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the united radio and online in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight in my big opinion, ulez net zero policies covid tyranny and sky high taxes . what ever happened high taxes. what ever happened to people power .7 where my mark to people power? where my mark meets guest is the man who beat cancer and went on to win the grand national horse racing icon bob champion . grand national horse racing icon bob champion. he grand national horse racing icon bob champion . he tells his bob champion. he tells his incredible inspire ring story shortly in the big story. would margaret thatcher, the iron lady, have stopped the boats? we'll be asking her. former top aide. and in my take at ten, you won't want to miss this . prince won't want to miss this. prince harry's new netflix documentary has dropped. i've watched it so you don't have to . my verdict at you don't have to. my verdict at ten. don't miss it. it's great to be back. i've missed you massively . two hours of big massively. two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. it's opinion, big debate and big entertainment . it's friday entertainment. it's friday night. the weekend starts here. and let's kick off with the
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headunes. and let's kick off with the headlines . a good friend of headlines. a good friend of mine, lisa hartle . mine, lisa hartle. >> i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. more schools may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's to prone sudden collapse. abbey lane primary in sheffield is one of over 150in england at risk. others in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also being assessed . a tiktok being assessed. a tiktok influencer and her mother have been jailed for life for murdering two men, mark and anserine bukhari ambushed the pair and killed them during a high speed car chase near leicester in february last year . sadiq hussain, who was travelling with mohammed hashim aijazuddin , had threatened to aijazuddin, had threatened to reveal an affair he'd had with the social media star's mother. the women will serve a medium term of more than 31 years and 26 years, respectively . janine 26 years, respectively. janine mckinney, chief crown prosecutor, spoke after the
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trial. >> throughout the investigation and trial, we have seen continued lies and deceit from the defendants as they tried to evade responsibility for the killings . they showed complete killings. they showed complete disdain for the lives of their victims, and they showed little remorse for their actions . the remorse for their actions. the families of the two young men who so tragically lost their lives at the hands of these defendants have patiently endured a lengthy and complex legal process . as we brought legal process. as we brought these defendants to justice. >> the number of migrants per boat crossing the channel has hit a new monthly high. more than 5000 people made the journey in august in 102 boats. that's an average of 53 people per vessel . the overall number per vessel. the overall number of crossings is around 20, less than the same time last year , than the same time last year, another wave of rail strikes has hit services across the country . members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without
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drivers. the rail delivery group describes the action as unnecessary , but the union says unnecessary, but the union says the government is refusing to make a reasonable pay offer and passengers will continue will face continued disruption tomorrow as the rmt union will walk out over pay and conditions. the disputes which started over a year ago, remains at a deadlock . two former at a deadlock. two former leaders are far right group proud boys have been jailed on charges relating to the storming of the us capitol building in washington. joseph biggs and zachary relle were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat . their prison election defeat. their prison terms are 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors . this is gb news prosecutors. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . mark
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news now it's back to. mark >> thanks, lisa. we'll see you in an hour. welcome to mark dolan tonight. it is fantastic to back . i've really missed to be back. i've really missed you. and deepest thanks to you. and my deepest thanks to the brilliant patrick christys and leo kearse doing and leo kearse for doing a fantastic job in my absence . fantastic job in my absence. well, we've got a big autumn and winter plan for the show, and i cannot wait to get cracking tonight in my big opinion. ulez nato policies. covid tyranny , nato policies. covid tyranny, sky high taxes. the state is now too dominant in our lives. they've forgotten that they work for us. whatever happened to people? power in the big story? would margaret thatcher have stopped the boats? we'll be asking her former top aide as my mark meets guest is the man who beat cancer and went on to win the grand national horse racing icon bob champion. bob tells his incredible , inspiring story incredible, inspiring story shortly . and in my take at ten, shortly. and in my take at ten, prince harry's new netflix
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documentary has dropped . i've documentary has dropped. i've watched it so you don't have to . my official verdict at ten. you won't want to miss it. plus, will you get boosted to save the nhs? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker, the former bbc presenter sue cook . we've got presenter sue cook. we've got tomorrow's front pages at 1030 with reaction from three top punst with reaction from three top pundits who haven't been told what to say and who do not follow the script. tonight emma wolf, david oldroyd bolt and mike porky parry . tonight, i'll mike porky parry. tonight, i'll be asking the pundits, is celibacy underrated? would you pay celibacy underrated? would you pay more for a child free flight? and as french president emmanuel macron slaps a new tax on brits holiday homes, is it time for a war with france? come on, we'd win it. plus, the most important part of the show, your emails , they come straight to my emails, they come straight to my laptop . mark at gbnews.com and laptop. mark at gbnews.com and this show has a golden rule . a this show has a golden rule. a strict rule. this is my red line
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, folks. we don't do boring . not , folks. we don't do boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it. it's great to be back. i have missed you a big two hours to come. let's start with my big opinion . remember that old opinion. remember that old thing? democracy and the people deciding what happens ? ah, those deciding what happens? ah, those were the days when the government served the will of the people and lived in fear of ourjudgement . every five years, our judgement. every five years, as we went to the polls. but the will of the people is now nothing more than a minor inconvenience to those who govern us. take the rollout of the clean air scheme ulez at the hands of london's despotic mayor, sadiq khan, a policy the evidence for which is thinner than posh spice on the keto diet . but this hasn't stopped the leadership at city hall inflict eating a wildly unpopular policy based upon the fantasy that somehow thousands of lives will
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be saved and a policy of course, which will impact those on the lowest incomes . apparently this lowest incomes. apparently this is all about the environment . is all about the environment. people have got to get rid of their perfectly functional cars and upgrade them to new eco friendly cars , which involve friendly cars, which involve vast amounts of energy and resource to produce. so a workhorse ten year old volkswagen passat that exists must make way for a tesla or nissan leaf that in some cases hasn't even been built yet . all hasn't even been built yet. all of this to save the planet . how of this to save the planet. how is throwing away old cars that work good for the environment ? work good for the environment? make it make sense now this clean air scheme has come to national attention , partly national attention, partly because labour's very own ginger growler. angela rayner , has growler. angela rayner, has admitted this policy will be rolled out across all our major cities and because it's an another example of the war on people power which reached its nadir during the pandemic , when nadir during the pandemic, when the public were told who to see,
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who not to see when to go shopping and where, when to work, when not to work, and so on. should have been allowed on. we should have been allowed to make judgement about the to make a judgement about the risks ourselves risks of the virus for ourselves and our families and act accordingly . we, as was the case accordingly. we, as was the case in sweden and the us states of florida and texas, where surprise , surprise, they had surprise, surprise, they had excellent covid outcomes , no excellent covid outcomes, no lockdown , no mask mandate. lockdown, no mask mandate. sweden boasts the lowest excess pandemic deaths in europe . pandemic deaths in europe. people power in action. the authoritarianism we saw in the uk during the pandemic for our own good apparently was a test case for the future. the shape of things to come with the state telling you what's best for you and how to live and behave . and and how to live and behave. and the woke takeover of our public institutions is starting to tell you what to think and say as well. and covid tyranny in which people were masked , locked down, people were masked, locked down, and in many cases jabbed against their will has been replaced by a brand new political variant
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climate change. now i'm all for getting emissions down and cleaning up the planet, and i'm worried about rising temperatures and freak weather incidents. a climate change denier. i am not. we must act. but the arbitrary push for net zero, which looks to be making all the same mistakes as covid by ignoring the economy, open debate and evidence based science is another example of the war on people power with the states and corporations via a compliant media telling you how and when to heat your home, which car to drive and perhaps in time, how many flights you can take, how many cups of tea you can have a and how you can have in a day, and how much meat you can your much meat you can have on your dinner . but we now have dinner plate. but we now have a political and media class detached from the concerns of millions of brits , which millions of brits, which ultimately poses a threat to our democracy and plays into the hands of bonkers extremists who will happily seek to fill the
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void. it's time for politicians to understand that they work for us, not the other way round. and we pay their wages. since the pandemic, it feels like the roles have reversed with us serving them and obeying their will. and it seems to me that labour and the conservatives are two cheeks of the same whether it's concerns about the cost of net zero, the real world impact of policies like ulez or worries about illegal immigration into the country if people don't feel listened to and heard, and if policies are not rolled out with the public's support , engagement the public's support, engagement and consent, it doesn't end well. does affected voices grow louder ? public anger rises and louder? public anger rises and bad actors take advantage if they're not careful. the peasant will revolt . a revolting outcome will revolt. a revolting outcome for all concerned .
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for all concerned. there we are dashed across that studio like a gazelle because i tried to get fit while i was on holiday. but it didn't work, did it ? what do you think, mark? at it? what do you think, mark? at gbviews@gbnews.com. now let me be clear that the mayor of london, khan, is very, london, sadiq khan, is very, very focussed on cleaning up the air in the capital. he's concerned about the impacts on the londoners from the health of londoners from toxic fumes , from cars, and toxic fumes, from cars, and therefore he thinks that this is therefore he thinks that this is the first step into making london a healthier and safer place to be. it's also worth noting that there are plenty of londoners who support ulez as well, and let me do a word on the lockdowns . the government the lockdowns. the government are very clear as well as most mainstream scientists in the west, that the lockdowns , the west, that the lockdowns, the vaccine mandates and the mask mandates saved countless lives. it's all about opinions . what's
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it's all about opinions. what's yours? mark gbnews.com first up, let's hear from tonight's top pundits, author and journalist emma wolf, historian and writer david oldroyd bolt and tv and radio broadcaster, fleet street legend mike porky parry . david, legend mike porky parry. david, welcome back to the show. you're looking spiffing. >> thank you, my dear. what ever happened to people power? i think you've made a fundamental error in your analysis. don't error in your analysis. we don't live in a direct democracy. we live in a direct democracy. we live in a representative democracy . as edmund burke said democracy. as edmund burke said to the electors of bristol in the 1780s, you elect your mp to go to parliament in order to exercise his or her judgement as best they conceive on your behalf. we don't elect them to go there and do what you say. >> the doctor's mandate, that's how it was referred to. you wasn't it? the idea that in the end the doctor will make the judgement, doctor being judgement, the doctor being a metaphor yeah, metaphor for an mp? yeah, exactly . exactly. >> so. >> e”- 5” why >> and that's why hanging was never reintroduced, it? >> and that's why hanging was nevwell, 1troduced, it? >> and that's why hanging was nevwell, exactlyed, it? >> and that's why hanging was nevwell, exactly ,i, it? >> and that's why hanging was nevwell, exactly , because’ >> and that's why hanging was nevwell, exactly , because the >> well, exactly, because the point is those 60% of the point is that those 60% of the pubuc point is that those 60% of the public from time to time, 50, 60% of the public thinks that hanging worthwhile . all those
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hanging is worthwhile. all those whom to have, as whom we seek to have, as represented in parliament do not. but the point about legislation is that it should always be taken on broadest always be taken on the broadest possible and that does not possible view and that does not mean that you have hobby horses now sense , i agree with now in broad sense, i agree with your philosophical bent on on the mandate and i agree with you about ulez, but i think we're in great danger since the referendum, which i supported because that was a matter of national interest. that was a matter of such great import that it could only be dealt with by plebiscite. but in general, i believe that the reason elect believe that the reason we elect mps exercise judgement . it mps is to exercise judgement. it is to exercise intelligence and it is to take the broadest possible . i don't possible view. and i don't think as that what as a consequence that what you're saying that people aren't being represent and that their voices are not being heard is true . i think you your true. i think if you want your voice have two voice to be heard, you have two options. you options. one is that you write to representative to your elected representative and you make your heard . and you make your voice heard. and the other you take and the other is that you take part yourself. you become a local , you become local councillor, you become a pansh local councillor, you become a parish you stand for parish councillor, you stand for election, you join political election, you join a political party and as a consequence you
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make voice the one that is make your voice the one that is heard broadly. heard more broadly. >> many >> however, emma wolf, many of my and listeners do not my viewers and listeners do not feel that voted for net feel that they voted for net zero. many londoners do not feel they voted for ulez yeah, and i was thinking about this . was thinking about this. >> do does the government interfere more now in lives >> do does the government inter'it'e more now in lives >> do does the government inter'it used re now in lives >> do does the government inter'it used to? ow in lives >> do does the government inter'it used to? wein lives >> do does the government inter'it used to? we were lives >> do does the government inter'it used to? we were always than it used to? we were always told, you know , eat your five a told, you know, eat your five a day, don't smoke, say no to drugs, from strangers. drugs, stay away from strangers. don't wear short skirts, wear a helmet , wear don't wear short skirts, wear a helmet, wear seatbelt. don't wear short skirts, wear a helmet , wear seatbelt. all don't wear short skirts, wear a helrnonsense seatbelt. all don't wear short skirts, wear a helr nonsense they've elt. all don't wear short skirts, wear a helr nonsense they've been ll this nonsense they've been throwing out at us for decades, most of that advice. most of that was advice. >> it was ? >> you know what it was? >> you know what it was? >> well, yeah, but they've been interfering lives interfering in our lives for decades. they have. and way before that. go to war. go and kill and this. before that. go to war. go and kill something and this. before that. go to war. go and kill something mind this. before that. go to war. go and kill something in and this. before that. go to war. go and kill something in and you is. before that. go to war. go and kill something in and you bring but something in and you bring up the pandemic , something in up the pandemic, something in the last three, four, five years has changed. and i think lockdown for me for and many, many people just broke us. i will never trust the government or certainly not this generation of government that they've been knocking around for a good five years now. will trust years now. i will never trust them again. the stupidity, the lies that have been exposed over lockdown , over covid, the whole
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lockdown, over covid, the whole and the and the ulez, if you look at the statistics, there's plenty of evidence s that there was there's been shady dealing between sadiq khan's office and, you know , the massaging of you know, the massaging of statistics, how effective is ulez? >> because they would they would deny they would deny those comments. but you're entitled to your is your view. i mean, there is a view that i want clean to . air view that i want clean to. air >> i cycle around london with a toddler on the back. if i don't want know who want clean air, i don't know who does. want clean air, i don't know who does . but i want clean air, i don't know who does. but i do. think this is does. but i do. i think this is going think going to work. and do i think that perfectly that throwing out perfectly usable ten old cars usable ten year old cars, cars that are functioning on the road is no no, indeed. is a good idea. no no, indeed. >> it begs question, how >> it begs the question, how would these would they dispose of these cars and good the and is that good for the environment make sense. environment? make it make sense. mike it make sense. mike parry, make it make sense. >> well, know, david and >> well, you know, david and emma have made some very good points. >> david in particular oh, >> david in particular says, oh, gives of mps in gives us the role of mps in life, but you're talking about rational people. we're talking when we look at sadiq khan about a nasty , manipulative, scheming a nasty, manipulative, scheming individual who's determined to reshape society in his own image. >> speaks well of you, you know, right . right. >> i read a piece this that
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>> i read a piece this week that he's a member of worldwide he's a member of a worldwide group 40 mayors who such group of 40 mayors who have such a left wing agenda in the future, like, for instance , future, like, for instance, restricting people to one flight a year. okay to try and introduce alcohol controls so you can be turned down on the amount of drink you want when you go in a pub. i mean, you haven't hit that already exists . no, no, no. it does . . no, no, no. it does. >> it does. the landlord can the landlord has the absolute right under licence to refuse you. so of you've had of course he does. you've had too when makes too much when he makes the judgement intoxicated. judgement you're intoxicated. >> knows it's mike >> one knows that it's mike monkey and i don't get intoxicated drinks. >> they're to going restrict >> i'm they're to going restrict you half drinks. you to two and a half drinks. they're going to try control they're going to try and control your . okay. okay. well, i your life. okay. okay. well, i don't mark, you didn't get to the mile an zones that the 20 mile an hour zones that we've now in world. you we've now got in the world. you didn't get to the that didn't get to the fact that in the , motorways will be the future, motorways will be restricted to 50 miles an hour. that's another part of their plan. >> well, this is exactly trying to lives. to control our lives. >> is what we need to debate. >> and that's the essence of my
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big happened big opinion. whatever happened to power? that to people power? i think that the it's at the government, whether it's at london level or across the uk, has more authoritarian . has become more authoritarian. you can do net zero, but you've got to the public you. you can do net zero, but you've got got the public you. you can do net zero, but you've got got to the public you. you can do net zero, but you've got got to th donelic you. you can do net zero, but you've got got to th done through you. it's got to be done through democratic what democratic means. what do you think ? margaret gbnews.com. democratic means. what do you thinsay margaret gbnews.com. democratic means. what do you thin say there'szt gbnews.com. democratic means. what do you thin say there's noibnews.com. democratic means. what do you thin say there's no evidence.m. democratic means. what do you thin say there's no evidence. i . me say there's no evidence. i don't have access to evidence of what mike said about mayor khan's plan, connections khan's big plan, his connections with other mayors. but it's all about . what's yours? about opinions. what's yours? market gbnews.com next up in the big with margaret thatcher big story with margaret thatcher have stopped boats. we'll have stopped the boats. we'll be asking her former aide. asking her former top aide. see you
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>> and you're listening to gb news radio . news radio. >> welcome back to the show. the emails are coming in thick and fast. big reaction to my big opinion with ulez with net zero, with covid tyranny. whatever happened to people power? i think the government have forgotten that we pay their wages and market gbnews.com richard says mark covid illustrated how easy it is to
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manipulate the peasants . the end manipulate the peasants. the end game is a managed decline into a controlled digital universal income. the majority will embrace it, endorse it and enjoy it. look how many people loved lockdown. john says hi mark. don't be concerned about rising temperatures or extreme weather. there is no real scientific evidence that weather is becoming more extreme. it's just reported more widely . john says, reported more widely. john says, mark, my brother's carer, can now not come to see him because he can't afford to pay £12.50 daily and it has fallen on the nhs and the council to give him social care . sheila, in response social care. sheila, in response to my comments about sweden, says mark, sweden only has 10 million people and a less densely distributed population than the uk. obviously if they were going to be less affected by covid than we were, think about . sheila, thank you for about it. sheila, thank you for that. about it. sheila, thank you for that . switzerland allows people that. switzerland allows people power, says ian via referendums at every level from local to
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national. this country with no natural resources is probably the richest in europe . and the richest in europe. and alison finally says , hi mark, alison finally says, hi mark, glad to see you back . your glad to see you back. your guest, david, said to contact our members of parliament to voice our views. big problem with that is they do not respond. so what is the point? well, alison, i respond . and well, alison, i respond. and mark gbnews.com that's the email. i'll get to more of your thoughts shortly. but it's time now story . and with now for the big story. and with disillusionment growing around the government's failure to tackle illegal migrant crossings, margaret thatcher's former adviser, nigel gardiner , former adviser, nigel gardiner, broke the internet this week with the following tweet, saying that margaret thatcher would have stopped the boats , quote, have stopped the boats, quote, tweeting a fellow commentator who invoked the memory of thatcher gardiner wrote, the iron lady would definitely stop the boats today as prime minister, not a single migrant boat would be landing on british soil on her watch. she is greatly missed. well, i'm delighted to say that the former aide to margaret thatcher, broadcaster, writer and foreign
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policy analyst nigel gardiner joins me now. nigel what makes you so sure? mrs. t would have fixed this complex problem ? fixed this complex problem? >> well, mark, it's to great be here. thanks for having me on the show today . and it's the show today. and it's certainly lady certainly my view that lady thatcher would have dealt a highly effectively with the small boats crisis. she would not have allowed the vast number of migrants to cross the english channel onto british soil. she would have stopped those boats. she would have used whatever power was necessary in order to do so, including, of course, a full might of the royal navy . full might of the royal navy. and also i'm sure that lady thatcher would have taken britain out of the european convention on human rights echr is absolutely outrageous in terms of limiting british sovereignty. self—determine nation. and she would have, i think, stopped this migrant crisis completely in its tracks. and we would not be in the situation that we're facing today. there's far too much
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weakness . there's a lack of real weakness. there's a lack of real will to deal with the situation and a world power like great britain should be able to stop this kind of small boats invasion that we are witnessing. and lady thatcher would have emphatically, i think , dealt emphatically, i think, dealt with this this issue . with this this issue. >> however, nigel, as you well know, probity was a key theme of thatcher's premier ship. she wouldn't want it, wouldn't have wanted to have broken international law, would she ? international law, would she? >> well, i think that it increasingly lady thatcher was of the view that european supranational ism posed a tremendous threat to the british sovereignty and self—determination. in fact , her self—determination. in fact, her in her last book, statecraft , in her last book, statecraft, she outlined her vision for britain's future role outside of the european union . and i'm in the european union. and i'm in no doubt that if she were prime minister today , she would be minister today, she would be taking the uk outside of the
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echr. of course, it's not an eu court, but it's a supranational court, but it's a supranational court which includes all of the members of the european union, britain should not be part of a court that basically prevents prevents the uk from , um, prevents the uk from, um, deporting illegal migrants, stopping migrants from entering into, into the uk. she would have stood up for her for british sovereignty, for british freedom , for self—determination freedom, for self—determination and i'm in no doubt she would have you know, stood up to the eurocrats who were trying to still hold sway over british law today , even though the uk, of today, even though the uk, of course, is outside of the european union now. so we should not have such national courts dictating british immigration foreign policy. that's absolutely outrageous . yes, she absolutely outrageous. yes, she would have. i think , thrown the would have. i think, thrown the echr completely out . echr completely out. >> nigel, you've written a fascinating article in the telegraph this week about another snub for britain by joe biden , this time in relation to
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biden, this time in relation to the prime minister's flagship artificial intelligence summit. what's happened ? what's happened? >> well, so rishi sunak unveiled in washington earlier in the summer, a very ambitious plans for a large scale artificial intelligence conference summit to be held in the uk at bletchley park in november. and this was the flagship announcement of his visit to the white house with with joe biden. but joe biden has deliberately snubbed britain by saying that he will not attend the ai conference, even though all the other leaders of the g7 are attending it. even emmanuel macron is attending the ai summit. so it's a real snub from joe biden. it's a further reflection of the fact, i think, that biden hates britain. he's an extremely rude, arrogant president . and it's time for president. and it's time for rishi sunak to stand up to biden, stand up for britain . i biden, stand up for britain. i think there has been far too much weakness projects in the
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face of the left wing biden administration . we need to have administration. we need to have administration. we need to have a prime minister standing up to biden who does not treat britain like a friend and ally. in fact, he knifed the candidacy of ben wallace to be the next secretary—general of the nato alliance . he also, of course, alliance. he also, of course, sank the prospects for a us—uk trade deal. he made all sorts of threats against britain over the northern ireland protocol. joe biden is no friend of britain , biden is no friend of britain, actually. and so the prime minister should stand up to biden and stand up for the british national interest. >> nigel gardiner always a pleasure to have you on the show. if you get a chance, pop on telegraph website and on to the telegraph website and check niles latest article. check out niles latest article. the pundits and mark meets still to come. but first, here's your weather . weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again . it's aidan
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>> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . showers clearing overnight. some low cloud remaining, even some fog by dawn. but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure replaces low pressure. low pressure already filling and disappearing overnight. and as a result , the showers and any result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness. a lot of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales and some fog patches forming by dawn. but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing in some of the most sheltered . single figures sheltered spots. single figures widely south. it's widely further south. it's a mild night. and again , there'll mild night. and again, there'll be some low clouds mist as be some low clouds and mist as we start off. but but we start things off. but but that will through the morning lift and it will break up eventually . we'll see some sunny eventually. we'll see some sunny spells break through . i think spells break through. i think still some cloud remaining, still some cloud remaining, still some cloud remaining, still some showers across england wales , but not as england and wales, but not as
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many . there'll be many as recent days. there'll be plenty of weather on offer plenty of fine weather on offer and feel warmer. 26 and it will feel warmer. 26 celsius high the celsius there. the high in the south—east, low 20s widely elsewhere and into sunday. again a bit of a slow start, some mist and fog. first thing especially for southern parts of the uk, breezier further with some breezier further north with some outbreaks of rain the outbreaks of rain for the north and scotland . and and northwest of scotland. and that tends ease in the that tends to ease later in the day as sunshine wider day as sunshine develops wider across the country in time for the start of next week . and as the start of next week. and as that happens, temperatures rise i >> -- >> that 5mm >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news news coming up with tonight's pundits. >> is it celibacy underrated? you'll have to ask mrs. dolan. would you pay more for a child free flight and as french president emmanuel macron slaps a new tax on brits holiday homes, is it time for a war with france? plus in an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's
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failed to come to an answer. well . look, it's great to be back. >> i've missed you hugely. back. >> i've missed you hugely . lots >> i've missed you hugely. lots of emails coming in that are very kind in terms of my return. well, look, we've got a really busy winter planned . busy autumn and winter planned. you want miss you will not want to miss a second. look at second. let's have a look at your emails in response to my big opinion. mark gbnews.com and we will have a look at peter who says mark mps mostly respond to electors with paternalism. don't let's pretend our voices are heard at ministerial level where decisions are made. party policy rules, not the voters . now the rules, not the voters. now the key theme of my big opinion was whatever happened to people power ? also this. welcome back , power? also this. welcome back, says richard. lovely to hear your opinions again. i do agree with you that there's no difference between either of the two main political parties . now,
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two main political parties. now, however, i feel this is part of a plan. allowing labour to a plan. by allowing labour to take over at the next election, the conservatives natives can allow to take us backwards allow them to take us backwards into the eu . who would have into the eu. who would have thought there in regards to joe biden and rishi sunak and the special relationship ukip phil says sunak couldn't stand up to anyone. the weakest prime minister this country has ever had.the minister this country has ever had. the boats wouldn't have even started under, thatcher says , as richard, let alone the says, as richard, let alone the need to stop them and last but not least, for now, yvonne has emailed sunak is weak and no leader. we need a strong pm. someone like lee anderson or farage or reform to sort this out. the government and labour are failing . there is no are failing. there is no enthusiasm to stop the boats. we need balls, says yvonne . keep need balls, says yvonne. keep those emails coming. mark at gbnews.com. the result of tonight's mark dolan tonight people's poll is in. we've been asking you would margaret thatcher have stopped the boats?
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88% say yes and 12% say no . 88% say yes and 12% say no. reacting to the big stories of the day , tonight's top pundits, the day, tonight's top pundits, author and journalist emma wolf, historian and writer david oldroyd bolt and tv and radio legend mike porky parry . legend mike porky parry. celibacy. why? that's what one social media user asked an american roman catholic priest on the platform reddit , on the platform reddit, answering questions about his life as a man of the cloth. father paul was bombarded with questions about sex. his response to why celibacy was that there is more to the world than sex and that ultimately leading a celibate lifestyle is rewarding. so should we all be thinking more carefully about leading a sex free life? is celibacy underrated? i've had my fair share , mike. porky parry, fair share, mike. porky parry, what do you think? well you know, celibacy is a good idea at times because it makes life much less complicated. >> okay . problem with me is i've >> okay. problem with me is i've been very popular with the opposite sex for most of my life
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. and no, no, i'm serious. and for instance , when i was working for instance, when i was working in fleet street , secretaries in in fleet street, secretaries in particular used to throw themselves at me. and the thing is, a man has an image and you can't keep turning offers down, if you see what i mean . so you if you see what i mean. so you actually get involved. and my view has always been that the evening, the night and then, you know, you go to bed and all that kind of stuff, it's great. it's the following morning, which is the following morning, which is the because as the the big problem because as the minute i up, i want to minute i wake up, i want to start getting start working and getting on with and if there's with things and if there's somebody it tends to somebody else around it tends to be a distraction and she's looking for a second course, isn't she? well, i'm not your second course. she might be second course. she might even be looking for breakfast, but i haven't that . haven't even got time for that. you mean? haven't even got time for that. you mike mean? haven't even got time for that. you mike attracted these. >> mike what attracted these. these ladies, all the secretaries everything to secretaries and everything to you? you a powerful you? i guess you were a powerful man in fleet street. well, power is , isn't it? is an aphrodisiac, isn't it? power is aphrodisiac. power is an aphrodisiac. >> was running daily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largelyunning daily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largely oniing daily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largely on a g daily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largely on a day daily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largely on a day toiaily power is an aphrodisiac. >> largely on a day to day express largely on a day to day basis. that made me, you know,
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quite . but i was rather quite tasty. but i was rather good looking . uh, would you good looking. uh, would you have. come on as a younger man? would you have come unstuck in the old metoo era? >> could you have had a face to answer? >> oh, no, no, no, no, no. i've always highly respectful to always been highly respectful to women. and that's why sometimes i found it very difficult to have to turn them down. now, the other thing is, as you're growing up, i'm talking now about my late 20s going to 30s. you've got to keep an image up with your other male. >> the only thing you've got to keep up. >> no, no, no. but you've got to keep an image it's keep an image up. so it's actually part of the image, particularly if you're, you know , the news editor, that kind of things, to have a pretty lady on your lot time right your arm a lot of the time right now is for show really . but now that is for show really. but then when it means getting down to the business, there was all you know, it can always be something else on your mind, if you see i mean. you know, you see what i mean. you know, the all the job is very intense and all that of you so that kind of stuff, you know? so you have to be very careful, that kind of stuff, you know? so you icareful be very careful, that kind of stuff, you know? so you icareful with ery careful, that kind of stuff, you know? so you icareful with those �*eful, that kind of stuff, you know? so you icareful with those with very careful with those with
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whom you choose to liaise. well, i think mike raises some interesting points because i've certainly noticed that when people get out of a relationship, they become single again. >> they become very productive and they pursue their career and they put themselves first. >> i just love hearing from mike about how unbelievably attractive he is to the opposite sex. it's absolutely brilliant. >> you know the words i've not heard the word secretary in about years. i know. about 20 years. i know. >> i that pretty lady on >> i love that pretty lady on his arm. >> i love that pretty lady on his alll. >> i love that pretty lady on his all]. that. no, no . i >> all of that. no, no, no. i can as it was . can only tell it as it was. >> mike, talk that >> mike, let's talk about that radio a months radio debate we did a few months ago me ago where he was telling me a middle aged he was referring to himself as utterly devastating to the opposite sex. he was a middle man . he doesn't he middle aged man. he doesn't he doesn't think or north doesn't think that 60 or north of 60 is older. he's a middle aged man in peak physical fitness. you said it. i've got the documentary evidence. okay. he's in peak physical fitness. he's in peak physical fitness. he cannot fight the women off. i love it. i love it. but i have to say , the me too thing. he's
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to say, the me too thing. he's not a porky is not a groper. you're not. >> never, never. >> never, never. >> not inappropriate. he's not the kind when you say hello in the kind when you say hello in the green he doesn't say the green room, he doesn't say i have never had your bottom , have never had your bottom, never had a single allegation, was respectful . was respectful. >> he shouts me, but >> he shouts a lot at me, but he's >> he shouts a lot at me, but he"i'm hear it. >> i'm glad to hear it. >> i'm glad to hear it. >> why he's not going >> i'm glad to hear it. >> you why he's not going >> i'm glad to hear it. >> you here.hy he's not going >> i'm glad to hear it. >> he's)u here.hy he's not going >> i'm glad to hear it. >> he's notere.hy he's not going >> i'm glad to hear it. >> he's notere.hy he's nicancerg >> he's not going to get cancer tonight colourful tonight for his colourful cancelled old school language. but about celibacy is not groper. >> there you go . >> there you go. >> there you go. >> there's your headline. >> there's your headline. >> thank you very much. >> there's your headline. >> what: you very much. >> there's your headline. >> what: you vcelibacy,i. >> there's your headline. >> what: you vcelibacy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean,t: you vcelibacy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean, isyou vcelibacy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean, is itu vcelibacy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean, is it worthibacy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean, is it worth is|cy, though? >> there's your headline. >mean, is it worth is|cyworth.|h? i mean, is it worth is it worth. >> the mother of a three i mean, is it worth is it worth. >> old.|e mother of a three year old. >> talk to me about sex. i >> don't talk to me about sex. i can talk about celibacy . you can talk about celibacy. you know, there are times in your life when sex is not kind of top priority , i suppose. priority, i suppose. >> well, people are young . >> well, people are young. you've had young children. >> david is it something that should rather than should be celebrated rather than be embarrassed about ? be embarrassed about? >> certainly the role of the priesthood? yes because the point celibacy and the point of celibacy and the priesthood is the church is the bride of christ. yeah. >> married to god. >> you're married to god. >> you're married to god. >> you're married to god. >> you are you are married to the institution the church as an institution and that life to your that you give your life to your parishioners and to your
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vocation as a priest. and i think is a great denial. i'm think it is a great denial. i'm a catholic and i've talked a great deal priests over the great deal to priests over the years about this. it is a huge denial of a part of life. but it amplifies so much of life amplifies so much more of life and it makes sure that they can give themselves to their parishioners totally. they can be huge problems, doesn't it? >> leads to huge problems , an >> leads to huge problems, an enormous generalisation that is not borne out by i don't think it is, dave. it's to huge it is, dave. it's led to huge problems within the catholic church, and in fact, a church, celibacy and in fact, a mate it mate of mine, you're putting it down to celibacy than down to celibacy rather than the intrinsic sinful nature of man . intrinsic sinful nature of man. well, sinful nature of man, certainly , but sometimes the certainly, but sometimes the sinful nature of why the priesthood, particularly sinful nature of man, can be watered down by a man indulging himself in his desires. doesn't catholic 7 in his desires. doesn't catholic ? i think what mike, what mike's suggesting is water down sin that just gives it opportunity. >> what mike's suggesting is that unnatural and >> what mike's suggesting is thproduces unnatural and >> what mike's suggesting is thproduces an unnatural and >> what mike's suggesting is thproduces an evil. atural and >> what mike's suggesting is thproduces an evil. an ral and >> what mike's suggesting is thproduces an evil. an evil,|d it produces an evil. an evil, not evil , but a frustrating not evil, but a frustrating position for an individual human
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being to be a mate of mine. >> his brother was a catholic priest who suddenly decided , i priest who suddenly decided, i do have desires. i'm to going fulfil them. so he left the priesthood, which is the right thing, priesthood, and thing, left the priesthood, and his nearly committed his mother nearly committed suicide . it was one of those suicide. it was one of those situations, what mean? >> t- t— >> it's an awful decision to make. essentially make. but you're essentially saying that giving vent to sin waters down sin. that's the waters down sin. that's not the case control sin by case at all. you control sin by giving to the church. giving yourself to the church. >> it's very hard to control sin. >> yes, it is. that's why that's why it's a difficult thing to be a is celibacy unnatural? a priest is celibacy unnatural? i don't think celibate. celibacy is unnatural . it's just a is unnatural. it's just a different living. is unnatural. it's just a differ> i think that's a fair point. >> i think that's a fair point. >> but also people are ashamed to admit they're celibate. and i'm not. i have had periods of maybe or months maybe a year or 18 months sometimes i've thought sometimes in which i've thought i can't bothered. the last i can't be bothered. the last relationship was just got too messy. deep , i messy. i got in too deep, i can't have any of that again. and i just just have and i just i just say, i have said to women who again, throw
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themselves at me, i'm not interested. i'm sorry. themselves at me, i'm not interested. i'm sorry . you know, interested. i'm sorry. you know, i. gary lineker has admitted with mike perry's victims , if with mike perry's victims, if you somebody that worked you are somebody that worked with mike perry in the 1980s, perhaps in his secretary, undergoing therapy , perhaps undergoing therapy, perhaps you'd like to drop me a line. >> tell me about your experience with man, mark with the great man, mark gbnews.com. and there's gbnews.com. and if there's a photo in pomp, photo of you in your pomp, i'm happy to put it on tv. that's a that's asking for trouble. quick one. by the way, emmanuel macron slapping a massive tax on brits with holiday homes in france. is it time for a war with france? you're historian . we'd win it, you're a historian. we'd win it, wouldn't we, if we went war wouldn't we, if we went to war with of probability of >> the balance of probability of the past thousand is, yes, the past thousand years is, yes, we . we would. >> there we've got >> so there you go. we've got we've got the of approval. >> so there you go. we've got we'viknewthe of approval. >> so there you go. we've got we'viknew that of approval. >> so there you go. we've got we'viknew that warof approval. >> so there you go. we've got we'viknew that war with proval. >> so there you go. we've got we'viknew that war with france who knew that war with france wouldn't controversial, who knew that war with france wouldn't controversial , but wouldn't be controversial, but celibacy coming up in my celibacy would coming up in my take at ten, prince harry's new netflix arrived netflix documentary has arrived . i've watched it so you don't have to . my official verdict at have to. my official verdict at ten, won't want to miss ten, you won't want to miss that. first, my mark meets that. but first, my mark meets guest who beat cancer guest is the man who beat cancer and to win the grand
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next well, coming up in my take at ten, prince harry's new documentary has arrived . i've documentary has arrived. i've watched to. watched it so you don't have to. but . and but first, mark meets. and tonight , a but first, mark meets. and tonight, a british sporting icon , bob champion, cbe , who was a , bob champion, cbe, who was a highly successful jump jockey before being struck down by testicular cancer in july 1979. this hugely popular figure a this hugely popular figure saw a nafion this hugely popular figure saw a nation it nation pray for his recovery. it took fought took time and was hard fought, but life but the theme of bob's life is winning. his winning. following his miraculous winning. following his nhe culous winning. following his nhe bounced the , he bounced back in the best way winning the 1981 way possible, winning the 1981 grand national alderney . his grand national on alderney. his incredible became film incredible story became a film champions a box office smash with playing man with john hurt playing the man himself. with john hurt playing the man hims�*eastwood, i'm clint eastwood, and i'm delighted joined me now. champion joined me now. bob, welcome dolan tonight. champion joined me now. bob, welcome at dolan tonight. champion joined me now. bob, welcome at height] tonight. champion joined me now. bob, welcome at height] tcyourt. you were at the height of your powers at at powers as an athlete at and at the a the top of your career as a jockey. through the top of your career as a jockeemotions through the top of your career as a jocke emotions receive your emotions when you receive
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that your emotions when you receive tha well well, it was absolutely strange. >> anyway, welcome mark. >> anyway, welcome back, mark. you've a few days. you've been away for a few days. nice to see you again. >> basically, was a fit >> basically, i was a very fit jockey at the time, having my best season, and i always spent the america to ride the summer in america to ride over there because there was no racing had racing here. jumping and i had this ache pain and so this ache and pain and so basically i was i'll be basically i was lucky, i'll be honest with honest. i started going with a vet mind you, and vet, a lady vet, mind you, and when into when i managed to get her into bed and the thing said bed and the first thing she said to you, i'd get bed and the first thing she said to first you, i'd get bed and the first thing she said to first back, i'd get bed and the first thing she said to first back to d get on the first plane back to england specialist. on the first plane back to england put specialist. on the first plane back to england put off)ecialist. on the first plane back to england put off)ecitstroke. on the first plane back to epromise put off)ecitstroke. on the first plane back to epromise put andff)eci(stroke. on the first plane back to epromise put andff)e
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recovery. so thankfully, i had the did getting the diseased . recovery. so thankfully, i had the did getting the disease and >> did getting the disease and surviving it change you as a person? it actually . me it >> yes, it did actually. me it made me appreciate everything , >> yes, it did actually. me it made me appreciate everything, i must every must admit, and take every day as and, you know, was as it comes and, you know, i was lucky. hard lucky. it was very, very hard to get again, i must admit, get fit again, i must admit, because destroyed because the drugs had destroyed about . about 60% of my lung capacity. so without good so being a jockey without good lungs isn't a very good thing. so i had to work really, really hard. and it helped hard. and i think it helped me going back to america, not just going back to america, not just going was over there going back to america, not just gfound was over there going back to america, not just gfound veasier over there going back to america, not just gfound veasier over tand going back to america, not just gthink veasier over tand going back to america, not just gthink thatasier over tand going back to america, not just gthink that got over tand going back to america, not just gthink that got
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into training on january the 1st, back to josh's , because 1st, back to josh's, because he'd broken down so badly at sandown. um the vets wanted to put him down, but, but i said one day, win a national one day and the owners must have believed me. and so he was absolutely amazing. he was in plaster tied up in a stable for six months, couldn't lie down just eating out of his bowl and water. there for six months. he would have sent me crazy. then he went back to josh's on january the 1st, 1981, february the 3rd, he went to ascot in the whitbread trial, absolutely bolted up. and i can remember that morning seeing he was 66 to 1 for the national that morning seeing he was 66 to 1for the national and 16 that morning seeing he was 66 to 1 for the national and 16 to 1 to win the whitbread trial . to win the whitbread trial. well, as you know, jockeys aren't allowed to bet, but mothers were . she had a few quid mothers were. she had a few quid
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on. let's talk about that grand national win . national win. >> after your recovery, did you have a good feeling on the day? how did the itself feel as how did the race itself feel as it was happening ? it was happening? >> well, i was always very confident the old horse would win, and i was ultra confident . win, and i was ultra confident. and, you know, you got down to the start and you'd do all the work down there. check your gears. look where your horse is. you're going to track are your dangers and you're lying up. and the governor went down. and i can always remember the governor saying, you know, we've got here and everything and i said, governor, if i win , you can pack governor, if i win, you can pack up smoking . and after i won, he up smoking. and after i won, he gave up smoking . absolutely gave up smoking. absolutely brilliant . gave up smoking. absolutely brilliant. um, but the gave up smoking. absolutely brilliant . um, but the race went brilliant. um, but the race went all right after i jumped the first two, he overjumped . the first two, he overjumped. the first two, he overjumped. the first nearly went. wasn't great at the second. from that moment, he was a joy to ride. i must admit my orders were hold him up into the last fence. i jumped to
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the front at valentine lines the first time, which is three and a half miles from home, and all i could think of the next three and a half miles was the rollicking i'm getting in the stands from the governor but i knew i was in the right place . i knew i was in the right place. i was jumping fun and i'd you was jumping for fun and i'd you know, i came to the last in front. i thought, i'm in the right at the right time right place at the right time and and won three lengths and went and won three lengths and went and won three lengths and the rest is history. >> do you still ride horses, bob? >> no, i don't, actually. i haven't sat on one for a i did sit on one last year just haven't sat on one for a i did sit on one last yearjust sat haven't sat on one for a i did sit on one last year just sat on one. but i'm a little bit heavy actually. i'd if i was two stone lighter, i'd ride out every day. um, because i'd be able to ride work and i just don't fancy just riding around the roads or anything . i've done all that in anything. i've done all that in the past and, you know, riding work. if i was light enough, i would love to. i must admit, bob, a true privilege to have you on the show. >> you have surely raised more
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awareness in this country than anyone else about the horrible disease that is cancer. you set up the bob champion cancer trust, which is now 40 years old. so congratulations on that and an incredible career , and i and an incredible career, and i hope we catch up again soon. >> thanks very much . have a good evening. >> the amazing bob champion cbe. i remember my mum and dad took the family to see champions and what a film . okay, lots more to what a film. okay, lots more to come . full details of the next come. full details of the next hour. come. full details of the next hour . but come. full details of the next hour. but first, here's a quick weather . looks like hour. but first, here's a quick weather. looks like things are heating up. >> bob boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . showers clearing overnight. some low cloud remaining, even some fog by dawn. but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure ridge places low pressure, low pressure are
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already filling and disappearing overnight. and as a result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness . a lot of low cloud, i darkness. a lot of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales fog patches wales and some fog patches forming by dawn . but the forming by dawn. but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing in some of the most sheltered spots. figures sheltered spots. single figures widely further south. it's a mild . and again, there'll mild night. and again, there'll be some cloud and mist as we be some low cloud and mist as we start things off, but that will through the morning lift and it will break up eventually. we'll see some sunny spells break through. i think still some cloud remaining, still some showers across england and wales, but not as many as recent days. be plenty of fine days. there'll be plenty of fine weather and will weather on offer and it will feel celsius there. feel warmer, 26 celsius there. the high in the south—east, low 20s widely elsewhere and into sunday. again, a bit of a slow start, some mist and fog first thing, especially for southern parts uk. breezier parts of the uk. breezier further north with some outbreaks the north outbreaks of rain for the north and of scotland. that
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and northwest of scotland. that tends to ease later in the day as develops widely as sunshine develops widely across country in time for across the country in time for the start of next week. and as that happens , temperatures rise that happens, temperatures rise i >> -- >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> well, look, a very busy hour to come. hot off the press. we've got tomorrow's papers with live reaction from tonight's top pundits. and in my take at ten, you will not want to this. you will not want to miss this. prince netflix prince harry's new netflix documentary has dropped . i've documentary has dropped. i've watched it. so you don't have to. five hours of my life that i won't get back . that's my won't get back. that's my official verdict in just a few minutes. so what have you got to do? well, get the kettle on. i'll see you shortly. the weekend
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it's10:00 and it is great to be back. it's10:00 and it is great to be back . on television, on radio back. on television, on radio and online in the united kingdom and online in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight in my take a ten, prince harry's new netflix documentary has arrived . i've documentary has arrived. i've watched it all five hours worth. so you don't have to. my official verdict in a couple of minutes, you won't want to miss it. also will you get boosted to save the nhs this winter ? i'll save the nhs this winter? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker , be asking tonight's newsmaker, former bbc presenter sue cook . former bbc presenter sue cook. plus, tomorrow's newspaper, front pages hot off the press and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits. so a packed show, lots to get through. but first, the news with lisa hartle . all . i'm lisa with lisa hartle. all. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. >> we start with some breaking news. former harrods and fulham fc owner mohamed al fayed has
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died at the age of 94. the egyptian born businessman was a self—made billionaire . egyptian born businessman was a self—made billionaire. his passing comes almost 26 years to the day after his son was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris. he continued to search for answers surrounding the death of his son, dodi more schools may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse . abbey lane primary in sheffield is one of over 150in england at risk. others in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also being assessed for a tiktok influencer and her mother have been jailed for life for murdering two men, mehek and andrea bukhari ambushed the pair and killed them during a high speed car chase near leicester in february last year. sadiq hussain, who was travelling with mohammad hashim aijazuddin, had threatened to reveal an affair he'd had with the social media star's mother . the women will star's mother. the women will serve a minimum term of more
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than 31 years and 26 years, respectively . janine mckinney, respectively. janine mckinney, chief crown prosecutor , spoke chief crown prosecutor, spoke after the trial . after the trial. >> throughout the investigation and trial, we have seen continued lies and deceit from the defendants as they tried to evade responsible for the killings . killings. >> they showed complete disdain for the lives of their victims, and they showed little remorse for their actions . as the for their actions. as the families of the two young men who so tragically lost their lives at the hands of these defendants, have patiently endured a lengthy and complex legal process as we brought these defendants to justice. >> the number of migrants per boat crossing the channel has hit a new monthly high. more than 5000 people made the journey in august in 102 boats. that's an average of 53 people per vessel . the overall number per vessel. the overall number of crossings is around 20, less than the same time this time last year , another wave of rail
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last year, another wave of rail strikes has hit services across the country . members of the the country. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the action as unnecessary , but the action as unnecessary, but the union says the government is refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer and passengers will face continued disruption tomorrow as the rmt union will walk out over pay and conditions as the disputes which started over a year ago, remains at a deadlock . this over a year ago, remains at a deadlock. this is gb news over a year ago, remains at a deadlock . this is gb news across deadlock. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . mark now it's back to. mark >> thanks, lisa. welcome to mark dolan tonight mohamed al—fayed, the former harrods owner, former owner , also of fulham fc father owner, also of fulham fc father of dodi fayed, killed in a tragic car crash with princess diana, has died almost to the
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day. 26 years ago, that his son was killed in that car crash. i knew mohamed al—fayed and his son. they were both absolute gentlemen and it's a very sad occasion. on his passing . so occasion. on his passing. so we'll get reaction from former bbc presenter sue cook. that's coming up very shortly . g. plus, coming up very shortly. g. plus, we'll be asking will you get boosted to save the nhs? that's the subject of an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's poll. the results of which are on their way . plus tomorrow's papers with way. plus tomorrow's papers with live reaction in the studio from my top pundits. emma wolf, david oldroyd bolts and . mike porky oldroyd bolts and. mike porky parry. hashtag dream team, plus my brilliant pundits will be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day , a packed hour and those papers are coming. but first, my take . are coming. but first, my take. at ten. what a takes five hours
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painting a front room , running a painting a front room, running a marathon slowly having tantric sex with sting . well, i didn't sex with sting. well, i didn't do anything nearly as enjoyable this week. instead i watched prince harry's latest tv offering , which, like a stale offering, which, like a stale packet of custard creams, is subject to the law of diminishing returns straight out of the traps. this new series, which is supposed to be about war heroes, harry made about himself banging on about his trauma . like the trauma i trauma. like the trauma i experienced watching the world's least happy millionaire once again moan about his lot in the context of real heroes featured in the show who have lost limbs and livelihoods yet , yes, prince and livelihoods yet, yes, prince harry's worldwide privacy tour continues with a new netflix documentary series called heart of invictus . yes, now the tales of invictus. yes, now the tales of invictus. yes, now the tales of heroism are legion in this powerful documentary. and watching people overcome the
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most devastating mental and physical injuries to rebuild their lives and to participate in competitive sport is truly moving and truly inspiring . moving and truly inspiring. bring. but just as the thrill of a visit to the playboy mansion would have been tempered by the sight of an ageing hugh hefner, so . so the presence of whinging so. so the presence of whinging prince harry in this new show is the ultimate turn off. this documentary is important, as are the invictus games. but in both cases , tainted by the face of cases, tainted by the face of the outfit, a man whose turn self—pity into a sporting tournament all of its own . let's tournament all of its own. let's not forget the invictus games was an idea nicked off the americans, the so—called warrior games and the project was reportedly in part , at least, reportedly in part, at least, the brainchild of palace insiders seeking to rehabilitate the image of this errant young royal after his relentless partying and questionable choice of fancy dress. you have to
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worry when people liked you more, when you regularly dressed up as adolf hitler. now whilst i've got no doubt that harry's very engaged with the stories told in this series, and he deserves huge credit for founding the event, but i wonder how many of these brave ex—soldiers wish to be represented by a man who , during represented by a man who, during his time in afghanistan , was his time in afghanistan, was known as bunker harry? as the authorities wrapped him in cotton wool, he spent just ten weeks in afghanistan on on that first tour, i've had longer trips to tenerife and gained more scars. let me tell you fair play more scars. let me tell you fair play to harry for having served in action abroad. but his military cv , which is shorter military cv, which is shorter than tom cruise's 501 seconds, hardly makes him horatio nelson . it will stick in the craw for many war heroes that the face of the invictus games is a man who has spent the last few years vilifying the institutions for which they have fought the
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monarchy, the country and the royal family. harry's intermittent relationship with the truth resurfaced in this documentary as well with him once again seizing the opportunity to attack the british media, saying the press have not done enough to cover the plight of wounded british troops. but like a faulty sniper, his comments have backfired badly with sas hero andy mcnab, no less saying to claim media outlets weren't fighting for our injured servicemen is offensive and rubbish . ouch. bit of friendly rubbish. ouch. bit of friendly fire there. harry also takes a side swipe at his own family, saying his mental health was neglected over the years . but neglected over the years. but this is the same prince who has previously written how his brother, prince william forced him to get therapy. i'm so confused. so there you have it. now, prince harry will be attending the invictus games in germany this september, where it's expected he'll be joined by
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his wife to meet the troops . his wife to meet the troops. blimey, they faced isis and the taliban. now they've got to deal with meghan markle. have they not suffered enough ? i'll be not suffered enough? i'll be honest. i feel i deserve a medal for sitting through five hours of this boring , self—satisfied of this boring, self—satisfied rubbish . next time, let the rubbish. next time, let the soldiers be the star of the show . what do you think? margaret gbnews.com. am i being too hard on harry? i know lots of people think that the invictus games are a great credit to him. he founded those games. he's represented plight of represented the plight of injured servicemen. many would argue that's one of the really good things prince harry. good things about prince harry. so am i being too harsh ? let me so am i being too harsh? let me know your thoughts. margaret gbnews.com. i'll your gbnews.com. i'll get to your email . but first, let's email shortly. but first, let's hear top pundits hear from tonight's top pundits ringside for all of the action. don't forget the papers on their way. tv and radio broadcaster mike porky parry, co—founder of
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talksport, former head honcho at the express. you name it, a cv longer than your arm. also top author and journalist, busiest woman in showbiz, emma wolf and a man with the brain. the size of jupiter , but much more of jupiter, but much more handsome historian and writer david oldroyd bolt . david, your david oldroyd bolt. david, your thoughts on this documentary series from prince harry? am i being too hard on him? no not necessarily, because i think you are too hard about his war record . record. >> i think the duke of sussex went to serve for as long as he was allowed to serve. i think what will stick in the craw of his brother, officers and the men who were under command men who were under his command is does have is that he does seem to have this appalling tendency to make it , which is it all about himself, which is totally contrary to the best traditions of british army , traditions of the british army, and particularly contrary to the best traditions of the officer class. first you class. the first thing that you are sandhurst is that are taught at sandhurst is that the matter, you . you the men matter, not you. you lead from the front and you never ask them to anything lead from the front and you nev
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of poke like a hornet's nest. so i think i agree with everything. david says about harry. i don't think hard david says about harry. i don't thi prince hard david says about harry. i don't thi prince harry. hard david says about harry. i don't thi prince harry. mark, hard david says about harry. i don't thi prince harry. mark, you're'd on prince harry. mark, you're certainly not. it's embarrassing andifs certainly not. it's embarrassing and it's always about him. >> however , many would argue, >> however, many would argue, mike parry, that the invictus games is one of the few good news stories around the brand of prince harry. >> well, it is. but as my two colleagues here have already indicated to you, he's trying to make it about himself and not about them . i have started about them. i have started feeling for a while now pretty sorry for prince harry. i think he's a man who's lost. i think he's a man who's lost. i think he's wandering the world literally , literally wandering literally, literally wandering the world trying to find a purpose in life . what about his purpose in life. what about his recent trip to japan ? he didn't recent trip to japan? he didn't go with his wife ? no. if they go with his wife? no. if they wanted to project themselves as a world couple, you know, a royalty in waiting, surely they'd have gone together, wouldn't they? because he was greeted very warmly in japan. he even made a comment at one stage saying i could come and live here because that's how they greeted him so nicely. but to
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me, harry looks like a bloke who somebody suddenly picked up a cast iron pan and smacked it on the back of his head like that. about a year and a half ago, two years ago. and he still looks dazed to me. his eyes still look as though they're spinning around. i don't think he knows his purpose life . i think his purpose in life. i think he's very unsure now about who's with him and who's not, because the royal family wants the king took over , got very much harder took over, got very much harder in their denunciation of his actions than had happened when the late queen was alive . and the late queen was alive. and his wife seems to have a sort of dilettante attitude as to whether she wants to be with him or not anymore. so i'm starting to feel sorry with harry, and i'll make a very bold prediction on here. i think it's on your show here. i think it's going to end badly. >> how long do you give it, mike? >> well, i would say within about the next 18 months. i think he's going to start waking up in morning california up in the morning in california in the hot sunshine in and
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wonder, hey, what have i done? b what have i got left? c is there any way back? >> there you go. well listen, you heard it here first. as mike porky parry said , do you think porky parry said, do you think that prince harry has made the invictus games all about him? let me know . mark at invictus games all about him? let me know. mark at gb invictus games all about him? let me know . mark at gb news.com let me know. mark at gb news.com . coming up, reaction to the passing of egyptian born businessman mohamed al—fayed, former owner of harrods , father former owner of harrods, father of dodi fayed, killed in a car crash with princess diana. plus, will you get boosted to save the nhs ? i'll be asking tonight's nhs? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker , tv legend sue cook . newsmaker, tv legend sue cook. plus, tomorrow's front page smack in tomorrow's papers with full pundit reaction . there you full pundit reaction. there you go. getting used to this gig again . see you
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before the papers. but it's time now for the newsmaker which now for the newsmaker in which we speak a fearless we speak to a fearless commentator on the big stories of and tonight , former of the day. and tonight, former harrods and fulham fc owner mohamed has died at the mohamed al—fayed has died at the age of 94. the egyptian born businessman's passing comes almost 26 years to the day after his own son, dodi , was killed his own son, dodi, was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris. let's alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris . let's get car crash in paris. let's get immediate reaction now from tonight's newsmaker tv legend sue cook . sue, this is tonight's newsmaker tv legend sue cook. sue, this is a guy who was intrinsically linked to the tragedy of diana's death. people forgot and people glossed over the fact that he, too, lost his own son john. yes they did, didn't they, really? >> but to be honest, i thought he might have died already because he hasn't been heard of much for the last 15 years or so. has he? no, i can't think that many people are going to grieve his loss greatly. i mean, he went to his grave convinced that there was a foul play in
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the dodi and diana's death. and who knows what. we'll never know entirely . but he didn't. who knows what. we'll never know entirely. but he didn't. i think , endear himself to many people towards the end. and so 94, he made a good innings , didn't he? made a good innings, didn't he? >> well, he did . >> well, he did. >> well, he did. >> i mean, he was sue. he was a maverick figure, wasn't he? he wasn't just the father of dodi who was dating diana the most famous woman in the world. but he was a billionaire owner of harrods. he tried and failed to get a passport from the home office. he bought fulham fc . he office. he bought fulham fc. he even started a radio station called 963 liberty, which was my first ever gig, which is why i know the guy and have basically worked for him. one of my first bosses. was certainly bosses. so he was certainly a colourful character . colourful character. >> the very word i was going to say. and you took it from my mouth, colourful, yes, he say. and you took it from my moua|, colourful, yes, he say. and you took it from my moua colourfulil, yes, he say. and you took it from my moua colourful character he say. and you took it from my moua colourful character. he was a colourful character. complicated colourful. some people say he has a rather interesting relationship with the truth . who knows? certainly the truth. who knows? certainly he made his mark in a big way,
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didn't he? in the 80s and 90s and the. i'll never forget that memorial to dodi and diana's death in harrods . do you death in harrods. do you remember? yes. massive sort of iconic memorial in the middle of the store, which some people thought was rather tasteless . thought was rather tasteless. >> indeed. so it wasn't for everyone. well, there you go. our ipp mohamed al fayed now sue health experts have called for covid booster eligibility to be widened amid fears the new pirola variant could trigger a wave of infections. some pharmacies have already run out of covid tests as experts urge brits to stay alert to the new strain. some scientists have recommended a return of pandemic mitigation measures mask wearing ventilation. dr. tricia greenhalgh , based at the greenhalgh, based at the university of oxford , sue university of oxford, sue suggested everyone should be made eligible for a jab. she said it's a good idea to vaccinate everyone . so will you vaccinate everyone. so will you
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be getting boosted to save the nhs ? nhs? >> i personally won't know i had the first two and i didn't have a very good reaction to either of them and i won't be having any more. i just think we've all had enough of this so scaremongering. but some people are still genuinely frightened and concerned about it all and i think if they want to have a jab, then that's fine. but i don't think there should be any more coercion any more talks of mandates or or forcing people to have jabs . no mandates or or forcing people to have jabs. no more emotional blackmail. a lot of people have jobs just because they like. i did. i didn't really want to have but i felt should have it, but i felt i should because the whole we were being blackmailed almost emotionally . blackmailed almost emotionally. and, you know , maybe i'm right. and, you know, maybe i'm right. maybe i'm wrong. everybody should have their own opinion and make their own decisions for themselves should not be themselves and should not be criticised for whatever decision they make. i can never understand why one was criticised so much. if you didn't want to have a vaccination, because if you've
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had your vaccination, why would you worry about catching it from somebody else? because if you've been vaccinated so i don't know why so angry why people got quite so angry with people didn't the with people who didn't have the jab . jab. >> that wasn't the first >> yes, that wasn't the first aspect pandemic . that aspect of the pandemic. that didn't up. let me be didn't really add up. let me be clear that the government has certain and mainstream medical opinion is that the vaccine has saved millions of lives. i've always said if you're in a vulnerable group, if you risk hospitalisation or death from the virus, you'd be mad not to have it. but i agree with you, sue, that we can't be bullying others into taking a medication that they wish not to, particularly if they don't face a mortal threat from the virus with with you. i agree on that. do you think that the public would swallow any covid measures this winter? do you think the pubuc this winter? do you think the public would accept without mask mandates or social distancing this time round ? sue some will. this time round? sue some will. >> i've just come back like you. i've just come back from holiday, got caught up in the air traffic control thing, which
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was, there were some was, oh no. but there were some people on the plane wearing masks and you think, well, okay, it seems totally daft, but if people want to wear masks, if people want to wear masks, if people people feel happy, people if people feel happy, they what want to they should do what they want to do. i think do. but to be honest, i think most people have had enough. i think got think we've absolutely got scare fatigue , what worries me fatigue now, what worries me slightly is that we've been scared. so many times over, so many variants and so many things. one day there'll be a real, really worrying variant and we'll all go , oh yes, you and we'll all go, oh yes, you know the crying wolf again . oh know the crying wolf again. oh yeah. another virus. yeah forget it. virus. virus. and maybe one day, you know , we should be day, you know, we should be scared, but we're just. i think we've all had enough. really >> sue, great to have you back on the show. can't wait for our next on air encounter. tv legend , former star of the bbc crimewatch children in need, and so many other hits . the so many other hits. the wonderful sue cook now tomorrow's front pages are on their way and we've got some cracking headlines and reaction to death of mohamed to the death of mohamed al—fayed. but first, here's your weather . a
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al—fayed. but first, here's your weather. a brighter outlook al—fayed. but first, here's your weather . a brighter outlook with weather. a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . light showers clearing overnight . some low cloud overnight. some low cloud remaining , overnight. some low cloud remaining, even overnight. some low cloud remaining , even some fog by remaining, even some fog by dawn. but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure replaces us. low pressure, low pressure already filling and disappearing overnight. and as a result , the showers and any result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness. lots of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales and some fog patches forming by dawn. but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing in some of the most sheltered . single figures sheltered spots. single figures widely south. it's widely further south. it's a mild night and again , there'll mild night and again, there'll be some low cloud and mist as we start things but it's that
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start things off. but it's that will through the morning lift and it will break up eventually . we'll see some sunny spells break through . i think still break through. i think still some cloud remaining, still some showers across england and wales, not many recent wales, but not as many as recent days. wales, but not as many as recent days . there'll be plenty of fine days. there'll be plenty of fine weather will weather on offer and it will feel 26 celsius there. feel warmer. 26 celsius there. the south—east, low the high in the south—east, low 20s widely elsewhere and into sunday. again a bit of a slow start, some mist and fog. first thing, especially for southern parts uk brazier further parts of the uk brazier further north with outbreaks of north with some outbreaks of rain the and northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland and northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and and northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that tends/est north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that tends tot of scotland. and that tends to ease later in the day as sunshine develops widely across the country in time for the start of next week . and as that start of next week. and as that happens, temperatures rise a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> coming up, tomorrow's newspaper front pages and the newspaper front pages and the news that mohamed al—fayed, the father of dodi fayed, who was killed in a car crash with princess diana , has himself died
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princess diana, has himself died in his 90s. former harrods owner fulham fc as well, will in his 90s. former harrods owner fulham fc as well , will react to fulham fc as well, will react to that with mike parry , one of my that with mike parry, one of my punst that with mike parry, one of my pundits who knows fayed well and who broke the story of diana's car crash all those years ago . car crash all those years ago. plus, we've got other front pages hot off the press from all of our pundits. and in an exclusive mark dolan tonight people's poll, we've been asking , will you get boosted to save the nhs this winter? the results are in and i will reveal all
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>> and you're listening to gb news radio . news radio. >> is prince harry making the invictus games all about himself 7 invictus games all about himself ? that's the topic of tonight's take at ten, which i'm delighted to say conor is crafted into a video which you catch up on video which you can catch up on via or x, as it's called via twitter or x, as it's called at gb news. hi, mark. absolutely right . harry at gb news. hi, mark. absolutely right. harry is becoming a laughing stock and an embarrassment. his wife must be getting fed up with the
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embarrassing isn't or is she that deluded? but barbara says mark such venom, sarcasm and constant criticism of harry and meghan are becoming tasteless . meghan are becoming tasteless. yes. and it goes on. christine what i would like to know is how much money will harry be donating to help for heroes ? all donating to help for heroes? all those charities that support our servicemen and women . christine, servicemen and women. christine, thank you for that. keep those emails coming, marc, at gb news .uk. just a lovely email from viv who says markie was so missed. your number one for me. well, viv, thank you for that . well, viv, thank you for that. that's a great, great delight to be back. missed you hugely. and that's a great, great delight to be blet'smissed you hugely. and that's a great, great delight to be blet's bringj you hugely. and that's a great, great delight to be blet's bring you hugely. and that's a great, great delight to be blet's bring you the gely. and that's a great, great delight to be blet's bring you the results1d now let's bring you the results of our final poll of the evening. i've been asking , will evening. i've been asking, will you boosted to save the nhs you get boosted to save the nhs this winter ? the results are in this winter? the results are in 81.8% say no, they won't get boosted whilst 18.2% say they will get the jab. i think that's such a big story that with producer greg's permission , i
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producer greg's permission, i think we're going to discuss that in the next few minutes because i reaction from my because i want reaction from my punstin because i want reaction from my pundits in terms of what those covid policies have done to vaccine hesitancy in this country . okay, it's time for country. okay, it's time for this . we start with the this. we start with the independent newspaper here. how many more of our classrooms could collapse the daily telegraph , braverman woke police telegraph, braverman woke police are damaging public trust. home secretary launches, launches an investigation into officers pandenng investigation into officers pandering to politically correct causes. pandering to politically correct causes . also, trolls will not causes. also, trolls will not force me to cover up, says amanda holden. crumbling concrete crisis spreads to hospitals . the times is when hospitals. the times is when will this school crisis end? ask parents. the daily mail . parents. the daily mail. hundreds more schools at risk . hundreds more schools at risk. ministers admit concrete crisis likely to grow fury as pupils.
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education thrown into chaos again . hospitals, courts and again. hospitals, courts and homes are also affected . the homes are also affected. the iweekend hundreds more schools await safety checks despite collapse risk warning to ministers in 2019, the sun . ministers in 2019, the sun. saudi £200 million mo grab the saudis are plotting a world record bid of up to £200 million to wrestle mo salah away from the premier league and liverpool football club . daily mirror. and football club. daily mirror. and they get the story out there in time . al fayed dies at 94. time. al fayed dies at 94. mohamed al—fayed , pictured there mohamed al—fayed, pictured there with diana in 1998, of course, the year after she was killed, a government of failure. what a mess. thousands of children now told they can't go back to school because buildings are falling down, can't the tories get anything right ? just ask the get anything right? just ask the mirror . get anything right? just ask the mirror. those are your front pages. let's get reaction now
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from my top pundits tonight, author and journalist emma wolf, historian and writer david oldroyd bolt and tv and radio legend mike porky parry . and legend mike porky parry. and let's let's have a look at this developing story. you'll have heard lisa mention this in the bulletin earlier. mike parry , bulletin earlier. mike parry, mohamed al—fayed has passed away at the age of 94. yeah a significant figure in business, former owner of fulham fc, but perhaps most known really as the father of dodi fayed, killed in a car crash in paris with with diana. now, you're very close to this story . this story. >> well, i broke the story to the world 17 minutes before the official announcement out official announcement came out official announcement came out of the elysee palace . and it was of the elysee palace. and it was the most nervous minutes the most nervous 17 minutes of my gamble my life because it was a gamble , wasn't it, really? it wasn't a gamble. a correspondent , wasn't it, really? it wasn't a gamithe a correspondent , wasn't it, really? it wasn't a gamithe foreign correspondent , wasn't it, really? it wasn't a gamithe foreign secretary dent , wasn't it, really? it wasn't a gamithe foreign secretary robin with the foreign secretary robin cook, manilla. okay and he cook, in manilla. okay and he had been informed even before the prime minister because it happened on foreign territory. and was the foreign and he was the foreign secretary. so was first secretary. so he was the first
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member government to member of the uk government to be that diana had in be informed that diana had in fact died and luckily i had a man there and he he actually went up to robin cook and said, has diana died? all the signs are coming out of paris. he said, i'm afraid i have to tell you, she has. and so he came back to me. you can only rely on the reputation or the strength of your correspondents. i had to either say, we've got to go with it because the world needs to know this has happened or i could have sat on it. i believed in the man who told me, charlie miller, the defence and diplomatic correspondent. we went with it and can you imagine that news when mohammed al fayed , who had huge ambitions to become father in law, to diana, princess of wales, suddenly realised not only has his son gone, but the woman who he hoped would be his daughter in law had gone as well. it must have been enormous. >> correct. and he speculated, emma, the circumstances of emma, about the circumstances of that crash , and he implied an
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that crash, and he implied an alleged at various intervals that this was planned. >> yeah, he did . and was, you >> yeah, he did. and was, you know, vilified by many, many in the british establishment for that sort of end of an era, isn't it? i mean , just hearing isn't it? i mean, just hearing mike talk about that time and thinking back to diana's death and all of that, it's it brings it all back quite vividly . and it all back quite vividly. and also listening to you guys talking , you know, his talking about, you know, his acquisition then acquisition of harrods and then fulham football club his fulham football club and his real is to be a real aspiration is to be a figure in the british establishment and could never get a passport. >> could he, could get. get a passport. >> whyd he, could get. get a passport. >> why was. could get. get a passport. >> why was he uld get. get a passport. >> why was he refused get. get a passport. >> why was he refused a get. get a passport. >> why was he refused a passport by straw at the time? by jack straw at the time? >> do we know? >> do we know? >> , because they always >> well, because they always feared that in the background and somewhere other infamous nafion and somewhere other infamous nation would come out because nobody could ever discover where mohammed al—fayed got his original money from to buy all these jewels like harrods, you know, like fulham football club. nobody, nobody knew where the source of his money. and he was an immensely rich man. never mind harrods. he had, i think he
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had something like £30 million worth of apart payments in park lane in the days when they only cost £1 million each. you know what? i mean? >> david well, not only did he have that , he also bought and have that, he also bought and renovate covid the house that the duke and duchess of windsor lived in, in the bois de boulogne in paris. >> and has turned it >> yeah. and, and has turned it into which is supposed into a museum which is supposed to owned the to be opening soon. he owned the ritz yes. bought ritz in paris? yes. he bought turmel and the prince of wales's shirtmaker in order get shirtmaker in order to get himself that bit and himself that bit closer. and can we it was not al fayed? we just say it was not al fayed? that total fraud on his that was a total fraud on his part. he mohammed fayyad. he part. he was mohammed fayyad. he decided add al make decided to add the alto make himself wrong that ? well, >> what's wrong with that? well, you know, it's fraud . you know, it's fraud. >> i mean, he an >> i mean, he was an extraordinary but i think extraordinary man, but i think also bitter also an extraordinarily bitter man. the years and years and years when he alleged, you years when he alleged, as you said, that there was the royal family playing a part in the death of. well, didn't he allege that prince killed that prince philip killed his son? he yes, it was that prince philip killed his s(conspiracye yes, it was that prince philip killed his s( conspiracy between it was that prince philip killed his s(conspiracy between the it was that prince philip killed his s(conspiracy between the late as a conspiracy between the late duke and the duke of edinburgh and the security is just security service, which is just risible. clearly, if risible. and he was clearly, if you lose your son and heir, you
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will be a deeply unhappy man. but i think it passed over from the of the normal grief the realms of the normal grief and unhappiness to a serious. >> he became deranged . >> he became deranged. >> he became deranged. >> yes, exactly. >> yes, exactly. >> deranged about it. >> he became deranged about it. he duke he reckoned the duke of edinburgh's plan was to make sure except somebody sure that nobody except somebody with pure white skin would ever become a member of the royal family. his son family. and therefore his son was threatening the lineage of the royal family. was the royal family. he was convinced the royal family. he was convinceworked for him because >> so i worked for him because he his plan to become a he part of his plan to become a respectable figure of the establishment was to be. yeah, to be the owner of a of a football club. and that was fulham and to be media fulham and to be a media proprietor . so he he set up 963 proprietor. so he he set up 963 liberty, a mediumwave radio station based in london, actually run by mike hollingsworth, formerly of am very , very talented tv producer very, very talented tv producer . and al—fayed was very focussed about what mr fayed very focussed about what he wanted, a clear vision, pretty ruthless as well. stories were legion at harrods about how people would find out if they'd been fired . find out if they'd been fired. and very often it was the fact
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that phone wouldn't work that their phone wouldn't work in they'd go off in the office and they'd go off to h.r. and say, isn't my to h.r. and say, why isn't my phone doesn't work, can't get any through. and they any calls through. and they go, oh you oh yeah, we need to talk to you about go about that. you're being let go . there is another story in which went walkabout in which he went walkabout in harrods. regularly. he was harrods. very regularly. he was the chairman and he was like the emperor he'd emperor of that place. and he'd go he'd go to various go he'd go around to various departments sure everyone departments making sure everyone was . and in the was on their game. and in the menswear he caught a menswear department, he caught a young a young, a young retail professional swinging the lead, not being very busy . so he said, not being very busy. so he said, young man, go and do something. be useful, fold some jumpers don't just stand there. so the person goes. apologies, mr chairman. of course. and he gets busy, no problem. so then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed no problem. so then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed walks problem. so then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed walks off,blem. so then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed walks off, but1. so then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed walks off, but then then chairman. of course. and he gets bu fayed walks off, but then he n al fayed walks off, but then he does a little swing around and goes back menswear goes back to the menswear department. ridley. and department. unexpect ridley. and the again being the young worker is again being lazy. and the we lazy. and that was the last we saw of him. >> a ii w.- >> you'd think you would. i went to his football club, to fulham, his football club, one night when everton were playing there. my club. okay. and club had been sold. and the club had just been sold. he'd just sold the club. he'd got and i saw all
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got out of it and i saw all these arc lights as i was leaving the stadium and quite late on because the late on because i'd been in the boardroom plenty this boardroom having plenty of this after do you know after the game. and do you know what was a crane had what it was? it was a crane had been to remove the been moved in to remove the michael statue , which he michael jackson statue, which he had erected at fulham football club because he was close to michael jackson, very close to michael jackson, very close to michael jackson. >> what fulham >> have a look at what fulham football had to say. football club have had to say. >> everyone at fulham was incredibly saddened to learn of the former owner the death of our former owner and chairman, al—fayed. and chairman, mohamed al—fayed. we owe mohamed of we owe mohamed a debt of gratitude what he did for gratitude for what he did for our thoughts are our club and our thoughts are now with his and friends our club and our thoughts are nothisth his and friends our club and our thoughts are nothisth his time.and friends our club and our thoughts are nothisth his time.and fhis ds at this sombre time. was his inputin at this sombre time. was his input in fulham was his purchase of fulham significant for fulham's history? >> it was very significant . but >> it was very significant. but of course, when he first bought it and think of the site of fulham football club right on the banks of the river thames prior to him, you know, west london territory , everybody was london territory, everybody was convinced that he'd only bought it to knock it down and build multi , multi, multi million multi, multi, multi million pound flats on it. and yet after he bought it and he suddenly found that being the chairman of
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a premier league football club actually makes you quite important and you mix with the great and the good and bobby charlton, where does bobby charlton, where does bobby charlton , you know, and all this charlton, you know, and all this kind of stuff. he suddenly decided liked football. decided he quite liked football. so he did stadium and decided he quite liked football. so hyofiid stadium and decided he quite liked football. so hyof rebuiltstadium and decided he quite liked football. so hyof rebuilt it.dium and decided he quite liked football. so hyof rebuilt it. michael and decided he quite liked football. so hyof rebuilt it. michael cole kind of rebuilt it. michael cole of course, our old friend , of course, our old friend, worked for him for many years, didn't his spokesman, didn't he? as his spokesman, as his spokesman, information specialist, and in fact , i went specialist, and in fact, i went to fulham with michael cole and was in the director's box with mr al—fayed , one of his mr mr al—fayed, one of his mr al—fayed sons was disabled or is disabled . right. you know what disabled. right. you know what i mean. right. and he was so caring about this boy to make sure that everybody made sure the lad you know, had his lunch properly and everything . i properly and everything. i remember that distinctly. and he was he was a gigantic presence there. you know, when you were a guest, you were like as guest, you were like royalty as well. know what i mean? he well. you know what i mean? he was i had a lot of time for him. >> interesting stuff. let's have was i had a lot of time for him. >.lookaresting stuff. let's have
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was i had a lot of time for him. >.lookarestiat stuff. let's have was i had a lot of time for him. >.lookarestiat the ff. let's have was i had a lot of time for him. >.lookarestiat the daily's have a look now at the daily telegraph and emma wolff. bravoman woke police damaging pubuc bravoman woke police damaging public trust. public confidence in the police is being eroded and needlessly damaged because officers are politicised and partisan . an according to the partisan. an according to the home secretary , in an interview home secretary, in an interview with the telegraph , braverman with the telegraph, braverman discloses that she's instructed andy cook , his majesty's chief andy cook, his majesty's chief inspector of constabulary, to investigate the unacceptable rise in police, taking a side on controversial issues . this after controversial issues. this after the new met chief has said he won't allow his officers to be political . your reaction to this? >> well, this is all part i mean, rishi sunak has been popping up a mean, rishi sunak has been popping up a few times during the saying that you know, the week saying that you know, life life and they're life means life and they're going to get tough on crime. this is all they know. that's a popular strategy . popular election strategy. suella braverman is , you know, suella braverman is, you know, in a pretty beleaguered position . she can't do anything about immigration. she can't do anything the anything about stopping the boats yeah, boats and everything. so yeah, she knows it's knows she knows it's she knows it's popular we want police to
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popular to say we want police to fight and stop tweeting. fight crime and stop tweeting. we don't want any of this nonsense . policing, rainbow nonsense. policing, rainbow gean nonsense. policing, rainbow gear, dancing across crossings and not arresting. just stop oil protesters and all of that kind of thing. so, you know . yeah, of thing. so, you know. yeah, well, that's right. >> the new met police chief has said that it was wrong for officers to take the knee. >> would you agree with that, david? >> i think it's very obviously wrong a directly wrong because it's a directly political in support political gesture in support of a seeks the a marxist group that seeks the downfall of western civilisation. so the idea that it right or indeed it could be right or indeed acceptable , i think is for the acceptable, i think is for the birds, the interesting thing i think . here birds, the interesting thing i think. here is that the tories are finally remembered that they are finally remembered that they are supposed to be the party of law know, there's are supposed to be the party of lavold know, there's are supposed to be the party of lavold in know, there's are supposed to be the party of lavold in tory:now, there's are supposed to be the party of lavold in tory partythere's an old trope in tory party associations that in order to win votes in win a few extra votes in difficult times, all you have to do is the tory to say do is the tory party is to say that hang the that you'll hang and fund the nhs to the gills. this is nhs up to the gills. and this is probably what they're going to start doing in the up to the start doing in the run up to the election, almost election, which they are almost bound but it's bound to lose. but i think it's a sign for the a very positive sign for the met, particularly which over the
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past 2 or 3 years. well in fact the past 3 or 4 years has been under increasing suspicion of being of a political arm of being more of a political arm of the woke state than it has of an actual law enforcer merchant body, never mind the body that is protecting citizens , is protecting citizens, particularly given the rape crisis that it has been engulfed with , particularly given, as with, particularly given, as we've yet again, that every we've seen yet again, that every year we have the notting hill carnival and year people carnival and every year people are are wounded very, very seriously . people's property is seriously. people's property is destroyed and yet we seem to be asked to foot the for bill it. so might still so i wonder if there might still start to be something from the new chief constable, chief inspector moving inspector of the met moving towards the idea that actually the met serve the met needs to serve londoners, not be there to make political and be political gestures and be popular twitter. mike is popular on twitter. mike is suella braverman on manoeuvres for the tory leadership . for the tory leadership. >> well, when people say that if the tories are not going to win the tories are not going to win the next election , who would the next election, who would want to be the leader of the tory party? you know what i mean? , surely she's young mean? i mean, surely she's young enough to say, okay, labour, five years, they'll probably
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mess it all up as well. we come back and go on manoeuvres then. but i think hardest in but i think the hardest job in politics is being leader of the opposition. >> it's certainly the most thankless job, the most thankless job, the most thankless job. thankless job, the most tha absolutely. not many >> absolutely. and not many survive and through. survive it and come through. even neil kinnock. who even neil kinnock. right. who thought he'd get through his first term with lot of first term with a lot of forgiveness because mrs. thatcher , but then thatcher was so strong, but then failed to win an election . his failed to win an election. his second term ended his career. you can't why you know, i can't imagine why she would want to be on manoeuvres unless s she's so ruthless. thinks she can get ruthless. she thinks she can get rid of before the next rid of sunak before the next election . election. >> well, unless you're in the dying years of an unpopular government, as david cameron was with gordon brown, as mrs. thatcher jim callaghan, thatcher was with jim callaghan, as blair was from 1994, as tony blair was from 1994, after the death of john smith with john there is with john major. there is absolutely no point being leader with john major. there is abtheitely no point being leader with john major. there is abthe oppositionnt being leader with john major. there is abthe opposition .: being leader with john major. there is abthe opposition . it eing leader with john major. there is abthe opposition . it is1g leader with john major. there is abthe opposition . it is the aader of the opposition. it is the most deathly job in politics. absolutely. you can you can alter nothing, you change alter nothing, you can change nothing. nothing. nothing. you can affect nothing. and carrying and you always end up carrying the can. this what happened and you always end up carrying the (william what happened and you always end up carrying the (william hague. happened and you always end up carrying the i william hague. happened and you always end up carrying the i williaboutague. happened and you always end up carrying the i williabout t01e. happened and you always end up carrying the i williabout to say|appened and you always end up carrying the i williabout to say williami and you always end up carrying the i wsaid)out to say williami and you always end up carrying the i wsaid howard ;ay williami and you always end up carrying the i wsaid howard said,illiam| and you always end up carrying the i wsaid howard said, oh,n| and you always end up carrying the i wsaid howard said, oh, you hague said howard said, oh, you know, opposition is not for the faint hearted. know, opposition is not for the
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fairwell,rted. know, opposition is not for the fairwell, ited. know, opposition is not for the fairwell, it just his >> well, it just ruined his any aspirations he had of being leader of country. leader of this country. >> yeah. >> well, indeed, yeah. >> well, indeed, yeah. >> have at >> we're going to have a look at more pages. i've got the more front pages. i've got the daily i've got the times daily mail. i've got the times and the i weekend. all fascinating headlines , full fascinating headlines, full reaction from top pundits reaction from my top pundits tonight. plus, they'll be nominating their headline heroes and page zeros. and what's and back page zeros. and what's going on with these crumbling schools. it's the wrong kind of concrete. we know about the wrong snow now. we've got the wrong snow now. we've got the wrong . is britain wrong concrete. is britain broken? discuss that
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next will a big next willa big reaction to all next will a big reaction to all the topics we've been discussing today mark dolan tonight people's poll has been asking, will you get boosted this winter to save the nhs ? wayne says no to save the nhs? wayne says no thanks to any more vaccines. i will never have another trial drug from the nhs just so another politician or civil servant can get a top paid
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position within the big pharmaceutical industry. well wayne, you're not wrong to point that out. it was jonathan van—tam, professor jonathan van—tam, professor jonathan van—tam , who i think is now van—tam, who i think is now partnered with madonna. what a cosy world they inhabit . high cosy world they inhabit. high mark booster , my says chris. mark booster, my says chris. they do . you just going to take they do. you just going to take my glasses off here? well, basically. so i can't quite make out the full detail of the email. but chris is simply refusing to get boosted. and of course it is a free country, is it not? let's get reaction to all the big stories of the day with my top pundits. i'm delighted to have mike parry, emma wolf and david oldroyd bolt and emma, one of the big stories in town is the schools. in fact, across almost every paper. when will this school crisis end? ask parents hundreds more schools at risk . britain parents hundreds more schools at risk. britain is crumbling. >> it's unbelievable. and that this comes at the end of a summer. and if you've got kids ,
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summer. and if you've got kids, you know, it's long, old you know, it's a long, long old summer . the that children you know, it's a long, long old summerto the that children you know, it's a long, long old summerto go that children you know, it's a long, long old summerto go backthat children you know, it's a long, long old summerto go back tot children you know, it's a long, long old summerto go back to schoolsen are due to go back to schools within a couple of days and that this apparent known about this was apparent known about since 2019, it's just it's just unbelievable. and after the years, the 2 or 3 years that our young people have had the damage , the appalling damage that it's done to their education, to their development , to their their development, to their social lives, to their mental health, to their physical health. this is just it's astonishing that the tories or that somebody he didn't respond to this properly , as they should to this properly, as they should have when they were first warned about it. but can you blame the government, david? >> historic , >> i mean, this is historic, isn't be over isn't it? this will be over decadesis isn't it? this will be over decades is the wrong kind of concrete. yes. but isn't it just yet nail in the coffin yet another nail in the coffin of the that britain is any of the idea that britain is any good infrastructure projects ? >> ?i >> it 7- >> it seems ? >> it seems like, as you said , >> it seems like, as you said, britain is crumbling. we have roads and highways that are in such a state of disrepair that if you live anywhere outside a major city, your car will be destroyed by the potholes. we
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have schools that are crumbling, our hospitals . are crumbling. our hospitals. are crumbling. the basic points of civic architecture and infrastructure are crumbling. for instance, when was the last time that you or your viewers walked or any of your viewers walked along high and saw along a high street and saw a clock public that clock on a public building that was the correct was actually showing the correct time? though we have time? it's as though we have given up the idea that the given up on the idea that the civic fabric our nation is civic fabric of our nation is actually worth maintaining to a decent degree. it is as though we have forgotten how to build things at last, you know, we look around us at our cathedrals, ancient cathedrals, at our ancient cities, at our ancient schools , cities, at our ancient schools, at our ancient monuments. they were built to last, and do were built to last, and they do last. can walk around any last. you can walk around any cathedral in the country cathedral city in the country and you architecture of and you see architecture of eight, 900, 1000 years old. and yet anything, it seems it was built with in the past 30 or 40 years has a half life of well now we are seeing the crumble before us and it makes me think are we no longer serious about building a country that lasts and why is that? what is so wrong with our national psyche that we cannot put the money and the time and the effort in to
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building a nation the future building a nation for the future ? why taking, this ? why are we taking, if this proves to be which it looks to be from reports read be from the reports we read today, a case of cutting costs or cutting corners in order to cut why are we so little cut costs? why are we so little invested in our future that we make those poor decisions and yet can spend enormous amounts of money on things that simply do not matter? >> oldroyd bolt for prime >> david oldroyd bolt for prime minister. now let's kick off with your headline heroes and back heroes of the day. so back page heroes of the day. so who's hero today? who's your headline hero today? >> my don't her, >> my hero. i don't like her, but doris because there but nadine doris because there are heroes around for are very few heroes around for putting the back, for putting the fun back, for putting the fun back, for putting back putting the farce back into politics. that nadine politics. the idea that nadine doris conducted has has conducted an in—depth investigation into the darker forces, the corruption at the heart of our democracy has been the best thing about this long, hot summer of 2023. i think her resignation letter was the highlight of this summer that i will gladly forget, frankly. and bnng will gladly forget, frankly. and bring on her book, which, oh, whoops is being delayed until november . november.
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>> another great work of fiction beckons . david, your headline beckons. david, your headline hero. i'm going to go for the royal australian mint because they have decided to issue a $5 commemorative coin on september, the seventh, the anniversary of her majesty queen elizabeth her late majesty queen elizabeth ii death. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii diath. this is a really >> i think this is a really excellent thing in the life of our great nation because as we mustn't forget, the king now is head not only of our state, but that of canada and of australia and of 14 other nations around the world. and i think given that australia has such a touchy relationship with monarchy, i think it's a very good sign for the future of the king as king of australia , as well as of of australia, as well as of great britain , that they are great britain, that they are doing this. >> what an excellent shout, mike, just a seconds for mike, just a few seconds for your headline hero. >> it's to susan hall. >> it's got to be susan hall. she's going take sadiq she's going to take on sadiq khanin she's going to take on sadiq khan in the mayoral election next may and she can win it. and if the tories have got any hope at all of changing their fortunes around, they've got to get behind her. because if she smashes sadiq khan and she can
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are the tories can that could reverberate all around the country. >> okay. just time for a name and a reason. your back . and a reason. your back. >> page zero ramaswami viva ramos swami last week he was my hero. he's my hero. hero. now he's my hero. >> he to be us president. >> he wants to be us president. >> he wants to be us president. >> and >> yeah. sorry. flip back and forth on this guy. can't stand forth on this guy. i can't stand him. a lot what says him. he's a lot of what he says makes of sense, but he's makes a lot of sense, but he's so . so irritating. >> it's a love hate. it's love, hate. david your back. page zero yet british museum. yet again, the british museum. >> every worse >> because every day it's worse and worse and worse. we see that there greatest there are countries greatest museum more museum has lost more and more and more of the things that we should in heritage should hold in heritage ourselves. >> give seconds. >> mike, give me five seconds. >> mike, give me five seconds. >> society for the >> the royal society for the prevention birds prevention of cruelty to birds is supposed to be a charity, not a political movement. too many charities are now political pressure pots. it must end on tomorrow's show. >> tv personality kim woodburn. top author and entrepreneur mike green. plus radio icon diddy david hamilton. do join for us mark dolan tonight. it's fantastic to be back. thank you for your amazing emails. headliners is next. see you
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tomorrow at nine. >> the temperatures rising. boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again . it's aidan >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast showers are clearing overnight. some low cloud remaining, even some fog by dawn. but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure replaces low pressure, low pressure already filling and disappearing overnight and as a result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness. a lot of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales and some fog patches forming by dawn. but but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing in some most freezing in some of the most sheltered single sheltered spots. single figures widely further south. it's a mild night and again, there'll be some low cloud and mist as we start things off, but that will
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