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it's 3 pm. it's patrick christys . it's gb news. and we christys. it's gb news. and we have some massive breaking news to bring you very, very shortly . to bring you very, very shortly. yes, gb news is signed a huge star. you have to stay tuned to find out who that is. but it is going to send shockwaves through the british media landscape. you're welcome. >> we're also going to be talking about this. >> yes, a broken asylum plan. okay it's turned out that the plan that the government have got at the moment just won't work, isn't working , can't work, isn't working, can't possibly work. who'd have thunk it colour me shocked. we're also going to be talking about this story. yes, that's right. the bbc has admitted bias against us, by the way, it's admitted bias against gb news. again, not a massive shock , is it? but it a massive shock, is it? but it is embarrassing for the beeb. we'll be talking about what this means and the ramifications i'll also discussing now this also be discussing now this incident very incident that very, very interesting. the rugby interesting. this the rugby racism that's taking place. racism row that's taking place. obviously can't some of obviously i can't repeat some of the there , nor would
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the allegations there, nor would i to ever. how ever it is i wish to ever. how ever it is gripping the nation at the moment. and we will be discussing the rugby racism row has tom curry been fundamental really let down? and would it be the same if it was the other way around? patrick christys . gb around? patrick christys. gb news. stay tuned. get those views coming in. vaiews@gbnews.com when i come back, the other side of the bulletins, we're tatiana . we bulletins, we're tatiana. we have a huge announcement for you here at gb news. like i said, it will send shockwaves through the british media. stay tuned. now though, as your headlines . though, as your headlines. >> patrick thank you and good afternoon. 3:01. this is the latest the government's working to help british citizens trapped in gaza . the prime minister has in gaza. the prime minister has been pushing for a humanitarian pause in fighting for the delivery of aid, but he's under
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growing pressure to call for a full ceasefire . hundreds of full ceasefire. hundreds of lawyers have signed an open letter urging rishi sunak to change his position, saying the uk needs to follow international law. shadow environment secretary steve reed justified why labour's not calling for a ceasefire pause allows the aid to go in without stopping israel taking action to disable the terrorists who attack them in the first place. >> a ceasefire would stop israel from doing that and would lead the terrorist capability intact. if they're left with the same capability , i.e. with the bombs, capability, i.e. with the bombs, with the weapons holding. remember, over 200 hostages, then they will go back into israel and they will do this again. that is not keeping people safe and it's not actually keeping people in gaza safe either, because further attacks on israel provoke attacks on israel will provoke further retaliation in israel. >> defence forces says hamas is exploiting innocent gazans using civilians as human shields . it's civilians as human shields. it's after the group said israel's bombing of the territory has
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killed 50 hostages. meanwhile, the israeli military confirmed another 250 airstrikes were carried out over the past 24 hours, targeting hamas. the number of hostages being held by the terrorists stands at 229. hamas says it can't and won't release them until a ceasefire is agreed . earlier, rockets were is agreed. earlier, rockets were fired at israel, a building in southern tel aviv was hit with the missile evading the country's iron dome defence system. three people were injured . the met police says injured. the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic attacks and more than 170 islamophobic attacks over the last week in london, the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel—hamas conflict there are also ten active investigations linked to internet related breaches of the terrorism . act mps are warning terrorism. act mps are warning vulnerable people are being put at risk over plans to clear the asylum backlog. the public
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accounts committee says home office proposals to reform the system are incomplete and unrealistic. at the end of june, there were almost 68,000 cases awaiting a decision. international security and border control expert henry bolton says there's no real plan to resolve the issue . to resolve the issue. >> if you are not processing correctly , you are going fast correctly, you are going fast enough. if you haven't put the resources into it, if you haven't trained your staff adequately, which is the case, then are going to have then you are going to have a problem in terms of accommodation. and so then you end up additional taxpayer end up with additional taxpayer costs there. you know, it is it is mind bogglingly incompr stint of the home office to have put it together like this. there is no plan . meanwhile the education no plan. meanwhile the education secretary, gillian keegan says a serious effort is being made to address the problem . address the problem. >> we have got tough on immigration, we where the people who have introduced new legislation because obviously you have to have the law behind you. we've also obviously had the rwanda policy, which is
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still in the courts, but that is part of the policy. and we've also got returns agreements now with a number of countries and a new agreement with france as well . we're also looking at well. we're also looking at alternatives to hotels to bring that bill down to the taxpayer. so we are the ones taking all of the actions. but there is no doubt this is a huge doubt that this is a huge problem in the united states. >> hundreds of police officers continue to search for a gunman after 18 people were killed in maine. they've named army reservist robert card as a person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous . him as armed and dangerous. residents are being told to stay indoors as the natwest group's decision to shut down nigel farages coutts account showed serious failings. according to the findings of an independent review, it said the bank failed to communicate its decision properly and showed failures of how it treated the gb news presenters confidential information. however the report said the closure was lawful and mainly on commercial reasons.
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said the closure was lawful and mainly on commercial reasons . mr mainly on commercial reasons. mr farage has previously said that coutts had moved to shut his account because his political beliefs did not align with the bank.the beliefs did not align with the bank. the education secretary says there are no cultural problems within her party after a senior mp was arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances . gillian keegan told substances. gillian keegan told gb news most of her colleagues act with integrity. crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday and then released on conditional bail . released on conditional bail. he's been removed from the party and asked to stay away from parliament. the mp says he will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he says he's confident he won't be charged at this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to .
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back to. patrick >> welcome along. i start with some huge breaking news and it's about us. well actually, it's about us. well actually, it's about something that we have gone and done for you this is a massive announcement that will send shockwaves through the british media, upset the delicate broadcast ecology that other people have done so much to inflict on you for decades . to inflict on you for decades. we are the people's channel. we know what the people want. we know what the people want. we know what the people want. we know what you want and we know who you want . know what you want and we know who you want. high >> hi, folks. boris johnson here. >> i'm excited to say that i'm shortly going to be joining you on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new tv channel my unvarnished views on everything from russia, china, the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges to the huge opportunity that lie ahead for us. >> us. >> why? i think our best days
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are yet to come and why, on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global britain , want to see more global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . television. >> that's right. we television. >> that's right . we got television. >> that's right. we got boris done the man who smashed the red wall, the man who won a stonking majority and the man who many people think fell victim to the greatest stitch up since the bayeux tapestry. he's the man that every other news channel wanted, but he's chosen to come to gb news. >> mr speaker , it is not too >> mr speaker, it is not too late to save brexit. >> therefore, i give notice that bofis >> therefore, i give notice that boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party. >> well , my friends. good >> well, my friends. good morning, everybody. my friends. >> well, we did it. we did it. >> well, we did it. we did it. >> i say respectfully to our stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat .
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star hat. >> that's it . star hat. >> that's it. time to put a sock in the megaphone on tonight. we are leaving the european union . are leaving the european union. the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end , but a beginning. this is end, but a beginning. this is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama . act in our great national drama. we must therefore go into a national lockdown, which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. the last place you'd want the prime minister to be at a time of national crisis . of national crisis. >> for boris johnson, this now a deeply personal crisis to his coronavirus . symptoms worsen. coronavirus. symptoms worsen. and tonight he was moved into the intensive care unit . the intensive care unit. >> but that was not a party. >> but that was not a party. >> i was there too. >> i was there too. >> i was there too. >> i haven't said it was a party. mrjohnson well, >> i haven't said it was a party. mr johnson well, you did actually, earlier on. >> people who say that we were partying in lockdown simply do not they are talking not know what they are talking about. did wittingly or about. i did not wittingly or recklessly mislead parliament.
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it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed. but them's the breaks . the breaks. >> so boris will be joining our team here and he's going to be playing a key role in our coverage of both the uk general election. the next us election, as well. he's going to create and present a new series showcasing the power of great britain. what makes us great? our role around the world, global britain and he may well even be doing his own specials in front of live audiences. he's box office and he's all ours . box office and he's all ours. this is the real deal. gb news who's got boris done . and now who's got boris done. and now it's over to our political editor, christopher hope.
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christopher thank you very, very much. this is massive . much. this is massive. >> yeah, it's a big deal. but patrick, when he left being an mp, he said, hasta la vista , mp, he said, hasta la vista, baby. and no one quite knew what that meant . well, now it means that meant. well, now it means joining gb news for a for a regular programs on our channel to try and stress why he thinks britain can be great again in that clip there he sent us, he talked about how he wants to try and focus on foreign affairs, making britain again. making britain great again. russia. china issues ukraine. i'm sure we'll touch some in some parts on domestic policy, but it is the kind of for many people are not in westminster, not where i'm in westminster, but others. i think he's he's the tonic which some people might missing. i remind you might be missing. i remind you the left office, the numbers when he left office, the numbers when he left office, the tory party was 12 points behind in the polls. now it's 24 points, twice as bad as when he left under a year of british sunak 28 points, according to gb news survey. yesterday so for many, he's the part of the problem of why the tories have
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gone awry. for supporters, certainly not for mps, they have got quite tired of all the ill discipline around his regime. um, but i giving them a um, but i think giving them a voice gb will be voice again on gb news will be quite interesting. i don't know what number 10 might think about it. not an it. of course he's not an mp anymore. he's no political threat says will be threat. but what he says will be interesting and will be setting the weather. the political weather. >> guy won a stonking >> this guy won a stonking majority. okay people might find it difficult to understand, but for some reason, you know, this is incredibly well—educated chap who say was born into immense privilege and all of this stuff just touches the pulse of the nation. smash the red wall down, people love him. people do not like the fact that he was ousted from office. you look at the way the conservative party is languishing in the polls right now and it's easy to see why getting of boris may well getting rid of boris may well have been mistake and he is have been a mistake and he is here, isn't he, to sell a positive vision for britain, for . us yes. >> the party is doing twice as badly now. today as it was when
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bofis badly now. today as it was when boris johnson was removed from office. according to the polls . office. according to the polls. i know labour pilo on labour's side back in as recently as september 2021, they were saying to me privately, when will johnson when he johnson retire? when will he leave ? when will he move on? as leave? when will he move on? as it was , it was tory mps who got it was, it was tory mps who got him door within nine him out the door within nine months in degree panic that months in a degree of panic that led being appointed led to liz truss being appointed and removed as leader as and then removed as leader as well until sunak was well until rishi sunak was appointed about a year ago this week. i it will be week. i think it will be a reminder for lot of tory reminder for a lot of tory supporters, us and others who voted back 2019. what voted for him back in 2019. what they're missing, 13 million people voted for johnson's party, the tories. then it won't be that many at the next election. judging by polls. >> oh, absolutely. look, let me election. judging by polls. >> you absolutely. look, let me election. judging by polls. >> you throughly. look, let me election. judging by polls. >> you through it look, let me election. judging by polls. >> you through it again.let me election. judging by polls. >> you through it again. if: me run you through it again. if you're just joining us, if the words just gone around you, whatsapp twitter whatsapp groups or on twitter and joining us now. and you're just joining us now. yes. eyes are deceiving yes. your eyes are not deceiving you.the yes. your eyes are not deceiving you. the breaking news, it you. the big breaking news, it concerns but really it concerns us, but really it concerns us, but really it concerns concerns what's concerns you. it concerns what's on you now viewer on offer for you now as a viewer or a listener here on gb news. we have gone out and we have
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signed boris johnson, the man that everybody wanted. that everybody else wanted. we've him. boris is we've gone and got him. boris is going be joining the new going to be joining in the new yean going to be joining in the new year. he's going to be year. okay. he's going to be playing a key role in the channel's of both uk channel's coverage of both uk general election and the us elections next year. he's going to a to create and present a new series. going to showcase series. he's going to showcase the power britain, global the power of britain, global britain. big on britain. we know he's big on that, especially after everything he's done with everything that he's done with ukraine. with ukraine. he's relationship with the as well. but i think this the us as well. but i think this is the exciting is probably the most exciting bit. wait and see bit. we'll have to wait and see exactly how this pans but exactly how this pans out, but it's occasional special all in front audiences around front of live audiences around the uk. so know, gb news the uk. so you know, gb news viewers and regulars and stalwarts with us stalwarts who've been with us from know, you from the start. you know, you can the opportunity can now have the opportunity quite possibly to go and see bofisin quite possibly to go and see boris in the flesh. boris has said he's going to be said that he's going to be giving remarkable tv giving this remarkable new tv channel unvarnished views on channel my unvarnished views on everything china, everything from russia, china, the ukraine. we're the war in ukraine. look, we're very, happy to have him. we very, very happy to have him. we know from the inbox the emails that i have in front of me every single minute of every single show that i do, this is the guy that you want it. this is the guy that you wanted to come on
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and present a show here and present you. he's present content for you. he's the one that i think a lot of you still wish was probably in at number but christopher, at number 10. but christopher, you will you know, people will be snarling be snarling at this. there'll be some other people out there right now i think right now going, i think possibly through gritted teeth, turning with turning slightly green with envy, saying, i can't believe they've this. oh, they've gone and done this. oh, and they'll sneering at it. and they'll be sneering at it. he a controversial figure. he is a controversial figure. >> not liked >> he's marmite. he's not liked by lot of people, but others by a lot of people, but others but people like him really do like him. i when i when he like him. i was when i when he was mayor, on was london mayor, i went on a trip north with him, of trip up north with him, of course, before in office. course, before he was in office. and of course then issues followed that with partygate. but people they him, but people out, they like him, they he passes that that they for me, he passes that that wet tuesday night stoke test. wet tuesday night in stoke test. if pulls up who gets off? if a bus pulls up who gets off? if a bus pulls up who gets off? if it's mr sunak mr starmer not so many . if if it's mr sunak mr starmer not so many. if it's boris if it's mr sunak mr starmer not so many . if it's boris johnson, so many. if it's boris johnson, a crowd will gather. not all be as big as fans, but he does stir stir the heart of the nation in a way, i think that other politicians don't. and that's why mps are glad he's why a lot of mps are glad he's not around it was not around because it was difficult to manage him and to control him. course, he was
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control him. of course, he was in disciplined of in ill disciplined in parts of his the big calls his office. he got the big calls right, you could say in office he leading on ukraine before he was leading on ukraine before he was leading on ukraine before he down. of course, don't he stood down. of course, don't forget vaccine programme as forget the vaccine programme as well. think he well. he led on that. i think he is someone who will be setting the political weather for another ten years or 20 years or the political weather for ano and ten years or 20 years or the political weather for anoand ten ybe�*s or 20 years or the political weather for anoand ten ybe�*s or 2(it/ears or the political weather for ano and ten ybe�*s or 2(it right or so, and he'll be doing it right here on gb news. >> he will be, absolutely and it's what he brings with him as well. the of people well. it's the kind of people that with him the that he brings with him and the kind content we can now kind of content that we can now give to our viewers to our give to our viewers and to our listeners. a result, a man listeners. as a result, a man who, you know, for many people was be the people's was deemed to be the people's prime minister who still, especially people north, prime minister who still, espethis.y people north, prime minister who still, espethis.y again,ple north, prime minister who still, espethis.y again, something h, and this is again, something that i think other outlets that i think other media outlets fail recognise are so fail to recognise they are so obsessed the westminster obsessed with the westminster minutiae, the london centric approach. they forget that not only is there a bigger world out there, there's actually a much bigger there. bigger country out there. there are communities out there are huge communities out there that feel fundamentally unrepresented covid by the media landscape and boris johnson punched through that red wall and that's what we're going to hope to do here as well. but
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christopher, you alluded to the idea that maybe, just maybe number 10 won't be too happy about this. what's what's the reaction? done well reaction? we've done quite well to keep this under wraps, i'll be with you. so they are be honest with you. so they are finding out about this along be honest with you. so they are findi thenut about this along be honest with you. so they are findi the restbout this along be honest with you. so they are findi the rest 0th this along be honest with you. so they are findi the rest of theiis along be honest with you. so they are findi the rest of the nationg with the rest of the nation right now. >> well, we haven't asked them. i when we go i can imagine that when we do go to them, they'll shrug their shoulders and say, well, you know, it's the media. he's a former good luck to former politician. good luck to him. a free him. you know, it's a free country. off, off, he country. and off, off, off he goes. mean, i think he you goes. but i mean, i think he you know, he is someone who who does feel he's got unfinished business said, business in politics. he said, hasta vista, baby, at the hasta la vista, baby, at the despatch in last private despatch box in his last private minister's questions. be minister's questions. that'll be me. back. the way, me. i'll be back. by the way, patrick. soon. is patrick. he'll be back soon. is the idea. i mean, that's the point. i mean, he thinks he's got in him. he feels. got more in him. he feels. i know that he does feel that the northern red wall seats you talked there, there were talked about there, there were many for tory many people voted for the tory party was their party because he was their leader. and they wonder he thinks really been thinks he hasn't really been out there in the past few there for them in the past few years, his years, levelling up with his idea, increased spending in the north i think that's north of england. i think that's
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the and i think this is a the point. and i think this is a chance maybe for him to give them a to get their say them a chance to get their say out wonder whether out there. and i wonder whether where might lead him. he where it might lead him. he might. might stir might. he might it might stir him got quite him again. he's got quite bruised year, i think, with bruised last year, i think, with being thrown up by his own tory mps. starts meeting mps. but when he starts meeting with news viewers, meeting mps. but when he starts meeting with red news viewers, meeting mps. but when he starts meeting with red wall; viewers, meeting mps. but when he starts meeting with red wall voters, �*s, meeting mps. but when he starts meeting with red wall voters, he neeting mps. but when he starts meeting with red wall voters, he might; with red wall voters, he might get him going again and maybe he's back in politics before long. >> who knows? yeah, i'll tell you business, you what he's back in business, that's look, that's for sure. look, christopher, thank you very, very hope very much. christopher hope there. political there. gb news is political editor. i've got editor. just quickly, i've got the inbox in front of me now and i want to give a flavour how the inbox in front of me now and i wethisa give a flavour how the inbox in front of me now and i wethis is. ive a flavour how the inbox in front of me now and i wethis is. i've| flavour how the inbox in front of me now and i wethis is. i've gotvour how the inbox in front of me now and i wethis is. i've got emails how big this is. i've got emails coming in from all over the world in georgia, usa. i'm watching patrick christie's on gb youtube. thank you gb news via youtube. thank you very congratulations on very much. congratulations on getting prime minister getting former uk prime minister bofis getting former uk prime minister boris fantastic. boris johnson to sign fantastic. so for johnson. so pleased for boris johnson. omg excited omg says debs. i'm so excited for johnson gb news. for boris johnson on gb news. i love i would marry him love him. i would marry him tomorrow. debs. know what? tomorrow. debs. you know what? you be able to propose you might be able to propose to him does some live shows him if he does some live shows for us here, so you could turn up it's non—stop. this up to those. it's non—stop. this great news can't wait. this is bofis
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great news can't wait. this is boris natural home. great news can't wait. this is boris a natural home. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck natural home. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck ofatural home. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck of ajral home. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck of a lot home. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck of a lot ofnme. great news can't wait. this is boris a heck of a lot of this. there's a heck of a lot of this. i've been an avid viewer of your network. the best news network. this is the best news that i have had. nick has been in touch. it's non—stop. so, yeah, joining us, yeah, if you're just joining us, gb signed boris johnson gb news has signed boris johnson there go. look, you can there we go. well, look, you can email keep those emails coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. we're going to to olivia utley going to go to olivia utley very, very shortly, who is, of course, another one of our political correspondents. and after that, we're going to be heanng after that, we're going to be hearing from nigel farage as well. but numerous mps have branded the government's own plans to cut the asylum backlog incomplete and unrealistic as they warn the efforts to do so will only worsen the current crisis . as the public's accounts crisis. as the public's accounts committee has warned that adequate safeguards are not in place to protect against the risks to vulnerable people that genuine claimants may not have their asylum application viewed properly, but the report also claims that the home office has no credible plan to end the use of hotels for migrants and faces a huge challenge to meet rishi sunak's pledge to do so . i don't
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sunak's pledge to do so. i don't know about you, but i'm looking fonnard to seeing boris johnson's on this a little johnson's views on this a little bit later on on gb news. but joining now is our political joining me now is our political correspondent, utley correspondent, olivia utley olivia, so olivia, thank you very much. so earlier week, we had earlier on in the week, we had we're going to cut down on the amount of migrant hotels there are. we're going at are. we're to going shut at least them. we're cutting least 50 of them. we're cutting back. the crossings are down 30. and we've got out. and then today we've got out. there's no plan. actually, there's no plan. and actually, we still going be we hotels are still going to be used. what happening ? used. what was happening? >> absolutely. a few days >> well, absolutely. a few days ago, we had a sort of bombastic speech from the immigration minister, robert jenrick, saying that six months he that over the next six months he would down 100 hotels for would close down 100 hotels for migrant use . there are 400. just migrant use. there are 400. just a quick reminder, 400 hotels across the country which are being used to house 50,000 migrants at a cost of £8 million a day to the taxpayer. now, of course, robert jenrick announcement that these hotels are going to be phased out was greeted very, very, very warmly by conservative by the conservative backbenchers. of whom are backbenchers. all of whom are deeply concerned about this £8 million a day bill for the taxpayer . well, the problem is
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taxpayer. well, the problem is that report from a that this report from a cross—party group of mps has really poured cold water on robert jenrick plans. they say that his claim that he'll be able to start closing hotels because they're processing asylum claims quicker than they were before tom moore is nonsense. they argue. i'm paraphrasing a little bit here. they didn't quite say it was nonsense, but they argue that actually what they're doing is just rushing claims through. and so happens is a genuine so what happens is a genuine asylum seekers claims get overlooked and b this huge, huge black backlog that we've got nearly 100,000 people who are waiting on average over a year, 430 days to get their asylum claims processed. this backlog moves from the home office to the courts. it doesn't disappear. people who've had their asylum claim rejected simply take the issue to the courts and you get a huge, huge backlog in the courts. finally, some of them will get through and they'll go back into the backlog the home office. so backlog at the home office. so essentially, this report suggests jenrick suggests that no robert jenrick is . home office, the
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is wrong. the home office, the home office's to sure home office's plan to make sure that these migrants are processed faster, make sure these able to close. these hotels are able to close. it's just really going to it's just not really going to work . work. >> olivia, thank you very much. well, and i think, you well, summarise and i think, you know, again, i that people know, again, i know that people are hearing about the are sick of hearing about the small boats crisis , about small boats crisis, about migrant hotels, about the asylum backlog , and i get that. but the backlog, and i get that. but the point is they're sick of it because nothing seems to be being done about it. olivia utley they're gb news a political now, political correspondent. now, look, come, nigel look, still to come, nigel farage natwest de—banking farage on natwest de—banking fiasco . the bank made serious fiasco. the bank made serious failings when it denied the gb news presenter a bank account. we this and we will we all know this and we will find out why. nigel has described report as described the report as a whitewash and if you are just tuning in right now and you're wondering why gb news is trending and why boris johnson is trending well , that is is trending well, that is because gb news has signed boris johnson . we know what you wanted johnson. we know what you wanted and we went out and got boris done patrick christys gb news business news
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>> the camilla tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on . sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news. >> heck of a lot to go out today. isn't there? natwest group's decision to shut down nigel farage coots account showed serious failings in its treatment of the gb news presenter. that's according to an independent review. it found that closure of his account that the closure of his account did follow bank's did not follow the bank's policies. also revealed that policies. it also revealed that the bank's decision was lawful under predominantly commercial reasons. well, look, nigel has
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described the report as a whitewash , so we're going to be whitewash, so we're going to be talking to him about that. we are, of course, also going to be talking to him about the other big the day, which gb big news of the day, which is gb news the one and only news signing the one and only bofis news signing the one and only boris johnson. i imagine that might create quite an interesting between interesting dynamic between these powerhouses these two powerhouses of british politics. nigel joins me politics. but nigel joins me now. very much. politics. but nigel joins me now. farage very much. politics. but nigel joins me now. farage let's very much. politics. but nigel joins me now. farage let's start'ery much. politics. but nigel joins me now. farage let's start with nuch. nigel farage let's start with the whitewash of the report then. so what do you make of it? what's gone on for you ? what's gone on for you? >> well, we were told the report would be independent and then i saw that travers—smith , a city saw that travers—smith, a city law firm, had been appointed to look into this case. >> and when you realise that the emeritus chair of that firm, chris hale , is somebody who chris hale, is somebody who described the brexit campaign and those that campaigned in it as as racists and xenophobes , i as as racists and xenophobes, i began to wonder just how independent it would be. but what we see as far as dame alison rose is concerned is a complete and utter whitewash. this was not an honest mistake.
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we all make honest mistakes. we all say things and think, oh gosh, i shouldn't have done that. but here's the point . and that. but here's the point. and it was at a dinner when she sat next to the bbc's business correspondent simon jacques, that she said i bank with coutts and that i'd been cancelled because it didn't have sufficient funds the next day. so simon jacques rang her up and said, look, this was said last night over a glass of wine . are night over a glass of wine. are you okay with me going public with this? and she said, yes. so it wasn't an honest mistake . and it wasn't an honest mistake. and frankly, she and the bank are guilty of malabar ministration at every level they have tried to lie their way out of all of this and it doesn't wash the market says that also this morning. so as far as she's concerned, it's a whitewash . on concerned, it's a whitewash. on the procedural side of it, they do say there were some serious errors. and isn't it extraordinary , the letter that i extraordinary, the letter that i got tells me my accounts would be closed with no explanation came on the same headed paper. they used for people they
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suspect of financial crime and that tells you all you need to know about the culture that alison rose had overseen and encouraged at natwest. i mean, just look at the things they were saying about me. they were going to push me out of a moving car. chuck a milkshake over me. i mean, this really was really very, very close to a form of political hate against somebody that involved with the that was involved with the brexit campaign and the russia stuff just drives me mad. patrick i mean, the subject access report mentioned russia 144 times. so you can see they were trying to build up their own prejudice narrative. the fish rots from the head down. alison rose must not walk away from this job. with £11.3 million, 40% of it provided by us, the taxpayer. and i also believe that howard davies sir howard davies, the chairman, has been utterly incom efficient throughout and he should not be allowed to see out his term until the end of next spring. >> okay. i mean , strong stuff >> okay. i mean, strong stuff
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there, nigel. i don't think that many people, possibly apart from those literally directly involved, disagree with involved, would disagree with you got to ask you you there. i've got to ask you about the big news of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|forhe big news of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us big news of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us here big news of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us here asg news of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us here as anews of the you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us here as a channel:he you there. i've got to ask you ab0|for us here as a channel gb day for us here as a channel gb news we have announced now that we have boris done. we've we have got boris done. we've signed boris johnson. i think it's fair to say that everybody else wanted we've actually else wanted him. we've actually gone and got him. what do you make of you've a make of that? you've had a couple with him in couple of run ins with him in your time, haven't you? i is this to in office? this going to be in the office? oh you know, i've known oh look, you know, i've known bofis oh look, you know, i've known boris 30 years. >> mean, i knew boris when he >> i mean, i knew boris when he was journalist and was a journalist and i was working in the city of london. i've always enjoyed his company, always company. always enjoyed his company. i might somewhat might have been somewhat critical what he did as prime critical of what he did as prime minister, that's a minister, but that's that is a different kettle of fish . i different kettle of fish. i think coming to gb news think boris coming to gb news doing programs will be highly entertaining thing and that's perhaps an understatement. >> yes. no, absolutely . >> yes. no, absolutely. definitely. i think it's a massive, monumental signing for us. he's going to be talking britain up as well. i think talking about global britain and nigel, i think in the current
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climate, it's to bogged climate, it's easy to get bogged down in the negatives. easy down in the negatives. it's easy if to other news if you tune in to other news outlets to hear the bad outlets to only hear the bad stuff. is going wrong. stuff. this is going wrong. britain's histories britain's awful, our histories appalling. you know, now we've got we're going to have got you and we're going to have bofis got you and we're going to have boris as well, hopefully boris johnson as well, hopefully talking bit . talking us up a bit. >> yeah, i mean, look , you know, >> yeah, i mean, look, you know, this stuff about britain's history being so vile and so awful. we'll have a look at our european neighbours. every single one of them. so we do need to try and change that narrative. slaven we all the rest mean, compared to rest of it. i mean, compared to the rest of europe, we can hold our high. and terms of our heads high. and in terms of modern britain, look, there are great about great frustrations about government, there government, but still there is still something about the uk that entrepreneurial and that is entrepreneurial and outward looking. and in many ways we as a people are much more tolerant than most people in the world. so yeah , you're in the world. so yeah, you're right. you know, it's time we did start talking britain up nigel farage there is a very excited about the news of boris johnson and less so of course
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about what he's hearing about coutts and natwest. >> nigel thank you very very much. nigel farage okay much. nigel farage right. okay look, loads of emails coming in. it's for me to deal it's far too many for me to deal with one go. go to the with in one go. i'll go to the inbox shortly. vaiews@gbnews.com. and it's because you could see that breaking news there if you're watching us on tv, youtube, watching us on tv, on youtube, etcetera. listening on etcetera. if you're listening on radio, tell you gb radio, i'll just tell you gb news gone signed boris news has gone and signed boris johnson. he's going to be doing election coverage for us. he's going to talking about global going to be talking about global britain. going britain. he's also going to be doing, as we understand it anyway, a of potentially anyway, a couple of potentially live audience shows well. live audience shows as well. you're going get lot of you're to going get a lot of bang your buck from boris bang for your buck from boris johnson. gbviews@gbnews.com johnson. so gbviews@gbnews.com is that email address? there's loads come between loads more still to come between now because the now and 4:00 though, because the bbc's impartiality has bbc's record on impartiality has been questioned after it admitted breached its admitted that it breached its own when reporting on us own rules when reporting on us chakkara wells . have they chakkara wells. have they breached? it's not hamas breached? it's not just hamas that's got them in hot water, is it? but first, your latest it? but first, it's your latest headunes it? but first, it's your latest headlines with alan armstrong . headlines with alan armstrong. >> it's 332.
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>> it's 332. >> i'm aaron armstrong . >> i'm aaron armstrong. >> i'm aaron armstrong. >> let's get you up to date with the headlines. >> the government is working to help british citizens trapped in gaza. prime minister has gaza. the prime minister has been pushing humanitarian been pushing for a humanitarian pause the pause in fighting for the delivery of aid, but he's under growing pressure to call for a full ceasefire. hundreds of lawyers have signed an open letter urging rishi sunak to change his position, saying the uk must follow international law . the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic and 170 islamophobic attacks over the last week in london. the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel—hamas conflict. >> there are also ten active investigations linked to internet related breaches of the terrorism act and in the united states, authorities say they're chasing more than 500 leads as they try to track down an army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in maine. >> they've named robert cod as a person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous. authorities are now checking
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rivers close to where they found his car with divers in their efforts to locate the suspect . efforts to locate the suspect. >> and more on all of our stories on our website, gb news.com. stories on our website, gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a look at the markets today. the pound will buy you $1.2158 and ,1.1483. >> gold will cost you £1,632.90 per ounce. per ounce. >> per ounce. >> 50,100 is at 7315 point rosler and gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . at the gb news financial report. at thank you, aaron. >> now i'm going to remind you
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of that huge breaking news. it is about us. well, i mean, really, it's kind of about you, isn't it? because this is a massive announcement that has already sent shockwaves through the british media landscape. it's it's it's set tongues wagging. it's upset that delicate upset that the delicate broadcaster ecology and that is exactly what are supposed to exactly what we are supposed to be doing. okay. make no be doing. okay. we make no excuses for being disruptors and doing slightly doing things slightly differently. else has differently. everybody else has had and they had their chance, okay? and they can it. we're not can still do it. we're not stopping doing it. we're stopping them doing it. we're doing differently to doing it differently. we want to be channel. we are be the people's channel. we are the channel. to the people's channel. we like to think what you want. and think we know what you want. and of , we definitely know of course, we definitely know who want. who you did want. >> hi, folks. boris johnson here. >> i'm excited to say that. i'm sure going to be joining you on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new new tv channel my unvarnished views on everything from russia, china , the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us. why i think our
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best days are yet to come and why on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global britain, not less . so global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . great british television. >> go, boris. there we go . all >> go, boris. there we go. all right. so fantastic signing , i right. so fantastic signing, i think. thank you very much, everybody who's emailing in. keep those coming. gb news. what a fabulous new signing of boris johnson. i'm elated with this news. well done. from news. well done. you that's from carol. what, though? carol. you know what, though? there's a couple coming in i find really interesting. and this of the this is actually part of the reason why i think reason genuinely why i think it's good signing. boris it's such a good signing. boris johnson everybody's cup johnson is not everybody's cup of tea. i mean, absolutely not everybody's say of tea. i mean, absolutely not eve least. 's say of tea. i mean, absolutely not eve least. right say of tea. i mean, absolutely not eve least. right deeply say the least. right deeply controversial with with a controversial figure with with a deeply controversial in controversial figure with with a deepljregardsyersial in controversial figure with with a deeplj regards as;ial in controversial figure with with a deeplj regards as well. in controversial figure with with a deeplj regards as well. really many regards as well. really fascinating individual. you know, one of a massive majority at the election undoubtedly has some great qualities. but also, you , let's put his foot in you know, let's put his foot in it from time to time and some people are emailing in right now to say, look, i'll continue to watch the or continue to watch the show or continue to
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watch the show or continue to watch channel, but i'm a bit watch the channel, but i'm a bit annoyed. say that, you annoyed. they say that, you know, johnson, didn't know, boris johnson, they didn't like everything he did as prime minister. higher hopes like everything he did as prime mirhim '. higher hopes like everything he did as prime mirhim'. what higher hopes like everything he did as prime mirhim'. what higdelivered. for him than what he delivered. they're saying this, you know, some the small boats crisis some of the small boats crisis happened his we've got happened on his watch. we've got people here pointing he is a people here pointing out he is a bit bit of a greeny, isn't bit of a bit of a greeny, isn't he? he is very, very environmental and environmental conscious. and i know people feel as know that some people feel as though rush towards though the headlong rush towards net the best thing net zero was not the best thing in well, you're in the world. fine. well, you're going have the chance now to going to have the chance now to grill it yourself. can email going to have the chance now to grilldirectlyself. can email going to have the chance now to grilldirectly right can email going to have the chance now to grilldirectly right herein email going to have the chance now to grilldirectly right here atzmail going to have the chance now to grilldirectly right here at gb il him directly right here at gb news. you might be able to go and get to meet him. actually, if doing live shows, you'll if he's doing live shows, you'll certainly his take. certainly get to hear his take. and be able put him on and we'll be able to put him on the spot, won't we? as well, of course, as produce some really good out that guys good content out that you guys care you very care about. so thank you very much, everybody. we do much, everybody. we really do care here. we knew care about you here. and we knew that wanted it. okay? every that you wanted it. okay? every other wanted boris other news channel wanted boris johnson. the ones who got johnson. we're the ones who got bofis johnson. we're the ones who got boris done. but now much said boris done. but now much is said about impartiality, isn't it? some it the gold some even call it the gold standard for the but that's standard for the bbc, but that's been brought seriously into question today because the corporation has admitted to
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launching attack on gb launching a biased attack on gb news that it's news and said that it's newsnight programme breached its own so the own editorial standards. so the programme, which focussed on some comments made some of the comments made by laurence wootton laurence fox on dan wootton tonight, received multiple complaints from outraged members of claimed that of the public who claimed that the had the debate was one sided. we had mp philip davies didn't. we says that he received many complaints from his constituents in shipley. he's now referred the matter is the matter to ofcom, which is the media watchdog. joining me now is the spokesperson for the free speech union. it's benjamin jones. speech union. it's benjamin jones . benjamin, thank you very, jones. benjamin, thank you very, very much . great to have you on very much. great to have you on the show. so the bbc decided that something that happened here at gb news was in the best interest of the nation to be beamed out there on newsnight. and in order to do that, they basically got three people, unquestionably a presenter, who all had the same view and tried to give us an absolute kicking and shock horror. it turned out that that might have broken the rules . rules. >> well, what's even more extraordinary about it is that the bbc has now taken one month
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to admit what was perfectly obvious to anybody who saw the original segment that you've just described. >> it was completely transparent that the panel was biased, that it was not impartial by any stretch of the imagination. >> but anyone who's gone through the process of trying to get the bbc to admit wrongdoing or to go through bbc complaints through the bbc complaints process knows it's getting process knows it's like getting blood from stone. blood from a stone. >> but this at least, >> but in this case at least, they finally admitted that they have finally admitted that that should have gone that panel should not have gone out in that form . out in that form. >> but it's not just that, is it? i the bbc is in hot it? i mean, the bbc is in hot water generally. i mean, we're nosing it on right now nosing it on this right now because is the kind of because this is the kind of announcement today that bbc announcement today that the bbc has teeth, been has through gritted teeth, been forced admit bias. can just forced to admit bias. can i just say cannot understand for the say i cannot understand for the life of me how this was allowed to happen? if you're going to give someone an absolute kicking, to kicking, if you're going to give us absolute kicking, at least us an absolute kicking, at least make you balance that make sure that you balance that because othennise it's a massive own goal. it's a huge own goal. they've walked straight into it. they've walked straight into it. they've wandered straight into they've walked straight into it. thnlr've wandered straight into they've walked straight into it. thni thoughtiered straight into they've walked straight into it. thni thought itred straight into they've walked straight into it. thni thought it wastraight into they've walked straight into it. thni thought it was fabulous to it. i thought it was fabulous pr for way. so thank you
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for us, by the way. so thank you very much, everybody at new broadcasting house, you've done as there. as an absolute solid there. but the has admitted bias. the bbc has now admitted bias. but just in hot but they're not just in hot water this. it's over water over this. it's over things like oh, it's over things like hamas. oh, it's over left bias in general. i did left wing bias in general. i did a segment them yesterday. a segment on them yesterday. they've on newsround, they've put out on newsround, which is basically a news website kids stories about which is basically a news websi'privilege; stories about which is basically a news websi'privilege ,stories about which is basically a news websi'privilege , presentinth which is basically a news websi'privilege , presenting that white privilege, presenting that as what's wrong with the as fact. what's wrong with the beeb ? beeb? >> well, it's no wonder people are getting sick of and no are getting sick of it and no wonder bbc's threatened by wonder the bbc's threatened by the of gb news and by its the growth of gb news and by its success as in today's announcement just now . announcement just now. >> but there was that phrase used, wasn't there, about disrupting broadcast ecology disrupting the broadcast ecology and that news was upsetting and that gb news was upsetting this balance? well, good on gb news for doing it because gb news for doing it because gb news represents many, many hundreds of thousands, millions of viewers , people, voters of viewers, people, voters across the country whose views are not represented either in politics by mainstream political parties or the legacy media. parties or by the legacy media. >> so it's absolutely right that in any natural system , things in any natural system, things have to evolve, adapt and change. and that's what the old
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media has to contend with, and it needs to do a lot better. and the bbc really has, i think, deserved the kicking it's got over the last few weeks for its reporting and the misinformation that been distributing, that it has been distributing, particularly with respect to the bombing of the hospital in gaza, which it attributed, of course, to israel , a theory that has to israel, a theory that has been quicker than comprehensively debunked. so we need gb news and other new media outlets to be challenging the legacy media. but the other point that i think that was really important from that particular story about the hospital was the importance of social media in revealing to people what is actually going on. you can see the open source intelligence for intelligence community, for instance , on twitter or as it instance, on twitter or as it now is very quickly establishing and corroborating reports or debunking . debunking. >> oh, there we go. that's fair enough. we were bringing it to a close anyway. it was benjamin jones with the free speech union. look, the bbc is copying it at the moment. for what it's worth, bbc can genuinely
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worth, the bbc can genuinely provide service on provide a good service on certain things , but for me, i certain things, but for me, i just don't really think they understand and recognise their own . you have look own bias. you have to look through iplayer and you can just see everything appears to be done far i can tell from done as far as i can tell from some kind of centre left or rabidly left standard . every rabidly left standard. every single thing appears to be quite easily spun and certainly that newsroom bound article that we were talking about yesterday about presenting white privilege as presented to as fact, it's presented to children . and you know, when children. and you know, when you've got six year olds and seven olds maybe logging on seven year olds maybe logging on to website for first to a news website for the first time their and looking time in their lives and looking at they they don't look at at it, they they don't look at things critically. analyse things critically. they analyse things critically. and i personally that quite personally find that to be quite concerning. gb views a gbnews.com coming the gbnews.com look coming up, the rugby racism rant in which a white player claims that he was racially abused by a black opponent . there's been reports opponent. there's been reports into this. there's been accused of being hung out to dry. it's been accused of being badly let down. there are accusations that there is no way on earth that this would have treated the this would have been treated the
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same if it the other way same way if it was the other way around. have been an around. there'd have been an independent by now, independent inquiry by now, wouldn't would wouldn't there? rugby would be institutional racist by now, wouldn't patrick christys gb wouldn't it? patrick christys gb news, britain's news channel .
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investigation into the alleged racist slur at last saturday's semi—final game, obviously involving england. now world rugby did not continue investigations into the alleged verbal abuse this was directed at tom curry from lamborghini bambi due to insufficient evidence. it is an unexpected development to say the least, actually, because the rfu revealed that it disclosed to the inquiry that curry had also been the victim of the same abuse from the same player. when the rivals clashed at twickenham last november . so there was last november. so there was a bit of history here. now i, for obvious reason, cannot repeat and would not want to, by the way. exactly what was allegedly said to tom curry. but it was i mean, unequivocally racist. and let's be honest with you , if it let's be honest with you, if it was anything if there was a whiff of a suspicion that something like this had happened the other way round, we all know what the result would be by now. don't joining me now is don't we? but joining me now is daily mail rugby reporter alex
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bywater. alex, you very bywater. alex, thank you very much entering fray. much for entering the fray. as we tread minefield of not we tread the minefield of not actually what was actually saying what was allegedly so what is allegedly said but so what is the reaction to this now i must say i was quite surprised that they've just shut the door on it. i mean, am i missing something here? is this non—event? >> well, there's been a full investigation by rugby investigation by world rugby into the event and mbonambi the south african has been cleared. >> he's playing in the world cup final tomorrow. so really, i think that is the end of the matter. okay. just tom curry feel let down. do england feel as though he's been let down? well, there was a strong statement from the rfu yesterday sort of condemning the abuse that curry has faced on on social media, which has really obviously been totally out of order. he reported what he thought he heard on the field at the time . there's absolutely no the time. there's absolutely no way that he should have been targeted personally for saying that the allegation has been cleared, that mbonambi has not
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been found guilty. but that doesn't mean that curry should have taken any flack at all. so i think it was very good that the rfu and sale sharks who are curry's club employers, came out and condemned that . yeah, i mean and condemned that. yeah, i mean they obviously they're backing their man , okay. and there will their man, okay. and there will be a bit of tribalism here and they are not just his team, they're also his employer and that stands for both the rfu and his club team as well. so you would want them, wouldn't you, to come out and back that person. and it is a very partisan thing. any sport is that they that he that said they now say that he was called and this alleged slur twice once last year and once now recently the rugby world cup by the same person and i mean it just starts to look like there's a bit of a pattern there, doesn't it? i don't think you can say that at all, to be honest . you know, there has been honest. you know, there has been two incidences that have been referred to, but we cannot say that there has been a pattern because he's been cleared on this occasion. i don't think this occasion. so i don't think
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that's no. okay. all that's true. no. okay. all right. and you think that right. and do you think that there some justified there is some justified speculation as to whether or not the shoe had been on the other foot here? and something similar had been said or allegedly said that there possibly would have been about it? that's been more done about it? that's not for me to say. i don't want to comment on that. okay. all right. and obviously, the england very disappointed england team very disappointed in general. you know, do you think rugby does enough to combat racism ? again, it's not combat racism? again, it's not for me to comment on whether rugby is doing enough . i think rugby is doing enough. i think the investigation that was carried out by world rugby was clear. that's the result and we have to respect that because there is still no proof that what alleged to have been what was alleged to have been said by mbonambi was true . i said by mbonambi was true. i mean, in general, really, look, we've seen, you know, issues in cricket. we obviously know that football amount. football does a huge amount. they the knee before the they take the knee before the start of the game, etcetera. so, you it you know, in general, when it comes to rugby, has it got normally quite a clean reputation it comes reputation when it comes to stuff like will this have stuff like this? will this have
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been to the world, been a shock to the rugby world, do think? do you think? >> i think it was a shock with the allegation. >> as kind of >> you know, as you've kind of said, rugby doesn't , as far >> you know, as you've kind of sai i'm rugby doesn't , as far >> you know, as you've kind of sai i'm concerned, oesn't , as far >> you know, as you've kind of saii'm concerned, doesn't as far >> you know, as you've kind of saii'm concerned, doesn't have�* as i'm concerned, doesn't have a problem with racism. we very rarely see these sorts of incidents. >> was a shock that >> it was it was a shock that the past incident between a nambi and curry was mentioned world rugby does a lot of stuff to try and combat racism. >> the rfu as well. so i think there is the sport is doing a lot to make sure that this doesn't happen. okay all right, alex, thank you very, very much. alex, thank you very, very much. alex there is a daily alex bywater. there is a daily mail reporter just mail rugby reporter just reacting to that news that essentially no further action will saying will be taken. they're saying that insufficient evidence will be taken. they're saying that courseiicient evidence will be taken. they're saying that course thatt evidence will be taken. they're saying that course that hasidence will be taken. they're saying that course that has to nce will be taken. they're saying that course that has to bet will be taken. they're saying that course that has to be the and of course that has to be the case, doesn't that's all case, doesn't it? that's all anyone to go off. and tom anyone has to go off. and tom curry claims vehemently that he knows what he heard. he's knows what he heard. and he's saying that heard that he was saying that he heard that he was called a racial slur not once, but once from the year but twice, once from the year before , and that something before, and that something arguably should about arguably should be done about that. the rfu has gone into bat for him, his club has gone into bat him. you know, bat for him. and you know, i think there is a serious think that there is a serious
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case to be had there that maybe things would have been taken a little bit more seriously had that other way around. that been the other way around. hopefully find that been the other way around. hop(gbvr find that been the other way around. hop(gbv user find that been the other way around. hop(gbv user gbnews.com find that been the other way around. hop(gbv user gbnews.com is 1d out. gbv user gbnews.com is indeed our email address. i want to just quickly into inbox. to just quickly into the inbox. well done for getting boris. there's a lot here in the inbox at the moment if you are just joining us. yes. okay we have signed boris johnson here at gb news. and in the next hour i'm going to be talking to our political editor, christopher hope, who's got all of the political he political reaction to that. he has tongues have been has the tongues have been wagging. has blown on wagging. twitter has blown up on it. the usual types of very, very upset. but you know what? they watching, though, they will be watching, though, won't but before before won't they? but before before i go hour, usually like to won't they? but before before i go the 1our, usually like to won't they? but before before i go the hour usually like to won't they? but before before i go the hour with ally like to won't they? but before before i go the hour with something end the hour with something a bit something bit bit different, something a bit lighter. is patrick's lighter. and this is patrick's pick of the day. so all by himself. self. yes. a sheep first spotted at the foot of cliffs the shores of a cliffs on the shores of a scottish two years ago, scottish firth. two years ago, has been declared britain's has now been declared britain's loneliest sheep. so there we go. jill turner from brora said that
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she first came across the you while kayaking along the moray firth east highland coast. she believes that she has seen the same sheep again with a very overgrown fleece. oh, look at that. on a recent trip this year saying that it bleated out to her and fellow kayakers, presumably as if it was calling to help. if you are listening on radio, by the way, i'm just going to describe it for you. it is pretty straightfonnard. it's a sheep with a massive overgrown fleece. it's a poor little thing. wonder how it got thing. i wonder how it got there. all on own. there. so it's all on its own. shocking stuff. shocking stuff. anyway, i said, i've anyway, look like i said, i've still loads, loads, loads still got loads, loads, loads more coming your way in the next and well we are going to be to talking political and talking our political editor and get reaction as well talking our political editor and gethat reaction as well talking our political editor and gethat sign. reaction as well talking our political editor and gethat sign. andeaction as well talking our political editor and gethat sign. and gbion as well talking our political editor and gethat sign. and gb news well talking our political editor and gethat sign. and gb news isell to that sign. and gb news is signing that. we've gone and got bofis signing that. we've gone and got boris so we'll be boris johnson, so we'll be talking of that. and talking about all of that. and despite earlier on this week, the government out the government coming out and saying a plan saying we've got a plan to reduce the number of people in migrant asylum seeker reduce the number of people in migran'we're asylum seeker reduce the number of people in migran'we're going asylum seeker reduce the number of people in migran'we're going to ylum seeker reduce the number of people in migran'we're going to slash seeker reduce the number of people in migran'we're going to slash the er hotels, we're going to slash the budget on that and we're going to be reducing that number
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straight away migrant straight away by 5050. migrant hotels. report has hotels. well, a new report has come saying that mps come out today saying that mps have been told that there is actually no credible asylum plan. there is no credible plan to reduce the backlog. therefore, on earth is therefore, what on earth is going going to be going to happen? i'm going to be talking people who very talking to people who are very concerned about concerned, learned about the impending asylum seeker homelessness crisis that is going to be gripping britain . so going to be gripping britain. so we'll talking about all of we'll be talking about all of that. much more. i am that. and much, much more. i am patrick christys . this is patrick christys. this is gb news. and come back, like news. and when i come back, like i said, we'll be getting more of the our big news, the reaction to our big news, our signing. are the our big signing. we are the people's and went our big signing. we are the peo and; and went our big signing. we are the peo and got and went our big signing. we are the peo and got the and went our big signing. we are the peo and got the mand went our big signing. we are the peo and got the man that went our big signing. we are the peo and got the man that theft out and got the man that the people wanted. boris johnson. stay tuned . stay tuned. >> hello again, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. >> showers continuing during the rest of today. >> and in fact, the next few days, more prolonged rain in places, but some clear interludes in between the downpours. pressure is downpours. low pressure is sitting stubbornly to the west of uk , continuing to drive of the uk, continuing to drive showers and longer spells of rain in from the southwest. but those spells of rain are
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becoming stuck once again across eastern scotland they run up eastern scotland as they run up against air over against cold air over scandinavia as a result, the scandinavia and as a result, the rain continues to mount up across eastern scotland and in some parts of north east england as well could cause further impacts. of course, overnight the showers continue elsewhere and some wetter weather for a time. >> in the south east edition. now to the heavy showers . now to the heavy showers. >> so that could cause some issues. first thing saturday. >> but othennise , saturday is a >> but othennise, saturday is a showery day for most of us. the best of any brighter spells, once any early mist clears, will be across the midlands, east anglia, north—east anglia, parts of north—east wales north—west england , wales into north—west england, the northern isles as well, seeing showers , but seeing a few showers, but othennise largely fine, although it windy here. but it will be windy here. but further southwest by end of further southwest by the end of the afternoon , wet and windy the afternoon, wet and windy weather returns , however, it weather returns, however, it will be a little milder compared with friday into sunday. the wet and windy weather sweeps north and windy weather sweeps north and once again, it persists across eastern scotland. elsewhere, the showers continue to interspersed by sunny spells . to interspersed by sunny spells. >> so it's not going to be a
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very good afternoon. it's 4:00pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. and if you've missed it, where have you been? because it's the big breaking news announcement. gb news has signed boris johnson. okay, so we out and got the man that we went out and got the man that every other news channel wanted
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because the people's because we are the people's channel that you channel and we know that you wanted so boris johnson is wanted it. so boris johnson is going to be doing shows. he's going to be doing shows. he's going doing programmes, going to be doing programmes, he's be a variety he's going to be doing a variety of things for here of different things for us here at news. will fill you in at gb news. i will fill you in and we're going to be getting the political reaction to this because we managed keep it because we managed to keep it under about. but our under wraps just about. but our political christopher political editor christopher hope in westminster hope has been in westminster and he's fallout from he's getting the fallout from this announcement. it has undoubtedly surprised quite a few people. other news, undoubtedly surprised quite a few we're). other news, undoubtedly surprised quite a few we're). going other news, undoubtedly surprised quite a few we're). goingothntalking. undoubtedly surprised quite a few wthis.. goingothntalking. undoubtedly surprised quite a few wthis.. gcbroken talking. undoubtedly surprised quite a few anrlier gcbroken talking. undoubtedly surprised quite a few anrlier gcbrcthe talking. undoubtedly surprised quite a few anrlier gcbrcthe talkiane plan. earlier on in the week, we were told we were going to be shutting down some migrant hotels. were hotels. it looked like we were getting to grips with the crisis. down of crisis. 30% down turns of arrivals channel. well, arrivals in the channel. well, now being told that now they're being told that there's really to there's been nothing really to cut backlog. cut the asylum backlog. and actually, have to actually, we might still have to keep hotels. so basically, keep using hotels. so basically, polar opposite just polar opposite messaging just days . classic. we're also days apart. classic. we're also going about this going to be talking about this as the bbc admits bias as well. the bbc admits bias against gb news. yep, they trying to stick the boot in and they've fallen foul, haven't they, doing that . so we will they, of doing that. so we will bnng they, of doing that. so we will bring you up date on what
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bring you up to date on what exactly the bbc has said and what it means for them going fonnard. it fonnard. they're copping it at the with the minute, aren't they, with their reporting on hamas and what's going on in israel and allegations of bias just generally . i think i've got one generally. i think i've got one more for you. have i? i think, yes, there we go. the rugby racism route. now, look, this has divided people and it's divided people in the media world so tom curry world as well. so tom curry claims though he racially claims as though he was racially abused by south african player abused by a south african player not once, but twice. the first incident of those coming in the year previous , well, there was year previous, well, there was an investigation carried out by world rugby. they said nothing doing here. crack on. we can't find any evidence of it. however, was that investigation good enough and would that investigation have been much more thorough if the racism allegations had been the other way around? patrick christie's . way around? patrick christie's. gb news heck of a lot to go out. get your views coming in
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gbviews@gbnews.com on any of that. but the vast majority of the emails today so far have shock horror. b ing about bojo coming to gb news yes, that's right. gb news got boris done, didn't we? vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address. i'll see you after the headlines . after the headlines. >> good afternoon to you. it's a minute past four. >> aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. let's get you up to date with the headlines. demand for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza is being voted on by the united nations. >> in new york, western countries , including the uk, countries, including the uk, have calling for have been calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting instead to allow the delivery of aid into the enclave. >> but arab nations say more needs to be done to help civilians here. the prime minister is under growing pressure to change his position. hundreds signed hundreds of lawyers have signed an urging rishi an open letter urging rishi sunak to ensure the uk follows international law. shadow environment secretary steve reed, though justified why labouris reed, though justified why labour is not calling for a ceasefire pause allows the aid
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to go in without stopping israel taking action to disable the terrorists who attack them in the first place. >> a ceasefire would stop israel from doing that and would lead the terrorist capability intact if they are left with the same capability, with the bombs, with the weapons, hold ing, remember, over 200 hostages, and then they will go back into israel and they will do this again. that is not keeping people safe and it's not keeping people safe and it's not actually keeping people in gaza safe either, because further attacks on israel will provoke action. >> well, israel's defence forces say hamas is exploiting innocent gazans using civilians as human shields . it's after the militant shields. it's after the militant group claimed israel's bombing of the territories killed 50 hostages. the confirmed number of people being held by the terrorists stands at 229 people. hamas says it can't and won't release them until a ceasefire is agreed . meanwhile, the is agreed. meanwhile, the israeli military confirmed another 250 airstrikes have been carried out over the last 24 hours, targeting hamas. rear
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admiral daniel hagar from the idf says hamas is using hospitals as cover. hamas not only endangers the lives of israelis, civilians , but also israelis, civilians, but also exploit in recent gazan civilians as human shield, hamas use of hospitals is a systematic hamas terrorists operate inside hospitals precise because they know the idf distinguishes between terrorists and civilians i >> israel targets terrorists . >> israel targets terrorists. hamas targets israeli civilians and gazan civilians . well, and gazan civilians. well, earlier rockets were fired at israel from gaza. >> a building in southern tel aviv was hit with the missile evading the country's iron dome defence system . three people defence system. three people were injured . the met police were injured. the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic attacks and more than 170 islamophobic attacks over the last week. in london, the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel hamas conflict. there are
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also ten active investigations unked also ten active investigations linked to internet related breaches of the terrorism act in the us authorities say they're chasing more than 500 leads as they try to track down an army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in maine. they've named robert cod as a person of interest . they've described him interest. they've described him as dangerous . divers as armed and dangerous. divers are being deployed to are currently being deployed to search a river close to where the suspect's car was found. maine's public safety commissioner , mike sauschuck, commissioner, mike sauschuck, says there , following all lines says there, following all lines of inquiry . of inquiry. >> while this is going to look like a major focus today with a lot of people, we have a lot of other irons in the fire. so i'm not here saying that the suspect, we know the suspect is in the water and this is what we're doing. i'm telling we're doing. what i'm telling you going to see a lot you is you're going to see a lot of activity here. and i'm going to tell you that advance. to tell you that in advance. we've nothing to hide in we've got nothing to hide in that so then that regard at all. so then you're have some sonar you're going to have some sonar as well that's going to be utilised here. and that can look like couple different like a couple of different things. remote operating
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things. a remote operating vehicle, divers could vehicle, an rov, is divers could use . use that. >> the are warning vulnerable people are being put at risk over plans to clear the asylum backlog. the public accounts committee says home office proposals to reform the system are incomplete and unrealistic . are incomplete and unrealistic. at the end of june, there were almost 68,000 cases awaiting a decision . international security decision. international security and border control expert henry bolton says there's no real plan to resolve the issue . to resolve the issue. >> if you are not processing correctly, you are going fast enough. if you haven't put the resources into it, if you haven't trained your staff adequately, case, adequately, which is the case, then you are going to have a problem in terms of accommodation. and so then you end up with additional taxpayer costs. there you know, it is it is mind bogglingly incompetent of the home office to have put it together like this. there is no plan . no plan. >> however, the education secretary , gillian keegan says a secretary, gillian keegan says a serious effort is being made to address the problem. >> we have got tough on immigration. were the people who have introduced new legislation
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because obviously you have to have the law behind you. we've also obviously had the rwanda policy, which is still in the courts, but that is part of the policy. and we've also got returns agreements now with a number of countries and a new agreement with france as well. we're also looking at alternatives to hotels to bring that bill down to the taxpayer. so we are the ones taking all of the actions. but there is no doubt that this is a huge problem. >> meanwhile, the education secretary says there are no cultural problems within her party after a senior mp was arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances . gillian keegan told substances. gillian keegan told gb news most of her colleagues act with integrity. crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday released on police yesterday and released on conditional bail . he's been conditional bail. he's been removed the party and asked removed from the party and asked to stay away from parliament. the will cooperate the mp says he will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he's confident he won't be charged . that's he won't be charged. that's it for the moment here on gb news. we're live on tv, digital radio on your smart speaker, too. now
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back to . back to. patrick >> well, let's start with that huge breaking news. and it's about us. well, it's kind of about us. well, it's kind of about you, actually. it's what we've gone and done for you. it is a massive announcement. it will send shockwaves through the british will upset the british media. it will upset the delicate ecology delicate broadcast ecology that other have done much other people have done so much to inflict on you decades. to inflict on you for decades. we are the people's channel. we know what the people want and we know what the people want and we know want and we know know what you want and we know who you want it . who you want it. >> hi folks. >> hi folks. >> boris johnson here. >> boris johnson here. >> i'm excited to say that i'm shortly going to be joining you two on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new tv channel my unvarnished views on everything from russia , china, everything from russia, china, the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges to the huge
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opportunity cities that lie ahead for us. why i think our best days are yet to come and why , on the whole, the people of why, on the whole, the people of the world want to see more for global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . great british television. >> well, there we go. that's right . we got boris done, didn't right. we got boris done, didn't we? the man who smashed the red wall, the man who won a stonking majority. the man who many people think fell victim to the biggest up since biggest stitch up since the bayeux who bayeux tapestry. the man who does opinion. he's does divide opinion. he's controversial. man that controversial. he's the man that every other channel, every other news channel, though, despite what they say they about him. what they think about him. what suited he's chosen to suited him. but he's chosen to come to gb news. >> mr speaker , it is not too >> mr speaker, it is not too late to save brexit. >> therefore, i give notice that bofis >> therefore, i give notice that boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party . unionist party. >> well, my friends. good morning, everybody. my friends. >> well, we did it. we did it. i
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say respectfully to our stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat . that's it. stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat. that's it. time to put a sock in the megaphone tonight , a sock in the megaphone tonight, we are leaving the european union . the most important thing union. the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end , but a beginning. not an end, but a beginning. >> this is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama , we must national drama, we must therefore go into a national lockdown , which is tough enough lockdown, which is tough enough to contain in this variant. >> that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. >> the last place you'd want the prime minister to be at a time of national crisis is for boris johnson. this is now a deeply personal crisis to his coronavirus. symptoms worsened and tonight he was moved into the intensive care unit that was not a party. >> i was there too. >> i was there too. >> i was there too. >> i haven't said it was party.
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>> mr johnson well, you did actually, early on. people who say that we were partying in lockdown simply do not know what they about. did they are talking about. i did not wittingly recklessly not wittingly or recklessly mislead parliament. it is clearly now will of the clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed . but them's also be disappointed. but them's the breaks . the breaks. >> well, boris will be joining our team here, playing a key role in our coverage about the uk general election and the us election next year is going to create and present a new series showcasing the power of great britain. what makes us great? our role around the world. a global britain and is going to be doing special shows in front of live audiences . he's box of live audiences. he's box office. he's ours . he's yours office. he's ours. he's yours now. this is the real deal. gb
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news got boris done , but we had news got boris done, but we had to keep it under wraps for quite a while , which i think we did a while, which i think we did quite a good job of remarkably, considering that the media industry is about as leaky as a sieve, isn't it? let's go over now to our political editor, christopher hope, because there will now be a political fallout as a result of this and a media fallout as well. but christopher, what's going on in politics now ? politics now? >> i've been looking at my twitter feed , as you have, twitter feed, as you have, patrick, since we announced this a an hour ago. someone sent me a picture of a man falling off a chair, which i think kind of summarises , i think of the summarises, i think lots of the reaction a political world. reaction in a political world. you'll see behind me the tory party is quite sanguine. they're saying good luck to him. he's in private , private individual. he private, private individual. he can do whatever he wants. i mean, that's how that's how they've got to react because he's no longer an mp. he's really a former prime minister. lee , of course, lee anderson, of course, a colleague at gb news, but also the party's vice chairman. he says this announcement will send the wing outlets the left wing media outlets into
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a gb news is here to a meltdown. gb news is here to stay and the true voice of the nafion stay and the true voice of the nation watch . the views of other nation watch. the views of other stations now flock to the already massive audience of gb news. boris. priti news. welcome boris. priti patel. the former home secretary. she says that we are the most dynamic. no nonsense news station and the defender of free speech. this announcement proves that once again boris, to bnng proves that once again boris, to bring his extensive experience insights gb news and keep gb news at the forefront of setting a strong news and current affairs agenda. so his supporters are happy . i mean, he supporters are happy. i mean, he is a marmite figure. patrick let's be honest about it. i mean, not everyone likes boris johnson. bill fell out with him. his own mps lost confidence with him, 150 or so. really said, off you go, boris. him, 150 or so. really said, off you go, boris . last summer, you go, boris. last summer, don't forget july last year. but of course he was this individual who who can hold together this very important coalition of support at the 2019 general election when won an 80 seat majority. he's very popular in the north of england. i've been up there with him when he's done
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tours. when he was a mayor of london, they love him up there. i think that that kind of love for him, frankly, in the north, north england, is still north of england, will is still there probably and he there for him. probably and he may getting excited may find himself getting excited again politics and again about politics and recognising his support recognising where his support lies. don't forget, patrick, when stood down from being when he stood down from being prime minister, the tory party was points. that's 12 points was 12 points. that's 12 points behind the tory. the labour party now the party is 24 points according to yougov today. that's one year of british sunak 28 points according to a gb news poll just yesterday. so you know he's not around anymore . he's he's not around anymore. he's not an mp. but i think what he says will have political resonance as we go into a very big general election year. >> yeah, i mean, there are a heck of a lot of people like him or loathe him. there are a heck of of people sitting in of a lot of people sitting in parliament right now for the conservatives who owe their seat to johnson. and think to boris johnson. and i think a lot of people were very quick to forget that however, the mood forget that. however, the mood of a lot of people i speak to when i go back up north, where
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i'm from, i go and speak to people up there, and a lot of them think, right, he didn't cover himself in glory all the time. fine. there were no scandals . there were situations. scandals. there were situations. and end , you know, and maybe in the end, you know, things and what things happened. and that's what happened. was he happened. you know, he was he was but there's heck was ousted. but there's a heck of people who say that of a lot of people who say that he was stitched it was he was stitched up. it was a kangaroo court. he was the best prime minister of this country since know, prime minister of this country sinc(christopher know, prime minister of this country sinc(christopher , know, prime minister of this country sinc(christopher , he's know, prime minister of this country sinc(christopher , he's asked, n, now christopher, he's asked, isn't he and this is going to be a massive us. do you a massive boon for us. do you think that he will at any point, at any point find himself back into politics? is this going to be the launch pad for the next bofis be the launch pad for the next boris johnson premiership, do you ? you think? >> well, it could do. there's a guy called lord cruddas, peter cruddas, who runs the conservative democratic organisation. he sent me a text saying that he's delighted about what but they really what happened, but they really need back politics at the need him back in politics at the front tory party in front line. the tory party is in dire straits, cruddas says. dire straits, lord cruddas says. bofis dire straits, lord cruddas says. boris needs to start fighting for the 40 million people that voted for him and gave him that landslide victory. your landslide victory. and your point patrick. and
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point is right, patrick. and he certainly boris certainly feels that boris johnson , that mandate johnson, that personal mandate that describe there, which that you describe there, which the tories had never had before, this the north, this this support in the north, this red seat area, he he those red wall seat area, he he those are his people and he wonders why forced out by mps who why he was forced out by mps who know judging, know better. well, judging, looking maybe they looking at the polls, maybe they didn't much better. didn't know that much better. frankly they are the frankly because they are the polls are twice as bad as they were when he was in in power. >> yeah, absolutely. look, christopher, thank you very much. christopher hope there, who is news political editor. who is gb news political editor. he's having of he's going to be having more of this political it's this political reaction. it's going coming in the usual going to be coming in the usual times, load times, already shedding a load of they, about the of tears, aren't they, about the fact gb news has signed fact that gb news has signed bofis fact that gb news has signed boris johnson? can i just say loads of emails in about this? the ovennhelming is stuff the ovennhelming tone is stuff like julia. absolutely like this from julia. absolutely fantastic joining fantastic news. boris is joining gb ecstatic. bit of gb news ecstatic. best bit of news brilliant. okay, news for ages. brilliant. okay, great. quite a few great. there are quite a few people were saying that people who were saying that bofis people who were saying that boris wasn't their cup of tea. they felt very let down by him. they felt very let down by him. they with when they felt very let down by him. ticame with when they felt very let down by him. ticame to. with when they felt very let down by him. ticame to. i'm with when they felt very let down by him. ticame to. i'm justith when it came to. i'm just regurgitating what people are saying now about the net regurgitating what people are sayirside now about the net regurgitating what people are sayirside of now about the net regurgitating what people are sayirside of things, bout the net regurgitating what people are sayirside of things, abouthe net regurgitating what people are sayirside of things, about theiet zero side of things, about the climate issue unforgiving on
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over of lockdown, over some aspects of lockdown, even over some aspects of the push vaccine , etcetera. push for the vaccine, etcetera. this is all coming through to me right now. well, you know what? you opportunity to you will have an opportunity to address directly him, address that directly with him, won't the emails that i am won't you? the emails that i am reading right now, because you're through to you're sending them through to me gbviews@gbnews.com at some me at gbviews@gbnews.com at some point is going to point boris johnson is going to have inbox front of him have the inbox in front of him at point you may end at some point you may well end up being able to interact with him at a live show or something like that. you will be to like that. you will be able to have engagement with him have that engagement with him because going because he's here. he's going to because he's here. he's going to be of gb news family, be part of our gb news family, right? know, look at the way right? you know, look at the way that you can interact with people nigel eamonn people like nigel or eamonn holmes that lot. it's holmes and all of that lot. it's great, right? rees—mogg, great, right? jacob rees—mogg, you with these you can get involved with these people you've got people now, whether you've got gnpes people now, whether you've got gripes you gripes and grievances or you think fantastic, think they're fantastic, the fact if you stay tuned and fact is, if you stay tuned and you watch, you can be a part of that conversation with them and you get that other you don't get that at other media outlets. so gb views gbnews.com. them coming in. gbnews.com. keep them coming in. look the agenda look loads more on the agenda though. not though. of course it's not all about numerous have about boris. numerous mps have branded own branded the government's own plans asylum backlog plans to cut the asylum backlog
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incomplete unrealistic as incomplete and unrealistic as they warn efforts to do so they warn their efforts to do so will only worsen the crisis. i mean, how on earth can it get any worse? but the public accounts committee has warned that adequate safeguards are not in place to protect against the risks to vulnerable people and that claimants may not that genuine claimants may not have their application viewed properly. the report also claims that the home office has, quote, no credible plan to end the use of hotels for migrants and faces a huge challenge to meet rishi sunak's pledge to do so right. well, joining me now is stephen woolf, director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity. stephen thank you very, very much . earlier on this very, very much. earlier on this week it was we're slashing the number of migrant hotels . we're number of migrant hotels. we're 30% down in the channel. look at us, we're doing everything great. and now it looks a lot like there's no plan and it's awful what's happening. >> well, i think what you're seeing actually , patrick, is a seeing actually, patrick, is a very clear kind of misinformation. >> that's coming from those who
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are looking at the statistics of the home office asylum process. >> what we see is that only a few months ago they were saying that there was a backlog of 130,000 odd asylum applications, and only recently they are now saying it's 68,000. >> and so the only way that they could have got those numbers down and it was by allowing more asylum application is to actually be successful. >> and that's what we're seeing. >> and that's what we're seeing. >> we're seeing that there's a vast increase in the number of asylum applications being accepted in what's called the right to remain , but not because right to remain, but not because of what they classify as or un refugee convention asylum, but discretionary . discretionary. >> they're allowing them in as discretionary reasons, and that is why they can also now say we can look to reduce the number of hotels. >> okay . all right. do you >> okay. all right. do you believe them, though? do you believe them, though? do you believe them, though? do you believe them about the number of hotels? you know, this was good news people, certainly in news for people, certainly in rural there rural communities. there was a
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massive fear. lot of people i massive fear. a lot of people i know north in rural know up north in rural communities, isolated communities, isolated communities saying, well, communities, isolated comn happens saying, well, communities, isolated comn happens if saying, well, communities, isolated comn happens if we aying, well, communities, isolated comn happens if we clear. well, communities, isolated comn happens if we clear this l, what happens if we clear this backlog and we say, you can all stay. you've got 28 days to leave this hotel and there's 400 mostly men in a hotel in the middle of nowhere who are essentially going to be made homeless in 28 days time. and that's a concern for any community. now >> but this is where the sticky plan comes into place, where all you're doing is removing them from the numbers of the home office megxit because the moment that they say that you've been granted the right to remain in the uk for whatever reason, predominantly discretionary reasons , is it's shifted on to that. >> that response ability of the local authority. so the people may be regarded as homeless, living in whichever area of the united kingdom , but the united kingdom, but the responsibility to house them now falls on the local taxpayers of that area and the local councils and the government can wash
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their hands of it and say, look, we've done our job. we've granted them asylum. so it's now up to you to find a home for them, right? >> and that is the looming crisis , isn't it? i mean, people crisis, isn't it? i mean, people think that people think that the crisis is the issue going on in the channel so the risk to loss of life there for people , that of life there for people, that humanitarian aspects of it, people also think like suella braverman that it's an invasion. so you've got two crises in one there and then you've got the problem with the processing centres in manston. some people say, well, they're inhumane or the well, you know, say, well, they're inhumane or theshouldn't well, you know, say, well, they're inhumane or theshouldn't evenell, you know, say, well, they're inhumane or theshouldn't even have u know, we shouldn't even have processing centres because people shouldn't be here. you know, the goes then know, the list goes on. then we've an we've got the hotels. that's an issue, to issue, the cost to the taxpayers. but actually i would argue the real problem is that we staring the barrel we are staring down the barrel of migrant homelessness . of mass migrant homelessness. >> mass. >> well, it's not just mass. you've homelessness. you've got homelessness. it's also effect that it has on also the effect that it has on the local communities who live there. remember, we've got something a something in the region of a quarter million people who quarter of a million people who are with their children are living with their children in conditions in hostel
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in unfit conditions in hostel and b&bs . and that's and b&bs. and that's unacceptable because what you're doing now is saying, okay, we granted you right to remain. you can stay here now the council has to look for a home for you. but they've already got homeless people. already got people. they've already got people. they've already got people are living on the people who are living on the streets in unfit streets or living in unfit accommodation. what you have accommodation. so what you have is a situation in this country where we're putting more and more people into the country with not enough accommodation, but abilities now but the response abilities now on authorities, not on the local authorities, not the government, that's the real crisis coming down crisis that's coming down the line now. >> right. what would be >> indeed. right. what would be so letting these so wrong with letting these asylum seekers work ? okay. so asylum seekers work? okay. so they could earn a bit of money? i see you chuckling a bit there. they could earn a bit of money. they could earn a bit of money. they could earn a bit of money. they could pay a bit of tax. you know, they could maybe rent their own place. they wouldn't be on the much. be relying on the state so much. go on. >> oh well, patrick, this argument heard so many argument i've heard so many times, let's look at some serious facts here. the fact is that in the last ten years, 5 million more people have come into this country and yet and
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yet allegedly have yet we still allegedly have people not being able to fill the jobs. and that's because the government has made it easy for students not to actually have to work anymore. one of the big factors of why people aren't working anymore is because there are less students. and of course, we saw one over a million people over the age of 50 say we don't want to work in the anymore. and the economy anymore. and they give of reasons. i spoke to give lots of reasons. i spoke to some today who said we don't want to work businesses, want to live in work businesses, for example, but reality for example, but the reality of offering money and work to those who claim asylum here before they've even been granted asylum is very well known to be an attractive proposition for people smugglers, and it will just increase the numbers coming in. >> okay, now, look, stephen, i've got a i've got to ask you, just finally, of course, there is a little bit of other news in town for us today here at gb news. it's caused quite the stir. boris johnson is joining us, sure you've heard by us, as i'm sure you've heard by now. so boris is joining now. so boris johnson is joining us. he's going to be doing a whole different things,
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whole host of different things, curating for us, doing our curating shows for us, doing our election coverage. and you know, having global britain having a look at global britain all stuff. what's your all of this stuff. what's your view on boris? mean, you know, view on boris? i mean, you know, divisive character. i'm sure you don't agree with don't you don't agree with everything he's said or done. you , what's take on it ? >> well, look, i have a personal issue with boris in that when i first entered the world of politics and a political party that was this size before i became independent myself, he was one of the only politicians that actually welcomed me and chatted to me when i was on the campaign trail. and he treated me like a human being, which is what people see about him. they see him as a decent individual who's willing to listen and is willing to chat. i'm also very engaging. i thought, he's intelligent, he's got a lot to say to him and someone who also likes the classics and poetry . i likes the classics and poetry. i can understand where he comes from and gets that into his speeches. from and gets that into his speeches . i think he's a very speeches. i think he's a very successful individual who will do really, really well for gb
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news. but more importantly, where i see it, two areas that he'll be successful. one is they bnngin he'll be successful. one is they bring in the centre of conservative politics to come and watch the channel and listen to him, but also those who are northern, like myself, who really felt that it was a coup against him to remove him as leader and voted for him en masse during the red wall. i think they too will want to see what he has to say and what he wants to do in the future on your channel and perhaps for himself personally. >> yeah . stephen, look, thank >> yeah. stephen, look, thank you very much. cracking stuff and thanks for being a part of this show as well. always great to to you. take care. to chat to you. take care. stephen the director of stephen wolf is the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity now economic prosperity. now still to is natwest to come, nigel farage is natwest de—banking bank made de—banking fiasco. the bank made serious failings when it denied our presenter here a bank account, not just nigel, though of course. thousands of other people were denied bank accounts across the country for their political views. and nigel farage has described this report as a whitewash. find out why
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isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . six till 930. >> welcome back. you're watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news. still to come , loads more on our big come, loads more on our big signing. boris johnson . yes, signing. boris johnson. yes, that's right. boris has joined gb news. the fact is , like him, gb news. the fact is, like him, all of him, every other channel
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wanted him and we've gone and got him. why? of you. we got him. why? because of you. we know that he's deeply popular know that he's a deeply popular figure a lot of our viewers figure with a lot of our viewers and our listeners. we also know that there a of you who that there are a lot of you who have a few gripes with boris , have a few gripes with boris, and we'd to put them him and we'd like to put them to him directly. you know what? you directly. so, you know what? you get the chance to do that with us now. but in other news, yeah, natwest shut natwest group's decision to shut down farage coutts account showed failings showed serious failings in its treatment of him. that's according to an independent review. but it also found that the closure of his account did not follow the bank's policies and it revealed that the bank's decision lawful decision was, however lawful under predominantly commercial reasons. nigel has described it as a whitewash . and there is as a whitewash. and there is a bigger picture here, a much bigger picture here, a much bigger picture, which is which is the point really, which is that if they behaved like that towards somebody as prominent as nigel with the views that nigel farage with the views that nigel farage with the views that nigel has on things like brexit, on things like immigration and on things like immigration and on things like net zero, then what were they doing to you? and how ready were they to get you
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biffed as well. but nigel did say that this was not an honest mistake . mistake. >> just look at the things they were saying about me. they were going to push me out of a moving car , chuck a milkshake over me. car, chuck a milkshake over me. i mean, this really was really very, very close to a form of political hate against somebody that was involved the that was involved with the brexit the russia brexit campaign and the russia stuff just drives me mad. patrick i mean, the subject access report mentioned russia 144 times. so you can see they were trying to build up their own prejudice narrative. the fish rots from the head down. alison rose must not walk away from this job with £11.3 million, 40% of it provided by us, the taxpayer. and i also believe that howard davies, the howard davies, the chairman , has howard davies, the chairman, has been utterly incompetent throughout and he should not be allowed to see out his term until the end of next spring. >> right. well, there we go. joining me now is the director and co—founder of regionally, justin urquhart stewart. you you
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know the political ideology that this massive. this has exposed is massive. there are a lot of quotes on quotes, little people out there with like profile of with nothing like the profile of nigel with nothing like nigel farage, with nothing like the of resources that the kind of resources that maybe, maybe nothing like that personal drive and desire to right some wrong things. he's exposed it. he's blown the doors off it all. what happens now, though? what happens now ? though? what happens now? >> quite astonishing , >> well, it's quite astonishing, isn't it, that as nigel quite rightly identified, your your piece you had then this lady is going to go walk away with a huge package generally known as actually well failure breaching one of the key elements in banking that is trust it. banking and that is trust it. >> you can't trust an organisation to make sure your financial affairs , be they financial affairs, be they corporate or personal, are kept secure. then something is seriously wrong. >> this is not just a minor infringement. >> this is a very major issue. >> this is a very major issue. >> so whether you like nigel farage or not, or whether you like the banks or not, it's not beside the point. >> this is not the way you actually behave . so what they
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actually behave. so what they have done is not just slightly damaged their brand domestic , damaged their brand domestic, but also institutional international as well. >> natwest is a very big bank. not as bad as it was under the previous management, but nonetheless, he went through a crisis and was saved, of course, by us. we bailed them out and not only that, we're not going to get our money back because the shares at their current value has dropped by another 0.6% today. really have not been a investment at all. and of a good investment at all. and of course, sitting we own this thing. we expect it to be run to the right levels and standard. after all, as ownership, we're owners. we have, you know, a proper legitimate right to know. >> indeed. but also in >> no, we do indeed. but also in most walks of life , if you most other walks of life, if you mess up that badly, you don't end up with something like a 10 or £11 million payout, right? i mean, it's unbelievable. it's absolute insane. is that happening? is that going to happen? this lady, dame alison rose £11 million to just do what? >> well, i find it astonishing all the times i've been in
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business and, you know, they're not always perfect. yes. you make mistakes and time to time you own up and get on with it. but if you're responsible for what's gone wrong, then expect not to walk away with money. but actually be thrown out with some enthusiasm you enthusiasm because you have brought into brought the company into disrepute, you , but the disrepute, not just you, but the company, the value and brand value of that business. it's worth millions . and she's worth millions. and she's decided to be able to trash decided just to be able to trash it. the rest of the it. and then the rest of the board, frankly, sort of going along with it. and we'll see how it goes in the future. that's not good enough. if you want to have responsible banking, which people i'm people internationally say, i'm going money with that going to put money with that bank behaves properly going to put money with that bank that's behaves properly going to put money with that bank that's b then�*s properly going to put money with that bank that's b then what)erly , then that's fine. then what you've seen here is a management that has seriously devalued not just the costs of the value of this bank, but actually the reputation of britain as a good place to carry out its financial affairs. all right. >> good stuff. justin, thank you very much. justin urquhart stewart director, stewart there, the co director, founder right founder of regionally right now. loads still to come between loads more still to come between now get this, the now and 4:00. get this, the bbc's record on impartiality has been after
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been questioned after it admitted that breached its admitted that it breached its own rules whilst reporting on us. i'll also be talking about this rugby racism round that's got a lot of people very hot under collar. an england under the collar. an england player been player claims to have been racially once but racially abused not once but twice by the same south african player. world rugby doesn't want to know. they've got nothing to do with it. england rugby is standing by him, club standing by him, his club standing by him, his club standing him. we'll a standing by him. we'll have a talk that soon talk about that very soon because help but feel as because i can't help but feel as though the shoe was on the though if the shoe was on the other foot, something much, much more serious would have happened. right it's happened. but right now, it's your with . our it's 435. >> good afternoon to you . a >> good afternoon to you. a demand for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza is being voted on by the united nafionsin is being voted on by the united nations in new york, western countries, including the uk, have been calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting for the delivery of aid . but for the delivery of aid. but arab nations are pushing for stronger wording, saying more needs be done to help needs to be done to help civilians . the met police says
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civilians. the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic and 170 islamophobic attacks in london over the last week. the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel—hamas conflict and in the us, authorities say they are chasing more than 500 leads as they try to track down an army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in maine. robet carr has been described as armed and dangerous . divers are armed and dangerous. divers are being deployed to search a river close where the suspect's car close to where the suspect's car was found . more on all of our was found. more on all of our stories on our website, gb news.com. stories on our website, gbnews.com. and i'll be back at the top of the next hour with a full bulletin . full bulletin. >> just a reminder for you now of that massive announcement that we made about an hour ago. it's already sent shockwaves through the british media and it's upset a lot of people, which i think is usually a sign
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that you're doing something right. actually, it's certainly upset is going upset this upset and is going to upset this delicate broadcast that delicate broadcast ecology that people like to bang on about, don't they? they've inflicted that on to you decades. we that on to you for decades. we make here gb news make no excuses here at gb news for disruptor , for doing for being a disruptor, for doing things a bit different sometimes it sometimes it it goes right, sometimes it doesn't. you know what? we doesn't. but you know what? we give crack. we are give it a red hot crack. we are the people's channel know the people's channel and we know what we know what the people's channel and we know wha want we know what the people's channel and we know whawant it we know what the people's channel and we know whawant it and we know what the people's channel and we know whawant it and we we know what the people's channel and we know whawant it and we know ow what the people's channel and we know whawant it and we know who ihat the people's channel and we know whawant it and we know who you you want it and we know who you want it. we got. >> hi, folks. boris johnson here. i'm excited to say that i'm shortly going to be joining you two on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new tv channel my unvarnished views on everything from russia, china , the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us. why i think our best days are yet to come and why on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global britain, not less . so
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global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . great british television. >> yeah, we certainly will. yeah, i'll just tell you, remind you what we're expecting from boris, really. it's going to be a few different things. so he's going to kind of be in charge of and do a kind of series of shows. i suppose you could say he's going to be big at the elections. so both here and in america well. we'll be america as well. so we'll be doing a lot of coverage for us there. he's going to do there. and he's going to do a couple live shows. so couple of live shows. so audience based shows so you'll get chance to go and meet audience based shows so you'll get and:hance to go and meet audience based shows so you'll get and:hancitto go and meet audience based shows so you'll get and:hanc it outo and meet audience based shows so you'll get and:hanc it out on nd meet audience based shows so you'll get and:hanc it out on himieet audience based shows so you'll get and:hanc it out on him .et audience based shows so you'll get and:hanc it out on him . take him and take it out on him. take a couple of gripes out on him. if you've got a couple of gripes. a few of our gripes. i know a few of our viewers here listeners are viewers here and listeners are getting to say, look, getting in touch to say, look, you know, they voted for boris. they felt a bit let down. well, you can put that to him. okay we went and got him because went out and we got him because went out and we got him because we wanted to hear what he had to say. be talking say. he's going to be talking a lot global britain. look, lot about global britain. look, just couple emails here. just a couple of emails here. richard great to hear richard says, how great to hear that. johnson is joining that. boris johnson is joining gb news refreshing that there is that. boris johnson is joining gb n(hopelfreshing that there is
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that. boris johnson is joining gb n(hope for;hing that there is that. boris johnson is joining gb n(hope for britain. at there is that. boris johnson is joining gb n(hope for britain. he'sere is some hope for britain. he's going to be trying put going to be trying to put together a positive view of britain. for together a positive view of brita says for together a positive view of brita says mark. for together a positive view of brita says mark. yeah for together a positive view of brita says mark. yeah here we this, says mark. yeah here we go. did he try hard enough? one in 10 kathy, not in number 10 says kathy, not carry. way, kathy, carry. by the way, kathy, i don't. i don't think he delivered enough all stuck delivered enough if we all stuck , we've ended up stuck with the eu rules. i think what kathy is trying to say there she's not trying to say there is she's not necessarily happy about the brexit he brexit deal that happened. he says got brexit done, doesn't says he got brexit done, doesn't he? your view, just he? did he, in your view, just think about the people that we've gb news now we've got here at gb news now who also challenge who can also challenge him internally. got internally. you know, we've got michelle dewberry. she's not to going take any prisoners, is she? goodness she? nigel farage, for goodness sake. to hold sake. he's not going to hold back, it's going to be back, is he? it's going to be cracking telly. it's going to be absolutely fantastic. so thank cracking telly. it's going to be absweryly fantastic. so thank cracking telly. it's going to be abswery much astic. so thank cracking telly. it's going to be abswery much forc. so thank cracking telly. it's going to be abswery much for everybody for you very much for everybody for sorting for us. but sorting that out, for us. but we've loads on the we've got loads more on the agenda course is not just agenda and of course is not just bofis agenda and of course is not just boris johnson here, that's for sure. we are going to be talking a the bbc a little bit about the bbc because, you know, they pride themselves, their themselves, don't they, on their impartiality. virtue impartiality. they make a virtue out good grief. but some out of it. good grief. but some have it gold standard have called it the gold standard for they've got to be
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for the bbc. they've got to be deeply impartial. all the time. ijust deeply impartial. all the time. i just don't think they know how to do it. that's been seriously brought into question. the corporation has admitted to launching a biased attack on gb news and it said that its newsnight programme breached its own editorial standards. they decided that it would be in the best interests of the nation to try to give us a right old kicking on newsnight a few weeks ago. well, the members of the pubuc ago. well, the members of the public decided to complain about it because it was so obviously an egregiously one sided mp . an egregiously one sided mp. philip davies says that he received many complaints from his constituents in shipley . his constituents in shipley. he's now referred the matter to ofcom , which is the media ofcom, which is the media watchdog . joining me now is bbc watchdog. joining me now is bbc radio host danny kelly. danny thank you very much. i mean, he's taking the bbc a little while, but they have actually admitted it. shock, horror, getting a panel of people on who all agree and think that we should some of should be shut down. some of them who work for other media outlets as well. by the way, at some point someone might have outlets as well. by the way, at somethroughomeone might have outlets as well. by the way, at somethrough thatnne might have outlets as well. by the way, at somethrough that and night have outlets as well. by the way, at somethrough that and thought,e seen through that and thought, oh, the
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oh, that's a bit biased. the point though, how they point is, though, how do they not that? does that not not clock that? does that not just show the level of the bias there? >> yeah, well, first of all, patrick, no. >> one was the bbc were never going find anyone unhinged going to find anyone unhinged enough fox's enough to defend laurence fox's comments. but what they could have to find have easily done was to find somebody, even somebody, maybe even commentators who commentators like myself, who appear on gb news to actually defend the station as as a as an entity rather than just moments of absolute lunacy. they could have done that . victoria have done that. victoria derbyshire by the way, patrick, she's got form, you may remember four years ago when donald trump came over to the uk and there was a massive scandal with the 20 foot tall donald trump blimp flying over central london and back in 2019, victoria derbyshire, when she had a breakfast show on tv, she actually had a six foot donald trump blimp . um, like a little trump blimp. um, like a little mini me if you like. and at the time i thought that's just so biased. do you realise how deeply offensive that is to people who aren't opponents of donald trump? now the bbc in their sort of smart way, would
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have been at this and saying, well , look, we know why we've well, look, we know why we've got it in the studio at donald trump blimp, but our is that we've in for context and we've got it in for context and thatis we've got it in for context and that is the subtle bias . but the that is the subtle bias. but the newsnight thing was just a was just give the station a kicking whilst it's down and she should have jumped in half a dozen times to have caroline nokes , times to have caroline nokes, the mp, conflate russia today with the people's channel. gb news i thought it was a scandal and i was just waiting for victoria derbyshire to journalistically and objectively say, hang on, you can't compare the mouthpiece of putin to gb news. but no, we were left waiting and there was no one to defend gb news remind you, patrick, no one in their right mind was going to defend what fox said. but there'll be plenty of people defend entity of people to defend the entity thatis of people to defend the entity that is gb news yeah, no, i mean, i couldn't agree more. >> couldn't agree more with >> i couldn't agree more with it, as caroline nokes it, especially as caroline nokes as well as we did quite politely point happy point out, was quite happy to appear us. i think i'm right appear on us. i think i'm right in saying about eight times until decided that she had
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until she decided that she had to newsnight and call to go on bbc newsnight and call for it to be shut down. adam boulton good grief, boulton i mean, good grief, saying return to saying i'll return to return to the delicate broad cast of media ecology. is. and we ecology. yeah, there is. and we want a through want to punch a hole through that because people are sick of it. the donkey it. so that's the point donkey for pointing out the nation. >> and on a regional level, pat, i years in the west i spent 18 years in the west midlands and it's subtle on midlands and it's more subtle on a regional level, but if you look for it, it's there and look out for it, it's there and it's very conspicuous. i remember you may remember the 2018 2019 bottleneck trying to get brexit through parliament when boris johnson oh, danny, we've lost danny, but there we go. >> danny kelly there at bbc radio host so look, yeah, we're going to be coming back to that because he's right, and especially at a local level, i will never forget. i will never forget the way that the bbc dealt the telford grooming, dealt with the telford grooming, which that moment in time was which at that moment in time was the largest grooming gang the uk's largest grooming gang scandal. had to look at that scandal. you had to look at that not the national news site. not on the national news site. you go to their local news site, their shropshire segment, their shropshire news segment, and go about 3 or
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and you'd have to go about 3 or 4 stories that 4 stories down. that was a massive story. they they will deny they tried cover it deny that they tried to cover it up. i wouldn't suggest they tried to cover it up, but certainly give it certainly they didn't give it due prominence. there due prominence. is there not a bias and before bring bias there? and before i bring danny right, what i'm danny back. right, what i'm going is just show going to do is just show a little clip for you because the bbc also in hot water at the bbc are also in hot water at the moment over what's been going on in the middle east abroad with israel and hamas. right. israel and with hamas. right. and refusing to and they've been refusing to call a terror group. they call hamas a terror group. they also badly wrong over also got it badly wrong over that that explosion at that attack or that explosion at a hospital in gaza, didn't they? the bbc, straight off the back of it, it was israel . well, the of it, it was israel. well, the israelis have spoken out . israelis have spoken out. >> good evening from london. here are some news from the war in gaza. israel has bombed a hospital, killing hundreds of innocent people . more, more , innocent people. more, more, much better . with more details, much better. with more details, our middle east correspondent harry white guilt. >> good evening, rachel . from
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>> good evening, rachel. from the illegal colony of tel aviv, israeli official has denied bombing the hospital , but we bombing the hospital, but we have video footage showing what really happened . really happened. >> yeah, there we go. that went on a fair bit longer. you can go check that out online. all right. okay so are we bringing danny back, do we think we can? yeah. danny kelly joins us now. look, this sums it up. the bbc essentially now being laughed essentially is now being laughed at from abroad on an issue that they are supposed to get. absolutely right and really earn their money. international affairs . affairs. >> yeah. make no mistake, patrick, the bbc management allow this bias to flourish because they deep down agree with certain geopolitical stories. when i was broadcasting across the west midlands, my earlier point was that in the 2019 bottleneck, when we couldn't get brexit through, i would regularly be driving to work in the morning listening to the eight and the 9:00 news and the eight and the 9:00 news and
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the news would be very anti—brexit and it would it would never be balanced and this is what we're talking about today. the lack of balance. now. victoria derbyshire no doubt has very views on on very strident views on on remaining in the european union. i think that's obvious. as i think that's obvious. but as a reporter a journalist, reporter and as a journalist, what's important to what's important is to objectively , journalistically objectively, journalistically take the other side and challenge them . and that's the challenge them. and that's the great thing about gb news on a sunday with nana akua, i know how nana feels about certain stories, but she pushes back robustly when someone has an opinion . and that's what's great opinion. and that's what's great about the people's channel. and honestly, the bbc honestly, patrick, the bbc should take a leaf out of our book. >> thank you very much, danny. look, pleasure to have look, it's a pleasure to have you. absolutely. and thank you very much for on. very much for coming on. it's danny he's an ex very much for coming on. it's danrradio he's an ex very much for coming on. it's danrradio host. he's an ex very much for coming on. it's danrradio host. look, 's an ex very much for coming on. it's danrradio host. look, i. an ex very much for coming on. it's danrradio host. look, i willex very much for coming on. it's danrradio host. look, i will say bbc radio host. look, i will say the bbc genuinely does do a heck of a lot of good work, right? no one can that. it is an one can deny that. it is an institution and, you know, they will obviously deny that they have ramp up behind have a massive ramp up behind the scenes bias. no doubt. but they have admitted bias in this case when the reporting on us.
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>> the camilla tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on gb news as . well. news as. well. >> england bosses have hit out after world rugby's decision to close its investigation into the alleged racist slur at last sunday's semi—final game , world sunday's semi—final game, world rugby did not continue
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investigations into the alleged verbal abuse directed at tom curry from borghini mbonambi due to insufficient evidence and unexpected development, the rfu revealed that it disclosed to the inquiry that curry had also been the victim of the same abuse from the same player when the rivals clashed at twickenham last november . well, joining me last november. well, joining me to discuss this now is sports journalist harry harris. harry thank you very much. great to have you on the show. i can't help but feel as though there's perhaps been a little bit of a rush to no judgement here. maybe and whether there's slightly double standards in the world of sport. what's your take? >> oh, i go along with double standards in the world of sport, for sure . patrick, you know, for sure. patrick, you know, this just about rugby. it's about football. it's about most sports. you know, there's not enough multi cultural, multi racist racism within in boardrooms, within people who are administrators in sport. and
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this is just a typical example where, you know, world rugby are saying insufficient evidence. clearly there was evidence , clearly there was evidence, there is evidence and more evidence being supplied by the rfu and you know, to sweep all this under the carpet as they're doing is just appalling. and it's interesting . it's interesting. >> yeah. just to say because do you think this is being swept under the carpet, harry? do you think that's what this is? there's been swept under the carpet. indeed. >> course it is. i mean, >> oh, of course it is. i mean, you know, we see this all the time football. know , time in football. you know, players taking the knee , you players taking the knee, you know, has become sort of outdated. it has no purpose . you outdated. it has no purpose. you know what what sport needs, what football needs, what rugby needs is more involvement in on the highest possible level. people who are making these kind of decisions. you know, it's just it's just not right. it's appalling . and we will see appalling. and we will see eventually in football, you know, the government had to have
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to step in and have a review about how the game is run. and if they're not careful in rugby, the same will happen to them because this is just not going to accepted. to be accepted. >> i mean, the rfu , which is our >> i mean, the rfu, which is our body here, has said world rugby is undertaken a review of allegations made by england's tom relation to the use tom curry in relation to the use of discriminatory language . they of discriminatory language. they go on to say that that you know, they're incredibly disappointed by this. they don't think they've done enough to speak to tom curry. they don't think they've enough actually they've done enough to actually investigate you investigate all of this, you know, racism or alleged racism doesn't just work. one way, does it? and can't help but think, it? and i can't help but think, you know, you look what's you know, you look at what's going on in cricket. cricket has been institutionally been branded institutionally racist, goodness a racist, for goodness sake. as a result some allegations. i result of some allegations. i mean, nothing like that's happening mean, nothing like that's ha|:well,g decision has been >> well, this decision has been taken in haste, isn't it? i mean, if we go back to something very similar, we had the anton ferdinand and john terry case who said what to whom , and lots who said what to whom, and lots of evidence was produced . it of evidence was produced. it
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took months, if not a couple of years before that was resolved. here is taken a couple of minutes. you know, it really is appalling the way that this has been dealt with. and insufficient evidence. i mean, what i mean, who's going to fall for that one, which clearly means is some evidence, means there is some evidence, but they haven't bothered but they haven't been bothered to enough it. so you to gather enough of it. so you know, get on with the game. we've got we've got a you know, a play off today and we've got the final coming up shortly. they know about they don't want to know about this incident. you know, this kind of incident. you know, they want to know about they don't want to know about racism in generally in sport. they don't want to know. racism in generally in sport. the okay,�*t want to know. racism in generally in sport. theokay, harry, to know. racism in generally in sport. theokay, harry, thank)w. racism in generally in sport. theokay, harry, thank you very, >> okay, harry, thank you very, very much. that is, of course, sports royalty . uh, sports journalist, royalty. uh, harry harris there. great stuff. loads more still to come. yeah, that's right. the breaking news gb news has signed boris johnson. i'll be telling you exactly he'll doing for exactly what he'll be doing for us very shortly. we'll be us very, very shortly. we'll be heanng us very, very shortly. we'll be hearing man himself as hearing from the man himself as well. that coming your well. all of that coming your way much, much more as we way and much, much more as we gear protests on gear up for yet more protests on the of britain this the streets of britain this weekend. we talk that as weekend. we talk about that as well. see you instead.
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>> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with gb forecast office with the gb news forecast showers the showers continuing during the rest and in fact, the rest of today and in fact, the next few days, more prolonged rain places, but some clear rain in places, but some clear interludes the interludes in between the downpours as low pressure is sitting stubbornly to the west of the uk, continuing to drive showers and longer spells of rain in from the southwest. >> those of rain are >> but those spells of rain are becoming across becoming stuck once again across eastern they run up eastern scotland as they run up against air over against cold air over scandinavia. and as a result, as the rain continues to mount up across eastern scotland and in some parts of northeast england as well, it could cause further impacts, of course, overnight the showers continue elsewhere and some wetter weather for a time in the southeast . time in the southeast. additional to the heavy showers. so that could cause some issues first thing saturday. but othennise, saturday is a showery day for most of us, the best of any brighter spells, once any early mist clears, will be across the midlands. east anglia , parts north—east wales into , parts of north—east wales into north—west the northern north—west england, the northern isles as well seeing a few showers, but othennise largely fine, although it will be windy
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here. further southwest by here. but further southwest by the end of the afternoon , wet the end of the afternoon, wet and weather returns , and windy weather returns, however, it will be a little milder compared with friday into sunday. the wet and windy weather sweeps north and once again it persists across eastern scotland. elsewhere the showers continue interspersed by sunny spells. so it's not going to be a complete washout through the weekend. there will be some brighter moments and the unsettled weather continues into next
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good evening. >> it's 5:00pm. it's patrick christys gb news. and the big breaking news for you is us. yes, we have signed boris johnson, the former prime minister who won an absolutely stonking majority, was many people's views. ousted by a kangaroo court. and of course, his own mps. he's joining us right here at gb news. he'll be doing a whole host of different things. i'll tell you exactly all about that very, very shortly. in other news, though, yes, the broken asylum plan earlier the week, we heard earlier on in the week, we heard that going cut down on that we're going to cut down on the of migrant hotels. but the use of migrant hotels. but the use of migrant hotels. but the people coming the number of people coming across small boats the across in small boats across the channel reduced about 30. channel had reduced by about 30. and today , the noises there and then today, the noises there isn't to get rid of the isn't a plan to get rid of the backlog. we're an absolute backlog. we're in an absolute mess going to have to mess and we're going to have to continue migrant continue to use the migrant hotels. what going on? i'll hotels. what is going on? i'll also be talking about this story. yes, the bbc has admitted bias us. yeah. for bias now against us. yeah. for the it reported the way that it reported a couple of incidents here on gb news. it's also copping it
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news. but it's also copping it from the israelis. yes. over there reporting of hamas not designating them as a terror group. we have a look at that. i've also got this coming your way as well. yeah, rugby is embroiled massive racism embroiled in a massive racism row. stands accused world row. it stands accused world rugby of brushing a racism incident against england's tom curry under the carpet of making it go away. all for want of a better phrase, whitewashing the whole thing. what's really going on ? i will tell you. make on there? i will tell you. make sure stay tuned with me. sure you stay tuned with me. patrick christys right here on . patrick christys right here on. gb news loads of reaction to that announcement that we have now signed. boris johnson . like now signed. boris johnson. like him or loathe him, every other news channel wanted in. we went out and got him. so you can see him right here on gb news. we'll be hearing from him very, very shortly. vaiews@gbnews.com. but right now your headlines . right now it's your headlines. >> good evening to you. it is
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just after 5:00. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. a demand for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza is being voted on at a special session of the united nations in new york. western countries , new york. western countries, including the uk, have been calling for a humanitare pause in the fighting for the delivery of aid. arab nations, though, are pushing for stronger wording, saying more needs to be done to help civilians. here. the prime minister and the labour leader are under growing pressure to change their position. london and position. the london and manchester and the manchester mayors and the scottish have all scottish labour leader have all broken ranks to challenge sir keir starmer stance. shadow environment secretary steve reed, though justified why the party standing firm on its decision to pause, allows the aid to go in without stopping israel taking action to disable the terrorists who attack them in the first place. >> a ceasefire would stop israel from doing that and would lead the terrorist capability intact if they are left with the same capability, with the bombs, with the weapons holding. remember, over 200 hostages, then they
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will go back into israel and they will do this again. that is not keeping people safe and it's not keeping people safe and it's not actually keeping people in gaza safe either, because further on israel will further attacks on israel will provoke retaliation . provoke further retaliation. >> israel's defence forces says hamas is exploiting innocent gazans and using civilians as human shields. the military has confirmed another 250 airstrikes were carried out over the past 24 hours, targeting the terror group. the latest figures by the hamas run health ministry show over 7300 palestinians, including more than 3000 children, have been killed since the 7th of october. idf spokesperson rear admiral daniel hagar says hamas is using hospitals for cover, making it difficult to avoid civilian casualties . casualties. >> and hamas not only endangers the lives of israelis civilians, but also exploit innocent gazan civilians as human shield . hamas civilians as human shield. hamas use of hospitals is a systematic hamas terrorists operate inside
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hospitals, precise because they know the idf distinguishes between terrorists and civilians . israel targets terrorists . . israel targets terrorists. hamas targets israeli civilians and gazan civilians . and gazan civilians. >> as rockets were fired at israel from gaza , a building in israel from gaza, a building in southern tel aviv was hit with the missile evading the country's iron dome defence system. three people were injured . the met police says injured. the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic and 170 islamophobic attacks over the last week in london. the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel hamas conflict. there are also ten active investigations linked to internet related breaches of the terrorism . act in the united terrorism. act in the united states. authorities say they're chasing more than 500 leads as they try to track down an army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in maine. they've named robert cod as a person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous . divers are armed and dangerous. divers are being deployed to search a river
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close to where the suspect's car was maine's public safety was found. maine's public safety commissioner, mike sauschuck, says they're following all lines of inquiry . of inquiry. >> while this is going to look like focus today with a like a major focus today with a lot people, we have a lot of lot of people, we have a lot of other irons in the fire. so i'm not saying that the suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe saying that the suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe knowaying that the suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe know theg that the suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe know the suspectie suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe know the suspect is suspect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe know the suspect is inipect other irons in the fire. so i'm nwe know the suspect is in thet , we know the suspect is in the water this is what we're water and this is what we're doing. what telling you is doing. what i'm telling you is you're going to see lot of you're going to see a lot of activity here. and i'm going to tell that advance. we've tell you that in advance. we've got to hide in that got nothing to hide in that regard all. then you're to regard at all. so then you're to going have some sonar well going have some sonar as well that's going to be utilised here and uke that's going to be utilised here and like a couple and that can look like a couple of things . a remote of different things. a remote operating is operating vehicle, an rov, is divers could use that . divers could use that. >> mps are warning vulnerable people are being put at risk over plans to clear the asylum backlog. the public accounts committee says home office proposals to reform system proposals to reform the system are incomplete and unrealistic. at the end of june, there were almost 68,000 cases awaiting a decision on a natwest decision to shut down nigel farage as
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bank account showed serious failings. according to the findings of an independent review, it said the bank failed to treat the gb news presenter's details confidentially and didn't communicate its decision properly. however, the law firm travis smith found the closure was lawful and based mainly on commercial reasons. mr farage believes coote's move to shut his account down because of his political beliefs. the gb news presenter is questioning the law firm's impartiality. >> dodi well, we were told the report would be independent, and then i saw that travers smith, a city law firm, had been appointed to look into this case. and when you that case. and when you realise that the chair of that firm, the emeritus chair of that firm, chris hale , is somebody who chris hale, is somebody who described the brexit campaign and those that campaigned in it as racists and xenophobes , i as racists and xenophobes, i began to wonder just how independent it would be. >> that is it for the moment. i'll be back with more at about half past five. now it's back to
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. patrick >> well, it's big news for us andifs >> well, it's big news for us and it's big news for you as well. we've gone and got boris johnson, haven't we? it's an absolutely massive announcement that will send shockwaves has sent through the sent shockwaves through the british media. very shortly, we're going to our we're going to be going to our political christopher political editor, christopher hope, the latest hope, for all of the latest political reaction. have political reaction. what have the about it? the government said about it? what are some of the people behind the scenes said about it? we upset this we do want to upset this delicate ecology delicate broadcast media ecology or those people call it or whatever those people call it , that's been inflicted on you for too long. we are the for far too long. we are the people's channel. we know what the want and think the people want and we think that people want to hear that people do want to hear whether him, whether whether they like him, whether they everything that they agree with everything that happened, got happened, whether they've got a bone with him, or bone to pick with him, or whether they do love him and they think he's still the people's prime minister. we they think he's still the peoplthat'rime minister. we they think he's still the peoplthat borisminister. we they think he's still the peoplthat boris johnson we they think he's still the peoplthat boris johnson ise they think he's still the peoplthat boris johnson is of think that boris johnson is of tremendous value and tremendous for value you, and here has to say . here is what he has to say. >> hi, folks . boris johnson >> hi, folks. boris johnson here. i'm excited to say that i'm shortly to going be joining
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you on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new tv channel my unvarnished views on everything from russia, china , everything from russia, china, the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us. why i think our best days are yet to come and why on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . television. >> it's dynamite. it's box office, and he's all ours. let's not forget the remarkable moments that have defined boris johnson's career to date. one of the most prominent was his resounding promise of getting brexit done. i know before people start shouting at their tv screens and their radio sets as well. i also just remind as well. can i also just remind you that you listening now you that you are listening now to britain's most popular drive time show ? so time commercial news show? so thank you very much for all of
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that. that was the news that dropped yesterday. and now, of course, he course, we have this. but he said they were going get said that they were going to get brexit done. think some brexit done. people think some people think it didn't go far enough. that enough. some people think that it bit of a cop out. it it was a bit of a cop out. it was a bit of a fudge. but look, what's he going to do for us? well i'll tell you, because he's well, i'll you i'll well, i'll tell you what. i'll tell he's going to do tell you what he's going to do for us after we've had a look at some of boris johnson's biggest moments. shall we, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest m is1ents. shall we, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest mis nots. shall we, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest m is not too 1all we, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest m is not too latewe, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest m is not too late to, speaker, some of boris johnson's biggest m is not too late to saveipeaker, brexit. b rexit. >> therefore, brexit. >> therefore, i give notice that bofis >> therefore, i give notice that boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party. >> well , my friends. good >> well, my friends. good morning, everybody. my friends . morning, everybody. my friends. >> well, we did it. we did it. i say respectfully to our stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat . that's it. stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat. that's it. time to put a sock in the megaphone . tonight a sock in the megaphone. tonight we are leaving the european union the most important thing to say tonight is that this is
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not an end. but a beginning. this is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama . we must national drama. we must therefore go into a national lockdown, which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. the last place you'd want the prime minister to be at a time of national crisis. >> for boris johnson, this now a deeply personal crisis to do his coronavirus symptoms worsen. tonight he was moved into the intensive care unit . intensive care unit. >> that was not a party. i was there too. >> i haven't said it was a party. mrjohnson well, >> i haven't said it was a party. mr johnson well, you did actually, earlier on. >> people who say that we were partying in lockdown simply do not know what they are talking about. did not wittingly or about. i did not wittingly or recklessly mislead parliament. it clearly now the will of it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. i know that there will be many
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people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed. but them's the breaks . the breaks. >> yep, we got boris done now bofis >> yep, we got boris done now boris will be joining our team right here at gb news, playing a key role in our coverage of both the uk general election and the us election next year. he's going to create and present a new series showcasing the power of great britain. what makes us great? our role around the world. global britain is going to be doing special shows as well in front of live audiences. so you wonderful people who've stuck with gb news from the start, you know , now might have start, you know, now might have the opportunity to go and greet him. he's box office, he's ours . him. he's box office, he's ours. this is the real deal. gb news did get boris done. loads of reaction in the inbox and we'll go to that shortly. vaiews@gbnews.com. but right now it's our political editor christopher hope , whose phone christopher hope, whose phone has been buzzing the whatsapps have been tingling away.
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christopher haven't what's christopher haven't they? what's going political going on? what's the political reaction to this mega signing ? reaction to this mega signing? obviously he's mainly on the right of the party. >> i mean, he's a marmite figure. patrick he's not liked by the left. those who may be backed those who backed remain or those who didn't he behaved didn't like the way he behaved over the partygate issue and covid others are thinking he think a storyteller, think he's a storyteller, someone who who into someone who likes who buys into our national story, sees the arc of history playing out before him. took bold choices on ukraine. bold choices on on the vaccine deployment . and that's vaccine deployment. and that's why he is a divisive figure. but i think lots of people are pleased about him signing up a government minister who i can't name for various reasons, said to me, this is the best news ever for finally, a bit of good news for the conservatives this is the best news i've heard for so long from jonathan gullis, tory mp , a great signing by gb tory mp, a great signing by gb news, a large amount of his views reflect the broad spectrum news, a large amount of his viepeople ect the broad spectrum news, a large amount of his viepeople across broad spectrum news, a large amount of his viepeople across ourad spectrum news, a large amount of his viepeople across our ukspectrum news, a large amount of his viepeople across our uk who rum news, a large amount of his viepeople across our uk who gave of people across our uk who gave the tories the 80 seat majority in 2019. i look fonnard to tuning in and hearing boris's views. jacob rees—mogg, former
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cabinet minister, a colleague of ours at gb news, said simply, rejoice at the good news as only jacob rees—mogg can. i should do richard , and do an impression richard, and do an impression for you should i haven't done that. priti patel very happy. gb news is the most successful dynamic. no nonsense news station defender of free station and the defender of free speech. on. even the speech. so it goes on. even the tory party. now what the tory party. now what can the tory party. now what can the tory party. now what can the tory party say? he's not, of course mp anymore, he? course an mp anymore, is he? patrick private patrick he's a private individual. can do what he individual. he can do what he likes they say good luck to likes and they say good luck to him. private individual him. he's a private individual and do whatever he wants. and he can do whatever he wants. absolutely. but then again, you know, think could be an know, i think this could be an opportunity johnson, opportunity for boris johnson, i think, what got think, to rediscover what got him and he is a him into politics. and he is a rock there when he goes rock star out there when he goes out i've been with out there, when i've been with him in the north of england, he out there, when i've been with him ipass�* north of england, he out there, when i've been with him ipass that.h of england, he out there, when i've been with him ipass that wet england, he out there, when i've been with him ipass that wet night|nd, he out there, when i've been with him ipass that wet night ini, he does pass that wet night in stoke. when he gets off a bus in stoke. when he gets off a bus in stoke and it's pouring with rain. a big crowd for rain. there's a big crowd for bofis rain. there's a big crowd for boris isn't so boris johnson. there isn't so big other party leaders. he big for other party leaders. he transcends, i think, lot of transcends, i think, a lot of politics. mps brought him down last unhappy about last year because unhappy about his this his personal behaviour, this may be his return be the beginning of his return to front line. just whisper
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to the front line. just whisper it but he'll be it quietly, but he'll he'll be getting lot of support from gb getting a lot of support from gb news viewers. let's see how it plays out. we're nowhere near this. talked this. i haven't talked to him. i'm as i it. yeah i'm reading it as i see it. yeah but it could be that this could be him getting back his mojo or bojo. >> yeah. more mojo for >> yeah, yeah. more mojo for bojo potentially. if bojo potentially. you know, if he's then he's got a he's up for it then he's got a tremendous opportunity here to grab hands and grab this with both hands and try whatever he wants try and do whatever he wants with it. really we've got people emailing in david i love the show. cheers. david yeah. boris emailing in david i love the shova cheers. david yeah. boris emailing in david i love the shova stonkingiavid yeah. boris emailing in david i love the shova stonking majority,|. boris emailing in david i love the shova stonking majority, butnris had a stonking majority, but then use it. you then he refused to use it. you know, he could have easily amended a few different things. he goes on a here. david no he goes on a bit here. david no offence, get your point. offence, but i get your point. you know, could, he you know, he's, he could, he could more with his could have done more with his majority. know, there's majority. you know, there's a lot news viewers who lot of gb news viewers who absolutely love him. they think he was ousted they think it he was ousted and they think it was disgrace. he was ousted and they think it was quite disgrace. he was ousted and they think it wasquite a disgrace. he was ousted and they think it wasquite a few disgrace. he was ousted and they think it wasquite a few asisgrace. he was ousted and they think it wasquite a few as well:e. he was ousted and they think it wasquite a few as well who are quite a few as well who weren't sympathetic towards him but you know what, you but think, you know what, you let yourself down bit. you let yourself down a bit. you didn't do everything that you said you going do a bit said you were going to do a bit of hot air. you're a bit too green for some people as well.
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it's a mixed bag, christopher, isn't it? >> yeah, it is, of course. i mean, i've had people yeah. sending similar me on sending similar tweets to me on twitter and others not happy about question twitter and others not happy ab(did. question twitter and others not happy ab(did. the question twitter and others not happy ab(did. the party, question twitter and others not happy ab(did. the party, not question twitter and others not happy ab(did. the party, not juststion twitter and others not happy ab(did. the party, not just for n he did. the party, notjust for him personally, of course, as leader, but the seat majority leader, but the 80 seat majority was to be mean. the tories was meant to be mean. the tories would throughout the would be in power throughout the 2020s. they're facing 2020s. instead, they're facing probably annihilation 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly annihilation 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly point annihilation 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly point next|ihilation 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly point next yeartion 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly point next year orn 2020s. instead, they're facing pr(at|bly point next year or by in at some point next year or by january according to the january 2025, according to the polls . i mean, that is on boris polls. i mean, that is on boris johnson . you can he wasn't johnson. you can say he wasn't didn't good advisors around didn't have good advisors around him, of course all on him, but of course it's all on him, but of course it's all on him leader. he that. he him as leader. he gets that. he did la vista, baby, did say hasta la vista, baby, didn't stood down as didn't he, when he stood down as pm last year. and i think this is one way he may be starting to come back. >> yeah, well , look, i tell you >> yeah, well, look, i tell you what. whatever you think of bofis what. whatever you think of boris johnson, whatever people make know, the news that make of you know, the news that he's now the breaking news, he's going to be joining gb news here. the fact is that every other news outlet would have had him matter what they say, him no matter what they say, everyone wanted everyone else would have wanted him. does him. he is box office. he does put bums on seats. he does put eyes on screens and ears on
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radios whatever you want to radios or whatever you want to say. and what? say. and you know what? dedicated and very hard working team managed team out here managed to get that so well that over the line. so well done, everybody. christopher thank it gives thank you very much. it gives us something else to talk about now, there we go. now, doesn't it? there we go. christopher gb news, christopher hope gb news, political look political editor. look the emails coming brilliant, emails are coming in. brilliant, boris. coming boris. people coming together here. stuff. so happy. here. good stuff. so happy. thank very much . you've thank you very much. you've saved tuning thank you very much. you've saveyour tuning thank you very much. you've saveyour channel, tuning thank you very much. you've saveyour channel, says uning thank you very much. you've saveyour channel, says janette. into your channel, says janette. it's as i was it's not all positive. as i was saying well. you know, quite saying as well. you know, quite a people are, you know, a few people are, you know, disappointed boris johnson. disappointed with boris johnson. people down with people do feel let down with him. i wonder, whether him. i wonder, though, whether or bit that i don't or not a bit of that i don't know about you. i sometimes long for this alternative universe where we have what where we could have seen what could that could have happened after that election in. election result came in. the majority happened, and looked majority happened, and it looked as had a strong and as though we had a strong and stable government for a period of that of time because of that majority. definition, anyone of time because of that maj(wins definition, anyone of time because of that maj(wins a definition, anyone of time because of that maj(wins a majorityyn, anyone of time because of that maj(wins a majority like nyone of time because of that maj(wins a majority like that, who wins a majority like that, you think he's going to going to plough ahead, don't and do plough ahead, don't you, and do whatever they said they were plough ahead, don't you, and do whatet0' they said they were plough ahead, don't you, and do whateto do. ey said they were plough ahead, don't you, and do whateto do. ey long they were plough ahead, don't you, and do whateto do. ey long thethatre going to do. i long for that world where could have not world where we could have not had the coronavirus and then just seeing happen, just seeing what would happen, maybe been a maybe it would have been a disaster. things would maybe it would have been a disasimploded things would maybe it would have been a disasimploded quicker. nould maybe it would have been a disasimploded quicker. i)uld maybe it would have been a
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disasimploded quicker. i don't have imploded quicker. i don't think think things think so, though. i think things might been a lot better. might have been a lot better. but boris johnson joining gb news a great news is obviously a great signing us. he's well known, signing for us. he's well known, just you recognise just like you would recognise a brand, isn't it? brand boris so who better to speak about than an expert in this field is brand expert tessa hartmann. tessa thank you very, very much. look, i'm keen to get your views on this. really? from. from brand boris. first of all. but then, well, you know, we've got a brand here at gb news, haven't we? do you think this will be good for boris? how do you see this going? >> look, i think this great >> look, i think this is great for boris. >> it's great for gb news. >> it's great for gb news. >> doesn't matter what i >> it doesn't matter what i think boris. think about boris. >> is essentially become >> boris is essentially become a modern he's an modern day influencer. he's an ex—prime minister. he brought 14 million people to the polls at the election. he's got the last election. he's got almost 4 million followers on twitter. he's got nearly 2 million on instagram. >> he's a voice authority. >> he's a voice of authority. >> he's a voice of authority. >> you him or not. >> whether you like him or not. he's going to bring viewers to you, he's got that teflon skin >> and he's got that teflon skin whereby doesn't matter about whereby it doesn't matter about all his self—inflicted dramas .
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all his self—inflicted dramas. >> they're there, almost >> they're almost there, almost cadash esque, isn't it? >> and i think that's his appeal. >> and as i say, it doesn't matter what i think of him. he has an incredible draw and he has an incredible draw and he has incredible on the has an incredible player on the global stage. >> and i think it's about a voice of influence and it's coming to you. >> and i have to say, you probably knocked it out the park compared to your compared hitters. >> well, well, we certainly hope so. it so. clearly. i do think it speaks volumes. you know, it's another for anyway , another example for us anyway, that twitter social media is that twitter and social media is not real life right . it's very not real life right. it's very easy to get swept away with, you know, the snivelling chattering classes view of, you know , classes view of, you know, snobbish views. i think at times of other people think this about you . well, it's not the case, you. well, it's not the case, actually. people go out and about a little bit more. they do tend to love gb news and they like what do, whether they like what we do, whether they agree everything they agree with everything that they say is one thing, say on the channel is one thing, but they like the fact that we have these kind of discussions and the fact that boris johnson has here when he could have has come here when he could have gone speaks gone anywhere, i do think speaks
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volumes could this be volumes of it. could this be a good launch pad for him, though, do if looking to do you think, if he's looking to get into politics? get back into politics? i suppose if you were advising him, you've got to him, would you say you've got to get a tv talk to get yourself a tv show, talk to the nation? you know, absolutely. >> look, everybody is watching about what boris was going to do next. you know, where will he go? he do? anybody go? what will he do? anybody who underestimated go? what will he do? anybody who underestim.passion. >> boris is passion. >> boris is passion. >> he's ambitious. he's he's an egotist. successful people are egotists. you could even say he's of a narcissist list. he's a bit of a narcissist list. we can all critique boris, but bofis we can all critique boris, but boris he's boris has delivered. he's disappointed but he disappointed many people. but he has he holds in has delivered. and he holds in incredible on the global incredible weight on the global stage . think from gb news stage. and i think from gb news perspective , his little black perspective, his little black book super impressive. book must be super impressive. i mean, the amount people he's mean, the amount of people he's going to bring to the table is going to bring to the table is going great. so as i say, going to be great. so as i say, it doesn't matter whether you love him. he is here love or loathe him. he is here to stay. and this is to to stay. and this is going to work boris as it is work as much for boris as it is for you, because i have no doubt he's got many plans under there. >> look, absolutely . don't >> oh, look, absolutely. i don't think under any think anyone's under any illusions about that. you know, this there be it this is this is there will be it will be there for him as much as
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it for no doubt. and as it is for us, no doubt. and as much for our viewers as well. what do you think it about what do you think it is about boris? got this boris? right. he's got this really like ability in a really weird like ability in a sense, because he was born into privilege, i suppose. not that that matter, that should matter, but i suppose context of modern suppose in the context of modern society does eat educate society it does eat and educate it. oxbridge, that stuff. it. oxbridge, all of that stuff. and yet for some you and yet for some reason you plonk him in the middle of preston a rainy tuesday night preston on a rainy tuesday night and come out the and people come out of the working clubs they working men's clubs and they want to have a pint with him. it's weird, isn't it? >> it is weird. i >> i don't think it is weird. i think in branding about think in branding it's about embracing imperfections . embracing your imperfections. bofis embracing your imperfections. boris imperfections boris embraces his imperfections as he is dishevelled , he is as he is dishevelled, he is unruly, he is a disrupter. he is an instigator. he has flaws. we all have flaws. the nation has flaws. and unfortunately , when flaws. and unfortunately, when somebody comes into a position of power and they become prime minister every single flaw is put upon the table to be analysed and boris, he wears it. he says it with his chest. he is who he is. you either love him or you loathe him, but he's
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passionate about britain. he's passionate about britain. he's passionate about britain. he's passionate about his opinions and he loves history. you and he he loves history. you know, if you look at his background his love of background and his love of historical doctrines , we are historical doctrines, we are defined by history. people don't read enough history. but he's got a voice. and the voice right now, people are disenfranchise sized with other broadcasters. they feel let down with media. but boris has that voice. and i think that social media will play think that social media will play a big part because the new generation are going to be watching. boris soundbites. what does say about the does boris have to say about the election next year is seismic. you know, we've got, know, you know, we've got, you know, political all over political instability all over the world. people will be tuning in out what boris in to find out what boris thinks. that's the long and the short of it. >> you know, it makes me laugh, actually. people like to say, oh, gb news is irrelevant. oh, do you watch that? the second anything happens here, they run with newsnight. on with it on newsnight. it's on the of all of the the front page of all of the papers. if we didn't matter and we you wouldn't papers. if we didn't matter and we doing you wouldn't papers. if we didn't matter and we doing stuff you wouldn't papers. if we didn't matter and we doing stuff like you wouldn't papers. if we didn't matter and we doing stuff like that, wouldn't papers. if we didn't matter and we doing stuff like that, would 't be doing stuff like that, would you? we've got nigel farage, who's won a award who's already won a tric award for popular presenter. for the most popular presenter.
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breakfast presenter. breakfast is one of presenter. nigel is up for another award because files, because of the kooks files, which led media agenda for which led the media agenda for however long for something that is supposedly, quote unquote unwashed and irrelevant. we're doing think. and unwashed and irrelevant. we're dcitg think. and unwashed and irrelevant. we're dcit a think. and unwashed and irrelevant. we're dcit a controversial think. and unwashed and irrelevant. we're dcit a controversial choice, !\nd is it a controversial choice, though, boris johnson? though, for boris johnson? because, this because, look, you know, this guy fruity track guy has got a fruity track record. people think he record. some people think he lied about things went on lied about things that went on dunng lied about things that went on during lockdown, that there were part of this. so part his and all of this. so maybe we're taking on maybe maybe we're taking on a bit of a risk here. what do you think? >> look, i think everybody knows what you just is true. what you just said is true. i think the majority of people, if you were to them now, you were to pull them right now, are yes, we believe are going to say yes, we believe he lied. but to a lot of people, that makes him normal. you know, what was rationale for his what was the rationale for his lie? it for the good of the lie? was it for the good of the people? was it not? was it just a delicious lie? you know, we can till we can debate all this till we come, you know, till the cows come, you know, till the cows come home. but the reality is, where now? people need to where are we now? people need to stop yesterday. stop thinking about yesterday. they to focus on today. they need to focus on today. they need to focus on today. they need to focus on today. they need to focus we they need to focus on where we are world, what voice we are in the world, what voice we need, what voices of influence we need and gb news to have someone i say,
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someone like boris, as i say, whether loathe him, whether you love or loathe him, is make great strides is going to make great strides in world of politics and the in the world of politics and the world culture and order world of culture and order of history brand history and world of brand britain. at the end of britain. because at the end of the day, we're all about bringing our and bringing our economy and bringing business back to britain and as i say, boris wants that. you know, he is a global brit. that's what he is. >> absolutely. look, really >> absolutely. look, i've really enjoyed thank you enjoyed this, tessa, thank you very could talk to very much. i could talk to you all day, i'll get shouted at all day, but i'll get shouted at if that. afraid. that's if i do that. i'm afraid. that's brand tessa hartman. i'll brand expert tessa hartman. i'll talk to you again very soon. you take right, look, take care. all right, look, thank loads of you coming thank you. loads of you coming in now. gb views a gb news dot com. i'll go to the inbox shortly. fascinating views coming get loads coming in here, but get loads more story on our more of this story on our website, gb views .com. it's the fastest growing national news site country. all the site in the country. all the best analysis, all big best analysis, all the big opinion, breaking opinion, all the latest breaking news before five news now coming up before five rishi said that he's rishi sunak has said that he's going to the uk's asylum going to reduce the uk's asylum backlog and use hotels. backlog and the use of hotels. but a group of mps say that his plan unrealistic. be plan is unrealistic. i'll be talking and we do talking about that and we do gear don't we, another gear up, don't we, for another other weekend mayhem on other weekend of mayhem on the streets protests streets with protests due to take place, we're looking at the
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it? the public accounts committee has warned that adequate safeguards are not in place against the place to protect against the risks vulnerable people and risks of vulnerable people and that genuine may not that genuine claimants may not have their application viewed properly . the report also claims properly. the report also claims that the home office has no credible plan to end the use of hotels for migrants and faces a huge challenge to meet rishi sunak do so. quite sunak pledge to do so. quite a lot to unpack here. firstly i think that they're talking about whether vulnerable people could slip through the net. i find that hard to believe , just given that hard to believe, just given that hard to believe, just given that at the moment it seems that we're waving through or plan to wave through the vast majority of people. so why wouldn't we way through the vulnerable ones as well. okay and i do also wonder as well, comes to wonder as well, when it comes to the credible for shutting the credible plan for shutting margaret , well, the margaret hotels, well, the government's just announced is going close 50 of them. so going to close 50 of them. so what does that mean? it what does that mean? is it p°ppi"9 what does that mean? is it popping new in other popping up new ones in other places? not quite sure. the places? i'm not quite sure. the mood music seems to have changed on of on this in the last couple of days. kevin saunders joins me now, immigration now, former chief immigration officer border force. now, former chief immigration officergreat border force. now, former chief immigration officer great to order force. now, former chief immigration officer great to have force. now, former chief immigration officer great to have you e. now, former chief immigration officergreat to have you on the kevin, great to have you on the show. yeah, first things first.
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they're the they're saying that the government no credible government has got no credible plan to the asylum plan to reduce the asylum backlog, channel backlog, 30% fewer channel crossings least crossings at double, at least double, amount double, i think the amount of home office staff dealing with the claims . so what's home office staff dealing with the claims. so what's going on there ? there? >> oh, it's ridiculous what what they're saying . they're saying. >> i mean, it's 55 hotels that are going to be closed . and as are going to be closed. and as you correctly say , the home you correctly say, the home office have doubled the number of people doing the assessments for the alleged migrants. >> so the government has a plan. >> so the government has a plan. >> they what they're going to do is they're going to open up to xref bases and they've got the stockholm as well. that'll give them about 4500 places and they're going to shut 55 hotels, which will no doubt please the people in those areas . people in those areas. >> so i'm not quite sure where
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the public accounts committee are coming from on this one. >> did the public account committee might just want to slay anything? >> i mean, the fact is that i would argue anyway, that the pubuc would argue anyway, that the public should have a look at the way that the accounts have been handled and think that this is an utter disgrace. and in fact, if anything, the public have been too considerate about been far too considerate about all this. million a day on all of this. £8 million a day on hotels alone. before hotels alone. that's before we've into some of the we've got stuck into some of the other additional costs. that is not away any time not going to go away any time soon. £35 million worth of taxpayers money in just one london borough on new accommodation that can only be used to house asylum seekers. you play that tape fonnard when the figures land about the reality of nationwide councils , reality of nationwide councils, the amount of money they are spending only on accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees. people will will be enraged about all of that. the public accounts committee should be caring about that , shouldn't they? >> they should indeed.
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>> they should indeed. >> and you're quite right, patrick. >> and this is something that unfortunately people aren't commenting on, because the quicker that the home office decide whether some somebody is going to be allowed to stay well of course, 90% of them are allowed to stay because we can't send them back. and that's another argument. so once they've got limited leave to remain or leave to remain , they remain or leave to remain, they are no longer the responsibility of central government . so of central government. so effectively they're told to get out of the hotels and go along and see the local authority who are then responsible for housing them. just like you or me. if we were made homeless. >> exactly. and then the human rights groups and the charities and all of this stuff, they get on the local councils and on to the local councils and local like they do now, local councils like they do now, want be centre of refuge. want to be a centre of refuge. they want to be a great place. they want to be a great place. they want to be a great place.
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they want to be all lovely, happy clappy and be able to say, look to look at what we're doing to house the refugees. but the reality that they cannot just reality is that they cannot just absorb 500 young men wallop in one you they can't. one go. here you go. they can't. because could that because if they could do that and they've got homeless veterans on the streets or they've single mums they've got young single mums living containers living in shipping containers like got ealing, like they've got in ealing, we've the run from we've got people on the run from domestic violence, living in shipping alongside shipping containers alongside drug dealers and all sorts, which we do right here in this country. 50 minutes from where i'm now , if you're i'm sitting now, if you're telling me that you've the telling me that you've got the housing stock to suddenly be able you know, 500 able to absorb, you know, 500 blokes who've just rocked up on your doorstep, then i'm sorry, but you been doing the but what have you been doing the whole time? >> well, that's that's >> well, that's it. that's completely i think completely right. and i think one of the local authorities i can't remember which one it was reached , he said they're reached, he said they're spending 25% of their income . spending 25% of their income. >> kevin, across you, i'm afraid . i'm really sorry to interrupt you. we've got a bit of breaking news. sorry. kevin saunders, though, chief immigration though, former chief immigration officer border force . i'm officer at uk border force. i'm going ask, curiously, going now to ask, curiously, editor white in tel
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editor mark white is in tel aviv. mark me now . now. aviv. mark joins me now. now. and i understand that there has been an airstrike in tel aviv, mark. yes . mark. yes. >> yeah, you can. i don't know if you just heard that, but explosions in the distance there, the third major and more explosions there. the third major airstrike in tel aviv today. so far , our alert system today. so far, our alert system has been going off. you can see we'll just show you basically this here on the telephone. you can see now and the alerts going again all over tel aviv. not our area . it's an incredible system. area. it's an incredible system. the iron dome. so this very central area of tel aviv that we're in hasn't alerted us to go to the shelter just yet. but that could happen any second. all around us and all the other suburbs here in tel aviv, those
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alarms are going off. people are going to the shelter. and as i say, we've been hearing the thunder there, the sonic boom of the iron dome system springing into action. the missiles going off, reaching super sonic speed and then connect ing with the rockets that are coming in. it is absolutely clear that hamas now has a determination to go after the biggest population centre in israel to go after for tel aviv. we have now had seven major rocket barrages us into tel aviv in just two days. now and we earlier today saw an apartment block that was struck by a rocket that was not intercepted by the iron dome. that four storey apartment block, the top storey of that was obliterated in effectively apart from the front facade for people were injured in that
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incident. and then yesterday day, another building also struck, but no one injured in that particular incident. so as i say , you know, this is all i say, you know, this is all going off again in, i think they're expecting an uptick in they're expecting an uptick in the kind of activity that's coming from hamas. but it shows it absolutely shows. patrick that even though there is very significant action in terms of airstrikes and grounding incursions to try to deal with hamas, they still have a capability t to come after the israeli population and to send these rockets set up over to civilian areas. >> mark, stay safe. thank you very much for the update . it. very much for the update. it. and we will go back to you. that's mark white there. he's our security editor who is in tel aviv where barrages and barrages and barrages are coming in we speak. look more on in as we speak. look more on that in a little bit. but now and actually, we're also going to be looking at what's happening on the streets of britain in relation to this as
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well we gear up for another britain in relation to this as wel|of we gear up for another britain in relation to this as wel|of protestar up for another britain in relation to this as wel|of protest tomorrow. nother britain in relation to this as wel|of protest tomorrow. buter day of protest tomorrow. but right it's your headlines right now it's your headlines with . aaron with. aaron >> it's 535. let's get you up to date with the headlines as the conflict between israel and hamas continues , there's been hamas continues, there's been a demand for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in gaza. it's being voted on by the united nations in new york, western countries , including the western countries, including the uk, have been calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting. they want to get aid into the enclave, but arab nations are pushing for stronger wording, saying that a ceasefire is needed to help civilians . as the needed to help civilians. as the met police says there have been more than 400 anti—semitic and 170 islamophobic attacks over the last week . in london, the the last week. in london, the force arrested 75 people in connection with the israel—hamas conflict in the united states. authorities are saying they're chasing more than 500 leads as they try to track down an army reservist who is suspected of
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>> she. well as i'm sure you've probably heard by now, gb news has got boris done the man who smashed the red wall, the man who won a stonking majority, the man who many people fell man who many people think fell victim biggest stitch up victim to the biggest stitch up since tapestry. since the bayeux tapestry. >> the man every >> he is the man that every other news channel wanted. but of course, he has chosen to come here broadcast to you, the here and broadcast to you, the viewers listeners of gb news. >> hi folks. boris johnson here. i'm excited to say that i'm shortly going to be joining you on gb news and i'm going to be giving this remarkable new tv channel all my unvarnished views on everything from russia to china, the war in ukraine, how we meet all those challenges refers to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us. why i think our best days are yet to come and why, on the whole, the people of the world want to see
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more global britain, not less. so join me on gb news for some great british television . great british television. >> well, there we go. that is bofis >> well, there we go. that is boris johnson, who you will be seeing lighting up your television screens in a variety of different forms. so he's going to be doing election coverage for our election, for the us election. he's going to be doing a series of shows for us, as well as potentially audience based shows. so watch this space that's all coming your way in the new year. i'm going to delve into the inbox now. gotten cracking, emails sent, range of views, a range of views. that's why we love the gb news viewers. was very news viewers. i was very disappointed to note that you've recruited johnson, says recruited boris johnson, says terry, time supporter terry, as a one time supporter of conservative party, i was of the conservative party, i was very disappointed boris's very disappointed in boris's premiership he completely premiership when he completely wasted of an wasted the opportunities of an 80 wasted the opportunities of an so terry, wasted the opportunities of an 80 terry, you can 80 seat majority. terry, you can now come and put those views to him. you see that email address there? the one you've used? there? the one that you've used? well, boris sits in the well, when boris sits in the seat that i'm in now, seat that i'm sitting in now, they'll probably give him a throne. be honest, went
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throne. let's be honest, we went off the cheap on that. i'm in. but he sits in the seat but when he sits in the seat that in now, he will have that i'm in now, he will have the in front of him. he the inbox in front of him. he will be able to read your views. you will that. and so he you will have that. and so if he ever does launch another political career again, you can take views on board. terry take your views on board. terry roberts well done, news roberts says, well done, gb news for will be for signing boris. he will be a great channel. best great fit for your channel. best news says ray. yeah news for ages, says ray. yeah good stuff. a lot of that. david says, no, no. i think this is the money. he didn't do enough to the he didn't do to stop the boats. he didn't do enough to cut down he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big to cut down he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big on cut down he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big on the down he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big on the netn he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big on the net zero he was to stop the boats. he didn't do eno big on the net zero agenda. too big on the net zero agenda. so look, you will have a lot to go at with boris johnson here, but his views matter, though, don't he's going to be don't they? he's going to be interesting listening. and again, to, again, you know, we wanted to, like i said, disrupt that broadcast media ecology. and that certainly we are that is certainly what we are doing. this is a man who's doing. and this is a man who's always red wall and he's always got the red wall and he's got what it's like to out got what it's like to be out of the westminster bubble. fact, the westminster bubble. in fact, he probably would have preferred he probably would have preferred he out the he was always out of the westminster bubble. i don't think have gone if he think he would have gone if he was. and so those are the kind of that we want to appeal of people that we want to appeal to now, very shortly
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to as well. now, very shortly i'm going to be discussing what we're see on the we're expecting to see on the streets britain over the streets of britain over the weekend, gearing up for another weekend, gearing up for another weekend potentially weekend of, well, potentially what riots, what do you call it, riots, demonstrations. it's the better way putting way of putting it. demonstrations the of demonstrations on the streets of britain on in the britain as what goes on in the middle shows no signs of middle east shows no signs of abating. the police have been told in no uncertain terms that after weekend's utter after last weekend's utter farce, that words like jihad on the streets of britain, banners like muslim armies, etcetera, they've got no place in britain. they do not do anything to bring us together. that's what us closer together. that's what i'm going to be watching this weekend. what will the police be doing to clamp down on this? but our security editor, mark white, is for us right now is in tel aviv for us right now and he has got some breaking for news what's going on news us. mark, what's going on where are ? where you are? >> yeah, the 617 here losing count now in just two days has struck tel aviv with a massive barrage of rockets coming over as i speak to you, it's a bit ad hoc this, but i'm just going to
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show you some footage shot by our head of security here just in the last couple of minutes showing the iron dome missile defence system as those missiles went up into the air to intercept these rockets that came in. we heard the sirens sounding all over tel aviv, but it's such an incredible system. the iron dome , that it didn't the iron dome, that it didn't actually sound in our particular location because what they do is the radar system is that the israelis have you can tell seconds after these rockets launch that that the you know , launch that that the you know, the rockets themselves have, then what the trajectory of these rockets are. and in those areas where they know the rockets are headed for, they will sound the alert. so this particular district in tel aviv, we were okay. but all around us, the sirens were sounding. you saw there hopefully some of those iron dome missile defence
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systems going up. there is a clear desire now on behalf of hamas to directly target the largest centre of population in israel , tel aviv. and that's why israel, tel aviv. and that's why we've seen seven of these very significant barrages in just a couple of days there. and patrick, it comes on the day of very significant activity with in terms of what israel is doing in terms of what israel is doing in gaza. there was a ground in in gaza. there was a ground in in a raid on central gaza overnight. also so a sea incursion . commandos raided gaza incursion. commandos raided gaza from the sea, took out hamas positions there as we speak, there is very significant heavy bombardment in gaza from artillery, from tank fire, from air strikes and missile strikes. and this what we're seeing in tel aviv may well be as a direct response to what is happening in gaza now .
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gaza now. >> mark, thank you very much. mark white there, our security editor. stay safe. where you are. look, when i come back, i'm going to be bringing it back to britain. really this because we've seen a massive rise in hate crimes against british jews and muslims as well following hate crimes against british jews and outbreak as well following hate crimes against british jews and outbreak of well following hate crimes against british jews and outbreak of the.l following hate crimes against british jews and outbreak of the.l fo|in wing hate crimes against british jews and outbreak of the.l fo|in the| the outbreak of the war in the middle east. huge hate crimes now on the streets of britain in fact, i don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that at times recently the streets of britain have not really looked like or felt like the streets of britain, have they? so how should our police deal with the protests that are planned for this weekend? they've been told to down hard on people to come down hard on people chanting words like jihad on the street. will they? i'll discuss that.
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on gb news, the people's. channel >> well, we look ahead now to the actions due to take place this weekend on britain's streets. the met police says that they will intervene after over any jihad chance during pro—palestine protests. this weekend. it comes after they've revealed there's been another huge increase. and these are the latest figures that landed just a couple of hours ago. all right. so there's another huge increase anti semitic increase in anti semitic attacks as result of the war as a direct result of the war between israel and hamas . between israel and hamas. joining me now is former metropolitan police officer and author of how to be a police officer . it's author of how to be a police officer. it's graham author of how to be a police officer . it's graham weston. officer. it's graham weston. graham thank you very, very much . a massive concern that when
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the next day or 48 hours, we're going to see more things like calls for jihad on the streets of britain, people waving things that look suspiciously like. but we're reliably reassured on the isis flag on the streets around the country, marches , the country, marches, demonstrations, criminal damage, all of that stuff. how do the police deal with it now? they've had two weeks to get ready for it. well yeah, they had last saturday, the saturday before. >> so, again, this is like the third weekend a row third weekend in a row proportionate, balanced policing response. so looking at what's taking place, trying to keep order in place on london streets, that's the key priority for them . for them. >> it may well be there are some offences that will take place at some over the weekend. some time over the weekend. >> doesn't mean that arrests >> it doesn't mean that arrests have made at that time. have to be made at that time. >> we've seen already police appeals now for information about of about people suspected of offences and the offences last weekend and the weekend so arrest be weekend before so arrest can be made post event. >> it just depends what happens dunng >> it just depends what happens during itself and during the event itself and whether and whether it's safe and proportionate to step in and
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take action. >> at time . >> at the time. >> at the time. >> looking at some of the >> you're looking at some of the figures now. there were about figures now. so there were about 170 islamophobic reports reports. okay in the last week, but there's been 408 anti—semitic reports as well. there is a heck of a lot of hate on the streets at the moment. there is a heck of a lot of violence or certainly verbal violence or certainly verbal violence that's taking place at the moment. we've seen things like them, you know, cornering off the cenotaph, barricading the cenotaph , you know, do you the cenotaph, you know, do you think the police have a duty really to make sure that it's not just about the people who go to these protests and these demonstrations, but it's how it looks. it's how it looks to the wider public. the wider public don't want to see this rubbish on the streets . on the streets. >> right. but again, >> no, you're right. but again, they have to work in conjunction with other partners. that the with other partners. is that the cenotaph other statues cenotaph and other statues in london responsibility london are responsibility of local , it's working local council, so it's working in partnership with them. >> not, you know, not >> that's not, you know, not everything to met everything is down to the met police to agree decide or police to agree and decide or even you know, sometimes
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even even, you know, sometimes you what's been you have to accept what's been done even knowing. done without you even knowing. it's happened. you know, local authorities it's happened. you know, local autcertain things. have for certain things. so you have to work you've got in to work with what you've got in front of you. >> but you're right. the >> but but you're right. the instance fryston, over instance of fryston, that's over the that wasn't that last the week that wasn't that last saturday saturday or saturday or saturday before or there's in hate there's been an increase in hate crime in the last couple of weeks london. weeks in london. >> is a concern for the >> that is a concern for the police. there are officers now regularly patrolling synagogues and mosques, etcetera, trying to reassure the members of those communities safe communities that there is safe in but concern in their areas. but huge concern that this increase of crime think i think people i think the initial pro—palestine protest that took place, you know , that took place, you know, everything was very, very fresh . everything was very, very fresh. >> and people thought, right, this is a demonstration now . and this is a demonstration now. and then, you know, there was the second one. and that to me seemed bigger and worse in some of the incidents that were taking place there. we had a debatably should be banned radical islamist group calling for jihad and muslim armies. forjihad and muslim armies. we've had people with placards saying, i fully support hamas,
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which is of course an actual terrorist organisation. we've had all sorts going on. you know, and then we've had the prime minister standing up and saying, look, we cannot have calls for jihad on the street. so if people are out on the streets now, again calling for you know, holy war or whatever , you know, holy war or whatever, i'll just say myself. graham i don't want to hear the met. police say we've got specially trained counter—terror officers there and we can assure you that jihad has many different meanings. just get them lifted . meanings. just get them lifted. >> i hear what you're saying, patrick, but again, when you're on these events and i have as well, especially trained cps lawyers, the ones that will deal with these cases, who are advising the met, who have actually put statement out actually put a statement out today saying it's about the context to context and they have to carefully consider the exact words, carefully consider the position so that careful consideration takes time. >> so at the time it may not be possible to step straight in and lift while they're doing lift them while they're doing it. comes down to looking at
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it. it comes down to looking at what's said, the context, what's being said, the context, and , as we've seen and then maybe, as we've seen recently, then arrested him subsequently post event , that's subsequently post event, that's probably lot safer and isn't probably a lot safer and isn't going to escalate any confrontation and cause disorder. >> it's okay going in hard, as i think you mentioned in your but going hard has has obvious going in hard has has obvious results in implications that actually escalate actually people can escalate violence and confrontation towards the police officers and other members the public who other members of the public who may not want be involved in may not want to be involved in this. >> graham, thank you very much. always good graham there, always good graham watson there, who is a former met police officer how to be officer and author of how to be a police officer. he is right that everything is that not everything is responsibility met responsibility of the met police. absolutely not. everything responsibility . everything is a responsibility. but, sometimes maybe but, you know, sometimes maybe we a responsibility to we have a responsibility to behave better and if that behave a bit better and if that isn't then i do isn't happening, then i do expect met police step expect the met police to step in. right. a reminder to in. right. just a reminder to round you off. i'm a massive news that at the top of news that london at the top of the today boris johnson the show today boris johnson has signed gb news. yes all signed for gb news. yes all right. i think just to just right. and i think just to just to us into the friday as we to send us into the friday as we would like, we can hear from bofis would like, we can hear from boris johnson now, i think . oh,
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boris johnson now, i think. oh, no. oh, sorry. no. oh well, there we go. boris johnson is joining gb news. we've possibly heard enough from him for one day. anyway, boris johnson did announce earlier on that he's going joining to us in the going to be joining to us in the new year to play a key role, a key role in our coverage of both the uk and general election the uk and the general election and elections next year. and the us elections next year. he's going to create and present a new series showcasing the power of britain around the world. so there we go. i jumped the gun. you will actually be heanng the gun. you will actually be hearing from boris johnson on michelle dewberry show, which is up next. thank you very much. for everybody who's been watching just watching and listening, notjust today throughout course today but throughout the course of the i will be back of the week. i will be back a little bit later on eight till 9 pm, where i believe i'm going p.m, where i believe i'm going to be interviewing boris johnson's dad, stanley johnson. so we'll hearing definitely so we'll be hearing definitely from one johnson. then i'll see you in a bit. take care, everybody. patrick christys . gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast, further rain or showers for many of us
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this weekend with some gusty winds as well. but there winds around as well. but there will some drier and brighter will be some drier and brighter interludes, particularly across central parts . now, central and southern parts. now, overnight, going to see overnight, we're going to see a continuation of the showers. in fact , an continuation of the showers. in fact, an intensification of the showers across some southern and southwestern parts . some southwestern parts. some longer spells into the spells of rain pushing into the south south—east of england spells of rain pushing into the scum south—east of england spells of rain pushing into the soua time south—east of england spells of rain pushing into the soua time with 1—east of england spells of rain pushing into the soua time with gustyt of england spells of rain pushing into the soua time with gusty windsgland for a time with gusty winds further showery rain pushing into eastern scotland as well as northern ireland. and in many of these places with the ground very wet, there could be issues by dawn . now we're going to see by dawn. now we're going to see a mild night because of the gusty wind. but in some of these central parts, northern england into midlands, east anglia, into the midlands, east anglia, a patches and some a few mist patches and some colder spots . as we start off colder spots. as we start off the weekend, any mist or fog will lift and then some brighter skies for a time moving north across the country to affect parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia and parts of northern england into the afternoon. but there'll be further persistent rain for eastern scotland cause eastern scotland could cause some times this some problems at times this weekend and as an upturn in the
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wet and windy weather, then towards the southwest later on, that pushes north on saturday night into northern england, northern ireland and much of eastern scotland. once again. further south, the return to sunny spells, but also some blustery showers . the showers blustery showers. the showers heaviest and most frequent around western around southern and western coasts as we keep the showers going in the south on monday. drier colder the north
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