gb news. >> happy friday. it's 3 pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. and i'm about to show you the first look inside the bibby stockholm migrant barge. yes, that's right. we've got video. we've got pictures . spoiler we've got pictures. spoiler alert. it is absolutely not a deterrent in other news, big political stuff going on by—election, by—election, by—election, by—election, by—election and it was 1—1 for the three major parties. but i will be having a look at what this really means. now for the big issues going forward, including this one. is it too young to be an mp.7 the including this one. is it too young to be an mp? the labour mp now is 25 years old. he seems relatively with it, i've got to be honest with you, but some people are saying, well, hang on a minute. no, no, no, you need to have some lived adult experience. also, this chap was being , frankly objectified being well, frankly objectified online. being well, frankly objectified onune. in being well, frankly objectified online. in other news for online. but in other news for our final story of the day, it's tony bennett . yes, very, very tony bennett. yes, very, very sad to news bring to you that tony bennett has passed away at the age of 96. we'll be paying tribute to the last of the

greats, patrick christys . gb greats, patrick christys. gb news loads to go out today in this friday show. gb views of gbnews.com. yeah, you will not believe, frankly, when you see the calibre of accommodation inside this bibby stockholm migrant barge. it's frankly so much better than what any student in the uk is currently living in. it will not be a deterrent. if anything, it will act as a migrant tourist attraction . vaiews@gbnews.com. attraction. vaiews@gbnews.com. but right now, as your headlines i >> patrick, thank you very much and good afternoon. it's 3:01. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case. according to court documents, it will take place on may the 20th next year. the criminal trial will come less than six months ahead of the november 20, 24 us presidential

election . trump is the current election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in the race. legendary jazz singer tony bennett has died at the age of 96. he released more than 70 albums over his seven decade career , performing with the career, performing with the likes of lady gaga and frank sinatra . he sold millions of sinatra. he sold millions of records around the world and won 20 grammys. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2016 and died in his hometown of . new and died in his hometown of. new york. the prime minister has suffered a double by—election loss with the labour and the liberal democrats , both liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000. labour won. selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives, by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election

is not a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people. >> westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal like the next election is a done deal. the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. look, reality different. and look, the reality is circumstances of these is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable. it's a reminder to politicians is that we need to focus what matters to people focus on what matters to people and not distracted by what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going on in westminster. >> labour leader sir keir >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you . party and we hear you. >> we hear that cry for change away from the chaos, away from those rising bills. the crumbling public services a cry for change and we will deliver. we will deliver through keir mather here and we'll deliver with the next labour government

and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened . strengthened. >> and previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , oxfordshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex all those true blue heartlands , if you like, blue heartlands, if you like, the home counties where it's now the home counties where it's now the democrats really the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now front in now we have a second front in the country , our the west country, our traditional if you traditional heartlands, if you like, traditional like, the liberal traditional heartlands. we heartlands. that means that we are a force to be reckoned with in next general election . in the next general election. >> around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn . the sites by the autumn. the alternative sites include the bibby stockholm barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire . the move essex and lincolnshire. the move comes as part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels in housing migrants, which the home office says cost taxpayers £6 million a day. all three sites are said to provide basic and functional accommodation , which is cheaper accommodation, which is cheaper than using hotels and next

week's strikes on the london underground have been called off. the unions say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions , although and working conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and the unite union , rmt aslef and the unite union, who worked closely with transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. when you work with and not against unions . liam o'prey has against unions. liam o'prey has been found guilty of murdering boxing heavyweight champion tyson fury's cousin, the 22 year old was convicted at manchester crown court today for killing 31 year old rico burton . mr burton year old rico burton. mr burton was fatally stabbed in greater manchester in august last year dunng manchester in august last year during a brawl. police described the attack as senseless and unplanned . ukraine's president unplanned. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk . vadym prystaiko was uk. vadym prystaiko was reportedly dismissed after

publicly criticising the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid. earlier this month . defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and us were not amazon when it came to kiev's request for weapons and military equipment. he called mr zelenskyy promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning unhealthy sarcasm. kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal . gave no official reason for the dismissal. this gave no official reason for the dismissal . this is gb news will dismissal. this is gb news will bnng dismissal. this is gb news will bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to . patrick >> wow. let's kick the afternoon off with this, shall we? new insight from the bibby stockholm barge in portsmouth and gb news can reveal what it's actually like inside the barge. so we're just doing a little whistle stop tour of a particular room here

now. so there's bunk beds in that room. these rooms are en suite. they've all just been refitted well. it's arrived refitted as well. it's arrived in dorset and we've had a first look at all of the facilities that 500 people will be piling into . so it's not just the into. so it's not just the bedrooms as well. there's going to be a new gym on board. we'll bnng to be a new gym on board. we'll bring that image to you shortly. there's also going to be a new restaurant area as well and an outdoor area where channel outdoor area where the channel migrants able to wander migrants are able to wander around. there is also , though, around. there is also, though, as well, confirmation of essentially an hourly bus service into weymouth, which is quite nice . now, this has caused quite nice. now, this has caused a lot of hoo ha because for a lot of people they were saying, well, this has got to be a prison ship. well, it's definitely a prison by definitely not a prison ship by virtue fact that you can virtue of the fact that you can frankly come and go pretty much as you please, with no strong curfew. also, the accommodation that looks that we've seen so far looks a lot better than the accommodation a lot of accommodation that a lot of students in country who students in this country who saddle with saddle themselves with a lifetime by the lifetime worth of debt. by the way, privilege, are way, for the privilege, are forced into. will forced to live into. there will be rising damp, there will be

be no rising damp, there will be no rat infestation, there will be grubby kitchen area. be no grubby kitchen area. there'll that there'll be none of that stuff at all. is actually rather at all. it is actually rather nice. concern would be that nice. my concern would be that this as a pull factor this will act as a pull factor and not a push but and not a push factor. but joining us now for his reaction is o'leary, who's is louis o'leary, who's councillor little more. councillor for little more. and preston, thank very, very preston, thank you very, very much. your initial much. what is your initial reaction well what appears to reaction to well what appears to be a relatively luxurious barge? well i mean, i haven't i haven't been on there myself. >> and seeing those photos for the first time, i think it does seem some reassurance seem to put some reassurance into concerns people have about the conditions on the barge. >> and that was not really what a lot of people have raised as their major concerns. >> but some people have . >> but some people have. >> but some people have. >> i think the one positive factor that we're going to end up with this, louis, is that a lot of people who were on the left that didn't want a barge in their area, who were lying about it based on, oh, we've got concerns for human rights of concerns for the human rights of those on board. now those people on board. we'll now have to actually face facts. the real that don't want real reason that they don't want a channel migrants

a barge full of channel migrants in is because they in their area is because they don't want a huge amount of virile men moving in. virile young men moving in. >> well, i mean, they'll have to answer themselves. >> well, i mean, they'll have to ansand themselves. >> well, i mean, they'll have to ansand i themselves. >> well, i mean, they'll have to ansand i mean, selves. >> well, i mean, they'll have to ansand i mean, selv> and i mean, i'm sure i mean, i know they don't like to talk to gb news and they only like to sort of live in their own echo chamber. but i mean, they'll have answer themselves have to answer for themselves on that they certainly >> i can't. they certainly wouldn't want me speaking for them. >> okay. one thing you >> okay. one thing that you can speak taxpayer speak for is the hourly taxpayer funded coach service that appears to on offer to take appears to be on offer to take some of these into places some of these people into places like your on like weymouth. and your views on that? like weymouth. and your views on tha well, mean, we had it's >> well, i mean, we had a it's quite ironic, really. i had a meeting just about weeks ago. >> my ward absolutely packed out with people demanding a bus service, an improved bus service and of the and a bus service for one of the villages cover. and then yet villages i cover. and then yet the magic money tree of the home office this bus office can put on this bus service, which, you know, puts people straight into weymouth, which quite a you which you know, is quite a you know, across across know, it's across the across the channel as it were, as we like to nickname it. but it's certainly, you know, a bit of a kick in the face for a few of us, i think.

>> so to confirm, bearing in mind as well that the asylum seekers who will be this seekers who will be on this barge will receive on board health care. so it is reasonable to say that the facilities and the amenities and the transport and the health care on offer for people who've just entered this country illegally will in some cases be better than some of the people. unfortunately that you represent . represent. >> i think and i think that's partly, you know, along with the a general fear of the unknown due to the lack of consultation we've had in the lack of information. i think those things are what into the things are what factor into the general resentment locals have about this whole about around this whole situation . situation. >> and i mean some of the services there getting, you know , people don't can't access them obviously, but also some services people wouldn't access evenif services people wouldn't access even if, you know , you had even if, you know, you had incredibly well funded public services such as cleaners going on there and cleaning up after people and things like that. >> i think that's why the you

know, increases the resentment further. >> we've had at least a >> now, we've had at least a thousand arrivals in the last few days across the channel. that barge, as we understand it, can hold about 500 people. well, i don't know about you. i've got a huge degree of cynicism and scepticism when it comes to how temporary that barge is actually going to be. it is definitely not going to be a deterrent, though. i am not looking at the pictures and we're going to bnng pictures and we're going to bring some more to you very, very shortly on as well. they're coming as we speak coming through to us as we speak in a a video around this in a bit of a video around this place as well. and people place as well. and when people see what i've seen, it will become obvious that see what i've seen, it will beccis e obvious that see what i've seen, it will beccis not obvious that see what i've seen, it will beccis not a obvious that see what i've seen, it will beccis not a deterrent.bvious that see what i've seen, it will beccis not a deterrent. in ous that this is not a deterrent. in fact, it is actually better than the accommodation in a the accommodation on offer in a load and in fact, load of hotels. and in fact, this some other elements of this is some other elements of it. is the entrance of it. so this is the entrance of it. so this is the entrance of it there. no smoking. that's nice. yes no vaping either. all right. of course, there is right. but of course, there is a nice area for them to do nice outdoor area for them to do that. or they could just nip on the funded into the taxpayer funded bus into weymouth, they? and the taxpayer funded bus into weyr i )uth, they? and the taxpayer funded bus into weyri suppose they? and the taxpayer funded bus into weyri suppose once they? and the taxpayer funded bus into weyri suppose once they're nd then i suppose once they're there, can go buy there, they can go and buy a packet of taxpayer funded cigarettes. computer

cigarettes. this is a computer room, will be a room room, so there will be a room thatis room, so there will be a room that is new, full of computers where these people will able where these people will be able to online and do whatever. to go online and do whatever. i mean, remarkable, it, mean, remarkable, wouldn't it, if flee for your if you just had to flee for your life from a country? but you can hop on skype with your wife and kids are living over there kids who are living over there with wi—fi and with good wi—fi connection and everything well. again, everything as well. again, there'll be more to come as well. so it well. there's a new gym, so it will it will be absolutely will be it will be absolutely lovely. is to end up lovely. this is going to end up being like the golden ticket for channel migrants, surely, if far from as well. from a deterrent as well. >> my own opinions >> i have i have my own opinions where bar should go. where the bar should go. >> but in terms of the suitability the barge, i suitability on the barge, i think of residents think what a lot of residents feel is that it wouldn't be so bad if the people on it were being asked to, you know, go out and help clear the streets or help tidy up the town. i mean, we're a tourist we rely on we're a tourist area. we rely on the looking nice. i mean, the area looking nice. i mean, there's done. there's plenty to be done. i don't think people would even mind much if people were mind as much if people were asked people were asked asked if these people were asked to out and try and, you know, to go out and try and, you know, earn earn their sort of keep, as it were. >> that's a great shout. okay.

so actually would call for so you actually would call for the people who on this the people who are on this barge. mean, be barge. i mean, it would be a great way for them to ingratiate themselves community themselves into the community as well bit about well and learn a bit about british and british british culture and british values, and values, wouldn't it? and help out they should be made to out maybe they should be made to kind you know, put a hi vis kind of, you know, put a hi vis jacket on, go out and litter pick. >> yeah, i mean i mean there's a line in the bible for man doesn't work he shall not eat and i think that's a good thing to of over towards to sort of put over towards this. there's plenty that needs doing. roads doing. there's plenty of roads that up. there's that need picking up. there's litter picking, there's plenty of weeds need out of weeds that need tearing out of weeds that need tearing out of of roads of the streets. plenty of roads need there's an need sweeping and there's an awful do. there's an awful lot to do. there's an awful lot to do. there's an awful lot to do. there's an awful lot of vacancies in this country. >> i would interesting, >> i would be interesting, actually, if we offered that to them some kind of community them as some kind of community work, see how many of work, just to see how many of them actually yes, because them actually said yes, because as occupy their as well, it would occupy their day. will be the other big day. this will be the other big issue in your area issue that people in your area are to actually are going to actually face, which is, you know, and this actually by the way, is not the fault the people on the boat, fault of the people on the boat, aside fact that maybe aside from the fact that maybe they to come here the they decided to come here in the first place, which is if there is nothing to do here all day

and someone says to you, you and someone says to you, do you want bus and go want to get on this bus and go to town? say, well, to the town? and you say, well, yeah, right, fine. and yeah, all right, fine. and you get the bus and then you go get on the bus and then you go to the town and you've got like £40 week. so it's not £40 for a week. so it's not really much. mean, you really that much. i mean, you are just to stand around are just going to stand around all you? all day, aren't you? >> i i complaints >> well, i get i get complaints from of my own from the young people of my own ward nothing to ward that there's nothing to do in let when in weymouth, let alone when you've people coming you've got 500 people coming here, with idle hands, here, you know, with idle hands, they're be very bored. they're going to be very bored. and you know, you said, and you know, like you said, it'd good to get it'd be very good to get them out and integrate these out and help integrate these people we people into society until we find their status will find out what their status will end find out what their status will encabsolutely. well, look, can >> absolutely. well, look, can i just i really appreciate just say, i really appreciate you coming on and i know that you coming on and i know that you the pictures from inside you saw the pictures from inside that first time that barge for the first time right show. so i do right here on this show. so i do appreciate reacting appreciate you kind of reacting live to it. there will be more throughout course the throughout the course of the day. drink those in, if you day. so drink those in, if you will, no doubt local will, and no doubt your local residents will have a thing or two them as well. two to say about them as well. thank you very, much. right thank you very, very much. right now, home affairs and now, gb news home affairs and security white security editor mark white has been a tour the barge been given a tour of the barge today. has set foot inside today. so he has set foot inside the bibby stockholm. i'm very

pleased joins us now pleased to say. he joins us now from mark, you. from portland. mark, thank you. great the show. great to have you on the show. lighting television lighting up our television screens way from screens all the way from portland second i portland any second now, i believe. was telling believe. and mark was telling me a little bit earlier on about the tour of this barge, which included, the included, of course, all of the bedrooms there bedrooms that were inside there that done up. and that had just been done up. and then before, that then like i said before, that there been kitchen there had been this kitchen refit. so there is a new kind of communal restaurant area , as communal restaurant area, as it were. there's also a were. and there's also a computer room. this is this computer room. so this is this is be the kitchen area. is going to be the kitchen area. i look, obviously, he i mean, look, obviously, he doesn't you too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of you too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of that, you too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of that, but you too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of that, but we'll you too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of that, but we'll play too i mean, look, obviously, he doesn of that, but we'll play you much of that, but we'll play you a shortly. that is a video shortly. and that is basically new kind of buffet basically a new kind of buffet area. they wouldn't area. so they wouldn't necessarily actually necessarily have to actually go outside so there outside and get food. so there you go . it's kind of you go. so it's all kind of brand spanking new, really. the bedrooms there bunk bedrooms there will be bunk beds. that caused some kind beds. and that caused some kind of as well. this of consternation as well. this is this the new kitchen is the this is the new kitchen area can see there. area that you can see in there. it nice. oh, mark, it is rather nice. oh, mark, i can't hear you. fantastic. good stuff. mark white joining us from portland. so as we play some pictures of the inside of this barge as you talk, just describe what you saw with your own eyes for us.

>> well, it was very interested thing. i thought. i mean, i would describe it probably as something akin to a student halls of residence in the sense that , okay, they're not plush that, okay, they're not plush rooms or cabins , but, you know, rooms or cabins, but, you know, they're they're perfectly decent and functional. there's quite a bit of space there are bunk beds in most of the 222 cabins on board. some of the bigger cabins are are four berth cabins. and there's a couple in which six people could be berthed. but but most will just be double occupancy rooms. there's an en suite bathroom. there's even a television there. but the home office clearly with a mind to the fact that the mischievous media would be saying that these asylum seekers are luxuriating with their satellite tvs have unplugged the television

monitors from the main cable system . so while there's a tv system. so while there's a tv monitor in the room, it's not plugged up to anything you can put the computers and connect that to it if they want, but they won't be able to get satellite tv. however, if they do want to have a spot of tv, they can just pop along to the communal tv room , which is more communal tv room, which is more than six two. i think it was about eight. very comfortable looking sofas and a big plasma tv in there . and they can watch tv in there. and they can watch whatever movies or whatever. maybe they'll even watch a bit of gb news you never know. but that's, you know, one area, a recreational and communal recreational and communal recreational area outside the window, actually, of that tv room . you can look down onto two room. you can look down onto two open spaces within the barge itself. now these are fairly big areas . one that's itself. now these are fairly big areas. one that's going to be used for outdoor sports , the used for outdoor sports, the other that's going to be used

just as a sort of seating area where people can relax and chat and alike. in terms of other sort of communal areas, there's an it room more than a dozen desks in this particular room, all plugged up to computers and connected to the internet. and we should add , there is wi—fi we should add, there is wi—fi throughout the whole of the barge. so wherever you are or if you've got connectivity, if you've got connectivity, if you've got connectivity, if you've got a phone or a laptop , you've got a phone or a laptop, then you can connect to the internet , provided, of course, internet, provided, of course, by the home office. there's a big mess. i think they call it, on board a ship. but a big communal restaurant effectively that can, i think, seat probably a hundred couple of people. so they would stagger the lunch breaks . but they would stagger the lunch breaks. but that's they would stagger the lunch breaks . but that's well they would stagger the lunch breaks. but that's well equipped as well . the big galley an area as well. the big galley an area for preparing all of the food and there's a gym and that gym is still in the process of being

constructed, but already , constructed, but already, patrick, there are running machines , cycling machines , free machines, cycling machines, free standing weights and more will be added to it. so plenty of recreation, although you could argue that the cabins are relatively basic compared to maybe a four star hotel where many asylum seekers have been staying actually in terms of the wider facilities , that's more wider facilities, that's more than you would get in most hotels with it rooms and big tv rooms and gyms and the like . rooms and gyms and the like. >> absolutely. mark, look, thank you very, very much. i know that i'm going to be going back to you a little bit later on. but that's there, homeland that's mark there, our homeland security look security editor who had a look and around this barge and and a tour around this barge and the emails on this are flooding in gb views a gbnews.com. i'm going to read one from barbara quick. lee oh, my goodness. patrick we have ex—servicemen homeless and without food. children homeless too. that is absolutely shocking . and this is

absolutely shocking. and this is an interesting one as well from helen, which i must admit i actually didn't pick up on at the time when we showed you a couple of pictures the couple of pictures of the kitchen and the cafeteria area there. believe the clip kitchen and the cafeteria area there. heinz believe the clip kitchen and the cafeteria area there. heinz ketchup the clip kitchen and the cafeteria area there. heinz ketchup and clip shows heinz ketchup and kellogg's cereal. we can afford branded food . there you go. why branded food. there you go. why can't they have smart price food? assuming that's that's food? i'm assuming that's that's own food is what own own brand. food is what she's talking about. there well, i not a i suppose that's not a bad point, . it's not point, actually. it's not exactly scrimping on that. in fact, somebody got fact, somebody else has got involved well. involved with that as well. sandra, very much. sandra, thank you very much. saying i saying the exact same thing. i note bus service into note the free bus service into weymouth this weymouth as well. would this service start at nine 9:30 am, the same time that pensioners get a free pass? that's from get a free bus pass? that's from nick. the accommodation is exactly thousands of exactly what thousands of uk sector workers live on sector offshore workers live on for of lives, says for 50% of their lives, says colin. a huge amount colin. look, not a huge amount of love at the moment for the idea that we now had idea that we have now had a first the bibby first look in the bibby stockholm and far from it being a deterrent, far it being stockholm and far from it being a detekind , far it being stockholm and far from it being a detekind ofar it being stockholm and far from it being a detekind of prison it being stockholm and far from it being a detekind of prison ship,ing stockholm and far from it being a detekind of prison ship, it; stockholm and far from it being a detekind of prison ship, it is some kind of prison ship, it is frankly the opposite and it is much nicer. and as mark white said, they haven't even finished fitting the yet. how much

fitting the gym yet. how much do you for your gym you pay every month for your gym membership? interest? how membership? out of interest? how much you your wifi ? i much do you pay for your wifi? i don't how big your is . don't know how big your tv is. obviously a food obviously you will have a food bill, won't you? top of that, bill, won't you? on top of that, as well, service, your as well, your bus service, your local transportation . but this local transportation. but this is big kicker. this is the is the big kicker. this is the big me. and on site big one for me. and on site doctor and on site doctor. how close are you to your gp? are you been struggling to get appointments? we've got doctor strikes on at the moment. a little bit on in the show little bit later on in the show i'm going chatting to i'm going to be chatting to a chap thinks unfortunately he chap who thinks unfortunately he may cancer his jaw. may well have cancer in his jaw. he's able to get a he's not been able to get a diagnosis for that yet for months and possibly do for months and possibly won't do for another so. would he be another month or so. would he be better getting dinghy better getting on a dinghy coming on bibby stockholm better getting on a dinghy com being bibby stockholm better getting on a dinghy com being eright stockholm better getting on a dinghy com being eright away,1olm better getting on a dinghy com being eright away, but| and being seen right away, but loads on this website loads more on this website gbnews.com. the fastest growing national in the national news site in the country. it's got the best analysis. opinion of analysis. big opinion on all of the news. but to the latest breaking news. but to the latest breaking news. but to the world the political now the world of the political now and mixed bunch of and it's a mixed bunch of by elections overnight a win for the tories which let's honest the tories which let's be honest was unexpected actually. so fair play was unexpected actually. so fair play labour candidate play labour whose candidate victorious candidate the mp now

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news. >> right. well, coming up, i will be asking how old do you have to be to be an mp? because well, another keir, not keir starmer . no well, another keir, not keir starmer. no keir mather yet is now the youngest mp in the house of commons, so he's 25 years old. i'm asking, is that too young? also, there's been quite a lot of attention online about this dishy young chap. in a way. some people were saying it looks like will from the inbetweeners. i don't think that's a compliment. some other people are, fair say, are, i think it's fair to say, just him. just objectifying him. and i wondered , would we have the same wondered, would we have the same attention if this was rather attention if this was a rather good looking young lady who'd just been elected to the house of probably so of commons? probably not. so we'll about we'll be having a chat about that. as the nigel that. plus later on as the nigel farage drags well farage koot saga drags on. well i'll be whether or not i'll be asking whether or not you need to back the black lives matter movement in order to get a bank account. yeah find out why i'm asking that in just a tick. it will shock you. so don't go anywhere. but first, for all the speculation and the

hype predictions, hype and the predictions, yesterday's elections yesterday's three by elections have the have now come and gone. the tories , labour and the dems tories, labour and the lib dems all scoring one win each. the conservatives were just about managing to cling on to boris johnson's seat of uxbridge and south ruislip locals made their voices heard over ulez that's another one that we're going to be getting stuck into. is this now the end of ulez really? i mean, frankly, if the tory mayoral candidate in london just stood of scrapping stood on the ticket of scrapping ulez, she would stood on the ticket of scrapping ulez, in she would stood on the ticket of scrapping ulez, in somerton she would stood on the ticket of scrapping ulez, in somerton ande would stood on the ticket of scrapping ulez, in somerton and fromed win. but in somerton and frome and and ainsty, it was a and selby and ainsty, it was a very story labour very different story with labour and dems overturning big and the lib dems overturning big conservative majorities . let's conservative majorities. let's go first to our reporter paul hawkins , who spent the day in hawkins, who spent the day in the seat of uxbridge and south ruislip. of course, this was bofis ruislip. of course, this was boris johnson's seat before. here's had say. here's what he had to say. >> like the other two by >> i like the other two by elections. this one was all about one local issue trumping voters potential desire to give the government of the day a kicking. and that is ulez , which kicking. and that is ulez, which means ultra low emission zone. it's the charge, the daily charge £12.50 for high polluting

vehicles that travel in the centre of london. the london mayor, sadiq khan, wants to extend that zone to the outer boroughs of london, including where hillingdon so all where we are. hillingdon so all the candidates made it an election issue. made it election issue. it made it difficult for the labour candidate, danny beal, who said sadiq khan shouldn't do it because it's wrong with the current of crisis. current cost of living crisis. that's going on. nevertheless steve tuckwell he came through just about 495 votes, still a swing to labour of 6.7, but he made it not just about ulez but also about the fact he's a local lad born and bred in hillingdon, former royal mail manager, deputy chair of the local conservative party, and also a county, a borough councillor i should say. he's part of hillingdon borough council, which is one of the five councils plus surrey county council that has brought a judicial review of london mayors sadiq khan's proposals to extend ulez. and we're still waiting for a judgement on that. so at the count in his speech he

talked about ulez a lot , the count in his speech he talked about ulez a lot, didn't talked about ulez a lot, didn't talk about rishi sunak interestingly , the prime interestingly, the prime minister also not featuring on any of his promotional literature , but ulez uniting literature, but ulez uniting voters from both sides as we found out earlier. this is david, a lifelong conservative voter, and he joined joining him was nick, who voted for labour on a on a police station closure issue here in uxbridge. but both of them in agreement about ulez because people can't pay £12.50 a day, whatever it is yet to go backwards and forwards. >> there needs to be, if it comes into this area, there's got to be a longer extension to allow people to get their vehicles sorted out and it must be three years rather than nine months. nine months is just farcical and it wasn't nine months when he extended it to the and south circle. he the north and south circle. he gave lot more time . gave people a lot more time. >> sadiq khan says he's >> vladimir sadiq khan says he's sticking to his plans to extend and ulez understands that it and ulez he understands that it will be difficult for some people, but is necessary, he people, but it is necessary, he says, to clean up air pollution.

steve reed, who's in the shadow cabinet, though, and the deputy labour leader angela rayner, both saying that the party may need reflect and that need to reflect and that they will the table with will get around the table with the to see how they can the mayor to see how they can make it try and make amend the policy to try and policy or change it to try and make it easier for working people. the ulez is meant people. the ulez charge is meant to coming in in august, but to be coming in in august, but clearly labour are going to have to approach to rethink their approach to election , both for the election strategy, both for the general election and the general election and for the london mayoral election in the caphal london mayoral election in the capital. towards capital. as we head towards next summer. ulez clearly is summer. because ulez clearly is a political opportunity for the conservative party >> okay, good stuff. well, we're just going to continue our whistlestop tour very quickly now and go to anna riley, who has been in the seat of selby and ainsty and we're bringing in olivia utley as well, who is in westminster. and i will start with you. so you seat has with you. so you the seat has been rather, interesting been rather, rather interesting , because there's , hasn't it, because there's been. well a boy . one been. well a boy. one >> well, sorry i missed the question though . question though. >> he's been named baby of anna.

go on. is it me now? it is. it is,— go on. is it me now? it is. it is, yes. yeah yes. he has been named the baby of the commons , named the baby of the commons, age 25, who will now be the youngest mp in parliament. but there was a lot of support for him here in selby this afternoon . he came to thank his supporters, people that have been tirelessly campaigning on his behalf for this by—election. he was joined by by andrea raynen he was joined by by andrea rayner, the deputy leader of the labour party, along with keir starmer , the leader. and this is starmer, the leader. and this is what keir starmer had to say about the victory in selby and ainsty yeah , yeah , i'll tell you ainsty yeah, yeah, i'll tell you what, it doesn't look as though it doesn't look as though we've got that clip there. >> unfortunately, we're having a couple of little technical issues when it comes to anna. so sorry, sorry this, anna, sorry, sorry about this, anna, but us over to but i'll just whizz us over to olivia who's in westminster olivia now, who's in westminster for us. olivia, thank very, for us. olivia, thank you very, very so, yes, no clear very much. so, yes, no clear indication moment, indication on at the moment, i suppose, how this will

suppose, of really how this will play suppose, of really how this will play at a general election play out at a general election if conservatives if i was the conservatives genuinely i'd breathing a genuinely i'd be breathing a massive actually, genuinely i'd be breathing a massivwasn't actually, genuinely i'd be breathing a massivwasn't a actually, genuinely i'd be breathing a massivwasn't a complete ually, that it wasn't a complete wipe—out no, i think that is a little bit of comfort for rishi sunak this morning. >> the uxbridge win was certainly a silver lining for the tories . i would still say the tories. i would still say that the headline of the night was it was a bad night for the conservatives. yes, they won uxbndge conservatives. yes, they won uxbridge and yes, they can sort of explain the somerton and of explain away the somerton and frome defeat the lib dems were campaigning very, very hard in that constituency. they had resources piled in there and you know, we always expect incumbent governments to do badly in by elections and we expect lib elections and we expect the lib dems do pretty well. they put dems to do pretty well. they put such a lot of effort into them, but selby, that is big, big but selby, that is the big, big problem for the conservatives. it was a true seat. it's it was a true blue seat. it's a natural blue seat . it's made up natural blue seat. it's made up of pretty wealthy village is and towns lots of small c conservatives in those areas and labour managed to overturn an a 20,000 conservative majority with a swing of 24 points. now

to put that in perspective, labour would only need a swing of 12 points in a general election to achieve a full on majority. not just not just being the biggest party, but an actual majority . so that said, actual majority. so that said, as you say , patrick, it wasn't as you say, patrick, it wasn't all sort of smiles and rainbows for labour this morning. there is clearly disagreement among labour's top ranks about ulez and about green policy potentially in general , al and about green policy potentially in general, al sadiq khanis potentially in general, al sadiq khan is sticking to his guns and doubung khan is sticking to his guns and doubling down on his plan to expand ulez into those outer boroughs of london. and keir starmer is actually saying, well, hang on a minute, we need to think about this. so it's not all great labour either, but all great for labour either, but certainly i would say the headuneis certainly i would say the headline is not good news for the conservatives very, very much. >> i was on a rally there and olivia utley now there's loads more still to come between now and 4:00. and just on that final one there with record swing in one there with a record swing in selby, new mp is chap selby, the new mp is this chap okay? it's a different okay? not him. it's a different one. keir mather. he one. it's keir mather. he becomes the house at

becomes the baby of the house at just 25 years old. but two things on this is that too young to be an mp? many people will say no. but is that too young to be mp? what life experience be an mp? what life experience have really had? the second have you really had? the second thing this chap has been thing is this poor chap has been physically objectified online in a way that i can't imagine any kind of female mp really being well , i'm kind of female mp really being well, i'm going to be asking whether or not sexism is alive and kicking, but it's been directed the in politics. directed at the men in politics. but it's your but right now it's your headunes . headlines with rory. >> thank you very much, patrick. a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case. according to court documents, it will take place on may the 20th next year, less than six months ahead of the november 20th, 24 us presidential election. the prime minister has suffered a double by—election loss, with labour and the liberal democrats, both overturning

majorities of about 20,000. labour won. selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome and sizeable swings. but the conservatives, by—election victory remained in uxbridge and south ruislip around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by autumn. the alternative sites include the bibby stockholm barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire. the home office says housing people in hotels costs taxpayers £6 million a day. hotels costs taxpayers £6 million a day . that's the up to million a day. that's the up to date. but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. that is gbnews.com direct bullion sponsors . direct bullion sponsors. >> the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . for gold and silver investment. >> all right. let's take a look at today's markets. the pound will buy $1.2847 and ,1.1559.

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spells through the night for southeast england. northern scotland, just a few showers in the far north of scotland, but elsewhere, largely cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving through with the rain. it's going to be a less cool night. with the rain. it's going to be a less cool night . temperatures a less cool night. temperatures in places staying in the mid teens, but an unsettled start to the weekend. we do have some early brightness in the south—east of england and more especially scotland especially northern scotland where largely sunny where it stays largely sunny throughout much of saturday. that's place be if you that's the place to be if you want sunshine. but want some sunshine. but elsewhere it's grey, it's gloomy , and we've got these spells of rain crossing the country. see the rain on and off in many places, towards places, particularly towards the east. going be heaviest east. it's going to be heaviest and persistent towards the and most persistent towards the west and accompanied by a strong wind, and southwestern coast southern and southwestern coast . all in all, feeling on the . so all in all, feeling on the cool more cool side now, the more persistent wet weather pushes through saturday night, but through on saturday night, but it lingers across central and southern northern southern scotland and northern england few showers england as well. a few showers elsewhere, sunday in the elsewhere, but sunday in the south and the far north, looking brighter compared with saturday.

the temperatures rising by next. >> solar proud sponsors of weather on . weather on. gb news. >> very quickly, here's a reminder of what the inside of the bibby stockholm migrant barge actually looks like. remember calls from remember all those calls from the human rights brigade saying, oh, couldn't oh, no, gosh, we couldn't possibly house people on this. it'll be like a prison ship. well, spoiler alert, it's not. so the entrance. so that's the entrance. all right. touch there, i right. nice touch there, i think, metal detector. think, with a metal detector. great. brilliant. no great. that'll be brilliant. no smoking. important. yes. great. that'll be brilliant. no smok here important. yes. great. that'll be brilliant. no smok here is important. yes. great. that'll be brilliant. no smok here is impsitent. yes. now, here is the on site permanent doctor's facility. how long does it take you to get a gp? i wonder? yeah. rather rather period of time, rather lengthy period of time, i imagine. well, they're going to have that. the rooms are all nice. they've just been kitted out. but out. yes, there's bunk beds, but it's than student it's far better than student accommodation. rising it's far better than student accomtheretion. rising it's far better than student accomthereti0|a rising it's far better than student accomthereti0|a rat rising it's far better than student accomthereti0|a rat infestation ng damp there or a rat infestation to with and they en to start with and they are en suite i think i can suite as well. i think i can show quickly anyway as well. show you quickly anyway as well. some of the kitchen facilities that inside at the moment.

that are inside at the moment. of i can. well, now this of course i can. well, now this caused a lot of consternation with a of you emailing in with a lot of you emailing in gbviews@gbnews.com saying i can't that they've got can't believe that they've got heinz ketchup and branded stuff. shouldn't they have, you know, the supermarket its own brand side of things people saying they're struggling at the moment with of living crisis. with the cost of living crisis. well to be well not so if you happen to be on migrant barge called the on a migrant barge called the bibby that's of bibby stockholm, that's of course, kitchen course, is the wider kitchen facility. there is also a computer room. so, yes, they can wi—fi and skype , some of their wi—fi and skype, some of their relatives back in whatever . relatives back in whatever. they're definitely not war torn country. some of them have managed to escape from, of course. anyway. gb views or gb views dot com. more this as views dot com. more on this as we it. momentous for we get it. but momentous win for labour overnight in north yorkshire as the electorate of selby and ainsty labour managed to overturn a 20,000 vote majority, which is a first for laboun majority, which is a first for labour. but immediately attention turned to keir mather's age . now he's 25 years mather's age. now he's 25 years old. he'll be the youngest mp in the commons. but also as well his looks , his sexuality and his

his looks, his sexuality and his inexperience. he was he was compared by veterans minister johnny mercer commenting that we mustn't become a repeat of the in between. i think that's a bit harsh really . but it's 25 in between. i think that's a bit harsh really. but it's 25 year old enough but what about the comments made about the way that he looks? yeah and sexuality as well. apparently so saying, you know this is a rather good looking chap and certain people seem to absolutely delighted that young man had been that this young man had been elected because they thought he was hot stuff. well, it got me thinking what if his his gender was other was switched the other way round? this called round? wouldn't this be called sexism? a 25 sexism? and misogyny if a 25 year old lady who looked rather nice and was all very svelte and was wearing a tight dress or something like that and all of the online for, the reaction online was for, look her. anyway, asking look at her. anyway, i'm asking whether young whether or not it's too young and not he's being and whether or not he's being sexually objectified with journalist peter journalist and author peter lloyd. you very, journalist and author peter lloyrmuch. you very, journalist and author peter lloyrmuch. great you very, journalist and author peter lloyrmuch. great stuff. very, journalist and author peter lloyrmuch. great stuff. first very much. great stuff. first things some the things first, some of the comments which comments online, which i can i cannot repeat because this is, of family show. i of course, a family show. i would certain things up would bring certain things up onto screen, but i will

onto the screen, but i will probably get off by probably get booted off by ofcom. yes, poor inner ofcom. but yes, this poor inner , 25 year man, boy , if , young 25 year old man, boy, if you will, is being sexually abusive online. and good grief, can you imagine can you imagine if this happened to a woman ? if this happened to a woman? well right, exactly. >> and i'm so glad that you bnng >> and i'm so glad that you bring this up, patrick, because i think you must be only i think you must be the only journalist in country who journalist in the country who has pointed this out. has actually pointed this out. >> about >> and he's talking about it. the double standard is rank. >> if this was happening to a young woman, as you've just said, the echo chamber of social media and the legacy media would be enormous . the outrage would be enormous. the outrage would be enormous. the outrage would be huge . there would be big be huge. there would be big mushroom cloud of offence happening across the country . happening across the country. but of course, when it happens to a young man, nobody does anything. the legacy media is not or the social not bothered or the social justice warriors on twitter , justice warriors on twitter, they're not bothered. and that's particularly worrying when you think given the allegations think that given the allegations against the likes of huw edwards and phillip schofield and whether they're true or not, obviously, know. but you obviously, i don't know. but you have to you have to consider,

given those allegations and the seriousness that seriousness of them and that they affected young men, have we learned nothing over the last few weeks? why do we still deem it acceptable to sexually objectify young men in positions of power, but not young women? why the double standard? wherever the feminists? well, look, absolutely . look, absolutely. >> and i mean this poor young lad the word is slang for lad and the word is slang for a young, attractive gay man with a slim, boyish appearance. now this word is doing the rounds onune this word is doing the rounds online the moment, people this word is doing the rounds onlisaying,1e moment, people this word is doing the rounds onlisaying, yeah,ment, people this word is doing the rounds onlisaying, yeah, i'm t, people this word is doing the rounds onlisaying, yeah, i'm here people this word is doing the rounds onlisaying, yeah, i'm here foraople are saying, yeah, i'm here for it. great. this is it. oh, this is great. this is fantastic. well, i'm being fantastic. well, i'm not being funny. what's the old funny. but again, what's the old adage? you know, if it was again , attractive woman with , a young, attractive woman with a slim youthful appearance, for example , and people were going, example, and people were going, oh, i'm really i'm really glad that she's been elected, aren't you, mate? i've got to look at her every pmqs yeah, we'd her every pmqs now. yeah, we'd all absolutely vilified . but all be absolutely vilified. but it's apparently, all be absolutely vilified. but it's young apparently, all be absolutely vilified. but it's young chap.»arently, all be absolutely vilified. but it's young chap. all1tly, all be absolutely vilified. but it's young chap. all right. this young chap. all right. >> absolutely. and there seems to be one rule for heterosexual tall men and another rule for women and gay men . when women

women and gay men. when women and gay men want to objectify somebody who's good looking, that's absolutely fine. that's them living truth. but them living their truth. but when men want to do the when straight men want to do the same. suddenly nefarious same. suddenly it's nefarious and and that is and it's misogyny. and that is why always tell young, why i always tell young, straight men, don't listen to al—qaeda don't listen to all these man hating feminist. it's absolutely have absolutely fine to have a sexuality. it's absolutely fine to find women attractive. although i would say there aren't many of them in parliament, so look elsewhere. >> indeed . and we should >> well, indeed. and we should be judging poor young be judging this poor young labour mp on the content of his character and policies, not the content of his trousers. and i think we need to make that very, very clear. there will be no sexual judgement of this poor, poon sexual judgement of this poor, poor, innocent young man anywhere near this show to just talk about something other than the double standards. i suppose the double standards. i suppose the fact that he's only 25 and he is now going to be an elected politician a bit of politician and there's a bit of debate rounds on this debate doing the rounds on this as to whether not there as to whether or not there should an age limit should almost be an age limit on politicians. you politicians. and i suppose, you know, whether if he's know, whether or not if he's just good enough, he's old enough, light of

enough, which in light of what we've about, we've just been talking about, probably turn of phrase. >> yeah. i mean, the age limit for any mp is 18 and he's obviously quite a few years beyond that. 25, he's about beyond that. he's 25, he's about to turn 26 and he does have quite lengthy period of kind quite a lengthy period of kind of political oil status like he was obviously schooled at oxford . he came up with the first he worked with wes streeting for a while and he was also part of the cbi. so he has kind of been seen working in the background of politics and social policy. so i do actually think that some of the criticism about him being unqualified is a little bit unfair. everybody needs to start somewhere. and you know, we should be championing britain's youth. i think i don't necessarily agree with his politics, don't think age politics, but i don't think age should barrier. he's should be a barrier. he's definitely old enough to do a good job and wish him well. >> no, i actually , for what it's >> no, i actually, for what it's worth, agree completely. and worth, i agree completely. and i think reason why this think there's no reason why this guy who's 25 and by the way, from listening to him talk as well, sounds he's going well, it sounds like he's going on i mean, there's no

on 45. so, i mean, there's no reason whatsoever that can't reason whatsoever that he can't be good pete. look, be a very, very good pete. look, peter, thank very much. peter, thank you very much. i really coming on really appreciate you coming on the think, you know, the show. and i think, you know, highlighting issue that it highlighting an issue that it does appear maybe you does appear that maybe only you and have noticed. peter lloyd, and i have noticed. peter lloyd, there wonderful there is the wonderful journalist but yes, there is the wonderful j(wasalist but yes, there is the wonderful j(was looking but yes, there is the wonderful j(was looking at but yes, there is the wonderful j(was looking at somebut yes, there is the wonderful j(was looking at some oft yes, there is the wonderful j(was looking at some of the ;, i was looking at some of the reaction online this and reaction online to this and i will the but the will not use the word, but the slang young, attractive slang for a young, attractive gay a slim, boyish gay man with a slim, boyish appearance that everyone was fawning of him fawning over as a result of him winning and thought, gosh, it doesn't really quite right doesn't really feel quite right that shoe on the that and if the shoe was on the other it was a young other foot and it was a young lady, i think there would be absolute for absolute hell to pay for referring like that. referring to anybody like that. but we know that but anyway, now we know that nobody likes a busybody, but now it's councils who are the worst offenders. this will make you laugh when i come back, because after break i will reveal after the break i will reveal the record number of on the spot fines being issued for offences as bizarre as napping in public, swearing and feeding the birds. yep patrick christys on gb news.

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on gb news, the people's. channel very shortly we will head back to portland to get the latest reaction to the bibby stockholm i >> -- >> i'm just going to call it the luxury barge because that's basically what it is. plus, with thousands of more new arrivals across this we across the channel this week, we will asking these will be asking whether these barges are enough of a deterrent. they're not a deterrent. they're not a deterrent. are a draw. deterrent. they are a draw. they're to be a channel they're going to be a channel migrant tourist destination on these won these things. you've won the flipping if you flipping migrant lottery if you managed get of those managed to get on one of those things. trees, things. but climbing trees,

feeding having a nap feeding the birds, having a nap in public, or even the odd swear word, very nearly word, which i very nearly did, then thought that these then if you thought that these were crimes , were rather innocuous crimes, well, think again, because all are classified as breaches of pubuc are classified as breaches of public spaces, protection orders or pspos interest boost to councils. back in 2014. but now councils. back in 2014. but now councils have decided to issue a record 13,000 fines for busybody offences, doubling the number issued last year. it's almost like the sort of money, isn't it? so are councils overstepping the mark? joining me now in the studio is former labour mp stephen powell. stephen, thank you very much. now i've got to be honest, i was not aware you could be fined for napping in public. >> well, you can't really. >> well, you can't really. >> this >> look, let's get this absolutely straight. >> is an organisation >> this is an organisation called manifesto who called a manifesto club who actually called a manifesto club who actualispaces, and they're based called a manifesto club who ac'achinglyes, and they're based called a manifesto club who ac'achingly hipand they're based called a manifesto club who ac'achingly hip southey're based called a manifesto club who ac'achingly hip south east based called a manifesto club who ac'achingly hip south east onead in achingly hip south east one just by borough market, and they're agenda is about the whole spaces and also they're agenda is about the whccriminalising;paces and also they're agenda is about the whccriminalising people|nd also they're agenda is about the whccriminalising people who lso they're agenda is about the whccriminalising people who are not criminalising people who are sleeping rough in the streets and everything. >> now i did 16 years on the council during those 16

council and during those 16 years flipping day years every flipping day somebody in touch somebody would come in touch with what are you with me, said, what are you going to do about people? going to do about these people? swearing the tube swearing outside the tube station coming up, boozing, drinking cans, shotgunning special brew in the park, you know, pigeons , cause know, feeding the pigeons, cause i apologised all of know, feeding the pigeons, cause i behaviour;ed all of know, feeding the pigeons, cause i behaviour . d all of that behaviour. >> it was a different time. >> it was a different time. >> it was a different time. >> i know it was >> yeah, i know it was a different time. and to be honest, the pigeons are asking for yeah, they but yes, but >> yeah, they were. but yes, but anyway, were anyway, so people were complaining. the idea. so when the this in and the liberals brought this in and this was brought in the this was brought in by the liberals in liberals and the tories in back in we said, look, are you in 2014, we said, look, are you absolutely sure this is this is actually problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a load problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a load of problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a load of my problem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a load of my lot,)lem absolutely sure this is this is actualljin a load of my lot, put| we put in a load of my lot, put in load of amendments on it, in a load of amendments on it, particularly make that, particularly to make sure that, for donations for example, charity donations and you know, and collectors didn't you know, i'm my local i'm president of my local british and i don't want british legion and i don't want the can't the council saying you can't rattle outside the tube rattle a tin outside the tube station. course not. >> at moment it's not >> so at the moment it's not being particularly being done particularly cleverly. other hand, cleverly. but on the other hand, people out on park people crashed out on a park bench shotgunning, bench on spice or shotgunning, as i said, special it's as i said, special brew. it's not don't want it. not right. people don't want it. and help us and a pspo can actually help us solve that. >> see but then >> i can see that. but then you're fining people who, you're also fining people who, dare i say it, probably don't have begin with, have any money to begin with, which why they're

which may well be why they're in that situation. what think the that situation. what i think the vast ordinary vast majority of ordinary brits care there's a care about is if there's a stabbing or if stabbing down the road or if there's some serious crime going on house is broken on or if their house is broken into, that that gets dealt with, not from the council not some numpty from the council with clipboard coming with a clipboard coming around going, swear going, did i just hear you swear there, there's couple of >> well, there's a couple of things. all, there are things. first of all, there are some councils and may they rot in actually in in hell who actually believe in this pay. this performance related pay. you more people you you know, the more people you nick, money get. nick, the more money you get. yes wrong. wrong yes that's wrong. that's wrong at every single level. but the second you know, the second thing is, you know, the stabbing the second thing is, you know, the stabb station the second thing is, you know, the stabbstation is the second thing is, you know, the stabbstation is one the second thing is, you know, the stabbstation is one step the second thing is, you know, the stabbstation is one step up the second thing is, you know, the stabbstation is one step up from tube station is one step up from the shotgunning the the person shotgunning the special there. now, the person shotgunning the stakel there. now, the person shotgunning the stakel point. there. now, the person shotgunning the stakel point. it'sthere. now, the person shotgunning the stakel point. it's aare. now, the person shotgunning the stakel point. it's a veronw, i take your point. it's a very good have to say good point. and i have to say it's one that no mp had the sense to raise back in 2014. right. know how can you right. you know how can you actually stone actually get blood from a stone if somebody, know, their if somebody, you know, their address the park address is number four, the park bench, you know, they're probably the probably not going to have the money. hand, that's money. on the other hand, that's an opportune city for to an opportune city for us to actually them into actually bring them into the system those system if they get. in those days, had police stations. we days, we had police stations. we don't police stations don't have police stations nowadays, should nowadays, but we should have done actually, if done that. and actually, if necessary, them sectioned done that. and actually, if necessaryou them sectioned done that. and actually, if necessaryou cannot sectioned done that. and actually, if necessaryou cannot haveoned done that. and actually, if necessaryou cannot have people because you cannot have people causing distress to causing mayhem and distress to the public deserve

causing mayhem and distress to the i public deserve causing mayhem and distress to the i that.|blic deserve better. i get that. >> that. but then i look >> i get that. but then i look at this and i just wonder. that was my first thought, which was , profiteering , is our councils profiteering out of this? have they gone right? look we're short of a couple of quid here. go out there, find people as much as you can see if we can get the revenue in there like human traffic wardens. >> well let me let me just tell you a little bit about local government finance before you don't don't drop off to sleep here. okay. thing local here. okay. the thing with local government not government finance, it's not a situation you keep the situation whereby you keep the money you raise. i mean, otherwise, know, certain money you raise. i mean, otherwisiwould know, certain money you raise. i mean, otherwisiwould be w, certain money you raise. i mean, otherwisiwould be coining in councils would be coining it. like imagine council if like you imagine council tax if you're in kensington is a lot more council know, more than council tax. you know, if kenilworth or you if you're in kenilworth or you know or something know kendal or something like that. is you get that. so what happens is you get an in most of the an equalisation in most of the local money comes local government. money comes from central government. what local government. money comes fronraise:ral government. what local government. money comes fronraise is. government. what local government. money comes fronraise is onlyarnment. what local government. money comes fron raise is onlyarlcomponentt local government. money comes fronraise is onlyarlcomponent of you raise is only a component of that. raise more than that. and if you raise more than your allocation, then you actually less from central actually get less from central government. so there's no way of actually council getting the actually the council getting the money it. i mean, parking money out of it. i mean, parking fines everybody fines is the obviously everybody thinks we're filling our thinks that we're filling our boots or i resign now, but you know, your boots. yeah. boots or i resign now, but you knfact, your boots. yeah. boots or i resign now, but you knfact, you your boots. yeah. boots or i resign now, but you knfact, you don't boots. yeah. boots or i resign now, but you knfact, you don't youts. yeah. boots or i resign now, but you knfact, you don't you can'tah. boots or i resign now, but you

knfact, you don't you can't do in fact, you don't you can't do that. spend. that. you can only spend. >> just malicious then. >> so it's just malicious then. this is the thing. it's just horrible, malicious design to its public service neck of the working man. >> it's to stop you crashing out on a park bench with a can of something. >> fair enough, stephen. thank you very much. i always enjoy our i chat you our chats. i will chat to you again doubt. again very, very soon. no doubt. stephen there, the former stephen pound there, the former labour to. yes, just labour mp reacting to. yes, just watch you are out there, watch out if you are out there, if you decide that you've had a nice long walk around the park, you on this you just have a nap on this bench. don't do that bench. well don't do that and certainly not the certainly do not swear at the person well who decides person then as well who decides to find because you to come and find you because you will get double. fine. your will get double. fine. put your trousers your trousers on and keep your trousers on and keep your trousers if possible. but trousers on. if possible. but it's a modern world anyway. lots of getting in touch of you been getting in touch with the with your thoughts on the old bibby as well. bibby stockholm issue as well. i'll i'll be i'll go there shortly. i'll be taking you back to portland of course. and lot people course. and a lot of people saying, is absolutely saying, look, this is absolutely ridiculous. that saying, look, this is absolutely ridic|other that saying, look, this is absolutely ridic|other country that saying, look, this is absolutely ridic|other country citizenshat puts other country citizens before is failed before its own. this is a failed government. of government. there's a heck of a lot coming in. lot of that coming in. vaiews@gbnews.com. keep them coming thick more coming in thick and fast. more pictures, though, inside pictures, though, of the inside of coming of that migrant barge coming your way shortly. and nigel farages well, yes

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gb news. it's 4 pm. >> it's patrick christys. it's gb news. i've got a feeling this could be the best hour of the week. why? well, we've got footage and picture from inside this migrant barge in portland . this migrant barge in portland. but get this, we're going to be having a big debate between somebody barge and somebody who's pro barge and somebody who's pro barge and somebody anti barge. a lot somebody who's anti barge. a lot of you very angry about the

calibre of facility that you have seen inside that ship. it is not a deterrent. but get a load of this. are we finally witnessing the end of the road for the ulez charge? this is not just a london thing. why? because if it hasn't already, it is going to come to a town or a city near you . but if it's going city near you. but if it's going to cost a party, a general election, surely they will have to row on more on that. to row back on it more on that. i'll chatting about as i'll be chatting about this as well. you don't overtly well. now, if you don't overtly support the black lives matter movement, if you don't photograph yourself taking the knee or agree with their manifesto, some of which, by the way, karl marx blush, way, would make karl marx blush, then could at risk of then could you be at risk of losing your bank account? i'll give you more on that very shortly. and this as well. yes, i will be discussing the doctors strike, doctors are openly boasting about making a load of money off of strike action because they can hold the nhs to ransom and they can charge a huge sum for just turning ransom and they can charge a huge sum forjust turning up to work. meanwhile, you, me and everyone we know in the nhs is

suffering. i think that is an absolute disgrace. in fact, i'd find them not pay them more. patrick christys. gb news. yet loads to go at gb views at news.com. make sure you stay tuned to keep your eyes and ears peeled because we've got yet more footage from inside this migrant barge. the bibby stockholm . and sorry, but stockholm. and i am sorry, but it to going a tourist it is just to going be a tourist attraction anyway , we've got attraction anyway, we've got your headlines now . your headlines now. >> thank you very much , patrick. >> thank you very much, patrick. i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom . i'm the prime minister newsroom. i'm the prime minister has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the liberal democrats , both the liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of over 20,000 labour once selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and fremont's sizeable swings , rishi sunak says the swings, rishi sunak says the conservatives, by—election victory in oxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat

shows the next general election is not a done deal. mr sunak says the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people. >> westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal like the next election is a done deal. the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. and look, the reality is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable. reminder to favourable. it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus what to people focus on what matters to people and distracted by what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going on in westminster. >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. >> you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you. we hear that “y and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos , away from those rising chaos, away from those rising bills and the crumbling public services . a cry for change and services. a cry for change and we will deliver. we will deliver

for through keir mather here and we'll deliver with the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democrat , sir labour government and the leader of the liberal democrat, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened . party has strengthened. >> previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats challenging the democrats really challenging the conservatives have a conservatives. now we have a second front west country second front in the west country , heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with in next reckoned with in the next general election. >> news this afternoon, >> in other news this afternoon, a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case. according to court documents , it according to court documents, it will take place on may the 20th next year. the criminal trial will come less than six months ahead of the november 2024 us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the

republican nomination in the race. around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn. the alternative sites include the bibby stockholm barge and dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire. the move is part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels and housing migrants , which cost housing migrants, which cost taxpayers £6 million a day . taxpayers £6 million a day. strikes set for next week on the london underground have been called off. the union said progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and unite union, who worked closely with transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. liam o'prey has been found guilty of murdering boxing heavyweight champion tyson

fury's cousin, the 22 year old was convicted in manchester crown court for killing 31 year old rico burton . mr burton was old rico burton. mr burton was stabbed to death in greater manchester in august last year dunng manchester in august last year during a brawl. police described the attack as senseless and unplanned . ukraine's president unplanned. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk, vadim brusasco was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticise the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid. earlier this month. defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and us were not amazon when it came to kyivs requests for weapons and military equipment . he called mr military equipment. he called mr zelenskyy's promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning on healthy sarcasm . fm morning on healthy sarcasm. fm kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal . the dismissal. >> this is gb news.

>> this is gb news. >> we will of course bring you more as it happens. now though, back to . back to. patrick very shortly i will be taking you to the scene of the bibby stockholm migrant barge where we'll be showing that we'll be showing you inside that if haven't seen the pictures if you haven't seen the pictures in already prepared to in the video already prepared to be shocked. >> far being prison ship >> far from being a prison ship or deterrent, well, or indeed a deterrent, well, it is the opposite. is quite the opposite. but before just wanted to before that, i just wanted to raise with you i raise something with you that i spotted on. i think spotted earlier on. and i think is a massive, massive concern. do you have to support black lives matter in order to have a bank account? well, it looks as though criticising the black lives matter movement, which has published manifesto that would published a manifesto that would make marx blush, could be make karl marx blush, could be enough to have your account closed. of course, closed. coots which of course, nigel farage has brought to the pubuc nigel farage has brought to the public attention, is part of the natwest group and has an natwest group and it has an ultra woke, possibly soon ultra woke, quite possibly soon to who is more famous for to be ceo who is more famous for her handed apology to nigel

her cack handed apology to nigel than anything she has done to justify her £5.25 million a year salary. anyway, she set up, reportedly a racial equality taskforce in the wake of george floyd's death in america and the rise of blm . there was then rise of blm. there was then a report published saying how there would be no racial discrimination tolerated , and discrimination tolerated, and apparently customers were then notified that accounts could be closed, cancelled or converted. well it's one thing agreeing, as i'm sure we all can, that obviously fully black lives do matter. there's no question about that. but one of the real skills of the group, black lives matter, was really , well, the matter, was really, well, the name, wasn't it? it meant that when somebody criticises elements of their historic manifesto , which supported manifesto, which supported things like the breakdown of the traditional family unit or the radical redistribution of wealth , or you criticise them, for example , that there were, you example, that there were, you know, monumental riots or mass criminal damage , vandalism and criminal damage, vandalism and looting. those mostly peaceful protests that we heard so much

about. well, it was very easy for people then to call you a massive racist, which is absolute rubbish. the whole take the knee thing. well i think that's absolutely pathetic. i would do it. don't would never do it. i don't really respect anybody who does do it. and i think if do do do it. and i think if you do do it, are ridiculous. but it, you are ridiculous. but nigel about this nigel was very vocal about this stuff height of the blm stuff at the height of the blm movement, looks movement, and it now looks likely anybody who is likely that anybody who is tweeted or said anything negative about blm will have their marked by their bank. their card marked by their bank. now i'm going to make a prediction for you now and time will tell whether or not i'm right. but i will take a little bet on this around 10,000 people have already joined a facebook group saying that they were cancelled by natwest group or other banks and quite possibly thousands more who are about to inundate. natwar est and those other banks with some object access requests which will reveal any correspondent that these banks have had about you . these banks have had about you. i am willing to bet that the majority of people who have had their accounts closed will have

voted for brexit, supported tighter border control, lower immigration and or express their disagreement with certain elements of the black lives matter organisation or some offshoot of it . i will put offshoot of it. i will put a tenner on that . i believe that tenner on that. i believe that we are on the cusp of proving beyond any doubt whatsoever that shadowy forces are cancelling people and trying to ruin their lives because they don't have a metropol lefty liberal view . metropol lefty liberal view. watch this space with that one. and we're going to be having a debate on the old black lives matter movement very shortly. vaiews@gbnews.com. but returning story this returning to our top story this afternoon our afternoon and we've had our first look inside the bibby stockholm it's settled stockholm barge. it's settled now, hasn't it, in portland , the now, hasn't it, in portland, the barge is expected to be home to around 500 refugees and is backed with top facilities compared router rooms, reception spaces as well. well gb news is

home and security editor mark white has been given a tour of the barge today . he white has been given a tour of the barge today. he joins us over the phone from portland . over the phone from portland. and i believe that we're going to be playing some of the footage of the inside this footage of the inside of this barge whilst tells us what barge whilst mark tells us what he mark i'm going to throw he saw. mark i'm going to throw it you now because one it over to you now because one of the of this that of the elements of this that people were saying initially was that bedrooms will be that the bedrooms will be far too you expect too cramped. you cannot expect 500 young men to cram on board a ship like this. but you saw it with your own eyes, i think mark mark might not quite be with us at the moment. i'll just fill you in on some of the other bits and bobs that mark was telling us about earlier on. there are some kitchen facilities which again, that be again, i'm hoping that we'll be able see some point quite able to see at some point quite soon. so brand new soon. so brand spanking new kitchen going kitchen area. there's also going to area. if you can to be a cinema area. if you can call that, with a rather call it that, with a rather large television and a gym that is in is being equipped as we speak in the inbox at the moment. i've been getting a of reaction. been getting a lot of reaction. bizarre was bizarre to what i thought was maybe the weakest of all of the pictures this barge, maybe the weakest of all of the picturewas this barge, maybe the weakest of all of the picturewas one this barge, maybe the weakest of all of the

picturewas one thirshowed which was the one that showed own brand ketchup and things like that. people saying patrick, i am actually struggling of struggling with the cost of living crisis the moment. living crisis at the moment. i can't i can't name can't afford i can't afford name brand things heinz brand and things like heinz ketchup and kellogg's, etcetera . why are these people being given them? patrick this is according to caroline who says, oh, it's disgusting. this barge is being used. oh, it's disgusting. this barge is being used . this barge was is being used. this barge was used in the past for workers and it should be used for people who actually contribute to our economy. the bedrooms economy. this is the bedrooms now. these are the bedrooms now. so these are the bedrooms which have got an en suite. it's a bunk bed there now. yeah. okay. they're not luxurious . okay. they're not luxurious. fine, but they're not that far off it. and indeed as well, they're a lot better than what a lot of university students are paying lot of university students are paying and they saddle paying for. and they saddle themselves with a lifetime worth of believe we might of debt. i believe we might actually be able to go head to head on this now if former tory mp neil parish and saying no to the barge, alex bailey , both of the barge, alex bailey, both of them me now. believe them can join me now. i believe so. we do have them. good stuff. i will go to you, alex, first. you'll say no to the barge . this

you'll say no to the barge. this barge looks to me like it's not going to be a deterrent at all. >> i agree entirely. yes this is not looking like it's going to be a deterrent. these facilities are costing the taxpayer a tremendous amount of money. i just want to say, too, it's good to see you. i was quite tired last time after staying up for nearly 17 hours. and yes , i've nearly 17 hours. and yes, i've seen a little bit about it. and it's not going to be a deterrent i >> -- >> it's not going to be a deterrent. the only positive that can see from this, neil, that i can see from this, neil, is of those people is that a load of those people in wing labour seats that in left wing labour seats that were didn't want in left wing labour seats that wer barge didn't want in left wing labour seats that werbarge because didn't want in left wing labour seats that werbarge because ofiidn't want in left wing labour seats that werbarge because of humanant the barge because of human rights and wouldn't the barge because of human rigfair and wouldn't the barge because of human rigfair to and wouldn't the barge because of human rig fair to stick and wouldn't the barge because of human rigfair to stick people vouldn't the barge because of human rigfair to stick people onldn't the barge because of human rigfair to stick people on itn't be fair to stick people on it and now we're going to have to admit that actually reason admit that actually the reason they barge in their they don't want a barge in their area not of human area is not because of the human rights people on board. rights of the people on board. it's because they don't want a load middle eastern men load of young middle eastern men moving in. >> i also think that we have we we've had interpretation of a couple of years ago when i was the mp there and we look , i'm

the mp there and we look, i'm just didn't work too badly at all actually. >> and there wasn't a real problem. >> and so i think this barge is there now. and i think we've got to house asylum seekers whether we want to or not. >> and so therefore, i think, you know, this barge is there to be used. >> i think the facilities are quite adequate, whether it's going to be a deterrent or not, i and i think it's i don't know. and i think it's just sure there's just making sure that there's enough also there's enough >> and also there's enough people there actually looking after them to make sure that they don't mix too much with the population . but actually population. but we actually found tiverton that in the found in tiverton that in the end they mixed quite well and there wasn't a problem. >> so i think sometimes we worry and you know, i can understand local people not wanting the barge there, but i think the government needs to house them and i think the barge is perfectly adequate. >> i would hope it was more of a deterrent than what you were arguing, that it is. >> but i think, you know, it is if we put them hotels that is wrong. >> i think if you put them on a

barge that equipped, barge that is well equipped, then see any problem then i don't see any problem with it at all. >> thing that i fail to >> the thing that i fail to understand is how it understand is how on earth it could be considered a deterrent because, alex, you don't actually on actually even have to stay on the you get an the barge. you can get on an hourly, taxpayer coach hourly, taxpayer funded coach service into weymouth and just have your day in the town centre i >> -- >> sorry, i didn't hear that . >> sorry, i didn't hear that. but let's just talk briefly about infrastructure for the area. now portland is a deprived area. now portland is a deprived area . it's in the 10th area. it's in the 10th percentile for deprivation . percentile for deprivation. these lovely people here came with me today and protested. we had about 60 here. brilliant news. the secrets of media event went on behind me here. we only learnt about that at about 10 pm. so lots of things are going on. lots of positive things are going all right. >> unfortunately, point has always been about all right. unfortunately, i think a unfortunately, i think it's a little windy where are, little bit windy where you are, alex. alex alex. so we will leave alex there. you very much. there. but thank you very much. and can definitely a and we can definitely get a sense the sentiment and sense of the local sentiment and the feeling there. but i

the local feeling there. but i will talk to you again very soon. up. soon. i'll just keep up. neil pansh soon. i'll just keep up. neil parish possible for parish if that's possible for us. former tory mp neil parish, neil a lot of neil yeah, there is a lot of consternation about consternation really about the fact they've wi—fi fact that they've got wi—fi access on there, a computer room, there's a gym that's being made, there's a lovely little cafeteria know, the rooms cafeteria you know, the rooms are new and neil, this is going to be a pull factor. surely you could win the channel migrant lottery. neil and end up on the bibby stockholm yeah, i mean, i don't think think it's a slight exaggeration . patrick if i could exaggeration. patrick if i could be so bold, but i think the idea is that we do need to house migrants and therefore i think the idea of the barge was that it would be more of a deterrent than a hotel. >> i mean, i think you see when whenever you put migrants, whether it's in a hotel or whether it's in a hotel or whether you put them on a barge , naturally local people will be concerned. >> but like i said, my experience s and i was worried two years ago when we had a lot of young men in, in and around tiverton. it did actually work out okay. and so i think the

local population i think probably will find in the end that it will work out. >> but like you said, whether it's going to deter them coming across channel, i do not across the channel, i do not know. >> i still think we've got to do much more. >> the other side to stop them actually coming the actually coming across in the first place. >> that's where i the >> and that's where i think the french pulling french are still not pulling their though we are their weight, even though we are paying their weight, even though we are paying them deal paying them a great deal of money and i think that in the end is how you stop them more than having a deterrent this end, honest . neil patrick end, to be honest. neil patrick neil, i'm going to be having a debate now now debate on this because now now i've . now i've i've had a look. now i've had a good look at the inside of this barge. i can't help but feel like it's not going a like it's not going to be a deterrent. i think only deterrent. i think the only deterrent. i think the only deterrent the deterrent will be to turn the boats back. i've got boats back. and i've got a debate at top of the debate on that at the top of the next hour. neil, would you back turning the boats back? i think in end, we will to do. in the end, we will have to do. but of course, we've got to be we've some sort of we've got to have some sort of agreement with french to be agreement with the french to be able land them at the able to land them again. at the moment, have any sort moment, we don't have any sort of form of repatriate. >> i mean, they should not be claiming asylum because

claiming asylum here because they have gone through many free countries before. >> they've got here. >> they've got here. >> but of course, you know, if there are gangs actually prepared to send them over, they are prepared to come and dare i say it, perhaps sometimes the french not actually going about stopping them. >> this is a real problem in the end. okay, neil, thank you very much. that's neil parish there. he's a former conservative mp who does think that eventually we're going to have to turn the boats back . look, 100. boats back. yeah, look, 100. mark white joins me now, our home security editor, mark, thank down the thank you very much. down the line were on line for us now. you were on that earlier today. do you that barge earlier today. do you want to talk us through exactly what from the what we can expect from the inside because people are inside of it? because people are saying, it saying, oh, well, you know, it looks relatively and looks relatively luxurious. and from does. from where i'm sitting, it does. >> i have to say, patrick, >> yeah, i have to say, patrick, i find it pretty impressive . i find it pretty impressive. >> and actually in saying that, i found it impressive. i know that that will upset quite a lot of our audience and understand doubly so because we were told from rishi sunak that the drive

to get people away from hotels was a move towards more austere accommodation , which would act accommodation, which would act as a deterrent to those coming across the channel but actually these cabins , i would equate these cabins, i would equate them to the student halls of residence and in fact, much more roomy and clean and tidy than most student dorms that i've i've seen. there's plenty room in there. there's on suite facilities in all of the rooms. there are sort of bunk beds. so there's two to a cabin . there's there's two to a cabin. there's plenty storage room as well for their personal belongings . and their personal belongings. and then of course, there's television in there. now, while we were there, the home office decided that they would have it unplugged from the system so that we couldn't start putting headunes that we couldn't start putting headlines out. but the asylum seekers that are to going be there are will be luxuriating in

their room watching satellite tv . who knows? they may be doing that at some period of time. but if they want to get out of the room, they can go to this very comfortable and plush tv room with about eight very lovely looking sofas and a big plasma screen so they can spend their time in there if they don't want to spend their time in there, they can go to the it room, a room full of a dozen big desks all plugged up with computers, all plugged up with computers, all connected to wi—fi, which i should add is connected all around the barge as well. so evenin around the barge as well. so even in the room, if you've got a laptop or a telephone , you can a laptop or a telephone, you can hook up to the complimentary wi—fi servers. in addition to that, there are outside areas , that, there are outside areas, recreational areas for playing sport, recreational areas for sitting about. if that's what they want to do . and there's as they want to do. and there's as you mentioned before , this big you mentioned before, this big mess, this restaurant that can house a hundred couple of people

with lots of facilities there to give them the three square meals a day . so on top of that as a day. so on top of that as well, i've forgot to mention there's a gym , a very nice gym there's a gym, a very nice gym that already has running machines, cycling machines and free standing weight , and free standing weight, and they're going to be getting more equipment out in the coming days. now although you could say the cabins in the on the barge may not be of the standard of a four star hotel where many asylum seekers are. it's perfectly they're perfectly nice rooms. but what they do have are the facilities in the wider barge, which are much more generous than you would get in most hotels . most hotels. >> mark, thank you very, very much . well done for getting on much. well done for getting on there and having a look around for us. it's mark white there at home security editor. and home in security editor. and just were drinking just as you were drinking in those pictures mark those pictures there and mark was the one was talking, you know, the one thing was going on thing that really was going on in head, paid for that. in my head, we've paid for that.

we . that's our barge. we have paid. that's our barge. that's our barge. your taxpayers money, the money that you've earned, the money that you've saved for everything has gone on a wi—fi room for people who've just come here illegally. it's gone. all new bedrooms. it's gone. all new bedrooms. it's gone on a cinema it's gone gone on a cinema room. it's gone on gym .and gone on a cinema room. it's gone on gym . and that's just a on a gym. and that's just a little bit isn't it? little bit of it, isn't it? i mean, good grief, more than 30 years in the royal navy says peter, would love have had peter, i would love to have had accommodation yeah accommodation like this. yeah peter, i feel for you. he goes on to say, he's furious. irene, this angers me a lot. when i lived in hong kong years ago, i had pay own way with had to pay my own way with everything. in everything. even being in hospital, to pay. this hospital, i had to pay. and this is fair . at the moment. is not fair. at the moment. i have rarely seen a reaction like this in the inbox. i will be picking through all of these. gb views. gbnews.com. not only is it not a deterrent, okay, i wonder whether or not it's actually quite offensive. gb views at gb news dot com. but coming up it was the shock by—election result overnight the tories were able to cling on to

uxbndge tories were able to cling on to uxbridge and south ruislip all thanks to sadiq khan and ulez, but is this now the end of the road for ulez? do politicians realise that if you want to back ulez in manchester in birmingham, in liverpool, in wherever , then actually you are wherever, then actually you are going to get an absolute kicking and therefore maybe motorists will finally be saved on patrick christys on gb news

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>> well, it was the shock by—election result overnight, wasn't it? the tories were able to cling on to uxbridge and south ruislip. it was all thanks to you , les. that's right. so to you, les. that's right. so i will also be talking about nigel farage bank account and i'll be having a debate on whether, if you don't agree with the black lives matter movement , is your lives matter movement, is your bank account at risk? yeah, honestly, it looks like it might be. if you don't agree with the black lives matter movement. apparently your bank account could be at risk. but yes, we will go now to the former seat of boris of course, it of boris johnson. of course, it was seat of and was his old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, now a 7000 vote majority the conservatives majority for the conservatives that he had. okay. but that was what he had. okay. but but on the ground, voters only had on their minds and had one issue on their minds and it was ulez and they ended up voting for the conservative party candidate who said that he was dead against ulez. party candidate who said that he was dead against ulez . joining was dead against ulez. joining us now reform uk candidate us now is reform uk candidate for the mayor of london who is campaigning against sadiq khan's expansion of the scheme

expansion of the ulez scheme to tell big this issue tell us just how big this issue was the ground. a way, was on the ground. in a way, this news for you this is great news for you really, it does just really, because it does just show if any party stands and show if any party stands up and says, promise you that we says, i promise you that we will fight against ulez , then there says, i promise you that we will figactuallyist ulez , then there says, i promise you that we will figactually a ulez , then there says, i promise you that we will figactually a veryz , then there says, i promise you that we will figactually a very gooden there says, i promise you that we will figactually a very good chance is actually a very good chance you'll you're absolutely right. >> patrick good, good afternoon. i'm delighted with the result, but i'm not shocked that it happened because there was only one in town in on the one issue in town in on the doorstep campaigning uxbridge oh, what i can tell you honestly is that if anyone was actually fighting for ulez, you had no chance. and those fighting against ulez, it was obviously going to be between labour and the normal . but the the tories as normal. but the tories knew that they would win on that fact if they actually fought sadiq khan's fought against sadiq khan's terrible , draconian, cash terrible, draconian, cash grabbing plan. and i'm afraid that keir starmer let his own candidate down by actually backing sadiq khan . backing sadiq khan. >> yeah, indeed. and then they're now going to row back from it and they're going to distance themselves from it. but this not a london thing. this is not just a london thing. this issue everyone this is an issue for everyone who the outskirts of who lives on the outskirts of any in the any major city, anywhere in the

uk, once it happens uk, because once it happens in london, will to roll london, they will try to roll this out absolutely everywhere. and once rolled it out and once they've rolled it out everywhere, keep everywhere, then they'll keep expanding expanding expanding it and keep expanding it. my words, it will it. and mark my words, it will only matter of time before only be a matter of time before you drive anywhere you can't really drive anywhere at all. but this actually at all. but this is actually a major issue that will affect a lot of people's lives in the short term . what do they short term. what do they actually want to to introduce actually want to do to introduce ulez? is it really to ulez? how much is it really to going make a difference to people's lives in terms of cost, what make what it's going to make a massive difference. >> one of the things i've >> and one of the things i've doneis >> and one of the things i've done is actually actually done is actually i actually commissioned cbi independent commissioned the cbi independent economic analysts who actually i asked them how much is ulez going to cost the gdp economy of london. and it's approaching £1 billion. that's the sort of things happening, bringing it to down the level of actually something like a soul trader or a plumber or low income family a plumber or a low income family or a midwife doing a shift work over two days, going bringing her or his car into london. it's going to be painful. it's going to be horrible. there's no need

to be horrible. there's no need to do it. and even transport for london have said quite categoric that expanding ulez to the m25 will not make any demonstrable difference to the air we breathe. so it's complete cash grab. it's not going to make any difference. and sadiq khan, when the review result comes the judicial review result comes out on july the 31st, he's under a lot of pressure because of the result last night in the constituency of uxbridge and also the judicial review result coming out as well. he must row back, but will he do it? i doubt it. >> but this is a really good tactic now for any political party, but especially the conservative party, because if there's any see anywhere around a city, what they can say is if you vote labour here, at some point you're going to get ulez. so let's make this a general election in part about that. all they would have to do in order to win in loads of seats right on the edge of cities is to come out and say we absolutely categorically stand dead against you less. and this i think now

other mps and other elements of other mps and other elements of other political parties will be looking at this and thinking if you take us into the next general election with support for ulez , we will get a kicking for ulez, we will get a kicking , which means that they shouldn't put it on their manifestos, which actually is good news for you and anyone who is desperately trying it is desperately trying to stop it because might be for because whilst you might be for reform , let's honest, your reform uk, let's be honest, your main is just about main issue is just about stopping absolutely. stopping ulez absolutely. >> i mean there are 37 million drivers in this country. they all vote and there are so many anti driver policies from all sorts of parties . and let's not sorts of parties. and let's not forget the tories actually brought in ulez in the first place. and those are the sorts of things and they are actually for road charging. there's all sorts anti driver policies sorts of anti driver policies going to come from the big going to come out from the big two and i'm only one two parties and i'm the only one in that's going get in london that's going to get rid all ulez, just expansion. >> well, i suspect that you might get few votes. might get quite a few votes. look, you very, very much. look, thank you very, very much. it's to have you on look, thank you very, very much. it's show. to have you on look, thank you very, very much. it's show. howard le you on look, thank you very, very much. it's show. howard cox)u on look, thank you very, very much. it's show. howard cox says, the show. as howard cox says, reform candidate for the reform uk candidate for the mayor of london, just reacting to uxbridge

to the news that in uxbridge and south johnson's south ruislip boris johnson's former seat, was expected by former seat, it was expected by many to labour didn't many to go labour and it didn't . went. stayed tory. why . it went. tory stayed tory. why because of ulez. and i think this will be a massive, massive issue at next general issue at the next general election and watch as well as a lot of the parties eat themselves when they themselves alive when they realise well realise it could well be a straight choice getting straight choice between getting elected not elected elected and not getting elected over their stance on ulez and that will affect whatever area you are in. but shortly before 5 pm, i will be debating whether or not, if you don't support black lives matter or other political causes like it is your bank account at risk of being closed? yeah. seriously it could well be. and later on we will take a further look at that bibby stockholm and barge and ask whether or not it's really a deterrent or could it risk increasing the channel crossings? and is the only solution turn those boats solution now to turn those boats back? but as your headlines with rory . thank back? but as your headlines with rory. thank you very much.

>> patrick. the prime minister has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the liberal democrats , both the liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of around 20,000. labour won selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. but conservatives victory remains at uxbridge and south ruislip . a trial date has south ruislip. a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case, according to court documents. it will take place on may the 20th next year. the criminal trial will come less than six months ahead of the november 2024 us presidential election. around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn. the alternative sites include the bibby stockholm barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire. the move is part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels in housing migrants. that's the

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on. gb news. >> now the bank at the centre of the nigel farage scandal coutts which is part of the natwest group, reportedly changed its terms two years ago. so it could maybe close an account if a client showed . what they would client showed. what they would say is racial discrimination . so say is racial discrimination. so the natwest boss, alison rose, who publicly apologised to farage yesterday after shutting his account that was behind the racial equality task force. it was set up, get this, after george floyd was killed by police in the us and in the wake of the black lives matter movement , of the black lives matter movement, which frankly swept all the way from america over here in the uk. now it led the bank to update its t's and c's to include what they termed to be discrimination. now the black lives matter movement is a very , very clever organisation, mainly because of its name. now

everyone can and indeed should agree that black lives do matter. there can be no question about that. however, what black lives matter also did was pubush lives matter also did was publish a manifesto, for example, which was highly political. i mean deeply political. i mean deeply political. i mean deeply political. i mean, i actually regularly speak to people who support overtly support the support it, overtly support the black matter movement, who black lives matter movement, who disagree of black lives matter movement, who dis manifesto of black lives matter movement, who dis manifesto , of black lives matter movement, who dis manifesto , for of black lives matter movement, who dis manifesto , for goodness)f its manifesto, for goodness sake. some of would make karl sake. some of it would make karl marx also marx blush. there was also at parts of america as well, some things like riots. cetera. things like riots. et cetera. criminal damage. now, while the black lives movement no black lives matter movement no doubt would not claim responsibility those solely, responsibility for those solely, the that those did the fact is that those did happen. and if people criticise those things or didn't want to take the knee overtly , this has take the knee overtly, this has led people to wonder whether or not will fall foul of banks not they will fall foul of banks discrimination , own rules, and discrimination, own rules, and whether or not that means that if you've tweeted something on these lines, could you have your bank account closed? because you've fallen foul of their diversity criteria ? so should diversity criteria? so should corporations be allowed to ban

you if you don't agree with their social policies? let's just now get the views of writer and actor femen ireland . femi, and actor femen ireland. femi, thank you very, very much. great to have you on the show. do you not find it quite chilling that if you disagree with black lives matter, for example, you may well end up having your bank account closed ? account closed? >> i think there are much more chilling things in the uk banking system. i think it's very telling that we're having this now after an this discussion now after an elite bank has a minimum elite bank which has a minimum kind , you have to you kind of deposit, you have to you have to have millions just to use the bank has blocked use the bank has has has blocked a person who has very, very, very anti human rights and anti human anti human being views, to be honest , someone called nigel be honest, someone called nigel farage when reality is for a long time, banks have been doing things like refusing refunds for black victims of fraud at a race twice as high as white victims of fraud , discriminating based of fraud, discriminating based on on housing banks have been discriminated against people for

a very long time and usually the people who banks are discriminating just to just to answer the question, though, do you think that it's okay for a bank to close your account if you don't want to take the knee 7 you don't want to take the knee ? well, i think that banks and finances banks shouldn't really be closing accounts of people necessarily just because they don't want to take the knee. but we're talking about two very different if different things here. one, if someone isn't going someone like a bank isn't going to go to you and say, oh, what are going a lloyds are you going to set up a lloyds account? we need to know account? now we need to know whether you support black whether or not you support black lives matter. they are. that's not going not the direction you're going in. slippery in. but but to paint a slippery slope doing that slope and say they're doing that and fact that for and ignore the fact that for a long the people have long time the people who have been victim the kind of been the victim of the kind of financial system are the people at bottom of the at the very bottom of the ladden at the very bottom of the ladder. the same asylum seekers, the minorities as the the same minorities as the people like nigel farage love to demonise and paint us scroungers and people who don't deserve to be here. if we want to talk about human rights and we want to about want to talk to talk about i want to talk

about the human to finance access, i want about the access, i want to talk about the human the already human rights of the already already this facebook already in this facebook group that's rounds at the that's doing the rounds at the moment. >> already 10,000 people who are now submit subject now going to submit subject access forms to find out whether or not they had their accounts closed, by coots , as closed, not just by coots, as you said there, which is a is an elite point. elite is my point. >> this is my point. >> patrick, this is my point. that's want talk that's what you want to talk about for a very specific reason, because those are the people and reason, because those are the peopl�*are and reason, because those are the peopl�*are the and reason, because those are the peopl�*are the people and reason, because those are the peopl�*are the people who and reason, because those are the peopl�*are the people who nigel those are the people who nigel farage about. don't farage cares about. you don't necessarily care about the human rights thousands. rights of the thousands. millions. thousands and millions. well, thousands and hundreds thousands of people. hundreds of thousands of people. for example , during windrush who for example, during windrush who had financial access. >> me i'm not going to have this because actually i actually i'm not sure if you understand exactly situation exactly how this situation works, but we pick a works, right? but we pick a topic and then i ask you questions topic. there's questions on that topic. there's a things they a whole host of things they found by life on found by, by logical life on mars. so long ago. i could mars. not so long ago. i could be talking that. i could be talking about that. i could be talking about that. i could be about the of be talking about the threat of nuclear war. what you're talking about, we are talking. question you question

you asked me about the question you asked how it works. so you asked me how it works. so yeah, because have now yeah, i because banks have now let's it holistically i >> -- >> okay. let's talk about it in respect to the uk population as a whole, most marginalised a whole, the most marginalised people, only cause a people, let's not only cause a fanfare when a multi—millionaire nigel farage, who hates migrants and refugees when it happens to him, let's talk about it. >> i'm gonna stop you there as it applies to people who are poor and don't can't access access finance because they don't have loans. >> going stop them from >> i'm going to stop them from disadvantaged backgrounds. people at coots, people who don't bank at coots, who at coots . do you ever who banks at coots. do you ever do you have an account at coots? patrick very, patrick oh, only the very, very, very bank account. very elite bank account. >> femi it's not actually you >> femi it's not actually if you actually have bothered to have turned a little bit turned up and done a little bit of and of preparation today and not instead a instead launched into a defamatory tirade about nigel farage, who may i just say, is one of genuinely the most popular that this popular politicians that this uk has would has ever seen. you would recognise that it recognise and understand that it is not just coots at all. this is not just coots at all. this is about the natwest group. this is about the natwest group. this is about the natwest group. this is about other high street banks. so actually does affect everybody . okay? it's just everybody. okay? it's not just an elitist thing and it's all

very and i'd say. very well and good. i'd say. i say you to sit there now and say for you to sit there now and 90, say for you to sit there now and go, only talking about go, oh, we're only talking about it elite. it's it because it's an elite. it's thing if it affects you, you would the same kind would want the same kind of representation. michael would want the same kind of represent.joins michael would want the same kind of represent.joins minow, fabricant joins us now, i believe, is an mp. i believe believe, who is an mp. i believe we be to bring in we might be able to bring in michael some michael fabricant at some point. can there we go. can we? yes, there we go. michael i'm not sure if you've heard a lot of that, but it is a concern. is not, banks concern. is it not, that banks can shut somebody down if they don't a particular don't support a particular political group or a particular set ideological views? political group or a particular set yes,ieological views? political group or a particular set yes,ie(is gical views? political group or a particular set yes,ie(is a cal views? political group or a particular set yes,ie(is a bigviews? political group or a particular set yes,ie(is a big problem. >> yes, it is a big problem. >> yes, it is a big problem. >> i've been having some technical problems at this end, so i've in rather late. so i've come in rather late. so apologies, but of course, apologies, but but of course, it's absolutely wrong . i mean, it's absolutely wrong. i mean, banks are like utilities . banks are like utilities. they're like the electricity company or the phone company. >> and for a bank to say, well, we don't like your views, it doesn't happen to fit in with us. >> us. >> so we're to going take you off our account and just throw you away . and it's not just in you away. and it's not just in the case of nigel farage coots. he originally then couldn't get a bank account with natwest or with numerous other banks as

well, sort of cartel of political correctness and incidentally, by the way, i know nigel farage. and one thing he is not is anti migrants or anti immigration. he just wants controlled immigration. but that's not the point. but what is the point is that coots then said, well, actually, you know, we got rid of nigel farage because he wasn't rich enough for us. and then it turns out that actually he has got money and finance wasn't the issue. and i think alison rose has got to really make a proper apology , give him his account back at coots and explain how this political correct nonsense came about. it's utterly wrong for a bank or a building society or , bank or a building society or, as i say, the electricity company to say, well, because we don't like your views, we're going to cut you off. >> okay. all right. for me , i'll >> okay. all right. for me, i'll just go for the final word from you on this then. should corporations at all? so not just

banks, just just anything, right. corporation able right. any corporation be able to refuse your business based around the idea that they not only don't like your political views, but can now and we know that they are doing this now go through that through things that you've tweeted. okay that aren't illegal and that aren't racist or anything. they just do not conform to their of values. conform to their set of values. is that a concern? is that not a concern? >> i'll just leave you on a little anecdote about what i think really is a concern is a personal anecdote which happened to me. i live on the river, i live on a boat, and sometimes i sell one of my boat. i mean, i sell one of my boat. i mean, i sell a boat and i get a different boat in order to live somewhere, somewhere, somewhere different. to sell somewhere, somewhere, somewhere diboatnt. to sell somewhere, somewhere, somewhere diboat and to sell somewhere, somewhere, somewhere diboat and someone to sell somewhere, somewhere, somewhere diboat and someone was sell somewhere, somewhere, somewhere diboat and someone was trying to a boat and someone was trying to give a transfer of give me a do a transfer of a reasonable sum of money me. reasonable sum of money to me. and bank heard that my name and the bank heard that my name was femi and advised this person be very careful because this is a nigerian name know that a nigerian name and we know that nigerians are scammers and often the assistant on the phone of this bank told someone to be very careful about making a transfer large amount of transfer of a large amount of money because my money to me, because of my

heritage. these are heritage. and i think these are the conversations that we really should be having that are more important. a important. yes, there's a question to be about nigel question to be had about nigel farage it's not that farage and it's not that i didn't research, it's that didn't do my research, it's that i and you invite me on i came here and you invite me on to about something which to talk about something which i think peripheral when think is very peripheral when you look at it in the grand scheme things. and questions scheme of things. and questions about denying about banks denying certain groups to groups of people access to loans, access finance, access loans, access to finance, access to money, a very important and it is good that we're having these conversations, but it's just very telling that this is what sparked us have the what sparked us to have the conversation and any of the conversation and not any of the real which happened. conversation and not any of the reaiwell, which happened. conversation and not any of the reaiwell, then, 'hich happened. conversation and not any of the reaiwell, then, 'hich then,�*ned. conversation and not any of the reaiwell, then, 'hich then, well >> well, then, well then, well then fantastic. maybe then that's fantastic. and maybe you and you should be praising and thanking nigel bringing it thanking for nigel bringing it to public's attention in to the public's attention in such way as femi nylander, such a way as femi nylander, though writer actor, though he's a writer and actor, and finally get him in and we did finally get him on in the i'm afraid it's the end. but i'm afraid it's short sweet. he's michael short and sweet. he's michael fabncant short and sweet. he's michael fabricant there, the conservative right. i am conservative mp. p right. i am actually also joined in the studio political commentator studio by political commentator david oldroyd and david, david oldroyd bolt and david, thank you very much. now, you just sat through that debate there. keen to there. i'm just quite keen to get take on it because it get your take on it because it is concern. think if i said

is a concern. i think if i said that black matter that the black lives matter manifesto, things manifesto, which includes things like radical redistribution like the radical redistribution of wealth, breakdown the of wealth, the breakdown of the nuclear example , nuclear family, for example, reparations, i don't agree reparations, if i don't agree with that want to take the with that or want to take the knee presumably can now knee, then presumably i can now be as racist be classed as a racist by a bank. i think the very idea of the politically exposed person is a dangerous idea. is in itself a dangerous idea. >> the idea that we should have to a set of really to subscribe to a set of really quite contentious ideas as you say, black lives matter is not a big campaigning organisation for black people. big campaigning organisation for black pa)ple. big campaigning organisation for black pa marxist identitarian >> it's a marxist identitarian group that wants to strike at the very basis of western society. i don't society. and i don't think anybody think a anybody should think for a moment that should be moment that they should be compelled to such compelled to subscribe to such dangerous ideas in order dangerous ideas simply in order to access simple banking services and i think what we're seeing now is a rather pernicious idea that seems to have the entire have crossed the entire financial certainly financial sector, certainly at the person banking and the level of person banking and access finance . we saw access to finance. we saw yesterday, instance, dr. yesterday, for instance, dr. simon the historian's simon heffer, the historian's piece telegraph saying piece in the telegraph saying that had tried to invest that he had tried to invest money pension money in his pension because he's nigel farage. he's a friend of nigel farage. his advisers have been his financial advisers have been talked his saying, talked to by his bank saying, hang on, you about

this? >> what we are about to see. just that's just quickly, david, if that's all what we are about all right. what we are about to see, is biggest and see, i think is the biggest and most undeniable example of cancel culture that this country will ever see as thousands, if not tens of thousands of people submit subject access requests to find out why their bank was indeed cancelling them. and i think we are going to realise that actually cancel culture is real. >> well, i think we should have realised it a long time ago because there are so many instances of that's instances of where that's obviously case. obviously been the case. if these thousands these tens of thousands of people subject people prove their subject through requests people prove their subject throrthey requests people prove their subject throrthey have requests people prove their subject throrthey have been requests people prove their subject throrthey have been deniedests that they have been denied banking services, mortgage loans, is , i loans, whatever, then it is, i think, of class action think, a case of class action lawsuits because there is no way in society where in a modern society where banking essential that this banking is essential that this should case. should be the case. >> all right. david, i'm >> all right. look, david, i'm sorry. short and sorry. it was very short and sweet but that's way sweet again, but that's the way it i'm afraid. thank you it is, i'm afraid. thank you very bolt, for very much, david bolt, for joining now, joining us in the studio. now, as hour by senior as the 48 hour strike by senior doctors hospitals across doctors in hospitals across england continues, and more england continues, and with more than hospital than 100,000 hospital appointments cancelled in the last of junior doctors last round of junior doctors strikes, loads of people are

feeling the pressures. but get this, some doctors are gloating about the amount of money they are able to coin off the nhs . are able to coin off the nhs. are we talking about all of this? very shortly .

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health service in its vice like grip at the moment, but i want to be talking to someone who's actually suffering the actually suffering right at the coalface of this. and it's nhs patients . well, hopefully is patients. well, hopefully is soon to be anyway. steve beaton, who's had first hand experience of the effects of cancelled hospital appointments and steve, one of the main reasons i wanted to was to find out to get you on was to find out a little about story as little bit about your story as well. show shine a light on well. and show shine a light on the reality of the situation. but reaction but it was in reaction to an article read this morning article i read this morning which made want rip which made me want to rip a newspaper half that some newspaper in half that some doctors are doctors senior doctors are gloating money gloating about how much money they making, holding the they are now making, holding the nhs ransom because they can nhs to ransom because they can charge so many of the people because so many of the people have on strike. what's have gone on strike. what's going on with you ? going on with you? >> well, i went to my dentist in january , the first time since covid. >> i was called back the following day after the routine check—up because they found what they call a. oh, i think you had

a it's all right. >> i think i think you had a shadow. shadow. yeah >> um, so they said they would refer me to the local hospital . refer me to the local hospital. >> and in february i got an appointment , which would have appointment, which would have been next thursday day to go and see see about it, because i'm not sure. >> sure. obviously what it is . >> sure. obviously what it is. but when, when obviously people say shadow you think are the worst thing possible and you haven't been able to actually find out what it is, is that right? >> because of the strike action, you can't get an appointment. >> yeah, well, i've got a cancellation letter earlier this week. they didn't say it was because of strikes or anything, but obviously that is the reason . so, no, i don't know exactly what it is. >> it could be cancer. >> it could be cancer. >> i've no idea. >> it could just be something on the x—ray is wrong. >> well, obviously, obviously appointment . obviously, we all appointment. obviously, we all we all hope that that it's just

something on the x—ray and it's not it's not the worst case scenario. but what is it like what is it like for you at the moment living with this unknown as well ? as well? >> not too good, actually , >> not too good, actually, because last last night i was watching a programme on television about surgeons and there was a guy there again, his name was stephen who was having his jewellery moved and a new one built out of his leg. so think about those sort of things. after watching that . so things. after watching that. so i'd like to get it looked at and checked out as quick as possible. look steve, thank you for coming on. >> i'm being so brave to come on and tell you tell your story. and really hope and i'm sure and i really hope and i'm sure everyone really hopes that you and i really hope and i'm sure eve seen, really hopes that you and i really hope and i'm sure eve seen, too. y hopes that you and i really hope and i'm sure eve seen, too. you pes that you and i really hope and i'm sure eve seen, too. you know, at you and i really hope and i'm sure eve seen, too. you know, you've get seen, too. you know, you've paid nhs your entire paid into the nhs your entire life . you deserve be seen and life. you deserve to be seen and not with this fear. and not living with this fear. and i will say a little prayer for you this evening as well, and hopefully it is nothing. patrick, you can crack on with your how it goes. please >> you know how it goes. please do an appointment. >> you know how it goes. please do please appointment. >> you know how it goes. please do please do.ointment. >> you know how it goes. please do please do. steve.nt. >> you know how it goes. please do please do. steve. steve >> please do. steve. steve beaton. an nhs patient, beaton. there is an nhs patient, right? okay. mean it just

right? okay. i mean it just makes that doctors are makes me sick that doctors are now it because others now coining it in because others are people like steve to are holding people like steve to ransom. it's an absolute disgrace and an absolute disgrace. but we will be looking again at the bibby stockholm barge. got a first barge. we have got a first look inside and i will be inside that today. and i will be telling you in just tick telling you in just a tick exactly, exactly why this is not a if anything, it a deterrent. if anything, it is a deterrent. if anything, it is a tourist attraction for migrants. on migrants. patrick christys on gb news news channel. the news britain's news channel. the temperature is rising. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here. welcome to the met office forecast for gb news showers for many today and then turning more widely unsettled overnight. and as we head into the weekend, various weather systems are heading our way. various weather systems are heading our way . a number of heading our way. a number of fronts coming in from the north atlantic, maintaining that cool and unsettled july weather that we've become used to this month . but ahead of the more general rain showers petering out across

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>> and i've got a fantastic hour coming your way. if you wanted to have a little look inside the bibby stockholm margaret barge, we'll shall receive we'll ask and you shall receive because and because we've got pictures and video inside of it. video from the inside of it. they're going to have a wi fi room. they're to have a room. they're going to have a gym. room. they're going to have a gym- going gym. there's going to be a restaurant board. there's got restaurant on board. there's got a en suite, bedroom as a nice en suite, bedroom as well. look, this thing is absolutely not a deterrent. and the human rights brigade who say they don't want one in their area because it will be against the human rights people the human rights of the people on while absolute codswallop on it, while absolute codswallop is the room that is better than the room that i had at uni. other news, we're had at uni. in other news, we're going talking about this going to be talking about this in light of byelection in light of those byelection results. there was an interesting one uxbridge interesting one in uxbridge and south look, know that south ruislip. look, i know that in a couple of seats rishi sunak got kicking, but. but. but got a kicking, but. but. but there's glimmer of hope. can there's a glimmer of hope. can rishi actually win the next general election? i will also be discussing yes discussing this as well. yes cash for king. well, it looks as though taxpayers are going to have to fork out millions more pounds for the royal family do you king deserves you think the king deserves a pay you think the king deserves a pay rise and finally, yes, some

sad news. we will be paying tribute to tony bennett, who has sadly died at the age of 96. the curtain has finally come down for tony bennett, the last of the legends , i think. wasn't he? the legends, i think. wasn't he? patrick christys . gb news gb patrick christys. gb news gb views on gb news.com is that inbox. i want to know when i show you some of the pictures of this migrant barge. if you haven't seen them already, would you to stay on the you be happy to stay on the bibby for your bibby stockholm for your holidays ? let me gb views holidays? let me know gb views at news dot but right at gb news dot com. but right now headlines . now it's your headlines. >> thank you very much, patrick. i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. despite a double by—election loss for the conservatives, the prime minister says a victory in uxbndge minister says a victory in uxbridge and south ruislip shows the next general election is not a done deal . the next general election is not a done deal. labour won the next general election is not a done deal . labour won selby a done deal. labour won selby and ainsty whilst the liberal

democrats took somerton and frome, both overturning majorities of around 20,000. mr sunak says the defeats were far from favourable , but he plans to from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people . people. >> westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal like the next election is a done deal. the labour party's been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all that not all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. and look, the reality is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable. it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus on what matters to people politicians that we need to focu not| what matters to people politicians that we need to focu not be1at matters to people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted; to people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted by people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted by what'sz and not be distracted by what's going on in westminster. >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. >> you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you. we hear that “y and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos, away from those rising bills, the crumbling public services, a cry for change and

we will deliver. we will deliver through keir mather here and will deliver with the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democrats , sir ed of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened . party has strengthened. >> and previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire , cambridgeshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex, all those true blue heartlands , if you true blue heartlands, if you like, the home counties where it's democrats it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. have conservatives. now we have a second the west country second front in the west country , traditional heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that you like, the liberal traditiothat that you like, the liberal traditiothat are that you like, the liberal traditiothat are a that you like, the liberal traditiothat are a forcet you like, the liberal traditiothat are a force to be means that we are a force to be reckoned with in the next general election. >> well , in general election. >> well, in other general election. >> well , in other news general election. >> well, in other news this afternoon, a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case. according to court documents, it will take place on may the 20th next year. the criminal trial will come less than six months ahead of the november 2024. us president election. trump is the current

front runner for the republican nomination in the race. boris johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the covid 19 inquiry. it's after technical experts managed to recover them . the former prime recover them. the former prime minister was initially told to stop using the phone in 2021 after his number was leaked onune after his number was leaked online again, he then reportedly forgot the passcode, but a spokesman says boris johnson is pleased the messages have been recovered . legendary american recovered. legendary american jazz singer tony bennett has died at the age of 96. he released more than 70 albums over a seven decade career and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1994. he sold millions of records around the world, winning 20 grammy awards as he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2016 and died in his hometown of . new

died in his hometown of. new york around . 3000 asylum seekers york around. 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn. the alternative sites include the bibby stockholm barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire . the home essex and lincolnshire. the home office denies that the use of barges are floating prisons and said the people on board would be free to come and go as they wish. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels and housing migrants, which costs . taxpayers migrants, which costs. taxpayers £6 million a day , strikes that £6 million a day, strikes that were set for next week on the london underground have been called off. the unions say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions, although negotiate sessions are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and unite union, who worked closely with transport for london. ukraine's president

vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk . vadym prystaiko was uk. vadym prystaiko was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticised the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid, while earlier this month, defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and us were not amazon when it came to kyivs request for weapons and military equipment . request for weapons and military equipment. kyiv gave no request for weapons and military equipment . kyiv gave no official equipment. kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal as gb news is. we will of course bring you more as it happens. now, though, back to . though, back to. patrick >> well, there we have it. the bibby stockholm migrant barge is not a deterrent. this is a channel migrant tourist attraction. we've had a first look inside the migrant barge and it looks absolutely lovely .

and it looks absolutely lovely. anybody who thought this infringed aged migrants human rights looks pretty stupid now, don't they? this thing has had a full makeover. the rooms are en suite. it's got a new gym being fitted. lovely nice new restaurant area place is for these people to hang around outside. and of course, lest i forget that hourly taxpayer funded shuttle into weymouth, this is infinitely nicer than the accommodation that students who pay around £12,000 a year saddle themselves with a lifetime of debt gap. they have to contend with rising, damp, rat infestations, communal toilets , in some cases toilets, in some cases disgusting kitchens , dingy, disgusting kitchens, dingy, desperate dormitories that they have to pay for through the nose. it is nicer than a lot of social housing. it is not a prison ship. it is not a deterrent. it is better than many of the hotels currently being used. and if anything, it will actually attract more people. the only positive in all of this, the only positive is

that it means that leftie luvvie mps can no longer lie and say that the reason they don't want a migrant barge in their area is because they think it would be inhumane . they don't want to be inhumane. they don't want to be complicit in something that's inhumane. now have to inhumane. they now have to acknowledge that these barges are actually really nice and the real reason they are vetoing them is because in reality they don't want a load of virile young men from the middle east descending on their lovely town. isuppose descending on their lovely town. i suppose that's the victory here, isn't it? exposing the hypocrisy of the refugees. welcome brigade who don't want to welcome them in their own area . gb views gb news.com . i area. gb views gb news.com. i do have some photos to show you which we'll be doing throughout the course of this segment actually of the inside of this barge, the bibby stockholm. but i'm by dr. susan i'm joined now by dr. susan phoenix , who is say no to the phoenix, who is a say no to the barge campaigner. thank you very, very much. now the

bedrooms on this have all just been recently refitted. they look lovely . a couple of bunk look lovely. a couple of bunk bedsin look lovely. a couple of bunk beds in there, an en suite. there's television on the there's a television on the wall. or not that's wall. whether or not that's connected, we don't know. there is well kitchen is a nice as well kitchen cafeteria area. a lot of people are emailing me now saying are emailing in to me now saying , hang on minute, i can't , hang on a minute, i can't afford have branded things afford to have branded things like ketchup and proper like heinz ketchup and proper kellogg's cornflakes and all of this. how come these people can there is a 24 hours doctors service on there as well. i believe dr. susan , your reaction believe dr. susan, your reaction to our first look inside the barge ? barge? >> well, i was there when the people were visiting this morning at the port and the people coming out were all looking quite shocked no matter where were invited from . where they were invited from. >> only a select group of people were by way, this were invited. by the way, this is secret site. again, is a very secret site. again, like the rest of the negotiations to it, very negotiations to do it, very secret meetings. and people were negotiations to do it, very se(privateetings. and people were negotiations to do it, very se(private invitationi people were negotiations to do it, very se(private invitation .people were negotiations to do it, very se(private invitation . but)le were negotiations to do it, very se(private invitation . but whatere by private invitation. but what i want to talk about is not the hypocrisy of the whole thing , hypocrisy of the whole thing, but the fact it all boils down to money. and we only discovered yesterday that have yet

yesterday that we have yet another big company board in another big company on board in the secret negotiations to establish this barge in our quiet port area . it's the fact quiet port area. it's the fact that the money that's being used is now being spread around. we have another company that turned up landry and king, a miami company, which we're only presuming has been a sub subbed from the australian company that already have been offered what is it, 2 billion from our government . so, you know, government. so, you know, there's nothing egalite or altruistic about any of this. you can call it what you like and it doesn't matter which group you speak to. nobody wants it here because it's wrong. but the is there's a bigger the fact is there's a bigger picture here. patrick there's a bigger picture of money within money. the big companies in link with the government, the government are paying out billions of our money. they haven't looked to see where we could be using the money locally either by using local companies. >> can i pause you there, susan, on this picture? we're on this picture. we're picture picture. we're on this picture here, which computer

here, which is the computer route. yes. there will route. yes. so there will be a lot more new laptops. there is wi—fi. all this ship. so lot more new laptops. there is wi—fjustl this ship. so lot more new laptops. there is wi—fjust have this ship. so lot more new laptops. there is wi—fjust have thisright, so let's just have this right, susan, we're talking susan, whilst we're talking about the money here, now you've susan, whilst we're talking abo the 1e money here, now you've susan, whilst we're talking abo the cost oney here, now you've susan, whilst we're talking abo the cost of ay here, now you've susan, whilst we're talking abo the cost of the ere, now you've susan, whilst we're talking abo the cost of the barge yw you've got the cost of the barge itself. cost of itself. you've got the cost of the refit, you've got the cost of it in this particular of mooring it in this particular place, you have the cost of a shuttle that understand shuttle bus that we understand is every single is going to run every single hour into hour and take them into weymouth. wi—fi , weymouth. you've got wi—fi, you've available all you've got food available all the time, and you've got an on board doctor's service well. board doctor's service as well. and why don't we lob in a tv licence or a few as well, presumably you have to pay for all of those things apart from the doctor's service, which i daresay you might struggle to get potentially at the moment on the so you have a the nhs anyway. so you have a better life, quite better quality of life, quite possibly portland if you've possibly in portland if you've entered illegally entered this country illegally than maybe you do . i don't know than maybe you do. i don't know about your personal circumstances, but a lot of people lucky that i've people i'm very lucky that i've i've retired here, but i hadn't realised just how much impoverishment there is on our island. >> very few people have those nice laptops because we have over 4000 people now as part of

our node to the barge campaign. but a lot of people are coming to us personally when we're out doing campaigning, hey , doing campaigning, saying, hey, we can't afford to our phone we can't afford to pay our phone bill haven't got a laptop, bill or we haven't got a laptop, we wi—fi, we certainly don't have wi—fi, so let us know get so please let us know how to get in touch. whereas these people are using that . now, are going to be using that. now, i have a problem with that i don't have a problem with that . if everybody . it's egalitarian. if everybody has equal rights, we're talking about human rights. this is the government stirring up resentment and it's wrong. it can't be right, can it? because we're going to have bigger problems they actually problems. they are actually causing the conflicts between different groups of people. and now everyone's starting to look at someone, oh, are you from here? i think it's called xenophobia or whatever the local groups talk about, but groups like to talk about, but it's wrong because are a very it's wrong because we are a very peaceful country. we're a very peaceful country. we're a very peaceful area and everyone gets on helps each other. but on and helps each other. but just across the road from where we're standing, this morning at the entrance to the barge, there are lots of homeless people living with two electric rings in a hotel, a repurposed hotel

that they're just i didn't even know they were there. so you imagine if we could repurpose this barge? yeah. if the government suddenly went, hey, we made a mistake and they did make a mistake. you've said it all this morning. they have made all this morning. they have made a mistake. >> the problem. >> that's the problem. >> that's the problem. >> and they should be repaired. >> and they should be repaired. >> problem cuts >> yeah. the problem just cuts across to you, if that's all right. one one of the problems here is that this obviously is right. one one of the problems her

are we heading towards that, do you think? what do you think ? you think? what do you think? >> i think it's totally wrong. the money could have been used for up more assessors . for training up more assessors. i mean, why are they messing around, taking long assess around, taking so long to assess people ? it's not hard train people? it's not hard to train a skilled assessor, someone with a bit of maturity in life that knows how to deal with people. all of those things haven't been looked it's just been, oh, looked at. it's just been, oh, let's just open another door and shove a more people in. it's shove a few more people in. it's not sensible, common not sensible, it's not common sense. think we have now sense. and i think we have now lost common sense in this country. we've lost our power. the government are giving away their power. the very fact so many foreign companies are involved in this, i'm finding it increasingly disturbing . the increasingly disturbing. the americans and the australians fascinating what's happened to our power and our our work in here. where are all our skilled people? what are they doing with them? >> yeah, we've got now a load of people who are from all over the world who will be ditching their documents in the channel and coming here illegally to sit on

a barge that nobody wants . and a barge that nobody wants. and in an area that barge then being fronted up and facilitated by two foreign companies, at least that we know of as well . so that we know of as well. so actually , in all of this, the actually, in all of this, the only people who suffer are brits only people who suffer are brits on the taxpayer . and we don't on the taxpayer. and we don't get a say in it. >> i mean, let's let's i agree with you. of course they do. and it's the resentment and the annoyance that people are coming out and talking to us. i mean, we're almost running counselling sessions at any of these demonstrations. people are coming and telling us their problems. but the point is, i've forgotten what it was. >> oh, no . >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> sorry about dr. c, can i ask you a quick question before i let you get going, if that's all right, because that right, because i know that you've been doing this stuff all day, it's a bit it's a bit day, so it's a bit it's a bit overwhelming. but are the overwhelming. but what are the doctors like the overwhelming. but what are the do

last month we have been sent a message please don't come to the surgery. >> we don't have the staff. now. i know of someone waiting for six weeks, six weeks for a blood test and eight weeks for a doctor's appointment . and yet we doctor's appointment. and yet we hear the private company again. more money into private companies pockets are going to come sit on that barge come in and sit on that barge every and it's going to be every day. and it's going to be top class. if we had a doctor available every day for 500 people, we're 13,500 people. so 500 is a big invasion. and can i just pick up you had neil parish on this morning or earlier on from , um, an ex—mp from tiverton from, um, an ex—mp from tiverton , and he was saying, we're having no problem. well, we don't want to have any problems and we might not. but he's talking about a population of 22,300 in a very nice county town and maybe not too many very young families. he's a man about i don't know, he was old age like me. what would he know about the problems of young families you've suddenly families when you've suddenly got influx of 500 young men, got an influx of 500 young men, as you it doesn't matter as you say it doesn't matter where those young men from

where those young men come from . can 500 soldiers, . they can be 500 soldiers, sailors or whatever from anywhere. but there are two many in our community without the infrastructure, without the medical services. but it's the resentment that's going to happen , but it's not going to be happen, but it's not going to be the locals . the locals. >> and this is what worries me. right up, we're to going leave it there, susan, but this is what me right up, which is what winds me right up, which is you'll get pushed pushed you'll get pushed and pushed and pushed and i have to pushed and pushed. and i have to just then just take it all. and then something right? something will happen, right? something will happen. there'll something will happen, right? s0|an:hing will happen. there'll something will happen, right? s0|an:hing \withiappen. there'll something will happen, right? s0|an:hing \with oneen. there'll something will happen, right? s0|an:hing \with one of there'll something will happen, right? s0|an:hing \with one of them 'll be an issue with one of them lingering someone be an issue with one of them ling

elections, but how did some of the parties fare in the smaller parties fare in these recent by elections? these most recent by elections? i am very pleased to say that the man himself a fan favourite here on gb news richard tice , here on gb news richard tice, joins me next to take us through some of these. surprising by—election results. i'm patrick christys on gb news and we are britain's

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the changes being made to the sovereign grant. so this is about the cash for the king. okay the king is expected to be paid millions more pounds essentially by us. look i'm going to ask you, do you think the king deserves a pay rise? hey, i'm a big royalist, but time and a place maybe also, has he done a lot to deserve it? anyway, talk it anyway, we'll talk about it later. look at the later. and we will look at the life career of tony bennett, life and career of tony bennett, the last of the greats who sadly passed at the of 96. passed away at the age of 96. but following three by but following the three by elections saw the lib elections where we saw the lib dems somerton and frome, dems take somerton and frome, the shelby and the labour party take shelby and the labour party take shelby and the tories holding on to uxbndge the tories holding on to uxbridge and ruislip by uxbridge and south ruislip by the teeth . how did the skin of their teeth. how did the skin of their teeth. how did the smaller parties perform ? do the smaller parties perform? do they stand a chance against they even stand a chance against they even stand a chance against the bigger parties when it comes to the first past the post system? joining me now is leader of of the show, of reform uk friend of the show, friend channel, richard friend of the channel, richard tice . thank you very much. great tice. thank you very much. great to you on the show. richard to have you on the show. richard now, there today of some now, there is talk today of some kind lab coalition at a kind of lib lab coalition at a general election. would that actually be good news for you?

because then maybe you would get voting reform, would you? >> well , patrick, good afternoon. >> you've touched on it there because you've said that first past the post is difficult for smaller parties. >> is. >> of course it is. it's patently . everybody knows patently unfair. everybody knows it's unfair. we only share first past the post with belarus, which is hardly great company , which is hardly great company, is it? so the sooner we move to proportional representation so that everybody's vote counts equally, the better. and you can see the benefits of that. for example, in italy, where giorgia meloni went from 4% to 27% and prime minister in the space of one four year electoral term and said, look, the reality is by elections, they're always peculiar beasts. they're actually even harder than a general election for a smaller party. because what you see, patrick, is tactical voting to remove an incumbent . so what remove an incumbent. so what happenedin remove an incumbent. so what happened in selby was that everybody wanted to get rid of the tories to give them , the tories to give them, frankly, a good smacking. and so

everybody said, well, look, i've got to , you know, i'll hold my got to, you know, i'll hold my nose and i'll vote labour. much of the tory vote just stayed at home and that was the result. the reverse happened in somerton, where all of the labour vote stayed made. sorry, went to the lib dem so you had a situation where actually it with regards to reform, we actually beat the lib dems in in selby and we beat the labour party in somerton . you might think that's somerton. you might think that's extraordinary. well it is really. but it just proves my point about tactical voting and the reason that everybody's going to be very surprised in the general election is because tactical voting , many more tactical voting, many more people are aware of the power of it and think it's going to be absolutely huge at the general election with people's desire to remove this failed, flawed socialist tory party >> i mean, how are you going to approach it? i mean, are you going to stand candidates everywhere? but realistically, we have a right good crack at, you know, 2 or 3 areas because

this is anecdotal from going to places like boston in lincolnshire or just sitting in lincolnshire orjust sitting in front of this gb inbox front of this gb news inbox every single day . and i every single day. and i mean, i know that there a massive know that there is a massive appetite reforming uk out appetite for reforming uk out there. you've to try there. i mean, you've got to try and least couple and pinch at least a couple of seats the election seats in the next election surely. seats in the next election sur> oh yeah, very unambitious, patrick. look, we will >> oh yeah, very unambitious, pattrying look, we will >> oh yeah, very unambitious, pattrying extremely k, we will >> oh yeah, very unambitious, pattrying extremely hard, will >> oh yeah, very unambitious, pattrying extremely hard, ofll be trying extremely hard, of course. the more votes, the course. and the more votes, the better. but one is realistic as well. yes, we absolutely well. but yes, we absolutely commit everywhere. 630 commit to stand everywhere. 630 seats, scotland and seats, england, scotland and wales. any party, of wales. and like any party, of course, we will have key target areas and target seats and that will obviously be an additional focus. but the key is everybody has to know we stand everywhere. we mean business and we've got the best policies and it's quite interesting where we didn't stand because we stood aside for your colleague laurence fox of gb news and the reclaim party . gb news and the reclaim party. so he stood in uxbridge, wasn't it interesting, you know, where the party with a mayoral candidate, howard, copped ? who's candidate, howard, copped? who's standing to scrap the whole of

ulez? and that was a single issue election and labour utterly failed. why? because of their appalling, disastrous cash grabbing, poverty induced ing ulez expansion plan and, you know, the voters in outer london have said thanks, but no thanks. >> now, richard, i have been doing as you've no doubt, seen a heck of a lot on the bibi stockholm barge because we stockholm barge today because we had a first look inside it. now now, to the now, i have come to the immediate conclusion that it is obviously not a deterrent. in fact, it looks lovely. so there has to be another solution. and i now believe that the only solution is to turn the boats back. solution is to turn the boats back . would you support that , patrick? >> i'm the one who's been saying the only reform will stop the boats because we're the only one who have been saying and would actually carry out where you pick the people up safely out of the dinghies. pick the people up safely out of the dinghies . you put them into the dinghies. you put them into the dinghies. you put them into the border force cutters and you take them back to dunkirk and calais. it's allowed under existing international treaties.

it's the only thing that will act as a clear deterrent . it act as a clear deterrent. it will actually help president macron and the french authorities and the whole business model will stop within a fortnight. i could get this donein a fortnight. i could get this done in a fortnight. patrick i suspect that millions and millions of people up and down this country would support that too. i was in llanelli on monday where they are refusing to allow yeah, the authorities to even enter the hotel . the stradey enter the hotel. the stradey park hotel and that is , i think, park hotel and that is, i think, a really significant moment where the people are saying enough's enough. and you're seeing it down in portland. >> what do what do you say, richard , in the deeply richard, in the deeply unfortunate circumstance whereby by you start turning the boats back and something goes terribly wrong and one of those boats, it's patrick, let's be very clear. >> i'm not towing the boats back. we're picking people out of the dinghies and putting them in safely into the border force cutters cruising back cutters nicely cruising back towards dunkirk and calais. so

it'll be a very pleasant journey back to where they set sail from and very quickly people will learn they're a safe learn they're leaving a safe country we can set up a country and then we can set up a joint processing centre , which joint processing centre, which i've calling for, for for, i've been calling for, for for, months and months and months with french. you process with the french. you process people two weeks, you give people in two weeks, you give them a week. we them an appeal for a week. we all know majority all know the vast majority of these people are economic migrants seeking a better life. everybody is. there's millions of people in the united kingdom seeking life. role seeking a better life. the role of the government is to of the british government is to look british citizens and look after british citizens and it's not to be ripped off. and abused and exploited by these many of these people. >> all right. just just get to back general election stuff back to general election stuff for our final question, if that's richard. and that's all right, richard. and what say to people what would you say to people who and applies to a and i think this applies to a lot people who when go lot of people who when they go into booth on into the polling booth on election , they you know, election day, they you know, they like some the stuff they like some of the stuff you've there and they they like some of the stuff you'vithis there and they they like some of the stuff you'vithis this there and they they like some of the stuff you'vithis this this are and they they like some of the stuff you'vithis this this guy|nd they they like some of the stuff you'vithis this this guy isi they think this this this guy is great, but, oh, he's not going to actually win, is he? or his party is not going to win. it's not going to. is it a wasted vote? if i vote for a smaller

party, what would you say to those party, what would you say to tho what say is the more votes >> what i say is the more votes we if you look back to what we get, if you look back to what nigel farage got back in 2015, i think he got some 4 million votes. he secured, votes. give or take. he secured, i just just 1 or i think maybe just just 1 or 2 mps. he got many more votes than the who got almost think the snp who got almost think give or take 50 mps. so the system is broken. the system is patently unfair. but what i say to people, the more you vote , to people, the more you vote, the more you demonstrate your belief that actually change is needed. belief that actually change is needed . reform is needed. that's needed. reform is needed. that's what i say to people. reform >> good stuff. thank you very much, richard. it's always a pleasure. good luck you. take pleasure. good luck to you. take care. richard tice, the leader of reform uk. right. more care. richard tice, the leader of r

rory . rory. >> thank you very much, patrick. despite a double by—election loss for the conservatives the prime minister says a victory in uxbndge prime minister says a victory in uxbridge and south ruislip shows the next general election is not a done deal . the next general election is not a done deal. labour won the next general election is not a done deal . labour won selby a done deal. labour won selby and ainsty whilst the liberal democrats took somerton and frome . the trial for former us frome. the trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the november 2024. us presidential election . 2024. us presidential election. bofis 2024. us presidential election. boris johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the covid 19 inquiry. it's after technical experts managed to recover them. the former pm spokesman says mr johnson is pleased the messages have been recovered . and more on have been recovered. and more on those stories at the top of the hour or visit our website. that is gbnews.com . direct bullion

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was for many today and then turning more widely unsettled overnight. and as we head into the weekend, various weather systems are heading our way a number of fronts coming in from the north atlantic , maintaining the north atlantic, maintaining that cool and unsettled july weather that we've become used to. this month. but ahead of the more general rain showers petering out across eastern parts of the uk, clear spells through the night for south—east england , northern scotland, just england, northern scotland, just a few showers in the far north of scotland, but elsewhere largely cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving through with the rain, it's going to be a less cool night. temperatures in places staying in the mid teens, but an unsettled start to the weekend. we do have some early brightness in the south—east of england and more especially northern scotland, where it stays sunny throughout stays largely sunny throughout much saturday. that's the much of saturday. that's the place to be if you want some sunshine. elsewhere it's sunshine. but elsewhere it's grey, it's gloomy, and we've got these spells of rain crossing these spells of rain crossing the country. the rain on and off in many places, particularly

towards the it's going to towards the east, it's going to be and persistent be heaviest and most persistent towards accompanied towards the west and accompanied by particularly by a strong wind, particularly around southwestern around southern and southwestern coasts. all in all, feeling coasts. so all in all, feeling on the cool side now, the more persistent wet weather pushes through on saturday night, but it central and it lingers across central and southern scotland, northern england . a few showers england as well. a few showers elsewhere. sunday in the elsewhere. but sunday in the south and the far north looking brighter compared with . saturday brighter compared with. saturday >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . on. gb news. >> well, in the latest of the blows to the tax paying public who are already at their wits end due to a razor sharp cost of living crisis, the government now plans to boost the public funding of the monarchy by 45% from 2025. now look, this puts people like me on a bit of a sticky wicket, doesn't it?

because i love the royal family and i think that there are certain expenditures that this country. clearly, light country. well, clearly, in light of things afford. and of other things can afford. and the royal family brings a lot to this country. that's a lot this country. but that's a lot of money, isn't it? it's a lot of money, isn't it? it's a lot of money. the details of the increase were revealed in a review of royal funding published by the treasury on thursday , and it states that the thursday, and it states that the royal family's grant is due to increase from . 86 million to 125 increase from. 86 million to 125 million. look, there's got to be more to this than meets the eye. there's got to be more to this than meets the eye. and with me to pick through this is royal commentator michael cole. michael, thank very much . is michael, thank you very much. is it straightforward as. thank it as straightforward as. thank you very much ? is it as you very much? is it as straightforward as the taxpayer paying straightforward as the taxpayer paying . 45% more for the king? paying. 45% more for the king? no >> good afternoon, patrick. yeah big numbers, a big increase . big numbers, a big increase. >> but of course, it doesn't go into the back pocket of the

king. >> all most all this money goes on. >> salaries and at the moment the refurbished segment of buckingham palace that's costing a bomb . and that's why there's a bomb. and that's why there's been this big, big increase which is only going to last for two years to 2025 and two until 2027. so that's the real reason. and then it will revert it to a lesser sum . lesser sum. >> but, you know, there are 193 nafions >> but, you know, there are 193 nations who are members of the united nations all of them have a head of state. >> and if you have a head of state, you've got to maintain them or her in in in the right way because they're the represents of your country and they've got to be maintained with some dignity and some style. >> and of course, it's expensive . but if you look at it, if you look at america, for instance, the maintenance of the president costs . $1.4 billion a year. us costs. $1.4 billion a year. us and of course, the president

also gets a salary of $400,000. and when he retires , he gets a and when he retires, he gets a pension for life of $213 million. the king of course, isn't paid . he has his own isn't paid. he has his own estates of sandringham and balmoral. and he owns his his house in gloucestershire, highgrove . so it's not him highgrove. so it's not him getting rich. it's the cost of this major renovation in. >> i think one of the problems, though, isn't it, is that stuff like this plays into republican hands. like this plays into republican hands . the hashtag not my king hands. the hashtag not my king was trending again today and people will look at these numbers now and say, oh , this is numbers now and say, oh, this is ridiculous. look at what we're paying ridiculous. look at what we're paying for. and it jars for some people . people. >> well, of course. but you've got to go a little bit back in history, when all these crown lands were ceded by the king, he gave them up. >> it was in return for a percentage of the duchy of lancaster. so the income from

the crown estates, which used to be personally owned by the king, are now given to the maine for the maintenance of the monarchy for and doing things in the right way. now at the moment, 12% is going to be the target figure 12% of the profit that comes from the crown estates. it's going up to 25% or has been up at 25% because of this major refurbishing of buckingham palace, where incidentally , the palace, where incidentally, the king is not very keen on living, but nevertheless, it has to be done because it's the symbol of the monarchy. listen you and i, you and i are not apologies for this. it's a matter of fact. if you have a head of state, you've got to maintain them in the right and proper manner. it's as simple as that. >> you know what i'm i'm wondering, always worried wondering, i always worried about this. i think most people worried about when our late worried about it when our late queen passed away, which was she was so iconic and so well loved and she'd been around for so long and she was so as well

long and she was so good as well that anyone , anyone would that anyone, anyone would struggle to replace her. i don't want to use too much of crass want to use too much of a crass footballing analogy , but anyone footballing analogy, but anyone who sir alex ferguson who replaced sir alex ferguson was not going to do a particularly job as david particularly good job as david moyes out peril, of moyes found out to his peril, of course. look at this now course. and i look at this now and just would the and i just wonder, would the pubuc and i just wonder, would the public not be a lot more accepting, do think, of this accepting, do you think, of this amount being going to amount of money being going to do a buck and palace, etcetera, if the queen was still living in it and not king charles? well of course, she's a fantastically hard act to follow, and i haven't always been the greatest fan of prince charles. >> now, king charles. but i must say, since he acceded to the throne , he hasn't put a foot throne, he hasn't put a foot wrong. he's done extraordinarily well through some quite testing difficult times . and he's difficult times. and he's showing every sign of being a good monarch and a short reign can be an extremely good reign , can be an extremely good reign, as has been proved in the past by his great great grandfather, edward the seventh, was edward the seventh, who was a very, popular monarch. very, very popular monarch. dirty bertie. he was known by to

some, and edward the confessor by others. but he was extremely popular with the british because he liked doing what they doing , he liked doing what they doing, eating, drinking and carousing. he enjoyed all that . and of he enjoyed all that. and of course, they loved it too . of course, they loved it too. of course, they loved it too. of course, it's a hard act to follow, but i believe that the people of the country see the value in having a constitutional monarchy. interestingly the new york times, the grey lady of america, never a great friend of this country, published a great feature article saying exactly that , that having a non—polish that, that having a non—polish article, head of state is a unifying force and is a tremendous asset in in in foreign and overseas relations, diplomatic relations . so there diplomatic relations. so there are merits to it. and if you have a head of state, whether it's a president or a king, there are, you know, 43 monarchies in the world. there are 149 republics. the

monarchies tend to be. patrick, the happier lands. >> well, well, it's true . and >> well, well, it's true. and actually, you know what the parallels between america and us, i, i would think i would argue that anybody who would rather have joe biden than king charles needs to get their heads checked immediately. but michael, thank you very, very much. michael cole, the royal commentator, always a fabulous addition to any show. now, still to come , after a legendary to come, after a legendary career , singer, tony bennett has career, singer, tony bennett has sadly passed away today at the age of 96. we will be chatting all about tony bennett's legacy very, very shortly . the last of very, very shortly. the last of the true greats. i'm patrick christys on gb news. and this is britain's

tv, radio and online gb news. britain's news . britain's news. channel >> it's a sad day for pop and jazz. the legendary singer tony bennett has died at the age of 96. the multi award winning icon was known for his performances with singers as diverse as frank sinatra. lady gaga , amy sinatra. lady gaga, amy winehouse. now bennett, known for his performances with all of those singers , of course, sold those singers, of course, sold millions and millions of records all around the world throughout his career. he won 20 grammys, which is absolutely amazing, including a lifetime achievement award for many people . he was award for many people. he was the voice of a generation. he was, i think many people would also agree probably the last of the true greats. but you know, it's a good innings.

the true greats. but you know, it's a good innings . 96 it's a good innings. 96 apparently is two weeks off, 97. joining me now is entertainment journalist judita dasilva . thank journalist judita dasilva. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. and look sad, obviously, in the sense that he's died, but also a good time to on what an absolute to reflect on what an absolute icon that this guy icon and legend that this guy was. what are your was. i mean, what are your thoughts on tony bennett? >> mean, he is kind of the >> i mean, he is kind of the voice of an era. when you think back classic and swing back to classic jazz and swing music. that is tony bennett's between him and the rat pack encapsulate . it's a very classic encapsulate. it's a very classic era of americana as well . so era of americana as well. so it's kind of with his passing, what you're kind of seeing is the closing on a chapter of history because apart from michael buble, there isn't anyone really carrying the torch for that kind of classic music that that crooner , as you said, that that crooner, as you said, that that crooner, as you said, that word perfectly depicts the kind of sound he had. it's classic. it's beautiful , it's classic. it's beautiful, it's romantic. but it was seen as a torch bearer because when you think of the decades from the 50s, right through to the 2020s, he charted in every decade, he

sold records. he was contemporary . and one thing he contemporary. and one thing he had that a lot of people of his genre didn't is he knew how to adapt while keeping a thread back to the very sound that made him so popular, so he's very unique and he's in a in a league of his own, definitely . of his own, definitely. >> exactly. longevity and adaptation. in fact, he won his final grammy at the age of 95. so last year , which is so last year, which is remarkable. really i don't know what the record for the oldest person to have received a grammy is, but i would imagine it's probably him actually. and yeah, he to extend through he was able to extend through the generations , wasn't he? the generations, wasn't he? right. all the way through from the kind 50s, i believe his the kind of 50s, i believe his first album was released in 1952 when he was in his mid 20s, right basically last right up until basically last year. right up until basically last year . doing with lady year. he's doing stuff with lady gaga. amy winehouse, and they all was the absolute all thought he was the absolute don. yes >> i mean, as of 2014, he broke his own record and was the oldest living artist to get to the top of the billboard 200. so

if it isn't him, i'd have to look in to know who's beating that record. but he held it as of 2014. but the key to it is something that a lot of older artists have tried to do, but not as well as him. and again, i put it down to the kind of music he was, the sound he created is similar to what you see adele creating now. it's timeless . you creating now. it's timeless. you can imagine that at 95, adele will sing the same song she released on her very first album. tony bennett's produced . album. tony bennett's produced. so but when he collaborated with people amy winehouse, people like amy winehouse, michael buble, legend, lady michael buble, john legend, lady gaga , they would always adapt to gaga, they would always adapt to his style because they wanted to be able to tap into that timelessness of sound. and that's a testament to the kind of respect and reverence they had for artist like tony had for an artist like tony bennett well—deserved. bennett and well—deserved. >> for a lot of >> i think he was for a lot of people. think he was their people. i think he was their living link to a lost time, actually, not because of actually, not just because of his age, because he was his age, but because he was always associate with people like frank sinatra , who like frank sinatra, who certainly not stick around certainly did not stick around for as did, for as long as tony did, unfortunately. of unfortunately. and a lot of these other greats as well. so,

tony was like that living link, i to them. and it's i think, to them. and it's almost like, you know, looking back a when you were back at a movie when you were looking at him and to know that he alive, i think gave he was still alive, i think gave people to cling to. on people something to cling to. on >> absolutely. because when >> absolutely. because even when you that you think of the song that everyone knows from him, i lost my heart in san francisco, people still it they people still sing it now. they play people still sing it now. they play it's had people still sing it now. they playthe it's had people still sing it now. they playthe sound it's had people still sing it now. they playthe sound with it's had people still sing it now. they playthe sound with thes had people still sing it now. they playthe sound with the big d people still sing it now. they playthe sound with the big band just the sound with the big band set up for music has the ability to tap into almost classical music. orchestral music, which is a level up above. it's kind of goes beyond genre and beyond time. and with him, when you like you said, it's a thread back to history. like you said, it's a thread back to history . there's no like you said, it's a thread back to history. there's no one left of the rat pack , but it left of the rat pack, but it gives you a throwback to that sound , feeling, sense sound, that feeling, that sense of being a classic american with a voice that made you feel emotional , that made you feel emotional, that made you feel tenden emotional, that made you feel tender. he had all of those things, but also he had a personality that was very gregarious . personality that was very gregarious. he was very welcoming new talent . and welcoming of new talent. and most have a fear of most people have a fear of change. he didn't. and he managed to maintain that

connection to the past. so people preserved him as much as preserving his sound . because preserving his sound. because let's face it, he's a part of musical history, not musical history, history, not just american history. >> absolutely. so thank >> absolutely. look, so thank you very, very much. great to chat you about this, judy. ta chat to you about this, judy. ta da. silva there entertainment da. silva there is entertainment journalist. to journalist. i'm just going to leave something journalist. i'm just going to leav�*tony something journalist. i'm just going to leav�*tony bennett something journalist. i'm just going to leav�*tony bennett, something journalist. i'm just going to leav�*tony bennett, who ething journalist. i'm just going to leav�*tony bennett, who sadlyi that tony bennett, who sadly passed away at the age of 96, two weeks off his 97th birthday, apparently said he was apparently he said he was suffering alzheimer's. now, suffering with alzheimer's. now, i measure of i think this is a measure of the man. great, even man. okay, life is great, even with alzheimer's. it's that kind of positivity and get up and go that i think a of people that i think a lot of people really, really loved about him. but enough of that. i'm but that's enough of that. i'm joined the studio right now joined in the studio right now by emily carver, who is going to be covering dewbs& co and be covering for dewbs& co and doing magnificently ever. doing it magnificently as ever. of have on of course, what have you got on the show? >> i love tony bennett, but he the show? >> a.ove tony bennett, but he the show? >> a.ove twith3ennett, but he the show? >> a.ove twith amyett, but he the show? >> a.ove twith amy winehouse, did a duet with amy winehouse, who of my favourite who was one of my favourite singers away at singers who sadly passed away at such a young age. they did such a young age. 27, they did a duet , body such a young age. 27, they did a duet, body and soul body and soul duet, body and soul body and soul. yeah, it's so good . so, soul. yeah, it's so good. so, wow. i just thought i'd have a sing, you know? >> yeah, fair enough. well,

there you go. >> mean, be really emotional. >> he was the most emotional singer, and amy winehouse took so welled so much inspiration, she welled up when she was singing with him. got nervous. he him. she got so nervous. she. he was her icon. and you could see that through amy winehouse's music . and. yes. music. and. yes. >> oh , i could tell you're >> oh, i could tell you're getting a little bit surprised that i know so much about her. i am a little bit. >> but tony and amy, i can see you're getting quite emotional about it. >> i'm assuming you maybe >> so. so i'm assuming you maybe we'll talking about tony we'll be talking about tony bennett we'll be talking about tony berno,: we'll be talking about tony berno, actually, weren't. >> no, actually, we weren't. >> no, actually, we weren't. >> there's not much to >> well, there's not much to debate there, there? debate there, is there? >> there's not. >> no, there's not. >> no, there's not. >> co is primarily >> and dewbs& co is primarily a debate will be debate show, but we will be looking at of the analysis looking at some of the analysis of by—election results. of the by—election results. we'll asking, does the oxbow we'll be asking, does the oxbow result, which saw ulez being the main factor, does that show that actually the conservatives and labour need to drop the anti car anti motorist green agenda? so we'll be debating that. >> no, i think so. those byelection results are fascinating. i think the smart money initially was on sunak and the tories losing all three. i

think they've left themselves openin think they've left themselves open in the public psychology at least for when the next general election comes around people to think, well, maybe there's still a chance if i vote tory, maybe there a chance. well, there is still a chance. well, i don't think that existed before they on onto. they clung on onto. >> but a year >> well, maybe, but a 25 year old who had some experience old who only had some experience in public affairs and working for streeting to get for wes streeting managed to get 20,000, a majority of 20,000, did he not, or something crazy like that. >> so labour is still very much in the game, but we shall see. we'll see what my guests think about we've reem we'll see what my guests think about and ale've reem we'll see what my guests think about and we re reem we'll see what my guests think about and we have reem we'll see what my guests think about and we have pauln we'll see what my guests think about and we have paul embry ibrahim and we have paul embry and they have a lot to debate. they disagree a lot . so it's they disagree on a lot. so it's going to get juicy. >> yeah, no, that going to be >> yeah, no, that is going to be a panel as well. a fantastic panel as well. >> little topics? >> any other little topics? >> any other little topics? >> loads. we're to >> oh, we've got loads. we're to going actually about going be talking actually about tiktok now. i am new on tiktok. you apparently it is you are. and apparently it is the news source for the number one news source for teenagers teenagers are teenagers. so teenagers are getting their news, mostly from tiktok . now, getting their news, mostly from tiktok. now, this is the chinese owned social media platform. >> but this is a concern because hang on a minute now. >> i am not really on tiktok . i

>> i am not really on tiktok. i believe gb news is. so of course, everybody should be. but i but i do i am not on tiktok. but i do understand that they are very big on censoring what people put out. >> so i had a video taken down. >> so i had a video taken down. >> i have absolutely no idea why because it was just i was just reading out what was in the exactly. >> so if most people, most young people are getting their news from tiktok that is very concerning. because, again, i think it into this idea, think it ties into this idea, doesn't it, that unless you subscribe to particular of subscribe to a particular set of values norms, then frankly, values and norms, then frankly, you cancelled you will be cancelled and you will deleted. will be deleted. >> patrick that >> so, patrick says that he isn't tiktok, but he is very isn't on tiktok, but he is very much tiktok . am i? yes. much all over tiktok. am i? yes. the gb news account. you are everywhere. that's terrible . are everywhere. that's terrible. are tick tocking you and you have no idea because you're not on it. >> peaceful. you know what >> it is peaceful. you know what that peaceful. it's that is? it's peaceful. it's peaceful. thank very peaceful. and thank you very much who manage much for everyone who did manage to on twitter. but to get me back on twitter. but there was a brief 24 period there was a brief 24 hour period where didn't have to think where i didn't have to think about and actually, about twitter and actually, i kind enjoyed a little kind of enjoyed that a little bit. the inside of bit. have you seen the inside of this migrant barge? we've bit. have you seen the inside of this talkingrant barge? we've bit. have you seen the inside of this talking aboutarge? we've bit. have you seen the inside of this talking about that�* we've bit. have you seen the inside of this talking about that�* vlot e

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and as we head into the weekend and various weather systems are heading our way, a number of fronts coming in from the north atlantic, maintaining that cool and unsettled july weather that we've become used to this month . but ahead of the more general rain showers petering out across eastern parts of the uk, clear spells through the night for south—east england , northern south—east england, northern scotland, just a few showers in the far north of scotland, but elsewhere largely cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving through with the rain, it's going to be a less cool night. temperatures in places staying in the mid teens, but an unsettled start to the weekend. we do have some early brightness in the south—east of england and more especially northern scotland, where it stays largely sunny throughout saturday. throughout much of saturday. that's the place to be if you want some sunshine. but elsewhere grey, it's elsewhere it's grey, it's gloomy, and we've got these spells of crossing the spells of rain crossing the country , the rain on and off in country, the rain on and off in many places, particularly towards it's going towards the east, it's going to be and most persistent be heaviest and most persistent towards west accompanied towards the west and accompanied by particularly

by a strong wind, particularly around southwestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso southwestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso all southwestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso all in southwestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso all in all, southwestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso all in all, feelingvestern by a strong wind, particularly arouncso all in all, feeling ontern coast. so all in all, feeling on the cool side and now the more persistent wet weather pushes through saturday night . but through on saturday night. but it across central and it lingers across central and southern or northern southern scotland or northern england few showers england as well. a few showers elsewhere, but sunday in the south and the far north, looking brighter compared with . saturday brighter compared with. saturday >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .