in these allegations. if this turns out to be true, this a is a liar. it's this man is a is a liar. it's immoral. he's been paid his his

vast wage, which is 430 odd grand. i think he's the fourth highest paid member of the bbc, paid by us, paid for by licence fee money. we have a right to know this. and the very idea now that people in his mates in the bbc and this is the problem with the bbc, this is where their issue lies. they don't see how the rest of us see them and we see this issue as pretty disgusting, right? >> matt i just think andrew and bev, you've got to be really careful here, carol, because you're risking libelling. huw edwards wife. you're you're suggesting that she might have made this statement and said that he was going to hospital for mental health issues. >> you said you just said it. you out there. i didn't you put it out there. i didn't say it. >> you said you wouldn't be surprised if mental health had not never her name in not never mentioned her name in the that just the context that you just did. she's the who has told us, she's the one who has told us, told public that that he is told the public that that he is in you have in hospital. and you have suggested. absolutely. in hospital. and you have s didn't ed. absolutely. in hospital. and you have s didn't suggest absolutely. in hospital. and you have s didn't suggest that absolutely. in hospital. and you have s didn't suggest that at solutely. in hospital. and you have s didn't suggest that at all. tely. i didn't suggest that at all. let's not be clear. no. carol, you suggested position of having committed >> no.

>> no. >> what you just did, by the way, it's what you just what you just did you suggested just did was you suggested that mental been mental health might have been used this down. used to shut this down. >> you want to know the words >> do you want to know the words i disgraceful. >> you've got no evidence >> i said you've got no evidence for whatsoever. for that whatsoever. >> me come to my. >> but let me come back to my. no, you will not say i said what i did not say. >> is it his get out of jail free card, though, to use the mental health excuse? >> it is. >> it is. >> repeating the >> you're repeating the potential this is really disgraceful. >> you know, libel slander. >> you know, the libel slander. >> you know, the libel slander. >> vicky flynn. get right, >> vicky flynn. get it right, vicky huw edwards wife. vicky flint is huw edwards wife. we she has made a we know. and she has made a statement saying that hugh is in hospital with mental hospital with serious mental health issues to suggest that this brought out, not this has been brought out, not to defend him is outrageous. >> it's had evidence >> but it's had no evidence having effect. having that effect. >> on. is >> hang on. there is a difference between the fact that it may have had effect and it may have had that effect and saying this was done saying that this was done dishonestly no one sitting dishonestly and no one sitting there, here. there, no one sitting here. >> you're the no. one sitting was one sitting here has any was no one sitting here has any evidence was done to evidence that this was done to shut it down. >> now, let me to the >> now, let me get to the substantive issue, if i may, because, carol, because you're putting mistruths out there and you've said both bev

you've just said that both bev and i are committing libel. >> we're not. not at >> no, we're not. we're not at all. you're the only person who finish. >> i finish? finish your point. >> say, yeah. this is a human tragedy. okay are human tragedy. >> dead. we have tragedy. >> normally implies a tragedy because he got busted. yes. it's >> normally implies a tragedy b> normally implies a tragedy b> normally implies a tragedy b> normally implies a tragedy b> it's tragic. his wife >> it's not tragic. his wife tragic what happens when tragic is what happens when somebody tragic is what happens when son he'siy dead. >> he's not dead. >> he's not dead. >> tragedy not confined. >> tragedy is not confined. >> tragedy is not confined. >> define it, you should look >> to define it, you should look it up. >> hugh has wife. okay vicky >> hugh has a wife. okay vicky flind, a well established flind, who's a well established tv producer. happen to know vicky. >> you keep bringing his wife into she was. into this. she was. >> my boss. okay? >> she was once my boss. okay? she a fantastic human being. she is a fantastic human being. i haven't spoken to her about this other send a this other than to send a supportive message to her. she. they children. okay they have five children. okay there are human beings at the very heart of them. >> and you should have thought of elle edwards. >> and yet huw edwards, she should have thought about them. >> don't. don't know for >> we don't. we don't know for sure huw edwards did or sure what huw edwards did or didn't do. sure what huw edwards did or did there is a bbc inquiry which >> there is a bbc inquiry which has to run its course. vicky has said edwards will come

said that huw edwards will come out make a statement. i will out and make a statement. i will speak generally. speak more generally. >> say what she said? >> can i just say what she said? i will finish. i will speak what she said. generally yes, she said. generally no. yes, she's make statement. >> he will make a statement when he well again. okay. so do we he is well again. okay. so do we know how long i'm going to speak more generally because i don't know on here. >> i will speak more generally. >> i will speak more generally. >> men. the men in positions of power are they men in positions of power? >> okay. should not that >> okay. should not abuse that power or power inside the office or outside office. i a outside the office. i am a married man. have a nine month married man. i have a nine month old i can tell you here old child. i can tell you here and now. and i swear to you, i will never, as long as i live, as long as i'm lucky enough to be married to my wife, cheat on my through the my wife, or put her through the sort thing. and you're not a sort of thing. and you're not a pubuc sort of thing. and you're not a public figure and you're not a pubuc public figure and you're not a public figure. >> might say it's all >> well, you might say it's all relative. >> no, wouldn't actually. >> no, i wouldn't actually. >> no, i wouldn't actually. >> not on the but you're >> not on the scale. but you're not hosting a household name. >> huw edwards household name. >> what i'm saying, we don't know what huw edwards has or hasn't know what huw edwards has or haswhat i'm saying, what i'm >> what i'm saying, what i'm saying that men and indeed saying is that men and indeed women positions power

women in positions of power shouldn't abuse that. >> year old men >> and 60 odd year old men should in my view, be should not, in my view, be getting involved 20 year olds. >> there are 20 year olds who say has teenagers, teenagers, say he has teenagers, teenagers, 20 he has. 20 teenagers who say he has. >> one has said it's >> and no one has said it's criminal. all of us who have been writing about this have made a point of saying we don't know criminality is know whether criminality is involved. know it's not, involved. now we know it's not, but was implied. but it is still, it was implied. >> we've wrap it up, >> and we've got to wrap it up, guys. my issue is just that mental health now used as an mental health is now used as an excuse sort of poor excuse for any sort of poor behaviour that undermines behaviour and that undermines the for people have the cases for people who have genuine health conditions. >> therefore, mental health condition. >> i'm not saying he doesn't, but to we could have but we got to go. we could have carried on. carried this on. >> going to have round two >> we're going to have round two with these two. >> temperature rising, >> the temperature is rising, boxt sponsors of boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news sunny spells and more showers today, although not as many and not as heavy. the showers as they have been over recent days and the breeze is at least a little bit

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gb news. >> it's 11 am. on thursday the 13th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce >> well, we can say his name now, can't we? huw edwards. he's now, can't we? huw edwards. he's now facing fresh claims of inappropriate behaviour after days of allegations of sexual misconduct at the bbc's now doing its own inquiry after the met police confirmed they won't take any further action. what's your on of this ? your view on all of this? >> junior doctors take to the picket lines for the longest strike in history as they argue for their pay to be raised by around a huge 35. do you think that's asking for too much ? and that's asking for too much? and the and we're going to get later today, we think the prime minister is going to say whether he will support pay raise around 6% for public sector workers. >> these are coming from the independent pay review bodies. think he's going have to. think he's going to have to. don't ? and a decision is don't you? and a decision is expected in the high court after

a council in lincolnshire is attempting to prevent 2000 asylum seekers from being housed at raf scampton . at raf scampton. >> we're going to be crossing live to the high court to get all the latest on that . all the latest on that. >> and we're also going to be debating whether russian players should be in the semi—finals and the finals of wimbledon. they were banned last year. it could be that we get a russian one two in men's and the women's in the men's and the women's singles. >> yeah, i'm talking of conflict. we're going to have carol and matt sadlon carol maloney and matt sadlon back as for back in the studio as well for round first all, though, round two. first of all, though, here is your news with . rihanna here is your news with. rihanna >> bev, thank you. good morning . it's coming up to 11:02. your top stories from the newsroom . top stories from the newsroom. i'm junior doctors in england have begun their five day strike in what's being described as the longest in the history of the

nhs. members of the british medical association are walking out in a dispute over pay , out in a dispute over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate in a bid to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of cancelled operation calls and consultations . speaking to gb consultations. speaking to gb news doctor bashar mukherjee says the money is there to pay staff as a result of the strike action that they're having to pay action that they're having to pay £200 an hour to the consultants to cover our shifts effectively. >> and you're telling me that they can't pay us a 35% rise, which is for me is just going to be £25 an hour, which is a massive drop from £200 an hour, which they're taking just to cover the consultant fees to do by not a consultant's job, a junior, a junior doctor. >> well, as junior doctors begin their strike, the government is finalising a decision on public sector pay. independent review bodies have reportedly recommended a 6% pay rise. rishi

sunak and jeremy hunt this morning held talks over approving the recommendations . approving the recommendations. ministers are due to give updates on the nhs, police, teachers and the justice system. the sectors at the heart of the dispute. the chancellor has suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing. deputy labour leader angela rayner says the government is refusing to get round the table. >> you've got to have a government that's willing to get around the table and negotiate but also a government that is in the field in the action and doing the job properly so that every pound that we have is spent effectively and efficiently. and at the moment we're not seeing that . we're not seeing that. >> the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to pubush edwards, but it has no plans to publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the newspaper's conduct, as well as the bbc's response since the corporation's director general be questioned in parliament next week regarding how the

allegations were handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality . former bbc of criminality. former bbc executive roger bolton told gb news the corporation's obliged to scrutinise the allegations can be very careful about this, of course, because huw edwards can't reply to this. >> and when it comes to sort of how can i put this sexual politics, there's a vast difference between ageing older people like me, for example, or whatever, women in whatever, and young women in particular in their 20s have particular say in their 20s have very views about what very different views about what constitutes suits and uncomfortable things. but i just think that in this instance, give the information to the bbc, let them report now, let us scrutinise the bbc is absolute obugafion scrutinise the bbc is absolute obligation to come public on all of this, but it doesn't have to do it now. >> a major housebuilding company is warning of a drop in the number of new homes being built. barratt development is forecasting its build complete sessions to tumble by as much as 23.the sessions to tumble by as much as 23. the company says demand dropped following last year's mini—budget as the cost of living crisis and rising

mortgage rates impacted household budgets. first homebuyers have been hit hardest , plunging 49% after the help to buy scheme came to an end . buy scheme came to an end. meanwhile, the uk economy shrank in may in part because of the extra bank holiday for the king's coronation figures from the office for national statistics found gdp declined by 0.1% for the month. it followed growth of 0.2 in april. the manufacturing and construction sectors are among those affected, with some industries hit by one less working day. the economy had been boosted in april as people spent more in pubs, bars and shops. chancellor jeremy hunt says the best way to get growth going again is to bnng get growth going again is to bring inflation down as quickly as possible . the uk spent nearly as possible. the uk spent nearly . £50 million worth of aid to china last year. that's according to a watchdog . the according to a watchdog. the independent commission for aid impact found it amounted . to

impact found it amounted. to around 48,000,000 in 20 21 to 22, a fall from over 80,000,000in 2019. the watchdog says there's insufficient, transparent rac in how money is spent. transparent rac in how money is spent . the government is in the spent. the government is in the process of re—evaluating diplomacy with china amid increasingly frosty relations . increasingly frosty relations. footballer dele alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. speaking to gary neville on his podcast, the overlap , the everton midfielder overlap, the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues . he's also revealed he issues. he's also revealed he smoked at the age of seven and was sent to africa to learn discipline. he says . he also discipline. he says. he also says his adoptive parents have helped him turn his life around i >> -- >> at 12, i emma >> at 12, i was adopted so and from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family.

like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . people, it was them. >> this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to andrew and . bev and.bev good morning. >> it's 1107. good morning. >> it's1107. thank good morning. >> it's 1107. thank you good morning. >> it's1107. thank you for joining us on gb news. the bbc has resumed its inquiry into huw edwards after the police confirmed they are not pursuing action against him. >> it follows a pretty dramatic statement by his wife, vicky flint, is producer in statement by his wife, vicky flinown is producer in statement by his wife, vicky flinown right, producer in statement by his wife, vicky flinown right, naminqucer in statement by his wife, vicky flinown right, naming him in statement by his wife, vicky flinown right, naming him as her own right, naming him as a suspended presenter and revealing hospital with revealing he's in hospital with serious mental health serious and severe mental health issues. she says he's going issues. and she says he's going to be kept there the to be kept there for the foreseeable cross live to new >> so let's cross live to new broadcasting house to speak to gb news home and security editor mark morning, mark. mark white. good morning, mark. still huge questions for

still some huge questions for the bbc answer at the moment. the bbc to answer at the moment. what say they are ? what would you say they are? well there's no doubt there are questions because we've had a slew of allegations. >> the original allegation that was made by concerned family members of a young person on the 18th of may, this year has been scoped out by the metropolitan police. a pre—investigation investigation. they've determined that it doesn't cross the threshold into criminality . the threshold into criminality. but that does not mean, of course, that there are not serious questions of potential inappropriate behaviour that will be, you know, borne out at the end of the day. so that is now not going to be a criminal inquiry, but it is being assessed by the corporation now that they have been freed up by the metropolitan police to begin again . their internal again. their internal investigation . on top of that, investigation. on top of that, of course, our are the other

allegations , allegations of allegations, allegations of inappropriate contact, of abusive messages, suggestive messages , charges of breaking messages, charges of breaking lockdown rules. and the bbc's own news division just last night reporting that some staff members past and present have alleged inappropriate contact from this star presenter. so there is no doubt there are still questions to be answered here. the trouble is, of course, huw edwards himself is hospital ized at the moment in a serious mental health crisis and unable to answer any of the questions put to him at this stage. so it will have to be an investigation that involves us talking to people who are alleging inappropriate behaviour. but they won't be able to hear from huw edwards for quite some time. it would seem . it would seem. >> all right. that's mark white,

who's our home security editor. kevin schofield's here, political editor of huffpost uk. i i'm not saying the prime minister's getting any satisfaction out of this, but this has been a huge story and it's distracted from a lot of issues that are going wrong for the government at westminster. >> you there are a lot of >> you know, there are a lot of things going on. even this things going on. even just this morning. that morning. we've found out that waiting a record waiting lists are at a record high. the economy is flatlining, and of five and that's two of his five promises in one morning. so you know type of thing. know that type of thing. >> immigration bill not sorted, bill. >> the boats are still coming and it. all five of his and you name it. all five of his promises at moment are promises at the moment are turning ashes. so yeah, it turning to ashes. so yeah, it probably bit of the probably does take a bit of the heat the prime minister that heat off the prime minister that there's such focus for almost a week now on on this. >> does he does he does he get many political does does it does stressing the international stage as he's done he's been with biden although not very with biden although not for very long be said. and then long it has to be said. and then he's at vilnius for the nato wmmw he's at vilnius for the nato summit. he's burnishing his credentials an international credentials as an international statesman. does it any statesman. does it cut any ice with voters, you think?

with voters, do you think? >> think it does. it's >> i don't think it does. it's one of the great trappings of being prime minister is that being a prime minister is that you the international you get to be the international statesman. shoulders statesman. you rub shoulders with leaders. with fellow world leaders. you go places and it gives go to nice places and it gives you a break from the bread and butter your problems domestically. so yeah, i think it's giving him a bit of a breather , but no one's going to breather, but no one's going to go to the polling station in 18 months time and say , no, he did months time and say, no, he did really well at nato . oh i think really well at nato. oh i think yeah. >> and i think i think he's the polar opposite. i think brits are sick of seeing him swan around the world and not deal with the five pledges that he made here. with the five pledges that he ma and are. with the five pledges that he ma and of. with the five pledges that he ma and of course he came back >> and of course he came back and barbecue, i think and had a barbecue, i think didn't he was it a barbecue, a hog roast in the garden at downing street with his backbenchers? don't backbenchers? and i don't suppose them were talking suppose any of them were talking about funding nato they were talking about the five promises that trying to save that were not and trying to save their seats. >> i if you speak to any >> i think if you speak to any conservative the moment conservative mp at the moment that main priority, that is their main priority, a tory said. tory mp said. >> other day. we're now >> the other day. we're now getting worried we've got getting worried if we've got a majority 14 or 15,000. now

majority of 14 or 15,000. now this getting back to 1997 this is getting back to 1997 territory 20,000 territory when 20,000 seat majorities disappearing majorities were disappearing and under tony under the all conquering tony blair, i mean, they had blair, i mean, if they had a blairite leader labour, they'd blair, i mean, if they had a ble40e leader labour, they'd blair, i mean, if they had a ble40 pointser labour, they'd blair, i mean, if they had a ble40 points ahead. rr, they'd be 40 points ahead. >> well, absolutely. they've >> well, absolutely. and they've got these three by elections next week. now, them in next week. now, one of them in selby and the tory majority is over 20,000. and labour are very confident . amazing isn't it? and confident. amazing isn't it? and that would be the biggest first even that would be the biggest first ever. labour by—election victory were that to happen . and you were that to happen. and you know, if labour, if the conservatives were to lose all three. yeah >> one of them of course is bons >> one of them of course is boris johnson's old seats, uxbndge boris johnson's old seats, uxbridge and south ruislip, but the ultra low emission zone. sadiq khan's hated, in my view, ultra low emission obe is being expanded and will include that constituency is actually proving a bit of relief for the tory candidate. so it could be i think they'll still lose, but perhaps not as badly as they might exactly. might have. exactly. >> so majority is >> so the majority of the is around 6000, i think, around about 6000, i think, which ordinarily in a by—election mid—term unpopular government by—election mid—term unpopular governnconservatives have but the conservatives have sensibly this into a sensibly turned this into a referendum on ulez, which is

obviously unpopular. but you're right, £12.50 for every right, £12.50 a day for every car ipsis. so is the one car ipsis. so that is the one hope that the tories are uxbndge hope that the tories are uxbridge is also interesting because because gb because of course, because gb news own. news is own. >> laurence is standing in >> laurence fox is standing in uxbndge >> laurence fox is standing in uxbridge the reclaim party . uxbridge for the reclaim party. he's an agitator by any definition, and the reform party under richard tice have deliberately not stood a candidate to see what candidate just to see what happens with laurence. do you think that is going to be think that that is going to be a barometer of what might happen across the country? i mean, i think if anything, it could potentially seats off, potentially take seats off, votes the conservatives potentially take seats off, votyclearly, e conservatives potentially take seats off, votyclearly, e don'tervatives potentially take seats off, votyclearly, e don't think es potentially take seats off, votyclearly, e don't think it's >> clearly, i don't think it's going worry labour all going to worry labour and all that much so. but yeah, i think it is the the ulez, it's it is the it's the ulez, it's the is the issue. the ulez is the main issue. >> labour candidate, >> and the labour candidate, frankly, he said, oh, think it frankly, he said, oh, i think it should delayed. the should be delayed. the introduction, the expansion of ulez, is coming in in ulez, which is coming in in august. never that august. he never said that before, or a local councillor before, or as a local councillor in in north my in camden in north london. my part the world where he's part of the world where he's been arguing for be been arguing for it to be brought you're not brought in asap, you're not surely politicians change surely seeing politicians change their message and the labour leader too he had some leader too said he had some sympathy well exactly. sympathy with it. well exactly. >> keir starmer makes things a

little uncomfortable between little bit uncomfortable between starmer sadiq khan on the starmer and sadiq khan on the london who's pushing london mayor who's who's pushing it. this it. but interestingly. so this candidate chosen thinking candidate was chosen thinking that he'd be up against boris johnson election. johnson at a general election. yeah. labour were thinking, yeah. and labour were thinking, well, a thing, well, if ulez becomes a thing, it's fine because boris johnson introduced ulez central introduced ulez into central london. would sort of london. so that would sort of neutralise an issue. but neutralise it as an issue. but clearly boris before he was clearly boris jump before he was pushed. what's going with pushed. now what's going on with the national party ? the scottish national party? >> mp standing >> kevin another mp standing down at the election . down at the election. >> yeah, john mcnally my mom and dad's local mp actually . and dad's local mp actually. and that's seven seven now, i believe more will follow and, and yesterday we had angus macneil, the mp for the western isles, who had been suspended i think for a week or two weeks by the party because he'd fallen out with the chief whip. yeah, but he was getting the whip back. but he said he doesn't want it. he's going sit as an want it. he's going to sit as an independent because he thinks that party has completely that the party has completely lost it comes to lost its way when it comes to independence. and he says he won't rejoin the party unless they get their act together on how to going become an

how they're to going become an independent country. and i think he's point actually, that he's got a point actually, that really the they've just sort of run ideas on how run out of ideas on how to become an extra ordinary, how quickly disintegrated after quickly it disintegrated after nicola who was the nicola sturgeon, who was the longest serving leader in europe , she the queen of all she , she was the queen of all she surveyed, wasn't she? >> walked water. a great >> she walked on water. a great communicator, it's totally communicator, and it's totally unravelled a matter unravelled in a matter of weeks. >> still hugely popular at >> it's still hugely popular at that you're not as popular that time. you're not as popular as had a few as she was. she had a few controversies, but still, controversies, but. but still, there indication that there was no indication that they were ever going to lose the upcoming election. yeah, upcoming election. but yeah, that february since then that was february and since then we've police we've had the police investigation. waiting to investigation. we're waiting to see will see whether charges will be brought as say, brought forward. and as you say, we've these snp mps we've got all these snp mps saying they're going saying they're not going to stand next which isn't stand next election, which isn't a great sign. it doesn't suggest that they're confident of winning there was even little >> and there was even a little row cost of her row about the cost of her farewell tour when she down farewell tour when she came down to london. the cost of the flight, cost of hotel, flight, the cost of the hotel, all public expense, the hotel she in apparently five she stayed in apparently five times expensive hotels times more expensive than hotels that use. that other snp mps use. i suppose thought i the suppose she thought i was the first minister. well, that's the thing. >> and i think when you've been

in for such a long time in power for such a long time and your opinion poll ratings are pretty high, you think are still pretty high, you think you pretty do anything you can pretty much do anything , have a habit of, , but voters have a habit of, you pulling mps back and you know, pulling mps back and politicians back when they're getting a bit too big for their boots. well, she she she she's still a member of the scottish parliament. >> is she doing it? is she turning up? >> yeah, i believe so. she's there as a backbencher. but you know, seen down here know, we've seen it down here with ministers it's very with prime ministers it's very difficult to become a to go from being prime minister to being being a prime minister to being just some just a lowly backbencher. some like manage it like theresa may manage it because they quite enjoy being a constituency sure it constituency mp. i'm not sure it really nicola sturgeon. really suits nicola sturgeon. i'd surprised where she i'd be surprised where she does stand come next stand again come the next scottish parliament election. then look to then she can maybe look to do other but lot of that other things. but a lot of that will obviously on this will hinge obviously on this because she going because we thought she was going to big international job. to get a big international job. >> maybe the united nations. but if for if this develops and for instance, don't if she instance, we don't know if she was because it's a lot was charged because it's a lot of gone missing and it's of money's gone missing and it's being investigated. money being investigated. snp money could her. could change everything for her. well, absolutely. could change everything for her. we“. absolutely. could change everything for her. we“ mean, jtely. could change everything for her. we“ mean, no .y. saw this >> i mean, no one saw this coming she stood down.

coming when she stood down. i mean, it did seem strange at the time. it was so out of the blue and no one really knew exactly what was. and what the real reason was. and then and behold, few weeks then lo and behold, a few weeks later, the police are banging on our door. but yeah, so our door. so. but yeah, so i that one is still there's still a come out. a lot to come out. >> good news for labour, though. thank you, kevin. just want thank you, kevin. we just want to there are 17 people to say there are 17 people standing uxbridge. week standing in uxbridge. next week i you the names of all i will give you the names of all of got danny beales of them. we've got danny beales for steve tuckwell for for labour. steve tuckwell for the conservatives. blaise baksh, lib is the lib dems. sarah green is the green i'm sure you're green party. i'm sure you're familiar these familiar with all of these people. corbyn, behalf people. piers corbyn, on behalf of london live party of the let london live party count, binface is running for the count binface party. he'll do well. bear with me. hold the line. caller cameron ball is independent. steve gardner is a social party. ed social democrat party. ed gemmell, show gemmell, friend of our show climate party. standing climate party. he's standing didn't kingsley didn't know that kingsley hamilton richard hamilton independent richard houston hope houston rejoin eu howling hope official monster raving loony party 77. joseph independent. rebecca jane also a friend of the channel ukip , adam von the channel ukip, adam von netphen, the christian people's alliance and leo faux pas in dependence. >> a lot of people are going to

lose their deposits, i would say. kevin, wouldn't you? >> this is a relatively new phenomenon. these people phenomenon. all these people standing phenomenon. all these people standito be a busy one. going to be a busy one. >> i know, right? and the rest of our show is also going to be busy. don't go anywhere. we're going

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you're getting in touch about the edwards. should we call the huw edwards. should we call it i think it is it a scandal? i think it is a scandal because the allegations are continuing. helen says, because we know from mrs. edwards that he's in hospital with depressing issues . helen with depressing issues. helen says no wonder he suffers depression. he's a liar who leads a double life. that's right. >> i saw i was saying helen trevor says, please stop giving excuses for what he may be and would have had to look it on would have had to look for it on on sites looking for material of younger people . he had a choice. younger people. he had a choice. how would feel a high how would he feel if a high profile paid children profile person paid his children for indecent i better for indecent pictures? i better to have used his position to to have used his position and to money person locked money have that person locked up. don't feel sorry him. up. i don't feel sorry for him. he all on himself. he brought it all on himself. >> if some figures are >> and if some figures are correct, was £35,000 over correct, it was £35,000 over three years. that is a lot of money. that was the 1 to 1. and i think the bbc is i do think the bbc is in a different position because it is a broadcaster and is a state broadcaster and it is owned by the public because we pay owned by the public because we pay for it through the licence fee. sheila you tell fee. now sheila says you tell him, beverley, if their him, beverley, if it was their children being an children being used by an elderly getting paid for elderly man and getting paid for photos yourself allegedly,

photos of yourself allegedly, how would they feel? all how would they feel? it's all about he's probably about him. he's probably been doing years. what doing it for years. what about their health? doing it for years. what about the david health? doing it for years. what about the david said ealth? doing it for years. what about the david said i'dth? doing it for years. what about the david said i'd like to ask >> david said i'd like to ask who bev as judge, jury who appointed bev as judge, jury and this matter. and executioner on this matter. i'm of the mental i'm no lover of the mental health default, popular health default, so popular with the luvvies. but you can't apply watery sympathy to some yet watery eyed sympathy to some yet dismiss been dismiss another who has been admitted hospital, which is dismiss another who has been ad|mean hospital, which is dismiss another who has been ad|mean achievementrvhich is dismiss another who has been ad|mean achievement in ch is dismiss another who has been ad|mean achievement in this; dismiss another who has been ad|mean achievement in this day no mean achievement in this day and actually, david, and age. i can actually, david, because are some people because there are some people that genuine watery eyes that have genuine watery eyes sympathy for, but somebody that's taking £1 that's been taking half £1 million taxpayers money while million of taxpayers money while doing knew doing things that he knew his wife his wouldn't wife and his children wouldn't approve sorry. and also approve of. i'm sorry. and also getting admitted hospital. getting admitted to hospital. we just it's quite just we don't know. it's quite if got the money, you can if you've got the money, you can have yourself admitted to a mental unit. mental health unit. >> than 210,000 of you >> now, more than 210,000 of you now have signed don't kill now have signed our don't kill cash petition since launching the campaign . we've been looking the campaign. we've been looking at all people around the at all ways people around the country hard country rely on the hard currency, and want you to currency, and we want you to continue sign it because the continue to sign it because the more sign it, we can get more sign sign it, we can get that debate floor of the that debate on the floor of the house commons because we house of commons because we think politicians should not ignore feeling. ignore the strength of feeling. >> for a quarter >> we're heading for a quarter of a million now. would love

of a million now. we would love that. it just gives me that. it makes it just gives me a life. this story we'll be heading up to glasgow now where our scotland tony our scotland reporter tony mcguire been speaking to mcguire has been speaking to buskers cash mcguire has been speaking to blto ers cash mcguire has been speaking to blto them cash mcguire has been speaking to blto them . cash is to them. >> it wouldn't be a day out into glasgow city centre without being up by the eclectic, being swept up by the eclectic, sometimes captivating sounds of the not just the cars the city. not just the cars passing through the restaurants spilling out onto the streets or even the trains pulling into the station . but the buskers station. but the buskers strumming away in front of the modest pile of spare change. if we say goodbye to cash too soon, then those moments, those connections, they all drift away. and then it's placed disjointed tunes interspersed with cures of people, tapping card readers between songs, working transaction fees, and then tipping them the odd pound hardly seems worth it at all for you or for them. jonathan has been busking in sauchiehall street on and for off 30 years on some downtime. i asked him what would busking look like if britain goes cashless too soon? >> somebody will go any chance

and you'll go with your microchip reader and they'll go and ping their card off your hand and that's where it's going to go. and where is the romance 7 to go. and where is the romance ? and that where is the glaswegians love of the romantic nature of music just around the corner and buchanan street. >> joel fills the city with the sound of another instrument, one with a distinctly scottish feel tossed coins , a regretful nod, tossed coins, a regretful nod, a crumpled note reciprocated with a smile and a wink. after five years as a paper in the streets of glasgow, a cashless future isn't a horizon. joel is overly keen to meet. the public would be bothered to stop and queue up between songs. >> yeah, well, that's the thing that takes a bit of personality out of it. people will just kind of scan your thing and they're kind of walking away instead of it's friendly it's a nice, like friendly interaction it, an interaction to give it, give an exchange smile, whatever, and exchange a smile, whatever, and kind of, you know, a bit of nice humanity rather than just everyone their phones everyone looking at their phones the time instead of just the whole time instead of just paying the whole time instead of just paying attention. the whole time instead of just

payglasgow's attention. the whole time instead of just payglasgow's ambience on the >> glasgow's ambience is on the line, mention the romance >> glasgow's ambience is on the lintapping mention the romance >> glasgow's ambience is on the lintapping talention the romance >> glasgow's ambience is on the lintapping talent on the romance >> glasgow's ambience is on the lintapping talent on the fly.iance of tapping talent on the fly. once fleeting connection once that fleeting connection that a smile on not one, that puts a smile on not one, but away . there's but two faces goes away. there's no going back . if buskers lose no going back. if buskers lose their incentive to play for our pleasure, we may need to get used to this instead of this taking over as the new sound of our city. tony mcguire . gb news. our city. tony mcguire. gb news. >> i think that bagpiper might have had a bit more authentic views wearing a kilt rather than the pair. >> did you not like blue silk shorts? >> it didn't look quite as authentic. it is edinburgh. it is one of the cities of is one of the great cities of scotland. on keep signing our petition. >> gbnews.com petition. >> gb news.com slash >> gbnews.com forward slash cash. spread the word . get as cash. spread the word. get as many signatures as we can on that. if we get to the quarter of a million in what will be what not quite two weeks. that's just brilliant. and you are at home. amazing right west home. amazing right at west lindsey council lincolnshire lindsey council in lincolnshire is heanng lindsey council in lincolnshire is hearing the is continuing its hearing in the high as tries to high court as it tries to prevent 2000 seekers from prevent 2000 asylum seekers from being at scampton, known being housed at scampton, known for previously being the home of

the dambusters , the hearing is the dambusters, the hearing is going determine the going to determine whether the case to a full case can proceed to a full judicial which could judicial review, which could potentially plans. potentially halt the plans. >> going go to the >> so we're going to go to the royal of justice now to royal courts of justice now to speak to gb news political reporter olivia utley olivia. the be the government will be desperately hoping they can win this time they try this because every time they try and put the asylum seeker somewhere , the refugee, the somewhere, the refugee, the illegal migrants , local mps say illegal migrants, local mps say lovely idea, but not in our back yard . well, absolutely . yard. well, absolutely. >> and it is a lib dem council where west lindsey district council are fighting today, but we have also seen, as you say, conservative mps step forward and say all very well, but not in my back yard. west lindsey district council is furious about the plan to house 2000 illegal migrants, mostly men , in illegal migrants, mostly men, in raf scampton . and as you say, raf scampton. and as you say, this is the first step towards a full judicial review against the home office. now, richard walt , home office. now, richard walt, who's the kc who's arguing on behalf of west lindsey district council , is behalf of west lindsey district council, is making two main

arguments. the first is that there is a £300 million regeneration project planned for raf scampton, a heritage and tourism project, and he is worried that investors are going to start walking away. in fact, there is a suggestion that investors are already beginning to walk away, given that the home office seems to be determined to go ahead with its plans . the other issue, which plans. the other issue, which we've heard a lot about in the courts today, is that suella braverman, the home secretary, doesn't be being doesn't seem to be being particularly about particularly candid about how long to house the long she plans to house the asylum seekers in a raf . asylum seekers in a raf. scampton residents say she only has permission to hold them there for 12 months. that that's there for 12 months. that that's the that she's been given the right that she's been given and to residents, she's suggesting that yes, they will only housed for only be housed there for 12 months she stands in months when she stands up in parliament. however, there are suggestions will be suggestions that it will be three five years, three years, even five years, that could be held in raf that they could be held in raf scampton . so they are worried . scampton. so they are worried. west lindsey district council that they are isn't very much clarity there at all. and of course if this detention in the

raf base carries on for something like five years, then big regeneration projects like the one that's being planned now would certainly only be halted. so that's where we are with the case now. we are expected a decision today, but of course it might be delayed further down the line. and west lindsey the line. and if west lindsey council does win at this stage , council does win at this stage, we will expect a full judicial review. and at the same time, two other cases are being heard. braintree council is fighting a very similar case against raf wethersfield base and there is a resident of braintree fighting the same case there. so the government is fighting on a lot of different fronts here and it is very much hoping that it will win at least one. >> right. that's our >> all right. that's our political olivia utley political reporter, olivia utley and kwasi. olivia mentioned braintree the braintree bev, of course, the local mp. happens be local mp. there happens to be oh, foreign secretary james oh, the foreign secretary james cleverly, and it's a cabinet decision put people in these decision to put people in these sort camps. but the foreign sort of camps. but the foreign secretary of his majority. >> i can't help but think that if got lots of people if you've got lots of people that you need to look after in

one somewhere raf one place somewhere like raf scampton sensible. scampton absolutely sensible. >> of >> bethany elsey a hotel of multiple hotels which are affecting local communities and they're air they're in the fresh air countryside i noticed countryside and i noticed there's wire the camp. >> i don't quite right. >> i don't quite right. >> i'd be too liberal about these things. >> i don't think the barbed wire is necessarily there right . but is necessarily there right. but still to come, we're going to be taking talking about the nhs strike action with former health secretary stephen dorrell. but first, here's your morning's secretary stephen dorrell. but first, with s your morning's secretary stephen dorrell. but first, with rhiannon rning's secretary stephen dorrell. but first, with rhiannon joness secretary stephen dorrell. but first, with rhiannon jones . news with rhiannon jones. >> thank you, bev. it's 1130. >> thank you, bev. it's1130. your top stories from the newsroom . junior doctors in newsroom. junior doctors in england have begun their five day strike in what's been described as the longest in the history of the nhs . members of history of the nhs. members of the british medical association are walking out in a dispute over pay , arguing for a rise of over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate late in a bid to resolve the row , which has resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of

cancelled operations and consultations as junior doctors begin their strike. the government's finalising a decision on public sector pay . decision on public sector pay. the independent review bodies have reportedly recommended a pay have reportedly recommended a pay rise of around 6. prime minister rishi sunak and jeremy hunt this morning held talks over approving the recommendation . joins the recommendation. joins the chancellor's suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing . the cuts rather than borrowing. the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to pubush edwards, but it has no plans to publish them . it comes as publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the paper's conduct , with the paper's conduct, with a former editor accusing it of inflicting terror on the presenter. meanwhile, the bbc's director general will be questioned in parliament next week regarding the corporation's handung week regarding the corporation's handling of the allegations. the met police has found no evidence of criminality and a major house building company is warning of a drop in the number of new homes

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britain's news. channel >> good morning. it's 1138. >> good morning. it's1138. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> well, early today we mentioned the oxford by—election no bev turner earlier in the program, which means we've now now got list again for your now got to list again for your boredom the list of all the candidates them already. you are right. >> let's be very professional now. so blaze bakish is standing for the liberal democrats. danny beales is there for labour. cameron bell is an independent candidate . count binface is candidate. count binface is standing for the count. binface

party. stop carole malone . piers party. stop carole malone. piers corbyn is standing for let london live . laurence fox is london live. laurence fox is standing for the reclaim party. steve gardiner for the social democratic party. ed gemmell is standing for the climate party . standing for the climate party. sarah green for the greens. we have kingsley hamilton is an independent candidate. richard hewison rejoined the eu howling hope from the official monster raving loony party . 77. joseph raving loony party. 77. joseph is an independent. rebecca jane for ukip and on for nataphon christian peoples alliance . leo christian peoples alliance. leo for independent and steve tuckwell. the concert lviv candidate democracy at work 17. >> candidate 17 candidates. >> candidate 17 candidates. >> good luck to them all. >> good luck to them all. >> there's a lesson there, isn't there? don't mention byelection right ? right? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> moving on. so, junior doctors in england have begun their five day strike in what's being

described as the longest in the history of the nhs. described as the longest in the histso of the nhs. described as the longest in the histso it'sthe nhs. described as the longest in the histso it's been hs. described as the longest in the histso it's been initiated the >> so it's been initiated by the bma. that's the doctors union. after government refused after the government refused their 35% raise, their calls for a 35% pay raise, we're going get some reaction we're going to get some reaction from former health secretary from the former health secretary stephen dorrell. stephen dorrell, been there. dorrell, you've been there. it's health 35% health secretary. 35% is unrealistic , unaffordable. what unrealistic, unaffordable. what should the government be doing? because it doesn't appear to be any negotiations going on with with the bma ? with the bma? >> well, i think that's the core of the issue, andrew. we all know perfectly well that this has to be settled ultimately by people talking to each other. and i always think that when ministers or indeed trade union leaders start to impose conditions that have to be satisfied before you start talking, in other words , you talking, in other words, you have talks about talks . it's have talks about talks. it's ridiculous . we know that your ridiculous. we know that your previous speaker was quite right to say that this is damaging patients. it's also been a very long time in the making. it won't be put right in a single yean won't be put right in a single year, but it does have to be put

right. if the nhs is going to recruit, retain and motivate the people it needs to deliver the services we all want to see. >> we're also hearing today, stephen, that we may get reports back the independent pay back from the independent pay review bodies, which will be recommending 6 to 6.5% for various in the public various people in the public sector. does government have sector. does the government have a honour those ? well a duty to honour those? well i was there in parliament when the review body process was set up and i operated it as secretary of state. >> i'm quite clear in my own mind that it is the right way to address pay for public sector workers and in particular for caring professions such as doctors, nurses, teachers and so on. so i strongly support the review body system . the review body system. the government has always , within government has always, within that system, retained the right to make the final decision because ultimately it's the government that raises the taxes that pay the salaries. but but

every government in my experience, found a way somehow to honour the recommendations of the review body because it's important that the review body process carries the confidence of all of the people who participate in it. >> stephen do you think that doctors should be allowed to conduct private work on days when their striking ? when their striking? >> i think that's an interesting question . i think it's very hard question. i think it's very hard to say that they shouldn't. they the health service, since its foundation , has always foundation, has always recognised that doctors are independent professionals and that they retain the right to do private work. so i think the answer is yes, they should. but if they're if they're wise about it, they will do that with with some discretion . some discretion. >> okay. all right. thank you very much. former health secretary stephen dorrell there talking about the nhs strikes . talking about the nhs strikes. you've been getting in touch. darren says the not

darren says the nhs is not poorly funded, it's poorly managed and wastes copious amounts of money. stephen it's despicable move by the junior doctors. the nhs needs privatising. it's fit for privatising. it's not fit for purpose and brian, it says junior doctor on the picket line with a sign saying i resuscitate babies. >> who's resuscitating the babies on the picket babies now? she's on the picket line. very interesting. they're back studio they're back in the studio and they're not at moment. not fighting at the moment. karen malone matt stadlen , karen malone and matt stadlen, who had a rather lively exchange of views, shall we say, and carol, you can smile, carol, on this programme. >> malone well, because that would be he just called me a bully outside. >> oh, no, you've not been carrying on outside. >> come on. i didn't think >> now, come on. i didn't think you even to each you were even talking to each other outside. >> he's found time to do that, right? >> let's. let's >> why don't we lighten the mood and talk about sex 80? should >> why don't we lighten the mood ancdo lk about sex 80? should >> why don't we lighten the mood ancdo that?yut sex 80? should we do that? >> yeah, that's of, you >> yeah, that's kind of, you know, this is arlene phillips, isn't she's isn't it? she's >> she's a great girl. >> she's a great girl. >> was. the judge on >> she was. she was the judge on strictly arlene. >> and she's she's in she she was was choreographer for was she was choreographer for hot the 1970s. and hot gossip in the 1970s. and she was she was hot herself back

then. >> she's 80. have i got that is so hard to believe that she's 80. >> she's talking. i mean, pearson, i had dinner with her as last year . yeah. and as well last year. yeah. and the person who's got incinerated got drunk, should we say , and didn't drunk, should we say, and didn't put the oven on. so poor arlene was left with a strawberry tart and a square of cheese for her whole dinner. >> and she. >> and she. >> and she. >> and she's wafer thin anyway. >> and she's wafer thin anyway. >> and she's wafer thin anyway. >> and she's wafer thin. anyway, i can't. where's the story? where is it? i can't find it. anyway, what she's saying is she's her partner. she's been with her partner. yeah. something 38 yeah. for something like 38 years. met him the set of years. she met him on the set of queen's video . like a queen queen's video. like a queen show. anyway and she was asked about, you know , what sex was about, you know, what sex was like at 80. and i think she's still having a very nice life. thank you much. but what page is that on? >> here we go. >> here we go. >> here we go. >> here it is. i found it. it's in andrew's paper. it's in the mail. page 19. is that she is remarkable. >> she remarkably incredible. >> she remarkably incredible. >> she remarkably incredible. >> she is . >> she is. >> she is. >> but i just i'm not sure . i >> but i just i'm not sure. i felt a bit weird when i was

reading it. do you know what i mean? did you not? >> well, because it it's taking taking us into her bedroom and perhaps feel you don't want perhaps you feel you don't want to go in there? >> we shouldn't, but i think she was probably put on the spot by woman's weekly. >> was? >> it was? yeah. >> it was? yeah. >> didn't know that was still going. >> i know. not used for that. >> i know. not used for that. >> known for that there was >> not known for that there was all patterns. all about knitting patterns. well clearly not. it's moved on and we haven't moved with it. and we haven't moved on with it. they're about sex, and we haven't moved on with it. the'she's about sex, and we haven't moved on with it. the'she's been about sex, and we haven't moved on with it. the'she's been with about sex, and we haven't moved on with it. the'she's been with thistout sex, and we haven't moved on with it. the'she's been with this guy. ;ex, but she's been with this guy. he's. he's a lot younger than her. 80. but her. he's 62 and she's 80. but they've been together 38 years, which they've been together 38 years, whithat's amazing. >> that's amazing. >> that's amazing. >> they're still having >> and if they're still having great sex after 38 years, well, good them. does it fill you good on them. does it fill you with great that when you're with great hope that when you're 80, could be having great 80, you could be having great sex? well, i don't think it's going take 18 me to. not >> matt so young here. >> matt so young here. >> matt, do you like. >> matt, do you like. >> do you like. i quite like seeing this. stories of seeing this. these stories of older feeling older women and feeling empowered, confident empowered, feeling confident enough they're still enough to say that they're still having relations at 80. having intimate relations at 80. and still fun. and it's still fun. >> no, i agree. i mean, >> yeah, no, i agree. i mean, i wouldn't personally go into the national newspapers discuss national newspapers and discuss my however good it

my own sex life. however good it is i am and i'm is and however old i am and i'm not young old anymore. not that young old anymore. sadly andrew but i hope i'm still going at 80. there is a sort of semi serious point in all and is i think it all this, and that is i think it is good in a society where age still valued, it? women still is valued, isn't it? women are sort of written off far too quickly . yeah. and older people quickly. yeah. and older people are written off more generally, not just in the bedroom, but more generally. so to have someone in the public eye who is a sort of nation's favourite, i interviewed her for one of my old tv series i really liked. she's great, isn't she? she's a lovely person. yeah. to have her affirm what older people can still get up to, i think is a really good news. >> i think there's probably a lot people watching and lot of people watching and listening radio cheering lot of people watching and listenirit's radio cheering lot of people watching and listenirit's too. radio cheering lot of people watching and listenirit's too. usidio cheering saying it's too. us >> if look as good as >> if you look as good as arlene, it's not difficult. if you're sex at 80, you're having great sex at 80, she won't look. she just won't look. >> remember, she taught us a few steps. >> she taught us some dance moves. you pressurised her? >> did. and our hostess >> i did. i did. and our hostess was terrible. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah, she was terrible. >> yeah, she was terrible. >> but that may have been that

may the alcohol. may have been the alcohol. >> you know she does >> and you know what she does say? she says the to say? she says the secret to having relationship is. having a good relationship is. laughter. actually, as laughter. yeah, actually, as long still laugh long as you can still laugh together. why don't together. i mean, so why don't you, matt stadler, you, carolyn, matt stadler, start each other. start laughing with each other. >> you might have a better relationship. i've always relationship. hello. i've always been a stirrer. >> right, that's my job. >> all right, that's my job. >> all right, that's my job. >> on. >> you carry on. >> just my job. talking of >> it's just my job. talking of some lively discussion, she's often a figure of fun. >> nadine. for me, i'm not >> nadine. doris for me, i'm not her going to her biggest fan. she's going to write carol this is the write a book. carol this is the former culture section in which she's she's to she's going to. she's going to basically do what she's going to she's she's writing this she's she's she's writing this book it's going to called she's she's she's writing this booiplot it's going to called she's she's she's writing this booiplot the going to called she's she's she's writing this booiplot the political called the plot the political assassination borisjohnson. assassination of boris johnson. >> we know it's going to >> so we know what it's going to be it's, you know, and be about. it's, you know, and bons be about. it's, you know, and boris she's this with boris is she's doing this with bons boris is she's doing this with boris he's told lots of boris say so he's told lots of ministers and politicians to tell her whatever she wants to know. so guess it's their know. so and i guess it's their way getting out what actually way of getting out what actually went what's went on over over covid what's happened since, you happened to boris since, you know, privileges committee? happened to boris since, you knosure privileges committee? happened to boris since, you knosure it'llvileges committee? happened to boris since, you knosure it'll all ges committee? happened to boris since, you knosure it'll all be; committee? happened to boris since, you knosure it'll all be there. 1ittee? happened to boris since, you knosure it'll all be there. bute? i'm sure it'll all be there. but the is that a lot of the fun thing is that a lot of the fun thing is that a lot of the mps are going to be named after bond characters, so it's fiction. no, i don't think it is

fiction. no, i don't think it is fiction. i think it's but i think rather than being dogged, they're bond characters. >> so who goldfinger ? >> so who will be goldfinger? >> so who will be goldfinger? >> will be covid? who will >> who will be covid? who will be scaramanga? be be scaramanga? who will be blofeld? yeah can't. we've blofeld? yeah we can't. we've got to and it out. got to try and work it out. that'll be of the fun. that'll be part of the fun. guess do think, matt? guess what do you think, matt? >> if she's doing this, she should just name them, shouldn't she? a huge these >> i'm not a huge fan of these sort of tell all memoirs, but there is another side. and first of all, she's not the only person to have done this. right. let's absolutely and let's be absolutely clear and you the argument that you might make the argument that it's good history so that we it's good for history so that we have if have a better understanding if it's of what does it's told properly of what does go don't want chilling go on. you don't want a chilling effect, do you? at the head of government, you want government, because you want people relate to people to be able to relate to each other within politics without fearing that everything each other within politics withithey'veing that everything each other within politics withithey've said 1at everything each other within politics withithey've said is: everything each other within politics withithey've said is: everyto ng that they've said is going to end up a book in the press. >> but the point she would make, because this book is it's going >> but the point she would make, be beise this book is it's going >> but the point she would make, be be published)k is it's going >> but the point she would make, be be published in is it's going >> but the point she would make, be be published in september, to be published in september, which is just just for the tory conference. >> and it's designed to cause maximum damage. >> talked to nadine a >> and i've talked to nadine a lot she says boris johnson lot and she says boris johnson won the biggest conservative majority since barely majority since 1987, barely

three in his three years later, out in his backside. and she unless of backside. and she says unless of course, of it was brought course, a lot of it was brought on he responds on himself. the way he responds in about where the in the commons about where the parties not. she's parties are not. but she's saying it was much more sinister. was a plot from sinister. there was a plot from the to get him out. the beginning to get him out. >> i think that is my >> so i think that this is my view. i think it's populist nonsense. i think we have to be absolutely the facts absolutely clear on the facts as we know the facts as we we know them. the facts as we know are that the know them are that the privileges committee found that bons privileges committee found that boris delivered. boris johnson delivered. he misled parliament and it also found separately that nadine dorries others interfered dorries and others interfered with with that committee as it was going about its business. that's very serious. as i said to nadine on her own show about a week ago . the problem is here, a week ago. the problem is here, apart from anything else, nadine, instead of interfering with the democratic processes as she's found to have been doing, they are putting pressure, putting pressure on the committee, undermining about the fact she called bev turner jenkins was on the carole malone committee. >> carole malone, nadine dorries. >> nadine dorries called this committee . and by the way, not

committee. and by the way, not a single mp, as i understand it, voted against this committee doing its work to start with because she called this committee a kangaroo court that is undermining one of the democratic planks in our society. >> you have biased members on that committee when you have harriet harman, who had already tweeted publicly what she thought about boris and that she thought about boris and that she thought boris was guilty. >> you have bernard jenkins, who was currently being investigated by the police about a lot . by the police about a lot. >> voted against that committee. >> can i say on it? can i say on i think this is a completely overblown. >> the fact that mps criticised the workings of the privileges committee didn't have grown ups. their mps, their parliamentarians, they can defend themselves in parliament, they defend themselves they can defend themselves in they can defend themselves in the chamber think they the chamber and i think they should some really. however should grow some really. however i will agree with you. it was a unanimous by the unanimous report by the privileges that privileges committee that boris johnson misled the commons. >> isn't about growing this >> this isn't about growing this or this is about mps or that. this is about mps respecting a process. and. nadine it was found just nadine dorries it was found just the other day had had not spoken

in the commons for a year. we talk about public money earlier in the context of this bbc scandal. nadine dorries is paid for out of the public purse instead of doing a tv show and writing books and all the rest of it. and i don't mind if she does that, but i only mind if she's not, if she's not going to be actually doing her job and be actually doing herjob and talking in, you know, a lot of work that mps do is behind the scenes. >> that's true. but they also speak in the chamber. >> well, come on. >> well, come on. >> but also she said she >> but also she said what she says, which think is a line says, which i think is a line that we should all look out for. she said she talks about the darkest political art. she talks about few and about going back a few years and looking at she said, and she says, if think flowed says, if you think power flowed from into parliament, from the people into parliament, think so she's think again. so what she's hinting here that, hinting at here is that that, you know, we don't make any decisions for the electorate that it's by cabal of that it's made by a cabal of politicians the often often politicians and the often often unelected politicians, the advisers who will huge amounts of power , whose name we don't know. >> but i know for a fact 1 or 2 of those advisers, she's going

to name them in the book. and i don't think they'll be given. >> but this is out in just to say this is out in september where she's obviously using diaries that she's already kept, obviously with ghost obviously working with the ghost to written. to get it written. >> that's really quick >> that's a really quick turnaround book. turnaround for a book. >> quick turnaround for >> it's a quick turnaround for a book. i mean, clearly, this is partly money, isn't it? partly about money, isn't it? let's realistic. as far as we let's be realistic. as far as we know, going to pocket the know, she's going to pocket the proceeds. if not, then proceeds. if she's not, then fair let's go back to fair dos. but let's go back to the point. talk about the core point. we talk about the core point. we talk about the is a populist the blob. this is a populist campaign . undermine we campaign. undermine the way we do democracy. you would do our democracy. you would accept, that accept, andrew, that this committee johnson, committee found boris johnson, our prime minister, the most powerful person? yeah, i find that deliberately misled, but i still have objection still don't have any objection with mps criticising the way it does business because does its business because they're to its parliament. >> and if you don't like the criticism, stand up and say so. >> should have voted >> they should have voted against committee. against the committee. they should their own should have voted their own committee first place. committee in the first place. >> fight their own >> they can fight their own battles. i can't feel sorry for the of the british. the members of the british. >> it's not about feeling sorry for the members of the privileged committee. it's about the public

the signposting to the public by people influence nadine people of influence like nadine dorries us, the dorries suggesting to us, the british electorate, british british electorate, the british public, democratic public, that a democratic process is unfit, calling it a kangaroo court is outrageous . kangaroo court is outrageous. >> the british public can think for itself . for itself. >> they can indeed. they can also led also be led by. >> don't think it looked at >> you don't think it looked at what harriet harman had said and imagined that she might be a bit biased? >> she should not have chaired that in my view, that that committee. in my view, that was a mistake. >> you're you're entitled to >> and you're you're entitled to that was so that view because she was so public. is evidence. public. there is no evidence. there's evidence she there's no evidence that she carried job as chair of carried out her job as chair of that committee as biased person. >> but as perception, the fact the person who chaired the committee had made her mind up a year earlier some very, very year earlier in some very, very colourful tweets saying that bons colourful tweets saying that boris broken the boris johnson had broken the rules egregious breach of rules an egregious breach of rules. she have to rules. why would she have to chair inquiry? chair that inquiry? >> politician has >> but every politician has a view. in end, you might view. so in the end, you might have public. in the end, you might having one might risk having no one chairing sorts of chairing those sorts of committees. entitled to committees. she's entitled to have but she's also have a view, but she's also entitled to be an allowed to carry democratic carry out her democratic function of that committee. >> okay. the interesting thing as nadine as well is whether an nadine dorries be doing this. if

dorries will be doing this. if rishi had given her a seat in the house of lords good the house of lords very good point. anyway, will be point. anyway, we will be discussing doubt next point. anyway, we will be discuscoming doubt next point. anyway, we will be discuscoming up doubt next point. anyway, we will be discuscoming up next,bt next point. anyway, we will be discuscoming up next, it's ext point. anyway, we will be discuscoming up next, it's the week. coming up next, it's the live desk with mark longhurst and you much and pip tomson thank you so much to stadlen and carole malone. >> they didn't punch each other. >> they didn't punch each other. >> no, they thought it. >> no, they thought about it. thank all. thank you all. >> for watching. >> thanks for watching. we will be monday. be back on monday. >> see you then. >> see you then. >> the temperature's rising. boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm greg >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. we'll see plenty of sunny spells today. there will be some showers, but there should be less frequent compared to recent days. little less too. days. a little less heavy too. so fairly dry start this morning. plenty sunny spells morning. plenty of sunny spells . we do a scattering of . we do have a scattering of showers the and the showers across the north and the west. bubbling up almost west. these bubbling up almost anywhere through the anywhere as we move through the day. lots of places will day. but lots of places will stay dry. so you do catch a stay dry. so if you do catch a shower across scotland, perhaps the could be on the midlands too, it could be on the midlands too, it could be on the heavy side. but as i mentioned, sunny mentioned, plenty of sunny spells winds a little spells to come. winds a little lighter than recent days too. so it just feel a bit warmer

it should just feel a bit warmer compared late. highs compared to of late. highs around 23 24 towards the around 23 to 24 towards the south—east, elsewhere , generally south—east, elsewhere, generally the to low 20s the high teens to low 20s through the evening time . some through the evening time. some cloud and thicker rain pushes into parts of northern ireland, perhaps stretching into wales and later pushing into and then later on pushing into southern and northern southern scotland and northern england. tends to be on england. but it tends to be on the side, elsewhere the lighter side, elsewhere generally some clear generally dry with some clear spells end of spells and towards the end of the the winds start to the night, the winds start to pick rain moves into pick up and the rain moves into the southwest. temperatures the far southwest. temperatures for holding up in double for most holding up in double figures, 14 or 15 as figures, perhaps 14 or 15 as a low across the far south. so it starts to wet and windy across southwest england into wales quite quickly on friday morning . this band of rain slowly then pushes and eastwards pushes north and eastwards through brighter through the day, brighter further north east. but even further north and east. but even here of here clouding over the risk of some showery rain at times, the winds starting to pick up towards western coasts. the rain could heavy at times as well, could be heavy at times as well, leading local disruption leading to some local disruption . ahead the rain . temperatures ahead of the rain around 23 or 24, but feeling quite cool, particularly in the west . west. >> the temperatures rising , boxt

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