against the cashless fight against the cashless society, particularly in pubs this week, steps up a gear or two. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you. good evening. will the top story tonight on gb news is that police in northern ireland say they're confident that leaked data of officers and staff is in the hands of dissident republicans . as earlier sinn republicans. as earlier sinn fein confirmed that a redacted version of the police data that had been posted on a wall facing its belfast offices, which it described as sinister last week. the details of 10,000 police officers and staff were published online by mistake . published online by mistake. well, this afternoon at a news conference, chief constable simon byrne said police are now operating under the assumption the data will be used to generate fear and uncertainty . generate fear and uncertainty. >> anti we are now confident that the workforce data set is in the hands of dissident

republicans and is therefore a planning assumption that they will use this list to generate fear and uncertainty , as well as fear and uncertainty, as well as intimidating or targeting officers and staff . i won't go officers and staff. i won't go into detail for operational reasons, but we are working round the clock to assess this risk and take measures to mitigate it . mitigate it. >> well, in other news tonight, a construction worker has died after being injured at everton's new football stadium being built in liverpool . the police said in liverpool. the police said the 26 year old man died in hospital earlier following an incident at the construction site in bramley moore dock. the stadium's contractor says work has been suspended until further notice. everton said everyone at the club was heartbroken . now the club was heartbroken. now the club was heartbroken. now the government says it's trying to clarify when the officials were made aware of the legionella concerns on board the bibby stockholm accommodation barge. that's after dorset

council said home office contractors were told traces of the bacteria were detected on the bacteria were detected on the day asylum seekers boarded the day asylum seekers boarded the barge. all 39 migrants were removed from the vessel on friday, downing street says it expects them to return as soon as possible . bidders for high as possible. bidders for high street retailer wilko have been given until wednesday to put forward offers to buy the firm the general goods chain fell into administration last week, putting the future of its 400 stores and around 12,000 jobs at risk . it's understood risk. it's understood administrators from pwc have set the deadline to try to secure a dealin the deadline to try to secure a deal in a bid to prevent redundancies . shoppers in redundancies. shoppers in nottingham said they were disappointed with the outcome . disappointed with the outcome. now network rail has released video of dangerous behaviour at railway level crossings. if you're watching on television, take a look at this. cctv compilation showing a person doing press ups on a railway line and also dog walkers

sitting their pets on the railway tracks for photographs and even children putting stones on the line. nearly 50 cases of misuse have been reported by train drivers or caught on cctv in worcestershire and the west midlands. so far this year. network rail says it's trying to raise awareness and discourage from people from risking their lives on the lines as this is gb news across the uk. on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio, and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> well, it was small boats week and it was the disaster. very large numbers crossed the engush large numbers crossed the english channel. a drone crashed into the english channel and a border force boat broke down. and that was all before saturday morning when in pretty choppy conditions. i was stunned that 500 people crossed the channel and i'm afraid not shocked or

surprised that six more people drowned. much of this happened on the french side of the channel and there's been much criticism of the french navy . criticism of the french navy. why weren't they quick enough? but, you know what? when people go overboard into the channel, you probably haven't got very long get to them. but i want long to get to them. but i want to say this. we've given £500 million to the french to stop the crossings. and actually they do stop a lot of boats. they put knives into the inflatables, but they're being expected to police a stretch of coastline that stretches for 60 or 70 miles. but this is the one thing that really gets me once one of those dinghies is afloat, even if it's 100 yards off a french beach, then the practise stand and practise is the french navy . practise is the french navy. then escort that vessel all to the 12 mile line from the british coast where they literally hand it over to border force or the lifeboats,

depending who is there first. and all the while , all the and all the while, all the french are escorting those boats out of those waters into ours. we frankly shouldn't be paying them a single penny. the argument is, ah, well, if we try to stop them and turn them around, if we try and take them on board, they threaten to throw the children into the channel. these are the blackmail tactics that are being used by those trying going to cross the channel. but you know what? after a week or so of doing this , the boats would stop leaving french beaches . the french french beaches. the french escorts simply must. they have to stop , stop. and escorts simply must. they have to stop, stop. and i'd also say this. there are constant talk of cracking down on the human traffickers and so much talk of gunfire that took place in one of the camps before that boat launched it and sank with the loss of six lives on saturday. but traffickers having guns is nothing new. take a look at this

individual killed . on the letter individual killed. on the letter d, acidic. >> there and there he is helping a boat launch off the beach. >> well , here he a boat launch off the beach. >> well, here he is again. a boat launch off the beach. >> well, here he is again . you >> well, here he is again. you see? see the gun? there he is in his tent. there's the gun . and his tent. there's the gun. and we've got more footage of this individual that we can show you clearly identifiable. and there he is. and there's a load of migrants there being pushed away from the beaches by the french police. he is an afghan trafficker . he's been doing this trafficker. he's been doing this for the last two years. his name is thought to be jaweed . and is thought to be jaweed. and there he is on the beaches. he's on the roads showing a gun . and on the roads showing a gun. and it's all available on tiktok . it's all available on tiktok. and yet he's still able to do it. as i say, the french authorities may well be stopping

boats leaving the beaches, but what's the point when the same people are back there the next day ? not only do the french day? not only do the french escorts simply have to stop , but escorts simply have to stop, but but and i do think this is very, very important that people like that that are advertising on tiktok are easy to track down. they need to be arrested and charged. it won't stop the trade of itself, but it will at least help. why are they all coming? well, one of the reasons is it's so easy to work in the black economy in this country and food delivery companies are now being urged to carry out more detailed checks on who their drivers are as authorities report, a huge increase in undocumented immigrants exploiting the rules to work in the sector . immigrants exploiting the rules to work in the sector. home office officials say working in the shadow economy is a major pull factor. you'd never guessed it , would pull factor. you'd never guessed it, would you? for pull factor. you'd never guessed it , would you? for those it, would you? for those embarking on the dangerous journeys, well , our home and journeys, well, our home and security editor mark white was given exclusive access as immigration enforcement officers launched a major crackdown on

this scam with raids and special operations in a number of cities. and mark joined them in brighton at the weekend in towns and cities across the uk , these and cities across the uk, these delivery drivers are everywhere. >> we all use them, but increasingly the person who turns up at your door is breaking the law. we can reveal a massive surge in the number of illegal immigrants working in the delivery sector . we're with the delivery sector. we're with the delivery sector. we're with the immigration enforcement officers in brighton city centre , a joint operation with sussex police as they target the delivery drivers, they suspect of working illegally . the police of working illegally. the police have just stopped this rider on the seafront , but as they carry the seafront, but as they carry out checks , immigration out checks, immigration enforcement teams hang back out of sight so as not to alert other drivers that they're around this riders. documents checked out and he was cleared to go just round the corner.

other immigration officers have stopped an indonesian delivery dnven stopped an indonesian delivery driver, but he is currently under arrest. >> so, first of all, i need to take a photograph of him. >> checks on him, indicate he is working here illegally and likely faces deportation in just four years ago, immigration enforcement were only really encountered ing a handful of illegal immigrants working in the gig economy. now it's vast. it is one of the key target areas for these officers. this operation is part of a major crackdown, specifically targeting those exploiting the gig economy, where legitimate self—employed delivery drivers often rent out their accounts to undocumented workers. >> they're undercutting legitimate employers and they're undercutting legitimate employees, both who are who are trying to undertake things, playing by the rules. and it really is it really is a major issue . issue. >> immigration key comes to the doon >> immigration key comes to the door. please >> in east london. other

officers are targeting the homes officers are targeting the homes of undocumented drivers. >> you don't see them coming in and out. did i have a motorbike? >> the suspect here has, it seems, moved on to another address. not uncommon given the transitory nature of undocumented immigrants . it's undocumented immigrants. it's back in brighton. this brazilian rider has just been arrested after trying to escape by going the wrong way up a one way street. >> he spotted immigration officers , we think, and he's officers, we think, and he's tried to flee . it looks the tried to flee. it looks the early indications are that he's working in breach of his entry conditions to the uk . conditions to the uk. >> there are those who feel these riders are doing little harm and these raids are a distraction from the trauma and tragedy unfolding all too often in the mediterranean and in the engush in the mediterranean and in the english channel. this past weekend . but authorities say weekend. but authorities say illegal working and illegal journeys are absolutely linked . journeys are absolutely linked. >> the illegal working is a major pull factor for illegal

migration into the uk. if you know you're coming to the uk with a job, you're more likely to travel here illegally and also undertake potentially unsafe journeys . unsafe journeys. >> as home office say, many >> as the home office say, many delivery companies are increasingly cooperating in the efforts to stop illegals exploiting their services. but they still need to do far more to check those delivering food and goods in their name are who they say they are . mark white gb they say they are. mark white gb news brighton . news brighton. >> well, great work there by mark white and his gb news team . and i'll bet you that's not just in brighton. i'll bet you that scam is going on in every single town in this country because obviously we have no idea literally no idea how many people have settled here illegally in the last 25 years or so. well to react to that and the idea the idea that the home office now tell us that we can expect five more years. yes or

five more years of channel crossings, that is what the home office expect. i wonder whether you at home find that acceptable . give me your thoughts. farage at gbnews.com. well neighbouring brighton is of course east worthing and shoreham and tim loughton is the conservative member of parliament for that area and tim, your reaction to those scenes from brighton over the weekend ? the weekend? >> well, first of all, i'm pleased that sussex police mounted that operation and we need more operations like that up and down the country. as you as you say, i mean, the government has only recently trebled the fines available for people working here illegally. it's £60,000 now per employee for anybody who's found to not be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount. be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount . in is not a a small amount. in addition to which landlords can be fined if they've got tenants again who are not allowed to be in the in the country. so there are big penalties there. the trouble is we need those

penalties to be enforced and we need more operations like the one we saw in brighton up and down the country. and we need greater cooperation from some of the big gig employers as as well. you know, these are big companies . this is a big companies. this is a big business in delivery . now. they business in delivery. now. they need to be doing their bit in making sure they're properly scrutinising, not just those people they think cycling people they think are cycling for them, but those are actually delivering to the door if it's being subcontracted as well. that's completely un unacceptable and they need to do more about it. >> tim you know, you make the point quite reasonably that the fines have gone up substantially for those that have been seen to aiding and abetting work in the illegal part of our economy. but the party point out that the labour party point out that convictions this have convictions for this have actually fallen over the course of last or 7 years and of the last 6 or 7 years and doesn't this in some ways rather sum up what we're getting from successive conservative governments? tough talk , but governments? tough talk, but really when it comes to it, not enough action? >> well, i don't know what the

level of convictions actually is, whether that is right or not. if they have been falling, then clearly more needs to be done about it. given that we've got more people coming here illegally across the channel that we that we know about and if they've had their claims rejected and then disappeared into the into the aether, they're likely to be doing some form of illegal illegal work. so it's a it's a function of the home office and of the police that needs to be beefed up. i entirely agree with that. but okay, now there's a limit to the penalties. you can you can bring in. it's enforcement that's in. but it's enforcement that's absolutely key here. >> tim, be honest. >> now, tim, let's be honest. last week, rishi sunak small boats , weak announcements coming boats, weak announcements coming out every day. we heard about the ascension islands and much else. let's face it, the week was a disaster, wasn't it? the week was a disaster. there is no prospect act of anything. this government is doing. ending the problem . and to get this report problem. and to get this report overnight right that the home office expect this to continue for a further five years. haven't the tory government

completely failed on this? >> okay . so first of all, >> okay. so first of all, i think it was a hostage to fortune focusing on small boats week, particularly in the middle of august when you're a completely at the mercy of the weather conditions, improving when they tend to have more boats coming across and the tactics of the people smugglers who exceedingly flexible in who are exceedingly flexible in how they try and get people over here, they use fewer, but larger boats. they use more and smaller boats. they use more and smaller boats or whatever. we've seen how they how they operate . it's how they how they operate. it's not true to say the home office is predicting this for five years. nigel i saw the report . years. nigel i saw the report. what it's based on is the value for money assessment on using some of these ex—military and prison camps on a five year calculation . how it stacks up calculation. how it stacks up against having to use completely inappropriately all these hotels inappropriately all these hotels in towns and cities up and down the up and down the country. that doesn't mean it's going to

last for five for five years. but absolutely, there needs to be a value for money for case why we should be using alternatives, whether it be barges, whether it be ex—military camps, whether it be former whatever. former prisons or whatever. that's this is about. that's what this is about. hopefully are not going to be hopefully we are not going to be having this same problem still in time. in five years time. >> we've been having >> well, we've been having it since and gets worse since 2018 and it gets worse every a final thought on every year. a final thought on this , tim. you know , british this, tim. you know, british judges will rely on the human rights act. the human rights act makes it very difficult to deport people . human rights act, deport people. human rights act, of course, is because of the incorporation of the european convention on human rights into the british law . isn't it time the british law. isn't it time we left the strasbourg court and decided for ourselves how we deal with these issues is i think that's a bit of a red herring. >> nigel. frankly, there are three things that need to be done before we have to start looking at that. first is to stop the boats coming across. and that's where the french absolute certainly need to step up and they could stop it overnight by intercepting those

boats in the water and bringing the passengers back to french beaches they actually do beaches when they actually do intercept, as they are doing more with our and our more of with our money and our kit , those on the beaches, they kit, those on the beaches, they confiscate the boat, but let the migrants go. so they come back the night the the following night or the following night and they only have get once. that's have to get lucky once. that's got the got to change. secondly, the home office has got to absolutely step up the time it takes process their their takes to process their their claims. and thirdly, we need to be better have more be much better and have more agreements those agreements about returning those who asylum case. who have a failed asylum case. all things absolutely need all those things absolutely need to happen . yes. to happen. yes. >> and my point, tim, on your third point, my point is, all the while we signed up to echr, thatis the while we signed up to echr, that is incredibly difficult. >> it is certainly does not make it easy. there are some serious downsides. if we were not part of echr. but if you look at echr and people getting so worked up about it, there have been 400 rulings by the european convention in the last ten years that have not been complied with in spain or italy. they don't

comply with something like 60, 63% of them. yeah, but we do. tim france. it's 30. we tend to comply with most of them . the comply with most of them. the whole thing needs to be properly reformed. and frankly, if we were to go against one of these one of these rulings , it should one of these rulings, it should not be such a big issue because frankly, other european nations are doing it for several for several years. >> i feel we're replaying the brexit debate. let's reform the eu from within. and we decided in the end we had to leave. tim, thank you . thank you. >> the this is not part of >> the eu, this is not part of the eu and there are other countries unhappy as countries unhappy about it as well. pyjama injunctions well. these pyjama injunctions which are an absolute farce, need absolutely to be. >> i'd be out tomorrow personally, but okay. i hear what you say and thank you for joining us this then nigel. >> you would be subject to an awful lot of persecution which you've had recently without the protections as as you've had recently without the proteithere as as you've had recently without the proteithere are as as you've had recently without the proteithere are downsidesas you've had recently without the proteithere are downsides as well. there are downsides as well. there are downsides as well . well, you might not well. well, you might not actually like some of the consequences of what you're now wishing. >> well, i have to say i haven't

felt much protection from coutts bank from rights, but you bank from human rights, but you never . anything is never know. anything is possible. you very much possible. thank you very much indeed for joining possible. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. in a moment, more more on this sinister organisation called becker and how they actually want to change the law to make things

radio. so he's up to five more years at the cross—channel boats. >> acceptable. well, your reactions ? i think fairly reactions? i think fairly predictable, but quite interesting. ryan says this is entirely unacceptable. these men pose a threat to the safety of our nation . strong stuff. what our nation. strong stuff. what makes it worse is how blatant they are on tiktok about their criminal activities . ryan criminal activities. ryan i know. and in the case of that gun toter that we showed you earlier, he's been there for two years. you can see him on the beaches helping launch the boats . he's still there with his gun . and paul says and this is interesting , we need a interesting, we need a referendum on illegal migration.

let the people decide . i wonder, let the people decide. i wonder, paul let the people decide. i wonder, paul, whether we don't need a referendum on immigration as a whole because it isn't just illegal immigration. that's an issue. this government was elected on brexit ticket. elected on a brexit ticket. realistically we expected that would mean numbers would fall. they're going through the roof now. i talked last week a bit about the fca, but possibly not quite enough . the executive quite enough. the executive director of the fca, sheldon mills, makes it absolutely clear that when it comes to diversity and inclusion, that i quote, this will increasingly form part of the fca's supervisory engagement strategy, and you should expect to be challenged more on these issues. so basically the fca under sheldon mills isn't about whether your money is safe , it isn't about money is safe, it isn't about whether your investments are doing well. it's about whether companies working within financial services are obeying a political agenda that he believes in. a subset of the fca

. and yes, of course, the fish does rot from the head down. but italk does rot from the head down. but i talk to you on thursday about b corp. well thomas harris is director of data and impact at the free speech union and thomas , apparently this b core group who seem to , you know, now have who seem to, you know, now have nearly 2000 british companies that are certain ified by b corp coutts bank. of course no surprise here at all. but they now actually want to change the law. there was a big piece of legislation on companies put into place in 2006. tell us what they're trying to do. >> so the companies act 2006, what b—lab uk whose certified b corporations b corp what they are they have as one of their campaigns is called the better business act. and that involves a coalition of people, an organisation who are trying to change the companies act 2006, section 172, so that it's not just about profit. that

fiduciary duty of directors won't just be about profit it, but it will also be about the planet, about people and about profit and those that's the sort of stakeholder. >> it all sounds very cuddly and very lovely, but actually it is a deeply politicised agenda , a deeply politicised agenda, isn't it? >> it is. and the reason for thatis >> it is. and the reason for that is because where we have seen this happen so far are the models that we've seen have been things like b corp's, which have within them sort of juiced up speech codes or at least blab uk who sets the standards and the certification process . they have certification process. they have what they call jedi , which isn't what they call jedi, which isn't just equity diversity and inclusion, which is already a speech code in the office. it's already tripping people up like already tripping people up like a bunch of trip wires. it's now got the john front on the front. so that's social justice. that's climate justice. that's racial justice. and when you add that to the tripwires, we've already got in the office, it's almost like sort of live wiring them.

>> but it's interesting, isn't it? this word include asian lovely people . we are we believe lovely people. we are we believe in inclusion . but if you were to in inclusion. but if you were to happen to say that you perhaps don't think it's appropriate that five year olds are read stories by drag queens, suddenly you become excluded. you become excommunicated, you become a non person. so despite the language, the agenda actually is what it is encouraging a bullying culture. >> yeah, this is what we see as the free speech union. every day we've had 2000 cases, 1 in 20 of those have been about these lovely sounding words equity, diversity and inclusion. and they exclude the mavericks, they exclude the heretics they exclude. well, actually, the majority of the population, the majority of the population, the majority of the population, the majority of the population , what majority of the population, what they exclude. >> now, it's interesting to see that in scotland , the sturgeon that in scotland, the sturgeon government , i mean, she's not government, i mean, she's not there anymore, but the sturgeon government has got very, very close to core. government has got very, very clozthis core. government has got very, very clozthis is»re. government has got very, very clozthis is interesting . it came >> this is interesting. it came it was a piece of research we

did following the report that we published that published last thursday that b—mb published last thursday that b—lab uk . in published last thursday that b—lab uk. in 2018 set up a coalition with the scottish government called scotland can be whereby the ideas of b corporation , let's kind of corporation, let's kind of transform form those to the national level and have scotland almost be like its own b corp. yeah. and so that that was set up in 2018 and that's almost like a foretaste of what might happen with this better business act. and if the labour government gets in or a labour government gets in, it might be waved through nationwide. >> and i take the point, thomas, that if the labour government get in, we're going to see a lot more identity politics, we're going to see a lot more, frankly, division as i see it in the country and but what are the tories arrest of tories done to arrest all of this? what have they done to stop of this in 13 years? stop any of this in 13 years? >> that's a great question. >> that's a great question. >> they're equalities act. you could who actually has could argue who has actually has

actually door to actually opened the door to b—mb actually opened the door to b—lab people like a corps b—lab and people like a b corps and this. and people like this. >> all happened. it's all >> it's all happened. it's all happened accelerated at happened at an accelerated at such rate in the higher such a rate in the higher education world. we have had the higher education freedom of speech act brought in by this government, which is a great win because academics and students have really been labouring under this erosion of free speech and erosion of academic freedom. so that has come in under this government. so it has had a it has listened to us in some cases, but so much of this is happening under the radar and links back to esg. but it but for those very depressed at home by all of this , history tells us by all of this, history tells us that pendulum can swing back. >> and when they do, they can do it very quickly. >> they can they can. and we have seen this in the world of gender critical belief . yes. gender critical belief. yes. we've seen that the coalitions have formed. yeah >> i mean, take women's sport, for example, where women's sports got together . and to sports got together. and to listen to sebastian coe and sharron davies, sharon davies

has been one of the great campaigners for it. but there have been big changes in women's sport, not to mention you know, the rapist in scotland the double rapist in scotland who decided that suddenly she was a woman and wanted to go to a women's prison. and the scottish public saying, do you know what, we're with this know what, we're done with this so can swing back, know what, we're done with this so up can swing back, know what, we're done with this so up the can swing back, know what, we're done with this so up the good| swing back, know what, we're done with this so up the good work.; back, know what, we're done with this so up the good work. thomas keep up the good work. thomas harris thank you, nigel union, who of course themselves suffered their own de—banking problems with paypal . in problems with paypal. in a moment, let's talk about this growth of the cashless society. pubsin growth of the cashless society. pubs in london are now refusing cash. pubs in london are now refusing cash . what can we do to fight

radio. >> well, gb news are well through a quarter of a million signatures for our don't kill cash campaign . signatures for our don't kill cash campaign. but signatures for our don't kill cash campaign . but we're not the cash campaign. but we're not the only group out there fighting for this now, martin quinn is campaign director of the payment choice alliance and martin,

you've been selflessly going around the pubs in london ordering drinks and trying to pay ordering drinks and trying to pay with £20 notes. well, i've been i've been doing it with tenors, nigel as well. >> i mean, i can doesn't really matter. but yeah, i mean, so what i started off a little bit back in sort of february . i was, back in sort of february. i was, i was going into a pub called the suffolk tavern, which is in london bridge. i went into to order a pint and pint was served , but straight away they shoved the cash, the payment card machine to your face. and i've gone , well, what about cash? and gone, well, what about cash? and they've gone. no, it's card only. so i had a decision to make. do i leave the pint there or do i get a debit card out, which i had to do? and that happened a few times in other places. and but probably prior to that, i decided, well, that's it on the pints aspect, but why i got involved in the first place was, was pre—covid. i was having a coffee in tunbridge wells in a national chain and a group of a group of disabled

people came in with their carers . and if you've ever seen anything this going on, they have their little money bag and they've got maybe it's £5, they've got maybe it's £5, they've been given and they've got to put the receipt to in prove it. so all they're all prove it. so all the they're all sitting really excited. it sitting down really excited. it might their only outing of might be their only outing of the they've to the the day so they've got to the counter be served and of counter to be served and of course the barista said sorry it's card only. now you should have seen the faces of these poor people on the seats. they had to walk out and that galvanised me. i had an argument with the barista. it didn't matter to after that i left there myself and i set up a government petition to basically me to say that that we need businesses and shops that must accept cash. now, at the time i was probably too early. we didn't quite get enough traction then. and since then, a couple more petitions did actually reach threshold of 10,000. reach the threshold of 10,000. it was debated in parliament, but government have turned but this government have turned around and said we're protecting cash, about it. but cash, don't worry about it. but they're they? no, of

they're not, are they? no, of course no what they're what course not. no what they're what they're saying is that, oh, you know , we're going to we're going know, we're going to we're going to legal tender. but the to keep legal tender. but the problem is and a lot of the people out there will say, well , yes, but i've got legal tenden , yes, but i've got legal tender. you've to accept it. tender. you've got to accept it. no, the misnomer of legal tender is quite straightforward. it yes , it's legal tender, but it means in day day means nothing in the day to day legal tender means if i owe a debt, i can't be sued in court. it means nothing with the provision of goods and services. so legal tender is protected. legal tender doesn't really matter . m atter. >> so matter. >> so what do we need to do? >> so what do we need to do? >> we simply need a payment choice act. which what that really that if you go really means is that if you go into a business, need into a business, we need government or this government or the to mandate the next one to mandate it simply be payment choice act simply be a payment choice act where you've got to accept cash, you've got to accept cards, you've got to accept cards, you've accept whatever you've got to accept whatever trouble is. >> martin quinn that rishi sunak is pushing full speed ahead for the albeit in the introduction, albeit in limited form to begin with, of a central bank digital currency from 2030. yeah they are.

>> but equally at the end of the day, i mean, we just cannot afford to lose cash. if you think about i mentioned some vulnerable people there, but you know, there's elderly, know, there's the elderly, there's financial excluded . there's the financial excluded. there's you know, there's for example, you know, people in abusive people are in abusive relationships who are having their their their money controlled, their finances need finances controlled. they need access to cash. they need to be able to spend the cash. >> well, my worry my worry is a is a strong libertarian worry that we head down a digitised route and they start to control what we can spend our money on. and they're doing it already in some martin luck with some ways. martin good luck with the campaign. >> you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> nigel, you were on this before me, but i hope i've helped a little bit. and gb news certainly much certainly very, very much all i would say that's viewing would say anyone that's viewing go payment choice alliance. >> write to your mp. there's a template on there and do just write to your mp and demand change and the website. it's payment choice alliance.org forward payment choice alliance forward payment choice alliance forward slash take action. >> take action. absolutely action this day. very, very good . right now what the farage

moment . i couldn't believe this moment. i couldn't believe this over the weekend. sadiq khan. yes he's not exactly a yes i know he's not exactly a favourite of many on this channelis favourite of many on this channel is organising on the 2nd of september a big event in trafalgar square here and it's to celebrate black culture and diverse black culture here. and you can see what's happening. there's an election coming up next year and he's he's playing to identity politics. but this is all bad news because it's all horribly , horribly divisive . horribly, horribly divisive. what if somebody tried to organise a white culture day, an engush organise a white culture day, an english culture day? it would be absolutely condemned and decried by none other than sadiq khan . by none other than sadiq khan. let's have a good news story, shall we? a really good news story is that the bluefin tuna , story is that the bluefin tuna, this magnificent beast, has returned to british waters. it came back perhaps a decade ago. devon cornwall, the channel islands, and has been spreading

further east. and i grew up with tales of these fish being caught up off scarborough and whitney whitby either side of the wars . whitby either side of the wars. and you can see me there with a tuna caught down in cornwall. we're now in year three of a recreation fishery. the chart programme , as it's called, and programme, as it's called, and this is tag and release, and it's been a great success. it's 25 boats have been licenced to do it and it's that that picture you can see there is really of a massive bluefin tuna that was caught off penzance. but from tomorrow , there's actually going tomorrow, there's actually going tomorrow, there's actually going to be the beginning of a limited commercial fishery. and one man, his name is chris gill. he fishes out of mevagissey. he's in charge of the cornish handune in charge of the cornish handline association , which is handline association, which is sustainable fishing to your plate. and he's skipper of a charter fishing boat. and a commercial fishing boat out of mevagissey . and chris, you have mevagissey. and chris, you have campaigned for us to have a commercial tuna fishery , and it commercial tuna fishery, and it begins tomorrow. tell us more

how it does . how it does. >> i've been working with defra on and off for 4 or 5 years. i started working with the bluefin tuna back in 2018, tagging fish with tonnes also on the chart programme, and i've done that for three years, been working tirelessly really with several people in the handline association . i'm the vice association. i'm the vice chairman and, and we've been pushing defra for this commercial quota . we've got a commercial quota. we've got a very small quota of 39 tonnes. europe has 44,000 tonnes. so it's, it's a very small drop in the ocean . the ocean. >> yeah, but chris, it's a start . and as you know and i know many of us are disappointed that brexit hasn't delivered all the things that we hoped immigration , an etcetera. but actually pnor , an etcetera. but actually prior to brexit we were not a tuna country at all. it may be small , but it tuna country at all. it may be small, but it is progress, isn't it ?

it? >> yes, it is in- >> yes, it is . in— >> yes, it is . yes, it's a >> yes, it is. yes, it's a little pilot project that the handune little pilot project that the handline association put together . we put that into defra together. we put that into defra . we tried to put it into defra three years ago. again, last year and we were successful this yeah year and we were successful this year. we applied for ten licences, defra put in for into iccat for ten licences and they've been issued around the country . country. >> and how much different , how >> and how much different, how much difference, chris, does this potentially make to west country ports ? country ports? >> um , the bluefin tuna arriving >> um, the bluefin tuna arriving is massive for the whole of the country really . country really. >> um, back , back, early, early >> um, back, back, early, early 60s, 50s and 60s we had massive celebrities coming over fishing for them . um, ports , ports like for them. um, ports, ports like mevagissey where i'm out of if we, if we've got a good fishery , lots of people come in, stay in and going and catching them

and then with a sustainable commercial as well, why have they. >> does anyone know the reason why the bluefin tuna and i've been out with you and i've seen huge numbers of these fish busting the surface. it's an incredible, amazing and exciting sight. does anyone really know why they've come back ? why they've come back? >> i don't think they do . to >> i don't think they do. to water temperatures. they're saying. but i don't see any change in the last sort of 18 years that i've been out at sea . um, there does seem to be a northerly movement of fish. so whether it's just something to do with that, that migration, uh , they're on a cycle . they seem , they're on a cycle. they seem to be on a cycle of about 40 years. um a quarter on a cycle of about seven years. so we see rises and fall in all species as well. >> let's hope the bluefin are here for a long time to stay. and i wish you luck with your first day commercial bluefin tuna fishing tomorrow. who knows 7 tuna fishing tomorrow. who knows ? maybe we'll see it advertised

in our restaurants. i very much hope we do. and it may be little acorns compared to, as you say, the massive quota that european countries have. but it's a start and you've helped make it happen. chris gill, thank you very much indeed. well, there we are, a good news story, good news in environmentally and, you know, good news actually business wise for our country, particularly the west country. in a moment , particularly the west country. in a moment, another good news story. it's about manufactured being returning to britain . is being returning to britain. is this the beginning of something post—brexit

history is far more dynamic than most people realise. yes history changes because new facts emerge. now sir keith park was a new zealander gallipoli veteran, first world war royal flying corps ace, who is one of the great un unsung heroes of this country and the fact we kept our

independence once in 1940, i thought for many, many years he went unrecognised . but now, in went unrecognised. but now, in the last few years, a statue of him has been put up in central london. it was unveiled by the queen herself , and it's a very queen herself, and it's a very good statue. it was actually paid for chiefly by a british businessman called terry smith. but now sir keith parks , history but now sir keith parks, history has changed again. and i think a remarkable and very positive and perhaps rather illuminating way. and i'm joined by leo mckinstry, journalist , and i'm joined by leo mckinstry, journalist, second world war historian and author of hurricane victor of the battle of britain. leo, give us the update of what has happened to sir keith park . sir keith park. >> well, nigel, leo, greg campaigner for british independence and british freedom . but as you said, no one did it more for british freedom in 1940

than sir keith park, who was the commander of number 11 group, which was right in the front line of the fight in the battle of britain against the luftwaffe. and without keith park's strategic leadership and wise husband of resources, the raf would have struggled very badly. and keith park was a brilliant leader, both in developing the right tactics and in motivating his men. he was quite superb on that. and the thing that has changed is we always knew he was a fine commander. you mentioned gallipoli. he was brave at gallipoli. he was brave at gallipoli and in the first world war in the royal flying corps and the battle of britain, and after the battle of britain, he malta. he was vital he served in malta. he was vital to protecting the raf and to the protecting the raf and the island of malta during the siege in 1942. and then he served in the far east with distinction . but 1940 was his distinction. but 1940 was his golden moment and we his role as the commander of no. 11 group is quite well known. but it's now emerged thanks to brilliant research by dilip sarkar , who's research by dilip sarkar, who's a superb historian of the battle

of britain. he's written over 50 books on the battle that keith park actually is can be designated one of the few. the few is the title that was given to the 3000, roughly 3000 men of the raf who served during the battle of britain and they owe their name to churchill's famous speech in 18th of august 1940, when he said, never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few, and the few, the qualification is you have to have served in two operational sorties during the battle of britain from late july until mid september. and it was always thought that keith park hadn't done that . but dilip park hadn't done that. but dilip sarkar got hold in new zealand of his logbook and ascertained that he served in at least two sorties, one escorting winston churchill to uxbridge and one escorting a convoy in the north sea so he can he now is entitled to the clasp and recognition as one of the few. >> yeah . so, i mean, he was 48

>> yeah. so, i mean, he was 48 years old and there he was in a hurricane on out on out on operational sorties. and this means, of course , that his name means, of course, that his name will be added to the memorial at capel le ferne on the white cliffs of dover of fan which is i lived down in thanet and it's very near where i am and it's a place that i often visit to take inspiration. >> those men were so brave and what the whole destiny of mankind in the course of british history would have been completely different. if people like keith park hadn't been so brave against the luftwaffe. yeah, and that's and a very, very quick thought, leo, if i can. >> everyone knows about the spitfire. it's beautiful lines. it's wonderful angles , it's it's wonderful angles, it's agility. and we love seeing it. the hurricane slightly gets ignored. why did you call it the victor of the battle of britain? >> well, just statistically , >> well, just statistically, when dilip saka's own research bears this out, that for every one plane shot down by spitfire, two of the luftwaffe are two

luftwaffe planes were shot down by hurricanes. you know , they by hurricanes. you know, they made up the majority of the force and the fighter command dunng force and the fighter command during the battle of britain. they made up the majority of the pilots of the squadrons , and pilots of the squadrons, and they the brunt of the they bore the brunt of the battle . and the hurricane was at battle. and the hurricane was at its back in 1940. it became its peak back in 1940. it became obsolete after 1940, whereas did its job on being developed . its job on being developed. >> it did its job. and you've documented it beautifully. and leo, thank you for coming on and joining me on a day when history gets updated and changes in a positive way . liam mckinstry, positive way. liam mckinstry, thank you . now we're used to thank you. now we're used to heanng thank you. now we're used to hearing stories about brexit being really bad for everything, but you see business faces that are capable of adapting . they are capable of adapting. they take change circumstances and they actually draw some benefit from it and one of those is barry leahy, president of play dale playgrounds . barry, tell us dale playgrounds. barry, tell us your story . tell dale playgrounds. barry, tell us your story. tell us dale playgrounds. barry, tell us your story . tell us how dale playgrounds. barry, tell us your story. tell us how you adapted to the changed circumstances of brexit.

>> good evening, nigel and everyone. >> yeah , listen, i'm not going >> yeah, listen, i'm not going to paint the everything was rosy, but it was change, right? and we were used to change at playdale where we were traditionally a ninth generation family business. we've gone through plagues, we've gone through plagues, we've gone through world wars, we've gone through world wars, we've gone through , you know, now covid. so through, you know, now covid. so i'm guessing we were used to those kind of obstacles in the road. and we are an agile business and we were an exporter already and we were exporting to third countries. so it was just adapting to that paperwork. third countries. so it was just adapting to that paperwork . and adapting to that paperwork. and once we got our heads around that, it was the way we went. we trained people, we developed people, we trained people and that allowed us to grow. now, since 2020, our international business is up by 75. wow. so i think there's a lot to, you know, that development and preparation and just having that sheer ambition that we have. >> yeah. and there's evidence,

too, isn't there, perhaps, of small manufacturers making more now in the united kingdom ? what now in the united kingdom? what was it? because if you listen to the bbc, they'll tell you brexit is a catastrophe for business. how is it that you managed to adapt? but the bbc haven't quite caught up with that yet . caught up with that yet. >> frou frou hard work and having a strategy . nigel you having a strategy. nigel you know, we had a plan . we got know, we had a plan. we got ready, we listened to the advice given, you know, the department of international trade as it was department of business and trade as it is now. you know , they as it is now. you know, they gave us advice out there in the field and we listened to it and then we trained our individuals to get their heads around it. and guess we've got this inner desire to outperform our competition. an and once you get your head around that, you know , it's like athletes isn't it? if you want to be truly world class, you've got to continually to train. and that's what we do . we've trained our individuals .we've trained our individuals in the business. we continue to

train our individuals in the business skills, etcetera , that business skills, etcetera, that you hear people talk about with the victim mentality of we don't have enough. well, we train, you know, i'm based in south cumbria. we've interviewed shepherds and shepherdesses in the last ten years for jobs. you know, we've got a pupil shortage, never mind a skills shortage, never mind a skills shortage . now, they were great shortage. now, they were great at counting, but their skills weren't great. but we've put people like that through courses. we've got business development . barry courses. we've got business development. barry i courses. we've got business development . barry i have to development. barry i have to say, continually doing that. >> out of time. >> barry we're out of time. barry time. just barry we're out of time. just love your positivity. love the idea that you can adapt and cope with change and well done at playdale for all that you do. thank you. well we've had 1 or 2 quite positive stories to end today. i think perhaps need today. i think perhaps we need a bit more of that. we need cheering up some time now. jacob is for a genuinely off for is off for a genuinely off for a couple of weeks, not broadcasting from his large country in somerset. country home in somerset. patrick standing in country home in somerset. pathim. standing in country home in somerset. pathim. patrick standing in country home in somerset. pathim. patrick in standing in country home in somerset. pathim. patrick in aanding in country home in somerset. pathim. patrick in a word,| in country home in somerset. pathim. patrick in a word, what for him. patrick in a word, what have we got? >> oh, well, well, loads. okay, so student accommodation being

used migrants the used to house migrants are the french to for putting the french to blame for putting the channel the head channel and the head of extinction rebellion has absolutely slammed ulez. >> nothing too much >> oh, well, nothing too much then. next hour then. coming up in the next hour or . now, surely , surely, or so. now, surely, surely, surely . somebody tell me the surely. somebody tell me the weather . it's surely. somebody tell me the weather. it's simply at some point in august, just got to get better , hasn't it? let's have a better, hasn't it? let's have a look. the temperatures are rising. >> boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there . it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. rain today clearing overnight . a few clearing overnight. a few showers following, but many places will be fine during tuesday as low pressure moves into the north sea, taking its weather fronts with it. however one occluded feature is just providing some additional rainfall to the northeast of england through the night. some damp weather continuing here. eventually it becomes light . eventually it becomes light. moderate rain showers across western areas, drier towards the

southeast with some clear spells. but wherever you are, it's not going to be a cold night. it's 12 to 14 celsius generally, and it will be a bright start to tuesday, certainly across southern areas compared with monday. plenty of sunshine around still the remnants of the cloud and rain clearing from the northeast of england, southeast scotland first but by mid—morning, first thing. but by mid—morning, that's gone. and then the that's all gone. and then the showers in the west tend to transfer eastwards through the day. the heaviest downpours will be across the central belt and the southern uplands. but elsewhere, actually, the showers becoming more scattered into the afternoon. a better chance of some sunshine in the south. and with light winds feeling much more pleasant. then we start off wednesday few fog patches wednesday with a few fog patches in the south and the west . a lot in the south and the west. a lot of cloud for scotland and northeast and further northeast england and further showers develop. most of showers develop. but most of these will in the these showers will be in the north, especially scotland , north, especially for scotland, dner north, especially for scotland, drier south. and drier towards the south. and this drying up trend continues into thursday and the start of friday with rising temperatures , the temperatures rising , a

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gb news. >> hello. good evening. it's me patrick christys identifying as the formidable jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight, eight tiny bacteria outbreak on a barge isn't enough to put the government off alternative accommodation for migrants. student halls are next on the list of options. what next? a state mandated migrants in your front room. but some students will be starting the academic yearin will be starting the academic year in hotels and bunk beds , as year in hotels and bunk beds, as many universities reportedly can't guarantee accommodation for them. you know , the ones for them. you know, the ones paying for them. you know, the ones paying the fees, we are clearly in the grip of a student housing crisis. so how will moving 5000 migrants into halls of residence that are current students are

being denied solve anything ? being denied solve anything? labour have scrapped the plan to create ulez style zones across the country after the deeply unpopular scheme arguably costing the uxbridge by—election but nonetheless london mayor sadiq khan has vowed that he will continue to expand the caphaps will continue to expand the capital's ultra low emission zone but this is the really interesting bit. environmentalist group extinction rebellion and yes, them extinction rebellion criticised the ulez and if your plan to lower air pollution doesn't even have the support of eco loonies, then you really are in trouble. we are looking across the channel next to see what the french police are up to because it certainly doesn't seem to be stopping illegal migrants from reaching the uk. the number of french police patrolling beaches is down because the country's rules about when they will get involved in stopping the boats feel arbitrary at best. apparently they're on holiday . apparently they're on holiday. is france actually partially to blame for the number of illegal migrants who wind up on britain's shores? plus he is a member of america's