gb news. >> good afternoon and welcome to gb news saturday. i'm martin daubney and for the next three hours i'll be keeping you company on your tv and company on your tv online. and of course , on your digital of course, on your digital radio. coming this hour, the radio. coming up this hour, the hsz, radio. coming up this hour, the hs2, manchester leg is reportedly on the old chopping block. boris johnson has warned the prime minister against building a mutilated version of the high speed rail. but is he right.7 next, we'll go live to the national rejoin march in london. why do rejoiners want to reverse brexit.7 and do they see keir starmer as their best chance of getting back into the eu? we'll ask them directly . eu? we'll ask them directly. plus, we'll be reflecting on the king's historic visit to france. now, as always , please do get in now, as always, please do get in touch. send me your thoughts on vaiews@gbnews.uk or message me on our socials of course, we're

at gb news. but first up, it's our news headlines with aaron armstrong . very good afternoon armstrong. very good afternoon to you. >> it is midday. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. russell brand has attacked the media in a new online post after what he says been extraordinary says has been an extraordinary and week. he's and distressing week. he's lashed out at the government at big tech and media organisations , suggesting moves to demonetise . his social media content comes in the context of the online safety bill, which mr brown claims has been passed into law. it yet . he also made it hasn't yet. he also made remarks concerning free speech and collusion with the deep state before asking people to follow him on rumble. mr brown earns significant revenue from the platform he chose not to address the allegations made against him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse and denies any wrongdoing . boris denies any wrongdoing. boris johnson has warned rishi sunak against delivering a mutilated version of hs2 . the former prime version of hs2. the former prime minister says suggests that the

high speed rail link could be curtailed over cost are the height of insanity. he and desperate treasury driven nonsense. the government's refused to deny reports claiming the birmingham to manchester route will be scrapped . david route will be scrapped. david cameron's also raised concerns privately, according to reports in the times , which also claims in the times, which also claims the planned line to east midlands parkway could be under threat. shadow minister anneliese dodds says the country needs clarity. >> this was a major plank of the government's claims around levelling up. there has been speculation in fact over the last 13 years, including just the last few days around these projects. that's not the way to be delivering that kind of infrastructure either. and labour would have a very different approach. we would make not only that we sped make sure not only that we sped up infrastructure projects, but that we then didn't have this kind of speculation , action and kind of speculation, action and instability because it's causing huge, huge issues for our country's reputation . country's reputation. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak is

considering plans that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation. it would entail steadily increasing the legal age for consuming tobacco . as has been reported in the guardian . and if that was guardian. and if that was implemented by 2026, it would mean anyone aged 15 and under today would never be able to buy a cigarette. smoking costs society some £17 billion a year, according to government research, with 2.4 billion of that going to the nhs . ministers that going to the nhs. ministers are also understood to be drawing up plans to ban disposable vapes . drawing up plans to ban disposable vapes. humans could lose control to machines because artificial intelligence is developing too fast for regulators to keep up. that's the view of the deputy prime minister, who urged world leaders to recognise the threat of ai at the un general assembly in new york last night. oliver dowden says the government will push to create an internet national regulatory body when the uk hosts an ai safety summit in november. in an effort to protect humanitys future , ai protect humanitys future, ai

revolution will be a bracing test for the multilateral system to show that it can work together on a question that will define the fate of humanity . define the fate of humanity. >> see our future , humanity's >> see our future, humanity's future . our entire planet's future. our entire planet's future. our entire planet's future depends on our ability to do so that is our challenge and this is our opportunity ity to be truly the united nations is the liberal democrats are set to launch proposals to improve education and ease the cost of childcare at £390 million. >> they say would fund permanent tutoring groups for those pupils who had fallen behind . they who had fallen behind. they claim that would support up to 1.75 million children. they're also expected to outline new plans to make child care in their words, flexible, affordable and fair. chief whip wendy chamberlain says they're

committed to supporting struggling families. we want to spend the right money on services and we want to deliver for local communities, but we want to potentially do different things. >> and that is what differentiates us as a party. and i'm pretty confident there's a number of dividing lines. i think during cost of living crisis, i think people really appreciate that and i think that's what we have to do as politicians. we are responsible for rebuilding that trust because nobody else to because nobody else is going to do it . do it. >> a study at the health >> a study looking at the health impact of covid 19 has found nearly a third of patients have suffered long term damage, suffered long term organ damage, according to the findings. abnormalities in the lungs were almost 14 times higher in those who'd had virus . abnormal who'd had the virus. abnormal findings involving the brain and kidneys were three and two times higher, respectively . the extent higher, respectively. the extent of damage, though, was often of the damage, though, was often influenced of influenced by the severity of the infection, their age and other diseases . and joe biden's other diseases. and joe biden's announced a new office dedicated solely to tackling gun violence in the united states . it's the

in the united states. it's the latest move by the us president to prevent mass shootings he has previously used executive orders to regulate homemade firearms, tighten background checks and strengthen mental health programs. this new office of gun violence prevention will be overseen by the vice president, kamala harris , as well. overseen by the vice president, kamala harris , as well . this is kamala harris, as well. this is gb news across the uk, on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaken digital radio and on your smart speaker. i'll be back with more around 12:30. but now it's over to . martin thank you very much, aaron. >> okay, let's get stuck in today's platter of red meat topics . firstly, boris johnson topics. firstly, boris johnson has waded into the ongoing hs2 row after the government refused to promise that it would help level up the north—west of england. it's a controversial project for sure, but now part of the guarantee that it will get to manchester for a may go no further than birmingham. the southern end of hs2 might not even get into euston station in

london. and boris johnson says it's being mutilated. but joining me to discuss this now is gb news political correspondent catherine forster cath . catherine, what a hoo—ha cath. catherine, what a hoo—ha we have here. finally, rishi is showing some initiative versus scrapping the petrol car ban. now is scrapping hs2 to manchester. he's in scrapping mood . mood. >> yeah. i mean, it's only just over a week ago that keir starmer had a go at him in pmqs, calling him inaction. man and then suddenly this week we've seen this just kicked over the bin. huge flurry of activity . bin. huge flurry of activity. first this softening of the green targets , then plans to green targets, then plans to scrap a—levels as effectively banning smoking and now hs2. now a lot of these are going to be very controversial and none more so than hs2 because, of course, hs2 has been mired in controversy since its very inception. it was originally planned under new labour.

inception. it was originally planned under new labour . at the planned under new labour. at the time, they reckoned it would cost about 20 billion. latest estimates over 100 billion. the chancellor thinks the costs have got completely out of control and now it sounds like the why that we originally had so euston to birmingham and then birmingham to leeds or birmingham to leeds or birmingham to leeds or birmingham to manchester, well, they already killed the eastern leg a couple of years ago to leeds and now now it seems highly likely we'll know for sure in the next few weeks that they're going to kill the extension from manchester. sorry from birmingham to manchester. but also even the bit from euston to birmingham , the only euston to birmingham, the only bit that's certain to be built now seems to be from old oak common in north—west london through to birmingham , because through to birmingham, because there's already huge amounts of work being done , so it may not work being done, so it may not even run into central london. people would have to get off at old oak common, get the elizabeth line into central london. who would do that when

you can just get a train directly from birmingham? >> it's a fascinating project. this because boris has waded in calling it treasury driven nonsense, as if listening to the treasury is a bad thing when you're £2.6 trillion in debt. cameron called it a totemic conservative pledge. so it's interesting how rishi is putting the knife into a tory pledge and george osborne a big blow for levelling up catherine, i've campaigned extensively across the west midlands in areas where this is going. i couldn't find a single person who wanted it apart from politicians and business people with vested interests. do most people actually care about people being able to get from birmingham to london ten minutes quicker? or would they rather see £35 billion? this will save on improving infrastructure where it's needed in the midlands and across the north. getting this way rather than all about being focussed on getting in focussed on getting to bloom in london. >> well, that happens, the >> well, if that happens, if the money put into improving money is put into improving transport in the north, but

we've been hearing i mean this 16 odd million people live in the north of england. they are very used to hearing pledges and promises that never come to anything. meanwhile londoners have got the brand spanking new elizabeth line, also massively overbudget , finished, completed. overbudget, finished, completed. wonderful for transport in london, compared to transport in the whole of the rest of the uk is an entirely different matter and sure , there's plenty of and sure, there's plenty of people think that hs2 was never a good idea because as you say, it's not all about getting to and from london that bit quicker. links to and from london are already pretty good. surely what we should be thinking about is high speed rail from liverpool to manchester to leeds to hull, linking up these great northern cities . and yet here we are. and cities. and yet here we are. and of course , yet again they of course, yet again they started in london going north, perhaps if they'd started up north and worked their way down,

do you think this feathers into this other big announcement this week this this petrol car ban extension isn't part the problem is it the people who make transport policy seem to live in london where they have great pubuc london where they have great public transport and they say, oh, poor people don't drive public transport and they say, oh, pyou people don't drive public transport and they say, oh, pyou know, don't drive public transport and they say, oh, pyou know, get1't drive public transport and they say, oh, pyou know, get offirive public transport and they say, oh, pyou know, get off your cars, you know, get off your cars, you know, get off your cars, get the bus, get on the cars, get on the bus, get on the rail. >> the services are often terrible or non—existent. people >> the services are often terr reliant non—existent. people >> the services are often terrreliant on1—existent. people >> the services are often terr reliant on theirstent. people >> the services are often terr reliant on their cars. people >> the services are often terr reliant on their cars. i’eople are reliant on their cars. i would say politically , rishi has would say politically, rishi has made two announcements this week that will pretty well with that will land pretty well with the man woman. the working man and woman. >> certainly only among >> well, certainly only among conservative voters. these announcement, these softening of these green targets, particularly see the pushback of the ban on new petrol and diesel car sales to 2035 in line with the eu. i think it's worth saying does seem to be popular. and of course , this rethinking and of course, this rethinking of the green agenda has been partly brought about by by the big shock of the conservatives

holding on to uxbridge in the by—election against their expectations . and they won that expectations. and they won that fundamental only on an anti ultra low emission zone platform. so i think the government certainly have woken up to the fact that when these net zero pledges, when theresa may, you know, it was waved through parliament, this 2050 commitment, of course everybody she wants to get there. but these dates were set without the thought really of how it was going to happen, what the costs would be, and also apart from the very real costs to people , the very real costs to people, we don't have the infrastructure. we don't have the charging infrastructure. we don't have sufficient capacity in the national grid. and now that these dates are getting a bit closer , they're thinking bit closer, they're thinking about this more. but i also do think to be honest, this is a nakedly political move by rishi sunak. nakedly political move by rishi sunak . the elections are a year sunak. the elections are a year away . they're thinking, look away. they're thinking, look what's happened in uxbridge . what's happened in uxbridge. there's mileage here and they

are making very clear at last dividing lines with labour, which until recently was saying, well, there's not much to pick between them. and now we are seeing that there is. and i think that will continue. >> catherine forster a great kick—off to the show, which bnngs kick—off to the show, which brings us neatly on to our next topic, because joining now is topic, because joining me now is labour commentator james mathewson former mathewson and former conservative claire conservative adviser claire purcell. so this is the big debate , guys. rishi seems to debate, guys. rishi seems to have fired the starting pistol in the general election . claire in the general election. claire at long last, there seems to be stand out policies from the labour party and the conservative party . for years conservative party. for years they felt like the uni party pushing back on net zero, pushing back on net zero, pushing back on hs2. do you think this is rishi finding his mojo at long last ? mojo at long last? >> well, i think it's certainly the prime minister finding what his election pledges are going to be when we go into to next yeah to be when we go into to next year. i think it is eminently sensible to look at the escalating cost of hs2. it's

been out of control for a number of years . and the arguments that of years. and the arguments that you brought up previously were quite right. why are we looking at everything from a london centric point of view when realistically people want to be able to get from chef field, leeds hull across to manchester and beyond ? why were we not and beyond? why were we not looking at infrastructure in that area now? i think that would have been far more in keeping with the levelling up agenda rather than having everything. london centric. but then you're going to have the rest of the country now saying if you're not spending on this, how about you increase the capacity on other parts of the country , the south—west, the country, the south—west, the east of england , where where east of england, where where they have particular difficulties with public transport. so i think this is a start. i think it would have been better if the prime minister had come out and said we're to spend the money we're going to spend the money in that in x, y, z way. let's hope that he brings that up in manchester where i that he's going to where i feel that he's going to get quite a rough audience from the he's just taking the very people he's just taking a train line away from.

>> yeah. james, i know there was much clutching of pearls when rishi made his announcement about the ban on petrol cars being extended only in line with with counterparts . with our european counterparts. don't forget, in the eu, however, it seems to have landed pretty 76% of this the pretty well. 76% of this the times poll today, 76% of tory voters back rishi's move and it's particularly popular amongst the precise people that decided the last general election. pensioners people in the midlands, people in the north, the working classes, people who voted leave and conservatives . do you think the conservatives. do you think the labour party are worried or are they still confident ? do you they still confident? do you think they're going to run away with this next general election ? >> 7- >> yeah, i 7_ >> yeah, i don't 7 >> yeah, i don't think there's any major concern from the labour party on this. i mean, obviously you've got to be adaptive. you've got to be flexible and you've got to try and change fit these these and change to fit these these developments . however, it's very developments. however, it's very clear that the, you know, as you've just pointed out previously with your political correspondent there, that this

is nakedly political. it's an attempt because they've got nothing to lose at this point. try and hold on to those seats in the red wall, try and hold on to those working class communities that the tories took from the labour party in 2019. there is absolutely no evidence that i've seen or heard within the labour party that people are particularly worried that they're not going to be able to win back those seats and the confidence because confidence is still high because as we talk, as we just said, that, you know, you hear about london policies, london central policies, these are few and far between and too late from the tories. i mean, you've already a fairly you've already got a fairly fleshed out plan from keir starmer talking about taking power away from london and moving it to other parts of the country. things like the energy programme, you know, putting that in scotland, putting that angela rayner and charge a levelling up for example , levelling up for example, somebody who understands the nonh somebody who understands the north roughly. i don't think there's any chance the tories can try catch up on this and can try and catch up on this and they're playing up they're playing catch up and it's be to detriment. >> i wonder that's true

>> i wonder if that's true though , claire we've though, claire we've seen historically of arrogance. historically lots of arrogance. nobody that brexit was nobody thought that brexit was going to win in the past. neil kinnock you know, rupert murdoch has stood down this week. everyone thought kinnock was going in 1992, and look going to win in 1992, and look what happened there is what happened there. so there is still room for upset, is there? claire? and as far as this this allegation, it's nakedly political, as if that's a bad thing. a lot of conservative voters out there will be saying well time . well about time. >> well, and that's quite right . it is about time that we saw some real clear policies and some real clear policies and some real clear policies and some real dividing lines between the conservative party and the labour party. we haven't seen that in the last i don't know, four years at the very least . four years at the very least. and what we're now from and what we're seeing now from labouris and what we're seeing now from labour is a lot of sitting on their hands. they're not making out that they're going to do anything different they're anything different and they're just of and seeing. just sort of waiting and seeing. so think the prime minister is now the forefoot now on a bit of the forefoot on this. keir starmer is looking like he wants to take every everybody back into into europe. now you can shake your head all

you like that one. those are you like on that one. those are the comments that have come out and we're going to and that is what we're going to read when you to read into it when you have to explain policy on brexit explain your policy on brexit again, then that's where keir starmer so i think starmer goes wrong. so i think the prime minister is actually starmer goes wrong. so i think the istarting nister is actually starmer goes wrong. so i think the istarting to ;ter is actually starmer goes wrong. so i think the istarting to look; actually starmer goes wrong. so i think the istarting to look; act|a lly now starting to look like a leader where he hasn't done previously. >> james, would you care to respond to that? keir storm wants to take us back to brussels. >> yeah, i mean literally the opposite of what keir starmer just said yesterday. keir starmer said we're not going back eu . we're not back into the eu. we're not going into single going back into the single market. think you can market. i don't think you can get that, to be get clearer than that, to be honest. most people just get clearer than that, to be honethat most people just get clearer than that, to be honethat androst people just get clearer than that, to be honethat and say, people just get clearer than that, to be honethat and say, okay,3 just get clearer than that, to be honethat and say, okay, right, hear that and say, okay, right, that's the commitment. we'll go with it. do people trust politicians entirety ? politicians in their entirety? of course they do. we've had 30 years tory governments lying years of tory governments lying to us, so we're going to be exhausted and fatigued by that . exhausted and fatigued by that. but at the end of the day, i think people got to take think people have got to take him and say that's him at his word and say that's what he's saying, let's move on with what he with it and see what else he has to claire well , i with it and see what else he has to claire well, i mean, to offer. claire well, i mean, it is one thing to have to come and explain that you didn't really mean it, but when you're sat in an interview saying

sat there in an interview saying that go very far that you would not go very far away from the european union on things like trade, on things like rights, and essentially, you want that that closer relationship with them. >> the minute you have to explain yourself two days later is where you've gone horribly wrong. i think that the wrong. so i think that the labour party are really struggling their message struggling to get their message out communication is out and the communication is bad, moment the bad, whereas at the moment the prime whether you like prime minister, whether you like his policies not, is being his policies or not, is being decisive and this is the first that we've ever seen of rishi sunak being a decisive person . sunak being a decisive person. >> and do you think, james, that starmer has been forced into a corner on the petrol ban? he said , i'm going to reverse that said, i'm going to reverse that and he's having to react to rishi for the first time in ages. you know , the tories have ages. you know, the tories have been have been responding to starmer for, for months and months and months and now it feels like at least there's something of the narrative being seized back , like you can't seized back, like you can't write the tories off. we all know they are . they're way know they are. they're way behind, but we all know they also have a phenomenal electoral

machine. it'd be naive to write them off, would it not? james oh, totally. >> i mean, the conservative party is the political power in western europe. it always has been. western europe. it always has been . and they're an incredible been. and they're an incredible political campaigning machine and electoral machine. it would be foolish to write them off. however, what we're seeing is the classic game chess as we the classic game of chess as we come that election come towards that election penod come towards that election period now that keir period whereby now that keir starmer has made his move forward, he is vulnerable because whenever you make a position or a stance or a policy announcement , you've always got announcement, you've always got the chance for it to be countered. of course the countered. and of course the tories those wedge tories are finding those wedge issues, that matter issues, the issues that matter to people working class to people in working class communities . you're absolutely communities. you're absolutely right. the labour right. you know, the labour party has historically been out of touch on, so they're going to try and drive wedge between try and drive a wedge between the electorate and issues. the electorate and those issues. and now for keir starmer to and it's now for keir starmer to try and say, right, okay, let's try and say, right, okay, let's try and say, right, okay, let's try and get an answer out and move on to other issues where he has the advantage . has the advantage. >> okay. james matheson claire pearsall , we're going to to pearsall, we're going to have to leave there and talking of

leave it there and talking of wedge that brings us wedge issues that brings us neatly our next topic, the neatly on to our next topic, the ultimate wedge, brussels , ultimate wedge, brussels, because the pro european national rejoined march is taking place throughout london today. taking place throughout london today . it starts started 20 today. it starts started 20 minutes ago along with joining the eu. their aim is for the word rejoin to become as mainstream as the word brexit. well in the interests of journalistic integrity and listening to what everybody thinks, that's what gb news does. i'm joined now by gb news reporter ray addison , who's at reporter ray addison, who's at the march. ray what's the mood on the ground and how convinced are the rejoin marchers that they can get us back into brussels ? brussels? >> well, good afternoon, martin. of course , it's been seven years of course, it's been seven years since that brexit vote back in june of 2016. and today's event is designed to try to attempt to put rejoin back on the agenda, put rejoin back on the agenda, put it back into the news. and they've been hoping that thousands of people are going to attend this event this afternoon

. i'm going to move out of the way and just let you see what we have here. this is london's hilton hotel on park lane . hilton hotel on park lane. perhaps if i'm generous, we're looking at around about 1500 people. so far, although the march itself doesn't start until 1:00, of course . and so there is 1:00, of course. and so there is plenty of time. they have set up coaches all across the uk , coaches all across the uk, places like bath, birmingham , places like bath, birmingham, truro, woodbridge , worcester as truro, woodbridge, worcester as well. i went online yesterday and there was still plenty of tickets available on many of those coach services , although those coach services, although to be fair, some of them had sold out. i noticed no coach being laid on from sunderland that i being laid on from sunderland thati can being laid on from sunderland that i can see. of course organisers here today saying that they want their star back on that european flag. they say they're going to campaign very hard to get it back. they say that rejoin joining the eu would actually be an act of patriotism for the united kingdom. and like i said, they are hoping to attract thousands of people . attract thousands of people. they had a similar march. this

is this is number two. they had the march october of the 1st march back in october of 2022, attendance at 2022, estimated attendance at that event was around about 50,000 people. so it'll be interesting to see how many we get here today. now, organisers are saying that 60% of the country . and 80% of under 25 country. and 80% of under 25 seconds do want to rejoin in the european union and they're hoping that lots of young people will be here today walking through the crowd a little bit earlier on. i have to say, a surprising of older surprising number of older people and not very many young people and not very many young people that i've seen so far. now, of course, there was a recent yougov survey in august of this year, only 15 sorry, 59% of this year, only 15 sorry, 59% of people said that they would not want a referendum to be held this year. and only 39% said that they would want one to be held with in five years time . held with in five years time. now, of course, organisers here are saying that they want people to london with all the to flood london with all the flags of the european nations as

i said, they set off from 1:00. they're moving down ultimately to parliament square where speakers include gina miller of the pro rejoin true and fair party . guy verhofstadt, the party. guy verhofstadt, the former prime minister of belgium of nigel farage fame and steve bray. mr scott, brexit as well. he'll be there too. and actually that's one of the reasons why we're on this side of the road, because steve was up to his old tricks. >> ray addison , you're a brave >> ray addison, you're a brave man getting out of there. but look, it's important that we get amongst these characters and it's cross it's important that we cross examine and we talk examine their ideas and we talk to them. and talking of which, at 2:00pm, you will not want to miss this. big brexit miss this. the big brexit battle. ann widdecombe the battle axe of brexit taking on the deputy leader of that mob , the deputy leader of that mob, the deputy leader of that mob, the rejoin eu party. that is going to be very, very juicy. this is gb news saturday with me. martin daubney loads more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather with greg. >> the temperatures rising , boxt

>> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's all change again through tonight and into sunday. more rain moving in. the winds increasing through the day, but temperatures rising as well. and it's all thanks to this area of low pressure which will sweep in weather fronts through course of the rest through the course of the rest of the weekend into the beginning of week the beginning of next week to the tight isobars indicating those strong winds . so we do have some strong winds. so we do have some dry weather for a time. this evening, particularly across central and eastern areas. but the pushing the rain in the west pushing in as into early hours as we move into the early hours . the rain turning heavy at times, across times, particularly across the hills, into hills, across scotland into parts of northern england and wales , to temperatures higher wales, to temperatures higher than recent nights. generally staying in double figures as that mild air moves in and the winds start to pick up, too. so it means bit of a cloudy start it means a bit of a cloudy start to sunday morning. outbreaks of rain england, rain across northern england, wales, southwest england, to some of sunshine for some glimmers of sunshine for

southeast , northern southeast england, northern parts of scotland for a time , parts of scotland for a time, too. and then this rain generally moves northwards too. and then this rain generallthe oves northwards too. and then this rain generallthe day, northwards too. and then this rain generallthe day, turning rds through the day, turning particularly heavy over the high ground. warning ground. the met office warning in for afternoon into in force for the afternoon into the for parts of the evening for parts of scotland . heavy for scotland. heavy rain for northern ireland, northern england, two bright spells further will lift further south will lift temperatures up to around 21 celsius into monday. we see that weather system clear away . we're weather system clear away. we're left with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to take us through the day and then it stays unsettled. tuesday and into wednesday as well . further into wednesday as well. further showers tuesday, heavy rain , showers tuesday, heavy rain, strong winds likely on wednesday . the temperatures rising . . the temperatures rising. >> boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> thank you very much, greg. it's not raining on the remainders yet, but we've got ann widdecombe at 2:00 to do that for us coming up later in the queen the show, the king and queen have three days in have just spent three days in france, french france, but did the anglo french charm work? i think it

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wimbledon that continues. the two eight year old girls died after a land rover crashed through a fence on the 6th of july. a 16 people were treated at the scene of the crash and several, including a seven month old girl, were taken to hospital with non—life threatening injuries . the woman from injuries. the woman from wimbledon arrested on wimbledon was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and was later bailed. more detail on this story. as soon as we have it here on gb news. two former prime ministers have urged rishi sunak to reconsider plans to scrap the northern legs of hs2 . scrap the northern legs of hs2. bofis scrap the northern legs of hs2. boris johnson says suggestions the birmingham to manchester route could be scrapped over cost are desperate and treasury driven. nonsense david cameron's also privately voiced concerns about altering the high speed line, according to the times, as its central to the tories levelling up agenda . last week, levelling up agenda. last week, the government refused to guarantee any hs2 would continue to manchester. the planned line to manchester. the planned line to east midlands parkway may also be under threat . meanwhile

also be under threat. meanwhile rishi sunak is considering plans that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation. it would entail steadily increasing the legal age for consuming tobacco, as reported in the guardian. if implemented by 2026, it would mean anyone aged 15 and under now would never be able to buy a cigarette . smoking costs society cigarette. smoking costs society £17 billion a year, according to government research and russell brand has broken his silence by accusing the government of working with big tech to censor his online content . in working with big tech to censor his online content. in a working with big tech to censor his online content . in a video his online content. in a video released last night, the comedian thanked his supporters after what he said was an extraordinary and distressing week. moved to week. he claims moved to demonetise his social media content has occurred in the context of the online safety bill, which has not yet been passed. it comes after allegations of sexual assault were made against him following a joint investigation by channel 4. times and the sunday 4. the times and the sunday times claims mr brand has denied

. i'll be back with more in just under half an hour's time. and there's more on all of our stories on our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to. martin >> and thanks for that, aaron. welcome back to gb news saturday. with me , martin saturday. with me, martin daubney now king charles waved au revoir to france after a successful three day state visit. they majesties boarded the plane after receiving an ecstatic reception in bordeaux yesterday, where they tucked into cheese and of course, enjoyed a glass of the local plonk. well, our royal correspondent cameron walker looks back on the king's visit to france . kwasi favourite ssp to france. kwasi favourite ssp the tories litvinenko . in the the tories litvinenko. in the said that he said history shared and a future to build the king

and a future to build the king and queen officially welcomed to france by president macron and his wife during a rare ceremony at paris's arc de triomphe . at paris's arc de triomphe. >> yeah, how are you? french crowds delighted that a king is back on french soil . their last back on french soil. their last monarch forced out of this place in the 1700s before meeting his fate at the guillotine. but king charles and queen camilla had a much more friendly welcome at the palace of versailles , a the palace of versailles, a magnificent state banquet hosted in their honour. and, of course , president pompidou hosted my mother here at the palace of versailles on her second state visit in 1972. >> i was reminded recently that when she returned the courtesy with dinner for the president and madame pompidou at the hotel de charost, they ran into a little more difficulty . our little more difficulty. our

embassy tried to bring several cases of english wine over from hampshire for the banquet, only to be prevented by a customs official at orly work hard, play hard for the queen and madame macron . macron. >> after a comfortable win from the first lady, the pair launched a new uk—france literary prize, celebrating the importance of breeding and the ties between britain and france i >> -- >> mr president, madame le president. >> meanwhile, the king became the first member of the british royal family to address french senators from their chamber. >> this is my 35th official visit to france . each and every visit to france. each and every time i have been struck by the warmth of the welcome i have always received and by the immense good that can be accomplished. when in france and the united kingdom work together, diplomatic ties strengthened. >> it took a full minute and a

half for the standing ovation to conclude . inside the chamber conclude. inside the chamber with senator eric bocquet chair of the france uk friendship group. >> so of course it's great opportunity because because britain and france must go on having regular and strong relationship. we are neighbours . we are still. you're not in the in the european union anymore , but you are still part anymore, but you are still part of europe . okay. delivery still of europe. okay. delivery still the same distance from calais. so nothing has changed. >> the king and queen visited a flower market named after the late queen elizabeth ii. and then a short walk to notre—dame cathedral to meet firefighters who tackled the devastating blaze in 2019 and those working to restore the famous landmark after french media leaked eco friendly train travel plans . friendly train travel plans. their majesties flew to bordeaux for security reasons. 39,000 british expats live in bordeaux , the highest number in france . , the highest number in france. and the king and queen visited a british run organic vineyard in the heart of wine country .

the heart of wine country. defence was also on the agenda, showing nato strength as the war in ukraine rages on. wherever the king's been this week, he's genuinely received a really warm welcome . six months ago, a tour welcome. six months ago, a tour like this would have seemed impossible. literally impossible. buildings literally burning, sparks by the french pension riots . the foreign pension riots. the foreign office sensed their majesties to france relations . france to strengthen relations. whether that now translates into better trading partnerships in a post brexit world remains to be seen. post brexit world remains to be seen . cameron walker news in seen. cameron walker gb news in france and a superb coverage throughout the week from cameron walker. >> well done, mate. okay lots of you who've been getting in touch with your thoughts and hs2 has really got you going. first out the is colin who says, why the door is colin who says, why don't we extend the track right up and turn it into up to glasgow and turn it into a roll lorries, roll on, roll off for lorries, making it quicker to move goods and freeing up the motorway for cars, which would make journeys quicker of being quicker with the bonus of being greener, will be less greener, there will be less lorry fumes and fewer traffic jams , with cars, with engines jams, with cars, with engines running . good point. way to

running. good point. way to sensible. you'll never catch on, icy this we need power icy says this we need power stations , not railways. a lovely stations, not railways. a lovely electric railway unfortunately and we can't even power it madness . as paul says this on madness. as paul says this on hs2 and every other infrastructure project in the uk wide . do we always go over time wide. do we always go over time and over budget? it's a great point, paul. it seems to me we can't organise, you know , what's can't organise, you know, what's in a brewery when it comes to train lines. keep those views coming in. okay, this is gb news saturday with me, martin daubney. there's loads more coming up yet on today's show, including the bank of england has left rates has left interest rates unchanged , mercifully, in unchanged, mercifully, in a surprise move this week. but what will it mean for mortgage holders? all of that and more to come here on gb news, britain's news

show sunday mornings from 930 on gb news is . welcome back. gb news is. welcome back. >> it's 1242. welcome back to gb news saturday. with me, martin daubney . now this week, rupert daubney. now this week, rupert murdoch announced he is stepping down as the chairman of news corp, the parent company of the sun the times newspapers and sun and the times newspapers and fox corporation. murdoch will, however, take up the role of chairman emeritus of both companies , while his son lachlan companies, while his son lachlan will become a sole chairman of news corp and continues as executive chairman and chief executive chairman and chief executive of fox. well, joining me now is media writer for the australian newspaper and sky news australia , sophie news australia, sophie ellsworth, live from melbourne.

thank you for joining ellsworth, live from melbourne. thank you forjoining us. well, thank you for joining us. well, he certainly went out with a bang, didn't he? he said elites have opened contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. most of the media is in cahoots with those elites peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth. so mr murdoch once again went out with fireworks at. >> great to be here. >> great to be here. >> martin he absolutely did. when this announcement came through. yes today, our time here in australia and across the world, uh, you know, he's really made a good point here. rupert murdoch and he's basically said freedom of speech is critical and it must continue. so anyone that knows mr murdoch knows that he will stay very involved with the company . he will stay very involved with the company. he, uh, you he will stay very involved with the company . he, uh, you know, the company. he, uh, you know, he , he absolutely consumes news he, he absolutely consumes news day in and day out. and he won't be shying away from that at all.

and i love the fact that he sent a message to all staff that he will be in the offices of a friday afternoon and we should expect that so big news all around the world. but he's been spoken of very fondly here in australia and globally. martin he's been dubbed australia's australia's greatest ever businessman. >> well , he also businessman. >> well, he also has his fair share of critics , certainly in share of critics, certainly in britain, after he bought the sun.he britain, after he bought the sun. he was, of course , a sun. he was, of course, a political king and queen maker. and that's what kind of sticks in a lot of people's craws he endorsed margaret thatcher in 1979. she became prime minister for he condemned labour leader michael foot and neil kinnock in 1990 with a fantastic front page . will the last person in britain please switch off the lights? and in 1997, when he backed tony blair, it was massive news. the first time he'd backed a labour leader. massive news. the first time he'd backed a labour leader . so he'd backed a labour leader. so how important do you think that legacy is? the power of rupert murdoch's titles to shape and

influence policy and also to select leaders . who select leaders. who >> martin there's no doubt that rupert murdoch has a lot of influence since, and people obviously pay a lot of attention to his media outlets remembering this is the man that started from a tiny little newspaper in adelaide in australia , to grow adelaide in australia, to grow this complete media empire, which is really quite phenomenal. but he has backed or his his mastheads have backed both sides of politics here and globally. so i think the most important thing is holding all political sides to account and that's something which his media outlets continue to do and obviously have their critics for doing so . doing so. >> now, before we move to on the succession, which of course is the word is intended , because no the word is intended, because no doubt the murdoch dynasty is

greatly shaping and influencing of the hit tv show . so in terms of the hit tv show. so in terms of the hit tv show. so in terms of backing political allies or former allies down the line, let's look for a minute, if we can, at donald trump in america. and of course , fox news, a and of course, fox news, a somewhat fallen out of love with donald trump . and there are donald trump. and there are rumours in a new book that rupert murdoch wishes the former president was dead . strong president was dead. strong words. but how do you think it's going to play out in the next presidential race in terms of the fox empire backing trump or . not >> well, martin, your guess is as good as mine on that. >> well, martin, your guess is as good as mine on that . but i as good as mine on that. but i think donald trump has certainly has a lot of critics at the moment, a lot of people thinking he should not put his name up and he should not be running for president again, whether fox news go down that narrative or not, who knows? that remains to be seen. but look, as i said, he's got his critics , but he's he's got his critics, but he's got his support all around the

world. martin he's done some phenomenal things. i worked at the australian here. rupert murdoch created the australian, about to have its 60th anniversary next year. the impact across australia, uk, us is phenomenal . is phenomenal. >> okay. so for now, let's talk about that succession. so there are 2 to 2 in in the line. lachlan and james, he's gone for lachlan and james, he's gone for lachlan overjames. lachlan and james, he's gone for lachlan over james. james lachlan and james, he's gone for lachlan overjames. james has lachlan over james. james has a reputation of being something of a liberal into climate change. a bit more wishy washy. lachlan seems to be much more in the mould of his father politically conservative. what do you think lachlan means for the takeover and the future direction of the murdoch empire? politically . murdoch empire? politically. >> well, i think the future is incredibly bright, martin, and i think that it was always obvious that lachlan was going to be the one to take over lachlan from everything that i know , he's everything that i know, he's incredibly supportive . and you

incredibly supportive. and you know, really interested in print media, which is particularly interesting for people who think print media perhaps has a limited life span. and as we also know, martin lachlan moved back to australia several years ago. he lives with his family in sydney, so he's obviously got those ties back to australia after living abroad for some time. so i think it was always obvious that he was going to be the next one in the line of succession , particularly as succession, particularly as james stepped away from things . james stepped away from things. >> okay. and one question i'd like to ask you not just about fox or the murdoch media empire, but the mainstream establishment media in general. but the mainstream establishment media in general . we talked media in general. we talked before about the ability to choose leaders to back presidents, to influence who was elected come the big day. do you think that influence is still a strong now or is it waning in the age of social media, for example , we saw trump do an example, we saw trump do an exclusive on x on twitter. is

the mainstream media still able to influence the outcome of elections, or is now social media the new . media media the new. media >> well, i think , martin, social >> well, i think, martin, social media is incredibly critical. we can see how powerful that is and how powerful the tech giants can be when they can silence people such as the former us president. so i think mainstream media always has its role. it's incredibly important . but you're incredibly important. but you're absolutely right in pointing out that social media is very critical and i think can have sway. we know the tech giants and the social media giants are left leaning and i think that's been to the benefit of people such as president joe biden. >> and do you think murdoch will be remembered for his ability to kind of connect with and i say as one myself, the common man he had, he had the ability as title , certainly the sun and the news, the word, which full, full disclosure, work for the news disclosure, i work for the news of the and it's of the world and it's and it's heyday. always struck

heyday. and i was always struck when i went to journalism college . applied journalism college. i applied to journalism college. i applied to journalism college. only college. and i was the only person out of 500 people who appued person out of 500 people who applied course . and i applied for that course. and i got who even admitted to got in who even admitted to reading the sun or the news of the world because was seen as the world because it was seen as somehow journalists. but somehow beneath journalists. but it had ability cut it had that ability to cut through the grease and distil messages , boil them down and messages, boil them down and make digestible for the man make them digestible for the man and the woman in the street and that was the skill , absolutely. that was the skill, absolutely. >> martin and we see that here in australia. and that is why rupert murdoch's mastheads, the australian, the herald sun, the daily telegraph in sydney, our mastheads here, they cut through. martin because they relate to the average joe blow. they're not trying to be something above society. i think connecting with real people is important. rupert murdoch talked about that. he talked about that previously, about this snobbery that he has no time for. and i think that's one of his best. uh, you know, attributes is connecting to real people. and

that's why the murdoch empire has been so successful here in australia and around the world. >> okay. sophie ellsworth, thanks for joining us >> okay. sophie ellsworth, thanks forjoining us live from thanks for joining us live from melbourne, far side planet. wonderful stuff. i'm joined now in the studio by catherine ford. so catherine, just want to pick on that, if i can, about the murdoch legacy and the ability of rupert murdoch's titles historically to help shape who the next prime minister is. of course , he backed thatcher in course, he backed thatcher in 79. he did his very best to destroy michael , the labour destroy michael, the labour leader. he he said it's the sun wot won it. when neil kinnock didn't get in in 1990, it was huge news when he backed tony blair in 1997. do you think the days of tabloid newspapers being able to choose the next prime minister, though, are those days over? >> well , over? >> well, certainly print is declining very dramatically. i come from a print background and you see see the sales figures for newspapers like the sun that

used to sell milk , tens and used to sell milk, tens and millions of copies , physical millions of copies, physical print sales are on a one way slide. so it seems , although slide. so it seems, although a lot of these publications at times, telegraph, etcetera, do have a really strong online presence and are doing quite well, making money, selling digital subscriptions . so digital subscriptions. so certainly i think physical papers are going down. but these publications still have a big reach that said, it is quite worrying because more and more people , young people people, young people particularly, are not consuming news from print or digital in that form. they're getting it on facebook, on social media, which we know is all controlled by algorithms that send you more and more of whatever it is. and you can sort of go down the rabbit hole that way. >> and do you think it's significant? i put it to sophie, but wouldn't drawn. do but she wouldn't be drawn. do you it's significant that you think it's significant that fox out of love with fox has fallen out of love with donald trump because they can they can say what they like

about still about trump, but he is still the runaway many, many runaway leader by many, many points. he's like 35 points. i think he's like 35 points. i think he's like 35 points ahead of ron desantis and he's spectacular he's fallen out of spectacular with the mainstream media. he's gone and he's making gone around them and he's making it about social media. is it all about social media. is that moment in how that a moment you think, in how in been fractured in the media has been fractured and won't have the same and won't quite have the same power used in terms power it used to have in terms of becomes or of who becomes president or prime ministers? >> suspect it probably is. and >> i suspect it probably is. and when look back here at when you look back here at things like local newspapers going back 20, 30 years, people used to find out what was going on in their local community by the local paper and there would be proper scrutiny of what was going on in local politics. and all of that is going those jobs are going that screwed . money is are going that screwed. money is going increasingly. it's big companies having this huge control. but just a point on rupert murdoch, although he is standing down and lachlan is taking over , even though he's taking over, even though he's 92, he's by no means sort of not being involved at all. and

they're saying now it doesn't seem likely . of course, the seem likely. of course, the telegraph and the spectator are up for sale. doesn't seem likely he'd be allowed to buy the telegraph , but he's got his eyes telegraph, but he's got his eyes on the spectator , apparently. on the spectator, apparently. >> catherine we have >> catherine forster, we have to leave thanks leave it there. thanks for joining important joining us on that important story . okay, you're watching story. okay, you're watching or listening satellite listening to gb news satellite with loads with me, most notably loads more. the more. but first, here's the weather . greg looks like weather with. greg looks like things are heating up . things are heating up. >> boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm greg >> hello there. i'm greg jewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's all change again through tonight and into sunday. more rain moving in. the winds increasing through the day , but temperatures rising the day, but temperatures rising as well. and it's all thanks to this area of low pressure which will sweep in weather fronts through the course of the rest of weekend into the of the weekend into the beginning to beginning of next week to the tight indicating those tight isobars indicating those strong winds. so we do have some dry weather for a time this evening, particularly across

central and eastern areas. but the west pushing in the rain in the west pushing in as into the early hours. as we move into the early hours. the rain turning heavy at times , typically hills, , typically across the hills, across into parts of across scotland into parts of northern england and wales to temperatures higher than recent nights, generally staying in double figures as that mild air moves in and the winds start to pick up, too. so it means a bit of a cloudy start to sunday pick up, too. so it means a bit of a clououtbreaks sunday pick up, too. so it means a bit of a clououtbreaks ofjnday pick up, too. so it means a bit of a clououtbreaks of rainy pick up, too. so it means a bit of a clououtbreaks of rain across morning outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, southwest england to some glimmers of sunshine for southeast england. northern parts of scotland for a time, too. rain too. and then this rain generally northwards generally moves northwards through day, turning through the day, turning particularly heavy over the high ground. office warning ground. the met office warning in afternoon into in force for the afternoon into the for parts of the evening for parts of scotland. heavy for scotland. heavy rain for northern ireland, northern england, two bright spells further south will lift temperatures up to around 21 celsius into monday . we see that celsius into monday. we see that weather system clear away . we're weather system clear away. we're left with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to take us through the day and then it stays unsettled. tuesday and into wednesday as well . further into wednesday as well. further showers tuesday, heavy rain,

strong winds likely on wednesday i >> -- >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers, proud sponsors up. boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> thank you very much, greg. not much rain about today, but hopefully it might be raining on the remain parade in london later on. we'll covering that later on. we'll be covering that throughout the rest of the show. loads coming up on today's loads more coming up on today's show. government set to show. the government set to scrap of hs2. show. the government set to scrap johnson of hs2. show. the government set to scrap johnson warns of hs2. show. the government set to scrap johnson warns this of hs2. show. the government set to scrap johnson warns this would 2. boris johnson warns this would leave a mutilated version of the rail link. he right? all of

channel and it's 1 pm. and welcome to gb news saturday. i'm martin daubney and for the next two hours, i'll be keeping you company on your tv online and of course, on your digital radio. coming up this hour, the hs2 to manchester leg is reportedly on the old chopping block. boris johnson has warned against building a mutilated version of the speed rail link. is he the high speed rail link. is he right ? and we'll go live to the right? and we'll go live to the national rejoin march in london. in the interest of journalistic balance , why do rejoiners want balance, why do rejoiners want to reverse brexit? and more importantly , do they see keir importantly, do they see keir starmer as their best chance of getting back into the catflap and into brussels ? we'll ask and into brussels? we'll ask them and coming up at the end of them and coming up at the end of the hour , is having a british the hour, is having a british stiff upper lip good for your mental health? i absolutely love that story . and please do get in

that story. and please do get in touch. send me your thoughts on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me. of course, on socials. we're at gb news. but first is your news headlines with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good afternoon to you. it is just after 1:00 aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. now, this breaking news into us. a woman arrested after a land rover crashed into prep school rover crashed into a prep school in south london, killing two children been rebailed until children has been rebailed until january. the 46 year old was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving . it happened dangerous driving. it happened at an end of year tea party at the study prep school in wimbledon in july, 16 people were treated at the scene of the crash and several, including a seven month old girl, were taken to hospital with non—life threatening injuries. to hospital with non—life threatening injuries . russell threatening injuries. russell brands attacked the media in a new online post just after what he says has been an

extraordinary distressing extraordinary and distressing week. lashed out at the week. he lashed out at the government big tech companies and media organisations suggesting moves to demonetise . suggesting moves to demonetise. his social media content comes in the context of the online safety bill, which mr brand claims has been passed into law . it hasn't. he also made remarks concerning free speech and collusion with the deep state before asking people to follow him on rumble. mr brand earns six nificant advertising revenue from the platform. he chose not to address the allegations made against him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse , which he denies emotional abuse, which he denies .bons emotional abuse, which he denies . borisjohnson emotional abuse, which he denies . boris johnson has warned rishi sunak against delivering a mutilated version of hs2 . the mutilated version of hs2. the former prime minister says suggestions the high speed rail link could be curtailed over cost are the height of insanity . me and treasury driven nonsense . the government has nonsense. the government has refused to deny reports claiming the birmingham to manchester route will be scrapped. david cameron's also raised concerns. according in the according to reports in the times, which claims the planned line to east midlands parkway

could also be under threat. shadow cabinet minister anneliese dodds says country anneliese dodds says the country needs clarity. >> this was a major plank of the government's claims around levelling up. there has been speculation in, in fact over the last 13 years, including just the last few days around these projects. that's not the way to be delivering that kind of infrastructure . and labour would infrastructure. and labour would have a very different approach. we would make sure not only that we sped up infrastructure projects, but that we then did not have this kind of speculation and instability because it's causing huge , huge because it's causing huge, huge issues for our country's reputation . reputation. >> rishi sunak is considering plans that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation. it would entail steadily increasing the legal age , as reported in the guardian age, as reported in the guardian . if implemented by 2026. it means anyone who's 15 or under today would never be able to buy a cigarette . as smoking costs a cigarette. as smoking costs society around . £17 billion society around. £17 billion a yean society around. £17 billion a year, according to the

government research , with 2.4 government research, with 2.4 billion of that going to the nhs alone . ministers are also alone. ministers are also understood to be considering plans to ban disposable vapes humans could lose control to machines because ai is developing too fast for regulators to keep up . that's regulators to keep up. that's the view of the deputy prime minister , who urged world minister, who urged world leaders to recognise the threat of artificial intelligence at the un general assembly in new york last night. oliver dowden says the government will push to create an international regulatory body when the uk hosts an ai safety summit in november . in hosts an ai safety summit in november. in an effort, he hosts an ai safety summit in november . in an effort, he says, november. in an effort, he says, to protect humanitys future. >> i revolution will be a bracing test for the multilateral system to show that it can work together on a question that will define the fate of humanity , our future fate of humanity, our future human city's future, our entire planet's future depends on our

ability to do so . that is our ability to do so. that is our challenge and this is our opportunity city to be truly the united nations . united nations. >> a study looking at the health impact of covid 19 found nearly a third of patients have suffered long term organ damage , according to the findings. abnormalities in the lungs were almost 14 times higher in those who had the virus. abnormal findings involving the brain and the kidneys were three and two times higher, respectively . the times higher, respectively. the extent of the damage, though , extent of the damage, though, was often influenced by the severity of their infection. their age and other diseases in the body . and more than two the body. and more than two dozen giraffes in kenya have been fitted with gps tracking devices . conservationists at the devices. conservationists at the masai mara national reserve are hoping the data gathered will help them understand and ultimately protect dwindling populations once widespread

across large parts of africa. giraffe numbers have declined by 50 to 80% since the mid 90s, with migration caused by climate change of particular concern . change of particular concern. this is gb news across the uk on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker , just say play gb smart speaker, just say play gb news that's it for me for the moment. now back to . martin now. moment. now back to. martin now. >> thanks for that update aaron. okay, let's get stuck now in today's red meat platter. boris johnson has warned rishi sunak not to scrap the manchester leg of hs2 , saying the plan would be of hs2, saying the plan would be a mutilated version of the high speed rail link. the former prime minister weighed in after the government refused to guarantee hs2 would continue to the north—west the controversial projects may now go no further than birmingham , and there's than birmingham, and there's issues with the southern end as well. it might not even limp it into use , ian. well, joining me

into use, ian. well, joining me to discuss this now is gb news political correspondent catherine forster. so, catherine, another day and rishi has scrapped something else. first he scrapped the petrol car ban. now hs2. boris isn't happy. he's calling it desperate treasury driven nonsense, as if listening to the treasury is a bad thing. cameron said it's a totemic concern pledge. george osborne a big blow for levelling up yet how do you think it will land with the voters? because £35 billion is going to be saved i >> -- >> well, of course, george osborne, david cameron , boris osborne, david cameron, boris johnson, this is part of what they see as their legacy . it was they see as their legacy. it was given the go ahead as originally though it was first conceived under new labour. cameron gave it the go ahead. george osborne and northern powerhouse boris johnson. they're all very attached to this. they are absolutely up in arms. but of course, hs2 has always been massively controversial and the projected cost at the moment is

about five times what new labour had originally we thought so . so had originally we thought so. so i think we're in damage limitation now and it sounds like obviously huge amounts of money have already been spent on it . it sounds like it's not it. it sounds like it's not going to go past birmingham and it also sounds perfectly possible all that it's going to stop an old oak common in north—west london and people would then have to decamp to the elizabeth line to get into central london, which i do think really, where is the argument of course, the cost of getting to euston is prodigious, but what is the point of having a high speed railway from somewhere not in central london to birmingham beyond a bit of capacity, but but there's plenty of people in the north of england horrified because, of course, levelling up.bons because, of course, levelling up. borisjohnson because, of course, levelling up. boris johnson won because, of course, levelling up. borisjohnson won an because, of course, levelling up. boris johnson won an 80 seat majority, largely on levelling up and ed, this would have made links to and from london quicker

. but similarly, there's many people think it's not all about getting to and from london. and surely the focus should be on improving transport within the north, within these great cities , linking them up. now apparently this has been leaked to the times rishi sunak is said to the times rishi sunak is said to be going to sweeten the deal by pledging to go ahead with northern powerhouse rail between liverpool and leeds. well let's see. the problem is we've heard it all before because we've heard about high speed rail from liverpool through to hull. we've heard about tunnels through the pennines from manchester to leeds with stations at bradford , and that's been scrapped. so i think northerners will think, yeah , we've heard all this yeah, we've heard all this before until something actually happens. before until something actually happens . and meanwhile the bit happens. and meanwhile the bit about 10,000 power stations in china to back to the point of

how this money might be better spent, what when i was campaigning in the european election in 2019, i was in the in the area around the west midlands. >> nobody wanted it . >> nobody wanted it. politicians, a few of them did . politicians, a few of them did. the tory councillors, interestingly, all voted against the people who live in metropolitan london. dream of ideas that suits metropolitan londoners . let's get to london londoners. let's get to london ten minutes quicker now. let's let's have it coming all the way to euston and let's let's decide that that it's okay to scrap course because nobody drives. meanwhile, in the real world outside of london, it takes it takes forever to get from nottingham to skegness or and you need your car to drive around places like north shropshire. this not the shropshire. is this not the beginning? these two announcement this week of a common not common sense approach that not everything is about london? >> well , everything is about london? >> well, certainly not everything is about london. and i think that's been part of the problem for a very long time. successive governments have put too many eggs in the basket. mark london and too many eggs in

the basket marked services. in terms of the economy and not thought about the rest of the country, not thought about manufacturing in industry. all of these things that we've sort of these things that we've sort of let go while obsessively focusing on london. but of course , not everybody uses course, not everybody uses trains. in fact, the majority of people don't use trains regularly . far more people use regularly. far more people use buses to get around to get to and from work. far more people use buses and far more people use buses and far more people use cars. and as you've said , use cars. and as you've said, are these measures that rishi sunak introduced, the rowing back on the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel till 20 to 35? well, sure , you could say 35? well, sure, you could say the poorest people don't drive in london. absolutely only the poorest people. you actually don't need to drive. >> they have the best public in london and it's too expensive to drive in london. >> if you live in the rest of the country, you may well need a car to and from work. so

car to get to and from work. so certainly the conservatives see there's mileage in this. they see votes in it. they looked at what happened in uxbridge with ulez. one thing i would say, though, is , as you know, there's though, is, as you know, there's been a lot of hype about this 20, 30 ban. but of course , it 20, 30 ban. but of course, it was a ban on buying a new petrol or diesel car. well, 80% of people buy a second hand car if you're struggling for money, you're struggling for money, you're not going to buy a new car in the first place, are you? >> that's it. catherine forster. we'll have to it there. we'll have to leave it there. superb stuff bringing us neatly onto next debate, the big onto our next debate, the big old ding dong will rishi's net zero gamble pay off. this week, the prime minister said he was confident the uk would hit net zero by 2050, but that's after , zero by 2050, but that's after, of course, he pushed back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years while announcing several delays to green policy is now rishi sunak hopes that these changes are enough to sway red wall voters back to the tories, but will rishi's gamble pay off?

well join me now is the director of the climate coalition, danica mccarthy and social policy analyst dr. raqeeb hassan. good afternoon to you gentlemen. here we are again. another week, another net zero debate. this time there's been a significant policy change, though . let's policy change, though. let's start with you, raqeeb rishi has pushed back against the petrol car ban, taking us only into alignment with the european union and it seems to have landed pretty well. a poll out today showing 76% of tory voters backit today showing 76% of tory voters back it and even of all voters, 50% support it as opposed to 34% against it. and particularly in the red wall, the area that decided the last general election amongst leavers, pensioners concerned natives, the working classes, it's landed very well . very well. >> well , that may well be the >> well, that may well be the case. martin but the question is, will it be enough to sway voters who may well at the moment be intending to vote labourin moment be intending to vote labour in the next general election? would this issue alone be for them to vote

be enough for them to vote conservative? and i think the only way we can really see any evidence of that is if we see polls in the not too distant future and the tories have a bounce , then you can draw that bounce, then you can draw that connection . then of course connection. then of course i think that when it comes to net zero, i wouldn't say it's actually a significant change as such. it's more of a softening of existing commitments on the on the net zero front. but in terms of will it be enough for the conservatives to make a fundamental shift in the polls , fundamental shift in the polls, i think that very much remains to be seen, martin, because i still think , um, while the still think, um, while the environment is important and net zero may be important for some voters , still very much will be voters, still very much will be the bread and butter when it comes to cost of living housing and health are still that's and health care are still that's going thing that's going to still thing that's going to still thing that's going dominate broader going to dominate our broader national political discourse. >> okay, donald, you must have been dismayed when rishi made this . this announcement. >> yeah, well , the idea that >> yeah, well, the idea that actually , as the united nations actually, as the united nations is meeting in new york to

discuss how we collectively , discuss how we collectively, internationally tackle the climate emergency and the terrible summer of climate, extreme as we've had to have the uk prime minister go on to on tv announced that we're rowing back on climate change is absolutely staggering . however, i think staggering. however, i think both of us, all three of us should agree that actually the costs should not fall on poorer people. and what we need to look at is in the detail of the announcements rishi announced last this week are hammering the poorin last this week are hammering the poor in many ways. the abolition of the requirement for landlords to invest in insulation will cost tenants . £8 billion over cost tenants. £8 billion over the coming decade. the already existing cuts that rishi imposed on home owners insulation will cost us £10 billion and there's another £2 billion to go onto. homeowners electric bills because the government screwed up the wind auction last week. so on issue after issue, what actually rishi is doing is piling costs on poorer people. what's actually trying to throw

some red meat to the base. okay >> donovan. well, let's look at some of the other costs because a huge implication here is that the burden of net zero and meeting targets falls on meeting those targets falls on the poorest. the hardest. the climate changes committee own report, own report in 2021, price hitting net zero by 2050 . price hitting net zero by 2050. at £1.4 trillion, and that's equivalent to £4,700 for every british household. every year until 2050. and donica the moral is the principle, the concept we can agree with the cost and the money and the burden of expecting hard working people , expecting hard working people, especially pensioners, to fork out. 710 grand on a new boiler and christ knows how much on a new car . so and christ knows how much on a new car. so this is about the reality of people not being able to afford it. that's what rishi sunak would say . sunak would say. >> i just listed five ways that the government announcement this week will impose costs on poorer people and you come up with a

figure that the climate change committee talks about required investment total economic investment of total economic illiterate in the right wing attack on climate change. it's not right wing to push back against huge costs. not right wing to push back against huge costs . they against huge costs. they dismiss. they dismiss it. they regard investment as cost . any regard investment as cost. any business understands you have to. we will invest in energy in one way, form or another in the next 30 years. the question is, will we invest in cheaper energy such as solar or wind? or will we stay addicted to the global fossil fuel economy , which has fossil fuel economy, which has cost us billions of okay. >> okay. okay. donelan need to bnng >> okay. okay. donelan need to bring raquib in there. raquib it's right wing to push back against this stuff. >> well , that's not what i said. >> well, that's not what i said. >> well, that's not what i said. >> right wing media pushing back raqeeb . raqeeb. >> i think all three of us can agree that when it comes to eco schemes, to think about schemes, we need to think about the potential impacts on the world, on the countries most depnved world, on the countries most deprived groups. i think that's very important. and also i think that if we a debate about

that if we have a debate about reducing car ownership more generally, we have to be honest that outside many of our urban metropolitan centres , the metropolitan centres, the quality and reliability of pubuc quality and reliability of public transportation links is poor and we have to be honest about it. that's the case across the provinces, as many left behind post—industrial communities. so the point is that if we want to make progress on this front, that's going to require considerable amounts of investment. and we need to be honest about that. and i think when it comes to net zero, it's very important that if we want when it comes to net zero, it's ve have portant that if we want when it comes to net zero, it's ve have theset that if we want when it comes to net zero, it's ve have these ambitiousz want when it comes to net zero, it's ve have these ambitious goals on to have these ambitious goals on the on environment front , the on the environment front, then to do, we need then what we have to do, we need to invest in the to we need to invest in the social infrastructure to meet that. example, we to that. for example, if we want to have expansion terms of have an expansion in terms of the of electric vehicles, the use of electric vehicles, we need have the charging port need to have the charging port available . so i think that's the available. so i think that's the debate that we need to have if we can have ambitious goals. but you need the social. >> okay. i have to cut across you there. raqeeb and donica . you there. raqeeb and donica. i'd like to give the last word to has been to you. has this been a spectacular own goal by rishi

sunak? you think actually sunak? or do you think actually the every right to the public have every right to be satisfied he's throwing be satisfied that he's throwing this there well the this out there to them? well the opinion polls carried out yesterday said that 22% of the pubuc yesterday said that 22% of the public trust rishi on on climate that's a that's a verdict on what he's done and what's going to really cost him problems is the blue wall, the liberal democrats are celebrating because they see what he's actually doing is shooting himself in both feet unnecessarily. okay. donald and rakhi, we're going to have to leave it there. thank you for joining us on gb news. fantastic well natured debate. thank you. now the pro european national rejoin march is taking place throughout the capital right now along with joining the eu . along with joining the eu. rejoin the eu. their aim is for the word rejoin to become as mainstream as the word brexit. it. well, joining me now is gb news reporter ray addison , who's news reporter ray addison, who's amongst the remainers . ray, amongst the remainers. ray, what's happening on the ground and what are they telling you and what are they telling you and are they saying keir starmer could man ? well not

yet. >> martin there's not a lot of confidence in keir starmer here among the attendees here at this rejoin march. we've actually come a little bit away from the march. i'll move out the way so you can see the crowd. it's actually swelled in numbers quite considerably from the around people we around 1500 people that we originally had where we're meeting outside the park lane hotel , the hilton there. i think hotel, the hilton there. i think people are joining along the route here. we've been speaking to people and sort of finding out the reasons why they say that they wanted to join. and this is rejoin rather, and this is what they had to say. >> i'm defending peace in europe. a loyal member of eu from the start voted back in the 70s benefited from the whole thing through studying in europe , working in france and germany and living in france and germany . and i want my future protected and i want freedom for my future and i want freedom for my future and all generations as well,

really want to rejoin the eu. >> we want to go back to what we had . it was just best deal had. it was just the best deal we had , and especially for we ever had, and especially for my children because they suffering a result of the suffering as a result of the referendum. although they were too young to vote in it. so affected their careers. the funding at university, the opportunity to . travel opportunity to. travel >> well, martin, we did come a bit away from the group because there was a bit of swearing going on among some people in the crowd, directed towards us. also, our cameraman , steve, was also, our cameraman, steve, was shoved by one person in the crowd. so he thought for safety reasons, we should just come a little bit away, although they are you approaching are as you can see, approaching us you'll probably see in us now, you'll probably see in that there, we've got that front line there, we've got guy obviously the guy verhofstadt, obviously the former prime minister of belgium . we've got gina miller as well. .we've got gina miller as well. she's obviously been campaigning to rejoin the european union for a very long time. and as we can see here, sorry, you have to apologise, guys, for the swearing from people in the crowd, which we obviously had no control as you can

control over. but as you can see, there are a large number of people here working their way down towards trafalgar square , down towards trafalgar square, where a number speeches will where a number of speeches will be given. so let's hand back to you, martin, in the studio . you, martin, in the studio. >> yeah, we have to cut away from that. and i think that's that's a sorry state of affairs. you know, news gone you know, gb news has gone down there good with there to talk in good faith with people march. apologies people on that march. apologies for the profanities and foul language thrown at gb news and ray addison and our cameraman there. that's a sorry state of affairs. you know , we are going affairs. you know, we are going along good faith talk to along in good faith to talk to you and ask you why you want to rejoin, do think rejoin, why do you think your march supersedes of march supersedes the votes of 17.4 million? you think 17.4 million? why do you think it's and it's acceptable to try and reverse brexit when the greatest democratic vote in british history you keep history was done? you keep saying brexit has done yet clearly you don't agree with that. clearly you don't agree with that . you want to overturn the that. you want to overturn the will people. we are going will of the people. we are going along today to talk you in along today to talk to you in good find out why it's good faith to find out why it's no to swear at us and no good just to swear at us and tell us to go away. talk to us, try and convince us and engage us like adults . okay. you've

us like adults. okay. you've been getting in touch on the rejoin london today rejoin the march in london today . yvonne says this. we have left , there is no democracy in this country and i would still vote for leave. steve says, why can't these remoaners accept the democratic vote to leave the eu? the majority voted out and so that means out. diane says these people are traitors to this country. the democratic vote is just being ignored . these people just being ignored. these people should be ashamed of their conduct , but should be ashamed of their conduct, but obviously they are very british to want to go against what the majority of this once great country voted for. i'm disgusted by them and who says you pro eu british, terrified of facing life alone sicken me. why don't you all emigrate to the eu from a disgusted foreigner? andrew? so as you can see, this has really got people going today . steve got people going today. steve brazier gave a hashtag , the guy brazier gave a hashtag, the guy who complains all the time about

interference in democracy. people like donald trump. here he is again on british soil telling us we made a mistake and look, we want to go and talk to you guys and tell us why we're wrong and tell us why you think you're march supersedes the only march that matters. the march to the ballot box. okay keep your views coming in. subscribe to our youtube channel and follow us on socials . we're, of course, us on socials. we're, of course, at gb news. as you're watching and listen to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney. tons coming up on today's show yet, but first, let's take a look at your all important weather with . greg >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers, proud sponsors up. boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm greg >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's all change again through tonight and into sunday. more rain moving in. the winds increasing through the day , but temperatures rising the day, but temperatures rising as well. and it's all thanks to this area of low pressure which

will sweep in weather fronts through the course of the rest of weekend into the of the weekend into the beginning week the beginning of next week to the tight indicating those tight isobars indicating those strong winds. so we do have some dry weather a this dry weather for a time this evening, particularly across central but evening, particularly across cen' rain but evening, particularly across cen'rain in but evening, particularly across cen' rain in the but evening, particularly across cen' rain in the west but evening, particularly across cen' rain in the west pushing jt evening, particularly across cen'rain in the west pushing in the rain in the west pushing in as we move into the early hours. the rain turning heavy at times, particularly the hills , particularly across the hills, across into parts of across scotland, into parts of northern england and wales to the temperatures higher than recent nights, generally staying in double figures as that mild air moves in the winds start air moves in and the winds start to pick too. so it means a to pick up, too. so it means a bit of a cloudy start to sunday morning. outbreaks of rain across england, wales, across northern england, wales, southwest england. some southwest england. to some glimmers sunshine glimmers of sunshine for southeast , northern southeast england, northern parts of scotland for time too parts of scotland for a time too . rain generally . and then this rain generally moves through the day, moves northward through the day, turning particularly heavy over the ground. the met office the high ground. the met office warning force for the warning in force for the afternoon for afternoon into the evening for parts scotland. heavy rain parts of scotland. heavy rain for northern ireland, northern england, two bright spells further will lift further south will lift temperatures up to around 21 celsius into monday . we see that

celsius into monday. we see that weather system clear away . we're weather system clear away. we're left with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to take us through the day and then it stays unsettled. tuesday and into wednesday as well . further into wednesday as well. further showers tuesday, heavy rain, strong winds likely on wednesday .look strong winds likely on wednesday . look looks like things are heating up . heating up. >> boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. >> boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as . and of weather on gb news as. and thank you very much for that greg loads more coming up on today's show yeah the bank of england has left interest rates unchanged. >> a surprise move this week. so is the economy on the main on the mend? all that and more to come. i'm martin daubney. you're watching and listening

>> the people's channel. britain's news . >> the people's channel. britain's news. channel >> it's exactly 1:30. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom . a armstrong in the gb newsroom. a 46 year old woman has been bailed until january next year as the investigation into a crash in wimbledon continues. two eight year old girls died when a land rover crashed through the fence of the study prep school july. 16 people prep school in july. 16 people were treated at the scene and several, including a seven month old girl, were taken to hospital . the woman was arrested on suspicion causing death by suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and was later bailed . two former prime bailed. two former prime ministers have urged rishi sunak to reconsider plans to scrap the northern legs of hs2 . boris northern legs of hs2. boris johnson says suggestions the

birmingham to manchester route could be scrapped. over cost are desperate treasury driven nonsense . david cameron has also nonsense. david cameron has also privately voiced concerns about altering the high speed line, according to the times, as it is central to the tories levelling up agenda . last week the up agenda. last week the government refused to guarantee hs2 would continue to manchester. the planned line to east midlands parkway may also be under threat . smoking could be under threat. smoking could be under threat. smoking could be effectively banned for young people of a certain age under plans being considered by rishi sunak.the plans being considered by rishi sunak. the legal age would progressively rise , eventually progressively rise, eventually making tobacco totally illegal for the next generation. as reported in the guardian. if implemented, it would mirror new zealand , which is planning to zealand, which is planning to prevent cigarettes being sold to anyone born on or afterjanuary anyone born on or after january 1st, anyone born on or after january ist, 2009 . anyone born on or after january 1st, 2009 . russell brands 1st, 2009. russell brands accused the government of working with big tech to censor him . he working with big tech to censor him. he claims working with big tech to censor him . he claims moves to him. he claims moves to demonetise his social media content occurred , in his words, content occurred, in his words, in the context of the online safety bill, which has not yet

been passed into law . in a video been passed into law. in a video released last night, the comedian thanked his supporters after an extraordinarily distressing week. it follows allegations of sexual assault made against him following a joint investigation by channel 4 of the times and the sunday times. he denies the claims. well more on all of our stories on our website . that is on our website. that is gbnews.com. and i will be back at the top of the hour with a full news bulletin. now back to . martin >> now . thanks for that update, >> now. thanks for that update, aaron. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. now, the bank of england has raised their rates 14 times in a row in a battle to control inflation. but the bank has now decided to put a hold on increases the rate of inflation fell to 6.7% in august, down from 6.8% in july, which means overall prices are still rising

. but the rate of increase is mercifully falling . well, mercifully falling. well, joining me now is chief economic adviser at the centre for economic business research. vicky price. vicky, some some sweet music for the british pubuc sweet music for the british public this week. first, inflation falling, then the bank of england holding firm. is the cost of living crisis are the dark days at an end? >> i think pretty nearly so . >> i think pretty nearly so. what we've seen internationally is that energy prices have been coming down. yes, of course , the coming down. yes, of course, the pump have just realised pump people have just realised that in fact petrol and diesel is going little bit because is going up a little bit because of opec restriction on of the opec restriction on producing oil. russia and saudi arabia in particular. but what we've seen nevertheless is that over a period of time compared with last year, energy prices and petrol prices are considerably lower than they were at time. so that's were at the time. so that's bringing inflation down. if that continues, have the continues, even if we have the odd in odd monthly increase in inflation, even then that does suggest that perhaps the worst is over and it's good for people because interestingly enough, wages are now rising more or

less in line with inflation. and pretty soon they may rising pretty soon they may be rising faster than inflation. so that is easing a little bit. some of the pressures that everyone was having. >> becky before get >> yeah, becky before we get too excited, bailey, excited, andrew bailey, the governor england, governor of the bank of england, said high said we will keep rates high enough long enough to enough and for long enough to get inflation down to 2. and we're that. but we're still a way off that. but hopefully, vicky , we're going to hopefully, vicky, we're going to see of plateau and less see more of a plateau and less of a of scary peak . of a kind of scary peak. >> i think he has to say that that that rates are going to stay high because he wants to influence inflationary expectations. we know that the bank england has been bank of england has been attacked handling attacked for not handling the whole . so what whole thing properly. so what they show that they want to show now is that they're serious they're going to be serious about therefore about this and therefore determined reduce rate of determined to reduce the rate of inflation. what we've is inflation. what we've seen is very similar reaction in the us , where they also kept rates unchanged the day earlier and they said more or less the same thing, slightly hawkish thing, but slightly more hawkish in terms of suggesting that perhaps be bringing in terms of suggesting that pe|increase be bringing in terms of suggesting that pe|increase at be bringing in terms of suggesting that pe|increase at somee bringing in terms of suggesting that pe|increase at some point.iing an increase at some point. pretty even they pretty soon, even though they stopped well . what this stopped there as well. what this has of course, is it has has done, of course, is it has affected quite significantly the

value what we've affected quite significantly the valueis what we've affected quite significantly the valueis that what we've affected quite significantly the valueis that the what we've affected quite significantly the valueis that the pound we've affected quite significantly the valueis that the pound hasve seen is that the pound has fallen quite to something fallen quite a lot to something like a 5 or 6 month low. and that because now the that is because now the expectations that is because now the exp much ii'is that is because now the exp much lower in the are much lower here. and in the us haven't come down us they haven't quite come down yet to what perhaps would make sense, that their sense, given that their inflation rate is about half ours do think one thing >> and do you think one thing that's stubbornly high is food pnces? that's stubbornly high is food prices? in fact , there was a prices? in fact, there was a report out by which this week showing that particularly branded products are three times higher here. do you think that things like the great reset of how we buy things during the cost of living crisis will change things like that? and why is it, do you think that the big brands are still able to charge so much for the same as non—branded stuff for the same product ? product? >> that's a very interesting question. >> what we've seen is that the consumer is moving away from the branded products, so maybe there's less demand they're there's less demand and they're trying if trying to sort of preserve, if you profit margins you like, the profit margins possibly. the non—branded possibly. but the non—branded items are the ones that are produced actually by various supermarket with their own brand on whatever over

on it, like whatever over sainsbury's essential or waitrose , whatever are cheaper waitrose, whatever are cheaper and people are gravitating to those. so that's basically what's going on. so what you've seen is that the, the supermarkets that have done best are the low cost ones like aldi and lidl. so the branded items may remain quite high, but the reality is that the consumers are doing something different. so overall, what seeing so overall, what you're seeing is inflation is is that food price inflation is slowing down quite significantly as well . as well. >> okay. so vicky truss genomics, one year on. liz truss has been surfacing around again and in fact the labour party is saying that she's been kind of moving rishi's lips on the net zero ban on petrol cars . what do zero ban on petrol cars. what do you think the legacy of trussonomics will be? she would say that she was on the right track and was lambasted too heavily for it. what's your take on trussonomics one year on? it's not just that she would say she did that . she did say that. >> she said earlier this >> she said that earlier this week a speech that she week on in a speech that she made on monday. week on in a speech that she made on monday . and was made on monday. and she was questioned heavily all

questioned very heavily by all the who there, the journalists who were there, because of what she was because a lot of what she was saying for saying perhaps, you know, for them, huge amount saying perhaps, you know, for them, because huge amount saying perhaps, you know, for them, because you1uge amount saying perhaps, you know, for them, because you cannot1ount saying perhaps, you know, for them, because you cannot not it of sense because you cannot not possibly credibility possibly retain the credibility in you're announcing if in whatever you're announcing if you not taken advantage, you haven't not taken advantage, if you like, of the fact that there is an independent authority there or independent body that would have looked at all figures and maybe all her figures and maybe satisfied the markets that they made as office made sense, such as the office for budget responsibility, that made sense, such as the office for ifiredzt responsibility, that made sense, such as the office for ifired oreesponsibility, that made sense, such as the office for ifired or her onsibility, that made sense, such as the office for ifired or her chancellor hat she fired or her chancellor fired on day one. practically the head of the treasury. so all that conspired against her, really. but there were some some bits in it which did make sense. so, for example, she finally put an electricity price cap when she came to power, whereas , you she came to power, whereas, you know, other countries had done it a lot earlier. know, other countries had done it a lot earlier . and one of the it a lot earlier. and one of the problems, of course, that problems, of course, of all that was expectations was that inflation expectations were very in the uk. one of were very high in the uk. one of the our inflation is the reasons why our inflation is so because we so much higher is because we acted slowly. of acted very, very slowly. and of course, leadership course, we had the leadership campaign time and perhaps campaign at the time and perhaps that reason, at that was the reason, but at least a positive thing least that was a positive thing that she did introduce use and that she did introduce use and that adjusted inflationary

expectations down. otherwise don't know where we would be right you right now frankly vicky, you talked about opec and of course, one the problems with the uk one of the problems with the uk economy, of economy, we are at the mercy of the global price on oil and gas. >> we import like 19 billion quid's worth of gas per year. do you think one way out of this longer term would be to become more energy sovereign and self sufficient ? sufficient? >> well, that is, i think since we're talking about liz truss, she was talking about as well on monday more fracking . you know, monday more fracking. you know, of course, what we've seen is that current government is that the current government is allowing more licences for exploration in the north sea for oil and gas, which suggests that indeed the part of what she's been talking about is now being taken seriously and it indeed it is true. it makes much more sense to use the domestic inputs if you like, in our energy sector than importing them. and the truth , unfortunately, is the truth, unfortunately, is that despite the fact we moved into renewables in a very big way , 80% of our energy is still way, 80% of our energy is still based on fossil fuels. so you can't escape it.

>> okay. vicky pryce, thanks for joining gb news joining us today on gb news saturday. ever . joining us today on gb news saturday. ever. bang on joining us today on gb news saturday. ever . bang on the saturday. as ever. bang on the money. you very much . money. thank you very much. okay. have been okay. lots of you have been getting your getting in touch with your thoughts on hs2. this is really got you going today. and it says this. what's the point of hs2 when the unions are holding when the rail unions are holding the to ransom with their the country to ransom with their perpetual isn't it perpetual strikes? isn't it funny? we might the shiniest rail network in the world and no one to drive it. june says , i'm one to drive it. june says, i'm so glad this has been stopped. it's madness. in the north it's madness. we in the north can't even get the go ahead for a on the a1 . we a dual carriageway on the a1. we virtually have a country road from newcastle to edinburgh full of tractors. you must realise that life exists outside of the london bubble. june hear, hear to that, maria says all hs2 would do is increase the importance of london and the cost of travel. well, keep those views coming in. you're watching and listen to gb news saturday with me. martin daubney loads more coming up yet on today's show , including uk foreign show, including uk foreign secretary james cleverly has

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daubney on your tv, online and on your digital radio. now foreign secretary james cleverly has come out in defence of nato allies such as germany and the usa over an apparent delay in sending long—range weapons to ukraine. well, the uk has delivered some long—range weaponry. other countries are hesitant over fears of russian escalation . well, joining me now escalation. well, joining me now is former strategic intelligence analyst ewen grant . thanks for analyst ewen grant. thanks for joining us on gb news saturday. so what do you make of james cleverly's comments in particular? he said ukraine is not a hollywood movie. we need to be patient very much so. >> and i think he made it clear in one word, which coincidentally or not, may have had an impact when his speech in new york this week, he used one key word, not support, resolve. we're in it for the long haul. so it's a box set. it's not a hollywood blockbuster. >> and he also talked about if

we dance to putin's pipes as it were, and go for these long—range weapons and in a sense could escalate things further by drawing that conflict in and if you give power long—range weapons, they can go wrong. it could escalate the conflict. if they were deployed in the wrong manner. is that part, do you think, of james cleverly's caution ? cleverly's caution? >> well, i think i don't think he's actually being that cautious because there is not a huge difference, remember, between in the range of the atacms , it's about 40 miles, atacms, it's about 40 miles, isn't it , atacms, it's about 40 miles, isn't it, that that is significant, but it's not colossal. and the storm shadows, which of course the french are also supplying . it's the same also supplying. it's the same missile they call it scalp . so missile they call it scalp. so in in essence, we've already done that. and i think that may have nudged the latest american decision carefully and cautiously revealed that they are going to supply some some atacms. and that's, of course, the bit. so they're playing it

carefully, some not too many. and with the missile, the warhead type, which can not entirely upset the russians and the uk has so far supplied some £5 billion worth of military assistance to ukraine since the start of this conflict. >> what would you say to people who say that that's a lot of money and would it better be spent at home or should we be in this for the long haul? >> very much the long haul. two points there . if we do not keep points there. if we do not keep our resolve as james cleverly has pointed out, and indeed made using different language, but it amounts to much the same. david lammy for labour, he has come out with ideas about keeping the pressure on russia and keeping awareness not just talk ideas . awareness not just talk ideas. is that one we would have to spend a lot more in the future because because then we might well have real threats to nato

countries , particularly in the countries, particularly in the areas of the baltic states where there are russian speaking minorities. and i've been in to those areas in all three baltic state countries. it is quite hairy . hairy. >> is there any end in sight? hairy. >> is there any end in sight ? i >> is there any end in sight? i mean, let's be honest, for a long time . and if so, i mean, long time. and if so, i mean, these wars can carry on forever. look at vietnam. yeah how long could we be looking at before we reach any form of resolution? >> well, it depends what you mean by resolution. of course . i mean by resolution. of course. i mean, the korean war is still technically a war. it was a ceasefire. an armistice . it ceasefire. an armistice. it wasn't a peace treaty. although it amounts to that . there's it amounts to that. there's certainly very interesting point. i would urge everybody in the audience to listen to the recent words of sir alex younger, the immediate past head of m16 . he said, look at the of m16. he said, look at the history of the korean war. max hastings, brilliant book on that . he said, we may. korea was a

case of 1—1 militarily, but lost politically . and i think we may politically. and i think we may be in the same. politically. and i think we may be in the same . so stalemate . be in the same. so stalemate. the fighting died down eventually essentially stop , but eventually essentially stop, but always the fear that russia might come back. so we're in the long haul and very quickly , long haul and very quickly, because i know we don't want to it the £5 billion. yes but also it's not actually 5 billion because the combat experience and advice the ukrainians are giving us and the us, mitt romney made this point in america is worth a lot . we're america is worth a lot. we're getting more information about systems that work and don't yet. we're getting that information more quickly. and frankly , we're more quickly. and frankly, we're getting better information than artificial test firings. >> and politically , if things >> and politically, if things change, for example, joe biden has been has been endlessly

generous with the amount of money he's given, $43 billion so far. if things were to change politically like donald trump has talked about, he could end this war in 24 hours. but that would mean presumably some sort of sit down and compromise with vladimir putin. yes, it what do you say to that ? you say to that? >> well, i think that would be horrific. i mean, would be horrific. i mean, it would be almost certainly it would it would a freezing of the front would be a freezing of the front lines . it would not be further lines. it would not be further concessions to the russians. so take it up to the river, because if the russians get back on the river, the dnipro . oh, you have river, the dnipro. oh, you have serious long term problems because they're pointing right at odesa and cutting the country off from the sea . we have to off from the sea. we have to prepare now. and the best thing we can do is work with the five eyes countries australia, canada and the us itself. and alongside that with nato and yes, then on into the european commission, who are starting to realise they have to talk to britain and

america. >> you grant, thank you for that expert analysis. superb okay. moving on to our next story . moving on to our next story. you'll be getting in touch on our big topic of the day. we should really rattle you. has to be sad to that's susan says be sad and to that's susan says the time the north is the only time the north is important this government is important to this government is when to dump illegal when they want to dump illegal immigrants hotels . lynn says immigrants in hotels. lynn says this i feel the prime minister has done the right thing. northerners should decide if they want an east west rail line instead. and indeed, that has been mooted. this £23 billion save could be spent on a service between liverpool and leeds . so between liverpool and leeds. so keep those views coming in. subscribe to our youtube channel and please do follow us on our social media. we're at gb news. now on onto our next story, which i absolutely love. this story is being british good for your mental health? well, a new study reveals that a stiff upper lip could actually make you happier . previously, it was happier. previously, it was believed that burying bad feelings and not expressing yourself was unhealthy. but new

research conducted with 120 subjects show that those who suppress their feelings and kept that famous british stiff upper lip were actually happier than those who didn't directly address their trauma . well, address their trauma. well, joining me now is broadcaster and psychotherapist and great friend of the show no lucy baraitot. well lucy, this new study from cambridge university seems to completely turn the attitude on its head, actually bottling it up, being british top banana . top banana. >> yeah, it completely destroys my entire profession because the whole basis of psychotherapy is largely rooted in psychoanalytic tradition, which is around the idea that if you suppress feelings and in particular if you suppress negative emotions or experiences, then actually you're only storing up trouble for the future . for the future. >> and i think what's really interesting about this research, which flies in the face of some research came last

research that came out last yean research that came out last year, whereby brits themselves felt that the stiff upper lip was doing more harm than good. and you've got all sorts of celebrities and members of the royal family coming out saying it's really good to talk. it's really good to process your emotions. we're emotions. but what we're seeing now is what i think is more important in a practise this psychotherapeutic practise, which is a balance between exploring your past, working out how you've got to be the person that you are , but also focusing that you are, but also focusing on some really positive things, focusing on gratitude, focusing on creating affirmations that propel you forward in future. because if you do only dwell on the negative and if you do have too much navel gazing in your life, then you'll never move on, you'll never grow and you'll never step into the fully fledged life that you're meant to be leading. >> yeah, i mean, it would come as great comfort to people out there that the british way is best, hollywood way of best, not the hollywood way of endless gazing . but endless navel gazing. but there's a fascinating there's a really fascinating

element of this study which really grabbed my eye, and that is specifically looking at those patients ptsd and when they patients with ptsd and when they were specifically looked at, it showed that those who suppress negative thoughts and revisited the source of their trauma , the source of their trauma, their mental health scores improved. it was a positive increase of 10. and that surely lucy must fly in the face of everything that we are commonly told from the freudian element of just address things. did correctly, but actually putting it to the back of your mind and moving on and being positive might be a better route forward i >> -- >> so my 5mm >> so my worry about that is that any thing that might have triggered ptsd can lie dormant, just waiting later in life to really ambush you when another trauma takes place or another really difficult period in your life takes place. and so i would still argue that processing early trauma or processing a

particular experience and there's some fantastic research coming out of south africa, for example , of a process called example, of a process called emdr, which is where your reprogramming your brain with rapid eye movement light and you're actually almost reliving the trauma . but obviously at one the trauma. but obviously at one remove that can be really beneficial. >> i'm afraid i have to maintain my own stiff upper lip here and call time on this debate . but call time on this debate. but thanks for joining us. fascinating topic. this is gb news saturday with me. martin daubney more coming up yet daubney loads more coming up yet on show , including the on today's show, including the government's reportedly set to scrap the manchester leg of hs2. bofis scrap the manchester leg of hs2. boris johnson has warned against the plan, saying that it'll be a mutilated version of the high speed rail link. is he right? but first, we're going to look at the all important weather with greg. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest news. weather. it's all change again through tonight and into sunday. more rain moving in the winds increasing through the day , but temperatures rising as day, but temperatures rising as well. and it's all thanks to this area of low pressure which will sweep in weather fronts through the course the rest through the course of the rest of weekend into the of the weekend into the beginning next to beginning of next week to the tight isobars indicating those strong winds. so we do have some dry weather for a this dry weather for a time this evening, particularly across central areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain in areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain in the areas. but evening, particularly across cen' rain in the west areas. but evening, particularly across cen' rain in the west pushing jt evening, particularly across cen'rain in the west pushing in the rain in the west pushing in as we move into the early hours. the heavy at times, the rain turning heavy at times, particularly across the hills, across scotland parts of across scotland into parts of northern england and wales to temperatures higher than recent nights , generally staying in nights, generally staying in double figures that mild air double figures as that mild air moves the winds start to moves in and the winds start to pick up, too. so it means a bit of a cloudy start to sunday morning. outbreaks of rain across england , wales, across northern england, wales, southwest england. to some glimmers for glimmers of sunshine for southeast or northern southeast england or northern parts of scotland. for a time , parts of scotland. for a time, too. and then rain too. and then this rain generally moves northwards through the day, turning

particularly heavy over the high ground office warning in ground or met office warning in force the afternoon into the force for the afternoon into the evening parts scotland . evening for parts of scotland. heavy northern ireland, heavy rain for northern ireland, northern england, two bright spells further south will lift temperatures to around 21 temperatures up to around 21 celsius into monday . we see that celsius into monday. we see that weather system clear away . we're weather system clear away. we're left with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to take us through the day and then it stays unsettled. tuesday and into wednesday as well . further into wednesday as well. further showers, tuesday, heavy rain , showers, tuesday, heavy rain, strong winds likely on wednesday i >> -- >> looks like things are heating up

gb news away. >> hello, welcome back to gb news saturday. it's 2 pm. i'm martin daubney and for the next hour, martin daubney and for the next hour , i'll be keeping you hour, i'll be keeping you company on tv , online, and, of company on tv, online, and, of course, on your digital radio. coming up in this next action packed hour, the hs2, manchester leg is reported oddly on the old chopping block . boris johnson chopping block. boris johnson has warned against building a mutilated version of the high speed rail . mutilated version of the high speed rail. is he right? and more to the point the £35 billion we save could be spent better, perhaps on transport across the pennines, linking up leeds and liverpool . next story leeds and liverpool. next story with the national rejoin march underway in london as we speak. and you may have seen, we were at that earlier where things got slightly fruity. i'll be asking why do rejoin us wants to

reverse brexit and should we listen to them and we'll have a huge debate involving an ann widdecombe that's going to be superb coming up about ten superb coming up at about ten minutes. plus, we'll be reflecting on the king's historic to france. did historic visit to france. did the anglo french charm offensive work and i really think it did. and as ever, please do get in touch some your thoughts on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials where of course at gb news. the first is your news headlines with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good afternoon . it's a minute >> good afternoon. it's a minute past 2:00. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. a woman arrested after a land rover crashed into a prep school in south london, killing two children rebailed until children has been rebailed until january. the 46 year old was arrested at the scene on suspicion causing death by suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. happened dangerous driving. it happened at an end of year term party at

the study pre prep school in wimbledon in july. the study pre prep school in wimbledon in july . 16 people wimbledon in july. 16 people were treated at the scene of the crash and several including a seven month old girl, were taken to hospital , all with non—life to hospital, all with non—life threatening injuries. to hospital, all with non—life threatening injuries . russell threatening injuries. russell brand has attacked the media in a new online post after what he says has been an extra ordinary and distressing week. he lashed out at the government at big tech companies and media organisations , suggesting moves organisations, suggesting moves to demonetise his online content comes in the context of the online safety bill, which mr brand claims has been passed into law. it hasn't. he also made remarks concerning free speech and collusion with the deep state before asking people to follow him on rumble. mr brown earns significant advertising revenue from the platform. he chose to not address the allegations made against him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse and denies wrongdoing . boris denies any wrongdoing. boris johnson has warned rishi sunak against delivering a mutilated version of hs2 . the former prime

version of hs2. the former prime minister says suggestions that the high speed rail link could be curtailed over cost are the height of insanity and treasury dnven height of insanity and treasury driven nonsense. the government's refused to deny reports claiming the birmingham to manchester route will be scrapped. david cameron's also raised concerns, according to reports in the times, which claims the planned line to east midlands parkway near nottingham could also be under threat . could also be under threat. shadow cabinet minister anneliese dodds says the country needs clarity. >> this was a major plank of the government's claims around levelling up. there has been speculation in in fact over the last 13 years, including just the last few days around these projects. that's not the way to be delivering that kind of infrastructure . and labour would infrastructure. and labour would have a very different approach. we would make sure not only that we sped up infrastructure projects, but that we then didn't have this kind of speculation and instability because it's causing huge , huge because it's causing huge, huge issues for our country's

reputation . reputation. >> meanwhile, rishi sunaks considering plans that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation. it would entail steadily increasing the legal age for consuming tobacco . as has been reported in the guardian . if implemented by guardian. if implemented by 2026, it would mean anyone aged 15 and under today would never be able to buy a cigarette. smoking costs society £17 billion every year, according to government research. ministers are also understood to be drawing up plans to ban disposable vapes . drawing up plans to ban disposable vapes. humans are at risk of losing control to machines because artificial intelligence is developing too fast for regulators to keep up. that's the view of the deputy prime minister, who has urged world leaders to recognise the threat of ai during a speech at the un general assembly in new york. oliver dowden says the government will push to create an international regulatory body when the uk hosts an ai safety summit in november in an effort to protect humanitys future.

>> i revolution will be a bracing test for the multilateral system to show that it can work together on a question that will define the fate of humanity , our future. fate of humanity, our future. humanity vs future. our entire entire planet's future depends on our ability to do so . that is on our ability to do so. that is our challenge and this is our opportunity dodi to be truly the united nations is now nearly a third of patients who suffered from covid 19 have experienced long term organ damage. >> that's according to a study looking at the health impact of the virus. according to the findings, abnormalities in the lungs were almost 14 times higher in those who had had coronavirus . abnormal findings coronavirus. abnormal findings involving the brain and kidneys were three and two times higher, respectively , although the

respectively, although the extent of the damage was often influenced by the severity of the infection, age and other diseases . more than two dozen diseases. more than two dozen giraffes in kenya have been fitted with gps tracking devices as conservationists at the masai mara national reserve are hoping the data gathered will help them understand and better protect dwindling populations. once widespread across 25 countries in africa , giraffe numbers have in africa, giraffe numbers have declined by 50 to 80% since the mid 1990s, with migration caused by climate change a particular concern . but this is the gb news concern. but this is the gb news live across the uk. i'll be back with more at half past two. now it's over to . martin it's over to. martin >> thank you very much. aaron let's get stuck now on today's topics . let's get stuck now on today's topics. boris johnson has warned rishi sunak not to scrap the manchester leg of hs2 , saying manchester leg of hs2, saying the plan would be mutilated without it. the former prime

minister weighed in after the government refused to guarantee hs2 would continue to the north—west where it would terminate in manchester. the controversial project may now go no further than birmingham , and no further than birmingham, and there's issues with the southern end as well. it might not even make it into euston. well, joining me now to discuss this is news political editor is gb news political editor catherine forster. catherine £35 billion will be saved by scrapping this. a lot of people out there thinking that money could be spent in other better ways. for example, improving transport across the north of midlands rather than being so focussed on getting people to london a bit quicker. >> well, possibly it could . and >> well, possibly it could. and certainly there's always been an argument against building hs2. people saying it's not about getting to and from london and what should be the focus is getting around the north more easily . high speed getting around the north more easily. high speed rail getting around the north more easily . high speed rail between easily. high speed rail between liverpool and hull linking up these great northern cities . but these great northern cities. but it really is all a bit of a mess because of course vast amounts

of money have already been spent. the line between london and birmingham is being constructed now. that's certainly will be finished . but certainly will be finished. but the two parts of the wye , two the two parts of the wye, two from birmingham to leeds and from birmingham to leeds and from birmingham to manchester, it does sound like we know the leeds spur is not going ahead. it like the manchester it sounds like the manchester one will be axed too . it also one will be axed too. it also sounds like and i think this beggars belief the line may never go to euston. they may decide to stop it at old oak common in north west london, people would have to get off and get on the elizabeth line, which does seem quite incredible. but of course , the treasury worried of course, the treasury worried about the astronomic costs and thinking . now potentially this thinking. now potentially this isn't confirm ed yet, but rishi sunakisin isn't confirm ed yet, but rishi sunak is in expected to sweeten this by saying that what they're going to do instead is northern powerhouse rail between liverpool and leeds. but i have to say 16 million people in the

north have heard this all before. they've heard so many promises about rail transport in the north of england, including a few years ago there was going to be a tunnel between manchester and leeds. there was going be spur bradford, going to be a spur at bradford, never so i think never happened. so i think people will be sceptical and is levelling up, you know , it levelling up, you know, it doesn't say much and sure , all doesn't say much and sure, all the costs are huge, but but it's very, very controversial. and also some concerns about what message does this send to the rest of the world. we say we're going to do something, then we 90, going to do something, then we go, we're not going to do this bit or we're not going to do this either. we're not this bit either. we're not going to either. in terms to do this bit either. in terms of further firms to of wanting further firms to invest here. it's a very not a great look. >> okay. catherine forster we have to leave it there. thank you very much. moving on now to our topic, a pro european our next topic, a pro european national rejoin march is taking place the capital place throughout the capital right now. today along with rejoining the eu . the their aim rejoining the eu. the their aim beg your pardon is for the word

rejoin to become its mainstream as the word brexit. well, joining me now is gb news reporter ray addison, who's been at the march since the beginning. ray what's the latest on the ground there ? on the ground there? >> well, good afternoon, martin. yes, we've come away from the march for a little bit, mainly because we were getting a bit of abuse there from people in the crowd. organisers telling me there's between 70 and 80,000 people on this march. now, that's a considerable increase, if correct , from the 50,000 back if correct, from the 50,000 back in october of 2022. now, of course , it's seven years since course, it's seven years since that vote in june of 2016. and the issue today, the reason for this demonstration is to try and get rid join back into the agenda of news outlets like ours and being discussed in the homes across britain. i'm joined now by gina miller. she's the leader of the true and fair party. gina, thanks very much for joining us. would it be fair joining us. why would it be fair

to overturn a democratic vote ? to overturn a democratic vote? >> first of all, i want to say that abuse of any kind is wrong. so i'm sorry, what you experienced or your team experienced or your team experienced it's experienced earlier today. it's not overturning a vote. there was a vote seven years ago. >> we're talking about today. the brexit is everywhere. >> the will of the people now is to rejoin even the daily express. >> latest polls show that 84% of their readers want to either rejoin or have a second referendum. this is something we have to talk about. the idea and the message that we're sending to politicians as they go into party conference is , is just party conference is, is just that, that the will of the people is to rejoin the eu and to stop the damage that's happening to our country. >> yougov poll, >> well, the latest yougov poll, of that found in of course, said that found in august of year 59% august of this year that 59% of people wouldn't want a people said they wouldn't want a referendum this year. and only 39% would want a referendum in five years. so, of course, you know, different polls tell show five years. so, of course, you knydifferentent polls tell show five years. so, of course, you knydifferent results. 5 tell show five years. so, of course, you knydifferent results. what show five years. so, of course, you knydifferent results. what would us different results. what would rejoining look like ? how would rejoining look like? how would it work? it be it actually work? would it be the labour take us the labour party who take us there, starmer i at the moment. >> keir starmer is standing in

the middle of the road, is getting both sides. getting hit from both sides. he has and all has to make a decision and all the polls i'm sorry, are moving in they might in one direction. they might vary amount that they're vary in the amount that they're saying we should rejoin or vary in the amount that they're sayina we should rejoin or vary in the amount that they're sayina second should rejoin or vary in the amount that they're sayina second referendum,n or vary in the amount that they're sayina second referendum, but have a second referendum, but the is clear the direction of travel is clear in every single poll, in every single that we go to as single doorstep that we go to as true and fair party. people are saying britain saying brexit has broken britain and what parties are and what the main parties are talking is putting a talking about is putting a plaster on a broken leg . what plaster on a broken leg. what we're is actually we're talking about is actually the road recovery that starts the road to recovery that starts with rejoining the eu. >> do we get back then? >> so how do we get back then? is it a referendum next year after the next election if labour get in? or what's the process? >> well, it's the process starts with political will and that's what we have to have politicians who go around the table with the eu . we don't what that will eu. we don't know what that will look and it will take a look like yet and it will take a few years, but than few years, but rather than trying one sector trying to renegotiate one sector and cherry picking, if and another cherry picking, if you like, which the eu you like, which is what the eu said, no said, they will not do, no cherry picking. we should be using that time have using that time to have a comprehensive we're comprehensive deal where we're back table where we back at the top table where we had influence and we were respected the world

respected around the world and then what? >> referendum every ten years, >> a referendum every ten years, every 20 years. would every 20 years. how often would you vote? you want to recast that vote? >> i'm not a fan of referenda. i actually think it was terrible actually think it was a terrible idea. what should idea. and what we should actually democracy working representative democracy working in a way where parliament represents people and actually what people want . what people want. >> do you think the eu would even want us back? obviously 27 member one just takes member countries, one just takes one to veto us. joining is it even a realistic possibility or are people just wasting their time here today? >> i can tell you people are not wasting every single wasting their time. every single 27 nation us back. they 27 nation wants us back. they are us leaving are suffering from us leaving this is not just a one way, one time inside being damaged. both sides are hurting because of brexit. we need to be there because that are because of the things that are coming the track that don't coming down the track that don't have borders. climate change i mass movement of people. these issues we need to solve together i >> -- >> gina m >> gina miller the leader of the true and fair party, thank you very much for joining true and fair party, thank you very much forjoining us. gina is to be speaking little is going to be speaking a little bit later in parliament square . bit later in parliament square. there's place there's a rally taking place there, about 3:00. gb there, starts about 3:00. gb news down there . also on

news will be down there. also on the agenda, speaking , we have the agenda, speaking, we have zach polanski, deputy leader of the green party. give verhofstadt as well, former prime belgium, and prime minister of belgium, and mr brexit, steve bray. mr star brexit, steve bray. he'll be there as well. martin okay, ray addison, thanks for joining us there from parliament square. >> and gina miller, people out there may not with there may not agree with what gina said there, but i'm proud of fact gb news has of the fact gb news has journalistic balance and integrity. and we listen to ideas and let's tackle them head on.andi ideas and let's tackle them head on. and i also thank you to gina there for apologising because our cameraman was shoved at that march. and ray addison a bit march. and ray addison got a bit of and that caused me to of stick and that caused me to get bit heated early on. get a bit heated early on. i apologise i need to be apologise for that. i need to be impartial on this because we're moving debate now . moving on to our debate now. there's tens of thousands of anti—brexit protest marches in parliament today. is it time to rejoin the eu? well, you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. mark martin, daubney. we're going to the debate now. we are joined by ann widdecombe, of course, former brexit party mep and a

conservative minister, and richard morley, who is the deputy leader of the rejoin eu party. let's start with the with you, richard . we had a vote. we you, richard. we had a vote. we voted to leave. why should we be rejoining ? rejoining? >> well, i very much agree with what gina miller said , and it's what gina miller said, and it's because of the flow of public opinion every month we see more and more people in polls wanting to rejoin or at least move closer to the eu than we currently are. it's a public demand that's happening . we're demand that's happening. we're merely responding to it by representing that growing demand i >> welcome. would you care to respond to that ? respond to that? >> first of all, what is not being explained here by gina miller or by anybody else is the sheer costs and the upheaval that would be involved in rejoining. >> we'd almost certainly have to

take on the euro, for example. the costs of rejoining would be prohibitive and there would still be a very large section of the country against it. it wouldn't be worth the political upheaval. >> so, i mean, i think you might just as well campaign for flat just as well campaign for a flat earth as campaign the earth as campaign to rejoin the eu . eu. >> but there is something much more subtle which can happen and which i think is at the top of starmer's agenda, which you starmer's agenda, which is you don't rejoin , join the eu, you don't rejoin, join the eu, you just stay aligned to it. so you accept its law, you accept an openness of borders , you start openness of borders, you start accepting things that we actually rejected in the course of that referendum . but i also of that referendum. but i also blame the brexiteers because i think we need to make the case much more clear. we've had some fantastic trade deals, you know, entry to a market that's 500 million people. you know, we've had a fantastic trade deals and we don't make the most of it. >> and all you ever hear from the brexiteers is grumbling that brexit hasn't been done, which it hasn't been. >> little that we >> but even the little that we have done, i think has brought

big benefits and we should be shouting them from the rooftops. it true gina says it is not true what gina says that brexit has broken britain. brexit is actually helped britain and it's worth pointing out that our exports to the eu are up . are up. >> richard morley and widdecombe says that rejoiners are flat out earthers . earthers. >> well i think that's a bit of an amusing remark from an but the point is she was talking about the cost of rejoining and we shouldn't lose sight of the cost of leaving , which was of cost of leaving, which was of course immense . and we only have course immense. and we only have to speak to small businesses up and down the country , farmers and down the country, farmers who are struggling because of the results of brexit. so many businesses and people are suffering as a result of brexit. thatis suffering as a result of brexit. that is the real cost of it. and that cost would be alleviated if we move towards a integration with europe, particularly with free movement of goods and

people, which is what the people most want, that are now voting to rejoin or opposing, to rejoin . and i don't think that the cost argument is at all valid . cost argument is at all valid. >> and do you think that we should be led by polls on this? i mean, polls seem to say different things. should we be led towards a second referendum by opinion polls? i mean, after all, no opinion poll called that brexit would actually happen. >> yeah, i think we should be led by common sense on this. we know that one of the reasons why people voted to leave was because we didn't want open borders . we want control borders. we did want to control our immigration. so to go back to free movement of people would be negate one of the be actually to negate one of the biggest benefits of leaving. so i that woman. i don't believe that woman. i think we need common sense. we need to say, look, we've had this upheaval, democratic, political , everything this upheaval, democratic, political, everything else. we've had this upheaval. political, everything else. we've had this upheaval . we're we've had this upheaval. we're now coming out the side of now coming out the other side of it and we're starting to see the benefits we need to stay on benefits and we need to stay on that going another

that road going into another penod that road going into another period of what was almost unarmed civil war during the brexit campaign , going through brexit campaign, going through another period of that to get a result that will be rejected , result that will be rejected, bid by a large proportion of the population. if it should happen, i think is just nonsense. i mean, i don't know any sensible politician who would want that . politician who would want that. >> richard morley from the since the brexit referendum and indeed before it , a lot of working before it, a lot of working class voters , a lot of class voters, a lot of brexiteers in particular said that remainers are now rejoiners always felt that they knew better and that people were conned when they voted for brexit. do you still stand by that ? that? >> well, i think a lot of false information was given about brexit at the time that the referendum was taken and at the time when boris johnson actually led us out of it with his so—called deal. but it was really a no deal brexit, let's face it. so consequently , i face it. so consequently, i don't really think that the

pubuc don't really think that the public are are at all now of the same opinion as they were. and if anne was right and there wasn't a brexit was working as she thinks it is, then there wouldn't be such an enormous movement away from brexit. now towards rejoining. and people are doing that because of the effect of brexit in their pockets . and when i was talking pockets. and when i was talking about free movement, i was really talking about the british people's wish to have free movement in europe to be able to live and work there, come backwards and forwards as they choose. that is the freedom of movement that they miss. moreover, farmers up and down the country really missed the agricultural workers, the seasonal workers that came along to their farms. seasonal workers that came along to their farms . and take the to their farms. and take the fruit, hotels up and down the country are out of staff because the seasonal workers that used to come from eastern europe no longer can. and we've talked

about immigration. well, quite frankly, the immigration since since brexit has been an absolute disaster. we're not able to control our borders . able to control our borders. this is plainly seen and with a come over to you, richard, to get worse and worse, richard, allow and to respond right . allow and to respond right. >> first of all, the claim that we had a no deal brexit is farcical . we would have welcomed farcical. we would have welcomed a no deal brexit and that would have actually enabled us then to go forward on a completely new path . we actually signed a deal path. we actually signed a deal that tied us into many of the eu's regulations and its laws for a very long time to come. so we did not have a no deal brexit. i won't call it a lie because that is that is rather provocative. but i will call it a wholly unsubstantiated statement. that's just been made. and secondly , when we come made. and secondly, when we come to talk about false information, do you remember what cameron and osborne said? if people dared to vote brexit, we were going to have have an emergency have to have an emergency austerity .

austerity budget. >> there was going to be a collapse in employment the very next day. >> i mean, all this rubbish was talk was be false . talk and was shown to be false. and as for controlling immigration, we are out of control of illegal immigration, but that is because britain isn't doing what it jolly well ought to do . ought to do. >> richard, would you care to respond to that ? respond to that? >> well, i mean, i was thinking about trade deals and talked earlier on about the wonderful trade deals that britain has struck since brexit. and when you look at that pacific trade deal signed only a couple of months ago, over the next 20 years, it's to going bring us a return of something like 0.8% increase to our gdp . it really increase to our gdp. it really is rather minor by comparison to the trade that we've lost to europe and the difficulties that engush europe and the difficulties that english people and british people are having in selling their goods to europe now many companies are going bust and thatis companies are going bust and that is the issue we've got to

think about more about the effect of brexit on ordinary british workers and employers workers because they are suffering and that's why they're coming over to us and leaving and to where go. >> so if it's so bad for us, why are our exports to the eu up? >> and now that we've opened up other markets, i wouldn't sneeze at 0.8% increase. i wouldn't sneeze at that . now that we're sneeze at that. now that we're opening up other markets and they all bring their percentage increases , that is going to do increases, that is going to do us a very great deal of good and i think we should look at those positives instead of always coming out with blaming brexit for everything. and that is part of the trouble. the gina miller's side has gone away with and so have some remainers in parliament have got away with blaming brexit every time anything goes wrong. as if there was no covid, as if there was no ukraine war, as if nothing else had happened in our lives, as if other countries weren't

suffering too. they just blame brexit and that is gradually seeping through and it needs to be countered vigorously. that's down to the brexit years to do. >> richard morley what would you say to that allegation? final word to you that everything bad that happens to britain is because of brexit and nothing goodis because of brexit and nothing good is despite . brexit good is despite. brexit >> well, and he's right in so far as that there have been other factors that have affected the economy, but that has been true across the world. and the point is that in germany we there are much fewer impacts of these other events than there are in britain. and germans can still have a much greater amount of money in their pocket at the end of each month than britons can. for example . it's becoming can. for example. it's becoming more and more widespread across europe now to have rent controls , to stop unscrupulous landlords charging unwarranted amounts of money for ordinary accommoda ation, which is what is

happening all across britain and is causing immense problems. european integration would put an end to that . an end to that. >> okay. and with a final word to you . to you. >> yes. i mean, the idea that germany suffered less from the ukraine war than we did, they were rationing hot water at one point because of their stupid energy policy. so don't please quote germany. as you know, a great model of success because at the moment it's heading towards being a basket case. >> okay. we'll have to leave it there. to both of you. there. thanks to both of you. ann widdecombe and richard morley, of morley, deputy leader of the rejoin pride rejoin eu party. we pride ourselves as goodbye. au revoir. no, he's in france. we pride ourselves here on gb news of listening both sides of the listening to both sides of the story can make your own story so you can make your own own minds that's been sadly own minds up. that's been sadly missing from the mainstream media. i believe since 2016. now you're watching . listen to gb you're watching. listen to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney. there's still a tonne more coming on today's more coming up yet on today's show . but first, let's a show. but first, let's take a look weather with greg. look at the weather with greg. >> the temperatures rising , boxt

>> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. it's all change again through tonight and into sunday. more rain moving in. the winds increasing through the day, but temperatures rising as well. and it's all thanks to this area of low pressure which will fronts will sweep in weather fronts through the course the rest through the course of the rest of weekend into the of the weekend into the beginning next week to the beginning of next week to the tight indicating those tight isobars indicating those strong winds. so we do have some dry weather a time this dry weather for a time this evening, particularly across central eastern areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain eastern areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain the stern areas. but evening, particularly across cen'rain the west areas. but evening, particularly across cen' rain the west pushing jt evening, particularly across cen'rain the west pushing in the rain in the west pushing in as move the early hours. as we move into the early hours. the turning at times, the rain turning heavy at times, particularly hills , particularly across the hills, across scotland parts of across scotland into parts of northern england and wales to temperatures higher than recent nights , generally staying in nights, generally staying in double figures as that mild air moves in and the winds start to pick up, too. so it means a bit of a cloudy start to sunday morning. outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, southwest some southwest england to some glimmers of sunshine for south—east england, northern

parts scotland for a time, parts of scotland for a time, too. and then this rain generally northwards generally moves northwards through turning through the day, turning particularly heavy over the high ground office, warning in ground of met office, warning in force afternoon the force for the afternoon into the evening of scotland. evening for parts of scotland. heavy northern ireland, heavy rain for northern ireland, northern england, two bright spells further south will lift temperatures up to around 21 celsius into monday . we see that celsius into monday. we see that weather system clear away . we're weather system clear away. we're left with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to take us through the day and then it stays unsettled. tuesday and into wednesday as well . further into wednesday as well. further showers tuesday, heavy rain, strong winds likely on wednesday i >> -- >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. and thanks for that on. gb news. and thanks for that update, greg. >> there's loads more coming up on today's show, including yorkshire. locals are having a ball today as the annual dog fest begins. gb news yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley has been there raising the woof.

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been reported in the guardian. if implemented, it would mirror new zealand, which is planning to prevent cigarettes being sold to prevent cigarettes being sold to born on or after the to anyone born on or after the 1st of january 2009. and russell brands accused the government of working with big tech to censor him. moves to him. he claims moves to demonetise his social media content have occurred in the context of the online safety bill which has not yet been passed into law. in a video released last night, the comedian thanked his supporters after what he says has been an extraordinarily distress week. it follows allegations of sexual assault that were made against him following a joint investigation by channel 4, the times and the sunday times, which mr brand denies . more on which mr brand denies. more on all of our stories on our website , aukus gbnews.com. and website, aukus gbnews.com. and i'll have more at the top of the houn i'll have more at the top of the hour. now back to . martin hour. now back to. martin >> thank you, aaron. superb stuff . okay. welcome back to gb

stuff. okay. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio show. now, with two days of thrilling dog action set against the backdrop of yorkshire's harewood house, it's no surprise that dog fest is a social highlight of the season festival goers will be having a ball. thanks to world class displays from canine athletes. free expert advice, plenty of treats for furry visitors. well gb news yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley is at harewood house. >> we're here at dog fest in leeds, where thousands of owners and their dogs will be coming to harewood house this weekend to see a variety of things from competitions to shopping stalls to speaking to dog behaviourists as well about the best way to look after their dog. >> and i'm joined by adam femi. >> and i'm joined by adam femi. >> he is a dog behaviourist. >> he is a dog behaviourist. >> adam, why is it so important , especially in the light of the recent dog attacks that have happened, to make sure that your

dog is under control when in public? >> firstly, we have a lot more dogsin >> firstly, we have a lot more dogs in the uk currently and it's really, really important that we understand what a dog we've got, type of dog we've got what we're going to of what we're going to ask of our dogs. today we ask our dogs dogs. so today we ask our dogs to shops, pubs, to go to coffee shops, pubs, these things. to go to coffee shops, pubs, the dog things. to go to coffee shops, pubs, the dog ofiings. to go to coffee shops, pubs, the dog of course, which >> dog fest, of course, which is brilliant. make brilliant. so we need to make sure owners we're sure as owners we're responsible, our responsible, we're training our dogs we're letting dogs properly, we're not letting them example, them get obsessive. for example, we're thing we're doing the right thing socially. are all really, we're doing the right thing socialiimportant re all really, we're doing the right thing socialiimportant things eally, we're doing the right thing socialiimportant things which really important things which at dog you with. dog fest we can help you with. >> what advice you >> and what advice would you give >> and what advice would you giv> because a lot more people did get dogs in lockdown, didn't they? get dogs in lockdown, didn't the and like you say, that has >> and like you say, that has contributed to population contributed to the population that got . that we've got. >> yeah, we did see a big increase during lockdown with dog ownership . dog ownership. >> and of course, we might be seeing getting dogs that seeing people getting dogs that are working dogs or higher energy dogs maybe training energy dogs and maybe training facilities energy dogs and maybe training facilitiethose times. so people during those times. so people may little bit may have been a little bit behind. but you have got behind. but if you have got a dog got there's dog that's got issues, there's still do. we can still things we can do. we can get to responsible trainers, positive for positive look for good socialising and making sure that we are doing things with our

dog.so we are doing things with our dog. so exercising them properly, them properly properly, feeding them properly and events like dog fe st. fest. >> and is necessarily , you >> and is it necessarily, you know, particular breed that is know, a particular breed that is behaves better than others or is it just the way that you train dog? >> we're looking at making sure that owners understand their dog's genetics and understand i often many people's often go on, go to many people's houses looking at things often go on, go to many people's hourobsessive looking at things often go on, go to many people's hourobsessive behaviours, things like obsessive behaviours, anxiety. if we've got these things, we need to seek professional behaviour advice. we need to make sure that we're aware them not waiting we need to make sure that we're awtthings hem not waiting we need to make sure that we're awtthingshem wrong waiting we need to make sure that we're awtthingshem wrong .naiting we need to make sure that we're awtthings hem wrong . that's for things to go wrong. that's important understanding body important and understanding body language, these sorts of things are really, really are also really, really important. so do your research, make you understand make sure that you understand your dog, life your individual dog, its life stage and the environments and the you're going to be the context you're going to be putting your dog into. the context you're going to be putand your dog into. the context you're going to be putand your dogyour». the context you're going to be putand your dogyour favourite >> and what is your favourite thing dog fest ? thing about coming to dog fest? >> helping people >> i love helping people understand that's understand their dogs. that's my passion, to how passion, teaching people to how play passion, teaching people to how play their dogs properly, play with their dogs properly, feed dogs properly feed their dogs properly and have lots do have fun. there's lots to do here dog and that's what here at dog fest and that's what we want people to get we want. we want people to get the best out of dogs. the best out of their dogs. >> much, adam. so, >> thank you so much, adam. so, yeah, lot of people yeah, certainly a lot of people at fest weekend at dog fest this weekend in harewood house doesn't that look

just magnificent ? just magnificent? >> okay, well, lots of you have been getting in touch with our big topic of the day. it's really rankled you this and that's andrew says this, that's hs2. andrew says this, there was no way that a fast train line was ever going to be built. they would be better off connecting it to the west coast main line and adding capacity because it won't work on its own . tiger says this so instead of being a to manchester euston high speed train, it will be from birmingham to six miles outside london. it just about sums up the tories as they over promise and under deliver whilst still costing more than estimated. in fact, that's a great point. tiger so far 100 billion and rising. king charlie says this this argument should have happened ten years ago. for now , it is a training ground for now, it is a training ground for future engineers who will go on to other projects. the amount of money spent means it's too far down the line to turn back. it has to be finished properly for

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gb news radio. and welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. >> now king charles with au revoir to france. after a successful three day state visit there , matisse boarded the plane there, matisse boarded the plane after receiving an ecstatic reception in bordeaux yesterday, where they tucked into the local fromage and, of course, enjoyed a glass of the local plonk. well our royal correspondent, cameron walker looks back on the king's visit to france . she's a baller visit to france. she's a baller gracious me, lord litvinenko covid gracious me, lord litvinenko covm king. covm king. >> covm king. >> the covm king. >> the same that he did . >> the same that he did. >> the same that he did. >> history shared and a future to build the king and queen officially welcomed to france by president macron and his wife dunng president macron and his wife during a rare ceremony at

paris's arc de triomphe . yeah paris's arc de triomphe. yeah how are you? french crowds delighted that a king is back on french soil . their last monarch french soil. their last monarch forced out of this place in the 17005 forced out of this place in the 1700s before meeting his fate at the guillotine. but king charles and queen camilla had a much more friendly welcome at the palace of versailles, a magnificent state banquet hosted in their honour. and, of course , by president pompidou , hosted , by president pompidou, hosted my mother here at the palace of versailles on her second state visit in 1972 to i was reminded recently that when she returned the courtesy with dinner for the president and madame pompidou at the hotel de charost, they ran into a little more difficulty . into a little more difficulty. >> our embassy tried to bring several cases of english wine over from hampshire for the banquet ,

over from hampshire for the banquet, only to be over from hampshire for the banquet , only to be prevented by banquet, only to be prevented by a customs official at orly work hard, play hard for the queen and madame macron. >> after a comfortable win from the first lady, the pair launched a new uk—france literary prize , celebrating the literary prize, celebrating the importance of breeding and the ties between britain and france . it resident madame le president. meanwhile, the king became the first member of the british royal family to address french senators from their chamber. >> this is my 35th official visit to france . each and every visit to france. each and every time i have been struck by the warmth of the welcome i have always received and by the immense good that can be accomplished . when france and accomplished. when france and the united kingdom work together , diplomatic ties strengthened . , diplomatic ties strengthened. >> it took a full minute and a half for the standing ovation to conclude . inside the chamber conclude. inside the chamber with senator eric bocquet, chair

of the france uk friendship group. >> so of course it's great opportunity because britain and france must go on having regular and strong relationship. we are neighbours and we are still you not in the in the european union anymore , but you are still part anymore, but you are still part of europe. okay dover is still the same distance from calais . the same distance from calais. so nothing has changed. the king and queen visited a flower market named after the late queen elizabeth ii, and then a short walk to notre—dame cathedral to meet firefighters who tackled devastating who tackled the devastating blaze in 2019. >> and those working to restore the famous landmark look after french media leaked eco friendly train travel plans. their majesties flew to bordeaux for security reasons . 39,000 british security reasons. 39,000 british expats live in bordeaux, the highest number in france . and highest number in france. and the king and queen visited a british run organic vineyard in the heart of wine country defence was also on the agenda, showing nato strength as the war in ukraine rages on. wherever

the king has been this week , the king has been this week, he's genuinely received a really warm welcome. six months ago, a tour like this would have seemed impossible. buildings literally burning sparks by the french pension riots. the foreign office their majesties to office sensed their majesties to france strengthen relations . france to strengthen relations. whether that now translates into better trading in better trading partnerships in the world remains to the post—brexit world remains to be seen. cameron walker gb news in france magnifique . in france magnifique. >> and join me now is royal broadcaster and commentator ralph rafe heydel—mankoo . ralph, ralph rafe heydel—mankoo. ralph, i just knew you'd be wearing a bow tie for this occasion. it's glorious see ralph glorious to see ralph a tremendous visit, don't you think? the soft power, the entente cordiale. i think it's been a triumph on every level. what's your take? >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> i mean , hugely successful. >> i mean, hugely successful. i mean, just look, in that video package at the length of that standing ovation in the senate, it's impossible to imagine , you it's impossible to imagine, you know, some theoretical british president being greeted with such with such a rapturous reception . and yes, it does go

reception. and yes, it does go to the point of soft monarchy, of soft power . you know, the of soft power. you know, the monarchy is like heineken. it touches the parts that politicians can't can't reach an and, you know, britain does rank second in the world for its soft power status just behind the america and a lot of that is due to the respect and the interest in monarchy that the world in the monarchy that the world has. i think we really must pay credence to that. and it's also, i think, important trip for i think, an important trip for the and queen, particularly the king and queen, particularly because it puts bed the because it puts to bed the argument put out by those who said that the monarchy is international status rested upon the queen's reputation and that the queen's reputation and that the monarchy style would dim without the queen being there. well, we can see firstly in germany with their own rapturous reception towards the king and now in france, that the king is every bit as much of a star as his mother was. and we can't really underestimate the importance that international importance of that international importance. you know, when king george the sixth and queen elizabeth, queen mother, elizabeth, the queen mother, went canada and america in went to canada and america in 1939, they said that trip made

them . and 1939, they said that trip made them .and i 1939, they said that trip made them . and i think the success of them. and i think the success of germany and france has made the king and to . queen king and to. queen >> and ralph, i was very moved from from the very first meeting at the arc de triomphe , the at the arc de triomphe, the military veterans who were present swimming wheelchairs, some very frail french regiments carrying the union flag, the pipers playing out those tunes that would have been heard previously across the battlefields of the somme and of world war ii, and then on to bordeaux on the hms iron duke. bordeaux, of course , the setting bordeaux, of course, the setting of the cockleshell heroes , one of the cockleshell heroes, one of the cockleshell heroes, one of the cockleshell heroes, one of the most significant strategic battles of world war ii. strategic battles of world war il lots strategic battles of world war ii. lots and lots of echoes of history , which i think is history, which i think is wonderful to see. >> yes, of course . >> yes, of course. >> you have to remember that his majesty has made something like 30 official visits to france. many of those were, of course, to visit the important first world war battle field sites and also, of course, to commemorate second world war events that

took place. and so many of those people that he would have seen many of those veterans, he will have known from from previous visits , too. and of course, you visits, too. and of course, you know, he's in his 70s now. so we're talking about a good 50 years that he's paid part of their lives. course , as their lives. of course, as prince of wales, he was colonel in of those in chief of many of those regiments. he's now he of regiments. now he's now he of course commander in chief course he is commander in chief of all of the forces . and of all of all of the forces. and i think it's important that he's now to do this with now being seen to do this with the because the president of france, because we now in this increasingly we know now in this increasingly unstable world that britain and france are europe's two greatest military powers. and the importance of that relation ship is never more important . is never more important. >> yeah, some people are slightly critical that he banged on about climate change a bit too much in the same week as rishi sunak of course did the opposite. but let's let's move on normal business in on back to normal business in many . harry is back on the many ways. harry is back on the front pages of the papers today. a new royal rift between harry and charles, a snub . can you and charles, a snub. can you tell us what that story is about, please? wraith. yes

>> well, the highs and lows here, here we have a story saying that prince harry actually snubbed his father's invitation to spend the anniversary of her late majesty's death with the king and queen at balmoral . this and queen at balmoral. this would have been a great occasion , actually, for some sort of initial steps towards perhaps a reconciliation or a thawing, because as the prince and princess of wales were in wales for their own anniversary commemorations. and so harry could have had a chance to spend this time alone, he decided against it, saying that his itinerary wouldn't allow him to spend time in balmoral, even though he was in the uk. spend time in balmoral, even though he was in the uk . this though he was in the uk. this from a man who we know from his tax returns. works for one hour a week for his archewell foundation . he lives of foundation. he lives a life of idleness on permanent holiday, and his trips to the uk and yet his trips to the uk always seem very rushed. flying in and flying as soon as he in and flying out as soon as he can. surely could have can. he surely could have adjusted schedule to adjusted his schedule to reciprocate and to show, you know , that he's not going to know, that he's not going to reject every single olive branch

that the king magnanimously offers him. and i do say magnanimously because given the amount of venom that harry and meghan have poured in his direction, particularly towards his wife and towards william and kate, it's quite generous of him to have extended this olive branch. >> yeah, i agree . briefly, what >> yeah, i agree. briefly, what do you make of this , this idea do you make of this, this idea that the king has been speaking about climate change in france and he shouldn't really be doing that when politically it's on the agenda back home? well i think actually he's he's correct to doing this. >> he promised us as prince of wales that he would not be a political king. and he's proven that he's not been a political king and he hasn't put a foot wrong. there's nothing wrong wrong. but there's nothing wrong with the sovereign actually having a concern for certain issues and passions . and the issues and passions. and the archbishop of canterbury should take out of the king's take a leaf out of the king's book because king shows how book because the king shows how he can express support for beliefs and causes without being political. that's what the church of england should be doing. okay, there's nothing

wrong the or the wrong with the king or the church speaking about the poor or downtrodden or the or the downtrodden or the environment, so long they environment, so long as they don't government don't criticise government policies . policies. >> okay. rafe heydel—mankoo thank . it's always a thank you. it's always a pleasure living the dickie bow and you've been getting touch and you've been getting in touch with rejoin eu with your views on rejoin eu march course, kind march today of course, it kind of fruity down there. of got a bit fruity down there. malcolm says by every measure brexit has an expected brexit has been an expected disaster for the people marching want for this want to improve things for this country. that's way country. that's one way of putting charlotte says putting it. and charlotte says this of don't want to be this many of us don't want to be part a state. we like part of a large state. we like being in independent and individual country , being part individual country, being part of a large state where other countries become similar. would make life blander. countries become similar. would make life blander . that's it make life blander. that's it from my show today. keep the views coming in, but i've just been joined by nana akua, who's marched into the studio now looking splendid as ever. >> you won't say that. have you seen my fake teeth? >> teeth? what's going on? >> fake teeth? what's going on? >> fake teeth? what's going on? >> i look like a rabbit. >> i look like a rabbit. >> it's really bad. >> it's really bad. >> you probably can't >> oh, so you probably can't tell. can't even tell. but because i can't even tell, a dodgy tooth and tell, i've got a dodgy tooth and a that they moved, i a veneer that they moved, so i have anyway. have to wear temporaries anyway.

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