is scores that are given to it is scores that are given to organisations. it grades it is scores that are given to organisations . it grades them it is scores that are given to organisations. it grades them in how they're doing, when it comes to environmental things, social things and governance. and if you ask me, this is a cancer on our society, not just ours . by our society, not just ours. by the way, this thing is global and will impact all of our lives. so tonight i'm asking is the e56 lives. so tonight i'm asking is the esg a force for good or bad.7 and we all know the state of the property situation in this country . some people saying that country. some people saying that actually we should ban foreign ownership of property. is that the answer to our property woes or not.7 and you'll all be familiar with you with this story of the brits in cyprus that's now being released from prison for killing his wife . it prison for killing his wife. it has started again. the conversation about whether or not assisted dying should be legal in this country, should it? legal in this country, should it.7 you tell me. we've got it all to come and more. but before we get into it, let's bring ourselves up to speed with tonight's latest headlines with polly middlehurst .

polly middlehurst. >> michelle, thank you. good evening to you. well, the top story tonight on gb news is that teachers are no longer on strike. all four teaching unions in england have accepted a 6.5% pay in england have accepted a 6.5% pay rise, meaning all industrial action has been called off. now it comes after union members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in their dispute over pay february in their dispute over pay the education secretary, gillian keegan welcomed the decision and explain where the money for the pay rise was coming from within the school budgets with the 2 billion extra that we already got when i was very first in the job at the end of october last year, there was a 3.5% that schools had budgeted for a pay increase for teachers within that, obviously the strb came back at 6.5. >> so the extra 3% is being funded by the department for education . education. >> the prime minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the north sea is entirely consistent. he says

with the government's net zero plan, the former energy minister, chris skidmore criticised the plan, saying it's the wrong decision at the wrong time and the voters will vote with their feet as they look for policies which protect the environment. but speaking in aberdeenshire this morning, rishi sunak said the plan is a step in the right direction, describing it as better for energy secure city and better for jobs . for jobs. >> when it comes to our energy security , we are still going to security, we are still going to need oil and gas. 25% of our energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050, far better than we get that from here at home. better for the economy, better for our energy security, better for our energy security, better jobs, and better for better for jobs, and better for climate rather than climate emissions rather than shipping from halfway shipping it here from halfway around that's around the country. so that's why we've got more north sea oil and gas licences being announced, we're announced, but also we're speeding path to net speeding us on our path to net zero with carbon capture and storage and the journalist and politician vladimir kara—murza has lost his appeal against a 25

year prison term in moscow. >> the dual russian and british citizen was jailed in april for opposing russia's invasion of ukraine. the prime minister, rishi sunak, called for his immediate release, describing russia's actions as desperate and unfounded. he said the uk stands with kara—murza and his family . a police officer who family. a police officer who wrote an anti—drugs strategy for the met police allegedly took lsd and magic mushrooms when he was off duty. commanderjulian was off duty. commander julian bennett has served in the force since 1976, but a tribunal heard that he allegedly smoked cannabis before breakfast and regularly hosted parties at his flat in 2019. a former flatmate of the officer said that living with him was like being in an amsterdam coffee shop. mr bennett denies the allegations. the tribunal continues as members of the conservative party have issued a joint letter to the chancellor concerning the natwest. de—banking scandal. the

letter, which is signed by several mps, including sir iain duncan smith, warns that the financial conduct authority may have inadvertently encouraged the culture within banking that led to nigel farage losing his coutts account . they say the fca coutts account. they say the fca should now be investigated a victory for the public. now anyone has the right to camp in dartmoor national park. that's according to a ruling by the court of appeal and it comes after a high court judge previously ruled against it, granting people the right to pitch tents or wild camp overnight . right, without overnight. right, without obtaining landowners permission farmers. alexander and diana darwall brought a successful challenge against the dartmoor national park authority , arguing national park authority, arguing that camp has destroyed the environment while the park authority asked appeal judges to overturn the ruling earlier this month to just stop oil. protesters have lost their appeal to have their jail terms

reduced . morgan trowland and reduced. morgan trowland and marcus decker scaled a bridge on the dartford crossing in october last year . at a hearing in last year. at a hearing in london last week , the protesters london last week, the protesters lawyers made a bid to challenge the length of their jail term as the length of theirjail term as the length of theirjail term as the number of new people sleeping rough in london throughout spring and early summer is up by 12. the government published a strategy in september which restated a commitment to end rough sleeping by the end of this parliament. but rick henderson from the charity homeless link says that target is now looking completely out of reach. and lastly, as downpours continue for much of this week, the met office forecasts warmer weather for next month. dry weather is likely to hit the uk at the end of august, but conditions are unlikely to reach anywhere near the sweltering conditions of the last year. temperatures of 40.3 degrees were recorded in lincolnshire last july . with gb

lincolnshire last july. with gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. back now though, to . michelle thank you for that polly. >> i loved that camping story. i do love a little bit of camping, but something about i don't know, this wild camping thing terrifies size me. just give me a nice campsite any day of the week. i wouldn't dare. i don't think camping somewhere like think camping on somewhere like dartmoor, i'd be terrified, quite something quite frankly. there's something came the came along in the middle of the night and quite night ate and me. quite ridiculous. know, that's ridiculous. i know, but that's what makes me think of anyway ridiculous. i know, but that's vll'm makes me think of anyway ridiculous. i know, but that's vll'm michelle me think of anyway ridiculous. i know, but that's vll'm michelle dewberry of anyway ridiculous. i know, but that's vll'm michelle dewberry with|yway ridiculous. i know, but that's vll'm michelle dewberry with youy , i'm michelle dewberry with you till seven alongside me. the ceo , i'm michelle dewberry with you til firstan alongside me. the ceo , i'm michelle dewberry with you til first property;ide me. the ceo , i'm michelle dewberry with you til first property groups. the ceo , i'm michelle dewberry with you til first property group and e ceo of first property group and former brexit party mep ben habib, political habib, and the political commentator phillips commentator joe phillips. welcome of you. welcome back to both of you. we're semi coordinating , we tonal. >> yes. i'm not sure about ben's lime green tie, though .

lime green tie, though. >> yeah, you did not get them red and black. i don't think it's appropriate to be wearing summer kit. >> it's absolutely freezing. >> i've got. >> i've got. >> oh, you got . you have got >> oh, you got. you have got tyson. yeah, that is true. >> well it's got long sleeves. i know. >> and i'm an orphan girl as well, so i should really be able to the cold. but as soon to handle the cold. but as soon as rain stop today, i as i saw the rain stop today, i was like, nope, out. come the black tights again. and is black tights again. and this is summer. this summer. everybody wears this climb up crisis that everyone keeps saying is coming way. climb up crisis that everyone kwouldn'tng is coming way. climb up crisis that everyone kwouldn'tng is

to that topic before the end of the let know your the show. let me know your thoughts on it. when thoughts on it. and when it comes to assisted dying, by the way, i've got a poll running on twitter. your kind of twitter. if that's your kind of thing, involved and tell me thing, get involved and tell me whether you think in this whether or not you think in this country assisted dying be country assisted dying should be legal first, top legal or not. but first, the top story. government have story. er the government have committed more coal, committed to granting more coal, oil licences in the oil and gas licences in the nonh oil and gas licences in the north sea, which is sunak says it's all about sure it's all about making sure we have energy security. et cetera. let's him, shall we.7 let's listen to him, shall we.7 when let's listen to him, shall we? when it comes our energy when it comes to our energy security , we are still going to security, we are still going to need and gas. need oil and gas. >> our energy will come >> 25% of our energy will come from oil and gas even in 2050. far better than we get that from here at home. better the here at home. better for the economy, better our energy economy, better for our energy security, jobs, security, better for jobs, and better climate emissions better for climate emissions rather it here rather than shipping it here from halfway around the country. so why we've got more so that's why we've got more nonh so that's why we've got more north gas licences north sea oil and gas licences being but also being announced, but also we're speeding path to net speeding us on our path to net zero carbon capture and zero with carbon capture and storage . storage. >> taoiseach at his >> taoiseach look at his enthusiasm . i loved it. do you enthusiasm. i loved it. do you agree with him though, ben well, i don't trust him. >> he's absolutely right to be championing the north sea. but

remember , this is a man who's remember, this is a man who's been part of a cabinet that's turned their back on british national resources wilfully over the last ten, 15 years. this is the last ten, 15 years. this is the chancellor rishi sunak was the chancellor rishi sunak was the chancellor rishi sunak was the chancellor part of the government that championed the green new revolution that boris johnson put in place , part of johnson put in place, part of the green new revolution was the nonh the green new revolution was the north sea transition deal, turning its back on the north sea , moving jobs out of the sea, moving jobs out of the nonh sea, moving jobs out of the north sea , declining to issue north sea, declining to issue new licences as part of the delivery of this government. is the are the esg regulations which you said come on to that which you said come on to that which you said were nerdy, but they are incredibly be pernicious and they affect the nonh pernicious and they affect the north sea as well. these new licences will not be given effect to largely because . the effect to largely because. the oil companies are being taxed to the hilt. 75% corporation tax. there's no point them making more investment in an area. they

can't make profits out of, partly because of the esg regulations, because net zero, the drive to net zero prohibits lens makers from lending money to the oil companies so that they can drill these wells . and they can drill these wells. and it prohibits insurance companies from insuring the wells because they, too, are caught up in net zero. so the idea that the prime minister, having championed net zero, having championed the green new revolution in having put into place and invigorated esg , he didn't put it in place, esg, he didn't put it in place, actually came before him with tony blair. having tony blair. but having absolutely invigorated it, how he can suddenly pivot on a sixpence and say, now i'm going to be all about fossil fuel energy independence . i just energy independence. i just don't trust him. but there has been 115 applications for these licences from i think it's about 70 odd coming parties. >> so there is obviously a need for them or a desire and an interest in them. so that'll be interesting. labour, by the way, have said that they scrap have said that they will scrap any of these new licences that are final stages if are not in the final stages if and when they get into power.

but joe, what you make but joe, what do you make of it all? well, i think it's pathetic. >> i think, you know, for a start, i think it diminishes our role on the international stage. we've signed up to all sorts of agreements on net zero and cutting carbon emissions . and cutting carbon emissions. and now he's turned his back on it. what? to me, this looks like is a desperate man who suddenly seen a glimmer of hope based on less than 500 votes in the uxbndge less than 500 votes in the uxbridge by—election, that he suddenly thinks , ah, these suddenly thinks, ah, these people will vote for me if i turn against the green agenda. there are many, many things that this government and previous governments could have done. they sold off the largest or the clothes, the largest gas storage facility six years ago, which would have had 70% of uk's capacity, which we can't resuscitate quite easily. no, we can't. and guess who owns it? who owns the building? is centrica, who've just made walloping great profits. now they have in the last few days announced are announced that they are increasing capacity, that increasing capacity, but that could have been going on all the

time. where we could have been buying storing it when buying gas and storing it when it cheap. so that will save it was cheap. so that will save the prices going up. we've got about 12 days or seven and a half days of winter capacity. germany's got 89. france has got 103. so we're way behind on that. instead of wasting money on hs2, which we know is an absolute disaster. and you might as well just burn £50 notes and throw them in the road. we could have been spending money on insulating houses. i mean, in to order cut our emissions , we need order cut our emissions, we need to use less and you can use less if you've got better insulated houses. if you've got better insulated houses . but the government are houses. but the government are just all over the place and i think they've got it terribly wrong. i don't think younger people will actually go for this . and i think this is it's a real shame actually, that somebody who is the leader of this country is turning their back on the future. >> i don't think i think you've been a bit dramatic. i don't

think he's turning his back. >> i mean, i wish he would turn his back on net zero. i wish he would genuinely champion natural resources that are domestically available in the united kingdom. but don't think he is. i think but i don't think he is. i think he's for all the he's doing it for all the reasons you explained, joe. this is saw the is electioneering. they saw the result they result in uxbridge. they thought, pivot well, thought, we'll pivot over. well, let's then, let's touch on that then, because what i found interesting is if i show you is grant shapps, if i show you one of his tweets today, i found is grant shapps, if i show you one language aets today, i found is grant shapps, if i show you one language on; today, i found is grant shapps, if i show you one language on this ay, i found is grant shapps, if i show you one language on this quite ound intriguing. >> he's posted and explained a bit of a statement about this. of course, he's the energy security secretary. he's saying that labour have surrendered to the criminal tactics of just stop oil and given in to their destruct of demands. he says . destruct of demands. he says. and i'm trying to get this on the screen, hopefully so you can see it for yourself. but he's saying they would give putin the power to blackmail the uk, make 213,000 people jobless, defund our nhs and put your energy bill at risk. he says. but the tories do not surrender and i find that language quite fascinating . language quite fascinating. >> i think it's, well, he's

talking nonsense. what's awful about it? because what the tories are doing, they've found this little sliver and they are trying to drive a wedge through you between them and labour. >> and it's about, you know, why do you, why do you define it as a little sliver? >> you're saying it's based on a few votes in uxbridge? there's loads of people that are against this kind of fast paced net zero, it's the zero, but it's not the associated really, really slow. >> really, really behind >> we're really, really behind the the world. the rest of the world. >> oh, no, we're not, joe. >> well, we are. we are not behind. slipped back hugely. >> well, we are. we are not beiwe'veipped back hugely. >> well, we are. we are not beiwe've we've back hugely. >> well, we are. we are not beiwe've we've managedzly. >> well, we are. we are not beiwe've we've managed to bring >> we've we've managed to bring down quite a lot of emissions, but we are slipping way behind. and do things like this and when we do things like this in of who are we in the light of who are we slipping behind ? well, most of slipping behind? well, most of european countries , like even european countries, like even america, is doing more than us. >> what can i tell you? what of america has done? i'd like to just talk about america, because i think it's really important. what we was turn our back on what we did was turn our back on fossil fuels domestically available fossil fuels and tilt politically ideally politically and ideally radically, completely towards net zero in advance of the

technology existing. what america was the opposite. america did was the opposite. they championed the extraction of fossil fuels . they fracked of fossil fuels. they fracked something rishi sunak said he would do, and then you turned on it. they fracked. they they are now a net exporter of fossil fuels, having been net importers for most of our lives. and with the strength of energy independence . s they've then independence. s they've then committed to spending the biggest amount of money in the world on driving towards dealing with the climate crisis , what with the climate crisis, what they call the climate crisis. i don't call it a crisis. $370 billion is the single biggest program dam for fighting the climate crisis. but they've done it from a position of strength. we have weakened ourselves , and we have weakened ourselves, and as a result, we are now importing american fossil fuels because we've shut down our storage facilities , because storage facilities, because we've our back on we've turned our back on the nonh we've turned our back on the north sea, because our prime minister said would frack but minister said he would frack but won't frack. problem won't frack. the problem with rishi sunak is cannot be rishi sunak is he cannot be trusted. wish i could trust trusted. i wish i could trust him he says he's going to him when he says he's going to now champion independence now champion energy independence

when fossil fuels. when it comes to fossil fuels. but don't believe a word he but i don't believe a word he says government has says because this government has delivered opposite policies delivered the opposite policies and flip and flop according and they flip and flop according to what the latest polls or by—election results, politics. >> i know it's everyone does that, but this is to important, michel. >> you know, actually when you've got the un talking about the world at boiling point when you see what i mean. >> ask you this. when you >> let me ask you this. when you hear that from the un hear that guy from the un talking about it's not global warming, it's global boiling, what do think that ? what do you think to that? >> he's absolutely >> i think he's absolutely right. mean, i think right. i mean, i think he's ridiculous. >> he's a complete lunatic. >> well, kidding. we scaremongering, but it's not scaremongering, but it's not scaremongering see what scaremongering when you see what is around the world. is happening around the world. >> see the you see >> you see the floods, you see the when you see the droughts. when you see what's in greece. and what's happening in greece. and yes, there have always yes, i know there have always been wildfires and there have always monsoons always been monsoons and things, but people pack it in but people should pack it in being then if we don't being arsonists then if we don't want everywhere going. >> monitoring the >> i've been monitoring the weather, but by the way, you know, they're measuring the weather ground level, not weather now at ground level, not at above. at two metres above. >> see, i hear >> well, yeah, you see, i hear this i'm trying get that

this and i'm trying to get that clarified because i've heard that heard that rebutted. >> so quite sure where >> so i'm not quite sure where we are in terms where and how. >> but i can tell you what i can tell you. ben sorry. do you mean soil temperature? >> soil temperature? yes. >> soil temperature? yes. >> which. >> which. >> which. >> which they were. which is which higher and much which is much higher and much more variable. what much more variable. but what much more variable. but what much more damaging of something of more variable. but what much more �*i'm aging of something of more variable. but what much more �*i'm absolutely�*mething of more variable. but what much more �*i'm absolutely�*methingmy more variable. but what much moreeyes absolutely�*methingmy more variable. but what much moreeyes tells lutely�*methingmy more variable. but what much moreeyes tells mely�*methingmy more variable. but what much moreeyes tells me is�*methingmy more variable. but what much moreeyes tells me is that1in1my own eyes tells me is that my weather app hasn't put the temperature rose over temperature in rose over the last four weeks 40 c, nor last four weeks beyond 40 c, nor has any of the other has it put any of the other places in sky news places that the bbc in sky news light in red, including the light up in red, including the united kingdom where they have their reports giving united kingdom where they have theiimpressionaports giving united kingdom where they have theiimpression that s giving united kingdom where they have theiimpression that the ling united kingdom where they have theiimpression that the world is the impression that the world is burning up and the same temperatures ten years ago would have been represent dotted with green backdrop . i mean, there is green backdrop. i mean, there is a political agenda being driven here. >> but i think what are these guys going to do? >> people when >> these weather people when they've the reds? they've used up all the reds? because think what is going because i think what is going on, hear this un guy on, you say you hear this un guy 90, on, you say you hear this un guy go, oh, yeah, global boiling and you get concerned. listen to you get concerned. i listen to him think i'll shut up if him and i think i'll shut up if you're so concerned, you you're so concerned, if you think this planet is, think that this planet is, i

quote, then get quote, boiling, then get yourselves your jets quote, boiling, then get ystop lves your jets quote, boiling, then get ystop flying your jets quote, boiling, then get ystop flying around jets quote, boiling, then get ystop flying around the jets quote, boiling, then get ystop flying around the world. . stop flying around the world. absolutely. over. so have absolutely. all over. so have all with all these conferences with yourself about on yourself to talk about how on fire everything actually fire everything is and actually conduct with a little conduct yourself with a little bit responsibility if bit more responsibility if indeed that we're indeed you think that we're about boil, which i don't about to boil, which i don't believe in, like like the prime minister everywhere by minister who goes everywhere by helicopter when he could easily go well, he's not the one >> well, he's not the one sitting he's not the one sitting there that the globe is, there saying that the globe is, i boiling. i quote, boiling. >> would you want >> and why why would you want the prime minister this the prime minister of this country to be messing around on trains could a trains when he could fly in a fraction time, his time fraction of the time, his time saving about minutes? fraction of the time, his time sav no,about minutes? fraction of the time, his time sav no, he ut minutes? fraction of the time, his time sav no, he is minutes? fraction of the time, his time sav no, he is not.�*ninutes? fraction of the time, his time sav no, he is not. comees? fraction of the time, his time sav no, he is not. come on. >> no, he is not. come on. >> you telling me flying from here to be in a helicopter versus travelling to train stations, on the trains, stations, getting on the trains, waiting your connections, waiting for your connections, having delays? you're having all your delays? you're telling total telling me that the net total saving of ten minutes? saving of time is ten minutes? >> journeys he's >> most of the journeys he's made recently, it would have been about 1020. >> you know what? >> well, you know what? >> well, you know what? >> if i was the prime minister of country, be flying of this country, i'd be flying by helicopter as well, and i would have would the would have i would have the balls by my decision balls to stand by my decision and let people judge me for it instead of messing around trying and let people judge me for it

inspretend messing around trying and let people judge me for it inspretend by ssing around trying and let people judge me for it inspretend by doingaround trying and let people judge me for it inspretend by doing things trying and let people judge me for it inspretend by doing things on ng to pretend by doing things on train but we train and whatnot. but we mentioned the un there, which train and whatnot. but we mniceined the un there, which train and whatnot. but we mnice segway, un there, which train and whatnot. but we mnice segway, ifn there, which train and whatnot. but we mnice segway, if you ere, which train and whatnot. but we mnice segway, if you ask which train and whatnot. but we mnice segway, if you ask mech a nice segway, if you ask me into my next topic. i find this such an topic and such an important topic and i confess that some of you might not be aware of what is. not be aware of what esg is. worry not because will help worry not because we will help inform to what it is and inform you as to what it is and tell you why it is important. and

in two. hello there. i'm michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 tonight. alongside me till seven. the ceo of first property group and former brexit party mep, ben habib. someone's wrote in told me i've got in and told me i've got straighten tie up, but oh dean >> in this. i'm sorry about that. >> in this. i'm sorry about tha and hashtag metoo era. i >> and this hashtag metoo era. i think leaning over adjusting think leaning over and adjusting your pieces would your bits and pieces would probably me sacked quite frankly. >> i the tie. michel know. >> i left it anyway. >> i left it anyway. >> i left it anyway. >> i won't make any complaints. joe phillips is alongside me. >> as i told you, your housewife's favourite. they love you. ben. you. they absolutely do, ben. love you too as well. but all the ladies i know, they do. >> ben. >> they like ben. >> they like ben. >> with a crooked tie. >> even with a crooked tie.

yeah, do. yeah, they do. >> just been talking about >> we've just been talking about the and licences, as the oil and gas licences, as doreen well done, rishi. doreen says. well done, rishi. this the best thing to this is the best thing to happen. so far this year, says doreen. >> that's precisely the >> and that's precisely the reaction seeking. yes, reaction he's seeking. yes, well, that's good. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> it won't come to anything. >> it won't come to anything. >> martin says. brilliant news, definitely of definitely the right course of action. lobby, action. ignore the eco lobby, rishi, because majority rishi, because the vast majority of people are with of level headed people are with you. um, ken says, i'm sorry to state the obvious, michelle, but the planet's been around for millions of years and be so millions of years and will be so long many of us have gone. long after many of us have gone. it boiling , he says. but it is not boiling, he says. but yeah, in in summary, lots and lots of support . but yeah, in in summary, lots and lots of support. but i yeah, in in summary, lots and lots of support . but i would say lots of support. but i would say for rishi sunak's agenda there. but do disagree with him. get in touch and let me know. but very important topic if dare say so important topic if i dare say so myself. you probably many of myself. esg you probably many of you might not even know what this is, but i promise you this. it is crucial to so much of what is going on in society. you might not know what it is, but i can guarantee you that you almost all you will have felt almost all of you will have felt the impact acts on this, because esg stands environmental, esg stands for environmental,

social . it's social and governance. it's basically like a scoring system that companies have applied to them 50,000 companies in the eu, for example , will now have to for example, will now have to report on esg. there's huge databases set up that kind of go through . let me just bring up through. let me just bring up the graphic, by the way, just to explain what this is in case you're watching, not listening and you're wondering about it all. but ben habib, if we just explain this to people in fact, you can explain this very well. i've got this graphic here which outlines some of the segments of it. but just talk viewers through is. >> yeah. so there are basically three segments to it and the two segments which think are worth segments which i think are worth focusing the environmental segments which i think are worth focu social the environmental segments which i think are worth focu social elements, ronmental segments which i think are worth focu social elements, the 1ental and social elements, the governance is to do with how companies are run and these entities are these regulated entities are these regulated entities are these regulated entities are operating. so that's less interesting. but the environmental and social elements of esg are brand new to the way the economy works . it's the way the economy works. it's until esg companies institute

actions, public bodies ran for the purposes for which they were set up. and in the case of the private sector, that was to create profits and employ people, pay them a wage and pay hmrc tax on the profits you make. but environmental and social provisions means effectively was the government's way of driving their policies. ideological political policies through the private sector and indeed much beyond the private sector. it's the government's way of making sure the private sector heads towards net zero government. >> by the way, this is a global this is global. >> so it's an international standard, isn't it? >> it is. it is. it is global. it largely emanates from the eu and it was instituted surprise by surprise, surprise for the first time in the uk by tony blair in 2006. and it comes in the form of people want to look it up. section 172 of the companies act and many people say there's some roots in this as well when comes to things as well when it comes to things like un , a lot of people

like the un, a lot of people trace some of its origins back to the un as well. yeah, so i mean, don't know how much time mean, i don't know how much time we've got, but there's a tug of war democracy and the war between democracy and the institutions govern us. institutions which govern us. it's of war that's gone on it's a tug of war that's gone on ever democracy ever since democracy has existed. tug by existed. this is a big tug by the institutions that govern us to power and wealth away to strip power and wealth away from people. and i just want from the people. and i just want i to make i just want i just want to make i just want to finish on this. do you remember when grind the coffee maker pulled its ads from gb news? it was because is it thought it was nodding towards its social obligations under esg . when oxfam introduced a 92 page document decolonising the engush page document decolonising the english language , it was nodding english language, it was nodding towards the social element of esg. when coutts decided nigel farage was a bad man, it was nodding towards the social aspects of esg . when i say that aspects of esg. when i say that rishi sunak won't be able to deliver his north sea oil agenda that he's now announced, it's because the cost of doing so is much higher because of esg. >> i'll show you an example

today. i'll just bring up this graphic because if you are a social media user, twitter, for example, boycott costa coffee thatis example, boycott costa coffee that is trending as we speak in this country. now, the reason why is if you can see this, this is a picture that costa have created , which is a person that created, which is a person that has got the mastectomy scars. so basically , this is a lady, basically, this is a lady, i assume this is what is depicting assume this is what is depicting a woman who's had their breast tissue removed in order to appear to be male. now we got in touch with costa coffee and asked about this. they say this is part of a big mural that's been commissioned to celebrate. you guessed it, inclusion and diverse city for pride. they say our costa express brand is currently wrapped in this mural and they say they want to celebrate the diversity of the customers, the team members and their partners. we want everyone that interacts with us to experience inclusive experience the inclusive environment that we to environment that we want to create. i mean, shut up, you're there to serve coffee. you are

literally there. if i'm thirsty on my way to work, i can get myself a black americano . in myself a black americano. in case you're wondering what my tipple of choice is, you do not need to be encouraging people to chop off their healthy breast tissue in order to feel like they can step over your threshold and get themselves a panini from you as opposed to starbucks or whoever it is down the road. it's utterly pathetic. i think it's dangerous, but i blame this on things like esg. i think companies are so desperate to tick these boxes and get these they have to they're obuged these they have to they're obliged like this . obliged like this. >> they're obliged to take these boxes , but wishes one side of it. >> so there's a there's a legal and regulatory requirement. i mean, i have to say that i am not familiar with all of this because i'm not a business person, but most people are not. no, and i think no, they're not. and i think this is what is quite interesting showing or revealing, you because revealing, if you like, because i of us, most people i think most of us, most people would probably think there is nothing wrong with the company, you know, abiding by the law in

terms of regulation , you know, terms of regulation, you know, oversight management, etcetera , oversight management, etcetera, etcetera. there's nothing wrong with the company saying that they would like to be, you know, inclusive and they support equal pay inclusive and they support equal pay and equal opportunities. et cetera . et cetera. cetera. et cetera. >> but this isn't equal pay and equal opportunities. >> but and i completely agree that there's an awful lot of companies and it doesn't matter whether it's equality or social inclusion , environment or inclusion, environment or whatever they go down the path of, oh, that'll appeal to. it's a bit like rishi sunak actually. rishi sunak is doing it in reverse . he's appealing to the reverse. he's appealing to the petrolheads and while these companies are greenwashing and whitewashing to appeal to what they think is this is this has got real world ramifications. >> so for example, i remember that one of these banks. cameron which one now? i think it was natwest actually. and they have got these dual sided lanyards now. you are feeling in now. so if you are feeling in boy mode and you're non—binary, you have male , you know,

you can have a male, you know, like staff lanyard. if you go to work feeling like female work today feeling like a female , a female sided , you can have a female sided lining yard. i halifax lining yard. i think halifax bank, they tweeted out about pronouns matter and when they were asked by a customer, actually i don't buy into the whole pronoun thing really. they were if don't, were told, well, if you don't, if don't share values, if you don't share our values, go and bank somewhere else. and if you don't share our values, gthink bank somewhere else. and if you don't share our values, gthink the|k somewhere else. and if you don't share our values, gthink the real,newhere else. and if you don't share our values, gthink the real, the here else. and if you don't share our values, gthink the real, the real,alse. and if you don't share our values, gthink the real, the real, the. and i think the real, the real, the real, the really important, ultimate economic issue here is that when company is start doing all of this nonsense , when they all of this nonsense, when they start promoting racial minorities over the majority white population, when they make jobs available for people who wouldn't otherwise get them for meritocratic reasons. >> when they start spending money on this nonsense , when money on this nonsense, when they when they effectively cancel gb news because they regard you as a hate channel and won't advertise on you, that has is ticking the esg box that is ticking the esg box. and that is an attack on free markets. and when you attack the free markets, what happens is the cost of everything goes up and it hits your back pocket. and

the most obvious effect of that is on the environmental side, where just going to go back to the north sea agenda, even if these people decide the oil companies decide to exercise their rights under the new licences, they will find it very difficult to raise the money from banks because banks won't want to lend to fossil fuel want to lend to a fossil fuel and they won't be able to insure their wells. yeah the cost is through the roof. >> but i want to ask you a question, ben. as a business person , isn't this in part , part person, isn't this in part, part some demand , if you like, from some demand, if you like, from investors and customers? maybe not as far as costa coffee goes, but no . are you sure this is so but no. are you sure this is so the way it finds its way through the way it finds its way through the economy ? i would like to the economy? i would like to know where my money, the way, the way it finds its way through the way it finds its way through the economy, even to businesses and that aren't regulated. >> is that part of the regulation? is that any regulated entity must own, must ensure that the entities with which it deals adopts the same

policies. that's why oxfam, which isn't even a profit orientated business, came out against the english language . against the english language. can you imagine? it came out against the english language saying father mother no saying father and mother is no good. reason they did that good. the reason they did that was that they can go on was so that they can go on getting donations from companies was so that they can go on getting

certainly me and ben is that the answer is no, it's not good. but if you disagree , get in touch if you disagree, get in touch with me, because i'd be fascinated as to your thoughts as how you think that this is as to how you think that this is actually moving society forward for better. tell me . that for better. you tell me. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news evening, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news should be a dner office for gb news should be a drier day tomorrow and many places will see some bright or even sunny spells. >> still quite breezy, however, and not particularly warm. and behind me there's another area of low pressure lurking for wednesday . this brought the wednesday. this one brought the wet weather for much of the country today, still fairly soggy this evening. soggy out there this evening. some showers in places some heavy showers in places staying damp across staying pretty damp across eastern and southern scotland through but further through the night. but further south, many places will see some lengthy, spells . and of lengthy, clear spells. and of course, northern scotland, where

it's dry for most of the it's been dry for most of the day. course, the far north, day. of course, the far north, at least it'll stay dry overnight. temperatures dropping to or 14 celsius to about 13 or 14 celsius on to tuesday . and as i said, a drier tuesday. and as i said, a drier day. it doesn't mean completely dry. showers, dry. still a few showers, certainly the certainly initially across the south—west grey south—west and quite a grey morning over northwest england with outbreaks of rain and with some outbreaks of rain and they'll slowly ease off they'll only slowly ease off through the day. so it will be quite damp here. parts of southern scotland seeing some showers north of northern ireland. as i said, ireland. but as i said, for many, it'll a drier, brighter many, it'll be a drier, brighter day. still a cloud, but day. still a lot of cloud, but a bit blue sky. we'll see bit of blue sky. we'll see temperatures getting the temperatures getting into the low south, high low 20s across the south, high teens further north. but then that next low comes during that next low comes in during tuesday evening into the southwest. at this, southwest. and look at this, a spell coming in, spell of heavy rain coming in, blustery showers falling on behind unseasonably windy again along the south coast of england. so a wet spell coming in through the middle part of the week with, again, temperatures below average for the time of year. bye for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on

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>> hello there. i'm michelle dewberry with until 7:00 tonight alongside me, the ceo of first property group and former brexit party mep ben habib, and political commentator peter j. phillips lots of impact impacts. what? i don't even mean that word, i mean interaction. but also impacts because we've been doing our best to try and awaken those of you that perhaps might not know what it is to what i would call it. it's almost like a cancer in a lot of institutions, esg , one of my institutions, esg, one of my viewers has just said my wife's employer are forced to comply with esg any time. they're basically bid for a decent sized contract. and this is the point that we were trying to make. this is basically trickled into everywhere and affects people's lives without you even realising it. joe, you've got a >> well, i want to ask ben

because well, you probably know the answer to as well. the answer to this as well. michelle so most companies, most organisations, know , have organisations, you know, have their statement and organisations, you know, have their values statement and organisations, you know, have their values , statement and organisations, you know, have their values , which|ent and organisations, you know, have their values , which are and organisations, you know, have their values , which are usually their values, which are usually waffle, know, waffle, waffle and you know, blah blah . and there's a blah blah blah. and there's a lot of stuff that you wouldn't necessarily disagree with. but what i really want to know, i suppose, is are companies is doing more than is required in order to, you know, tick more boxes or is it a bit like corporate social responsibility was a few years ago where there's a whole load of consultants and experts pushing people down? i suppose what i'm asking, ben, is how much of it is regulatory and how much of it is regulatory and how much of it is choice. >> yeah, so corporate social responsibility is part of esg . responsibility is part of esg. it's all part of the same thing. the first regulatory impression that i the first regulatory impression thati can the first regulatory impression that i can find of esg, other than beyond the virtue signalling is section 172 of the companies act introduced by blair, which requires companies to take broader stakeholder interests into account, not just the bottom line. but then you have layers of regulations.

beyond that. you have the medium to large companies. his reporting rules 2000 something or the other. you have the climate act 2008, you have listed regulations and all of these various this panoply of regulatory regulations require us companies and other entities to report on their esg credentials . and just to credentials. and just to reiterate and requires them to ensure that the entities with which they trade . and similarly which they trade. and similarly so this is the supply chain. yeah. so similarly comply with the esg and that's where you get esg inflation because as everyone's so desperate to tick the boxes as so that they can trade like this woman that you just gave the example of who when she was bidding for something , she had fill in something, she had to fill in forms explaining her forms explaining what her esg policy is in the pursuit of ticking those boxes in the pursuit of staying in business, you get esg inflation, you get a whole body of people growing up around the business. they've got vested interests. they need to promote and so the organism

promote it. and so the organism goes on. it's a virus. it's a virus in our economy. it's an infection . an it needs to be cut infection. an it needs to be cut out . out. >> john says this is going to be my last ever email to jews because she never reads them out. what want to say out. and what i want to say before i go this that esg is before i go is this that esg is simply taking control of the population in his mind, jeffrey says it's great. this is a great thing. it is supporting our lgbtq values and they are supporting transgender persons in their transition struggles. simon says. well, esg is only an issue if you engage with it. you can simply opt out, and it will fade away. you can't no, you cannot. fade away. you can't no, you cannot . it you can't. fade away. you can't no, you cannot. it you can't. and i'm telling you, it affects so many aspects of life. perhaps without you knowing it . one of the you knowing it. one of the reasons, by the way, people say, well, why do i see so well, michelle, why do i see so many promos and stuff like this on gb news? we are boycotted. and reason that we're and the reason that we're boycotted because various boycotted is because various groups of groups have decided that some of the demonstrated the opinions demonstrated on this the this channel don't tick the right so a lot of those right box. so a lot of those boxes will come back centrally

to agenda . anyway, look, boxes will come back centrally t

net half a million, 600,000 people a year into the uk , people a year into the uk, you're going to need a hell of a lot more houses. number one. number two, build and produce more housing. and the way you do thatis more housing. and the way you do that is by streamlining the planning process and making it easier for developers to get through that process and more cost effective to build. and part of the issue there is also esg , because of the requirements esg, because of the requirements now foisted on builders to reach different standards. >> see, it's all coming back. it all comes back. >> you can you can trace it straight back by 2027, under the eye of esg by 2027, all housing has to be epc rated or better , has to be epc rated or better, or you won't be able to lease it out. so we're going to have an even more costly market because landlords are going to have to spend more money on their property complying with the regulations they regulations for the esg so they can let property. it's can let their property. it's a disaster. right. >> response from you. >> quick response from you. >> quick response from you. >> i think, you when >> well, i think, you know, when we're talking about foreign owners, and that's what this question about, you

question is really about, if you look massive sort of look at the massive sort of redevelopments like nine elms in london and vauxhall battersea, those sort of places and similar big, big schemes in cities around the country, i think it has been a problem that they were buying them off plan , in were buying them off plan, in other words, before they were built and leaving them empty. and there quite a of and there is quite a lot of evidence to that it was evidence to suggest that it was a way of let's say, cleansing some finance , to put it some finance, to put it politely. that's a different problem to do. you know, other buyers as and it seems to me that this is a rather sort of candid thing. one way is stamp duty . you know, you can increase duty. you know, you can increase stamp duty, which i think the labour party would like to do. the talked about the government's talked about it, but it's i don't think it's as there is a surcharge stamp surcharge already on stamp duty raising has the opposite effect. >> by the way, i think it reduces supply less people sell. >> well, i'm going to leave it to you guys to decide. do you think foreign owners should be allowed property in the allowed to buy property in the uk and that really uk or not? and is that really the answer to our property was

on esg? mike says. the on the esg? mike says. the business i work for and i won't name them michelle, is obsessed with extent that now with esg to the extent that now i struggle to understand what the business actually does, the business even actually does, he complete of he says. it's complete waste of time, and resources. time, money and resources. exactly. get on exactly. businesses just get on with providing your products a good standard at the right price and leave everything else alone . that's what i say anyway. very important topic coming up after the break. in the uk, do you think we should legalise assisted dying? yes or no? i'll see you .

in two. hi there, michelle dewberry . hi there, michelle dewberry. with this all seven alongside me, ben habib and joe phillips remain paul , me, ben habib and joe phillips remain paul, you've summed up esg very well . he says social esg very well. he says social engineering by stealth to convert by pressure, basically , convert by pressure, basically, companies and british citizens to comply with the work left by

culture, regardless of our own beliefs and values. i like that. social engineering by stealth . social engineering by stealth. now, jim in swansea, you've got us all talking because you say great show as usual, but i'm absolutely tamping . we've got no absolutely tamping. we've got no idea what tamping means. i'm really hoping it's not something rude . maybe it's just a local rude. maybe it's just a local expression. tell me what it means. we're absolutely intrigued. john says esg reminds me of when asc took over the construction industry . well construction industry. well intentioned, but a red rag to a jobs worth, he says. i hear you , stuart says. thank you for an excellent show with ben and joe. he is loving the conversation so far. let's move it on, shall we? you might be familiar with the story of david hunter, a 76 year old british man. he was just freed from prison in cyprus just this after this morning after being convicted wife's convicted for his wife's manslaughter in 2021. awful situation . he says his wife , a situation. he says his wife, a blood cancer, she was begging him basically to end her life . him basically to end her life. obviously, she died. he

apparently then took an overdose. it didn't work . overdose. it didn't work. clearly, he's here to tell the tale anyway. it's got people talking again about whether or not assisted dying be not assisted dying should be legalised in this country. where do on that? do you stand on that? >> think it should. know to >> i think it should. i know to many people who have been or are . in great pain and who feel as though they have had enough and they are terrified of being kept alive , of unable to feed alive, of unable to feed themselves , unable to, you know, themselves, unable to, you know, have normal bodily functions. they've lost all dignity. and i think it's a conversation that needs to be had and it needs proper safeguards. but we already have living wills. but unfortunately , they have no unfortunately, they have no legal basis. you know , if you or legal basis. you know, if you or i could write this or ben, you know, we could say, right, if i get to this stage and can't do this, that or the other i want, but who's going to do it? you know, we already have a and very commonly used the do not resuscitate, which is not to say

. the health professionals are not going to try and save your life. what it's about is actually do you want to see your 92 year old mother have a chest broken, you know, and all that sort of stuff? you know, i will give you an example. michelle, my got alzheimer's. my mum, she's got alzheimer's. she's blind. she's in a care home. one of the side effects of alzheimer's is the inability to swallow when you can't swallow. and somebody is talking about putting a tube down your throat that you can't see. oh i mean, what quality of life is that? >> well, then would you more i don't mean to be personal, but would your mum be in favour then, of assisted dying? yes, of course. she yes. and what course. she would. yes. and what do you make of it all, ben? >> well, i mean, it's a, you know, it's highly charged know, it's a highly charged subject. don't think subject. obviously i don't think this particular a very this particular story is a very good example of, well, don't worry about that story. >> about the >> let's talk broadly about the concept chap asphyxiated concept this chap asphyxiated his wife. >> and that's perhaps the most painful way choice of very odd choice which painful way choice of very odd choice indicate which painful way choice of very odd choice indicate perhaps nhich painful way choice of very odd choice indicate perhaps something would indicate perhaps something

else mind. but i think else in his mind. but i think there's too much state intervention generally in in in determining what can live and what you know, what you know, how you die and so on. and assisted dying, if you like, is at the other end of the spectrum from abortions. and i think we've i think we've got to re—engage with the sanctity of life in a greater way and do not resuscitate is very different to assisted dying, assisted dying is someone who is quite capable of living independently , whereas of living independently, whereas do not resuscitate someone who needs assistance to live. yeah, but you say living. >> you say living independently. a lot of people . i mean, just a lot of people. i mean, just for the record, i've said this before, but i am absolutely categorically in favour of assisted dying and people being given the choice and a bit of dignity in death. exactly because, you you don't let because, you know, you don't let animals , and rightly so, animals suffer, and rightly so, by you don't let by the way. you don't let animals suffer in this country if you completely

if you are completely incapacitated. if you need someone's and assistance someone's help and assistance for everything, the dignity in your life is gone. and if you choose to die and end and your life, if you tried and if you're if you're well enough to make a genuine assessment of your own desire die then and able and desire to die then and able and you're able bodied and able minded are, then really you should take your own life. >> yes, you shouldn't . but yeah, >> yes, you shouldn't. but yeah, well then i don't think you're you're an entire you know we talk about the mind and the body as if they're independent. no but ben and but you for example, let's suppose you say right. >> you know, you write this at age 43. let's say for the sake of argument, this is what i want. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. something ghastly happens. who's going to do it? >> well, there is the million dollar question, isn't it? and if you look things like if you look at things like merton neurone disease as well, your up on you. your body just gives up on you. so you're there, but you can't do end your life. do it. you can't end your life. it's a it's a terribly emotional subject. i asked you guys on twitter, 73% of you said, yes, we should it. 27% of

we should legalise it. 27% of you it should remain you said it should remain illegal it will illegal in this country. it will continue divide opinion , that continue to divide opinion, that is sure. will we ever get is for sure. will we ever get the changed, though, in this the law changed, though, in this country or not? dollar country or not? million dollar question. but for now, that's all got for . joe and all i've got time for. joe and ben, thank you very much for your company and your insights and your thoughts. thank you at home being part the home for being part of the conversation. appreciate it as conversation. i appreciate it as even conversation. i appreciate it as ever. go anywhere, ever. do not go anywhere, though, farage is though, because nigel farage is up next. if you need to go out stickers on your radio, you can't escape us. a good can't escape us. have a good evening and i'll see you tomorrow . tomorrow night. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> evening . on. gb news. >> evening. i'm on. gb news. >> evening . i'm alex deakin and >> evening. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. should be a drier day tomorrow and many places will see some bright or even sunny spells. still quite breezy, however, and not particularly warm. and behind me there's another area of low pressure lurking for wednesday . this one

lurking for wednesday. this one brought weather for much brought the wet weather for much of the country today, still fairly soggy this fairly soggy out there this evening. some heavy showers in places pretty damp places staying pretty damp across eastern and southern scotland through the night. but further places will further south, many places will see lengthy, clear spells . see some lengthy, clear spells. and across northern scotland , and across northern scotland, where it's been dry for most of the day, across the far north, at least stay dry at least it'll stay dry overnight. temperatures dropping to celsius on to to about 13 or 14 celsius on to tuesday . and as i said, a drier tuesday. and as i said, a drier day. it doesn't mean completely dry. still a few showers, certainly initially across the south—west and quite a grey morning england morning over northwest england with outbreaks of rain and with some outbreaks of rain and they'll only slowly ease off through the so it will be through the day. so it will be quite damp here. parts of southern scotland seeing some showers north of northern ireland. but as i said, for many, it will be a drier, brighter day. still, a lot of cloud, but a bit of blue sky. we'll temperatures getting we'll see temperatures getting into 20s across the into the low 20s across the south, further north. south, high teens further north. but next comes in but then that next low comes in dunng but then that next low comes in during evening into during tuesday evening into the southwest. at a southwest. and look at this, a spell of heavy rain coming in, bluster, three showers falling on unseasonably windy on behind. unseasonably windy again the south coast of

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gb news tonight on farage. >> the national de—banking scandal now affecting up to 1000 people a day . plus, i will tell people a day. plus, i will tell you my next moves with coutt's bank. we have an exclusive story from chelmsford crossed the engush from chelmsford crossed the english channel in an inflatable dinghy and get put into luxury accommodation. i joke not. and nonh accommodation. i joke not. and north sea oil has rishi finally got it right by saying let's

produce our own rather than importing it from other parts of the world. i'd rather think for once, perhaps the pm has got this right. but before all of that and my little announcement , let's get the news with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> nigel. thank you. good evening. the top story from the newsroom teachers are no longer on strike as all four teaching unions in england accept a 6.5% pay unions in england accept a 6.5% pay rise that means all industrial action is now being called off following walkout in state schools since february. in a dispute over pay the education secretary gillian keegan welcomed the decision, saying it brought an end to disruption in classrooms . as the prime classrooms. as the prime minister says, the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the north sea is entirely consistent with his government's net zero plan. former energy minister chris skidmore , however, criticised skidmore, however, criticised the plan, saying voters would vote with their feet as they