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reducing the tax burden the way we do it is by spending taxpayers money more wisely. and that means having more productive public services as pro—palestinian protesters are holding a national day of action across the uk. >> instead of marching in the caphal >> instead of marching in the capital, around 100 smaller rallies are planned at various locations around the country, with around 100,000 people expected in glasgow . this after expected in glasgow. this after thousands took to the streets of central london during remembrance weekend, calling for a ceasefire in the israel—hamas war. meanwhile in gaza, the israeli military are warning thousands of people to leave the south as it tightens its focus on hamas terrorists. there earlier warning saw scores of people move from the north amid the escalating conflict. leaflets have been dropped by the idf near the khan younis area, telling people to move again, this time westward . again, this time westward. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu told us media that he understands the

difficulty faced by civilians, but that he doesn't want to see people get caught up in the crossfire while israel says it's allowed two truckloads of fuel into gaza each day following international pressure. it's after the un warned of rapidly deteriorating conditions . the deteriorating conditions. the white house says fuel deliveries should continue on a regular bafis should continue on a regular basis and in larger quantities . basis and in larger quantities. us companies, including disney and warner brothers, have pulled advertising on formerly known as twitter amid a row over alleged anti—semitism . it comes after anti—semitism. it comes after the site's owner , elon musk, the site's owner, elon musk, appeared to endorse a post that falsely claimed members of the jewish community were stoking hatred against white people . hatred against white people. meanwhile, ibm suspended all its advertising on the platform after its ads were seen next to pro—nazi posts. the white house has denounced elon musk's a potential endorsement of the post, calling it an abhorrent promotion of anti—semitic and racist hate . in other news, just

racist hate. in other news, just stop. oil protesters are holding a people versus oil demonstration in the capital. activists are meeting at the london eye near the shell headquarters. they're marching against the government's decision to license more than 100 new oil and gas projects . 100 new oil and gas projects. the group says the government is imprisoning peaceful protesters while protecting those who it describes as climate criminals . describes as climate criminals. gb news reporter will hollis is in central london here outside of shell, the oil company's headquarters where there is a ring of steel around the building's base. >> that's because just stop. oil are coming right here today as they marched through the capital city. they've described it as people versus oil. thousands of people versus oil. thousands of people expected and they're coming here for three reasons to stand up to oil companies, to stand up to oil companies, to stand up to the prime minister, who they say is supporting these oil companies and to fight for a

better future for young people who they say are condemned to death by a system that favours oil over them . oil over them. >> more than a third of women who commute on the train are likely to experience sexual harassment. that's according to new figures from the british transport police. reports of catcalling and indecent exposure are higher than ever. more than 50% of women also say other passengers intervened to assist the transport police is calling on people to be vigilant, report suspicious behaviour and step in to help, where possible . the to help, where possible. the creator of wallace and gromit and the chicken run films has enough clay for just one and the chicken run films has enough clay forjust one more enough clay for just one more film after its supplier ceased operations when new clay products announced the closure of its facility near torquay earlier this year, aardman animations quickly bought all its remaining stock. animations quickly bought all its remaining stock . according its remaining stock. according to the telegraph. the studio has just enough to complete its new wallace and gromit feature due for release next year. new clay

produced a particular kind of plasticine, which is perfect for animating stop motion artists say using the wrong kind would be like wearing the wrong trousers as this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. just say play gb news. now it's back to . darren news. now it's back to. darren thank you, tamsin. >> let's get stuck into today's topics. just stop oil protest leaders are holding a people versus oil protest today . it's versus oil protest today. it's in protest against the government licensing more than 100 new oil and gas projects. the group say that the government is imprisoning peaceful protesters and protecting the real criminals who are boiling our planet. joining me now from the protest is gb news very own will hollis. will, thank you very much for joining me. what's it like ? are

joining me. what's it like? are you expecting much in the way of turnout ? yes turnout? yes >> well, just to locate people that are outside of london, we are in the tourist hotspot. we're right next to the london eye. but another building that people that watch the new year's celebrations might know is the shell hq, which is, of course, a very tall building. like most of the buildings here in london. but what you'll notice that is a little bit different is the ring of steel fencing around the bottom of it. and you'll notice lots of police officers as well. and that is, of course, because of just stop oil has arrived here in jubilee garden gardens and they are here because they are hosting their people versus oil protest . just a couple of oil protest. just a couple of hundred right now. you'll notice the traditional orange bibs with the traditional orange bibs with the just stop oil skull as well. and the reason that they're here is because , as they are saying, is because, as they are saying, that oil needs to be stopped. it

kind of does what it says on the tin. there are three things that they've been talking about. they've been talking about how they think there is they think that there is a system that supports oil companies the young people companies over the young people and a prime minister, rishi sunak, that props up these oil companies. one of the criticisms is the licensing of new oil and gas, 100 of them rolling back net zero commitments. we saw earlier that the earlier in the yean earlier that the earlier in the year, the move from the ban of sale of new oil and new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 rolled back to 2035. so that's one of the reasons that they're here. what we can say about this protest in particular is you're going to notice lots of police and lots of police vehicles, police vans as well. and that is because the police, as well as protecting the public, have powers that were brought in via the public order act to arrest protesters that are

disproportionately affect transport links and roads. disproportionately affect transport links and roads . and transport links and roads. and we know from just stop oil protests in the past, of course we don't. of course we know , we don't. of course we know, darren, that they like to sit in the roads and they like to disrupt the traffic, often criticised by people that might support their causes. they might support their causes. they might support , you know, doing things support, you know, doing things about climate change, but they don't want to be stopped while they're going to work or while they're going to work or while they're spending their weekend with their children. >> the shell offices, >> and will the shell offices, i'm assuming they're not normally barricaded like that . normally barricaded like that. >> no, it doesn't seem to be. you'll notice that the fencing goes all the way around the outside . and i'm told that outside. and i'm told that that's because in the past when there have been protests here, windows have been smashed. we've seen protests at a lot of these corporate buildings where they get sprayed with all sorts of stuff. so it seems to be that's the reason why that is. there to protect the building, to protect the assets shell. one thing

the assets of shell. one thing that you'll also notice as well the assets of shell. one thing theprotesters so notice as well the assets of shell. one thing theprotesters as notice as well the assets of shell. one thing theprotesters as welle as well the assets of shell. one thing theprotesters as well as s well the assets of shell. one thing theprotesters as well as police, as protesters as well as police, you'll also notice lots of tourists because we're right in central london and the london eye is just a stone's throw away from are. so a bit of a from where we are. so a bit of a mixed bag of what's going on here in london today. >> indeed. will, be >> indeed. well, will, you'll be keeping the keeping up to date on the comings and goings because goodness going goodness only knows what's going to london to happen. it feels like london kicks single weekend kicks off every single weekend now. but will hollis, thank you very update . right very much for that update. right now, folks, you can get lots more on that story on our website , gbnews.com. the fastest website, gbnews.com. the fastest growing national news website in the uk. it's got the best analysis and opinion as well as the latest breaking news. now, folks, after this week's massive blow for rishi sunak at the supreme court over the government's rwanda plan, the prime minister has pledged to bnng prime minister has pledged to bring forward emergency legislation to designate rwanda a safe country and block judicial review into the plan as a whole. an order to actually stop the boats. however, many

laws fear that the house of lords will encumber the bill with endless amendments, essentially wrecking the bill and delay the whole process through . parliamentary ping pong through. parliamentary ping pong means flights couldn't take off before the next election , as before the next election, as sunak has of course, repeats pledged. it's one of his top five pledges. the former home secretary, suella braverman, has criticised the entire approach , criticised the entire approach, saying there is no chance of britain stopping the boats within the current legal framework and her supporters are asking what more drastic measures could the pm to take get this over the line ? well, get this over the line? well, joining me now is the political commentators charlie downs and nigel nelson. hello to both of you. nigel i'll start with you. first of all, how do you actually reckon rishi sunak has got a hope in hell of getting this through and getting this done by the next election? because, you know, 20 points behind labour in the polls, it ain't looking too promising for

ain't looking too promising for a key priority for conservative voters , is it? no it's not. voters, is it? no it's not. >> i mean, certainly the priority of the voters is the cost of living crisis . cost of living crisis. >> that's that's followed by the nhs. then immigration comes some way down on their concerns. no i don't think rishi sunak is going to get this through in time for the election . i mean, even the election. i mean, even before we get to the house of lords, who is sure to faux pas, he will have a problem getting it through the that certainly moderate tories in the one nafion moderate tories in the one nation group like damian green are against what he's doing . and are against what he's doing. and the reason for that is as the former supreme court court judge lord sumption says , that you can lord sumption says, that you can certainly change the law . what certainly change the law. what you can't do is change the facts. rishi sunak wants to do this legislation is simply change the fact . change the fact. >> yeah, well, nigel, do you think then a lot of tory, especially those who are supportive of suella braverman, are saying, look, until we leave the echr actually this is all a

redundant conversation because actually it's human rights legislation that will ensure that the rwanda plan could neven that the rwanda plan could never, ever get off the ground , never, ever get off the ground, so to speak. yes i mean, certainly it is on human rights grounds that has caused the problem. >> the difficulty is, i mean, if you if you talk about leaving the european court of human rights, that means we are abandoning our international obligations. we'd also have to leave the refugee convention all right. and the other is the european convention is enshrined in the good friday agreement. so that gets torn up, too. >> charlie , i want to put that >> charlie, i want to put that to you then. do you think actually people are being irresponsible and abandoning our international commitments and potentially throw northern ireland under the bus by wanting to leave the echr? well that's the interesting thing about this story is it's actually not just the that has prevented the the echr that has prevented the rwanda plan from going ahead. >> there's i think there's seven other legislation and other pieces of legislation and various conventions that are stopping it happening. stopping it from happening. >> at dates,

>> and if you look at the dates, this part of this is the interesting part of this. you look at the dates this. if you look at the dates when a lot of this legislation was passed, all 1997. when a lot of this legislation was know, 1, all 1997. when a lot of this legislation was know, it's all 1997. when a lot of this legislation was know, it's the l 1997. when a lot of this legislation was know, it's the human 997. when a lot of this legislation was know, it's the human rights you know, it's the human rights act 1998. the act of 1998. it's the immigration and asylum in immigration and asylum act. in 2002, the national nationality asylum and immigration act 2004. all of these various word salad pieces legislation been pieces of legislation been passed under the you know, in the new labour regime and i think that i mean, the supreme court itself, you know, people act as if the supreme court is some sort of venerated ancient institution. when formed institution. when it was formed institution. when it was formed in creation of new laboun >>i laboun >> i mean, charlie, a lot of people are saying, especially viewers very, viewers getting very, very frustrated, look , i frustrated, saying, look, i don't care about our international obligations at this moment. what i care about are the rights of people in britain to feel safe and secure and have border controls. do you share my and have sympathy with that argument? >> i absolutely do, because , you >> i absolutely do, because, you know, the people who have been involved in blocking this this the rwanda plan from going ahead had no problem . um, you know, or

had no problem. um, you know, or rather, let's let's frame that slightly differently. the law that's being proposed by rishi sunak to deem rwanda a safe country is being called like we're going back on our on our obligations. and it's , you know, obligations. and it's, you know, it would tarnish our reputation in the international community. but these people had no problem when exception was when a state of exception was declared you know, if declared for covid you know, if ever was state of ever there was a state of exception necessary, it's over an illegal an issue like illegal immigration, is actually an issue like illegal imnof'ation, is actually an issue like illegal imnof'atio most is actually an issue like illegal imnof'atio most pressingually an issue like illegal imnof'atio most pressing issues one of the most pressing issues of our time, that being said, i think another important thing to note is the way in which this conversation about illegal immigration and the rwanda plan is taking focus away from other issues that i think are just as if not more important, such as legal immigration. >> yeah. well, net what, 600,000 last year contract for over a million this year. incredible numbers. nigel. do you how much of a conversation is this going to be within the conservative party itself? because you know, i don't wish to make you be mystic meg , but i wonder to what mystic meg, but i wonder to what extent will this follow not just

rishi sunak, but actually whoever he may replace? rishi sunakin whoever he may replace? rishi sunak in the event of a leadership election, for example i >> -- >> well, it is imam >> well, it is a totemic issue. i mean, what is going on in a conservative party at the moment is a civil for war the heart and soul of it , is a civil for war the heart and soul of it, which is essentially a battle between the right wingers on the backbenches and more moderate conservatives. now, what is astonishing is that this battle is going on in government. should be supporting getting things done rather than in opposition. it may be for the sake of the future of the conservative party. maybe an early election would be a good idea. they can fight that battle in opposition . in opposition. >> yeah, i mean, charlie, one of our viewers has written in and says , look, i just don't think says, look, i just don't think immigration is an issue that's low down on the agenda for uk voters all. i mean, the voters at all. i mean, the frustration is what's mounting this. i remember after 2016 an i

thought. right. and at the polls evidenced this that the immigration in in the whole was viewed as an issue that was no longer that important to the british people. and it's because the british people expected there to be elements of control post brexit. i mean, that promise just hasn't come to light into fruition. and actually the frustration i'm really worried about that actually making politics almost poisoned for a generation if politicians don't actually deliver what they keep pledging to do so well, that's the thing. >> people continue to vote for the conservative party as if you know they're actually going to do anything . you're right. do anything. you're right. immigration, think, the immigration, i think, is the most our time most pressing issue of our time in country. it's not, you in this country. it's not, you know, neither main know, and neither of the main parties are truly willing to address any meaningful address it in any meaningful way, that's the other way, because that's the other thing. talking about a leadership within leadership election within the conservative , conservative party. i mean, rishi sunak has said that he's going takes to going to do whatever it takes to have flights going out to rwanda. i does anyone rwanda. i mean, does anyone really that? i mean, if really believe that? i mean, if suella is

suella bravermans letter is to be doesn't care be believed, he doesn't care about issue? and does about this issue? and does anyone rishi anyone truly believe that rishi sunakis anyone truly believe that rishi sunak is the type of man who has the stones to actually do truly do whatever it takes to set this issue right? i think that his track record has shown that he is a man who regards the running of this country as basically being an exercise in management, you if he's running. you know, as as if he's running. he's some sort of middle manager character running character for running a corporation of in corporation instead of in leadership, actually leadership, which is actually what and what this country needs and what it's lacked for untold decades . it's lacked for untold decades. >> i mean, nigel, where do we go from here then? because it's this essentially just going to be a dead duck government, a zombie government for the next whatever it be, it could whatever it might be, it could be general be november. the general election. talking election. so we're talking a year away from between there and now. is this just going to be a government that can't get anything done and essentially , anything done and essentially, you know, just frustrate and wind up the british people and be their only gig ? be their only gig? >> yeah, well, it does feel like it. i mean, i think rwanda was a gimmick from the start because i

don't think it will act as a deterrent. but even if it was, i disagree with that. >> do think it would serve as >> i do think it would serve as a deterrent. but but and i think a deterrent. but but and i think a our viewers do as well. a lot of our viewers do as well. but was something, but at least it was something, though, mean, what are though, nigel. i mean, what are the alternatives? what else can we alternatives is to >> well, the alternatives is to actually the problem actually tackle the problem properly and the kind of thing we should be doing is obviously getting the backlog of a of asylum claims down. in fairness, the government is doing something, something on that. but the most important thing is how do you how do you discourage people from crossing the english channelin people from crossing the english channel in the first place? now the best way of doing that would be to have proper resettlement schemes somewhere else. in other words, at the moment we have a system whereby you can only claim asylum once you're on british soil. if we claim asylum once you're on british soil . if we were claim asylum once you're on british soil. if we were able to change that , you can claim change that, you can claim asylum elsewhere . there'd be no asylum elsewhere. there'd be no need to cross the channel in the first place. >> okay. i mean, charlie, does that frustrate you? because the idea that's the labour plan

essentially, isn't it, to process asylum claims here in the country ? and then that way the country? and then that way you can get through the list of people faster? is the argument actually , i would argue that actually, i would argue that that's just going to encourage more people to come here. >> yeah , i agree. and i also >> yeah, i agree. and i also disagree with what you said before that i actually do agree with nigel this is not with nigel that this is not going serve as a deterrent. going to serve as a deterrent. right think that those right because i think that those people in calais, you people who are in calais, you know, have heard know, they won't have heard about if about the rwanda plan. and if they it, ultimately, you they do hear it, ultimately, you know, still going know, they're still going to take getting to take the chance of getting to the in the first place. the country in the first place. you pulling on the you know, pulling up on the shore then, know, sort shore and then, you know, sort of their chances. and of taking their chances. and i think anything think that anything short of a know measures which prevent people the shore at people arriving on the shore at all inadequate. i think that all is inadequate. i think that the best policy and you know many people feel this way the best policy is to turn the boats back before they even arrive here. >> i mean, australia managed it. right. seem to beyond right. it doesn't seem to beyond the man to do it. they the wit of man to do it. they put in unsinkable vessels the wit of man to do it. they put told in unsinkable vessels the wit of man to do it. they put told them|sinkable vessels the wit of man to do it. they put told them back ble vessels the wit of man to do it. they put told them back essentially, and told them back essentially, and told them back essentially, and it worked wonders for tony

abbott as prime minister. >> and if i can just answer that, you know, it's so mad that britain has an illegal immigration problem because we're an island nation. well, indeed, you know, one can understand someone understand how someone like america has an illegal immigration they immigration problem because they have a border that's hundreds of miles know, miles long. but, you know, britain has the sort of the story through history story of britain through history has of waves of people from has been of waves of people from the continent crossing the channel on our shores channel to arrive on our shores seeking various different things . but i think that, you know, i mean , dominic cummings this week mean, dominic cummings this week said that serious government said that any serious government could problem in could solve this problem in three i completely could solve this problem in three with i completely could solve this problem in three with him. i completely could solve this problem in three with him. i i completely could solve this problem in three with him. i think pletely could solve this problem in three with him. i think pleteis agree with him. i think this is an entirely artificial issue. that's only continuing because of a lack of will and conviction on the part of our so—called leaders. >> lots of mentions of the mafia in that in that particular post. but this is an an issue, but nigel, this is an an issue, a conversation that's happening not this is not just in britain. this is happening the continent. happening across the continent. and think rishi sunak must be and i think rishi sunak must be banking on having the support of italy's meloni , for example, of italy's meloni, for example, of austria and others who are saying we need to get a grip of

this because migration to europe is going to increase . yes. is going to increase. yes. >> yeah . i mean, the one thing >> yeah. i mean, the one thing i think we can all agree on is that, yes, we do need to get a grip of it. what? no one is coming up with really is satisfactory answers. the compact with australia is, of course one because australia that the migrants were crossing 150 miles of international waters, much bigger boats to try and turn little dinghies back to france, things that are no bigger than a paddling pool will just result in more deaths . of just result in more deaths. of course, there are no international waters between here and france anyway . here and france anyway. >> i mean, charlie , what do you >> i mean, charlie, what do you say to that then? because that sort of snookers your plan, does it not? >> i mean, i would say that, you know, britain has one of the greatest navies the world has ever used to ever seen, and we used it to conquer half a quarter the conquer half a quarter of the earth's surface. i think that earth's surface. so i think that we have more than capacity we have more than the capacity to boats in the channel >> yeah, i mean, nigel, i mean, people here in this are just going to say i'm tearing my hair

out here because we're hearing lots of different conflicting things. this ain't going to get any . there to any better. there are going to be more coming to europe. be more people coming to europe. i reading a day the i was reading a day in the papers that they're that papers that they're talking that the taking control the taliban are taking control of route to get people into of the route to get people into to and people are saying to europe. and people are saying this is a national security threat. right. what on earth are we going to do about this ? we going to do about this? >> well, look , darren, you're >> well, look, darren, you're absolutely right that there are no short term answers to actually dealing with this. in a sense, when it comes to the boat, we've been a bit of a victim of our own success. we've stopped migrants climbing into the back of lorries, getting through the channel tunnel. so they've taken the boats instead. but no, there is no short term fix . the answer is everyone's fix. the answer is everyone's got to actually sit down and look for a long term one, which is why i was talking about being able to process visas offshore . able to process visas offshore. there's no reason why that should increase mass migration because we don't have to grant the visas. you're just saying to

people, don't come here to try and get them. >> i mean, charlie , my worry is >> i mean, charlie, my worry is that would grant them , though. >> yeah. i mean, if their track record is anything to go by, i agree. i do think there is agree. now, i do think there is agree. now, i do think there is a play here that a wider issue at play here that is discussing. perhaps not is worth discussing. perhaps not now because it is a very, very broad but the fact, broad issue, but it's the fact, it's discussion as why it's the discussion as to why why these migrants are even here in the place, because in the first place, because let's let's be clear here. there are a lot of people in the camps in calais who are genuinely destitute who have their destitute and who have had their homes who have homes destroyed and who have been their been driven out of their countries because you know, countries because of, you know, catastrophes and terrible things happening now. i think that the conversation, the serious adult conversation, the serious adult conversation that we need to have on this issue is actually the role that america has in all of this . and, you know, our of this. and, you know, our supposed greatest ally, i suppose, you know, the supposed special relationship is actually their measures their foreign policy measures over however many over the last however many decades have resulted in enormous volumes of people moving from the middle east and elsewhere into europe . and i elsewhere into europe. and i think that all the while,

america is allowed to have this sort of neo, neo con , highly sort of neo, neo con, highly aggressive, forever war type foreign policy. this issue is not going to let up. we can, you know, we can do what we can to stem the tide , but ultimately stem the tide, but ultimately addressing the issue at source i think is fine. well, that's a totally another conversation altogether. >> and we'd be on for hours, i think, discussing that. but we can't unfortunately. nigel nelson downes there. nelson and charlie downes there. thank to both of thank you very much to both of you for your time. right i'm going to wind you up even more because we've got loads more coming up as for his contract, he's it's up for renewal. this is gary lineker. i'm talking about the burkini kibum and his hefty salary . but will his hefty salary. but will his political views land the corporation in further trouble? all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead, it's going to be another unsettled day on sunday with

some further rain to come on monday , too. but then hopefully monday, too. but then hopefully it to turn a bit it will start to turn a bit dnen it will start to turn a bit drier, colder as we head drier, but colder as we head towards the middle of next week. back and now. we back to the here and now. we have area of low have got this huge area of low pressure dominating pressure really dominating proceedings bringing in proceedings that's bringing in some rain this evening some further rain this evening across parts of northern ireland, scotland. some of that across parts of northern irelabe scotland. some of that across parts of northern irelabe quite and. some of that across parts of northern irelabe quite heavyome of that across parts of northern irelabe quite heavyomplaces at will be quite heavy in places dner will be quite heavy in places drier and clearer initially for a good chunk of england and wales, then later on in the wales, but then later on in the night, we will then to see night, we will then start to see rain return here to quite blustery down towards the far south—west of the country and also up across the northern isles. but with all the cloud and around, it's going to and wind around, it's going to be for most of us. be a mild one for most of us. temperatures at lowest, probably around in the around 4 to 5 degrees in the north. so really sunday is going to be a fairly unsettled day. a mixture of showers or longer spells of rain. there will be some brightness around, maybe the best of that will be across eastern scotland we into eastern scotland as we go into the afternoon . but despite the the afternoon. but despite the cloud it will be cloud and rain, it will be another one. temperatures another mild one. temperatures in the south reaching around 14 or degrees. so maybe a shade

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six >> hello, welcome back . i'm >> hello, welcome back. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom . here are the headlines newsroom. here are the headlines at 1230. the chancellor says there's a pathway to lower taxes ahead of next week's autumn statement arguing the economy has turned a corner. jerry hunt says this is the moment to focus on growth after inflation halved over the past year. it's understood the chancellor is considering cutting rates on inheritance and business taxes . inheritance and business taxes. >> b are numbers and forecasts will be published on wednesday at the autumn statement . but at the autumn statement. but there is no easy route to reducing the tax burden. the way we do it is by spending taxpayers money more wisely and that means having more productive public services . just stop. >> oil protesters are holding a people versus oil demonstration in the capital today. activists are meeting at the london eye near the shell headquarters. they're marching against the government's decision to license more than 100 new oil and gas

projects . the group says the projects. the group says the government is in imprisoning peaceful protesters whilst protecting those who it describes as climate criminals , describes as climate criminals, as the israeli military is warning thousands of people to leave the south in gaza as it tightens its focus on hamas terrorists there. earlier warnings saw thousands move from the north amid the escalating conflict. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu told us media he understands the difficulty he faced by civilians, but that he doesn't want to see people caught up in the crossfire . us companies , the crossfire. us companies, including disney and warner brothers , have pulled brothers, have pulled advertising on x, formerly known as twitter, amid a row over alleged anti—semitism . it comes alleged anti—semitism. it comes after the site's owner , elon after the site's owner, elon musk, appeared to endorse a post that falsely claimed members of the jewish community were stoking hatred against white people. the white house called it an abhorrent promotion of anti semitic and racist hate . anti semitic and racist hate.

those are the headlines. you can, of course, get more on all of those stories. just visit our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to . darren back to. darren >> thanks, tamsen. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv online and on digital radio. right. big news for the bbc's waukegan chief gary lineker is set for a new contract as the balkan a tie down the match of the day. star after his £1.35 million contract that expires at the end of next season . the new deal comes just season. the new deal comes just eight months after lineker was suspended by the corporation after tweeting that the government's language around migrants was similar to that of germany's nazi germany . that is germany's nazi germany. that is in the 1930. as an independent panel subsequently ruled that the bbc's non—news presenters should be able to express

political opinions. with lineker continuing to be vocal over subsequent political events such as the pro—palestinian marches in the capital, not a lot to say about hamas and the well those captured and held hostage, it has to be said. but aidan magee joins me in the studio. i'm delighted to see aiden. i've just had a viewer email in and say, what is it that the bbc what hold has gary lineker got over the bbc because they could get someone better and cheaper and the job would still be a good'un quite simply , darren, good'un quite simply, darren, they like him and they know that they like him and they know that the viewers like familiarity. >> don't forget , he's been there >> don't forget, he's been there since he had a stellar since 1999. he had a stellar career long before he was ever a broadcaster. he grew into the broadcasting he was broadcasting role. he was coached called brian coached by a guy called brian barwick. was barwick. and so it was a seamless into into the role seamless move into into the role . it was somewhat he was someone they invested they know they invested in and they know that like the that the viewers like to see the same person every week presenting match of the day. now, i'll tell you something about gary lineker. i wrote his

column a couple of times on the news many years news of the world many years ago. say that i knew news of the world many years ago. at say that i knew news of the world many years ago. at however,hat i knew news of the world many years ago. at however, he i knew news of the world many years ago. at however, he wasn't' him at all. however, he wasn't somebody past who somebody in the past who ventured into politics. i don't even he was. was he had even know he was. he was he had any politics. any views on politics. i couldn't told couldn't have told you. i couldn't have told you. i couldn't told you years couldn't have told you ten years ago what political ago what his political persuasion be. didn't persuasion would be. he didn't suddenly he might suddenly develop what he might call five call a social conscience five years this is a calculated years ago. this is a calculated attempt himself relevant attempt to keep himself relevant and the and to keep himself on the airwaves. it with airwaves. we've seen it with carol as well. it's carol vorderman as well. it's obviously their obviously the advice from their from once they from from their agents once they reach they're at reach a certain age, they're at risk off the cliff. risk of falling off the cliff. and so therefore, the their agents say them, look, if you agents say to them, look, if you get political, makes get a bit political, it makes yourself more yourself a little bit more difficult with. yourself a little bit more diffbut: with. yourself a little bit more diffbut: difference/ith. yourself a little bit more diffbut: difference there is, >> but the difference there is, of carol vorderman, of course, that carol vorderman, they go of carol. they let go of carol. >> but that >> so. yes, but that wasn't quite paying a job, quite as well. paying a job, though, was it? exactly. >> that's right. and not as regular. but why why regular. no. but why is it why is calculation the case is that calculation the case that they feel that they absolutely cannot get rid of? lineker so so that they lineker so much so that they have increase salary have to increase the salary of their highest paid star. and someone like carol vorderman , someone like carol vorderman, they say, well, off you, pop. well, possibly. >> he did. lineker did.

>> but then he did. lineker did. in cut in fairness, take a pay cut a few years ago. they also don't really want to break up that triumvirate that lineker triumvirate that that lineker shearer usually shearer and another usually michael richards or or danny murphy or somebody . and i think murphy or somebody. and i think they just accept that they saw they just accept that they saw the had the problem that they had getting , what, eight getting rid of him, what, eight months was months ago? i think it was around had around february time, they had a backlash. didn't like it. backlash. they didn't like it. and we've reached and i think we've reached a point in time now, for better or worse, gary lineker pretty worse, that gary lineker pretty much names price, much not only names his price, but he also when he's going much not only names his price, bugo,e also when he's going much not only names his price, bugo, he's» when he's going much not only names his price, bugo, he's not when he's going much not only names his price, bugo, he's not going n he's going much not only names his price, bugo, he's not going to 1e's going much not only names his price, bugo, he's not going to lastgoing to go, he's not going to last forever. he's about 62, forever. i think he's about 62, 63 but he's seen 63 or whatever, but he's seen a lot of his colleagues of his generation of his vintage generation and of his vintage who dispensed who have been dispensed with. and why and that's probably why he ventured politics. ventured into politics. i think the quite happy to leave the bbc are quite happy to leave things, things are things, leave things as they are for now, had this thing happened, had thing in happened, had the thing in february, happened maybe five years more easy february, happened maybe five ye move more easy february, happened maybe five ye move on. more easy february, happened maybe five ye move on. but more easy february, happened maybe five ye move on. but now ore easy february, happened maybe five ye move on. but now ire easy february, happened maybe five ye move on. but now i thinky to move on. but for now i think they're to have him. where they're happy to have him. where he is. and also getting he is. and also they're getting champions highlights very champions league highlights very soon, they soon, which means that they don't stuff. in don't have much live stuff. in fact, don't have fact, they don't really have any live football anymore because they the fa cup they don't even do the fa cup anymore. it's all about anymore. so it's all about highlights. going to highlights. they're going to need experience need somebody with experience to chair champions

chair or to front the champions league when comes league coverage when it comes back bbc fact, back to the bbc or in fact, i say come to the bbc. i've say come back to the bbc. i've never had champions league coverage highlights, coverage before and highlights, so someone that so they need someone to do that and the and need expertise in the building. think generally building. and i think generally you'll see move. building. and i think generally you'certainly see move. building. and i think generally you'certainly with ee move. building. and i think generally you'certainly with othernove. building. and i think generally you'certainly with other other you certainly with other other sports you've seen you sports output you've seen you new in, new new broadcasters come in, new names i think in names coming in. and i think in the fullness of time you'll see him replaced. the fullness of time you'll see hinireplaced. the fullness of time you'll see him mean, d. the fullness of time you'll see him mean, well, speaking the >> i mean, well, speaking of the champions really champions league, i don't really want about the champions want to talk about the champions league but league at the minute, but the toffees, everton the toffees, everton are in the premier league and they premier league and well, they might be aiden come next season. >> well, think i've got a >> well, i think i've got a fighting chance, darren. i think, i mean, they're bound to 19th in the table. they're four points they points points now. they had ten points deducted those deducted yesterday for those who aren't familiar, the uninitiated, the profit and sustainability test tries to encourage , in theory encourage clubs, in theory at least, keep grip on their least, to keep a grip on their finances. they don't want rogue owners debt on to the owners to load debt on to the club, happened in the club, which has happened in the past. it's happened in case past. it's happened in the case of united i suppose, of manchester united i suppose, but is high but their turnover is so high that out. they that they can ride it out. they also clubs to also don't want clubs to overspend transfers . so the overspend on transfers. so the rule you can't rule of thumb is that you can't spend you generate in spend more than you generate in theory, although you are allowed

to a loss of £105 million to make a loss of £105 million over years, everton breach to make a loss of £105 million overquite years, everton breach to make a loss of £105 million over quite significantly. n breach that quite significantly. what was chung was interesting was colin chung yesterday, ceo yesterday, the interim ceo at goodison park. he didn't seem to have a problem with culpability. they know they've done wrong. that's fairly black and white. i think , but they object to the think, but they object to the severity of the punishment . severity of the punishment. there's politics in the background there's background here. there's a football regulator on their way. they seen to be they want to be seen to be keeping in keeping their own house in order. think there's some order. so i think there's some semantics as well. >> but i mean, if you're talking ten everton, right. ten points for everton, right. and is a matter of and if this is a matter of proportionality, if we look at the proportionality and the proportionality of that and say, what have man city say, well, what have man city been ? been up to? >> if it was if it >> well, yeah, if it was if it was a football match, then man city 114 to 1 city were winning 114 to 1 because charge everton 114 because one charge everton 114 for that's taken for city. that's why it's taken so long because there's so long darren because there's intricate to get intricate legal work to get through the premier intricate legal work to get throughare the premier intricate legal work to get throughare currently’remier intricate legal work to get through are currently wrapped league are currently wrapped up in . then there's also league are currently wrapped up in argument then there's also league are currently wrapped up in argument do en there's also league are currently wrapped up in argument do they ere's also league are currently wrapped up in argument do they want also league are currently wrapped up in argument do they want to .o league are currently wrapped up in argument do they want to be an argument do they want to be that on one their own that hard on one of their own when other clubs when there's other clubs watching thinking, well, watching around thinking, well, because the premier league is made clubs, there's made up of the clubs, there's nothing want nothing else to it. do they want to be seeing the other clubs going the way think

going the other way now? i think for time now, i think for the first time now, i think there's possibility there's a real possibility that in of time, in the fullness of time, manchester could manchester city could be relegated, possibly even chelsea, as which going chelsea, as well, which is going to watch. to be one to watch. >> but wonder then, eden, do >> but i wonder then, eden, do you any thoughts saying, you have any thoughts on saying, well, talk of well, look, actually the talk of a a regulator a regulator bringing a regulator in and all of these financial fair rules regulations fair play rules and regulations adding on layer after layer of new bureaucracy, essentially do you think leagues like the saudi league are going to become more exciting because they're buying all the good players? yeah yeah. >> going any >> they're not going to have any regulation that's regulation either. so that's very and think very possible. and i think that's a really good point you make the saudi make tuning into the saudi league point. you know league at some point. you know what seemed like a a what it seemed like a joke a year i think year ago now. i think that's eminently more the eminently possible. the more the more gets tied up in more anything gets tied up in regulation, efficient regulation, the less efficient and it becomes. and less exciting it becomes. michael where michael portillo sat where you were ago we were six months ago and we discussed he said, what discussed this and he said, what possible example this possible example in this country, life can country, in public life can a football looking football regulator be looking at and thinking really and thinking that's a really good regulator? the good example of a regulator? the energy regulator is terrible broadcast regulator, terrible, in my opinion. broadcast regulator, terrible, in my opinion . the rail in my opinion. the rail regulator. heist heist train

fares in europe. it doesn't work . it simply doesn't work in history. i don't know if there may other examples the may be other examples around the world come world where someone might come back at and say, that's back at me and say, well, that's been idea. i do not know been a good idea. i do not know what football regulator what a football regulator is going i don't know who's going to do. i don't know who's going to do. i don't know who's going in it. i don't know going to be in it. i don't know what are going to what their powers are going to be, going to what their powers are going to be, teeth. going to what their powers are going to be, teeth. we'll going to what their powers are going to be, teeth. we'll have ng to what their powers are going to be, teeth. we'll have to to what their powers are going to be, teeth. we'll have to wait have teeth. we'll have to wait and that's what the and see. but that's what the premier league are petrified about about. that's why they about about. and that's why they want be seen tough on want to be seen to be tough on their magee, their members. aidan magee, thank much. thank you very much. >> you. now, folks, >> good to see you. now, folks, that of course, magee that was, of course, aidan magee in with us you that was, of course, aidan magee in watching with us you that was, of course, aidan magee in watching and1 us you that was, of course, aidan magee in watching and listeningyou that was, of course, aidan magee in watching and listening tor that was, of course, aidan magee in watching and listening to gb are watching and listening to gb news me, darren news saturday with me, darren grimes. loads more grimes. we've got loads more coming up on today's show with the the four the release of the first four episodes the final season of episodes of the final season of the i'll asking, the crown. i'll be asking, has the reached point the show reached the point where drama sensible and drama is no longer sensible and some are really upset about this 7 some are really upset about this ? all of that and more to come. you're watching listening to you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel .

sunday mornings from 930 on gb news as . news as. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. >> now there's always something happening with the royal family. this week is no different, of course. the premiere of the first half of the final season of the crown took place covering the final weeks of princess diana's life . now the producers diana's life. now the producers have faced criticism for portraying the events of 1997.

now many are accusing the netflix series of dramatising the events with too much creative line dancing. well, joining me now to discuss this is the royal commentator giuditta da silva. judith thank you very much for your company. now giuditta, i think we've got some rolling footage there of you actually interviewing the cast about this. cast and talking about this. has this issue come up with the cast, have the cast directly been actually the been asked about actually the insensitive of portraying insensitive nature of portraying diana and all the rest of it? yeah, i spoke to elizabeth debicki, who plays princess diana and actually talked to her about taking on the role and why did she even say yes. >> and she said that it's when approaching it, it's something that felt she couldn't say that she felt she couldn't say no during her career because no to during her career because she knew approach it. >> morgan and his team had >> peter morgan and his team had done so much research and she was a wealth of access to was given a wealth of access to information. so it's a question of knowing the foundation you're standing on then taking a position as an actress to do your best performance and you have everything the

have to leave everything to the wayside it's a wayside because it's not a commentary royals and commentary on the royals and it's not a documentary about the royals. entertainment for royals. it's entertainment for netflix. and the subject matter happens to be royals. happens to be the royals. >> but do worry then and do >> but do you worry then and do you share the concerns some you share the concerns that some people have, which is that there will members the public? will be members of the public? and know, certainly and i you know, i certainly don't to demean belittle don't want to demean or belittle my viewers at all because i don't think they're stupid. but there a lot of people who there are a lot of people who say, well, look, they might think is real life. right think this is real life. right this actually happened as if we've got a transcript of everything diana everything that princess diana everything that princess diana ever said. >> precisely. and peter morgan has actually even addressed it. he he's never he said that he's never positioned as making positioned himself as making a documentary about the royals. he's entertainment. he's he's making entertainment. he's incredible screenwriter. and it's designed for creative license because it just happens to be the subject matter. but because you have a responsibility to all of those people who know what you're talking about and it's within their living memory. so you have to certain facts and depict to know certain facts and depict them way. but your them in a certain way. but your creative with the

creative license comes with the job of being an entertainment producer or director or writer. so people who cannot see that delineation between reality and fiction, it doesn't lie on the responsibility of the cast or the writers. it's with the individual. >> and you know, as an individual, i thought she was phenomenal as diana, to be honest. i watched it all honest. yeah i watched it all actually, because i thought, you know, know what i'm know, i need to know what i'm talking so i watched it talking about. so i watched it all and i thought actually, really quite good. and thought really quite good. and i thought that until i got to the point where diana comes back as a ghost. sorry if that's ruining it. spoiler, everyone. spoiler alert . spoiler alert. i just alert. spoiler alert. but i just thought. really? come on. >> see, this is the thing about it is when great, great, great writers and producers know the idea of taking the essence of a story and weaving that throughout the narrative. and one thing that we have on regional lists have reported about writers have diana was something unlike anything else we've seen before , and the we've seen before, and the memory , the presence, the impact memory, the presence, the impact of diana is something that has

haunted the house of windsor. when you take that soundbite, which has been said by many people and take the essence of that into making the story, that's the significance of that scene. the queen was plagued by the public's love for this person. she couldn't control goal and couldn't really wrap her head around because she doesn't conduct yourselves with the way the firm does. and that's the significance, that it's kind of like having a leitmotif it's leitmotif in an opera. it's something that weaves an understanding of this understanding of what this is about, it's exactly what happened. >> do you think any of the royals will actually secretly watch it? >> think they would. >> i think they would. >> i think they would. >> they will, yeah. >> they will, yeah. >> this the crown is so big and it's been so impactful secretly. i'm not tell each other they will actually watch it. maybe a couple the ones couple of episodes or the ones about couple of episodes or the ones abothey because it's >> they will because it's actually moving. actually deeply moving. i thought it's i'm telling you because you know, everyone remembers . because you know, everyone renwhere s . because you know, everyone renwheres. you because you know, everyone renwheres . you when because you know, everyone renwheres. you when diana >> where were you when diana passed ? and it's kind really passed? and it's kind of really it's respectfully dealing with how it affected the country and how it affected the country and how it affected the country and how it affected the world. and that's what's very moving about it. and i give credit to

elizabeth debicki that she didn't get trapped in doing an impersonation in. she just did an excellent performance . an excellent performance. >> mean, just finally, >> now, i mean, just finally, where this leave us with where does this leave us with with harry meghan? because with harry and meghan? because they well , meghan be with harry and meghan? because they well, meghan be coming they well, meghan may be coming back to hollywood, i believe. you she might be. least you know, she might be. at least she hints the other she dropped some hints the other day this could be the case day that this could be the case as they prop shaun bailey are a bit more relaxed about netflick s than any other member of the royal family, given they've had a massive deal with netflix . a massive deal with netflix. yeah. where are they at on all of this? have they publicly commented on it? >> one. no one from archewell >> no one. no one from archewell has commented. no from has commented. no one from buckingham palace has commented. but harry is but we know that harry is jokingly, was on jokingly, i think he was on jemmy kimmel implied jemmy kimmel jokingly implied that have watched that he may have watched a couple episodes codes because couple of episodes codes because it's position now it's in a different position now in but i think the in his life. but i think the thing about this, when it comes to the harry and meghan story, they're because we've they're not because we've as press, about the next press, we know about the next seasons because we're preparing to promotion and so and to do promotion and so on. and our commentary , but i don't our commentary, but i don't believe that they're to believe that they're going to

touch that's touch on that because that's a story being written story that's still being written on. also because when you on. and also because when you wrap something like the wrap up something like the crown, this end crown, we know this is the end of has to be done. finite of it. it has to be done. finite ali, and the for us to ali, and the rest is for us to view unfold as it does so, harry and story is for them and meghan's story is for them to moment. and meghan's story is for them to indeed. moment. and meghan's story is for them to indeed. yesioment. and meghan's story is for them to indeed. yes iment. and meghan's story is for them to indeed. yes i mean, there are >> indeed. yes i mean, there are a lot of people who wish that story would just go away, be honest. >> but yeah, even the americans are starting to get tired. >> well, and very >> well, and that's very troubling for the two of them, i imagine. judy said, imagine. but judy said, da silva, much for silva, thank you very much for your i'm sure you'll your time today. i'm sure you'll agree brilliant piece agree that was a brilliant piece of insight by the royal commentator giuditta giuditta da silva. folks, i'm going to silva. now folks, i'm going to read out some of your emails because your views have been coming in thick and fast. brian has written in and brian says, so sad to see these marches. he's talking about the just stop oil marches. there many oil marches. there are that many of them these days. these marches claim to be the people versus not so versus oil when it is not so it's a few people. it's frustrating to see people misuse science to make unfounded claims. we will need oil for

many years to come. of course, it's probably lost on them , it's probably lost on them, brian, that those orange vests, they were made out of oil. gareth says the only way to stop this is to start. he's tweeting about the boats start about the boats is to start turning the boats and turning the boats around and putting back on the putting the boats back on the beaches that's how beaches of france. that's how you it. once they get here, you stop it. once they get here, it's over. yeah. and then bert is written in about gary lineker and she says, why isn't gary lineker standing up for those jewish babies and young children who were brutalised and murdered on 7th of october? it is one thing he's been silent on, thing he's been quite silent on, i must say, but keep your views coming in. i do appreciate them and subscribe to our youtube channel follow us on our channel and follow us on our socials. at at news. socials. we're at at gb news. now folks, on tuesday , the uk's now folks, on tuesday, the uk's business and trade secretary , business and trade secretary, kemi badenoch signed a deal with governor ron desantis to boost trade between britain and florida. now the deal is the latest between the uk and individual us states, but officials warn only a free trade deal between the two countries

nationally would lower tariffs , nationally would lower tariffs, an agreement has proved thus far elusive. well, joining me now is greg swensen, chair of republicans overseas . greg swensen, chair of republicans overseas. he's greg, thank you very much for your time today. i must say, seeing the two of them together, dare i say, i thought now there's a western world that would make many envious . many envious. >> yeah, absolutely. darren. it's a great point. i've only known each other for less than a year , but they've done already year, but they've done already had a great accomplishment with this. this mou between the uk and florida. and it's really a sign of, of the possible it's the sign of what could be done if we had a free trade agreement with the with the us and the uk. but this is a great start and florida's a really significant state. governor desantis has done a great job there. it's, you know, the their economy is $1.2 trillion. it's basically the size of spain. so this is a really big move for kenny as well as for governor desantis. >> and greg, would you say this

is an endorsement of brexit? britain? you know, the narrative is one of doom and gloom , but is one of doom and gloom, but could this be proof that actually, you know, brexit, britain is still worthwhile and worth pursuing for trade agreements ? yes, absolutely. agreements? yes, absolutely. >> and this is, again, a sign of what's possible. this is the seventh state that that the uk or specifically that kenny has made agreements with. and but yet it's by by most measures, it's the biggest state that they've worked with so far of course, california looms . i course, california looms. i don't think you'll ever see anything with new york. but, you know, there's great opportunities at the state level. yes it would be better to have trade agreement. i have a free trade agreement. i don't happens in don't think that happens in spite progress with the spite of the progress with the biden white house. remember president biden was very against brexit. he favours the eu over the uk. so there's a little scar tissue between biden and the uk. but this is, again, with governor desantis and kemi badenoch really on the same

wavelength. they think the same philosophically, politically . so philosophically, politically. so it's a really good sign. we're thrilled the american expat community, the conservative american community in london, you know, republicans overseas , you know, republicans overseas, the hamilton society, we're we're thrilled. we're hosting a dinner for kenny next week in london. had a fundraiser for london. we had a fundraiser for governor desantis in london a few weeks ago . and in fact, few weeks ago. and in fact, i saw the governor here in chicago on on thursday. so, you know, we are all aligned with what with what kenny's doing. and with ron desantis is doing as well . desantis is doing as well. >> well, greg, we watch and wait and will no doubt have you on to chronicle all of this . and we'll chronicle all of this. and we'll see what happens with kenny and thanks. and ron desantis . greg, thanks. and ron desantis. greg, thanks. and ron desantis. greg, thank you very much for your time . thanks me. in time. thanks for having me. in their republican their chair of republican overseas. cheers very much for your company, lourdes. more coming up on the as ten coming up on the show as ten labour shadow front benches quit over the ceasefire in gaza, over the gaza ceasefire in gaza, can sir keir starmer hold the party together? all of that and more. i'm darren grimes. you're watching and listening to gb

news britain's news channel. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead, it's going be another ahead, it's going to be another unsettled day on sunday with some further rain to on some further rain to come on monday, then hopefully monday, too. but then hopefully it will start to turn a bit dnen it will start to turn a bit drier. colder we head drier. but colder as we head towards middle of next week. towards the middle of next week. back here. now have back to here. and now we have got this huge area of low pressure really dominating in proceedings bringing proceedings that's bringing in some this evening some further rain this evening across of northern across parts of northern ireland, scotland, that ireland, scotland, some of that will quite places , will be quite heavy in places, dner will be quite heavy in places, drier and clearer initially for a good chunk of england and wales. but then later in the wales. but then later on in the night will start see night we will then start to see rain return here too. quite blustery down towards the far south—west of the country and also up across the northern isles. but with all the cloud and wind it's going to isles. but with all the cloud an1a1vind it's going to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild it's going to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one it's going to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one forit's going to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for most)ing to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for most ofg to isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for most of us. be a mild one for most of us. temperatures at lowest, probably around 4 to 5 degrees in the north. so really sunday is going to be a fairly unsettled day. a mixture showers or longer mixture of showers or longer spells rain. there will be spells of rain. there will be some brightness around, maybe the best of that will be across

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the latest now. is there room for a new populist right wing party in the uk following rishi sunak bombshell reshuffle? many commentators believe that whilst the tories are trying to look more centrist cameroonian , a new more centrist cameroonian, a new party of the right could possibly be born . and it's been possibly be born. and it's been a busy week for the royal family as the king celebrated his 75th birthday. plus all eyes were on netflix as the final season of the crown premiere aired. and do get in touch. send me your thoughts on gb views at gbnews.com or message me on our socials. we're at at gb news. but first, here's the news with tamsen . tamsen. >> darren, thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 1:01. the chancellor says there's a pathway to lower taxes ahead of next week's autumn statement arguing the economy has turned a corner. jeremy hunt says this is

the moment to focus on growth after inflation halved over the past year . after inflation halved over the past year. it's understood he's considering cutting rates on inheritance and business taxes inheritance and business taxes in what could be one of the last fiscal announcements before the next general election . next general election. >> we are numbers and forecasts will be published on wednesday at the autumn statement , but at the autumn statement, but there is no easy route to reducing the tax burden the way we do it is by spending taxpayers money more wisely and that means having more productive public services is one arrest has been made as just stop oil protesters hold a people versus oil demonstration in the capital. >> activists met at the london eye near the shell headquarters there , marching against the there, marching against the government's decision to license more than 100 new oil and gas projects . the group says the projects. the group says the government is imprisoning peaceful protesters whilst protecting those who it describes as climate criminals. gb news reporter will hollis, is

there . there. >> well, the just stop oil protests have started here in the capital city out side of shell . and a man has just been shell. and a man has just been taken into the police van here at just stop oils protest. there are a number of police that have been following these protests for the last few hours and now it is really starting to get a little bit more dramatic . you little bit more dramatic. you will notice hundreds of people are here outside of shell's hq, are here outside of shell's hq, a ring of steel fencing around the bottom of the building. and with one person arrested so far that we've seen and at least a couple of hours left on this protest protest, we know that it quite could quite be a hectic afternoon here in the capital city. will hollis are in central london. >> well, there's another pro—palestine march taking place this afternoon in london as

supporters continue calls for a ceasefire in gaza . well, there's ceasefire in gaza. well, there's also a large police presence at this rally. and of course, this comes after thousands took to the streets of central london dunng the streets of central london during remembrance weekend, sparking counter—protests and ugly scenes near the cenotaph. there meanwhile , meanwhile, in there meanwhile, meanwhile, in gaza, the israeli military is warning thousands of people to leave the south as it tightens its focus on hamas terrorists. there earlier warning saw scores of people move from the north of gaza amid the escalating conflict. leaflets have been dropped by the idf near the khan younis area , telling people to younis area, telling people to move again. this time westward. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu told us media that he doesn't want to see people caughtin doesn't want to see people caught in the crossfire . caught in the crossfire. meanwhile, israel says it will allow two truckloads of fuel into gaza each day following international pressure. it's after the un warned of rapidly deteriorating conditions. the

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>> thank you very much, tamsin. now let's get stuck into today's topics pro palestinian demonstrations are taking place across the uk today as organisers planned a national day of action on to show solidarity for a ceasefire in gaza. solidarity for a ceasefire in gaza . well, joining me now to gaza. well, joining me now to discuss this is gb news south—west of england, reporter jeff moody. jeff, good to see you. is it all kicking off it sounds quite rowdy . sounds quite rowdy. >> it's certainly a bit rowdy . >> it's certainly a bit rowdy. yes, there's probably around a thousand people here in castle park in bristol. they're calling this the national day of action. as you said last week, the emphasis was on london, where we saw tens of thousands of people protesting thing. but this weekend, the emphasis is on the provinces. we're expecting around 100 different marches across different towns and cities here in bristol, as i say, things are about to kick off. in fact , there they go. now off. in fact, there they go. now they're just starting their

march . they're going to march march. they're going to march right around the city. and as they go past us, we can see some of the banners there. bristol stop the war. >> yeah , unison banner. >> yeah, unison banner. >> yeah, unison banner. >> there . the unions very, very >> there. the unions very, very involved in these protests . involved in these protests. another one there, bristol trades union council . trades union council. >> jeff, did bristol have any kids off school yesterday ? kids off school yesterday? >> as you probably just heard the chants there from the from the chants there from the from the to river the sea, which has been chanted a lot during this the last few minutes here. and of course, that's widely regarded by many people as an anti—semitic chant. but certainly , certainly they've certainly, certainly they've been saying that and chanting that quite significantly here, as well as saying israel is a terrorist state and the police presence here has been very light. they've been policing with a light touch. in fact, there are 3 or 4 police officers on bikes and that is as far as

it goes. i think they're the theory behind that is that they're going to keep a low profile. so they're not antagonising people. and hopefully will become hopefully this will become a peaceful protest. but i would say there's probably around a thousand people here and they're beginning their march now. they should be back again in the same place in about an hour's time. >> jeff, did you see any yesterday where there were any protests in bristol, where kids were off school? because, of course, we had that the school strike that the stop the war coalition, who have organised all this today well . so all of this today as well. so they were getting children to not go to school and to march instead . instead. >> well, that's right. this is happening every friday. they're saying every friday until there's a ceasefire. children in bristol are coming out of school. they're taking themselves out of school with their parents blessing in most cases. and they're all gathering with their teachers consent in some instances , some teachers some instances, some teachers

come to and they've been protesting, signing petitions, marching on the city council here. and also again chanting from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. i was seeing lots of little children chanting exactly the same thing about israel being a terror state. and of course, the argument there is , well, you argument there is, well, you know, this whole middle east crisis is such a complex issue, an issue that's been going on for hundreds and in fact , for hundreds and in fact, thousands of years . how do you thousands of years. how do you explain to a 4 or 5 year old exactly what's going on? how do you allow them to take a reasoned stance on it? and, of course, the accusation is, well, you know, they're being spoon fed this, say this, you know, that the chance that they're coming out with are written on bits of cardboard board. so, you know, do they actually know what they're saying. but these people here a certain age . here today are of a certain age. they're well aware what they're well aware of what they're well they're saying. they're well aware of what they're they believe of course, they believe in. and, of course, they have right to protest in

have every right to protest in our cities and so far, it's been a very peaceful protest . a very peaceful protest. >> yes. i mean, jeff, how unique is bristol the south—west is bristol to the south—west right. because, of course, bristol was at the heart of the pulling down of statues, for example . and the whole issue example. and the whole issue around black lives matter, the protests that occurred in 2020. i mean , is bristol just quite i mean, is bristol just quite a dare i say, left leaning city that likes to get a bit agitated about things , especially when about things, especially when stop the war on all of these other left wing groups get involved ? involved? >> well, yes, i couldn't hear everything you were saying, i'm afraid, because it's very difficult to hear at the moment. but yes, it is a very left leaning society, very left leaning society, very left leaning community here in bristol. they've very bristol. they've got a very strong and in there there is proud tradition of campaigning and protesting . and certainly and protesting. and certainly they've turned out i mean, it's not as much as not as well populated as recent marches have

been here. there was a march 2 or 3 weeks ago when there were a lot more people here than there are now . so whether that means are now. so whether that means support is waning, i don't know. but there's certainly, as i say, around a thousand people here and they are getting very vocal. yeah >> all right. jeff moody there, thank you very much for that update. we'll see what happens then. we'll see if it all kicks off. but jeff, thank you very much. now, folks, you can get loads on that story on our loads more on that story on our website, gbnews.com. it's the fastest growing national news website in the uk . it's got the website in the uk. it's got the best analysis and opinion as well as the latest breaking news. now school strikes, i mentioned them a little bit there. school strikes for palestine . they're spreading palestine. they're spreading forks. can you believe this ? forks. can you believe this? with tower hamlets being the latest of country to latest area of the country to see classrooms empty on thursday as students demanded a ceasefire in gaza? well, we're the students. you know, it has to be coming from somewhere, doesn't it? dare i say, up to 400 left school with many carrying palestinian flags.

school with many carrying palestinian flags . but should palestinian flags. but should children really be involved in such activism? and can they fully grasp what it is they're actually saying? as jeff has just outlined ? and in that just outlined? and in that package there? joining me now is the journalist julie cook. julie, thank you very much for your time today. do you share my frustration? do you think i'm a miserable old crow? where are you at? >> i share your frustrations. i'm a parent myself. my children are 15 and nine, and i would never let them go to something like this . not on my watch. as like this. not on my watch. as you said, a lot of these children are holding up placards. they don't even know what is being written on these placards. but also this stop the war coalition that has sort of behind much of this. they're sending out messages on how children school children can get off school without getting trouble . so without getting in trouble. so they're this and they're encouraging this and this very left leaning group, as we've mentioned before, and also , we've mentioned before, and also i , we've mentioned before, and also , i don't see what difference it will make for these children to do this other than hampering

their own school career and their own school career and their learning . their learning. >> exactly. because, i mean, julie, it strikes me, right, that had years of on and that we've had years of on and off lockdowns on and off, more than a light switch and now, of course, bunking off school in the name of a foreign nation state in the middle east. it's just i cannot, for the life of me think of any justification for children in britain to be off school . off school. >> exactly. and as we've said , >> exactly. and as we've said, you know, if you do take your child off school, you want to go on holiday perhaps early or something like that, you are fined that. know, fined for that. you know, we know can't go on know that you can't go on houdayin know that you can't go on holiday in school time. you can only your children off for only take your children off for reasonable measures, know, reasonable measures, you know, like hospital appointments or funerals or whatever. so there's a anger among parents who a lot of anger among parents who aren't involved in these aren't getting involved in these protests saying, well, why are my , you know, are my children, you know, why are we we go anywhere and we find if we go anywhere and these children are allowed to? but think there but secondly, i do think there i say it this pro—palestine marching among younger people is pretty much a fashion thing at

the moment. it's very tiktok to talk about how you're, you know, a freedom fighter and you're going on these marches and it's almost the fashionable thing to do among the young. and i don't think they have a grasp on the nuances incredible, nuances of the incredible, difficult of understanding difficult way of understanding this eastern problem . this middle eastern problem. >> yeah, i mean, julie, speaking of tiktok, osama bin laden apparently is now popular and had a resurgence on that app with young people reading out a letter he wrote to the united states of america and which , of states of america and which, of course, you can imagine dripping in terrorist anti western sentiment. now i'm wondering, does that concern , as a mother, does that concern, as a mother, does that concern, as a mother, does that concern you? do you worry about tiktok? and actually , it's what i would argue negative impact on our younger generation . generation. >> deeply. i think tiktok needs to be really looked into for not only the dangerous thing it promotes, such as, you know, drugs and smoking and all the rest of it. but this, this, this sort of politicising. i mean,

can you imagine ten, 15 years ago, letters from osama bin laden being lauded by people? it's absolutely disgraceful. you know, people have only recently died in september the 11th. i mean, this is this is a recent tragedy in terms of the scheme of things. and for these words of things. and for these words of his to be fashionable among the young and the left leaning is deeply concerning. yeah >> i mean, julie, where do we go from here then? do you think these kids are going to grow out of it, snap of it, or do of it, snap out of it, or do you think actually, you know, the these kids have just been so soaked all this activism soaked in all of this activism that actually it's going to be something that maybe potentially stays people and stays with people and i personally don't find that a very positive prospect . very positive prospect. >> but yeah , i can see what you >> but yeah, i can see what you mean. i think as our as your reporter there just said that things are dwindling a bit. i dare say that i think a combination of weather coming up to christmas, this terrible rain and things like that is going to put a lot of people off. i think these sort of fashions don't

last long as might fear. last as long as we might fear. but think that it is but i do think that it is becoming worrying that young people don't understand, i people don't understand, as i said nuance involved said before, the nuance involved in a middle east crisis like this. there are no goodies and baddies. well, there are in terms of who who attacked first. but what i'm saying is we cannot let a five year old hold a placard up or sing songs like from the river to the sea, without understanding this conflict. and i also think that these these rallies are deeply offensive and upsetting to jewish children and their families, children in school whose classmates perhaps are walking out on these rallies. imagine how they must feel. i mean , julie, what would your mean, julie, what would your just just finally there? >> what would you want to happen to children who have potentially been taken out of school ? and been taken out of school? and dare i say, some parents may well be encouraging it because i've just had one email into our inbox which says, you know what, people forget is as a taxpayer, it's us paying for the education here. how dare they waste our

money? i mean, if the school don't clamp down on this, it could happen time and again. it could. >> i think. i think, first of all, we need to make it very clear, if you're going on these rallies, you should be fine for taking your child out of school. i just as if you were i think just as if you were taking two days early, taking to greece two days early, you be so think you would be fined. so i think that's first thing. but that's the first thing. but i also that teachers who are also think that teachers who are encouraging also think that teachers who are encourateachers who are leaning teachers who are allowing this or following the children whatever, children out or whatever, they really to put their own really need to put their own politics they are politics aside. they are teachers , and say, teachers, as and as i say, without the nuance and the understanding of what these conflicts are about, it risks promoting an ideology that is very offensive to jewish people and people who understand that this is a very nuanced situation and there are no goodies and baddies . baddies. >> yeah, and just let kids be kids. julie i mean, we've got so much in the education system these days, you know, talking about 100 genders, genderbread men, you can't say bah baa black sheep. you've got to say baa,

baa, rainbow sheep, all of these things. it just goes on and on and on and it feels like politics is ingrained within every area of the education system now. and i just find that so utterly depressing. just let children be children, right? and give them the basics that they need to be good, well—rounded citizens, responsible autonomous actors instead of all of this, you know , hunting for victim you know, hunting for victim narratives and politicisation of absolute everything. but julie , absolute everything. but julie, we'll leave it there. julie cook, thank you very much for your time. now, folks, lourdes , your time. now, folks, lourdes, more coming up on today's show , more coming up on today's show, though, as rishi's cabinet takes a moderate turn , if you want to a moderate turn, if you want to call it that. david cameron , of call it that. david cameron, of course, being brought back in. i'm going to be asking, is britain fertile ground for a new right wing populist party? because actually we're getting

emails coming in saying, darren. yep, new party. absolutely bring it on. are you of that view ? let it on. are you of that view? let me know. all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel >> hello there. welcome to your latest news weather forecast . latest news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead, it's going to be another unsettled day on sunday with some further rain to come on monday, but then hopefully monday, too. but then hopefully it will start to turn a bit dnen it will start to turn a bit drier, but colder we head drier, but colder as we head towards middle of next week. towards the middle of next week. back here. and now have back to here. and now we have got of low got this huge area of low pressure dominating pressure really dominating proceedings in proceedings that's bringing in some rain this evening some further rain this evening across parts of northern ireland, scotland. some of that will places will be quite heavy in places dner will be quite heavy in places drier and clearer initially for a good chunk of england and wales, but then later on in the night, we will then start see night, we will then start to see rain here to quite rain return here to quite blustery down towards the far south—west of the country and also up across the northern isles. but with all the cloud and wind around , it's going isles. but with all the cloud an1a1vind around , it's going isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild around , it's going isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one1d , it's going isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for it's going isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for mostioing isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for most of|g isles. but with all the cloud an1a mild one for most of us. be a mild one for most of us. temperatures at lowest, probably

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isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . away . six till 930. away. >> welcome back. thank you very much for your company. now keir starmer, he's had to sack 1010 of his shadow frontbenchers. that was on wednesday after they defied that was on wednesday after they defied the whip to vote for a ceasefire over in gaza. now among them was shadow minister for women and equalities, jess phillips , who said her heart was phillips, who said her heart was breaking over the images of the last four weeks in israel and gaza. now we're asking can secure hold his party together on this issue ? and with on this issue? and with thousands rallying outside the palace of westminster in

defiance of labour wishes , defiance of labour wishes, shouting at our very own patrick christie's, should the party back a ceasefire? well joining me now is paul mbappe , writer me now is paul mbappe, writer and trade unionist and a man whose opinion i always like to hear. whose opinion i always like to hear . paul, cheers very much for hear. paul, cheers very much for your company. i mean, what have your company. i mean, what have you made of all of these scenes? i've read jess phillips statement and she mentioned herself more than she mentioned palestine, for goodness sake . palestine, for goodness sake. >> that's not terribly unusual for jess phillips to be, um, forjess phillips to be, um, mean israel palestine issue has always been a source of division on the left. this is nothing new. the palestine solidarity campaign has been going for many, many years . it's had quite many, many years. it's had quite a bit of support over the years in parliament and in the trade union movement. but so does israel. i mean , i went on a trip israel. i mean, i went on a trip to the middle east with trade union friends of israel about 7

or 8 years ago, and it wasn't particularly well received by other people in my union or across the trade union movement. so. so this is nothing new in that respect . i think that keir that respect. i think that keir starmer's issue is where he was so keen to demonstrate that he had dealt with the issue of antisemit ism in the labour party . it almost led antisemit ism in the labour party. it almost led him to give something of a blank check to israel in the early days of this latest bout of the conflict. that's how some people saw it. anyway, he gave that famous interview where he said that he felt did have the right felt israel did have the right to deny food and fuel and medicine to the people of gaza . medicine to the people of gaza. and in the days after that, when we started seeing the scenes unfolding on tv of the impact of the bombing and the humanitarian suffering, that's what made a lot of people say, well, hold on a second. you know, we might need asking questions need to start asking questions about not surprised about this. so i'm not surprised that these conflicts exist in the labour movement. they've been there for a long time because it is a very difficult

and complex dispute. that's the truth of it. >> yeah, because i mean , paul, >> yeah, because i mean, paul, we've had someone called michael wright and michael says he wright in and michael says he had with israel had every sympathy with israel and agreed that they had every right declare war on hamas. right to declare war on hamas. but he says the bombing of a school is what has led him to join those calling for a complete ceasefire . yeah, so complete ceasefire. yeah, so paul,i complete ceasefire. yeah, so paul, i mean, does have the whole sort of scenes has your opinion changed at all? well i i've been disappointed . i've been disappointed. >> darren, is the way in which have adopted very binary positions on this dispute and for me, this dispute is the dispute that is that is, you know, more than any other dispute. should not people should not fall into the trap of adopting binary positions because historically it is a very difficult , complex, very difficult, complex, multifaceted dispute . and i was multifaceted dispute. and i was struck by a recent column in the

guardian by jonathan freedland , guardian by jonathan freedland, who said this is this is one of those rare disputes where it's a case of right versus right. i'm not talking about hamas, who i regard as terrorists and completely beyond the power. but in of the israelis and the in terms of the israelis and the palestinians, have got palestinians, both have got legitimate causes and both have got legitimate grievances . and i got legitimate grievances. and i think we need to we need to avoid taking a simplistic approach to it personally. yes i do support the key support the call for a ceasefire . i think call for a ceasefire. i think the level of humanitarian suffering taking place at the moment in gaza is such so , so moment in gaza is such so, so horrific. and while i completely understand the israelis desire to defend to the horrific , to to defend to the horrific, to respond to the horrific events of the 7th of october, i feel that it of the 7th of october, i feel thatitis of the 7th of october, i feel that it is now in danger of being disproportionate. and i think that the call for a ceasefire is a legitimate one, and we need to get back to the process of the painstaking and difficult work of negotiating some sort of solution to this. >> yeah, i mean, paul, do you think saying that think that some are saying that this split the labour

this could split the labour party ? do you think it'll get party? do you think it'll get that far? do you think sir keir is manage to put a lid is going to manage to put a lid on it ? on it? >> i don't think this will split the party. i the labour party realises that the brink of power within the next year or so . the within the next year or so. the last thing it needs to do is to divide in a very serious way over an issue that isn't actually a domestic issue. as important as it is. actually a domestic issue. as important as it is . so and important as it is. so and i think, look , let's be honest, think, look, let's be honest, there are some mps who are playing to their constituents as well. there's no point, you know, trying to cover that. there some mps doing there are some mps who are doing feeling pressure from their constituents. they live in areas where lots of things resident in their constituencies . but i their constituencies. but i think as weeks go on, i think this will probably disappear into the background in terms of internal labour party politics a little bit . they'll be focussed little bit. they'll be focussed on the general election . on the general election. >> paul, can i ask you just finally, we're talking about about a potential new political

party with the conservative party. you know, fighting like rats in a sack. we've just been speaking there about the labour party perhaps to party doing the same, perhaps to not the same extent, but i'm wondering, paul, you are someone that's written about the realignment that you have spoken about. what brexit has done to our politics. for example, do you think that there could be a place for a new political party thatis place for a new political party that is perhaps on the right culturally, but on the left , culturally, but on the left, economically ? economically? >> well, interesting . i think >> well, interesting. i think that a lot of i think it's that part of those who are on the left economically, they want a fairer economy. they want an increase in the minimum wage and so on. but on the right culturally, i.e, they don't support the mad crackpot woke agenda. and they they do support traditional values in terms of family and take a robust stance in terms of law and order and immigration and so on. it's that cohort, if you like, that's been completely neglected in british

politics for a couple of decades now. and that's largely the thing that to led brexit. so the difficulty is i think we do live in a system where it's a two party, where it's a two party system, it's a duopoly, and traditionally in the first past the post system, it's difficult for third parties to break through. i would personally like to see the labour party move to that ground . it once upon a time that ground. it once upon a time it stood on that traditional ground and was able to galvanise millions working voters millions of working class voters . i don't think that's going to happen any time if i'm honest. >> please. no paul, we'll >> paul, please. no paul, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for your time. that's embry there, the that's paul embry there, the writer unionist . right writer and trade unionist. right now. there's lots more coming up on today's as david cameron on today's show as david cameron returns to cabinet. are you excited? are the tories open to a new party emerging from the right? could it challenge them all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes and you're watching and listening to gb news britain's news channel

hears your news headlines with the lovely . tamsin darren, the lovely. tamsin darren, thanks very much. >> here are the headlines at 132. at least one arrest has been made at a just stop oil protest in london. gb news. reporter will hollis is there ? reporter will hollis is there? >> well, the just stop. oil protests have started here in the capital city out side of shell . floyd and a the capital city out side of shell. floyd and a man has just been taken into the police van here at just stop oils protest. there are a number of police that have been following these protests for the last few hours, and now it is really starting to get a little bit more dramatic . get a little bit more dramatic. you will notice hundreds of people are here outside of shell's hq, a ring of steel fencing around the bottom of the building. and with one person

arrested so far that we've seen and at least a couple of hours left on this protest protest, we know that it quite could quite be a hectic afternoon here in the capital . city the capital. city >> well, there's another pro—palestine march taking place in the capital today as supporters continue calls for a ceasefire in gaza. these pictures are coming into us from camden in north london, where people are gathering . some have people are gathering. some have been heard reciting the controversial from the river to the sea chant. there this lunchtime. well, there is a large police presence as the rally continues. we'll bring you more on that as the day goes on. the chancellor says there's a pathway to lower taxes ahead of next week's autumn statement arguing the economy has turned a corner. jeremy hunt says now is the moment to focus on growth after inflation halved over the past year. it's understood he's considering cutting rates on

inheritance and business taxes inheritance and business taxes in what could be one of the last fiscal announcements before the next election . well, those are next election. well, those are the headlines. you can, of course, get more on all of those stories. just visit our website at gbnews.com. now it's back to . darren >> thank you very much, tamsin. welcome back to gb news saturday. with me, darren grimes on your telly online and on digital radio. now you've been talking there about a new political party and so many of you are writing to in say, actually there already is one. it's called reform uk. others are saying, yeah , i think are saying, yeah, i think actually there is a moment here where a new political party of the kind paul embery was just talking about, where he said actually i would love it to be the labour party to move to the right on culture and actually defend our institutions and all the rest of it. and i was saying to him, don't hold your breath,

but people are writing in but many people are writing in here actually they but many people are writing in here welcome actually they but many people are writing in here welcome that|ally they but many people are writing in here welcome that . lly they but many people are writing in here welcome that . and �*1ey but many people are writing in here welcome that . and that's would welcome that. and that's what think needs happen what they think needs to happen because they are so despondent with the state of politics and the choice between what they deem to be two cheeks of the same behind . but i won't i won't same behind. but i won't i won't go into that any further. i do keep emailing in because i love to read them now earlier to read them out. now earlier this king charles this week, king charles celebrated his 75th birthday with nurses during a reception at buckingham palace. he was also joined by a local choir who sung happy birthday to him after a cream tea. there were also reports that the king spoke to the duke and duchess of sussex. that's meghan and harry later in the day where it's believed the relationship between them has improved . the royals also hit improved. the royals also hit the headlines on thursday when the headlines on thursday when the first half of the final season of the crown was released, covering , among other released, covering, among other things, the final weeks of princess diana s life. the show runners have faced criticism for

portraying the events of 1997. however, with many accusing the netflix series of dramatising the events with much too much in the events with much too much in the way of creative licensing . the way of creative licensing. well, joining me now to discuss this, i can think of no one better is the former royal correspondent for the sun, charles charles rea charles, thank you very much for your company. i mean, charles, how did you feel about seeing ghostly diana crown ghostly diana in the crown >> i thought it was completely tasteless. >> i thought it was dreadful . >> i thought it was dreadful. >> i thought it was dreadful. >> i thought it was dreadful. >> i just thought it was appalling . appalling. >> i mean, i've watched all the four episodes now , and i can four episodes now, and i can tell you that they are as bad as the previous five five series of accuracy. it's just completely awful. >> i mean, the problem is, darren, that the crown takes these real life issues and then distorts them with tasteless distortions and errors masquerading as quality drama . masquerading as quality drama. and unfortunately, a lot of

people believe that they are looking at a history lesson and they're not. they're looking at a drama which is based on real events, but is far from the truth . truth. >> well, charles, what would you say to those who say, oh, come on, charles, you know, people watching this, they know it's netflix. they know it's, you know , creative license and taken know, creative license and taken to perhaps the extremes. and i mean , no one's going to believe mean, no one's going to believe that his majesty, the king, actually saw diana as a girl, sat on a plane, to not give people spoiler alerts and all the rest of it, but you see what i'm where i'm going with that. some people would say, let's give people credit. perhaps give people more credit. perhaps i do see where you're going, darren, but unfortunately, there are people my twitter or whatever it's called now is filled with people sort of saying, did this happen? >> did that happen? you know, we didn't know that that was happening . and quite a few of happening. and quite a few of them come america . so there them come from america. so there are lot of who are are a lot of people who are swallowing whole and it is

swallowing this whole and it is it is wrong. i mean, i know that our drama programs and i know that you usually get the warning beforehand and this is an account of someone's life and everything else, and they have created scenes and character , as created scenes and character, as you know, for the story. i appreciate that. but the things in this let me give you an example . there is a scene in example. there is a scene in where diana comes to a boat filled with british photographer and reporters, and she stands up and reporters, and she stands up and holds on to the bar, rail and holds on to the bar, rail and she says, well, hello, boys , and she says, well, hello, boys, boys. now that's that's what the wonderbra girl said . eva wonderbra girl said. eva herzegovina. diana never said that. the reason i know she never said that is i was on that boat. never said that is i was on that boat . wow. and the way things boat. wow. and the way things were portrayed in that were completely wrong. the only thing they got right was the fact that diana left us with this enigmatic mark. you'll be surprised with the next thing i do. we never knew what what it was and how how it was going to

manifest itself. but that was one example. this whole series is filled and filled with complete inaccuracies. well, charles, as pure acting is concerned, how do you think elizabeth debicki did in portraying diana? >> because to me and i didn't know her, obviously, but to me , know her, obviously, but to me, she does a pretty impressive job. >> i have to agree with you , >> i have to agree with you, darren. she did a fantastic job. i mean, she looked like her. the hairstyle was right. the mannerisms were right. she's a very beautiful lady and she's the best, diana, that i have ever seen on screen being portrayed by another person . i portrayed by another person. i mean, that girl worked hard at getting it right, and she did. she is the best thing about the crown unfortunately, the rest of it isn't that great, in my view . it isn't that great, in my view. >> yes. so i guess then finally, charles, the threat i was going to say the threat of meghan and harry, because meghan and harry and meghan, the other day were

saying she may well saying that she may well teasing, rather she didn't actually explicitly say, but potentially saying she might come back to the acting world and tinseltown and all the rest of it. i mean , what are we of it. i mean, what are we heanng of it. i mean, what are we hearing there, do you think? actually we'll be seeing meghan markle on netflix at some point soon? >> well, i'm sure we probably will in some in some way or another. i mean, she said they've got an awful lot of things planned on the slate and she's going to announce them. she's got a lot of things to be creative . well, that'll be novel creative. well, that'll be novel because they haven't been creative the creative so far for the multi—million pounds that they get from from netflix . so it'll get from from netflix. so it'll be to see what they be interesting to see what they do . the problem is she keeps do. the problem is she keeps reinventing herself, know, reinventing herself, you know, i don't what wants be. don't know what she wants to be. does to a princess, does she want to be a princess, a duchess, hollywood star, a duchess, a hollywood star, a soap, a soap actress? i'm just i'm just not sure. she doesn't seem to be happy with her lot. and she was at this event the other night promising that we were going to hear, unfortunately, a lot more from her. and don't forget, darren,

we've got this a book coming out at the end of the month, um, end game by her mouthpiece, omid scobie, which is going to, you know, stir up things again in the royal family. it's going to centre on things that we already know. but from their side. so they must have filled in over. scobie well , they must have filled in over. scobie well, i mean, charles, i can hardly wait . can hardly wait. >> i'm pinching myself with excitement . can you tell? but excitement. can you tell? but we'll have to leave it there. former royal correspondent for the sun there, charles wraith. cheers for your time, charles. now, folks, you are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes we've got loads more coming up today's loads more coming up on today's show rishi sunak dumped show as rishi sunak dumped suella from his cabinet and bnngs suella from his cabinet and brings back david cameron of all people. is britain open to a new party from the right? that's what i'm asking . all of that and what i'm asking. all of that and more to come. keep your emails coming in. i've got some of them in front of me here. you're watching listening to gb watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel

gb news the people's. channel >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. now with the dramatic cabinet reshuffle on monday, the fear from many on the right is that rishi sunaks new team is a very centrist and moderate one, shall we say. the departure of the darling of the party's right wing in suella braverman has damaged true blue

opinion of sunak and with people's polling recently putting reform uk on 11. that was a poll for this channel. could britain be ripe for populist right wing parties to come in and swoop the lot? well, joining me now i can think of no one better is dr. david jeffrey , one better is dr. david jeffrey, lecturer in british politics at the university of liverpool , the university of liverpool, going to try and get him up because actually a lot of you were emailing in about this and saying that it is time for a new party. this is one topic where you're really blowing up the inbox. you're really blowing up the inbox . i'm going to read some of inbox. i'm going to read some of those out in a second. i think we've got david up now. david, hello . do you think a new party, hello. do you think a new party, are you banking on the fact that reform ain't going to do it? or do you think 11% in in that people's poll and poll that we were just speaking of there is a pretty innings . pretty good innings. >> i think if you look bazball. hello darren. nice to see you again. i think if you do, if you look at polls like this, you see

it's this satisfied conservative voters who are saying that they're not happy with. but if we look at the by elections that have happened recently, the conservatives sorry, reform uk have not done well at all. >> they've barely got past 5. >> they've barely got past 5. >> so i think when we look at these polls, we have to take them with a pinch of salt because actually that's not being real being reflected in real world voting behaviour. being reflected in real world voting beiaviour. being reflected in real world voting bei mean , david, i've >> yeah, i mean, david, i've just had an email in saying i need to get elocution lessons and that they can't understand my accent. so this interview here a right here is going to be a right laugh, it, for them? but laugh, isn't it, for them? but have we lost david oh no . well have we lost david oh no. well oh no, he is. he is good. david, you're in and out like dancing shapes on the dance floor. >> well , the less said about my >> well, the less said about my dancing, the better. >> but do you actually think , >> but do you actually think, then, that the labour party could . because i was talking could. because i was talking about this earlier with paul embery, who is a trade unionist, and i was asking him about whether or not the labour party could split over the issue of

israel in gaza and the conservative party itself of course, fighting like rats in a sack. they do seem within both of the political parties in a first past the post system to be split emerging that there could be challenges given opportunities, could there not, that there could be. >> if i was giving advice to the labour party, i would say this issue around gaza and israel is very important to a small number of your activists and to your voters . and i think keir starmer voters. and i think keir starmer is actually played the right card here by being solid down the line saying this is what we stand for as a party because actually most people at the moment care about the fact that economically they're not doing well. and if keir starmer allowed himself to get distracted by this, but what is most people are peripheral issue, he's going to get blown off course. so he to hold off course. so he needs to hold his that's why at the his nerve. and that's why at the moment i think he's done the

right thing and why he'll continue to have such a gap over the conservatives focus the the conservatives focus on the economic at the economic issues because at the moment culture war stuff is moment the culture war stuff is important to some people, but nowhere near as many people as who care about inflation. lack of growth and the fact that their pound as as their pound doesn't go as far as it used. >> if you look >> but if you look at conservative voters, so david, is not true to say that is it not true to say that immigration abortion is one of the top concerns, for example, and parties seem to be and both the parties seem to be utterly on that utterly failing on that particular issue ? particular issue? >> yes, but the problem with looking at things like immigration is that it's only dangerous to labour if they think the conservatives are going to deliver on it. but let's not forget we've had 13 years the conservatives years of the conservatives promising migration down promising to get migration down to the tens of thousands where is it now? hundreds of thousands . so 600,000 last year ? yeah. . so 600,000 last year? yeah. yeah, exactly. labour could be as terrible as they want on immigration because nobody believes conservatives are delivering on it. >> i mean, david, i've got one viewer has written in. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask has written in. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask you written in. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask you to itten in. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask you to be n in. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask you to be my1. i'm going >> i mean, david, i've got one vieask you to be my politicalng

to ask you to be my political agony aunt here because mark has written in and mark says the tories are basically a right wing party or centre wing liberal party or a centre right and he sees right liberal party and he sees both political parties as just bolstering a liberal consensus. now dare i say that before this news channel existed you could have said that about the news landscape. so a new political party, a new challenger, you know, that's maybe what people are crying out for. >> i mean, i think there's always been a lot of people who are disgusted with the two major parties and they hold their nose and vote for one or the other, whether they want to prioritise their economics or their cultural instead though, cultural views. instead though, there's only been one person who's able to really bring who's been able to really bring a party fore in our a new party to the fore in our country, that's nigel country, and that's nigel farage. and it seems quite poorly timed now that he's decided to go into the jungle, just as just as rishi sunak kicked out suella braverman if there's anyone who could do it, it's farage i just sadly don't see any of the current richard tice or laurence fox for reclaim

any of these people have the star power and the political skill that farage did. and even then , let's not forget he didn't then, let's not forget he didn't win a seat. ukip did not do very well. they won one seat in the general election and another one in a by—election. right. it's not. we as a country like to complain about the parties. we have, but when push comes to shove, we don't really go in for another one. at least in england it's a bit different. in scotland bit different in wales. >> so what do you say to >> so then what do you say to those, david, point to the those, david, that point to the european elections, for example, and you know, and say, well, look, you know, nigel won those . nigel farage won those. >> oh, completely. but there's two very good reasons why he won it. one is that it was an issue that was specifically about the european union, the european parliament elections . and parliament elections. and secondly, pr in a general secondly, it was pr in a general election, when people are thinking the their thinking about the their economic position and a whole range of other like range of other issues like pubuc range of other issues like public they're not public services, they're not thinking about europe and they're necessarily thinking they're not necessarily thinking just immigration. so it just about immigration. so it becomes much more difficult for

a party like reform that is only known really for being the successor to the brexit party to make any headway there. and then obviously, post obviously, first past the post and benefit of being one of and the benefit of being one of the big two parties also kicks in. >> do you think the conservative party would ever dare have nigel farage as its leader ? farage as its leader? >> i can see why many people are find that appealing within the conservative circles, but i also think of someone who's been a conservative party activist for 13 years. you should not allow in someone who is consistent, campaigned against you and your party just because it might get you some positive headlines. so i think it would be disappointing to many people who narrowly lost the elections because they were they were facing a rival on the right to sublet the garage just because it might look good and might give a weeks of good give a few weeks of good headunes give a few weeks of good headlines the express or dare headlines in the express or dare i it on this channel. i say it on this channel. >> finally, david, we've >> just finally, david, we've sort of touched on it. there earlier, but i'm wondering about

the splits that we're seeing in the splits that we're seeing in the labour party now. you could argue that some members of parliament in their statements recently who've resigned from the shadow cabinet, jess phillips and all the rest of it, they are facing a backlash in their own constituent parties over sir keir starmer stance. as you as you mentioned at the start there, do you actually see the labour party coming to blows on this if just very briefly, david. >> no, i don't think so. these mps have they've resigned their positions because they know a lot of their voters care immensely about this. but these mps aren't stupid and they're not leave the labour not going to leave the labour party labour's nearly at party when labour's nearly at 50% in the polls because they will get trounced in the general election. >> fascinating as ever. dr. david jeffrey, their lecturer in british politics at the university liverpool , she is british politics at the uniyourty liverpool, she is british politics at the uniyour time liverpool , she is british politics at the uniyour time now. )ool , she is british politics at the uniyour time now. lordsshe is british politics at the uniyour time now. lords more for your time now. lords more coming up on today's show as the 1998 scotland turns 25 years 1998 scotland act turns 25 years old this year, i'll be asking what's been the legacy of blair's devolution project? all

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>> hello and welcome to gb news saturday. thank you very much for your company. i'm darren grimes and for the next hour, i'll be keeping you company on tv online and on digital radio. i'll keep you up to date on the stories that really to stories that really matter to you . coming up this hour, the you. coming up this hour, the environmental activist group just stop oil is protesting in london. they claim the government is rising against the people. will be live with the latest. many would argue they're rising against the people . it's rising against the people. it's been 25 years since the passing of the scotland act. it's an act which established the parliament at holyrood and the devolution of powers from westminster. we'll be asking has it made the uk weaker? and it's been a busy week for the royal family as the

king celebrated his 75th birthday. plus all eyes were on netflix as the final season of the crown premiered on do get in touch, send me your thoughts on gbviews@gbnews.com to any of our issues discussed or messaged me on socials. we're at at gb news. but first, here's the news with tamsen . tamsen. >> darren. thank you . good >> darren. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom . afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 2:00. a pro palestine march is taking place this afternoon in london. supporters continue calls for a ceasefire in gaza . calls for a ceasefire in gaza. occupation. no more . occupation. no more. >> six, seven, eight. israel is a terrorist state, while these pictures are coming to us from camden in north london, where you can see demonstrators waving palestinian flags, there's also a large police presence at the

rally. >> it comes after thousands took to the streets of central london dunng to the streets of central london during remembrance weekend , during remembrance weekend, sparking counter—protests and ugly scenes near the cenotaph . ugly scenes near the cenotaph. one arrest has been made as just stop oil protesters hold a people versus oil demonstration in the capital. activists met at the london eye near the shell headquarters as they're marching against the government's decision to license more than 100 new oil and gas projects . 100 new oil and gas projects. the group says the government is imprisoning peaceful protesters while protecting those who it describes as climate criminals . describes as climate criminals. gb news reporter will hollis is there well , the city of london there well, the city of london is at a standstill now as just stop oil protesters take to the roads . roads. >> you can hear chants of just stop oil, save our children signs that say, granddad, what did you do to save my . world did you do to save my. world there are people of all ages

here at this demonstration. it's called people versus oil . young called people versus oil. young and old, children and grandparents all here united by one cause, stopping oil. but we know that this year the prime minister, rishi sunak , has minister, rishi sunak, has licensed 100 new gas and oil fields . there are lots of police fields. there are lots of police here as well. they're here because they are protecting the public, but they also have new powers that came in earlier this year to arrest people that are disproportionately trying to affect road networks, which is what just stop oil. traditional do . do. >> the israeli military is warning thousands of people to leave the south of gaza as it tightens its focus on hamas terrorists. their earlier warnings saw scores of people move from the north of gaza amid the escalating conflict, but leaflets have been dropped by the idf near the khan younis area, telling people to move again, this time westward .

again, this time westward. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , who told us benjamin netanyahu, who told us media that he doesn't want to see people caught in the crossfire . meanwhile, israel crossfire. meanwhile, israel says it will allow two truckloads of fuel into gaza each day following international pressure. it's after the un warned of rapidly deteriorating conditions. the white house says fuel deliveries should continue on a regular basis and in larger quantities . the chancellor says quantities. the chancellor says there's a pathway to lower taxes ahead of next week's autumn. statement arguing the economy has turned a corner. jeremy hunt says this is the moment to focus on growth after inflation halved over the past year. it's understood he's considering cutting rates on inheritance and business taxes , as in what could business taxes, as in what could be one of the last fiscal announcements before the next general election . general election. >> we are numbers and forecasts will be published on wednesday at the autumn statement, but there is no easy route to

reducing the tax burden . the way reducing the tax burden. the way we do it is by spending taxpayers money more wisely , and taxpayers money more wisely, and that means having more productive public services . productive public services. >> major advertisers are pulling their business from formerly known as twitter amid a row over alleged anti—semitism . it comes alleged anti—semitism. it comes after the site's owner, elon musk, appeared to endorse a post that falsely claimed members of the jewish community were stoking hatred against white people . disney, warner brothers people. disney, warner brothers and us network nbc are among those who've paused their advertising. the white house called it an abhorrent promotion of anti—semitic and racist hate . of anti—semitic and racist hate. more than a third of women who commute on the train are likely to experience sexual harassment. that's according to new figures from the british transport police. reports of catcalls , police. reports of catcalls, fling and indecent exposure are higher than ever. more than 50% of women say other passengers intervened to assist the transport police is calling on people to be vigilant, report suspicious behaviour and step in

to help where possible . the to help where possible. the creator of wallace and gromit and the chicken run films has enough clay for just one and the chicken run films has enough clay forjust one more enough clay for just one more film after its supplier ceased operations when new clay products announced the closure of its facility near torquay earlier this year, aardman animations quickly bought all its remaining stock. animations quickly bought all its remaining stock . according its remaining stock. according to the telegraph. the studio has just enough to complete its new wallace and gromit feature due for release next year. new clay produced a particular kind of plasticine, which is apparently perfect for animating stop motion. artists say using the wrong kind would be like wearing the wrong trousers . this is gb the wrong trousers. 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 over to . play gb news now it's over to. darren thank you very much tamsin. >> let's get stuck into today's

topics just up. oil protesters are holding a people versus oil protest today. it's in protest against the government's licensing of more than 100 new oil and gas projects . the groups oil and gas projects. the groups say that the government is imprisoning peaceful protesters , imprisoning peaceful protesters, supporters and protecting the real criminals who are boiling our planet. joining me now from the protest is gb news reporter will hollis. will hear it all kicked off. give us the latest out . out. >> yes, well, this is the centre of just stop oil demonstrations today. of just stop oil demonstrations today . the building behind me , today. the building behind me, which has that ring of steel beneath it, the fencing and the police officers in front of it is the headquarters for shell . is the headquarters for shell. that company is one of the companies that just stop. oil has been protesting against today. has been protesting against today . the reason that they've today. the reason that they've come to london is because

they've got this people versus oil protest. you'll notice it's quite quiet here apart from the occasional taxi going past . occasional taxi going past. that's because the people have been circling this building and others right now. so that's why there's maybe a fewer police than there were earlier here. but we've seen something that we didn't necessarily expect to see, but happens quite a lot at these protests. protesters being arrested under those new policing powers for blocking the road. and we had a chance to speak to one of those protesters as they were being arrested. his name was john, and he says he had no intention to be arrested today. >> well, i've been arrested, according to the police officers , is for being too slow in moving off the road because the road is an a or a b road, which under section 30 or whatever it is, seven is now now a punishable offence , as far as punishable offence, as far as i'm concerned , temporarily

i'm concerned, temporarily blocking the highway in order to emphasise the fact that that new oil and gas and coal licenses spelled a death knell for the children and grandchildren of these police officers and for you and for everybody. and i am being arrested for pointing this out because the government have passed laws to make protest very, very difficult to make. what before would have been legal is now illegal. so we have to ask ourselves, when laws no longer reflect justice in a properly functioning democracy , properly functioning democracy, we have to ask ourselves where are we going ? extraordinary will. >> well, when we were there with the protesters, yes . well, when the protesters, yes. well, when we were there with the protesters at least 3 or 4 people had been arrested. they said that it was not their intention. but we know that often people arrange to be

arrested when they come to these protests. sometimes for just stop oil that it is a little bit quieter here. now darren, but you will notice that there are still lots of big police officers outside of shell's building. yeah, i'm not surprised because in an hour's time, just yesterday, will, we had a case, a judgement in which that was after just op had a case, a judgement in which that was afterjust op oil that was after just op oil caused half £1 million of damage to hsbc's hsbc rather their headquarters in london. >> so you can understand why shell would be somewhat anxious . shell would be somewhat anxious. >> yeah, it's common now, isn't it, outside of these multinational oil corporations that they have lots of security and they put up fencing around these buildings and it doesn't seem that anybody has gone near the fencing today. it seems for the fencing today. it seems for the most part that these arrests have been these protests have been fairly peaceful. but we know that sometimes with these

sorts of protests, windows can be smashed and paint can be sprayed all over the building. so i suppose that's one measure to stop them from doing that. but their voices are being heard all across london today. and it's not the only protesters at darren. >> indeed. all right, will hollis, we'll leave it there for now. thank you very much for that update. as ever. now, folks, this month marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of the 1998 scotland act. now, that was an act that established the parliament at holyrood and the devolution of powers from westminster to the scottish parliament ever since. now it was passed by the blair government. the act was supposed to quell calls for independence by giving the scots more, say over the issues that affected them. but 25 years on and one independence referendum later , independence referendum later, the can the act have been said to have been a success story. well, brian monteith , a well, brian monteith, a columnist for the scotsman and a former msp , joins me now . brian,

former msp, joins me now. brian, thank you very much for your company. now i'm assuming, brian, that you won't argue that this has been a success story and that actually the scotland act has made scotland more divided, has it not? >> well , divided, has it not? >> well, you'd be right in saying that. >> darren actually ran the campaign in the referendum against creating the scottish parliament. >> and i have to say, i think 25 years have shown that it has been pretty much a disaster. >> the concept was to bring more local decision making to scotland and in fact , what we've scotland and in fact, what we've seen is the scottish parliament take money out of local government, make lots of government, make lots of government cuts in councils and at the same time centralised services , things such as police services, things such as police scotland , so that scots have got

scotland, so that scots have got less local government now than they had before. devolution just to play devil's advocate for a moment, there, brian, i'm going to say that there would be many people in scotland who are of the view that actually and labour would, i assume, make this case that actually the scottish parliament has been a success story in that it's functioned relatively well and there are issues and campaigns that have been brought about within the scottish parliament that suit the domestic market a bit . well, let's let's be honest bit. well, let's let's be honest . if we consider what does the scottish parliament do, it's there to deliver services that scotland has that are in a sense scottish or different. and the prime one, the jewel in the crown for scotland, had always been education, and yet we have seen the opening of the scottish

parliament, the standards in education, the attainment, the difficulties for those with disadvantaged backgrounds is actually get worse . and we now actually get worse. and we now have the situation that what was once a jewel in the crown has fallen behind standards in england that used to be unheard of in scotland. so if we look at different aspects of what the scottish parliament runs , then scottish parliament runs, then we find that it runs badly and the idea that nationalism, that's clearly not worked either because we've actually had the snp in power for, for 60 odd years , it's actually not done years, it's actually not done what it was sold to do. and think in that regard, people who even advocated it must be disappointed gutted. >> yeah. i mean , brian, where do >> yeah. i mean, brian, where do you think i'm going to ask you to be my mystic meg for a moment? where do you think actually the politics in scotland are going? because

cause actually the labour party looked to be having a pretty good innings right now. does that mean that actually the whole threat, dare i say , of whole threat, dare i say, of a of another independence referendum and of an independent scotland is a somewhat diminished one. >> certainly i think the chances of a reference , adam, on the of a reference, adam, on the idea of independence is on the back burner. that's something that's not happening at the moment. it's unlikely to happen and were there to be elections or i would expect labour to unseat the snp significantly and you could even have a revival in some seats of the conservatives and see the snp pushed into third place. that is a prospect that they face for instance in a general action. but that does not mean that the cry for independence will go away and i would urge caution . there is no would urge caution. there is no room for complaint agency. there has to be a clear, a clear

program that makes sure that the british economy lifts up everyone's boats . and that means everyone's boats. and that means scotland's two. and so the idea of just simply saying, oh , we of just simply saying, oh, we can defeat the snp nationalism will come back in a different guise. we always have to be on our guard. for those that believe in britain, do you know what that reminds me? >> brian , of when the we ended >> brian, of when the we ended the common fisheries policy, a european union scheme and the snp obviously were vehemently opposed to brexit, but all of a sudden they said the tories have betrayed us on our fish . and i betrayed us on our fish. and i thought, hang on a minute, two minutes ago you were wanting to hit your wagon. an independent scotland into the joining the scotland into the eu joining the euro and all those other necessary prereqs visits that come with with applying for that membership. and i just thought, this is so opportunistic. like well, indeed. >> and just yesterday the snp

published a paper describing how they could get back into the scotland to become independent. and of course, one of the first things that would be happening would be scottish fisheries would be scottish fisheries would be scottish fisheries would be welcoming boats from the rest of the eu because those have to be in the common fisheries policy . so that would fisheries policy. so that would be a further disaster amongst many others , such as having to many others, such as having to pay many others, such as having to pay the eu to be in because scotland would not receive funding, it would be a net contributor. there's many reasons why in fact an independent scotland would want to be outside of the eu, but such as the idea of the eu so attractive to the snp that they've not let that idea go . they've not let that idea go. >> all right. and brian, just finally then and briefly , if you finally then and briefly, if you could, you you of course, had a little dalliance with with a

with different parties . i'm with different parties. i'm wondering, do you agree with my viewers because the email box is filling up here saying that we need an alternative to the conservative party so an alternative on the right . what alternative on the right. what do you think? actually there's space there. even in scotland. we well, there's undoubtedly a space for conservative views . space for conservative views. >> and if the conservative party can't find it possible to actually be a conservative government, then it's only natural that others seek to fill that vacuum . obviously what was that vacuum. obviously what was the brexit party and is now reform uk could provide that alternative and i think in many parts of the uk , the reform will parts of the uk, the reform will gather support as an alternative to the conservatives . to the conservatives. >> okey doke, brian, we'll leave it there. always a pleasure to speak to you though. that's brian. speak to you though. that's bnan.bnan speak to you though. that's brian. brian monteith there, a columnist for the scotsman and a former msp. thank you to him. now, someone's written in and

they've said, i got it wrong . they've said, i got it wrong. wrong by accusing just stop oil that they smashed half £1 million of hsbc windows. million worth of hsbc windows. it was extinction rebellion. so it was extinction rebellion. so i stand corrected , but i'm not i stand corrected, but i'm not sure what the difference is, to be perfectly honest. but there we are now, moving on. you can get loads more on all of those stories on our website at gbnews.com. it's the fastest growing national news website in the uk. it's got the best analysis and opinion as well as all of the latest breaking news. right. i'm going to talk about labour again now , but a labour again now, but a different topic because lisa nandy , she's said that one day nandy, she's said that one day sophia will be ashamed of the trans debate. this is a shadow cabinet member. she'll be in government if sir keir starmer's elected. she says that we should be ashamed of the trans debate and she says the argument shouldn't be reduced it to bodily parts . shouldn't be reduced it to bodily parts. now lisa has some controversial things on the trans debate in the in the past

which have drawn criticism from high places because she was criticised by or she has criticised by or she has criticised the author j.k. rowling, saying that actually jk breaks her heart after the harry potter star remarked that women don't trust labour given its lenient stance on transgender inclusive pity. that is, self—identification . an and all self—identification. an and all of these other subjects which over recent years have blown up massively . well, joining me to massively. well, joining me to discuss this is katie. john went a diversity and inclusion felicity facilitator. even i couldn't say that there katie thank you for your company. katie do you think actually in a few years time we will be looking back and say , oh, do you looking back and say, oh, do you know what? actually, that lisa nandy shot that right ? nandy shot that right? >> well, that's an interesting way to put it, i think. i hope thatis way to put it, i think. i hope that is the case. but i hope it won't be just about one side winning or the other on this. i mean, neither lisa nandy nor

j.k. rowling speak for all women and for each of them to say how all women should think is a little difficult. >> you know, but but at least lisa nandy does get herself into hot water a little bit because if you take the kind of the trans activist line, it doesn't leave much room for kind of nuance or dialogue around this . nuance or dialogue around this. so this is one of the difficult positions and i hope that in the future, yeah, ten years from now that we're all looking at kind of rights that are based on human rights, on person based rights , and it's not based on a rights, and it's not based on a sex gender culture war that still continues . still continues. >> yes, because, i mean, katie, the one thing that i think if memory serves, the one moment when i think lisa nandy perhaps lost certain sections of at least voters that formerly voted for labour would be on when she said that actually trans women should be in prisons in female prisons. now it's obviously a highly contentious issue and

we've seen examples in scotland, especially where trans women have been who self—identify, have been who self—identify, have been who self—identify, have been placed into female prisons. i'm wondering, do you think in government the labour party's position is going to change on that purely for electoral reasons ? electoral reasons? >> no, i don't think they will amend the prison rules because the prison rules have already kind of stepped back towards risk assessment over and above kind of gender identity . kind of gender identity. >> there's always been in place because i actually spent a lot of time working with the prisons, not directly on the gender issue, a completely gender issue, on a completely different many different issue many, many years ago, meant i've been ago, but it meant that i've been to 30 or 40 prisons the to 30 or 40 prisons around the uk their prison governors uk and their prison governors would me, we've got would tell me, oh, we've got a couple trans people here. couple of trans people here. >> in male wing, or >> they're in the male wing, or we've got couple trans >> they're in the male wing, or we'veghere.:ouple trans people here. >> the female wing, >> they're in the female wing, or taken these or we have taken these precautions and pre 2011, all these prisons would make their own decisions based on common sense. >> then rules came in partly because there was a spate of kind of trans female suicides in

the male wings, and they were considered to be people at risk to themselves . to themselves. >> so some of that meant that they erred on the side of inclusion rather than the side of caution when they started putting more into the female wing. now it's gone backward and now the rule is nobody with intact male body will be in a female prison, which is one way of reducing it to body parts, but certainly a very safe way of reducing it to body parts and nobody with a history of violence should be in a place where there are victims of sexual violence. in that sense, obviously , there are a male obviously, there are in a male prison, but you've got to prison, too, but you've got to protect trans women, both protect both trans women, both from themselves and from male inmates. but you've also got to protect women prisons protect women in women's prisons from potential assault and also feeling uncomfortable in those situations . situations. >> and there are solutions. >> and there are solutions. >> there are prisons in the uk where they actually have a trans gender wing. >> so that could be >> so more of that could be accommodated in that sense. so i do think one of the solutions we might look upon in ten might look back upon in ten years is more third spaces,

years time is more third spaces, more solutions that satisfy everyone . we should be looking everyone. we should be looking for win wins in that sense, and that means creating, having male lose female loos and single use cubicles that offer anyone individually that where gender doesn't matter along the line of disability lose. >> therefore you would solve the loos question. >> you can solve prison questions. it's mean we are required in law and equality act to solve for everyone . and so to solve for everyone. and so thatis to solve for everyone. and so that is one of the ways to do it. but the last six years no one's been talking because everyone's fighting . everyone's been fighting. >> you know, i think katie , >> you know, i think katie, though, that guess the problem though, that i guess the problem for the problem for a lot of women is that they are listening to lisa nandy and others make those arguments and they're thinking, in when thinking, well, in prisons, when you of female prisons, you you think of female prisons, you think of society's most think of some of society's most vulnerable right ? or you vulnerable women, right? or you think of people who have perhaps had a pretty tough lot in life and actually adding in what could be dare i say, a sexual predator into the environment isn't well, that it just it

seems completely unconscionable to many people . so you can to many people. so you can understand the strong sense of feeling on that side of the argument and why perhaps in ten years time jk rowling won't be sat having a pint with lisa nandy , for example . nandy, for example. >> yeah. i mean, as i say , i >> yeah. i mean, as i say, i don't think the prison policy is going to go forward again. i think it's going to where it is now. they have got a compromise that's of practical, that's kind of practical, sensible and errs on risk assessment, not gender identity. and i think that is certainly the way to go where there is possibly of risk. and i think we have to be willing to talk about sex and gender separately in to order look at those risks. we have to be able to designate a crime committed by someone who have to be able to designate a cristill:ommitted by someone who have to be able to designate a cristill an1mitted by someone who have to be able to designate a cri still an intacti by someone who have to be able to designate a cristill an intact male)meone who have to be able to designate a cri still an intact male body. e who is still an intact male body. however, as a male however, they identify as a male crime in the sense otherwise we will not actually be able to understand the risk assessments and in order to get the best data on that, we've got to be willing to say sex is sex, genderis willing to say sex is sex, gender is gender. women are women , trans trans. and to

women, trans are trans. and to be accommodate places in be able to accommodate places in society for all. and that's not running roughshod over either women then or gender identity. it's finding a way to recognise that they to a degree, to that they are, to a degree, to separate things. and the way the law and the the law works and the way the equality is it equality act works is it recognises separate things recognises as separate things and we need to get back to that consensus society we consensus in society where we kind accommodate each other kind of accommodate each other for coexistence rather than perpetuate the conflict. we've seen what happens with conflicts around world. if you don't around the world. if you don't come back to the table and we need back to the table, need to come back to the table, i mean, a debate that's i mean, this is a debate that's going on and on. >> on. >> so i've no doubt, katie, that we'll be speaking about this again at some point. but katie, john there and john went there diverse and inclusion facilitator. thank you very your time. now, very much for your time. now, folks, there's coming folks, there's loads more coming up bbc is up on today's show. the bbc is facing backlash over its coverage of the israel hamas war. so i'll be asking why the corporation is struggling to represent the views of ordinary britons. let me know. does the bbc speak for you to you? all of that and more to come. i'm

darren grimes and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news channel >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead, it's going to be another unsettled day on sunday with some further rain to come on monday , too. but then hopefully monday, too. but then hopefully it to turn a bit it will start to turn a bit dnen it will start to turn a bit drier, but colder as we head towards the of next week. towards the middle of next week. back and now we have back to here. and now we have got huge area of low got this huge area of low pressure really dominating proceedings. in proceedings. let's bring in in some this evening some further rain this evening across of northern across parts of northern ireland, some that ireland, scotland. some of that will heavy in places , will be quite heavy in places, dner will be quite heavy in places, drier and clearer initially for a good chunk of england and wales . but then later on in the wales. but then later on in the night, will then start see night, we will then start to see rain return here to quite blustery down towards the far south—west of the country and also up across the northern isles. with all the cloud isles. but with all the cloud and wind around, it's going to be one. most of us. be a mild one. for most of us. temps at lowest, probably temps is at lowest, probably around degrees in the around 4 to 5 degrees in the north. so really sunday is going to be a fairly unsettled day. a mixture of showers or longer spells of rain. there will be some around . maybe

some brightness around. maybe the of that will be across the best of that will be across eastern scotland go into eastern scotland as we go into the afternoon. but despite the cloud and rain, it will be another mild one. temperatures in the south reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. maybe a shade or 15 degrees. so maybe a shade cooler what have seen cooler than what we have seen today in to monday. you can see further rain on the charts for most of us in between, there will be some brightness around , will be some brightness around, around and as we go through into tuesday and wednesday, the drier theme will become increasingly widespread with increasing amounts . but for amounts of sunshine. but for most of us, temperatures will be trending away

news. >> hello. welcome back. you're watching gb news. here are the headunes watching gb news. here are the headlines at 231 pro palestinian supporters are marching in london with some heard reciting the controversial from the river to the sea. chant of occupation. no more . 47 easily the terrorist no more. 47 easily the terrorist eight well, these pictures are from camden in north london, where you can see demonstrators waving palestinian flags. there's also a large police presence at the rally there today. presence at the rally there today . well, elsewhere in today. well, elsewhere in london, one arrests has been made at just stop oil protesters hold a people versus oil demonstration. gb news reporter will hollis, is there . will hollis, is there. >> well, the city of london is at a standstill now as just stop

oil protesters take to the roads . as you can hear chants of just stop oil save our children , stop oil save our children, signs that say, granddad, what did you do to save my world? there are people of all ages here at this demonstration. it's called people versus oil , young called people versus oil, young and old, children and grandparents all here united by one cause, stopping oil. but we know that this year the prime minister, rishi sunak , has minister, rishi sunak, has licensed 100 new gas and oil fields. there are lots of police here as well. there here because they are protecting the public, but they also have new powers that came in earlier this year to arrest people that are disproving passionately trying to affect road networks , which to affect road networks, which is what just stop oil traditionally do . traditionally do. >> the chancellor says , as >> the chancellor says, as a pathway to lower taxes ahead of

next week's autumn statement, arguing the economy has turned a corner , jeremy hunt says now is corner, jeremy hunt says now is the moment to focus on growth after inflation halved over the past year. it's understood he's considering cutting rates on inheritance and business taxes inheritance and business taxes in what could be one of the last fiscal announcements before the next general election . in those next general election. in those are the top stories. you can get more on all of them by visiting our website, gbnews.com now it's back to . darren well, come back back to. darren well, come back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv online and on digital radio. >> the bbc's coverage of the israel—hamas conflict has again come under scrutiny after the corporation apologised for falsely reporting that the idf, the israel defence force, targeted medical staff in gaza. now the controversy is only the latest in a long line of

incidents that's blighted. the bbc's coverage of the war, leading to protests outside of broadcasting house, including the initial refusal to call hamas terrorists an act often mocking on viral israel comedy shows every week . it seems now shows every week. it seems now that they're doing that and they're quite good, actually. unlike bbc comedy, it has to be said. well, joining me now to discuss this is gary mond, chairman of the national jewish assembly. gary, thank you very much for your time today. thank you for having me. i mean , i you for having me. i mean, i would argue that actually watching some of the clips that are put out of the bbc and going through the jewish chronicle to actually read other broadcast, actually read a other broadcast, other publications are available actually looking at the facts of what they got wrong . you would what they got wrong. you would argue that they're about as balanced as a one legged, you know, tightrope. walker it's quite extraordinary . quite extraordinary. >> i think the first thing to say is this is a historic problem. it is not just since

the war began on october the 7th for the bbc, the bbc specifically, there's been many, many occasions in the past when if there's an attack on israel from a terrorist group like hamas, it's very much downplayed. >> but when israel responds, all of a sudden the bbc swing into action and we see severe criticism of the israelis who have always been acting in self—defence. and i must stress this goes well before the war. it's not just the last six weeks. >> and then, of course, we have the incidents in the war with everyone's aware of, for example, that their refusal to call hamas a terrorist organisation. >> and my own view actually is terrorist organisation isn't actually strong enough. they should genocidal should be called a genocidal terrorist organisation. >> like ira . the >> they're not like the ira. the ira never the plan to murder ira never had the plan to murder every single christian in britain, whereas hamas has a plan to murder every single jew , plan to murder every single jew, not just in israel but elsewhere as well. >> now, would you i mean, i guess there are two questions from that. first of all, a personal one, if you wouldn't mind. do you think actually that

the london itself one, do you feel safe in london? right. do you think actually the members feel safe in london? and secondly , do you think actually secondly, do you think actually the bbc has got a part to play in making life better forjews in making life better forjews in britain? >> i think many members, many members of the jewish community do not feel safe at the moment . do not feel safe at the moment. they're living in a state of fear , in some cases, terror fear, in some cases, even terror . and it's getting to the point where quite a number are thinking of whether they should go and live somewhere else. and britain is particularly bad in europe, at least in france and germany. these marches have been banned. marches that banned. the terror marches that have been taking place every saturday, all organised by the so—called pro—palestinian groups, when of course they're really just anti israel or even anti—semitic groups is really getting many, many people . getting to many, many people. >> yeah, and then i guess the question from that would be, do you actually lay blame at the not exclusively at the bbc store, but partly. >> oh, certainly. partly, yes .

>> oh, certainly. partly, yes. >> oh, certainly. partly, yes. >> and elaborate on that. what is it that that right now since this when you see and hear it's not just the bbc sky news as well and 1 or 2 other outlets when you actually see bias coming from the media which you know is unfair, you start to think what about many, many people in this country who have never really held a view either way on the issue of israel. >> they watch the bbc and they start to form opinions. and those opinions are totally unfairly negative about israel. that's where the blame on the bbc lies , because i can think of bbc lies, because i can think of a few examples. >> obviously you've mentioned one already. the failure to call hamas terrorists when there are terrorists, terrorist terrorists, proscribed terrorist organisations here in britain. so there should be our national broadcaster should be calling them that. i think that that was a terrible editorial decision . a terrible editorial decision. then the secondly, there was the when the hospital and the rocket had gone off behind the hospital and actually it was in a matter

of minutes the bbc blamed the israeli army , the israeli air israeli army, the israeli air force. >> and yet the truth of the matter came out a few hours later that it was actually a misfired or i'm not sure it was misfired. but certainly a rocket fired the palestine terrorist organisation. >> i mean, arguably not meant to hit the hospital, but you know, still hamas all the same. and thirdly , we bbc's all again thirdly, we the bbc's all again in a master stroke of omission, she neglected to actually mention that the idf was delivering fuel to gaza hospitals . and that's the hospitals. and that's the i believe that was the al—shifa hospital. that's correct. so there are a lot of things where this all starts as conflicts in the middle east. do starts to get confusing very quickly . and get confusing very quickly. and i'm afraid to say that the bbc ain't helping matters. >> well, bias shows itself in many different ways , whether many different ways, whether it's omission of something that paints israel in a good light or whether it's essentially misreporting facts concerning

actions that israel may take, there are multitude of ways where bias can be shown , and i'm where bias can be shown, and i'm afraid the bbc has been doing that for years. and i must emphasise this is not a matter that began on october the 7th. >> do the bbc have you on? >> do the bbc have you on? >> i have been on the jeremy vine show with john simpson on one occasion a few weeks ago. i'm hoping they're going to have me on again when john simpson, how did that go? it went okay. and i was also interviewed by a by gb news with john sergeant a few weeks ago. yeah >> i mean, are you grateful then, dare i say , for the then, dare i say, for the broadcasting landscape being somewhat more competitive than it used to be? because at one point it would have been, you know, the bbc, i believe, in a free i mean, outside of jewish matters. >> i believe in the free markets. and i strongly support gb news and other independent news channels in their quest to be successful because i get emails in the northeast. >> i live in quite a jewish community and i had a message

from a woman. i don't know her, and she said, thank you so much for what you've been saying, because i genuinely feel so unsafe being here. and do you know, i find that really quite difficult to comprehend because it just seems so alien to most of us who aren't jewish and the fact that there are people who genuinely believe that they may have to leave the country because of the direction that we're going in, that's deeply troubling for so many of us. >> put yourself in the shoes of a jewish person who finds themself constantly witnessing these these vast marches of what can only be described as jew hatred. i think that the people who participated in the marches, a mixture of two types of people, one is the absolute blatant anti—semite who might be fundamentalist islamic, or they might be just extreme left wing corbynistas and then you've got a second group in the marches

who tend to be more naive and gullible people who've essentially followed on essentially just followed on from the latest trend. and it's that second group that have been particularly influenced adversely by the bbc. >> well, we did contact the bbc for a response. we are awaiting a response, gary. yes, but i just finally, very briefly, if you if you would, i apologise for that, but do you actually think that the support that israel has maintained from the international community thus far, do you see that continuing and do you see actually the entire premise of the debate , entire premise of the debate, the arguments, the rhetoric , the arguments, the rhetoric, what's taking place on our streets or our demonstrations all day today, for example, do you see this getting nastier here in britain and the media reporting of it becoming more challenging for the state of israel? >> firstly , i think the message >> firstly, i think the message from the international community is very simple. i would say to them, let israel finish the job. israel, what israel is doing to finish off hamas or to try to

eradicate them is in everyone's interest, not just israel's interests, because there are fundamentally islamist organisation . and it's the organisation. and it's the viewpoint, the old viewpoint first the saturday people, then the sunday people . so you go for the sunday people. so you go for the sunday people. so you go for the jews first and we go for the christians next. it's in everyone's interest that israel is successful. and i say to the international community, hands off israel. let. benjamin netanyahu and his government finish the job. that's the first the first point. and the second point really, regarding the community. here we are going to get quite more support than i thought from the non—jewish community. i'm speaking tomorrow at a demonstration called never again, which is run by christian action against anti—semitism and we're expecting 10 to 15,000 people outside downing street. well, britain , one of the few well, britain, one of the few jewish speakers, most of the speakers are christians, right? >> yeah, yeah, yeah . well, gary >> yeah, yeah, yeah. well, gary mond, chairman of national mond, chairman of the national jewish , thank you very jewish assembly, thank you very much for your time. thank you, darren, for having me. now folks, watching and folks, you're watching and listening gb saturday listening to gb news saturday

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weeknights from. six >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv online and on digital radio. now there's always something happening with the royal family and we always want to know what is going on. this has been a big week. the premiere of the first half of the final season of the crown took covering the final took place covering the final weeks of princess diana's life. the showrunners have faced criticism for portraying the princess of wales of 1997 and actually many have accused netflix, the netflix series of dramatising the events with too much in the way of creative licensing. well joining me now to discuss this is the royal commentator caroline aston . commentator caroline aston. caroline, thank you very much for your time. have you had a chance to see all four episodes yet? >> well, i've been through them quickly, but i have more than an overall view of what's going on. >> very interesting , isn't overall view of what's going on. >> very interesting, isn't it, that those first four episodes

that those first four episodes that have landed deal with just. well eight weeks of history, if you like, the next tranche will cover a much longer time period. and yes, if you're asking me, do i think a few liberties have been taken with the truth, the absolute truth and nothing but the truth? well, perhaps i would have to say so . but remember, have to say so. but remember, this is not and never has been a documentary . it's a this is not and never has been a documentary. it's a drama. and of course, when you start putting words into people's mouths, as peter morgan, the creator, the scriptwriter , has creator, the scriptwriter, has had to do, you can very dramatically alter the audience's perception of the characters involved. so no wonderful production values , wonderful production values, fabulous writing, but as for it being, as i say, bang on the money as to what actually was going on, probably not. >> yeah. caroline i want to ask you the history. >> yeah. caroline i want to ask you the history . an ian wilson you the history. an ian wilson was in interview and he actually said that he's an eminent historian and writer and he said

the crown has become , and this the crown has become, and this is his words, morally repellent since its storyline turned to more recent events, including the death of princess diana . he the death of princess diana. he actually argues that the writers of the crown have a responsibility city to stick to the truth . i mean, do you share the truth. i mean, do you share those sentiments as well ? those sentiments as well? >> peter morgan apparently does, because he's been quoted in the past as having said that, you can tinker with accuracy, but you should never tinker with the truth . so there's an interesting truth. so there's an interesting response to ian wilson's remark, which i totally echo . i'm a which i totally echo. i'm a great believer in betraying the truth, but of course, this is aimed at a mass audience. it's hugein aimed at a mass audience. it's huge in america. people absolutely adore it. and of course , they think that what course, they think that what they're seeing is absolutely what happened, who knows what's happenedin what happened, who knows what's happened in a royal audience between the queen and a prime minister. the whole point of a royal audience is that their secret ? nobody other than the

secret? nobody other than the two people involved ever know. and then, of course, who knows what said in a bedroom between two people. so there's a lot of imaginative reconstruction . and imaginative reconstruction. and for me, the real problem is how does this affect our perception of the characters involved or the characters portrayed? so yes, you could say that could be pretty repugnant and repellent and also maybe damaging . and also maybe damaging. >> and caroline, just finally , >> and caroline, just finally, the i guess, the most controversial scenes would be the scenes in which diana is portrayed as ghost . but who portrayed as ghost. but who comes back and speaks to our late queen and king. but then prince charles, the prince of wales? i mean, what did you think about those particular scenes when you watched it? did you think you know, is that creative licensing or is it just plain tacky ? plain tacky? >> well, it's a mixture of both, i would say. it's certainly creative to invent this ghost and the conversation. is it tacky ? i think a lot of people tacky? i think a lot of people will find that really quite repellent and distressing . in

repellent and distressing. in the one scene, of course, she's talking to the then prince charles as her body is brought back home to this country and saying that, you know , she saying that, you know, she thanked him for bringing her home and that he would find life easier without her. and, of course, the queen is urged by the ghost to make this a public funeral, not a private one. otherwise, there will be a revolution. i think maybe that's a script quite a step too far. doesn't appeal to me, but then i'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to putting real life people who are, you know, some of them still with us today on the screen, the effect on the royal family. i think the timing, too, is quite difficult because we've got omid scobie's book coming up shortly as well . book coming up shortly as well. so old wounds that have only just maybe heeled over and we all know newly healed wounds are very thin. they could be opened again. and does the king need this in the first year of his reign when he's been working

pretty hard to establish good relations with us, his people ? relations with us, his people? we wait to see. but the timing is, i think, a tad difficult. and we await the next tranche of the romance. yeah william and kate and ultimately , of course, kate and ultimately, of course, the marriage of then prince of wales with mrs. then camilla parker bowles. it's all going to happen. but these first four watch it. but maybe make sure you're watching it from behind the sofa. >> oh, well, there we are . royal >> oh, well, there we are. royal commentator caroline aston there. thank you very much for your time. we'll get you back on and discuss that in the future. now, that's it from me today. but stay tuned because nana is up next. nana, what have you got coming up? >> well , we have coming up? >> well, we have we'll be speaking geller the start speaking to geller at the start to talk about what's going on at the hamas israel conflict. the hamas and israel conflict. get actual bird's eye view get his actual bird's eye view because aviv. he get his actual bird's eye view becalthere aviv. he get his actual bird's eye view becalthere also aviv. he get his actual bird's eye view becalthere also . aviv. he get his actual bird's eye view becalthere also . lord iv. he get his actual bird's eye view becalthere also . lord moylan lives there also. lord moylan will be talking to me in my political spotlight today. plus, i a monologue is kind i have a monologue which is kind of the police, really. of about the police, really. and, you know, the policing of

language certain words language because certain words are allowed. now, policemen are not allowed. now, policemen have been replaced with police officer and all kind of officer and all that kind of stuff. they've got enough stuff. when they've got enough to yet somehow transform to do, but yet somehow transform the rivers the sea. okay. and the rivers of the sea. okay. and so we're be looking so we're going to be looking into and having a bit of into that and having a bit of fun . the lizzie cundy and fun. the lovely lizzie cundy and matthew will my matthew la la la will be my panel matthew la la la will be my panel. perry and jim panel. and lois perry and jim dale will be going head to head in climate control. they're already now in the green already at it now in the green room. so it's going to be fiery. a show, a spicy show as ever. >> not one to miss. thank >> nana not one to miss. thank you and good luck with you very much and good luck with it. now, folks, been it. now now, folks, you've been watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes, very much for grimes, thank you very much for doing so. as i say, don't go anywhere because nana is up next and never want to miss your and you never want to miss your nana. let's take a nana. but first, let's take a look the . weather look at the. weather >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead, it's going to be another unsettled day on sunday with some further rain to come on

monday, too. but then hopefully it start to turn bit it will start to turn a bit dnen it will start to turn a bit drier, but as we head drier, but colder as we head towards next week . towards the middle of next week. back to the here and now. we have huge of low have got this huge area of low pressure dominating pressure really dominating proceedings that's bringing in some further rain this evening across parts northern across parts of northern ireland, scotland. some of that will heavy places , will be quite heavy in places, dner will be quite heavy in places, drier initially for drier and clearer initially for a good chunk of england and wales. but then later on in the night, we will then start to see rain here too. quite rain return here too. quite blustery down towards the far south—west country and south—west of the country and also up across the northern isles . with the cloud isles. but with all the cloud and around , it's going to and wind around, it's going to be a mild one for most of us. temperatures at lowest, probably around 4 to 5 degrees the around 4 to 5 degrees in the north. really, sunday is north. so really, sunday is going be a fairly unsettled going to be a fairly unsettled day. mixture of showers or day. a mixture of showers or longer spells of rain. there will brightness around . will be some brightness around. maybe the best that will be maybe the best of that will be across eastern as go across eastern scotland as we go into the afternoon. but despite the cloud and rain, it will be another mild one. temperatures in reaching around 14 in the south reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. so maybe a shade cooler what we have seen

cooler than what we have seen today into monday. you can see further rain on the charts for most of us in between, there will be some brightness around. and as we go through into tuesday and wednesday , the drier tuesday and wednesday, the drier theme will become increasingly widespread with increasing amounts of sunshine. but for most of us, temperatures will be trending away . good trending away. good >> good afternoon, britain. >> good afternoon, britain. >> good afternoon , britain. >> good afternoon, britain. >> good afternoon, britain. >> join us, tom and emily, to find out what's happening in the heart of westminster and why it matters to you. >> from midday , we >> weekdays from midday, we bnng >> weekdays from midday, we bring you the most compelling stories from across united stories from across the united kingdom and from your doorstep to our inbox . to our inbox. >> right. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> we to hear from you, gb >> we want to hear from you, gb news, britain's news channel

good afternoon and welcome to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. >> i'm nana akua and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now . this show all right now. this show is all about opinion . it's mine, it's about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. course , it's theirs. and of course, it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing , and times will discussing, and at times we will disagree. no one will be disagree. but no one will be cancelled . so joining me in the cancelled. so joining me in the next hour broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza . in a few moments, matthew laza. in a few moments, we'll be going live to bristol as pro—palestinian protesters are planning a national day of action across the uk . but before

action across the uk. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with . tamsin nana . latest news with. tamsin nana. >> thank you and good afternoon from the newsroom. it's 3:00. pro—palestinian marches are taking place in london and bristol with some supporters describing israel as a terror state occupation . more in israel state occupation. more in israel is a terrorist state. well, these pictures are coming to us from camden in north london, where demonstrators are waving palestinian flags amid a large police presence. there are also reports of around 200 protesters at london bridge station. british transport police are there. and a cordon is in place at the entrance. protesters are also marching in bristol. gb news reporter jeff moody is there are calling this a national day of action. >> and there's certainly plenty of action here in bristol. >> and there's certainly plenty of action here in bristol . we of action here in bristol. we

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