mark thank you very sanchez. mark thank you very much and good evening. >> this is the latest from the newsroom. the israeli military has video footage of has released video footage of what say are being what they say are hostages being kept in al—shifa hospital . the kept in al—shifa hospital. the idf alleges hamas have hostages trapped inside and that a captive soldier had been executed. they say one hostage is from nepal, one is from thailand . they say they were thailand. they say they were allegedly taken from israel on the 7th of october as well. it comes as israel's ambassador to the us earlier told abc news he's hopeful a significant number of hostages will be released in the coming days. more than 200 were taken by hamas on the 7th of october. so far, four have been released , far, four have been released, while the israeli military has also released footage of what it says shows a 55 metre long terror tunnel ten metres deep underneath al—shifa hospital in gaza. it says the footage clearly proves that numerous buildings in the hospital's complex are used by hamas as

cover for terrorist activities. hamas has denied the allegations . gb news understands that russell brand has been interviewed by police. a man in his 40s believed to be the actor in comedian, attended a police station in south london on thursday . he was interviewed thursday. he was interviewed under caution by detectives in relation to three non—recent sexual offences . his home relation to three non—recent sexual offences. his home is neat sexual offences. his home is near. new electricity pylons could stand to benefit by up to £10,000 over a decade and the government is set to announce the move to overcome planning objections and speed up the approval of new energy infrastructure. home owners could get £1,000 off their household bills every year, though the treasury hasn't specified where that money will come from . plans to use drones come from. plans to use drones as first responders in police emergencies are being trialled next year. the cutting edge concept, known as project eagle x, is to be tested in norfolk. if successful , the flight

if successful, the flight devices would be stationed on buildings and operated remotely to give police early information on a situation before crews arrive . and finally, a service arrive. and finally, a service was held at the cenotaph in london today, commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the first wreath laying by jewish veterans , service people and families of the fallen marched together down whitehall to honour those who fought and served for freedom since the first world war. the first star of david wreath was laid in 1921 by a group of jewish ex—soldiers. this year's parade also marked the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising and 70 years since the end of fighting in the korean war . this is gb news end of fighting in the korean war. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio, and now on your smart speaken radio, and now on your smart speaker. by saying play gb news now back to . mark

now back to. mark >> well, tatiana is an old friend of mine. we go back. great to have her doing bulletins on tonight's show. welcome to mark dolan tonight. a civil servants are given the go ahead to work from the beach. you me right. has the you heard me right. has the pubuc you heard me right. has the public in this country public sector in this country finally the plot .7 but i'll finally lost the plot.7 but i'll be asking former government minister ann widdecombe. and as the chancellor prepares his autumn budget statement this week, i'll be asking ann, can britain afford tax cuts .7 plus, britain afford tax cuts.7 plus, tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits this evening , gb news senior evening, gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson . former government nelson. former government adviser claire pearsall, and tv news legend john sergeant . so news legend john sergeant. so a packed hour and those papers are coming. let me tell you, i'm not going to lie. i cut the music fee for a second, if you don't mind. there's a there's a bit of competition tonight, but here on mark dolan tonight, we've got a secret weapon. what is that secret weapon .7 we have cat

secret weapon? we have cat videos all evening. so, maria , videos all evening. so, maria, let's start as we wish to go on, play let's start as we wish to go on, play me some lovely . cats more cat videos to come. itv, eat your heart out. but we start with my take . at ten. when did with my take. at ten. when did it become controversial to police your borders as territorial boundaries define a nafion territorial boundaries define a nation state and always have done hey in the good old days, even cities had walls and gates. it wasn't unfashionable then, but it seems to be now. in 2023, with technology and surveillance

that should make us more secure than ever. but our borders are currently more exposed than a britney spears selfie. it isn't complicated. countries should decide who comes in and who doesn't . why else would we need doesn't. why else would we need customs officials and passports except these days, passports are an optional extra, which is why no court in the land should usurp a government policy to stop illegal crossings in the channel crossings which are a national security economic and humanitarian disaster. people are being extorted by criminal gangs, paying thousands of pounds for the promise of a better life and some are dying as they make that perilous journey later this month is the two year anniversary of the engush two year anniversary of the english channel disaster, where 27 people lost their lives at sea . illegal immigration 27 people lost their lives at sea. illegal immigration is costing the country. that's you and me. over £3 billion a year,

including £8 million a day on hotels . that's money that can't hotels. that's money that can't be spent on the health service on defence, on education or police ing the national security threat is also a clear and present danger as well. don't take my word for it. the mail report that a manhunt has been launched to locate six terror suspects who arrived in britain on small boats in the last couple of weeks. the illegal migrants who all have links to islamist groups start made the journey in syria and travelled to europe before crossing the channel their arrival brings the total number of terror suspects who have entered britain on small boats this year to 25. but is that the number which is only a tip of the iceberg? how will we ever know when many crossing following legal advice chucked their phones and documentation into the sea ? which is why the into the sea? which is why the supreme court intervention in regards to the rwanda plan deeming it unlawful is such a problem set up by tony blair,

this highest court in the land has entered the political fray, something that no court should ever do. now, i don't know the politics of these judges , and politics of these judges, and i'm not a fan of language like enemies of the people, but in a sense they are the enemies of the will, of the people who want an end to this crisis. the will, of the people who want an end to this crisis . democracy an end to this crisis. democracy should trump the judiciary every time it's parliament that should be sovereign, not hot, dusty lawyers in grey wigs. too many members of the judiciary are happy to kick this issue into the long grass for the foreseeable future . some profit foreseeable future. some profit from it advising those who have broken the law on how to stay. others simply pursue their own political goal of a more open borders policy . this collision borders policy. this collision of politics and the legal system is now blurrier than a night out with paul gascoigne . but what with paul gascoigne. but what the judicial and political elite don't realise is that this is a national emergency and the people have had enough. mark my

words, sitting on our hands won't wash with the public who i predict will look favourably on any party that is serious about reasserting the boundaries of this country . which is why this country. which is why tackling the small boats crisis is rishi only hope of another five years in power . we is rishi only hope of another five years in power. we can't carry on like this. it was the wise words of french president emmanuel macron, for whom my admiration grows daily, who said in a recent television interview that western countries like britain and france cannot accept the misery of the world. it's an honest remark, and we need an honest remark, and we need an honest conversation about what it means to be a country again and whether we're willing to defend our identity, our territory , boundaries and our territory, boundaries and our very existence. it's the politicians that should be running this country, not lawyers , which is why the lawyers, which is why the supreme court should be recalibrated or if necessary, disbanded , so that parliament is disbanded, so that parliament is once again sovereign. the

lawyers are the guilty party here. send them . down do hope here. send them. down do hope i haven't damaged the desk. your views. mark gb news dot com. let's hear from my top pundits tonight. former government adviser claire pearsall tv news legend john sergeant and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson . claire, your nigel nelson. claire, your reaction to the intervention of the supreme court stopping the boats? and i argue thwarting the will of the british people . will of the british people. >> it's not thwarting the will of the british people. >> what they're doing is uphold the law. they're making a judgement based on facts, which is what judiciary is there is what the judiciary is there to there were so many to do. there were so many problems with the rwanda plan. >> it was put together so hastily that none of these legal challenges were ever considered properly key. no one looked at how they could make it better, orindeed how they could make it better, or indeed , if there was a plan or indeed, if there was a plan b that they could go to. so really

, it's the government that has thwarted the will of the people, not the judiciary. >> however. john sergeant, these dusty lawyers, they don't want the rwanda plan. they are ideologically against it. >> no, i don't think it's a matter of they i think it's a matter of they i think it's a matter of they i think it's a matter of what is the position on the law. >> the supreme court were asked a it legal ? a simple question, is it legal? and the answer they gave , which and the answer they gave, which was a very sophisticated answer, which was it depends what happensin which was it depends what happens in rwanda when you're trying to get through the normal asylum process . and that was the asylum process. and that was the bit where they couldn't be convinced this could be carried out legally. and sensibly in rwanda . the amazing thing is rwanda. the amazing thing is that we weren't told this before. we weren't told that actually the position in rwanda is so rickety in terms of considering all these asylum claims. and remember , the claims. and remember, the backlog in britain at the moment is 30,000. so there are 30,000

perfectly legal aside, claims that have not been dealt with here, let alone sending people to rwanda. so the whole rwanda plan is now completely intact, us and to have the government running around saying we're going to use everything we can, we'll overturn whatever we need to overturn , they can't because to overturn, they can't because the court has been quite specific about this. it's not saying it's not illegal to deport people , except you've got deport people, except you've got to give them a chance of having their asylum claims properly looked at. and we can't guarantee that in rwanda unless we take over rwanda. we can't do that. >> well, i've got plenty of viewers and listeners as nigel nelson, who will be furious that the supreme court have thwarted this policy and it looks like the government are going to draw up legislation in order to reinforce the primacy of our parliament. and so they should say, well, what the government seems to be doing is to try and say, okay, so the supreme court

court said that rwanda is not a safe place. >> that's all they were asked to decide, which it is. well well, we not, according to the to the supreme court. i mean, part of the evidence there was that the rwandan government send people over here to kill rwandan exiles or at least try and kill them. well, that doesn't sound like a country which respects human rights and certainly not one that respects british law , but that respects british law, but on the basis of what the supreme court would doing, it was as claire has just said, it was interpreted the law. it was looking at the law as passed by parliament. nothing to do with taking away parliamentary sovereignty and if you decide you want to actually replace the supreme court, what with the reason it was set up was to take it out of the house of lords, which had previously been the highest court in the land, and that was to give more protection for the citizen from the state

because it was unsatisfactory having judgements made about parliament in parliament by parliamentary aliens. >> okay, well, listen folks, it's a very busy show tonight . it's a very busy show tonight. we've got a special surprise at 1043 studio guests and i can't tell you what they're going to be talking about or why. but let me tell you, it's worth waiting for at 1030. but coming up, as civil servants are given the go ahead to work from the beach, has public sector this has the public sector in this country finally lost the plot? has the public sector in this coubey finally lost the plot? has the public sector in this coube asking/ lost the plot? has the public sector in this coube asking former1e plot? has the public sector in this cou be asking former government i'll be asking former government minister ann widdecombe. plus there is bit of competition there is a bit of competition elsewhere tonight tv, but elsewhere tonight on tv, but there's one secret weapon that we've got that the others don't, and that's cat videos. more of

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from the beach staff at the department for energy security and net zero are among those who can apply to work abroad for two weeks a year whilst visiting friends and family overseas. the senior civil servants, fda union says many of its members have connections outside the uk and should be eligible for international remote working for the benefit of their family life. this comes on top of the government's ongoing struggles to get civil servants and other members of the public sector back into the office five days a week post pandemic. so let's get reaction from tonight's newsmaker , former government newsmaker, former government minister and widdecombe and your reaction to this outrageous story . work from the beach. have story. work from the beach. have you ever done that? >> well, hang on. they didn't entirely say work from the beach. they said work from abroad. now, i speak as one who on a holiday in singapore wrote several chapters of a book, and that was because i was indeed

visiting very long standing friends. and my old alma in singapore . and there was time singapore. and there was time dunng singapore. and there was time during the day when everybody else was working, when i wrote a book. now what you've got to ask is this . and this is the crucial is this. and this is the crucial thing and i can't understand why people don't focus on it, whether people are working in it from abroad or from home or from the office. the same , same the office. the same, same standard should apply when it comes to assessing their work . comes to assessing their work. and if somebody is obviously having a great time on the beach and not producing the work , then and not producing the work, then that employer has exactly the same sanctions as he would have to somebody who is idling in the office. now, i don't understand why that isn't the crucial determine factor. you know that the employer, be it public or private, that the employer assesses the work by the same standard he or she would if it

was in the office. >> oh, well, look, an i take i take your point , but an you're a take your point, but an you're a one off. you are unique. not everyone has an widdecombe's fierce work ethic and self discipline . and you're right, discipline. and you're right, perhaps it doesn't mean working from the beach. perhaps it means working from the wine bar or working from the wine bar or working from the buffet . the working from the buffet. the bottom line is that this sends out the wrong message an and you won't get an offer like this in the private sector. >> well, you might well get an offer like that in the private sector. if you were producing the work because all the private sector's concerned about is the quality of the work that you produce . and that is the driving produce. and that is the driving force. and if you look good in the private sector, you'll find yourself . and we yourself out. and we need exactly that approach in public life . but, you know, you say life. but, you know, you say they're doing it from the wine bar. you don't know that they could be doing it as i was from a friend's house, i have dealt with government business before. now, while i was abroad because

something came up while i was abroad. and pushed aside the houday abroad. and pushed aside the holiday and dealt with the piece of business that i had to deal with. now, you know , in this day with. now, you know, in this day and age, remote technology, there's no darn reason why people shouldn't work remotely. but the word there is work , and but the word there is work, and that should be the determining factor. are these people producing a respectable work ? producing a respectable work? >> okay, well, look, if they're all ann widdecombe's, they can work wherever they like, but otherwise, it's my view. get back in the office and i'll tell you who's spending a lot of time in the office at the moment. is the chancellor, jeremy hunt, preparing his autumn budget statement. it's happening this week. reporters that week. he's told reporters that everything is on the table , everything is on the table, including potential cuts to income tax and inheritance tax . income tax and inheritance tax. here he is talking to gb news very own camilla tominey this morning . morning. >> do you believe that if we're going to be a dynamic, thriving , going to be a dynamic, thriving, energetic, fizzing economy , we

energetic, fizzing economy, we need low tax and we need taxes to be lower than they are at the moment? you're not going to do anything irresponsible putting by which i mean anything that fuels inflation. >> now, ann, you've been calling for tax cuts for a long time. you want to put a tiger in the tank, you want the economy to grow, grow, grow. i'm with you on that. but we talk about on that. but can we talk about inheritance tax? because is a cut inheritance tax justified cut in inheritance tax justified given that many who have nothing to inherit are already struggling to make ends meet ? struggling to make ends meet? >> well, the people who are also struggling are those who live in areas where property prices are immensely high, who may have bought or themselves inherited an entirely modest piece of property which now is sky high in price. and so when they die, it's assessed on the current price and money is taken, but it doesn't actually mean that they are wealthy and living a privileged life. and they're the sort of people who are trapped by inheritance tax. i've got to

say, you know, i'm very happy for it to come down. but above all, i want to see business taxes come down. i cannot believe oh, my goodness, cut off in her prime. >> the brilliant ann widdecombe. she hasn't been censored. i promise you that. ann returns in a week's time, folks . so much a week's time, folks. so much more to get through , let me tell more to get through, let me tell you. coming up, we've got tomorrow's newspaper front pages and reaction in the studio and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits. lots to get through. don't go anywhere. and more cat videos to come. see you

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plenty more where that came from. but listen, let's have a look now at tomorrow's papers . look now at tomorrow's papers. so we'll just start with the independent right now and 60 years in prison for stealing a bike. no hope of release is the headune bike. no hope of release is the headline there. that is the fate of just one of 3000 inmates trapped in prison serving indefinite jail terms as the independent reveals. seven held under scrapped imprisonment for pubuc under scrapped imprisonment for public prosecution orders having killed themselves . also, killed themselves. also, premature babies, five evacuated from gaza hospital. this amid news that some kind of release

of hostages could be in the offing. and we can only pray that that's the outcome now for we don't have any other front pages right now, do we? but what we'll do is come back to me, bnng in we'll do is come back to me, bring in vision, bring me back in vision, if you don't because we do have don't mind, because we do have hard so let's go old hard copy. so let's go old school, john. sergeant will remember the days when presenters were just hold the front page up like that. >> of course would. and >> of course they would. and brilliantly do it very well. brilliantly you do it very well. >> wrong that, is >> nothing wrong with that, is it? tell you folks it? so let me tell you folks that the front page of the daily mail, are finally the that the front page of the daily mail, of; finally the that the front page of the daily mail, of a finally the that the front page of the daily mail, of a realnally the that the front page of the daily mail, of a real taxy the that the front page of the daily mail, of a real tax cut the that the front page of the daily mail, of a real tax cut after brink of a real tax cut after economy turns the corner? jeremy hunts. now hunts. the chancellor now weighing to cut weighing up radical plan to cut the rate of income tax or national insurance . yes, and as national insurance. yes, and as i mentioned earlier, and this is good page the good news, front page of the telegraph , it's in small print. telegraph, it's in small print. so let me read it to you. is rail on brink of a hostage rail on the brink of a hostage agreement also agreement with hamas? also wealthy pensioners may not need winter fuel. suggests tory winter fuel. cash suggests tory mp and minister sacked for siding with suella braverman . siding with suella braverman. okay. and last but not least, just for now we've got the metro

and i'll hold it up for you again. how good is your eyesight? folks have gone eyesight? folks should have gone to other opticians to specsavers or other opticians are available . tv comics, sex are available. tv comics, sex assaults interview met police quiz russell brand if you thought that story had gone away , you can think again. let's get reaction to the big stories of the day with my top pundits tonight, former government adviser claire pearsall tv news legend john sergeant and gb news, very own senior political commentator nigel nelson . well, commentator nigel nelson. well, it's $1 million question, isn't it's $1 million question, isn't it , nigel? taxes to cut it's $1 million question, isn't it, nigel? taxes to cut or it's $1 million question, isn't it , nigel? taxes to cut or not it, nigel? taxes to cut or not to cut, that is, i think it should be not to cut inflation is not down that jeremy hunt has been saying all the way along he can't cut taxes until it is down now. how. >> now. >> okay . we've got it at 4.6. >> okay. we've got it at 4.6. that's looking good. but until it's 2, you shouldn't because you think that the tax cut will put money in people's pockets and boost the economy, which is going to create inflation again. >> is that really the concern? >> is that really the concern? >> more money you >> it would the more money you put whole

put into this, the whole point about interest rate about interest, interest rate rises, it money out of the rises, it takes money out of the economy, put it back in and inflation up. so the inflation goes up. so the dangen inflation goes up. so the danger, what jeremy hunt was looking at was a non inflation pre tax cut, which was pretax cut, which was inheritance tax that may be off the table now. yeah. but that only goes to the wealthy. that's the reason that he's he's gone against it but it's not inflationary because people don't splurge their inheritance . don't splurge their inheritance. give them an income tax card and that pumps more money into the economy and likely to fuel inflation. so the whole thing could backfire on him if he's if he is going to do this, because inflation will suddenly go up next month. >> you are our key westminster insider. you suggesting to insider. are you suggesting to me the inheritance tax cut me that the inheritance tax cut will not happen? >> no , no. that it may be >> no, no. that it may be postponed at the moment that the so announced but delayed for a year so. year or 50. >> year or so. >> could do that way. >> it could do it that way. >> it could do it that way. >> yeah. i think that he's >> yeah. but i think that he's moving away from it because a lot criticism only four and lot of criticism only four and 100 people, four and people 100 people, four and 100 people pay 100 people, four and 100 people pay only people who pay it. so the only people who benefit the wealthy, does

benefit of the wealthy, it does absolutely for the cost absolutely nothing for the cost of living. >> i emu- m this this talk >> yeah. i mean, this this talk of an inheritance tax, moving the for the government, is the dial for the government, is that a red herring, john? the dial for the government, is tha no, ed herring, john? the dial for the government, is tha no, e no, i don't think it is. i think the of thing think it's the kind of thing which they'd like in the which they'd like to put in the manifesto be manifesto or people should be aware of. the key thing is, aware of. now, the key thing is, seems to me quite simple. they need the headline cut. now need the headline tax cut. now you then say what is a tax cut and how does it look? it looks goodin and how does it look? it looks good in a headline they need. it's a work back from the headune it's a work back from the headline rather than work back from oh, it's like a comedian that the punchline and then from oh, it's like a comedian that up the punchline and then from oh, it's like a comedian that up the puisetine and then from oh, it's like a comedian that up the puiset setup|d then from oh, it's like a comedian that up the puiset setup later.1 comes up with a set setup later. exactly do the punch. the punch punchline clear. punchline is perfectly clear. what see in the what are we going to see in the daily after this? well daily mail after this? well we're see on on we're going to see on on thursday morning tax cut . thursday morning tax cut. >> yeah. and john, it's interesting . there's a tension interesting. there's a tension there for the prime minister and there for the prime minister and the chancellor. political pressure to cut taxes, economic pressure to cut taxes, economic pressure to cut taxes, economic pressure to hold fire. >> yeah, i mean, the key thing to bear in mind is that they're doing better than expected . the doing better than expected. the economy is better than economy is doing better than expected , and therefore more expected, and therefore more money coming in. yes, because

money is coming in. yes, because they didn't reduce the tax bands. i mean, once it's called fiscal drag, but i mean, it's an irritating phrase. what means is that people are still working on on the tax rate. they were being hammered with last year. so if you just hold that at the same level while more money comes in. so then look at the books, think, oh , actually we've got think, oh, actually we've got some, we've got some room to manoeuvre, but it's not very much manoeuvre and much room for manoeuvre and let's assume also that we're not, we're moving towards a budget . that's got to be a it's budget. that's got to be a it's got to be an election winning budget. if they have any of budget. if they have any hope of winning election . so that's winning the election. so that's got to come next spring. so don't do it all now in an autumn statement, but a few promises and the headline tax cut that will be enough to go on with green shoots of recovery, not just for the economy but for the tories. >> if this good news continues, claire, can i be really cynical ? claire, can i be really cynical? >> do it. >> do it. >> that's why we love you. >> that's why we love you. >> because i think that this is a bit of flag flying. i think

this is let's put some policies out there, see how it goes down, get the feel of the country and anything that they're going to pull out of the hat, any kind of big tax story is going to come in the spring and you've got an election which is looking ever more to be next year more likely to be next year early rather than late. so i would say with my sort of political hat on that, if you're going to do it, you do it in the spnng going to do it, you do it in the spring and you run into an election off the back. >> so that's march. >> so that's march. >> traditionally, that's when the big budget used to be used to happen, didn't it? a march to happen, didn't it? so a march statement whole sort of statement with a whole sort of flurry of tax cuts. >> see you go to the splash the cash in may and may. >> so are you are you thinking that a late spring poll? yeah. >> really, because >> i really, really do, because i don't at moment i just don't think at the moment that enough play that there is enough to play with obviously i've got john with and obviously i've got john and nigel who are vastly better at economy, you know, the economy than i am. but the politics of it would suggest that isn't much can do that there isn't much you can do to in the winter your pressures are too high at the moment. there isn't enough sloshing

around to be able to give people something that's going to materially make a difference. inheritance tax doesn't make a difference to the majority of people. it isn't a great vote winner , but isn't cost may. winner, but isn't cost may. will. yeah but it may be a better vote. it doesn't cost much, john argues, but it makes the headline relatively doesn't cost you've got to >> and also what you've got to be i think they've got be careful. i think they've got to is that if to be careful is that if you have much of are we on have too much of this, are we on the brink of a tax cut and you don't produce it? it's oh, it's like again. they like the boats again. yeah. they say going to be say the boats are going to be sold then. they're being sold then. oh they're not being sold. say they're sold. and then they say they're going cuts , they're going going to tax cuts, they're going to taxes. we're all to be cut in taxes. we're all expecting oh, whoops. expecting it. and oh, whoops. it's there anymore. you've it's not there anymore. you've got careful it just got to be careful where it just looks whatever the looks as if whatever the government do, it crumbles . now, government do, it crumbles. now, that dangerous politically . that is dangerous politically. it's very dangerous now. so if there's nothing in the kitty, what on earth are they up to now ? >> ?- >> how 7 >> how potent, how potent are tax cuts? as an electoral tool? nigel well, everyone likes to have likes to have a tax cut. >> so if you can actually

deliver it and you can deliver it without wrecking the economy into the process, this was the problem that liz truss faced last year . she was trying to last year. she was trying to trying deliver tax cuts, but trying to deliver tax cuts, but they unfunded and the they were unfunded and the markets then started crashing . markets then started crashing. so the moment it looks like that. jeremy hunt and rishi sunak are being held hostage by their right wing who are demanding tax cuts. their right wing who are demanding tax cuts . and unless demanding tax cuts. and unless it's something major, it'll just be a gimmick a bit like rwanda, because that's what they're being held hostage over as well. >> okay. well listen, folks, i can now tell you what is about to happen because coming up, our exclusive post—match analysis of our very own nigel farage is sensational. i'm a celebrity debut with a top insider who knows him better than most, as well as tv star christine hamilton . and we're going to hamilton. and we're going to hang on to john sergeant, as well, because john, of course, has his fair share of has done his fair share of reality tv as well. well, it takes two to tango. so folks, we are very, very excited .

are very, very excited. >> sneer at me at this stage. >> sneer at me at this stage. >> never listen full of admiration. i can't. i've got two left feet. let me tell you. ask mrs. dolan. but you ask mrs. dolan. but there you go. post—match reaction . go. so no post—match reaction. ringside i'm celebrity ringside action. i'm a celebrity it's more or less come to an end now on itv. and we will be having a deep dive into how nigel that's next . nigel came across. that's next.

on well, listen , harsh words from well, listen, harsh words from mick in stafford in regards to the illegal crossings. i'm no mystic meg , says mick. but the mystic meg, says mick. but the only way i see attitudes hardening towards illegal migrants is when some atrocity is carried out in the uk by the fanatical religious extremists. among them. well, mick, i certainly hope that that doesn't happen. but you're right to raise your concerns . and david raise your concerns. and david says, mark, the supreme court should not have any say in politics. they are an unelected

body, just like camera an he should also not interfere regarding tax cuts. let's have a look at this from alastair. can britain afford tax cuts? hi, mark. the only fair way to cut tax which gives the same to all is raise the threshold at which income tax becomes payable. this would reduce fiscal drag and put the same amount of money into the same amount of money into the pockets of the people. thank you, alastair. well, listen , you, alastair. well, listen, folks, i've been dropping hints all night. competition out all night. the competition out there been quite stiff there has been quite stiff because nigel farage has entered the jungle. i'm a celebrity get me here. the first me out of here. the first episode has aired. think episode has just aired. i think it's an end in a it's coming to an end in a couple minutes. so what we've couple of minutes. so what we've donein couple of minutes. so what we've done in order to prop up the very ratings that very stellar ratings that we enjoy here on mark dolan tonight, videos tonight, we've had cat videos because i know that you love a cat video. so well done to maria for these earlier in the for editing these earlier in the day. so fay, let's play out our final cat video before we sink our nigel .

farage there you go . mark dolan tonight there you go. mark dolan tonight will always give you the news alternative . now, maria, i want alternative. now, maria, i want you to keep an eye on itv. let me know when those closing credits start to roll. in the meantime, um, let me tell you that before we went on air, yes, i was very busy getting my take at already the facts at ten already getting the facts together, opinion at ten already getting the facts togethe but opinion at ten already getting the facts togethebut i opinion at ten already getting the facts togethebut i takeopinion at ten already getting the facts togethe but i take a inion at ten already getting the facts togethe but i take a few1 sorted. but i did take a few minutes watch nigel in minutes to watch nigel in action. there is our amazing action. and there is our amazing days. john. sergeant nigel nelson, maria nelson, claire pearsall maria murphy, my producer. mezhgan and then it's me biting my nails, worried about nigel. i want him to come across. well, what a smart office we got. don't you think? brilliant stuff. i think also a tweet has gone out from nigel's official twitter account , and i think we've got the

tweet. when you hear david cameron is back, hashtag, i'm a celeb >> now , let me just say that >> now, let me just say that i have watched a good hour of i'm a celebrity. >> that was nine till ten. and i think nigel has come across brilliantly . he's been the guy brilliantly. he's been the guy that we know him to be personable. uh, he hasn't fallen out with anyone. he's done his first challenge. he took it like a man. getting with a man. he's getting on with folk. away. he folk. he's chuckling away. he looks having a looks like he's having a brilliant so, nigel, so brilliant time. so, nigel, so far, so good. well done, mate. you smashing it. but let's you are smashing it. but let's get reaction from three proper experts , columnist and former experts, columnist and former ukip mep , a man that knows nigel ukip mep, a man that knows nigel well, patrick o'flynn , a tv star well, patrick o'flynn, a tv star and former i'm a celeb contestant. the very first series, christine hamilton and television news legend john sergeant patrick, first impressions of what you've seen so far from nigel yeah, mr congeniality . congeniality. >> i think he's gone in there with the ambition of broadening his base, broadening his appeal . his base, broadening his appeal. i think with a political

ambition still to be bounced into in the new year. and i think personally he's he's likely to be successful. i think grace dent and him might not see eye she's a sort of guardian food writer very much and she's written some quite harsh things about him in the past. >> i think she even joked about his air crash that he was involved in. >> that's right. but i think as well, is also a well, fred, syria is also a remainer. but i think nigel remainer. yeah but i think nigel and will get on fine. just and him will get on fine. i just think that's the one thing that that nigel and grace dent. i predict won't be a meeting of minds, but i think he'll get on famously with everybody else . famously with everybody else. >> there you go back to me for a second. if you can, because let me just say one thing. i watched the opening little skit from ant and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. used to work with him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer used to work with him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer men to work with him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer men in work with him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer men in tv»rk with him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer men in tv you�*ith him. and dec. now i'm a big fan of ant. nicer men in tv you won'tn. two nicer men in tv you won't find, but they started the show with jokes about gb news. yes, folks, they can't stop talking about us and what they said is they said that it's very unfortunate for news viewers

unfortunate for gb news viewers to lose nigel farage. so they said, we're going to apologise to the gb news viewers for taking nigel off you. so we want to say sorry to what were they called? maria keith and linda. that their gag. they said, that was their gag. they said, sorry, keith, sorry. so their joke we've got two joke is that we've got two viewers. we know that we've viewers. well we know that we've got plenty more than that, but it's ant and dec it's great that ant and dec are now gb news the now talking about gb news on the national airwaves. and i think christine hamilton, that's another of nigel another big advantage of nigel going jungle. it brings going into the jungle. it brings a onto nigel and a lot of eyes onto nigel and a lot eyes onto us. lot of eyes onto us. >> absolutely does. so far >> absolutely does. and so far he's done. brilliantly he's done. he's done brilliantly . start to . when things might start to break down, not for nigel necessarily, but is when they begin to get on each other's nerves. at the moment, all we've seen very palsy walsy seen is very palsy walsy and they've their and of they've done their trials and of course brilliantly. he they've done their trials and of cou all brilliantly. he they've done their trials and of cou all three brilliantly. he they've done their trials and of cou all three as brilliantly. he they've done their trials and of cou all three as weilliantly. he they've done their trials and of cou all three as we knewly. he they've done their trials and of cou all three as we knew he he got all three as we knew he would. i think he'll get voted for trials, trials, trials until people realise that he just does them and that's boring . they them and that's boring. they want people to not do the trials. >> a horrible time, a horrible time trying they do. >> and they don't want people to

bnng >> and they don't want people to bring home the stars because that they get any that means they don't get any food they all get food and then they all get grumpy and crotchety and they get each other's nerves. but get on each other's nerves. but to honest, having to be honest, i am having difficulty sorting everybody to be honest, i am having diffi> for the person you that people vote positively. >> to for the person you that people vote positively. >> to in. the person you that people vote positively. >> to in. yes person you that people vote positively. >> to in. yes when] you want to stay in. yes when it gets that, at moment gets to that, at the moment you're voting for trials, but it means people can't gang up means that people can't gang up on and say we'll vote on nigel and all say we'll vote him the people don't him out. the people who don't like do that. you like him, you can't do that. you have positively. so have to vote positively. so i think he'll do really well . i think he'll do really well. i don't he'll win don't know whether he'll win because i don't yet who the because i don't yet know who the others are . he be quite others are. he may not be quite sort of generally round sort of generally all round a nice enough because those are the people who win. i can say that because i didn't you that because i didn't win. you see, i wasn't nice enough. tony blackburn no, no, tony blackburn won. no, no, tony blackburn won. no, no, tony blackburn won. no, no, tony blackburn won . was more blackburn won. he was much more wholesome . wholesome than i am. >> don't know. i'll take

>> well, i don't know. i'll take i'll christine day of i'll take christine every day of the year and look at that with a little shiner. you really walked the walk, sergeant, your the walk, john. sergeant, your perception of nigel's performance so far, his body language, do you think he's enjoying it or is he already regretting his decision? >> no. is it not regretting loving it? i think the key point is that are you going to do is that what are you going to do on these reality shows? if i can say is you've got to take say this is you've got to take the rules very seriously, but not yourself seriously. not take yourself seriously. now, will be is if now, the problem will be is if he really thinks , actually, i'm he really thinks, actually, i'm going to get cross, i don't like this. and show his feelings and then he's lost the game. so it is it's not sort of he knows the rules. he knows exactly what he's meant to be doing. he's meant to be able to laugh at himself. but i think he finds that particularly difficult . i that particularly difficult. i think he will find all sorts of getting on people very well getting on with people very well . but there is one point where he may just say, i'm just hate you all. you know, i just hate this . and i think you should this. and i think you should realise this or take himself

suddenly take himself seriously because there comes a point, doesn't there, when i've done a bit of reality tv where you forget you're on television, you do 24 seven. >> yeah, do. >> yeah, you do. >> yeah, you do. >> and you can't disguise who you are for three weeks solid can you know. >> what what you've got >> but what you, what you've got to obviously used to to do is obviously being used to being on television is a tremendous advantage. and so you're bothered and you're really not bothered and you're really not bothered and you're you're . not listening you're not you're. not listening to people at home saying, i like the bit where you did this. it's got to be very careful not to watch the rushes, not to try and get description what he's doing. >> he can't. there's absolutely you are completely and utterly >> he can't. there's absolutely you off. completely and utterly >> he can't. there's absolutely youoff. condon'tly and utterly >> he can't. there's absolutely you off. con don't eveni utterly >> he can't. there's absolutely you off. con don't even knowly cut off. you don't even know what time it is, what day of the week . week. >> you all messages, though. >> no , no, no. no messages, no >> no, no, no. no messages, no nothing >> no, no, no. no messages, no notwhat >> no, no, no. no messages, no not what about you have >> what about can you have a secret of old speckled hen secret stash of old speckled hen or like that? secret stash of old speckled hen or or like that? secret stash of old speckled hen or or some.ike that? >> or some. >> or some. >> well, some chewing tobacco. >> or some. >> i have;ome chewing tobacco. >> or some. >> i have heard, 1ewing tobacco. >> or some. >> i have heard, and1g tobacco. >> or some. >> i have heard, and1g butacco. >> or some. >> i have heard, and1g but it's. >> i have heard, and i. but it's nothing, really. hope this is nothing, really. hope this is not that he's going to not correct that he's going to be cigarettes, be allowed to have cigarettes, which outrageous. if which i think is outrageous. if i there with him and he i was in there with him and he was having cigarettes, i would demand he says he can't

was having cigarettes, i would demwithout he says he can't was having cigarettes, i would demwithout cigarettes. ys he can't was having cigarettes, i would demwithout cigarettes. i; he can't was having cigarettes, i would demwithout cigarettes. i can'tan't live without cigarettes. i can't live without cigarettes. i can't live glass wine . live without my glass of wine. it's supposed be a level it's supposed to be a level playing so won't playing field, so they won't keep word, i hope keep their word, though i hope that's not true. >> they'll just take the cigarettes from him. you'd cigarettes from him. so you'd have at that point he have to hope at that point he may get cross. patrick >> may, you know. >> he may, you know. >> he may, you know. >> know. nigel well, is >> you know. nigel well, is there a potential downside? could rag? tell me could he lose his rag? tell me about side of the about the darker side of the man we go on, patrick. >> oh, go on, patrick. >> oh, go on, patrick. >> go on. »- e has. p- e has. he has. he >> because he has. he has. he has a what you say? a sort has a what can you say? a sort of. he's got a sort of steel, hasn't he? >> it certainly has. i mean, back the day ukip back in the day in ukip campaigning initially to force an eu referendum , um, you know, an eu referendum, um, you know, onto the table and everyone in the established party sort of mocking us, you know. nigel was as hard as nails and the saying in the party was whenever there's a power battle , nigel there's a power battle, nigel always wins , right? and he, he always wins, right? and he, he was very clever at when he stood forward and also if there was a difficult election coming up, he would stand down as party leader and let someone like the great lord pearson take take the tough

election or paul nuttall. so he's very clever at identifying his opportunities. he i think he's so interested in the tiktok generation. he went to the tory conference. he was mobbed by the teenagers there. the young people . and he is very he's people. and he is very he's almost like the madonna of politics. you know, the performer, madonna . and he performer, madonna. and he reinvents himself . i think he's reinvents himself. i think he's he's strongly fixated on broadening his appeal . and he broadening his appeal. and he has big things politically in mind. next, christine, some have been talking about boycotting the show. >> think itv have risked >> do you think itv have risked any thing by putting nigel in the jungle? >> no, i but just to pick >> no, i don't. but just to pick up i answer and what up before i answer that and what patrick, a born performer. patrick, he is a born performer. he loves performing and he's got an audience of millions and millions and he will be 100% aware of that, even though he's used cameras. but used to having the cameras. but i think so. there's been i don't think so. there's been all this thing twitter. all this thing on twitter. i refuse it x, which me refuse to call it x, which me too. it's sinister. it's too. it's very sinister. it's horrible . it's twitter people. horrible. it's twitter people. there's a hashtag boycott. i'm a celebrity i some will, of course

they will. but they probably wouldn't watch anyway. i think most people will be so fascinated to find out how they'll turn in because from the flabby comfort of their armchairs with their gin and tonic their side, they will tonic at their side, they will want nigel and others want to see nigel and others having a hard time. that's one of the deep attractions of the programme. >> have you seen yet any evidence, john, that the editors have gotit evidence, john, that the editors have got it in for nigel? could they stitch him up in the in the cutting room? they stitch him up in the in the cut'i1g room? they stitch him up in the in the cut'i think m? they stitch him up in the in the cut'i think if? they stitch him up in the in the cut'i think if anything, bit >> i think if anything, the bit that watched, bit that i that i watched, the bit that i was terrified was the vertigo one where they're suspended 100m above the ground in a skyscraper papen above the ground in a skyscraper paper. yeah. now i noticed that our nigel wasn't for that our nigel wasn't there for that and i thought that they were perhaps going easy with him because what if he didn't? what if he really found that too horrible ? yeah. now i do horrible? yeah. now i do understand nigel's got a couple of historic injuries, hasn't he? >> he's got a problem with his neck with his back neck and a problem with his back after. helicopter crash after. was it a helicopter crash or a small plane, or a plane? a small plane, plane, plane. light so plane, plane. light plane. so i suppose that might been his suppose that might have been his get well,

suppose that might have been his getwell, i suppose that might have been his get well, i don't know. but he >> well, i don't know. but he can't go on saying that. but but that that's particular, you know, age age know, people of his age age vertigo is a key point. yeah he will find difficult you're either balance more difficult you're either like heights i love heights or you're afraid of them. >> so maybe he said that he enjoyed heights and that's why they cut him out. >> but i think given that, i think that would be hard for anyone unless you're, in fact , anyone unless you're, in fact, very used to climbing up buildings and things. >> but at that height, it's i would have thought very nerve wracking. were very wracking. and they were very they were clearly very frightened. i mean, what we read is itv may have paid nigel is that itv may have paid nigel considerably more than some of the lesser known competitors. >> they know of £1.5 million. >> they know of £1.5 million. >> exactly. and you know, they know he's john's eyes lighting up next year. >> john they know he's quote a marmite character. >> so and also the show, i assume, makes most of its money on the premium phone lines. so lots of people ring in to vote for nigel. lots of people ring

in to vote against him. i would have thought the editors of the show would would view it as a disappointment when nigel to get knocked out before the last three or he won't. >> oh they want him to be. >> oh they want him to be. >> he'll be. he'll be in there. they don't want him to be injured. >> i mean, that's the key point. they don't want any of them to be injured, not seriously. so all snakes and any all the snakes and things, any venom when we venom you were saying when we were said before were earlier, you said before before that before we came on air that that john the safest john was probably the safest place the moment. well place to be at the moment. well it must be incredibly safe. what are companies are the insurance companies doing? insuring them, doing? if i was insuring them, i'd think be all right. >> he'll be allowed to do all the snake creepy, eating the snake creepy, crawly eating trials. won't trials. the only thing he won't be do are what you might be able to do are what you might call the hard, physical trials where fall because call the hard, physical trials wheaccidents. fall because call the hard, physical trials wheaccidents. but:all because call the hard, physical trials wheaccidents. but he'llzcause call the hard, physical trials wheaccidents. but he'll he'lla his accidents. but he'll he'll he will not be exempt all he will not be exempt from all that. people that. and the thing that people loathe of all, think, are loathe most of all, i think, are the eating trials . and the the eating trials. and the audiences love those. audiences at home love those. when it in the first when i did it in the first series, only one person had to do it was uri geller. do that and it was uri geller. and you know, he set the standard. he just went right through at the whole through six dishes at the whole lot. disgusting stuff . and

lot. the disgusting stuff. and now realised that the now they realised that the audience loves that. so now you'll find that almost everybody will get will have to do that at some stage . do that at some stage. >> and can he win it? >> and can he win it? >> i think i think my prediction he will get to the final two because he's going in with a bigger fan club than anyone else. >> but he's also got a bigger kind of, um, fan club. so if there's a very slightly sort of youngen there's a very slightly sort of younger, glamorous , lovely younger, glamorous, lovely person who in the final two is seen as the stop nigel candidate, they may pip him at the post. so i predict he'll come running. he'll have to put on a bikini and go under the shower. >> that's what he needs to do to win. >> that's a good idea. >> that's a good idea. >> probably also the public do tend build up. oh tend to build people up. oh yeah, they love to see them crash down. >> oh, don't they? crash down. >> theonn't they? crash down. >> theonn't the know, mean, >> they do. you know, i mean, the that, oh, they're all the idea that, oh, they're all it's lovely it's all it's all lovely and it's all lovey and the public will lovey dovey and the public will lovey dovey and the public will love all simple. love him and it's all simple. no, could just where it turns. >> and itv want it to turn because that's the secret sauce of the show for people fall

of the show for people to fall out for things to go wrong, things they want and they >> yeah, they want rose and they want nigel to say something outrageous gets outrageous that gets him cancelled. will he do that? they very people who very carefully pick people who are not going on. they are not going to get on. they pick have completely pick people who have completely different think pick people who have completely ddon't1t think pick people who have completely ddon't know think pick people who have completely ddon't know about think pick people who have completely ddon't know about others i don't know about the others yet, they've got yet, but i bet they've got a winner their hands. oh winner on their hands. oh listen, i would go series, i'd go into jungle with you go into the jungle with you three there's a vote three anytime. oh there's a vote of confidence. >> what a delight to be. >> what a delight to be. >> we still get on? when >> should we still get on? when we came out? that's the trouble. >> because i'd have a secret stash jacob's creek for you. stash of jacob's creek for you. >> thank you. just to keep you on thanks to patrick >> cheers. thanks to patrick o'flynn, hamilton and o'flynn, christine hamilton and john other john sergeant, my other brilliant pundits , my and brilliant pundits, my team and you company headliners you for your company headliners this see you saturday you for your company headliners thieight. see you saturday at eight. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. we're looking ahead to the new working week. it's going to be a bit of a great and damp start out there for some of us, it will turn drier during the middle part of the week, but then colder as we middle part of the week, but then towards colder as we middle part of the week, but then towards next:older as we middle part of the week, but then towards next weekend.ve middle part of the week, but then towards next weekend. back head towards next weekend. back to here now. we've still to the here and now. we've still got this area of low pressure close by, got tightly close by, still got some tightly packed towards the

packed isobars down towards the south. indicating another south. so indicating another blustery keep blustery night. we'll also keep an area of rain as an eye on this area of rain as it moves across parts of south wales and southwest england. could squally for could turn quite squally for a time moves through time as that moves through elsewhere. a deal cloud elsewhere. a good deal of cloud around clearest skies around clearest of the skies over the east. but for over towards the east. but for most, as we start monday morning, off on morning, we start off on a fairly note so that band of fairly mild note so that band of rain will continue to clear towards france as go in towards france as we go in course the morning. so maybe course of the morning. so maybe a of a wet commute for some a bit of a wet commute for some of but for many it's going of us, but for many it's going to be bit grey day with to be a bit of a grey day with some outbreaks of rain. some further outbreaks of rain. it well turn briefly sunnier it may well turn briefly sunnier for time parts of the for a time across parts of the midlands east anglia. for a time across parts of the mid ands east anglia. for a time across parts of the mid a lot east anglia. for a time across parts of the mid a lot of east anglia. for a time across parts of the mid a lot of us, east anglia. for a time across parts of the mid a lot of us, e notanglia. for a time across parts of the mid a lot of us, e not going but a lot of us, it's not going to the most inspiring of to be the most inspiring of start the new but it start to the new week. but it will be fairly mild, a will still be fairly mild, a little bit cooler than has little bit cooler than it has been the weekend , thanks to been over the weekend, thanks to a bit more of a northerly wind. and tuesday, and then going into tuesday, still on the cloudy side across a of england and a good chunk of england and wales with some further outbreaks across outbreaks of rain across the east. does cheer up for east. it does cheer up for a time across northern ireland and scotland with some sunnier spells here, but then later on some further cloud outbreaks some further cloud and outbreaks of far

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