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on with me on tv, online and on your wireless . today we will be your wireless. today we will be discussing oliver anthony, a former factory worker from virginia, whose viral song richmond, north of richmond , richmond, north of richmond, shot to number one in the us itunes charts, making him an overnight sensation across the globe. will be talking to a world war ii d—day veteran who was forced to move to a hostel after being evicted from his home. and later in the show, i'll be joined by charlie bentley astor to discuss femininity and feminism in the wake of the snow white rewrite . wake of the snow white rewrite. it is the girlboss aspiration what women really want . and in what women really want. and in the jewel i'll be asking if christians should skip church tomorrow morning so that they can watch the england lionesses in the world cup final instead . in the world cup final instead. raif, what's your take.7 i don't think they should be skipping church at all, but i understand that church services may be moved somewhat to accommodate at all, so i'm not as fast as normal. and are you as fast as normal, steve? >> no, i think this is
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ridiculous. i mean, they used to say when i was young that you must ever smoke while must never, ever smoke while you're could you're praying, but you could pray you're smoking. pray while you're smoking. and i think there's absolutely no reason why shouldn't be reason why we shouldn't be praying but look, praying tomorrow. but look, every church service isn't at 10:00. know, church 10:00. you know, my church service ten and 12. service is at eight, ten and 12. we can fit in around it. >> but before all of that, it's the . news the. news >> emma, thank you very much and good evening. this is the latest from the newsroom. some breaking news just in. a 50 year old man has been charged with possessing documents or records likely to be useful to terrorists . and the be useful to terrorists. and the possession articles for use possession of articles for use in terrorism . he'll appear in in terrorism. he'll appear in court on monday in relation to last psni data breach, last week's psni data breach, where the details of 10,000 police officers and staff were published online by mistake . published online by mistake. that's after police officers in northern ireland revealed they're also investigating the loss of an officer's laptop and notebook which fell from a moving vehicle that contained the details of 42 officers and
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staff of lawyers representing the families of two of lucy libby's victims have called the independent inquiry inadequate. the government ordered a non—statutory investigation after the former nurses conviction yesterday . it will conviction yesterday. it will look at the circumstances surrounding the deaths, including how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with . the clinicians were dealt with. the prosecution's key medical expert has told the observer police should investigate hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter, calling them grossly negligent for not acting on fears about libby's actions at the time she was found guilty of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others. she'll be sentenced on monday . pakistani police are monday. pakistani police are seeking to arrest the father of sara sharif in connection to her murder . the sara sharif in connection to her murder. the ten year old's body was found at her home in woking last thursday morning after police received a call from irfan sharif from pakistan. police believe he travelled to islamabad with sara stepmother, uncle and five children a day
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before her body was discovered. detectives say she'd suffered extensive injuries over a sustained period of time . sustained period of time. criminal gangs have been condemned by maritime experts for pushing small boats out into the english channel during storm betty. coastguard and border force vessels have been called to deal with reports of migrant boats in the sea in treacherous conditions . at least three were conditions. at least three were intercepted in uk waters this morning. db news understands around 100 people were on board and finally the lionesses say they're buoyed by the level of support ahead of tomorrow's world cup final. england take on spain playing to win the trophy for the very first time. lauren james, who served a two match suspension following her red card against nigeria, could start tomorrow. meanwhile the prince of wales has apologised for not being able to attend that final in person. in a video posted on social media, he and princess charlotte wished the lionesses good luck for the game. >> lionesses want to send you a
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huge good luck for tomorrow. we're sorry you can't be there in person, but we're so proud of everything you've achieved and the millions you've inspired here and around the world. so go out really out there tomorrow and really enjoy yourselves. good luck, lionesses . lionesses. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by simply saying play gb news. now it's back to emma. on the 8th of january 1894, little boy was born near lodz in poland . was born near lodz in poland. >> his name was raymond and his parents were poor but devout weavers . one night when he was weavers. one night when he was a young child , he had a dream, young child, he had a dream, a vision of the virgin mary. he asked mary what would become of him, and she offered him two crowns. one white for purity , crowns. one white for purity, the other red for martyrdom . she the other red for martyrdom. she asked him which he would be willing to accept, and the little boy replied. both yes. he
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went on to join the franciscan order, taking the name maximilian. maximilian kolbe . maximilian. maximilian kolbe. though he had been attracted to the army at the end of world war |, the army at the end of world war i, he was ordained in rome , i, he was ordained in rome, seeing himself as engaged in a spiritual instead of military worldly battle in 1919, he returned to poland , and despite returned to poland, and despite having incurable tubercular ptosis, he set about creating a printing press, producing newspapers and a radio station, believing that the media could believing that the media could be used for good to spread the word of god and encouraged devotion to mary. when the invaded poland in 1939, he could have kept his head down and stopped doing what he was doing. but he didn't. instead, he was sent to auschwitz as a prisoner. 16670. never renounced his faith in stead, he prayed with and comforted his fellow prisoners . comforted his fellow prisoners. one day in late july 1941, the
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camp siren went off. some prisoners had escaped , including prisoners had escaped, including from block 14, father colby's block from the blocks where the prisoners had escaped. the guards picked ten prisoners to make an example . all those ten make an example. all those ten would be sent to an underground bunker to starve to death . one bunker to starve to death. one of the ten began weeping for his wife and children who he'd never see again . and it was father see again. and it was father colby who stepped forward and told the guards that he would take the man's place. he prayed with and sang with the men for two weeks until they starved and until he was one of the last left alive. the last left alive . saint maximilian kolbe be the saint of auschwitz . he was saint of auschwitz. he was executed on the 14th of august 1941, after being injected with carbolic acid. he was canonised by pope john paul, a martyr of charity and patron saint. not only of political prisoners, but
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also of journalists and radio operators in jesus words, greater love hath no man than this. that a man lay down his life for his friends. one survive, said his death was a shock filled with hope, bringing new life and strengths. it was like a powerful shaft of light in the darkness of the camp far the kolbe's little known story of bravery, steadfastness and holiness is an inspiration to christians and non christians alike. christians and non christians auke.the christians and non christians alike. the 14th of august remains his feast day. the day as providence would have it before the assumption of mary , before the assumption of mary, the day in the christian calendar that marks mary's ascension into heaven. it was also the day that his remains were cremated . saints and their were cremated. saints and their feast days used to be an important part of the culture of the people of the british isles. if you take a moment to look almost anywhere in the country, you will notice that our
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landscape is dotted with places associated with and named after saints, holy places , as well as saints, holy places, as well as holy wells . it's testament to holy wells. it's testament to the ways in which the saints captured the imagined nations and hearts of our ancestors from seventh century saints like saint cuthbert and durham, to saint cuthbert and durham, to saint maximilian kolbe in the 20th. i think the saints can beguile us just as they once did . if only we knew their stories it's the women's world cup tomorrow morning in sydney, the first time that england have reached the world cup final since the men's team in 1966. the game kicks off at 11 am, which will also happens to be the same time that many church services usually begin . so many services usually begin. so many people will be toying with the idea of bunking off to watch the
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game. yes, dad, i am looking at you this week. the times reported that many churches would actually be onside with those choosing to skive the bishop of derby , who is the bishop of derby, who is the church's spokeswoman for sport, who knew that they had such a thing, said that many people will want to watch the match live. and if they want to do that , that is just fine by the that, that is just fine by the church of england. one church is even shorter its eucharist so even shorter in its eucharist so that they can live stream the game eat bacon rolls. game and eat bacon rolls. another their service another swapped their service for a community. watch critics say that the church is sending the message that football is more important than worship . more important than worship. interesting that and that brings me on to tonight's jewel . me on to tonight's jewel. joining me tonight , two of my joining me tonight, two of my favourite people under the sun, the broadcaster and historian rafe heydel—mankoo and former labour party mep mep storey mp stephen pound have just given you a place in the european
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parliament there. stephen yes, so ralph could do me much good. kick us off. what do you think of this? do you think that the church sending the wrong message? >> first just want to >> well, first i just want to thank for that marvellous thank you for that marvellous monologue about saint maximilian kolbe, to my kolbe, who's very close to my heart he was at heart because he was at auschwitz the same time as my auschwitz at the same time as my grandfather's cousin, who was a professor economics and was professor of economics and was housed in a nearby block. and they were actually murdered within few weeks of each within a few weeks of each other. very to my other. so very close to my heart. i'm thrilled that gb heart. and i'm thrilled that gb news actually talking about news is actually talking about that anyway, that wonderful man. but anyway, on topic at hand. look, on to the topic at hand. look, if masses are being cancelled or if masses are being cancelled or if people don't have any option to go to mass because of this game, then i think that is wrong . overly exercised . i'm not overly exercised because, as stephen said, there are other opportunities go to are other opportunities to go to church a sunday church normally on a sunday apart the one mass, because apart from the one mass, because in masses are being in some cases masses are being scheduled hour scheduled to be half an hour early order to provide people early in order to provide people with opportunity. mean, with an opportunity. i mean, it's said football is it's often said that football is the religion of england. the real religion of england. perhaps in this perhaps that is true in this case, but think goes to case, but i think goes to a broader issue, which is part of this project by the church of
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england particularly. i'm not sure this an issue england particularly. i'm not surcatholic this an issue england particularly. i'm not surcatholic ands an issue england particularly. i'm not surcatholic and evangelicale for catholic and evangelical churches, church of churches, but the church of england is trying to reach out churches, but the church of ena and is trying to reach out churches, but the church of ena progressive; to reach out churches, but the church of ena progressive youth ach out to a progressive youth demographic. so, it demographic. and by doing so, it is jettisoning dogma. demographic. and by doing so, it isjettisoning dogma. it's is jettisoning dogma. it's jettisoning theology. and this jettisoning theology. and this jettisoning of the jettisoning so many of the traditions which are as traditions which are seen as being awkward alienating or being awkward or alienating or off to that demographic off putting to that demographic , even though that demographic isn't all interested isn't at all interested in religion is actually religion and is actually alienating core alienating the core congregations , the true faithful congregations, the true faithful of the church . and that's of the of the church. and that's my issue. it's the willingness with which they're able to seeming compromise without it, without qualms whatsoever. without any qualms whatsoever. >> think, stephen, that >> do you think, stephen, that this is another example of the church england basically church of england basically sending message something sending a message that something like football, something secular, important for secular, is more important for worshipping the almighty ? worshipping the almighty? >> absolutely. i mean, it was said that the british invented cricket to give them some idea of the concept of eternity, because it's a profoundly irreligious people. they didn't know particular know much about that particular concept. i just pick concept. but can i just pick what rafe said about father maximilian he means maximilian kolbe? he means a great deal to us in ealing ,
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great deal to us in ealing, where we actually have kolbe house. we have a sheltered home for also in woods, for people and also in woods, his city, which commonly his home city, which is commonly known of known as the manchester of poland, where he is poland, you know, where he is revered and on the 14th of revered. and on the 14th of august, the day before, the assumption the blessed virgin august, the day before, the assunthere the blessed virgin august, the day before, the assunthere was1e blessed virgin august, the day before, the assunthere was a blessed virgin august, the day before, the assunthere was a speciali virgin august, the day before, the assunthere was a special massn mary, there was a special mass in our polish church in poland in our polish church in poland in our polish church in believe me, all in ely, and believe you me, all over but coming to on over poland. but coming to on this now, if you dilute the faith to the where it is faith to the point where it is just no longer visible anymore , just no longer visible anymore, how you actually complain if how can you actually complain if people say, well, why should i bother to go to church ? i know, bother to go to church? i know, obviously was shankly obviously was it? shankly said. you football not you know, football is not a matter of life and death. it's much more important than that. but i find this but is it? i find this absolutely ludicrous. it's an important match without important football match without a been a question. you know, i've been at football afternoon and at football this afternoon and i've the concept of i've understood the concept of purgatory watching i purgatory from watching it. so i understand this . you know, by understand this. you know, by the fulham this the way, fulham lost this afternoon. but the idea is afternoon. but look, the idea is over and over again. we see to see. and i don't i don't actually identify particular christian strands because i think all christian churches to a certain some more than a certain degree, some more than others do actually commit this, which think actually
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which i think it's actually a sin. personally, actually sin. personally, i've actually diluting of the diluting the purity of the message. think when we message. and i think when we those had on the news those items you had on the news today horrific stories, you today to horrific stories, you know, baby murders in know, the baby murders in cheshire and the missing child from from in when you from from in sorry when you think that we've been given a planet which provides for all our needs, provides everything we us a heaven on we want, gives us a heaven on earth. want it. and yet earth. if we want it. and yet somehow we to actually somehow we managed to actually forget core message. and forget the core message. and it bnngs forget the core message. and it brings back to, i think, brings us back to, i think, sorry to ramble on a bit, but the most fundamental question in christianity will. christianity about free will. i mean, if people say if god allows such evil to create to exist, if he allows it to exist and he could stop it, then he's malevolent if he allows it to malevolent. if he allows it to exist and he can't stop it, he's impotent. and that's the impotent. and i think that's the debate we have have debate that we have to have oven debate that we have to have over. and i know the over. and i think i know the answer that. and you've got answer to that. and you've got to have faith to know the answer. but it just terrifies me that talking about such that we're talking about such trivialities as football when we're about absolute we're talking about the absolute horrors eyes on horrors in front of our eyes on this of plenty of beauty this planet of plenty of beauty and a peace that we could be living children it. living as god's children on it. and do we do? we kill
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and yet what do we do? we kill each other by by comparison, this will all seem trivial, but i've noticed going into churches recently, particularly anglican churches, there's this kind churches, that there's this kind of desecration of the sacred space. >> and so i have in my mind from this times report images of people sitting in the pews watching a live stream football, no rolls with feet no bacon rolls with their feet up, like something up, and it looks like something from ted, you so , from father ted, you know, so, you know, from your perspective , rafe, do think that there , rafe, do you think that there is element in this that is is an element in this that is still going back to the same problem that we see week after week? the church england sort week? the church of england sort of given up on itself and of having given up on itself and having on christianity having given up on christianity in gospel? in the gospel? >> well, well, it was >> well, yeah. well, it was ever thus. remember very famous thus. i remember the very famous episode prime minister episode of yes prime minister when hacker, prime when jim hacker, the prime minister to a bishop minister, had to select a bishop and dissuaded from and he was dissuaded from choosing because an choosing one because he was an extremist. he actually believed in it's been like in god. you know, it's been like that long, long time. the that for a long, long time. the reality is here in 2020, welby said , we don't preach morality . said, we don't preach morality. we plant churches. we don't preach therapeutic care . we
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preach therapeutic care. we plant churches. the prayers of the church of england now isn't the church of england now isn't the faith. it is expansion. it is prioritising expansion over dogma and over and over belief. >> definitely failing on that front. >> and the reason for that is there's an actual project. it's a ten year project called myriad, which is greek for 10,000 is to create 10,000 10,000 and is to create 10,000 community led churches , not community led churches, not clergy led churches. the closing down of physical churches, the abandonment of sending clergy to theological studies and having community leaders instead do this with and using the home as the new churches . that's why we the new churches. that's why we saw justice justin welby celebrating easter sunday mass in his kitchen . the idea is to in his kitchen. the idea is to turn living rooms into the new churches, getting away from even having the eucharist served dunng having the eucharist served during , during, during a having the eucharist served during, during, during a mass is deeply troubling. and the whole ethos here is to try to appeal to progressive youth, even though that is the wrong demographic. knows demographic. and everyone knows the faith that are doing the best in this, in this world, are those are robust, that are those that are robust, that are confident self—assured . confident and are self—assured.
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and introspection that we're and the introspection that we're seeing certain christian seeing from certain christian faiths, questioning and faiths, this questioning and there's to compromise on there's willing to compromise on core and not giving core tenets and not giving people framework of moral people the framework of moral guidance not path to victory. >> is it almost like homoeopathy isn't it? i mean, homoeopathy is where you have a tiny trace element within the liquid, like nought point, nought, nought, nought, people nought, nought one. and people think efficacious. think that that's efficacious. yes. no sane person apart yes. i mean no sane person apart from present king actually from the present king actually thinks is thinks that. but the reality is that some churches seem to be diluting and diluting and diluting and diluting and diluting try to diluting desperately try to avoid . and by not avoid offending. and by not offending they're offending anybody, they're not inspired anybody. >> way to end the jewel >> perfect way to end the jewel that was almost majestic. stephen, i couldn't agree with you more it's really you more. and it's not really a jewel because we sort of really agree other. but agree with each other. but anyway, thank you, both of you very much. more come very much. plenty more to come this my common this afternoon on my common sense next we'll be sense crusade. next we'll be talking liz stith from the talking to liz stith from the common sense society usa, the common sense society usa, on the blue anthony blue collar sensation anthony oliver back in just a
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>> welcome back to the common sense crusade with me on tv, onune sense crusade with me on tv, online and on your wireless . online and on your wireless. now, unusually , it's time for a now, unusually, it's time for a good news story . country singer good news story. country singer oliver anthony has become an overnight sensation at his first gig since going viral before playing to a sea of people . he playing to a sea of people. he read out this passage from psalm 37. take a look . 37. take a look. >> the wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them. but the lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming. the wicked, for he knows their day is coming . the wicked draw day is coming. the wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bnng the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy to slay those whose ways are upright. but their swords will pierce their own hearts and their bows will be broken . their bows will be broken. >> some have tried to paint him as an icon of the right, but he resonates with the down trodden and ignored blue collar workers , not just in america, but to
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here the people on the left used to care about in my view, he's tapped into something powerful , tapped into something powerful, painful and beautiful . now, my painful and beautiful. now, my colleague liz stiff from the common sense society in the us packed her kids into a car and drove out to see oliver anthony's recent gig. liz joins me now from virginia. hello, liz i >> -- >> hey, exam ham >> hey, emma , how are you? >> hey, emma, how are you? >> hey, emma, how are you? >> thank you so much forjoining us this evening. so first, begin by telling us why has this man become such an overnight sensation? what exactly is it that he's tapped into ? that he's tapped into? >> i think the thing that he's tapped in to here, at least in the united states, is this kind of common sense approach to what's happening around the country . and it is a belief, country. and it is a belief, whether you're a republican or a democrat, right or left , it's democrat, right or left, it's really kind of the middle of the country that knows that these problems that he's describing are not going to be solved. and one election or by one candidate or by one magical election
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cycle, these are cultural problems . these cycle, these are cultural problems. these are problems that we as a country are going to have to address together. zip code by zip , to have to address together. zip code by zip, zip to have to address together. zip code by zip , zip code, code by zip, zip code, neighbourhood by neighbour, and think that that's what he's tapped into around the country and frankly, around the world. >> quite seriously cannot stop >> i quite seriously cannot stop listening to this song. it's one of beautiful songs that of the most beautiful songs that i've heard in a long time. it's real music. it reminds me of johnny cash. what was it like being there and seeing this in person? what was the atmosphere like was feeling of sort like? was it a feeling of sort of relief catharsis that of relief and catharsis that finally someone is, you know , finally someone is, you know, putting the crowd's feeling to music in such a powerful way, tapping into that pain ? and why? tapping into that pain? and why? why does it matter what what did the atmosphere feel like ? the atmosphere feel like? >> it was one of the warmest, most inviting, hospitable environments i've been at in a long time . people were helping long time. people were helping people park. there was, of course , as you can imagine, course, as you can imagine, thousands of people crammed on this little farm stand. so
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people were helping people park . it was a lot of young families, a lot of kids. and you could tell that people felt like this is where they belonged. they have they've heard all of the rhetoric. they've heard all of the divisive language. and there was this sense when you showed up at the morse farm stand in north carolina like these were your people. these were people that were working hard. they cared about their families and all of our anthony was singing their songs. and it was singing their songs. and it was it was a warm, inviting environment. the electricity was amazing . i've spent a lot of amazing. i've spent a lot of years at nascar races and music festivals , and this environment festivals, and this environment compared it was it was people that were excited to be there. they agreed with him . they knew they agreed with him. they knew that as as he read in that psalm, the fight against good and evil is real and it speaks to every human heart. and you could tell the crowd there was a crowd that cares deeply about seeing truth and beauty endure . seeing truth and beauty endure. and they were there with their
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families and they wanted to kind of make their voices heard beyond partisan politics, religion plays a much more overt role, i think, in public life, in many ways in america than it does here. >> but is it unusual to see an american musician being so not shy about his faith in the way that he was by reading that scripture out? and is that one of the reasons why he's connected so much with those blue collar workers that he's tapped into some kind of resonance, not only in their everyday experience and like you said in that psalm, that's sort of experience of being persecuted and downtrodden, ignored and forgotten . but the ignored and forgotten. but the reassurance that god is ultimately on the side of the innocent and the faithful is thatis innocent and the faithful is that is that one of the reasons why he's gone so viral, do you think? not just in the states, but also around the world? here in the uk, everybody's been talking about him . talking about him. >> i think he recognises that values matter and values are how
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you order your life. and that's something that's reflected in every single one of his songs, not just richmond, north of richmond and so it was exciting to see that so many of the other families and men and women that were there , they agree. they were there, they agree. they recognise that values matter values in the home matter, values in the home matter, values in the home matter, values in your neighbourhood and your community in your city, and your community in your city, and your town matter and i think he he is not far removed from his audience and i think that's what makes his music really powerful . i think that he he came across as very genuine . the reading as very genuine. the reading from the psalm and him reading from the psalm and him reading from his bible didn't feel like a gimmick . it from his bible didn't feel like a gimmick. it felt like a very genuine attempt for him to kind of orient himself in this really electric, zoo like atmosphere . electric, zoo like atmosphere. and i think he i think he connected with his audience in a really personal way there. and i believe he'll continue to connect with his audience regardless of what he chooses to do over the next few months.
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>> i think that's what was so sort of shock ing about it for people who have been raised on a diet of lizzo and cardi b, to see somebody being so wholesome and being successful all as a result. thank you so much, liz, for your time this evening. now let me go to my channel, my channel, my panel very quickly and bring in stephen powell. what's your take? >> so much you say >> there's so much you can say about this. it's incredible. look, first of all, you know, you mentioned cash, you mentioned johnny cash, johnny carter , his johnny cash and june carter, his first wife, actually did a famous called circle famous album called the circle be unbroken, which was pure gospel favourites all gospel music favourites of all time well, it time. well, you know it seriously. yeah. well, you know, time. well, you know it seri(obviously, . well, you know, time. well, you know it seri(obviously, little , you know, time. well, you know it seri(obviously, little richard, )w, and obviously, little richard, did we've had did you know we've had any number he was actually number you know he was actually an pastor and you know an ordained pastor and you know the dubliners over and over again. and i actually think we must forget must never forget chris kristofferson. lord? kristofferson. why me, lord? you listen one day. that listen to that one day. that really make hair curl. really will make your hair curl. but that's crucial but look, that's really crucial thing. long before the gospels were codified, how word were codified, how was the word of people? how of god presented to people? how was it circulated orally in psalms, what does psalms, in song? and what does the psalm mean? you know,
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the word psalm mean? you know, i don't know what it means. song, doesn't it? yeah, it's , you doesn't it? yeah, it's, you know, the song of solomon. but look . and so was that oral look. and so it was that oral tradition and i see nothing wrong with this. i think your key point here is actually the fact you're making two points a lot for the first time. one is the blue collar bruce springsteen in working class, lee dorsey a coal lee dorsey working in a coal mine is mine type music, which is a genre all around the world. but this has got a different this has got a gospel tinge. and it's not just like willie mcrae, who makes albums the makes great gospel albums at the moment, today, who moment, singing today, who actually the actually talks about the experience people and experience of working people and the blood the redemption through the blood of actually the of christ, which is actually the key part of it. so i think this guy, the main thing about him, in all honesty, a fine musician. >> he is, isn't he? do you think that of the rolling stone that one of the rolling stone magazine basically associated him the far right, said him with the far right, said he's become kind icon of he's become this kind of icon of right wing commentators? you right wing commentators? do you think there who think that there are some who are trying to discredit his music because it's real music for a change? >> and he's said that he's >> yeah, and he's said that he's been middle the road himself been middle of the road himself politically. no politically. but look, it's no
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coincidence course, in coincidence that, of course, in the we've also had the same month we've also had jason song that in jason aldean song try that in a small town, which was a protest against blm and antifa and the intolerant mobs. the thing is, intolerant mobs. the thing is, in of these cases, these in both of these cases, these two men are singing something that's authentic is the authentic voice of the dispossessed population of america, of the downtrodden , america, of the downtrodden, blue collar americans , at a time blue collar americans, at a time when everything else that's being manufactured by music, by the music industry, is artificial . i the music industry, is artificial. i think that's very, very important . he's giving very important. he's giving voice to the to the to the concerns and the needs of so many people who find themselves voiceless because they've seen their jobs being exported voiceless because they've seen theirjobs being exported out voiceless because they've seen their jobs being exported out to china. they've seen how their living standards have declined to levels that haven't seen to levels that we haven't seen for 50 years. and it's a terrible time for everybody. and it's so rare , actually, this it's so rare, actually, this time are no real bruce time there are no real bruce springsteen's out there any longer nobody actually longer. there's nobody actually giving to the common man. giving voice to the common man. and that's, i think, the appeal that here. that we see here. >> the difference him >> but the difference with him is take the classic blue is if you take the classic blue collar, you know, it would be
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merle you know, but the merle haggard, you know, but the difference between merle haggard and of this genre and those people of this genre is hope the is the hope and it's the christian overlay . and that's christian overlay. and that's what i think it's the hope that's really touched people's hearts goes back to the hearts and it goes back to the monologue father colby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so ogue father colby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank father colby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank you'ather colby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank you ,ther colby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank you , both zolby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank you , both ofby. hearts and it goes back to the mo so thank you , both of you >> so thank you, both of you very much. plenty more to come this see, we're going to get on common sense crusade. next. we'll be talking d—day we'll be talking to a d—day veteran his veteran who was evicted from his home age of 98 and is home at the age of 98 and is still living in a hostel because he hasn't yet given he hasn't yet been given accommodation local accommodation by his local council. we'll back in just council. we'll be back in just a moment. first, here's the weather . weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. as we move through into the second part of the weekend, we'll see further showers, particularly across the north—west of the uk and sunny spells towards the southeast. and this area of low pressure still brings in the showers and brisk winds towards the northwest. but further and
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northwest. but further south and east, pressure builds in east, high pressure builds in for the rest of the evening and overnight. we still have a few showers across northern ireland, parts scotland , 1 or 2 for parts of scotland, 1 or 2 for western parts of england and wales, dry for most wales, but largely dry for most of skies , especially of clear skies, especially towards the east of the uk . towards the east of the uk. temperatures overall, generally 15 or 16 celsius in towns and cities, a little lower in the countryside . so a fairly warm countryside. so a fairly warm start to sunday morning. plenty of sunny spells, a few showers across western areas . and then across western areas. and then as we go through the day, many will have a fine day to come. plenty of sunny spells, just a few showers bubbling up as we move through afternoon . move through the afternoon. showers across showers most frequent across parts scotland and northern parts of scotland and northern ireland. of them could be ireland. 1 or 2 of them could be heavy here, rather breezy heavy here, still rather breezy around temperatures around the coast. temperatures reaching the low 20s, perhaps 25 towards the far southeast into monday . little change for monday. little change for england and wales. 1 or 2 showers around, though . we will showers around, though. we will see more persistent rain returning across parts of northern ireland into western scotland as we move through the day. some of this rain turning
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heavy wind heavy at times. the wind starting pick up two and starting to pick up two and temperatures in the low 20s, tuesday and wednesday, largely dry. few showers in the dry. just a few showers in the north temperatures north and temperatures above average . a brighter outlook with average. a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on
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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to the common sense crusade with me, emma webb on tv , online, and on your on tv, online, and on your wireless . just two months ago, wireless. just two months ago, our greenwich court apologies for the mispronunciation there. a veteran who served in world war ii as a paratrooper was fought , was war ii as a paratrooper was fought, was served and no fault eviction notice and asked to leave his home at the age of 98. he now lives in hostel with his daughter, debbie . debbie dean daughter, debbie. debbie dean and her husband bert, who says they feel helpless at the end of
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july, gb news spoke to alfred and his family about the situation. here's a clip . situation. here's a clip. >> we just can't get any help at all. no help whatsoever . we've all. no help whatsoever. we've been putting in and we're going to make the most of it. >> this is alfred gleneagles, a 98 year old d—day veteran currently living in a hostel after being evicted from his rented bungalow. alfred lived for seven years in a property in dorset with his daughter and son in law. they were forced to move after being served and no fault eviction notice by their landlord . landlord. >> i can't tell you , i i've got >> i can't tell you, i i've got nothing to look forward to. >> tell me how you feeling at the moment , >> tell me how you feeling at the moment, dan ? the moment, dan? >> very down, very down. >> very down, very down. >> alfred his daughter and son in law can't afford the rising rental prices. so have had to turn to the council for help with housing, but they've been told it will be a 6 to 8 month
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wait. i i'm delighted to say that alfred , debbie and bert that alfred, debbie and bert join us now. >> debbie , how are you doing? >> debbie, how are you doing? what's what's the latest update ? >> 7- >> we're no 7 >> we're no further forward now than what we were when we came in here. apart from being banned into a priority band in which happened last week. however nothing as accumulated from that . so that is that is the only thing that has happened . you thing that has happened. you have to do like a 56 day, 56 day before you get a new band in. so we're now are classed as a priority . priority. >> and how long do you estimate it might take until you can find new accommodation ? new accommodation? >> the council have said 6 to 8 months to us. um, there's been a few . you have to bid on few. you have to bid on properties and there's been some properties and there's been some properties on the bidding line.
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however they haven't been suitable. um for the needs that we need for my dad, mainly , um, we need for my dad, mainly, um, you know, the needs that he needsis you know, the needs that he needs is the council are all aware of . they say that there aware of. they say that there are , that they are suitable, but are, that they are suitable, but they're actually not suitable. basically all we want is just as a small two bedroom bungalow with a private garden . what they with a private garden. what they have offered us would were flats , ground floor, flats with a community, a community garden which we went and had a look at and they were um , you know, and they were um, you know, level with the road , pavement level with the road, pavement and road . so they're not and road. so they're not obviously has to have a a walk in shower room . i have spoken to in shower room. i have spoken to the council regarding private rental again because that is what the council are basically pushing to us wards and we ask
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if we took a private rental again, would we be if, if that ended again in six, six months, a year, maybe , would we be in a year, maybe, would we be in the same position as we are now? and their answer was yes, that we would have to go back to the very beginning of what we've just been through from february of this year. now when i acceptable . acceptable. >> debbie, sorry to interrupt you there . when i saw the you there. when i saw the original package, the coverage of this , i thought that this was of this, i thought that this was just absolutely heartbreaking. i thought it was so wrong and unjust, particularly after everything, alfred, that you've done for this country. i just thought this was an absolutely abominable way to treat you. and i know that you have a fundraising page so could you tell us how much money have you raised far and what raised so far and what difference would that money make to your quality of life overall ? >> ?- >> um, so 7— >> um, so far imam ? >> um, so far it's raised 7 >> um, so far it's raised 4000 over £4,000 as the only
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difference that that will make at the moment would be that if the council issued us with a property that didn't have, say, a walk in shower, we could pay for that to be done so that that money will be put for aside anything that is needed. doing to make my dad's life easier for him . him. >> we've got the gofundme search term at the bottom there of the page and also i'll post it later on twitter if anybody wants to find that to donate. thank you so much for talking to us tonight. and i also just want to say thank you so much, alfred, for your service for and everything that you've done for this country. i think that this is an appalling situation. and debbie, you're a wonderful daughter. i this has daughter. i know that this has been hard for you well. been very hard for you as well. so thank you so much for coming on to talk to us about this today. now, i'm to going bring in rafe, let me in my panellists. rafe, let me come you first, but when i
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come to you first, but when i saw at the same time, as we saw this at the same time, as we see migrants being housed in luxury accommodation , we see luxury accommodation, we see people you know, people who have arrived here illegally are being given free medical and dental treatment and this reminds me of my own grandmother who spent the final years of her life. she was also a veteran and spent the final years of her life locked in a care home because of the pandemic and these people are heroes . and it's heartbreaking heroes. and it's heartbreaking to see this happen. we have failed as a country. and i know that alfred has said that he's still proud of his country. but when i saw this, i didn't feel particularly proud. i think that this is awful. >> it's heartbreaking. you know, i was just thinking how far we've sunk from 1919 and the first housing act when lloyd george promised to give world war i veterans homes fit for heroes. and now we have a 98 year old d—day veteran in a hospital. it's absolutely shameful. the way we treat our
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veterans is a disgrace in this country. men and women who put their lives on the line. paratrooper here you were just talking to for a pittance . we talking to for a pittance. we pin medals on them. we give them a round of applause at parades. but a round of applause doesn't put a over your head. it put a roof over your head. it doesn't you warm night. doesn't keep you warm at night. it fill stomach . it doesn't fill your stomach. and it's absolutely appalling. and it's absolutely appalling. and said, the home and as you've said, the home office requisitioned office recently requisitioned in essex apartment essex a luxury apartment building units, units building with 98 units, units for illegal migrants who leapt leapfrogged over hundreds of people in essex who were waiting for housing, living in conditions with respiratory problems from mould and so forth. we need to realise that we have to treat our own people, our own veterans , with the our own veterans, with the respect and dignity they deserve. we spend more money on illegal migrants and we do on the levelling up agenda. i think this whole thing needs to be revisited quickly. >> thank you very much, rachel. very, quickly. steve. okay. very, very quickly. steve. okay. >> quickly, the problem is >> very quickly, the problem is we forces we have the armed forces covenant most councils, covenant in most councils, certainly council. certainly in my council. but the reality virtually no reality is there is virtually no
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council left in council housing left in christchurch, been christchurch, dorset. it's been sold whether the sold off. and whether the previous accommodation they had was adapted i was disability adapted or not, i don't the council is don't know. but the council is in perfectly to in perfectly entitled to actually up the housing actually top up the housing benefit them benefit to actually get them a place the private sector. but place in the private sector. but whether that will the whether that will help the disabled access the disabled access and the disability adaptation. i disability adaptation. so i don't line, don't know. but bottom line, it's forces covenant it's the armed forces covenant has actually reality , has to be actually in reality, not a piece of warm, warm words. >> i think this is absolutely appalling . and you can see there appalling. and you can see there at the bottom the screen, if at the bottom of the screen, if you go and donate to you want to go and donate to alfred's fund please go alfred's go fund me, please go and it's so important. and do that. it's so important. i we can actually i think that we can actually unite together to try and do something, even if the local authority isn't to try and make sure that alfred gets the quality life that he quality of life that he deserves. for our deserves. having fought for our country during the second world war, it's really quite absurd. so to both of my so thank you to both of my panellists very much for all panellists so very much for all of your thoughts. now it's time to get our crusader comments to get to our crusader comments . before we take a final break,
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let's have a look at what you've had to say about today's topic on my monologue celebrating saint maximilian kolbe, elizabeth says maximilian kolbe is one of my favourite saints . is one of my favourite saints. thank you. 1000 times for telling people about him. i'm very proud of my birthday, the 15th of august and the assumption of our our lady. keep up the good work. thank you very much there, elizabeth. and on whether you will be skipping sunday services to watch the lionesses tomorrow. eileen says, i don't see anything wrong with watching the match. instead of going to church. it's not going to happen every sunday. after all, is in everything and all, god is in everything and everywhere don't quite agree with you, but jesus did say that the sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. so maybe you have a point. thank you very much for tuning in and sending and sending me your comments and thank very much. also thank you very much. also to my duellist, historian and duellist, to historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo and party mp, not and former labour party mp, not mep stephen bound. thank you so much for joining mep stephen bound. thank you so much forjoining me mep stephen bound. thank you so much for joining me throughout the show. coming up in the final part of my common sense crusade
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, we'll be talking to charlie bentley snow bentley astor about the snow white rewrite . back with you
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in three. earlier i took to twitter and asked should christine skip church to watch the world cup final? 53. if you say yes , final? 53. if you say yes, christian should skip church to watch and celebrate the women's cup final . and 47% say that they cup final. and 47% say that they shouldn't . that's almost a shouldn't. that's almost a brexit divide that's so close. interesting i wonder what makes people fall on either side of that. i wonder if the people who voted against it a christians. but anyway, maybe you're not regular church goers. don't regular church goers. i don't know now. rachel zegler and gal gadot are two stars at the forefront of disney's reimagining of the original disney princess classic zegler, who plays snow white, was very clear that this version was very well. 2024. let's take a look . well. 2024. let's take a look. >> you said you were bringing a
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modern edge to it on stage. what do you mean by that? >> i just mean that it's no longer 1937 and we absolutely wrote a snow white that is going to be saved by the prince. >> he's not going to be saved for the prince she's not to for the prince and she's not to going dreaming true love. >> she's dreaming about becoming the leader. she knows she can be and leader that her late and the leader that her late father that she could father told her that she could be was fearless, fair, be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true. and it's just brave and true. and so it's just a really incredible story i a really incredible story for, i think, people everywhere a really incredible story for, i thisee people everywhere a really incredible story for, i thisee themselves.e everywhere a really incredible story for, i thisee themselves in. verywhere to see themselves in. >> white is running for president. >> i'm launching my campaign how. >> now. >> this has sparked a lot of debate about who women aspire to be. are women tired of being a boss or thinking that a boss girl is something to aspire to? and what's wrong with wanting to find prince charming and live happily ever after? like in the original version of snow white? joining me now to discuss this is writer and commentator charlie bentley aster. hi, charlie bentley aster. hi, charlie . thank you forjoining charlie. thank you for joining us this evening. charlie. thank you for joining us this evening . so what did you us this evening. so what did you think when you originally watched that clip of ziegler ?
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watched that clip of ziegler? why why do you think that some people think that snow white needs be a boss girl, go needs to be a boss girl, go getter? >> i mean, all the female heroes need to be now, isn't it? it's that's that's the threshold of female heroism. is that that you go out and be the ceo and i don't that's very restrictive is 1—1 domain of life and i don't i don't think it's a good message for young girls you know that obviously there was this push toward boards. the ceo boss girl because some women don't feel like they want to be mothers . like they want to be mothers. but actually 95% of women statistically do. and you're excluding all of those women who would like to incorporate motherhood and a husband into their their worldview and their story . story. >> do you think some women , >> do you think some women, particularly young women, are sick of this, that disney and other corporations are basically acting like the gatekeepers of what it means to be feminine and
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the reality is that there are many women who feel that actually being a girlboss is not necessarily either what's good for them or what they actually want to do with their life . want to do with their life. >> well, i'm sorry. i'm certainly one of those young women, you know, and for me, there's this rejection of the male saviour and rejection of motherhood by a generation of women. for me who feel unwilling to ever be vulnerable. and that's that's something quite tragic because there is something inherently vulnerable about being a woman and, you know, pregnancy and childbirth is all very vulnerable and being in love is vulnerable. but there is a generation of women who, for one reason or another, whether we can attribute it to, you know, outward or bound beauvoir, you know, um , who were beauvoir, you know, um, who were just unwilling to , to have this just unwilling to, to have this vulnerability and, and they're being encouraged to, to, you know, reject this, this vulnerability. and i don't think
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it's good for them. >> do you think , charlie, that >> do you think, charlie, that this is really part and parcel also with the phenomenon of reject the biological reality of being a woman? the attacking and undermining and almost dehumanisation of women talking about women as if they are their body parts. do you think that this sort of crass understanding of what it means to be a woman is part and parcel with this sort of rejection really, of the romanticism and the wholesomeness of the old versions of these fairy tales? instead, they're now being painted as if you know, prince charming. isn't this romantic figure. he's a problematic stalker . stalker. >> i can't believe that comment. honestly um . yeah, that's i honestly um. yeah, that's i think there is a rejection of this is an extension of the rejection of biology or perhaps a symptom of it. and you know , i
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a symptom of it. and you know, i don't i don't really understand what's underpinned it other than this. this fear of, of the inherently female , male and what inherently female, male and what i don't like about this boss girl trope is that the women in are viewing strength as they claim it's a sort of female strength , but really it's just strength, but really it's just a mimicking of, of what we define as sort of masked in patriarchal strength . they're denying the strength. they're denying the existence of a strength that is inherently female and there is a different kinds of strengths. you know, the strength it takes to fight a war as a man is not the same strength as it takes to give birth and nurture a child at in the morning that a at 2:00 in the morning that a mother needs you know, but it's delegitimizing that female strength and putting on a pedestal this masculine pedestal this this masculine strength very quickly charlie, is your view on this changed over time there seems to be a sort of renaissance amongst younger women, particularly
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towards a more traditional understanding of the benefits of gender roles and i'm wondering whether christianity is influenced your view on this ? influenced your view on this? for sure, for sure . definitely. for sure, for sure. definitely. l, for sure, for sure. definitely. i, i was , you know, one of these i, i was, you know, one of these people who you put on a pedestal these these masculine behaviours. and i thought that that equality essentially meant acting as a man and having what acting as a man and having what a man has. and that's the way of getting respect. but actually being in christian communities has taught me there is many, many virtues of being a woman , many virtues of being a woman, being feminine as a woman, and that it has its own social power to it. and it's the it's the grace . it's the grace of the grace. it's the grace of the female power. that really struck me being being in a christian community. >> now, each week we like to end our show on a closing prayer.
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and charlie has very kindly agreed to do it for us this week . so thank you very much , . so thank you very much, charlie, for all of your thoughts and comments this evening. over to you with the prayer . prayer. >> oh, god. who declare as thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity , showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace that we running the way of thy commandments may obtain thy gracious promises and be partakers of thy heavenly treasure through jesus christ, our lord. amen >> charlie has just made my week. you have been watching the common sense crusade with me, emma webb. i'll be back next saturday at 7 pm. next up, it's the saturday five, but before that , here is the saturday five, but before that, here is your weather forecast . forecast. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg
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dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. as we move through into the second part of the weekend, we'll see further showers, particularly across the northwest of the uk and sunny spells towards the southeast. and this area of low pressure still brings in the showers and brisk winds towards the northwest. but further south and east, pressure builds in east, high pressure builds in for the rest of the evening and overnight. we still have few overnight. we still have a few showers across northern ireland, parts of scotland, 2 for parts of scotland, 1 or 2 for western parts england and western parts of england and wales, but largely dry for most of clear skies , especially of clear skies, especially towards the east of the uk . towards the east of the uk. temperatures overall, generally 15 or 16 celsius in towns and cities a little lower in the countryside. so a fairly warm start to sunday morning, plenty of sunny spells, a few showers across western areas. and then as we go through the day, many will have a fine day to come. plenty of sunny spells, just a few showers bubbling up as we move through the afternoon. showers across showers most frequent across parts scotland and northern parts of scotland and northern ireland. or of them could be ireland. 1 or 2 of them could be heavy here. still breezy heavy here. still rather breezy
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around temperatures around the coast. temperatures reaching the low 20s, perhaps 25 towards the far south—east into monday . little change for monday. little change for england and wales. 1 or 2 showers around, though. we will see more persistent rain returning across parts of northern ireland into western scotland as we move through the day. some of this rain turning heavy times. wind heavy at times. the wind starting pick up two and starting to pick up two and temperatures in the low 20s, tuesday wednesday, largely tuesday and wednesday, largely dry. showers in the dry. just a few showers in the north temperatures above north and temperatures above average . average. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on
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serial killers . serial killers. >> is prince william sexist for not flying to australia to support the lionesses? >> why we should stop sending our money to the to french stop the boats. >> why is it disgrace that jonathan van—tam now works for a vaccine company after two gay people were stabbed or lgbtqi people were stabbed or lgbtqi people safe in britain it's 8 pm. and this is the. saturday five. >> welcome to the saturday five. the very best saturday night takeaway that you could order. expect fiery debates, spicy opinions and like the lionesses you may well hear us roar every week. join. i'll be emily benjamin and myself along with a guest star. tonight, it's louis walkley . sorry, oakley. and our walkley. sorry, oakley. and our very own patrick christys who never misses a hat trick or a chance to be on the telly. and he stand in for benjamin
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